- , Philander , Wallace , Earl & Thomas Curtis 1914? (93 KB)
4 Generation picture taken circa 1914, Boone Co. IN Philander Main, Wallace Glenn, Earl Leonard, & Thomas Wallace CURTIS. Philander, son of Erastus CURTIS & Margaret McCONNAUGHY, b. 1836 Brown Co. OH. Philander died in 1927. He was a Civil War Veteran.
- Wallace Glenn CURTIS of Boone Co. IN & family (324 KB)
Photo taken circa 1914 in Lebanon IN. of Wallace Glenn Curtis, wife Charlotte, sons Jesse, Russell, & Thomas, daughters Carrie, Goldie,& Eva.
- Bessie & Sidney CROPPER with Uncle Lora JOSEPH (156 KB)
On the farm with a pig, taken about 1916
- Dorcas Brenton Curtis and Philander Curtis (200 KB)
taken probably circa 1890 Donated by John Perkins
- Palmes / Wainright (27 KB)
photo of Mary, Robert Palmes, children of Francisco & Elizabeth Palmes, photo from Thelma, daughter of Byron
- Early family portrait of Philander & Dorcas Curtis (1209 KB)
Seated left to right, Dorcas (Brenton) Curtis,Wallace Glenn Curtis, Margaret Curtis, Philander Main Curtis, standing left to right, Flora Curtis, Rebecca Curtis, William Curtis & Pearl Curtis Taken circa 1890..donated by John Perkins of California
- map of Palmes, Spain (328 KB)
map showing a town near Ourense named "Palmes".
- Thomas CURTIS family portrait (33 KB)
Family photo taken circa 1910 of Thomas Wallace CURTIS, b. 1881 Boone Co. IN, wife "Dolla" Bathsheba Gertrude RUCKMAN b. 1877 Sullivan Co IN, son Earl Leonard CURTIS Sr b. 1904 & daughter Josephine CURTIS b. 1906. Daughter Fern CURTIS not yet born at time of this photo.
- "Dolla" Gertrude Curtis with children, at store. (375 KB)
Thomas Wallace Curtis was ill in 1913-1914 with kidney failure. He lived with parents, Wallace & Charlotte Curtis in Lebanon IN while "Dolla" Gertrude Curtis and children, Earl L., Josephine & Fern lived in Indianapolis and ran a little grocery store. Periodically visiting Thomas in Lebanon. Aunt Jo said "Mama went broke tho, she gave everyone credit, then didn't collect on the bills"
- Byron Wainright & Family (27 KB)
L-R; Byron Wainright son of Mary Idella Palmes Wainright and her husband Joseph Wainright. Robert B. Palmes, brother of Mary Palmes Wainright
- Bessie, Cecil, & Ethel Palmes (57 KB)
Children of Naomi Palmes & Herman U.S. Grant Palmes. (Wrong date shown in pen on picture. Correct date was 1906)
- Carrie CURTIS Merrick (65 KB)
Carrie Curtis, daughter of Wallace Glenn Curtis with husband Charles Merrick, and 2 children
- Wainright / Palmes / Douthet family (77 KB)
Taken in Rush County Indiana, 1887
- Thomas Curtis 1910 Canadian TX (1171 KB)
Thomas Curtis was a carpenter who helped build the Moody Hotel in 1910 in Canadian Texas.
- Francisco M. Palmes (309 KB)
Civil War soldier, served 2 terms...born in Spain
Decatur & Rush Counties Indiana
- Congers farm, near Hope, Shelby Co. IN (1227 KB)
Rented in in the early 1900's by Elias Dustin VanGorden, second husband of Naomi Dicks Palmes.
- 1906 BRENTON family reunion (97 KB)
Surnames include BRENTON, CURTIS, DAVIS, POWELL, EVERMAN, FLETCHER, NEAL, SWOPE, CALDWELL & HODGEN.
Boone County Indiana
- Schoolhouse at Norristown, Shelby Co IN (916 KB)
The VanGorden children attended this school in Norristown, IN anf the family later converted it to a home & lived there from the early 1900's through at least the 1980's.
- Land grant to Job Dicks from BLM 1820 Indiana (84 KB)
From the Bureau of Land Management, grant to Job Dicks 80 Acres in Henry County Indiana, 1820
- John Ruckman (799 KB)
John Ruckman, in front of a store at St. Paul, Indiana. He was a baker who later lived in Kokomo, Indiana
- Dicks/ Jones/ Lemon 1918 reunion (128 KB)
Taken about 1918, identified by Peggy Smith & Larry Jones MD
- page from Bible of Simeon Brockway Curtis (228 KB)
This page was downloaded from the former "Thomas Curtis of Wethersfield CT" website ( no longer available online). It is a page from the Bible of Simeon Brockway Curtis, & shows Erastus Curtis as a brother, and son of Joseph Curtis (NY>OH>IN>Iowa>Utah)
- Headstone of Erastus & Margaret CURTIS (136 KB)
Hopewell Cemetary, Clinton Twp., Elizaville, Boone Co. IN Erastus Curtis 1800-1866, wife Margaret
- Elizabeth Douthet Palmes Wainwright (64 KB)
Elizabeth m#1 Francisco M. PALMES m#2 Joseph WAINWRIGHT Decatur & Rush Co. IN
- Headstone of Philander & Dorcas Brenton Curtis (81 KB)
Hopewell Cemetary, Elizaville, Clinton Twp., Boone Co. IN
- 1998 Peggy's Pic (39 KB)
Picture of Peggy Curtis Smith 1998
- Sally, Naomi, Hannah Dicks/Dix (56 KB)
Sisters born Henry Co. IN, children of William Dicks & Sarah C. Foster Dicks Quakers
- Palmes-Douthet Marriage Cert (2005 KB)
1855 marriage certificate for Francisco M. Palmes & Elizabeth (Dauthet) Douthet Decatur County Indiana
- Alice Josephine Clerk Ruckman (52 KB)
Alice Josephine Clerk Ruckman, sitting
- Naomi & Grant Palmes (125 KB)
Photo taken early 1900's, Indianapolis, IN of Naomi Dicks Palmes & Spouse #1-Herman Ulysses S. Grant Palmes
- Palmes brothers (95 KB)
Herman Grant Palmes standing at left. Tintype picture
- clipping of obituary for Edgar Dicks (97 KB)
found in bible of Naomi Dicks Palmes VanGordon
- daughters of H. Grant & Naomi Palmes (213 KB)
Taken circa 1904, left to right; sitting Sarah Ethel, standing Cecil, sitting center Clara Myrtle, & standing Bessie PALMES
- Indpls Star and News article re Naomi VanGordon (140 KB)
Found in bible of Naomi Dicks Palmes VanGordon
- Naomi Elizabeth Dicks Palmes VanGorden (90 KB)
Taken probably in her 50's or 60's
- Obit of Naomi Dicks Newby wife of Joseph (495 KB)
sister of William Dicks, aunt of Naomi Dicks Palmes VanGordon, copy found in bible of Mrs VanGordon
- Naomi Dicks Newby (108 KB)
daughter of Job & Hannah Dicks, married Joseph Newby in Henry County IN from 1884 Henry County IN History, Interstate Publishers Chicago
- ruins of the Chateau d'Palmes (48 KB)
ruins of the Chateau d'Palmes located in the Basque region of Spain
- Perkins Family (159 KB)
4 generations of Perkins family including Margaret Curtis Perkins & great grandson John Perkins
- Sidney Lawrence Cropper Sr. (118 KB)
Sidney Lawrence Cropper Sr. father of Bessie & Sidney Cropper Jr.
- Henry & Maude Cropper Anderson (159 KB)
daughter of Walter S. Cropper & Flora Belle Pollock
- Orville & Rose (Putland) Palmes (27 KB)
son of Francisco & Elizabeth Palmes. Picture shared from Thelma, daughter of Byron Palmes
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- obit of Dorcus Brenton Curtis (1 KB)
Obit of Dorcus Brenton Curtis
- Uncle Bill Brentons report re. BRENTON family (6 KB)
Letter read by William Brenton at family reunion in Boone Co IN.Contains family history.
- Will and Probate of Maude E. Andersen (14 KB)
Surnames mentioned in will and probate records:
Andersen, Caldwell, Cropper, Curtis, Goode, Gould, Grahn, Hannon, Jensen, Mountain, O'Brien, Perelman, Sigafoos, Sturm, ?isner
- Civil War letter from CURTIS (3 KB)
Philander Main Curtis served in the Civil War & writes this letter from "Camp Carrinton" in Indianapolis IN to his sister Isabella.
- Will of Sydney L. Cropper Sr. (3 KB)
Dated September 13, 1960, Altadena, California
Surnames listed; Curtis, Cropper, Murphey, Courtevay, Jackson, Tyrell
- Will of Philander CURTIS (1 KB)
Last Will & Testament of Philander Main CURTIS of Boone County Indiana
- Will of William Stephenson (1 KB)
Will of William Stephenson of Nicholas County, Kentucky,
probated in 1814
- Will of Rebecca BRENTON of Boone County Indiana (1 KB)
Will of Rebecca BRENTON of Boone County Indiana, wife of William Brenton, pioneer settler Clinton Township.
- CROPPER & PALMES surnames 1911 Inpls City Director (1 KB)
These are excerpts from the Indianapolis 1911 City Directory, Marion County Public Library, surnames CROPPER, PALMES transcribed by Peggy Curtis Smith
- Obituary of Flora CURTIS (1 KB)
Obituary from The Lebanon Reporter, (Indiana) dated November 2, 1956
- Bible of Naomi Dicks Palmes VanGordon (1 KB)
Family Bible listing Dicks, and Palmes families
- Will of John McConaughy (3 KB)
Pennsylvania born> to Brown County, Ohio. died & Will probated 1840
- 2nd part of Naomi Dicks Palmes VanGordon's Bible (2 KB)
contains deaths & transcipts of scraps of papers in Bible, Palmes and Dicks family
- Sam'l McConaughy Will (6 KB)
Samuel McConaughy of Adams County, Pennsylvania, Gettysburgh.. will & estate probated 1802
- Pension record of F. PALMES (1 KB)
Abstracts from pension file of Francisco PALMES Civil War..obtained from the National Archives
- Probate Court Decatur Co IN DOUTHIT (4 KB)
From the Decatur County Courthouse,1842 in the matter of guardianship for Susan, Madaline & Jane Douthit, named John Douthit (father) to hold inheritance from David SHELTON (grandfather).
- Obituary of Philander Main Curtis (1 KB)
Obituary
- Obit of Orville Deville Palmes (1 KB)
Obit of Orville Deville Palmes, son of Francisco & Elizabeth Palmes, surviving spouse Rose Putland Palmes
Canton Repository, Wed., May 20, 1931 pg. 29
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