An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., The
Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, page 390
	
	JUDGE A.P. CURRY. -- No man is better known in Spokane than the subject of
this sketch, Judge Curry, of the Municipal Court. Under his jurisdiction the
city has assumed a quiet, respectable air of which the people are proud..
	He was born in Bangor, Maine, son of Richard W. and Nancy W. (Hatch) Curry,
natives of Nova Scotia and Bangor, Maine, respectively. He received his
education in his native city, and after leaving school engaged in business with
his father, who was a merchant and who had moved to Chelsea, Massachusetts. In
1854 he emigrated to Dixon, Illinois, where he was City Marshal two years. He
formed one of a party who crossed the plains to Pike's Peak during the gold
excitement of 1860, and returned to Illinois about two months previous to the
outbreak of the Civil war. When President Lincoln called for volunteers he was
among the first to enlist in the service of his country. He entered as a private
in Company A, Thirteenth Illinois Infantry, and in 1862 was promoted to the
position of Lieutenant of Bowen's cavalry. Early in 1862 he was made Captain,
serving as such for three years, when he was mustered out at St. Louis. He then
went to Memphis and was appointed Colonel of the First West Tennessee Infantry,
which he commanded until the close of the war. He then entered into mercantile
business in Memphis, and in 1807 was elected County Sheriff, to which position
he was twice re-elected.
	In 1878 Mr. Curry located in Leadville, and during the years 1880 and 1881,
was Marshal of that place. In 1883 he moved to the Coeur d' Alene country,
Idaho, where he engaged in mining pursuits, being one of the first to arrive
there. He soon afterward took up his abode in Spokane, where he continued his
mining interests. In 1889 he was elected Brigadier-General of the Territory of
Washington. For one year General Curry was Senior Vice-Commander of the Grand
Army of the Republic, for two years Post Commander, and for the year 1890 was
Department Commander of Washington and Alaska. He is a Knight of Pythias and of
the Order of Elks. The following is the General's staff: C.F. Lake,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General; J. Hamilton Lewis,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Inspector General; J.A. Hutfield, Assistant
Quartermaster General; V.K. Snell, Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Commissary
General; Benj. R. Freeman, Lieutenant-Colonel and Brigade Surgeon; E.P.
Gillette, First Lieutenant and Aid-de-camp; Wm. H. Chapman, First Lieutenant and
Aid-de-camp; and Cromwell, First Lieutenant and Aid-de camp.
	Judge Curry was admitted to the bar in 1891, and was appointed Judge of the
Municipal Court by Acting Governor Charles E. Laughton. Not long ago he was
elected president of the Mining Exchange.
	Personally, he is a genial, whole-souled gentleman, whose friends are to be
found among all classes of people. In appearance, he has the bearing of a
soldier, and is justly proud of his record as such. The headquarters of the
National Guards of Washington are rooms 10 and 11, Falls City Block, Spokane.
	
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