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CURRY, William (Between 1770-Abt 1832)

SHOEMAKER, Elizabeth (Between 1770-Bef 1850)

DANIELS, Peter (Abt 1769-Bef 1818)

UNKNOWN, Rebecca (Abt 1773-After 1820)

CURRY, Calvin (1797-1884)

DANIELS, Jane (1805-1882)

CURRY, John C. (1842-After 1914)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. LISHERNESS, Elizabeth 2. POINTER, Elizabeth "Melissa" CURRY, John C. 3 4 5 6 7 Born: 1842, JoDaviess County, Illinois Marriage (1): LISHERNESS, Elizabeth on 24 Oct 1866 in Grant County, Wisconsin 1 Marriage (2): POINTER, Elizabeth "Melissa" on 29 Sep 1882 in Grant County, Wisconsin 2 Died: After 1914, Iowa   General Notes: Filed for invalid status, Civil War pension in Jan 1914 in Iowa. John married Elizabeth LISHERNESS on 24 Oct 1866 in Grant County, Wisconsin.1 (Elizabeth LISHERNESS was born about 1845 and died before 1882 in Grant County, Wisconsin.) John next married Elizabeth "Melissa" POINTER on 29 Sep 1882 in Grant County, Wisconsin.2 (Elizabeth "Melissa" POINTER was born about 1845 and died before 1900.)

1 Wisconsin Marriages, 1835-1900 (Ancestry.com). Surety: 4. Records marriage of John C. Curry to Eliza Lisherness on 24 Oct 1866 in Grant County, Wisconsin.

2 Ibid. Surety: 4. Records marriage of John Curry to Melissa Pointer on 29 Sep 1882 in Grant County, Wisconsin.

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 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."

5 U.S. Civil War (Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin). Surety: 4. Name: John C Curry
Residence: Lancaster, Wisconsin
Enlistment Date: 05 May 1864
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Wisconsin
Unit Numbers: 3095 3095
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 05 May 1864
Enlisted in Company A, 41st Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 05 May 1864.
Mustered out Company A, 41st Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 23 September 1864

6 U.S. Civil War Pension Index. Surety: 4. John C. Curry
Service: Comp. A, 41st Wisconsin Infantry
Invalid Status: 6 Jan 1914
State Filed: Iowa
Attorney: M.B. Stevens

7 1900 US Census (District 61, Deer Creek, Douglas County, Oregon). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists John C. Curry (age 57, b. Dec 1842, IL), widower, living as a "boarder" in the household of Samuel W. Linke (age 35, b. Oct 1869, MO) and his family in Deer Creek, Oregon. John is listed as a "farm laborer" and indicates that his father was born in Ohio and his mother in Indiana.

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