Martha Ella Harris

Female, #2398, (18 Feb 1868 - 17 Feb 1951)

Birth*18 Feb 1868 Martha was born on 18 Feb 1868.1 
Photographed*say 1902 She was photographed say 1902 at Newton Co., Mississippi.2
Martha Ella (Harris) Culpepper
Marriage*28 Oct 1902 She married Phillip Pinkney Culpepper Jr. at Chunky, Newton Co., Mississippi, on 28 Oct 1902.3 
Married Name28 Oct 1902  As of 28 Oct 1902, her married name was Culpepper.3 
1910 Census15 Apr 1910 Martha was listed as Phillip Pinkney Culpepper Jr.'s wife on the 1910 Census at Quitman, Clarke Co., Mississippi.4 
1920 Census*1 Jan 1920 Martha was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census at Quitman, Clarke Co., Mississippi.5 
1930 Census1 Apr 1930 Martha was listed as an aunt in Isaac Curtis Martin's household on the 1930 Census at Quitman, Clarke Co., Mississippi.6 
Photographedcirca 1939 She was photographed circa 1939 at Quitman, Clarke Co., Mississippi.2
Martha E. (Harris) & Becky Culpepper
Photographedcirca 1947 She was photographed circa 1947 at Quitman, Clarke Co., Mississippi,
left to right: Emmett James Culpepper and his wife, Alice Carter Culpepper; Joseph Ernest Culpepper and, his wife, Laney Susan Eugenia Acklen Culpepper; Ernestine Dorothy Owens Culpepper, Ella Rebecca Culpepper Benson and William Pinckney Culpepper. In front: Dorothy Gene Culpepper and Martha Ella Harris Culpepper.2
Phillip P. Culpepper Jr. family
Death*17 Feb 1951 She died on 17 Feb 1951.1 
Burial*circa 19 Feb 1951 Her body was interred circa 19 Feb 1951 at Mont Rose Baptist Church Cemetery, Clarke Co., Mississippi. Row 4.1 
Obituary*2 Mar 1951 Mrs. Martha Ella Culpepper passed away at her home in Quitman on Saturday, Feb. 17, following an illness with pneumonia. She was 82 years of age.
     She is survived by three sons: Joe E. Culpepper of Kansas City, Mo., William P. Culpepper of Chicago, Ill., and Jim Culpepper of Quitman; one sister, Mrs. G. A. Pace of Forest, and three grandchildren.
     Funeral services were held from the family residence, Feb. 18 at 3:00 o'clock, with the Revs. W. L. Meadows, W. C. McLelland, J. P. Gilbert, and Ed Grayson officating.
     Interment followed in Mt. Rose Cemetery. Pallbearers were Fulton Harris, Edwin Harris, Arthur Moore, Floyd Dearman, Charlie Culpepper and John S. Dobbs.
     Another good woman has passed to her well deserved reward. She will be sadly missed by her loved ones left behind.7 

Family

Phillip Pinkney Culpepper Jr. (10 Jan 1864 - 12 Mar 1918)
Children

Last Edited 12 Jan 2009

Citations

  1. Bennie and Lance White, compiler, White's Store.com, Bennie W. White, Jan 1999.
    http://www.whitesstore.com/montrose.htm
    Mont Rose Baptist Church Cemetery, Quitman, Clarke Co., MS
    + Phillip P. Culpepper, 10 Jan 1864 - 12 Mar 1918
    + Martha Ella Culpepper, 18 Feb 1868 - 17 Feb 1951.
  2. E-mail from Shannon O'Connor Christian (#2495), e-mail address to Lew Griffin and Warren Culpepper, 2002-2009.
  3. William Harold Graham, compiler, Newton County, Mississippi Marriage Records, 1872-1952, Carrollton, MS: Pioneer Pub., 2002, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. US/CAN Books 976.2672 V28.
    P. P. Culpepper married Ella Harris, 28 Oct 1902 in Newton Co., MS, Book C-32.
  4. 1910 Federal Census, United States.
    ED1, Sheet 22B, Family 346, Quitman, Clarke County, MS
    P. P. Culpepper, Head, M, Wh, 46, Md2, MS/US/US, Farmer, General farm
    Ella M Culpepper, Wife, F, Wh, 38, Md-8 yrs, ch 3/3, MS/MS/MS
    Ernest Culpepper, Son, M, Wh, 7, S, MS/MS/MS
    William Culpepper, Son, M, Wh, 5, S, MS/MS/MS
    James Culpepper, Son, M, Wh, 3, S, MS/MS/MS.
  5. 1920 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 2, Sheet 20A, Lines 36-39, Quitman, Clarke, MS (30 Jan 1920)
    Ella Culpepper, Head, F, Wh, 48, wid, MS/MS/MS Farmer
    Earnest Culpepper, Son, M, Wh, 16, sng, MS/MS/MS Farm laborer
    William Culpepper, Son, M, Wh, 14, sng, MS/MS/MS Farm laborer
    James Culpepper, Son, M, Wh, 12, sng, MS/MS/MS Farm laborer.
  6. 1930 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 12-11, Page 17B, Beat 1, Quitman, Clarke Co., MS
    Rent home, Radio=N, Farm=N
    Curtis Martin, Head, M, Wh, 30, md@21, MS/MS/MS, Laborer, State Highway, Vet=N
    Ruby Martin, Wife, F, Wh, 29, md@20, MS/AL/MS
    James C. Martin, Son, M, Wh, 3 2/12, MS/MS/MS
    Ella Culpepper, Aunt, F, Wh, 62 wid, MS/MS/MS.
  7. Clarke County Tribune, Quitman, MS.
    http://www.whitesstore.com/obitinfo.htm
    Obituary of Martha Ella Culpepper (#2398), published 2 Mar 1951.