Bio of CURTIS, Frederick W. (b.1871), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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FREDERICK W. CURTIS - Vol II, pg 555
Frederick W. Curtis, division superintendent of the Soo Line, has worked his way
upward to his present place of responsibility from the position of machinist
apprentice in the shops, so that his connection with the railroad covers a
period of almost a third of a century. Mr. Curtis was born in Fruitport,
Michigan, November 7, 1871, and is a son of Charles E. and Sarah K. (Underwood)
Curtis, the former a native of the state of New York, while the latter was born
in Wisconsin. The father was an employe of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railroad for some time and later went on the road as a traveling salesman.
Frederick W. Curtis pursued his education in the public schools, passing through
consecutive grades to the high school, and when he had completed his studies
there he started out in the business world in September, 1890, when about
nineteen years of age, by becoming a machinist apprentice in the Minneapolis
shops of the Soo Line. He served a four years' apprenticeship and then went on
the road as a locomotive fireman. His capability and faithfulness in that
connection won him promotion to the position of locomotive engineer and after a
time he was transferred to the train­men's service, becoming a conductor on a
freight train, in which capacity he continued for two or three years. He was
promoted to trainmaster on the Minnesota division of the Soo Line, afterward was
advanced to the position of assistant superintendent, and eventually was
appointed division superintendent of the Wisconsin and Peninsular division, also
having charge of the Twin City Terminals. His service with the Soo Line covers
thirty-two years, in which time he has filled all of the various positions,
winning his advancement by merited promotion until he is now occupying a
position of large responsibility. He now has authority over many and has long
since demon­strated his ability for executive control.
On the 19th of September, 1906, Mr. Curtis was married to Miss Maude F. Stedman
of Berlin, Wisconsin, and they have a family of five children: Sarah K.,
Margaret, Frederick W., Jr., Thomas G. and Helen. Mr. Curtis is a member of the
Minneapolis Athletic Club, also of the Civic & Commerce Association and of the
American Railroads Superintendents Association-connections that indicate much of
the line of his interests and activities. Fraternally he is a Mason.