Bureau County IL Archives Biographies.....Currier, J. T.
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Biography of J T CURRIER, Bureau County, Illinois

J. T. Currier, Neponset. Among our self-made men in Bureau County, who owe 
their success in life to their energy and perseverance, we place him whose 
name heads this sketch. He was born July 9, 1823, in Peacham, Caledonia County, 
Vt. His father Asa Currier, was born April 21, 1891, in the same place. He 
died March 16, 1868, in Osceola, Stark County., Ill. He came to Stark County 
on Sunday, August 26, 1838, having come through with teams from Vermont, 
where he had been a farmer, which occupation he followed here. The grandfather 
of J. T. Courier was David Courier, who was also a farmer, and whose father, 
Caleb Currier, was of forgien descent. The mother of our subject was Sally 
(Willey) Currier, a native of New Hampshire, where she was born June 20, 1790.
She died May 1, 1873, in Neponset.  She was the daughter of Paul Willey and 
was the mother of nine children, viz.: David, John, Elizabeth P., Augusta,  
Asa, Jonathan T. (our subject), Sally and Nancy (who both died in infancy) 
and Mary M. Mr. Courrier had but a few school advantages in early life, very 
unlike the young men of today, but he inherited that strong will-power and 
determination to which he owes his success in life. In 1838, at the age of 
fifteen, he came west with his parents, and for many years  farmed successfully 
in Stark County. In 1869 he came to Neponset where he now resides in a spacious 
residence and where he intends to enjoy the fruit of many years of toil. 
Financially Mr. Currier’s life has been very successful. He started in life 
without a dollar, and now is considered one of the wealthiest men in the 
township, owning over 1,200 acres of choice land in Bureau and Stark counties 
besides other property. He was married May 2, 1855, in Princeton, Ill. To 
Martha J. Hoblit, who was born December 27, 1835, in Clinton County, Ohio. 
She is the daughter of Amos Hoblit, and is the mother of six children, viz.:  
Ida D., born August 22, 1856 (she is the wife of C. M. Branson, and is the 
mother of three children, viz.: Louis S., Bernice and an infant girl); Albert 
D., was born July 29, 1861 (he is at present a student at the Northwestern 
University); Willie W., is deceased; Grace E., was born February 6, 1869; 
Laura M. is deceased; Bertha, was born March 18, 1876. Mrs Currier is a member 
of the Baptist Church. Mr. Currier has never held nor sought a public office, 
and in political affairs has generally been identified with the Republican  
party.

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