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From History of St. Clair County, Michigan
Anonymous Author (Chicago: A.T. Andreas & Co., 1883)

Page 566-567

WILLIAM CURTIS, Captain of the "James Beard," is a native of Canada, and was born on the St. Lawrence River, February 1, 1830; he grew up in Canada, and worked for Davenport on the ferry between here and Sarnia, and was afterward for ten years in the employ of Capt. Moffat. He came to Port Huron in 1857, and since then has resided here; for the past fifteen years has had command of vessels and tugs on the river and lakes. Capt. Curtis was united in marriage June 11, 1854, to Miss Lucy A. Coy, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, daughter of Ansel B. Coy, one of the earliest Indian traders in St. Paul, Minn.; they have one daughter, Mrs. Fred Starkweather.




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