Legislator Details
Dr. James B[enjsmin] F[ranklin] Curtis
Number of sessions served 1
Gender: Male
Age at election: 49
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 11/17/1839
City: Warsaw, NY
County: Wyoming County, NY
Country: US
Death
Date: 11/3/1901
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Type of Burial:
Burial
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City: Commerce, MI
County: Oakland County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Commerce Village Burying Ground
Marital Information:
married Amelia Ann Burbank, dau. of Tracy Welch and Maria [or Mariah] C. (Chapin) Burbank, 11/22/1863, in Hadley, Lapeer Co., MI; children: 2, Edmund Tracy and Francis Axford
Number of Children: 2
Background
Religion: Methodist Episcopal
Military Service: United States Army
Occupation: physician
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
attended University of Michigan, dept. of Medicine and Surgery, 1861-62 [left without a degree]
Biographical Sketch:
Son of Edward [or Edmund] and Lydia Ann (Ingersoll) Curtis. About 1859 the family moved to Commerce Township, Oakland County, MI and then to Flint, MI. about a year later. During the Civil War, he was hospital steward of the 102d U.S. Colored Troops. Dr. Curtis was alderman of the city of Flint for 6 years and city clerk for 3 years; and on the school board [Commerce, MI]. Member of the Masons, the GAR. Served as postmaster
Notable Facts:
Enlisted in the Colored infantry because there was an opening in the hospital.
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Municipal Corporations, Public Health , State School for the Blind
City of Residence: New Lothrop
County of Residence Shiawassee
District Description: Townships of Antrim, Burns, Caledonia, Hazleton, New Haven, Shiawassee, Venice and Vernon; City of Corunna
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Departed
Bibliography:
Manual 1889 p.638; USCen 1860, 1880, 1890 VetSch; MICoMarRec 1822-1940; https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/784 James B.F. Curtis and Edmund T. Curtis correspondence; https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1023&context=library_books Civil War Letters of James Benjamin Franklin Curtis ...
