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A civic-minded gentleman, Curtis took great interest in schools including acting as a school commissioner. In 1877 he donated to
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Medford's water. Curtis was to serve the town of Medford in many capacities. He was the moderator of town meetings for 3 years, a selectman for 7 years, an ardent temperance worker, an assessor for 2 years, and in 1836 for 1 year a representative to the
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shipyard, where Curtis did his apprenticeship, was the oldest and largest of the 10 yards, and remained so even after
Thatcher's retirement in 1836. In 1845 one-quarter of all shipwrights in Massachusetts were employed in the Medford shipyards. The yards clustered along 1 mile of the
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Curtis died on Monday March 3, 1890, in the house which he built at the corner of Main and Royall
Streets at Medford leaving a widow, his second wife, whom he had married in 1859.
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History of the Town of
Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts from its first settlement in 1630 to the present time 1855, Brooks, Charles, James M. Usher publisher, 1855
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Sailors in the Holy Land: the 1848 American
Expedition to the Dead Sea and the search for Sodom and Gomorrah, Jampoler, Andrew C.A., Naval Institute Press, 2005
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Adeline Wait Curtis, whom he had married in 1826, had died in 1858, and they had two children: George in 1827 and Mary Genette in 1831.
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England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume XLIV 1890, Dean, John Ward – Editor, Heritage Books Inc., 1997
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75:(1890-03-03)
1641:1890 deaths
1636:1804 births
1443:Thermopylae
1324:Golden Spur
1296:Flying Spur
1289:Fiery Cross
1201:Wild Hunter
1173:Sweepstakes
1166:Sunny South
1131:Santa Claus
1089:Ocean Chief
1019:Kosmopoliet
1005:King Philip
935:Dreadnought
900:Blue Jacket
878:1853 - 1859
805:Snow Squall
791:Sea Serpent
749:Nightingale
742:N.B. Palmer
721:John Gilpin
693:Hippogriffe
679:Golden West
656:Flying Fish
585:1850 - 1852
575:Ticonderoga
325:East Boston
321:Paul Curtis
267:Flying Mist
261:Silver Star
225:Wild Ranger
99:Shipbuilder
88:Nationality
1630:Categories
1517:Hallowe'en
1489:Blackadder
1436:The Murray
1352:Lammermuir
1282:Cutty Sark
1268:Cornwallis
1240:Ambassador
1117:Robin Hood
1110:Red Jacket
1026:Lammermuir
1012:Kingfisher
914:California
868:Witchcraft
819:Stag Hound
777:Race Horse
728:Marco Polo
628:Challenger
600:Bald Eagle
398:References
273:Young Turk
231:Eagle Wing
215:Competitor
132:Background
96:Occupation
55:1804-11-01
1457:Windhover
1303:Fusi Yama
1159:Starlight
1145:Schomberg
1082:Newcastle
1033:Lightning
840:Swordfish
826:Stornoway
784:Sea Nymph
707:Hurricane
663:Game Cock
621:Challenge
568:Sea Witch
344:Spot Pond
255:Good Hope
247:(renamed
217:(renamed
197:Whirlwind
175:Telegraph
1531:Loch Ard
1524:Hereward
1510:Florence
1503:Cromdale
1429:Taitsing
1394:Seminole
1275:Cremorne
1261:Coonatto
1138:Scawfell
833:Surprise
365:See also
285:Industry
120:(up the
91:American
1608:Related
1559:Torrens
1545:Lothair
1450:Sobraon
1422:Taeping
1359:Leander
1180:Tayleur
1040:Lookout
977:Gravina
561:Rainbow
540:Anglona
391:Phantom
332:Pilgrim
300:Medford
283:* 1858
277:* 1857
271:* 1856
265:* 1856
259:* 1856
253:* 1855
241:* 1854
235:* 1854
229:* 1853
223:* 1853
219:Lorelei
213:* 1853
207:* 1853
201:* 1852
195:* 1852
187:* 1852
179:* 1851
173:* 1851
161:* 1851
1569:Modern
1552:Rodney
1471:Yatala
1401:Serica
1345:Lahloo
1310:Kaisow
1187:Tejuca
1103:Orient
1068:Mimosa
956:Ganges
942:Driver
770:Onward
700:Hornet
554:Memnon
547:Houqua
190:Onward
126:Boston
104:Parent
1496:Cimba
1380:Osaka
1366:Miako
1247:Ariel
1232:1860s
847:Syren
635:Comet
532:1840s
377:Notes
124:from
1464:Wylo
1152:Stag
70:Died
49:Born
714:Ino
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