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Mr. Curtis married (first) October 30,
1854, Mary Acker, daughter of Peter and
Mar\' Acker, of Greenwich ; she died in
1884. There were two children: i.
Sarah, born March 9, 1866, in Stamford
she married, in 1891, T. J. Mackay, of
New York City. 2. Louis Julius, of fur-
ther mention. Mr. Curtis married (second)
Alice (Kneeland) Grain, widow of
Francis H. Grain, and she died about a
month after Mr. Curtis, which occurred
at Stamford, June 10, 1907.
(IX) Louis Julius Curtis, son of Julius
B. and Mary (Acker) Curtis, was born
March 11, 1869, in Stamford. He was
fitted for college by the well known edu-
cator, Hiram U. King, who conducted a
noted private school in Stamford for many
years, and was graduated from the Shef-
field Scientific School of Yale College, in
1889, with the degree of Ph. B. He read
law under the preceptorship of his father,
and took a special course in the New
York Law School. In 1892 Mr. Curtis
was admitted to the bar in Connecticut;
the following year he was appointed clerk
of the City Court of Stamford, which
office he held for ten years. From 1897
to 1904 Mr. Curtis was corporation coun-
sel of Stamford, and also served as borough
counsel of New Canaan. In the
general practice of his profession, Mr.
Curtis has won a high place in legal cir-
cles of his part of the State. His cases
are prepared with careful attention to
detail. Loyalty and sincerity, which win
and hold confidence, are strong factors in
his success. Like his father, he has always
taken an active interest in public
aflfairs, believing that a man's ability to
serve is the measure of his responsibility
to society.
In 1901 Mr. Curtis was a member of the
Legislature and served on the judiciary
committee and committee on contested
elections. He has been member of the
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Town Board of Finance of Stamford for
four years, 1919-1922. He has always
taken an active interest in all that con-
cerns the welfare and progressive development
of Stamford. He was presi-
dent of the Stamford Bar Association,
1919-1921. He organized the Fidelity
Title and Trust Company, of which he
has been a director since organization,
and is now (1921) president. Mr. Curtis
is president of the Stamford Realty Company
and president of the Curtis-French
Realty Company. Fraternally, his affiliations
consist of membership in Union
Lodge, No. 5, Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons; Rittenhouse Chapter, No. 11,
Royal Arch Masons ; Washington Council,
No. 6. Royal and Select Masters
Puritan Lodge, No. 14, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Curtis has
served the Suburban Club of Stamford
as president, and is now a member of its
board of governors. During the World
War, Mr. Curtis sustained the family's
prestige for patriotism by serving on the
Legal Advisory Board of the Draft. He
was a member of a team in all Liberty
Loan drives. Red Cross drives. United
War Work drive and Young Men's Chris-
tian Association drive.
Mr. Curtis married Annie E. C. John-
ston, daughter of Robert H. Johnston, of
Darien.
RULAND, Frederick D., M. D.,
Head of Westport Sanitarium.
Dr. Ruland is a member of a family that
has long been known on Long Island,
where settlement was made in the neighborhood
of Huntington about 1750. The
name was originally Rulin in the records
of the district, and it appears numerously
in the records of Brookhaven and Hunt-
ington. The authentic trace of this line
begins with Daniel Ruland, a native of
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