Andrew G. Curtin
u.s. senator from Iowa from 1908-27. He succeeded Calvin Coolidge as president of the senate in 1923. Member of Capitol Lodge No. 110, Des Moines and ZaGa-Zig Shrine Temple of Des Moines. d. July 30, 1926., terms (1902-08), and
First practiced at Grand Rapids and Grand Haven, Mich. and in Des Moines since 1920. Served as first lieutenant in WW1. Mason. William Cunningham (?-1791) English Captain and Provost Marshal of the American Revolution who was notorious for his treatment of American prisoners. He arrived in New York in 1774, where he broke horses and gave riding lessons. His conduct was obnoxious to the Whigs in New York and he fled to Boston where he attracted the attention of General Thomas Gage, who appointed him provost marshal. In 1778 he had charge of the prisons in Philadelphia and later of those in New York. In both places his cruelties to the prisoners became notorious. More than 250 were hanged without trial and 2,000 starved to death. His only known virtue was in the recovery of the stolen jewels, books and records of Lodges No.2 and 3 in Philadelphia. His own lodge is not known, but he was a visitor to Lodge No.. 3 on O路ct. 10, 1777. Later he resided in London where he became dissipated, and for forging a draft was convicted and executed on Aug. 10, 1791.
Robert R. Cummins Railroad executive. b. Sept. 30, 1884 at Marion,
Ala. Began with Central of Georgia Railroad in 1909. Presently president and director of S路ylvania Central Railway, Albany Terminal Co., Macon Terminal Co., Chatham Terminal Co., and Central of Georgia Motor Transport Co. Vice president and director of three other terminal companies. Mason.
Albert B. Cunningham Author and educator (pen name of Garth Hale). b. June 22, 1888 at Linden, W. Va. Served as dean of Lebanon Univ. and College of Puget Sound, and has taught English at Washington State, State Teachers College, Shippensburg, Pa. and has been professor of English at Texas Technical College since 1929. He has written 23 fiction books such as Singing Mountains, Old Black Bass:1 Murder at Deer Lick, Murder at the Schoolhouse, The Strange Death of Manny Square, Murder Before Midnight, After The Storm, The Victorry of Paul Kent, and others. Member of Village Lodge No. 274, Burton, Ohio, but now demitted.
George R. Currie Justice of Supreme Court of Wisconsin since 1951. b. Jan. 16, 1900 at Princeton, Wis. Graduate of Univ. of Wisconsin in 1925. Practiced law in Sheboygan from 1925-51. Mason.
Edward H. Cunningham (18691930) Member of Federal Reserve Board, 1923-30. b. Dec. 14, 1869 at Burlington, Wis. Farmed in Iowa from 1889. He was a member of the lower house of Iowa three terms, 1909-13 and speaker of house in 1913. Mason. d. Nov. 28, 1930.
Paul H.. Cunningham U.S. Congressman to 77th to 8Ist Congresses (1941-51) from Iowa. b. June 15, 1890 in Indiana Co., Pa. Admitted to Michigan bar in 1915 and Iowa bar in 1920.
Charles F. Curry (1858-1930) U.S. Congressman, 63rd to 71st Congresses (1913-31) from 3rd California dist. b. March 14, 1858. Member of the California Assembly in 1887 and superintendent of Station B. postoffice in San Francisco from 1890-94. Secretary of State of California in 1899-1911. Mason. d. Olct. ~O, 1930. Andrew G. Curtin (1815-1) Governor of Pennsylvania, 1860~65. b. April 22, in Bellefonte, Pa. He was
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