In 1882 he married Anna Baright, a well-known teacher of elocution and the founder of the School of Expression in Boston. Anna Baright Curry was an educated influential teacher of elocution in her own right, and took rival teacher of elocution Genevieve Stebbins to task in several letters for exploitative and misguided teaching practices which also objectified women's bodies. In 1883 he was appointed Snow Professor of Oratory at Boston University, and in 1884 he became the Davis Professor of Elocution at the Newton Theological Seminary. In 1888 he left Boston University to become the head of the School of Expression, later renamed Curry College in his honor. He taught at the school for the remainder of his career. From 1891 to 1894 he was also an instructor at Harvard University, and from 1892 to 1902 he taught at the Divinity School at Yale. Throughout his life, he traveled widely in order to teach courses at many different institutions, including the University of Washington, the University of Minnesota, the University of Chicago, and the Teacher's College at Columbia University. He also edited the journal Expression, a quarterly review. Samuel and Anna had six children, including the well-known mathematician Haskell Curry.
