Contra Costa County CA Archives Biographies.....Curry, James 1835 - 
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Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882)

JAMES CURRY.—Born in Tennessee, March 30, 1835; when but a child his parents
moved to Jackson county, Missouri, where he resided for about two years. He then
located in Atchison county, same State, and remained there until April 26, 1854,
when he, in company with his father and mother, started with ox-teams across the
plains for California. The trip occupied five months, arriving in Sacramento
August 26th. He followed mining for one year, and then came to Contra Costa
county, and located on land in Moraga valley, now owned by H. W. Carpentier. He
resided there until the Fall of 1858, when he moved to a place in Morgan
Territory, where he engaged in stock business. In 1860 he removed to Clayton,
where he engaged in the butcher business for about two years, then drove stage
until 1870, and purchased his present livery stable, where he now resides. Mr.
Curry married in Clayton Ellen Callan, a native of London, England. By this
union there are seven sons: Charles E., Henry, Samuel, Reuben, George W., James,
(an infant), and daughter, Jennie.

Additional Comments:
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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.

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