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Born 1847
From The history of Montgomery county, Ohio, containing a history of the county; (1882)
LAFAYETTE CURTIS, traveling salesman, Vandalia, born in Cincinnati,
August 11, 1847; removed to this county with his father in the fall of 1855; remained at home with his parents until twenty-seven years of age; he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for eleven years. He married Miss Nancy Palmer, November 29, 1874; two children have been born to them — Minnie M. and Lulu A. Mrs. Curtis contracted pulmonary consumption sixteen years ago and gradually grew worse until the 15th of August, 1880, when death came to her relief. Her remains lie in Poplar Grove Cemetery. Mr. Curtis owns a nice residence, consisting of five acres, on which he erected a fine two-story frame house, valued at $1,800.
As printed in The history of Montgomery county, Ohio, containing a history of the county; (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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