previous - go to surnames

Curtis, Charles E. (1865 - 1927) - male
b. 6 APR 1865
d. 2 JAN 1927

father: Curtis, John Thurston (1824 - 1909)
mother: Ackley, Julia Ann (1830 - 1899)
Phone interview of Mrs. Robert Curtis of Somerset Kentucky 2/9/03confirms the names of children children of Charles Curtis. She said thatone of the daughters married and became a Mrs. Satterfield.
Gene Curtis said that Charles his grandfather died on the "throne"Said he had a habit of late night bathroom breaks and one night he didnot return......his wife Elizabeth, a nurse came to check on him anddiscovered he was dead.
spouse: Fields, Elizabeth E. (1882 - )
----------child: Curtis, Mildred (*1908 - )
----------child: Curtis, Margaret (*1908 - )
----------child: Curtis, Ruby (*1908 - )
----------child: Curtis, Robert Thurston (~1908 - ~1980)
Curtis, Charles Edgar (1830 - 1865) - male
b. 24 MAY 1830
d. 8 FEB 1865 in starved to death while prisoner of war in Salisbury NC

father: Curtis, Seth (1792 - 1880)
mother: Fitts, Anna (1798 - 1876)
misc notes not sure same Charles
Town of Norwich
MARRIAGES reported on 1865 Census, June 1, 1864 - June 1, 1865
1st Election Dist.


CURTIS, Charles, 27, single, was married on April --, 1865 to SHIPPEY,


Per telephone conversation with Mrs. Arlene Gardner Hull(great-grandfather was this Charles E. Curtis) she said her mother toldher that when Charles E. Curtis died, he was a "sawyer" ( worked in sawmill) and also a "cooper" ---someone in business of making barrels.


Soldier in Civil War Co. B 90th regt. NYV. he ws taken prisoner in theBattle of Cedar Creek VA. Died of starvation in Salisbury NC prison.

spouse: Gibson, Mariah (1832 - 1882)
- m. 12 SEP 1852

----------child: Curtis, Henry G. (1853 - 1869)
----------child: Curtis, Charles C. (1857 - 1920)
----------child: Curtis, Jacob Albert (1858 - 1884)
----------child: Curtis, Emily M. (1860 - 1869)
Curtis, Charles M. (1897 - ) - male
b. 19 JAN 1897 in Alabama

father: Curtis, John Carpenter (1866 - 1940)
mother: Botkin, Savannah Rachael (1870 - 1957)
Per Jack Curtis Aug. 2004: Uncle Charlie had to go to WWI in Europe.When he came back to U.S. after the war, he got a Job as a maintenanceman or electrician at a school board or apartment building in NJ/NY.According to Lavonia Hyman 9/18/04 Charlie worked as the coordinator ofmaintenance for a large office building in NYC. She remembers himgetting fine walnut wood paneling from the office building that companieswere throwing away as a result of office space remodeling and using it inhis home on Long Island. Lived on Long Island NY and met there MaudeDurham. She was a school teacher. They married. Maude battleddepression and mental disorder for years. When she was at retirementage after she and Charlie had started building house in Florida to retirein, she committed suicide. Charlie went ahead and retired in BocaRaton FL to a duplex they had built.


Charlie is the person who first researched this branch of Curtisgeneology and passed on his work to Anna Rachael Curtis and others andthese combined works is what the author began with to further completethe research of this branch of the Curtis family.


NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 9 Sep 1921
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Charles Curtis has come on from Bowling Green for a little visit with his
brother, Arnold, and also to look over some business opportunities downthe K&
T. Mrs. Arnold Curtis spent Sunday at Somerset with kin folks. Speakingof
the Curtis family, Arnold says if they get the Dixie Highway throughStearns,
he is going to get him a bicycle the first thing next spring. McCreary
County Record.


NEWS: Excerpts from the Somerset Journal, 30 Apr 1920
Charlie Curtis returned to Bowling Green Business College Wednesday after
spending several days with his parents.


NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 13 May 1921
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Curtis spent Sunday in Danville with Arnold Curtis,who
was recently operated on.


NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 6 May 1921
Mr. Charles Curtis who has been taking a business course at BowlingGreen,
has been visiting home folks.


NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 30 July 1920
Charles Curtis returned to Bowling Green Business College Monday toresume
his studies.


NEWS: Excerpts from the Somerset Journal, 1 Aug 1919
Chas. Curtis, who was a member of Dr. Barrow's Hospital Unit, has just
returned from a years service overseas. He was detached from this Unitlast
April and sent to France where he remained for several months. While in
France, he was given a furlough and visited many of the historic citiesin
France and Italy.


NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 24 December 1920
Charles Curtis came home this week from Bowling Green Business Collegefor
the holidays.

spouse: Durham, Maude Carolyn (1897 - 1961)
- m. 18 JUN 1922

----------child: Curtis, Charles Durham (1936 - )
----------child: Curtis, Julia Louise (1941 - )
Curtis, Charles Truman (1868 - ) - male
b. 29 JUN 1868

father: Curtis, Wilson (1824 - 1908)
mother: Nichols, Emily (1836 - 1922)
Curtis, Clara (*1865 - ) - female
father: Curtis, James Amos (1830 - 1893)
mother: Howe, Jane (*1835 - )
spouse: Olinger, John (*1861 - )
Curtis, Clarence E. (*1858 - ) - male
father: Curtis, Edmund Bostwick (1826 - )
mother: Moore, Mary (1825 - 1895)
Curtis, Clem (*1865 - ) - male
father: Curtis, James Amos (1830 - 1893)
mother: Howe, Jane (*1835 - )
spouse:  , Flo (*1869 - )
Curtis, Colyer (1979 - ) - male
b. 17 MAY 1979

father: Curtis, John Vaughan Jr. (1951 - )
mother: Benton, Barbara (*1952 - )
Curtis, Cornelius (1786 - 1851) - male
b. 6 OCT 1786 in Dutchess County, NY
d. 28 DEC 1851

father: Curtis, James (1746 - 1818)
mother: Alger, Jemima (1758 - 1808)
spouse: Webb, Lovisa (1788 - 1842)
- m. 1822

----------child: Curtis, Rachel (1816 - )
----------child: Curtis, Lucinda (1822 - 1880)
----------child: Curtis, Rebecca L. (1834 - 1874)
Curtis, Daniel (~1992 - ) - male
b. ABT. 1992

father: Curtis, Donald Steven (1961 - )
mother: Dianna, ? (*1959 - )
Curtis, David B. (1986 - ) - male
b. 22 MAY 1986

father: Curtis, Edward Berry (1958 - )
mother: Margaret, ? (*1959 - )
Curtis, Donald Steven (1961 - ) - male
b. 21 FEB 1961

father: Curtis, Edward (Chu) Embry (~1920 - 2000)
mother: Kay, ? (1932 - )
Lives in Charlotte NC in 2004 per Edward Berry Curtis working as systemsanalyst for Bank of America.
spouse: Dianna, ? (*1959 - )
----------child: Curtis, Michael (1984 - )
----------child: Curtis, Stephanie (~1989 - )
----------child: Curtis, Daniel (~1992 - )
Curtis, Dorothy (1745 - ) - female
b. 12 JAN 1744/45

father: Curtis, Joseph (1713 - 1785)
mother: Williams, Silence (*1711 - )
Curtis, Dorothy B. (1926 - ) - female
b. 18 OCT 1926 in Somerset, Ky

father: Curtis, Earl Botkin (1894 - 1994)
mother: Vaughan, Mary Wells (1895 - 1988)
spouse: Fabel, John W. (1925 - 1983)
- m. 4 SEP 1946

----------child: Fabel, Cynthia Ellen (1953 - )
----------child: Fabel, Bradley Scott (1955 - )
----------child: Fabel, Carol Jane (1957 - )
Curtis, Earl Botkin (1894 - 1994) - male
b. 24 DEC 1894 in Alabama
d. 11 NOV 1994 in Louisville, Ky

father: Curtis, John Carpenter (1866 - 1940)
mother: Botkin, Savannah Rachael (1870 - 1957)
Per John Vaughan Curtis (Jack) Earl worked in Mill his father owned inSomerset Ky. His father later bought out his brothers , Charlie andFred, from the mill and owned all of it in the end before loosing it inthe depression. Per Jack, prior to the depression, Earl saved up moneyworking in the Mill and bought a Nu Grape bottling company and it did notdo well so he sold it and bought a general store that largely soldclothing in Russell Springs Kentucky. In the purchase he bought theinventory including many hat boxes (men in that day all wore hats) thatupon later inventory turned out to be empty. Jack said Earl hired hiswife's cousin, a school teacher, to run the store while he continued towork at the Mill owned by his father. The Store after suffering theloss of the bad inventory and also then the depression could not surviveand it hurt Earl financially by loosing all his savings. After thedepression and the family also loosing the Mill, a family from Tennesseenamed Robinson, bought the mill. After several years, they reopened theMill and hired Earl to run the mill for them.


Immeadiately prior to running the mill, Earl and his new wife Mary Wellslocated on a small farm on the what was then the south side of SomersetKy. This was down Montecello Street south of the Mill off Oak HillRoad. They farmed this small bit of land and Earl also owned andoperated a small general store nearby. While living at this small Farm,their first child, John (Jack) Vaughan Curtis was born. In speaking withMr. Jack Curtis Feb. 2004, he recollects living on this farm up until hewas about 10-11 years old. He recalls walking to the general storepulling a new wagon he had received to get some items from the store.The store had one gasoline pump from Standard Oil. He recalls goinginto the store and leaving his wagon behind a gasoline truck that wasfilling the tank at the store. When he came out, the truck had backedout and run over the wagon destroying it. Jack recalls crying and beingquite upset. The truck driver graciously offered and purchased Jack anew wagon. Jack recalls that there later was another store across thestreet for Earl's store that was run by Mr. Jimmy Hudson. It was atthis store that Jack took his the writer (son Richard) back topurchase a used shotgun for hunting in about 1968. When Jack wasabout 11 years old, he recalls his family selling the farm and movinginto the city of Somerset and this is when his father Earl went back towork at the mill. So this must have been about 1929-1930. Recallthat Earl's father build the mill in about 1907.


Earl ran the mill until he retired in 1967. After retiring, Earl gotinto curing country hams, entering many times in the Kentucky state faircontests. He constructed a smoke house in the back of his garagewherein he smoked and cured country hams. He also went to work for Mr.Haney in Somerset who had a country ham business.


Earl was a young hearted man way into his later years. The writer as aboy of about 11 remembers Earl trying out his skate board on a visit whenhe was about 72 years old. He had a wry sense of humor and enjoyedtricks and would express his enjoyment of same by a small smile. Inretirement, he took up wood working, making cutting boards, pencilholders, silverware holding miniture chest of drawers, checkerboards,etc out of walnut and maple and other woods. He did this in hisbasement woodworking shop. He also put together a grandfather clockwhich remained operating in his house for about 25 years.


Earl and his wife Mary Wells both taught Sunday school for many manyyears at the Methodist Church in Somerset on Central Ave. At familygatherings, Earl would say grace before dinner, "Dear heavenly Father, wethank thee for this food, pardon our sins and save us, in Christ's name,amen."


http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/pulaski/news/sj3_11_1921.txt
NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 11 March 1921
Pisgah. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Curtis have moved to Somerset.


NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 7 January 1920
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Date: 9 December 2002
Pisgah.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Curtis and children spent
Sunday with his parents at Somerset


NEWS: Excerpts from the Somerset Journal, 9 Apr 1920
Oak Hill.
Earl Curtis and family visited O.B. Vaughn Tuesday.


NEWS: Excerpts from the Somerset Journal, 9 Apr 1920
Pisgah.
Earl Curtis has moved to the Ward Tate Farm.


NEWS: Excerpts from the Somerset Journal, 9 Apr 1920
Mrs. Charles Oats and children of Danville, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Curtis of
Stearns, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Curtis and Bill Humble of Somerset, visitedMr.
and Mrs. Otho B. Vaughn Sunday.


Excerpts from Somerset Journal, 4 Jun 1920
Pisgah.
Earl Curtis and wife visited at O.B. Vaughn's
Sunday


NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 18 June 1920
Pisgah. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Curtis and little son Jack visited her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otho B. Vaughn Sunday


NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 22 October 1920
Pisgah. .. Earl Curtis is all smiles. It's a girl, Sarah
Rachel
NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 22 October 1920
Pisgah.
Mrs. C.D. Stigall and Mrs. Harry
Stigall called on Mrs. Earl Curtis Friday


NEWS: Excerpts from the Somerset Journal, 2 Apr 1920
Mr. and Mrs. O.B. Vaugh and daughter Miss Evelyn and Mr. and Mrs. JohnCurtis
visited MR. and Mrs. Earl Curtis Sunday.


NEWS: Excerpts from the Somerset Journal, 2 Apr 1920
Earl Curtis has sold his farm to Mr. Henchy of Illinois.


NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 29 April 1921
Pisgah.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Oatt and son, Chas. Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Zawzaw
motored down from Danville and spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. O.B.Vaughn.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Curtis and little daughter, Mary Lois, of Stearns,Mr.
and Mrs. John Curtis and son, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Curtis of Somerset, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. O.B. Vaughn. Mrs. O.B. Vaughn visited inDanville
last week and was accompanied home by her granddaughter's Sarah Lee andAnna
Russell Oatt.


NEWS: Excerpts from the Somerset Journal, 5 Mar 1920
Pisgah.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Curtis and baby visited Mrs. O.B. Vaughn Thursday.


NEWS: Excerpts from the Somerset Journal, 7 May 1920
Pisgah.
Mr. Heuchie is remodeling his house recently
purchased from Earl Curtis

spouse: Vaughan, Mary Wells (1895 - 1988)
- m. 7 NOV 1917

----------child: Curtis, John Vaughan (1918 - )
----------child: Curtis, Evelyn L. (1920 - )
----------child: Curtis, Anna Rachael (1923 - 1983)
----------child: Curtis, Dorothy B. (1926 - )
Curtis, Edith Lydia (1986 - ) - female
b. 14 NOV 1986

father: Curtis, Richard Lewis (1956 - )
mother: King, Teresa Ann (1958 - )
Curtis, Edmund Bostwick (1826 - ) - male
b. 9 MAR 1826

father: Curtis, Seth (1792 - 1880)
mother: Fitts, Anna (1798 - 1876)
Edmund or Edmond was a carpenter by trade and also taught school inMcDonough. Later he had a position in the U.S. Treasury Washington D.C.from 1861-1877 as Comptroller Dept. 2 per Mrs. Tuttle DAR paper (Mrs.Tuttle was longtime resident of McDonough.
spouse: Moore, Mary (1825 - 1895)
- m. 5 OCT 1851

----------child: Curtis, Frank (1853 - )
----------child: Curtis, Clarence E. (*1858 - )
Curtis, Edna C. (1881 - ) - female
b. 4 JAN 1881

father: Curtis, Fred Percival (1852 - 1929)
mother: Reynolds, Judy Angelina (1861 - 1937)
Mary Jo Curtis 01/02/04 thinks that Edna died young.

Curtis, Edward (Chu) Embry (~1920 - 2000) - male
b. ABT. 1920
d. SEP 2000 in Louisville, Ky

father: Curtis, Edward A. (1892 - 1936)
mother: Stark, Marguaritte (*1893 - )
Played Saxaphone musician in Kentucky. Lived in Lexington KY most of hislife. Did not get married until very late in Life per Mary Jo Curtis01/02/04


Per Edward Berry Curtis 01/03/04 Edward (chu) repaired band instrumentsin Louisville for a living. His father "Chu" moved to Louisville in mid1950s where child Edward Berry Curtis was born in 1958. Lived most ofthose years in the Jeffersontown area of Louisville.

spouse: Kay, ? (1932 - )
----------child: Curtis, Edward Berry (1958 - )
----------child: Curtis, Donald Steven (1961 - )
----------child: Curtis, Timothy Joseph (1964 - )
Curtis, Edward A. (1892 - 1936) - male
b. 18 APR 1892
d. 14 MAR 1936

father: Curtis, Fred Percival (1852 - 1929)
mother: Reynolds, Judy Angelina (1861 - 1937)
1900 Census lists at Edgar not Edward
John Vaughan Jack Curtis said he started car business up aroundNichlasville
spouse: Stark, Marguaritte (*1893 - )
----------child: Curtis, Arthur (~1918 - )
----------child: Curtis, Edward (Chu) Embry (~1920 - 2000)
Curtis, Edward Berry (1958 - ) - male
b. 25 JUL 1958

father: Curtis, Edward (Chu) Embry (~1920 - 2000)
mother: Kay, ? (1932 - )
born in Lousiville per Edward Berry 01/03/04. Retired school teacher inLousiville.
spouse: Margaret, ? (*1959 - )
- m. in Louisville, KY

----------child: Curtis, David B. (1986 - )
----------child: Curtis, Margaret E. (1988 - )
----------child: Curtis, Andrea L. (1994 - )
Curtis, Electa (1814 - 1853) - female
b. 9 JUL 1814
d. 27 OCT 1853 in East McDonough NY

father: Curtis, Stephen A. (1790 - 1846)
mother: Talmage, Anna (1793 - 1832)

Burial - [place: Moore Cemetery East McDonough NY]

spouse: Gould, Josiah (*1809 - )
- m. 9 FEB 1842

----------child: Gould, Stephen J. (1833 - 1844)
Curtis, Elizabeth (*1784 - ) - female
spouse: Moore, Sylvanus (*1784 - )
----------child: Moore, Andrew Jackson (1814 - )
Curtis, Elizabeth (~2000 - ) - female
b. ABT. 2000

father: Curtis, Timothy Joseph (1964 - )
mother: Rhonda, ? (*1968 - )
Curtis, Elwyn (*1865 - ) - male
father: Curtis, James Amos (1830 - 1893)
mother: Howe, Jane (*1835 - )
spouse: Garside, Lehe (*1869 - )
Curtis, Emily M. (1860 - 1869) - female
b. 23 DEC 1860
d. 23 AUG 1869

father: Curtis, Charles Edgar (1830 - 1865)
mother: Gibson, Mariah (1832 - 1882)

Burial - [date: 1869] [place: UNION Cemetery McDonough NY]


Curtis, Emma (1856 - ) - female
b. 20 MAY 1856

father: Curtis, Luther (1821 - 1885)
mother: French, Wrexaville (1828 - 1895)
spouse: Shaw, Wallace (*1852 - )
Curtis, Emma S. (1832 - 1835) - female
b. 28 APR 1832
d. 19 JAN 1835

father: Curtis, Stephen A. (1790 - 1846)
mother: Talmage, Anna (1793 - 1832)
Curtis, Ethelred (*1865 - ) - male
father: Curtis, James Amos (1830 - 1893)
mother: Howe, Jane (*1835 - )
spouse:  , Valorie (*1869 - )
spouse:  , Marvel (*1869 - )
spouse:  , Ana (*1869 - )
Curtis, Evelyn L. (1920 - ) - female
b. 11 OCT 1920

father: Curtis, Earl Botkin (1894 - 1994)
mother: Vaughan, Mary Wells (1895 - 1988)
spouse: Moore, Fred F. (1914 - )
- m. 12 JUN 1941 in Somerset, Ky

----------child: Moore, Fred F. (Freddy) (1942 - )
----------child: Moore, Jennifer (1947 - )
Curtis, Flora G. (1868 - 1939) - female
b. 25 DEC 1868
d. MAR 1939

father: Curtis, Luther (1821 - 1885)
mother: French, Wrexaville (1828 - 1895)
spouse: Pagett, Peter (1864 - )
- m. 30 MAR 1892

----------child: Pagett, Dever (*1899 - )
----------child: Pagett, Ralph (*1899 - )
----------child: Pagett, Floyd (*1899 - )
Curtis, Francis (1864 - 1920) - male
b. 15 MAR 1864
d. 10 APR 1920

father: Curtis, Luther (1821 - 1885)
mother: French, Wrexaville (1828 - 1895)
> From: John Newton
> To: rcurtis@@curtisco.com
> Sent: 10/5/03 7:04 PM
> Subject: George Lawrence Curtis, Cincinnatus, NY
>
> Hello cousin,
> I just discovered your wonderful website and will spend much more time
> with it. One addition you can make is to the children of Francis Marion
> Curtis. My grandfather was George Lawrence Curtis. He died on August
> 29, 1987. He was the one that originally got me interested in family
> history. We used to go visit family graveyards on Memorial Day.
>
> His father ran a feed mill in Cincinnatus, NY. He was quite successful
> but after he died (suicide) his wife gradually gave all the money away
> to itinerant preachers. My grandfather worked for Ed Link who designed
> the first flight simulators near Binghamton, NY. My grandmother, still
> alive at 101, has always said "the Curtises are the salt of the earth."
> They were "poor as church mice" but wonderful people.
>
> Best wishes,
> John Newton
> East Aurora, NY


On Sunday, October 5, 2003, at 10:14 PM, RCURTIS wrote:


> John,
> Thanks for writing. I await further information you have. I
> assume
> Francis Marion Curtis is son of Luther Curtis ?
>
Yes he is. In fact, I have a diary of Francis Marion's in which he
wrote down the members of his family. If you are ever interested in
photos, I have some nice ones of several Curtis relatives. My
grandfather was always embarrassed because his father, F.M., being a
miller, always wore a white suit while the other businessmen wore dark
suits. F.M. was a "powerful" man as my G-gather said; he could carry a
100-pound sack of flour on each shoulder.

spouse: Harrington, Eva (*1868 - )
----------child: Curtis, Marian (*1899 - )
----------child: Curtis, Lawrence (*1899 - )
----------child: Curtis, George (*1899 - )
Curtis, Frank (1853 - ) - male
b. 18 JAN 1853

father: Curtis, Edmund Bostwick (1826 - )
mother: Moore, Mary (1825 - 1895)
See letter to Frank B Curtis in 1903 living in Washington DC in thesource docs pages. I later found this reference to a Frank B Curtis inWashington DC.......
Other Helpful Sources
Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives, Revised(Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985).


Curtis, Frank B. and William H. Webster, A Digest of the Laws of theUnited States Governing the Granting of Army and Navy Pensions andBounty-Land Warrants; Decisions of the Secretary of the Interior, andRulings and Orders of the Commissioner of Pensions Thereunder(Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1885).


Curtis, Fred M. (1890 - 1957) - male
b. 20 MAR 1890
d. 13 FEB 1957

father: Curtis, Fred Percival (1852 - 1929)
mother: Reynolds, Judy Angelina (1861 - 1937)
NEWS: Excerpts from the Somerset Journal, 5 Mar 1920


Bring Cars Back. Brinkley Gooch and Fred Curtis returned from Cincinnati
Tuesday with two new Chevrolet trucks.


NEWS: Excerpts from the Somerset Journal, 5 Mar 1920
After Cars. Brinkley Gooch, Fred Curtis and Bud Gooch left this week for
Lancing, Michigan, to drive back three Oldsmobiles.


Mary Jo Curtis said that that Fred worked for the federal revenue deptand chased moonshine stills in kentucky. He was a revenuer. He livedall over southeastern Ky. London, Corbin, Middlesboro Ky. etc.

spouse: White, Daisy (*1894 - )
----------child: Curtis, Margaret Ellen (~1927 - )
Curtis, Fred Percival (1852 - 1929) - male
b. 13 SEP 1852 in New York
d. 21 MAR 1929

father: Curtis, John Thurston (1824 - 1909)
mother: Ackley, Julia Ann (1830 - 1899)
1900 Kentucky census


Fred P. Curtis Sep 1852 47 New York Lumber & grain Pulaski
Juey A. " w. Oct 1861 38 KY dealer99-4-70
married 21 years - 5 children - 4 living
Grace D. " d. Apr 1884 16 KY
Fred M. " s. Mar 1890 10 KY
Edgar A. " s. Apr 1892 8 KY
William C. " s. Sep 1896 3 TN
John T. " f. Aug 1824 75 New York
Mother was born in New Hampshire - Father in New York


Mary Jo Curtis (Fred P. granddaughter) stated that at 1896 when son Wilwas born in Clinton TN, Fred P. was working with the Southern Railroadgetting lumber or making cross-ties for the railroad. The census of 1900says Fred P. is a Lumber and Grain dealer. See how John T. Curtis ,Fred's father is listed as living with them, but also has New York besidehis name.


NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 3 December 1920
Mr. F.P. Curtis is suffering very much with erysipelas.
The friends of Captain F.P. Curtis will regret to learn that he issuffering
from an attack of facial erysipelas.

spouse: Reynolds, Judy Angelina (1861 - 1937)
----------child: Curtis, Edna C. (1881 - )
----------child: Curtis, Grace D. (1884 - )
----------child: Curtis, Fred M. (1890 - 1957)
----------child: Curtis, Edward A. (1892 - 1936)
----------child: Curtis, William C. (1896 - 1991)
Curtis, Fremont (1861 - 1917) - male
b. 13 JAN 1861
d. 8 JUN 1917 in Pharsalia NY

father: Curtis, Luther (1821 - 1885)
mother: French, Wrexaville (1828 - 1895)

Burial - [place: Moore Cemetery East McDonough NY]


Curtis, Gaylord (*1858 - ) - male
father: Curtis, Luther (1821 - 1885)
mother: French, Wrexaville (1828 - 1895)
spouse: Baldwin, Cora (*1862 - )
Curtis, Gene (1937 - 2004) - male
b. 1937 in Somerset, Kentucky
d. 2004 in Somerset, Kentucky

father: Curtis, Robert Thurston (~1908 - ~1980)
Lives Somerset Kentucky in 2004. Per telephone interview 01/02/04,Gene joined the Navy in 1957 and moved away from Somerset and stayed inNavy being stationed in New York, Louisville KY and finally Virginiabefore retiring from the Navy in 1979. He moved from Virginia back toSomerset KY in about 1981.


Gene says he did not have much contact with his Curtis side of the familyat his mother's insistence. This was so much the case that he relatedthat it was not until he moved back to Somerset and just in the 1990slearned that his relatives (i.e. his grandfather Charles Curtis) had beeninvolved in building, owning and operating the Somerset flour mill.Gene indicated that he never knew his grandfather Charles Curtis asCharles died before Gene was born. Gene remembers his GrandmotherLizzie. He also remembers other Curtis family members like Wilda andBill Curtis who lived on a street behind them when he was growing up.Gene remembers his Aunt Wilda bringing him home from church once and itaggravated Gene's mother greatly. Gene said his mother stronglydiscouraged contact with the Curtis family by Gene.


Gene said he was born in one of the two rooms of the then SomersetHosptial that was attached to the back of the drug store on main streetin Somerset. Gene said that in 2004 that the room he was born in isone with the skylight and was still existing as a lawyers office accrossfrom main street library and he had seen it a few years ago.

spouse:
----------child: Curtis, Rebecca Jean (1962 - )
----------child: Curtis, Michael Wayne (1968 - )
Curtis, George (1850 - 1927) - male
b. 1850
d. 7 DEC 1927

father: Curtis, John Hiram (1817 - 1891)
mother: Crandall, Susan (1823 - 1887)
spouse: Palmer, Mary (*1854 - )
----------child: Curtis, Alice (*1885 - )
Curtis, George (*1899 - ) - male
father: Curtis, Francis (1864 - 1920)
mother: Harrington, Eva (*1868 - )
Curtis, George Henry (1849 - 1895) - male
b. 23 JUL 1849
d. 1895

father: Curtis, James Harvey (1819 - 1869)
mother: Coville, Fanny M. (1813 - 1898)
Per Tuttle paper--George followed business of his father and was one ofthe builder of the Episcopal chruch (Calvary). He made some the Chancelfurniture. He and his wife were among the organizing members. He hadspent a year or so building in the south Florida.
spouse: Rogers, Mary (*1852 - 1917)
- m. 1872

Curtis, Girard (1854 - 1926) - male
b. 4 APR 1854
d. 25 APR 1926

father: Curtis, Luther (1821 - 1885)
mother: French, Wrexaville (1828 - 1895)
spouse: Monroe, Delia (*1858 - )
Curtis, Glenn Edmond (1914 - 2003) - male
b. 3 DEC 1914 in Somerset, Ky
d. 5 APR 2003 in Louisville, Ky

father: Curtis, John Carpenter (1866 - 1940)
mother: Botkin, Savannah Rachael (1870 - 1957)
Glenn E. Curtis


Glenn E. Curtis, 88, of Louisville, died Saturday, April 5, 2003, atNorton Suburban Hospital. He was a native of Somerset, KY, a retiredsales representative for Brulin Chemical and an Army Air Corps veteran ofWorld War II. He was a 50-year member of Masonic Lodge #7321 and a memberof VFW Post #1170 in Middletown, Kentucky Chapter 8th Air ForceHistorical Society, Highlands American Legion Post #201 and BuechelUnited Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, ThelmaSalter Curtis. He is survived by a daughter, Lee Ann Lynch; threegrandchildren, Kristen Foster (Michael), Tiffany Heintz and TimothyLynch; three great-grandchildren, Jessica, Kelsie and Curtis; a nephew,Jack Curtis; and many, many friends. His funeral will be held at 1 p.m.Tuesday at family-owned Highlands Funeral Home, 3331 Taylorsville Rd.,with burial in Highland Memory Gardens. Visitation will be from 1-9 p.m.Monday. Memorial gifts may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
Published in The Courier-Journal on 4/6/2003.

spouse: Salter, Thelma (1916 - 1994)
----------child: Curtis, Lee Ann (1959 - )
Curtis, Grace D. (1884 - ) - female
b. 18 APR 1884

father: Curtis, Fred Percival (1852 - 1929)
mother: Reynolds, Judy Angelina (1861 - 1937)
spouse: Hunt, Fred (*1879 - )
----------child: Hunt, Curtis (~1910 - )
----------child: Hunt, Virginia (1912 - )
----------child: Hunt, Carol (~1914 - ~1950)
Curtis, Hannah (1736 - 1736) - female
b. DEC 1736
d. DEC 1736

father: Curtis, Joseph (1713 - 1785)
mother: Williams, Silence (*1711 - )
Curtis, Harriet Adaresta (1840 - 1913) - female
b. 11 JUN 1840
d. 2 JUN 1913

father: Curtis, Seth (1792 - 1880)
mother: Fitts, Anna (1798 - 1876)
Married as 2nd wife of Theodore Fitch. Went by Hattie. Buried Upper,Old Cemetery Smithville Flats Chenango County, NY according tohttp://www.rootsweb.com/~nychenan/upperc.htm

Burial - [place: Old Cem. Smithville Flats NY]

spouse: Fitch, Theodore H. (1836 - 1895)
Curtis, Helen (*1853 - 1917) - female
d. 1917

father: Curtis, John Hiram (1817 - 1891)
mother: Crandall, Susan (1823 - 1887)
Curtis, Helen (*1878 - ) - female
father: Curtis, Milan (*1849 - )
mother: Mosher, Mary (*1844 - 1925)
Curtis, Henry G. (1853 - 1869) - male
b. 15 OCT 1853
d. 28 AUG 1869 in McDonough, NY

father: Curtis, Charles Edgar (1830 - 1865)
mother: Gibson, Mariah (1832 - 1882)

Burial - [date: 1869] [place: Union Cemetery McDonough NY]


Curtis, Herbert (*1865 - ) - male
father: Curtis, James Amos (1830 - 1893)
mother: Howe, Jane (*1835 - )
Curtis, Herbert (1871 - 1929) - male
b. 1871
d. 10 MAY 1929

father: Curtis, Milan (*1849 - )
mother: Mosher, Mary (*1844 - 1925)
Curtis, Hezekiah (1735 - 1792) - male
b. MAY 1735
d. 15 MAR 1792

father: Curtis, Joseph (1713 - 1785)
mother: Williams, Silence (*1711 - )
spouse: Lydia, ? (*1739 - )
Curtis, Hiram Seth (*1874 - ) - male
father: Curtis, Palmer (1845 - 1897)
mother: Hollenbeck, Hellen H. (1843 - 1895)
Lived in Greene NY
spouse: Badger, Julia (*1877 - )
- m. JUL 1901

----------child: Curtis, Palmer (1902 - )
----------child: Curtis, Kent (1904 - )
----------child: Curtis, Marion (*1908 - )
Curtis, Honor (1740 - ) - female
b. 12 SEP 1740

father: Curtis, Joseph (1713 - 1785)
mother: Williams, Silence (*1711 - )

Baptism - [date: 5 OCT 1740] [place: Wethersfield, CT]


Curtis, Jacob Albert (1858 - 1884) - male
b. 19 SEP 1858
d. 16 JUN 1884

father: Curtis, Charles Edgar (1830 - 1865)
mother: Gibson, Mariah (1832 - 1882)
spouse: Randall, Nettie (*1862 - )
Curtis, James (1746 - 1818) - male
b. 10 FEB 1745/46 in Goshen, Connecticut
d. 24 FEB 1818 in buried Moore Cemetery McDonough, NY

father: Curtis, Joseph (1713 - 1785)
mother: Williams, Silence (*1711 - )
For extensive information on James Curtis' ancestors see the Web Sitecreated by Thomas & Peter Curtis at http://www.isd.net/pcurtis. This isan excellent site reflecting extensive research on the Curtis Line fromThomas of Wethersfield.


email received in response to post to genweb post searching for info onSeth Curtis:
Goodmorning Richard;


I hope this will help: Source--
Revolutionary War Veterans--Chenango County New York
Volume 11, C-H
Nelson B. Tiffany
Sponsored by
Chenango County Historical Society
Heritage Books, Inc. Published 1998


Pages 310 & 311: JAMES CURTIS 242
S. 78248 DAR Patriot Index**


RESIDENT: -1818
TOWN: McDonough
BIRTH DATE: Feb. 10. 1746
BIRTH PLACE: Goshen, Connecticut
FATHER: Joseph Curtis
MOTHER: Silence
DEATH DATE: Feb. 24, 1818
DEATH PLACE: McDonough, New York
CEMETERY: Moore
LOCATION: McDonough, New York


TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION: James Curtis Jemima Curtis wife of
[Double Stone] Died James Curtis
Feb. 24, 1818 DiedAug. 1
Aged1808 Ae
72 yrs.50 yrs.


SERVICE: Served as a private in Captain John M Foght's Company, ColonelLewis
Dubois' Regiment of Levies. Served as a private in the sixth Regiment ofthe
Dutchess County Militia.


FAMILY INFORMATION: Married Mar 28, 1776 to Jemima Alger. She was born
Nov. 7, 1758, died Aug. 1, 1818 and was buried with her husband.


Chidlren: First 6 born in Dutchess County, New York.
Last 3 born in Duanesburg, New York


Sarah: B-May 1, 1777. M-__Chase. D-Jul 25, 1840
James: B-May 30, 1779. D-Jul--,1855
Jemima: B-Sept 18, 1781. M-___Pellett. D-Dec 26, 1816
Rebecca: B-Nov 16, 1783. M-John Wilcox [B-1777; M2-Sarah Hill
{B-Dec 22, 1778; Dau of Ebenezer Hill; Widow of
EphraimShattuck
{B-Oct 11, 1782;Son of John and Ruth [Phelps]Shattuck;
D-Aug 19, 1830 Fulton, NY; D-?];
D-Mar 21, 1862}. D-Feb 13, 1831.
She and John bur Moore Cem, McDonough, NY
Cornelius: B-Oct 06, 1786. M-Lovisa Webb of Greene, NY. D-Dec 28, 1851
Stephen A: B-Jan 05, 1790. M-Anna Talmage D-Jan 18, 1846
Seth: B-May 07, 1792 Duanesburg, NY. M-Anna Fitts [B-1798; dau ofJonathan
and Joanna Fitts; D- May 19, 1876]. D-Apr 18, 1880 at
McDonough
NY. Both are bur Union Cem, McDonough, NY.
Rachel: B-Mar 19, 1795. M- __Smith of Truxton, NY.
Lovisa: B-Apr 28, 1797. M-Jan 1, 1820 to Benjamin Randall [B-Jul 28,1794;
D-Feb 2, 1869 at McDonough]. D- Oct 06, 1870McDonough,
NY.
Both bur Mt. Hope Cem, Norwich, NY.


OTHER INFORMATION: Originally the family came from Wethersfield,Connecticut.
They lived in Amenia, Dutchess County, New York. They then moved to
Duanesburg, New York.


**Pension File Number: Found under the initial printing of the veteransname
on the left hand side of the page. The five digit number represents thefile
number given to the pension application when it was filed. A prefix was
assigned to each number to indicate as follows: S=soldier; W=widow;R=initial
rejection. An application by the Veteran Followed by a subsequentapplication
by the widow is also given a W. The R [rejected] does not mean theindividual
did not serve, but was rejected under the early legislation for lack of
minimun service, or too many assets.
DAR Patriot Index: If found on the right hand side of the page under the
initial printing of the Veterans name, means that the Veteran can befound in
the Patriot Index published by the Daughters of The American Revolution.Its
absence means the Veteran was not found therin.
Note: It is requested that any additional information or correctionsrelated
to these Chenango County Veterans be reported to The Chenango County
Historical Society
so this document can be an even more valuable resource.
The Chenango County Historical Society
45 Rexford Street
Norwich, NY 13815
Phone 607.334.9227


I urge you to please send your family information to the historicalsociety.
They do keep family files, with all letters of inquery. Anyone searchingyour
family lines will receive a copy of your query, and the name and addressof
the person who sent the query.


I hope this information will be of help to you.


Sincerely


Anne Townsend..I live in Moravia, NY

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From DAR RECORDS copied from Albany, NY State Library..copied by Mrs.J.B. Meola Capt. John Harris Chapt. Norwich, NY:
"James Curtis Family


Bible printed and published by Mathew Carey, NO. 122 Market St.Philadelphia, PA December 12, 1805 Owned by Mrs. Hubert L. Brown, 77 E.Main St. Norwich, NY (Per copies of this research obtained from NorwichNY library 2002, this DAR record bible abstract is dated around 1935)


Marriages:


James Curtis and Jemima Alger, .. Mar 28, 1776
Benjamin Randall and Louvisa Curtis...Jan. 1, 1820
Alonzo Randall and Harriet A. Hamlin...Sept. 18, 1851
Orlando Randall and Sally Martin...Sept. 5, 1852
C.E. Field and Alcinda Randall...Jan. 1, 1855
E.L. Ensign and Alcinda Field...Feb. 14, 1859


Births:


James Curtis (blank)
Jemima (Alger) Curtis b. Nov. 7, 1858


Their Children:


Sarah Curtis...b. May 1, 1777
James Curtis...b. may 30, 1779
Jemima Curtis...b. Sept. 18, 1781
Rebecca Curtis...b. Nov. 16, 1783
Cornelius Curtis...b. Oct. 6, 1786
Stephen Curtis...b. Jan, 5, 1790
Seth Curtis...b. May 7, 1792 (buried Union Cem. McDonough) (as copied)
Rachel Curtis...b. Mar. 19, 1795
Lovisa Curtis...b. Apr. 28, 1797
Benjamin Randall...b. July 28, 1794
Lovisa (Curtis) Randall...b. Apr. 28, 1797, and their children as follows:
Lucinda Randall...b. Oct. 25, 1820
Alonzo Randall...b. Sept. 29, 1823
Alcinda Randall...b. Mar. 29, 1829
Orlando Randall...b. Mar. 9, 1831
Clarinda Randall...b. Apr. 30, 1835


Deaths:


James Curtis...d. Feb. 24, 1818 bur. Moore Cem. McDonough, NY
Jemima (Alger) Curtis...d. Nov 1, 1808 bur. Moore Cem.
Jemima (Curtis) Petett...d. Dec. 26, 1816 bur. Moore Cem.
Rebecca Willcox...d. Feb. 13, 1831
Sally Chace...d. July 25, 1840
Stephen A. Curtis...d. Jan. 18, 1846
Cornelius Curtis...d. Dec. 28, 1851
James Curtis...d. July 1855
Benjamin Randall...d. Feb. 22, 1869
Lovisa (Curtis) Randall...d. Oct. 6, 1870
Alonzo Randall...d. Nov. 2, 1889
Harriet Randall...d. Feb. 1, 1893
Lucenda Randall...d. July 29, 1822
Clarinda Randall...d. May 9, 1853
C.E. RAndall...d. Nov. 28, 1855 ae. 27yrs.
Sally Randall...d. Apr. 7, 1867"
___________________________________________________________________________


Extract of census of 1790 Albany Cty NY shows a James Curtis with 3 whitemales under age 16 (this would be James, Cornelius and Stephen. Alsoshows 4 free white females including heads of families. This could beSarah, Jemima, Rebecca and mother Jemima.
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Albany county 1790 census in Duanesburg township shows James Curtis isfollows obtained off webhttp://www.schenectadyhistory.org/census/1790/dua.html


Schenectady County, New York Federal Census Schedules: 1790
Town of Duanesburg
This page contains all the information from the 1790 U. S. Census forthis part of Schenectady County. The page numbers are those in the200-300 range written in the upper right corner of the microfilmed page.Because the Schenectady County Public Library has microfilm for the laterHeads of Families at the first census of the United States taken in theyear 1790 rather than the original records, pages in that document arealso included ("HOF").


Some of the original 1790 Schenectady census records suffered severedamage. (Central Library visitors may access our Ancestry subscription tosee images of them.) The parts of the entries which could not bedeciphered are marked with an asterisk.


A few corrections have been made for obvious misspellings, but otherwisethe heads of families are listed as they were written.


In 1790, most of what eventually became the Town of Niskayuna was stillpart of what is now the Town of Watervliet in Albany County. Names forthis area may be found at the Albany County NYGenWeb site.


Thanks to Bonnie Williams for data entry help with this project.
_____________________________________________________
Curtis, James (#00049) (HOF 24)
Free White Males to 16: 1, 16 and up: 3
Free White Females: 4
Slaves: *
http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/census/1790/dua.html


Richard Curtis note:
Interesting that the 1800 census does not show james, so in that timeframe evidently moved to McDonough NY where he is buried in 1818. Thetombstone of James and his wife Jemima in Moore Cemetery shows thatJemima died in 1808 and buried in Moore Cemetery in East McDonough NY.So it seems reasonable to conclude that James migrated to East McDonoughnear Ludlow's Pond saw mill about 1799. However, a conflicting piece ofinformation is that the 1810 census of Duanesburg NY shows a JamesCurtis. Most of James children are also buried in Moore Cemetery in EastMcDonough NY. The only James Curtis appearing in web search ofancestry.com 1800 census in NY in 1800 is in Oneida county and Montgomerycounty. It could be that since per the History Of Chenango and MadisonCounties New York book written by James H. Smith and published in 1880 byD. Mason & Co., Syracuse NY, that McDonough was utter wilderness in 1800,the earliest founder of the township of McDonough (Sylvaus Moore came in1795 and the township created in 1816). It could be that in 1800 theEast McDonough area was so remote that James was not found to interviewfor the 1800 Census. See http://www.curtisit.com/curtis/ .htmlfor history of McDonough from Mr. James Smiths' book. Note that SethCurtis, son of James, farm was about 1/2 mile from Ludlow Pond. It mayvery well be that James and his teenage sons worked at the very first sawmill in the East McDonough area build by Mr. Ludlow in 1798 on creekfeeding Ludlow Pond. Also note that per the before referenced book, Mr.Sylvanus Moore who emigrated to McDonough in 1795, married an ElizabethCurtis, daughter of a Solomon Curtis in 1797. My personal visit to theMoore cemetery reveals that Mr. Sylvanus Moores grave is practically nextto that of James Curtis in Moore Cemetery. See pictures of Cemetery inJune of 2002 athttp://www.curtisit.com/photos/index.php3?album=2002+McDonough+New+York


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http://www.schist.org/DeedFile.htm
Schenectady County Historical Society Deed Listings
- compiled by Sally van Schaick
Schenectady Co. Deeds (c. 1708 - c. 1860)
(Leases?)


Land in Duanesburgh


Mentions: James Humphries, Evans Robins, Rebecca Powel, James Curtis,John Punderson, Jacob W , Nathaniel Wiggins, James Tullock, WalterSteward, Andrew McAdam, William Herrick, Stephens Herrick, Henry Weist,Arch. Campbell, Benoni Thompson, Joseph Curtis, Daniel Wiggins


D 818 31 July 1843 Cat # 2247
______________________________________________________________
A History of Schenectady During the Revolution: Chapter XVI


The Mohawk Valley Laid Waste


[This information is taken from pp. 95-100 of A History of SchenectadyDuring the Revolution by Willis T. Hanson, Jr. (1916). presented heresince James Curtis likely fought with Col. Dubois is these battles andparticularly the one at Ft. Kloch]


The enemy did not wait until spring to again commence their activities.In February, 1780, a small band effected some damage at German Flats, inMarch a settlement to the north of Palatine sustained a like invasion,and early in April came news of Brant's raid on Harpersfield.


Reports of minor raids, rumors of intended movements by the enemy on alarge scale, actual suffering on the part of the settlers for want ofprovisions, depreciation in Continental currency which had by now becomepractically worthless, and the difficulties of affording a semblance ofprotection by reinforcing the meager garrisons already posted, due to theimpossibility of obtaining supplies for the militia, the only forceavailable for this service, had by May brought about a most lamentablecondition on the frontiers. As a result of this condition the more remotesettlements were reported as daily breaking up and Colonel Van Schaickwas led to express (1) the fear that unless some speedy and effectualmeasures were taken to inspire the despondent people with confidence,Schenectady would in all probability soon be the frontier to the westward.


At daybreak on the morning of May 22 the much feared attack of the enemymaterialized, Sir John Johnson appearing on the Mohawk River at TribesHill with a strong force (2) of Indians and whites. From Tribes Hill theenemy proceeded westward "burning the Houses and Barns of the Inhabitantsand putting to Death every Male capable of bearing arms." (3)


"Collo. Fisher (4) is mortally wounded," reported (5) Colonel John Harperfrom Johnstown on the same day, "and his two (6) Brothers killed, [and]old Mr. Douw Fonda (7) with seven others."


Of the Schenectady militia who had marched under Colonel Wemple "on thefirst alarm" some were almost immediately obliged to return for want ofprovisions (8) The remainder, however, hastened towards Johnstown and,joined by troops from Fort Hunter (9) under Colonel Harper (10) andothers under Colonel Volkert Vedder, (11) swelling their force to aboutfour hundred and fifty men, determined to engage the enemy should SirJohn, who had rendezvoused there, show any disposition to fight. (12)


Sir John, although his force, swelled by the addition of many Tories whohad hastened to join him, now outnumbered the American troops about twoto one, did not offer an engagement, but almost immediately withdrew and,eluding the troops which Governor Clinton sent to intercept him, made hisway safely back to Canada. (13)


The opportunity afforded by the dispirited condition of soldiers andsettlers alike had early been seized upon by the British, who with nosmall success endeavored through their emissaries to stir up mutinies inthe ranks of the main army or induce those holding Tory sentiments totake up arms in their behalf.


Many Tories had joined Sir John Johnson during his raid, and from time totime small bands from Albany and Tryon counties left to join the enemy.That a large party so inclined were assembled at Beaverdam was reported(14) to the Schenectady Committee on July 18. Colonel Vrooman (l5) atSchoharie was at once apprised (16) of the fact that he might order out adetachment in an endeavor to intercept them, while in Schenectady a partywas at once organized (17) for the same purpose. Although the Schenectadydetachment after having marched all night arrived at the rendezvous atdaybreak, they were successful in securing but three of the band who hadsecreted themselves in a barn, while the main body, having undoubtedlybeen alarmed, succeeded in making their escape. (18)


Late in July the enemy under Joseph Brant appeared in force before FortSchuyler. This movement was probably a feint, for while the troops werehastening to the defense of the post, leaving the lower valley withoutadequate means of protection, Brant and his followers quietly withdrewand, advancing by way of the Unadilla and Susquehanna Rivers on August 2,fell upon Canajoharie.


The Albany and Schenectady militia, who had turned out with alacrity (19)under orders previously given, had just gone into camp at Caughnawaga(20) opposite Mr. Frey's at about eleven o'clock on the morning of thesecond, when they were alarmed by the heavy smoke "between John Abeailsand Fort Plank about four miles distant." (21)


"Instantly I did order both Regiments to be formed," reported (22)Colonel Wemple in his dispatch to General Ten Broeck, "& proceed againstthe Enemy, who were at that time in their full Carear and tho our Numberswere not equal, yet I can assure you I should be void of Justice if Iomitted mentioning their Prudence and cool behavior without Distinctionto all Raneks. An Altho they had been in full march since early in themorning they came up with such Vigor that the Enemy on our approach gaveway & tho in sight we had no opportunity to give them Battle they retiredin the usual way."


"Such a Scean as we beheld since we left the River," reads anothersection of the report, "passing dead Bodies of Men & Children mostcruelly murdered, is not possible to be described. I cannot ascertain atpresent the Number of poor Inhabitants killed and missing but believe theLoss considerable as the People were all at work in the Fields... SomePersons pretend to say not less than one hundred dwelling House areburnt."


On August 21 Colonel Goose Van Schaick, writing (23) to GeneralWashington from Albany, confirmed the details of the withdrawal of Brantfrom Fort Schuyler and of the attack on Canajoharie. "From thence,"continued the letter, "they returned towards the susquahanna, & in a fewdays after made a Descent on Schohary; here they burnt twelve Houses, &have by information taken and killed a larger number of the Inhabitantsthan at the former place, & it is expected the remainder of Schohary willshare the same fate. The Indians are seen daily in small parties, & takeprisoners & Scalps, Schenectady is threatened & the Inhabitants aremoving their effects to Albany with all dispatch seeing no appearance ofsupport, & numbers going off to the enemy daily."


In England Riverton's Royal Gazette told of the successful progress ofthe expedition. "The Indians have laid waste the whole country," readsits issue (24) of September 23, "the Tory houses excepted, down toSchenectady, where some rebels are at work throwing up works to opposethe progress of the British troops and our Indian allies. The rebel womenand children have retired to Albany."


Notes


To Governor Clinton, May 17, 1780. Public Papers of George Clinton, V,715. He expressed the same view to General Washington a few days later.Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
Four hundred whites and two hundred Indians.
Public Papers of George Clinton, V, 743.
Frederick Visscher (Fisher), a colonel in the Tryon County Militia. Hehad removed his family to Schenectady for safety's sake a few daysbefore. Having been brought down by a tomahawk, scalped and left for deadby the raiders he subsequently recovered consciousness and managed toescape from the burning house he had so gallantly helped to defend. Withthe aid of a negro slave belonging to one of the neighbors ColonelVisscher managed to reach friends, who at once sent him to Schenectady bycanoe. Here he received medical attention and subsequently recovered fromhis wounds.
Public Papers of George Clinton, V, 737.
John and Harman. They with Colonel Visscher were the sole defenders ofthe family homestead where the attack occurred.
He had removed from Schenectady and settled at Caughnawaga (Fonda) aboutthe year 1751. An account of his murder may be found in Jeptha R. Simms,Frontiersmen of New York, II, 339.
Public Papers of George Clinton, V, 744. Pension Office Records, PhilipViele R 10947.
This fort stood a short distance east of the Schoharie Creek near itsconfluence with the Mohawk River.
Colonel John Harper of the Levies.
His name was spelled both Vedder and Veeder. He was lieutenant-colonel ofthe 5th Albany County and later of the 3d Tryon County Militia.
Public Papers of George Clinton, V, 743.
He took with him the family silver which had been buried at the time ofhis departure in 1776.
Public Papers of George Clinton, VI, 30.
Peter Vrooman, colonel of the 15th Albany County Militia.
Public Papers of George Clinton, VI, 31.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Ibid., p. 79.
Now Fonda, Montgomery County.
Public Papers of George Clinton, VI, 80.
Ibid.
Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
Franklin B. Hough, The Northern Invasion of October, 1780, p. 81.
_________________________________________________________________
New York In The Revolution as Colony and State
by James A. Roberts, Comptroller
Compiled by Frederic G. Mather
Second Edition 1898


The Levies--(Dubois)


COLONEL LEWIS DUBOIS
LIEUTENANT COLONEL BRINTON PAINE
MAJOR JAMES M. HUGHES
ADJUTANT HUGH McCONNELL
QUARTER MASTER JOHN BRADNER
PAY MASTER DANIEL GANG
SURGEON HENRY BUCK
SURGEON'S MATE SAMUEL ALLEN Capt. JOSHUA BARNUM
" JOHN BRADBICK
" JOHN BURNETT
" COLBE CHAMBEBLAIN
" MARK DE MONT
" HENRY DODGE
" BENJAMIN DUBOIS
" JOHN M. FOGHT
" DANIEL GAMO
Capt. THOMAS LEE
" JOHN MCBRIDE
" THOMAS MCKINSTRY
" MCQUOW
" JOHN ROLB
" BENJAMIN STEVENSON
LIEUT. JAMES BETTS
" JACOB BOCKER
" JAMES BUTTERFIELD
LIEUT. JOHN COPPERNOLL
" ADAM HELMER
" JAMES OAKLEY
" JACOB PECK
" JAMES PECK
" JOHN BANDERBURGH
" SIMON J. BROOMAN
" WILLIAM WALLACE


Additional names on State Treasurer's Pay Books
Lieut. Edmund Duvall, Lieut. Henry Vanderburgh
ENLISTED MEN


Adam Peter
Adams Peter
Adriance Theodonis
Adsit Benjamin
Akins Stephen
Alien Reuben
Alien Samuel
Allison Isaac
Armstrong George
Amot Cornelius
Bader Francis
Bailey Daniel
Bairmorc Michael Baker William
Barch Rudolf
Barr John
Beater Jacob
Beckwith David
Bellinger Adam P.
Benjamin Cyrus
Benjamin Jonathan
Bennet Jeremiah
Bishop John
Biskney Francis
Bissell John
Blaesdell Levi Bloomerone Abraham
Bocrum William
Bogardus Lewis
Bogart Gilbert
Bouman Abraham
Bradner John
Brooks George
Brooks William
Brown Hezekiah
Brown Jonathan
Brown Noah, Jr.
Brown Samuel
Buchiet John Bump Sathuel
Burch Hezekiah
Burch laiah
Burch Jesse
Burling Benjamin
Burlington Joel
Bin-ton Gilbert
Campbell Robertson
Campbell William
Canfield James
Careley John
Carman John
Carney Barnabas
Carter Jabez
Carvender Joseph
Cashin William
Chase Benjamin
Church Jonathan
Churchill James
Clapsadle William
Clark William
Claver Nehemiah
Cleland William
Cline Jacob
Cole John
Concklin Samuel
Connell Benjamin
Cook Solomon
Cosier Joseph
Cowley Jonathan
Crook Coonrod
Crosby Reuben
Crover George
Culver Daniel
Cummins Jacob
Cummins John
Curtis James
Cutler Nathaniel
Cyeserton Manassa
Dalery Jeremiah
Darley Robert
Darling Benjamin
Davis Benjamin
Davison Alverson
Dealeway Jeremiah
Decker Jacob
Demoutt John
Dermott James
Dewel Benjamin
Dewel Emanuel
Dewit William
Drake Joshua
Dunbar William
Durgen Pattrick
Dymoot Dalrick
Edee Joshuh
Edesell Joseph
Engle George
Engle William
English Robert
Etch Jacob
Evans Amos
Evans William
Faden John
Felling Philip
Ferguson William
Fetterly John
Forbus Henry
Fowler Daniel
Fox George
Franck Henrich
Freeman Elijah
Fuller Daniel Fullmorc Christopher
Gale John
Galsschus Claua
Garlinghouse John
Garrit Benjamin
Ginson Richard
Graham George
Grant Peter
Green Caleb
Green Isaac
Griffin John
Hall Robert
Hamilton James
Hammill Nathaniel
Handley Mathew
Hans James
Hanson Arthur
Harris Joshua
Harrits Jonathan
Hart James
Hartman Adam
Hatch Joseph
Hatch Oliver
Hawk Frederick
Head Briton
Heberd Prime
Helmer Adam
Hess George
Hester Lawrence
Hewitt Joseph
Hewitt Samuel
Higney Joseph
Hill Nathaniel
Hills John
Hinckley Elkanah
Hock Rudolph
Hoff John
Holdren Daniel
Holenbeck Jacob
Holmes Daniel
Hoover Isaac
Horton William
Hothalin James
How John
Howard William
Howell Josiah
Hubberd Reuben
Hunter James
Irwin Robert
Jewit Alpheus
Johnson John
Johnsou Samuel
Johnston William
Jones Richard
Jost
Lake John
Lamphier John
Lane William
Lansing Everent W.
Lappius Daniel Laughlin James
Letts David
Lewis John
Lowery John
Lua William
Lutts Coonrod
McClockin Joseph
McColley Hugh
McConnil Hugh
McCowan Duncan
McEwen Duncan
McGown Robert
McMaster James
McRoy Epraim
McWhorter Thomas
McWhorton James
Martin Archibald
Martin Thomas
Massy Andrew
Mead Israel
Mercy Andrew
Miles Benjamin
Millage Thomas
Millet Felix
Milligan Robert
Mills John
Miluan Robert
Moores Thomas
Morehouse Reuben
Morehouse Thomas
Morris John
Morse Josiah
Mosher Abner
Motts Joseph
Myer Lewis
Myer Peter
Myers Abraham
Myers John
Myers Lodewick
Nostrandt George
Oakman Presoine
Omsted Gideon
Oosterhoudt Gysbrt
Overbagh Jeremiah
Owen Solomon
Owens Isaac
Panter Jacob
Parmerton Abijah
Parshal James
Pease Asa
Pelhamn Eli
Pelham Elisha
Pellenger Adam
Perry David
Phillips Samuel
Pipar Elder
Prat William
Price Timothy
Purdy Josiah
Ralphin George Randle Matthias
Rankins, James, Jr.
Relyea John
Reynolds Shubal
Reynolds Stephen
Richard Edward
Richardson William
Rickman Abraham
Robertson Nathaniel
Robins Elijah
Rock William
Roes John
Rogers Moses
Rood Ezra
Rosa Adert
Ross William
Russel Rowlins
Salisbury Lawrence
Salkill Isaac
Scheit Peter
Schonover Benjamin
Schonover James
Scott James
Scribner Aaron
Scribner Jonathan
Scribner Zadock
Seabury Cornelius
Sears Selah
Seeley John
Seloover Isaac
Sessee Abraham
Shail Peter
Shaw Ezra
Silsby David
Simon John
Simpson Fetter
Sits John
Slight Henry
Smith James
Smith John
Smith Joseph
Smith Ludlow
Smith Richard
Smith Thomas
Smith William
Snyder Cornelius
Soper Timothy
Spicer Jeremiah
Spragge Benjamin
Sprague Gideon
Stagg John
Stark Henry
Starks John
Slighter Adam
Stone Daniel
Stunter Ebenezer
Sufelt Christopher
Sutherland William
Targasor Benjamin
Taylor Jeremiah


Taylor Stephen
Taylor William
Tees John
Terry Usbany
Terwillegar Tunis
Terwilliger Abraham, Jr.
Thomas Richard
Thompson William
Thorington Thomas
Thorn Jacob
Tilwillegar James
Tingue John
Tippet Thomas Titus Phillip
Totten Daniel
Twaghinans John
Van Aulstine Derrick
Vandebogart John
Vanderworker Hermanus
Van De Water Adolph
Van Etten Jacobus
Van Every Jacob
Vansize Hanyost
Vickery Ichabod
Von Netten James
Walbort Tobias Walker John
Walsz Jacob
Walsz Kunrad
Weaver George
Webster Oliver
Wells David
Wells Gershom
Whaley Timothy
Wheeler Ira
White Nicholas
Wilkinson David
Willcox David
Williams Pompy Wills Jesse
Winegar Samuel
Wood Job
Wood Solomon
Wood Timothy
Woolgert Joseph
Woolsee Sammon
Wright Edmund
Yongs Alexander
York Aaron
Young Henry
Young Richard
Young Zacharias
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New York In The Revolution as Colony and State
by James A. Roberts, Comptroller
Compiled by Frederic G. Mather
Second Edition 1898
Vol II
page 248
Land Bounty Rights Dutchess County Sixth Regiment:


James Curtis
Joseph Curtis
Joseph Curtis, Jr.
_________________________________________________________________

spouse: Alger, Jemima (1758 - 1808)
- m. 28 MAR 1776

----------child: Curtis, Sally (1777 - 1840)
----------child: Curtis, James (1779 - 1855)
----------child: Curtis, Jemima (1781 - 1816)
----------child: Curtis, Rebecca (1783 - 1831)
----------child: Curtis, Cornelius (1786 - 1851)
----------child: Curtis, Stephen A. (1790 - 1846)
----------child: Curtis, Seth (1792 - 1880)
----------child: Curtis, Rachel (1795 - )
----------child: Curtis, Lovisa (1797 - 1870)
Curtis, James (1779 - 1855) - male
b. 30 MAY 1779 in Dutchess County, NY
d. JUL 1855

father: Curtis, James (1746 - 1818)
mother: Alger, Jemima (1758 - 1808)
Curtis, James Amos (1830 - 1893) - male
b. 16 JAN 1830 in Brahman's Corners, Schenectady, New York
d. 10 NOV 1893 in Patch Grove, Grant, Wisconsin

father: Curtis, William Bell (1798 - 1879)
mother: Loomis, Elizabeth (*1800 - )
JOURNAL OF DR. ETHELRED CURTIS


Optometrist and Chiropractor
808-810 Indiana Ave.
Curtis Building
LaPorte, Indiana
Phone 38
This was taken from a copy of the journal given to me by my mother. Someof the dates and names are very unclear, so I made comments inparentheses next to that part. This is copyrighted material. I believethis was copied in the early 1900's by my Grandfather's Uncle, EthelredCurtis, from a journal that was written by and belonging to myGrandfather's Grandfather, James A. Curtis. There is a letter head on allpages. I copied the information from that letter head and included it atthe top of this page. If you have any questions about this journal, emailme at blgv@@lcii.net and I will be happy to answer. Thanks for coming.
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The name "Curtis" meaning courteous, civil, gentle was brought to Englandby the Norman conquest A.D. 1065 (?). It has been a popular name sincethe 13th century causing more confusion than any other name amonghistorians. Authorities agree that all of the Curtises are related. Thefamily was numerous in England. Stephen Curtis lived at Apledore, KentCounty, England. In 1450 the Curtis family in England were great friendsof William Shakespeare and that he named one of his characters in his"Taming of the Shrew" for one of them.


"Curtis Coat of Arms"
On May the 9th 1532 Henry VIII, King of England, confirmed the "CurtisCoat of Arms". William Curtis, our great,great,great grandfather, was abrother of John and Thomas Curtis come from Nazing, England in 1632(unclear) on the ship "Lion" and settled in Boston, Mass. and later atStratford, Conn. He was preceded by his oldest son, Wm. Curtis in 1631.William was an Ensign in King Philip's War and a Captain in the army atStratford, Conn. He and his brothers, Isreal and Joshau signed thefundamental agreement for the settlement and the government of PamperegueFeb. 4th 1672. The great "Curtis" mills at Scituate was founded by thesebrothers, Wm., Isreal and Joshau.


Our direct ancestors come from the other brother Thomas Curtis. ThomasCurtis, a man of great reputation and owned great estate, was born in1670 and died in 1741. There were many descendants and they having theadventure spirit settled in parts of the U.S.A. Several went South, butmost went West to N.Y., Mich., Wis., Ind., Kansas. Thomas, son of Wm.Curtis, was our great, great grandfather and they settled in New York.There were some 642 of the Curtises who took part in the RevolutionaryWar. Many of these who bore arms were of high military ranks and laterin life were identified with several colleges and educationalinstitutions. The family has always been prominent in the educational,public and professional life of the country. The Hon. Vice PresidentCharles Curtis is a descendant of this family of brothers and makes him a5th cousin to the present members of this Curtis clan here today.


The name of Somes, Ladd and Clayton are all related to the Curtisfamilies and many of their descendants at one time lived in GrantCounty. On our great, great grandmother Curtis (Somes), I read in myfather's genealogy that he wrote himself and calls attention to thisfact, undoubtedly there is royal blood in the veins of the AmericanCurtis tribe. Not having the data of the personal life of A.W.Curtis, Ican only call attention to the personal life of James A. Curtis. This istaken in part from his own record written by himself covering the first25 yrs. of his life up to the time he married Jane H. Howe (mother) atBelvedere, Ill.


This is what he wrote:
I was born on Saturday, January 16, 1830 in a log house in Duanesburg,Schenectady, New York. My parents are descendants of English ancestry.My great, great grandfather was a descendant of English nobility. Hisparents were very rich. When he was a boy of 12 years, he was down bythe wharf playing and was stolen and pressed on board a Man-of-War alongwith several other boys. After being on board two years, he landed inNew York and lived on Long Island and married. His name was SamuelSomes. He was our great, great grandfather. He was a very large man,being 7 ft. tall and well proportioned. Our great, great grandfatherCurtis was a small short man. He was also of English descent. He livedto be 92 years old. The Somes also lived to be about a century old. Thepersonal life of James A. Curtis as recorded by himself. When I was in my6th year, I went to school a little, but I was so bashful that thescholars abused me and my parents took me out of school. I well rememberonce when I was coming home from school, one of our neighbors said shewould give me some honey to take home to my mother in my dinner pail andasked me to wait till she could go down in the cellar and get it. Assoon as she was gone, I ran home as fast as I could go. I did not goenough to learn all of my letters. The next summer I did not go any.When I was in my 8th year, I went to school and commenced to read inwords of two letters. I learned so fast that in the fall I got PeterParleys Geography and was so delighted with it that I used to fetch ithome and study it. From this period, I formed a great taste for readingand since I have always liked to read.


When I was 10 years old (1840), there was a great impression made upon mymind in regard to politics. In that year, politics ran very high and Wm.H. Harrison was elected President. When I was 12 years old, I had themeasles and two of my sisters died. This year (1842), Father having soldhis farm, we moved. The winter I was 13, I went to school 2 months. Iwent through Dabel's Arithmetic twice and I thought that I understood itpretty well and that I need not study arithmetic much more. This year1843, father bought a farm and it was close to a Baptist church and theyhad a great revival. I was awakened and prayed more or less all summerin secret. The next winter I got Adams Arithmetic and found that I didnot know quite so much about arithmetic as I thought I did. This year(1844) I read the political papers and took an active part in thepresidential campaign. In the year 1845, the Manorial or Anti Renttrouble broke out (can't read rest of sentence). The last of Nov. 1845,I commenced going to a select school two mile from home. I will here sayI always stayed at home in the summers and went to school in the winters.In 1848, I took part with the Free Soldiers against the extension ofSlavery. I was fully aroused to the evils of slavery and I took anactive part in the contest. I electioneered and tried to get all I couldto vote for Martin Van Buren.


WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER AT THE AGE OF 19 AND RECEIVED $12 PER MONTH
The fall of 1849 I took a school in Florida. My school being small andhaving only 8 or 10 scholars, I got discouraged and quit after keeping 4weeks. I, however, hired out and commenced a school in our own town thenext week at the same wages($12 per month). When I commenced keepingschool, I felt very awkward and very much out of place. Whenever I cameinto the house, I always had a book or paper in my hands and could takemore pleasure in reading than I could in visiting. Frequently, when Ihad invitations to parties, I would stay home and read rather than go. OnNovember 11,1850, I started for the State Normal School at Albany,N.Y. Iwas examined and placed in the Junior class. This was the first timethat I went away from home to school. I had never written compositionsand you would laugh to see how it got cut up in correcting. But afterthe first one, I was more careful, I assure you. I boarded myself and fora term of 19 weeks it cost me $28.00. When I left home, I did not thinkof going more than one term, but I liked the school well and I had formedsuch a desire for learning more, so the next term I returned. The firstterm I (unclear here) myself well and was advanced to the Sub SeniorClass. In this class I had to study very hard, but I was determined tobe advanced and to sustain myself well, and I did do it. I boardedmyself and it cost $21.00. I might here remark that the first winter Ikept school I saved all my money to school myself. My money beingexhausted, I was obliged to go to keeping school again before I could goany more. So I hired out--kept school two weeks and had some difficultywith a boy. His father was a very hasty man who took me up for assaultand battery. We had a trial and I had to pay the costs. This I did notlike and I quit the school the next week. I hired out again for 4months. I kept my time out and returned to Albany the 8th of March1852. I entered the Senior Class, went through the course of study andreceived my diploma on the (?) of July 1852. After school was out, Idecided to see a little more of the world. So the morning of July the9th, I took passage on board the ill-fated steamer Henry Clay for NewYork City. Here he describes the many things and places of interest thathe found and visited that summer. In the fall, he again engaged a schoolat Fleming, New, York for 5 months. The 14th of March I closed my schooland started for home on the 25th. In February of 1853, the Baptists had agreat revival and my father and sister were converted to God as I hopeand humbly trust. April 24th father and sister were baptized. Octoberthe 1st I went to Saratoga, N.Y. and other places in search for aschool. While in old Saratoga, I engaged a school at Dean's Corners for4 months at $21.00 per month and board around (getting an advanced salarythis term). About the middle of October, I spoke at a temperance meetingat Burton's Villa, Montgomery Co., N.Y. and the next week in the BaptistChurch at Breman's Corners, Schenectady C., N.Y. My remarks seemed totake very well. Nov. 4th I started for my school. On the evening of the6th, I made some remarks at a temperance meeting held in the school housein the town of Saratoga, N.Y. This winter I enjoyed myself very much andhad quite a (unclear) at school with one exception. On January 8th 1854 Idelivered a lecture on temperance to a full house. It appeared to takewell and I know that many were well pleased. I attended a debating schoolthis winter. I took a very active part and we had some very gooddebates. The ladies as well as the gentlemen attended. This is as itshould be, for every such society needs refinement of the ladies topurify and chasten them.


GOES WEST MAY 8TH 1854 TO VIRGINIA, ILL.
On Monday, May the 8th, I took the Great Western Railroad west thruCanada to Detroit, stopped off at Niagara Falls in route and arrived inChicago then on to Springfield, Ill. After 4 days of travel, found no(unclear) on a stage for the 32 miles west from Springfield to Virginia,Ill. I expected to take a school here but was disappointed. Another manhad taken it before I arrived. So I took a clerk job in a drug store forDr. Allard. I remained 4 weeks and then took a school. The summer wasvery warm and dry. When my quarter was out, the directors engaged me fortwo more quarters. On the 28th of October I went hickory nutting on theSangmom bottoms. We stayed two days and camped out at night. The pastyear our country has been agitated with the Slavery question which isconstantly presenting itself in new phases and destined never to be at aless interesting and momentous topic than now, till the system comes to aperpetual end. There is -- there can be no security for our nation whilenourishing this viper at her bosom. Slavery must be destroyed or it willdestroy the people with whom it is a treacherous guest. The summer of1854 and the winter of 1855 I taught school one mile west of Virginia,Ill. Closing my school March 2nd 1855 I was never so successful beforein a school. In the 5 quarters I taught, I had no occasion to punish ascholar. One of the directors told me that he had not heard one word offault, that all were satisfied. For the above school I received $25.00per month and board. The next three months I took the school atVirginia, Ill. Having been confirmed for the past 12 months in schoolwork, I concluded that I should work at farming through the summer. Icommenced plowing corn on the 5th of June and got $.75 a day. Icommenced harvest on the 4th of July at $1.50 per day in grain and $1.25in hay. The sun burned my hands to blisters but I stood it well and onJune 4th I cast my first vote in Illinois. At this election we voted onProhibition. I used my influence and gave my vote for Prohibition. Goesto the north part of the state and has the chills and fever. Lands aschool at Elgin, Ill. at $500.00 per year under the conditions thateither party could quit at any time if dissatisfied.


GOES TO SEE HIS SWEETHEART, MISS JANE H. HOWE
Commenced school on September the 11th and the next day went to Morengo,Ill. to see if I could engage Miss Howe for my assistant, but did notsucceed. I commenced my school on Sept. 15th with Miss Palmer of NewYork as assistant.


LOOSES HIS JOB ON ACCOUNT OF A RUSTY COLLAR
On the morning of Oct. the 15th E. Gifford, Superintendent of schools,came to my room before school and told me that he had concluded to changeteachers. I demanded his reasons and he said that I had created ratheran unfavorable impression when I first came. He said that my collar andclothes were rather dusty. He said that the report was spread aroundthat I did not go dressed as well as ought and it created an impressioninjurious to the school. But I do not think the above is true cause.His daughter, Ada, a young lady come to school and she wanted to rule andI would not let her. For misconduct I deprived her of recesses andtalked with her pretty severely. Her father told me that he took her outof Mr. Alvord's school, for he did not know which would be boss. I thinkthat similar difficulties were the true cause of my dismissal. The thirdday after my dismissal I engaged a school at Geneva. The school housenot being finished I turned in and (unclear) it for them. After this Iwent into the country and worked at farming for three weeks. My time wasto commence on the 19th of Nov. whether the school house was finished ornot. It was a week later that school started. I have a school of some60 scholars and they are quite backward.


GETS MARRIED TO MISS JANE H. HOWE
On the 27th of December 1855 at 11 o'clock A.M. I was married to MissJane H. Howe at the house of her brother-in-law, Mr. J. Collins, inBelvedere, Ill. by the Rev. M. Amsden, congrelationist. I was firstintroduced to Miss Howe at Mr. Griffith's Jan. 2nd 1853. I spent two orthree evenings at her house before I left Fleming, N.Y. After I left, wehad correspondence until we were married. Another year has rolled aroundand this finds me a married man. I have entered upon new duties and newrelations. The future is fraught with auspicious incidents. We mustwilling or unwilling enter into its struggles and activities to performour part in the great drama of life and Heaven grant that we may enactour part nobley and bravely. We should ask ourselves, what is our aim?For what are we created? And what is our ultimate destiny? We shouldall feel that we are created for something noble, something Godlike, andwe should try to fulfill the great ends of life. Thus ends the chapter ofhis life written up to the time he married our mother. One of the BESTmothers who ever lived.
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spouse: Howe, Jane (*1835 - )
- m. 27 DEC 1855

----------child: Curtis, Herbert (*1865 - )
----------child: Curtis, Clara (*1865 - )
----------child: Curtis, William (*1865 - )
----------child: Curtis, Clem (*1865 - )
----------child: Curtis, Elwyn (*1865 - )
----------child: Curtis, Ethelred (*1865 - )
----------child: Curtis, Aurelia Bertha (1870 - 1942)
Curtis, James Harvey (1819 - 1869) - male
b. 29 NOV 1819
d. 2 APR 1869

father: Curtis, Seth (1792 - 1880)
mother: Fitts, Anna (1798 - 1876)
BIRTHS reported in the year 1849
Page 144


CURTIS, male - July 23 to James Harvey & Fanny M Curtis


1869 - 70 McDonough Business Directory
Curtis, James H., (McDonough,) lot 59, carpenter and joiner, undertakerand farmer 25.


Married by Rev. O. Bennett per Mrs. Tuttle DAR paper presented Norwich1941.


They resided in McDonough Village in home they built, and in 1941 ownedby Orra Barrows. He was a carpenter and builder and cabinet maker. Hehad a shop (the former gun shop of the Coville family) where hemanufactured coffins. In fact he was the local undertaker of that day.(per Tuttle paper)

spouse: Coville, Fanny M. (1813 - 1898)
- m. 1 FEB 1846

----------child: Curtis, George Henry (1849 - 1895)
Curtis, Jasie (*1994 - ) - female
father: Curtis, John (1959 - 2003)
mother: Loveless, Shaun (*1963 - )
Curtis, Jemima (1781 - 1816) - female
b. 18 SEP 1781 in Dutchess County, NY
d. 26 DEC 1816

father: Curtis, James (1746 - 1818)
mother: Alger, Jemima (1758 - 1808)
spouse: Pettit, Samuel C. (1774 - 1822)
----------child: Pettit, Ethan (*1811 - )
----------child: Pettit, Elizabeth (*1811 - )
----------child: Pettit, Electra (*1811 - )
Curtis, Jerry (*1953 - ) - male
father: Curtis, Arthur (~1918 - )
mother: Hattie, ? (*1922 - ~1999)
Curtis, Jessie (*1877 - ) - female
father: Curtis, Milan (*1849 - )
mother: Mosher, Mary (*1844 - 1925)
spouse: Pooler, Alfred (*1873 - )
----------child: Pooler, Curtis (*1908 - )
Curtis, John (1738 - ) - male
b. 17 MAY 1738

father: Curtis, Joseph (1713 - 1785)
mother: Williams, Silence (*1711 - )
Curtis, John (1959 - 2003) - male
b. 6 OCT 1959 in Somerset, Kentucky
d. 6 JUL 2003 in Somerset, Kentucky

father: Curtis, Robert (1927 - 1992)
mother: Garner, Delores (*1928 - )
John Curtis
Somerset -- Mr. John Curtis, 43, Pulsaki Funeral Home.
Published in The Courier-Journal on 7/7/2003.


John Curtis
Nancy, Ky.
July 6, 2003
John Curtis, 43, Ky. 2993, Nancy, died Sunday, July 6, 2003, at LakeCumberland Regional Hospital.
He was born Oct. 6, 1959, a son of the late Bob Curtis and Dolores(Garner) Curtis, Somerset. He was an employee of East Kentucky Power andattended Beacon Hill Baptist Church.
Survivors include his mother; his wife, Shaun (Loveless) Curtis, whom hemarried Sept. 9, 1983; two daughters, Mandy Curtis, of Nancy Kentucky,and Jasie Curtis, of Nancy Kentucky; and a brother, Bobby (and Cathy)Curtis, Richmond, Kentucky.
He was preceded in death by his father.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 8, at Pulaski Funeral Homewith Dr. John Mark Toby officiating.
Burial will be in Lakeside Memorial Gardens, Somer-set.
Friends may call after 6 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.


Notice entered Monday, July 07, 2003.


Gene Curtis in 01/01/04 telephone interview, mentioned that John died ofstomach cancer. Gene said that John had been a physically strong man.

spouse: Loveless, Shaun (*1963 - )
- m. 9 SEP 1983

----------child: Curtis, Mandy (*1994 - )
----------child: Curtis, Jasie (*1994 - )
Curtis, John Arnold (1899 - 1988) - male
b. 15 APR 1899
d. 20 FEB 1988

father: Curtis, John Carpenter (1866 - 1940)
mother: Botkin, Savannah Rachael (1870 - 1957)
According to Jack Curtis 12/9/2000, John Arnold worked at a bank inSterns Kentucky before the great depression. Had a company house there.Said that he in an unauthorized manner, borrowed money from the bank andused it to trade in stocks on Wall street. When the depression hit, helost the money could not pay it back. Bank auditors found it and JohnArnold was about a step away from going to jail when his father John C.Curtis took what little money he could get after depression ( JohnCarpenter lost Somerset Mill in depression) and paid off the debt to bankenough to get his son John Arnold out of trouble. John Arnold moved backup to Somerset then from Stern's Lavonia Hyman, Daughter, 9/18/04remembers that her father John Arnold worked for a company in SpringfieldOH as an accountant and also had outside business as an accountant out ofhis home doing books for small companies and preparing tax returns.Jenny Moore remembers John Arnold as a "dapper" dresser.


Kentucky (company owned coal mining company) and had to move in with hisbrother Earl Curtis for a short while to get his feet on the ground.John Arnold was married to Earl's sister.


Per Jack Curtis Aug. 2004, John Arnold and his wife retired to CapeCoral FL. To help finance retirement years, John Arnold sold realestate in Cape Coral until he was about 80 years old.


NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 6 May 1921
Mr. J.A. Curtis, cashier of the Stearns Bank, who was operated on at the
Danville and Boyle county hospital for appendicitis Tuesday, is gettingalong
nicely. Mrs. Curtis is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Chas. Oats, duringher
husband's illness. Danville Messenger.


NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 18 June 1920
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Curtis of Stearns were guests of relatives Saturdayand
Sunday.


NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 1 April 1921
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Curtis of Stearns, Ky., spent Easter with home folks.


NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 10 December 1920
Doing Fine. The report of the State Bank of Stearns, Stearns, Ky., shows
that new institution flourishing. Deposits aggregate $80,000.00. Mr.J.A.
Curtis, a Somerset boy, is Assistant Cashier.


NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 14 October 1921
Personal Mention.
Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Curtis of Stearns, spent several days with home folks.Mr.
Curtis is the efficient cashier of the State Bank of Stearns.


NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 20 May 1921
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Curtis and little daughter of Stearns are visitingher parents,
Mr. and Mrs. O.B. Vaughn this week.


NEWS: Excerpts from the Somerset Journal, 6 Feb 1920
Pisgah.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Curtis visited Mr. and Mrs. Otho Vaughn Sunday

spouse: Vaughan, Lois (1898 - 1991)
----------child: Curtis, Lavonia (Sis) V. (1924 - )
----------child: Curtis, John Arnold Jr. (1925 - )
----------child: Curtis, Mary Lois (*1931 - )
Curtis, John Arnold Jr. (1925 - ) - male
b. 11 AUG 1925

father: Curtis, John Arnold (1899 - 1988)
mother: Vaughan, Lois (1898 - 1991)
Lived with son John Jr. for a while on a boat in California. Then about1998 moved to Florida to be with Daughter nearby.
spouse: McKenzie, Marilyne (1928 - )
----------child: Curtis, John E. (1953 - )
----------child: Curtis, Sarah F. (1955 - )
Curtis, John Carpenter (1866 - 1940) - male
b. 4 JUN 1866
d. 5 FEB 1940

father: Curtis, John Thurston (1824 - 1909)
mother: Ackley, Julia Ann (1830 - 1899)
Jack Curtis beleives that it may have been John Carpenter Curtis and hisbrothers who mitgrated to Kentucky from New York. He stated 9/98 thatthey first settled above Somerset KY in a community on the railroad knownas Kings' Mountain, KY.


Extract of 1900 Kentucky Census from Curtis Society web page 2/99


w John C. Curtis Jun 1866 33 New York Grain MillerPulaski
Savannah " w. May 1870 30 KY 99-1-96
married 10 Years - 4 children - 4 living
Ralph T. " s. Oct 1892 7 Alabama
Carl B. " s. Dec 1894 5 Alabama
Charles M. " s. Jan 1897 3 Alabama
Arnold J. " s. Apr 1899 1 KY


Per Jack Curtis, writers father, John C. Curtis fell from apple tree asyoung boy and broke his ankle. They couldn't get it set properly and soit never healed properly, resulting in as a mature man, one leg beingshorter than the other by about one inch. He had to wear built up shoeson one foot to compensate for this. Pictures on this site show this.


Jack Curtis also said that John C. Curtis was the main person behindgetting into the flour mill business in Somerset KY and was the Presidentof the Flour/mill company. Jack said he thought it was probably becausehe had put the most money into it. It was John C. Curtis's guaranteeinga nephews bank loan to purchase the first Chevrolet dealership inSomerset that in the depression caused the bank to call guarantee of JohnC. Curtis and eventually started the downward spiral resulting in theloss of the Mill by foreclosure as well as the family home in Somersetthat was located on Harvey's Hill Main Street.


Excerpts from Somerset Journal, 4 Jun 1920
Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Curtis and sons, Charles and Glen, left this week for a
motor trip to Akron, Ohio.


April 2 1920
Mr. and Mrs. O.B. Vaugh and daughter Miss Evelyn and Mr. and Mrs. JohnCurtis
visited MR. and Mrs. Earl Curtis Sunday.


Odd reference to a Ed Curtis of Lexington.....maybe typo ?
NEWS EXCERPTS: From the Somerset Journal, 8 Jul 1921
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Curtis of Lexington spent the Fourth with his parents,Mr.
and Mrs. J.C. Curtis.


9/18/04 Lavonia Hyman, daughter of John Arnold Curtis, remembers John CCurtis and wife Savannah living with them upstairs in their home inSpringfield OH, when her grandparents were older. She remembers that inthe last several months of "Daddy Curtis's" life (John C. Curtis) thatfor about 3 months he had violent hic-cups that he could not control.Lavonia remembers her father John Arnold, coming down the stairs withtears in his eyes when John C. Curtis (Daddy Curtis) died. Lavonia andJack 9/18/04 recalled that John C Curtis (Daddy Curtis) required all intheir house to have devotions each morning. Sis says she remembersherself and all the kids when they stayed with Daddy Curtis that in themorning all would kneel at their chair and have prayer and Daddy Curtiswould read from the Bible each day before he left for work.

spouse: Botkin, Savannah Rachael (1870 - 1957)
- m. 27 NOV 1889 in Pulaski county, Kentucky

----------child: Curtis, Ralph T. (1891 - )
----------child: Curtis, Earl Botkin (1894 - 1994)
----------child: Curtis, Charles M. (1897 - )
----------child: Curtis, John Arnold (1899 - 1988)
----------child: Curtis, Glenn Edmond (1914 - 2003)
Curtis, John Colyer (1939 - 1939) - male
b. 16 NOV 1939
d. 16 NOV 1939

father: Curtis, John Vaughan (1918 - )
mother: Colyer, Edith (1920 - 1974)
Curtis, John E. (1953 - ) - male
b. 17 MAY 1953

father: Curtis, John Arnold Jr. (1925 - )
mother: McKenzie, Marilyne (1928 - )
Curtis, John Hiram (1817 - 1891) - male
b. 20 APR 1817
d. 29 NOV 1891

father: Curtis, Stephen A. (1790 - 1846)
mother: Talmage, Anna (1793 - 1832)

Burial - [place: Sylvan Lawn Cem. Greene NY]

spouse: Crandall, Susan (1823 - 1887)
- m. 13 SEP 1841

----------child: Curtis, Palmer (1845 - 1897)
----------child: Curtis, Milan (*1849 - )
----------child: Curtis, George (1850 - 1927)
----------child: Curtis, Helen (*1853 - 1917)
Curtis, John Thurston (1824 - 1909) - male
b. 5 AUG 1824 in Duanesburg, NY
d. 6 MAY 1909 in Somerset, Kentucky

father: Curtis, Seth (1792 - 1880)
mother: Fitts, Anna (1798 - 1876)
According to Glenn Curtis conversation with Richard Curtis in 2001(brother to Earl Curtis) it was John Thurston Curtis who migrated fromNew York to Waynesburg Kentucky via railroad. Jack Curtis thought thatthey had settled at King's mountain that was near the rail station therenear Waynesburg Ky.


This is confirmed by the Kentucky Census of 1870 wherein we find a JohnCurtis in Pulaski County. See Fred P. Curtis where 1900 Census shows himwith a business called New York Lumber & Grain.


In 1877 the Cincinnati & Southern (now Norfolk Southern) Railway came toPulaski County, which led to rapid growth in Somerset, Ferguson,Burnside, and other towns along the right-of-way, and to virtualabandonment of many of the county's smaller hamlets. Afterward came largelogging and sawmill operations. The period of industrial activity peakedwhen the Cincinnati & Southern ("Queen and Crescent") opened its Fergusonrepair yard. For over a generation, the railroad and the shops were aneconomic mainstay. A sleepy county seat with only 587 people in 1870,Somerset swelled to be a regional metropolis by 1900 with almost 6,000people.


John Thurston Curtis came to Pulaski County it is believed in the1870's. The 1870 U.S. Census shows John T Curtis in Otselic NY Chenangocounty as a subcontractor for the railroad. The 1880 U.S. Census showsJohn T. Curtis in Lincoln County Kentucky as a farmer. He and his sonsapparently worked in lumber trade scouting for wood around Somerset andthe south. This is evidenced by Earl Curtis and brothers having beenborn in Atalla Alabama believed that John Carpenter Curtis there scoutinglumber. Also, per conversation with Mary Jo Curtis, her father was bornnear Oak Ridge TN, saying that family was there getting lumber forrailroad ties. This may be what John T. Curtis did besides being afarmer, was that he was a subcontractor for the rail road finding timbersfor railroad ties.


Richard Curtis note: I find it interesting that John Thurston Curtis,whose father and grandfather spend many years living in Duanesburg NY,when John Thurston gets off train from migration NY to KY, settles atWaynesburg, KY. Names of towns sound very much alike.


Birthdate per John Carpenter Curtis family Bible as August 5.


John T Curtis came to Pulaski county from McDonough NY, where near farmswhere they lived, was the Ludlow Pond sawmill. John T's brother in NYthat stayed there was a carpenter per town business directory in 1869


North Norwich NY 1869-1870 business directory:
Curtis, John, (King's Settlement,) lot 75, farmer leases 400.


NOTE: The White Store curtises are not from Thomas of Wetherfield.Rather from a 1750 english emigrant. Per exam. of Rev. Gordon Curtisresearch.
from chnango cty webgen proj--Norwich directory 1869-1870
Curtis Bros., (White's Store,) lot 2, T. 15, S.E.Q., props. of White'sStore Mills and farmers 25.
Curtiss


History of Chenango and Madison Counties, New York
WHITE STORE.
White Store is situated on the Unadilla, in the east part of the town,and is a station on the New Berlin Branch of the Midland Railroad, with apopulation of sixty-three. It contains a Union Church, built in 1820, bymembers of the Baptist, Methodist and Universalist denominations, adistrict school, a grist-mill, two groceries, kept by J. T. Curtis andCaleb Barr, the latter of whom is the postmaster, having been appointedto the office April 19, 1874. Mr. Barr was preceded in the office byWilliam T. Morse, who held it about two years. David Shippey previouslyheld it a great many years. The postoffice at this place was establishedat an early day.

spouse: Ackley, Julia Ann (1830 - 1899)
- m. OCT 1851

----------child: Curtis, Fred Percival (1852 - 1929)
----------child: Curtis, William Ackley (1863 - 1873)
----------child: Curtis, Arthur Byron (1863 - 1934)
----------child: Curtis, Charles E. (1865 - 1927)
----------child: Curtis, John Carpenter (1866 - 1940)
----------child: (Adopted), Alice M. Curtis (1870 - )
Curtis, John Vaughan (1918 - ) - male
b. 27 AUG 1918 in Somerset, Ky

father: Curtis, Earl Botkin (1894 - 1994)
mother: Vaughan, Mary Wells (1895 - 1988)
Jack attended Somerset High School and upon graduation went to work in aDrug Store in Somerset. The pharmacist he worked for there was named KipDye. Jack married Edith Colyer in 1938. A drug company rep fromMassengil befriended Jack while he worked at store and put in a good wordfor him at Massengil. Jack and then wife Edith traveled together toBristol Tennessee where he put in application and was hired in his firstpharmaceutical sales job. Jack remembers meeting old Dr. S.E. Massengilperhaps at this job interview. Upon starting work for Massengil, Jackwas assigned a sales territory in Murfreesboro, TN where he and his wifeEdith moved from Somerset. They lived in Murfreesboro for about 3-4years until Jack was drafted into the army during World War II. Servedin Army 4 years first at Fort Jackson in Columbia South Carolina ( perJack 11/05/05) later stationed in St. Augustine Fla in grave diggerdivision. It was in Fort Jackson at Columbia South Carolina where hiswife Edith worked doing secretarial work for an officer on the base.Upon entering the army, Jack recommended his former pharmacist boss KipKye to get his territory in murfreesboro. Kip had lost his Somersetdrugstore job and needed help. Mr. Dye took the Murfreesboro territoryafter Edith Curtis had briefly filled in for Jack during the early monthsof his miliary training. Mr. Dye later had a drug store in McMinnvilleTn. After Jack got out of the army, Massengil have him a job and andassigned him a territory in Lexington Ky. After working with Massengilfor about a year in Lexington, Jack got a job with Abbott Labs. forLexington Territory after the Abbott rep Eulis Moss, moved toLouisville to take that territory. Jack worked the Lexington KyTerritory from about 1947 until 1956 when Mr. Eulis Moss was promoted toAbbott District Manager in Lousivlle and and requested Jack move tolouisville to take his sales territory. Jack was promoted to DistrictManager with Abbott in 1965. Jack retired from Abbott in 1982 after 35years. Worked with Abbott in Lexington Ky and Louisville, Ky. Nowresides in Louisville.


As told by Jack Curtis to son Richard 11/18/2000 over dinner at Mrs.Winners chicken:


Started out talking about going to Somerset and took some pictures of oldacquaintances he looked up. Said the last time they went down toSomerset saw an old friend Ed Tucker. Said Ed was a football player andhe had several brothers that were big football players at Somerset highschool. He said he didn't know why Ed had taken to him, but for somereason he had. Ed was originally in his high school class, but he mayhave flunked a grade and got behind. Ed had gotten to go to college atBowling Green and had obtained a teaching certificate that enabled him toteach school. In the summers, since teachers only worked 9 months ayear, he had to get any work he could in the summer and had driven adelivery truck of some sort. Several years ago at a high school reunion,he had shown up and every knew him, even though he really did notgraduate with Dad's class since had fallen behind a year. Dad saidgreatfully that Ed said that he had just come by to see Jack Curtis. Dadseemed very pleased and honored, but did not know why Ed had taken tohim. He said that when he would go to Somerset to visit "Dad and Mother"Ed would drop by the house and visit with them.


Dad told of a time when he was delivering papers, he had Dot with him forsome reason and was coming down the hill home, with his paper bags overhis shoulder with Dot with him. That a tall skinny boy a year or soldolder, know to pick on kids younger than he, named Rat Hargis came outand stopped Dad trying to pick on him and would not let him pass. Dadsaid ".I became more concerned because Dot was only about five years oldat the time and she was walking on ahead and would have to cross the busystreet down below to get home." He was saying to Rat ..come on let mego, I have to go. About that time Ed Tucker who lived within the blockcame by and said to Rat ...let him go, leave him alone. Ed was a bigfootball player type and so could take up for Dad and Rat would back downfrom him. Rat told Ed that Dad had done something or said something toirritate him , but Ed told Rat to leave him alone. Dad said that sincehe had Ed there taking up for him, who was bigger than either of them,and he knew Rat would not do anything with Ed there, he jumped up andsocked Rat. (making a face of tight lips and motioning of punching).He laughed.


He said some days later, he was on his way home on his bicycle afterdelivering papers with one paper bag over his shoulder and the other inthe Bike front basket. He came around the corner to go down the steet(South Central) at the Methodist Church and there was Rat. He said hetried to ride to the other side to avoid him, but Rat ran up and grabbedhis paper bag and pulled him off his bicycle. They started fighting,just going at it. Dad said they were kind of out in the street fightingand traffic was stopping and people watching. He said Rat was so muchtaller that Dad had to jump up and punch to try to punch Rat in theface. He laughed saying it must of looked quite funny him jumping upfighting like a bainty rooster.


Dad said they fought on like this until a black gentleman who worked theonly men's clothing dept store stopped. He saw that dad and Rat weretired of fighting and worn out, so he separated them, and said theyneeded a break. So he separated them and said "you have a three minuterest between rounds." After a few minutes, he sent them back tofighting...He said this went on for about three rounds until both were sotired, they finally quit. Dad said after that, though, Rat never pickedon him again.


As told to Richard Curtis by father Jack Curtis 12/9/2000:


When Jack was a boy his parents lived on a 4 acre place outside town nearPisgah community. Described as near the side of town where the Millwas. Said they had a few pigs, chickens, and milk cow. Said that duringthe depression, they bought groceries from the Sam Colyer Grocery storenear the Mill. They could not afford to pay for the groceries all thetime so Mr. Colyer was real good about letting them go on account. Thebill had gotten up pretty high, so Earl Curtis went down and worked out adeal with Mr. Sam Colyer to trade the old milk cow toward their grocerybill. The milk cow had gotten old and they said it wasn't giving goodmilk anymore. So Earl gave Jack Curtis the job of leading the old milkcow to the slaughter house and sell it to slaughter so the money could gotoward the grocery bill. Jack said that he had to have some help to leadthe cow over to the slaughter house as it was accross town and the cowwould get jittery going through town. But they got it over there andaccomplished their chore and paid down on the grocery bill. Jack said9/25/04 that Sam Colyer's grocery store was located on Monticillo Streetat the corner right up from the Somerset Mill that now in 2004 is thelocation of a Baptist Church.


Jack Curtis said he had kind of met my mother and would go see her at myAunt Ruby's grocery store after delivering papers on his paper routeduring the depression. Ruby Colyer's store was down in a bottom that wasaccross the street from the stockyards in Somerset. Jack's paper routeincluded the street that led down into the bottom and goes by theSomerset cemetary.


Jack in conversation 9/4/04 that his father Earl owned a little 4 acre orso farm on Oak Hill Road but lost it during the depression or before.Thereafter he rented houses in Somerset and they moved seemingly aboutevery year or so to new rental house until in late 30's or early 40'sbought they house they lived in til death at 224 South Central Ave. Ona trip together with the writer to Somerset 9/25/04, Jack pointed outthe location where this 4 acre farm was located on Oak Hill Road inSomerset where Jack lived as a boy. It is now a small shopping centerand a part of the four lane highway 27 that runs through currentSomerset. It is at the corner of Highway 27 and Oak Hill road. Jacksaid that Earl his father owned and operated a general store for a periodof time where Oak Hill Road ends at Monticello St. on the railroad sideof Monticello street.


When Jack was 15-16 years old they lived in a rental house in Somersetout towards the Somerset Cemetery that later became Red's diner. Jack'sroom was upstairs. The house in 2004 is a Gosset Real Estate office.Jack said that the brick house next door was where his friend Bill Halllived. While living in this house Jack remembers buying his first carfrom money saved from his paper route. The car was purchased for $15and had no roof. The seats were worn out and his mother made seatcovers out of flour sacks for him. He said that he sold the car andbought another one for 17.50 that had a soft top so he could drive inthe winter. He said the soft top sagged so he propped it up withtobacco sticks. Jack said that they moved across the steet to a houselocated on a spot that later became a bus station.
It was during this time that Jack could not afford to put about a gallonof gas in his car at a time. His friend Bill Hall would want him todrive him down a hill past the Somerset Cemetery but Jack would have torefuse because the gasoline would run out of the carborator when drivingback up the hill and stop. By the time Jack was "courting age" in highschool, he says they had moved to a rental house on main street near whatis now highway 80 that is cumberland parkway at where he described as upnear Stanford highway. Jack states that before he dated Edith in about12th grade, he had dated Glenda Burton (and her younger sister at atime) who was one year older in high school. Her father was appointedPostmaster of Somerset and that enabled her and her family to move to anicer home. She had lived across the street from Jack in the houseacross from the old bus station near the courthouse. She went off toUniv. Kentucky after graduating as did another classmate of Jack's namedFeller Ramsey. Jack stated that Feller Ramsey was well to do as hisfather owned the local Gulf Oil distributorship in Somerset. FellerRamsey also went to UK he and Glenda dated then and Dad says Feller stolethe girl he had dated earlier in high school. Feller later marriedGlenda after Jack had become engaged to Edith. Jack says that FellerRamsey became a General in the Army until retirement.


Sept 2004, Jack stated that he earned up to about $3 a week deliveryingpapers on three paper routes. He said that his father lost his currentjob working at the flour mill of his father when the family lost the millduring the depression. He said his father Earl had an 8th gradeeducation and that his mother had a 9th grade education. He said hisfather had a difficult time finding work after loosing his job at themill but finally got a job at a department store on the town squareearning $4 per week. During this difficult time for his family, Earlwould have to borrow money sometimes from Jack and his paper route to buygroceries.

spouse: Colyer, Edith (1920 - 1974)
- m. 27 AUG 1938 in Huntsville, TN
Jack and Edith eloped by driving to Huntsville TN and arriving at night,drove to the house of the local Judge, and honked the horn in hisdriveway until he came out and married them. Jack and Edith drove downfrom Somerset with another couple one evening. Married by L.M. Jeffers(Rec.Book 18, pg 73)
----------child: Curtis, John Colyer (1939 - 1939)
----------child: Curtis, John Vaughan Jr. (1951 - )
----------child: Curtis, Richard Lewis (1956 - )
spouse: Lovett, Barbara (~1938 - )
- m. 15 OCT 1976

Curtis, John Vaughan Jr. (1951 - ) - male
b. 2 JUN 1951

father: Curtis, John Vaughan (1918 - )
mother: Colyer, Edith (1920 - 1974)
Attended Centre College, Danville, KY; University of Kentucky wherereceived bachelors degree Political Science. Later entered Univ KYPatterson school of Diplomacy receiving masters. Then Univ Ky lawschool. Went to work for Alston & Bird attys., 1978 Atlanta Ga where ispartner in 1998.
spouse: Benton, Barbara (*1952 - )
- m. JUN 1972 in Christ Methodist Church Louisville, KY

----------child: Curtis, Colyer (1979 - )
----------child: Curtis, Mary Benton (1982 - )
Curtis, Joseph (1644 - 1683) - male
b. 1644
d. 1683

father: Curtis, Thomas (1598 - 1681)
mother: Elizabeth, ? (*1608 - )
The "Roisterers" of old Wethersfield
by Thomas Curtis
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Donald Lines Jacobus, in Hale, House and Related Families, mentions anamusing incident that took place at the house of Thomas Wickham, inDecember of 1679. Wickham's house was up at the north end of High Street,next to what is now the Cove:


John Hale (who was m. to Hannah Nott, daughter of old John Nott) was lessprominent than his father or brother, and the reason may be found in acertain sophomoric trait in his character indicated in the followingrecords. On 4 Dec 1679 "John Hale being complained of for abusiuelanguage & Notorious Ill carriage is by this Court committed to hisFather Hale as his keeper till the Court in March next." The matter cameup before then, at a special session held 22 Jan 1679/80. "Lnt Tho:Holister John Hale Wm Wickham for their vnseasonable meeting at Tho:Wickhams house Excessive drincking & playing at Cardes ... fined Thirtyshillings a peice." It must have been a wild party, even for PuritanConnecticut. At the same court, a fine was assessed against "Lnt: ThoHolister for breach of the peace in smiteing downe John Curtice & JosephCurtice." Nor did his victims escape, for Joseph Curtice was fined forplaying cards and John Curtice for being drunk. "Mr John Hollister forhis unseasonable keeping Company where such great disorders were," alsosustained a fine, merely for countenancing such behavior by his presence,but his superior social position is conceded by the use of the term "Mr."even in this unsavory connection. He was, of course, brother of thedoughty Lieutenant, who felled the two Curtises ... Thomas Wickham wasalso fined, for permitting his house to be used by the roisterers.
And that is where this matter ends, so far as our Curtises are concerned.As concerns John Hale, however, Jacobus continues:


But even worse was to come. "It being alledged by Thomas Wickham thatJohn Hale upon Fryday last at night spake evill against our Lord the Kingsd Hale was committed to the Goale there to be kept in durance tillFurther order." Apparently he was kept in jail only over night, for thenext day the Court sat again, to hear the heinous details and to renderjudgement. "Thomas Wickham personally appeared & produced JonathanStrickland & Susanna Kircom who informed him that John Hale had sayd GodDamne King Charles, The sayd persons being Examined both affirmed theyheard him say: God bless King Charles, & in a fitt when he fell off hisChaire & foamed at his mouth & shakt every Joynt of him they thought hesd God damn King Charles but they durst not take oath of it he spake solowe." This evidence was not strong enough for a conviction of lesemajesty, and John Hale was released. If we may interpret the records, wetake it that Hale at a drinking party was toasting the King, but fell offhis chair and was so enraged that he turned to cursing the King. Thosewho were present, not wishing to get him into further trouble, developeda convenient uncertainty as to what they had actually heard him say. Itmay be supposed that he was badly frightened by this experience, andreformed his ways, for his escapades brighten the pages of the mustycourt records no more after this episode.
We would not want to leave this matter without mentioning that John Haleand Hannah (Nott) Hale were the grandparents of Nathan Hale, the ColonialPatriot (Codman, p. 5; also see Note 1).


There are two other items of record that bear on our Curtises in thiscontext as well. Stiles notes the results of a midnight watermelon raidinvolving James2 and Joseph2 Curtis:


James and Joseph Curtis are prob. the parties, who in 16__, were (withThomas Hurlburt, Jr., and Thomas Wickham) sentenced by the Gen. Ct. toimprisonment during the court's pleasure, for agreeing to rob RichardSmith's watermelon patch, and not only stealing five melons, butafterwards boasting of it.
Finally there was the matter of the Dix girl. From the Hartford CountyCourthouse Records:


5 Sep 1702, Joseph Curtis (son of Joseph Curtis of Wethersfield, dec'd)accused by Margaret Dix of same town of being the father of her child.
Margaret Dix was the daughter of John2 Dix; she would have been severalyears younger than Joseph3 Curtis, who would have been about 25-26 at thetime. Joseph Curtis married in 1708 to Dorothy Edwards.


Notes:


For generations every school child in America knew about Nathan Hale, theyoung school master, who at the time of the Revolution became an ardentPatriot. Sent across the Sound on a mission to gather information aboutthe British on Long Island, he was captured near Huntington, sent to NewYork, and hanged as a spy. His last words were reported to have been, "Ionly regret that I have but one life to give for my Country."
References


Codman, Hislop. Eliphalet Nott. Wesleyan University Press, Middletown,Ct.: 1971.
Jacobus, D. L. and Waterman, E. F. Hale, House, and Related Families,mainly of the Connecticut River Valley, pp. 20-21. Connecticut HistoricalSociety, Hartford: 1952.
Stiles, Henry R. The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Vol. II, p. 262.Grafton Press, New York: 1904.
Hartford County Courthouse Records reprinted in The American Genealogist,Vol. 22-23-24.
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spouse: Mercy, ? (*1646 - )
----------child: Curtis, Joseph (1675 - 1760)
Curtis, Joseph (1675 - 1760) - male
b. 1675
d. 1760

father: Curtis, Joseph (1644 - 1683)
mother: Mercy, ? (*1646 - )
spouse: Edwards, Dorothy (*1681 - )
----------child: Curtis, Joseph (1713 - 1785)
Curtis, Joseph (1713 - 1785) - male
b. 1713 in Wethersfield, CT
d. 1785 in Stanford, NY Dutchess county

father: Curtis, Joseph (1675 - 1760)
mother: Edwards, Dorothy (*1681 - )
Richard:


I checked "The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Vol II", by Henry R.
Stiles. He shows a Joseph 4 Curtis, born 1713, married 31 Oct 1732
Silence Williams; removed to Goshen, CT about 1740, in 1750 removed to
Dutchess Co., NY; children Mary born 22 May 1733 and Honor baptised 5
Oct 1740. Joseph's ancestors were: Thomas 1, 1598-1681 and Elizabeth
___; Joseph 2, 1644-1683, and Mercy ___; Joseph 3, 1675/6-1760 and
Dorothy Edwards.


No mention is made of Joseph 4 having a son James; however, that does
not prove that he did not have a son James. No other Joseph Curtis' are
shown with a son James born in 1746 or any date near that.


Good hunting


Dick Wells
wells@@amug.org


Van Alystyne, L.. in the book published in 1903 by Walsh, Griffen &Hoysradt, printers Amenia NY entitled "Burying grounds of Sharon,Connecticut, Amenia and North East, New York" : being an abstract ofinscriptions from thirty places of burial states that in the old FederalSquare Burying Ground also know as the Bockee Wheaton Cemetery that therewas deacon Joseph Curtiss died of Small Pox March 10, 1785 age 73. Samelisting also shows "Hezekiah Curtis" died March 15, 1792 age 57 believedto be a son.


It was reported by some sources that Joseph Curtis died at Stanford NYand was buried at nearby Bockee/Wheaton burial ground near SmithfieldNY. On this researcher's visit to Smithfield NY, it was noted that thefamous evangelist of the Great Awakening, George Whitefield preached inthe fields of Smithfield June 19, 1770. A monument at Smithfield Pres.Church stated the crowds were too large to be contained in the church, sohe preached in the field across the street. Mr. Whitefield died inSeptember 1770 in Massachusetts, this stop in Smithfield being his lastcircuit in new england.


Source of descendents of Joseph Curtis of Amenia NY:


Hinman, Royal Ralph. A catalogue of the names of the early Puritansettlers of the colony of Connecticut, with the time of their arrival inthe country and colony, their standing in society, place of residence,condition in life, where from, business, &c., as far as is found onrecord. Collected from records. Hartford, Ct., Case, Tiffany, 1852-1856.


Johnson, Maude Horne and Johnson, Ralph Walter, Thomas Curtis ofWethersfield, Connecticut and His Descendants. Privately published, 1963.


Perry, Mary Curtis and Perry, Richard Chapman. A Curtis Family History:Chapter Two of a Series. South Britain, Ct., 1984.


Stiles, Henry R., The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut. NewYork, N.Y., Grafton Press, 1904.


Vital records - Goshen, Ct.


From "History of Chenango and Madison Counties, NY" starting on page 621.
___________________________________________________________
Mr. ISAAC COE was born in Stratford, Conn., Nov. 22d, 1772, and marriedPOLLY CURTIS,
daughter of JOSEPH CURTIS, of Stratford, Conn. She was born March 29th,1775, and married
Sept. 5th, 1796. The fruits of this marriage were eight children, threesons and five daughters --
namely: MARIA, born in Conn., Sept. 15, 1797; ISAAC, born January 31,1799; HULDAH, born
Jan. 30, 1802, and died March 10, 1870. She was the wife of ASA HOLT.ELI, born July 23,
1805, and died June 24 , 1829; MARY, born in Madison county, March 13,1810, and died Jan.
14, 1862; JOHN B., born Jan. 5, 1813; ELIZA, born Dec. 19, 1814; ARIETTA,born Oct. 23, 1818.
ISAAC COE was not as highly favored as many others with schoolprivileges, but he was endowed
with a quick and active mind, wise in his conclusions and able to give areason for his views, which
caused many to seek his advice and counsel. In early life he appliedhimself to farming, also
engaging in the boot and shoe trade. In 1806 he sought a home in thewest. Packing his goods, he,
with his family, consisting of wife and four children, moved to what atthat time was considered quite
a western section, Madison county. He was very active in the building up,and development of the
county. He soon gathered around him a large circle of friends holdingtheir good will and respect
until his death, which occurred June 23d, 1841. His wife, POLLY COE,died Nov. 27th, 1858. Mr.
COE, during the war of 1812, manifested his patriotism by engaging in it,showing himself a faithful
soldier. He was a successful business man, leaving at his death a fineproperty. Three of his
daughters occupy the old homestead and retain one hundred and sixty acresof fine farm land.

spouse: Williams, Silence (*1711 - )
- m. 31 OCT 1732

----------child: Curtis, Mary Ann (1733 - )
----------child: Curtis, Hezekiah (1735 - 1792)
----------child: Curtis, Hannah (1736 - 1736)
----------child: Curtis, John (1738 - )
----------child: Curtis, Honor (1740 - )
----------child: Curtis, Dorothy (1745 - )
----------child: Curtis, James (1746 - 1818)
----------child: Curtis, Joseph (1747 - 1836)
Curtis, Joseph (1747 - 1836) - male
b. 24 JAN 1746/47
d. 1 FEB 1836 in Duanesburg, NY

father: Curtis, Joseph (1713 - 1785)
mother: Williams, Silence (*1711 - )
See source documents page of this web site for copy of 1790 U.S. Censusshowing Joseph living in Duanesburg NY with brother James Curtis


Town of Duanesburg


This page contains all the information from the 1790 U. S. Census forthis part of Schenectady County. The page numbers are those in the200-300 range written in the upper right corner of the microfilmed page.Because the Schenectady County Public Library has microfilm for the laterHeads of Families at the first census of the United States taken in theyear 1790 rather than the original records, pages in that document arealso included ("HOF").


Some of the original 1790 Schenectady census records suffered severedamage. (Central Library visitors may access our Ancestry subscription tosee images of them.) The parts of the entries which could not bedeciphered are marked with an asterisk.


A few corrections have been made for obvious misspellings, but otherwisethe heads of families are listed as they were written.


In 1790, most of what eventually became the Town of Niskayuna was stillpart of what is now the Town of Watervliet in Albany County. Names forthis area may be found at the Albany County NYGenWeb site.
1790 Duanesburg NY census shows Joseph and James Curtis:


http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/census/1790/dua.html
Page 210


Curtis, Joseph (#00042) (HOF 24)
Free White Males to 16: 2, 16 and up: 2
Free White Females: 5


Curtis, James (#00049) (HOF 24)
Free White Males to 16: 1, 16 and up: 3
Free White Females: 4
Slaves: *

spouse: Palmer, Lydia (1756 - 1839)
- m. 1775

----------child: Curtis, Rhody (1776 - )
----------child: Curtis, Abiah (1777 - 1861)
----------child: Curtis, Amy (1779 - 1864)
----------child: Curtis, Stephen (1781 - 1847)
----------child: Curtis, Tama (1783 - ~1877)
----------child: Curtis, Joseph (1786 - 1852)
----------child: Curtis, Lydia (~1788 - )
----------child: Curtis, Nicholas (~1789 - )
----------child: Curtis, Benjamin Palmer (1794 - 1888)
----------child: Curtis, Silas Pease (1796 - 1881)
----------child: Curtis, William Bell (1798 - 1879)
Curtis, Joseph (1786 - 1852) - male
b. 12 MAY 1786 in Duanesburg, New York
d. 1852

father: Curtis, Joseph (1747 - 1836)
mother: Palmer, Lydia (1756 - 1839)
spouse: Conklin, Amy (*1790 - )
Curtis, Julia Louise (1941 - ) - female
b. 24 OCT 1941

father: Curtis, Charles M. (1897 - )
mother: Durham, Maude Carolyn (1897 - 1961)
Curtis, Kent (1904 - ) - male
b. 16 MAR 1904

father: Curtis, Hiram Seth (*1874 - )
mother: Badger, Julia (*1877 - )
Curtis, Lavonia (Sis) V. (1924 - ) - female
b. 5 MAR 1924

father: Curtis, John Arnold (1899 - 1988)
mother: Vaughan, Lois (1898 - 1991)
spouse: Hyman, Sydney (*1918 - )
- m. 4 FEB 1944

----------child: Hyman, Robert C. (1949 - )
----------child: Hyman, Joan E. (1951 - )
----------child: Hyman, Kathryn V. (1955 - )
Curtis, Lawrence (*1899 - ) - male
father: Curtis, Francis (1864 - 1920)
mother: Harrington, Eva (*1868 - )
Curtis, Lee Ann (1959 - ) - female
b. 19 MAR 1959 in Lee Ann was adopted by Glenn and Thelma

father: Curtis, Glenn Edmond (1914 - 2003)
mother: Salter, Thelma (1916 - 1994)
Curtis, Lillian Maria Mae (1895 - 1961) - female
b. 8 AUG 1895 in McDonough, NY
d. 18 NOV 1961 in Cincinnatus NY

father: Curtis, Charles C. (1857 - 1920)
mother: Clinton, Mary (1856 - 1931)

Burial - [date: NOV 1961] [place: Lower Cincy Cem Cortland Cty NY]

spouse: Gardner, Glen Beckwith (*1895 - )
- m. 18 OCT 1924

----------child: Gardner, Curtis (*1927 - )
----------child: Gardner, Arlene (*1927 - )
Curtis, Lovisa (1797 - 1870) - female
b. 28 APR 1797
d. 6 OCT 1870 in McDonough, NY, Buried MT. Hope Cemetary, Norwich NY

father: Curtis, James (1746 - 1818)
mother: Alger, Jemima (1758 - 1808)
spouse: Randall, Benjamin (1794 - 1869)
- m. 1 JAN 1820

----------child: Randall, Lucinda (1820 - 1822)
----------child: Randall, Alonzo (1823 - 1889)
----------child: Randall, Alcinda (1829 - )
----------child: Randall, Orlando (1831 - 1910)
----------child: Randall, Clarinda (1835 - 1853)
Curtis, Lovisa Rebecca (1832 - 1861) - female
b. 9 MAY 1832
d. 19 MAR 1861

father: Curtis, Seth (1792 - 1880)
mother: Fitts, Anna (1798 - 1876)
Curtis, Lowrane A. (1832 - 1925) - female
b. 9 MAY 1832
d. 29 NOV 1925 in TAMPA FL

father: Curtis, Seth (1792 - 1880)
mother: Fitts, Anna (1798 - 1876)
Mrs. Tuttle, a long time resident of McDonough says in her DAR paperpresented in 1941 that Lorane is Lorena, and that she was born 3/30/1830and died 3/10/1930 at 99 years old in Tampa Florida. They had moved toTampa Fl late in life. Lorena's husband Mr. Daniels was quite noted as ahorticulturalist.


moved 1st to Norwich NY in 1868 then Gannet KS in 1878 per 1892 Editionof Brown Thurston's Thurston Genealogies 1635-1880.

spouse: Daniels, Asa M. (*1828 - )
----------child: Daniels, Martin (*1863 - )
----------child: Daniels, Julia (*1863 - )
----------child: Daniels, Grace (*1863 - )
Curtis, Lucinda (1822 - 1880) - female
b. 1822
d. 1 NOV 1880

father: Curtis, Cornelius (1786 - 1851)
mother: Webb, Lovisa (1788 - 1842)
Curtis, Luther (1821 - 1885) - male
b. 19 JAN 1821
d. 26 OCT 1885

father: Curtis, Stephen A. (1790 - 1846)
mother: Talmage, Anna (1793 - 1832)
spouse: French, Wrexaville (1828 - 1895)
- m. 21 JUL 1850

----------child: Curtis, Melissa (1851 - 1931)
----------child: Curtis, Alice (1852 - 1916)
----------child: Curtis, Girard (1854 - 1926)
----------child: Curtis, Emma (1856 - )
----------child: Curtis, Gaylord (*1858 - )
----------child: Curtis, Calvin (1858 - 1931)
----------child: Curtis, Fremont (1861 - 1917)
----------child: Curtis, Francis (1864 - 1920)
----------child: Curtis, Mary (1866 - 1930)
----------child: Curtis, Flora G. (1868 - 1939)
----------child: Curtis, Victoria (1870 - )
Curtis, Lydia (~1788 - ) - female
b. ABT. 1788

father: Curtis, Joseph (1747 - 1836)
mother: Palmer, Lydia (1756 - 1839)
spouse: Coe, James (*1784 - )
Curtis, Mandy (*1994 - ) - female
father: Curtis, John (1959 - 2003)
mother: Loveless, Shaun (*1963 - )
Curtis, Margaret (*1908 - ) - female
father: Curtis, Charles E. (1865 - 1927)
mother: Fields, Elizabeth E. (1882 - )
spouse: Satterfield, Robert (*1904 - )
Curtis, Margaret E. (1988 - ) - female
b. 17 SEP 1988

father: Curtis, Edward Berry (1958 - )
mother: Margaret, ? (*1959 - )
Curtis, Margaret Ellen (~1927 - ) - female
b. ABT. 1927

father: Curtis, Fred M. (1890 - 1957)
mother: White, Daisy (*1894 - )
has no children per Mary Jo
spouse: Dotterer, Gene (*1923 - )
- m. in Akron OH

Curtis, Marian (*1876 - ) - female
father: Curtis, Palmer (1845 - 1897)
mother: Hollenbeck, Hellen H. (1843 - 1895)
Curtis, Marian (*1899 - ) - female
father: Curtis, Francis (1864 - 1920)
mother: Harrington, Eva (*1868 - )
Curtis, Marilla (1811 - ) - female
b. 28 OCT 1811

father: Curtis, Stephen A. (1790 - 1846)
mother: Talmage, Anna (1793 - 1832)
spouse: Widger, Eli (*1806 - )
- m. 8 OCT 1829


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