Joseph D. Curtis

    Joseph D. Curtis, farmer, Center Township, was born in the same on Section 17, January 9, 1826. His parents were Thomas and Elizabeth (Adams) Curtis, the former being for years one of the most prominent and talented ministers in the Baptist Church in the West. A sketch of him will found elsewhere in this work. The mother was born July 18, 1790, and the marriage was celebrated in New York State in 1816. She died May 31, 1873.

    Our subject was married October 18, 1849, to Miss Armida Rise, who was born on Hogan Creek in Manchester Township, November 9, 1831. By this union four children have been born, namely: Cell H., born October 13, 1850, now in Indianapolis; E. H., born October 15, 1852, now in Atlanta; Henry W., born September 26, 1856, now in Kansas City; Mamie C., born March 1, 1865, now Mrs. R. E. Chaffin, at Chester, Ohio. Mr. Curtis untied with the Baptist Church in 1849, and his estimable wife in 1848. They have been consistent members ever since. He is one of the church trustees. He has been school trustee and reporter for the agricultural department at Washington City for years. He has a fine body of land, consisting of 148 acres all under a good state of cultivation.

Source: History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana by F.E. Weakley & Co., 1885.