Elijah Owens1

Male, #46953, (say 1765 - circa 1815)
Birth*say 1765 He was born say 1765.1 
Marriage*say 1786 He married Nancy Ann Howard say 1786.1 
Will*8 Sep 1814 He made a will on 8 Sep 1814, naming as executor(s) Nancy Ann Howard and James William Boykin, naming as heir(s) Clarissa Ann Owens.

(Proved 4 Mar 1816. Wife: Nancy Owens; Daughter: Clarissa Ann Boykin; Sons: John J. Owens, James Nehemiah Owens and Eijah Smith Owens, the last two minors; Executors: Wife Nancy and son-in-law James Boykin; Witnesses: Thomas Woodward, Robert Rutherford, J. H. Howard.)1 
Death*circa 1815 He died at Baldwin Co., Georgia, circa 1815.1 
Probate*4 Mar 1816 Probate action was taken on Elijah's estate on 4 Mar 1816 at Baldwin Co., Georgia.1 

Family

Nancy Ann Howard
Child
Last Edited4 Dec 2002

Citations

  1. Frances T. Ingmire, Baldwin Co., GA Will Book A Abstracts, 1808-1832, St. Louis, 198?, page 8.

Nancy Ann Howard1

Female, #46954, (say 1768 - 1852)
Birth*say 1768 She was born say 1768. Nancy was the daughter of Nehemiah Howard and Edythe Smith.2 
Marriage*say 1786 She married Elijah Owens say 1786.2 
Married Namesay 1786  As of say 1786, her married name was Owens. 
Will8 Sep 1814 Nancy and James named as executor(s) in the will of Elijah Owens on 8 Sep 1814.2 
Death of Spousecirca 1815 Her husband Elijah Owens died circa 1815 at Baldwin Co., Georgia.2 
Death*1852 She died at Russell Co., Alabama, in 1852.1 

Family

Elijah Owens
Child
Last Edited26 Mar 2006

Citations

  1. E-mail written 2006, 2011 to Warren Culpepper from Jennifer Mieirs, http://jenniferhsrn2.homestead.com, e-mail address (Dec 2011).
  2. Frances T. Ingmire, Baldwin Co., GA Will Book A Abstracts, 1808-1832, St. Louis, 198?, page 8.

James R. Jones1

Male, #46955, (say 1814 - )
Birth*say 1814 He was born say 1814.1 
Marriage*say 1835 He married Ann Catherine Boykin say 1835.1 
Will14 Aug 1846 James and Francis named as executor(s) in the will of James William Boykin at Muscogee Co., Georgia, on 14 Aug 1846.1 

Family

Ann Catherine Boykin
Last Edited4 Dec 2002

Citations

  1. Christine Aldridge, Early Miscellaneous Wills, Estates and Administrations of Georgia, Partin Publications, Nacogdoches, TX, 1994, page 59.

Rev. Edward Culpeper of Gunville, co. Dorset, England

Male, #46957, (say 1640 - )
Name-AltSpell This surname is sometimes spelled Culpepper. 
Name-AltSpell This surname is sometimes spelled Colepeper. 
Birth*say 1640 He was born say 1640 at England. 
Research note* Edward Culpeper's ancestry is not known. If you can identify this person, please contact Warren Culpepper.1 
Birth of Soncirca 1670 His son Edmund Culpeper Early Microscope Maker was born circa 1670. 

Family
Child
Last Edited5 Jun 2011

Citations

  1. Warren L. Culpepper (#1942), Former publisher of Culpepper Connections.

Edmund Culpeper Early Microscope Maker

Male, #46958, (circa 1670 - 1737)
Father*Rev. Edward Culpeper of Gunville, co. Dorset, England
Name-AltSpell This surname is sometimes spelled Culpepper. 
Research note* It is possible that Edmund Culpeper Early Microscope Maker and Edmund Culpeper Citizen and Grocer of London are one and the same. 
Name-AltSpell This surname is sometimes spelled Colepeper. 
Birth*circa 1670 He was born circa 1670. 
Biography1698 Edmund provided Peter the Great with scientific instruments during Peter's visit to England in 1698.1 
Birth of Sonsay 1700 His son Edmund Culpeper II was born say 1700. 
Photographedsay 1732 At the University of California at Berkeley, there is (as of Dec 2011) a collection of 157 antique microscopes in the Golub Collection, many from a donation of Dr. Orville J. Golub. Among them are several Culpeper-type Microscopes. See:
http://golubcollection.berkeley.edu/18th/78.html
http://golubcollection.berkeley.edu/18th/s69.html
http://golubcollection.berkeley.edu/18th/71.html

The Culpeper-type microscope is an instrument made by the Englishman, Edmund Culpeper (c. 1670-1738). He also made other instruments such as theodolites, sectors, sundials and quadrants. His output of microscopes included not only the three-pillar instrument shown below but screw-barrel microscopes as well.
     The wooden pyramidal case for this instrument has Culpeper's trade card glued to the inside of the back panel. The exact date of its construction in not known, but it is likely in the period of 1730 to 1735.
     The sliding body tubes, made of cardboard covered by tooled green leather (inner tube) and shagreen (the rough dried skin of sharks or rays, on the outer tube), are connected by brass, turned tripod legs to a circular stage with a recessed central opening. The stage, in turn, rests on three similar legs which are fixed into the circular wooden base.
     The concave mirror attaches to the base as well, an original idea of Culpeper's, allowing transparent objects to be viewed by reflection of light from the mirror.
     References: Turner, The Great Age of the Microscope, p. 30ff.

Culpper-Type Microscope
Age: 1730-1735
Made By: Edmund Culpeper
Made In: England.2,3
Culpepper Microscope in Berkeley
Death*1737 He died in 1737.4 
Biography* Edmund Culpeper was an English instrument maker whose name is known to all those who are interested in the history of the microscope. Edmund is credited with popularizing two important elements in microscope design: the sub-stage mirror and the tripod microscope, which is referred to as Culpeper-type.

He was the son of Edward Culpeper, a clergyman, of Gunville, co. Dorset, England. He was apprenticed to one Walter Hayes in 1684, whom he eventually succeeded in business, working as a Mathematical Instrument maker in London from 1700 to his death in 1737. He was the father of Edmund (II), also a Mathematical Instrument maker who was known to have been working in 1758-59. Additional information and references can be found in: Clifton, Gloria, Directory of British Scientific Makers 1550-1851. Zwemmer (pub.), London, 1995.4 
Photographed*1800 At the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX, the Moody Medical Library has a collection of historical microscopes. It's collection includes a Culpeper-type microscope, described as follows:
"The unsigned Culpeper-type microscope has two sets of brass tripod that support the stage and the body-tube. The swinging mirror is attached to the wooden base. The instrument also has the rack-and-pinion system on the outer tube, a feature that was later added to Culpeper-type microscopes. No accessories. About 1800. Unsigned."
Culpepper Microscope in Texas

Family
Child
Last Edited24 Dec 2011

Citations

  1. According to Ken Cozens of London, England who stated via e-mail on 5 March 2000 that this fact is published in Britain and Russia in the Age of Peter the Great, Historical Documents, from the School of Slavonic & East European Studies, London 1998, and the actual documentary evidence is listed in "Document 19", p16/17, "Account at the Armoury, dated 17 January 1700, of money disbursed to the British Merchant Andrew Stiles to repay his expenses for the support of Peter I in England". Which is taken from a Russian original.
  2. E-mail written 1998-2013 to Lew Griffin & Warren Culpepper from Charles Edward Culpepper III (#4812), Great Falls, Montana, e-mail address.
  3. E-mail written Dec 2011 to Warren Culpepper from Steven E Ruzin PhD, Biological Imaging Facility, Univ. of CA, Berkeley, http://golubcollection.berkeley.edu/, e-mail address.
  4. E-mail written 5 Dec 2002 to Warren L. Culpepper from Stuart L. Warter Ph.D., (Member of the Microscopical Society of Southern California and Professor of Biology Emeritus, California State University, Long Beach), e-mail address.

Edmund Culpeper II1

Male, #46959, (say 1700 - after 1759)
Father*Edmund Culpeper Early Microscope Maker1
Name-AltSpell This surname is sometimes spelled Culpepper. 
Name-AltSpell This surname is sometimes spelled Colepeper. 
Birth*say 1700 He was born say 1700. 
Death*after 1759 He died after 1759.1 
Last Edited15 Jun 2011

Citations

  1. E-mail written 5 Dec 2002 to Warren L. Culpepper from Stuart L. Warter Ph.D., (Member of the Microscopical Society of Southern California and Professor of Biology Emeritus, California State University, Long Beach), e-mail address.

Barbara Alice Beck1

Female, #46961, (28 Aug 1940 - 2 Dec 2006)
Birth*28 Aug 1940 She was born on 28 Aug 1940.1 
Marriage*3 Dec 1955 She married Kenneth Wayne Nightingale on 3 Dec 1955 at age 15.1 
Married Name3 Dec 1955  As of 3 Dec 1955, her married name was Nightingale.1 
Death*2 Dec 2006 She died at Callahan, Nassau Co., Florida, on 2 Dec 2006 at age 66.2 

Family
Children
  • Tammy Renee' Nightingale1
  • Kenneth Wayne Nightingale , Jr.1
Last Edited28 Dec 2006

Citations

  1. E-mail written 7 Dec 2002 to Warren Culpepper from Patsy Poppel, e-mail address.
  2. E-mail written Dec 2006 to Warren Culpepper from Elisabeth Bradshaw Nightingale (#56337), e-mail address.

Mary Frances Boland1

Female, #46962, (11 May 1895 - 13 Aug 1964)
Birth*11 May 1895 She was born on 11 May 1895 at Warthen, Washington Co., Georgia.1 
Marriage*28 Jun 1916 She married William Wallace Peacock , Sr. at Georgia on 28 Jun 1916 at age 21.1 
Married Name28 Jun 1916  As of 28 Jun 1916, her married name was Peacock.1 
Death of Spouse15 Feb 1960 Her husband William Wallace Peacock , Sr. died on 15 Feb 1960 at Adel, Cook Co., Georgia.1 
Death*13 Aug 1964 She died at Austell, Cobb Co., Georgia, on 13 Aug 1964 at age 69.1 

Family

William Wallace Peacock , Sr.
Children
Last Edited8 Aug 2003

Citations

  1. E-mail written 7 Dec 2002 to Warren Culpepper from Patsy Poppel, e-mail address.

Michael Leaborn Boyette1

Male, #46965, (5 Oct 1953 - 8 Dec 1959)
Father*Lossie Leaborn Boyette
Mother*Sarah Frances Peacock1
Birth*5 Oct 1953 He was born on 5 Oct 1953 at Adel, Cook Co., Georgia.1 
Adoption*after 5 Oct 1953 He was adopted after 5 Oct 1953.1 
Death*8 Dec 1959 He died at Adel, Cook Co., Georgia, on 8 Dec 1959 at age 6.1,2 
Burial*after 8 Dec 1959 His body was interred after 8 Dec 1959 at First United Methodist Church Cemetery, Adel, Cook Co., Georgia.2 
ChartsBenjamin (son of Robert) Culpepper of Edgecombe Co., NC: Descendant Chart
Last Edited6 Jan 2003

Citations

  1. E-mail written 7 Dec 2002 to Warren Culpepper from Patsy Poppel, e-mail address.
  2. Robert C. Whitehead, "Malcom Robert Peacock Descendants"
    http://www.winterhawke.com/genealogy/welcome.htm

Mary Magdalene Call1

Female, #46967, (17 Dec 1900 - )
Birth*17 Dec 1900 She was born on 17 Dec 1900.1 
Marriage*16 Aug 1925 She married John Wesley Peacock at Georgia on 16 Aug 1925 at age 24.1 
Married Name Her married name was Peacock.1 
Birth of Son11 Apr 1927 Her son Joseph Russell Peacock was born on 11 Apr 1927.1 

Family

John Wesley Peacock
Children
Last Edited7 Dec 2002

Citations

  1. E-mail written 7 Dec 2002 to Warren Culpepper from Patsy Poppel, e-mail address.