Francis was born in 1842. Son of Lebbeus Curtis.
Per FAG and Searsport Sea Captains (1960); Shortly before the Civil War Francis went west and shipped on the Great Lakes. During the Civil War he enlisted in the 14th Illinois Cavalry in September, 1863 and was in Andersonville and six other Confederate prisons. He escaped by jumping from a train while being transferred from another prison, but was forced to give himself up after wandering the country for days. He was fianlly discharged in August, 1865. After his discharge from the army, Francis returned to the sea until 1892 (with the exception of the years 1878-82) when he opened a grocery store in Searsport. In 1899 he accompanied Clifton Curtis and Alvah Treat to the Klondike in search of gold but they were unsuccessful and returned after about a year.
He married Amanda Lavantia Babcock, w/children, b. Saginaw, Mich.;
He passed away in 1911.
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