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WILLIAM EDMUND CURTISS {Holbrook, Salmon, Nehemiah, 

 Benjamin, Josiah, William, Elizabeth), b. Watertown, Conn., Sept. 

 23, 1823; m. Mary Ann, d. of William Henry and Eunice 

 Scovill, of Waterbury, Conn., Sept. 2, 1851. He graduated 

 from Trinity College in 1843, and was admitted to the bar in 

 1847. He began practising law in New York City, where he 

 rapidly rose in his profession. In 1871 he was elected judge of 

 the Superior Court of New York, and at the time of his death 

 was chief justice of the Superior Court. He was a member of 

 the Committee of the Board of Education of New York, and for 

 a number of years its president. In 1862 Trinity College con- 

 ferred on him the degree of LL.D. He was vice-president of 

 the New York Geographical Society. He died in Watertown, 

 Conn., July 6, 1880. 



They had children : — 



i. William Edmond, b. New York City, N. Y., June 2, 1855. He 

 was educated at the Columbia Grammar School and at home in 

 the country. In 1875 he was graduated at Trinity College, 

 Hartford, Conn., with the degree A.B., and received that of 

 M.A. in 1878. He studied law at the Columbia College Law 

 School, and graduated from that school in 1877, and in June of 

 that year he formed the law partnership of Stearns & Curtis. 

 He took an active part in the affairs of Trinity College, and was 

 elected a trustee thereof by the alumni. At the conclusion of 

 this term he was made a life trustee by the board. As a Demo- 

 crat he was actively interested in politics, and in the interest of 

 good government. He was secretary of the Democratic Club 

 of New York City for seven years. He was a delegate to the 

 Albany Conference of Anti-Snappers in February, 1892, and 

 also to their State Convention of Syracuse, and was a member 

 of the Democratic Provisional State Committee. He took an 

 active part in the Presidential Campaign of 1892 in behalf of 

 Mr. Cleveland, and was appointed by President Cleveland 

 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and was confirmed by the 

 Senate in April, 1893. His duties in this office were mainly 

 connected with the finances, the divisions employed on them 

 being under his personal supervision. He resides in New York 

 City, N. Y., and is a member of the law firm of Curtis, Mallet- 

 Prevost, & Colt. Unm. 

 (S-J2) ii. Henry Holbrook, b. New York City, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1856; m. 

 Josephine, d. of Hugh and Josephine Hall Allen, of Brooklvn, 

 N. Y., June 19, 1884. He lives in New York City, N. Y.' 



iii. Francis Randolph, b. New York City, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1858. He 

 was educated at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and gradu- 



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