CRAWFORD COUNTY OHIO - BIO: R. R. CURTIS (1881)

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CRAWFORD COUNTY
HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part III, p.862-863 [C surnames]
CHICAGO
BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS
186 DEARBORN STREET
1881

AUBURN TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO

R. R. CURTIS. farmer and stock-dealer: P. O. New Washington: is a son of Josiah and Mary (Rockwell) Curtis,
and is of English descent. He was born in 1817, and. like his father before him, chose farming as his vocation in
life. He was married in the spring of 1839, to Margaret De Witt, daughter of Tjerick and Margaret (Dean) De
Witt. and to this union were born five children-Marian, Mary J., Elizabeth, George W., and Calista J. Mariam is
the wife of Samuel Wynn, and lives in Lucas Co., Ohio; Mary J. is dead: Elizabeth lives in Adams Co., Ind., and is
the wife of David Wynn: George married Mary E. Smith, and lives in Lucas Co. Mr. Curtis owns 165 acres of good
land, 40 acres of it being in Cranberry Township, and the balance in Auburn Township. He is a Republican, and a
member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Curtis is an enterprising and upright man in his dealings with men, and is
highly respected by all who know him.