Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
NameJosiah Askew Curtis
Birthabt 1812, Burke, NC1,2
Deathabt 1865, CA1,2
FatherMoses Curtis (1777-1853)
MotherMary Allison (1782-1864)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: Find a Grave1, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51846239
!BIRTH-DEATH: FamilySearch2, Josiah Askew Curtis, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/L8S8-WGN
!BIRTH-DEATH: Bird/Allison descendants, Josiah Askew Curtis, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BirdAllisonDescendants.txt
!MARRIAGE: 02-Jan-1832 Burke, NC marriages499, Askew Curtis and Elizabeth Bird
!REFERENCE: Jul-1848 McDowell, NC Petition for Dower by Angellica Bird
!REFERENCE: "The Heritage of Macon County" [NC], pages 205-206
!REFERENCE: 10-Jul-2006 email from Penny Spencer to Don Braffitt490, died Sep-1865
!REFERENCE: A Curtis Genealogy491, page 250
Spouses
Birth8 Jun 1811, Burke, NC1,2
Death4 Jun 1909, Otto, Macon, NC1,2
BurialAsbury Cemetery, Otto, Macon, NC1,2
FatherJonathan Bird (1764-1848)
MotherAngelica Banning (1775-1863)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Asbury Cemetery, Otto, Macon, NC1,498, Elizabeth Curtis, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51846252
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Mary Elizabeth Bird, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LH65-2JB
!BIRTH-DEATH: Bird/Allison descendants, Elizabeth Bird, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BirdAllisonDescendants.txt
!MARRIAGE: 02-Jan-1832 Burke, NC marriages499, Askew Curtis and Elizabeth Bird
!CENSUS: 1860 Tennessee Valley, Macon, NC, Elizabeth Curtis
!CENSUS: 30-Jul-1870 Smiths Bridge, Macon, NC, 94/97, Elizabeth Curtis
!CENSUS: 1880 McDowell, NC
!REFERENCE: Jul-1848 McDowell, NC Petition for Dower by Angellica Bird
!REFERENCE: 1909, "Obituary: Elizabeth Curtis (nee Bird) died at her residence near Otto, Macon County, NC, having lived long and well, only lacking two years and four days of living one hundred years. She was the daughter of Rev. Jonathon Bird, who at one time was chosen by Bishop Asbury as his traveling companion. His home was a resting place for the pioneer bishop in his travels across the mountains. Sister Curtis, or Aunt Curtis as she was familiarly called by all, married to Askew January ( June?) 3, 1832. From this marriage were born ten children, all who have professed faith in Jesus Christ as their savior. She had 40 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and 5 great great grandchildren. She was the aunt of the Rev. John W. Bird of the Western North Carolina Conference, lately deceased. Asbury church has lost its oldest and most faithful member. Not only her numerous descendants but all who knew her will revere her sacred memory. May all strive to meet her in heaven.", from 2000 Banning Generations340
!REFERENCE: 1988 A Curtis Genealogy491, page 250, Elizabeth Bird
Marriage2 Jan 1832, Burke, NC499
Misc. Notes
!MARRIAGE: 02-Jan-1832 Burke, NC marriages499, Askew Curtis and Elizabeth Bird
ChildrenAngelica J. (1832-1883)
 Emily (1834-1918)
 John Spencer (1836-1862)
 George Williamson (1839-1925)
 Washington Lafayette (1841-1904)
 Mary A. (1844-1913)
 Jonathan Bird (1846-1921)
 Elizabeth (1848-1917)
 Nancy (1850-1851)
 Moses Hightower (1852-1892)
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