The Family Bible of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols contains some pages that were once a part of another Bible that belonged to her husband’s (James Clay Curtiss Sr.) first wife; Johnie Furgason Curtiss. The following are the hand written entries from the pages with a brief explanation after some for clarification (in parenthesis). I have excluded the birth dates of those persons still living.
 
MARRIAGES:
 
J.C. Curtiss and Johnie Furgason were married January 5, 1904 by Mr. L.A. Farrar. witness Mrs. Beulah Barrett & Son. (James Clay Curtiss Sr. and 1st wife)
 
James Clay Curtiss and Myrtle Cheeves age 19, were united in Holy Matrimony on the 11th day of July 1926 at Richmond by Paul Young. (Paul is brother-in-law of James Clay Curtiss Sr.)
 
Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss and Levoy Nichols Married Aug 7, 1948. (Second marriage of both)
 
Loyd Curtiss Married Oct. 19, 1957. (2nd son of Myrtle & James Clay Curtiss Sr.)
 
BIRTHS:
 
Luck or James Clay Curtiss Sr., Born Nov. 28, 1882. (Also known as J.C. Curtiss)
 
Johnie Furgason Curtiss, born March 1, 1888. (1st wife of J.C. or James Clay Curtiss Sr.)
 
Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols, Born July 6, 1907. (2nd wife of both James Clay curtiss Sr. and then Levoy Nichols)
 
Levoy Nichols, Born Feb. 4, 1901. (2nd husband of Myrtle Cheeves curtiss Nichols)
 
Raymond Templeton Curtiss, Born in the year of our Lord Sept. 9, 1904. (1st son of James Clay Curtiss Sr. & Johnie Furgason Curtiss)
 
James Marvin Curtiss, Born Sept. 11, 1911. (2nd son of James Clay Curtiss Sr. & Johnie Furgason Curtiss)
 
Mother & Father of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols:
Mary Elizabeth Smith Cheeves, Born April 23, 1889.
Willie Pink Cheeves, Born Aug. 20, 1886.
 
Paul Thomas Cheeves, Born Jan. 4, 1919. (Brother of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols)
 
J.C. Cheeves, Born May 28, 1916. (Brother of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols)
 
Martinella F. Curtiss, Born March 8, 1931. (Daughter-in’law of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols)
 
Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols three sons:
John William Curtiss, Born July 2, 1928. (Military changed name to Curtis)
R. Loyd Curtiss, Born March 4, 1931.
James Clay Curtiss Jr., Born October 16, 1934.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:
 
John W. Curtiss Jr., Born  19__. (1st son of John W. Sr. and Martinella Endres Curtis)
 
James Joseph Curtiss, Born 19__. (2nd son of John W. Sr. and Martinella Endres Curtis)
 
Judy Ann Curtiss, Born 19__. (Daughter of John W. Sr. and Martinella Endress Curtis)
 
Jerry Loyd Curtiss, son of J.W., Born 19__. (3rd son of John W. Sr. and Martinella Endres Curtis)
 
Russell Lee Curtiss, Born 19__. weighed 9 lb, 13 oz. 7 o’clock. (1st son of Loyd and Mary Baughman Curtiss)
 
Allan Clay Curtiss, Born 19__, weighed 9 lb, 10 oz. 4:36 a.m. (2nd son of Loyd and Mary Baughman Curtiss)
 
Richard Loyd Curtiss, Born Dec. 24, 1964, 9 lb. 5 oz. 12 noon. (3rd son of Loyd and Mary Baughman Curtiss)
 
DEATHS
 
John W. Curtiss, Died June 13, 1924. (Born 1846 & Father of James Clay Curtiss Sr.)
 
Mary Elizabeth Smith Cheeves, Died Nov. 23, 1923.
 
Willie Pink Cheeves, Died July 14, 1973, Buried Round Hill Cemetery in Marshall County. (Tennessee)
 
Reuben Wallace, Died Dec. 3, 1963. Saturday night. (Son of Claud and Mamie Curtiss Wallace)
 
Mr. Claud Wallace, Died Nov. 1943. (Brother-in-law of James Clay Curtiss Sr.)
 
James Marvin Curtiss, Died March 31, 1943. Age 31. (Buried Richmond Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee)
 
James Clay Curtiss Sr., Died Feb. 28, 1944. Age 62. (Buried Richmond Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee)
 
Neele Curtiss Young, Died October 17, 1950. Buried at Petersburg. (Old Orchard Cemetery, Lincoln County, Tennessee. Wife of Paul Young and sister of James Clay Curtiss Sr.)
 
Raymond Templeton Curtiss, Died July 1955. Age 59. (Buried Richmond Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee)
 
James C. Curtiss Jr., Died Feb. 8, 1957. Buried at Stones River National Cemetery in Murfreesboro. (Rutherford County, Tennessee)
 
Lilly Eva Evans was buried July 17, 1961 at Richmond Cemetery. (Bedford County, Tennessee. Sister of James Clay Curtiss Sr. and wife of Louis Nathan Evans)
 
Mattie Jean Nichols, Died Dec. 4, 1961. Buried Foster Cemetery. ( Lincoln County, Tennessee. Mother of Levoy Nichols)
 
B.F. Nichols, Died April 15, 1963, 6:45 o’clock, age 88. Buried Foster Cemetery Near Hannah Gap Road. (Lincoln County, Tennessee. Father of Levoy Nichols)
 
SSGT. Loyd Curtiss, Died Oct. 8, 1969 at El Paso, Texas, age 38. Son of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols. Buried at Stones River National Cemetery, Murfreesboro. (Rutherford County, Tennessee)
 
Richard Loyd Curtiss, age 8 yrs old, drowned in pond in Clarksville, Tenn. Dec. 21, 1973. Buried in Stones River National Cemetery in the grave of his Daddy, Loyd Curtiss.
 
Paul Wallace, Died Oct. 25, 1977. Buried at Petersburg Cemetery. (Old Orchard Cemetery, Lincoln County, Tennessee. Son of Claud and Mamie Curtiss Wallace)
 
J.C. Cheeves, Died Feb. 22, 1978. Buried at Round Hill Cemetery. (Marshall County, Tennessee)
 
Catherine Cheeves; J.C. Cheeves 1st wife, died Feb. 19, 1966 at 6 a.m. (Sister-in-law of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols)
 
Benton King, Died Jan. 1967. Husband of Mary Cheeves King Hickel. (Brother-in-law of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols)
 
Paul Thomas Cheeves, age 68, Died Feb. 18, 1987. (Brother of Myrtle Cheeves curtiss Nichols)
 
Mrs. Endres, Died July 21, 1962, 2:30 o’clock. (Wife of John W. Curtis Sr and daughter-in-law of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols)
 
Joseph Endres – March 1. (Father of Martinella Endres Curtis and father-in-law of John W. Curtis Sr.)
 
Mamie Curtiss Wallace, Died Jan. 7, 1912. (Sister of James Clay Curtiss Sr. and wife of Claud Wallace)
 
Grandma Curtiss, Died April 12, 1908. (Teresa Mosely Curtiss, wife of James Herod Curtiss, Jr. and Mother to the John W. Curtiss who died in 1923)
 
Johnie Curtiss, Died May 7, 1923. (1st wife of James Clay Curtiss Sr.)
 
Sue K. Phillips, Died March 22, 1920. (Sister of Johnie Furgason Curtiss)
 
My Nephew Harold Ledford died April 26, 1975. Buried at Round Hill Cemetery in Marshall County on Tuesday the 29th. Age 46. (Nephew of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols)
 
Willie Mae Ledford, Died Saturday night 11:30, April 30, 1977. (Sister of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols)
 
NOTES:
 
John Curtiss left home on Dec. 2, 1943. Returned home April 16, 1945. (1st Son of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols)