Morehouse Parish
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Morehouse Parish

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History

In the Uplands region of northern Louisiana, Morehouse Parish was formed in 1844 from Ouachita Parish. Its parish seat, Bastrop, is on US-165 about 190 miles NNW of Baton Rouge. Morehouse is bordered by the Louisiana parishes of West Carroll, Richland, Ouachita and Union, as well as by the Arkansas county of Ashley.

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Any names below in red have not been matched with a person in the Culpepper family tree. If you can identify any of them, please let us know.

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Census Records

1880 US Census

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6th Ward, Page 445B, Morehouse Parish Parish, LA
Walter Murphy, Self, M, S, W, 19, LA/---/---, Farmer
Green Culpepper, Brother, M, , W, 15, LA/---/---, Field Hand (#36989)
[Green's ancestry has not been determined, but the name of Walter Murphy, who presumably is his half brother, provides a clue that Green's mother had probably been married to a Mr. Murphy prior to marrying the unknown Mr. Culpepper, who apparently died aft. 1864 and bef. 1880]

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Military Records

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

Source: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (database online). Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 (Archival Database); World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.

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Alma Culpepper, Black, Married, born 1914 in Louisiana, residing in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, enlisted as a Private in the US Army on 15 Nov 1942 in Shreveport, Louisiana (#36998)√

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Louisiana Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949

Ancestry.com Online Database

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William Culpepper, 26 Jun 1944, 13 Years, Morehouse Parish, LA

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Social Security Death Index

All records of deaths on or before 30 Sep 2003 in which the final benefit was paid in this parish.

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Stella M. Culpepper, 4 May 1942 - 11 Jul 2001, Mer Rouge, Morehouse Parish, LA; SSN 434-29-4203 issued in LA in 1976.

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Last Revised: 02 Jan 2015

 
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