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SHOEMAKER, Jacob (Abt 1740-Abt 1798)

LEE, Catherine (1741-After 1800)

CURRY, William (Between 1770-Abt 1832)

SHOEMAKER, Elizabeth (Between 1770-Bef 1850)

CURRY, Calvin (1797-1884)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: DANIELS, Jane CURRY, Martha+ CURRY, Milton CURRY, Hiram H. CURRY, Susannah CURRY, Daniel J. CURRY, Mary Ann+ CURRY, Jane+ CURRY, Oslena+ CURRY, Francesca A.W. CURRY, Emily E.+ CURRY, John C. CURRY, William A. CURRY, James Madison+ CURRY, Calvin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Born: 2 Nov 1797, Butler County, Ohio Marriage: DANIELS, Jane on 2 Feb 1821 in Hamilton, Sullivan County, Indiana Died: 25 Apr 1884, Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin at age 86 8   General Notes: Lived in Sullivan County through 1829; then lived in Sangamon County, Illinois for several years; then lived in Jackson, Missouri for a couple years; moved to Stephenson County, Illinois by 1850; living in Grant County, Wisconsin by 1860 where they remained. (Source: Alice Westerberg, Ancestry.com). Calvin and Jane appear on the 1870 US census, living in Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin where Calvin owns a farm. Their three sons, Daniel, William and James are living with them. On the 1880 US Census, Calvin, Jane and son, Daniel, are still living on a farm in Lancaster, Wisconsin. On this record, Calvin indicates that his father was born in Deleware and his mother in New Jersey. Jane indicates that her father was born in Germany and her mother in England. Calvin appears as a witness to the marriage of his grandson, William Wheeler, in 1866. Calvin married Jane DANIELS, daughter of Peter DANIELS and Rebecca UNKNOWN, on 2 Feb 1821 in Hamilton, Sullivan County, Indiana. (Jane DANIELS was born on 8 Sep 1805 in Indiana and died on 10 Sep 1882 in Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin 9.)

1 War of 1812 Service Records (Ancestry.com). Surety: 4. CALVIN [spelled CULON] CURRY, private, Captain LaSalle's Company, Mounted Riflemen, Indiana Militia.
. Served in the same regiment as his brother, Elias.

2 1840 Illinois State Census (JoDaviess County, Illinois), page 167. Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Calvin Curry living in JoDaviess County, Illinois.

3 1850 US Census (Loran, Stephenson County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Calvin Curry (age 52, b. OH), wife Jane (age 45, b. IN), and children Daniel (age 20, b. IL), Mary A. (age 18, b. MO), Jane (age 16, b. WI), Oslena (age 14, b. IL), Frances (age 12, b. IL), Emily (age 10, b. IL), John A. (age 8, b. IL), William (age 1, b. IL) and James (age 1, b. IL), living in Loran, Illinois. Calvin is listed as a "farmer." Living next door is Moses Grigsby, whose son, George, also appears in the Shoemaker lineage. Living several houses away is Calvin's uncle [we believe], John Shoemaker [brother of Calvin's mother, Elizabeth Shoemaker Curry].

4 Wisconsin State Census 1855 (Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin), page 008. Surety: 4. Lists Calvin Curry living in Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin.

5 1860 US Census (Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Calvin Curry (age 63, b. OH), wife Jane (age 52, b. IN) and children Daniel (age 30, b. IN), John (age 17, b. IL), William (age 15, b. IL) and James (age 11, b. IL), living in Lancaster, Wisconsin. Also in the household is Charles Dilly (age 2, b. WI), who is their grandson by their daughter, Oslena. Calvin is listed as a "farmer."

6 1870 US Census (Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Calvin Curry (age 72, b. OH), wife Jane (age 64, b. IN) and children Daniel (age 40, b. IL), William (age 25, b. IL) and James (age 21, b. IL), living in Lancaster, Wisconsin. Also in the household is Emma Fox (age 17, b. OH), listed as a "domestic servant." Calvin and his sons are all listed as "farmers." This census has a column for persons "whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiotic," and this box is checked for Calvin and all three of his sons.

7 1880 US Census (District 111, Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Calvin Curry (age 83, b. OH), wife Jane (age 75, b. IN) and son Daniel J. (age 50, b. IL), living in Lancaster, Wisconsin. Calvin is listed as a "farmer." This census indicates that Jane is suffering from a fractured femur, and that Daniel cannot write. Calvin indicates that his father was born in Deleware and his mother in New Jersey. Jane indicates that her father was born in Germany and her mother in England.

8 Wisconsin Vital Records, Death Index. (Wisconsin Deaths 1820-1907, Ancestry.com), Vol. 1, pg. 0111. Surety: 4. Name: Calvin Curry
Death Date: 25 Apr 1884
County: Grant
Volume: 01
Page #: 0111
Reel: 030
Image: 0272
Index Volume: -
ImageNum: 100995
Sequence #: 072316
Level Info: Wisconsin Vital Records Death Index.

9 Ibid, Vol. 2, pg. 0165. Surety: 4. Name: Jane Curry
Death Date: 10 Sep 1882
County: Grant
Volume: 02
Page #: 0209
Reel: 031
Image: 0225
Index Volume: -
ImageNum: 100995
Sequence #: 072329
Level Info: Wisconsin Vital Records Death Index.

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