Albert L. Currie, D. D. S.,
is an able and representative exponent of the
profession that involves both a science and a
mechanic art and is known as one of the successful
practitioners of dentistry in Clayton county, his
place of residence being in the attractive and
thriving village of Monona, where he has well
appointed offices with the best of modern facilities
in both the operative and laboratory departments. As
a skilled workman of punctilious loyalty to his
profession and the requirements of all patrons, he
has built up a substantial and representative
practice and is one of the popular and progressive
citizens who consistently find recognition in this
history of Clayton county.
Dr. Currie was born in the
city of La Salle, Illinois, on the 28th of August,
1869, and is a son of James and Louise (Fairbanks)
Currie, both natives of the State of Ohio. The
parents of the doctor removed to Delaware county,
Iowa, when he was about 3 years of age. His father is
now living retired from active business with his son,
after having been twenty-three years in the service
of the Illinois Central R. R. as foreman carpenter of
the Iowa division. He is a stalwart advocate of the
principles of the Republican party and is a member of
the Congregational church, as was also his wife,
whose death occurred several years since. Of their
children the first two, Addie Louise and George, are
deceased; Charles is engaged in the practice of
medicine in the city of Des Moines; Frank L. and
Acacia are deceased, and Dr. Albert L., of this
review, is the youngest of the number.
Dr. Currie continued his
studies in the public schools until he had completed
the curriculum of the high school, and in consonance
with his ambitious plans he entered the department of
dentistry of the University of Iowa, in which
institution he was graduated as a member of the class
of 1891 and from which he received his well-earned
degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. For the ensuing
four years he was established in practice at
Earlville, Iowa, Delaware county, and he then, in
1895, came to Clayton county and opened an office at
Monona, where he has since continued in successful
practice and where he controls a large and important
professional business which is based alike on his
recognized technical ability and his unequivocal
personal popularity. The doctor pays unswerving
allegiance to the Republican party, though
manifesting no ambition for public office of any
kind, and he is affiliated with the Masonic
fraternity, including the adjunct organization, the
Order of the Eastern Star.
On the 26th of October,
1894, Dr. Currie wedded Miss Martha Thomas, daughter
of David and Sophia Thomas, of Greeley, this State,
and she is the popular chatelaine of their present
home, which is known for its generous hospitality.
Dr. and Mrs. Currie have no children.
source: History of
Clayton County, Iowa; From The Earliest Historical
Times Down to the Present; by Realto E. Price,
Vol. II, 1916; pg. 78-79
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