James Washington Culpepper1

Male, #6036, (18 Jun 1870 - 19 Nov 1943)

ParentJoel Mathias Culpepper (25 Feb 1840 - 22 Apr 1913)
ParentMargaret Drake (Mar 1846 - after 1920)
James Washington Culpepper|b. 18 Jun 1870\nd. 19 Nov 1943|p6036.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*18 Jun 1870 James was born at DeKalb Co., Alabama, on 18 Jun 1870. 
 He was the son of Joel Mathias Culpepper and Margaret Drake. 
Marriage*circa 1900 He married Ellen L. (?) circa 1900. 
1900 Census* James was listed as the head of a family on the 1900 Census at DeKalb Co., Alabama. 
(Son) Photographedcirca 1905 Joel Mathias Culpepper was photographed Joel Mathias Culpepper family of Lookout Mountain, AL, pictured around Thanksgiving 1900. Matt and Margaret Culpepper are shown with nine of their eleven children. (Adolph and Kansas were not present.) Seated to the left of his father and wife Margaret is Donald. The others, left to right, are Katie, Lorn, Washington, Homer, Braxton, Ester, Cleveland, and Johnson. Circa 1905.2
Joel Mathias Culpepper family circa 1900
Marriage*circa 1927 He married Nellie E. (?) at Alabama circa 1927.2,3 
1930 Census*1 Apr 1930 James was listed as the head of a family on the 1930 Census at Birmingham, Jefferson Co., Alabama.3 
Death*19 Nov 1943 He died at Woodlawn, Jefferson Co., Alabama, on 19 Nov 1943.2,4 
Burial*21 Nov 1943 His body was interred on 21 Nov 1943 at Fischer Cemetery, Fort Payne, DeKalb Co., Alabama.2 
Biography* James was in the mercantile business.
(Names referenced above: James Washington Culpepper James Washington Culpepper). 

Family

Nellie E. (?) (26 Jan 1898 - May 1976)
Marriage*circa 1927 He married Nellie E. (?) at Alabama circa 1927.2,3 
Child

Charts Descendants of Joel Mathias Culpepper of DeKalb Co., AL
Last Edited 12 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. E-mail from Lora N. Culpepper (#51749), e-mail address, Alabama to Culpepper Connections, 2005-2008.
  3. 1930 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 54, Sheet 13A, Lines 42-47, 1016 Fifth St, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL (8 Apr 1930)
    Rent=$20, Radio=N, Farm=N (ID: 6036)
    James W. Culpepper, Head, M, Wh, 55, md@53, AL/GA/GA, Sales/Retail Grocery, Vet=N
    Nellie E. Culpepper, Wife, F, Wh, 30, md@27, AL/AL/AL
    James W. Culpepper, Jr., Son, M, Wh, 7/12, sng, AL/AL/AL
    Herman Salter, Stepson, M, Wh, 8, sng, AL/AL/AL
    Leroy Salter, Stepson, M, Wh, 7, sng, AL/AL/AL.
  4. 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
    James W. Culpepper died 19 Nov 1943 in Jefferson Co., Alabama.