593 

 GEORGE REDFIELD CURTISS [Asahel, Benjamin, Benjamin, 

 Nathaniel, Thomas, John, Elizabeth), b. Meriden, Conn., Dec. 25, 

 1825 ; m. Augusta, d. of Jesse and Sophia Talmadge Munson, of 

 Bradford, Steuben Co., N. Y., May 12, 1855. He d. May 20, 

 1893. He started in business in Middletown, Conn., as aclerk in 

 a dry goods store. After a few years he began to teach school 

 near Rochester, N. Y., and a year or two later in Meriden, Conn. 

 About 1850 hfe became teller in the Meriden Bank, and in 1852 

 when the Meriden Britannia Co. was organized he accepted the 

 position of treasurer of that company, which position he retained 

 until his death. He was also president of the Meriden Silver 

 Plate Co., Meriden Gas Light Co., Meriden Electric R. R. Co., 

 and a director in numerous other corporations. He was mayor 

 of Meriden 1879-1 881, and filled many other positions of trust 

 and influence. He was always deeply interested in St. Andrew's 

 Church, and was its junior and senior warden for many years, and 

 many times its delegate to Diocesan Conventions, and in 1892 

 he was a State delegate to the general convention of the Protes- 

 tant Episcopal Church held in Baltimore, Md. He gave largely 

 to the Memorial Church in Meriden, which his sister, Mrs. R. A. 

 Hallam, has caused to be built, and the day before his death he 

 presented the new church with a rectory. 

 They had children : — 

 (7pp) i. George Munson, b. Meriden, Conn., May 27, 1857; m. Sophia 



Phillips, d. of Thomas Trowbridge and Catherine Hurlburt 



Mansfield, of New Haven, Conn., Nov. 30, 1886. 

 ii. Frederick Edgar, b. Meriden, Conn., Aug. 12, i86i. He d. Sept. 



ID, 1869. 

 Hi. Agnes Deshon, b. Meriden, Conn., April 10, 1863 ; m. Allan B. 



Squire, May 22, 1890. 



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LEVI CURTISS {Levi, Solomon, Samuel, Samuel, Thomas, John, 

 Elizabeth), b. Southington, Conn., Feb. 19, 1800; m. Julia 

 Brooks, of Cheshire. He was a farmer and lived most of his life 

 in Southington, Conn., although later he removed to Plainville. 

 They had children : — 



i. Eliza, b. Southington, Conn., April 16, 1837 ; m. Silah Lewis, Jan. 

 1, 1863. She d. Oct. 7, 1873. 

 [800) 11. George Brooks, b. Southington, Conn., Aug. 2, 1842; m. (i.) 

 Frances M., d. of Edwin and Maria Bristol Barnes. She d. 

 Nov. 4, 1866; m. (ii.) Laura M. Clarke. 



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