December 29 1912
WIFE NO. 2 DIES SUDDENLY
HOUSE JANITOR LAID TO REST
WIFE NO. 1 GETS MONEY
The troubles of the House officials who first had to decide whether Charles Curtis, a deceased janitor at the Capitol, should be buried by a Republican or a Democratic undertaker and then faced the question of which of his two widows should receive a $300 gratuity from Congress, were finally smoothed out yesterday. Widow No. 2. after attending Curtis' funeral, died. Widow No. 1 said she married Curtis twenty-seven years ago and had a marriage certificate to prove it, will be given the $300. Widow No. 2 also had a marriage certificate.
The officials already had decided the squabble between the rival Republican and Democratic undertakers by awarding the funeral contract to another undertaker. Curtis was a Democrat and his friends objected to his being buried by a Republican undertaker. Congress observes a custom of voting in all cases of deceased employes. $250 for funeral expenses and six months' salary to widows. The sum in Curtis' case was $300.
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I tried to locate where Mr. Curtis was interred but the other news article did not mention the cemetery name. The articles are worthy of reading for the background information.
| name: | Charles C Curtis |
| gender: | Male |
| burial date: | 27 Dec 1912 |
| burial place: | District Of Columbia |
| death date: | 23 Dec 1912 |
| death place: | 140 Carroll Street Se, District Of Columbia |
| age: | 50 |
| birth date: | 1862 |
| birthplace: | Iowa |
| occupation: | Asst Janitor Us Capitol |
| race: | Black |
| marital status: | Married |
| spouse's name: | |
| father's name: | |
| father's birthplace: | Iowa |
| mother's name: | |
| mother's birthplace: | Iowa |
| indexing project (batch) number: | B01030-6 |
| system origin: | District of Columbia-EASy |
| source film number: | 2115589 |
| reference number: | 208835 |
Citing this Record
"District of Columbia Deaths and Burials, 1840-1964," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F7RN-5JR : accessed 29 Dec 2012), Charles C Curtis, 23 Dec 1912.
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