CURRIE, John D., Adams County, MS., then St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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JOHN D. CURRIE, VILLE PLATTE.--Mr. Currie is a native of Mississippi, born in
Adams county, February 28, 1850.  He is the son of Rev. Daniel and Elizabeth
(Hosea) Carrie.  His father was a native of South Carolina, and his mother of
Mississippi.  They were married in Mississippi and became the parents of two
children, the subject of this sketch being the only surviving member of the
family.  Rev. Daniel Currie was a minister of the M. E. church, and a school
teacher.  He died in Mississippi in 1850, and his wife died the same year.

John D. Carrie was married in St. Landry parish, April, 1875, to Miss Amelia
Grinn, a native of Louisiana, and the daughter of George and Christina Grinn,
natives of Switzerland and Bavaria, respectively.  George Grinn emigrated from
Europe to Indiana, and from there to Louisiana, where he resided until the
time of his death.  He was killed at the battle of Shiloh.  Both he and his
wife were members of the Lutheran church.

Upon first going into business for himself Jno. D. Currie was book-keeper for
Hayes & Co.  He entered the mercantile business at Ville Platte in January,
1884, and he now carries a stock of goods of about $5000.  In connection with
his mercantile business he operates a large cotton gin.

He is a member of the Catholic church and belongs to the Masonic order.  Mr.
and Mrs. Currie are the parents of five children, viz:  Christina,  Currie,
(deceased) Hosea,  Lizzie, Carria.     

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 16.
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.