Person:Mary Curtis (24)

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Mary Ellen Curtis
b.16 Apr 1846 Niles, Berrien, Michigan, United States
d.11 Apr 1896 Center Hill, Sumter, Florida, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 23 Mar 1829
  1. Menzo Curtis1830 - 1911
  2. Sarah E. Curtis1832 - 1917
  3. Levander Curtis1834 - 1920
  4. Livingstone Ethan Curtis1836 - 1885
  5. Dewitt Curtis1838 - 1917
  6. Josephine Curtis1842 - 1934
  7. George W. Curtis1845 - 1931
  8. Mary Ellen Curtis1846 - 1896
  9. Stephen Curtis1850 - 1928
  10. Angelia Curtis1852 - 1858
  11. Isadora L. Curtis1856 - 1925
Spouse and Children
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m. 1863
  1. Percy Adelbert Reed1864 - 1955
  2. Edith Catherine Reed1866 - 1948
  3. Eliza Ann Reed1869 - 1896
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Facts and Events
Name Mary Ellen Curtis
Gender Female
Birth? 16 Apr 1846 Niles, Berrien, Michigan, United States
Census[3][8] 1 Oct 1850 Berrien Center, Berrien, Michigan, United States
Census[4][9] 16 Jul 1860 Berrien Center, Berrien, Michigan, United States
Marriage 1863 Michigan, United Statesto James Lawrence Reed
Census[5][10] 14 Jul 1870 Silver Creek, Cass, Michigan, United States
Census? 1 Jun 1880 Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, United States
Census[6][11] 1 Jun 1880 Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, United States
Death? 11 Apr 1896 Center Hill, Sumter, Florida, United StatesCause: blackwater fever
Burial[1] Love Cemetery, Center Hill, Sumter Co., FL
References
  1. ↑ Cemetery Records of Love Cemetery, Center Hill, Sumter Co. Florida.
  2.   Notes on the Benjamin Curtis Tree - by Maurice L. Reed, 1943.
  3. ↑ United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).
  4. ↑ United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653).
  5. ↑ United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
    M593, roll 668, Silver Creek, p. 217, dwelling 177, family 178, Mary Ellen Curtis, 10 Jun 2008.
  6. ↑ United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
    T9, roll 575, Pokagon, enumeration district (ED) 73, p. 553.4000, dwelling 73, family 73, Mary Ellen Curtis, accessed 10 Jun 2008, 10 Jun 2008.
  7.   (Written by Maurice L. Reed in the 1940's)
    Mary Ellen is my grandmother, and details about her son Percy, my father are recorded elsewhere. Edith Catherine married Charles Lamoreaux but they had no children who lived beyond infancy. Eliza Ann Reed married Pelham Ellet and they lived in Florida. They had a boy, Lawrence, and Eliza died quite young of some tropical disease (blackwater fever). Her mother, Mary Ellen, went down to care for her, contracted the disease and died too. Edith Lamoreaux raised the boy. The Lamoreaux's lived in Beulah several years, where Uncle Charley had a tent and took pictures for a living. I knew them and Lawrence well therefore. When he first came to Beulah, he talked with a Florida accent. They have all lived in Miami for many years now however, and Lawrence was in the furniture business over a large part of the time but I think he is doing something else now.

    from the journal of Maurice L. Reed, March 27, 1958:
    "Went on to Center Hill, where my grandmother Reed and her daughter Eliza died and were buried 63 years ago. I wanted to see the graves and find out grandmother's first name. Eliza married Pelham Ellet and went to Florida with him to live. Lawrence was born of the union, and later she contracted blackwater fever. Her mother came down from Fennville, Mich. to care for her, caught the disease, and died nine days after her daughter. We found the cemetery very neat and well cared-for, a beautiful place. The inscriptions read:
    Elize Reed Ellet
    Apr 8 1869
    Apr 2 1896
    Gone but not forgotten

    Ella, beloved wife of
    James L. Reed
    Born Apr. 16, 1846
    Died Apr 11, 1896

    We found two other graves in the cemetery:
    Charles G. Lamoreaux 1861-1944
    Edith Reed Lamoreaux 1866 - 1948
  8. ↑ Benjamin Curtis; age 50; male; farmer; value of real estate 900; b. NY
    Sarah L. age 38; female; b.NY
    Menzo; age 20; male; b.NY
    Sarah; age 18; female; b.NY
    Levander; age 16; male; b.NY
    Livingston; age 14; male; b.NY
    Dewit; age 10; male, b. MI
    Josephine; age 8; female; b.MI
    George W.; age 5; male; b.MI
    Mary E.; age 3; female; b.MI
    Stephen age 3/12; male; b.MI
  9. ↑ Benjamin Curtis; age 60; male; farmer; b.NY
    Sarah L. Curtis; age 48; female; b.NY
    Lavenda Curtis; age 25; male; farmer; b.NY
    Dewitt Curtis; age 20; male; farmer; b.MI
    George W. Curtis; age 15; male; b.MI
    Mary E. Curtis; age 13; female; b.MI
    Stephen Curtis; age 10; male; b.MI
    Isadora L. Curtis; age 4; female; b.MI
  10. ↑ Reed, James; age 30; male; white; shoe maker; b.PA
    ----- Ellen; age 34; female; white; keeping house; b.MI
    ----- Percy; age 6; male; white; b.MI
    ----- Edith C.; age 3; female; white; b.MI
    ----- Eliza A.; age 1; female; white; b.MI
  11. ↑ Reed, James L; white; male; age 40; married; shoemaker; b.PA; father b.NH; mother b.PA
    ----- Mary E.; white; female; age 33; wife; married; keeping house;
    b.MI; father b.NY; mother b.NY
    ----- Percy D.; white; male; age 15; son; single; at school; b.MI; father b.PA; mother b.MI
    ----- Edith C.; white; female; age 13; daughter; single; b.MI; father b.PA; mother b.MI
    ----- Eliza A.; white; female; age 11; daughter; single; b.MI; father b.PA; mother b.MI
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