They had children : — 



i. Sarah Miranda, b. Woodbury, Conn., March 12, 1874. 

 ii. Eula Lambert, b. Woodbury, Conn., April 15, 1884. 



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WALES HATCH CURTISS {Reuben B., Simeon, Joseph, Israel, 

 Stephen, Israel, John, Elizabeth), b. Southford, Conn., July 29, 

 1826; m. Mary Frances, d. of William and Esther Sanford 

 Hammill, of Williamsburg, L. I., Dec. 24, 1850. He is a 

 farmer and lives in Southford, Conn. 



They had children : — 



i. William Reuben, b. Southford, Conn., Feb. 19, 1852. He is 

 unm. and lives in Southford, Conn. 



ii, James McEwen, b. Southford, Conn., Jan. 30, 1854; m. Ida 

 Hannah Crofton, of Woodbridge, Conn. He d. in Ansonia, 

 Oct. 27, 1 89 1. He was an architect and builder. 



They had a child : — 



i. Seta Ann, b. Ansonia, Conn., Feb. 20, 1879. 

 iii. Sarah Minerva, b. Southford, Conn., Nov. 2, 1855 ; m. Cornelius 



Marcus Hard, of Seymour, Conn., Nov. 22, 1876. 

 iv. Charles Henry, b. Southford, Conn., March 6, 1857; '^- EHen 



Hard, of Seymour, Conn. He lives in Beacon Falls, Conn. 

 (<?(?/) V. Elnathan Atwater, b. Southbury, Conn., Feb. 19, 1859; ^- Anna 



Isabel Hasard, of Ansonia, Conn., May 23, 1888. He lives in 



Ansonia, Conn, 

 vi. Arthur Edward, b. Southford, Conn., Aug. 9, 1861 ; m. Ida Isabel 



Hart, of Nangatuck, Conn., Nov. 13, 1890. 

 vii. Jessie Hammill, b. Southford, Conn., April 24, 1864. 

 viii. J Isabel Sanford, b. Southford, Conn., Feb. 8, 1866. 

 ix. \ Estelle Sanford, b. Southford, Conn., Feb. 8, 1866. 

 X. Birdie May, b. Southford, Conn., Oct. 10, 1870 ; m. Charles 



Benjamin, of Stormville, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1889. 

 xi. Nellie Elizabeth, b. Southford, Conn., Aug. 12, 1873; m. Charles 



Grant Ellison, of Arnot, Penn., Sept. 12, 1894. 



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FRANKLIN LUTHER CURTISS {Simeon, Simeon, Joseph, Israel, 

 Stephen, Israel, John, Elizabeth), b. Southbury, Conn., Jan. 19, 

 1835; m. Mary Louise, d. of Richard Hines, of Waterbury, 

 Conn., Sept. 28, 1858. In 1852, after graduating from the dis- 

 trict school in Southbury, he went to Waterbury for the purpose 

 of attending high school. During a portion of the winter he 

 taught school, and the same year became a clerk in the Water- 



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