Dewitt
Clinton
Curtis
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of John Curtis
and Clarissa M (Clark) Curtis
Brother of
George Curtis [half], John Curtis, Clarissa Curtis, Marquis M Curtis, Lawrence Lyle Curtis and Marion Curtis
Husband of
Hannah Mosher
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Millie Francis Curtis, Annie B. Curtis, Jonathon D. Curtis, Winthrop Lincoln Curtis and M. Louise Curtis
Died
at about age 76
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Sep 2014
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Biography
1880 Census shows him as head of household with Mille Curtiss (daughter) and Hannah (wife), Annie B. (Daughter), Johnathan B (son) and Winthrop? (Son) living in Village of Horseheads, Chemung County, New York. His profession was listed as lawyer. Place of birth New York for he, his wife, all the kids, and both Hannah's parents. His father listed as being born in England and his mother Massachusetts. Another census of 1865 and 1900 show his mother born in Connecticutt.
Rev. Gordon Curtis, his 3rd great grandson, described Dewitt's life on Rootweb:
"Most reknowned of this group was Dewitt Clinton Curtis, lawyer, first police justice, community leader and state officer in the IOOF. He wrote the sketch of his family in History of Chemung County. He was born in White Store 1829 and died 1905. Dewitt married Hannah Mosher, dau. of Jonathan Mosher, eminent business man in Horseheads. Dewitt was his business manager and had his office in the Mosher Building, (still standing)."
Dewitt was born in 1829. Dewitt was the child of John Curtis and Clarissa Clark. Dewitt passed away in 1905. [1]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dewitt by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dewitt:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dewitt by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dewitt:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
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