Alcona County MI Archives Photo Place.....Alcona County Historical Site June 6, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Debbie Hess [email protected] June 14, 2007, 2:02 pm Source: Curtisville Cemetery Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/alcona/photos/alconaco104551gph.jpg Image file size: 240.9 Kb Curtisville Cemetery is an Alcona County Historical Site. The first person buried in the cemetery was Jennie Bell (Curtis). Her father Ebinezer Curtis donated the land back in the late 1800's. Ebinezer was the first white man in what is now known as Curtisville, MI. Additional Comments: Jennie Curtis-Bell, born in Maine 1858. Died at Curtisville, Michigan on October 22, 1892. Married Joseph Bell, a Civil War veteran. Died at birth of son Daniel. Joseph and Jennie Bell had seven prior children: Edward, born April 12, 1876 at Wilbur, Michigan. Died October 29, 1927. Married Mary Wilkerson. One adopted daughter Nina Wilson Mousseau. Joseph born January 15, 1878 at Wilbur, Michigan. Died at Curtisville, Michigan May 19, 1945. Graduated from Ferris College, 1906. President of his class. Druggist in Seattle all his life. Five children: William, Keith, Richard, Patricia and Elizabeth. Manly A. born Stillwater, Minnesota September 30, 1880. Died at Curtisville, Michigna June, 1956. He was a lumberman, farmer, sportsman and Consumer Power foreman. He married Harriet T. La Fleur, November 12, 1899. They had five children: Maly Lyle, Alvin Edwin, Georgia Rose, Grace Martha, Arbutus Burnice. William Kenneth, remained a bachelor until well into his 60's, he then married Bessie Spencer ___?____ a childhood sweetheart. Their years together were very happy. Faith, died at age 35 following heart surgery in Ann Arbor. Never married. Buried in Curtisville Cemetery. Frederick Goodfellow, born at Curtisville, Michigan in 1891. Died July 17. Married Mabel Beldon of Goodar, Michigan. They had nine childrem: Iladean, America, Wanda, Audrey, Curtis, Larry, Joan, Sharon, Tamara. Daniel, born October 22, 1892. Raised by his grandmother and grandfather Curtis. Married Myrtle Bovia. They had three children: Olga, Chancey Dan (died at six weeks) and Richard (Shop teacher at Scottsville, Michigan). File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/alcona/photos/alconaco104551gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb