1 8 14; m. Bedotha Pierpont, d. of Newbury and Bedotha Pier- 

 pont Burton, of North Haven, Conn., Dec. 24, 1835. He d. 

 Jan. 10, 1888. His widow lives in Meriden, Conn. He began 

 business as a manufacturer of britannia ware in partnership with 

 I. C. Lewis and was one of the founders of the Meriden Britannia 

 Co., in 1852, in which he was a director until his death. He was 

 also director and officer in numerous other companies. For 

 years he was a warden of St. Andrew's Church and gave munifi- 

 cently to its support. In 1883 he founded an orphans' and old 

 woman's home in Meriden, known as " The Curtiss Home," 

 and at his death in 1888 left over ^700,000 as an endowment for 

 this Home. 



They had children : — 



i. Celia Jennette, b. Meriden, Conn., Oct. 4, 1838. She d. unm. 



Oct. 23, 1893. 

 ii. Adelaide Asenath, b. Meriden, Conn., July 30, 1842; m. John E. 



Parker, Dec. 14, 1865. She d. March 9, 1869. 



589 



ALANSON CURTISS {Elisha, Benjamin, Benjamin, Nathaniel, 

 Thomas, John, Elizabeth), b. Meriden, Conn., Oct. 27, 181 8; m. 

 Harriet Eliza Sullivan, Feb. i, 1840. He d. Sept. 27, 1856. 

 His widow lives in Meriden, Conn. 



They had a child: — 



i. John William, b. Meriden, Conn., Feb. 17, 1843; m. Sarah L. 

 Gridley, Dec. 18, 1871. 

 They have a child : — 



i. Cordie Aurelia, b. Meriden, Conn., Feb. 14, 1874. 



590 



SYLVESTER JOHNSON CURTISS {Amos, Benjamin, Benjamin, 

 Nathaniel, Thomas, John, Elizabeth), b. Meriden, Conn., Sept. 30, 

 1826 ; m. Harriet A., d. of Thomas Hulse, of New York City, 

 N. Y., April 23, 1 85 1. At the age of twenty-one years he in com- 

 pany with some other young men in New York chartered a ship, 

 fitted it out and started for California bv way of Cape Horn. He 

 returned by the Isthmus of Panama, having been quite successful. 

 He then started in business in New York City, and was for many 

 years a broker and a member of the New York Stock Exchange. 

 He has retired from active business and resides in New York 

 City. 



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