Dr. Vernon Grant Culpepper1

Male, #322, (25 Sep 1856 - 12 Oct 1905)

Parent*Henry Edward Culpepper (23 May 1827 - 17 Dec 1895)
Parent*Martha A. Helen Grant (27 Jun 1831 - 16 Dec 1886)
Dr. Vernon Grant Culpepper|b. 25 Sep 1856\nd. 12 Oct 1905|p322.htm|Henry Edward Culpepper|b. 23 May 1827\nd. 17 Dec 1895|p229.htm|Martha A. Helen Grant|b. 27 Jun 1831\nd. 16 Dec 1886|p230.htm|Henry E. Culpepper|b. circa 1779\nd. before 1840|p644.htm|Martha Owens|b. circa 1790|p645.htm|Richard Grant|b. say 1798|p41127.htm|Sarah (?)|b. say 1800|p7951.htm|

DNA* To help confirm Dr. Vernon Grant Culpepper's descent from Henry Culpepper of Lower Norfolk, we are seeking a descendant of Vernon's to participate in our free DNA testing project. For more information, go to: http://gen.culpepper.com/dna. 
Birth*25 Sep 1856 Vernon was born at Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia, on 25 Sep 1856.2,3 
 He was the son of Henry Edward Culpepper and Martha A. Helen Grant. 
Marriage*20 Apr 1881 He married Etta Franklin Borum at Portsmouth (city), Virginia, on 20 Apr 1881. 
1900 Census*1900 Vernon was listed as the head of a family on the 1900 Census at Portsmouth (city), Virginia.4 
Death*12 Oct 1905 He died at Portsmouth (city), Virginia, on 12 Oct 1905. 
Biography* From Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume IV:

Dr. Vernon Grant Culpepper, son of Henry Edward and Martha Helen (Grant) Culpepper, was born September 25, 1856, died October 12, 1905. He attended L. P. Slater's private school after a course in the public schools, and then entered the University of Virginia, from which he was graduated M. D. in the class of 1875. The two years after his graduation he passed in the Charity Hospital, of New York, and after one and one-half years of hospital work in Portsmouth, Virginia, he began general practice, continuing actively until his death. Dr. Vernon Grant Culpepper was a member of the City, County, and State Medical societies, and served on the State Board of Health of Virginia. In politics he was a staunch Democrat, fraternally associated with the Masonic order, belonging to Acca Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Knights of Pythias. His religious denomination was the Methodist Episcopal. Dr. Culpepper was a gentleman noted for his devotion to principle in professional or private life, and, ever walking honorably and uprightly through life, left upon those with whom he associated the imprint of a man just and good.

Dr. Culpepper married, in 1880, Etta Franklin Borum, daughter of James T. Borum and his wife, Susan C. (Stokes) Borum. Children: Dr. James Henry, of whom further; Etta Vernon, who married Dr. Stanley Hoke Graves, a medical practitioner of Norfolk, son of Thomas Edward and Louisa (Brockman) Graves.

From Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804 -- 1929:
Born 1854, died 15 Oct 1905 in Portsmouth, VA from cerebral hemorrhage
Type of practice: Allopath
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, 1876, (G), VA-04
Medical College of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond; Hampden-Sydney Coll. Med. Dept., 1876, NY-05 New York University Medical College, New York: U
Journal of the American Medical Association Citation: 45:1343.
 

Family

Etta Franklin Borum (circa 1861 - )
Children

Charts Descendants of Thomas Culpepper of Norfolk Co., VA (Six generations)
Descendants of Dr. Vernon Grant Culpepper of Portsmouth, VA
Last Edited 13 Dec 2007

Citations

  1. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography.
  2. Birth Records, 1853-1865, Virginia Bureau of Vital Statistics, LDS Film 2026327.
  3. Emily L. Walker, compiler, Norfolk County VA Birth & Death Register (Births 1853-1860 & 1864-1874; Deaths 1853-1860 & 1864-1870), Norfolk, VA: E. L. Walker, 1997.
    p. 27.
  4. ED 115, sheet 12, line 32.