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John White Curtis


Birth11 August 1820Tioga, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for John White Curtis (1820-1902), memorial #9083951.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 210, n. 10; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 56, n. 9, FHL microfilm #183374.
Death7 October 1902Aurora, Sevier, Utah, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John White Curtis, ID: KWJZ-48B.
Burial10 October 1902Aurora Cemetery, Aurora, Sevier, Utah, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John White Curtis, ID: KWJZ-48B.
FatherEnos Curtis
MotherRuth Franklin
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   • Almira Starr
Married13 May 1841Adams County, Illinois, United States
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    County offices, Illinois, Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, database with images, FamilySearch, John W. Curtis and Elmira Starr (13 May 1841); citing Adams County, Illinois, County Court, “Adams County, Illinois marriage records, v. 1, 1825-1890,” image 195, FHL microfilm 4539871.

    Adams County (Illinois) Clerk, Adams County, Illinois marriage records, 1834-1923 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1992), database with images, FamilySearch, John W. Curtis and Elmira Stair (13 May 1841); citing Quincy County, Illinois, County Courthouse, “Record of marriages in Adams County, Illinois, Mar 9, 1834-Dec 31, 1864,” image 17, p. 39, FHL microfilm 1845384.
          Children:
               Elial Strong Curtis
               Orson Hyde Curtis
               Almira Curtis


   • Tamma Durfee
Married3 April 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John White Curtis and Tamma Durfee, ID: KWJZ-48B and ID: KWJX-NPN.
          Children:
               Maryette Curtis


   • Matilda Miner
Married2 October 1889Vermillion County, Sevier, Utah Territory, United States
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    Utah County Clerks, Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940 (Utah: County Courthouses), atabase with images, FamilySearch, entry for John W Curtis and Mathilda Minor (2 Oct 1889); citing Sevier County, Utah, County Clerk, “Marriage License Records 1887-1917,” image 89, p. 28, entry 56, FHL microfilm 4540870.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 56, n. 9, FHL microfilm #183374.
          Children:
               Ellen Curtis
               John Franklin Curtis
               Diantha Miner Curtis
               Rozilla Curtis
               Courtland Curtis
               Cerreptia Curtis
               Francis Eva Curtis
               Tamma Arminta Curtis
               Enos Curtis
               Alfred Curtis
               Almira Curtis
               Asael Curtis
               Wallace Curtis
               Polly Curtis

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• 1840Fulton County, Illinois, United States
• 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Utah County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Willow Bend, Sevier, Utah Territory, United States
• 1900Aurora, Sevier, Utah, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusFulton County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusUtah County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusSpringville, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusSpringville, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusWillow Bend Precinct, Sevier, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusAurora Precinct, Sevier, UtahExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Stephen Markham CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure20-27 Jun 1850
       Arrival1-3 Oct 1850

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