Thomas Jackson Culpepper

Male, #34344, (27 Jan 1904 - 26 Dec 1971)

Parent*Rev. George Bright Culpepper (29 Mar 1866 - 12 Oct 1948)
Parent*Lillian Mattox Shepard (13 Sep 1871 - 18 Nov 1939)
Thomas Jackson Culpepper|b. 27 Jan 1904\nd. 26 Dec 1971|p34344.htm|Rev. George Bright Culpepper|b. 29 Mar 1866\nd. 12 Oct 1948|p33303.htm|Lillian Mattox Shepard|b. 13 Sep 1871\nd. 18 Nov 1939|p33306.htm|Dr. James M. Culpepper|b. 1 Feb 1823\nd. 11 Feb 1898|p32364.htm|Lucinda B. O'Daniel|b. 18 Sep 1825\nd. 31 Jan 1910|p32365.htm|Charles W. Shepard|b. 31 Jul 1847\nd. 15 Dec 1906|p25407.htm|Mary E. Mattox|b. 31 Oct 1848\nd. 4 Feb 1929|p25408.htm|

Birth*27 Jan 1904 Thomas was born at Fort Valley, Houston Co., Georgia, on 27 Jan 1904.1 
 He was the son of Rev. George Bright Culpepper and Lillian Mattox Shepard. 
1910 Census15 Apr 1910 Caughey, George, John, Thomas and Charles was listed as a son in Rev. George Bright Culpepper's household on the 1910 Census at Fort Valley, Houston Co., Georgia.2 
1920 Census1 Jan 1920 Caughey, George, John, Charles and Thomas was listed as a son in Rev. George Bright Culpepper's household on the 1920 Census at Fort Valley, Houston Co., Georgia.3 
1930 Census*1 Apr 1930 Thomas was listed as a lodger in an unknown person 's household on the 1930 Census at Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida.4 
Marriage*25 Jun 1935 He married Ola St. Clair Lewis at Fort Valley, Peach Co., Georgia, on 25 Jun 1935.5 
Death*26 Dec 1971 He died at Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina, on 26 Dec 1971.6 
Biography* Mrs. John (Dorothy Culpepper) Wingfield preserved a 25 page typed manuscript "ONE FAMILY - CULPEPPER" written by her grandfather, Rev. George Bright Culpepper, which noted: On January 27, 1904, in Fort Valley, Georgia, the fourth son and fifth child was born to Reverend and Mrs. George B. Culpepper, Sr. Dr. Harris M. Branham was the officiating physician. To this son was given the name of Thomas Jackson, for his mother's oldest brother and for a business friend of his father, E. F. Jackson, at the time living in Atlanta. This son developed into a strong, healthy boy and grew to honorable manhood - strong, courageous, and thoroughly dependable in every walk of life. In the fall of 1921 he went to work for the Southern Railway at Jacksonville, Florida, where his brother John S. Culpepper, had been at work for a year. He continued there until 1939, when he was transferred to the Columbia Division of the road as Freight Traffic adjustor. He was transferred to Lynchburg Division of the Southern in 1941 and is living in Lynchburg, Virginia now. Before leaving Jacksonville, he married Miss Ola St. Claire Lewis, of that city who was then employed by the State Board of Health of Florida. She continued her work and after he was transferred to Columbia, she went to see him each alternate Friday and he went to see her the other, until 1940 when she resigned and went to live in Columbia where his office was. In order that they might be married by his father, they went from Jacksonville to Fort Valley for the ceremony. Her mother came with them by automobile. They were married on June 25, 1935, in the home of George B. Culpepper, Jr. Ola is a splendid woman and she and her husband are leading a happy and useful life as they pass along. They have no children, but both of them are always doing something to make some child happy or some grown person smile. They make the world better for their living in it. Their home life is smooth, even and joyous. 

Family

Ola St. Clair Lewis (1 Dec 1902 - 31 Oct 1991)
Children

Charts Descendants of Dr. James Marion Culpepper Taylor Co., GA
Last Edited 30 Mar 2007

Citations

  1. George Bright Culpepper, One Family - Culpepper, James Marion Culpepper family, 25 page, typed manuscript, unpub., 8 Oct 1942.
    p 20.
  2. 1910 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 42, Page 2B, Lines 68-77, Fort Valley, Houston Co., GA
    George B. Culpepper Sr, Head, M, 44, Md3-17 yrs, GA/GA/GA, Real Est. Agt.
    Lillian Culpepper, Wife, F, 38, Md2-17 yrs, ch 7/6, GA/GA/GA
    Marion Culpepper, Daughter, F, 15, Sng, GA/GA/GA
    Charley M. Culpepper, Son, M, 13, Sng, GA/GA/GA
    George B. Culpepper Jr., Son, M, 11, Sng, GA/GA/GA
    John S. Culpepper, Son, M, 9, Sng, GA/GA/GA
    Thomas J. Culpepper, Son, M, 7, Sng, GA/GA/GA
    Charles L. Culpepper, Son, M, 3, Sng, GA/GA/GA
    Joseph R. Culpepper, Brother, M, 53, Sng, GA/GA/GA, Book Agt
    Carrie C. Culpepper, Sister, F, 49, Sng, GA/GA/GA.
  3. 1920 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 44, Page 2A, Lines 20-29, College St., Fort Valley, Houston Co., GA
    Geo B. Culpepper, Head, M, 53, Md, GA/GA/GA, Insurance Agt.
    Lilla Culpepper, Wife, F, 48, Md, GA/GA/GA
    Caughey Culpepper, Son, M, 22, Md, GA/GA/GA, Insurance Agt
    Vesta Culpepper, Daughter-in-law, F, 22, Md, GA/GA/GA
    George Culpepper, Son, M, 20, Md, GA/GA/GA, Clerk/Federal Govt
    Mary Culpepper, Daughter-in-law, F, 19, Md, GA/GA/GA
    John Culpepper, Son, M, 18, Sng, GA/GA/GA, Clerk/Railway
    Thomas Culpepper, Son, M, 16, Sng, GA/GA/GA
    Charles Culpepper, Son, M, 12, Sng, GA/GA/GA
    Carrie Culpepper, Sister, F, 58, Sng, GA/GA/GA.
  4. 1930 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 16-20, Sheet 4A, Line 18, 33 W 10th St., Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL
    Thomas J. Culpepper, Lodger, M, 25, Sng, GA/GA/GA, Claim Agent/RR.
  5. George Bright Culpepper, One Family - Culpepper, James Marion Culpepper family, 25 page, typed manuscript, unpub., 8 Oct 1942.
    p 21 'in the home of George B. Culpepper, Jr.'
  6. The Generations Network Inc., compiler, North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-1996, Online database at Ancestry.com, 2005.
    http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8908
    Thomas Culpepper, Male, White, Married, born 1903-1904, died 26 Dec 1971 in Greensboro, Guilford Co., NC.