Julius Bolivar Curtis (December 10, 1825 – June 10, 1907) was a lawyer and judge in Fairfield County, Connecticut, practicing for over fifty years.[1] He was a member of the Connecticut Senate representing the 12th District from 1858 to 1859 and from 1860 to 1861.
Julius Bolivar Curtis | |
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| Member of the Connecticut Senate from the 12th District | |
| In office 1858–1859 | |
| Preceded by | James H. Hoyt |
| Succeeded by | Matthew F. Merritt |
| In office 1860–1861 | |
| Preceded by | Matthew F. Merritt |
| Succeeded by | A. Homer Byington |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 10, 1825[1][2][3] Newtown, Connecticut[2][3][4] |
| Died | June 10, 1907 (aged 81)[1][2][4] Stamford, Connecticut[1] |
| Resting place | Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Connecticut (418-29)[2] |
| Political party | Free Soil Party[3] American Party[3] Republican[3] |
| Spouse(s) | Mary A. Acker (m. 1860),[3] Alice Kneeland Grain (m. May 11, 1886)[3] |
| Children | Sarah L. Curtis Mackey, Louis Julius Curtis[3] |
| Alma mater | Newtown Academy, New York State and National Law School |
| Occupation | lawyer, judge |
He was born in Newtown, Connecticut on December 10, 1825,[2] the son of Nichols and Ann Bennitt Curtis.[3] He attended Newtown Academy, and the New York State and National Law School at Ballston Spa, New York.[2] He was admitted to the bar on December 27, 1850.[3][4] He began practicing law in Greenwich in 1851.[2][3]
He was elected a Burgess of the Borough of Greenwich from 1855 to 1865, and served as Borough Attorney during the same period.[3] During the American Civil War, he served on the Military Committee of the town of Greenwich.[3]
He moved to Stamford in 1864.[3] He was elected Judge of the Probate Court in 1867 for the district of Stamford, holding the post through 1870.[2][3][4] He was judge of the Borough Court of Stamford from 1887 to 1893.[2][3]
He was elected to the Connecticut Senate from Stamford. In this capacity, he was an ex officio member of the Corporation of Yale College.[2][3]
Curtis had been a Republican since the organization of the party in Connecticut. However, he had previously sympathized with the Free Soil Party and the American Party.[3]
He was a member of the General Council of the American Bar Association beginning in 1889, and from 1885 to 1889 served as one of its Vice-Presidents.[3] He served as a director of the Stamford Street Railroad Company beginning in 1887.[3]
Curtis married his first wife, Mary Acker on October 30, 1854.[3] She died on February 23, 1884.[3] They had two children: Louis J. Curtis and Sarah L. Mackey.[3] His second wife was Alice Kneeland Grain.[3] They married on May 11, 1886.[3]
From 1896 to 1905, he was president of the Fairfield Bar Association.[2][3]
He died in Stamford on June 10, 1907, of "old age."[1]