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)
Life Span
to
Dickinson Connection
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.
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