ii. Clarissa May, b. Stratford, Conn., Sept. 13, 1876. 

 iii. Clifford Clark, b. Stratford, Conn., April 3, 1882. 



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HOWARD J. CURTISS {Freeman L., Freeman, Nehemiah, Joseph, 

 Joseph, Joseph, John, Elizabeth), b. Stratford, Conn., June 29, 

 1857 ; m. Ellen V. Talcott, June 5, 1888. He graduated from 

 Yale College in 1881, and from the Yale Law School in 1883. 

 He was admitted to the bar of the State of Connecticut in 1883. 

 April I, 1893, he was appointed Judge of the Court of Common 

 Pleas of Fairfield County, and was reappointed April, 1899. 

 He resides in Stratford, Conn. 



They had a child : — 



i. Howard Wheeler, b. Stratford, Conn., July 9, i8go. 



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FREDERICK CURTISS {Victory, Agur, Agur, Joseph, Joseph, 

 Joseph, John, Elizabeth), b. Stratford, Conn., 1842 ; m. Elizabeth 

 E. Beck, of Bridgeport, Conn., May 3, 1870. He served during 

 the Civil War four years in the First Regiment Connecticut Cav- 

 alry as sergeant. He resides in Bridgeport, Conn. 



They had children : — 



i. Susan J., b. Bridgeport, Conn., July 8, 1871. 

 ii. May L., b. Bridgeport, Conn., Nov. 2, 1873. 

 iii. Ellen S., b. Bridgeport, Conn., Oct 9, 1877. 

 iv. Frederick, b. Bridgeport, Conn., May 27, 1880. 



853 

 JOHN CALVIN CURTISS {Victory, Agur, Agur, Joseph, Joseph, 

 Joseph, John, Elizabeth), b. Bridgeport, Conn., April 17, 1845 ; 

 m. Adela Stuart, of New Haven, Conn., Nov. 8, 1870. At the 

 outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as a private in Company I, 

 Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, and served until mus- 

 tered out at the close of the war. He rapidly rose through the 

 various non-commission grades to the rank of sergeant-major, 

 and at the time of his discharge was a first lieutenant. For es- 

 pecially brave service at the battle of Baton Rouge, La., in 1862, 

 he received a medal of honor, voted to him by the United States 

 Congress. He is general manager of the New England depart- 

 ment of Adams Express Company, in whose employ he has been 

 for thirty-six years. He resides in Boston, Mass. 



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