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Obituary	LOCAL HISTORY COLUMN Edited by Mrs. Annie W. Murphy and Miss Mary H. Hamilton Contributors solicited Concernin Old Dexter @,,t 9 Xnilies BRIGGS CURTIS. One of the men to-sign the petition @or the incorporation of our town @(1816) was Briggs'Curtis who came to El@instown from the town of Greenei Maine, at an early date. In the Dexter town books will be fo@n(i the following record of Briggs Curtis ,and his family., "Briggs Curtis b rn January 24, 0 1777. Lydia Curtis, Consort of Briggs @Curtis, born Ai)ril.23, 178@2, Children tilia Lydia Cur- i tis as follows: James H. Curtis, born Sept. 1, 1799. ,Caleb Curtis, born Aug'.-,.2, 1801. - ,Charles Curtis, born Sept. 8, 1804. Mary Curtis, born-. Sept. 8, 1804. Betsey-Curtis, born Dec. 21, 1806. Daniel Curtis, born @TVlar. 14, 1809-P -died in August 1810. ,Daniel Curtis, born July 9, 1811 Alfred Curtis, born Nov. 24, -1813. Benjamin Ayer Curtis, born @ Dec. 13, 1816. Lowell )Curtis, born Aug. 15, 1821; ,died March 1, 1839. Rozina Curtis, born Aug. 15, 1821; ,died Feb. 22,,'1839. Joshua Hoyt Curtis, born Sept. 22; 1823; died April, 1:', 1824." Some time in the, years preceeding at the request of his sister, r, annie, Mr., Charles W. Curtis wrote ,quite a comprehensive autobiography. Ile was six or more years in doing it. In this he says: . @ @ @'I know. little of our ancestry on the Curtis side., I do not know, as I 'wish I did,. when the family moved from Greene, Maine, Ito Dexter. I know thatirandfather, :Curtis was among, the . er@ sett lers, and