Rev. Alfred Nash Curtis was born to Thomas and Eliza Flowers Curtis in Noxapater, Mississippi in 1864. While just an infant, Nash (as he was known) lost his father. His mother struggled to manage their farm and raise Nash and his older brother, Benjamin.
Nash did manage to attend college, going to Capital City College in Jackson, Mississippi, where he became proficient in penmanship, and taught writing classes.
He returned to Winston County, Mississippi, and some time later, in 1887, eloped with Sallie F. Cagle. (also a native of Winston County, MS.)
Along with Nash's mother, they then traveled to Van Zandt County, Texas, to join a brother who had previously re-located there.
In 1889, Nash lost his beloved mother, and his only child at the time, Howard G. Curtis. It was soon after these tragic losses that he decided to take up the church, and became a Methodist Minister. He traveled to various Native American reservations in what was then Oklahoma territory, "spreading the gospel." Nash was known as a very kind and congenial gentleman; So much so that family legend states even the Native Americans to whom he preached greatly respected him, and even offered, upon his death, to take his body and bury it using their own rituals/customs.
His life was cut short in 1893, when he died from a ruptured appendix. He is buried in a lone grave outside of a small Methodist church in Wynnewood, Oklahoma.
This obituary appeared in a Winston County (?), MS. newspaper shortly after his death:
" Died at his home in Wynnewood, Indian territory, October 11th, 1893, Rev. A.N. Curtis in the 30th year of his age.
Mr. Curtis was born on the old homestead bearing his family name in Winston County, Mississippi, February 23rd, 1864, and grew up under the pious nature of his widowed mother, and the good example of his elder brother, Mr. B.F. Curtis.
Nash, by which name he was familiarly known, was always an innocent and considerate boy, a dutiful son, and a kind brother.
The writers memory reverts to his own boyhood, as thoughts wander back again to the seventies when deceased and me were school boys together at dear old Mount Pleasant, in whose hallowed sanctuary, the former was converted to the faith in which he, in after years, became a zealous minister.
He was a very intelligent and estimable gentleman, and among other accomplishments he attained considerable eminence as an expert penman.
After taking a course in instruction in the Capital City College at Jackson, Mississippi, in 1886, he successfully taught writing classes in Louisville, and other places.
In the autumn of 1887, he married Miss Sallie Cagle, who with two little children survives him. After his marriage, he sought his fortune in the Lone Star State, settling at Wills Point, and engaging as a bookeeper for a large mercantile firm. Subsequently he was employed in Dallas and Sherman.
After the death of his devoted mother in 1889, the ministry invited his attention. He was serving in the capacity of a Methodist minister with good success at the time of his death.
In a distant land he "sleeps the sleep that knows no waking", but here, the home of his nativity, he is remembered still in affection and appreciation.
- R.L.W."
Nash did manage to attend college, going to Capital City College in Jackson, Mississippi, where he became proficient in penmanship, and taught writing classes.
He returned to Winston County, Mississippi, and some time later, in 1887, eloped with Sallie F. Cagle. (also a native of Winston County, MS.)
Along with Nash's mother, they then traveled to Van Zandt County, Texas, to join a brother who had previously re-located there.
In 1889, Nash lost his beloved mother, and his only child at the time, Howard G. Curtis. It was soon after these tragic losses that he decided to take up the church, and became a Methodist Minister. He traveled to various Native American reservations in what was then Oklahoma territory, "spreading the gospel." Nash was known as a very kind and congenial gentleman; So much so that family legend states even the Native Americans to whom he preached greatly respected him, and even offered, upon his death, to take his body and bury it using their own rituals/customs.
His life was cut short in 1893, when he died from a ruptured appendix. He is buried in a lone grave outside of a small Methodist church in Wynnewood, Oklahoma.
This obituary appeared in a Winston County (?), MS. newspaper shortly after his death:
" Died at his home in Wynnewood, Indian territory, October 11th, 1893, Rev. A.N. Curtis in the 30th year of his age.
Mr. Curtis was born on the old homestead bearing his family name in Winston County, Mississippi, February 23rd, 1864, and grew up under the pious nature of his widowed mother, and the good example of his elder brother, Mr. B.F. Curtis.
Nash, by which name he was familiarly known, was always an innocent and considerate boy, a dutiful son, and a kind brother.
The writers memory reverts to his own boyhood, as thoughts wander back again to the seventies when deceased and me were school boys together at dear old Mount Pleasant, in whose hallowed sanctuary, the former was converted to the faith in which he, in after years, became a zealous minister.
He was a very intelligent and estimable gentleman, and among other accomplishments he attained considerable eminence as an expert penman.
After taking a course in instruction in the Capital City College at Jackson, Mississippi, in 1886, he successfully taught writing classes in Louisville, and other places.
In the autumn of 1887, he married Miss Sallie Cagle, who with two little children survives him. After his marriage, he sought his fortune in the Lone Star State, settling at Wills Point, and engaging as a bookeeper for a large mercantile firm. Subsequently he was employed in Dallas and Sherman.
After the death of his devoted mother in 1889, the ministry invited his attention. He was serving in the capacity of a Methodist minister with good success at the time of his death.
In a distant land he "sleeps the sleep that knows no waking", but here, the home of his nativity, he is remembered still in affection and appreciation.
- R.L.W."
Rev. Alfred Nash Curtis was born to Thomas and Eliza Flowers Curtis in Noxapater, Mississippi in 1864. While just an infant, Nash (as he was known) lost his father. His mother struggled to manage their farm and raise Nash and his older brother, Benjamin.
Nash did manage to attend college, going to Capital City College in Jackson, Mississippi, where he became proficient in penmanship, and taught writing classes.
He returned to Winston County, Mississippi, and some time later, in 1887, eloped with Sallie F. Cagle. (also a native of Winston County, MS.)
Along with Nash's mother, they then traveled to Van Zandt County, Texas, to join a brother who had previously re-located there.
In 1889, Nash lost his beloved mother, and his only child at the time, Howard G. Curtis. It was soon after these tragic losses that he decided to take up the church, and became a Methodist Minister. He traveled to various Native American reservations in what was then Oklahoma territory, "spreading the gospel." Nash was known as a very kind and congenial gentleman; So much so that family legend states even the Native Americans to whom he preached greatly respected him, and even offered, upon his death, to take his body and bury it using their own rituals/customs.
His life was cut short in 1893, when he died from a ruptured appendix. He is buried in a lone grave outside of a small Methodist church in Wynnewood, Oklahoma.
This obituary appeared in a Winston County (?), MS. newspaper shortly after his death:
" Died at his home in Wynnewood, Indian territory, October 11th, 1893, Rev. A.N. Curtis in the 30th year of his age.
Mr. Curtis was born on the old homestead bearing his family name in Winston County, Mississippi, February 23rd, 1864, and grew up under the pious nature of his widowed mother, and the good example of his elder brother, Mr. B.F. Curtis.
Nash, by which name he was familiarly known, was always an innocent and considerate boy, a dutiful son, and a kind brother.
The writers memory reverts to his own boyhood, as thoughts wander back again to the seventies when deceased and me were school boys together at dear old Mount Pleasant, in whose hallowed sanctuary, the former was converted to the faith in which he, in after years, became a zealous minister.
He was a very intelligent and estimable gentleman, and among other accomplishments he attained considerable eminence as an expert penman.
After taking a course in instruction in the Capital City College at Jackson, Mississippi, in 1886, he successfully taught writing classes in Louisville, and other places.
In the autumn of 1887, he married Miss Sallie Cagle, who with two little children survives him. After his marriage, he sought his fortune in the Lone Star State, settling at Wills Point, and engaging as a bookeeper for a large mercantile firm. Subsequently he was employed in Dallas and Sherman.
After the death of his devoted mother in 1889, the ministry invited his attention. He was serving in the capacity of a Methodist minister with good success at the time of his death.
In a distant land he "sleeps the sleep that knows no waking", but here, the home of his nativity, he is remembered still in affection and appreciation.
- R.L.W."
Nash did manage to attend college, going to Capital City College in Jackson, Mississippi, where he became proficient in penmanship, and taught writing classes.
He returned to Winston County, Mississippi, and some time later, in 1887, eloped with Sallie F. Cagle. (also a native of Winston County, MS.)
Along with Nash's mother, they then traveled to Van Zandt County, Texas, to join a brother who had previously re-located there.
In 1889, Nash lost his beloved mother, and his only child at the time, Howard G. Curtis. It was soon after these tragic losses that he decided to take up the church, and became a Methodist Minister. He traveled to various Native American reservations in what was then Oklahoma territory, "spreading the gospel." Nash was known as a very kind and congenial gentleman; So much so that family legend states even the Native Americans to whom he preached greatly respected him, and even offered, upon his death, to take his body and bury it using their own rituals/customs.
His life was cut short in 1893, when he died from a ruptured appendix. He is buried in a lone grave outside of a small Methodist church in Wynnewood, Oklahoma.
This obituary appeared in a Winston County (?), MS. newspaper shortly after his death:
" Died at his home in Wynnewood, Indian territory, October 11th, 1893, Rev. A.N. Curtis in the 30th year of his age.
Mr. Curtis was born on the old homestead bearing his family name in Winston County, Mississippi, February 23rd, 1864, and grew up under the pious nature of his widowed mother, and the good example of his elder brother, Mr. B.F. Curtis.
Nash, by which name he was familiarly known, was always an innocent and considerate boy, a dutiful son, and a kind brother.
The writers memory reverts to his own boyhood, as thoughts wander back again to the seventies when deceased and me were school boys together at dear old Mount Pleasant, in whose hallowed sanctuary, the former was converted to the faith in which he, in after years, became a zealous minister.
He was a very intelligent and estimable gentleman, and among other accomplishments he attained considerable eminence as an expert penman.
After taking a course in instruction in the Capital City College at Jackson, Mississippi, in 1886, he successfully taught writing classes in Louisville, and other places.
In the autumn of 1887, he married Miss Sallie Cagle, who with two little children survives him. After his marriage, he sought his fortune in the Lone Star State, settling at Wills Point, and engaging as a bookeeper for a large mercantile firm. Subsequently he was employed in Dallas and Sherman.
After the death of his devoted mother in 1889, the ministry invited his attention. He was serving in the capacity of a Methodist minister with good success at the time of his death.
In a distant land he "sleeps the sleep that knows no waking", but here, the home of his nativity, he is remembered still in affection and appreciation.
- R.L.W."
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