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LACHLAN CURRIE (LACHLIN)
DEATH OF MR. CURRIE
[Welland Tribune, 30 May 1872]
Niagara Township has lost by death another of its worthy and oldest inhabitants, and Canada one of its earliest settlers and bravest defenders. Mr. Lachlin Currie, father of the Hon. J.G. Currie, Speaker of the House of Assembly and of J.M. Currie, Esq., of this Town, breathed his last on Saturday evening at the ripe old age of 87 years. The deceased was a Scotchman by birth, and came to Canada with his regiment in 1812 or 1813 taking part in many of the battles fought on the Upper Canada frontier during the war. On the conclusion of peace he left the army and settled on a farm on the Niagara River, where he continued to reside till the day of his death. When the Rebellion of 1837 broke out, Mr. C. once more shouldered his musket and again enjoyed the satisfaction of being successful in assisting in preserving the honor and dignity of the flag he loved. For the past two years he was blind, but otherwise seemed as healthy and strong as most men of his age. He leaves behind him six children, five sons and a daughter. -St. Catharines Journal.
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