1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  not found, at least not with any certainty, but he is probably not yet married.

3.  1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #15 of 16; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840

NY

Westchester Co.

Town[ship] of East Chester

Roll 352

pp. 139B-140A

Ln. 8

J L Curtis

000 003 001 - 220 003 100

0200000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
3 males	30-39	1800-1810	= James (b. 1808) = ? = ?
1 male	60-69	1770-1780	= Daniel? (b. 1775)
2 females	4 or under	1835-1840	= Julia (b. 1837/8) = Laura (b. 1835/6)
2 females	5-9	1830-1835	= Adelaide (b. 1834/5) = Clara (b. 1832/3
3 females	30-39	1800-1810	= Clarissa = ? = ?
1 female	40-49	1790-1800	= Maria? (b. 1788)
2	persons employed in agriculture

It looks like either his parents or hers are living with them.  It's hard to say who the other adults are, could be kin or hired help.

4.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #732 of 1046):  New York City (Ward 17), New York Co., NY, Roll M432_556, p. 367A, 949/3090, enumerated 14 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

James L Curtis	40	M		Merchant			Connct
Mrs Clarissa "	35	F					NYork
Clara        "	17	F					Do
Adelaide     "	15	F					Do
Laura        "	14	F					Do
Julia        "	12	F					Do
Ann Holt	40	F					Ireland
Margaret Bandy	21	F					Do

Clarissa may be fibbing about her age.

5.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #156 of 222):  New York P.O., New York City (Ward 16, District 4), New York Co., NY, Roll M653_806, p. 156, PN 156, 467/1197, enumerated 6 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

James Munson	25	M		Reporter			New York
Francis Hodges	42	F					"  do
Cecelia do	44	F					"  do
James L Curtis	50	M		Merchant	100000	10000	Conn
Teresa    do	40	F			75000	10000	New York
Isabell   do	26	F					"  do
Adelade   do	24	F					"  do
Julia     do	19	F					"  do
Bridget Daily	20	F		Domestic			Ireland
Mary Hinman	11	F		do			New York

Is Theresa her middle name or just a phonetic mistake for Clarissa?  This time she is definitely fibbing about her age.

6.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find.

7.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find.

8.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

9.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #17 of 35):  Stratford Town[ship], Fairfield Co., CT, Roll T623_135, p. 15A, SN 9, SD 26, ED 109, enumerated 7 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

19

20

22

23

24

25

26

27

7

7

Hastings Edith

Head

W

F

Mch 1850

50

S

NY

NY

NY

Y

Y

Y

O

F

H

Munson Julia C

Aunt

W

F

Jun 1842

57

Wd

0

0

CT

CT

NY

Y

Y

Y

Curtis James L

G.Father

W

M

Oct 1807

92

Wd

CT

CT

CT

Lawyer

0

Y

Y

Y

LaMothe Bernard

Boarder

W

M

Mch 1864

36

S

NY

Fra

VA

Clerk

0

Y

Y

Y

Ford Lizzie

servant

W

F

Jan 1870

30

S

Ire

Ire

Ire

1885

15

servant

0

Y

Y

Y

10.  John B. Carney.  1991.  "In Search of Fayerweather: The Fayerweather Family of Boston."  New England Historical and Genealogical Register 145(Apr):141-158.

p. 146

vii. MARIA [FAYERWEATHER], b. 10 Sept. 1788; d. after 1 Feb. 1813 (Whitney Genealogy, 1:133); m. in 1807 DANIEL CURTISS, b. at Stratford, Conn., 10 March 1775, d. there 25 Feb. 1849, buried there in Union Cemetery, son of Daniel and Abigail (Osborn) Curtiss (Harlow Dunham Curtis, Comp., A Genealogy of the Curtiss-Curtis Family of Stratford, Connecticut — A Supplement to the 1903 Edition [Stratford, 1953] [hereinafter Curtiss Supplement], 85; Whitney Genealogy, 1:133)... Children (ibid., 1:368); surname Curtiss: 1.  James Langdon, b. 19 Feb. 1808; d. at Stratford 10 Nov. 1903 in 96th yr; m. Clarissa Racey.  James was a merchant and founder of New Jersey Zinc Works, living in Yonkers, N.Y., with an office at 68 Wall St., New York City, in 1875.  For more information about their four daughters, Clara J., Adelaide, Laura, and Julia, see Curtiss Supplement.

The "double-ss" appears to be a later affectation because they are CURTIS in all early records (see above) and even in our subject's run for President (see below).  Ditto FAYERWEATHER for FAIRWEATHER. 

11.  Virtual American Biographies (online at www.famousamericans.net; quoted under the concept of "fair use," i.e., the quote is a miniscule portion of their site and a miniscule portion of mine):

James Langdon Curtis CURTIS, James Langdon, presidential candidate, born in Stratford, Connecticut, 19 February, 1816.  He was educated in his native town, and engaged in business in New York city, where, as colonel of the 9th regiment, he did good service in putting down the flour riots in 1835.  He was nominated by the Labor party for governor of Connecticut in 1884, and in 1888 became the candidate of the National American party for president. Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, Copyright © 2001 VirtualologyTM

Apparently not edited for errors…  James was born in 1808, and the New York City Flour Riots were in 1837 — by all means, crush the starving when they riot.

12.  President Elect: 1888 (online at presidentelect.org):  James Langdon CURTIS, American Party candidate of NY, garnered the least votes of any candidate (viz., just 1612 of over 11 million votes cast).

13.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

14.  Message posted to the RACEY Surname Board (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

15.  Email from Sandra Smith (20 Aug 2014).