Martha Neil Boykin1

Female, #9786, (20 Feb 1893 - 5 Dec 1964)

Parent*Rev. Thomas Cooper Boykin (1 Jan 1836 - 3 Dec 1901)
Parent*Martha S. Dickson (1857 - 22 Feb 1893)
Martha Neil Boykin|b. 20 Feb 1893\nd. 5 Dec 1964|p9786.htm|Rev. Thomas Cooper Boykin|b. 1 Jan 1836\nd. 3 Dec 1901|p9787.htm|Martha S. Dickson|b. 1857\nd. 22 Feb 1893|p9788.htm|Dr. Samuel Boykin|b. 1786\nd. 29 Apr 1848|p9994.htm|Narcissa Cooper|b. 28 Apr 1803\nd. 14 Jun 1857|p9995.htm|Henry C. Dickson|b. Apr 1827\nd. 19 Feb 1902|p43356.htm|Mary S. (?)|b. say 1836\nd. say 1881|p43357.htm|

Name Variation  Martha Neil Boykin was also known as Mattie. 
Birth*20 Feb 1893 Martha was born at Decatur, DeKalb Co., Georgia, on 20 Feb 1893.2,3 
 She was the daughter of Rev. Thomas Cooper Boykin and Martha S. Dickson. 
1900 Census1 Jun 1900 Effie and Martha was listed as a niece in McCormick Neal's household on the 1900 Census at McIntosh, Marion Co., Florida.4 
Probate7 Dec 1901 Belle, Effie and Martha listed to benefit in Rev. Thomas Cooper Boykin's will at Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia, on 7 Dec 1901.5 
Relocation*circa 5 Dec 1903 Upon the death of their Uncle McCormick Neal, Mattie and Effie relocated to Atlanta to live with the family of their half-brother Basil M. Boykin. 
Will5 Dec 1903 In McCormick Neal's will on 5 Dec 1903 at McIntosh, Marion Co., Florida, Effie and Martha was named as an heir.
("I hereby devise to Effie Boykin and Mattie Boykin, the nieces of my beloved wife, lately deceased, who now reside with me, both of whom I have instituted proper proceedings to adopt, all the property which I possess at the time of my death, share and share alike." Witnesses were J. K. Christian and W. M. Gist (who at time of probate on Dec 7, 1904, stated that McCormick Neal died on 1 Dec 1904.)).6 
1910 Census15 Apr 1910 Belle, Effie and Martha was listed as a sister in Basil Manly Boykin's household on the 1910 Census at Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia.7 
Deed*26 Apr 1915 Martha Neil Boykin and Effie Narcissa Boykin granted a deed on 26 Apr 1915 at Marion Co., Florida.
(To J. K. Christian, #158-381).8 
Marriage*21 Sep 1915 She married Harry Stuart Culpepper Sr. at Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia, on 21 Sep 1915.1 
Married Name21 Sep 1915  As of 21 Sep 1915, her married name was Martha Culpepper.9 
Deed5 Jul 1916 Martha Neil Boykin and Effie Narcissa Boykin granted a deed on 5 Jul 1916 at Marion Co., Florida.
(to E. W. Rush, #164-234).8 
Deed13 Aug 1917 A deed was granted to her by Effie Narcissa Boykin on 13 Aug 1917 at Marion Co., Florida.
(#164-363).8 
Deed*5 Jun 1918 She granted a deed to John Gardner Culpepper on 5 Jun 1918 at Marion Co., Florida.
(Deed #166-357).8 
Deed14 Oct 1918 A deed was granted to her by John Gardner Culpepper on 14 Oct 1918 at Marion Co., Florida.
(Deed #166-467).8 
Deed*21 Oct 1918 A deed was granted to her on 21 Oct 1918 at Marion Co., Florida.
(Grantor: W. P. Van Ness, #169-101).8 
Deed6 Jun 1919 A deed was granted to her by John Gardner Culpepper on 6 Jun 1919 at Marion Co., Florida.
(Deed #170-237).8 
1920 Census1 Jan 1920 Martha was listed as Harry Stuart Culpepper Sr.'s wife on the 1920 Census at Weatherford, Parker Co., Texas.10 
1930 Census1 Apr 1930 Martha was listed as Harry Stuart Culpepper Sr.'s wife on the 1930 Census at McIntosh, Marion Co., Florida.11 
Residence*10 May 1954 Harry and Martha resided at McIntosh, Marion Co., Florida, on 10 May 1954. (While Harry Culpepper died in Andalusia where his son, Stuart, was living, his official residence was in McIntosh with his wife, Martha. It is not known how long before Harry's death that they were living at this particular address, but in the period prior to his death, this residence was an old home that had been divided into several apartments. In November 2003, this beautiful home, in the heart of the McIntosh historic district, was in excellent condition.).12 
Death*5 Dec 1964 She died at Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia, on 5 Dec 1964.2,13,3 
Burial*8 Dec 1964 Her body was interred on 8 Dec 1964 at Memorial Park Cemetery, Andalusia, Covington Co., Alabama.2 
Biography* At birth, Martha was named Mattie for her mother who died two days after giving birth to Martha. Her father, Tom, was a noted Baptist preacher who died eight years later.

Effie and Mattie were raised by their uncle and aunt, McCormick and Ella Dickson Neal in McIntosh, Florida, and they appear there in the 1900 census. Ella was their mother's sister. Sadly, in December 1904, Effie and Mattie were orphaned again as McCormick died, having been preceded in death by his wife, Emma, the girls aunt.

Martha was living in Atlanta in 1915 when she married Harry Culpepper, and by when she had changed her name from Mattie to Martha. About ten years later they relocated with their young son, Stuart, to MacIntosh.

A graduate of Bessie Tift College, Martha was quite intelligent and well-read.

Following her husband's death in 1955, she moved to Gainesville, FL where she continued to served until 1962 on the University of Florida Law Review.

In 1962, she became disabled from ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, AKA Lew Gehrig's disease), and moved to Andalusia, Alabama to live in a nursing home and be near her son, Stuart. When Stuart moved to Atlanta later in 1962, she moved as well, and was residing at Martin's Nursing Home in Decatur at the time of her death in 1964 at age 71.

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Dedication in the University of Florida Law Review, Vol. XIV, No. 3, Fall-Winter 1961

We are told that no man--and presumably no woman--is indispensable. It must be true, however, that the University of Florida Law Review's Martha B. Culpepper represents the closest possible approximation to that condition.

Like so many Floridians by adoption, Mrs. Culpepper is a native of Georgia. At the age of seventeen she received a bachelor of arts degree, with high honors, from Bessie Tift College, at Forsyth, Georgia. During the years 1938 to 1948 she was employed as a legal secretary in Atlanta and Jacksonville. She has served continuously as administrative assistant of the University of Florida Law Review since its establishment in 1948.

Mrs. "C," as she became known to successive generations of student editors, brought to the Law Review a sound arts education, a wealth of experience as a legal secretary, and a mature judgment that have been reflected consistently in the work of the Law Review staff and its product. Beyond these qualities, she possesses a critical perception of the English language rarely seen outside professorial circles. She, more than any other person, has guided the student writers (and on not infrequent occasions law professors and practitioners) along the rigorous path of proper English usage. Her keen sense of style has helped them to avoid the trite legalisms, the tiresome monotonies, and at the same time the rhetorical excesses to which young authors in particular are wont.
Beginning with Volume I, Number 1, Mrs. "C" has kept a watchful eye upon all the deadlines. She has helped establish and maintain an attractive, readable format, and a uniform system of citation. Limited only by the fact that twenty-four hours are allotted to each day, she has advised, encouraged, coaxed, persuaded, helped, and on rare occasions chided some forty editorial boards into producing a sound publication of which the College is justifiably proud. Even more important, she has demonstrated in her own person those qualities of devotion and high purpose that the South has always cherished in its ladies. No student who has worked closely with her could fail to be a better person for the experience.

With Martha Culpepper's help, the Law Review completes its fourteenth year a well organized, respected, and mature publication. Without her it might not have survived to reach maturity. As she looks forward to retirement on January 31, 1962, all those who have had the high privilege of being "Mrs. C's boys" join the present staff in dedicating to her, in affection and gratitude, this issue of the University of Florida Law Review.

Harold B. Crosby, Assistant Dean and Professor of Law, College of Law, University of Florida.14
 

Family

Harry Stuart Culpepper Sr. (14 Nov 1892 - 11 May 1954)
Child

Charts Warren Culpepper's Ancestry Chart
Edward Boykin Descendants
Last Edited 17 Dec 2004

Citations

  1. Fulton Co. GA Court of the Ordinary, Fulton Co. GA Marriage Index, A-K, Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1965, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call # US/CAN Film #404,269
    http://gen.culpepper.com/archives/ga/fulton.htm#Marriages
    Harry S. Culpepper and Martha Neil Boykin, W, 21 Sep 1915, Fulton Co., GA, Book V-366
    Arthur H. Gordon, M.G.
  2. Death Certificate.
  3. 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
    Martha Culpepper, 20 Feb 1893 - Dec 1964, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA, SSN 259-03-4433 issued in Georgia before 1951
    (Why it is safe to publish Social Security numbers for deceased people: http://gen.culpepper.com/about/socialsecurity.htm).
  4. 1900 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 88, Page 82A, Family 257, Precinct 22, Ancestry.com Image 37 of 47, McIntosh, Marion Co., FL
    McCormick Neal, Head, M, Sep 1839, 60, md 20 yrs, GA/GA/GA, Farmer (ID: 44437)
    Ella S. Neal, Wife, F, May 1854, 46, md 20 yrs, GA/GA/GA
    Effie N. Boykin, Niece, F, Nov 1891, 8, S, GA/GA/GA
    Mattie Boykin, Niece, F, Nov 1893, 7, S, GA/GA/GA
    Jonah Couch, Servant, Black, M, May 1866, 34, S, GA/GA/GA, Servant.
  5. Atlanta Constitution, Sunday, 8 Dec 1901. Page 8 (Ancestry.com image).
  6. Lois Potterton Schneider, Abstracts of Will Books 1 and 2, Marion Co., FL, 1883-1908 Schneider, Ocala, FL, 2000.
    p. 69.
  7. 1910 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 93, Page 257b, Family 194, Gen.com img 514, 413 Courtland Street, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA
    Basil M. Boykin, Head, M, 41, md1-17 yrs, AL/GA/GA, Cashier for Stationery Co.
    Florence Boykin, Wife, F, 36, md1-17 yrs, ch 6/4, GA/GA/GA
    Barnard A. Boykin, Son, M, 15, S, MO/AL/GA
    James M. Boykin, Son, M, 10, S, MO/AL/GA
    Florence M. Boykin, Dau, F, 5, S, MO/AL/GA
    Allen M. Boykin, Son, M, 4, S, MO/AL/GA
    Effie N. Boykin, Half-Sister, F, 18, S, GA/GA/GA
    Mattie N. Boykin, Half-Sister, F, 17, S, GA/GA/GA
    Belle A. Boykin, Sister, F, 30, S, GA/GA/GA, Nurse.
  8. Clerk of Circuit Court, compiler, Marion Co., FL Grantee Deed Index A-Z 1914-1920 FHL Film 0,956,535.
  9. Married by Arthur H. Gordon, Minister of the Gospel.
  10. 1920 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 63, Sheet 2A, Pg 90, Weatherford, Parker Co., TX
    Rent=Y, Farm=N
    Harry S. Culpepper, Head, M, 27, M, GA GA GA, Civil Engineer-Gen Prac
    Martha B. Culpepper, Wife, F, 26, M, GA GA GA
    Harry S. Culpepper Jr., Son, M, 2 6/12, S, GA GA GA.
  11. 1930 Federal Census, United States.
    Precinct 22, McIntosh, Marion Co., FL, ED32, page 8A
    Ancestry.com Image transcribed by Warren Culpepper
    Home=$5,000, Radio=N, Farm=Y
    Harry S. Culpepper, Head, M, W, 37, md @ 21, GA, GA, GA, Truck farmer
    Martha Culpepper, Wife, F, W, 36, md @ 20, GA, GA, GA
    Stuart Culpepper, Son, M, W, 12, GA, GA, GA.
  12. Home was recognized, photographed, and address recorded by grandson, Warren Culpepper, on a trip to McIntosh in November 2003.
  13. Georgia Health Department / Office of Vital Records, compiler, Georgia Deaths, 1919-1998, Online database at Ancestry.com, 1998.
    http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5426a.htm
    Martha B. Culpepper, d. 5 Dec 1964 at 71 years in Fulton Co., GA; Res. in Fulton Co., GA.
  14. Warren L. Culpepper, Publisher of Culpepper Connections, See link below for e-mail address.