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. She lived all of her adult life in the Richmond Community and Blue Stocking Hollow Road area. Contributed by R. Curtiss 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…<\/p>\n
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\nJ.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)
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\nJames 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.)
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\nMyrtle Cheeves Curtiss and Levoy Nichols Married Aug 7, 1948. (Second marriage of both)
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\nLoyd Curtiss Married Oct. 19, 1957. (2nd son of Myrtle & James Clay Curtiss Sr.)
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\nBIRTHS:<\/strong>
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\nLuck or James Clay Curtiss Sr., Born Nov. 28, 1882. (Also known as J.C. Curtiss)
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\nJohnie Furgason Curtiss, born March 1, 1888. (1st wife of J.C. or James Clay Curtiss Sr.)
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\nMyrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols, Born July 6, 1907. (2nd wife of both James Clay curtiss Sr. and then Levoy Nichols)
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\nLevoy Nichols, Born Feb. 4, 1901. (2nd husband of Myrtle Cheeves curtiss Nichols)
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\nRaymond Templeton Curtiss, Born in the year of our Lord Sept. 9, 1904. (1st son of James Clay Curtiss Sr. & Johnie Furgason Curtiss)
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\nJames Marvin Curtiss, Born Sept. 11, 1911. (2nd son of James Clay Curtiss Sr. & Johnie Furgason Curtiss)
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\nMother & Father of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols:
\nMary Elizabeth Smith Cheeves, Born April 23, 1889.
\nWillie Pink Cheeves, Born Aug. 20, 1886.
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\nPaul Thomas Cheeves, Born Jan. 4, 1919. (Brother of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols)
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\nJ.C. Cheeves, Born May 28, 1916. (Brother of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols)
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\nMartinella F. Curtiss, Born March 8, 1931. (Daughter-in’law of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols)
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\nMyrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols three sons:
\nJohn William Curtiss, Born July 2, 1928. (Military changed name to Curtis)
\nR. Loyd Curtiss, Born March 4, 1931.
\nJames Clay Curtiss Jr., Born October 16, 1934.
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\nGRANDCHILDREN:<\/strong>
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\nJohn W. Curtiss Jr., Born 19__. (1st son of John W. Sr. and Martinella Endres Curtis)
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\nJames Joseph Curtiss, Born 19__. (2nd son of John W. Sr. and Martinella Endres Curtis)
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\nJudy Ann Curtiss, Born 19__. (Daughter of John W. Sr. and Martinella Endress Curtis)
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\nJerry Loyd Curtiss, son of J.W., Born 19__. (3rd son of John W. Sr. and Martinella Endres Curtis)
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\nRussell Lee Curtiss, Born 19__. weighed 9 lb, 13 oz. 7 o’clock. (1st son of Loyd and Mary Baughman Curtiss)
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\nAllan Clay Curtiss, Born 19__, weighed 9 lb, 10 oz. 4:36 a.m. (2nd son of Loyd and Mary Baughman Curtiss)
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\nRichard Loyd Curtiss, Born Dec. 24, 1964, 9 lb. 5 oz. 12 noon. (3rd son of Loyd and Mary Baughman Curtiss)
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\nDEATHS
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\nJohn W. Curtiss, Died June 13, 1924. (Born 1846 & Father of James Clay Curtiss Sr.)
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\nMary Elizabeth Smith Cheeves, Died Nov. 23, 1923.
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\nWillie Pink Cheeves, Died July 14, 1973, Buried Round Hill Cemetery in Marshall County. (Tennessee)
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\nReuben Wallace, Died Dec. 3, 1963. Saturday night. (Son of Claud and Mamie Curtiss Wallace)
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\nMr. Claud Wallace, Died Nov. 1943. (Brother-in-law of James Clay Curtiss Sr.)
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\nJames Marvin Curtiss, Died March 31, 1943. Age 31. (Buried Richmond Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee)
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\nJames Clay Curtiss Sr., Died Feb. 28, 1944. Age 62. (Buried Richmond Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee)
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\nNeele 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.)
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\nRaymond Templeton Curtiss, Died July 1955. Age 59. (Buried Richmond Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee)
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\nJames C. Curtiss Jr., Died Feb. 8, 1957. Buried at Stones River National Cemetery in Murfreesboro. (Rutherford County, Tennessee)
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\nLilly 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)
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\nMattie Jean Nichols, Died Dec. 4, 1961. Buried Foster Cemetery. ( Lincoln County, Tennessee. Mother of Levoy Nichols)
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\nB.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)
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\nSSGT. 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)
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\nRichard 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.
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\nPaul Wallace, Died Oct. 25, 1977. Buried at Petersburg Cemetery. (Old Orchard Cemetery, Lincoln County, Tennessee. Son of Claud and Mamie Curtiss Wallace)
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\nJ.C. Cheeves, Died Feb. 22, 1978. Buried at Round Hill Cemetery. (Marshall County, Tennessee)
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\nCatherine Cheeves; J.C. Cheeves 1st wife, died Feb. 19, 1966 at 6 a.m. (Sister-in-law of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols)
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\nBenton King, Died Jan. 1967. Husband of Mary Cheeves King Hickel. (Brother-in-law of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols)
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\nPaul Thomas Cheeves, age 68, Died Feb. 18, 1987. (Brother of Myrtle Cheeves curtiss Nichols)
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\nMrs. Endres, Died July 21, 1962, 2:30 o’clock. (Wife of John W. Curtis Sr and daughter-in-law of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols)
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\nJoseph Endres – March 1. (Father of Martinella Endres Curtis and father-in-law of John W. Curtis Sr.)
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\nMamie Curtiss Wallace, Died Jan. 7, 1912. (Sister of James Clay Curtiss Sr. and wife of Claud Wallace)
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\nGrandma 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)
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\nJohnie Curtiss, Died May 7, 1923. (1st wife of James Clay Curtiss Sr.)
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\nSue K. Phillips, Died March 22, 1920. (Sister of Johnie Furgason Curtiss)
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\nMy 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)
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\nWillie Mae Ledford, Died Saturday night 11:30, April 30, 1977. (Sister of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols)
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\nNOTES:<\/strong>
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\nJohn Curtiss left home on Dec. 2, 1943. Returned home April 16, 1945. (1st Son of Myrtle Cheeves Curtiss Nichols)
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