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John Elliott Curran
John Elliott Curran (May 25, 1848 – May 18, 1890) was an American author. Curran, son of John C. and Mary L. Curran, was born in Utica, New York, May 25, 1848. Literary career He graduated from Yale College in 1870. After nearly a year of European travel he pursued the study of law, at first in Utica, and then in the Columbia Law School, Law School of Columbia College, where he was graduated in May 1873. He practiced his profession for some years in New York City, but finally abandoned it for literary work, which had long interested him. He published one novel, ''Miss Frances Merley'', in 1888, and a number of stories in magazines. He also did some newspaper work in New York. His residence was in Englewood, New Jersey, where he died on May 18, 1890, at the age of 41, of heart-failure, following a week's illness of pneumonia and pleurisy. Personal life He married Eliza P., youngest daughter of Captain James H. Mulford, of New York City, who survived him with three c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utica, New York
Utica () is a Administrative divisions of New York, city in the Mohawk Valley and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States. The List of cities in New York, tenth-most-populous city in New York State, its population was 65,283 in the 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. Census. Located on the Mohawk River at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains, it is approximately west-northwest of Albany, New York, Albany, east of Syracuse, New York, Syracuse and northwest of New York City. Utica and the nearby city of Rome, New York, Rome anchor the Utica–Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area comprising all of Oneida and Herkimer County, New York, Herkimer Counties. Formerly a river settlement inhabited by the Mohawk people, Mohawk Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy, Utica attracted European-American settlers from New England during and after the American Revolution. In the 19th century, immigrants strengthened its position as a layover city between Albany and Syracuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
