Curran, Hugh Asbury

Hugh Asbury Curran, born on May 18, 1840 in Margaretta, PA, entered Dickinson in 1858, graduated in 1860, and received his graduate degrees in 1858 and 1890. He practiced as a teacher in various schools. He married Sarah Harris in 1866 and had two children. Curran died in 1917. (By Brandon Rothenberg)
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Class of 1860
    Full name
    Hugh Asbury Curran
    Place of birth
    Margaretta, PA
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Estimated
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Slave State
    No. of Spouses
    1
    No. of Children
    2
    Family
    James Curran (father), Sarah Curran (mother), Sarah Harris (wife, 1866), Mary R. (daughter), James Harris (son)
    Education
    Dickinson (Carlisle College)
    Occupation
    Educator

    Hugh Asbury Curran (Dickinson Alumni Record)

    Reference
    Curran, Hugh Asbury - Born May 18, 1840, Margaretta, Pa. ; p. James and Sarah Curran ; prep., Dickinson seminary, Williamsport, Pa. ; entered 1858 ; A. B., 1860 ; A. M., 1863 ; Ph. D., 1890 ; teacher ; instructor Dickinson seminary, Williamsport, Pa. ; Bloomsburg normal school ; Stroudsburg normal school ; Pennington seminary ; and, at present, Johnstown, Pa., high school ; Phi Kappa Sigma ; Phi Beta Kappa ; B. L. society ; married, 1866, Sarah Harris ; children, Mary R., James Harris. Address, Johnstown, Pa.
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 189.
    How to Cite This Page: "Curran, Hugh Asbury," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/5518.