BIO: G. B. CURRY, Clearfield County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja & Sally Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/ NOTE: Use this web address to access other bios: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/swoope/swoope.htm _____________________________________________________________ From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr., Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, page 594. _____________________________________________________________ G. B. CURRY, one of the representative business men of Madera, Pa., and a member of one of the old pioneer families of Clearfield county, was born in Jordan township April 17, 1865, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Carson) Curry. The parents of Mr. Curry were born in Center county. The father became a substantial farmer in Clearfield county. His family consisted of one daughter and two sons, namely: Mary H., who is the wife of G. W. Lamborn; James F., and G. B. G. B. Curry was reared and educated in Jordan township and his life has been mainly spent at Madera. He was one of the organizers and is a stockholder in the Madera Trading Company, of which he is also manager. This is one of the large business enterprises of Clearfield county, one that is amply financiered and ably managed. In politics Mr. Curry is a Democrat and for four years he was postmaster at Madera.