Rosetta Carver Curtis
Kittitas Co., WA

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Contributed by:  Shelli Steedman 4/20/2007

MRS. G. CARVER, VALLEY PIONEER, EXPIRES TODAY.  RESIDENT HERE SINCE 1876;
PASSES AT AGE OF 77 AFTER LONG ILLNESS.  Mrs. George W. Carver passed away at
her home at 9 o'clock this morning [November 14, 1930] following a long illness
and after being bedfast for more than three months, at the age of 77 years.
Mrs. Carver was one of the earliest pioneers of the Kittitas valley, coming
here in 1876.

Rosetta Curtis was born in Macomb County, Michigan, January 3, 1853.  She was
married to George W. Carver at Cottonwood Springs, Nebraska, on March 6, 1869.

Homestead on Nanum.  Mrs. Carver with her parents and husband, journeyed in a
covered wagon along the Old Oregon Trail from Nebraska to Oregon in 1870.  In
August, 1876, they journeyed by covered wagon from Oregon by way of The Dalles,
to the Kittitas Valley.  Mr. Curtis [Alanson B.], her father, homesteaded on
Nanum Creek and here he built a one-room cabin.  After his death in 1878 this
cabin was used as a school house and is still standing today.

To Mr. and Mrs. Carver seven children were born.  One son, George, died on
September 18, 1902, and Mr. Carver passed away August 31, 1914.  The six
surviving children are: William Carver of Montana; Mrs. Jake Grimm [Rosa],
Tacoma; James Carver of Ellensburg, who resides on the old home place, and Mrs.
James Ferguson [Susie Matilda], Mrs. Robert Harris [Hattie] and Mrs. Thomas
Williams [Nellie], all of Ellensburg.

Operate Large Diary.  The Carvers in 1876 located south of the city and here
for many years they had a large diary, probably the largest dairy in Kittitas
County.  They lived here until moving into the city.  Mrs. Carver was a charter
member of the Women's Relief Corps and is a member of the Order of the Eastern
Star.  Mr. Carver was a charter member of the G.A.R.

Mrs. Carver will long be remembered for her kindness and help in time of
sickness and trouble.  No funeral arrangements have been made.

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Other children that I have are an unnamed infant, Mary, David and Katie who
died in infancy.  Rosetta's mother was Matilda Louise Carlow.