Biographical Sketch of Elmer Dellwood Ellsworth McCurdy

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF ELMER DELLWOOD ELLSWORTH MC CURDY

Elmer Dellwood Ellsworth McCurdy, (the compiler of this history) was

born April 10, 1863. As he grew up, he became afflicted with nervous trouble, which deprived him of attending school regularly, hence he received a very limited education. When about 18 years of age, his physician advised a frequent change of scene as a remedy for his ailment. He associated himself with Lee's Ethoscope combination, going to Atlantic City, thence thru the south.

In 1882, he became stage manager of the Gem Theatre in Baltimore and in

1883 of Winters Summer Garden in Trenton, NJ. In the summer of 1884, he

was Assistant Advance Agent of W. W. Wallace's Circus, quitting the show

business in the spring of 1885, but reentered it again in 1888, touring with McCready's Stock Company thru the east and Canada, then thru the western and southern states. On June 25, 1885, he married Rebecca Jane Braden of Jackson County, WVA, locating in Wood County; the same state where he had lost all of his possessions by fire. To this union, one son, Harry Ellsworth, was born March 18, 1886.

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