Lewis Curtis of Farmington, Connecticut, Burlington, Vermont, Saint Charles, Missouri, and Hazel Green, Wisconsin.

Lewis Curtis was born in Coventry, Connecticut, on November 20, 1774. His parents were Gabriel Curtis (1750-1826) and Susannah (North) Curtis (1750-1829). In the late 1780s, possibly 1787, Curtis began as an apprentice to Daniel Burnap (1759-1838) of East Windsor, Connecticut, alongside another young clockmaker, Daniel Kellogg (1766-1855). Curtis moved to Farmington in 1797 and worked as a Clockmaker, watchmaker, silversmith, and jeweler from a small red frame building at the head of Main Street. In 1803, he moved to Burlington, Vermont, and established a business there. In 1804, he married Lucretia Woodruff in that town. In 1806, he was made a freeman. On July 22, 1808, an ad in the Vermont Centinel announced the partnership of Lewis and Frederick Curtis (1786-1815) as Lewis & F. Curtis. Federick was Lewis' younger brother. On May 12, 1813, Lewis married Abigal Camp in Burlington. She was originally from Salisbury, Connecticut, and this was her second marriage. The Northern Centinel (Burlington, VT), announced the dissolution of the brothers' partnership on April 28, 1815, after Frederick's death. Lewis continues to work in Burlington until 1817. By 1820, Lewis had moved to Saint Charles, Missouri, and established a business as L. CURTIS & Co. He again moved about 1840 to Hazel Green, Wisconsin. Lewis died there on May 30, 1845.