BIO:  The CURRAN Family, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Chanceford Township, Pg 89

THE CURRAN FAMILY.  John Curran was a son of David Curran, who emigrated from 
Ireland to America and settled where Jefferson, Md., is now situated.  This 
property afterward passed into the hands of John Curran, who subsequently sold it 
to Thomas Jefferson, and removed to Chanceford Township.  John Curran had ten 
children:  Samuel, John, David, Jacob, Charles, Sophia, Sarah, Elizabeth, 
Margaret and Catherine.  John Curran died in 1819.  Samuel Curran had seven 
children:  Andrew, John, Henry, Samuel, Joseph, Mary and Margaret.  Andrew 
Curran, a son of Samuel and Mary (Wise) Curran, was born January 29, 1829.  At 
the age of twenty-three he began serving an apprenticeship at the stonemason’s 
trade at Dallastown, Penn., and continued this trade for several years.  In 1855 
he removed from York Township and settled on his present farm.  He was married in 
1854 to Miss Catherine N. Young, daughter of Jacob Young of York Township.  This 
marriage has been blessed with four children:  Mary C., Joseph A., Margaret A. 
and Samuel H.  Mr. Curran is a member of the German Reformed Church, and his wife 
belongs to the Lutheran Church.  John Curran, a son of Samuel and Mary A. (Wise) 
Curran, was born September 14, 1832, in the old family homestead, which he now 
owns and where he resides; he is a farmer and grows tobacco extensively.  In 1859 
he married Miss Sarah A. Wise, daughter of John Wise of Chanceford Township.  
They have five children:  John S., William F., Joseph W., George A. and Mary M.  
Mr. Curran has held various official position in his township.  He is agent for 
the Southern Mutual Insurance Company of York.  He is a member of the German 
Reformed Church.  Henry Curran, son of Samuel and Mary A. (Wise) Curran, was born 
on the old homestead in 1834, and remained at home until 1863, when he went to 
Montana, and engaged in mining.  In 1870 he returned to Chanceford Township and 
engaged in farming and merchandising at Collinsville.  He remained there some 
time and then removed to Brogueville, where he continued business for seven 
years, and then sold his interest and began business where he now resides.  He is 
also engaged in farming, and has 180 acres of land.  He was married, in 1877, to 
Miss Maria Trout, daughter of Judge Valentine Trout.  Three children have blessed 
this marriage:  Ivy M., Mary E., and Sarah J.  He is a member of the German 
Reformed Church and his wife of the Presbyterian Church.  Samuel Curran, son of 
Samuel and Mary A. (Wise) Curran, was born October 29, 1836, and reared and 
educated in his native township.  He remained on the homestead farm until thirty-
three years of age, when he purchased a farm adjoining that of his father, and 
there he remained eight years.  In 1881 he purchased his present farm, where he 
now resides.  He was married in 1869 to Miss Mary A. Sechrist, daughter of 
Charles Sechrist, of Chanceford Township.  Mr. Curran’s second marriage was in 
1879 to Mrs. Catherine E. McNaughton.  They have three children:  William H., 
George S., and Jacob E.  Mr. and Mrs. Curran are members of the Lutheran Church.