The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-28
CHARLES L. CURRIER,
A LEADING CITIZEN
OF BARRE, is DEAD
Served as Member of First City Council,
Was Vice President of Granite Say
ings Bank and Had Held Sew
eral Other Public Offices.

Charles L. Currer, one of the mos
prominent of Barres older residents, an'
for long term of years active in busi
ness circles here, passed away at hii
home, ll8 Washington street, this morn
ing at l2:45 o'clock. Three weeks age
Mr.. Currer suffered an attack of the
grip, but he rallied sufficiently to be out
of doors and not until last week did his
condition develop seriously. For five
days he had been confined to the house
| He leaves his wife, two daughters
Mrs. J. w. Connell of Brooklyn, N. Y.
and Mrs Laura Cassie of Barre; and two
sons, r. S. Currier of this city, county
supervisor of highways, and c. S. Cur
rier, G, H., of Elkin, n. C. There are
also left three sisters, Mrs. Caroline +.
Chubb of Barre, Mrs. George Comings of
Eau Claire, Wis, and Mrs. Gilbert Hutch
inson of st. Joseph, Mich.
Funeral services will be held at the
Currier home Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock Rev. j. w. Barnett, pastor of
the Barre Congregational church, will of
ficiate, and interment will be made in the
family lot at Elmwood cemetery. 1t is
requested that flowers be omitted.
Mr.. Currier was born Sept %, 1886,
in East Orange, on the farm where his
grandfather Rev Ezekiel Currier, set
tied in June, 1898. His parents were
Richard and Fannie B. pratt Currier,
and he was the eighth in line from the
first Currier to settle in America Rich
ard Currier, who was born in England
or Scotland about 1916 and came to
Shrewsbury, Mass, in l640
The deceased received his first school
ing in his native town, and at the age
of IL he came with his parents to Barre,
where he attended the Barre academy.
His marriage to Celinda Dickey of Or
ange took place March 80, 1858. Imme-
diately after his marriage, Mr.. Currier
settled in Hardwick, on farm of 400
acres. There he continued to reside for
is years, in the course of which he served
the town as selectman and lister.
In 1874 he returned to Barre, where he
purchased a lot of land on Merchant
street, long known as Currier hill. He
erected the Churchill house, so called, and
continued his residence there until 1893,
when he moved to his last home ON
street. In the days before
Barre became an incorporated city, Mr.. |
Currier held number of public offices, |
serving efficiently as selectman, lister |
and constable. He was a member of the |
which had charge of the ex-
tensive repairs made on the Congrega |
tional church in lss5-S7, and gave the |
work his personal supervision.
For a number of years he was trus-
.,t d. Il -. g
rs executive committee. In the begin
ling of it's commercial existence in Barre,
he Granite Savings Bank g. Trust Co.
rad in Mr.. Currier one of its substantial
and directors, and since the
leath of DIR. II. o. Worthen he had
erved as the vice-president of the bank.
fr. Currier was influential in organiz-
ng the Barre & Chelsea railroad, 'and he
vas it's first clerk and treasurer, capaci
les which he had continued to fill for
everal years. When the city was char
cred, he was member of the first city
ouncil and afterwsrd served as chair
nan of the board of aldermen. The re-
uirements were exacting, but with 9TH
RS Mr.. Currier addressed himself to the
ask of laying a firm foundation in city
overnment with Characteristic energy
nd soon after he was to serve as the ,
rst chairman of the finance and street +,
ommittees. The deceased had been ac- ;
i've as builder, and Just before his !
cath he spent much time in supervising !
ne construction work on house which !
e erected on Sheridan street.
His first wife died Dec. 2, 1898, and {
ct. Q, 1908, Mr.. Currier married Mrs.
la E. Gilman, who survives him. The {
eceased united with the Congregational
lurch in Hardwick many years ago, and !
fter his removal to Barre he transferred !
is afliliation to the church here. =