Jesse Edwin Culpepper1,2

Male, #583, (29 Sep 1864 - 4 Jan 1936)

Parent*Jesse H. Culpepper (16 Mar 1818 - Sep 1895)
Parent*Emeline Garrett (1 May 1823 - 17 Apr 1895)
Jesse Edwin Culpepper|b. 29 Sep 1864\nd. 4 Jan 1936|p583.htm|Jesse H. Culpepper|b. 16 Mar 1818\nd. Sep 1895|p432.htm|Emeline Garrett|b. 1 May 1823\nd. 17 Apr 1895|p433.htm|Arthur Culpepper|b. 1792\nd. 1846|p410.htm|Lovey Humphries|b. say 1792|p416.htm|Edward Garrett|b. circa 1773\nd. May 1850|p420.htm|Olive Culpepper|b. circa 1795|p411.htm|

DNA* From DNA and genealogical evidence we conclude that Jesse Edwin Culpepper is a descendant of Henry Culpepper, Jr., who is the son Henry Culpepper of Lower Norfolk, VA. 
Birth*29 Sep 1864 Jesse was born at Moyock, Currituck Co., North Carolina, on 29 Sep 1864.3 
 He was the son of Jesse H. Culpepper and Emeline Garrett. 
1870 Census1 Jun 1870 Emeline, Benjamin, George, Louisa, Jeremiah, Tince, Enoch, Susannah and Jesse listed as a household member living with Jesse H. Culpepper on the 1870 Census at Moyock, Currituck Co., North Carolina.4 
1880 Census1 Jun 1880 Jesse was listed as a son in Jesse H. Culpepper's household on the 1880 Census at Moyock, Currituck Co., North Carolina.5 
Marriage*1 May 1892 He married Jakie Annie Powers at Moyock, Currituck Co., North Carolina, on 1 May 1892.6,7 
1900 Census*1 Jun 1900 Jesse was listed as the head of a family on the 1900 Census at Moyock, Currituck Co., North Carolina.8 
1910 Census*1910 Jesse was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census at Norfolk Co., Virginia.9 
1920 Census*1 Jan 1920 Jesse was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census at Moyock, Currituck Co., North Carolina.10 
1930 Census*1 Apr 1930 Jesse was listed as the head of a family on the 1930 Census at Moyock, Currituck Co., North Carolina.11 
Death*4 Jan 1936 He died at Moyock, Currituck Co., North Carolina, on 4 Jan 1936.12 
Burial*8 Jan 1936 His body was interred on 8 Jan 1936 at Culpepper Cemetery on Backwoods Road, Moyock, Currituck Co., North Carolina. 
Biography* Alice Doak writes:
     I knew Edwin Culpepper. He lived in his father Jessie's house on the farm on Backwoods Road. If he married twice and had children I am unaware of it.
     Edwin played the accordion. When I was a child he entertained us on Saturday evenings at Uncle William Andrew Powers home (son of Cornelius Powers and Amanda McPherson). William lived on the adjoining farm.
     Edwin deeded the home place to Susannah Powers Etheridge. Susannah's son, Grandy Etheridge built a home on the property and his widow, Bell (Silvester) Etheridge, lives there.
     Jakey Anne Powers, daughter of Machrista Powers (listed Christopher C. Powers in 1850 census) and Jane Culpepper married Caleb Powers, son of William and Elizabeth Powers, on 28 December 1885, in Moyock Township by J.(John) Humphries, Sr.
     According to census Caleb and JakeyAnne had 5 children. I only know of 2:
          Child #1: Annie M.(Matilda) Powers married William Etheridge McPherson,(24 Dec.1869-May 1942) son of Noah Oliver McPherson and Mary Anne Powers. (Noah was brother of Andrew McPherson who married Martha Culpepper)
          Child#2:Nora Powers married ???Sears.
     Nora Powers Sears (1886-1961)and JakeyAnne (Powers)Culpepper(1860-1933. Cem. Record buried 28 Dec. 1933 78 yrs) are buried next to each other in Riverside Cem., Norfolk Co., Va.2
 
Biography Linwood Martin Culpepper Jr., adds to Alice Doak's commentary above:
     Here are my remembrances of my Grandfather, Jesse Edwin Culpepper, (9/29/1864-6/4/1936). Since I was born on October 2, 1927, my life and his did not overlap very much.:
     I have read the year 2000 report of Alice Doak. Jesse had two sons not mentioned in Alice's report: Linwood Martin Culpepper who was born on October 7, 1898 in Currituck County, NC and died on July 25, 1957 in the Veterans Hospital at Roanoke, VA. Linwood had an older brother, Edwin, about whom I know little except that he was a "Revenuer" back in the days of prohibition. I know this because as a child, I accompanied him on a trip around Currituck County during which he destroyed two illegal stills. He wore a uniform and carried a pistol. I was 6 or 7 years old at the time. My father, Linwood served in the Navy in WW I and later was employed as an engineer on a coastwise tug named the Eureka. I went with him in June, 1939 on a trip from Norfolk, VA to Rockland, ME.
     My father and I stayed with Jesse on the farm in Moyock, NC for several months because my father was unemployed at the time. My mother, nee Madge Hazel Parker (February 5, 1904 - April 14, 1949), was living with her parents on the family farm in Fentress, VA. After Jesse left the farm, he opened a blacksmith shop in Hickory, VA, a little village not far from Moyock. Again, I had to stay with him because my father was unemployed. Jesse was a competent blacksmith as I recall and could quickly make an iron rim for a wagon wheel. I used to operate the bellows for him...
     I last saw Jesse when he was ailing and living in a little apartment in Norfolk, VA.13 

Family

Jakie Annie Powers (Sep 1861 - )
Children

Charts Descendants of Henry Culpepper, III, of Norfolk Co., VA (Six generations)
Descendants of Jesse Edwin Culpepper of Currituck Co., NC
Last Edited 18 Apr 2008

Citations

  1. Savannah Ethridge records based upon a family Bible, Savannah S. J. Powers Ethridge (a descendant of Tincie Culpepper), Northwest VA, to Lew Griffin.
  2. E-mail from Alice Neal Basnight Doak (Mrs. Woodrow George 'Woodie' Doak) to Lew Griffin, 2000.
  3. LDS Church, compiler, Ancestral File, Intellectual Reserve, Inc..
    http://www.familysearch.org
  4. 1870 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 261B, Lines 21-32, Moyock, Currituck Co., NC (15 Sep 1870)
    Jesse Culpeper, 53, M, Wh, Farmer, RE=$800, PE=$500, NC
    Emeline Culpeper, 47, F, Wh, House Keep, NC
    Benjamin Culpeper, 27, M, Wh, NC
    Mason Culpeper, 20, M, Wh, NC
    Louisa Culpeper, 23, F, Wh, NC
    Jeremiah Culpeper, 18, F (sic), Wh, NC
    Biah Culpeper, 16, F, Wh, NC
    Enoch Culpeper, 14, M, Wh, NC
    Susianah Culpeper, 10, F, Wh, NC
    Edwin Culpeper, 5, M, Wh, NC
    Edwina Etheridge, 70, F, Wh, House Keep, NC
    Margaret Powers, 45, F, Wh, NC.
  5. 1880 Federal Census, United States.
    FHL Film 1254961, National Archives Film T9-0961, Page 44B, Moyock, Currituck Co., NC
    Jesse Culpepper, Self, M, md, Wh, 62, Farmer, NC/NC/NC
    Emaline Culpepper, Wife, F, md, Wh, 56, Keeping House, NC/NC/NC
    Jesse Culpepper, Son, M, sng, Wh, 15, Work On Farm, NC/NC/NC.
  6. E-mail from Alice Neal Basnight Doak (Mrs. Woodrow George 'Woodie' Doak) to Lew Griffin, 2000.
    Edwin Culpepper married Jakey Anne Powers, widow of Caleb Powers, on 1 May 1892, at Moyock by Alexander T. Garrett.
  7. North Carolina State Archives, compiler, North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2000, Online database at Ancestry.com, 2005.
    http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8909
    Edwin Culpepper, Male, married Jakie A Powers in 1892 in Currituck Co., NC.
  8. 1900 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 35, Page 2A, Lines 6-9, Moyock, Currituck Co., NC (4 Jun 1900)
    Edwin Culpepper, Head, M, Wh, Sep 1864, 35, md-8yrs, NC/NC/NC, Farmer
    Jakey A Culpepper, Wife, F, Wh, Sep 1860, 39, md-8yrs, ch 5/2, NC/NC/NC
    Annie M Culpepper (Powers), Dau, F, Wh, Jul 1880, 19, sng, NC/NC/NC
    Nora C Culpepper (Powers), Dau, F, Wh, Sep 1885, 13, sng, NC/NC/NC
    (The children listed above are Jakey Anne's children by her first husband, Caleb Powers.).
  9. ED 68, family 36.
  10. 1920 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 66, Sheet 5A, Lines 32-33, Moyock, Currituck Co., NC (12 Mar 1920)
    Owns home free of mortgage
    Edwin Culpepper, Head, M, Wh, 55, md, NC/NC/NC, General Farmer
    Jakin Culpepper, Wife, F, Wh, 60, md, NC/NC/NC.
  11. 1930 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 27-4, Sheet 1B, Line 57, Improved dirt road, Moyock, Currituck Co., NC
    Rents, Radio=N, Farm=Yes
    Edwin Culpepper, Head, M, Wh, 62, md@44, NC/NC/NC, Farmer, Gen’l Farming, Vet=No
    Jakie Culpepper, Wife, F, Wh, 69, md@20, NC/NC/NC, Not employed
    Nora Culpepper, Dau, F, Wh, 53, wid, md@22, NC/NC/NC, Spinner/Cotton Mill.
  12. 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
    Edwin Culpepper, Male, White, born 1863-1864, died 4 Jan 1936 in Moyock, Currituck Co., NC.
  13. E-mail from Linwood Martin Culpepper Jr. (#42012), e-mail address to Warren Culpepper, 2004-2006.
    Message to Warren Culpepper on 6 Mar 2004.