Frederick Kingsbury Curtis

Board of trustees of the Heye Foundation, Museum of the American Indian, in 1920, from left to right are: Minor Cooper Keith, James Bishop Ford, George Gustav Heye, Frederic Kimber Seward, Frederick Kingsbury Curtis, Samuel Riber, Jr., Archer Milton Huntington, and Harmon Washington Hendricks

Frederick Kingsbury Curtis I (February 3, 1863 – March 4, 1936) was a lawyer and a businessman, director of the Ann Arbor Railroad. He 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]

In addition, he served on the board of trustees of the Heye Foundation, which was associated with the Museum of the American Indian, founded by George Gustav Heye in 1916 and based on his collection. It opened to the public in 1922.

Curtis married twice and had three daughters; the first, by his first wife, died in infancy. He had two daughters with his second wife. They both married and had their own families.

Biography

Frederick Kingsbury Curtis 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 October 28, 1890, he married Marian Scott Hare, the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J. Montgomery Hare.[3] Their daughter Mary Emlen Curtis died in infancy.[4][5]

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).[6] Their children were Helen Kingsbury Curtis, who married Herbert Pelham Curtis;[4] and Cornelia McLanahan Curtis, who married Laurence M. Lombard.[7][8]

He died in Venice, Florida, on March 4, 1936.[2][9] On March 9, 1936, he was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, the Bronx, New York.[10]

References

  1. ^ Proceedings of the Committee on the merchant marine and fisheries. United States Congress. 1914.
  2. ^ a b c Frederick Kingsbury Curtis. Association of the Bar of the City of New York. 1936.
  3. ^ "[Social news]". New York Herald. 26 October 1890. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  4. ^ a b Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University, Yale University, 1935-6, New Haven, pp. 31-2.
  5. ^ "New Evergreen Cemetery". Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629–1934 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Mrs. F. Kingsbury Curtis Dies. Leader in Charities Here, 92". New York Times. October 22, 1965. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
  7. ^ "Dr. F. K. Curtis Weds Miss Lois Mossman". New York Times. July 7, 1957.
  8. ^ "Miss Curtis Wed To L. M. Lombard". New York Times. December 13, 1931. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
  9. ^ Shattuck, George Cheever (1967). Frederick Cheever Shattuck, M.D., 1847-1929: a memoir.
  10. ^ "Last Rites Are Held for Curtis". Sarasota Herald. March 6, 1936. Retrieved 2010-07-07.