Margarette R. Joyce Bateman

Female, #32249, (24 Jun 1833 - 29 Dec 1896)

ParentSimon Bateman (say 1803 - before 1842)
ParentCharlotte Brunson (say 1805 - )
Margarette R. Joyce Bateman|b. 24 Jun 1833\nd. 29 Dec 1896|p32249.htm|Simon Bateman|b. say 1803\nd. before 1842|p27442.htm|Charlotte Brunson|b. say 1805|p27443.htm|William Bateman|b. say 1773\nd. 1821|p27447.htm|(?) (?)|b. say 1775|p27448.htm|||||||

Birth*24 Jun 1833 Margarette was born at Georgia on 24 Jun 1833. 
Employment* Margarette's occupation: midwife. 
 She was the daughter of Simon Bateman and Charlotte Brunson. 
1850 Census*1850 She was enumerated in the US Census of 1850 - Free in 1850 at Pike Co., Georgia. 
Marriage*2 Dec 1858 She married Rev. Lewis Peek Culpepper at Georgia on 2 Dec 1858.1 
Married Name2 Dec 1858 As of 2 Dec 1858, her married name was Culpepper.1 
Census19 Sep 1860 She was listed as a resident in the census report at Wesobulga, Randolph Co., Alabama, on 19 Sep 1860.2 
Census22 Jun 1870 She was listed as a resident in the census report at Opelika, Lee Co., Alabama, on 22 Jun 1870. 
Death*29 Dec 1896 She died at Chambers Co., Alabama, on 29 Dec 1896. 
Burial*say 31 Dec 1896 Her body was interred say 31 Dec 1896 at State Line Cemetery, Chambers Co., Alabama.3
Tombstone
Biography* Census: 1880, in Clay Co, AL. [Beat 10 ED 38-15 Margaret 47 GA NC NC in hh of Louis Culpepper]
      Lewis Peek Culpepper recorded his second wife's name and date of birth in his Bible: "Margret B. Born June 24, 1833." Her name and date of birth and death were recorded on p. 153 of A Survey of Cemeteries in Chambers County, Alabama from her tombstone in the State Line Congregational Christian Church Cemetery (Township 24 N, Range 28 E) as: "Margarette R. Culpepper June 14, 1833/Jan. 29 1896." Presumably this information also came from Lewis P. Culpepper. A granddaughter, Mrs. J. H. (Margaret Phillips) Dodd wrote in a 12 April 1979 letter: From what I remember being told by my mother, grandmother's name was Margaret Joyce and aunt Maggie [Mrs. G. R. (Maggie Culpepper) Trimble] was Margaret Joyce for her mother and I became Margaret Joyce for aunt Maggie.
      Lewis P. Culpepper also recorded his second marriage in his Bible: "Lewis P. Culpepper... Married the Second time to Margrett R. Bateman Dec the 2nd 1858." Mrs. S. B. (Mary Exa Culpepper) Crossman wrote in a 24 Sep 1978 letter: Hattie [Culpepper Smith] did tell me that grandmother [Margaret Bateman Culpepper] was such a good housekeeper that every time they visited her, she (Hattie) was scared to death she would do something wrong.
      Mrs. J. H. (Margaret Phillips) Dodd wrote in a 21 Aug 1978 letter: Mother [Mrs. J. H. (Julia Culpepper) Phillips] said grandmother [Mrs. L. P. (Margarette Bateman) Culpepper] was a midwife. She [Margarette] told mother [Julia] that Aunt Polly [a sister of Margarette Bateman?] (that's all she [Julia] knew about Aunt Polly) taught her [Margarette] how to deliver babies and to gather herbs from the woods to make medicine. Mother remembers going with her [Margarette] to gather herbs.
      Mrs. Dodd continued in a 8 Oct 78 letter: I don't remember mother [Mrs. J. H. (Julia Culpepper) Phillips] talking about grandmother [Mrs. L. P. (Margarette Bateman) Culpepper] treating any of the children with herbal medicines, however I'm sure she did when they were sick. She [Julia] talked mostly about grandmother having her own horse and visiting sick people. She said that sometimes grandmother [Mrs. L. P. (Margarette Bateman) Culpepper] would spend several days with a person who was ill.
      Lewis Peek also recorded his wife's death: "Margarett R. Culpepper my Dear Wife departed this Life January the 29th 1896 Pece to thy afflicted Boddy age 62 years 7 months and 13 days." A Survey of Cemeteries in Chambers County, Alabama p. 153 lists the name from the tombstone in the State Line Congregational Christian Church Cemetery (Township 24 N, Range 28 E) as "Margrette R. Culpepper." Lena Amsler wrote in a 17 Sep 1978 letter: She [Lena's mother, Martha Culpepper] seems to have been fond of her stepmother [Margaret Bateman Culpepper]. I was only a kid but I was impressed when a black bordered letter came announcing her death and seeing my mother cry about it.
(Names referenced above: Margarette R. Joyce Bateman Margarette R. Joyce Bateman). 

Family

Rev. Lewis Peek Culpepper (25 Aug 1816 - 4 Jun 1915)
Marriage*2 Dec 1858 She married Rev. Lewis Peek Culpepper at Georgia on 2 Dec 1858.1 
Children

Last Edited 27 Feb 2008

Citations

  1. , Lewis Peek Culpepper Bible.
  2. P 811 (Margaret J., 26, in hh of Lewis Culpepper.
  3. Margaret Parker Milford, A Survey of Cemeteries in Chambers County, Alabama, Valley, AL: Chattahoochee Valley Historical Society, 1983.
    p 153.