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- 1920 Census Marshall Co, ALVol 55 ED 121 Sheet 16 Line 16:
Nancy J. 69 AL in hh of Jack J. Culpepper.
Sallie Butler, a granddaughter of John James and Nancy Jane
(Willoughby) Culpepper, wrote in a 1935 article that "Aunt Nancy will
be 86 on February 8, 1936." This would indicate that Nancy was born in
1850 which would correspond with the 1900 census record which
indicates that Nancy was born in Alabama in Feb 1850. It is not known
if this corresponds with the date from the tombstone.
Sallie's sister, Mary Lillian Butler Pierce wrote 4 Oct 1992: I don't
know anything about my grandmother's [Nancy Jane Willoughby
Culpepper's] parents, don't even know their given names [they might be
listed in the 1850 census of Chambers Co. or Randolph Co., AL since
this is where the Culpepper's were]. Her mother died when she was 7
years old and left a little two-year-old sister, and my grandmother
didn't get to go to school a day in her life, and took care of her
little sister. I don't know for sure if Lovie was her little sister's
name, or if Lovie was a nickname. Mama always said Aunt Lovie. I think
Aunt Lovie married a Kerr. My grandmother had another brother Uncle
Bud and he and his wife and daughters lived in Waco, TX. Another
brother was Jacob. The thing I remember about my grandmother Nancy
Jane she was kind, sweet, humble and clean as a pin and a marvelous
cook....
Nancy is presumed to have married John James Culpepper in Randolph
Co., AL where they are noted living in the 1880 census. According to a
granddaughter, Mary Lillian Butler Pierce, in 1883, the John James
Culpepper family moved to the Sand Mountain area of Marshall Co., AL
where the family is noted living in the 1900 census of Albertville,
Marshall Co., AL. In the 1900 census "L. A. Willowby" a 16 year old
boarder was recorded in the John James Culpepper household. According
to Mary Lillian Butler Pierce in a 5 Jan 1995 letter, this was
probably Nancy's half-brother Leedy Willoughby. Mary Lillian added
that her mother, Mrs. W. E. (Effen L. Culpepper) Butler, had spoken of
her Uncle Leedy often and he gave her mother "a hugh trunk" which she
considered very special. In the 1900 census, John James Culpepper
listed his father as having been born in South Carolina and his mother
as having been born in North Carolina. In 1935, for the 64th wedding
anniversary of her grandparents, Sallie Butler wrote of Nancy Jane
Willoughby Culpepper that "she started then [when Nancy's mother died]
cooking, milking, churning and doing all the house work and raised a
two year old girl." Sallie Butler also wrote that Nancy had been an
invalid for 4 or 5 years.
Mary Lillian Butler Pierce preserved the following from an unknown
source about the 1935 family reunion which was held before Nancy's
death: "Culpepper Reunion Sunday, September 1 The Culpepper's held
their annual Reunion on Sunday, Sept 1st at the home at Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. Cullpeper [sic], known as Uncle Jack and Aunt Nancy. At the
regular noon hour dinner was served out in the yard on a long table.
Those enjoying this occasion were Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Cullpepper [sic],
Mr. D. Cullpepper [sic] and daughter, of Albertville, Mr. and Mrs.
Monroe Cullpepper [sic] and family, Mrs. and Mrs. Frank Culpepper and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Presley and family, Mr. and Mrs. Claud
McBrayer and family, Mrs. Liddie Carr and girls, Mrs. Bertha White,
Mrs. Lenora Willoughby, Nephew and friends, Mr. Richard Latimer all of
Gadsden, Mr. and Mrs. Wilie [sic] McLeod and daughter, Peggy, Mrs.
Freeman Miller and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lamar [Lamon] Jones and Mary
Lillian Butler all of Boaz, Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Rogers of Anniston,
Mrs. Bunion Elder and children of Jacksonville, Mr. and Mrs. Cleve
Dempsy [sic], Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Pettis [sic] and daughter and Miss
Grace Lowery all of Ashland, Ala., Mrs. Kate Halmark [sic] and
daughter, Lizzie, Thedo McLeod and a friend of Atlanta, Mrs. M. E.
Culpepper and son Lee Cullpeper [sic], and children of Union Grove on
Brindlee Mt., Mr. Lonnie Culpepper of Huntsville, Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Childres and son, Winston of Birmingham, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Tramel
[sic] of Gadsden, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Willoughby and family, Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Butler and children all of Albertville, Ralph Culpepper of Tracy
City, Tenn., Mrs. Plyna Smith [Mrs. L. W. (Susan Pauline Culpepper)
Smith, John James Culpepper's sister] and aunt Fanny Busby [Mrs. H. B.
(Nancy Ann Frances Elizabeth Alice Culpepper) Busby] of near
Albertville. A host of friends and neighbors gathered there in the
afternoon to greet Uncle Jack and Aunt Nancy on this happy occasion
and soon they will celebrate their 64th anniversary. As everyone left
they hoped to meet there again next year on the same day.
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