Curran Pope
Born: July 30, 1813
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky
Father: Worden Pope 1776 – 1838
(Buried: Western Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Mother: Elizabeth Taylor Thruston 1786 – 1838
(Buried: Western Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Wife: Matilda Prather Jacob 1815 – 1880
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Children:
John Jacob Pope 1840 – 1858
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Patrick H. Pope 1842 – 1863
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Mary Tyler Pope 1848 – 1906
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Education:
1834: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (11th in class)
Occupation before War:
1834: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery
1834: Garrison Duty at Fort Jackson on Mississippi River
1834: Resigned from United States Army on December 31st
1835: Assistant Engineer for improvement of Cumberland River
1838 – 1861: Clerk of Common Pleas Court for Jefferson Co., Kentucky
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 15th Kentucky Infantry Regiment
1862: Mortally Wounded at the Battle of Chaplin Hills, Kentucky
Died: November 5, 1862
Place of Death: Danville, Kentucky
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever and Wounds
Age at time of Death: 49 years old
Burial Place: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky
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