Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B,
Pulaski County

Captain Will C. Curd was born in Somerset, Ky., August 3, 1836.  He is a son
of John B. and Helen M. (Chapline) Curd.  John B. Curd was born near
Glasgow, Barren County, KY, in 1802.  He was a merchant and hotel-keeper
most of his life, but at the time of his death, in August, 1850, he was
cashier of the Farmers' Bank of Kentucky,  He was a member of the Methodist
Church, and one of the highest Masons in the State.  He was a son of Daniel
and Fannie (Trigg) Curd.  Daniel Curd, a native of Virginia, was a farmer
and surveyor.  Mrs. Helen M. Curd, a native of Kentucky, was a daughter of
William and Elizabeth (Perkins) Chapline.  William Chapline was the first
county and circuit clerk in Warren County, Ky..  Capt. Curd has three sisters
living, viz: Mrs. E. C. Crawford, Mrs. Sallie A. Keen and Mrs. Mattie Gregg.
Capt. Will C. Curd received a good common-school education.  In 1851 or '52
he went to Danville, Ky., and was deputy county and circuit clerk for a short
time.  He then returned to Somerset and was deputy circuit clerk until 1854,
when he accepted a position with Montgomery, Davidge & Co., of Louisville,
with whom he remained about six months.  He then returned to Somerset and
served as deputy circuit clerk until the summer of 1862, when he elisted in
the Confederate army, Company C, Sixth Kentucky Regiment, under command of
Col. Grigsby and Capt. M.B. Perkins, Gen. John H. Morgan's command.  He
served until the close of the war, surrendering near Washington, Ga., the day
before the capture of President Jefferson Davis; he was one of the escorts
of President Davis and Gen. John C. Breckinridge from Charlotte, N.C. to
Washington, Ga..  At the close of the war he returned to Somerset, Ky., where
for about one year he was engaged as a drug clerk.  He read law with A.J.
James and Col. W. McKee Fox, and was admitted to the bar in 1867.  In the
latter year he went to Edmonton, Metcalfe County, Ky., where he remained
fourteen months as a partner of the law firm of Roupian & Curd, then
returned to Somerset, where he has since resided, continuing in the
practice of his profession.  He served as county attorney of Pulaski County
five years, and was master commissioner twelve years.  December 23, 1869,
Mr. Curd married Belle O. Saunders, of Pulaski County, a daughter of G.W.
and Jane (Long) Saunders.  Of the six children born to them four are living:
Jennie F., Clara O., William C. and George B.  Mrs. Curd is a member of the
Baptist Church.  Capt. Curd is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, of the L.O.O.F. and K. of H.  In politics he is a Democrat.

Chapline Crawford Curd Gregg Keen Long Perkins Saunders Trigg
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Boyle-KY Metcalfe-KY Warren-KY Barren-KY VA

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