Bureau County IL Archives Biographies.....Curtis, J. M.
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Biography of J M CURTIS, Bureau County, Illinois

J. M. Curtis, Concord, is a native of Schaghticoke, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., 
where he was born August 2, 1822. His parents, Daniel and Mehitable 
(Masters) Curtis, were also natives of New York. The father died there; 
he was a farmer by occupation and also a soldier in the war of 1812. The 
latter died in Davenport, Iowa, aged nearly eighty-seven years. She 
was the mother of nine children, viz.: Erastus, Abraham. James M.,  
Mark B. (deceased), Harman H., Phineas, Robert C., Maria (deceased) 
and Mrs. Cynthia C. Burch. Our subject was educated principally in 
the common schools of his native town. In early life he worked on 
the farm, and also taught school in the winter. In 1848 he immigrated 
to Adams County, Ill., where he taught school. The following year, 
in 1849, he entered some land in Section 18, in Concord Township, 
Bureau Co., Ill. To which he moved in 1851. He was a very successful 
farmer, and at present owns 893 acres of land in Concord Township 
and 1,000 acres of swampland in Gold, Manlius and Fairfield Townships. 
Mr. Curtis was married December 15, 1850, to Helen M. Stevenson, 
born February 7, 1831, in Carroll County, Md. She died November 7, 
1871. She is a daughter of Basil D. and Henrietta (Wells) Stevenson, 
and is the mother of six children, viz.: Clifton, Harmon E., Mrs. 
Jessie M. Pervier, Charles e., Helen M. (deceased) and Carrie B.  
Mr. Curtis was married a second time January 9, 1878, to Maria C. 
Rice, a native of New York. She is the mother of Robert R. Curtis. 
Mr. Curtis is religiously connected with the Unitarian Church. He 
has taken an active part in the affairs of his township, supporting 
the Republican party, and filling the offices of Assessor and 
Supervisor, the latter of seven years.

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