Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

James CURRAN, farmer; P. O. Wilmington; this gentleman ranks as one of the successful 
farmers of Will Co.; was born in Ireland in 1814, and is the son of Owen and Catherine 
(CARNEY) CURRAN, of Ireland; his father was a farmer; here Mr. CURRAN commenced life, 
engaged in farming from the time he was able to hold the plow; in 1849, with his parents, 
he emigrated to America; thence West to Illinois, and settled in Will Co.; in 1852, Mr. 
CURRAN settled on the place he now lives on, the country being very wild at that time. 
Married Miss Nellie COREGON, of Ireland, by whom he has seven children. Mr. CURRAN owns 240 
acres of fine land in Will Co.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.