Mary Foy Culpepper

Female, #9580, (1 Dec 1879 - 20 Nov 1949)

Parent*Sterling Gardner Culpepper (11 Mar 1851 - 21 Nov 1907)
Parent*Susie Elizabeth Foy (25 Jun 1848 - 5 Jun 1887)
Mary Foy Culpepper|b. 1 Dec 1879\nd. 20 Nov 1949|p9580.htm|Sterling Gardner Culpepper|b. 11 Mar 1851\nd. 21 Nov 1907|p9542.htm|Susie Elizabeth Foy|b. 25 Jun 1848\nd. 5 Jun 1887|p9579.htm|Gardner Culpepper of Thomas Co., GA|b. 11 Dec 1810\nd. 22 May 1868|p9479.htm|Caroline Jones|b. 28 Apr 1815\nd. 18 Nov 1885|p9480.htm|James M. Foy|b. Mar 1817\nd. 11 Jul 1873|p37632.htm|Mary F. Parramore|b. 25 Jul 1828\nd. 30 May 1895|p37633.htm|

Birth*1 Dec 1879 Mary was born at Boston, Thomas Co., Georgia, on 1 Dec 1879. 
 She was the daughter of Sterling Gardner Culpepper and Susie Elizabeth Foy. 
1880 Census1 Jun 1880 Mary was listed as a daughter in Sterling Gardner Culpepper's household on the 1880 Census at Boston, Thomas Co., Georgia.: "Mary E.", age 6m, born in GA, F&M: GA.1 
Relocationcirca 1896 Family member(s) Clara Belle Culpepper, Charles Simms Culpepper, Harry Stuart Culpepper Sr., Clara Belle Culpepper, John Gardner Culpepper and Mary Foy Culpepper, accompanying Sterling Gardner Culpepper, relocated circa 1896 at White Springs, Hamilton Co., Florida. 
Guardian3 Feb 1896 Apparently in connection with his relocation to Hamilton Co., FL, Sterling Culpepper had J. C. Stanaland appointed as guardian for his minor children, Foy and John Culpepper, who must have remained in Thomas Co., GA. on 3 Feb 1896 at Thomas Co., Georgia.2 
Married Name10 Jan 1898  As of 10 Jan 1898, her married name was Waldron. 
Marriage*10 Jan 1898 She married Roman Simeon Waldron at White Springs, Hamilton Co., Florida, on 10 Jan 1898. 
Relocationcirca Feb 1898 Family member(s) Mary Foy Culpepper, Keatley S. Waldron and Frances M. (?), accompanying Roman Simeon Waldron, relocated circa Feb 1898 at Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas. 
1900 Census1 Jun 1900 Mary was listed as Roman Simeon Waldron's wife on the 1900 Census at Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas.3 
1910 Census15 Apr 1910 Mary was listed as Roman Simeon Waldron's wife on the 1910 Census at Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas.4 
Relocationsay 1915 Family member(s) Mary Foy Waldron, Ruth Allison Waldron, Mary Elizabeth Waldron, Roman Sterling Waldron II and Foy Culpepper Waldron, accompanying Roman Simeon Waldron, relocated say 1915 at Saint Louis, Saint Louis Co., Missouri. 
1920 Census1 Jan 1920 Mary was listed as Roman Simeon Waldron's wife on the 1920 Census at Saint Louis, Saint Louis Co., Missouri.5 
Married Name12 Jul 1939  As of 12 Jul 1939, her married name was Hale.6 
Marriage*12 Jul 1939 She married Charles Vernon Hale at Saint Louis, Saint Louis Co., Missouri, on 12 Jul 1939.6 
Death*20 Nov 1949 She died at Saint Louis, Saint Louis Co., Missouri, on 20 Nov 1949. 
Burial*circa 22 Nov 1949 Her body was interred circa 22 Nov 1949 at Oak Cliff Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas.7 
Biography* Subject: Small World: Culpepper's restaurant in St. Louis
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 22:19:08 -0400
From: Warren Culpepper

     This weekend I had the good fortune to meet some new Culpepper cousins at a reunion in the Ozarks region of Missouri....
     After the reunion today, I drove back up to St. Louis to spend the nightbefore my flight back to Atlanta Sunday morning. I remembered that in the Places section of Culpepper Connections, I had posted info on a Culpepper's Restaurant in St. Louis. With a little time on my hands, I decided to go to Culpepper's for dinner tonight.
     I asked my waitress if she knew anything about the owners. My question was aimed at further improving our Missouri Culpepper info. She said she knew nothing other than the owners were a group of businessmen, that they had several locations in St. Louis, and the chain had been around for a long time.
     As I was eating a delicious Chicken Rueben sandwich and sipping a beer, she came back to me smiling with a framed newspaper clipping. Written in 1971, the clipping described the founding and early days of this well-known and popular St. Louis institution. But then my heart fell as I saw that the restaurant was not founded by a Culpepper, but by someone named Foy Culpepper Waldron in 1935.
     I mentioned to my waitress my disappointment, but she astutely pointed out that perhaps Foy Culpepper Waldron's mother was a Culpepper. I agreed to the possibility and started thinking about all the Missouri names I had seen in the last couple of days. But I struck out. There were no Foys and no Waldrons.
     But the food and beer were good, so I ordered another cold one and pondered this a bit further. I thought of the irony that my great-grandfather's first wife was named Susie Elizabeth Foy. But they were Georgia and Florida Culpeppers. Then, out of the blue, I recalled that one of the daughters of my great-grandfather was named Mary Foy Culpepper (born 1879) and she married Roman Simeon Waldron (in 1898). Voila! While I personally knew nothing about my Great Aunt, Mary Foy Culpepper Waldron, or her descendants, I checked our web site records tonight, and sure enough, she died in St. Louis in 1949. So the founder of Culpepper's in St. Louis (Foy Culpepper Waldron) had to have been her son, and that makes him my first cousin, once removed.
     Of course, since he's long deceased and his family is no longer involved with the restaurant, that's no big deal other than the fact that I wasn't even thinking about discovering such a close relative when I walked in. Genealogical searches can lead to interesting surprises.
     As a closing note, all of us Culpeppers can take a little pride that he chose to name the restaurant, not after his own name, but after that of his mother: a Culpepper.
     Still chuckling over the discovery, Warren Culpepper

P.S. If you're ever in St. Louis, I do recommend the restaurant. I thought the meal was great even before I discovered the close connection. 

Family 1

Roman Simeon Waldron (11 May 1871 - 24 Mar 1928)
Children

Family 2

Charles Vernon Hale (say 1879 - )

Charts Descendants of Sterling Gardner Culpepper of Thomas Co., GA
Last Edited 23 Feb 2004

Citations

  1. 1880 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 451B, Boston, Thomas Co., GA
    Sterling Culpeper, Self, M, Male, W, 31, GA/GA/GA, Farmer
    Susan E. Culpeper, Wife, M, Female, W, 32, GA/NC/GA, Keeping House
    Mary F. Culpeper, Dau, S, Female, W, 6M, GA/GA/GA.
  2. Thomas Co., GA Letters of Guardianship, Book J-160.
  3. 1900 Federal Census, United States.
    ED28, Page 222A, Family 386, 3505 Q St, Galveston, Galveston Co., TX
    Roman S. Waldron, Head, M, May 1871, 29, md 2 yrs, FL/FL/FL, Real Estate Agent
    Foy M. Waldron, Wife, F, Dec 1880, 19, md 2 yrs, ch 2/2, GA/GA/GA
    Ruth Waldron, Dau, F, Oct 1898, 1, Sng, TX/FL/GA
    Mary Waldron, Dau, F, Oct 1899, 7/12, Sng, TX/FL/GA
    Keatley S. Waldron, Father, M, May 1845, 55, md 34 yrs, FL/GA/GA
    Francis M. Waldron, Mother, F, Oct 1830, 69, md 34 yrs, ch 4/2, FL/FL/GA
    Joseph S. Sanchez, Uncle, M, 1826, 74, Sng, FL/FL/FL, Real Estate Agent.
  4. 1910 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 67, Page 6A, Family xx, Dallas, Dallas Co., TX
    Roman S. Waldron, Head, M, 39, md1-12 yrs, FL/FL/FL, Real estate agent
    Foy Waldron, Wife, F, 30, md1-12 yrs, ch 4/4, GA/GA/GA
    Ruth Waldron, Dau, F, 11, Sng, TX/FL/GA
    Mary Waldron, Dau, F, 10, Sng, TX/FL/GA
    Roman S. Waldron Jr, Son, M, 8, Sng, TX/FL/GA
    Foy C. Waldron, Dau, F, 1, Sng, TX/FL/GA
    Dudly A. Waldron, Son, M, 17, Sng, TX/VA/GA
    Keithly S. Waldron, Father, M, 65, md1-48 yrs, FL/FL/FL
    Fannie Waldron, Mother, F, 72, md1-48 yrs, ch 3/3, FL/FL/FL
    John Sanchez, Uncle, M, 80, TX/TX/TX
    Herburt Harris, Cook, M, Black, 35, Sng, TX/TX/TX.
  5. 1920 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 583, page 12 A, Family 208, St, Louis (Independent City), MO
    Roman S. Waldron, Head, M, 47, FL/FL/FL, Vice Pres of Publishing Co.
    Foy C. Waldron, Wife, F, 38, GA/GA/GA
    Ruth Gibson, Dau, F, 21, Md, TX/FL/GA, Stenographer for Publishing Co.
    Mary E. Waldron, Dau, F, 19, Sng, TX/FL/GA
    Roman S. Waldron, Son, M, 17, Sng, TX/FL/GA
    Foy C. Waldron, Son, M, 11, Sng, TX/FL/GA.
  6. Correspondence from Ruth Allison Waldron Hill, (Collection of Letters between Hill and Hopkins), to Elizabeth Hopkins, 1950-1952, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. Film 164,482.
  7. Tombstone.
    Oak Cliff Cemetery, Dallas, TX:
    Foy Culpepper Waldron Hale, 1 Dec 1880 – 20 Nov 1949.