Dr. James Henry Culpepper1

Male, #7974, (17 Dec 1882 - )

ParentDr. Vernon Grant Culpepper (25 Sep 1856 - 12 Oct 1905)
ParentEtta Franklin Borum (circa 1861 - )
Dr. James Henry Culpepper|b. 17 Dec 1882|p7974.htm|Dr. Vernon Grant Culpepper|b. 25 Sep 1856\nd. 12 Oct 1905|p322.htm|Etta Franklin Borum|b. circa 1861|p7967.htm|Henry E. Culpepper|b. 23 May 1827\nd. 17 Dec 1895|p229.htm|Martha A. H. Grant|b. 27 Jun 1831\nd. 16 Dec 1886|p230.htm|James T. Borum|b. say 1831|p39217.htm|Susan C. Stokes|b. say 1833|p39218.htm|

Birth*17 Dec 1882 James was born at Portsmouth (city), Virginia, on 17 Dec 1882.2 
 He was the son of Dr. Vernon Grant Culpepper and Etta Franklin Borum. 
Marriage*1 Nov 1909 He married Otey Prince Miner at Norfolk (city), Virginia, on 1 Nov 1909. 
1910 Census*1910 James was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census at Norfolk (city), Virginia.3 
1920 Census*1920 James was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census at Norfolk (city), Virginia.4 
Biography* From Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume IV
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The Culpepper plantation on Deep Creek, Virginia, a large and valuable property, descended from Zachariah Culpepper to his son, Henry Edward Culpepper, born May 23, 1827, died December 17, 1896, who cultivated it all of his life. The family has been long seated in this region and among its members have been not a few who have held places of distinction and honor in the commonwealth. In this line, that of Dr. James Henry Culpepper, of Norfolk, Virginia, medicine has been a favorite calling, his father, Dr. Vernon Grant Culpepper, and his uncle, Dr. Charles L. Culpepper, both physicians of merit and reputation. Dr. James Henry Culpepper, representative of his line in the present day, holds place among the popular, well-liked, and successful physicians of Norfolk, and is associated in practice with Dr. Southgate Leigh and Dr. Harry Harrison.
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Dr. James Henry Culpepper, son of Dr. Vernon Grant and Etta Franklin (Borum) Culpepper, was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, December 17, 1882. Prior to entrance at the Norfolk Academy he pursued preparatory studies in Professor Slater's private school. After leaving the academy he matriculated at the University of Virginia, and after two years of academic study changed his course to the medical department, where he remained for one year. He then entered the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1905 was graduated from that university M. D. For one year after his graduation Dr. Culpepper was interne at the Sarah Leigh Hospital, in Norfolk, and for six months was connected with the Philadelphia General Hospital. On January 1, 1907, Dr. Culpepper formed an association with Dr. Stanley H. Graves and Dr. Southgate Leigh as Leigh, Graves & Culpepper, and after the retirement of Dr. Graves from the firm in 1910 the practice of the firm was continued as Leigh & Culpepper. The following year Dr. Harry Harrison became associated and the three are now associated as Leigh, Culpepper & Harrison, a connection most agreeable and congenial to those most intimately concerned, the association a professional relationship valuable from many standpoints. Dr. Culpepper is now associate surgeon of the Sarah Leigh Hospital, Norfolk, Virginia, a private hospital conducted by Drs. Leigh, Culpepper & Harrison. He is a member of the County, Seaboard, State, Tri-State, and American Medical Associations, and in every respect is representative of the best in the medical profession in Norfolk. His fraternal order is the Masonic, and in this society he is a member of Khedive Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
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Dr. James Henry Culpepper married, November 1, 1909, Otey Prince Minor, born August 14, 1887, daughter of George Austin Minor and his wife, Rebecca Pope (Prince) Minor. Dr. and Mrs. Culpepper are the parents of one son, James Henry Jr.


(Names referenced above: Dr. James Henry Culpepper Dr. James Henry Culpepper). 

Family

Otey Prince Miner (14 Aug 1887 - )
Marriage*1 Nov 1909 He married Otey Prince Miner at Norfolk (city), Virginia, on 1 Nov 1909. 
Child

Charts Descendants of Thomas Culpepper of Norfolk Co., VA (Six generations)
Descendants of Dr. Vernon Grant Culpepper of Portsmouth, VA
Last Edited 14 Sep 2002

Citations

  1. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography.
    Volume IV.
  2. Birth Records, 1880-1896, Virginia Bureau of Vital Statistics, LDS Film 2026342.
  3. ED 56, family 115.
  4. ED 237, sheet 1, line 6.