Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Curtin, John 1828 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

John Curtin, farmer, P. O. Verona, was born in Ireland in 1828. He came alone 
to America in 1840. Having a brother and two sisters living in Ottawa, Ill., 
he came to that place. He remained in La Salle County for about thirteen 
years, seven years of which he was with Mr. Joel Armstrong. From La Salle 
County, he came to Grundy County, settling on his present farm, which 
consisted of 240 acres. He was married in La Salle County, in 1855, to Miss 
Catharine Maloney, who was also a native of Ireland. They have six children, 
three boys and three girls. Mr. Curtin is a member of the Catholic Church, and 
is Democratic in politics. All his schooling he received in Ireland. His 
occupation has always been that of farming.

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Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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