John Edward Curtis, M. D.


	This biography appears on page 1096 in "History of Dakota 
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				JOHN EDWARD CURTIS, M D. 

	Dr. John Edward Curtis, engaged in the practice of medicine and 
surgery at Lemmon, was born in Grant county, Wisconsin, February 17, 
1876, his parents being William B. and Sarah (Dennis) Curtis, the 
former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of England. The mother 
came to the United States when a maiden of sixteen summers with her 
mother, her father having died in England. 

	Dr. Curtis completed his literary education in the high school at 
Fennimore, Wisconsin, and. when seventeen years of age began work on 
the Fennimore Times in the capacity of printer's devil. He rose through 
successive promotions to the position of foreman on the paper in 
eighteen months, becoming an expert workman with comprehensive 
knowledge of the printing business and also of the editorial 
department. The paper was owned by Henry E. Roethe, who was candidate 
for governor in 1914. 

	In the year 1899 Dr. Curtis was married in Fennimore to Miss 
Minnie Dempsey and the following year removed to Lone Rock, Wisconsin, 
where he opened a barber shop, conducting business along that line for 
five years. In 1905 he went to Louisville, Kentucky, and became a 
student in the medical department of the University of Louisville, from 
which he was graduated in 1909. After completing his course he located 
for practice in Haynes, North Dakota, where he continued for four 
years, and in 1913 he went to Lemmon, South Dakota, where he has since 
remained, gaining a creditable position in the foremost rank of the 
medical profession in that part of the state. 

	The Doctor and his wife have four children, namely: Dennis 
Dempsey, Stanton Clark, Camilla Irene and Aldene Elizabeth. Fraternally 
Dr. Curtis is identified with the Masons, belonging to Palestine Lodge, 
No. 114, of Lone Rock, Wisconsin, and he is likewise a member of the 
Modern Woodmen of America, the Mystic Workers and the Beavers. His 
political allegiance is given to the republican party but the honors 
and emoluments of office have no attraction for him. Along strictly 
professional lines his membership connection is with the Aberdeen 
District Medical Society and the State Medical Society and through 
broad reading and conference with his colleagues he keeps in touch 
Wit]l the most advanced thought of the profession. He is conscientious 
in the discharge of his duties, accurate in analysis, careful in 
diagnosis and by reason of his ability has gained a place among the 
most able representatives of medical science in Perkins county.