Bertha S. Culpepper1

Female, #48384, (1902 - between 1966 and 1969)

Parent*Matthew Martin Culpepper2 (19 May 1877 - c 1920)
Parent*Mary E. Rutland2 (19 Oct 1870 - 1 Aug 1902)
Bertha S. Culpepper|b. 1902\nd. between 1966 and 1969|p48384.htm|Matthew Martin Culpepper|b. 19 May 1877\nd. circa 1920|p3426.htm|Mary E. Rutland|b. 19 Oct 1870\nd. 1 Aug 1902|p7331.htm|William T. Culpepper|b. circa 1848\nd. after 1884|p3417.htm|Sarah A. (?)|b. circa 1854|p3423.htm|Hamilton C. Rutland|b. circa 1844|p45834.htm|Libby Ivy|b. circa 1848|p45835.htm|

Birth*1902 She was born in 1902.1 
 She was the daughter of Matthew Martin Culpepper and Mary E. Rutland.2 
Married Name4 Feb 1915  As of 4 Feb 1915, her married name was Gentry.3 
Marriage*4 Feb 1915 She married Medie G. Gentry at Covington Co., Mississippi, on 4 Feb 1915. Bertha was only thirteen when she married. She was an orphan, lived with a relative, and her father had deeded her 160 acres before he disappeared from the county.

Bertha is found in 1920 living next door to Hamilton Cooper Rutland, Mary's father, and in 1930 her youngest son is named Matthew. I am thinking that she named a son after her father, after the death of H. C..3,4,1 
Death*between 1966 and 1969 She died between 1966 and 1969. 
Biography* "Bertha died in the late 1960s. I was married to her son Matthew for 18 years (1952-1970). She named one of her sons Hamilton Cooper, Joel was another, and there is a Meddie Joe. Daughters are Elizabeth, Mabel and Estelle. Matthew now lives in Oklahoma."3 

Family

Medie G. Gentry (circa 1894 - )

Charts Descendants of William F. Culpepper of Jones Co., MS
Last Edited 28 Apr 2008

Citations

  1. E-mail from Loretta, e-mail address to Lew Griffin, 2002 - 2003.
  2. E-mail from Loretta, e-mail address to Lew Griffin, 2002 - 2003.
    That Matthew and Mary had a daughter, Bertha, is confirmed by the probate of Mary's brother's estate in 1927. William N. Rutland had 3 heirs. Richard Rutland, Frances Rutland and a neice, Bertha Gentry.
  3. E-mail from Hildegard Glover (gd/o #48384), e-mail address, Saint Peters, Missouri to Warren Culpepper, 2006-2008.
  4. Hunting For Bears, compiler, Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935, Online database at Ancestry.com, 2004.
    http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7842
    Bertha E. Culpepper and M. G. Gentry married 4 Feb 1915 in Covington Co., MS.