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| Andrew Gregg Curtin, was a Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, USA from 15 June 1861 to 15th June 1867. He was born 22 April, 1815 in a stone house on the corner of Allegheny Street and Cherry Lane in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. After his schooling he entered the law office of William W. Potter in Bellefonte and finished his law courses at Dickinson College in Carlisle. At age 22 in 1837, he was admitted to the Centre County Bar. On 30th May, 1844 Andrew married Katherine Irvine Wilson, at the home of her parents, Dr William Wilson & Mary Potter, in Penns Valley, Pennsylvania. They were, in turn, parents to 7 children. Mary Wilson Curtin born 1845, Jane Gregg Curtin born 1847, Martha Irvine Curtin born 1849, William Wilson Curtin born 1851, Myron Stanley Curtin born 1854, Katherine Wilson Curtin born 1859, and Bessie Elliott Curtin born 1865. |
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| Page made by Margaret Curtain Curtin Clan's Genealogist 20 March 2004 |
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| Andrew in 1840 |
| Andrew Gregg Curtin |
| Andrew in 1892 |
| Andrew Gregg Curtin passed away peacefully at his home on High Street in Bellefonte on Sunday, 7th October, 1894. He was 79 years of age and news of his passing brought widespread mourning. |
| Andrew was a man with a tall, slim, straight bearing, very distinguished with personal magnetism. It is said he was a few inches taller than six foot, had broad shoulders, smooth-shaven face, black hair, blue eyes, and a dignity and grace of manner. Andrew enjoyed swimming, was a wonderful story-teller, very witty, enjoyed playing poker and a great leader. |
| Andrew Gregg Curtin was the first son of Roland Curtin and his 2nd wife Jane Gregg. Jane was the daughter of The Honorable Andrew Gregg and Martha Potter. Andrew's full siblings were Constans, Martha, Ellen, Margery, Nancy and Julia. He had 7 half-siblings from his father Roland's first marriage to Margery Gregg, a daughter of John Gregg and Elizabeth of Carlisle, PA. Margery died 15 January 1813. |
| Roland Curtin was born in 1764 in the Parish of Dysert, in Co Clare. Dysert is a parish containing 39 townlands, one of which is also called Dysert. The area is in the Barony of Inchiquin and is between the town of Ennis and the town of Corofin, to the north. (see X on map) |
| Today it is a green grassy area with many ruins of old Cemeteries, Churches and the restored Castle O'Dea. The Fergus River flows through much of the parish which is an agricultural area. |
| Around the time of the Griffiths Evaluations in the 1850's, a Curtin family in this Dysert area was evicted for non-payment of rent. They do not appear on the Land records after 1855. Many Curtin families lived over towards the coastal areas of County Clare. Roland Curtin came to Philadelphlia, PA, in the United States in 1793 and in 1797 opened a Mercantile business in Milesburg. In November 1799 he married Margery Gregg and moved to Bellefonte. He closed his Milesburg store in 1800 and opened one in Bellefonte. In 1810 Roland Curtin in partnership with Moses Boggs built Eagle Forge. Thus began the iron-works in this area. In 1818 Roland bought Moses's half-interest. The Post Office was established and the water wheel built. In 1830 when Roland was 66, the building of the Curtin mansion begins. He died 8 November 1850, and is buried in Union Cemetery, Bellefonte, PA. |
| Roland Curtin (1764-1850) , was the older of 12 children born in the Dysert area, Co Clare to Augustine (Austin) Curtin and his wife Mary O'Loughlin. Augustine was born about 1725 and died in 1825 aged 99 years 9 months. His parents were Roland Curtin and Ellen O'Loughlin. It was Roland who built "Curtin House" on his Dysert farm. This Roland was in turn the son of Augustine Curtin and Anne McDonough in Co Clare. |
| A full genealogy dynasty on this lineage has been worked on for many many years, by different family members in various generations. One of the Governor's descendants, Jane Baum has put together a book which is very interesting. (Email Jane here) (Email Curtin Clan Genealogist here) |
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| Andrew's wife Katherine, nee Wilson |
| Jane Curtin, nee Gregg - Andrew's mother |