James C. Curtin passed away at his home on the corner of Allegheny and Howard streets shortly before nine o'clock on Saturday morning. He had not been in good health for going on two years but last February he became decidedly worse and complications developing, he grew gradually worse until the end, though he had been up and around the house until the day before his death.
James Constans Curtin was a son of Roland and Eliza Curtin and was born at the old Eagle rolling mills, (near Curtin) on December 30th, 1849, hence was 68 years, 9 months and 12 days old. His boyhood life was spent at Curtin but when a young man he came to Bellefonte and entered the office of the old Centre Democrat when it was located in the Conrad building and learned the trade of a printer. He also worked for a short time on this paper. But printing was not to his liking and he laid aside the stick and rule and went to work on one of the Curtin farms. Shortly after his marriage he located on the Curtin farm east of Bellefonte where he lived many years, farming and operating a dairy. In 1897 he quit the farm and moved into the old family home on the corner of Howard and Allegheny where he had lived ever since. During the past several years he did the office work for Albert Schad, the plumber. Mr. Curtin was the last of a family of nine children and not only the last of that generation of the Curtin family but of the family connections which include the Irvins, the Greggs and the Thompsons, only three of the same generation, cousins of his, survive.
He was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Tripple who died in 1904, but surviving him are three children. Mrs. John Bower of Bellefonte; Franklin, of San Bernadino, Cal., and Miss Julia, at home. Funeral services were held at his late home at four o'clock on Monday afternoon by Rev. W. K. McKinney, of the Presbyterian Church, after which burial was made in the Union cemetery.
Democratic Watchman (Bellefonte, PA) 18 Oct 1918
James Constans Curtin was a son of Roland and Eliza Curtin and was born at the old Eagle rolling mills, (near Curtin) on December 30th, 1849, hence was 68 years, 9 months and 12 days old. His boyhood life was spent at Curtin but when a young man he came to Bellefonte and entered the office of the old Centre Democrat when it was located in the Conrad building and learned the trade of a printer. He also worked for a short time on this paper. But printing was not to his liking and he laid aside the stick and rule and went to work on one of the Curtin farms. Shortly after his marriage he located on the Curtin farm east of Bellefonte where he lived many years, farming and operating a dairy. In 1897 he quit the farm and moved into the old family home on the corner of Howard and Allegheny where he had lived ever since. During the past several years he did the office work for Albert Schad, the plumber. Mr. Curtin was the last of a family of nine children and not only the last of that generation of the Curtin family but of the family connections which include the Irvins, the Greggs and the Thompsons, only three of the same generation, cousins of his, survive.
He was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Tripple who died in 1904, but surviving him are three children. Mrs. John Bower of Bellefonte; Franklin, of San Bernadino, Cal., and Miss Julia, at home. Funeral services were held at his late home at four o'clock on Monday afternoon by Rev. W. K. McKinney, of the Presbyterian Church, after which burial was made in the Union cemetery.
Democratic Watchman (Bellefonte, PA) 18 Oct 1918
James C. Curtin passed away at his home on the corner of Allegheny and Howard streets shortly before nine o'clock on Saturday morning. He had not been in good health for going on two years but last February he became decidedly worse and complications developing, he grew gradually worse until the end, though he had been up and around the house until the day before his death.
James Constans Curtin was a son of Roland and Eliza Curtin and was born at the old Eagle rolling mills, (near Curtin) on December 30th, 1849, hence was 68 years, 9 months and 12 days old. His boyhood life was spent at Curtin but when a young man he came to Bellefonte and entered the office of the old Centre Democrat when it was located in the Conrad building and learned the trade of a printer. He also worked for a short time on this paper. But printing was not to his liking and he laid aside the stick and rule and went to work on one of the Curtin farms. Shortly after his marriage he located on the Curtin farm east of Bellefonte where he lived many years, farming and operating a dairy. In 1897 he quit the farm and moved into the old family home on the corner of Howard and Allegheny where he had lived ever since. During the past several years he did the office work for Albert Schad, the plumber. Mr. Curtin was the last of a family of nine children and not only the last of that generation of the Curtin family but of the family connections which include the Irvins, the Greggs and the Thompsons, only three of the same generation, cousins of his, survive.
He was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Tripple who died in 1904, but surviving him are three children. Mrs. John Bower of Bellefonte; Franklin, of San Bernadino, Cal., and Miss Julia, at home. Funeral services were held at his late home at four o'clock on Monday afternoon by Rev. W. K. McKinney, of the Presbyterian Church, after which burial was made in the Union cemetery.
Democratic Watchman (Bellefonte, PA) 18 Oct 1918
James Constans Curtin was a son of Roland and Eliza Curtin and was born at the old Eagle rolling mills, (near Curtin) on December 30th, 1849, hence was 68 years, 9 months and 12 days old. His boyhood life was spent at Curtin but when a young man he came to Bellefonte and entered the office of the old Centre Democrat when it was located in the Conrad building and learned the trade of a printer. He also worked for a short time on this paper. But printing was not to his liking and he laid aside the stick and rule and went to work on one of the Curtin farms. Shortly after his marriage he located on the Curtin farm east of Bellefonte where he lived many years, farming and operating a dairy. In 1897 he quit the farm and moved into the old family home on the corner of Howard and Allegheny where he had lived ever since. During the past several years he did the office work for Albert Schad, the plumber. Mr. Curtin was the last of a family of nine children and not only the last of that generation of the Curtin family but of the family connections which include the Irvins, the Greggs and the Thompsons, only three of the same generation, cousins of his, survive.
He was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Tripple who died in 1904, but surviving him are three children. Mrs. John Bower of Bellefonte; Franklin, of San Bernadino, Cal., and Miss Julia, at home. Funeral services were held at his late home at four o'clock on Monday afternoon by Rev. W. K. McKinney, of the Presbyterian Church, after which burial was made in the Union cemetery.
Democratic Watchman (Bellefonte, PA) 18 Oct 1918
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