General Notes

http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikent/cemeteries/solon/elmwood.html
according to transcription from Elmwood Cemetery, Hannah's gravestone says her birth year is 1830 (not 1831)

Curtis, Hannah M.
b. 1830; d. 1915.

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1890 Veterans Schedules
Viewing record 1 of 1 match for:
Jerome Curtiss

Veteran's Name Relative's Name Home in 1890 (Township, County, State) Rank Years of service
Jerome Curtiss Hannah Curtiss Jackson, McPherson, South Dakota Priva

Hannah M. Richmond/Curtiss/McKinney/Snethen
According to her death certificate, she was born in 1831.
In most of the signatures in the posession of a descendant, Hannah signs Curtis with one "s".
On the pension papers she wrote two of the boys with two "s" and two of the boys have one. Her death certificate has one.
On June 8th, 1907, she was in Coleman and presumably living with Wilmer. Perhaps she was getting feeble enough that he had to put her into a home at that time.
On this certain paper [I presume this is the application for acceptance to the Old Soldier's Home in Grand Rapids Michigan.Lmcsr] her name is spelled Curtice. It also says she married Samuel Kinney on what would have been Jerome's 46th birthday. She divorced him and married Joseph Snethen on Nov. 23rd, 187?. He died April 27, 1895 in Solon, Kent Co., MI. I know she had a daughter, Mary Amy, with Sam Kinney.

Hannah later married a 'Snethen' as that was her name when she applied for her Civil War widow's pension.

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  Birth Notes

According to her death certificate, she was born in 1831.
According to her tombstone and the age calculation, she was born in 1830.

  Burial Notes

Elmwood Cemetery, Section D, Lot 32, Plot 4

According to a conversation between living descendant and the sexton at Elmwood Cemetery in Kent Co: The sexton said that Hannah is buried in a plot owned by L. W. Stiles (Hannah's mother was Lois Pierce Stiles). Also in the 8 plot lot is an Edgar Babcoc. He was born Nov. 26, 1899 and died in August 1968. The other six plots are empty. There are no other Stiles listed there nor Richmond.
Hannah is in Section D, Lot 32, Plot 4. Edgar is in Plot 9. Hannah's stone is still in good shape and readable.

  Recorded Events in Her Life

• She has conflicting birth information of 13 October 1831 and Le Roy, Genesee County, New York, USA. ¹

• She appeared on the 1850 US Federal Census on 1 October 1850 in Lyons Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA. ³ Lyons Township, Cook County, Illinois, USA (age 20)
  
  

1850 Illinois Census,Cook County, Lyon Twns, Pg 4, Entries # 14/21.
Jerome Curtiss 62 M Farmer Penn. (See note below *)
Nancy 60 F "
Daniel L. 36 M "
Ambrose 16 M "
JEROME L. 30 M "
Jerome was born in Leicester Twns, Livingston County, N.Y.
Sept. 12, 1820.
HANNAH M. 20 F "( Penn)
Hannah was born in Leroy, Genesee County, N.Y. Oct 18,1831.
Oren L. 1 M Illinois (should be Orlin L.)
Clarisa 18 or 28 F Penn
*(I question the Pennsylvania birth place for any of the above. Jerome 62 M Farmer: I believe he was born in Livingston County, N.Y. or even possibly Genesee County, as Livingston County, was a part of Genesee prior to Genesee being divided.)

• She appeared on the 1860 US Federal Census on 4 June 1860 in Greenbush, Clinton County, Michigan, USA. ⁴ Greenbush, Clinton County, Michigan, USA (Hannah M, age 29)
  
  

1860 U.S. Census: Clinton County, Greenbush Twn, Michigan. Ancestry.com page 13: Enteries 18/23. Born
J.L. Curtiss 39 M Farmer N.Y.
Hannah M. 29 F "
Sylvester A or O 9 M Michigan.
Dante L. 5 M "
Wilmer J. 4 M "
Ray Dell B. 2 M (should be Dell Ray B.) "

• She appeared on the 1870 US Federal Census on 25 August 1870 in Greenbush Township, Clinton County, Michigan, USA. ⁵ Greenbush Township, Clinton County, Michigan, USA (age 39)

• She has conflicting death information of 15 June 1915 and Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA. ¹