Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Curry, J. L. 1850 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 3, 2006, 4:27 am Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880) Curry, J. L. Retail dealer in cigars and tobacco, No. 187 Fourth street, Santa Rosa. Born in Hancock county, Indiana, January 26, 1850, where he resided with his parents until 1869, when he came to California and settled in Green valley, Analy township, and followed farming until the Spring of 1876, when he took up his residence in Santa Rosa and engaged in keeping a variety store, which he continued for a period of six months, when he disposed of his business, and in the Fall of that year returned to his birthplace in Indiana and spent the Winter of 1876-7, returning to Santa Rosa in the Spring. In January, 1878, he entered into his present business. Additional Comments: Santa Rosa Township Extracted from: HISTORY —OF- SONOMA COUNTY, -INCLUDING ITS— Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams; —TOGETHER WITH— A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County; Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain Growing Interests, and Pisciculture; ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN; —AND OF ITS— Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc. ILLUSTRATED. SAN FRANCISCO: ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1880. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/sonoma/bios/curry944nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb