Frederick Kingsbury Curtis

Frederick Kingsbury Curtis I (February 3, 1863 - March 4, 1936) was a director of the Ann Arbor Railroad and was Secretary and Treasurer and a member of the Board of Directors of the United States & Porto Rico Navigation company from 1903 to 1906.[1][2]

Biography

He was born on February 3, 1863 in New York City. He received his A.B. from Yale University in 1884, and became a member of the New York City Bar Association in 1886.[2] On June 14, 1905 he married Cornelia Day McLanahan (1873-1965) in Westminster, England. She was the daughter of George William McLanahan (1845-1908) and Helen Spencer Day (1848-1935)[3] Their children included: Herbert Pelham Curtis who had as his child Frederick Kingsbury Curtis II, a physician; and Cornelia McLanahan Curtis who married Laurence M. Lombard.[4][5]

He died in Venice, Florida, on March 4, 1936.[2][6] On March 9, 1936 he was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery.[7]

References

  1. ^ Proceedings of the Committee on the merchant marine and fisheries. United States Congress. 1914. http://books.google.com/books?id=Wlc-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA234&dq=%22F.+Kingsbury+Curtis%22&hl=en&ei=Lz41TJHPCYH78AaS7ozmAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22F.%20Kingsbury%20Curtis%22&f=false. "Mr. F. Kingsbury Curtis was Secretary and Treasurer and a member of the Board of Directors of the United States & Porto Rico Navigation Co. during the years 1903, 1904, 1905, and 1906, or up to the time that ..." 
  2. ^ a b c Frederick Kingsbury Curtis. Association of the Bar of the City of New York. 1936. http://books.google.com/books?id=ptw8AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Frederick+Kingsbury+Curtis%22&dq=%22Frederick+Kingsbury+Curtis%22&hl=en&ei=Wz81TMzxKMKC8gb1teysAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA. "Frederick Kingsbury Curtis, a member of the Association since 1886, died at Venice, Florida, on March 4th, 1936, after a lingering illness. Mr. Curtis was born in New ..." 
  3. ^ "Mrs. F. Kingsbury Curtis Dies. Leader in Charities Here, 92". New York Times. October 22, 1965. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50913F73C5A157A93C0AB178BD95F418685F9. Retrieved 2010-07-07. "Cornelia D. McLanahan Curtis died Wednesday in her home at 129 East 69th Street. She was 92 years old. Mrs. Curtis was the widow of F. Kingsbury Curtis, ..." 
  4. ^ "Dr. F. K. Curtis Weds Miss Lois Mossman". New York Times. July 7, 1957. "Mr. and Mrs. H. Pelham Curtis of New Canaan, Conn., and a grandson of F. Kingsbury Curtis of New York and Tuxedo Park, N.Y. The ceremony was ..." 
  5. ^ "Miss Curtis Wed To L. M. Lombard". New York Times. December 13, 1931. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00612F73C5C14738DDDAA0994DA415B818FF1D3. Retrieved 2010-07-07. "Miss Cornelia McLanahan Curtis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Kingsbury Curtis, was married to Laurence M. Lombard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel H. Lombard of ..." 
  6. ^ Frederick Cheever Shattuck, M.D., 1847-1929: a memoir. 1967. http://books.google.com/books?id=wUtrAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Frederick+Kingsbury+Curtis%22&dq=%22Frederick+Kingsbury+Curtis%22&hl=en&ei=Wz81TMzxKMKC8gb1teysAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAQ. "Frederick Kingsbury Curtis (1863- 1936), New York, AB, Yale 1884, was a lawyer and man of affairs. ..." 
  7. ^ "Last Rites Are Held for Curtis". Sarasota Herald. March 6, 1936. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XjoeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1L4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3163,5233986&dq=kingsbury+curtis&hl=en. Retrieved 2010-07-07. "... a cortege aboard the car which will arrive in New York Monday morning Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery in New York Funeral services were held ai the ..."