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Charles Madison Curtis^[1]
1897 - 1985

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• Birth	19 Jan 1897	Atalla, Alabama   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1985
  Person ID	I0402	Curtis Family of Somerset Ky
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	John Carpenter Curtis,   b. 4 Jun 1866, McDonough, NY area ,   d. 5 Feb 1940, Springfield, OH
  Mother	Savannah Rachael Botkin,   b. 18 May 1870, Pulaski county, KY ,   d. 7 Jun 1957, Knox, OH
  Married	27 Nov 1889	Pulaski county, Kentucky
  Family ID	F041	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Maude Carolyn Durham,   b. 12 Aug 1897,   d. 25 Oct 1961
  Married	18 Jun 1922
  Children	> 1. Charles Durham Curtis
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2013
  Family ID	F051	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		John Carpenter Curtis This is a picture of John Carpenter Curtis and wife Savannah and children from about 1900 Status: Located
  		John Carpenter Curtis Family This is photo of the 5 Curtis of Somerset brothers sons of John Carpenter and Savanah Botkins Curtis. Believed to have been taken in 1922 reunion mentioned in local paper of Curtis brothers. They are from young to old (bottom to top) Glenn, Arnold, Charlie, Earl, Ralph Status: Located
  		Curtis men of Somerset, Ky Left to right, Ralph, Charlie, John Arnold, Earl, Glenn Curtis. Photo taken at Earl Curtis home in Somerset KY. Per Lavonia Curtis Hyman, Ralph worked in NYC many years for Prentice Hall legal/tax publishers; Charlie in building management in NYC; John Arnold in accounting in Springfield OH; Earl at the flour mill in Somerset; Glenn in cleaning chemical sales in Lousiville.
  		Curtis brothers Curtis sons of John Carpenter Curtis and wives, apparently taken at John Carpenter Curtis house atop Harvey's Hill, North Main Street Somerset Ky
  		L-R: John Arnold Curtis, Earl Botkin Curtis, Charles Curtis

  
  

  Documents		J C Curtis family reunion 1922
  		1895 Southern Railroad map shows towns along railroad corresponding to where John T Curtis settles in Ky at Kings Mountain as railroad contractor, then Clinton TN where one of son, John Carpenter Curtis son's born, then Attala Alabama where Earl Curtis and Ralph born. Presumably following family traditon of working for Father and oldest brother , Fred , in Lumber business associated with railroad construction and later Fred in stave business. By 1906, the Curtis brothers are building flour mill in Somerset.
  		Maranda(Miranda) Botkin death certificate It appears that Charlie Curtis, son of John Carpenter Curtis, is informant.

  
  

• Notes

  Per Jack Curtis Aug. 2004: Uncle Charlie had to go to WWI in Europe. When he came back to U.S. after the war, he got a Job as a maintenance man or electrician at a school board or apartment building in NJ/NY. According to Lavonia Hyman 9/18/04 Charlie worked as the coordinator of maintenance for a large office building in NYC. She remembers him getting fine walnut wood paneling from the office building that companies were throwing away as a result of office space remodeling and using it in his home on Long Island. Lived on Long Island NY and met there Maude Durham. She was a school teacher. They married. Maude battled depression for years. When she was at retirement age after she and Charlie had started building house in Florida to retire in, she died suddenly. Charlie went ahead and retired in Boca Raton FL to a duplex they had built. Charlie is the person who first researched this branch of Curtis geneology and passed on his work to Anna Rachael Curtis and others and these combined works is what the author began with to further complete the research of this branch of the Curtis family. NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 9 Sep 1921 ------------------------ Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Ron Holt Email Registry Submitter <http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00003.html#0000607> Date: 7 Jan 2003 Charles Curtis has come on from Bowling Green for a little visit with his brother, Arnold, and also to look over some business opportunities down the K& T. Mrs. Arnold Curtis spent Sunday at Somerset with kin folks. Speaking of the Curtis family, Arnold says if they get the Dixie Highway through Stearns, he is going to get him a bicycle the first thing next spring. McCreary County Record. NEWS: Excerpts from the Somerset Journal, 30 Apr 1920 Charlie Curtis returned to Bowling Green Business College Wednesday after spending several days with his parents. NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 13 May 1921 Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Curtis spent Sunday in Danville with Arnold Curtis, who was recently operated on. NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 6 May 1921 Mr. Charles Curtis who has been taking a business course at Bowling Green, has been visiting home folks. NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 30 July 1920 Charles Curtis returned to Bowling Green Business College Monday to resume his studies. NEWS: Excerpts from the Somerset Journal, 1 Aug 1919 Chas. Curtis, who was a member of Dr. Barrow's Hospital Unit, has just returned from a years service overseas. He was detached from this Unit last April and sent to France where he remained for several months. While in France, he was given a furlough and visited many of the historic cities in France and Italy. NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 24 December 1920 Charles Curtis came home this week from Bowling Green Business College for the holidays. Birthplace, Atalla Alabama, is straight down Hwy 27 from Somerset down into Alabama. Was a source of Timber in the Lumber business for John Carpenter Curtis and his brothers. Per Charlie Curtis Jr., his dad was the "Super" for 400 Madison Avenue, NY, NY. They lived in Nassau County Long Island. Charlie Sr. smoked a pipe. After retiring in about 1962, he moved to Boca Raton FL and lived until about 1978, when he moved to Honolulu to be with his son, Charlie. Prior to moving to NYC in about 1935, he was a building manager in Tampa Florida and organized NY investors to hunt for sunken treasure off the Tampa coast. Charlie Jr., characterized his father as a quiet man. Charlie Jr. remembered his father had gone to Richmond VA to visit his niece Lavonia and had a mild stroke.




• Sources

  [S02499] Rachael Curtis(Huntsville, AL) personal genealogy file;. [S01539] 1900 Kentucky Census. [S18158] Chalres Durham Curtis interview by Richard Curtis.