Dora Elizabeth Culpepper

Female, #29803, (30 Jan 1870 - 13 Sep 1952)
Father*Benjamin Franklin Culpepper (26 Mar 1847 - 14 Oct 1931)
Mother*Mary Jane Elliott (16 Jun 1848 - 2 Feb 1930)
Birth*30 Jan 1870 Dora was born at Georgia on 30 Jan 1870.1 
Employment* Dora's occupation: dry goods clerk. 
1870 Census1 Jun 1870 Mary, Amos and Dora listed as a household member living with Benjamin Franklin Culpepper on the 1870 Census at Thomaston, Upson Co., Georgia.2 
1880 Census1 Jun 1880 Dora, Rena and Laura was listed as a daughter in Benjamin Franklin Culpepper's household on the 1880 Census at Spalding Co., Georgia.3 
1900 Census1 Jun 1900 Dora, Rena and Laura was listed as a daughter in Benjamin Franklin Culpepper's household on the 1900 Census at Orrs District, Spalding Co., Georgia.4 
Photographed1908 She appeared as a daughter in a family photograph in 1908 at Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia,
Front row left to right: Jerrie Milton Culpepper, Benjamin Franlin Culpepper, Mary Jane (Elliott) Culpepper, Amos Fletcher Culpepper.

Back row left to right: Rena (Culpepper) Sindorf, Archie Jackson Culpepper, Larua Pearl (Culpepper) Lee, Lloyd E. Culpepper, Dora Elizabeth Culpepper, Ernest Frank Culpepper
Picture made 1908 or 1913.5
Benjamin Franklin Culpepper
1910 Census15 Apr 1910 Dora was listed as a daughter in Benjamin Franklin Culpepper's household on the 1910 Census at Orrs District, Spalding Co., Georgia.6 
1920 Census1 Jan 1920 Dora was listed as a daughter in Benjamin Franklin Culpepper's household on the 1920 Census at Orrs District, Spalding Co., Georgia.7 
Death of Mother2 Feb 1930 Her mother Mary Jane Elliott died on 2 Feb 1930 at Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia.8,9 
Death of Father14 Oct 1931 Her father Benjamin Franklin Culpepper died on 14 Oct 1931 at Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia.10,9 
Residence*Sep 1952 Dora resided at Spalding Co., Georgia, in Sep 1952.11 
Death*13 Sep 1952 She died at DeKalb Co., Georgia, on 13 Sep 1952 at age 82.11,1 
Burial*circa 15 Sep 1952 Her body was interred circa 15 Sep 1952 at Oak Hill Cemetery, Griffin, Spalding Co., Georgia.1 
Biography* According to p. 182 of First Families of Henry County, Georgia compiled by The Genealogical Society of Henry and Clayton Co., GA and edited by Joseph Henry Hightower Moore, Dora Elizabeth never married. Virginia Rodgers-Fall wrote 19 Feb 1995: Dora clerked in a dry goods store in Griffin, Georgia. 
ChartsOrphan / John J. Culpepper of Jackson Co., FL: Descendant Chart
Last Edited22 Sep 2004

Citations

  1. R. J. Taylor Jr. Foundation, compiler, Cemeteries of Spalding Co., GA, Griffin, GA: Griffin Historical and Preservation Society, 1986 . Oak Hill Cemetery, West Poplar Street, Griffin, Spalding Co., GA
    + Dora E. Culpepper, 30 Jan 1870 – 13 Sep 1952.
  2. 1870 Federal Census, United States.
    Pages 146A, Family 1142, Thomaston PO, Upson Co., GA
    Frank Culpepper, 25, M, Farm hand, $--/$--, GA
    Mollie Culpepper, 20, F, GA
    Fletcher Culpepper, 4, M, GA
    Mollie Culpepper, 6/12 (Dec), F, GA.
  3. 1880 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 114, Page 278C (31), Family 275, District 1068, Spalding Co., GA
    Benjamin F. Culpepper, Self, M, Md, 33, Farmer, AL/GA/GA
    Mary J. Culpepper, Wife, F, Md, 32, Keeping House, GA/GA/GA
    Amos F. Culpepper, Son, M, S, 13, Farm Work, GA/AL/GA
    Dora E. Culpepper, Dau, F, S, 9, --- , GA/AL/GA
    Rena M. Culpepper, Dau, F, S, 6, --- , GA/AL/GA
    Jerry M. Culpepper, Son, M, S, 4, --- , GA/AL/GA
    Ernest L. Culpepper, Son, M, S, 2, --- , GA/AL/GA
    Infant Culpepper, Dau, F, S, 1/12, May, --- , GA/AL/GA
    Joseph Thornton, Other, M, S, 18, Farm Work, GA/AL/GA.
  4. 1900 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 91, Page 95B-96A (8-9), Family 191, Orrs District, Spalding Co., GA
    B. F. Culpepper, Head, M, Nov 1847, 52, md 34 yrs, GA/GA/GA, Carpenter
    Minnie Culpepper, Wife, F, Jun 1848, 51, md 34 yrs, ch 9/8, GA/GA/GA
    Dora Culpepper, Dau, F, Jan 18??, -- , -- , GA/GA/GA
    Rena Culpepper, Dau, F, Jun 1872, 27, Sng, GA/GA/GA
    Pearl Culpepper, Dau, F, May 1880, 20, Sng, GA/GA/GA
    A. J. Culpepper, Son, M, May 1883, 16, Sng, GA/GA/GA
    Loyd Culpepper, Son, M, Feb 1886, 14, Sng, GA/GA/GA0, GA/GA/GA.
  5. Virginia Rodgers-Fall.
  6. 1910 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 121, Page 7A, Lines 1-4, Orrs District, Spalding Co., GA
    B. F. Culpepper, Head, M, 64, md1-44 yrs, AL/GA/GA, Merchant/Gen Merch
    Mary Jane Culpepper, Wife, F, 63, md1-44 yrs, ch 9/8, GA/GA/GA
    Dora Culpepper, Dau, F, 38, Sng , GA/AL/GA
    Loyd Culpepper, Son, M, 24, Sng, GA/AL/GA.
  7. 1920 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 172, Page 15B, Lines 74-78, Orrs District, Spalding Co., GA
    Bennie Culpepper, Head, M, 75, Md, GA/GA/GA, Carpenter
    Mary Jane Culpepper, Wife, F, 74, F, Md, GA/GA/GA
    Dora Culpepper, Dau, F, 40, Sng, GA/GA/GA
    Benjamin Sindorf, Grandson, M, 9, Sng, GA/GA/GA
    Billy Sindorf, Grandson, M, 6, Sng, GA/GA/GA.
  8. 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
    Mrs. Mary Culpepper, d. 2 Feb 1930 in Spalding Co., GA.
  9. R. J. Taylor Jr. Foundation, compiler, Cemeteries of Spalding Co., GA, Griffin, GA: Griffin Historical and Preservation Society, 1986 . Oak Hill Cemetery, West Poplar Street, Griffin, Spalding Co., GA
    + B. Frank Culpepper, 26 Mar 1847 – 14 Oct 1931
    + Mary Jane Elliott Culpepper, 16 Jun 1848 – 2 Feb 1930.
  10. 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
    B. F. Culpepper, d. 14 Oct 1931 in Spalding Co., GA.
  11. 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
    Dora E. Culpepper, d. 13 Sep 1952 at 83 years in DeKalb Co., GA; Res. in Spalding Co., GA.