They had children : — 



i. Ellen L., b. Meriden, Conn., Sept. 7, 1855 ; m. Philip Mills, May 

 16, 1878. 

 {/S6) ii. Frederick, b. Meriden, Conn., July 23, 1858 ; m. Alice Stebbins, 

 Oct. 21, 1887. 

 iii. Emma A., b. Meriden, Conn., Dec. 6, i860; m. Harry Heaton, 

 April 27, 1880. 

 (/Sy)iv. John E., b. Meriden, Conn., April 2, 1862; m. Lizzie Seymour, 

 Oct. 20, 1888. 

 V. Edwin R., b. Meriden, Conn., March 23, 1870. 



580 

 ASAHEL BENHAM CURTISS {Jaron, Benjamin, Benjamin, 

 Nathaniel, 'Thomas, John, Elizabeth), b. Meriden, Conn., Jan. 10, 

 1797 ; m. Emily M. Hubbard, of Durham, Conn,, in 1820. He 

 d. July 7, 1864. She d. Aug. 25, 1886. 

 They had children : — 



Susan M., b. Meriden, Conn., 1821 ; m. Origen Utley in 



1840. 

 Emily M., b. Meriden, Conn., March 2, 1825 ; m. Waldo Corbin, 



1852. 

 Sarah H., b. Meriden, Conn., July 2, 1830 ; m. A. J. Edgerton, 

 Oct. 8, 1850. 



581 

 HOMER CURTISS {Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin, Nathaniel, 

 Thomas, John, Elizabeth), b. Meriden, Conn., Aug. 4, 1800; m. 

 Julia Ann Upson of New Britain, Conn., Nov. 26, 1835. He 

 was one of Meriden's earliest manufacturers, a member of the firm 

 of Isbell, Curtiss & Co., and later of Curtiss, Morgan & Co. ; both 

 firms were manufacturers of locks. He was one ot the active con- 

 ductors of the underground railway during slavery times. He d. 

 in Meriden, Conn., May 30, 1880. 

 They had children : — 



i. Elizabeth Collins, b. Meriden, Conn., Sept. 13, 1836 ; m. Sherman 



Cogswell, of Meriden, Conn., Oct. 12, 1862. 

 ii. Augusta Louisa, b. Meriden, Conn., June 28, 1841 ; m. Zeno K. 



Pease, of Hartford, Conn, 

 iii. Helen M., b. Meriden, Conn., Feb. 22, 1843. 

 {7C)o) iv. Homer Augustus, b. Meriden, Conn., June 14, 1846; m. Mary A. 

 Hussey, of New York City, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1873. 



582 

 DAN COLLINS CURTISS {Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin, Nathan- 

 iel, Thomas, John, Elizabeth), b. Meriden, Conn., Oct. 23, 1807 ; 



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