----Source: 1891 History of Clark & Jackson Co., Wis., pg. 256-257

HENRY E. CURRAN, a prominent farmer of Jackson County, was born in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, February 2, 1842, the son of John Curran, who was also born in Pennsylvania, in 1810. The father remained in his native State until 1847, when he came to Waukesha County, Wisconsin, and in 1856 to Jackson County, Hixton Township, now called Curran. It was named after the Curran family, there having been four brothers who owned land in the township. The father died in this county at the age of seventy-four years. He was a prominent man in his time, and held a number of minor offices. Politically he was a Republican, and religiously a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he was also a local minister. He was a blacksmith by trade. Our subject's mother, Betsey (McKinney) Curran, was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1808, and died in Curran Township at an advanced age. She was member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and both she and her husband were of Irish extraction. The parents had seven children, namely: Sarah A., Samuel M., Robert R., Joseph H., John W., Henry E. and Mary, all of whom are now living but Sarah.

Henry E., their sixth child, was reared and educated in Waukesha and Jackson counties, on a farm. In 1856 he came with his father to Jackson County, settling in what is now Curran Township, where the former still lives and owns 150 acres in section 22 and 35, making his home in the latter. He give considerable attention to the stock business, raising good graded cattle and horses in addition to general farming. Politically he is a Republican.

Mr. Curran was married January 29, 1872, to Lucinda A. Paddock, who was born in Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, April 10, 1848, the daughter of Anson C. and Lucy A. (Wyman) Paddock, both natives of Vermont.

Mr. Curran is a farmer by occupation, and politically a Republican, and has held both county and town offices. The mother died in Augusta, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, where the father now resides. Mr. and Mrs. Curran had four children: Nellie, John A., Robert B., and one who died in infancy.