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knoblock Genealogy Page Directory  Total Records: 1  The Roland Curtin Family of Centre County Pennsylvania Roland Curtin was born 1764 in County Clare, Ireland. He arrived in Philadelphia, Pa in 1793. He first settled in Philipsburg, Pa. and in 1799 he moved to Bellefonte, where he became a shop-keeper and later, sheriff of Centre County. In 1800 Roland married Margery Gregg. She was the daughter of John Gregg and Elizabeth. They had 7 children. Margery died in 1813 in Bellefonte, and in 1814 Roland married Margery?s first cousin, Jane Gregg. Jane was the daughter of Andrew Gregg and Martha Potter. They had 7 children, their first son was Andrew Gregg Curtin, known as The great war-governor of Pennsylvania, In 1810, Curtin and landowner Moses Boggs founded the Eagle Iron Works. The next year, Curtin purchased nearly 10,000 acres of land, all of which was subsequently cleared, most of it for the hardwood necessary to make the charcoal that fueled the iron furnaces. The Curtin family continued to operate the Eagle Iron Works until an unfortunate blaze in 1921 marked its end, one of the last functioning charcoal cold blast furnace in the United States. Outline Descendant Tree: March 2003 Udate Genealogy Report: March 2003 update--The Roland Curtin Family 11/8/2009 10:51 PM Page 1 of 1  1 of 1

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