Culpepper Watkins Deese

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Personal and Family Information

Culpepper was born on 4 MAY 1842 in Stanly County, NC, the son of Milton Deese and Mary P..

He died on 20 JAN 1933 in Lonoke County, Arkansas.

He had two marriages/partners. His first wife was Mary Elizabeth Sanders. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their eight known children were Robie P (1865-1872), John Albert Milton (1867-1872), James Robert Comodore (1869-1952), Mary Elizabeth (1872-1942), Maggie Mat (1874-1949), Luetta (1876-1880), Ella Lee (1878-1885) and Joe Culpepper (1880-?).

His second wife was Nancy Thomas Josephine Clemintine Bryant, who he married on 28 FEB 1883 in Lonoke County, Arkansas. Their nine known children were Charlie Fletcher (1883-1983), William Henry (1885-1963), Allen Benjamin (1887-1903), Blanche B.E. (1888-?), Clifton Josh (1890-1921), Grover Clay (1892-1959), Emma H. T. (1894-1936), Hannah Elston (1896-1922) and Thomas Scott Dewey (1898-1966).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Culpepper Watkins Deese
(1842-1933)

  

Milton Deese
(1811->1860)

  

Charles Dees
(1783-1853)

    
 		 
     
 		 
   

Easter Deas
(1785-c1828)

    
 		 
     
 		 
   

Mary P.
(1811->1869)

    
 		   
 		 
     
 		 
     
 		   
 		 
     
 		 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth4 MAY 1842
Place: Stanly County, NC
Agency: Deese Family Bible, BK Deese, Austin Arkansas
 Bible-Deese, CulpepperW Family
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Death20 JAN 1933
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Age: 90y, 8m, 19d
Type: Arkansas Death Certificate,
Address: file no 694, registered 6139. Certified copy dated may 16, 1993
Cause: Influenza and carcinoma of colon
 Death Cert, Deese, Culpepper W
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Census5 OCT 1850
Place: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Age: 8
Address: dwelling 99 family 99 Milton Dees, 38 m, farmer born South Carolina, Mary Dees, 40 F NC, Harriet A 15 NC, Isabella C 12 NC, Martha E 9 NC, Culpepper Watkins 8 NC, Alfred A 5 NC, Sarah F 5 NC, Mary C 2 Mississippi dwelling 100 family 100, Eljah C Carmichael 34 farmer NC, Eliza " 34 NC, Charles Dees 67 male farmer South Carolina
Census17 JUL 1860
Place: Tallahatchie County Mississippi
Age: 18
Address: Charleston Twp,family 273, dwelling 273 with wife and children John Taylor 30 farmer SC, Harriett A 25 NC, Mary J 4 Miss, Robert M 2 Miss, Joh C 9mo Miss, Milton Dees 48 NC, Mary P 48 NC, Culpepper 17 NC,Alfred A 16 Miss, Sarah F 15 Miss, Mary C 13 Miss
Census15 AUG 1870
Place: DeSoto County, Mississippi
Age: 27 b NC
Address: Dwelling 288 family 288 Twp 5 R 7 Dees, C W 27 farmer born NC, _ Mary E 25 born Miss, Robie 4 female forn Miss, John 2 male born Miss, Jamie 9month, male born Miss.
Census15 JUN 1880
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Age: 38 born NC
Address: ED 187 Praire Township, Dwelling 199, family 201 image 10 of 12 farmer wife and 5 children
Cause: US Census1880
 Census 1880 Arkansas, Lonoke County
Source: Census 1880 Arkansas, Lonoke County
Date: JUN 1880
Publisher: ancestry.com
Census1900
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Age: 58
Type: farmer
Address: Prairie Township, Dwelling no 24, family no 25
Cause: US census
Census7 MAY 1910
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Age: 66
Address: Prairie Township, dwelling no 71, family no 72 ED 138, page 16B with wife and 5 children, WH also near
Cause: US census
 Census 1910 Arkansas, Lonoke County
Source: Census 1910 Arkansas, Lonoke County
Publisher: Department of Commerence and Labor
Census12 JAN 1920
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Age: 77 born NC
Address: Prairie Township, ED162, sheet 9B, line 66 dwelling 165, family 167 with wife Nannie and 2 daughters, 2 sons close by
Agency: 1920 census
 Census 1920 Arkansas, Lonoke County, Praire Twp and Totten Twp
Source: Census 1920 Arkansas, Lonoke County, Praire Twp and Totten Twp
Authors: US Census
Date: JAN 1920
Publisher: Ancestry.com
Census7 APR 1930
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Age: 87 born NC
Address: Butler twp, dwelling 44, family 43 with wife, next to son
 Census 1930 Arkansas, Lonoke County, Cleveland, Prairie, & Butler Twp
Source: Census 1930 Arkansas, Lonoke County, Cleveland, Prairie, & Butler Twp
Publisher: Dept of Commerence
Burial1933
Place: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Age: 90
Type: Headstone
Address: Wattensaw Baptist Church, highway 31, north of Lonoke, Arkansas N 34° 53.173’ W 91° 52.587’ http://arkansasgravestones.org/
Cause: Influenza
Agency: A Bowie visual 8/09
 Cemeteries -Lonoke County
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Other EventBET 26 JUL 1861 AND 20 SEP 1863
Place: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
Age: 19
Type: Military Service
Address: Co D, 27th Mississippi Infantry Volunteers
 Compiled Service Records of Confederate Veterians
Source: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Veterians
Authors: Danny L Collins North Augusta, SC 29841
Publisher: National Archives Washington, DC
Citation Date: BET 1861 AND 1863
Event: Confederate Military Service
Role: Private in Infantry
Quality: Primary

 See Note 3
Other Event

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Notes

Note 1

Culpeper County, Virginia was surveyed by George Washington as a teenager. maybe the source of an unusal name...

Note 2

Culpepper death certificate names father Melton Deese born Alabama and mother Susan Duke born Mississippi. RS Duke and two of his wifes, including Susan buried next to CW Deese family in Wattensaw.

Historical Southern Families. Volume XVII, Later Descendants of The Dees (Deas) Family:

Charles Dees #63, son of Richard Dees #13, appears in the Chesterfield Co Census of 1810 with a family consisting of himself and wife, b 1784-94, and 2 sons b. 1800-1810. He does not appear in the records yet found until the 1850 census of Tallahatchee Co. Miss., which show Charles Dees, b 1783 in South Carolina, living in the family of his probable son-in-law and daughter, Elijah C. and Eliza Carmichael, and Charles's probable wife, Easter Dees, b 1780 in South Carolina, living in the family of a younger son Charles Dees Jr. These Mississippi census records show that the family of Charles Dees lived across the border in North Carolina (probably Richmond or Anson County) for a number of years. There were seven families in the Charles Dees group living in Tallahatchee Co. Miss. in 1850: Bryant Dees, b 1803 in S.C., Milton Dees, b 1812 in S.C., Eliza Carmichael b 1816 in N.C. and Abe Dees b 1821 in N.C., being almost certainly son and daughters of Charles and Easter Dees. Griffin b 1824, Alex b 1825, and Charles Jr. b 1828 all in North Caolina, could have been sons of Bryant Dees above, or else younger sons of Charles and Easter Dees.

The families are as follows:

1. Griffin Dees, b 1824, Elizabeth Dees b 1827 both born in N. C. and son William N. Dees b 1849 in Mississippi. This family also had in it William Sullivant , b 1828 in Tenn.

2. Alex Dees b 1825 in North Carolina, Emily J. Dees b 1823 inAlabama and Elisha Green b 1836 in Tennessee.

3. Bryant Dees, b 1803 in South Carolina, wife Rebecca b 1825 in North Carolina, and all the children born in N.C. as follows: (1) Laura b 1829; (2)Martha b 1837; (3) Thomas b 1839; (4) Caroline b 1841; (5) Mary b 1842; (6) Charles b 1843; (7) Daniel b 1845.

4. Charlie Dees Jr. b 1828 in N.C., Easter Dees b 1780 in S.C. and Martha A.C, Dees, presumably Charles Jr.'s wife, b 1831 in N.C. It seems almost certain that Charles Dees Jr. was the youngest son of Charles and Easter Dees, as Bryant Dees above had a son Charles F. Dees, b 1843.

5. Abe Dees, b 1821 in N.C,, Margaret Dees b 1830 in Tenn., and Children Mary J.N. Dees b 1845 and Louisiana Dees b 1847 in Mississippi; also in the family were Thomas J. Dixon, b 1847 in Tenn, and Joshua Cissom b 1835 in Alabama.

6. Milton Dees, b 1812 inS.C., wife Mary b 1810 in S.C. and children; Harriet b 1835, Isabella b 1838, Martha b 1841, Culpeper b 1842, Alfred b 1845, Sarah b 1845 (all these children born S.C.) and Mary C. Dees b 1848 in Mississippi.

7. Elijah C Carmichael, b 1816, wife Eliza Carmichael, b 1816, both born in N.C. and Charles Dees b 1783 in South Carolina.

Note 3

Enrolled into service July 26, 1861, Tallahatchie Cty, Miss

Mustered into Confererate service Sept 6, 1861 at Brookhaven, Lincoln Cty Miss as private in Co D, 27th Mississippi Infantry Volunteers

present on musters 9/13/1861, 10/31/1861, 6/30/1861.

captured Oct 15, 1862 near Lancaster Kentucky. Paroled Nov 14, 1862

sent to hospitial Sept 9, 1863

forloughed home Sept 20, 1863

Sources

  1. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Veterians
    Source: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Veterians
    Authors: Danny L Collins North Augusta, SC 29841
    Publisher: National Archives Washington, DC
    Citation Date: BET 1861 AND 1863
    Event: Confederate Military Service
    Role: Private in Infantry
    Quality: Primary
  2. Census 1880 Arkansas, Lonoke County
    Source: Census 1880 Arkansas, Lonoke County
    Date: JUN 1880
    Publisher: ancestry.com
  3. Census 1910 Arkansas, Lonoke County
    Source: Census 1910 Arkansas, Lonoke County
    Publisher: Department of Commerence and Labor
  4. Census 1920 Arkansas, Lonoke County, Praire Twp and Totten Twp
    Source: Census 1920 Arkansas, Lonoke County, Praire Twp and Totten Twp
    Authors: US Census
    Date: JAN 1920
    Publisher: Ancestry.com
  5. Census 1930 Arkansas, Lonoke County, Cleveland, Prairie, & Butler Twp
    Source: Census 1930 Arkansas, Lonoke County, Cleveland, Prairie, & Butler Twp
    Publisher: Dept of Commerence