Person:Almond Curtis (5)

BIOGRAPHY: May be referred to as Almond. I'm hoping this is the A. Curtis, president of the Botanical Medical College in 1840, mentioned in Frederick Morgan's obituary.(his son-in-law), but it would have been tricky to be in Ohio at the correct time. Beginning to think it's more likely it was another A. Curtis, but possibly still related. Need to research this yet. Note dates for Almon's children born around 1840 in New York. He had 18 children in all. One source says Almon was born in Piermont, VT. All family information on Almon was found in a loose paper in the files of the (N.Y.?)Historical Society titled "Curtis family-written March 17,1884 by Lucy Curtis to Newton Curtis of North Collins, NY." This letter also refers to a "Lucy Edith Curtis-died Dec.14,1868, buried in Protection,NY." This is besides Lucy Moulton Curtis who is listed to have died on Jun.15, 1868 in Portection, NY. I can't find a Lucy Edith anywhere else in the letter, so don't know what relationship she is. Or if she is the same person with two different dates. Newton Curtis is also listed as "married a Kirby, died in North Collins, NY, had 2 girls", but I don't know his relationship. Other names mentioned without stating the relationship are...."Bernice Curtis married Harold Ruhling and lived in North Collins" and "Myrtle Curtis married Stanley Conrad and lived in N.Collins. lived to 105 (July 12,1959)". These must have been additional notes, since the original letter was written in 1884. A copy of this letter was sent to me from Chris Knight, a cousin, descendent of Almon Curtis and his second wife Phila Knight. Almon is listed in the DAR records of Mrs. Myrtle Morton Bragg Speer DAR records, #102264.