Joseph Harris Curtice was born in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, June 25, 1789. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and after the war came to Ohio, and was engaged in carrying the United States mail in the southern part of the State for several years, having his home in Cincinnati. He carried the mail in saddle-bags upon horseback. In 1822 he came to Sandusky county and purchased two hundred and sixty-five acres of land from the Government. December 27, 1824, he was married to Cynthia Gibbs. To them were born three children, viz: Betsey, now Mrs. Whittaker, who resides at the old home; John H., who was killed by a run-away team, October 26, 1868; and Cynthia, who died April 14, 1847. Mr. Curtice died May 23, 1868.
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William Pierson was born in England in 1806. He came to Canada in 1815, and thence to New York, where he remained till 1836, when he came to Riley and married Cynthia Gibbs, who still survives.
