Husband of Jane A Brown Curtiss, married June 19, 1855 in Morgan County, Illinois.
Son of Homer Curtiss and Clara "Charry"Everett Curtiss.
Father of William Brown Curtiss according to the 1900 census they had two other children Frank H. Curtiss and a daughter named Jennie Curtiss.
Frederick ran a store in Waverly. His first wife was Loraine A Beeman Curtiss. They had a daughter that died in infancy Loraine Allen Curtiss. It is assumed that both died during the birth of this child.
Waverly Journal, June 1911
PIONEER CITIZEN PASSES AWAY
Fred H. Curtiss Dies Suddenly at his Home in This City at the Age of Eighty-six Years
Another of our oldest and most highly respected citizens passed away when Fred H. Curtiss, responded to Death's call at the noon hour Monday, it being his 56th wedding anniversary. Death, which was due to heart failure was very sudden, Mr. Curtiss living only about half an hour after being stricken, and never regaining consciousness. Buoyed up by his supposed excellent health, and the expectation of remodeling his residence within the coming few weeks, his last days on earth were especially happy ones.
The day of his death, Mr. Curtiss had worked in the field all morning, running a mowing machine, and in order to hurry the work through, his son Will had come over to help him, the latter running the machine while his father was at dinner. Mr. Curtiss was at the dinner table alone when seized with the attack, his wife having just stepped out, who, on her return, at first thought him asleep. A physician was hastily summoned, but nothing could be done, as he breathed only a few times after the doctor's arrival, death occurring at 12:45 p.m.
Mr. Curtiss' sudden death came as a great shock to Waverly people, as he was often spoken of by his friends as being in exceptionally good health, the family alone knowing what the husband and father believed to be indigestion, was really something more serious. So perfect a state of health did he seem to be in, always carrying himself so erect, and active, that people scarcely realized his advanced age, it being so incredible to some, that persons frequently telephoned to the house to learn his age, "in order to settle a dispute."
Coroner G. V. Skinner arrived Monday afternoon, an inquest being held with the following jury: J. C. Deatherage, foreman; H. M. Burns, W. A. Barrow, W. T. Dale, A. Dikis, and J. F. Kennedy, clerk. Their verdict was that the deceased came to his death from an attack of heart failure.
Fred Hyde Curtiss was born March 1, 1825, in Warren, Litchfield county, Conn., and died at his home in Waverly, Illinois, June 19, 1911, age 86 years, 3 months, and 18 days. He came to Illinois with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Curtiss in 1837, settling near Waverly, and spent the greater part of the remainder of his life on the farm three miles east of this city. He was a victim of the gold fever in 1849, being one of those to start with an ox team in that historic western migration. Spending two years in California, he returned east, going to Connecticut, where he married Miss Loriane Beeman of Warren, remaining in the state of his birth about a year, then returning to Waverly. His wife was short lived, remaining with him only a year and a half. June 19, 1855, he married Miss Jennie Brown, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. I. H. Brown, two of Waverly's earliest settlers. Nine children were born of this union, three of whom died in infancy.
Mr. Curtiss was a member of the Congregational church in this city. His entire life in this community being spent as a farmer, he lived on the old home place east of town until about four years ago, when he moved to town, occupying the old A. A. Curtiss place in the east edge of town, where he has since resided.
He is survived by his wife, and six chidlren: Mrs. C. R. Swan, Topeka, Kans.; Mrs. George L. Hoppin, Cement, Okla.; Mrs. Frank Huth, Modesto; William B. Curtiss and Frank H. Curtiss of Maxwell and Miss Louise Curtiss of this city.
He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Lodema Godfrey of Godfrey, Ill.
Funeral services were held in the Congregational church at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in charge of the pastor, Rev. Malcolm F. Miller, followed by interment in East cemetery.
Contributor: Shirley (48377200)
Son of Homer Curtiss and Clara "Charry"Everett Curtiss.
Father of William Brown Curtiss according to the 1900 census they had two other children Frank H. Curtiss and a daughter named Jennie Curtiss.
Frederick ran a store in Waverly. His first wife was Loraine A Beeman Curtiss. They had a daughter that died in infancy Loraine Allen Curtiss. It is assumed that both died during the birth of this child.
Waverly Journal, June 1911
PIONEER CITIZEN PASSES AWAY
Fred H. Curtiss Dies Suddenly at his Home in This City at the Age of Eighty-six Years
Another of our oldest and most highly respected citizens passed away when Fred H. Curtiss, responded to Death's call at the noon hour Monday, it being his 56th wedding anniversary. Death, which was due to heart failure was very sudden, Mr. Curtiss living only about half an hour after being stricken, and never regaining consciousness. Buoyed up by his supposed excellent health, and the expectation of remodeling his residence within the coming few weeks, his last days on earth were especially happy ones.
The day of his death, Mr. Curtiss had worked in the field all morning, running a mowing machine, and in order to hurry the work through, his son Will had come over to help him, the latter running the machine while his father was at dinner. Mr. Curtiss was at the dinner table alone when seized with the attack, his wife having just stepped out, who, on her return, at first thought him asleep. A physician was hastily summoned, but nothing could be done, as he breathed only a few times after the doctor's arrival, death occurring at 12:45 p.m.
Mr. Curtiss' sudden death came as a great shock to Waverly people, as he was often spoken of by his friends as being in exceptionally good health, the family alone knowing what the husband and father believed to be indigestion, was really something more serious. So perfect a state of health did he seem to be in, always carrying himself so erect, and active, that people scarcely realized his advanced age, it being so incredible to some, that persons frequently telephoned to the house to learn his age, "in order to settle a dispute."
Coroner G. V. Skinner arrived Monday afternoon, an inquest being held with the following jury: J. C. Deatherage, foreman; H. M. Burns, W. A. Barrow, W. T. Dale, A. Dikis, and J. F. Kennedy, clerk. Their verdict was that the deceased came to his death from an attack of heart failure.
Fred Hyde Curtiss was born March 1, 1825, in Warren, Litchfield county, Conn., and died at his home in Waverly, Illinois, June 19, 1911, age 86 years, 3 months, and 18 days. He came to Illinois with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Curtiss in 1837, settling near Waverly, and spent the greater part of the remainder of his life on the farm three miles east of this city. He was a victim of the gold fever in 1849, being one of those to start with an ox team in that historic western migration. Spending two years in California, he returned east, going to Connecticut, where he married Miss Loriane Beeman of Warren, remaining in the state of his birth about a year, then returning to Waverly. His wife was short lived, remaining with him only a year and a half. June 19, 1855, he married Miss Jennie Brown, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. I. H. Brown, two of Waverly's earliest settlers. Nine children were born of this union, three of whom died in infancy.
Mr. Curtiss was a member of the Congregational church in this city. His entire life in this community being spent as a farmer, he lived on the old home place east of town until about four years ago, when he moved to town, occupying the old A. A. Curtiss place in the east edge of town, where he has since resided.
He is survived by his wife, and six chidlren: Mrs. C. R. Swan, Topeka, Kans.; Mrs. George L. Hoppin, Cement, Okla.; Mrs. Frank Huth, Modesto; William B. Curtiss and Frank H. Curtiss of Maxwell and Miss Louise Curtiss of this city.
He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Lodema Godfrey of Godfrey, Ill.
Funeral services were held in the Congregational church at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in charge of the pastor, Rev. Malcolm F. Miller, followed by interment in East cemetery.
Contributor: Shirley (48377200)
Husband of Jane A Brown Curtiss, married June 19, 1855 in Morgan County, Illinois.
Son of Homer Curtiss and Clara "Charry"Everett Curtiss.
Father of William Brown Curtiss according to the 1900 census they had two other children Frank H. Curtiss and a daughter named Jennie Curtiss.
Frederick ran a store in Waverly. His first wife was Loraine A Beeman Curtiss. They had a daughter that died in infancy Loraine Allen Curtiss. It is assumed that both died during the birth of this child.
Waverly Journal, June 1911
PIONEER CITIZEN PASSES AWAY
Fred H. Curtiss Dies Suddenly at his Home in This City at the Age of Eighty-six Years
Another of our oldest and most highly respected citizens passed away when Fred H. Curtiss, responded to Death's call at the noon hour Monday, it being his 56th wedding anniversary. Death, which was due to heart failure was very sudden, Mr. Curtiss living only about half an hour after being stricken, and never regaining consciousness. Buoyed up by his supposed excellent health, and the expectation of remodeling his residence within the coming few weeks, his last days on earth were especially happy ones.
The day of his death, Mr. Curtiss had worked in the field all morning, running a mowing machine, and in order to hurry the work through, his son Will had come over to help him, the latter running the machine while his father was at dinner. Mr. Curtiss was at the dinner table alone when seized with the attack, his wife having just stepped out, who, on her return, at first thought him asleep. A physician was hastily summoned, but nothing could be done, as he breathed only a few times after the doctor's arrival, death occurring at 12:45 p.m.
Mr. Curtiss' sudden death came as a great shock to Waverly people, as he was often spoken of by his friends as being in exceptionally good health, the family alone knowing what the husband and father believed to be indigestion, was really something more serious. So perfect a state of health did he seem to be in, always carrying himself so erect, and active, that people scarcely realized his advanced age, it being so incredible to some, that persons frequently telephoned to the house to learn his age, "in order to settle a dispute."
Coroner G. V. Skinner arrived Monday afternoon, an inquest being held with the following jury: J. C. Deatherage, foreman; H. M. Burns, W. A. Barrow, W. T. Dale, A. Dikis, and J. F. Kennedy, clerk. Their verdict was that the deceased came to his death from an attack of heart failure.
Fred Hyde Curtiss was born March 1, 1825, in Warren, Litchfield county, Conn., and died at his home in Waverly, Illinois, June 19, 1911, age 86 years, 3 months, and 18 days. He came to Illinois with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Curtiss in 1837, settling near Waverly, and spent the greater part of the remainder of his life on the farm three miles east of this city. He was a victim of the gold fever in 1849, being one of those to start with an ox team in that historic western migration. Spending two years in California, he returned east, going to Connecticut, where he married Miss Loriane Beeman of Warren, remaining in the state of his birth about a year, then returning to Waverly. His wife was short lived, remaining with him only a year and a half. June 19, 1855, he married Miss Jennie Brown, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. I. H. Brown, two of Waverly's earliest settlers. Nine children were born of this union, three of whom died in infancy.
Mr. Curtiss was a member of the Congregational church in this city. His entire life in this community being spent as a farmer, he lived on the old home place east of town until about four years ago, when he moved to town, occupying the old A. A. Curtiss place in the east edge of town, where he has since resided.
He is survived by his wife, and six chidlren: Mrs. C. R. Swan, Topeka, Kans.; Mrs. George L. Hoppin, Cement, Okla.; Mrs. Frank Huth, Modesto; William B. Curtiss and Frank H. Curtiss of Maxwell and Miss Louise Curtiss of this city.
He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Lodema Godfrey of Godfrey, Ill.
Funeral services were held in the Congregational church at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in charge of the pastor, Rev. Malcolm F. Miller, followed by interment in East cemetery.
Contributor: Shirley (48377200)
Son of Homer Curtiss and Clara "Charry"Everett Curtiss.
Father of William Brown Curtiss according to the 1900 census they had two other children Frank H. Curtiss and a daughter named Jennie Curtiss.
Frederick ran a store in Waverly. His first wife was Loraine A Beeman Curtiss. They had a daughter that died in infancy Loraine Allen Curtiss. It is assumed that both died during the birth of this child.
Waverly Journal, June 1911
PIONEER CITIZEN PASSES AWAY
Fred H. Curtiss Dies Suddenly at his Home in This City at the Age of Eighty-six Years
Another of our oldest and most highly respected citizens passed away when Fred H. Curtiss, responded to Death's call at the noon hour Monday, it being his 56th wedding anniversary. Death, which was due to heart failure was very sudden, Mr. Curtiss living only about half an hour after being stricken, and never regaining consciousness. Buoyed up by his supposed excellent health, and the expectation of remodeling his residence within the coming few weeks, his last days on earth were especially happy ones.
The day of his death, Mr. Curtiss had worked in the field all morning, running a mowing machine, and in order to hurry the work through, his son Will had come over to help him, the latter running the machine while his father was at dinner. Mr. Curtiss was at the dinner table alone when seized with the attack, his wife having just stepped out, who, on her return, at first thought him asleep. A physician was hastily summoned, but nothing could be done, as he breathed only a few times after the doctor's arrival, death occurring at 12:45 p.m.
Mr. Curtiss' sudden death came as a great shock to Waverly people, as he was often spoken of by his friends as being in exceptionally good health, the family alone knowing what the husband and father believed to be indigestion, was really something more serious. So perfect a state of health did he seem to be in, always carrying himself so erect, and active, that people scarcely realized his advanced age, it being so incredible to some, that persons frequently telephoned to the house to learn his age, "in order to settle a dispute."
Coroner G. V. Skinner arrived Monday afternoon, an inquest being held with the following jury: J. C. Deatherage, foreman; H. M. Burns, W. A. Barrow, W. T. Dale, A. Dikis, and J. F. Kennedy, clerk. Their verdict was that the deceased came to his death from an attack of heart failure.
Fred Hyde Curtiss was born March 1, 1825, in Warren, Litchfield county, Conn., and died at his home in Waverly, Illinois, June 19, 1911, age 86 years, 3 months, and 18 days. He came to Illinois with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Curtiss in 1837, settling near Waverly, and spent the greater part of the remainder of his life on the farm three miles east of this city. He was a victim of the gold fever in 1849, being one of those to start with an ox team in that historic western migration. Spending two years in California, he returned east, going to Connecticut, where he married Miss Loriane Beeman of Warren, remaining in the state of his birth about a year, then returning to Waverly. His wife was short lived, remaining with him only a year and a half. June 19, 1855, he married Miss Jennie Brown, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. I. H. Brown, two of Waverly's earliest settlers. Nine children were born of this union, three of whom died in infancy.
Mr. Curtiss was a member of the Congregational church in this city. His entire life in this community being spent as a farmer, he lived on the old home place east of town until about four years ago, when he moved to town, occupying the old A. A. Curtiss place in the east edge of town, where he has since resided.
He is survived by his wife, and six chidlren: Mrs. C. R. Swan, Topeka, Kans.; Mrs. George L. Hoppin, Cement, Okla.; Mrs. Frank Huth, Modesto; William B. Curtiss and Frank H. Curtiss of Maxwell and Miss Louise Curtiss of this city.
He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Lodema Godfrey of Godfrey, Ill.
Funeral services were held in the Congregational church at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in charge of the pastor, Rev. Malcolm F. Miller, followed by interment in East cemetery.
Contributor: Shirley (48377200)
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