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PETER PIXLEE CURTISS {Daniel, John, Stiles, Ephraim, Joseph, 

 John, Elizabeth), b. Stratford, Conn., Oct. 16, 1820; m. Mary 

 Esther Fitch, of Stratford, Conn., Nov. 30, 1843. He d. in 

 Stratford, Conn., June 16, 1882. She d. in 1890. 



They had children : — 



i. Sarah Fitch, b. Stratford, Conn., June 20, 1850 ; m. Wilmot C. 



Wheeler, of Trumbull, Conn., March 31, 1873. 

 ii. Elizabeth F., b. Stratford, Conn., Nov. 23, 1855. 

 ill. Mary Pixlee, b. Stratford, Conn., Aug. 10, 1858 ; m. Geo. H. 



Booth, of Trumbull, Conn., April 24, 1872. 

 iv. Esther Louisa, b. Stratford, Conn., April 25, 1865. 

 V. Martha B., b. Stratford, Conn., ; m. Charles H. Weeks. 



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FRANKLIN CURTISS {Morgan, Stiles, Elnathan, Ephraim, 

 Joseph, John, Elizabeth), b. Huntington, Conn., Dec. 6, 1835 ; m. 

 Margaret, d. of Peter and Susan Schmitz, of Germany, Oct. 28, 

 i860. He is a farmer and lives in Nevada, Iowa, where he is 

 engaged in cattle raising. 



They had children : — 



{8j6) i. Charles Franklin, b. Nora, 111., Dec. 12, 1863; m. Olive Wilson, 

 Feb. 16, 1893. 



ii. Fannie Edith, b. Nevada, Iowa, May 25, 1867. 



iii. Effie Jane, b. Nevada, Iowa, Jan. 26, 1870. 



iv. Frederick Morgan, b. Nevada, Iowa, May 25, 1872. 



V. Guy Cook, b. Nevada, Iowa, June 7, 1876. 



vi. Gertrude May, b. Nev^ida, Iowa, Jan. 7, 1879. 



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CHARLES HENRY CURTISS {Morgan, Stiles, Elnathan, 

 Ephraim, Joseph, John, Elizabeth), b. Huntington, Conn., Nov. 



11, 1837; m. Frances Catherine, d. of Charles Chauncey and 

 Lucretia Marsylva Spencer, of Saybrook, Conn., July 16, 1868. 

 On June 19, 1861, he enlisted as a soldier in the Union Army at 

 Detroit, and served through the War of the Rebellion. Aug. 

 22, 1 86 1, he was appointed quartermaster in the 7th Michigan 

 Infantry, and each year was promoted until March 12, 1864, 

 when he was appointed captain of this same regiment. On June 



12, 1864, he resigned on account of disability. He is a merchant 

 and resides in Detroit, Mich. 



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