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John Arnold Curtis
1899 - 1988

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• Birth	15 Apr 1899  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Feb 1988
  Buried	Somerset Ky City Cemetery, W. Columbia St.
  Person ID	I0408	Curtis Family of Somerset Ky
  Last Modified	28 May 2010

  
  

  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	Lois Vaughan,   b. 1898,   d. 1991
  Children	1. Mary Lois Curtis,   b. 28 Feb 1921, McCreary County KY ,   d. 14 Jul 1922, Lexington, Fayette Co., KY > 2. Lavonia (Sis) V. Curtis,   b. 5 Mar 1924,   d. 5 Jul 2013, Richmond, VA > 3. John Arnold Jr. Curtis
  Family ID	F053	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.
  		Top LR John Arnold Curtis, Mary Wells Curtis, Earl Curtis, Bottom LR Raymond Stigall, Evelyn Bradley Vaughan Stigall Photo on back porch of Earl and Mary Well Curtis house Somerset Ky
  		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
  		John Arnold Curtis Sr.
  		Lavonia Curtis Hyman ("Sis"), John Arnold Curtis Sr., wife Louis Vaughan Curtis, John Arnold Curtis Jr.
  		L-R: John Arnold Curtis, Earl Botkin Curtis, Charles Curtis
  		L-R: John Arnold Curtis, Lois Vaughan Curtis, Mary Wells Vaughan Curtis, Earl Botkin Curtis

  
  

  Documents		Stearns Bank shortage Somerset Ky Commonwealth Newspaper 12/11/1929
  		J C Curtis family reunion 1922
  		Savanah Botkin Curtis funeral attendance

  
  

• Notes

  According to Jack Curtis 12/9/2000, John Arnold worked at a bank in Sterns Kentucky before the great depression. Had a company house there. Said that he borrowed money from the bank and used it to trade in stocks on Wall street. When the depression hit, he lost the money could not pay it back. His father John C. Curtis took what little money he could get after depression ( John Carpenter lost Somerset Mill in depression) and paid off the debt to bank enough to get his son John Arnold out of trouble. John Arnold moved back up to Somerset then from Stern's Kentucky (company owned coal mining company) and had to move in with his brother Earl Curtis for a short while to get his feet on the ground. John Arnold and Earl (brothers) married sisters Mary Wells and Lois. Lavonia Hyman, Daughter, 9/18/04 remembers that her father John Arnold worked for a company in Springfield OH as an accountant and also had outside business as an accountant out of his home doing books for small companies and preparing tax returns. Jenny Moore remembers John Arnold as a "dapper" dresser. Per Jack Curtis Aug. 2004, John Arnold and his wife retired to Cape Coral FL. To help finance retirement years, John Arnold sold real estate in Cape Coral until he was about 80 years old. NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 6 May 1921 Mr. J.A. Curtis, cashier of the Stearns Bank, who was operated on at the Danville and Boyle county hospital for appendicitis Tuesday, is getting along nicely. Mrs. Curtis is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Chas. Oats, during her husband's illness. Danville Messenger. NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 18 June 1920 Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Curtis of Stearns were guests of relatives Saturday and Sunday. NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 1 April 1921 Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Curtis of Stearns, Ky., spent Easter with home folks. NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 10 December 1920 Doing Fine. The report of the State Bank of Stearns, Stearns, Ky., shows that new institution flourishing. Deposits aggregate $80,000.00. Mr. J.A. Curtis, a Somerset boy, is Assistant Cashier. NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 14 October 1921 Personal Mention. Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Curtis of Stearns, spent several days with home folks. Mr. Curtis is the efficient cashier of the State Bank of Stearns. NEWS: Excerpts from The Somerset Journal, 20 May 1921 Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Curtis and little daughter of Stearns are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.B. Vaughn this week. NEWS: Excerpts from the Somerset Journal, 6 Feb 1920 Pisgah. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Curtis visited Mr. and Mrs. Otho Vaughn Sunday




• Sources

  [S03879] John Carpenter Curtis family Bible.