791 

 GEORGE CURTISS {Samuel I., Ivah, Benjamin, Benjamin, Na- 

 thaniel, Thomas, John, Elizabeth), b. Easthampton, Conn., Jan. 5, 

 1837; m. Elvira, d. of Healy Corbin, Jan. 13, 1864. She d. at 

 Harwinton, Conn., April 17, 1875. He m. (ii.) Mrs. Phebe 

 M. Bishop, of New Haven, Conn., March 8, 1877. She d. at 

 Amherst, Mass., June 27, 1877. He m. (iii.) Martha A. Blalces- 

 ley, of Bristol, Conn., Sept. 15, 1880. She d. at Hartford, 

 Conn., Dec. 24, 1888. He graduated from Amherst College in 

 i860, and studied in the Hartford Theological Seminary for two 

 years, and graduated from the Andover Theological Seminary in 

 1863. He preached at Oxford and Pepperell, Mass., and Bristol, 

 R. I., and took charge of the church in East Avon, Conn., No- 

 vember, 1864, where he was ordained Dec. 28, 1865, and installed 

 pastor June 26, 1866. He was pastor of the church at Harwinton, 

 Conn., eight years, having been installed there June 30, 1869. 

 In 1872 he represented the town in Legislature. He was dis- 

 missed from the Harwinton Church, May 21, 1877, then min- 

 istered in Union, Conn., for three years. In May, 1881, he 

 received a call to the Wethersfield Avenue Congregational 

 Church at Hartford, where he continued until 1889. Jan. i, 

 1890, he began work as pastor of the Congregational Church at 

 Mayville, North Dakota, and was installed there in September of 

 the same year, which position he is now filling. 



They had children : — 



i. Elsie Ann, b. East Avon, Conn., Sept. 29, 1865; m. Rev. Herbert 



K. Job, Sept. 10, 1891. 

 ii. George Corbin, b. Harwinton, Conn., June 19, 1868. He d. Nov. 



28, 1876. 

 iii. Mary Rebecca, b. Harwinton, Conn., June 9, 1873. 

 iv. John Haugh, b. Harwinton, Conn., March 30, 1874. He d. June 



24, 1877. 

 v. Martha Eliza, b. Hartford, Conn., July 25, 1 88 1. Shed. Jan. 26, 



1882. 



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SAMUEL IVES CURTISS {Samuel I., Ivah, Benjamin, Benjamin, 

 Nathaniel, Thomas, John, Elizabeth), b. Union, Conn., Feb. 5, 

 1844; m. Laura W., widow of Jared D. Sessions, May 10, 1870. 

 He graduated from Monson Academy with highest honors, and 

 entered Amherst College in 1862, but was obliged to leave college 

 for a while on account of ill health. He graduated with honor in 

 1867. The same year he entered the Union Theological Sem- 



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