Curtis, M. A. (Moses Ashley), 1808-1872
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Moses Ashley Curtis was born in Stockbridge, Mass., and educated at Williams College in Massachusetts. After graduating, he became a tutor for the children of former Governor Edward Bishop Dudley in Wilmington, N.C., returning to Massachusetts in 1833 to study theology. He married Mary de Rosset in 1834, was ordained in 1835, and obtained a post to teach at the Episcopal school at Raleigh, N.C. He became rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church at Hillsborough, N.C., in 1841 and in charge of a parish at Society Hill, S.C., in 1847 before returning to the Protestant Episcopal Church at Hillsborough in 1857. He died in Hillsborough, in 1872. Besides his clerical and teaching duties, Curtis was also a noted mycologist.
From the description of M.A. Curtis papers, 1720-1952. WorldCat record id: 23107400
Moses Ashley Curtis was born in Stockbridge, Mass., and educated at Williams College in Massachusetts. After graduating, he became a tutor for the children of former Governor Edward Bishop Dudley in Wilmington, N.C., returning to Massachusetts in 1833 to study theology. He married Mary de Rosset in 1834, was ordained in 1835, and obtained a post to teach at the Episcopal school at Raleigh, N.C. He became rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church at Hillsborough, N.C., in 1841 and in charge of a parish at Society Hill, S.C., in 1847 before returning to the Protestant Episcopal Church at Hillsborough in 1857. He died in Hillsborough, in 1872. Besides his clerical and teaching duties, Curtis was also a noted mycologist.
M.A. Curtis and his wife Mary Jane DeRosset Curtis (1813-1903) had ten children: Armand DeRosset, Moses Ashley Jr. (Ashley), John Henry, Catherine Fullerton (Kate), Charles Jared, Mary Louisa (Minna), Caroline (Carrie), Elizabeth DeRosset (Lizzie), William White, and Magdalene. Only Moses Ashley Jr., Catherine Fullerton, Charles Jared, Elizabeth DeRosset, and Mary Louisa survived to adulthood.
From the guide to the M.A. Curtis Papers, 1720-1952, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)
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