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George Curry (1861-1947) —
of Kingston, Sierra
County, N.M.
Born in Bayou Sara, West
Feliciana Parish, La., April 3,
1861.
Son of George Curry and Clara Curry.
Republican. Lincoln
County Clerk, 1888-90; Lincoln
County Assessor, 1890-92; Lincoln
County Sheriff, 1892-94; member of New Mexico
territorial senate, 1894-96; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Otero
County Sheriff, 1899; governor, Ambos Camarine, Philippine
Islands, 1901; chief of police, Manila, P.I., 1902; governor,
Isabella, P.I., 1904-05; governor, Samar, P.I., 1905-07; Governor of
New Mexico Territory, 1907-10; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1911-13.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., November
24, 1947 (age 86 years, 235
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Edwin Leard Mechem (1912-2002) —
also known as Edwin L. Mechem; "Big
Ed" —
of New Mexico.
Born in Alamogordo, Otero
County, N.M., July 2,
1912.
Son of Edwin Mechem and Eunice (Leard) Mechem.
Republican. Surveyor;
FBI agent; lawyer;
member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1947-48; Governor of
New Mexico, 1951-55, 1957-59, 1961-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Mexico, 1952;
U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1962-64; defeated, 1964; U.S.
District Judge for New Mexico, 1970.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., November
27, 2002 (age 90 years, 148
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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José Nemecio Romero (1870-1945) —
also known as J. N. Romero;
"Demecio" —
of Veguita, Socorro
County, N.M.; San Juan (now part of Veguita), Socorro
County, N.M.
Born in San Antonio del Sabinal (now Sabinal), Socorro
County, N.M., October
31, 1870.
Son of Juan Andres de Romero (died 1895) and Micaela Giron de Romero
(died 1928).
Postmaster;
sheriff; school
teacher; lawyer;
member of New Mexico
state house of representatives.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., May 2,
1945 (age 74 years, 183
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Relatives:
Married, June 18,
1906, to Micaela Torres (1886-1948). |
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