Case Current Unknown Paper - June 5, 1895 James Current died in the town of Home last Thursday of old age. Mr. Current was born on the 16th of October, eighty-six years ago, and has been a resident of brown County since 1869. He was the first in the family to die and leaves a wife and seven children. The funeral was held on the 31st. Unknown Paper- September 16, 1899 Mrs. Mary Currant died last Sunday evening at the home of her daughter Mrs. I.A. Case, in Home township, after several years suffering. The deceased was nearly 89 years of age, and has resided in this county for about 30 years. She was born in Virginia, October 15, 1810, and on December 18, 1834 she married to James Currant, who died Decoration Day, 1895. In 1869 she removed to Brown county, andhas since resided here. Mrs. Current was mother of seven children, of which five survive her. Twenty-seven grand-children, and nine great-grand-children are also living. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon-the burial taking place in the Home cemetery. Henry Bastian, Albert Behnke and daughters, Mrs. Schorregge, Mrs. L.G. Vogel, and Mrs. Chas. Brust from town attended the funeral. Unknown Paper - 12/18/1895 Last Wednesday death suddenly removed one of Brown county's best known citizens, John Q.A. Current of Home. While Mr. Current has been the victim for a number of years of a cancerous growth on his face, it was not expected that it would so soon lead to death, and his passing away, therefore, occasioned considerable surprise. Mr. current was sixty years old at the time of his demise having been born in Indiana in 1835. He came to Minnesota in 1866 and settled at once with his brothers in Home township. By thrift and energy he succeeded in working up a nice estate and he leaves his family in comfortable circumstances. The writer enjoyed his acquaintance and is free to say that he was a man of sterling integrity and one whom it was a pleasure to know. A liberal reader, and a fair minded man, his mind was stored of valuable knowledge and his nature charitable and generous. He was one of those men whom the public hate to lose. Unknown Paper - May 14, 1931 MRS. JOHN Q.A. CURRENT Mrs. John Quincy Adams Current passed quietly away at the old farm home in Home township Saturday afternoon at one o'clock after an illness of little over a week. Mrs. Current had been suffering the infirmities of advanced old age when she contracted bronchial pneumonia, and this caused her demise at the age of 86 years. Nancy Rees was born near Wheeling, West Virginia on November 30, 1845. She moved with her parents to Indiana when she was ten years of age. There she grew to womanhood and after she was united in marriage with John Quincy Adams Current at New Castle, Ind., August 13, 1869, they came to Minnesota, locating on the homestead in Home township. The deceased spend the rest of her life on that farm. Nine children blessed this happy union, eight of whom survive to mourn her passing. One son John died in 1907 and the husband and father passed away December 11, 1895. The surviving children are: Mrs. John Kuelbs, Sleepy Eye; Mrs. Henry Bastain, Anaheim, Calif.; Roy Current, Sleepy Eye; Mark Current, Fargo, N.D.; Dr. Earl Current, Spokane, Wash.; Mrs. Robert Runck, New Ulm; Mrs. Tom Merkel, Home township, and Mrs. Edward Skibness, Minneapolis. Thirty-three grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were conducted from the farm home in Home township Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. E.J. Meierbactol of the Methodist church at Springfield, officiating. Interment was made in the old Current cemetery. Mark Current and Mrs. Skibness were the only relatives from away who were able to be present for the last rites. Unknown Paper, Unknown Date Jacob Current, of the stalwart Democrats of the County, is no more. Following a paralytic stroke which he suffered Saturday noon, he lapsed into unconsciousness Sunday and breathed his last Monday evening at 7 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Geo. Martine in the Town of Home. The deceased was born in Indiana September 30, 1835. He came to Brown County and settled in the Town of Home about 45 years ago where he was married to Elizabeth Krier a few years later. His wife died a couple of years after their marriage and after her death made his home with his father until he died. Since the death of his father he has lived with his only daughter, Mrs. George Martine. For a great number of years the deceased was postmaster of the Home post office and he ably filled the office of County Surveyor at different times. He was a Simon-pure Democrat and never wavered in his affiliations to the party. He was well and favorably known here in New Ulm and in the early days came here frequently. He was a charter member of the local Masonic lodge and they will officiate at his funeral which takes place Thursday afternoon at one o'clock from the home of his daughter, Mrs. Geo. Martine. Interment will be made in the Home cemetery. The deceased is survived by his only daughter Mrs. George Martine, and three brothers. N.J. Current of Home, I.P. Current and Bruce Current of Todd County and a sister, Mrs. R.A. Case living in the Town of Home. Unknown paper - 1916 On the homestead in Home township, which had been his place of residence for more than half a century, last Friday occurred the death of William J. Current, one of the early settlers of the north-western part of Brown county. Death was due to heart trouble with which Mr. Current had been ailing for some time. The deceased was born March 24, 1843, in Henry county, Ind. and with 72 years, 9 months and 27 days old at the time of his demise. He took up a homestead in the present Home township in 1864, but having qualified as a teacher, followed that vocation for several years, teaching several terms in the Swan Lake district and later two years in his native state. Mr. Current was married to Miss Nancy J. Bechtelheimer Dec. 24, 1868, and in the spring of the following year the families of the young couple came to Minnesota for permanent residence. These families, with those who had already located in that vicinity organized Home township at the Current homestead a short time thereafter. For the past 21 years Mr. Current has held the office of town treasurer. The deceased is survived by his widow and five children, Cyrus C., Scott, Clay, Milo J. and Mrs. J.O. Chase. One daughter died in 1880. He also leaves two brothers Isreal P. and Bruce, and one sister, Mrs. T.A. Case. The funeral services were held at the late home of the deceased at 10 o'clock Tuesday forenoon, Rev. D.W. Schock of Minneapolis officiating. Interment was made at the Current family cemetery in Home township. Review - January 19, 1933 MRS. NANCY J. CURRENT Mrs. Wm. J. Current, Nancy Bechtelheimer, passed away at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J.O. Case at Essig Sunday morning at 12:10 o'clock. She had been bedfast since September 15th, when she suffered a fall and was not able to walk, but her condition did not become critical until about a week ago. The deceased was born August 16, 1848 in Henry County, Ind., and was thus 84 years of age. She grew to womanhood in Indiana and when she was 20 years old, December 24, 1868, she was united in marriage with William J. Current. The following year, Mr. and Mrs. Current came to Minnesota, locating in Brown county on a homestead in Home township. Mrs. Current continued her home there until four years ago when she moved to Essig to live with her daughter. Mrs. Current was the mother of five children. Her husband and one daughter preceded her in death. Three sons and a daughter survive to mourn her passing. They are: Cyrus C. Current and Clay Current of Home township; Scott Current of New Ulm, and Mrs. J.O. Case of Essig. Seventeen Grandchildren and nine great grandchildren as well as two sisters and two brothers also survive. The latter are Mrs. Marion Current and J.A. Bechtelheimer of Mooreland, Ind.; Alonzo Bechtelheimer of Connersville, Ind. and Mrs. Homer Chalfant of Dayton, Ohio. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon from St. Peter's Episcopal church in this city at 1:30, Rev. C.W. Baxter of St. Peter, Minn., a former local rector, officiating at the last rites. Interment was made in the Current cemetery in Home township. Review - March 2, 1939 MARION C. CURRENT Marion C. Current, a member of the well-known family of that name, died at the Union hospital Tuesday, February 28, after being there for a week's medical care. Mr. Current had been ailing more or less for several months and had spent the past winter among his relatives in the Essig and Sleepy Eye vicinity, in Milford. The deceased was a son of W.P. Current and was born in Jay County, Ill., December 4, 1860, thus being just past 78 years of age. He married in November of 1880, at New Ulm, Miss Martha Middleton, who preceded him in death by nearly twenty years. Of their 11 children, nine survive. Two of them, Elmer and Elicton, are residents of Puposky, Minn., near Bemidji, where Mr. and Mrs. Current made their home until he left there last fall to live for the winter among his people in this part of the state. His wife and a daughter, Mrs. Ted Payment are buried at Bemidji and one son, John, died in Home Township. The other surviving sons are Everett of International Falls and Harold of South Bend, Ind. His daughters are Mrs. Albert Nelson of Williston, N.D., Mrs. Wm. Lock of Pontiac, Mich., Mrs. Fred Bodin, Battlegrounds, Wash., Mrs. Joe Karbens, Chicago and Mrs. Mabel Mason, Ontario, Canada. One brother, Jim Current, lives on Route 4, Milford and two sisters, Mrs. Caledonia Barnell, Long Prairie, Minn., and Mrs. Emma Barlow, of New Ulm, also survive. Review - Feb. 12, 1948 SCOTT CURRENT Scott Current, 54, well known resident of Brown county died at his home in Essig Sunday. He had been ill since December 24. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William current, and was born in Home township, June 24, 1873. He grew to manhood there and was married to Miss Clara Runek in New Ulm, June 24, 1904. They resided in Home township until 1930 when the moved to New Ulm. In 1933 they moved to Essig where they have since resided. His widow and two children survive: Mrs. Floyd (Esther) Traver, New Ulm and Lester Current, Milford township. There are two grandchildren. One sister, Mrs. Catherine Case, and two brothers, Clay Current, St. James and Milo Current, Hibbing, also survive. Final rites will be at the Gedstad funeral home today (Thursday) at 1:15 p.m. and in the Zion Lutheran church in Essig at 2 p.m. Review - April 13, 1939 J.W. CURRENT Another of the older residents of this community, passed to his last long rest yesterday morning when J.W. Current of Milford township died at his home at 3:45 a.m. He had been confined to his bed about 18 months. The Current home, three miles north of Essig, is in the neighborhood that was settled in the very early times, where timber country joins the river valleys and ravines. Mr. Current retired from active life five years ago. The deceased was a native of Indiana and was born in that state January 16, 1852, and was therefore 87 years of age at his last anniversary. He married Sary Brooks December 31, 1974, and she survives him. Of their six children all but one are living and are Mrs. Henry Moll, Milford, Mrs. Alvira Barnell, Marion Current and Mrs. George Brust, New Ulm and Mrs. George Pickle, Fairfax. There are 32 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren. Two sisters live at Ivanhoe and Long Prarie. Mr. Current came to Milford first in 1872 and brought his bride with him to make his home here. After six years they went to Wadena where they remained for about three years and then returned to Milford where they have lived ever since, building up one of the well known and respected families of the county. He was a cousin of the late Marion E. Current who died about six weeks ago.