Company Beginnings
The firm was started in 1866 by Charles F. Curtis and W.G. Hemingway, who had been engaged in the grocery business for a short time in Clinton, Iowa. They bought out the interest of Claussen & Thornburg in the firm of Claussen, Thornburg & Smith, who were running a small sash and door factory and the original firm was known as Curtis, Hemingway & Co.
In 1867 George M. Curtis bought out the interest of Mr. Smith, and in 1868 Charles F. and George M. bought out Mr. Hemminway’s interest.
In the fall of 1868 Judson E. Carpenter, who was an uncle of Charles F. and George M., came to Clinton, Iowa from Rochelle, Illinois, and invested with them, and the firm name, adopted at that time, was Curtis Bros. & Co. Their business at that time was the manufacturing of sash, doors, blinds, moundings, stair work and everything pertaining to that class of manufacturing.
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