Blue Book of Wisconsin, 1885, Crawford Co., WI Biographies

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft@cowtown.net

Source: The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin, 1885, Page 428

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: ASSEMBLY 

Crawford County.  Population, 15,644

THOMAS CURLEY (Dem.) of Bell Center, was born in Tremane, county Roscommon, 
Ireland, May 8, 1825; received a common school education; is a farmer; 
immigrated to the United States in 1851 and settled at St. Louis, but removed to 
Wisconsin in 1867, settling at Mount Sterling, thence to the town of Haney, in 
1874, where he still resides; he entered the military service in 1860, as first 
lieutenant in the Southwest Battalion of Missouri, having previously been an 
active member and officer of several militia companies; served for six months on 
the frontier of Missouri. In June, 1861, he enlisted in the volunteer service of 
the United States,  and was commissioned major of the 7th Missouri infantry; was 
promoted in May, 1862, as lieutenant colonel, and in July he was called home to 
recruit, raising in a short time the 27th Missouri infantry, of which he was 
made colonel, at which time he was presented with a thousand dollar sword by his 
friends; participated in the siege and capture of Vicksburg, the capture of 
Jackson, the campaign of the 15th army corps from Vicksburg to Chattanooga, in 
the battles of Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, with Sherman in his march to the 
sea, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Jonesboro, Lovejoy Station, the capture 
of Savannah and Fort McAllister; was in the campaign through South Carolina, 
capturing Charleston and Columbia, at which place he was instrumental in saving 
a catholic church from fire; was in the battle of Bentonville, capture of 
Raleigh, and many minor campaigns; was commissioned brigadier general, March 17, 
1865, for meritorious services during the war, and on his arrival at St. Louis 
with his regiment was presented with a new stand of colors with the names upon 
it of the sixteen battles in which the regiment had fought; was town supervisor 
in 1878; was an unsuccessful candidate for assembly in 1878; he was elected to 
the assembly of 1883, and was reelected in 1884 to the assembly of 1885, 86, 
receiving 1,614 votes against 1,585 for Atley Peterson, republican.