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bom in N ew Jersey, married Sarah Boone, and had children as follow s: Maybcrr>% bom in 1 8 1 3; H arriet. 18 15 (m arried I.ewi$ Y c t tc r ); Juliann, i8 i8 (married Samuel D a rd e r); Eleanor, 18 19 (m arried David C la r k ) : .Amelia, 18 2 1 (married G . M. Slioop). E D W IN A D A M S C U R R Y. M. D., physi­ cian o f Danville, Montour county, is a mem­ ber of the fourth generation o f his fam ily in the county, where the C u r n s have alw ays maintained high standing. They have been especially prominent in the iron manufactur­ ing industry, which has brought considerable wealth to the community and made possible much o f (he advancement evidenced in the condition of the borough and the prosperity o f its institutions. Robert C u rry, the Doctor’s great-grand­ father., w as one of the earliest settlers o f this part o f Pennsylvania. H e w as bom in the North of Ireland Ju n e 9, 17 4 1, and educated in the schools o f his native county, where his father w as a well-to-do linen manufacturer. H e came to America in 1772, settling on M a­ honing creek, in what is now V aliev town­ ship. Montour Co.. Pa., and there followed fam iing. He w as killed and scalped by the Indians Ju n e 9, 1780. H e was a Presbyterian in religious belief, served as trustee of his church, and was one of the first to give his money and influence toward the propagation of the gospel in these |>arts. H e married Jane M cW illiam s in Belfast. Ireland, and four chiUlren were bom to them : Jam es, who was born in Ireland, grew to manhood and set­ tled in O h io; Robert, who settled on the north branch of the Susquehanna riv e r; William, who settled on the h<Miie place in Valley town­ ship, Montour Co.. Pa. (he married Jan e Moore and they were the parents o f Hon. Jam es C u r r y ); and Jan e, the first white child born between (he north and west branches of the Susquehanna river, who married Robert M cW illiam s. T he sons were well-to-do fa r­ mers. noted fo r their honesty and integrity. Robert Curry, the son o f Robert mentioned as having settled on the north branch of the Susquehanna river, w as the grandfather o f Dr. Kdwin Adam s Curry. He was a farm er by occupation. Thom as Cousart C u rry, son of Robert Cur­ ry and a grandson o f Robert Curry, the pio­ neer. was bom in 1830 on the old homestead o f his parents in Northumberland county, Pa. He came to Danville in 1849. <ti^d had two sisters who also made their home in the

tow n; his brother Robert lived in an adjoin­ ing county; his brother Hugh in Michigan, and William in Kentucky. Thomas C. Curry was a machinist by trade, and he became en­ gaged in (hat line o f business as a member of the firm o f Cruikshank, M ayer & Co., own­ ers of the property and business of the Enter­ prise Foundry & Machine Shops, on Ferry street, Danville, which they conducted for many years. .After selling his interest in this concern .Mr. C u riy lived retired the rest of his days, dying in September. 19 10, at the age o f eighty years. H e gave stnct attention to his business affairs, but took the interest of a public-spirited citizen in the general welfare, and served as school director and member of the council. H e married Phœbe E llen Mussciman, who w as bom Ju ly 2 t, 1833, and died Jan . 24, 1906. in her seventy-third year. < f 3 the children bom to them seven survive, nam ely: M rs. Elizabeth C . F ish e r; H ugh C., o f Riverside, P a .; William M ., an attorney, o f Scranton, P a .: Tliomas C.. a machinist, of Sunbury. P a .; John R. M .. o f Dam-illc; Ralph, and Edw in Adams. T he late Daniel .M. Curry, o f Danville, a prominent iron man­ ufacturer, was also one of the sons. Edw in Adam s C u rry w as bom Ju n e 2, 1863, in DanviUe. where he received his early edu­ cation in the public schools. Later he took a classical course at Dickinson College. Carlisle. Pa., a fte r which he entered the medical de­ partment of the U niversity o f Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in M ay, 1889. T his was followed hy a year’s work in tlie city hospital at W ilkcs-Harre. and since he has been in general practice at DanviUe. He is a member of the Montour Countv .Med­ ical Society, the Pennsylvania State Medical Society and the American Medical A ssocia­ tion, and has been honored with election to the presidency of the first named. H is high reputation, both in his profession and per­ sonally. is well desera-ed. In spite of the du­ ties o f an extensive practice he has given some time to local affairs, having scr‘ed eleven years as school director, in which office he has done valuable work, his facilities fo r observa­ tion qualifying him particularly well to judgc of the needs of the community. H e is a di­ rector of the DanviUe National Bank. Frater­ nally the Doctor holds membership in the B. P. O. Elks (I-odge No. 754. Danville) and the Masons, in which latter he has attained the thirty-second degree and is a Shriner. In i$ 9 3 D r. C u rry married E lla May Haupt. o f DanviUe. and (hey have one child. Phœbe.