Moody Currier (April 22, 1806 – August 23, 1898) was an American lawyer, banker, patron of the arts, and Republican politician from Manchester, New Hampshire.
Moody Currier (Jr.) was born in Boscawen, New Hampshire, the son of Rhoda Putney, who was unmarried at his birth. His father was Moody Currier (Sr.) and was never reported to have been involved in his life. Moody Currier Sr. was the son of Dr. John Currier.
Currier married three times: first to Lucretia C. Dustin, then to Mary W. Kidder, and thirdly to Hannah A. Slade.[1]
Currier was the owner and editor of the Manchester Democrat newspaper.[1]
Manchester's Currier Museum of Art is named after him and was founded based on a bequest in his will and the accompanying efforts of his third wife, Hannah Slade Currier.
Currier died in Manchester in 1898 and is buried in Valley Cemetery in Manchester, New Hampshire.
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History of Putney Family in America by Willis B. Putney, 1979, NH History Society Library, Concord, NH