d. of Col. Ira and Sophia Standish Owen in Sheffield, Mass., 

 March 24, 1825. Shed. May 14, 1870; m. (ii.) Maria Hager- 

 man. He was a farmer, and lived at the old homestead which 

 belonged to his grandfather, and which is now owned by his son, 

 Frank Curtiss. In 1840 he represented his town in the State 

 Legislature. He d. in Sheffield, Mass., Dec. 20, 1883. 

 They had children: — 



i. Sophia, b. Sheffield, Mass., Nov. 24, 1825 ; m. George Hoffman, of 

 Claverack, N. Y., May 15, 1845. ^^^ resides in New York 

 City, N. Y. 

 ii. Emma, b. Sheffield, Mass., April 20, 1828; m. John Bascom, of 

 Genoa, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1856. She resides at Williamstown, Mass. 

 {80s) '■'• Abijah, b. Sheffield, Mass., March 12, 1831 ; m. Mary Elizabeth, d. 

 of Rev. Seldon and Catherine Butler Haines, at Skaneateles, 

 N. Y., June 5, 1855. He d. Aug. 2, 1888. 

 iv. Orren, b. Sheffield, Mass., Aug. 25, 1833; m. Elizabeth Joyncr. 

 He d. Sheffield, Mass., Dec. 13, 1876. She d. March 25, i860, 

 aged 20 years. 



They had a child : — 



i. Lizzie, b. Sheffield, Mass., March 24, i860; d. Shef- 

 field, Mass., Dec. 4, i860. 

 (806) V. Franklin, b. Sheffield, Mass., Dec. 15, 1838 ; m. Susan, d. of Simon 

 Sage, of Seekoiik, Mass., Jan. 15, 1862; m. (ii.) Ella, d. of 

 Abner and Jane Spurr Roys, of Sheffield, Mass., June 5, 1878. 

 He resides in New York City, N. Y. 



610 



JULIUS CURTISS {Abijah, Jonathan, Jonathan, Joseph, Thomas, 

 John, Elizabeth),h. Sheffield, Mass., March 18, 1799 ; m. Lucinda 

 Tuttle, of Salisbury, Conn. She d. November, 1892. He d. in 

 Utica, N. Y., April 12, 1845. 

 They had children : — 



i. Jane A., b. Egremont, Mass., October, 1834. She d. unm. June 



12, 1855. 

 ii. Julia, b. Egremont, Mass. 



iii. Alden J.,b. Egremont, Mass., June, 1836. He d. unm. in Utica, 

 N. Y., 1895. 



611 



CHARLES ABBEY CURTISS {Abijah, Jonathan, Jonathan,Joseph, 

 'Thomas, John, Elizabeth), b. Sheffield, Mass., March 14, 1805; 

 m. Sabrina, d. of Timothy Robinson, of Sheffield, Mass., June 

 30, 1825. He removed to Freedom, Ohio, in 1835, and d. there 

 Nov. 30, 1880. His wife d. Oct. 2, 1877. He was a farmer. 



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