OBIT: Name: Lyman, Ruth Curtiss
Date: October 18, 1902
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #051.
Notes: Lyman-Ruth Curtiss, wife of Theodore P. Lyman, suddenly, at her residence, Kenilworth rd., Euclid Heights. Funeral Saturday, the 18th, at 2 p. m. Burial private.

1. 1. Eleanor LYMAN

Moved to Cleveland in 1868.

Living with his daughter at his in-laws in 1870 census. His wife does not appear in the census. She may have died prior to 1870. James is 30 and a nurseryman (in that business for 20 years).

CENSUS: 1910 - 3074 W14th St.

1. 3. Ruth CURTISS b. 24 Apr 1864, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 16 Oct 1902, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Amy CURTISS, [child] b. 15 Apr 1866, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 22 Oct 1869, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

CENSUS:
1830 Line #14, Hinckley Township, Medina County living near Lathrop Pixley.
1840 Curtis Milton Harrisville Township 276 19 pg274.txt , 2 males under 5, 1 male between 5-10, 1 male between 40-50, 1 female between 5-10, 1 female between 10-15, 1 female between 15-20, 1 female between 30-40. (3 girls, 2 boys)
1850 Not listed. Only his wife, Nancy and son, William, appear in Brooklyn, Cuyahoga Cty, Ohio. Where are the other children?

The FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0 provides an estimated birth year of 1810 and place as Hinckley, Medina, Ohio. That location seems unlikely because her father is listed in the 1820 census in Groton, Connecticut. Another entry estimates her birth for 1814. I've chosen to use that one since her brother, Ebenezer was born in 1810.


Four children.

Cemetery transcription from Denison Cemetery:
11/14/1859 11/17/1859 Curtiss Albert (son?)
10/22/1869 10/24/1869 Curtiss Amy (daughter?)
3/21/1857 3/23/1857 Curtiss Nancy (mother)
12/10/1869 5/1/1870 Curtiss Susie C (daughter?)
4/7/1860 4/8/1860 Curtiss William (son?)

1. Philo CURTISS b. 26 Apr 1831, Hinckley, Medina, Ohio.
2. William CURTISS b. 4 May 1834, Hinckley, Medina, Ohio; d. 7 Apr 1860, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. Albert CURTISS, [child] b. 15 Dec 1835, Hinckley, Medina, Ohio; d. 14 Nov 1859, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
4. Amy CURTISS d. 22 Oct 1869, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
5. 6. James Milton CURTISS b. 26 Feb 1840, Harrisville, Medina, Ohio; d. Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

OBIT:
Name: Brainard, David S.
Date: Apr. 28, 1880
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #009.
Notes: Brainard-David S. Brainard, April 26 at 2 o'clock a. m., in the 65th year of his age. Funeral at his late residence on Scranton ave. at 2 o'clock p. m. April 28. Burial private. 4/28/1880. age 65. Monroe Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.

In the 1850 census, David appears with his wife Catherine, daughters Mary and Susan, and a 7 year old girl named Esther Lloyd. No explanation as to who she is or why she is listed with the family.

In the 1860 census, the following appear: David (44), Catherine (42), Mary (24), Susan (18), and David Sheldon. Esther is not listed.

In the 1870 census, there is a David age 54 (approx birth of 1816 which fits the above obituary. His wife is Catherine (52) born N.Y., there's a Mary E. (age 31), Ja.M. Curtiss (30), Ruth (6) (dgtr of Curtiss family).

1. Mary Elizabeth BRAINARD b. 14 Sep 1838, Avon, Lorain, Ohio.
2. David Sheldon BRAINARD b. Abt 1841.
3. 7. Susan C. BRAINARD b. 30 Jul 1844, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 10 Dec 1869, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
4. John H. BRAINARD, [infant] b. 1 Aug 1851, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 11 Apr 1853, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.