Eliza Martin Curtis parents, Mary and William or John Martin, both immigrants of Ireland to the United States, died young as well as several other children, Robert and John. A sister, Ann Martin Osborne, and Eliza were raised by separate families, as were the two boys. Ann was raised by the Josiah and Hannah Wildman family in Farmington, Trumbull CO, Ohio (census 1850, 1860, will 1911) then married Harmon Osborne, staying in the area. Eliza was raised by her legal guardians, Dr. Benjamin and Candace Palmer of Trumbull and then Lake Co, OH (Painesville). She was probably born in Ireland, not Ohio. Robert Martin was raised by the Justus and Charlotte Hurd family, and John Martin Jackson was raised by the Emerson and Louisa Jackson family. Both boys are buried at the Hillside Cemetery, West Farmington, Trumbull Co, OH.
Eliza Martin and Lora D. Curtis married on June 26, 1859 in Buchanan CO, Iowa. They farmed in Bremer and Buchanan Co., Iowa, then moved to the Salina, Kansas area, then to Saguache CO, Colorado, because of Lora's health, (asthma) in 1874. His health improved after they moved to Colorado.
Eliza and Lora had three children: Mary Alice (Campbell), Wilbur Lora, and George Henry. The sons stayed in Colorado and Mary Alice moved to Douglas Co., Oregon. After she was a widow, Eliza Curtis was the first person to own a automobile in Saguache. Her granddaughter, Myrtle Campbell (Neuner), drove it for her.
Obituary, Saguache Crescent, March 28, 1912: ..."There were only a few families on the Saguache Creek at the time and only the few women who were here in those early days know of the hardships with which they had to contend. Mrs. Curtis was courageous beyond the natural strength of women and few women of today could realize what it would mean to start out in a new country with two small children and a sick husband, not knowing at what moment death might claim him..."
Source: The Curtis Book by Rozetta and Leo Guess; Saguache Crescent, 1912; Memoirs of Pat Glenn Hagood, 2010; audio tape of Anna Newcomb Curtis, 1969; written by great great granddaughter Nancy Hagood
Eliza Martin and Lora D. Curtis married on June 26, 1859 in Buchanan CO, Iowa. They farmed in Bremer and Buchanan Co., Iowa, then moved to the Salina, Kansas area, then to Saguache CO, Colorado, because of Lora's health, (asthma) in 1874. His health improved after they moved to Colorado.
Eliza and Lora had three children: Mary Alice (Campbell), Wilbur Lora, and George Henry. The sons stayed in Colorado and Mary Alice moved to Douglas Co., Oregon. After she was a widow, Eliza Curtis was the first person to own a automobile in Saguache. Her granddaughter, Myrtle Campbell (Neuner), drove it for her.
Obituary, Saguache Crescent, March 28, 1912: ..."There were only a few families on the Saguache Creek at the time and only the few women who were here in those early days know of the hardships with which they had to contend. Mrs. Curtis was courageous beyond the natural strength of women and few women of today could realize what it would mean to start out in a new country with two small children and a sick husband, not knowing at what moment death might claim him..."
Source: The Curtis Book by Rozetta and Leo Guess; Saguache Crescent, 1912; Memoirs of Pat Glenn Hagood, 2010; audio tape of Anna Newcomb Curtis, 1969; written by great great granddaughter Nancy Hagood
Eliza Martin Curtis parents, Mary and William or John Martin, both immigrants of Ireland to the United States, died young as well as several other children, Robert and John. A sister, Ann Martin Osborne, and Eliza were raised by separate families, as were the two boys. Ann was raised by the Josiah and Hannah Wildman family in Farmington, Trumbull CO, Ohio (census 1850, 1860, will 1911) then married Harmon Osborne, staying in the area. Eliza was raised by her legal guardians, Dr. Benjamin and Candace Palmer of Trumbull and then Lake Co, OH (Painesville). She was probably born in Ireland, not Ohio. Robert Martin was raised by the Justus and Charlotte Hurd family, and John Martin Jackson was raised by the Emerson and Louisa Jackson family. Both boys are buried at the Hillside Cemetery, West Farmington, Trumbull Co, OH.
Eliza Martin and Lora D. Curtis married on June 26, 1859 in Buchanan CO, Iowa. They farmed in Bremer and Buchanan Co., Iowa, then moved to the Salina, Kansas area, then to Saguache CO, Colorado, because of Lora's health, (asthma) in 1874. His health improved after they moved to Colorado.
Eliza and Lora had three children: Mary Alice (Campbell), Wilbur Lora, and George Henry. The sons stayed in Colorado and Mary Alice moved to Douglas Co., Oregon. After she was a widow, Eliza Curtis was the first person to own a automobile in Saguache. Her granddaughter, Myrtle Campbell (Neuner), drove it for her.
Obituary, Saguache Crescent, March 28, 1912: ..."There were only a few families on the Saguache Creek at the time and only the few women who were here in those early days know of the hardships with which they had to contend. Mrs. Curtis was courageous beyond the natural strength of women and few women of today could realize what it would mean to start out in a new country with two small children and a sick husband, not knowing at what moment death might claim him..."
Source: The Curtis Book by Rozetta and Leo Guess; Saguache Crescent, 1912; Memoirs of Pat Glenn Hagood, 2010; audio tape of Anna Newcomb Curtis, 1969; written by great great granddaughter Nancy Hagood
Eliza Martin and Lora D. Curtis married on June 26, 1859 in Buchanan CO, Iowa. They farmed in Bremer and Buchanan Co., Iowa, then moved to the Salina, Kansas area, then to Saguache CO, Colorado, because of Lora's health, (asthma) in 1874. His health improved after they moved to Colorado.
Eliza and Lora had three children: Mary Alice (Campbell), Wilbur Lora, and George Henry. The sons stayed in Colorado and Mary Alice moved to Douglas Co., Oregon. After she was a widow, Eliza Curtis was the first person to own a automobile in Saguache. Her granddaughter, Myrtle Campbell (Neuner), drove it for her.
Obituary, Saguache Crescent, March 28, 1912: ..."There were only a few families on the Saguache Creek at the time and only the few women who were here in those early days know of the hardships with which they had to contend. Mrs. Curtis was courageous beyond the natural strength of women and few women of today could realize what it would mean to start out in a new country with two small children and a sick husband, not knowing at what moment death might claim him..."
Source: The Curtis Book by Rozetta and Leo Guess; Saguache Crescent, 1912; Memoirs of Pat Glenn Hagood, 2010; audio tape of Anna Newcomb Curtis, 1969; written by great great granddaughter Nancy Hagood
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Buried in fenced region with grandson, Charles W. Curtis, and husband, Lora D. Curtis.
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