Last Week, I confessed that I don't always talk ax murders and murderers. This is true. 

Because sometimes I talk about poison too. 

So, I think I will drop this little nugget right here. [1]

And while I am at it, this little newspaper article sent me down the rabbit hole, where I found a lot of other records about this case. Or more specifically, records about Mark Curry, who is a distant uncle to me. (I'm too lazy to count the generations for this short post.)

Like it would for a lot of people studying their family, this story caught my attention. It caught my attention enough to keep digging. In fact, that digging yielded enough records and stories that I might have enough about Mark Curry to write a book. Okay, maybe not a book, but at least a pamphlet. 

But the pamphlet isn't the point. I am just here to show you--I don't always talk ax murders and murderers, sometimes I talk poison too. 

P. S. if you're interested in your family, your family's stories, or doing genealogy research, please come join us here in the Mississippi Genealogical Society. We're a much safer bunch than some of our stories might suggest. 

1. "Death by Suicide," Cassville Republican (Cassville, Missouri), p. 4, col. 3. 23 February 1893. Newspapers.com. (https://www.newspapers.com/image/334977025/ : accessed 17 June 2025).