John C. Curry From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 1023.

TOWN OF GLEN HAVEN

JOHN C. CURRY, Glen Haven Hotel; born in 1842 in Jo Daviess Co., Ill.; was a son of James and Jane Curry; lived there for three years, then went to Stephenson Co., and lived there until 1855; then to Grant Co., Wis.; located near Lancaster; lived there until he enlisted, in 1864, in Co. A, 41st W. V. I.; served five months; came back and lived with his parents until 1866. In the same year, he was married to Miss Eliza Tisherness, a daughter of Louis and Mary Tisherness; moved to Beetown in 1872; resided there for seven years; then to Glen Haven in 1879. Is the proprietor of the Mississippi House; has three children - Alma, Albert B., Louis C. Politics, Republican; Road Overseer four terms; School Director two terms.

 


This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.