Mary Ann Culp

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Culp was born on 25 November 1816, in Chester, South Carolina, United States, her father, John C Culp, was 47 and her mother, Ann Neely, was 36. She married Gabriel Ray on 16 March 1831, in Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 7, Upshur, Texas, United States in 1880. She died on 15 December 1881, in Upshur, Texas, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Upshur, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Gabriel Ray
1809–1884
Mary Ann Culp
1816–1881
Marriage: 16 March 1831
Elizabeth Ann Ray
1833–1909
John Washington Ray
1835–1876
Martha Jane Ray
1837–1903
William Franklin Ray
1839–1863
Thomas Jefferson Ray
1843–1932
Joseph Newton Ray
1845–1884
Mary Evaline Ray
1848–1929
James Monroe Ray
1850–1909
Sarah Angeline Ray
1852–1929
Margaret Laura Ray
1855–1933
Emily Cornelia Ray
1860–1947

Sources (9)

  • Mary Ray in household of Galriel Ray, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Mary Ann Culp Ray, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Mary Culp in entry for Emma Johnson, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

1818

Historical Boundaries: 1818: Autauga, Alabama Territory, United States 1819: Autauga, Alabama, United States

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from Colp in Aberdeenshire.

Americanized form of German Kulp , Kolp , Kolb , or Kalb .

History: This (see 2 above) is one of the variants of the name of a Mennonite family, originally spelled Kolb , but among the Mennonites in the US also commonly found in the altered forms Culp and Kulp .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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