Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,
pp 717-718 [Graves]

     EDMUND CURD was born in Calloway county, Kentucky, August 7,
1848, and now resides near Mayfield, Graves county, Kentucky.  He is
a son of William H. and Emily (Bailey) Curd, born in Calloway county
and Todd county, Kentucky, respectively.  The paternal grandfather
was Edmund Curd, and he was born in Logan county, Kentucky, and came of
Scotch-Irish descent.  By profession he was a surveyor and
sectionized the Jackson Purchase, with Nathan Bowman as assistant. 
The latter was the grandfather of Mrs. Edmund Curd.  The maternal
grandfather was Armstrong Bailey, who came of Irish parents.
     William H. Curd was a successful farmer and made his home in
Calloway county.  In 1861, when the war broke out, he owned a
quarter section of land and numerous slaves.  In politics he was a
stanch Democrat, and in religion was a member of the Christian
church.  Although he did not enter the army, he sent two sons into
the Confederate army.  He died aged seventy-four years, a most
excellent man, noted for his piety and kindness of heart.  His wife
survived him a few years, and then died aged sixty years.  They had
ten children: John L. enlisted in the Confederate army in 1862, and
remained until the close; Thomas G. was also a Confederate soldier;
Fannie J.; Edmund; William; Orlando F.; Lewis; Flavius J.; James E.;
and Paron A.
     Edmund Curd was reared and educated in his native county, and
attended the Murray high school.  His first experience in business
life was as a merchant, and he also learned the trade of a
carpenter, but after ten or twelve years settled down to farming and
the handling of tobacco, and has so continued.  He is a Democrat in
politics and belongs to the Christian church.
     Mr. Curd married, in Todd county, Kentucky, Miss Lizzie
Rutherford, and she died within two years.  In 1883 he was married
to Miss Gertie Bowman, and three children have been born to them,
namely: Betsey B., born February 23, 1885; Lillian M., born
September 23, 1891; and Creed P., born November 25, 18922.  Mr. Curd
has been very successful in his work, and stands high in the
estimation of his fellow citizens.  Both he and Mrs. Curd have a
host of friends whom they welcome at their pleasant home with lavish
hospitality.

Curd Bailey Bowmen Rutherford
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Calloway-KY Logan-KY Todd-KY

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