Elmira Culpepper

Female, #2555, (22 Mar 1855 - 6 Jun 1940)

Father*Ambrose Culpepper (8 Dec 1829 - 21 May 1892)
Mother*Mary A. F. Culpepper (28 Jan 1830 - 11 Jun 1880)
Elmira Culpepper|b. 22 Mar 1855\nd. 6 Jun 1940|p2555.htm|Ambrose Culpepper|b. 8 Dec 1829\nd. 21 May 1892|p2326.htm|Mary A. F. Culpepper|b. 28 Jan 1830\nd. 11 Jun 1880|p2475.htm|Joel Culpepper of Sumter Co., AL|b. circa 1803\nd. 5 Jul 1875|p3971.htm|Amelia Yarbrough|b. circa 1803\nd. 1860|p3972.htm|Owen Culpepper of Lauderdale Co., MS|b. circa 1807\nd. circa 1870|p2333.htm|Mary Everett|b. circa 1810\nd. between 1870 and 1880|p2334.htm|

Name Variation  Elmira Culpepper was also known as Aunt Shank. 
Birth*22 Mar 1855 Elmira was born at Mississippi on 22 Mar 1855. 
 She was the daughter of Ambrose Culpepper and Mary A. F. Culpepper. 
1860 Census1 Jun 1860 Mary, Nancy, Olivia and Elmira listed as a household member living with Ambrose Culpepper in the 1860 Census at Lauderdale Co., Mississippi.1 
Marriage*4 May 1871 She married James Manning Hardin at Lauderdale Co., Mississippi, on 4 May 1871. James Manning Hardin, Jr., the son of James and Elmira, married Eula Thompson. Eula was the daughter of my (Beth Welch's) great-grandfather and sister of my grandfather..2,3 
Married Name4 May 1871  As of 4 May 1871, her married name was Hardin.3 
Death*6 Jun 1940 She died at Sumter Co., Alabama, on 6 Jun 1940.4 
Burial*circa 8 Jun 1940 Her body was interred circa 8 Jun 1940 at Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Cuba, Sumter Co., Alabama. 

Family

James Manning Hardin (15 Jan 1844 - 4 Jul 1924)

Charts Descendants of Joseph Culpepper of Edgecombe Co., NC (Six Generations)
Last Edited 1 Oct 2008

Citations

  1. 1860 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 173, Family 1189, Lines 3-7, Beat 5, Lauderdale, MS
    Culpepper, 30, M, Farmer, RE=$540, PE=$600, GA
    Mary A. F. Culpepper, 30, F, Dom. Bus, GA
    Nancy J. Culpepper, 9, F, MS
    Olivia Culpepper, 7, F, MS
    Elmira Culpepper, 5, F, MS.
  2. E-mail from Elizabeth 'Beth' Welch, e-mail address, Birmingham, Alabama to Warren Culpepper, May 2005.
  3. James T. Dawson, compiler, Lauderdale County, Mississippi Marriage Records, Online database at Ancestry.com, 1993.
    Elmira Culpepper and J. M. Hardin married 4 May 1871 in Lauderdale Co., MS
    (Note in book from Ambrous Culpepper giving permission for his daughter, Elmira, to wed J. M. Hardin 2 May 1871).
  4. E-mail from Elizabeth 'Beth' Welch, e-mail address, Birmingham, Alabama to Warren Culpepper, May 2005.
    Elmira Culpepper died 6 Jun 1940 in Sumter County, Alabama. Alabama death certificate #14925.