Curtis Bean Dall

''The original 1967 edition of F.D.R. My Exploited Father-in-Law, with it's page-numbering will be used as reference.''

''The original 1967 edition of F.D.R. My Exploited Father-in-Law, with it's page-numbering will be used as reference.''

Curtis Bean Dall was born 24 Oct 1896 in Manhattan, New York City, [[New York]], the son of Charles Austen Dall and his wife Mary Bean, and grew up on a farm in Piscataway, [[New Jersey]].  His uncle Neely Agnew of the Farmer's Loan and Trust Company having been a member of Princeton's Class of 1891, influenced him to go there as well. (''F.D.R.'', p. 15)  He attended Princeton University[1], and later served in the Navy during World War I, in England and in France. (''F.D.R.'', p. 12)  He was stationed as an ensign at Guipavas, and was present as one of the many spectators in Dec 1918, when then-president Woodrow Wilson arrived in Brest for the Peace Conference. (''F.D.R.'', p. 13-14)  In 1926 he was working for the banking firm Lehman Brothers, organizing a department "...which involved the wholesaling of new stock and bond issues...."   

Curtis Bean Dall was born 24 Oct 1896 in Manhattan, New York City, [[New York]], the son of Charles Austen Dall and his wife Mary Bean, and grew up on a farm in Piscataway, [[New Jersey]].  His uncle Neely Agnew of the Farmer's Loan and Trust Company having been a member of Princeton's Class of 1891, influenced him to go there as well. (''F.D.R.'', p. 15)  He attended Princeton University[1], and later served in the Navy during World War I, in England and in France. (''F.D.R.'', p. 12)  He was stationed as an ensign at Guipavas, and was present as one of the many spectators in Dec 1918, when then-president Woodrow Wilson arrived in Brest for the Peace Conference. (''F.D.R.'', p. 13-14)  In 1926 he was working for the banking firm Lehman Brothers, organizing a department "...which involved the wholesaling of new stock and bond issues...."   

Dall was on the floor on Black Tuesday, the day of the 1929 Stock Market crash.

Dall was on the floor on Black Tuesday, the day of the 1929 Stock Market crash.

Curtis and Anna had two children: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on 25 March 1927, and Curtis Roosevelt on 19 April 1930. "Mrs. Dall was divorced from her first husband, Curtis B. Dall, July 30, at Minden, [[Nevada|Nev]]." (Syracuse Herald, Jan 18, 1935, p 11) Six months after her divorce, on January 18, 1935, she married journalist John Boettiger.  After his death on 31 October 1950, she married (3) 11 November 1952 at Malibu, [[California]], as his second wife, James Addison Halsted.

Curtis and Anna had two children: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on 25 March 1927, and Curtis Roosevelt on 19 April 1930. "Mrs. Dall was divorced from her first husband, Curtis B. Dall, July 30, at Minden, [[Nevada|Nev]]." (Syracuse Herald, Jan 18, 1935, p 11) Six months after her divorce, on January 18, 1935, she married journalist John Boettiger.  After his death on 31 October 1950, she married (3) 11 November 1952 at Malibu, [[California]], as his second wife, James Addison Halsted.