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CYRENIUS CURTISS {Alfred D., Benjamin, Benjamin, Josiah, 

 William, Elizabeth^ b. Newtown, Conn., Dec. 5, 18 14; m. 

 Christa Ann Beardsley, of Monroe, Conn., May 15, 1838. She 

 d. May 11, 1891, aet. 76 years. He d. in Bridgeport, Conn., 

 May 27, 1890. 

 They had children : — 



i. Alfred, b. Newtown, Conn., Dec. 3, 1839. He d. Nov. 24, 1850. 

 ii. William, b. Newtown, Conn., Aug. 20, 1842. He d. Nov. 5, 



1850. 

 (7/p) iii. Joseph, b. Newtown, Conn., April 5, 1844; m. Jane Eliza Tyler, 



of East Haddam, Conn., Feb. 14, 1869. She d. Jan. 19, 1890, 



aet. 43 years. He lives in New Haven, Conn. 

 iv. Sarah Matilda, b. Newtown, Conn., Nov. 7, 1846; m. Frederick 



William Curtiss, of Huntington, Conn., May 10, 1868. She 



d. Nov. 28, 1883. 

 V. Phebe Ann, b. Newtown, Conn., Sept. 15, 1850 ; m. James A. 



Wilson, of Bridgeport, Conn., Nov., 1867. She resides in 



Bridgeport, Conn, 

 vi. Bertha Celia, b. Newtown, Conn., May 20, 1853. She is unm. and 



lives in New Haven, Conn, 

 vii. Eva Adelaide, b. Newtown, Conn., May 17, 1856. She d. July 19, 



1868. 



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HENRY FRANCIS CURTISS [Epenetus, Benjamin, Benjamin, 

 Josiah, William, Elizabeth), b. Bridgeport, Conn., May 4, 1823 ; 

 m. Lany, d. of Hon. Risdon McDaniel, of Jones County, N. C, 

 Aug. 12, 1847. He d. in Knox County, Tenn., Oct. 23, 1893. He 

 went to sea when a boy and travelled nearly all over the world, 

 finally settling in North Carolina in 1846. 

 They had children : — 



i. Joseph, b. Jones County, N. C, July 25, 1848. He removed with 

 his parents to Connecticut, before the Civil War. He enlisted 

 in the Federal army, at the age of fifteen years, and served until 

 the end of the war. He d. in New Orleans, La., June 3, 1895. 

 ii. Susan, b. Jones County, N. C, Nov. i, 1850. She resides in 

 Knoxville, Tenn. 

 {726) \\\. Henry William, b. Jones County, N. C, May 11, 1852; m. Ida, 

 d. of Josiah Whitlow, of Bedford County, Va., Sept. 4, 1877. 

 He resides in Knoxville, Tenn. 

 (7^/) iv. Charles, b. Jones County, N. C, Jan. 2, 1854 ; m. Rachel Barnum. 

 He resides in Danbury, Conn. 

 V. Salena, b. Jones County, N. C, Feb. 3, 1856; m. Richard Ran- 

 dall, . She resides in Shelton, Conn. 



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