Gustavus Adolphus Culpepper1

Male, #6034, (5 Mar 1863 - 15 Jul 1926)

Parent*Joel Mathias Culpepper (25 Feb 1840 - 22 Apr 1913)
Parent*Margaret Drake (Mar 1846 - a 1920)
Gustavus Adolphus Culpepper|b. 5 Mar 1863\nd. 15 Jul 1926|p6034.htm|Joel Mathias Culpepper|b. 25 Feb 1840\nd. 22 Apr 1913|p5849.htm|Margaret Drake|b. Mar 1846\nd. after 1920|p5850.htm|John T. Culpepper of Cherokee Co., AL|b. 1810\nd. before 1880|p5811.htm|Martha M. Baker|b. circa 1813\nd. after 1880|p5812.htm|John C. Drake|b. circa 1814\nd. after 1880|p43066.htm|Catherine Smith|b. 28 Oct 1816\nd. 17 Jun 1879|p43067.htm|

Birth*5 Mar 1863 Gustavus was born at DeKalb Co., Alabama, on 5 Mar 1863.2 
 He was the son of Joel Mathias Culpepper and Margaret Drake. 
Marriage*11 Nov 1884 He married R. J. Crow at DeKalb Co., Alabama, on 11 Nov 1884.3 
Marriage24 Dec 1898 He married Dollie Tucker at DeKalb Co., Alabama, on 24 Dec 1898.3 
1900 Census*1 Jun 1900 Gustavus was listed as the head of a family on the 1900 Census at Walker Co., Georgia.4 
1920 Census* Gustavus was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census at Carterville, Williamson Co., Illinois.5 
Death*15 Jul 1926 He died at Jefferson Co., Alabama, on 15 Jul 1926.6,2 
Burial*circa 17 Jul 1926 His body was interred circa 17 Jul 1926 at Providence Methodist Church Cemetery, Pinson, Jefferson Co., Alabama.2 
Biography* Adolphus was a miner. His first wife died circa 1895 when the children were young, and he remarried Dollie Tucker in Dec 1898. Only 18 months later, according to the 1900 census, Dollie was living with her sister's family in Subligna, Chattooga Co., GA, while Adolphus was living with his children in adjacent Walker Co., GA. 

Family

R. J. Crow (say 1866 - circa 1895)
Children

Charts Descendants of Joel Mathias Culpepper of DeKalb Co., AL
Last Edited 13 Dec 2005

Citations

  1. E-mail from Mary Genevieve Taylor Harris (Mrs. John N. Harris Jr.), e-mail address, Dallas, TX to Lew Griffin, 1983-2004.
  2. Marilyn Davis Barefield, compiler, Cemeteries of Jefferson County, Alabama (2 vols.), Birmingham, Alabama: Birmingham Public Library, 1991, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. US/CAN 976.178 V3h v1&2.
    Volume 2, pages 28 & 128:
    Providence Methodist Church Cemetery, Pinson, Jefferson Co., Alabama
    + G. A. Culpepper 5 Mar 1863 - 15 Jul 1926.
  3. Jordan R. Dodd, compiler, Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920, Online database at Ancestry.com, 1999.
    http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4192
  4. 1900 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 100, Page 292A (14), Family 263, Kensington District, Walker Co., GA
    Gustavus A. Culpepper, , Head, M, Mar 1865, 35, Md 16 yrs, AL/AL/AL
    Zudie Culpepper, Daughter, F, Oct 1885, 14, Sng, AL/AL/AL
    Minnie Culpepper, Daughter, F, Aug 1888, 11, Sng, AL/AL/AL
    Grady Culpepper, Son, M, Nov 1890, 9, Sng, AL/AL/AL
    Ethel Culpepper, Daughter, F, Jan 1893, 7, Sng, AL/AL/AL.
  5. ED 161, sheet 2, line 78, household of Achrah M. Norton.
  6. State of Alabama Center for Health Statistics / Record Services Division, compiler, Alabama Death Records, 1908-1959, Online database at Ancestry.com, 2000.
    http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5188
    G. A. Culpepper died Jul 1926 in Jefferson Co., Alabama.