Warner Culpepper

Male, #32494, (4 Sep 1857 - 25 Mar 1911)

ParentCharles William Culpepper (16 Jul 1824 - 8 Jun 1900)
ParentMary Jane English (15 Oct 1830 - 19 Jan 1910)
Warner Culpepper|b. 4 Sep 1857\nd. 25 Mar 1911|p32494.htm|Charles William Culpepper|b. 16 Jul 1824\nd. 8 Jun 1900|p32277.htm|Mary Jane English|b. 15 Oct 1830\nd. 19 Jan 1910|p32278.htm|Joel Culpepper of Crawford Co., GA|b. 12 Mar 1795\nd. 6 Dec 1839|p32048.htm|Nancy Corley|b. circa 1798\nd. 22 Mar 1860|p32049.htm|William English|b. circa 1800|p35821.htm|Rebecca E. Hicks|b. circa 1802|p35822.htm|

Birth*4 Sep 1857 Warner was born at Coweta Co., Georgia, on 4 Sep 1857. 
 He was the son of Charles William Culpepper and Mary Jane English. 
(household member) 1860 Census1 Jun 1860 Warner was listed as a household member living with Charles William Culpepper in the 1860 Census at Haralson, Coweta Co., Georgia.1 
(household member) 1870 Census1 Jun 1870 Warner was listed as a household member living with Charles William Culpepper on the 1870 Census at Gordon Co., Georgia.2 
1880 Census*1 Jun 1880 Warner was listed as a lodger living with an unknown person 's household on the 1880 Census at Polk Co., Georgia.3 
Marriage*27 Oct 1886 He married Mabel Zollie Huddleston at Meriwether Co., Georgia, on 27 Oct 1886.4 
1900 Census*1 Jun 1900 Warner was listed as the head of a family on the 1900 Census at Moultrie, Colquitt Co., Georgia.5 
1910 Census*15 Apr 1910 Warner was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census at Tifton, Tift Co., Georgia.6 
Death*25 Mar 1911 He died at Tifton, Tift Co., Georgia, on 25 Mar 1911. 
Burial*26 Mar 1911 His body was interred on 26 Mar 1911 at Westview Cemetery, Tifton, Tift Co., Georgia. 
Biography* Based on the census locations of his parents, Warner is believed to have been born in Coweta Co., GA, presumably in Haralson Village where John Culpepper noted in an 1853 letter that Warner's grandmother, Nancy (Corley) Culpepper, was living. Warner was noted with his parents in the 1860 census of Coweta Co., GA and by 1870 had moved with his parents to an land on John's Creek on the boundary between Floyd and Gordon counties. There Warner was noted living with his parents in the 1870 census of Calhoun P. O. district, Gordon Co., GA. In 1880, Warner was single and a teacher in Polk Co., GA. In 1900, Warner Culpepper was recorded with his wife and young family in the Colquitt Co., GA census. And in the 1910 census he was noted with his wife and younger children in Tifton, Tift Co, GA.
     Warner's death was recorded in the Daily Observer of Moultrie, GA 25 Mar 1911:

WARNER CULPEPPER KILLED IN COAST LINE WRECK --
Former Moultrie Man With Six Others Lose Their Lives When the Dixie Flyer Plunges through Trestle at Alapaha River. Others Injured Fatally.
     The south bound "Dixie Flyer" plunged through the trestle at Alapaha River, twenty-three miles south of Tifton on the Atlantic Coastline Saturday morning at four o'clock. Five cars were demolished, several passengers were killed outright, a number were injured, some of them fatally. Among the dead who had been taken out at eleven o'clock was Warner Culpepper, lumberman, former Moultrie citizen and father of Mrs. C. B. Patterson of this city. The work of taking out the dead and wounded was in progress all the morning. Special trains took surgeons to the scene of the wreck and other trains carried the injured to the road's hospital at Waycross. It was train 95 that wrecked. This train passes Tifton after three o'clock. It was reported from Tifton to the Observer that the wreck was caused by a broken axle on the engine.

     A copy of the funeral notice, preserved by Mrs. F. D. (Betty Lee Collins) Hale, is from The Daily Observer of Moultrie, GA Monday, 27 Mar 1911:

MANY ATTEND FUNERAL SERVICES
     The remains of Warner Culpepper of Tifton, who lost his life in the wreck of the Dixie Flyer Saturday morning, were brought to Moultrie Sunday and laid to rest in the Moultrie Cemetery. The body was brought down on the morning train, accompanied by members of the family and close friends and the deacons of the Tifton Baptist Church who acted as pall bearers. The body lay at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Patterson, on Gay Street, until the afternoon. The funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church at 3:00 in the afternoon, conducted by Rev. J. G. Venable, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, assisted by Rev. J. G. Harrison of Macon, who was here to fill the Baptist pulpit in the absence of pastor Cree. The church was filled with sympathetic friends of the family of the deceased and the service was a sad one. A long procession followed the remains to the cemetery, though the weather was very threatening, and the last sad rites were performed at the grave by Rev. Venable. All during the day the grief stricken family received sympathizing friends at the Patterson home and the floral offering, probably the most beautiful ever witnessed here on such an occasion, attested further to the esteem in which Mr. Culpepper was held here. the family remained over in Moultrie Sunday night.

The following is from a manuscript by Kathryn English Culpepper, as transcribed by Gayle L. Poole:

[Warner was] An energetic, good-natured man. Short and stocky, with light blue, piercing eyes, His family and friends loved him.

(Names referenced above: Warner Culpepper Warner Culpepper). 

Family

Mabel Zollie Huddleston (18 Nov 1861 - 13 Apr 1961)
Marriage*27 Oct 1886 He married Mabel Zollie Huddleston at Meriwether Co., Georgia, on 27 Oct 1886.4 
Children

Charts Descendants of Charles William Culpepper of Gordon Co., GA
Last Edited 6 Sep 2004

Citations

  1. 1860 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 729, Haralson PO, Coweta Co., GA (ID: 32277)
    Charles W. Culpepper, 26, M, Farmer, $2000/$5191, SC
    Mary J. Culpepper, 29, F, GA
    Elmira Culpepper, 10, F, GA
    Elim Culpepper, 8, M, GA
    Sarah E. Culpepper, 6, F, GA
    Warner Culpepper, 4, M, GA
    English Culpepper, 2, F, GA (English was actually recorded at the bottom of the page, five families removed from this one, as if he were part of the Charles H. Pyron HH, but it seems likely that the enumerator subsequently discovered the omission of English from the Culpepper family and simply added English at the bottom of the page).
  2. 1870 Federal Census, United States.
    Pages 246B, Calhoun P.O., Gordon Co., GA
    Charles W. Culpepper, 47, M, $1200, $1000, Farmer, SC
    Mary J. Culpepper, 39, F, GA
    Elam Culpepper, 18, M, GA
    Sarah E. Culpepper, 16, F, GA
    Warner Culpepper, 13, M, GA
    English Culpepper, 12, M, GA
    Osbert Culpepper, 10, M, GA
    Linnia Culpepper, 7, F, GA
    Budda Culpepper, 4, M, GA
    Millin Culpepper, 1, M, GA.
  3. 1880 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 168, Page 234C (32), Family 293, Rockmart, Gordon Co., GA
    Wiley D. Calhoun, Self, M, Md, 52, Farmer, SC/SC/SC
    Elizabeth Calhoun, Wife, F, Md, 45, Keeping House, SC/IRE/IRE
    William A. Calhoun, Son, M, S, 12, Works On Farm, GA/SC/SC
    Janie L. Calhoun, Dau, F, S, 9, Going To School, GA/SC/SC
    John C. Calhoun, Son, M, S, 7, --- , GA/SC/SC
    Warner Culpepper, Boarder, M, S, 22, Teaches School, GA/GA/GA
    Jane Hutchings, Other, F, Wid, Black, 52, Cook, NC/NC/NC
    Ophelia Hutchings, Other, F, Md, Black, 22, Works On Farm, GA/NC/NC
    James Hutchings, Other, M, S, Black, 3, --- , GA/SC/GA
    Robert Walker, Other, M, S, Black, 21, Works On Farm, GA/MD/VA.
  4. Meriwether County Court of the Ordinary, Meriwether Co., GA Marriages, 1886-1902, Salt Lake City, UT: Genealogical Society of Utah , 1963, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. US/CAN Film # 327,665.
    Warner Culpepper and Miss Mabel Zollie Huddleston on 27 Oct 1886 in Meriwether Co., GA, Book F-43.
  5. 1900 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 26, page 47A, Moultrie, Colquitt Co., GA
    (Surname spelled as Culppeper by enumerator)
    Warner Culpepper, Head, M, Sep 1857 (42), Md 13, GA/NC/GA, Lumber Dealer
    Zollie Culpepper, Wife, F, Nov 1864 (35), Md 13, ch 5/4, GA/GA/GA
    Marie Culpepper, Dau, F, Aug 1887 (12), S, GA/GA/GA
    Duane Culpepper, Dau, F, Oct 1889 (10), S, GA/GA/GA
    Murelle Culpepper, Dau, F, Mar 1891 (9), S, GA/GA/GA
    Merle D. Culpepper, Son, M, May 1895 (5), S, GA/GA/GA.
  6. 1910 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 165, Page 79A, Family 103, Gen.com img 9, 404 Park Ave., Tifton, Tift Co., GA
    Warner Culpepper, Head, M, 51, md1-23 yrs, GA/NC/GA, Manufacturer
    Maybelle Z. Culpepper, Wife, F, 45, md1-23 yrs, ch 5/4, GA/GA/GA
    Duane D. Culpepper, Dau, F, 19, Sng, GA/GA/GA
    Murelle Z. Culpepper, Dau, F, 17, Sng, GA/GA/GA
    Merle D. Culpepper, Son, M, 14, Sng, GA/GA/GA.