Biographical Sketch of Edward E. Curtis, Washington County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Edward E. Curtis, one of the representative and progressive citizens of Washington County, was born in St. Louis, Mo., February 4, 1828. His parents were Cyrus and Amanda (Benoist) Curtis, natives, respectively, of Virginia and St. Louis, the former of whom was an early settler in Missouri. In a family of five children Edward E. was the eldest, and in infancy he was taken by his parents to Clay County, Mo., where he lived until 1844, when he returned to St. Louis. He was reared to mer- cantile pursuits, which vocation he followed until 1870, when he moved to Washington County and purchased his present homestead, which is one of the most attractive locations in the county, and contains about 600 acres of land. In 1853 he married Miss Rebecca Wilson, a native of New Jersey and a most estimable lady, whose life has been devoted to making her home happy. In their family are ten children, whose names are Jeanette (now the wife of William Wilder, of Bay City, Mich.), Kate, Cyrus, Louis, Amanda, Edward, Paul, Marie, Joseph and Margaretta. In 1880 Mr. Curtis was elected one of the judges of the county court of Washington County, and he discharged the duties of the office in a fearless manner, proving himself a competent and efficient public ser- vant. He takes great interest in educational matters and advocates any enterprise calculated to benefit the county. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================