Mary Ann Culpepper

Female, #34625, (13 Mar 1862 - 20 Aug 1892)

Parent*Daniel F. Culpepper (5 Dec 1825 - 3 Dec 1900)
Parent*Mary Ann Guthrie (1839 - 1862)
Mary Ann Culpepper|b. 13 Mar 1862\nd. 20 Aug 1892|p34625.htm|Daniel F. Culpepper|b. 5 Dec 1825\nd. 3 Dec 1900|p32383.htm|Mary Ann Guthrie|b. 1839\nd. 1862|p32384.htm|Francis G. Culpepper|b. 31 Jan 1804\nd. 21 Oct 1903|p32062.htm|Eglintine Langley|b. 6 Apr 1810\nd. 3 Apr 1878|p32064.htm|||||||

Name Variation  Mary Ann Culpepper was also known as Nancy.1 
Birth*13 Mar 1862 Mary was born at Lavaca Co., Texas, on 13 Mar 1862. 
 She was the daughter of Daniel F. Culpepper and Mary Ann Guthrie. 
1870 Census1 Jun 1870 Eglintine, Shadrach, Amanda, Georgia, Daniel, Martha and Mary listed as a household member living with Francis Gillespie Culpepper on the 1870 Census at Lavaca Co., Texas.1 
Married Name23 Dec 1877  As of 23 Dec 1877, her married name was Thames. 
Marriage*23 Dec 1877 She married William Jackson Thames at Lavaca Co., Texas, on 23 Dec 1877.2 
Census1880 She was listed as a resident in the census report at Lavaca Co., Texas, in 1880. 
Death*20 Aug 1892 She died at Lavaca Co., Texas, on 20 Aug 1892. 
Biography* There is a question about Mary Ann Culpepper's date of birth. The tombstone of Mary Ann's mother, Mary Ann (Guthrie) Culpepper in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Lavaca Co., TX records a death date of 1861 which means either that her mother's date of death is incorrect or that Mary Ann's date of birth 13 Mar 1862 is incorrect. Census records are not very helpful, Mary Ann was listed as nine years old in the 1870 census but as 18 years old in the 1880 census. Mrs. C. M. (Pat Burgin) Lee preserved the following marriage record: W. J. Thames To Mary Ann Culpepper The State of Texas__To Any regularly ordained Minister of the County of Lavaca____Gospel, Judge or Justice of the Peace, Greetings You are hereby Authorized to solemnize the rites of matrimony between W. J. Thames, And Mary Ann Culpepper join them together in holy bonds of wed lock, And for so doing this Shall be your warrant; And due return of this writ made to this office as the law directs, __________Given under my hand And official seal at office __________in Hallettsville this 21st day of Decr AD 1877 ____________________W W Allen Clerk County Court Lavaca _____[seal]______________________County Texas, Executed the 23d day of Decr, AD 1877 by joining in the holy bonds of matrimony W J. Tames and Mary Ann Culpepper ____________________D E Hicks J.P.L.C. Filed Jany 24, 1878 ___________________W W Allen Clerk, C.C.L.C.
Mary Ann would have been either 15 or 16 years old when she married. Mary Ann was listed as "my deceased daughther, Mary Ann Thames" in her father's 1898 will. 

Family

William Jackson Thames (28 Mar 1857 - Feb 1902)

Last Edited 2 Mar 2004

Citations

  1. 1870 Federal Census, United States.
    Sheet/Pg 134, Pg 473 (15 Jul 1870), Lavaca Co., TX
    Frank Culpepper, 66, M, SC, RE=$1500, PE=$1500, Farmer
    Egletine Culpepper, 60, F, SC
    Shadrick D. Culpepper, 36, M, GA
    Amanda Culpepper, 28, F, AL
    Georgia Culpepper, 19, F, MS
    Mattie Culpepper, 11, F, TX
    Nancy A. Culpepper, 9, F, TX
    Daniel F. Culpepper, 45, M, AL, Stock-Raiser
    John Holly, 22, M, MO, Works on Farm.
  2. Texas Department of State Health Services, compiler, Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002, Online database at Ancestry.com, 2005.
    http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8795
    Lavaca Co., TX: Mary Ann Culpepper and W. J. Thames, 23 Dec 1877, Book II, p. 208.