George Graham Currie

Background

Currie, George Graham was born on June 6, 1867 in Province of Quebec, Canada. Son of Francis P. and Ellen H. (Hanna) Currie.

Education

Educational public schools.

Career

Began traveling at 19 and visited many parts of North. America, also spent 2 years in Europe. Made 500-mile trip in canoe, from Juneau, Alaska, to the Skeena River, British Columbia Admitted to Florida bar, 1897.

Organizer and first president Farmers Bank and Trust Company. President Currie Investment & Title Guaranty Company.

Mayor of West Palm Beach, and treasurer Dade Company, Florida Author: Sonnets and Love Songs, 1912.

In the Other Manitoba’s Place, 1913. Epitaphs, Epigrams and Other Ephemera, 1914. Songs of Florida, and Other Verse, 1921.

Women in Her Infinite Variety (London), 1925.

Known as the “poet laureate” of Florida.

Achievements

• George Graham Currie has been listed as a notable author by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Mission Rickards, of Bocaratone, Florida. Married second, Mission Angevine, 1906. Children: Francis Angevine, Margaret Marion Imogen.

Father:

Francis P. Currie

Mother:

Ellen H. (Hanna) Currie

Spouse:

Mission Rickards

Spouse:

Mission Angevine

child:

Francis Angevine Currie

child:

Margaret Marion Imogen Currie