Curtis, Chandler

Curtis, Chandler a Baptist minister, was born at Wallingford, Connecticut, in 1795. In 1835 he went to the Indian country, under the direction of the American Baptist Board of Foreign Missions. The field of his labors was among various Indian tribes, from the Choctaws, on Red River, to the Omahas, far to the northwest After five years' service he removed to Griggsville, Illinois, in 1842 to Massachusetts, was pastor for two years in Westminster, and died July 27, 1881. He published, in 1866, The Mystery of Iniquity, and two volumes on Christianity Delineated. See The Watchman, September 8, 1881, (J.C.S.)