Lemuel Johnson Curtis

• Born: 15 Jan 1814, Meriden CT
• Marriage: Bedotha Pierpont Button on 24 Dec 1835
• Died: 10 Jan 1888, Meriden CT

  General notes:

Pewtersmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1827 to Enos Hall Curtis in Meriden CT, from whom he learned spoon casting.

• Apprenticed about 1830 to Ira Yale in Wallingford CT
  

• He was a partner about 1835 with William Elton in Wallingford CT as CURTIS & ELTON, having purchased the business of their master, Ira Yale.

• He worked from circa 1835 to 1840 as a pewtersmith in Meriden CT ¹¹

• Teapot, c 1835
  Private Collection
  h: 7"

• He was a partner from 1836 to 1838 with Isaac Chauncey Lewis in Meriden CT as LEWIS & CURTISS.

• He was a partner from 1838 to 1840 with Edwin Erastus Curtis in Meriden CT

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Meriden CT, listed as a machanic.

• He was a partner in 1852 with Horace C. and Dennis C. Wilcox, Isaac Lewis, James Frary, William Lyman, and John Munson in Meriden CT as MERIDEN BRITANNIA Co. ¹²

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Meriden CT, listed as a manufacturer.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Meriden CT, listed as a manufacturer.

• Trade card for the MERIDEN BRITANNIA Co., 1882
  Private Collection
  

• He was a partner from 1846 to 1852 with William Worcester Lyman in Meriden CT as CURTIS & LYMAN.

Lemuel married Bedotha Pierpont Button on 24 Dec 1835. (Bedotha Pierpont Button was born on 8 Jun 1810 in North Haven CT and died on 23 Mar 1912.)