Early Life
Born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, he became a printer's apprentice at an early age in Philadelphia. He worked for a time at the Portland Argus, then was printer, and eventually editor and publisher of the Eastport Northern Light, a Jackson Democrat newspaper. He married Mary Kimball on May 18, 1830. From 1830 through 1935, he served as a postmaster in Eastport. In 1834, Curtiss was under investigation by the Postmaster General for his management of the office.
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