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PHILO CURTIS, RUTLAND. VERMONT.
Compiled by J. A. Curtis.

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RECORD

of the Descendants of

PHILO CURTIS, RUTLAND, VERMONT.

Compiled by J. A. Curtis,

ORISSA MISSION PRESS, CUTTACK.

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FOREWORD

When the writer was a boy hving with his grandmother, Mrs. Delia
Pritchard, in Jefferson, Iowa, it was a never faiUng source of interest to talk
with her about the relatives. Her remarkable memory and wide corres-
pondence gave her a large fund of information, but she was not in the
habit of preserving it. At last she suggested to me that I write down for her
the family record of her first husband's father, my great-grandfather,
Philo Curtis. This was done in a crude schoolboy form about 1886 or 1887,
and it remained by me, untouched, for about twenty years.

During my first missionary furlough, in 1906-07, a short visit with the
Cleveland Curtises, a visit in Rutland, Vermont, with the two branches there
and some correspondence brought out more facts. These I worked up
on the return voyage to India, hoping to find someone in America to com-
plete the record, but the papers ramained in the same table drawer for the
next ten years.

While we were again home in 1 916-17 more details were brought to
light. Mrs. Gordon Weaver began her efficient co-operation, which she has
kept up by the collection of both information and funds, and the long voyage
back to India furnished leisure to work up the information. Little has been
added since 1917. At last after many delays it goes to the Press.

The hopes with which the Record is sent out are four. First it may
be hoped that with the facts herein made accessible the remaining facts
concerning Philo Curtis's descendants may be discovered. Of the descendants
of Cephas, Milton and Moses Curtis, (No. i, 2, 10.) only one branch
has been traced wiih any completeness; that of J. Milton Curtis (No. 20).
And there are many other gaps in the record which ought to be easy to fill
when we have once got the thread. Also there are many dates missing,
as well as places of residence, occupations, religious denominations, church
and other public activities, academic degrees, military records, political
opinions. Information on these points has come to hand in very limited
quantities. Gaps are to be filled. Especially necessary is it that post office
addresses should be supplied where missing, and then kept up to date.
Besides these gaps there will be inaccuracies in the dates, places or even
names. The present little book should be only a preliminary to one a
good deal more complete, to be got out sometime in the next decade. Let
members of the family make it a point to preserve carefully the particulars

of those who served in the terrible World War, such as regiments, rank,
where they saw service, medals, mention in dispatches or other military!
honors obtained, and report them for this Record,

The second hope for the Record is that something- may be discovered,
through the search of many, to carry the relationship backward. So far
as my information goes, Philo Curtis, who heads the Record, might have
been like Melchisedek, without genealogy. Whence he came and who his
father was are still to be discovered. But farther search in the right place
ought to connect him up with some of the well worked out Curtis genea-
logies, of which there are several. The name is common and very ancient
in England. It is said to mean; "The courteous one," and probably had
many independent origins, likes the name of Smith or Tailor. Corres-
pondence with well-informed members of other Curtis families and search
in genealogical libraries should produce results. Legitimate family pride
is a definite aid to character and a social asset not to be despised. In the
west we think all too little of family. Our children will be glad of any pains
we take in this respect.

Another hope has been the outgrowth of the writer's strong interest
in the new science of Eugenics, which seeks to tell us how to be well born.
As inheritors of a common stock it is wise for us to study that stock, its
weaknesses and strong points ; its physical and mental characteristics out of
the ordinary, whether merits or defects ; its special capacities, as for music,
literature, languages, art, public speech ; its organizing and money making
ability ; its religious and spiritual gifts for mankind. We should seek to
make it a definite family tradition that our young people must give sober
consideration to the question of their matings, in order to secure from future
generations of this typical middle class American family an increasing
contribution to human welfare and progress.

The fourth hope with which this Record has been compiled is that
through it we can all enter into a new social circle, almost world-wide, and
based on the real element of blood relationship. " Blood is thicker than
water," expresses a real moral and social fact. We will be found to have
much in common, and a certain fund of common traditions and ideals,
thoroughly sound and wholesome in the main. It will do us all good to get
better acquainted one with the other. Considerable letter writing to distant,
half-forgotten relatives, and some visits, should result from this record.
We might be able at some time to unite in the accomplishment of some
worthy task for the honor of our name. At any rate, to the writer, who has
spent many years in a foreign land , the sense of having "a lot of folks" is
a great comfort, and knowledge of them a great satisfaction.

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A few words of generalization on the Curtis characteristics. There
is a strong strain of pioneer blood, well illustrated by the successive locations
in Vermont, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado, Panama, New Mexico
and now in considerable numbers along the Pacific Coast. There seem to
be few soldiers or sailors recorded, however. This pioneer strain, rather than
a lack of taste and ability, may account for the small number who before
1900 secured higher education. There seems to be a generous share of
musical ability, probably far more than gets cultivated. The family as a
whole would rank with ordinary Americans in having enough to eat and
wear with large bank accounts scarce ! As to occupations, farmers pre-
dominate. There is no marked longevity. As the record stands, only three
can show eighty years and above, — the three sons of Henry Spring Curtis,
(No. 4) who himself died young. His wife, Delia Hall Curtis lived to be
ninety-six. Only sixteen others have passed the age of sixty. But in the
matter of large families the record is strong. The average family is practi-
cally three children. The banner family (No. 25/4) has thirteen children.
Twelve families have seven or more ; thirty-eight families have three to
six ; forty-two families have one or two, (considered eugenically unsound) ;
and there are twenty-three childless families.

Religiously our people show well. While not many have become
ministers, yet active church membership is the rule, and unbelievers the rare
exception. Philo Curtis and his family were Congregationalists in Vermont,
and the Rutland branches remain so ; but with the western movement most
became Methodists, with some Presbyterians, Christians and Baptists, and
a few Lutherans through marriage. The particulars under this head are
ar from complete. It is hoped that pams will be taken to set down those
who were deacons, S.S. teachers, personal workers, or otherwise active in
he Christian life, or in temperance or other philanthropic work.

It remains to call attention to the system employed in the Record.
Serial numbers from i to 41 are given to the children and grandchildren of
Philo Curtis. The children of these grandchildren are given family numbers
from I up, and the serial number of the parent prefixed for identification
when the name is taken for a separate record. This double identification
number, again, is prefixed to the family serial number of great-grandchild-
ren, and so on. Thus, No. 21-5-1-1. Eugene Curtis, is eldest son of Ralph
Curtis, who is eldest child of William Milton Curtis, who is the fifth child of
No. 21, Sylvester Gardner Curtis, a grandson of Philo. This seems
complicated, but has the advantage of being indefinitely expansible.

Until someone can be found more conveniently located to take the
place, the present writer qualifies, by his strong interest in all the folks, as

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family Chronicler. Mrs. Gordon Weaver, El Monte, Calif., has consented
to act as correspondent in America. We bespeak your hearty co-operation
and interest. To either of us you may send your additional information,
corrections, suggestions to a future Record, or personal letters.

American Baptist Mission, ") t a r-

Donakonda, Nellore Dist., India. j J- ^- Curtis.

February ^th, 1924.

Record of the Descendants

of

Philo Curtis

Philo Curtis was born Oct, 29th, 1764; ancestry or original home
unknown; M. Asenath Spring {B. Mar. 24th, 1768; D. Dec. 21st, 1858);
they Hved three miles north of Rutland, Vt. on a farm of about 200 acres,
on a plateau above East Creek in the foot-hills of the Green Mts. ; farmer ;
Congregationalist ; D. Aug, ij, 1834; his wife long survived him and was
subject to delusions in her old age.

Issue : —

.. B. Jan. 23, 1792

,. B. Nov. 2, 1793

.. B. Nov. 19, 1795; D. 1815 or 1816;

unmarried

.. B. Mar. 19, 1798

.. B. Mar. ; 1800

.. B, July 20, 1802; D. Mar. 28, 1817;

unmarried

.. B. July 22, 1804

.. B, April 3, i8c6

.. B. April 9, 1808 ; D. unmarried

.. B. Feb. 22, 1812

I.

Cephas

2.

Milton

3.

Mai in da

4-

Henry Sprini

5-

Philo

6.

Asenath

7.

Thaddeus

8.

Mary

9-

Elizabeth

10.

Moses

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No, 1. Cephas Curtis.

With his brothers, Milton and Henry, he came from Vermont to
Hinkley, O., before the famous Hinkley Hunt of 1815 or 1819, in which
140 deer, and 18 bears were killed; M, Harriet Hall, sister of Delia Hall,
wife of No. 4, and of Sarah Hall Clifford, (see No, 25) ; all the issue of
this marriage died without issue; again married Mrs. Porter. Beyond the
names of the children there is no farther information about this branch.

Issue : —

11. John

12. James

13. Moses

No. 2. Milton Curtis.

M. Lavica Taft (5. July 1799); who bore him three children and

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died; again M, July 4th, 1830, Nancy Foster; liv^ed in Hinkley, O. ; Lodi,
O. ; South Illinois. ; Cleveland, O. ; D. June 23 ; 1844.

Issjie of Lav i en : — Pas;e.

14. Mary ... B. Feb. 20, 1823 ... Below

15. Sophia ... B. Nov. 26, 1825

16. Caroline ... B. Dec. 12, 1827, (lived somewhere

in 111.)
Issue of Nancy :-^

17. Philo ... B. Apr. 26, 1831; D. unmarried

18. William ... B. May 4, 1834; D. i860, unmarried

19. Albert ... B. Dec. 15, 1835; D. Nov. 14, 1859,

unmarried

20. James Milton ... B. Feb. 26, 1840, ... Below

No. 14. Mary Curtis.

M. Mr. Decker ; they live somewhere in Denver, Col.
Issue : — (three daughters, one son.)

No. 20. James Milton Curtis

Aug. 31, 1862, M. Susan C. Brainard ; after her death, M. Mary
Eglin who survives him ; spent his life at Cleveland, O., a prosperous
business man of taste and influence : served in city government ; 1909 with
his wife visited Europe, India and the Far East, attending the World's
Christian Endeavour Convention in India; D. Mar. 8, 1910; Methodists.

Issue of Susan : —

I.

Ruth,

2.

3-
4-
5-

Amy,

Issue of Mary
Evelyn B.
William Eglin
Albert Milton

6.

Nancy Jane,

B. Apr. 24th 1864

B. Apr. 15, 1S66; D. Oct. 22, 1869

B. Nov. 24, 1875
B. Mar. 17, 1877
B. Jan. 29, 1879;

St. Louis.
B. Mar. 14, 1883

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D. Mar. 18, 1917, at

No. 20-1, Ruth Curtis.

B.A. of Vassar College; July 23, 1898, M, Theodore P. Lyman; D.
Oct. 16, 1902.

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Issue : — P<ig^*

Eleanor ... B. June ii, 1899 >' "^^^ living with father's

people in Kingston, Canada, for
education.

No. 20-3, Evelyn B. Curtis.

June 3, 1902, M. Benjamin Holiey Rose {B. June 16, 1875) ; they
live at Cleveland, O.

Issue : — Page.

1. Milton Curtis ... B. June 5, 1904 ,„

2. Benjamin Holiey. B. Dec. 23, 1909

No. 20-4. William EgHn Curtis.

June 24, 1908, M. Lilian Judd {B. in Cleveland, O., Dec. 20, 1885) ;
live in Cleveland ; continues father's business of Dental Supply Co, ;
Methodists.

Issue : — P^ge.

I. Ruth Judd, ... B. Aug. 13, 1909.

No. 20-6. Nancy Jane Curtis.

Oct. 29, 1907, M. Floyd Reeves Smith ; they live at New Rochelle,
N.J.

Issue : — Po-g^'

1. Floyd Reeves, Jr. B. Feb. 21, 191 1

2. Lawrence Curtis. B. June 10, 1913

3. Nancy Curtis ... B. Sep. 7, 1914

No. 4. Henry Spring Curtis.

Came to Hinkley, O., with his elder brothers, (see under No. i)
traveling on foot and carrying a trunk; cleared 80 acres of land to earn 40
acres ; bought 100 acres later; had sugar camp of 300 trees, at Brecksville,
O , where he married and all his children were born ; Mar. 22, 1826, M.
Delia E. Hall {B. Apr. 23, 1806; D. Feb. 23, 1902.) ; 1839 or 1840, moved
with wife's father and her two twin brothers, Edward and Edwin Hall, to
Grancote Prairie, Randolph Co., 111. ; D. Aug. 18, 1843; Congregationa-
Hsts ; became Baptists in Ohio ; height, 5' — 7"; weight 140 !bs. ; hazel eyes ;

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mechanical ; musical. His wife afterward married in turn Alexander
Gordon and Wm. Pritchard ; from 1854 lived in Des Moines, la., and
Jefferson, la., and died at the age of 96 years, honored for her Christian
zeal.

Issue :— ^^S^'

21. Sylvester Gardner. B. Mar. 28, 1827 ... Below

22. William Henry ... 5. Feb. 14,11829 ... n

23. Harriet ,..../?. Jan. 25, 1831 ... i^

24. Edwin Sereno ... B. Z). at 2 yrs. , ... -^-

25-

Samuel Mills ... 5. Feb. 23, 1835 ... 16

No. 21. Sylvester Gardner Curtis.

Mar. I, 1848, M. Theressa Edmiston {B. in Georgia; D. Mar.

26, 1908;) lived in Randolph Co., 111., where all his children were born ;
1868, members of his and his brother William's families to the number of
a^^came to Lyon Co., Kan., two and one half miles N.W. of Americus, just
by the-Kaw Indian Reservation ; Ry. came next year; farmer ; U. Presby-
terian ; mechanical genius ; musical ; strong and hale till near his death ;

Jived with daughter, Mary, at Americus, Kan ; D. June , 1922, aged 95

years, 51-2 months.

Issue :— - Page.

I. John ... B. 1848 ... Below

2; HenrySpring ... 5. May 12, 1852 ...; 5

3. Harriet ... D. young. ... - , ' '

.4,. ^Mary Mulvina ... ^. Apr. 20, 1854 ... 7

5! William Milton ... >?. Jan. 9, 1857 ... 9,'

6. Samuel Mills ... B. 1850; unmarried and a ..

wanderer. ... ...

7. Abner Sereno ... B. 1860 ... 10

8. Susan ... B. —1862 ... 10

9. Elizabeth Jane ... B. 1864 .■• H

No. 21-1, John Curtis.

1868, il/. Margaret Smith in Coulterville, III.; moved to

Americus, Kansas, the same year ; later separated from Margaret S., — ■ •

1880 or 1881 M.— in western Kansas. First wife raised her three

^daughters ; two live >yith her in Oklahoma ; one daughter in Albuquerque,
N. M. ; daughters married; John D. June 3rd, 1895, at Galena, Kan..;
'farmer.

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Issue by Magaret S. :—

I. iMaVy Elizabeth

2. Harriet May

3. Theressa Maude

Issue by Second Wife : —

4. Ruby

/>. —

1883

5. William

B. —

1885

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Below

Below

No. 21-1-1, Mary Elizabeth Curtis.

Dec. I, 1883, M. M. E. Williams.

No. 21-1-2, Harriet May Curtis.

Dec. 31, 1886, M. John Case.

Noi 21-1-3, Theressa Maude Curtis.

1893, M. E. Bee Guthrie.

No. 2 1-1 "4, Ruby Curtis,

■M. ; they live in Kansas City.

Issue :■

•(girl)

No. 21-2, Henry Spring Curtis.

Oct. 13th, 1874 M. Nancy Ross (B. Sept. 11, 1852.) having returned
for her to Randolph Co., 111. ; settled at Dunlap, Kan. ; has vivid memories
of pioneer days ; farmer ; United Presbyterian and still attends church at
Americus, Kan. ; all but the fourth child born in Kan. ; she in Tilden, 111.

Issue— Page.

1. WilTiam Gardner ... B, Sept. 6th, 1875 ; ... 6

2. Myrtle May ... B. Sept. 21, 1877; D. Apr. 13,

1882.

3. Mary Theressa (Essie) ... S. Feb. 28, 1880 ...- 6

4. Martha Maude ... B. May 13, 1882 ... ; 61 ,.

5. Henry R. ... B. Sept. 7, 1884

6. Rebecca Mabel ... B. Dec. 27, 1886 ... 7

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Page.

7. Fred M, ... B. Mar. 31, 1890 ... 7

8. Thomas Lemuel ... B. Apr. 13, 1893 ... 7

No. 21-2-1. William Gardner Curtis.

Mar. 15, 1898, M. Stella D. Wilmore, (B. Jan. 3, 1879) ; at Dunlap,
Kan. ; children all born there except No, 5, born at Horace, Greely Co.,
Kan. and Nos. 7 and 8 born at El Monte, Calif. ; came to Calif. 191 2 ;
Methodists ; Farmer; Auto Dealer ; live at El Monte, Calif.

Page.
.,, Below

Issue : —

I.

Maurice De Los

... B. Feb. 19, 1899

2.

Hoyte Raymond

... B. Oct. i6th, 1900

3.

Mildred Minerva

... B. Mar. 29, 1903

4-

Florence Audra

... B, Mar. 25, 1905

5.

Dorothy Emma

... B. Aug. 3, 1907

6.

William Richard

... B, July 27, 1911

7-

Nellie Pauline

... B. Dec. 18, 1913

8.

Ruth Ramona

... B. Nov. 7. 1916.

No. 21-2-1-1 Maurice De Los Curtis,

Graduated from Pomona College, Calif, June 19,1922 ; June 23,1922,
M* Florence Taylor of Covina, Calif.

No. 21-2-3, Mary Theressa Curtis.

(Essie) i Oct. 15, 1902, M. Emery J. Weaver (see No. 22^8); live at
El Monte, Calif. ; Farmer ; Methodist.

Issue : — Pf^ge*

1. Naomi ... B» Nov. 17,11906; D. Apr. 11,

1908.

2. Doris ... B. Aug. 25, 1909

3. Evalyn ... B. Sept. 17, 191 1

4. Emery Jr. ... B. Nov. 23, 1914 •••

No. 21-2-4, Martha Maude Curtis.

—M. Coleman; live at 1320, Florida St.,

Long Beach, Calif.

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No. 21-2-6, Rebecca Mable Curtis.

-M. Alfred McCalister.

No. 21-2-7. Fred M. Curtis.

Aug. 9. 1909, M. Lucy H. Lea.

No. 21-2-8, Thomas Lemuel Curtis.

Nov. 27, 1917, M. Ada May Tearout of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

No. 21-4, Mary Mulvina Curtis.

Aug. 1 8th, 1870, M. John Porter McAuley {B. Oct. 9,
Americus, Kan. ; Fanners ; Methodists.

;848) ; Hve at

Issue : —

Fao^e.

I.

Sylvester Grant

... B. Mar. 15, 1873

...

Below

2.

Laura Elizabeth

... ^. Sept. 25, 1874; A

Sep

.3.1875-

3.

Margaret Theressa

... B. Oct. 13, 1877

...

8

4-

Arthur Leroy

... ^. Sept. 25, 1879; Z>

5'

Clyde Claybaugh

... B. Aug. 29, 1881

...

8

6.

John

... B. Apr. 17, 1884

...

8

7-

Henry Earl

... B. Nov. 13, 1887

...

8

8.

Elsie Pearl

... B. Mar. 30, 1889

...

9

9-

Mabel Gladys

... B. Mar. 22, 1891

...

9

0.

Fred Curtis

... B. May 16, 1897;
1907.

D.

Oct. 10,

I.

Clarence Bratton

... B. Feb. 16, 1898

...

No. 21-4-1, Sylvester Grant McAuIey.

July 10, 1895, ^^' Caroline Wilson Torrence (B. Dec. 27, 1877; D,
May 14, 1902); again, Mar. 3, 1904, M. Emma Gertrude McDaniels; live
at Americus, Kan. ; farmers; Methodists;

Issue by Caroline W. T. : —

1. Catherine Mulvina Wilson, B. May 23, 1896

2. Florence Eveline, ... B. Apr. 4, 1899

Issue by Emma Gertrude : —

3. Bernard John Edward ... B. Jan. 20, 1905

4. Calvin Leroy ... B. Dec. 30, 1907

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5. Herald Sylvester ... B. Aug. 6, 1910

6. Alvin Leland ... B. Aug. 2, 1914

Pdge.

No. 21-4-3, Margaret Theressa McAuley.

Oct. 2, 1894, M. John W. Tressler ; live at Emporia, Kan. ; farmers ;
Presbyterians.

Issue : — Pagt.

1. Mary Elvin ... B. Feb. 29, 1896 ... Below

2. Elsie Elizabeth ... B, Mar. 5, 1908

No. 21-4-3-1, Mary Elvia TressHer.

— — iQISj M, Arthur Henderson {^B. 1897) ;

Issue : —
Marion ' ... B, Jan. I, 1916

No. 21-4-5, Clyde Clabaugh McAuley.

Nov. 26, 1902, M, Rosie Belle Yeakley {B. May 6, 1883) ; live at
Americus, Kan ; Farmers ; Methodists.

Issue : — Page.

1. Verona Agnes ... ^. May 30, 1905

2. Thaddeus Theodore „, ^. Nov, 20, 1911 „,

No. 21-4-6, John McAuley.

Mar. 24, 1909,

M.

Nora L. Brown {B. Apr.

30.

1884);

they live at

Americus Kan. ; farmers

; Methodists.

Issue : —

Page,

I. Mary Louise

... B. Aug. 29, 1910

...

2. Lois Adell

... B. Sep. 24, 1912

...

3. Helena Louisa

... B. July 16, 1914

•••

4. Lucy Lenora

... B. Sep. I, 1916

...

No. 21-4-7, Henry Earl McAuley.

Apr. 17, 1907, M. Margaret Celia Ellison {B. July 19, 1891).

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Issue : — Page.

1. Opal Irene ,,. ^. Jan. 20, 1908

2. Edna Estalene ... B. Oct. 25, 1909

3. Leland Earl ... B. Sep. 14, 1912

No. 21-4-8, Elsie Pearl McAuley.

Sep. 21, 1910; M. Jesse Edward Snedeger, {B. 1887).

Issue : — Page.

I. Iva Estalene ... ^. July 6,1911

No. 21-4-9. Mable Gladys McAuley.

Oct. 16, 1907, M. Wister Vernon Stanley {B. Sept. 15, 1887) ; live
at Americus, Kan. ; farmers ; Quakers.

Issue : — fage,

1. Lorance Wister ... B. Oct. 11, 1909

2. Leah Maurine ... B. July 24, 1914

No. 21-5, William Milton Curtis.

Dec. 24, 1879, in Kansas, M. Josephene Matthews {B. in Iowa
Feb. 23, 1861); live at Dunl
children all born at Americus.

Issue : —

1. Ralph E.

2. Blanche

3. Nellie

4. Minnie

5. Glen L.

Kan.; still farms 20 acres;

Methodists.

Page.

B. Jan. 7, 1881 ;

... Below

B. Jan. 31, 1883;

10

B. Mar. 15, 1885 ; sales wo-

*

man in dry-goods store ;

address, 129, E. 5th St.,

Long Beach, Calif

B. Feb. 2, 1889;

10

B, Feb. 22, 1893 ;

No. 21-5-1, Ralph E. Curtis;

Sep. 14, 1904, M. Elsie Weaver, sister of Emery and Gordon Weaver
(see No. 21-2-3 and No. 22-8) ; farmer; Methodist; live at Dunlap. Kan.

Issue: —

I. Eugene ... B. Nov. ,1907; ... Page.

2. (boy) ... B. Oct. ,1909;

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No. 21-5-2. Blanche Curtis ;
Oct. 25, 1905, M, J. Asa Hylton {B. July 2", 1880, in Vermont); live
in Dunlap, Kan.; farmers; Methodists.
Issue :-^

1. Paul ... B. 1907; ... Page.

2. Wayne ... B. 1909;

3. Clarence, (Clair) ... B. 1911 ;

4. Bethel, (girl) ... B, 1915 ;

No. 21-5-4. Minnie Curtis ;

May 10, 1910, M. Rev. Eugene Kramer {B. Dec. 13, 1882, in
Kansas); Mr. Kramer was Methodist pastor in Dunlap before marriage;
Minnie a gifted Church worker; organist; live in Cottonwood Kan.
Issue : —
I. Esther Lucile ... B. 1912;

No. 21-7. Abner Serene Curtis ;

M. ; nine years Gov. engineer in Panama

Canal Zone ; still lives in Panama ; wife in Galesburg, 111. ; once lived in
Norman, Okla.

Issue : — Page,

1. Lloyd B. ... B, 1887; ...Below

2. Mary ... B. ... Below

No. 21-7-1. Lloyd B. Curtis ;

Graduate in Arts of Univ. of Oklahoma, at Norman ; expert
cornetist and band leader ; led Oklahoma State Band at St. Louis World's
Fair; linguist; taught Spanish and other modern languages four years a^
U. of Okla. ; Supt. of Indian Schools, Arizona and Porto Rica ; great
traveler ; now with M. A. Schultz Co., Pittsburg, Penna.

No. 21-7-2. Mary Curtis ;

Graduate in Arts and Music of Univ. of Okla., at Norman ;

Pianist; teacher of Piano; M. ;

lives in N. Dakota.

No. 21-8. Susan Curtis;

M. Mordecai Millard ; they have lived at Stillwater, Okla. ; Pomona,
Calif. ; now at Torrence, Calif.

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Issi4e : —

1 . Lyal

2. Frank

B.
B.'

Aug.-

, 1891 ;
, 1895 ; ^ volun-
teer from Long Beach,
Calif, to the army of 1917,

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No. 21-8-2. Lyal Millard ;

-M ;

Issne : —

1913;

No. 21-9. Elizabeth Jane Curtis ;

(Jennie); M. Mr. Shields; lived on Dow Creek,

near Emporia, Kan. ; Jennie separated from Mr. Shields ; his mother kept

and reared their girl ; Mr. Shields married again ; 1900, Jennie

again M. Mr. Casebeer, a stranger to all the relatives ; he had some other
children ; at once on marriage they took a camping trip and Jennie was last
seen alive near a lake ; Casebeer disappeared and the unidentified body of
a woman, with a crooked left arm like Jennie's, was taken from the lake
later ; murder suspected.

Issue by Mr, Shields : —
I. Hazel ... B. 1891 ;

No. 22. William Henry Curtis ;

M. Susan Edmiston, sister of Theressa Edmiston, wife

of No. 21. {B. ; D. in runaway of horses, in Des Moines, fall of

1861); again , M. Angeline Park (B. Z). Jan. , 1882);

again, M. Mrs. McDIll in Kansas, (B. ; D. Jan.

1904) ; his first three children were born near Coultersville, III. ; the remaining
children born near Jefferson, Iowa; has lived also at Americus, Kan.;
Dunlap, Iowa; El Monte, Calif; [917 at Americus, Kan ; Baptist; farmer;
butcher ; carpenter.

Page.
12
... 13
... 14

14

Issue of Susan : —

I.

Elizabeth Jane Libbie ..

. B. Apr. 4, 1851

2.

Laura

. ^. Julys, 1855

3-

Charles Sumner

. B. Jan. 9, 1858

Issue of Angeline : —

4.

Monto

. B. Jan. 22, 1864

5.

William

3

6.

Fredrick Wilber...

B, Sep. 1 6, 1 866

7-

Adelald (Addie)...

B, Jan. 8, 1870

8.

Harriet May,

(Hattie)

B. May 17, 1872

9-

Clinton

Z). in Infancy

[ 12 ]

... 14

... 14

15

No. 22<1. Elize^beth Jane Curits.

Nov. 19, 1873 If. John Charles Fremonnt Wright at Americus, Kan.;
{B. Mar. 23, 1852) ; Mr. Wright was an early pioneer to Kansas, coming in
1855 with his father and still owns part of the land bought from Government
by his father; retired farmers; Methodists; live at Americus^ Kan. where
all their married life has been spent.

Page.
Below
Below
Below
13
13

No. 22-1-1. Charles Isaac Wright.

Aug, 1, 1900, M. Nannie I. Hagins ; a photographer on top of
Pike's Peak, Colo. ; they live at Manitou, Colo.

Issue : —

I.

Charles Isaac, ..

. B. Feb. 5th, 1S75

2.

Ralph William ..

. B. Mar. 9, 1877

3-

Curtis Grant

. B. May 17, 1885

4.

Arthur F.

. B, Feb. 19,1887

5'

James Blaine ..

. B. May 28, 1891

No. 22-1-2. Ralph William Wright.

'"' July 25, 1899, M. Grace Lineback ; have lived in Pasedena, Calif.
191 7, moved to Baldwin Park, Calif. ; carpenter, rancher; florist.
Issue : —

1. Warren ... B, May ist, 1902

2. Juanita ... B. Dec. 30, 1907

3. Arthur ... B. June , 1915

No. 22-1-3. Curtis Grant Wright.

Aug. 18, 1909, M. Martha C. McAuley at Americus, Kan.; farmer
on part of father's homestead.
Issue : —

1. Kenneth ... B. Jan. 10, 1910 ; D. Jan. 12, 1910

2. Murry C. ... B. Avg. 10, 1911

3. George ... B» F«b. 23, 1913

4. Nadine ... B. Sep. 28, 1915

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No. 22-1-4. Arthur F. Wright ;

Oct. 28, 1916, M. Mayme Ferguson; lives in S. W. Kansas; farmer.

No 22-1-5. James Blaine Wright ;

May 19, 1913, J/. Cleora Marsh; Methodist; farmer at Americus,
Kan., on part of father's homestead ;
Issue : —
I. Walter K., ... 5. Feb. 22, IQ14 ; £). Feb. 14, 1917.

No. 22-2. Laura Curtis ;
Oct. 27, 1880, at Americus, Kan., M. William W. Swim {B. Dec.
21, 1852 at Mercer, Penna.) ; Methodists; farmers at Americus, Kan., where
all their children have been born.

Page.
Below
Below
Below
Below

Issue : —

I.

Ethel Lillian,

.. i)'. Aug.

24,

1881

2.

Frank William

.. B. Apr.

18,

1883

3-

Edna Constance

.. B. Apr.

24.

1888

4-

Delia Elizabeth

.. B. Nov.

12,

1892

5-

Herbert

.. B. Mar.

28,

1898

6.

Robert

.. B. Feb.

19,

1900

No. 22-2-1. Ethel Lillian Swim ;

Feb. 22, 1905, J/. John Morlok (^.— at Motzintzan, Germany);

farmers at Americus, Kan., where first child was born, and at Ft. Crook,
Neb.

Issue : —
I. Florence ... -5. June 3, 1906

No. 22-2-2. Frank W. Swim ;

Mar. 13, 1915, M. Hazel Deharsh B. Mar. 10, 1896) ; live in Pauline,

Idaho.

No. 22-2-3. Edna Constance Swim;

Oct. 27, 1909, M. Clifford Miller (B. Oct. 19, 1885, at Americus,
Kan.); farmers; live in Pauline, Idaho.

No. 22-2-4. Delia Elizabeth Swim ;

Nov. 15, 191 1 M. William Deharsh (B. Oct. 20, 1886, at Manhattan,
Kan., brother of Hazel Deharsh ; see No 22-2-2.); farmers ; first child born
at Emporia, Kan.; live at Pauline, Idaho.

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Warren ... ^, Jan. 23, 1912

No. 22-3. Charles Sumner Curtis.

Many years a single man ; lived in various places in the S. VV. as Ry,

employee; May 1887, M. Lizzie Erdman (B. about 1863) live at

Schell City, Mo. ; no children.

No. 22-4. Monto Curtis ;

About 1885 M. Kittie Rollins, granddaughter of Wm. Pritchard

(See, No. 4) ; later he and his wife Kittie were divorced and each remarried ;

Kittie reared the two girls near Chicago : Monto a telegrapher and Stn.

Master on C. and N. W. Ry ; first employed in 1879; served at Scrantcn.

Ogden, Carroll, Wheatland; 1923 at Stanwood, Iowa.

Issue of Kitty : —

Fa^e.

1. Norma ... B. ,1887 ... Below

2. Ruth ... ^.Mar. 1891

No. 22-4-1. Norma Curtis.

M,

Issue

■B. 1915

No. 22-6. Fredrick Wilber Curtis.

Name appears in family record as Wilber P. ; Apr. 2, 1903, M.
Gertrude May Fox (B. May 17, 1877); once a telegrapher; now banker;
lives at Dunlap, Iowa.

Issue : —

Page

1. Lorraine A. ... i5. Feb. 4, 1905

2. Myron Fox ... B. June 8, 1909

3. Norma A. ... B. Sep. 17, 1912

4. Charlotte Ruth ... B. Nov. 27, 1914

No. 22-7 Adelade Curtis.

(Addie) ; an undergraduate of Ottawa University (Kan.) and a
schoolteacher before marriage; July, 1904, M. John Tillman Bates {B.

Peb. 1866) ; first child was born in Plattsmouth, Neb. ; live in.

Haxtum, Colo. ; husband a carpenter.

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Issue : —

Page.

1. Luta Mary ... B. Jan. 1908

2. Dorris Florence ... -B. 1910

3. Fredrick Arthur ... B. May 7th, 1914

No. 22-8. Harriet May Curtis c
(Hattie); December 23, 1891, 7^/. Gordon Lewis Weaver {B. in
Penna., April 3, 1870; Bro. of Emery and Elsie Weaver, (See No. 21-2-3
and No. 21-5-1.) ; have lived at Americus, Kan., and Norman, Okla. ; 1912,
came to El Monte, Calif., where they live on an English walnut farm ;
husband a farmer and trader in hay and produce ; Methodists.

Page.
... Below

Below
Below

Issue : —

I.

Fredrick Clarence

... B. Dec. 30, 1892

2.

Elizabeth Angeline

... B. Sep. 10, 1894

3.

Marjorie Laura

... B. Nov 23, 1896

4-

Edith Marie

... B. Feb. 8, 1899

5-

Harold Isaac

... B. June 22, 1901

6.

Dorothy Elsie

... B. Feb. 19, 1904

7-

Norma Helena

... B. Mar. 30, 1907

8.

Paul Curtis

... B. Feb. 16, 1913

9

Lewis Benjamin

No. 22-8-1.

... B. May 31, 1915

Fredrick Clarence ^

M.—

; 1923.

they live at Quinault,
Washington : Fredrick's brother Harold Isaac Weaver, lives with them.

Issue—- Page.

I. Esther Dorothy ... B. Sep. 4, 1920

No. 22-8-3. Marjorie Laura Weaver.

OcL 25, 1913, 31. Harold Edward Beck, {B. Nov. 8, 1889) ; they
ive in Gardena, Calif. ; husband owns a garage ; Marjorie a Methodist.

Issue : — Page.

1. Edward Gordon ... ^. Aug. 17, 1914

22-8-4. Edith Marie Weaver.

Aug.- — 192 1, M. i a Disciple, and she united

with the same church.

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No. 23. Harriet Curtis
Jan. 29, 1853, M. John J. Scott, near Belville, 111.; lived at Belville,
111. ; Des Moines, Iowa ; and lastly at Belville, 111. ; D. Jan. 2, 1862 ; husband
also died.

Issue : Page-

1. George ... B. \ D. Unmarried

2. Ada ... B. \ D. Unmarried

3. Edward ... B. ; ^/. and lived

at Bellville ; D. leaving several children ;

4. Ida ... B. ; grew to

young womanhood, living sometime
with her grandmother, Mrs. Pritchard,
at Jefferson, Iowa \D. Unmarried.

5. Hattie ... B. \ D. Unmarried

No. 25. Samuel Mills Curtis ;

Came to Ues Moines, Iowa, in 1854; Mar. 28, 1861, M. Martha
Jane White {B. Mar. i, 1841 ; D. Oct. 15, 1872) ; settled near Jefferson^
Iowa; Oct. 1871 moved to Burlington, Kan.; 1872 returned to Jefferson,
wife and oldest boy having died in Kansas ; 1875, got his scattered children
together into a family, when the eldest, Delia, was housekeeper at 13 yrs
old; July 9, 1891,^^. Mrs. Catherine Tolle, {D. Feb. 10, 1904); resided
at Dawson till 1905; Apr. 29, 1905, M. Mrs. Addie Pearce (Z). 19 12);
she was his cousin, daughter of Sarah Hall Clifford (See under No. i) ;
1905 to 1913 lived in Wellington, Ohio ; farmer ; drover ; stock man ; dairy
man ; Sunday School Supt. 20 yrs. ; Baptist Deacon ; licensed to preach
since 1913 has lived in Wheaton, 111., Jefferson, Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa,
and Churdan, Iowa, palsied from age of 76 ; D. Apr. 2 1921, aged 86 y. i mo.
29 d. ; buried at Churdan, Iowa.

Issue : — ^^g^*

t. Delia Frances ... .5. June i, 1862 ... 17

2. Abbie Anna ... B. Sept. 2, 1863; D. Sep. 18, 1894;

she was a teacher many years ; lived at
Jefferson Iowa, with her Grandmother,
Mrs. Pritchard; Baptist; very active in
Church work ; cared for the two eldest
boys of her sister, Delia Westbrook, till
her death ; Highly honored for her

[ 17 ]

3. Edwin

4. Harry Morton

5. John Alasco

0. Charles White

Christian zeal. In 1923 her friends,
chiefly at Jefferson, completed a fund for
the Abbie Curtis Memorial Dispensary
a sightly medical building in the Mis-
sion Compound. Donakonda, Nellore
Dt. India; (see No. 25-5.)

872.

B.

D II

B.

Aug. 24, 1867 ;

B.

Jan. 4, 1870 ;

B,

Aug. 29, 1872 ; D, Mar. 4,

1874.

No. 25-1. Delia Frances Curtis ;

School teacher before marriage; Oct. 20, 1881, M. E. M. West-
brook, of Lyons, Iowa; lived at Breda, Jefferson, Churdan, and Vail; D.
April I, 1888, at Vail, Iowa; home broken up; the children were remark-
ably cared for and all have grown to honorable manhood and womanhood-
without even a father's care ; youngest was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Bannister of Vail ; later of Naiperville, 111. ; E. M. Westbrook dissapeared
about 1894, supposed to have been killed by Indians near Norman, Okla.

Issue : —

Page.
... Below
... 18
... 18
... 18

I.

Charles Henry

. B.

Aug. 7, 1882

2.

Edwin Monroe

. B.

June 5, 1884

3-

Clara Bertha

. B.

April 17, 1886

4-

Julian Clyde Bannister ..

. B.

Feb. 14, 188S

No. 25-1-1. Charles Henry Westbrook ;

Aug. 29, 1905, M. Cora May Hitciiings {B. Feb. 2, 1882); Auditor
of Disbursement Accounts in General Offices of the C. N. W. Ry. Co.,
Chicago ; reached his responsible office by clear grit and the influence
of a sunny disposition ; lives at W^heaton, 111. ; musical ; Episcopalian ; Church
worker ; wife trained in art.

Page.

1. Frances Elizabeth ... B. Jan. 9, 1909

2. Charlotte ... B. Mar. 8, 1915

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No. 25-1-2. Edwin Monroe Westbrook.

April i8, 1906, M. Mable Dilavou, in Greene Co., Iowa; school

teacher; they soon after marriage went to the Philipine Islands as teachers ;

stayed three years ; visited Europe three months on way home ; Edwin later

took four years training at Ames, Iowa, in Civil Engineering ; employed by

Inter-State Commerce Commission ; later C. B. and Q. Ry. Co. valuation

work in Nebraska and Colorado ; excellent mathematician ; highly musical,

Singing on the Ames Quartett as Tenor.

Issue : —

Page,

I. Edwin Monroe Jr., ... B. Nov. 10, 1915

No. 25-1-3. Clara Bertha Westbrook.

Was given opportunity to study art and develop her great gift in
New York City and elsewhere; Sep. 17, 1912, M. Samuel Mundy Meeker
Jr. of Mont Clair Heights, New Jersey, where they live.

Issue : —

Page.

1. Elizabeth Westbrook ... B. Aug. 28, 1913

2. ... B Jan. ,1921 l^^i^^

3. ... B. Jan. , 1921 )

No. 25-1-4. Julian Clyde Bannister.

The only name in the record changed by adoption ; trained as Civil
Engineer in the Univ. of 111. ; Nov. 25, 1914, M. Clara Fern Wildey, in
Los angeles, Cal. where they live at 913, N. Mariposa St. ; managing
partner in contracting firm ; much business experience; musical.

No. 25-4. Harry Morton Curtis.

From 1883 a drug clerk with E. M. Westbrook (See No. 25-1) in

Churdan, Iowa; partner with Dr. Cass there from 1892; Aug. 28, 1889, M.

Ethelda May Hunter {B. April 16, 1869); drug business at Boone, Dana.

Packwood, West Branch; rural mail carrier at West Branch; 1913, back

^o farm at Churdan : Methodist ; local preacher.

\ssue : —

Page.

1. Martha Marie ... B. July 7, 1890; D. April 14,

1891.

2. Vivian Ruth ... B. April 9, 1892 ... 19

[ 19 3

Page,

3-

Alasco Berry

... B.

March 16, 1894 ; D. Nov.

21, 1897

4.

Esther Fay

... B.

Dec. 15, 1895

5-

Etha May

... B.

Oct. 2, 1897

Below

6.

Helen Marian

... B.

May I, 1899; ^- Sep. i,
1899

7-

Leroy Erman

... B.

June 26, 1900

Below

8.

Pearl Irene

... B.

June 27, 1902

Below

9-

Inez Fern

... B.

Aug. 7, 1903

lO.

Harold Rooseveldt

... B.

Aug. 19, 1905

II.

Elsie Dorothy

... B.

May 25, 1907; D. same
day

12.

Loraine Belva

... B.

April 15. 1909

23.

Lois Lucile

No.

... B.

May 16, 1910

25-4-2. V

ivian Ruth Curtis ;

1918, 31. Charles Shaffer, an engineer;

live at

Adel, Iowa.

""'

I.

Issue : —

D

-, ... B.

No. 25-4-5. Etha May CurtU ;

Sep. 5, 1923, 3j. a. H. Pruitt of Denver Colo. ; live at crested
Butte, Colo.

No. 25-4-7. Leroy Erman Curtis ;

— , M. Ida Clipperton at Churdan, Iowa.

Issue: —
I. Ivan D wight

... B, April 16, 1924

25-4-8. Pearl Irene Curtis;

Nov. 17, 1923, M. Millard Vernon Stephens; live in Des Maines,

Iowa,

No. 25-5. John Alasco Curtis ;

Ordained to Baptist Ministry, 1894; B.A. Des Moines College,
1895; June 28, 1895, M. Emma E. Ellis (B. Jan. 15, 1867, in Dallas Co.
Iowa); Graduate Rochester Theological bem., 1898; M.A. Des Moines
College, 1898; Student Pastor of Langfitt Bap. Ch. i yr. ; Stuart Bap. Ch,

4

[ 20 ]

I yr. ; Greece Bap. Ch., N. Y., 3 yrs. ; first missionary term, under
A. B. F, M. Society, in Nellore Dist., India, 1898-1906; furlough in
Chicago, i9o6-'o7 ; second missionary term, 1907-1916; second furlough in
Des Moines, I9i6-'i7; D.D. Des Moines College, 1917; third missionary

term, 1917 ; fond of music and languages; compiled this record

1886-1923.

Page.

Issue : —

'•

Delia Martha

... B.

May 18, 1896; D. May
22, 1896

2.

Paul Witter

... B.

July 3, 1897; D. Aug.
10, 1899

3.

John Ellis

... B.

Oct. 30, 1S98; n. Aug.
22, 1899

4.

Arthur White

... B.

July 22, 1902

5.

Mary

... B.

Nov. 3, 1903 ; D. Sep. 6,
1904

6.

Lucinda Eleanor

... B.

Oct. 4, 1905

7-

William Samuel

... B.

May 22, 1909; D. same day

No. 5. Philo Curtis ;

He and his sister Mary, No. 8, were the only ones to remain in

Rutland, Vt. ; Feb. i6, 1825, M. Caroline Cutler (B. D.

Aug. 24, 1829) ; again, Jan. 13, 1830, M. Mrs. Martha Lawrence
Carpenter; Philo D. Feb. 26, 1852 and is buried near his father and
mother in the old Main St. cemetery, Rutland, Vt.

Issue by Caroline Cutler : — ^age.

26. Charles W. ... B. Nov. 20, 1825 ... Below

27. Frances C. ... B. Mar. 27, 1828 ... Below

]ssue by Martha Laivrence Carpenter : —

28. Sidney W. ... B. Dec. 14, 1831 ... 21

29. Clement L. ... B. Oct. 30, 1833 ; Z>. Sep. 21,

1853

30. Lewis Mecham ... B. Jan. 16, 1836 ... 21

31. Mary Emma ... B. June 29, 1843 ... 22

No. 26

If

\ssue: —

I.

Frank M.

2.

Phoebe M.

..

Charles W. Curtis;

; B>. Feb. 5, 1859;

Page.

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No. 27. Frances C. Curtis ;

April 8, 1850, M, Hugh H. Wright, a merchant of Detroit, Mich.,
whom she survived; Hved in Detroit; refined, lovable woman, much
interested in the history of the family ; no children ; D. Jan. 31, 1895.

No. 28. Sidney Washington Curtis ;
Oct. 24, 1855, M. Eliza Bell ; lived on father's home farm at Rutland
till old age; Congregationalist ; D. Mar. 17, 1907, in Rutland.

Issue: — Pcig^'

1. Alice Frances ... B. May 2, 1859 ; Z). Mar. 25,

1862

2. Charles Moses ... B. July 24, 1861 ... Below

3. Edward Sidney > ... B. Mar. 30, 1863 .. Below

4. George Parker ... B. July 26, 1865 ... Below

5. Mary Bell ... B, June30, 1S75 ; Z). May 26,

1895; unmarried; showed
great musical gift.

No. 28-2. Charles Moses Curtis

Dec. I, 1887, M, Ida Casson ;

Issue : — P(^R^-

1. Helen Elsie ... B. Apr. 16, 1891

No. 28-3. Edward Sidney Curtis;

Oct. 22, 1885, ^^' Viletta Terrill ; lives in Rutland, Vt. ; Congrega*
tionalist ; carriage manufacturer^

Issue : — Page.

1. Viletta Terrill ... ^. Oct. 6, 1886 ...Below

2. Frances Wright ... B. June 10, 1888

3. Edward Warren ... B. Mar. 12, 1894

No. 28-3-1. Viletta Terrill Curtis ;

Sep. 10, I907, M. Roger Stanton Pike; live at Rutland.

No. 28-4. George Parker Curtis

July 7, 1899, M. Mary Bell Henry.

No. 30. Lewis Mecham Curtis i

Oct. 13, 1859, M. Charlotte S. ; lived in Detroit, Mich;

A Sep. , 1903.

i 22 ]

hsUe :

1. Frank I

2. Florence
3- Bertie

B.
B.
B.

Fdg6.

... Below

D. at lo Mo. .

..

D. at 3 years .

..

No. 30-1. Frank I. Curtis;

-, M. ; lives at detroit, Mich.

Issue :—

1. Florence

2. Ralph

Page.

No. 31. Mary Emma Curtis ;

June 3, i868, 31. James A. Jones ; D. Dec. 20, 1872.
Issue : —
Percy ... B. D. at 15 Mo.

Page.

No. 7. Thaddeus Curtis ;

M. Maria Reynolds ; lived at Castleton, Vt. (eldest

child's birthplace) ; Whitehall, N. Y. (fourth child's birthplace) ; Thaddeus

D. '1841 ; 1843, family came to Plainfield, Will Co. III. ; 1844,

(Minooka R. F. D. No. 3.) ; decendents have lived

moved to Channahan

here

ever since.

Issue : — •

32.

Cyrus N.

33-

Brainard

34.

Eveline

35-

Francelia

36.

Mary Mai in da

37.

Lena

Pa^e.

B. Feb. 1, 1831

B. , 1832

B.

B.

B. Dec. I,

D. under 2 years

1841

No. 32. Cyrus N. Curtis;

July 4, 1872, M. Sarah J. Cline (B. Sep. 15, 1851) ; lived in Will Co.,
III.; a State Employee ; Methodist; Z>. 1907, in hospital for insane near
Chicago ; Sarah J. C. lives with her daughter Mary.

Issue : —

age.

William Theodore, B. Apr. 17, 1873; unmarried; an electrician;

later commercial traveler ; address c/o sister, Mary.
Mary K. ... B. Feb. 15, 1876 ... 23

Frances W. ... B. Nov. 13, 1878 ... 23

Charles Clement ... B. Sep. 30, 1881 ... 23

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No. 32-2. Mary K. Curtis ;

June 29, 1904, 31. Edward H. Eckland {B, May 2, 1869) ; husband
in P. O. Dept. ; Methodists ; Hve at 7121, Champlain Ave., Chicago, 111.

Issue : — I'age.

1. Edward Curtis ... B. Dec. 3, 1910

2. Clement Vernon ... B. Aug. 16, 1914

No. 32-3. Frances W. Curtis ;

May 16, 191 1, A. Frank H. Henley (B. Feb. 26, 1869) ; have lived
at Davenport, Iowa, and Chicago, 111. ; now at Newland, Ind.

Issue : — P'^g^'

1. Carleton Leroy ... B. April 9, 1912

2. Paul Eugene ... B. Dec. 29, 1915

No. 32-4. Charles Clement Curtis ;

Feb. 26, igoS, M. Hattie Burkhart {B. Dec. 7, 1887, at Detroit);
Clement a Methodist; wife an Eng. Lutheran ; they live at 958, W. 76 St.,
Chicago, 111.

Page,
B. Jan. 29, 1909
B, Jan. 29, 1909
B, Oct. 15, 191 1 ; D, Aug.
21, 1914

Issue : —

1. Clement B. (twin)

2. Theodora Mae (twin)

3. Rodger Williams

No. 33 « Brainard Curtis

Mar. 7, 1865, M. Sarah Elizabeth

1845, at Morristown, O.) ; lived at Channahan,

(^. Feb. 7.

till 1878, where his
first four children were born ; moved to Russel, Kan., 1878, where his
fifth and sixth children were born; moved to Portland, Or., 1801 ; Metho^

dists; farmers. ; Z). Aug. 16, 1908.

Issue.

Page

I. Eunice Evaline

B,

Feb. 7, 1866

.. 24

2. Hannah Jean

B.

Oct. 20, 1867

. 24

3. Harriet Anna

B,

Mar. 5, 1870

• 24

4. Oliver Landon

B.

June 26, 1873

• 24

5. Ethel May

B.

Oct. 3, 1876

. 24

6. Daisy

B.

Oct. 12, 1878

. 25

7. Lena Abigal

B.

Sep. 21. 1881

. 25

8. Alma Laticia

B.

Sep. 7, 1886

• 25

[ 24 ]

No. 33-1. Eunice Evaline Curtis;

1891, came unmarried with parents to Oregon; Oct. 5, 1904, M.
William Gartley Thomson, {B. Jan. 18, 1862, at Aberdeenshire, Scotland^
came to America 1890) ; Congregationalists ; husband dry goods merchant;
live at 1 181, E, Taylor St., Portland, Oregon.

No. 33-2. Hannah Jean Curtis ;

Mar. 30, 1882, at Russel, Kan., M. Elbert R. Depuy, {B. Dec. 16,
1864, at Hoyleton, 111.; D. Feb. 25, 1914, at Colorado City, where he had
gone seeking health) ; the family live at Girard, Kan., where both the
children were born and the father buried ; Presbyterians ; farmers. The
two sons are (1917) students at the State Agricultural College, Manhattan,
Kansas.

Issue : — Pag t

1. Percy Leroy ... B. Feb. i, 1893

2. Addison Curtis ... B. Mar. 7, 1897 ..«

No. 33-3. Harriet Anna Curtis ;

June 20, 1894, at Portland, Or., M. Andrew Cruickshank Catto,
{B. Feb, 22, 1869, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; came to America 1891) ; they
live at Portland, Or., where both their children were born ; husband a dry
goods merchant; Mrs. Catto a Presbyterian.

Issue : — Page,

1. Marcella Ruth ... B. Oct. 28, 1896

2. Harriet Elizabeth ... B. Mar. 12, 1907

No. 33-4. Oliver Landon Curtis ;

June 22, 1904, at Hillsboro, Or., M. Annie Rood, {B. Mar. 5, 1876,
at Hillsboro, Or.); Christians, of which denomination Oliver is a minister;
ive at Forest Grove, Or., where both their children were born.

Issue : — P^S^^'

1. Lela ... B. July 31, 1905; D. April

20, I912

2. Landon A., ... B. April 22, I908 ...

No 33-5. Ethel May Curtis;
Dec. 9, 1902, M. David Franklin Fleck, {B. Aug. 11, 187 1, at
Leighton, Iowa) ; husband dry goods salesman ; Christians^

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No. 33-6. Daisy Curtis ;

Aug. 17, 1904, at Hillside, Or., M. Loren H. Watkins, {B, Sep.
29, 1876, at Knoxville, Iowa); child born in Portland, Or. ; live at Forest
Grove, Or. ; Mrs. Watkins a Christian ; Mr. Watkins an automobile agent.
Issue : —
I. Elizabeth, .... B. May 30, 1910

No. 33-7. Lena Abigal Curtis ;

Dec. 29, 1907, at Forest Grove, Or., M. Melvin W. Markham, {B.
Feb. 21, 1880, at Springfield, 111.) ; husband a dentist ; Presbyterians.

No. 33-8. Alma Laticia Curtis ;

June 1914, at Forest Grove, Or., M' Orville Sheetz, {^B. June 29, i88c
at La Jaunta, Col.) ; Mr. Sheetz a druggist; their child was born in Port-
and. Or. ; Mrs. Sheetz a Christian.
Issue .—
I. Robert Curtis, .... B. Nov. 23, 1916

No. 34. Eveline Curtis ;

M. Mr. Black (Z). May 28, 1882) ; after his death, about

1885, M, Mr. Palmer, from whom she parted about 1891 ; insane in later
years, and cared for by her daughter, Jennie Simpson ; children all born at
Channahan, 111. ; lived also at Webster City and at Duncomb, Iowa ; D.
June 3, 1897 at Duncomb.

Issue by Mr. Black :

—

Page.

I.

Frank

B. June 28, 1855 ;

....

Below

2,

George W.,

B. Nov. 22, 1859

....

26

3-

Jane M., (Jennie)....

B. Oct. 23, 1863

....

26

4-

Lena Lorena

B. Oct. 18, 1877 ;
Montana.

lives

some w

'here in

No. 34-1. Frank Black;

Sep. 9, 1894, M. Anna Lynch ; lives in Elbert, Colo.
Isstie : —

1. Nellie

2. Walter

3. Esther

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No. 34-2. George Black ;

Sep. 21, i88i, M, Jennie Simpson ; live at Gilmore City, Iowa.

Issue : —
Eddie,
Charley,
Ethel,
Georgia,
Harry .... B, D. in infancy.

No. 34-3. Jane M. Black (Jennie) ;

■M. Mr. Simpson (brother of the wife of No. 34-2.) ; since

1897 they have lived at Duncombe, Iowa.

No. 35. Francelia Curtis ;

M. Mr. Whittington, a soldier {B. D. 187 1, in

Iowa); again, 1876, M. Mr. Murphy (B. Sep. 18, 1830); lived on farm in
Will Co., 111. ; D. Nov. 1915, after 14 months' confinement to her bed ; Mr.
Murphy a retired prosperous farmer, lives in Menooka, 111., faithfully cared
for by his step daughter, Mary Whittington ;

Issue by Mr. Wittington : —

1. Charles ... B. D. at 2 yrs.

2. Cyrus ... B. ... Below

3. Arthur ... B. ... Below

4. Mary ... B. 1871 ; four months after father

died ; unmarried ; lives at Menooka,
111, with step-father.
Issue by Mr. Murphy : —

5. Fredrick ... B. 1877 ... 27

6. (girl) ... B. D. at 2 yrs.

No. 35-2> Cyrus Whittington;

-M. ; they lived at Plainville, 111.; Z>. June 1908,

in a street-car accident at Joliet, 111.
Issue : —
I. (boy) ... B, ; he is now married.

No. 35-3. Arthur Whittiagton;

M. ; lives in Detroit Mich.; electrician in a to-
bacco factory.

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Issue : —

1. Earl

2. Velma

3. Jeremiah, (Jerry)

4. Arthur

... B.

No. 35-5. Fredrick Murphey ;

M

; live in

Kalmath Falls, Oregon ; transfer Business.

No. 37. Lena Curtis ;

Mar. 27, 1865, M, Charles Mc Cowan {B.-

D. Aug 25s

1887) ; he was a widower with one daughter before this marriage; farmer,
near Channahan 111. (R. F. D. No. 3, Menooka, 111.) ; Methodists.

Issue : —

I.

Cora

2.

Flora

3.

Elmer

4-

Roy

5-

Allen

B. Jan. 18, 1866; D. Dec. 2, 1867.
B. Jan. 20, 1869 ; D. Dec. 13, 1873.
B. Nov. 28, 1874; n.Oci. 25, 1876.
B. Dec. 6, 1877
B. Oct. 24, 1883

Page.

Below
Below

No. 37-4. Roy Mc Cowan ;

M. Carrie Hicks {B. May 24, 1889) ; lives half

a mile from mother's farm in Will Co, 111., (R. F. D. No. 3, Menooka,
111.) ; rural mail carrier and farmer.

Issue : —

Page.

Mildred
Elsie
Nettie
Dorothy

B. Sep. 5, 1904
B. Nov. 14, 1908
B. Apr. 30, 191 1
B. Dec. 30, 1915

No. 37-5. Allen Mc Cowen ;

Sep. 25, 1907, M, Cora Crawford {B. Dec. 26, 1886) ; farms mother's

farm ; substitute rural mail carrier.

Issue.

Page.

1. Howard ... B. Mar. 7, 1909

2. Florence ... ^. Mar. 30, 191 1

3. Ralph ... B. Mar. 25, 1914

5

[ ^^ ]

No. 8. Mary Curtis;
M. Hiram Littlefield Cheney; lived in

Rutland, Vt. ; D, May 5, 1859; Mr. Cheney again married and had two
daughters Congregationalists.

Issue : —
38. George Hiram B, ... Below

39. Henry Warner

B. June 19, 1840

Below

No. 38. George Hiram Cheney;

M. Mariah Reynolds ; lived in Rutland;

general merchant ; D. Sep. 1905.
, Issue:
I. William Henry . . . B.

Fredrick Edward

-Z). in

infancy
B 1862

. . Below

No. 38-2. Fredrick Edward Cheney ;

M. Grace Cartwright, of Rochester, N. Y.

eye specialist ; lives at Cambridge, Boston, MasS.
Issue : —

1. Robert ... B. Jan. 1895

2, — (boy) ... B. July I, 1903

No. 39. Henry Warner Cheney ;

Nov. 14, 1865, i)/. Jane Eliza Davey {B. July 8, 1845, in Bennets-
ville, S. C.) ; general merchant in Rutland, Vt. ; partner many years with
brother, Geo. H. ; interested in game preservation in Greene Mts. ; sports-
man ; Congregationalist.

Issue : —

I.

Frances Caroline

... B.

Nov. 18, 1866

29

2.

Laura Clark

... B.

June 20, 1868

29

3.

Mary Curtis

... B.

Feb. 14, 1870 ., .

29

4.

Lucy Davis

... B.

May 7, 1872; unmarried;
liv'es with her parents ;
Librarian of Rutland Free
Public Library

5-

Jenny Agnes

... B.

May 13, 1874; D.Aug. 17,
1875

[ 29 1

6. Grace Minot ... B. Aug. ii, 1877 ... Below

7. Agnes Marian ... B. July i, 1879; Priv. Sec.

to Ralph Stoddard (see
No. 39-3.), in New York

8. Albert Henry ... B. July 10, 1882; travelling

salesman in N. Y. for the
De Laval Separator Co.
(see No. 39-3).

No. 39-1, Frances Caroline Cheney ;

Jan, 2, 1895, M, Christopher R. Roberts, a mail agent; D. Sep. 17,
1902.

Issue : —

I. John Christopher ... B. Oct. 30, 1895

Henry Cheney ... B. July 17, 1897

Ellen Ross ... B. Feb. 14, 1899

Janet ... B^. Nov. 20, 1901

Frances Cheney .,. B. Sep. 16, 1902

No. 39-2. Laura Clark Cheney ;

July 6, 1896, A/. J. A. Barrett, an electrician of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Issue : —
I. Jean Davey ... B. July 17, 1905

No. 39-3, Mary Curtis Cheney ;

Oct. 6, 1895, ^^' Ralph Stoddard; he was in creamery supply business
in Rutland Vt. till Mar. 1907 ; then went to New York City as Asst. Supt.
in America of the De Laval Separator Co.

Issue : —
I. George Chaffee ... B. May 29, 1897 ...

No. 39 6. Grace Minot Cheney ;

Sep, 10, 1903, M. D. W. Fisher.
Issue :—

1. Harold W., ... B. Oct. 27, 1904

2, Albert Cheney . , . B. May 24^ 1907

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No. 10. Moses Curtis;

M, Rosena Cheney, (sister to the husband

of No. 8, Mary Curtis Cheney); D, Jan. i8, i86i ; Rosena Z>. at Piqua,
Ohio, with her son George.
Issue :—

40. Cornelius ... B. ; unmarried. . .

41. George ... B. —.\ ... Below

No. 41. George Curtis ;

M,

lives at Piqua, Ohio.

Issue: —

1. Nellie

2. Florence

3. Ruth

4.

Frances

about 1910, visited Mrs.
Lena Mc Cowan, No. 37,
in Will Co., 111.; D.
in Detroit,

Mich

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