The Curtis Family

William Curtis b 1769 VA
wife
Elizabeth b 1769 VA.

They were living in Mason co ca 1822 when son
Henry Curtis b1805 m Margaret Peggy Moulton
.
The Bracken 1850 census lists the family of
Henry Curtis with wife Margaret
children:
Rachel 21,
Rebecca14,
Amelia 12,
John 9,
Van Hook 6.
Henrys older sons Joseph and James are married with their own households.
Both James and Joseph married Workman sisters.
Listed 1850 Bracken is
Joseph Curtis 25 and wife Martha Patsy Workman 25
children:
Melissa 3,
Minerva 1.
By the 1860 census both father Henry and son Joseph are dead.
As of the Bracken 1860 census,
Martha has the following children in the household:
Mary J 13,
Minerva a 11,
James H 9,
Margaret L 6,
Josephine 4.
The Robertson 1870 census lists Martha Curtis
daughters
Malissa 23,
Minerva A 21,
Louisa 16
grandson
Robert S Williams 1.
According to Bill Wheaton,
Malissa Ann married John Wes Williams Nov 27, 1867.
On the 1880 census is
James Williams 36, wife Malissa 35
children
Robert 11,
Alice Williams 7
Cora Williams 5.

submitted by: Janet Hoover