CURTIS, George M.

CURTIS, LEWIS

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Date: 10/3/2001 at 18:30:34

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P.
Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

George M. Curtis, of the firm of Curtis Bros. & Co., manufacturers of sash, doors, blinds and moldings, corner of Second street and Thirteenth avenue; is a native of Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y., and was born April 1, 1844; he came to Illinois in 1856; he came to Iowa, and located in Clinton in 1867, and established their present business. They began business in the small building adjoining the Farmers' Mills; in 1869, they purchased of Toll & Ankeny the mill property they now occupy; they have built up a large business, which extends throughout the West and South; they manufacture more extensively than any similar house in the State, and employ from 175 to 200 hands; they also dispose of the entire product of building-paper made by the Lyons Paper Company. Mr. Curtis married Miss Ettie Lewis, of Michigan, Sept. 4, 1872; they have one son -- Lewis, born Aug. 23, 1878.