Thomas J. McCurdy
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 22 Aug 1842 - Washington Co., Arkansas Christening: Death: 19 Nov 1927 - ( at age 85) 1 Burial: in Byrd's Prairie Cem., Tupelo, Coal Co., Oklahoma Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: William King McCurdy (1817-1877) 2 Mother: Mary R. McCurdy (1828-1899)
Spouses and Children
1. *Margaret Malisa Kifer (5 Oct 1843 - 24 Aug 1916) Marriage: 21 Nov 1866 - Washington Co., Arkansas 3
Notes
General:
There are two Thomas McCurdys born in Arkansas, probably in Washington Co., in the early 1840s. One married Margaret Kifer and in the 1920 census was living in Coal Co., Oklahoma with one of his daughters. He died in 1927. The other one lived in Hopkins Co., Texas for a while and then moved to Indian Territory. In the 1920 census he was living with two of his sons (2 census entries, one with Andy and one with Charles) in Pontotoc Co., Oklahoma. He died before 1930.
These Thomas McCurdys are second cousins and are sons of William King McCurdy (1817-1877) and David E. McCurdy, who went to California to participate in the Gold Rush and apparently never returned. But which son corresponds to which father? The presence in Hopkins Co. of another son of David E. McCurdy is the principal evidence.
The Thomas McCurdy who married Margaret Kifer was a son of William King McCurdy (1817-1877). The Thomas McCurdy who lived in Hopkins Co., Texas was a son of David E. McCurdy.
CENSUS:
<pre>1870 Crawford Co., Arkansas, Cedar Township, p.o. Lees Creek; July 24; pg 9
69/69
T. J. McCerda 23 Ar $--/$300 Farm labourer
Margret " 23 Ar Keeping house
Wm. " 1 Ar
Kate Keifer 18 Ar </pre>
He is in the sequence E. Z. Lamb, Zill Coleman, Enas Colmon, Yang Colmon, T. J. Colman, x, H. C. Craddeck, James McCerda (29), T. J. McCerda (23), J. H. Lamb, x, Matilda Lamb.
James is a first cousin once removed of T. J. James's father is Samuel McCurdy, born about 1803 in Georgia. H. C. Craddeck and J. H. Lamb are brothers-in-law of T. J.
<pre>1880 Crawford Co., Arkansas, Cedar Township, ED 46; June 24; pg 40
346/352 [F. J. in index]
T. J. McCurdy 38 Ar Tn Tn Farmer
Margret " 36 Tn Tn Tn Keeping house
William " 11 Ar Ar Tn
Charles " 7 Ar Ar Tn
Mary " 3 Ar Ar Tn
Henry " 2/12 Ar Ar Tn </pre>
<pre>1900 Indian Territory, Chickasaw Nation, T2S R7E, ED 123; June 6; sheet 3B
55/56 [Ther J. in index]
Thr J. McCurdy 57 Aug 1842 M34 Ar Tn Tn Farmer RF
Margaret M. " 66 Oct 1833 M34/7/4 Tn Tn Tn
Chas. F. " 27 Mar 1873 S Ar Ar Tn Farm Laborer </pre>
Clay H. McCurdy (20, May 1880, M2, Farmer, RF) lives at 54/55 with his wife Birdie.
<pre>1910 Pontotoc Co., Oklahoma, Stonewall Township, ED 262; Apr 20; sheet 6A
100/101
Thomas J. McCurdy 67 M1/40 Ar Tn Tn Farmer R
Margaret M. " 66 wife M1/40/7/4 Tn Tn Tn none
Charles F. " 37 son S Ar Ar Tn Farmer
William M. " 41 son M1/18 Ar Ar Tn Farmer
Lula " 30 d-i-l M1/18/5/1 Tx Al Al none
Virgil " 1 gr-son S Ok Ar Tx none </pre>
William M. and Lula were in Collin Co., Texas in 1900.
In the 1920 census Thomas J. McCurdy (77, Wd, Ar Tn Tn, father-in-law) is living in Coal Co., Oklahoma in the household of Onias Harris (52) and his wife Mary K. (42).
OBITUARY:
The Ada Evening News, 25 Nov 1927, page 4:
T. J. McCurdy
T. J. McCurdy, formerly of Ada and a member of W. L. Byrd camp of United Conferedate[sic] Veterans, Ada, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Kate Harris, Henryetta, November 19th. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church at Tupelo, Okla., November 20th and interment made in the Byrds Prairie cemetery three miles south of Tupelo.
Grandpa McCurdy was born in Washington county, Arkansas, August 22nd, 1842. He served through the entire period of the Civil War and at its close moved to Texas, and thence to, what was at that time, Indian Territory. He is survived by three sons and one daughter, all of whom reside in eastern Oklahoma except H. C. McCurdy who lives at Yuma, Ariz.
1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 68262105.
2 Mac McCurdy, "http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db: mactex."
3
Arkansas, Washington County Marriage Records, 1845-1941, Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.
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