Rev. William Simeon Culpepper1

Male, #2362, (17 Oct 1853 - 26 Apr 1927)

Parent*Rev. Joseph M. Culpepper (c 1822 - c 1863)
Parent*Nancy Yarbrough (c 1822 - )
Rev. William Simeon Culpepper|b. 17 Oct 1853\nd. 26 Apr 1927|p2362.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|||||||

Birth*17 Oct 1853 William was born at Jasper Co., Mississippi, on 17 Oct 1853. 
 He was the son of Rev. Joseph M. Culpepper and Nancy Yarbrough. 
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 
Marriage*25 Jul 1872 He married Karon J. Goodwyn at Lauderdale Co., Mississippi, on 25 Jul 1872. 
1880 Census*1 Jun 1880 William was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census at Hurricane Creek, Lauderdale Co., Mississippi.3 
1900 Census*1 Jun 1900 William was listed as the head of a family on the 1900 Census at Amite Co., Mississippi.4 
1910 Census* William was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census at Lauderdale Co., Mississippi.5 
1920 Census* William was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census at Lauderdale Co., Mississippi.6 
Death*26 Apr 1927 He died at Sumter Co., Alabama, on 26 Apr 1927.7 
Burial*circa 28 Apr 1927 His body was interred circa 28 Apr 1927 at Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Cuba, Sumter Co., Alabama.7 
Biography* William was baptized at age 14 and ordained to preach at 18. He served three churches as pastor while still attending high school in Choctaw Co, AL. In 1883 he entered Howard College in Birmingham, which he attended for three years. The Baptist State Mission Board then sent him to Bessemer, AL, which was then a rapidly growing town with no Baptist church. After two years in Bessemer he accepted an invitation to the pastorate of the Second Church, Meridian, MS, then called Calvary Baptist, now part of Forty-First Avenue Baptist. After two years there, William spent some months in revival meetings with different churches. He entered the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in the fall of 1893, and spent a year there before returning to the ministry in Mississippi (From Mississippi Baptist Preachers, by Foster, p.174-175). William was a member of the King Solomon Masonic Lodge in Meridian and was also mentioned in the book, "Southern Baptist Ministers." 

Family

Karon J. Goodwyn (14 May 1855 - 23 Jul 1932)

Charts Descendants of Joseph Culpepper of Edgecombe Co., NC (Six Generations)
Last Edited 25 Jun 2008

Citations

  1. Jean (Ruby Ora) Culpepper Smith (#2888), Culpepper Footprints in the Sands of Time, 17 North Hight Avenue, Louisville, MS 39339: , 1978.
    p.44.
  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. FHL Film 1254653, National Archives Film T9-0653, Page 209B, Hurricane Creek, Lauderdale Co., MS
    William S. Culpepper, Self, M, Md, Wh, 25, Farmer, MS/GA/AL
    Caron Culpepper, Wife, F, Md, Wh, 25, Keeping House, MS/GA/AL.
  4. 1900 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 23, Page 7A, Family 145, Beat 3, Amite County, MS
    William Culpepper, Head, Wh, M, Oct 1853, 46, Md-27yrs, MS/GA/NC, Minister (Gospel)
    Karon J. Culpepper, Wife, Wh, F, Apr 1861, 39, Md-27yrs, ch 0/0, MS/GA/MS.
  5. ED 59, sheet 6.
  6. ED 63, sheet 4, line 89.
  7. Sarah Mozingo, compiler, Choctaw County Cemeteries, Rootsweb: USGenWeb Archives, 1996.
    http://www.rootsweb.com/~alchocta/cemeteriesindex.html
    Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Sumter Co., Alabama, near Choctaw County line.
    + Rev. W. S. Culpepper, died Apr. 26, 1927 at age 73 years, 6 months (Masonic Stone)
    + Karon J. Culpepper, May 14, 1855 - July 23, 1932.