Leila Isabel Culpepper1

Female, #9739, (28 Sep 1865 - 21 Apr 1935)

Parent*Erasmus Culpepper III (1 Mar 1817 - 3 Aug 1880)
Parent*Rebecca Jane Southall (1 Jul 1823 - 5 Mar 1905)
Leila Isabel Culpepper|b. 28 Sep 1865\nd. 21 Apr 1935|p9739.htm|Erasmus Culpepper III|b. 1 Mar 1817\nd. 3 Aug 1880|p9485.htm|Rebecca Jane Southall|b. 1 Jul 1823\nd. 5 Mar 1905|p9486.htm|Erasmus Culpepper Jr. of Wilcox Co., AL|b. circa 1780\nd. 1855|p9465.htm|Ann Arrington|b. 1785\nd. 23 Sep 1859|p9473.htm|John H. Southall|b. say 1793|p10223.htm|Martha Drury|b. say 1795|p40292.htm|

Birth*28 Sep 1865 Leila was born at Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co., Alabama, on 28 Sep 1865. 
 She was the daughter of Erasmus Culpepper III and Rebecca Jane Southall. 
Photographed*circa 1870 She was photographed circa 1870 at Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co., Alabama.1
Leila Isabel Culpepper
1870 Census1 Jun 1870 Rebecca, John, Roseline, Martha, Caroline, Estelle and Leila listed as a household member living with Erasmus Culpepper III on the 1870 Census at Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co., Alabama.2 
1880 Census1 Jun 1880 Roseline, Martha, Caroline, Estelle and Leila was listed as a daughter in Erasmus Culpepper III's household on the 1880 Census at Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co., Alabama.3 
Photographedsay 1885 Caroline Octavia Culpepper was photographed Left to right: Leila Isabel Culpepper, Caroline Octavia Culpepper, and Estelle Culpepper say 1885 at Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co., Alabama.1
Photographedsay 1885 She was photographed say 1885 at Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co., Alabama.1
Leila Isabel Culpepper
Marriage*14 Oct 1886 She married Ethelbert Brantley Davis at Wilcox Co., Alabama, on 14 Oct 1886. Ethelbert Davis and Leila Culpepper Davis had the following children:
1. Thomas Alphono Davis, b. 8-10-1887 AL, d. 8-17-1889, bur Lower Peach Tree Cem.
2. Eula Davis, 5-16-1892 AL, d. 11-9-1915 AL, m. William Grover Kennedy
3. Ernest Culpepper Davis, b. 11-1-1894 FL, d. 3-10-1902 AL , bur Lower Peach Tree Cem.
4. Mattie Estelle Davis, b. 11-24-1898 FL, d. 10-18-1970 AL, bur Scyrene, AL, m. Clarence Eugene Garrick 9-27-1916
5. Mary Rebecca Davis, b. 1-18-1903 AL, d. 1-6-1988 FL, bur Akron, OH, m. David Carsuit Morris 7-21-1927
6. Ethelbert Brantley Davis Jr., b. 8-2-1906 AL, d. 1998, m. Lula Rea Pharr 7-8-1908.4 
Married Name14 Oct 1886  As of 14 Oct 1886, her married name was Davis. 
Photographedsay 1900 She was photographed say 1900 at Wilcox Co., Alabama.5
Leila Isabel Culpepper Davis
Death*21 Apr 1935 She died at Wilcox Co., Alabama, on 21 Apr 1935. 
Burial*circa 23 Apr 1935 Her body was interred circa 23 Apr 1935 at Lower Peach Tree Cemetery, Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co., Alabama.6 
Biography* Leila Isabel Culpepper was the youngest daughter of Erasmus and Rebecca J. Culpepper. She married Ethelbert Brantley Davis, a cousin, his parents being Johnson Davis and Mary H. Culpepper. E.B. Davis helped with the Culpepper farm as well as with the store. Later he became a partner and managed the Culpepper-Davis store in Lower Peach Tree. E.B. and Leila were blessed with six children: Ernest Culpepper and Thomas who died at an early age, Eula Octavia, Mattie Estelle, Mary Rebecca, and Ethelbert Brantley, Jr. Eula Octavia married William Grover Kennedy of Nettleboro, AL and died soon after their first child, Ethelbert, was born. Mattie Estelle married Clarence Eugene Garrick of Scyrene, AL and they lived in Lower Peach Tree. Mary Rebecca married David C. Morris of Nettleboro and they always lived in Akron, Ohio. E.B. Davis, Jr., married Lula Rea Pharr of Catherine, AL and lived in Wilcox County all of his life.
     E.B. Davis, Sr. died in 1912 and Leila lived many years after this at her childhood home near Lower Peach Tree. Over the years, the old Culpepper place became the old Davis place. It was a home welcome to all and Leila was known for her love for people and her love of travel. We believe that she is the first woman in LPT to own a car, even though she never drove it! Her willing chauffeur was Ethelbert Kennedy, a beloved grandson whom she raised. Demaris Morris Walker remembers visiting her grandmother's house and recalls memories such as outhouses, separate kitchens, kerosene lamps, dark shadowy rooms, wells, and cold biscuit lunches! Glendine Garrick Collier walked to her grandmother's house quite often. She recalls many overnight stays and sleeping on "featherbeds", luxurious mattresses filled with down which her grandmother and others had plucked from the geese on the plantation. She had the joy of playing with many of the toys, paper dolls, and games stored in the Culpepper trunks. Sampling blackberry nectar was a treat, too.
     The DAVIS family is large with many connections in the Wilcox County area. Mary Kennedy Reynolds put her research into a book several years ago and I bow to her genius at such an undertaking. It is called Ancestors and Kin and it is a "must own" for anyone related to or interested in the DAVIS (also Kennedy and Hicks) family.1 

Family

Ethelbert Brantley Davis (9 Dec 1858 - 1912)

Charts Descendants of Benjamin Culpepper of Edgecombe Co., NC (Six generations)
Last Edited 8 Oct 2005

Citations

  1. E-mail from Jan Selleck, e-mail address, 2711 Needles Street, Euless, TX 76040, Phone: 817-283-8439 to Lew Griffin, 2000-2004.
  2. 1870 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 24, Lines 13-20, Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co., AL
    Erasmus Culpepper (III), 53, M, W, NC
    Rebecca Culpepper, 46, F, W, NC
    John E. Culpepper, 17, M, W, AL
    Roseline Culpepper, 13, F, W, AL
    Martha A. Culpepper, 11, F, W, AL
    Octavia Culpepper, 9, F, W, AL
    Estelle Culpepper, 7, F, W, AL
    Lela Culpepper, 4, F, W, AL.
  3. 1880 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 382D, Lower Peach Tree, Wilcox Co., AL
    Erasmus Culpepper, Self, M, M, W, 63, Farmer, NC/NC/NC
    Rebecca Culpepper, Wife, F, M, W, 57, Keeping House, NC/NC/NC
    Ernest Culpepper, Son, M, S, W, 30, Farmer, AL/NC/NC
    Alonzo Culpepper, Son, M, S, W, 28, Farmer, AL/NC/NC
    Rosaline Culpepper, Dau, F, S, W, 23, N/A, AL/NC/NC
    Mattie Culpepper, Dau, F, S, W, 21, N/A, AL/NC/NC
    Octavia Culpepper, Dau, F, S, W, 19, Attending School, AL/NC/NC
    Estelle Culpepper, Dau, F, S, W, 17, Attending School, AL/NC/NC
    Leila Culpepper, Dau, F, S, W, 14, N/A, AL/NC/NC
    Ashbell Powers, Other, M, S, W, 7, Orphan, AL/AL/AL.
  4. USGenWeb Archives.
    http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm
    Marengo County, Alabama Marriages, 1818-1936
    Leila Culpepper married Ethelbert B. Davis on 14 Oct 1886.
  5. E-mail from Renee Richmond (great granddaughter of Leila Isabel Culpepper Davis) to Lew Griffin, 2001.
  6. "Lower Peach Tree Cemetery", Deep South Genealogical Quarterly, Vol. 34, No. 4, November 1997.
    Lower Peach Tree Cemetery, Lower Peachtree, Wilcox Co., AL
    + Ethelbert Brantley Davis, 1858 - 1912
    + Leila I. Culpepper Davis, 1865 - 1935.