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Captain David Curtis

Born 18 Aug 1786 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Son of James Curtis and Amy (Seymour) Curtis

Brother of Sybil (Curtis) Aldrich

Husband of Delilah (Sears) Curtis — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Descendants

Father of James Curtis, Marilda Curtis, Seymour Curtis, Benjamin Franklin Curtis, Lafayette Curtis, Amie R (Curtis) Smith, Stephen S Curtis and Alfred Davd Curtis

Died 27 Jul 1832 at age 45 in Columbus, Warren, Pennsylvania

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1 Biography
2 Sources
- 2.1 Footnotes
- 2.2 Acknowledgments

Biography

Capt. David Curtis worked for H. J. Huydenkupper,an agent for the Holland Land Company. He served in the war of 1812.^[1]

History of warren county PA chapter 40

"These first settlers obtained their property rights by settlement and residence. About the year 1822 Captain David Curtis, as agent for H.J. Huydekopper, the successor of the Holland Land Company, proposed to exchange wild lands in the "Brokenstraw country" for improved lands in Central New York, and being a practical surveyor, he came here with some others from Chenango county, N.Y. Soon after this time he sent Jabez Johnson to this township from Chenango county, who settled at what is now the Center. There he built a house and for some time boarded others who had come, while they were erecting houses of their own. Johnson was born on the 18th of November, 1798; was the first Yankee settler in Columbus, and became well known here before he died, on the 12th of February, 1841. He was a shoemaker by trade and engaged in that occupation after his settlement until his death. About 1823 Captain Curtis, who was probably the wealthiest of the settlers, came here with his family and took the Johnson farm, upon which he passed the rest of his life. He was born on the 18th of August, 1786, and died July 27, 1832. His wife, Delilah, was born September 5, 1791, and died February 10, 1872."

History of Warren County County

"Smith, Jones, Columbus, was born in Columbus, Chenango county, N.Y., in 1823, and was a son of Elijah and Achsah (Jones) Smith, natives of Massachusetts, who settled in Chenango county, N.Y., and then with a family of four children came to Columbus, Warren county, in 1825, one of the pioneers of said county, where they died. Elijah was born in 1793, and was an extensive land holder, lumber dealer, shipper, and farmer, and died in 1873. His wife, Achsah, was born in 1792, and died in 1869. They had a family of five children, three of whom are now living - David O., Jones, and Mrs. Lucy Yates. Elijah was a justice of the peace and commissioner, and one of the leading men of his town and county. He retired from active business life in 1845. Jones Smith was married in 1850, to Amy Curtis, a daughter of Captain David Curtis. She died in 1860, leaving four children - Jennie, Fremont, Lena and Lincoln. Mr. Smith then married for his second wife Sarah Jane Knowlton, in 1865. She died in 1864, leaving one son, Glennie E. Mr. Smith has held all the town offices, justice for twenty years, assessor, surveyor of county, and a farmer. He married for his third wife Julia A. Ely, of Rushford, Allegany county, N.Y., June 30, 1886."