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��The Christie Family.

��Curried, and was born Oct. 30, 1853. His earl}' education was received at Canaan Union Academy and at the Concord higli scliool. He studied law with Hon. Austin F. Pike, of Frank- lin, and, upon being admitted to the bar, settled in East Canaan in the practice of his profession. For a time he was in the same office with George W. Murray, Esq., after which he opened an office for himself, and very quickly obtained a fair practice. The Canaan Reporter said of him, — "In 1879 he represented this town in the legislature, and for the past two sessions has been clerk of the senate, a position which he has filled with much ability. He was this fall elect- ed for the third time secretary of the Republican State Committee, and has performed his duties with skill, and

��to the acceptance of his party in the highest degree ; and the Republican success in the last two campaigns has been due in no small degree to his keen foresight, and intimate and extensive acquaintance with every section of the state. Mr. Currier lias always been an ardent Republican, earnest in his convictions, outspoken in opinion, and a zealous and inde- fatigable worker, always sanguine and ready to improve any advantage. As a citizen he is upright, generous, and public-spirited ; and his popular- ity is best shown by the fact that in a district in which a nomination is equivalent to an election he was nominated by acclamation, without opposition or a single dissenting vote." Mr. Currier is unmarried.

��THE CHRISTIE FAMILY.

By Edwin Salter.

��Editor Granite Monthly : The descendants of the first Christies, who orioinally settled in old Londonderry, New Hampshire, are now very nu- merous and widely scattered in the United States and in Canada. The following account of the early mem- bers of the family is tlie substance of a statement made by Thomas Christie, who was born at St. John, N. B., March 11, 1773, and preserved by his son, James A. Christie, now living at Detroit, Mich.

Respectfully,

Edwin Salter, Washington, D. C.

James Canada, of the town of Armagh, and county of Armagh (Ire- land), farmer and miller, property

��held by lease. He married Agnes Scot, by whom he had three sons and one daughter. His sons were Thom- as, Archibald, and James. Thomas married Annie Wright, daughter of Matthew Wright, a farmer of large propert}', in the town of Billymaca- glian, county of Tyrone, by whom he had two daughters, Agnes and Sarah, the former of whom married James Christie, and the latter married Hugh Wilson, of Chester, state of New Hampshire.

George Christie, of Scotland, a wealtliy farmer, was father of Jesse Christie. Jesse Christie married a daughter of Mr. Aiken, a clothier,

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