[p. 867] who is engaged in the feed and grain business at Ellwood City, was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, May 14, 1865, and is a son of William and Martha (McKinney) Curry.
William Curry, father of John M., was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1825. After coming to America he worked in different parts of Pennsylvania, on rivers, and later engaged in farming, coming to Lawrence County some twenty-eight years ago. He has acquired considerable land and owns valuable property at Ellwood City, where he lives, now being aged eighty-three years. He married Martha McKinney, who was born at Braddock, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of John McKinney. She died July 7, 1898, aged sixty-five years. They had six children, namely: William, who resides on a farm in Perry Township; Robert; Harry; John M.; Annie, who is the wife of Andrew McElwain, of Perry Township; and Bessie, who married W. V. Smith.
John M. Curry remained on the home farm until his removal to Ellwood City, in 1899, and his education was obtained at Greensburg, Braddock, and in Lawrence County. In 1900 he embarked in his present profitable business, which he has conducted successfully, his knowledge of agricultural products, as well as his wide acquaintance through the county, contributing to this result. In 1886, Mr. Curry was married to Caroline Zeigler, who is a daughter of John Y. Zeigler, of Beaver County. Mr. and Mrs. Curry have had five children, three of whom survive—Bessie, Marie and Alice. The family belong to the United Presbyterian Church. In politics, Mr. Curry is a Democrat.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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