David Avery Curtis
Birth Date
On 1820 August 11 (Born)
Death Date
On 1885 October 5 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Rutland Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States
1820 August 11
Mother
Ruth Franklin
Father
Enos Curtis (1783 - 1856)
Date Details
Occurred On 1820 August 11
Baptized
1832 June 25 (Age 11)
Married
Amanda Ann Starr
1841 October 20 (Age 21)
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1850)
1850 (Age 29)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Heber Ezra Curtis (Age 6)
Amanda Ann Starr (Age 28)
Surilla Jane Curtis (Age 2)
Courtland Adelbert Curtis
Date Details
Occurred Circa 1850
Joined Company
Circa 1850
Company Arrived
Married
Lutitia Shearer
1852 August 5 (Age 31)
Married
Sarah Harward
1855 January (Age 34)
Served in
British Mission
1855 July 18 – 1857 March 28 (Age 34)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Location Served
British Mission
Date Details
Started On 1855 July 18
Departed from Home
On 1855 August 14
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1857 March 28
Departed from Field
Traveled in
Jesse B. Martin Company (1857)
1857 June 1 – September 12 (Age 36)
Pioneers in Company
Roles
Returning Missionary
Date Details
Started On 1857 June 1
Joined Company
Ended On 1857 September 12
Company Arrived
Died in Aurora, Sevier, Utah Territory, United States
1885 October 5 (Age 65)
Media
David Avery Curtis (1820 - 1885) Profile
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Person
1850 United States Census
1850 United States Census. Utah Territory: Page 10.
1860 United States Census
1860 United States Census. Springville, Utah, Utah Territory: Page 280.
1870 Utah Census
1870 Utah Census. Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah Territory: Page 13.
1880 United States Census
1880 United States Census. Willow Bend, Sevier, Utah Territory: Page 43.
Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940
Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940. Adams County: 1825-1890.
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration
Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration, Vol. 1.
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, Page 208.
Mission
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 5 September 1855.
Historian's Office missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, circa 1925
Historian's Office missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, circa 1925, Vol. 1, Page 522, Line 1855:56.
Historical Record Book, 1841-1874
"Missionaries for English Mission", Historical Record Book, 1841-1874, (21 April 1855), Page 3.
INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports
INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports.
Millennial Star
"Arrival", Millennial Star, 17, (1 September 1855), 35. Page 554.
"Departure", Millennial Star, 19, (11 April 1857), 15. Page 233.
Pioneer
Charles R. Dana papers, 1847, 1859 / Autobiography, 1859
Charles R. Dana papers, 1847, 1859 / Autobiography, 1859, Page 171-76.
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Jesse B. Martin journals, 1853-1857
Jesse B. Martin journals, 1853-1857.
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Robert McQuarrie journals, 1854-1917
Robert McQuarrie journals, 1854-1917.
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