Hiram E. Currier
Hiram E. Currier was born on May 18, 1846, in Bath, New Hampshire, to John C. Currier and Susan Elliott. His father was a farmer. His parents during his childhood, and by 1860, he was living with relatives George and Naomi Currier in Gilmanton, New Hampshire.
He enlisted in the Union army on August 15, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company G of the 11th New Hampshire Infantry on September 9. The regiment took part in the Battle of Fredericksburg, the siege of Vicksburg, and the Overland Campaign. He was severely wounded in the left arm in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House on May 14, 1864, and surgeons amputated the arm. He mustered out on November 17, 1864.
Currier settled in Lisbon, New Hampshire, after leaving the army, and he earned a living as a house painter. He married Alzina A. Taylor on March 9, 1872, and they had at least three children: Carl, born around 1875; Susan, born around 1877; and Mabel, born around 1880. They lived in Littleton, New Hampshire. He remained there for the rest of his life, and he died there of “carcinoma of [the] stomach” on February 10, 1930.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (3683) | Currier, Hiram E. | 1846-05-18 | 1930-02-10 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (10297) [writer] ~ Hiram E. Currier to Mary P. Elliott, 30 August 1863
People - Records: 2
Places - Records: 2
Regiments - Records: 1
- (575) [enlisted] [G] ~ 11th New Hampshire Infantry
SOURCES
1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; New Hampshire Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947, available from Ancestry.com; New Hampshire Death Records, 1650-1969, available from Ancestry.com.
