In the book's own words, not ours, with obvious scanning errors fixed. Families often supplied these stories to the publisher, so check key dates.
From A Biographical record of Clark county, Ohio .. (1902)
JOHN C. CURTIS.
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Mr. Curtis and his family belong to the Baptist church, and he votes with the Republican party and has served as a delegate to city conventions, but has never had any desire to hold office. He belongs to Spi ingfield Lodge, No. 33, L O. O. F., is a well informed man assessed of a broad and liberal mind and in his nature there is nothing narrow or contracted. He has a spirit that while devoted to his residence community, is liberal enough to recognize and appreciate advancement and progress in any other part of the world. He was popular as a young man, and in his later years has the esteem and confidence of all with whom public or private life have Ijrought him in contact.
As printed in A Biographical record of Clark county, Ohio .. (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
The printed record stops around 1902. We trace your line from there down to you, with every source cited.