In 1907 The Old Presbyterian Cemetery was turned into a city park. The graves were moved to various cemeteries Danville. The Montour County Genealogical Society has a booklet with a complete list of the graves and where they were moved. Under Curry there is a special note: "Curry - One of teh first burials in the Old Cemetery was Robert Curry b. 1741, one of the earliest pioneers of this area, who was murdered by Indians in the summer of 1780. Many have heard the thrilling and heroic story of how Robert's wife managed to escape from her captors after her husband was tomahawked and scalped. Mrs. Curry lived to an old age and in 1825 was laid to rest beside her husband. The graves were opened on Aug. 5, 1903 witht he intent of transferring the remains to the New Presbyterian (Fairvew) Cemetery but nothing remained but a few few fragments of wood from the coffin after so long a time. A later newspaper report stated that what could be found of his remains were removed to Fairview Cemetery. A handsome monumnet in memory of Curry, McWillians and Lemon families was then erected in that cemetery by their descendant, Mrs. Annie McWilliams Hain."
In 1907 The Old Presbyterian Cemetery was turned into a city park. The graves were moved to various cemeteries Danville. The Montour County Genealogical Society has a booklet with a complete list of the graves and where they were moved. Under Curry there is a special note: "Curry - One of teh first burials in the Old Cemetery was Robert Curry b. 1741, one of the earliest pioneers of this area, who was murdered by Indians in the summer of 1780. Many have heard the thrilling and heroic story of how Robert's wife managed to escape from her captors after her husband was tomahawked and scalped. Mrs. Curry lived to an old age and in 1825 was laid to rest beside her husband. The graves were opened on Aug. 5, 1903 witht he intent of transferring the remains to the New Presbyterian (Fairvew) Cemetery but nothing remained but a few few fragments of wood from the coffin after so long a time. A later newspaper report stated that what could be found of his remains were removed to Fairview Cemetery. A handsome monumnet in memory of Curry, McWillians and Lemon families was then erected in that cemetery by their descendant, Mrs. Annie McWilliams Hain."
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