Hon. Henry Roland Curtin and Lydia G. McMeen

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Husband Hon. Henry Roland Curtin ¹

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            AKA: Harry R. Curtin 2
           Born: 12 Jan 1850 - Centre Co, PA 3
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         Father: John Curtin (1810-Aft 1898) 2 4 5
         Mother: Julia Ann Barnhart (1811-Bef 1898) 2 6

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       Marriage: 9 Jun 1875 3

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Wife Lydia G. McMeen ³

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            AKA: Lydia McMinn 7
           Born: 6 Nov 1852 - Milesburg, Centre Co, PA 3
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         Father: Dr. William McMeen (      -1854) 3
         Mother: Nancy J. Lipton (1829-Aft 1898) 3

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Children

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1 M Joseph McMeen Curtin ³

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            AKA: J. Mack Curtin 7
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2 M John Curtin ⁷

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3 M Hugh L. Curtin ³

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            AKA: Laird H. Curtin 7
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4 F Catherine Curtin ⁷

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Henry Roland Curtin

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He remained with his parents until 1865, when he entered the Pennsylvania State College, pursuing his studies there for two and one-half years. He afterward continued his education in Dickinson Seminary, at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, where he remained for a year and a half, when he returned home and entered upon his business career, putting to a test in the practical affairs of life the knowledge that he had gained in the school room. He accepted a position as salesman in a general mercantile store in Curtin, where he remained for a year and a half, then assumed the duties of bookkeeper for the firm of R., C. & J. Curtin, serving in that capacity until 1874. In that year he and his brother James bought out the interest of their father, and Andrew and Austin Curtin succeeded to the interest of their father, Roland Curtin, thus leaving the business in the hands of the four cousins and their uncle, Constance Curtin, at which time the firm name of C. Curtin & Co. was assumed. Business was thus conducted until 1877, when the uncle retired, and the partnership between James B., Harry R., Andrew G. and Austin was continued under the name of Curtin & Curtin. They operated the factories until 1890, when operations were suspended, due to the increased facilities for manufacturing steel and taking the market for charcoal iron. When Harry R. Curtin first became a partner in the business he assumed the active management of the forge and furnace work, and was thus engaged until suspension of the business in 1890. He was then appointed special agent, under Robert P. Porter, for gathering statistics concerning iron and steel. A year later he was appointed administrator of the Constance Curtin estate, and had in charge the business interests connected with that property, which included ten thousand acres of land. Upon this was built the little village of Curtin, which contained a railroad station, grist-mill and post office, and had a population of about two hundred. Mr. Curtin was also engaged in the sawmill business for some years, and was one of the successful lumber merchants in that section of Centre County.
He was a Republican in politics, and on that ticket was elected to the State Legislature in the fall of 1894 by over 500 majority, although the county had always been a Democratic stronghold. He also held a number of township offices. On January 1, 1897, he was appointed, by Gov. Hastings, one of the food commissioners of the State.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 80, 83.

2 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 330.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 84.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 79, 277.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 858.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 80, 277.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 80.