When Uriah Erastus Curtis was born on 20 February 1861, in Moroni, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, Erastus Curtis, was 32 and his mother, Johanna Price Fullmer, was 21. He married Lucinda Catherine Black on 9 November 1882, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States in 1920 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1866. He died on 5 September 1950, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1878: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1880: Emery, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Emery, Utah, United States
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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).
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Possible Related NamesAccording to his own history he was baptized along with his elder brother William B. (half brother) in May 1871. "As the record was lost or could not be found, it was necessary for me to be rebaptize …
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