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- 1880 Census Wesobulga Beat 4, Clay Co., AL. ED 34-1:
Lurana 45 GA in hh of R. J. Culpepper).
Although the obituary clearly gives her date of birth and death and
calculates her age at death, marriage and census records indicate that
she was probably born before 1834, probably in 1832. If Louraney had
been born in 1834, she would have been 14 years old when she married,
not impossible for the times, but unlikely since no parent gave
permission for the marriage based on the marriage record. Also, two
years later, in the 1850 census, Louraney was listed as being 18 years
old which would suggest a birth year of 1832. In the 1860 census, her
age was listed as being 27 years of age, which, depending on when the
census was taken, could still support an 1832 date of birth or an 1833
date of birth. In the 1870 census, her age was given as 39, which
would suggest an 1830 or 1831 year of birth. Finally, in the 1880
census, Louraney's age was given as 45. This would suggest a date of
birth of 1834 or 1835. Louraney was probably born in 1832.
Although Louraney had been born in Georgia, by 1848 she had moved,
presumably with her parents, to Chambers Co., AL since this is where
she married. She is found in the 1850 census of Chambers Co., AL with
her husband. By 1860, Robert Jefferson and Louraney had moved their
family to Randolph Co., AL where they remained until after the 1870
census. By the 1880 census the family had moved on to Clay Co., AL
where "Lurana" was recorded with her husband, R. J. Culpepper, and
younger children in Wesobulga Beat 4. According to Mary Lillian Butler
Pierce, Louraney and Robert Jefferson moved with their son, John James
Culpepper, to the Sand Mountain area of Marshall Co., AL. Some of the
extended family settled across the county line in Joppa, Cullman Co.,
AL. Since the 1890 U. S. census burned we do not know exactly where
everyone was situated at this point but according to her obituary,
Louraney died in 1894 while living with or visiting children and
grandchildren who were living in Joppa, Cullman Co., AL.
The following obituary preserved by great-granddaughter, Mrs. J. E. (Ann White)
Hicks, is from an unknown source:
"Culpepper -- Miss Louraney Cardwell was born June the 8th 1834 and was married to R. J. Culpepper Dec. the 19th 1848, and died at her home, near Joppa, Cullman County, Ala.
Jan. the 2nd 1894, aged 59 years, 6 months and 25 days. Mrs. Culpepper
joined the Methodist Church South in 1872, and from that time on, she
lived an humble, christian life. She dearly loved her church, and was
untiring in her efforts to promote the cause of Christ. Mrs. Culpepper
was the mother of eleven children, two have preceded her to the
Heavenly Land, while nine are left to mourn their loss, but their loss
is her eternal gain, for she has gone where sorrow, pain, sickness and
death are felt and feared no more. Her life was an exemplary one, she
was a loving wife, a kind and gentle mother. She will be sadly missed
at home, at church and in the neighborhood, she was loved by all who
knew her. The writer has known her for several years and to know her
was to love her. We tender our heart-felt sympathy to the bereaved
family. A. S. A. Meaders. "
Only ten of the eleven children have been accounted for. Possibly one
child died at birth or died young and between census years. Finally,
Louraney's daughter, "Plyna Smith" (Mrs. L. W. (Pauline Culpepper)
Smith), was listed in an article about a 1935 John James Culpepper
family reunion with "aunt Fanny Busby" (Mrs. H. B. (Nancy Ann Frances
Elizabeth Alice Culpepper) Busby) of Albertville. This was a daughter
of William Washington and Ferby (Cardwell) Culpepper.
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1834 - 1894 (59 years)