When Dorr Purdy Curtis was born on 21 January 1819, in Sempronius, Cayuga, New York, United States, his father, Beriah Curtis, was 32 and his mother, Phebe H Purdy, was 28. He married Catherine Adelia Haight on 28 January 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Bingham Canyon, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1866. He died on 8 November 1904, in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Grantsville City Cemetery, Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
The Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized on March 17, 1842. Emma Smith was the first Relief Society president. It was established as a way to help strengthen and serve other women.
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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