Curtis, James Franklin
b Jan 26, 1875 Proctorville, Livingston Co, MO
m May 7, 1898 Margaret Sarah Hall(d Nov 7, 1934)
m Nov 15, 1935 Orpha V Coleman
bap June 10, 1883
d Dec 15, 1966

July 31, 1899 o elder
April 1900 accepted appointment
April 14, 1903  o seventy
April 20, 1909  o apostle
April 9, 1938 o evangelist

author Our Beliefs Defended(1928)
The Temple of the Lord; Who Shall Build it?(1929)

bibl HC6:647-48
SH 97(22):524-26
SH 83(30):938photo
SH 56(19):440-42

note see D&C 129:6 & 137:1
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Autobiography by JF Curtis
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This picture was taken about 1923 is of all eight grown children of Emsley and Martha Curtis.  Emsley had died in 1916.  Shown in the back row (from left to right) are J.F. (James Franklin), Charles E., Thomas "Walter", J.D. (Jacob David or "Jake"), Edward A., and Joe.  In the front row are Mary (Curtis) Welborn, Martha (Allison) Curtis, and Rosa (Curtis) Landsberg. Graciously provided by Mary Jo Sartin, a Curtis family historian.
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