Eunice Adams Curtiss and Charles Stanley Williston

CHARLES STANLEY WILLISTON, son of SOPHRONIA ANN STANLEY and GEORGE WILLISTON, was born in 1836, and died November 25, 1914 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut.⁶¹¹⁹ He is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.^{456, 6119}

He married EUNICE ADAMS CURTISS on April 25, 1861 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.⁶⁰⁷³ She was born June 13, 1841 in Maine, Broome, New York,⁶⁰⁹⁴ and died April 12, 1911 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut.⁶⁰⁹⁴ She is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.⁶⁰⁹⁵

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Charles S. Williston)
  • Joseph Baker Descendant Report (Ancestor of Charles S. Williston)

Children of EUNICE ADAMS CURTISS and CHARLES STANLEY WILLISTON:

1. ALICE JANE WILLISTON, b. 1865, Connecticut; m. JEWETT WRIGHT on February 14, 1888 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut⁶¹¹⁶; d. November 6, 1939, Binghamton, Broome, New York.⁶¹²⁷
2. WILLIAM CURTIS WILLISTON, b. 1867, Connecticut; m. MABEL RUTH TYLER on October 2, 1894 in Rockville Baptist Church, Vernon, Tolland, Connecticut⁶⁰⁹⁸; d. July 16, 1940, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.⁶¹²²
3. WALTER ASA WILLISTON, b. September, 1879, Connecticut; m. DOROTHY DAVIS BURKE on January 23, 1907 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts⁶⁰⁹⁷; d. February 16, 1954, Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut.⁶⁰⁹⁹
4. BURTON STANLEY WILLISTON, b. November 2, 1880, Connecticut; m. HATTIE E. ADAMS on December 27, 1905 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut⁸⁷⁸⁷; d. January 31, 1959, Port Dickinson, Dickinson, Broome, New York.^{6104, 6106}

Personal Information

• Eunice Adams Curtiss was a member of the Second Baptist Church, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. ⁶⁰⁹⁴

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Obituaries

Hartford Courant, April 13, 1911⁶⁰⁹⁴

Mrs. Charles S. Williston

Mrs. Eunice Adams Williston, aged 70 years, wife of Charles S. Williston, died late yesterday afternoon at her home on Mapleton Avenue, Suffield, after an illness of several months. She was born in Maine, Broome county, N. Y., June 13, 1841, the only daughter of William C. and Jeanette (Wright) Curtiss. Her mother's family was among the earliest settlers of Broome county, to which her mother moved on an ox-sled in 1821, at the age of 2 years. Mrs. Williston removed to Suffield when she was 12 years old. She was married to Charles S. Williston, a prosperous farmer, April 25, 1861, in Springfield, and soon after the couple moved to Suffield. Had Mrs. Williston lived until the 25th of this month, the couple would have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary.

She was a member of the Second Baptist Church, which she joined when se was 16 years old, and of the Mapleton Literary Club, in which she took an active interest. She leaves her husband, a brother, John B. Curtiss of Jersey City, N. J., four children, Mrs. Jewett Wright of Springfield, Mass., William C. Williston of Springfield, Mass., and walter A. Williston adn Burton S. Williston of Torrington; a nephew, Halsey w. Curtiss of Waterbury, and eight grandchildren.

Hartford Courant, April 14, 1911⁶⁰⁹⁵

Funeral of Mrs. Charles S. Williston

The funeral of Mrs. Charles S. Williston, who died in Suffield Wednesday afternoon, will be held in that place tomorrow afternoon at her home at 2 o'clock, Rev. William Abbott Smith, pastor of the Second Baptist Church, officiating. The burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield. A special trolley car will carry the body and the members of the family and friends to Springfield.

Springfield Republican, November 26, 1914⁶¹¹⁹

Death of Charles S. Williston

Charles Stanley Williston, 78, died yesterday morning at his home in mapleton avenue. Mr. Williston was born in Suffield, the son of George and Sophronia Stanley Williston. He was one of a family of seven children. On April 25, 1861, Mr. Williston was married to Miss Eunice A. Curtis of Maine, Broome county, N. Y. When he was 21 years old he joined in the rush to the West and spent a year farming in Illinois. He returned to Suffield and took up farming. He later went into the meat business and for 35 years he had conducted a meat wagon in the town. He leaves one sister, Mrs. A. C. Strong of Suffield, and four children, Mrs. Alice J. Wright and William C. Williston of Suffield, Walter and Burton S. Williston of Torrington, also a niece, Mrs. A. B. Crane, and two nephews, George T. and Harry Williston of St. Albans, Vt. Mr. Williston leaves nine grandchildren. THe funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 at the house. Rev. William Abbot Smith will officiate, and burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery, Springfield.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
September 30, 18506071	Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut	George Williston Sophronia Ann Stanley Charles Stanley Williston George Norris Williston
June 26, 18601478	Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut	George Williston Sophronia Ann Stanley Charles Stanley Williston George Norris Williston Harriet Maria Williston Jane Elizabeth Hatheway
July 31, 18706075	Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut	Charles Stanley Williston Eunice Adams Curtiss Alice Jane Williston William Curtis Williston
June 21, 18806074	Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut	Charles Stanley Williston Eunice Adams Curtiss Walter Asa Williston Alice Jane Williston William Curtis Williston
June 16, 1900128	Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut	Charles Stanley Williston Eunice Adams Curtiss Walter Asa Williston Burton Stanley Williston
April 21, 19106096	Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut	Charles Stanley Williston Eunice Adams Curtiss