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 i S 6 CURRIER. CURTIS. sioned in the Fitchburg Fusileers, and re- signed as captain in 1S59. General Cunningham was married in Annisquam, June 12, 1856, to Ann Eliza, daughter of Oliver Griffin and Charlotte (Phippen) Lane. Of this union are three children : Charles Edward, Frederick Lane, and Annie Grafton Cunningham. CURRIER, Frederick Augustus, son of Festus C. and Johanna M. (Allen) Cur- rier, was born in "Worcester, December 24, 1851. His parents removed to Holliston when he was about a year old, and he received his early education in the public schools of that town. He removed to Fitchburg in January, 1869, and for a number of years had full charge of the office work of the large in- surance agency of his father. At the time of his appointment as postmaster, he was a member of the firm of F. C. Currier &: Son, insurance, railroad, and steamship agents. He was connected with Whitney Opera House for three years, as business mana- ger. He was for four years secretary of the Worcester North Agricultural Society, and declined a re-election. He was also in charge of the office work of the Massachu- setts Mutual Aid Society, of which his father is secretary. He was appointed postmaster of the city of Fitchburg by President Cleveland, receiving the endorsement of business men, irrespective of party, although he had never sought, nor had he previously held, public office. • CURTIS, ALBERT, son of Samuel, Jr., and Eunice (Taft) Curtis, was born in Worcester, July 13, 1807, being one of the fourth generation from Ephraim Curtis, who came from Sudbury to Worcester in 1673, and who is supposed to be the first white settler in Worcester. He was one of a large family of chil dren, and was early bereaved of his father. Before he had reached his tenth year he was obliged, to a great extent, to pro- vide his own living. He resided for a time with his uncle in Auburn, and later with an elder brother in Tioga county, N. Y., doing what he was able to do at farm labor. He returned to Worcester at the age of seventeen, robust in health, and filled with a laudable ambition to better his condition, and that of those who might need his support. He went into the service of White & Boyden, manufacturers of woolen machin- ery. He remained with them as apprentice and journeyman several years. In 1831, with John Simmons and Abel Kimball as partners, he commenced a business of his own, in the manufacture of machinery suitable for use in various departments of cloth making. His business broadened with success, taking in the manufacture of cloth itself. He was soon the owner of extensive mill property. His early knowledge of ma- chinery stood him in good stead in the va- rious branches of his extensive business. Twice during his business career he has suffered largely by destructive fires, but nothing daunted by untoward vicissitudes, he has immediately set about repairing and rebuilding. Possessed of but a limited education, his taste for reading in early years has been a strong motor in his after acquirements. He has obtained a good knowledge of books, and has pursued his studies in va- rious departments of intellectual culture. Particularly has he been interested in his- torical and antiquarian researches. He has been vice-president of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, and an efficient mem- ber of several other like institutions. Mr. Curtis has also for many years been interested in agricultural pursuits. He has devoted his time to business rather than to politics ; but as early as 1S40 he was se- lectman of the town of Worcester, serving two years ; was a member of the common council the first year of the infant city, and alderman in 1S57. Mr. Curtis has been an unswerving mem- ber of the Republican party since he joined its ranks after the dissolution of the old Whig party. He lias been a member of the Trinitarian Congregational church since 1828. The first wife of Mr. Curtis was Mrs. Sally V. (Houghton) Griffin, of Sterling, to whom he was married in October, 1833. His second wife was Rosella P. (Perrin) Bancroft, widow of Rev. David Bancroft, formerly of Tolland, Conn. He has no children. CURTIS, Edwin Upton, son of George and Martha Ann (Upton) Curtis, was born in Roxbury, Norfolk county, March 26, 1861. He attended the grammar and Latin schools, in Roxbury, the Little Blue school at Farmington, Maine, fitted for college, entered Bowdoin College, and was grad- uated A. B. in the class of 1882. He re- ceived the degree of A. M. in 1S85. He chose the law for a profession, was admitted to the Boston bar, and formed a