Ernest Leigh Culpepper

Male, #385, (Nov 1891 - 5 May 1955)

Parent*James Henry Culpepper (13 Sep 1860 - )
Parent*Amanda Josephine Brown (1860 - )
Ernest Leigh Culpepper|b. Nov 1891\nd. 5 May 1955|p385.htm|James Henry Culpepper|b. 13 Sep 1860|p280.htm|Amanda Josephine Brown|b. 1860|p382.htm|James E. Culpepper|b. Mar 1829\nd. before 1910|p278.htm|Julia E. Jones|b. Oct 1841\nd. after 1910|p279.htm|||||||

Birth*Nov 1891 Ernest was born at Norfolk Co., Virginia, in Nov 1891. 
 He was the son of James Henry Culpepper and Amanda Josephine Brown. 
Marriage*14 Jun 1913 He married Sara Catherine Platt at Chatham Co., Georgia, on 14 Jun 1913.1 
1920 Census*1 Jan 1920 Ernest was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census at Savannah, Chatham Co., Georgia.2 
1930 Census*1 Apr 1930 Ernest was listed as the head of a family on the 1930 Census at Williston, Barnwell Co., South Carolina.3 
Death*5 May 1955 He died at Walterboro, Colleton Co., South Carolina, on 5 May 1955. 
Biography* From Vicki Lee White Smith, April 2002:
     Ernest Lee Culpepper was in the lumber business. He moved to Egypt, Georgia , as a young man and that is where he met my grandmother Catherine Platt.
     He was a self made man , who ended up very early owning his own lumber business. The Smoaks Lumber Company was the first name and then Culpepper Lumber Company in Cottageville, SC: He was a well respected and extremely successful business man. He also built my homes in Walterboro and at Edisto Beach, SC.
     Each of his sons worked for him and so did my father for a time.
 

Family

Sara Catherine Platt (3 Aug 1893 - 17 Sep 1978)
Children

Charts Descendants of James E. Culpepper of Deep Creek, VA
Last Edited 15 Jul 2007

Citations

  1. Chatham County Court of the Ordinary, Chatham Co., GA Marriages Index, 1806-1950, Salt Lake City, UT: Genealogical Society of Utah , 1959, 2001, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. FHL US/CAN Film # 183,851.
    Ernest L. Culpepper on 14 Jun 1913 in Chatham Co., GA, Book Book Z-128 (Spouse not in index).
  2. 1920 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 79, page 25B, 307 Thirty-second Street East, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA
    Ernest Culpepper, Head, M, 27, M, VA/VA/VA, Mill Wright at Lead Plant
    Catherine Culpepper, Wife, F, 25, M, SC/SC/SC
    Clifford Culpepper, Son, M, 3/12, S, GA/VA/SC.
  3. 1930 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 20, Sheet 3B, Lines 73-77, Bartley's Lumber Hill Settlement, Williston, Barnwell Co., SC
    Rent=$12, Radio=Y, Farm=N
    Ernest L. Culpepper, Head, M, 37, md@20, VA/VA/VA, Lumber Mill Supt., Vet=N
    Sarah R. Culpepper, Wife, F, 35, md@19, SC/SC/SC
    Clifton Culpepper, Son, M, 10, Sng, GA/VA/SC
    Virginia B. Culpepper, Daughter, F, 7, Sng, SC/VA/SC
    Ernest L. Culpepper Jr., Son, M, 2 2/12, Sng, NC/VA/SC.
  4. Beaufort Gazette, Beaufort, SC.
    http://www.beaufortgazette.com/
    Obituary of Margaret Hiott Culpepper Davis (#39979), published 1 Dec 2006.