Curtis, Philander

Born: 1825-10-28 Ohio

Died: 1879-01-26 Coles County, Illinois

Flourished: Coles County, Illinois

Curtis moved to Coles County, Illinois, when he was a small boy. He was a farmer and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, he was a Republican. From April to October 1865, Curtis served as a private in Company E of the Fifth Illinois Cavalry.

Portrait and Biographical Album of Coles County, Ill. (Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1887), 247-48; Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Gravestone, Rosedale Cemetery, Oakland, IL.