Robert C Culbreath

Brief Life History of Robert C

When Robert C Culbreath was born on 15 June 1860, in Sumner, Tennessee, United States, his father, John Robert Culbreath, was 29 and his mother, Penelope Bracken Searcy, was 30. He married Nannie E Culbreath on 12 January 1890, in Smith, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Keysburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Civil District 15, Sumner, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years. He died on 1 April 1922, in Sumner, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in New Halltown Cemetery, Hall Town, Sumner, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert C Culbreath
1860–1922
Ethie Henrettia Bryant
1872–1961
Marriage: 15 November 1894
Clayton B Culbreath
1896–1979
Robert Duncan Culbreath
1900–1923
Raymond S Culbreath
1901–1993
Sue Lucille Culbreath
1904–2001
Harold M Culbreath
1907–1995

Sources (25)

  • Robert Culbreath, "United States Census, 1920"
  • R C Culbreath, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Robert Calhite, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

World Events (8)

1861

Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

Name Meaning

Irish (northern): variant of Galbraith .

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

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