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SAMUEL ELLERY CURTISS [Leverett, Samuel, Jeremiah, 

 Zachariah, fVilliam, Elizabeth), b. Southington, Conn., March 8, 

 1808 ; m. Mary Bidwell, d. of Ezekiel and Roxana Andrews, of 

 New Britain, Conn., April 21, 1830. He was a shoemaker, but 

 later in life became interested in photography, and took that 

 for his profession. In 1833 he settled in New Britain, Conn., 

 and a few years later removed to Broadalbin, N. Y., and thence to 

 Madison, Wis., where he d. during the summer of 1883. |^is 

 wife d. in 1880, aet. 73 years. 



They had children : — 



i. Frances Marian, b. New Britain, Conn., May 30, 1834. She d. 

 unm. April 27, i860. 

 {7^5) ''• Edwin Rodney, b. Southington, Conn., May 6, 1836; m. Eva A. 

 Lingenfelter, of Fonda, N. Y., May 11, 1859. Thev live at 

 Madison, Wis. 

 {706) iii. Nathan Selah, b. New Britain, Conn., Oct. 19, 1838; m. Fannie 

 Bouta, August, 1859. They reside in Syracuse, N. Y. 

 iv. George Frederick, b. New Britain, Conn., Oct. 11, 1849. He d. 

 June 12, 1854. 



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WILLIS CURTISS {Levi, Stephen, Abraham, Josiah, William, Eliza- 

 beth), b. Stratford, Conn., 1801 ; m. Catherine Jane 

 She d. Nov. 3, 1864, aet. 66 years; m. (ii.) Mary R. Welles, of 

 Stratford, Conn., Nov. 5, 1865. ^^ d. in Stratford, Conn., April 

 13, 1867. 



They had children : — 



i. Mary Cordelia, b. Stratford, Conn. 

 (707) ii. Elbert O., b. Stratford, Conn., 1831; m. Emma L. Reeve, 



of Stratford, Conn., Dec. 4, i860. 



493 

 CYRUS CURTISS {Wait, Agur, Josiah, Josiah, William, Elizabeth), 

 b. Southbury, Conn., Dec. 8, 1797; m. Lydia Van der Burgh, 

 of Hudson, N. Y., March 12, 1823. He settled in Hudson, 

 N. Y., in 1 8 17, and entered the dry goods business, in 

 which he continued until 1830, when he changed to an im- 

 porter of sperm oil, whale oil, and whale bone. In 1846 he 

 removed to New York City, N. Y., where for twelve years he 

 carried on the same business. In i860 he organized the Wash' 

 ington Life Insurance Company, of New York, and was elected 

 its first president, which position he held for a number of years. 



