Benjamin M. Culpepper

Male, #2355, (2 Oct 1845 - circa 1896)

Father*Rev. Joseph M. Culpepper (c 1822 - c 1863)
Mother*Nancy Yarbrough (c 1822 - )
Benjamin M. Culpepper|b. 2 Oct 1845\nd. circa 1896|p2355.htm|Rev. Joseph M. Culpepper|b. circa 1822\nd. circa 1863|p2310.htm|Nancy Yarbrough|b. circa 1822|p2311.htm|Simeon Culpepper of Lauderdale Co., MS|b. circa 1794\nd. 28 Apr 1851|p2305.htm|Elizabeth B. (?)|b. circa 1798\nd. 1856|p2306.htm|||||||

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Birth*2 Oct 1845 Benjamin was born at Mississippi on 2 Oct 1845. 
 He was the son of Rev. Joseph M. Culpepper and Nancy Yarbrough. 
1850 Census1 Jun 1850 Nancy, Amanda, Benjamin and Tod listed as a household member living with Rev. Joseph M. Culpepper on the 1850 Census on 1 Jun 1850 at Clarke Co., Mississippi.1 
1860 Census1 Jun 1860 Nancy, Amanda, Benjamin, Joel, Mattie, William and John listed as a household member living with Rev. Joseph M. Culpepper in the 1860 Census at Jasper Co., Mississippi.2 
Civil War*between 1863 and 1865 He served in the War Between the States between 1863 and 1865
(Co. C, 40 AL Infantry). 
Marriage*circa 1870 He married Mary Ellen Grace circa 1870. 
1880 Census*1 Jun 1880 Benjamin was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census at Choctaw Co., Alabama.3 
Death*circa 1896 He died at Meridian, Lauderdale Co., Mississippi, circa 1896. 

Family

Mary Ellen Grace (8 Jan 1850 - 2 Apr 1899)
Children

Charts Descendants of Joseph Culpepper of Edgecombe Co., NC (Six Generations)
Descendants of Benjamin M. Culpepper of Lauderdale Co., MS
Last Edited 18 Oct 2008

Citations

  1. 1850 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 11, Family 214, Lines 26-30, Beat 3, Clarke Co., MS
    James Culpepper, 28, M, Farmer, GA
    Nicy Culpepper, 29, F, GA
    Amanda Culpepper, 6, F, MS
    Benjamin Culpepper, 4, M, MS
    Tod Culpepper, 2, M, MS.
  2. 1860 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 64, Family 428, Lines 13-20, Not stated, Jasper, MS
    J. M. Culpepper, 38, M, Farm Laborer, RE=$0, PE=$1300, GA
    Nicy Culpepper, 37, F, SC
    Emaline Culpepper, 16, F, MS
    B. M. Culpepper, 13, M, MS
    J. B. Culpepper, 11, M, MS
    W. F. Culpepper, 9, M, MS
    M. S. Culpepper, 6, F, MS
    John Culpepper, 4, M, MS
    He also appears as a farm laborer in the nearby household of A. B. Clanton
    Page 18, Family 122, Lines 34-38, Not Stated, Jasper, MS
    A. B. Clanton, 31, M, Physician, RE=$7000, PE=$36,700, GA
    A. M. Clanton, 21, F, AL
    J. G. Clanton, 3, M, AL
    G. F. Clanton, 1, M, MS
    J. M. Culpeper, 41, M, Farm Laborer, RE=$0, PE=$700, GA.
  3. 1880 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 18, Page 238D, Lines 2-7, Beat 4, Choctaw Co., AL
    Benj. M. Culpepper, Self, M, M, Wh, 34, Farmer, MS/NC/---
    Ellen Culpepper, Wife, F, M, Wh, 30, Keeping House, AL/NC/---
    Donna Culpepper, Dau, F, S, Wh, AL/---/---
    Aly Culpepper, Dau, F, S, Wh, 5, AL/---/---
    John Culpepper, Son, M, S, Wh, 3, AL/---/---
    Benj. Culpepper, Son, M, S, Wh, 1, AL/---/---.
  4. Hazle R. Collins Ivison, compiler, Alabama Tombstone Inscriptions, Mobile, Alabama: D. J. Moffett, 1987, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. US/CAN Book 976.1 V3i.
    Volume 1, Page 4: Old Shearon Cemetery, Sumter Co., Alabama, near Halsell in Choctaw County.
    + Anna E. Culpepper, d/o B. M. & M. E. Culpepper, 8 Feb 1876 - 22 Oct 1880.