Samuel Ryan Curtis
Born: February 3, 1805
Birthplace: Chaplain New York
Father: Zarah Curtis 1761 – 1849
(Buried: Mound View Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Ohio)
Mother: Phally Yale 1762 – 1831
(Buried: Mound View Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Ohio)
Wife: Belinda Buckingham 1812 – 1888
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa)
Children:
Amanda S. Curtis 1831 – 1834
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa)
Major Henry Zarah Curtis 1836 – 1863
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa)
Samuel Stephen Curtis 1838 – 1920
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa)
Sarah Belinda Curtis 1842 – 1862
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa)
G. Buckingham H. Curtis 1844 – 1851
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa)
Yale Curtis 1851 – 1851
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery Keokuk Iowa)
Education:1831: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (27th in class)
Occupation before War:
1831 – 1832: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 7th Infantry Regiment
1832: Frontier Duty at Fort Gibson Indian Territory
1832: Resigned from United States Army on June 30th
1833 – 1836: Captain in Ohio State Militia
1836 – 1841: Civilian Engineer in Ohio
1837 – 1839: Chief Engineer, Muskingum River Improvement
1837 – 1842: Lt. Colonel of Ohio State Militia
1841 – 1846: Attorney in Ohio
1843 – 1845: Colonel of Ohio State Militia
1846: Adjutant General for the State of Ohio
1846 – 1847: Colonel of 2nd Ohio Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1847: Governor and Commandant of Camargo
Served on the Staff of Brigadier General John E. Wool
1847 – 1848: Military Governor of Saltillo, Mexico
1847 – 1850: Chief Engineer, Des Moines River Improvement
1850 – 1853: Chief Engineer, St. Louis Harbor and Public Works
1853 – 1855: Chief Engineer of American Central Railroad Co.
1855 – 1861: Attorney in Iowa
1857 – 1861: United States Congressman from Iowa
1857 – 1861: Member of U.S. House Committee on Military Affairs
1858 – 1861: Member of U.S. House Committee on Pacific Railroad
Civil War Career:1861: Volunteer Aid on to Colonel Lefferts
1861: Colonel of 2nd Iowa Infantry Regiment
1861: Served in Military Occupation of Northern Missouri
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers
1861: Commander of Camp of Instruction at Jefferson Barracks
1861: Commander of Camp of Instruction at Benton Barracks
1861: Commander of Camp of Instruction in St. Louis, Missouri
1861 – 1862: Commander of Southwestern Missouri District
1862: Commander of Union Army of the Southwest
1862: Served in the Skirmish at Pierson’s Creek, Missouri
1862: Served in the Occupation of Springfield, Missouri
1862: Union Army Commander Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas
1862: Suffered from dysentery at Pea Ridge, Arkansas
1862 – 1866: Major General Union Army Volunteers Infantry
1862: Served in the Occupation of Helena, Arkansas
1862: President of the Pacific Railroad Convention in Chicago
1862 – 1863: Commander of the Union Army Department of Missouri
1864 – 1865: Commander of the Union Army Department of Kansas
1865: Recovered from injured arms he received in a fall
1865: Commander of the Union Army Department of the Northwest
1865: United States Commissioner negotiate with Native Americans
1865 – 1866: U.S. Commissioner to examine Union Pacific Railroad
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on April 30th
Occupation after War:
1866: Served as U.S. Commissioner to Examine Union Pacific Railroad
Died: December 26, 1866
Place of Death: Council Bluffs, Iowa
Cause of Death: Strain and exposure to the elements
Age at time of Death: 60 years old
Burial Place: Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa
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