Edmund was the fourth of eight known children for Daniel and Jane Curd. His childhood was spent in Jessamine County, Kentucky. When Edmund left home he traveled for a time, living in Hartford, Kentucky, then Hardin County, Ohio.
Edmund married Eliza Weston Thomas June 21, 1824 in Mercer County, Kentucky. In 1836 they moved to Charleston, Coles County, Illinois. Edmund was employed as a harness maker. They had eight children: Permelia; Owen Thomas; Seth; Lucy Jane; Daniel A.; Joseph Edmund; Richard Seth; Virgil Knight.
In 1837, one year after moving to Charleston, Edmund spent $516 purchasing 403 acres of land in Coles County. Even though census records show he was a harness and leather goods maker/merchant, he must have also farmed.
Edmund and brother Daniel caught the California Gold Rush fever. In 1850 they were mining the Cosumnes River in El Dorado County, California. They must not have been vey lucky, Edmund was back home by 1855.
Edmund died from old age and debility.
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The History of Coles County, Illinois
page 292
Charleston township, as well as the entire county, was originally settled mostly by southern people, Kentucky, perhaps, contributing the largest delegation to the population. In addition to the names already mentioned, we have from the old blue-grass state, .... Edmund Curd, Alexander Perkins....
page. 295
Edmund Curd was born in Jessamine County, and from there removed to Hardin County, Ohio, where he remained a few years, and then came to this township, arriving here in 1836, and entered into partnership in the saddlery business with John R. Jeffries, who had come to this place a short time previous. For more than 30 years, he continued in this business. His grandfather removed to Kentucky from Virginia at an early day, and settled on the Kentucky River where the Southern Railroad now crosses it. His grandfather's little family consisted of fifteen children, and from them almost that entire neighborhood was peopled.
About this book source: The History of Coles County, Illinois : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., a directory of its tax-payers, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, general and local statistics, map of Coles County, Illinois, illustrated history of the Northwest, Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc. Wm. LeBaron Jr., & Co., Chicago, Illinois 1879
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Hartford/Herald Newspaper Grayson County, Kentucky
Wednesday, March 30, 1881
Edmund Curd was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky on the 28th day of November 1802, and died at his home in Charleston, Illinois, Monday March 14, 1881, being in his 78th year at the time of his death. Mr. Curd was many years a citizen of Hartford and the uncle of Judge R.S. Moseley of this place.
Edmund married Eliza Weston Thomas June 21, 1824 in Mercer County, Kentucky. In 1836 they moved to Charleston, Coles County, Illinois. Edmund was employed as a harness maker. They had eight children: Permelia; Owen Thomas; Seth; Lucy Jane; Daniel A.; Joseph Edmund; Richard Seth; Virgil Knight.
In 1837, one year after moving to Charleston, Edmund spent $516 purchasing 403 acres of land in Coles County. Even though census records show he was a harness and leather goods maker/merchant, he must have also farmed.
Edmund and brother Daniel caught the California Gold Rush fever. In 1850 they were mining the Cosumnes River in El Dorado County, California. They must not have been vey lucky, Edmund was back home by 1855.
Edmund died from old age and debility.
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The History of Coles County, Illinois
page 292
Charleston township, as well as the entire county, was originally settled mostly by southern people, Kentucky, perhaps, contributing the largest delegation to the population. In addition to the names already mentioned, we have from the old blue-grass state, .... Edmund Curd, Alexander Perkins....
page. 295
Edmund Curd was born in Jessamine County, and from there removed to Hardin County, Ohio, where he remained a few years, and then came to this township, arriving here in 1836, and entered into partnership in the saddlery business with John R. Jeffries, who had come to this place a short time previous. For more than 30 years, he continued in this business. His grandfather removed to Kentucky from Virginia at an early day, and settled on the Kentucky River where the Southern Railroad now crosses it. His grandfather's little family consisted of fifteen children, and from them almost that entire neighborhood was peopled.
About this book source: The History of Coles County, Illinois : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., a directory of its tax-payers, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, general and local statistics, map of Coles County, Illinois, illustrated history of the Northwest, Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc. Wm. LeBaron Jr., & Co., Chicago, Illinois 1879
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Hartford/Herald Newspaper Grayson County, Kentucky
Wednesday, March 30, 1881
Edmund Curd was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky on the 28th day of November 1802, and died at his home in Charleston, Illinois, Monday March 14, 1881, being in his 78th year at the time of his death. Mr. Curd was many years a citizen of Hartford and the uncle of Judge R.S. Moseley of this place.
Edmund was the fourth of eight known children for Daniel and Jane Curd. His childhood was spent in Jessamine County, Kentucky. When Edmund left home he traveled for a time, living in Hartford, Kentucky, then Hardin County, Ohio.
Edmund married Eliza Weston Thomas June 21, 1824 in Mercer County, Kentucky. In 1836 they moved to Charleston, Coles County, Illinois. Edmund was employed as a harness maker. They had eight children: Permelia; Owen Thomas; Seth; Lucy Jane; Daniel A.; Joseph Edmund; Richard Seth; Virgil Knight.
In 1837, one year after moving to Charleston, Edmund spent $516 purchasing 403 acres of land in Coles County. Even though census records show he was a harness and leather goods maker/merchant, he must have also farmed.
Edmund and brother Daniel caught the California Gold Rush fever. In 1850 they were mining the Cosumnes River in El Dorado County, California. They must not have been vey lucky, Edmund was back home by 1855.
Edmund died from old age and debility.
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The History of Coles County, Illinois
page 292
Charleston township, as well as the entire county, was originally settled mostly by southern people, Kentucky, perhaps, contributing the largest delegation to the population. In addition to the names already mentioned, we have from the old blue-grass state, .... Edmund Curd, Alexander Perkins....
page. 295
Edmund Curd was born in Jessamine County, and from there removed to Hardin County, Ohio, where he remained a few years, and then came to this township, arriving here in 1836, and entered into partnership in the saddlery business with John R. Jeffries, who had come to this place a short time previous. For more than 30 years, he continued in this business. His grandfather removed to Kentucky from Virginia at an early day, and settled on the Kentucky River where the Southern Railroad now crosses it. His grandfather's little family consisted of fifteen children, and from them almost that entire neighborhood was peopled.
About this book source: The History of Coles County, Illinois : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., a directory of its tax-payers, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, general and local statistics, map of Coles County, Illinois, illustrated history of the Northwest, Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc. Wm. LeBaron Jr., & Co., Chicago, Illinois 1879
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Hartford/Herald Newspaper Grayson County, Kentucky
Wednesday, March 30, 1881
Edmund Curd was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky on the 28th day of November 1802, and died at his home in Charleston, Illinois, Monday March 14, 1881, being in his 78th year at the time of his death. Mr. Curd was many years a citizen of Hartford and the uncle of Judge R.S. Moseley of this place.
Edmund married Eliza Weston Thomas June 21, 1824 in Mercer County, Kentucky. In 1836 they moved to Charleston, Coles County, Illinois. Edmund was employed as a harness maker. They had eight children: Permelia; Owen Thomas; Seth; Lucy Jane; Daniel A.; Joseph Edmund; Richard Seth; Virgil Knight.
In 1837, one year after moving to Charleston, Edmund spent $516 purchasing 403 acres of land in Coles County. Even though census records show he was a harness and leather goods maker/merchant, he must have also farmed.
Edmund and brother Daniel caught the California Gold Rush fever. In 1850 they were mining the Cosumnes River in El Dorado County, California. They must not have been vey lucky, Edmund was back home by 1855.
Edmund died from old age and debility.
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The History of Coles County, Illinois
page 292
Charleston township, as well as the entire county, was originally settled mostly by southern people, Kentucky, perhaps, contributing the largest delegation to the population. In addition to the names already mentioned, we have from the old blue-grass state, .... Edmund Curd, Alexander Perkins....
page. 295
Edmund Curd was born in Jessamine County, and from there removed to Hardin County, Ohio, where he remained a few years, and then came to this township, arriving here in 1836, and entered into partnership in the saddlery business with John R. Jeffries, who had come to this place a short time previous. For more than 30 years, he continued in this business. His grandfather removed to Kentucky from Virginia at an early day, and settled on the Kentucky River where the Southern Railroad now crosses it. His grandfather's little family consisted of fifteen children, and from them almost that entire neighborhood was peopled.
About this book source: The History of Coles County, Illinois : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., a directory of its tax-payers, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, general and local statistics, map of Coles County, Illinois, illustrated history of the Northwest, Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc. Wm. LeBaron Jr., & Co., Chicago, Illinois 1879
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Hartford/Herald Newspaper Grayson County, Kentucky
Wednesday, March 30, 1881
Edmund Curd was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky on the 28th day of November 1802, and died at his home in Charleston, Illinois, Monday March 14, 1881, being in his 78th year at the time of his death. Mr. Curd was many years a citizen of Hartford and the uncle of Judge R.S. Moseley of this place.
