Julia Matilda Culpepper

Female, #32269, (26 Dec 1871 - 26 Jul 1962)

Parent*Rev. Lewis Peek Culpepper (25 Aug 1816 - 4 Jun 1915)
Parent*Margarette R. Joyce Bateman (24 Jun 1833 - 29 Dec 1896)
Julia Matilda Culpepper|b. 26 Dec 1871\nd. 26 Jul 1962|p32269.htm|Rev. Lewis Peek Culpepper|b. 25 Aug 1816\nd. 4 Jun 1915|p32077.htm|Margarette R. Joyce Bateman|b. 24 Jun 1833\nd. 29 Dec 1896|p32249.htm|John Culpepper of Randolph Co., AL|b. 1 Oct 1772\nd. 13 May 1855|p31566.htm|Nancy Gillespie|b. circa 1778\nd. 25 Jul 1848|p31584.htm|Simon Bateman|b. say 1803\nd. before 1842|p27442.htm|Charlotte Brunson|b. say 1805|p27443.htm|

Birth*26 Dec 1871 Julia was born at Lee Co., Alabama, on 26 Dec 1871. 
 She was the daughter of Rev. Lewis Peek Culpepper and Margarette R. Joyce Bateman. 
Census*1880 Julia was in the in 1880 census at Clay Co., Alabama. 
Marriage*4 Sep 1892 She married John Henry Phillips at Lee Co., Alabama, on 4 Sep 1892. 
Married Name4 Sep 1892  As of 4 Sep 1892, her married name was Phillips. 
Census1900 She was listed as a resident in the census report at Bacon Level, Randolph Co., Alabama, in 1900. 
Death*26 Jul 1962 She died at Lake Wales, Polk Co., Florida, on 26 Jul 1962. 
Burial* Her body was interred at Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery, Randolph Co., Alabama. 
Biography* Lewis P. Culpepper recorded Julia's birth in his Bible: "Julia M. was born Dec the 26th 1871." Mrs. J. H. (Margaret Dodd) Phillips wrote in a 26 Jul 1978 letter: My mother's middle name was Matilda. I am not sure she was born in Lee county. She spoke of Clay county often and I suppose I got it in my mind that she was born in Clay county.
      James Burie Clegg wrote 23 Aug 1979 that he had met with J. Hugh Dodd whose wife, Julie Phillips, is the daughter of Julia Culpepper Phillips, and reported that "Julia was born in Randolph County, Alabama, so Mr. Dodd says." However, Julia was recorded in Clay County in the 1880 census, which is the first after her birth.
      Mrs. Charles (Margaret Whatley) Lee wrote 4 Jan 1979: I saw Julie when I was a child.... I remember Julie as being a little tall, very graceful and dignified looking and dressed nice. She had dark hair, pulled on top of her head. Most women in those days wore their hair like that....
      Mrs. J. H. (Margaret Dodd) Phillips wrote in a 21 Aug 1978 letter: My mother and father were the most dedicated and unselfish people I will ever know. Their lives were devoted to making a happy home for us and doing good deeds for friends and neighbors who were in need. When mother was young, she must have read every book she could lay hands on. She must have memorized half of Edgar Allen Poe's poems. When we were small and she was mending, sewing or ironing she would tell us stories or recite poems to us. Once she said when J. T. was just learning to talk, she finished a story and J.T. said "Mama, talk some more." At times she would make up a story and, if one of us had misbehaved, she would weave that into the story and the guilty party would always say "Now you're talking about me aren't you?".... Mother sang to us also and she had a lovely alto voice.
      In a 9 Oct 1978 letter, Mrs. J. H. (Margaret Phillips) Dodd continued: The only herb mother used was sassafras. She said it was a good spring tonic. When we were on the farm, some of us kids would go up on the hill where the sassafras was so plentiful and dig up some roots. She would wash them and then boil them. It made a delicious tea by adding a little sugar. I have bought roots several times at the grocery stores and made tea but it isn't good. It doesn't have a good taste like the roots from those red clay hills in Ala.
      Mrs. Charles (Margaret Whatley) Lee wrote 26 Nov 1978: Mrs. [Harvey] Boone told us that Julie Phillips and her husband were buried just north of Standing Rock in a community called "Bacon Level...." 

Family

John Henry Phillips (15 Oct 1869 - 4 Dec 1921)

Charts Descendants of Joseph Culpepper of Edgecombe Co., NC (Six Generations)
Last Edited 9 Jul 1999