Nancy Clegg

Female, #32453, (30 Jul 1832 - 2 Nov 1904)

Birth*30 Jul 1832 Nancy was born at Coweta Co., Georgia, on 30 Jul 1832.1 
Marriage*2 Nov 1854 She married Elias Daniel Culpepper at Jefferson Co., Arkansas, on 2 Nov 1854.2 
Married Name2 Nov 1854 As of 2 Nov 1854, her married name was Culpepper. 
(household member) 1860 Census1860 Nancy was listed as a household member living with Elias Daniel Culpepper in the 1860 Census at Darysaw, Jefferson Co., Arkansas. 
(household member) 1870 Census1870 Nancy was listed as a household member living with Elias Daniel Culpepper on the 1870 Census at Derasaw Township, Grant Co., Arkansas. 38 m-210 hh 33. 
(wife) 1880 Census1880 Nancy was listed as Elias Daniel Culpepper's wife on the 1880 Census at Grant Co., Arkansas. 48 m-ED100-27. 
Photographed*circa Mar 1887 She and Elias Daniel Culpepper were photographed Picture is thought to have been taken around March or April 1887. Names and family data were provided directly by Helen Elizabeth Hall Clifton (daughter of Julia Virginia Rebecca Culpepper) to her niece Helen Clarece Jarrell Cory (daughter of Nancy Alice Hall Jarrell) with corrections to the names of the three infants by Ken Cory.

Contributed to Culpepper Connections by Ken Cory, son of Helen Clarece Jarrell Cory.

Back Row, L to R: Joseph Andrew Baxter, Francis Louis Elias, Mr. Robinson: husband of Martha Emily Catherine, Malcolm Leslie Luther, John William Clegg, Elias Daniel's wife Nancy, and James Henry Fitz.

Seated, L to R: unrelated boy, in front of the boy: Isaac Thomas Jefferson, next to the boy: Martha Emily Catherine Robinson, seated on her lap: her daughter Lillie Belle Robinson, beside Lillie Belle: Baxter's wife Johnnie, beside her: Emily's daugher Nancy Culpepper Williams, in front of Nancy: George Benjamin Bascom, beside Nancy: Elias Daniel who is holding her, beside Elias: Julia Virginia Rebecca, beside her Sarah Elizabeth Ann Williams, holding Janet Elizabeth Williams.

Circa Mar 1887.3
Death*2 Nov 1904 She died at Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co., Arkansas, on 2 Nov 1904.1 
Burial* Her body was interred at Bellwood Cemetery, Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co., Arkansas.1 
Biography* Nancy was born in Georgia and, when she was 16 years old, her parents moved the family by wagon train to Arkansas. After her father died in 1854, Nancy married Elias Daniel Culpepper who had come west on the same wagon train. Nancy's mother, Martha, lived with them for the rest of her life. The family tradition is that Nancy gave each of her children three names because she only had one.4
(Names referenced above: Nancy Clegg Nancy Clegg). 

Family

Elias Daniel Culpepper (31 Jan 1832 - 8 May 1914)
Marriage*2 Nov 1854 She married Elias Daniel Culpepper at Jefferson Co., Arkansas, on 2 Nov 1854.2 
Children

Last Edited 14 Feb 2007

Citations

  1. William Harold Broughton, The Cleggs of Old Chatham: the ancestry, family, descendants of Thomas A. Clegg and Bridget Polk, their kin, and events of history Clegg Family Association, 1977.
    p 228.
  2. Book A, p. 188.
  3. E-mail from Dr. Kenneth D. Cory, e-mail address, San Jose, CA to Lew Griffin, 2002-2004.
  4. W. Harold Broughton, The Cleggs of Old Chatham: The Ancestry - Family - Descendants of Thomas A. Clegg & Bridget Polk Their Kin & Events of Interest p. 228