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PEGGY and POLLY; no further trace.
2. James Burnside (Thomas 1), married Susan Nutter, and settled on the farm next south of Spaulding's, where he passed his life.
4. DAVID, m. Nellie Rich.
5. THOMAS, m. Rachel Daggett.
JAMES, JR., went to Virginia to regain his health; d. there a young man.
GEORGE, went West; d. there.
ALICE, m. Cushing Howe; 2 ch .: James, Ralph.
MARY, m. Oliver Woods; 5 ch-2 sons, 3 daughters.
PERSIS, m. Joseph Peverly.
JOHN, m. Ann Bowker; went to Ohio.
DUDLEY, settled in Danville, Vt .; 6 ch .: Jane, Charles, Maria, Lydia, Eliza, George.
3. Samuel McGregor Burnside (Thomas 1) was graduated from Dartmouth in 1805. He studied law with Judge Ward of Boston, and commenced practice in Westboro, Mass., in 1810. In Sep- tember of the same year he moved to Worcester, where he re- mained during life, and had a high reputation in his profession. He died July 29, 1850, at the age of 67.
HARRIET P. L. ELIZABETH D.
4. David Burnside (James 2, Thomas 1) was a tanner, and settled in Lancaster. He married Nellie Rich.
D. ALBERT, trader in Lancaster; proprietor, with Lindsay, of Lancaster House, 1861 ; m. Sally E. Small, who m. (2) Os- sian Ray. No ch.
SARAH HELEN, m. George H. Knight of Portland; I ch .: Helen Burnside, m. J. H. Winslow of Philadelphia, I son, Burnside.
5. Thomas Burnside (James2, Thomas 1) married Rachel Dag- gett and settled in Maidstone, Vt. He is remembered as a very shrewd, kind-hearted man, and a good deal of a wit.
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6. GUY C., m. Mary Partridge.
7. CLEM, m. Almira Spaulding.
MARY ANN, m. Edwin Eastman, Lancaster; 3 ch .: Sarah (m. Geo. P. Powell), Thomas (in Idaho), Philip.
SARAH ANN, m. John Cook, Lyme, N. H .; 2 ch .: Clem B., Luther.
FRANCES P., d. at 18.
DAN, m. Mary Davis and settled in Oregon, where he owned and ran a flouring mill. I ch .: Frances.
6. Guy C. Burnside (Thomas2, Thomas 1) was born in North- umberland January 21, 1814, and died in Stratford, November 29, 1895. He married Mary Partridge, daughter of Stephen and Olive (Bennet) Partridge, who was born May, 1823, and died September 22, 1892. Stephen Partridge of Tunbridge, Vt., later from Brookfield, came to Stratford before the year 1840. He lived on the Thomas Connary place. Mrs. Partridge had a sister, Fanny, who married John Folsom. Mrs. Folsom's grandson, Oscar, was the father of Frances C. Folsom, wife of President Grover Cleveland. Oscar's father, Col. John Folsom, visited his aunt, Mrs. Partridge, in Stratford. Stephen had one son, George, who married Ann Schoff, and went to Michigan.
Guy C. Burnside and his brother, Clem, purchased the five Judson lots now included in the farms of Dan Burnside and Charles D. Platt. Guy C. Burnside appears first in the tax list for 1845, James Curtis being his agent for a year or two preceding.
8. DAN, b. 8 Aug. 1847; m. Cora Stone.
OLIVE J., b. 2 Feb. 1846; m. Edward B. Merriam; I ch .: Jennie, m. Clinton Cheney.
7. Clem Burnside (Thomas2, Thomas 1) married Almira Spaul- ding. He was associated with his brother, Guy C., in the pur- chase of the Judson lots. He built the house now occupied by Charles D. Platt. His name appears in the tax list of 1849. Mr. Burnside was for many years in the employ of A. M. Balch & Co. of New York. His widow sold the farm to Charles G. Platt in 1872.
FRANK, b. 1851; d. at Everett, Mass., 21 Sept. 1872.
GEORGE L., m. Helen Fleming, 29 June 1879; lived in Bellows Falls in 1888.
8. Dan Burnside (Guy C.3, Thomas2, Thomas 1) was born in Stratford, August 8, 1847. He married Cora Stone, daughter of
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Nicholas and Eliza (Hagar) Stone, who was born in 1857, and died September 16, 1897.
ALICE, b. II Feb. 1884; d. 8 Jan. 1919; m. Otis Barrows; I ch .: Thomas Burnside, b. 27 Dec. 1916.
CHASE
Levi Chase came from Rhode Island and settled on Sugar Hill, in the town of Stratford, where he lived until 1824. m. (I) -, (2) Susannah Collins.
PATIENCE, m. Lewis Curtis.
2. ELISHA, m. Polly Holt.
KEZIAH, m. Nathaniel Dodge; 4 ch .: Sarah, Cynthia, Char- lotte, Nathaniel.
SARAH, m. Abra Stevens. .
CHARLOTTE, m. (1) John Peck, (2) Truman A. Peck.
CYNTHIA.
JOHN, m. Eunice Curtis; 5 ch .: Louisa, Amanda, Frances, Aaron, Langdon; all went West.
2. Elisha Chase (Levi1) married Poly Holt, of Methuen, Massachusetts.
KEZIAH, m. Lewis Curtis.
ABIGAL, d. at 12 yrs.
ESTHER, unm.
SETH, b. 2 Feb. 1817; m. Dulcena P. Fuller; d. 5 Jan. 1900. ELISHA.
MARY ANN, b. July 1823; d. 10 Feb. 1897; m. Nathaniel Dodge, Jr .; 2 ch .: Mary, George, twins, d. young.
MAHALA, b. July 1823; d. 12 Sept. 1911; m. Nehemiah Hos- kins; 2 ch .: Levi, Della, m. George Curtis.
CONNARY
Thomas Connary, one of Stratford's most worthy citizens, came here in the '40s, and held many important offices during the fifty years of his residence in Stratford. He was selectman and treasurer during the Civil War, and furnished much of the mate- rial for the town history of that period.
Owing to the severe strain upon his sympathetic nature, and the complicated duties connected with his office at that time, he suffered a nervous breakdown which left his mind somewhat
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clouded. Those who were living in Stratford during those later years of his life will remember the kind old gentleman, with his high ideals, his intense love of learning, living among his towns- people, and striving to impress upon them his own high principles of thought and action.
We insert extracts from a letter written by him to Mr. Prescott, May 8, 1886, as it is characteristic of the spirit of the man:
I was born at Aquarega, Lisdouny parish, Kilkenny Co., Lemster Province, Old Ireland, May Ist, in the year 1814. My father, Simon Connary, was born at Bally Callen, in said county and province, February 2, 1785; died December 12, 1825.
My mother, Mary Besqiss, was born at Feerode, said county and province, September 29, 1787. My home and family residence were in Castlemarket, same county.
I left my native country early in the morning, March 25, 1833, expecting to improve and enlarge my power as a scholar, in three or four months of time, outside that county in a good school, in full harmony with the prayerful wish of my whole very faithful, affectionate family and friends, in possession of a sum of money sufficient for that purpose, constantly in- tensifying to an unlimited infinitude the purity of my love for every one of them.
"My dearly beloved cousin and schoolmate, John Costigan and family, then of St. Nicholas, near Quebec City in Canada : In thinking of you my contemplated school in Old Ireland referred to vanished. You found me in your Canadian city when I thought I was a stranger there. I found in your home and family as much to be thankful for as human power can now or ever describe."
Mr. Connary's connection with the Roman Catholic Church of Stratford has been given in the sketch of that church. He married Lucinda Stone, who was born May 17, 1815, and died October 1908. Mr. Connary died January 24, 1899.
MARY D., b. 6 Apr. 1846; d. 25 Apr. 1849.
2. SIMON P., b. 12 July 1848; m. (1) Georgeanna Curtis, (2) Rose McNally, (3) Mrs. Lucy Montgomery, (4) Mrs. Isabel Jordan.
MARY, b. 28 July 1851 ; m. George Taylor; 6 ch .: Dora, Celia, Leslie, Annie, Thomas, John.
JOHN N., b. 7 Mar. 1855; m. Flora Bean; 2 ch .: Howard, Annie, (m. George Kimball).
JOSEPH T., b. 28 Nov. 1856; d. 28 Sept. 1901 ; m. Eliza McGold- rick; 2 ch .: Thomas, Leo (m. Annie Robinson).
Anne H., b. I Aug. 1858; d. - 1880.
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2. Simon P. Connary (Thomas 1) was born July 12, 1848. He married (1) Georgeanna, daughter of Willard and Martha (Young) Curtis; (2) Rose McNally; (3) Mrs. Lucy Montgomery ; (4) Mrs. Isabel (Peck) Jordan, widow of Abel Jordan.
(First Marriage)
HARLAND, m. Hattie Stone; 6 ch .: Harlene, Mervin, Merlin, Henrietta, Mason, Harriette.
BERTHIE, m. William Chase.
FLORA, m. L. P. Brown; 3 ch .: Priscilla, Lucille, Helen.
ERVIN, m. Hazel Mason; 3 ch .: Edward Ervin, Barbara Lucille, Delia.
GEORGIE, m. Paul Taylor
CURTIS
The name of Curtis appears very early in the history of Strat- ford, Conn. William Curtis came from England in the ship Lion, in 1632, and settled in Roxbury, Mass., where he died in 1634. His sons, William and John, went to Stratford, Conn., with their widowed mother in 1640, two years after the first settlement in that colony. Three children were said to have been left in Rox- bury by the Widow Curtis, where William is believed to have had landed estate. As to whether the children were living or dead, there are conflicting statements.
John Curtis was a prominent citizen in settling Old Stratford, and his brother, William, was also much in public life. William died in 1702, a man full of years and honors. Their mother died in June 1658. Her estate appraised at £100, 3s., 6d.
The Curtis family was well known in military life, and had a coat of arms. As late as 1883 Robert W. Curtis lived in Old Stratford. In the list of deacons of that early church we find four by the name of Curtis: Agur, Philo, Agur, Jr., and Agur Great.
Three brothers, James, William, and Aaron, sons of Stephen Curtis, one of the grantees, came to Stratford, N. H., James com- ing in 1772. William enlisted from Stratford July 15, 1775, in Colonel Bedel's regiment. Aaron's name first appears on the proprietors' list of 1789.
James Curtis (Stephen1) was born August 28, 1748. He died in Stratford, N. H. He married (1) Sarah Barlow, on June 21, 1776. She was the daughter of Joseph Barlow, and was born December 29, 1758. She died February 25, 1794. James mar-
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ried (2), August 30, 1801, Sarah Bradley, widow of Stratford's first school teacher, known as "Master Bradley." She was born October 29, 1758. James Curtis was one of Stratford's earliest settlers, coming here in 1772. He was a man of recognized ability, and served his town in many an official capacity. In 1773 we find him on the first board of selectmen. Upon the incorporation of the town in 1780, the first town meeting is called at his home, where he acts as clerk. Children of James and Sarah (Barlow) Curtis :
ABIGAL, b. 20 June 1777; d. 29 Aug. 1779.
STEPHEN, b. 21 Mar. 1779; d. 16 Feb. 1796.
JOSEPH, b. 21 Mar. 1781.
EUNICE, b. 16 Feb. 1783; m. John Chase.
NATHAN, b. 31 Oct. 1785; went to Georgia.
HANNAH, b. 8 Nov. 1787; m. Henry Prool; went to Canada.
2. DAVID, b. 15 July 1790; m. Hannah Taylor. AMOS, b. 7 July 1793; m. Mary Cutler.
2. David Curtis (James2, Stephen1) was born July 15, 1790, and married Hannah Taylor.
MARY, m. Calvin Perkins; went to Michigan.
ELIZA, m. Philander Blodgett.
ELVIRA, m. Asa Hatch.
LAURA, m. -
Rider.
VIANA, m. George Hatch.
WILLIAM, m. Hannah Parsons; went to Haverhill; 2 ch .: Cyrus, Will.
William Curtis (Stephen1) was born at Stratford, Conn., July 17, 1758. He died at Stratford, N. H., January I, 1841. He was married, March 16, 1782, to Charity Lewis, who was born June 4, 1763, and died May 3, 1860. William Curtis was a Revolutionary soldier, was wounded in the service, and carried a ball in his hip to his grave. His military record is given in the chapter on the Revolution. In his last days, which were helpless because of his injuries, he lived with his son, William Curtis, Jr., at whose home he died.
2. LEWIS, b. 5 June 1783; m. Patience Chase. BETSEY, b. 18 July 1785; m. J. D. Blake; 2 ch .: Lovisa, Jane. CHARITY, b. 26 Feb. 1786; m. Joshua Lamkin.
3. THOMAS, b. 4 Sept. 1790; m. Sally Dustin. WILLIAM, Jr., b. 6 Jan. 1792; m. Emily Johnson. ROBERT, b. 30 July 1795.
PHEBE, b. 14 July 1801 ; m. Leonard Bowker. GRANT, b. 1802.
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2. Lewis Curtis (William2, Stephen1) was born January 5, 1783. He married Patience Chase of Rhode Island, who was born May 31, 1788, and died January II, 1859.
REBECCA, b. 9 June 1854; d. 25 Oct. 1874.
4. LEWIS, Jr. b. 23 Apr. 1806; m. Keziah Chase.
LEVI, b. 23 Apr. 1808; went West.
HANNAH, b. 10 Mar. 1810; m. Branch Brown.
WILLIAM, m. Hannah Enfield, Randolph, Mass .; 3 ch .: Willis, Julia, Hannah.
SYLVANIA, b. 14 Oct. 1814; m. William B. Hinman; I ch .: George Henry.
NAHUM, b. 26 June 1819; m. Eliza Boyce; 3 ch .: Delia, Willis, Emma.
PHEBE, b. 26 July 1820; m. Alonzo Kingsley; 3 ch .: Mary, Austin, Edwin.
5. ANDERSON, m. (I) Octa Blodgett, (2) Emma Blodgett Wheeler.
3. Thomas Curtis (William2, Stephen1) was born in Stratford, N. H., September 4, 1790. He married Sally Dustin (descendant of Hannah Dustin), who was born in 1790, and died January 6, 1863. Thomas died May 3, 1868.
MARY, b. 6 Mar. 1817; m. Geo. Hinman.
EMILY, m. James Mahurin.
SOPHIA, b. 1814; m. Samuel Clark Brown.
6. FRANCIS, b. 8 Nov. 1826; m. Samantha Bishop.
7. WILLARD, b. 1827; m. Martha Young.
FREEMAN, b. - -; m. Ellen Bass; 4 ch .: Nellie, Lillian, Herbert, Mabel.
THIRD GENERATION FROM STEPHEN CURTIS
4. Lewis Curtis Jr. (Lewis2, William1) was born April 23, 1806. He married Keziah Chase, daughter of Elisha and Polly (Holt) Chase.
JAMES, m. Betsey Dennis; 4 ch .: Annette, George, Sophia, Annette.
MARTHA, m. Horace Plumley; 3 ch .: Laura, Nettie, Annie. EUSEBIA, m. William Dennis; 9 ch .: Helen, Lizzie, Laura, Frank, Fred, Myron, Ida, Willie, Edwin.
JULIA, m. Robert Wheeler; 3 ch .: Arthur, Martha, Elvira. JANE, m. W. W. Johnson; 5 ch .: Lawrence, Ona, Scott, Bur- ton, Winnie.
SOPHRONIA, d. at 9 mo.
LEVI, d. at 3 wks.
ABIGAIL, m. Wm. Lucas; 3 ch .: Frank, Fanny, Nettie.
EMMA, m. Harrod Wheeler.
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5. Anderson Curtis (Lewis2, William1). Married (I) Octa Blodgett, daughter of Joseph Blodgett, who was born January 20, 1825, and died January 26, 1910.
EDSON, m. Edna Blodgett; 3 ch .: Frank, Fred, Etta.
MELISSA, m. Wellington Brown.
ELLEN, m. Austin Kingsley; 4 ch .: Elvira, Emma, Nellie, Rollin.
6. Francis Curtis (Thomas2, William1) was born in Stratford, N. H., November 8, 1826. He married Samantha Bishop, who was born February 8, 1833, and died July 17, 1894. Francis died March 28, 1895.
8. HAZEN, b. 20 Oct. 1862; m. (I) Clara Lindsay, (2) Maud (Blodgett) Amey.
HOSEA, b. 1868; d. 17 Nov. 1907; m. Mary E. Lunn.
7. Willard Curtis (Thomas2, William1) was born in 1827. He married Martha Young. He died August 31, 1865.
ARIANA, m. John Johnson; I ch .: Ernest.
GEORGIA, m. Simon Connary ; 5 ch .: Harland, Berthie, Flora, Ervin, Georgia.
WILLARD, Jr., m. Fanny Stevens.
HENRY, m. Lefie Thomas; 2 ch .: Mildred, Bernard.
LOUISA, m. Will Day.
LAURA, m. Millgate.
NELLIE, m. (1) Harry Coburn, (2) Andrew Congdon, (3) Lewis Stiles.
FOURTH GENERATION
8. Hazen Curtis (Francis3, Thomas2, William1) was born October 20, 1862. He married (1) Clara Lindsay, November 16, 1885, and (2) Maud (Blodgett) Amey, daughter of Stewart Blodgett, who was born June 14, 1866. Children of Hazen and Clara Curtis :
HARRY L., b. 26 Feb. 1889; d. France, World War, 6 May 1918.
ERNEST, b. 20 Feb. 1891; m. Mary Atherton ; 3 ch. : Raymond H., Marylyn E., Ethelyn May.
VIVIAN, b. 13 Mar. 1895; m. Arthur M. Dodge; I ch .: Marion. DELLA, b. 29 Aug. 1896; m. Leo Fallon; 3 ch .: Wendell, Marjorie, Corinne.
CLYDE, b. 13 May 1899; m. Velma Kenyon; 4 ch .; Clyde F., Rika, Stanley, Robert.
ALEASE, b. 8 Dec. 1900; m. John Chapman, New York; I ch. WALTER, b. 12 Jan. 1903.
CLARISSA M., b. II Apr. 1904.
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Aaron Curtis, the third son of Stephen Curtis of Stratford, Conn., was born October 28, 1766. He married Sally Bowker of Lunenburg, Vt., March 26, 1800. He settled near where his son, James, afterwards lived and died. Aaron died January 20, 1819.
2. ERI, b. 8 Dec. 1800; m. Nancy (Lucas) Marshall, wid. of Antipas Marshall.
ESTHER, b. 12 June 1803; m. Alexander Brown.
3. JAMES, b. 12 July 1805; m. (1) Cordelia Marshall, (2) Diana Dennis.
JERUSHA, b. 22 April 1808; m. Jonathan Flanders, Lancaster. SALLY, b. 16 Feb. 1811; m. James Gilbert.
ANN MARANDA, b. 15 Mar. 1813; m. Jonathan Rolfe.
2. Eri Curtis (Aaron1) was born December 8, 1800. He mar- ried Nancy (Lucas) Marshall, the widow of Antipas Marshall, Jr., who was born January 1, 1797, and died November 1, 1872. Eri died February 26, 1875.
4. JAMES HARVEY, b. 9 Dec. 1834; m. Caroline Flanders. MARTHA JANE, b. 24 May 1838; m. Dennis Boyle; d. 26 Mar. 1903; I ch .: Irving J., b. 26 Feb. 1867; d. 26 Apr. 1881.
3. James Curtis (Aaron1) was born July 12, 1805. He married (1) Cordelia Marshall, daughter of Antipas and Nancy (Lucas) Marshall, who was born in 1814, and died in 1849; (2) Diana Dennis, who was born August 12, 1827, and died April 7, 191I.
(First Marriage)
5. HARRIETTE A., b. 20 Jan. 1839; m. Henry Dennis.
6. ALBERT, b. I May, 1841; m. (1) Lizzie Waldron, (2) Helen Rich, (3) Kate Reperte.
7. ANTIPAS HERBERT, b. 14 Nov. 1844; m. Belle Stuart Con- verse.
MARY, b. 7 Sept. 1848; m. Nahum Day; 4 ch .: Ernest L., Maurice, Albert, Clara M.
8. CLARA, b. 7 Sept. 1848; m. Fred Kennedy.
(Second Marriage)
9. CHARLES HENRY, b. 7 Dec. 1852; m. Ida Mae Swift. ELLA, b. 15 Feb. 1855; d. 15 Dec. 1898.
DAN, b. 5 Dec. 1858; d. 26 Feb. 1921.
EDGAR, b. 15 Dec. 1862; killed by falling tree 27 Jan. 1884. SADIE, b. 1866; m. Dewer Dennis, 1882.
THIRD GENERATION
4. James Harvey Curtis (Eri2, Aaron1) was born December 9, 1834, on the old home farm on the now Daniel Webster highway
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about a mile above Groveton village. On this farm he passed his active years until his retirement at about sixty to his late home in Groveton village where he died January 14, 1920, in his eighty sixth year.
He married Caroline Flanders of Stewartstown, who was born June 5, 1836, and who died February 12, 1897. From this union one male child was born who died in early infancy. For many years Mrs. Curtis was an invalid and bedridden, but she was a sweet woman, patient and uncomplaining, and her chief consola- tion was the loving care and companionship of her husband which never failed.
Harvey was endowed with a splendid physique and a sagacious mind, and his rugged integrity soon brought him the respect of the countryside. As a teacher, counselor, mediator, arbitrator and administrator, his services were constantly demanded by his neighbors, and he was continually in public office, serving in the various town offices, as well as county commissioner and judge of the municipal court. His reputation for fairness was so well established that it is not recalled that any appeal was ever made from his decisions as judge.
Prudent, frugal and industrious, his financial resources soon exceeded his own requirements and this surplus was always available for worthy purposes and friendly help, but he had no desire for large profits or great wealth.
Strong, capable, wise, modest and sincere, he represented the best product of the old pioneer stock and their environment, a type too seldom found in this or any age.
5. Harriette A. Curtis (James2, Aaron1) was born January 20, 1839, and died October 10, 1866. She married, in 1856, Henry Dennis, who was born August 4, 1836, and died December 10, 188I.
IO. EMMA C., b. 3 Apr. 1857; m. - Loss. ALBERT J., b. 8 May 1859; d. 27 Sept. 1882.
II. CORA B., b. 16 Oct. 1862; m. Shultze.
6. Albert Curtis (James2, Aaron1) was born May 1, 1841. He married (1) Lizzie Waldron, (2) Helen Rich, and (3) Kate Reperte. He died in November, 1916.
CORDELIA MARY, b. 8 June 1900.
7. Antipas Herbert Curtis (James2, Aaron1) was born Novem-
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ber 14, 1844. He married, March 25, 1876, Belle Stuart Con- verse, who was born February 21, 1859. Mr. Curtis is a G. A. R. veteran, and his military record will be found in the chapter on Stratford's Soldiers.
JAMES ALBERT, b. 28 Nov. 1877; d. 21 Aug. 1881.
12. JAMES CLARE, b. 2 Apr. 1882; m. Eva A. Twitchell.
8. Clara Curtis (James2, Aaron1) was born September 7, 1850, the twin sister of Mary (Curtis) Day. She married Fred M. Kennedy April 17, 1882, who died July 29, 1909.
MARY AUGUSTINE, m. Jesse R. Smith, 22 Oct. 1902.
9. Charles Henry Curtis (James2, Aaron1) was born December 7, 1852. He died March 16, 1925. He was married, October, 1882, to Ida Mae Swift, who was born July 9, 1861, and died June 16, 1925.
13. IVA . MAE, b. 31 July 1881; m. Geo. McMann.
14. LILLIAN MAUDE, b. 29 Sept. 1883; m. Wm. Dennis. CHARLES OLA, b. 27 Sept. 1886; d. in infancy. ANDY JAMES, b. 20 July 1888; d. in infancy.
15. JESSIE LEONA, b. 4 May 1890; m. Herbert Silsby.
16. CLARIBEL, b. 10 Mar. 1893; m. Herbert Blakeslee. MYRA ELIZA, 25 May 1895; d. in infancy. Child not named, b. 29 July 1897; d. in infancy.
17. MARIELLA, b. 28 Feb. 1899; m. Clifford Parker.
FOURTH GENERATION
IO. Emma C. Dennis (Harriet3, James2, Aaron1) daughter of Harriet (Curtis) and Henry Dennis, was born April 3, 1859, and married -Loss.
BLANCHE EVELYN, b. 6 Apr. 1882; d. 4 Oct. 1882.
CHARLES CLEVELAND, b. 6 July 1883.
MARY FRANCIS, b. 7 Apr. 1889; d. 17 May 1924.
II. Cora B. Dennis (Harriet3, James2, Aaron1) daughter of Harriet (Curtis) and Henry Dennis, was born October 16, 1862, and married Schultze.
ALBERT G., b. 8 Dec. 1882; d. 24 May 1906. MABEL M., b. 13 Jan. 1886; d. II Mar. 1886.
MATILDA, b. 26 Apr. 1887.
EVA MALVINA, b. 4 Aug. 1899.
12. James Clare Curtis (Antipas3, James2, Aaron1) was born April 2, 1882. He married, on September 10, 1910, Eva Aurilla
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Twitchell, daughter of Cassius M. C. Twitchell of Milan, N. H., who was born June 3, 1886.
DOROTHY, b. 30 June 19II.
MARION, b. 15 Mar. 1916; d. 2 Sept. 1919.
CAROLINE, b. 21 July 1918.
13. Iva Mae Curtis (Charles3, James2, Aaron1) was born July 31, 1881. She married George McMann in 1899.
EARL CHARLES, b. 20 Jan. 1901; m. I Mar. 1921, Della Oris Curtis.
14. Lillian Maude Curtis (Charles3, James?, Aaron1) was born September 29, 1883. In 1899 she married William Dennis.
NEIL EARL, b. Mar. 1900; m. Vivian L. Blodgett 2 May 1923. HAZEL GLADYS, b. June 1903.
THELMA, b. August 1909.
15. Jessie Leona Curtis (Charles3, James2, Aaron1) was born May 4, 1890. She married, in 1911, Herbert Silsby of Lunen- burg, Vermont.
ARLINE F., b. Oct. 1912.
16. Claribel Curtis (Charles3, James2, Aaron1) was born March 10, 1893. She married Herbert Blakeslee of Dalton, N. H., in 1918.
BERTA EMILY, b. June 1921.
RALPH CURTIS, b. March 1924.
17. Mariella Curtis (Charles3, James2, Aaron1) was born Feb- ruary 28, 1899, and married, in 1917, Clifford Parker.
STANLEY, b. Oct. 1918.
BERYL IDA, b. March 1920.
CURTIS CEDRIC, b. June 1922.
BETTY OPAL, b. Sept. 1924.
DANFORTH
Much of the business enterprise and prosperity which for many years characterized North Stratford, and the influence of which still stirs the pulse of trade, is due to the business push and enter- prise of the Danforth brothers, Joseph H. and William R., who in 1853, entered into partnership with Clark P. True, who the year previously built a store and commenced business in North Stratford. The new firm was known as True, Danforth & Co.
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The Danforths remained connected until 1892. Another brother, Frank A. Danforth, was associated with them at different times.
William Reed Danforth, oldest son of Dr. Asa and Abigail (Reed) Danforth, was born at Norway, Maine, June 9, 1826; died at North Stratford, August 12, 1895. He married (1) Persis, daughter of Charles Bailey of Colebrook, (2) Mrs. E. M. (Tabor) May, daughter of the Rev. L. H. Tabor, of Norway, Maine.
During the forty years in which Mr. Danforth engaged in mer- cantile and lumbering pursuits, he bore the reputation of clean honest dealing, and of being an upright business man, a useful citizen, and true christian.
W. R. Danforth held all the important offices of trust in town and county, and at the time of his death, was president of the Colebrook Guaranty Savings Bank.
WILLIAM R., JR., m. Cora Rolfe.
Joseph Henry Danforth (Asa1) was born in Norway, Maine, April 8, 1829, and died at North Stratford, N. H., September 29, 1890. During the construction of the Grand Trunk Railroad, he, with his elder brother, William R., and his brother-in-law, Clark P. True, moved their store as the work progressed, until it reached Stratford, and there they settled and engaged permanently in business. Beside their mercantile pursuits, they carried on an extensive lumber business. Joseph was actively connected with the Nulhegan mills during their greatest period of activity. He was postmaster for twenty-five years, served as selectman and recruiting officer during the Civil War, was trustee for many years of the Baptist Church, which he always generously sup- ported.
Of Joseph H. Danforth it has well been said: "The correct habits of life, the gentle dignity of his bearing among his associates, his cheerful countenance, his readiness to do his part in the pro- motion of enterprises for the public good, his private charities, in which one hand does not know what the other doeth, his busi- ness integrity, his noble scorn of meanness and corruption, render him a most useful man in society and a safe example to be imi- tated by old and young. Mr. Danforth was a friendly man, a man who was never indifferent to the needs and interests of those about him. He was in all respects a Christian man." By the death of these two brothers, the town, county and state lost able and careful financiers and legislators.
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