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“Father or thk 37tu Iowa.—Thevendible Curtis King, “high private” in company li ol the c**lcbrailt; d 37ill low*, the regiment of “Silver lt;«rav#,M hs* deservedly ittriebw * ^ T'-' ^ . . . ■; wed luuch attention, id ike frotn his great »ge,eltviled character and exemplar/ patriotism. The following authentic particulars, obtained by an interview with him, cauoot fail to Ik? read with interest:“Father K.utir,** a* In* triend* love b» designate him, in -ix ft el and an inch hi height, of miMire and well knit trauie, genial presence, careful and kindly speech, g kh! health and spiriU, at»d a ill be eighty two year.- ot age on theiOtii ol May next iie is able to pcrtonii hiamilitary duties with alacrity, and b»a ustained the fatigue* of guard duty with much less inconvenience thaif many younger soldiers. While tho.-e who were hie junior* by scores of years, have been rendered invalid* through pitrol duty at night, this veteran ol more than four-fit tbs of a cootury, ha* uniiiteriuiiteully returned to hi* po-t with ctwcriulntx* and com tort.— For this extraordinary power of endurance at »o advanced an age, he is indebted to a consti-tuliou derived trom a f.niuiv remarkable for saen^th, vivacity, stature, add longevity, and to his healthful habits ot toil and religious -obnet).Prior tlt;* the Revolution his giandlalhet King left Ireland, and with wife and six son* emigrated to the'colony of Virginia, where, in theValU y of Its* Rappahannock and iu Culpepper•' V X ■!' .w g Bj B s « 9leased from Col. Carter. On this tract thechildren were roared, wanted and brought up ih« ir families. There Kiug, vouogcst ol thesix eons and the lath* I ol Curtis, died at the»ge of fifty years from the bite of a copperhead—a fact which do*** not help to lcesen the son** detestation ot our more venomous modern cop |icrbe.idilt; Curtis'* Uther fought under Washington through the Revolutionary War, and wasguarding prisoners at Winch, aur when relieved by the return ol peace Among the hr* l emigrant* to the free soil of Ohio, was Curtis’s only brother and two of hi* five sisters, while he and three ciaier* remained with their widowed mother on the old farm.Aw A w ^ lt;% Hi axAax Aa. I ^ ■ a a A * HH ww. I A ^ 1 a - X I I, *a
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Burlington Daily Hawk Eye Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Tue, Mar 17, 1863
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