Mary Bathsheba Culpepper

Female, #32454, (17 Mar 1833 - 22 Jun 1914)

Parent*Rev. William Henry Culpepper (17 Oct 1813 - 22 Mar 1909)
Parent*Sarah Leslie (15 Feb 1808 - 22 Jan 1849)
Mary Bathsheba Culpepper|b. 17 Mar 1833\nd. 22 Jun 1914|p32454.htm|Rev. William Henry Culpepper|b. 17 Oct 1813\nd. 22 Mar 1909|p32073.htm|Sarah Leslie|b. 15 Feb 1808\nd. 22 Jan 1849|p32074.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|Joseph? Leslie|b. circa 1778|p13728.htm|Mary? Calhoun ?|b. circa 1781|p13729.htm|

Birth*17 Mar 1833 Mary was born at Upson Co., Georgia, on 17 Mar 1833. 
 She was the daughter of Rev. William Henry Culpepper and Sarah Leslie. 
1840 Census1 Jun 1840 Mary was probably a free white female, age 5 and under 10, in Rev. William Henry Culpepper's household, on the 1840 Census on 1 Jun 1840 at Meriwether Co., Georgia.1 
1850 Census*1850 Mary listed as a household member living with Joseph John Francis Dean on the 1850 Census in 1850 at Randolph Co., Alabama.
(26 m-Beat 11 p. 385 hh 162). 
Marriage*23 Nov 1850 She married Joseph John Francis Dean at Randolph Co., Alabama, on 23 Nov 1850. 
Married Name23 Nov 1850  As of 23 Nov 1850, her married name was Dean. 
1860 Census*24 Sep 1860 Mary listed as a household member living with Joseph John Francis Dean in the 1860 Census at Wesobulga, Randolph Co., Alabama. 33 m-p. 826. 
1870 Census*7 Jul 1870 Mary listed as a household member living with Joseph John Francis Dean on the 1870 Census at Louina, Randolph Co., Alabama. 44 m-Township 22. 
1900 Census*1900 Mary was listed as Joseph John Francis Dean's wife on the 1900 Census at Dutton, Jackson Co., Alabama. ED 45 p. 1 hh 12. 
Death*22 Jun 1914 She died at Jackson Co., Alabama, on 22 Jun 1914. 
Burial* Her body was interred at Dean's Chapel Cemetery, Jackson Co., Alabama. 
Biography* Mary Bathsheba was a daughter of William Henry and Sarah (Leslie) Culpepper. She was born in Upson Co., GA but, when she was about three years old, her parents moved the family to Meriwether Co., GA where she was noted in 1840 census records as a female 5-10 years of age in the household of her father. The family moved again when Mary Bathsheba was 15 years old, this time to Alabama. Within months, Mary Bathsheba's mother died.

When Mary Bathsheba was 17 years old, she married, Joseph John Francis Dean and the young couple was noted in 1850 census records in Randolph Co., AL. The couple is next noted with their five children in the 1860 census records of Wesobulga P. O. District in Randolph Co., AL. This was probably near Wesobulga Creek which appears to be northwest of Wadley, AL on what is now the border between Clay and Randolph Co., AL although it would have been in Randolph Co., AL in 1860. Their lives were interrupted by the Civil War and, after the War, the family is noted in the Louina P. O. District (now Wadley, AL) in the 1870 census.

Mary Bathsheba bore eleven children between 1852 and 1878 and she made a lasting impression on at least one of her older sons. Mrs. Ted (Estelle German) Canter reported 2 that her grandfather, Fletcher Dean, had told her that Mary Bathsheba (Culpepper) Dean "threw a butcher knife at him and cut a deep gash in his head, because he refused to pick black berries for a pie...." Mary Bathsheba's husband is next noted in 1873 in Wesobulga Masonic records so the family apparently remained in the area near the borders of what are now Clay and Randolph Co., AL until at least then. However, the family has not been located in 1880 census records so it might have been around this time that the family moved to Sand Mountain in Jackson Co., AL to an area just across the county line from Henegar, DeKalb Co., AL. The community became known as Dean's Chapel and was apparently near the little town of Dutton, Jackson Co., AL since Mary and her husband were noted living in "Duttons Beat" in Jackson Co., AL in the 1900 census.

Mary Bathsheba (Culpepper) Dean lost her husband of 54 years in 1905. She is next noted in 1910 census records of Jackson Co, AL living in the household of her son-in-law, Olin Wright. She was recorded as having had eleven children, eight of whom were living in 1910. Mary Bathsheba (Culpepper) Dean died in 1914 at the age of 81 and was buried at Dean's Chapel. 

Family

Joseph John Francis Dean (25 Apr 1828 - 8 Oct 1905)

Charts Descendants of Joseph Culpepper of Edgecombe Co., NC (Six Generations)
Last Edited 19 Jan 2001

Citations

  1. 1840 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 123, Unk Twp, Meriwether Co., GA
    William H. Culpepper, 2 M0-5, 2 M5-10, 1 M20-30, 1 F0-5, 1 F5-10, 1 F30-40.
  2. per Mary Lillian (Butler) Pierce letter 19 Mar 1980