Muhlenberg County Kentucky
Military Records
Soldiers C
- Calhoun, Joe. Spanish-American War. Died 18 Apr 1958.
- Messenger [Central City, KY], 1 May 1958. Joe Calhoun, 79, veteran, dies in Elmonte, Calif. Joe Calhoun, 79, died Friday, April 18, in Elmonte, Calif. at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Donald Kelly. “Uncle Joe” as he was known here, went to visit his daughter a few weeks ago and died while there. Funeral services were held Sunday, April 20, at 9:30 a.m. in Elmonte. Mr. Calhoun was a resident of Central City. Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Paris Haynes, Springfield, Tenn., Mrs. James Morrison, Owensboro, and Mrs. Donald Kelly, Elmonte, Calif. He is related by marriage to Mrs. Stanley Kelm, Central City. Mr. Calhoun was a retired carpenter and a veteran of the Spanish American War. He was a member of St. Joseph's Church.
- Campbell, William. Died 20 Nov 1800.
- Kentucky Gazette [Lexington, KY], 24 Nov 1800, Obituary.
- Campbell, William. War of 1812.
- Pension Application, Images.
- Carver, Abraham. Civil War.
- Union. Kentucky Cavalry, Quartermaster Sergeant, Company E, 17th Regiment.
- Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903, Image.
- Carver, Thelmer. World War II.
- Cates, Robert D. Civil War.
- Enlistement: Union. 25 Jan 1862. Rank at Enlistment: Private. State Served: Kentucky. Survived the War: No.
- Service record: Enlisted in Company C, Kentucky 26th Infantry Regiment, Union, on 8 Mar 1862. Mustered out 15 Feb 1864 at Camp Nelson, Kentucky.
- Contributed by Dorann O'Neal Lam.
- Cates, Samuel J. Civil War. Born 30 May 1842. Died 7 Feb 1917.
- Enlistment: Union. 16 Sept 1861. Rank at Enlistment: Sergeant. Enlistment Place: Calhoun, Kentucky. State Served: Kentucky. Survived the War: Yes.
- Service record: Enlisted in Company B, Kentucky 11th Infantry Regiment, Union, on 9 Dec 1861. Mustered out 16 Dec 1864 at Bowling Green, Kentucky.
- Contributed by Dorann O'Neal Lam.
- Cates, Wilson G. Civil War. Born 17 Mar 1811. Died 7 Jan 1884.
- Enlistment: Union. 20 Oct 1861. Rank at Enlistment: Private. Enlistment Place: Calhoun, Kentucky. State Served: Kentucky. Survived the War: Yes.
- Service Record: Enlisted in Company F, Kentucky 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Union, on 13 Dec 1861. Mustered out 26 Dec 1864.
- Penion Application, Summation.
- Contributed by Dorann O'Neal Lam.
- Childress, Charles Leo. Korea War. Died 22 May 1951, age 21.
- Clark, Lloyd S. World War I. Born 25 Sept 1897. Died 6 Aug 1945.
- Messenger [Central City, KY], 9 Aug 1945: Lloyd S. Clark died at home of sister, Monday. Funeral services held at home of sister, Mrs. Linnie Clark Bailey, Wednesday. Lloyd S. Clark, 48, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Linnie Clark Bailey at 9:50 o'clock Monday morning after an illness of several weeks duration. He was born in Greenville on September 25, 1897, was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church and Post 61 of the American Legion. He was well-known in Muhlenberg County his occupation being a coal miner. Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Harold Shrader, Wichita, Kan.; Mrs. Paul Dukes, Chicago, Ill.; one grandchild, Barry Shrader; four sisters, Miss Margaret Clark, San Jose, Costa Rica; Miss Beulah Clark, Fort Custer, Mich.; Mrs. Mary Lee, Greenville; Mrs. Linnie C. Bailey, Central City; one brother, Robert Clark, Owensboro, Ky. Mr. Clark enlisted in the Army on June 5, 1917, at Madisonville, Ky., and served in France during the first World War. He was a corporal in Co. F., 103rd Engineers. He was discharged at Camp Taylor, Ky., May 24, 1919. Funeral services were held at the residence of Mrs. Bailey Wednesday afternoon. Burial was with military honors in the Soldier Section at Rose Hill Memorial, War Veterans serving as pallbearers.
- Clark, Sarah C. Civil War.
- Confederate pensioner. Residence Gus, Kentucky.
- Cochram, Bryant. War of 1812.
- Pension Application, Images.
- Cochran, Samuel. Revolutionary War.
- Pension Application, Summation.
- Coots, Jimmy. World War II.
- Cox, Joseph. War of 1812.
- Pension Application, Images.
- Crabtree, William. Revolutionary War.
- Pension Application Images.
- Pension Application Summation.
- Cross, William. Revolutionary War.
- Pension Application Images.
- Pension Application Summation.
- Cundiff, Elijah. Civil War. Died 15 May 1874.
- Union. United States Colored Troops, Private, Company G, 115th Regiment.
- Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903, Record.
- Cundiff, Samuel. Civil War. Died 1867.
- Union. United State Colored Cavalry, Private, Company B, 6th Regiment.
- Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903, Record.
- Curtis, Theodore E. World War II. Born 1 Mar 1919. Died 1 May 1945.
- Messenger [Central City, KY], 10 May 1945. Pvt. Ted E. Curtis buried Sunday in Rose Hill. Central City soldier who died in Washington, DC, buried In Central City. The body of Pvt. Theodore (Ted) E. Curtis, who died in Washington, DC, on May 1, arrived here last Friday and was taken to the Tucker Funeral Home where it remained until the hour of the funeral, which was conducted at the Methodist Church by the pastor, the Rev. Frank Hulse with full military honors. Interment was in Rose Hill Memorial. The body was accompanied here by Sgt. Lionel M. Stortz of Walter Reed Hospital. Pvt. Curtis, the son of Ernie Curtis and his wife, Katy B. Duncan Curtis, was born at Echols in Ohio County on March 1, 1919. When a small child he came with his parents to Central City, where he spent his life, receiving his education in Central City and graduating with honors from the Central City High School. After his graduation he became connected with the Goodyear Rubber Company at Akron, Ohio, and was there on the date of his induction into service on June 1, 1943. He received his training at Fort Bliss, Texas, Santa Marie Air Base in California, and Camp Hann, Calif. He was sent overseas in April, 1944, and was for twelve months in active service, a large part of the time being spent in Belgium. He arrived in the United States on April 29, and died on May 1, just two days after being rushed to the Walter Reed Hospital. He was a member of the Central City Baptist Church, having joined on March 20, 1943. Some years ago he married Miss Nell B. Nalley, the daughter of James Nalley of this city, and to this union one child was born, Theodore E. Curtis, Jr., both of whom survive. He is also survived by his father and stepmother, his own mother having died when he was a small boy, and by two brothers, A.B. Curtis and Ray Curtis of Akron, Ohio, and by three sisters, Mrs. T.E. Curris, Mrs. Joe Sweatt and Mrs. Wallace Roll. Pallbearers were George Taylor, Gene Kifer, Wallace Ward, Dink Tatum, Delmas Gish, and Albert Smith.
Updated November 25, 2025.