Edna Isabella Culpepper

Female, #32518, (4 Nov 1854 - 24 Dec 1890)

Parent*Robert Jefferson Culpepper (2 Jul 1830 - 10 Dec 1919)
Parent*Lorraine Cardwell (8 Jun 1833 - 2 Jan 1894)
Edna Isabella Culpepper|b. 4 Nov 1854\nd. 24 Dec 1890|p32518.htm|Robert Jefferson Culpepper|b. 2 Jul 1830\nd. 10 Dec 1919|p32357.htm|Lorraine Cardwell|b. 8 Jun 1833\nd. 2 Jan 1894|p32358.htm|John J. Culpepper|b. 4 Nov 1797\nd. 4 May 1885|p32054.htm|Catherine Bell|b. circa 1797\nd. circa 1865|p32055.htm|||||||

Birth*4 Nov 1854 Edna was born at Chambers Co., Alabama, on 4 Nov 1854. 
 She was the daughter of Robert Jefferson Culpepper and Lorraine Cardwell. 
Census*1860 Edna was in the in 1860 census at Almond, Randolph Co., Alabama. 
Census1866 Mary, Edna, Melissa and Susan was probably a free white female, age under 21, in an unknown person 's household in the D Census at Tallapoosa Co., Alabama.1 
Census1870 She was listed as a resident in the census report at Louina, Randolph Co., Alabama, in 1870. 
Marriage*14 Feb 1874 She married William Lawrence Gray at Alabama on 14 Feb 1874. 
Married Name14 Feb 1874  As of 14 Feb 1874, her married name was Gray. 
Census1880 She was listed as a resident in the census report at Randolph Co., Alabama, in 1880. 
Death*24 Dec 1890 She died at Lineville, Clay Co., Alabama, on 24 Dec 1890. 
Burial* Her body was interred at Old Lineville City Cemetery, Lineville, Clay Co., Alabama.2 
Biography* Edna Isabella Culpepper was known as "Edney." According to Elizabeth Dempsey in a 28 Feb 1979 letter: The date of Edna Isabel Culpepper Gray's death is incorrect on the tombstone. Uncle Boyd had the tombstone placed at their graves several years after their death and gave the date of death incorrectly. It should have been 1890. I have often been told Mother, Edna Gray Dempsey, was five days old when her mother died. Mother's date of birth in the Bible is Dec. 19, 1890. 

Family

William Lawrence Gray (26 Jul 1848 - 14 Jun 1915)

Charts Descendants of Robert Jefferson Culpepper of Cullman Co., AL
Last Edited 28 Nov 2001

Citations

  1. 1866 Alabama State Census, Tallapoosa Co., AL:
    R. J. Culpepper, 1M20+, 1M10-19, 1M0-9, 1F20+, 2F10-19, 2F0-9.
  2. Clay County Alabama Historical Society, Cemeteries of Clay County, Alabama, La Grange, GA: Family Tree, 1987.
    p 213.