Terry Wheeler Culpepper

Male, #34679, (5 Jun 1900 - 14 Apr 1903)

Father*John Thomas Jefferson Culpepper (9 Aug 1827 - 1 Aug 1902)
Mother*Mary Caroline Currington (3 Sep 1858 - 23 Apr 1930)
Terry Wheeler Culpepper|b. 5 Jun 1900\nd. 14 Apr 1903|p34679.htm|John Thomas Jefferson Culpepper|b. 9 Aug 1827\nd. 1 Aug 1902|p32387.htm|Mary Caroline Currington|b. 3 Sep 1858\nd. 23 Apr 1930|p32389.htm|Francis G. Culpepper|b. 31 Jan 1804\nd. 21 Oct 1903|p32062.htm|Eglintine Langley|b. 6 Apr 1810\nd. 3 Apr 1878|p32064.htm|G. M. Currington|b. circa 1828|p20050.htm|(?) Strawn|b. circa 1830|p20051.htm|

Birth*5 Jun 1900 Terry was born at Lavaca Co., Texas, on 5 Jun 1900.1 
 He was the son of John Thomas Jefferson Culpepper and Mary Caroline Currington. 
Death*14 Apr 1903 He died at Dewees, Wilson Co., Texas, on 14 Apr 1903.1 
Burial*circa 15 Apr 1903 His body was interred circa 15 Apr 1903 at Dewees Cemetery, Dewees, Wilson Co., Texas.1 
Biography* Culpepper Heritage Association records preserved the following written 7 Apr 1989 by Mary Beth Mills: Terry was named after his father's Civil War commanding officers (Terry & Wheeler). He [Terry] took diptheria, called membranous croup in those days, and died. There was an anti-toxin for it, and Aunt Addie's husband, Charlie Patton, rode horseback to the train station and went by train to San Antonio for the medicine, but it was too late when he was able to return. Their family doctor, Dr. Blake, stayed all night the little boy died. His grave was the first in the cemetery located on the left side of the road just east of the Dewees store. That is 7 miles from Poth. The grave itself is in the southwest corner, near the fence, and there is a small marker, shaped like a portion of a tree trunk, with a little lamb atop it. The engraved words were hard to read, but with the aid of chalk, they became legible: _____Terry Wheeler, Little Son of _____J. T. J. Culpepper & M. C. Culpepper _____Born June 5, 1900 Died Apr. 14, 1903 _____Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep, _____From which none ever wake to weep. The cemetery is well tended, has a good chain link fence, and appears to be in use. There do not seem to be any other Culpepper graves or death dates earlier than Terry Wheeler's. 

Charts Descendants of John Thomas Jefferson Culpepper of Lavaca Co., TX
Last Edited 8 Mar 2004

Citations

  1. Tombstone.
    Dewees Cemetery, Dewees, Wilson Co., TX
    Terry Wheeler Culpepper, 5 Jun 1900 – 14 Apr 1903.