John Cecil Culpepper1

Male, #7831, (5 Dec 1900 - 10 Mar 1973)

Parent*Cincinnatus Cecil Culpepper (24 Sep 1872 - 26 Apr 1946)
Parent*Pearl Rosetta Buckley (28 Oct 1874 - 25 Dec 1959)
John Cecil Culpepper|b. 5 Dec 1900\nd. 10 Mar 1973|p7831.htm|Cincinnatus Cecil Culpepper|b. 24 Sep 1872\nd. 26 Apr 1946|p2345.htm|Pearl Rosetta Buckley|b. 28 Oct 1874\nd. 25 Dec 1959|p2351.htm|Samuel B. Culpepper|b. 5 Dec 1818\nd. 11 Aug 1894|p2307.htm|Sarah Traylor|b. 13 Mar 1833\nd. 21 Feb 1918|p2309.htm|Richard B. Buckley|b. 30 Apr 1854\nd. 7 Sep 1909|p7827.htm|Louise Fuller|b. 9 Apr 1852\nd. 20 Aug 1910|p7828.htm|

Birth*5 Dec 1900 John was born at Lawrence Co., Mississippi, on 5 Dec 1900.2 
 He was the son of Cincinnatus Cecil Culpepper and Pearl Rosetta Buckley. 
1910 Census15 Apr 1910 Hilton, John and Oscar was listed as a son in Cincinnatus Cecil Culpepper's household on the 1910 Census at Lawrence Co., Mississippi.3 
1920 Census1 Jan 1920 Hilton, John and Oscar was listed as a son in Cincinnatus Cecil Culpepper's household on the 1920 Census at Pearl River Co., Mississippi.4 
Marriage*25 Jun 1932 He married Mary Lake Henderson at Texas on 25 Jun 1932. 
SSN*between 1936 and 1950 His Social Security Number was issued between 1936 and 1950 at Texas.2 
Death*10 Mar 1973 He died at College Station, Brazos Co., Texas, on 10 Mar 1973.5,2 
Biography* Cecil was valedictorian of the Lawrence County High School class of 1919. He attended Clark College and Mississippi State College. In 1921 he joined his brother, Hilton, in Mission, TX. He returned to Poplarville for a few years but moved back to Texas (with "Nothing in my pocket but a train ticket") in 1929 to again join Hilton, who had moved to Cameron. The brothers owned a wholesale candy business which served Central Texas. Cecil traveled throughout the area selling candy to and becoming friends with people who would later trust him to purchase their farm land for real estate development. On June 25, 1932, he married Mary Lake Henderson. In 1937 the family moved to College Station, TX. Cecil bought 200 acres directly across from Texas A&M College. This became his first residential real estate development. For the next 35 years he built residential developments, apartments, shopping centers and medical facilities in Bryan/College Station. A few months before his death, he broke ground for the second phase of his largest yet commercial development. In 1945 Cecil helped organize the Bryan/College Station Real Estate Board, serving as its first president. He served three terms as director for the Texas Real Estate Association. In 1949 he was appointed by Governor Alan Shivers as one of six original Real Estate Commissioners for the State of Texas, a licensing law having recently passed to create a need for administrating and directing Real Estate Laws for the state. Cecil served as commissioner for twelve years and as chairman for the commission in 1957-58. 

Family

Mary Lake Henderson (17 May 1893 - 10 Nov 1965)
Child

Charts Descendants of Cincinnatus Cecil Culpepper of Pearl River Co., MS
Last Edited 2 Feb 2006

Citations

  1. E-mail from Mary Anne Culpepper (Mrs. John Cecil Culpepper Jr.) to Lew Griffin, 1999.
  2. U.S. Social Security Administration, compiler, Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Online database at Ancestry.com.
    http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm
    John Culpepper, 5 Dec 1900 - Mar 1973, College Station, Brazos Co., Texas 77840, SSN 458-24-5256 issued in Texas before 1951
    (Why it is safe to publish Social Security numbers for deceased people: http://gen.culpepper.com/about/socialsecurity.htm).
  3. 1910 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 99, Sheet 4A, Family 69, Beat 5, Lawrence County, MS
    Cincinnatus P. Culpepper, Head, M, Wh, 35, Md1-17 yrs, MS/GA/MS, Farmer-Own Farm
    Pearlie Culpepper, Wife, F, Wh, 32, Md1-17 yrs, ch 5/5, MS/MS/MS
    Bal Culpepper, Daughter, F, Wh, 16, S, MS/MS/MS
    Myrtice Culpepper, Daughter, F, Wh, 14, S, MS/MS/MS
    Hilton Culpepper, Son, M, Wh, 11, S, MS/MS/MS
    Cecil Culpepper, Son, M, Wh, 9, S, MS/MS/MS
    Winston Culpepper, Son, M, Wh, 7, S, MS/MS/MS.
  4. 1920 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 120, page 7A, Lines 9-16, Hillendale Rd., Pearl River County, MS (12 Jan 1920)
    Cincinatti Culpepper, Head, M, Wh, 48, md, MS/MS/MS salesman, dry goods store
    Pearlie Culpepper, Wife, F, Wh, 43, md, MS/MS/MS
    ? (Balzora) Culpepper, Dau, F, Wh, 24, sng, MS/MS/MS teacher, common school
    ? (Hilton) Culpepper, Son, M, Wh, 21, sng, MS/MS/MS
    John Culpepper, Son, M, Wh, 18, sng, MS/MS/MS
    ? (Oscar) Culpepper, Son, M, Wh, 16, sng, MS/MS/MS
    Sarah L. Culpepper, Dau, F, Wh, 8, sng, MS/MS/MS
    John Laird, servant, M, Bl, 16, sng, MS/GA/GA house servant.
  5. Texas Department of Health, compiler, Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, Online database at Ancestry.com, 2006.
    http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4876
    John C Culpepper, Male, Widowed, died 10 Mar 1973 in Brazos Co., TX.