Brief Life History of William Andrew
When William Andrew Curtis was born on 17 March 1868, in Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States, his father, Josiah Curtis, was 37 and his mother, Mary Ann Estes, was 42. He married Serena Jane French on 31 May 1895, in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Center Township, Appanoose, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Wyandotte, Kansas, United States for about 5 years. He died on 12 March 1943, in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States.
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- William C Curtis, "Kansas State Census, 1925"
- William A Curtis, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- William Andrew Curtis in entry for Orel Joseph Curtis, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1872
Historical Boundaries 1872: Grayson, Texas, United States
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a refined person, sometimes perhaps given ironically, from Middle English, Old French courteis, courtois, curtis ‘courtly, refined, urbane’ (derivative of Old French court; see Court 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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