Brief Life History of David Dewitt
When David Dewitt Culpepper was born on 18 February 1826, in Norfolk County, Virginia, United States, his father, Thomas Culpepper, was 25 and his mother, Mary Cherry, was 28. He married Nancy Cherry on 24 October 1850, in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Portsmouth, Norfolk County, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 30 December 1895, in Norfolk County, Virginia, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States.
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- David Culpepper, "United States Census, 1870"
- David Culpepper, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
- David Culpepper, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (Middlesex): from Middle English cul(l)en, coilen ‘to cull, select, gather’ (Old French coillir, from Latin colligere ‘to collect or gather’) + pep(p)er ‘pepper’, probably an occupational name for a herbalist or spicer.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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