Moved to Watertown in 1820. Worked in store of Benjamin deForest asclerk until 1826 when he bought his interest. He expanded thisbusiness to extensive proportions manufacturing the "plant hat"employing many workers from surrounding areas. 1850 he entered theNew York store of Scovill Manufacturing Company where he spent thenext 18 years, retiring to Watertown in 1868. Served as postmaster ofWatertown, was a member of the state legislature in 1861. In 1877 hewas chosen to represent his district in the house and senate of CT.Was a fellow of Yale College and a member of the state militia,serving as colonel of the 12th CT Regiment. Member of CongregationalChurch of Watertown. Became ill on February 20th, 1878 while stayingat the Gramercy Park Hotel where his family was spending the winterand died February 27, 1878. His remains lie in Evergreen Cemetery inWatertown.
Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 about Colonel EliCurtiss
Name:Colonel Eli Curtiss
Birth Date:abt 1804
Age at Death:74
Death Date:27 Feb 1878
Death Place:Connecticut
Gender:Male
FHL Film Number:3370
Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) aboutEli Curtis
Name:Eli Curtis
Residence Location:Watertown
Marriage Date:14 May 1832
Marriage Location:Watertown
Spouse:Alma Deforest
Spouse Residence Location:Watertown
1850 Census Watertown, CT
Eli Curtiss-46 yo, male, merchant , born CT
Alma Curtiss-38 yo, female, born CT
AMDF Curtiss-13 yo, male, born CT
SS Curtiss-7, male, born CT
CS Curtiss-4, male, born CT
Walter-2, male, born CT
Bridget Farmer-35, born Ireland
1870 Census Watertown, CT
Eli Curtiss-65 yo, male white, retired merchant, real estate worth14,000, estate worth 159,500, born CT
Mary A.-36 yo, female white, keeping house, born MA
Eli N-17 yo, male white, at home, born CT
John W-13 yo, male white, at school, born CT
Alma-7 yo, female white, at home, born CT
Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 about Colonel EliCurtiss
Name:Colonel Eli Curtiss
Birth Date:abt 1804
Age at Death:74
Death Date:27 Feb 1878
Death Place:Connecticut
Gender:Male
FHL Film Number:3370
Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) aboutEli Curtis
Name:Eli Curtis
Residence Location:Watertown
Marriage Date:14 May 1832
Marriage Location:Watertown
Spouse:Alma Deforest
Spouse Residence Location:Watertown
1850 Census Watertown, CT
Eli Curtiss-46 yo, male, merchant , born CT
Alma Curtiss-38 yo, female, born CT
AMDF Curtiss-13 yo, male, born CT
SS Curtiss-7, male, born CT
CS Curtiss-4, male, born CT
Walter-2, male, born CT
Bridget Farmer-35, born Ireland
1870 Census Watertown, CT
Eli Curtiss-65 yo, male white, retired merchant, real estate worth14,000, estate worth 159,500, born CT
Mary A.-36 yo, female white, keeping house, born MA
Eli N-17 yo, male white, at home, born CT
John W-13 yo, male white, at school, born CT
Alma-7 yo, female white, at home, born CT
- 16 JUN 1804 - Birth - ; Huntington, CT
- 27 FEB 1878 - Death - Age 74 ; Watertown, CT
- 1850 - Residence - Age: 46 ; Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut
- 1870 - Residence - Age: 65 ; Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
- 1860 - Residence - Age: 58 ; Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- 1874 - Residence - ; Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut
- 1865 - Residence - ; Connecticut
- 1826 - Event 2 - ; Purchased store from Benj. DeForest
- 1877 - Senator of Connecticut - ; Senator
- 1850 - Residence - Age: 46 ; Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut
- 1870 - Residence - Age: 65 ; Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
- 1860 - Residence - Age: 58 ; Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- 1874 - Residence - ; Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut
- 1865 - Residence - ; Connecticut
PARENT (M) Hezekiah Curtiss Rev | |||
Birth | 02 APR 1775 | Stratford, CT | |
Death | 31 DEC 1807 | Shelton, CT | |
Marriage | 25 SEP 1800 | to Elizabeth Ann Wooster Worcester at Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut | |
Father | Hezekiah Curtiss Deacon | ||
Mother | Sarah Thompson | ||
PARENT (F) Elizabeth Ann Wooster Worcester | |||
Birth | 05 OCT 1779 | Shelton, CT | |
Death | 09 MAR 1857 | Huntington, CT | |
Marriage | 1811 | to Isaac Cummings at Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States | |
Marriage | 25 SEP 1800 | to Hezekiah Curtiss Rev at Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut | |
Father | Ephraim Wooster | ||
Mother | Abigail Elizabeth Ann Mills | ||
CHILDREN | |||
M | Charles Nehemiah Curtiss | ||
Birth | 1796 | ||
Death | 1801 | ||
M | Eli Curtiss Col | ||
Birth | 16 JUN 1804 | Huntington, CT | |
Death | 27 FEB 1878 | Watertown, CT | |
Marriage | 13 MAY 1868 | to Mary Frances Davis | |
Marriage | 14 MAY 1832 | to Alma Southmayd DeForest at Watertown, CT |
PARENT (M) Eli Curtiss Col | |||
Birth | 16 JUN 1804 | Huntington, CT | |
Death | 27 FEB 1878 | Watertown, CT | |
Marriage | 13 MAY 1868 | to Mary Frances Davis | |
Marriage | 14 MAY 1832 | to Alma Southmayd DeForest at Watertown, CT | |
Father | Hezekiah Curtiss Rev | ||
Mother | Elizabeth Ann Wooster Worcester | ||
PARENT (F) Mary Frances Davis | |||
Birth | 12 JAN 1837 | Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States | |
Death | 31 MAY 1901 | ||
Marriage | 13 MAY 1868 | to Eli Curtiss Col | |
Father | ? | ||
Mother | ? | ||
CHILDREN | |||
F | Fannie Elizabeth Curtiss | ||
Birth | 17 AUG 1873 | Connecticut | |
Death | 21 AUG 1952 | Waterbury, CT | |
Marriage | 04 APR 1893 | to Gilman Smith Low at Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
F | Alma deForest Curtiss | ||
Birth | 30 JUL 1870 | Connecticut | |
Death | 1964 | ||
Marriage | to Ralph R. Duvall | ||
Marriage | 18 OCT 1892 | to Charles Warren Jackson | |
Marriage | to Alma deForest Curtiss |
PARENT (M) Eli Curtiss Col | |||
Birth | 16 JUN 1804 | Huntington, CT | |
Death | 27 FEB 1878 | Watertown, CT | |
Marriage | 13 MAY 1868 | to Mary Frances Davis | |
Marriage | 14 MAY 1832 | to Alma Southmayd DeForest at Watertown, CT | |
Father | Hezekiah Curtiss Rev | ||
Mother | Elizabeth Ann Wooster Worcester | ||
PARENT (F) Alma Southmayd DeForest | |||
Birth | 28 MAY 1813 | Watertown, CT | |
Death | 15 SEP 1861 | Watertown, CT | |
Marriage | 14 MAY 1832 | to Eli Curtiss Col at Watertown, CT | |
Father | Benjamin DeForest Jr. | ||
Mother | Alma Southmayd | ||
CHILDREN | |||
F | Anna Maria DeForest Curtiss | ||
Birth | AUG 1837 | Watertown, CT | |
Death | 09 JAN 1854 | CT | |
F | Elizabeth deForest Curtiss | ||
Birth | APR 1833 | CT | |
Death | 20 APR 1837 | ||
M | Benjamin DeForest Curtiss | ||
Birth | 23 JAN 1851 | Watertown, CT | |
Death | 09 JAN 1922 | Watertown, CT | |
Marriage | 23 DEC 1878 | to Ella Mills | |
M | Walter Curtiss | ||
Birth | JAN 1848 | ||
Death | JAN 1854 | ||
F | Catherine Day Curtiss | ||
Birth | APR 1841 | Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA | |
Death | 11 JAN 1842 | Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA | |
M | Charles Wooster Curtiss | ||
Birth | JAN 1839 | Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA | |
Death | 12 APR 1844 | Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA | |
M | Charles Skinner Curtiss | ||
Birth | 01 MAY 1846 | Watertown, CT | |
Death | 03 MAY 1907 | Arlington, MA | |
Marriage | 1868 | to Naomi Blake | |
M | Samuel Southmayd Curtiss | ||
Birth | 15 MAR 1843 | Connecticut, United States | |
Death | 24 SEP 1908 | Manhattan, New York, USA | |
M | Eli Wooster Curtiss | ||
Birth | 1853 | Connecticut, USA | |
Death | 1943 | Connecticut | |
M | John William Curtiss | ||
Birth | 31 DEC 1856 | Watertown, CT | |
Death | 12 FEB 1911 | New York City, NY | |
Marriage | 28 SEP 1881 | to Isabelle "Belle" Murray at New Haven, CT (divorced before 1900) |
[S84] | 1860 United States Federal Census |
[S337] | Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, 1675-1934 |
[S38] | wft976vol3.FTW |
[S43] | World Family Tree Vol. 3, Ed. 1 |
[S154] | Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 |
[S81] | 1850 United States Federal Census |
[S52] | 1870 United States Federal Census |
[S367] | Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 |
[S280] | Web: Connecticut, Find A Grave Index, 1636-2013 |
[S342] | U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 |
[S209] | U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 |
1 Eli Curtiss Col b: 16 JUN 1804 d: 27 FEB 1878
+ Mary Frances Davis b: 12 JAN 1837 d: 31 MAY 1901
2 Fannie Elizabeth Curtiss b: 17 AUG 1873 d: 21 AUG 1952
+ Gilman Smith Low b: ABT 1870 d: 12 FEB 1908
3 Gerald Curtiss Low b: 03 DEC 1894
+ Rebecca Leatherby Baxter b: 17 JAN 1901
+ ?
2 Alma deForest Curtiss b: 30 JUL 1870 d: 1964
3 Glorian Duvall b: 23 SEP 1909
+ Edward Rickert Devereux b: 23 JUL 1910
+ Charles Warren Jackson b: 09 OCT 1864 d: 28 DEC 1927
3 Frances Curtiss Jackson b: 14 DEC 1893
+ Elliott Hugh Lee b: 02 MAR 1895 d: 17 JUN 1990
4 Jackson Lee b: 15 SEP 1929 d: 15 SEP 1929
+ Alma deForest Curtiss b: 30 JUL 1870 d: 1964
+ Alma Southmayd DeForest b: 28 MAY 1813 d: 15 SEP 1861
2 Anna Maria DeForest Curtiss b: AUG 1837 d: 09 JAN 1854
2 Elizabeth deForest Curtiss b: APR 1833 d: 20 APR 1837
2 Benjamin DeForest Curtiss b: 23 JAN 1851 d: 09 JAN 1922
2 Walter Curtiss b: JAN 1848 d: JAN 1854
2 Catherine Day Curtiss b: APR 1841 d: 11 JAN 1842
2 Charles Wooster Curtiss b: JAN 1839 d: 12 APR 1844
2 Charles Skinner Curtiss b: 01 MAY 1846 d: 03 MAY 1907
+ Naomi Blake b: JUN 1848 d: 05 JUL 1916
3 Charles Gilbert Curtiss b: 18 MAY 1876 d: 05 FEB 1881
3 Hazel Curtiss b: 10 JAN 1884
+ Hazel Curtiss b: 10 JAN 1884
3 Mary Frances Curtiss b: 07 JUL 1877 d: 18 APR 1941
3 Emeline Nelson Curtiss b: 05 FEB 1873 d: 23 OCT 1938
3 Wooster Blake Curtiss b: 02 APR 1869 d: 27 SEP 1924
+ Julia Caldwell b: 16 MAY 1879
4 Alan Caldwell Curtiss b: 30 OCT 1898 d: 03 JAN 1970
+ Helena Bradshaw b: 26 FEB 1899
3 Alma deForest Curtiss b: 09 AUG 1871
4 Glorian Duvall b: 23 SEP 1909
+ Edward Rickert Devereux b: 23 JUL 1910
3 Dean B. Curtiss b: ABT 1869
2 Samuel Southmayd Curtiss b: 15 MAR 1843 d: 24 SEP 1908
2 Eli Wooster Curtiss b: 1853 d: 1943
2 John William Curtiss b: 31 DEC 1856 d: 12 FEB 1911
+ Isabelle "Belle" Murray b: 15 SEP 1862 d: 11 JUL 1937
3 Agnes DeForest Curtiss b: 23 SEP 1882 d: 03 SEP 1979
+ Charles Benedict Buckingham b: 09 AUG 1878 d: 18 OCT 1936
4 Elizabeth "betty" Murray Buckingham b: 9 JAN 1909 d: 26 DEC 2015
4 Agnes "Nancy" Curtiss Buckingham b: 19 SEP 1916 d: 05 MAY 2006
+ Henry Taft Snowdon b: 03 NOV 1912 d: 29 APR 1995
5 Henry Taft Snowdon Jr. b: 28 JAN 1947 d: 16 NOV 2011
+ Private
4 John DeForest Buckingham b: 06 SEP 1907 d: 28 JAN 1994
+ Constance Leake b: 29 JAN 1908 d: 25 MAY 1962
4 Harriette Anne Buckingham b: 27 MAR 1906 d: 24 MAY 1983
+ John Norman Lindeke b: 09 FEB 1908 d: 17 AUG 1984
+ William Middlebrook Goss b: 17 SEP 1894 d: 04 JUL 1962
4 Charles Benedict Buckingham Jr. b: 22 DEC 1919 d: 22 DEC 1919
3 Harriette Blackman Curtiss b: 13 NOV 1884 d: 23 FEB 1920
+ Charles Stanley "Hump" Sherwood b: 03 MAY 1882 d: 21 MAR 1951
4 Charles Sherwood II b: 26 JAN 1909 d: 1967
+ Private
5 Charles Sherwood III b: 19 SEP 1941 d: 2002
+ Private
5 David Bell Sherwood b: 08 APR 1943 d: 1983
+ Private
4 Curtiss deForest Sherwood b: 18 DEC 1910 d: 20 JUL 2005
+ Marguerita St. John b: 16 JAN 1910