This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Curl Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/952.1 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. May 18, 1899. DIED, of hemorrhage of the lungs, at the county farm on May 16th, 1899, Mr. Bennett C. Curl. Brief funeral services were held at the grave in Sidney cemetery on the 17th, conducted by Rev. Mr. Hoff, of the M.E. Church. Mr. Curl was a member of the 81st regiment, company "M", Missouri, enrolled militiia, in whcih he served about four months. He was afterwards enrolled for duty at Forest City, Mo., and ordered into service as a private in company "C", 9th regiment of Missouri State Militia. This was on the 24th day of March 1864, at St. Joe. He was mustered out on July 13th, 1865. Mr. Curl was born July 4th, 1828, making his age nearly 71 years. He was born in Platt county, MO., had been a resident of Fremont county for about 30 years. He had been in feeble health for more than a year previous to his death. Thus another aged veteran has gone from the scenes of earth to join beyond "the silent majority".