Virtue Parzada Dillard1

Female, #40354, (circa 1862 - )

Name Variation Virtue Parzada Dillard was also known as Vinchey.2 
Name Variation Virtue Parzada Dillard was also known as Virgie. 
Birth*circa 1862 Virtue was born at Alabama circa 1862.3 
Marriage*circa 1885 She married Richard Wright Ryalls circa 1885. 
Married Namecirca 1885 As of circa 1885, her married name was Ryalls. 
Marriage*25 Jul 1899 She married Darrel Decatur Culpepper at Dallas Co., Alabama, on 25 Jul 1899.2 
Married Name25 Jul 1899 As of 25 Jul 1899, her married name was Culpepper.2 
Divorce*1901 Virtue was divorced from Darrel Decatur Culpepper in 1901. 
1910 Census*15 Apr 1910 Virtue was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census at Montgomery, Montgomery Co., Alabama.3 
Biography* Vinchey Parzada Ryalls who married Daniel Culpepper in Selma, Dallas County, AL on 25 July 1899.

Her name was Virgie or Virtue Parzada Dillard, (she was called Virgie), and she had a sister named Highly Christian Dillard. After her father was buried in Savannah, GA, she was brought to Selma, Dallas County, AL as a young girl by her mother. She married Richard Wright Ryalls sometime around 1885, and had six children by him. All of those children were born in Dale County, AL.

When the eldest was but 8 years old, Richard Ryalls died, and Virgie Dillard Ryalls placed her six children in the Methodist Children's Home in Selma, Dallas County, AL.(I presume she returned to her mother's residence.) The children were actually taken there by her sister Highly Christian Dillard, who signed their admission papers. Virgie Dillard Ryalls reclaimed her children 9 months later in 1896; unfortunately one died before her return.

She married Daniel Culpepper in 1899, and her children were at that time between the ages of 5 and 14. Addie Parzada Ryalls, her second eldest daughter was 12.
(Names referenced above: Virtue Parzada Dillard Virtue Parzada Dillard). 

Family 1

Richard Wright Ryalls (say 1860 - circa 1895)
Marriage*circa 1885 She married Richard Wright Ryalls circa 1885. 
Children

Family 2

Darrel Decatur Culpepper (circa 1868 - )
Marriage*25 Jul 1899 She married Darrel Decatur Culpepper at Dallas Co., Alabama, on 25 Jul 1899.2 
Divorce*1901 Virtue was divorced from Darrel Decatur Culpepper in 1901. 
Child

Last Edited 1 Oct 2005

Citations

  1. E-mail from Nancy Pressley to Lew Griffin, 2000.
  2. Dallas Co., AL Marriages, Book U, page 162:
    Darrel Daniel Culpepper and Virtue P. Ryalls, 25 Jul 1899
    (Nancy Pressley believes Virtue was probably Vinchey Parzada who previously married Richard Wright Ryalls).
  3. 1910 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 85, Page 11B, 62 Covington Street, Precinct 1, Montgomery, Montgomery Co., AL
    Virtue P. Cullpepper, Head, F, Wh, 47, wid, ch 8/6, AL/AL/AL
    Owen Riles, Son, M, Wh, 21, sng, AL/AL/AL, Slasher/Cotton Mill
    Jimmie Riles, Son, M, Wh, 18, sng, AL/AL/AL, Doffer/Cotton Mill
    Richard Riles, Son, M, Wh, 15, sng, AL/AL/AL, Spinner/Cotton Mill
    Emma L. Cullpepper, Dau, F, Wh, 8, sng, AL/AL/AL
    William B. Tupley (sp?), Grandson, M, Wh, 5, sng, AL/AL/AL
    Earl Wingard, Boarder, M, Wh, 17, sng, AL/AL/AL, Doffer/Cotton Mill.