JOHN CURREY, a successful well-to-do merchant, and well known as one ) of the stanch business men of Rochester, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Chester county February 10, 1823.
William Currey, father of subject, by trade a wagon maker and wheelwright, was of the same locality by birth, as was also his wife, Rachel (Rickard). They were the parents of children as follows:
Jonathan, who died in Troy, Ashland Co., Ohio; Ann, who married Thomas Wood, and died in Ashland county; Isaac, deceased in Ashland county; Harriet, who died in Pennsylvania when young; John,
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subject of sketch; Hannah, Mrs. James Walker, of Troy, Ohio; William, of Ashland county; Matthew, a resident of the State of Washington; and Angeline, who died young.
In 1837 the family came to Ohio, the journey to Columbus, their destination, being made by wagon, and their route the National Pike.
In Columbus the father died, in August, 1837, and his widow about three mouths afterward moved to Greenwich township, Huron county, where she and the family rented land, on which they lived five years.
In 1842 they moved to Troy, Ashland ounty, where they bought fifty acres of wild land at six dollars per acre. Here the mother died in 1854, her remains being laid to rest in Beckley cemetery, Rochester township.....
Source: The Commemorative Biographical Record of Huron and Lorain Counties Ohio (Chicago, Illinois, J H Beers & Company, 1894), 372, 373.
William Currey, father of subject, by trade a wagon maker and wheelwright, was of the same locality by birth, as was also his wife, Rachel (Rickard). They were the parents of children as follows:
Jonathan, who died in Troy, Ashland Co., Ohio; Ann, who married Thomas Wood, and died in Ashland county; Isaac, deceased in Ashland county; Harriet, who died in Pennsylvania when young; John,
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subject of sketch; Hannah, Mrs. James Walker, of Troy, Ohio; William, of Ashland county; Matthew, a resident of the State of Washington; and Angeline, who died young.
In 1837 the family came to Ohio, the journey to Columbus, their destination, being made by wagon, and their route the National Pike.
In Columbus the father died, in August, 1837, and his widow about three mouths afterward moved to Greenwich township, Huron county, where she and the family rented land, on which they lived five years.
In 1842 they moved to Troy, Ashland ounty, where they bought fifty acres of wild land at six dollars per acre. Here the mother died in 1854, her remains being laid to rest in Beckley cemetery, Rochester township.....
Source: The Commemorative Biographical Record of Huron and Lorain Counties Ohio (Chicago, Illinois, J H Beers & Company, 1894), 372, 373.
JOHN CURREY, a successful well-to-do merchant, and well known as one ) of the stanch business men of Rochester, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Chester county February 10, 1823.
William Currey, father of subject, by trade a wagon maker and wheelwright, was of the same locality by birth, as was also his wife, Rachel (Rickard). They were the parents of children as follows:
Jonathan, who died in Troy, Ashland Co., Ohio; Ann, who married Thomas Wood, and died in Ashland county; Isaac, deceased in Ashland county; Harriet, who died in Pennsylvania when young; John,
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subject of sketch; Hannah, Mrs. James Walker, of Troy, Ohio; William, of Ashland county; Matthew, a resident of the State of Washington; and Angeline, who died young.
In 1837 the family came to Ohio, the journey to Columbus, their destination, being made by wagon, and their route the National Pike.
In Columbus the father died, in August, 1837, and his widow about three mouths afterward moved to Greenwich township, Huron county, where she and the family rented land, on which they lived five years.
In 1842 they moved to Troy, Ashland ounty, where they bought fifty acres of wild land at six dollars per acre. Here the mother died in 1854, her remains being laid to rest in Beckley cemetery, Rochester township.....
Source: The Commemorative Biographical Record of Huron and Lorain Counties Ohio (Chicago, Illinois, J H Beers & Company, 1894), 372, 373.
William Currey, father of subject, by trade a wagon maker and wheelwright, was of the same locality by birth, as was also his wife, Rachel (Rickard). They were the parents of children as follows:
Jonathan, who died in Troy, Ashland Co., Ohio; Ann, who married Thomas Wood, and died in Ashland county; Isaac, deceased in Ashland county; Harriet, who died in Pennsylvania when young; John,
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subject of sketch; Hannah, Mrs. James Walker, of Troy, Ohio; William, of Ashland county; Matthew, a resident of the State of Washington; and Angeline, who died young.
In 1837 the family came to Ohio, the journey to Columbus, their destination, being made by wagon, and their route the National Pike.
In Columbus the father died, in August, 1837, and his widow about three mouths afterward moved to Greenwich township, Huron county, where she and the family rented land, on which they lived five years.
In 1842 they moved to Troy, Ashland ounty, where they bought fifty acres of wild land at six dollars per acre. Here the mother died in 1854, her remains being laid to rest in Beckley cemetery, Rochester township.....
Source: The Commemorative Biographical Record of Huron and Lorain Counties Ohio (Chicago, Illinois, J H Beers & Company, 1894), 372, 373.
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