Curran, Thomas

CURRAN, BEAUDRY

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Date: 9/9/2020 at 15:07:48

Thomas Curran was born in Ireland in about 1825. In 1850 he emigrated to America and located in New York City, where he embarked in the butcher business. From there he went to Monmouth County, N.J., and engaged in farming. In the spring of 1857, he came to Washington, Iowa, where he was engaged as a stonemason. In 1861 he enlisted in the 2nd Iowa Vol. Inf., Co. H. He was first sent on the Price raid through Missouri, then to Ft. Donelson, where he participated in the charge under Gen. Tuttle, his being the principal regiment in the charge. From there the regiment was sent to Pittsburg Landing, where, on Sunday evening Mr. Curran was wounded three inches above the ankle, shattering the bone He remained on the battle-field all night and until 1 o’clock the next day, lying between the lines, until the Union men drove the enemy away, when he was taken on board a boat and removed to St. Louis, his leg being amputated while on board the boat. He remained in the hospital three months, when he was discharged in October. He was married in New Jersey, in 1854, to Miss Mary L. Beaudry, of French descent. By this union there are seven children: Thomas, of Fairfield, Iowa; Martha, wife of William McCutchin, of Washington, Iowa; Margaret, wife of R. Carter, of Des Moines County, Iowa; Mary F., Catherine, Bertha and Lottie J., all at home. Mr. Curran died in the summer of 1887. In politics, he was a stanch Republican. Socially he was a member of the G.A. R.

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington County, Iowa (1887). Excerpt from Biographical Sketch of Thomas Curran, pages 561-562.