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James Riley Culp

James Riley Culp

Male 1848 - 1924  (76 years)


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  • Name James Riley Culp
    Birth 03 Mar 1848  Marshall Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male
    Census 1850  Marshall Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    age 2 
    Census 1860  Marshall Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    age 12 
    Census 1870  Birmingham, Marshall Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    age 22 
    Census 1880  Scotts Mill, Sumter Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    age 33,wife Sarah-age 35, 3 children Ida-age 6, Steven-age 4, & Robert(?Raburn?)-age 2 
    Census 1900  McCracken Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    age 52,wife Sarah L- age 53, 4 children, married 28 yrs, had 8 children-5 still living 
    Census 1910  McCracken Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    age 62,wife Sarah L-age63, 1 child(Finco), married 38 yrs, had 8 children-5 still living 
    Census 1920  McCracken Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    age 71,wife Sarah-age 72, living with son Fenco & family 
    Death 07 Aug 1924  Reidland, McCracken Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9, 10
    Findagrave.com 14 Jul 2023 
    See Notes 
    Obituary See Documents 
    Burial Paducah, McCracken Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Rosebower Church Cemetery
    Person ID I850  Butler Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

    Father Stephen E Josiah Culp,   b. 1824, Bedford Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1875, Marshall Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    Relationship natural
    Mother America S Manning,   b. 1824, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Jan 1873, Marshall Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
    Relationship natural
    Marriage 1842 
    Family ID F28  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Lucretia Wyatt-xx,   b. 22 Feb 1847, KY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Dec 1941, Paducah, McCracken Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
    Marriage 20 Dec 1871  Marshall Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11
    Notes 

    • Children:

      dau Ada Culp 9/27/1872 - 9/27/1872
      dau Ida Culp 9/16/1873 - 3/23/1962
      - 1900 census lists her age 26, single
      - in 1900 (1930 census lists her age at first marriage as 27) married ??? Hill - d. 1906-1910
      dau Trentie Hill 1903 KY
      - married ??? Jordan
      son Kenneth Jordan 1925 KY
      dau Ruth Jordan 1928 KY
      son Ernest Hill 1906
      - bet 1906-1910 married Charles W Shelby 1880 MO - d. bef 1940
      - 1910 census lists her as age 36,spouse Charley-age 30, 3 children, married 2 yrs, 2nd mar for both, had 2 children-2 still living
      - 1910 census living in Liberty, Stoddard Co, MO
      - 1920 census lists her as age 46,spouse C W-age 40, 2 step-children, & 4 boarders, in District 4, McCracken Co, KY
      - 1930 census lists her as age 55,spouse Charles W-age 50, mother Sarah Culp-age 83,widowed
      - 1930 census also lists dau Trentie (Hill) Jordan-age 27,divorced & her 2 children, in Paducah, McCracken Co, KY
      - 1940 census lists her as age 66,widowed, last name Shelby, mother Sarah -age 93,widowed, in Paducah, McCracken Co, KY
      son Homer Torrence Shelby 1900 - 1952
      - married Evelyn Arnett 1910 - 2001
      son Herman Dale Shelby 5/7/1941 Bernie, MO - 7/27/2006
      son Stephen Alexander Culp 2/12/1876 - 6/16/1959
      - ** See death certificate **
      - see WWI draft reg card
      - in 11/25/1903 in McCracken Co, KY married Rosa Lucretia Bowland 1882 KY - 1961
      - ** See their findagrave.com pages **
      - see tombstone
      son Robert F Culp 1908 KY
      son Amos Raburn Culp 3/31/1876 - 8/7/1910
      - ** See death record journal **
      - ** See his findagrave.com page **
      - on 10/4/1899 in Marshall Co, KY married Dora Blanche Walton
      -- who later married John McWaters (See daughter's findagrave entry)
      - see tombstone
      dau Ida Launa Culp 1/18/1907 - 7/21/2011
      - married Lex Story 1889-1986
      - ** See their findagrave.com pages **
      son Eli Noble Culp 11/7/1880 - 1/22/1920 Caldwell Co, KY
      - ** See death certificate **
      - see WWI draft reg card
      - in 1901 married Alice ??? Roark? 5/10/1884 - 5/7/1973
      - ** See their findagrave.com pages **
      - see tombstone
      dau Gail Culp 1902 KY
      son Raymond 1904 KY - 1928
      dau China Culp 1912 KY
      son Albert Culp 1914 KY
      son Noble Roark Culp 11/1917 KY - 1987
      son Fenco Harrison Culp 8/20/1883 - 8/31/1941
      - ** See death certificate -- and death record later **
      - ** See WWI draft reg card -- and in notes later **
      - on 1/14/1914 in McCracken Co, KY married Anna Bowland 11/25/1892 KY - 9/28/1994
      - ** See marriage record **
      - ** See their findagrave.com pages **
      - see tombstone
      son Leo Culp 1915 KY - 1985
      son Joseph Lawson Culp 12/1917 KY
      dau Gwendolyn Culp 1922 KY
      dau Wilma Culp 1926 KY
      dau Devora Culp - d. 1932 Farleys, McCracken Co, KY
      son Fenco Harrison Culp, Jr 1929 KY
      - 1930 census lists him as age 46, wife Anna-age 37, 5 children
      - living in McCracken Co, KY
      son Henry E Culp 4/19/1886 - 10/29/1886
      dau Gustava Culp 8/18/1887 - 2/3/1889

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      found at https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWY4-F42

      Name: James R. Culp
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      Spouse's Name: Sarah L. Wyatt
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      Event Date: 20 Dec 1871
      Event Place: Marshall, Kentucky
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      Marital Status: Single
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      Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01298-4
      System Origin: Kentucky-EASy
      GS Film number: 321353
      Reference ID: it 1 n 1974

      Citing this Record:
      "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWY4-F42 : accessed 8 May 2015), James R. Culp and Sarah L. Wyatt, 20 Dec 1871; citing Marshall, Kentucky, reference it 1 n 1974; FHL microfilm 321,353.
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      found at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4MD-54Z

      Stephen A. Culp, "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979"
      Name: Stephen A. Culp
      Birth Date: 1876
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      Age: 27
      Spouse's Name: Rosa L. Bowland ****
      Spouse's Birth Date: 1882
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      Spouse's Age: 21
      Event Date: 25 Nov 1903
      Event Place: Mccracken, Kentucky
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      Indexing Project (Batch) Number:
      I00648-1
      System Origin: Kentucky-EASy
      GS Film number: 1944438
      Reference ID: 175
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      found at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NS99-4ZS

      E.M. Culp in entry for Raymont Culp, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1955"
      Name: Raymont Culp
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      Event Type: Death
      Event Date: 1928
      Event Place: Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky
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      Father's Name: E.M. Culp ****
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      Mother's Name: Alice Roark ****
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      Reference ID: 25840
      GS Film number: 1912927
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      found at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NS3B-KB1

      Fenco Harrison Culp, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1955"
      Name: Fenco Harrison Culp
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      Event Type: Death
      Event Date: 1941
      Event Place: Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky
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      Father's Name: J. Riley Culp ****
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      Mother's Name: Sarah Wyatt ****
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      Spouse's Name: Anna Culp ****
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      Reference ID: 22820
      GS Film number: 1913550
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      found at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NS9N-8DC

      Fenco Culp in entry for Devora Culp, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1955"
      Name: Devora Culp
      Titles and Terms:
      Event Type: Death
      Event Date: 1932
      Event Place: Vot. Pct. Farleys, McCracken, Kentucky
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      Father's Name: Fenco Culp ****
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      Mother's Name: Anna Bowland ****
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      Reference ID: 6991
      GS Film number: 1913105
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      found at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K35R-Z8S

      Fenco Culp, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
      Name: Fenco Culp
      Event Type: Draft Registration
      Event Date: 1917-1918
      Event Place: McCracken County, Kentucky, United States
      Gender: Male
      Birth Date: 20 Aug 1883
      Birthplace: , , United States
      Nationality: United States
      Affiliate Publication Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards
      Affiliate Publication Number: M1509
      GS Film number: 1653652
      Digital Folder Number: 005150754
      Image Number: 00959
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    Family ID F1116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 03 Mar 1848 - Marshall Co, KY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - age 2 - 1850 - Marshall Co, KY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - age 12 - 1860 - Marshall Co, KY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - age 22 - 1870 - Birmingham, Marshall Co, KY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 20 Dec 1871 - Marshall Co, KY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - age 33,wife Sarah-age 35, 3 children Ida-age 6, Steven-age 4, & Robert(?Raburn?)-age 2 - 1880 - Scotts Mill, Sumter Co, FL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - age 52,wife Sarah L- age 53, 4 children, married 28 yrs, had 8 children-5 still living - 1900 - McCracken Co, KY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - age 62,wife Sarah L-age63, 1 child(Finco), married 38 yrs, had 8 children-5 still living - 1910 - McCracken Co, KY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - age 71,wife Sarah-age 72, living with son Fenco & family - 1920 - McCracken Co, KY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 07 Aug 1924 - Reidland, McCracken Co, KY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Paducah, McCracken Co, KY Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
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  • Notes 

    • - ** See marriage notes for list of children **

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      found at https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9DK-MRH

      Name: J. Riley Culp
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      Event Type: Death
      Event Date: 1924
      Event Place: Paducah, Mccracken, Kentucky, United States
      Gender: Male
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      GS Film Number: 1912790
      Digital Folder Number: 004183684
      Image Number: 02488

      Citing this Record:
      "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9DK-MRH : 12 December 2014), J. Riley Culp, 1924.
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      found at findagrave.com on 7/14/2023

      James Riley Culp

      Birth: 3 Mar 1848
      Death: 7 Aug 1924 (aged 76)
      Burial: Rosebower Church Cemetery, Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, USA
      Memorial #: 97084612
      Family Members
      Spouse
      Sarah Lucretia Wyatt Culp 1847-1941
      Children
      Amos R Culp 1876-1910
      Stephen Alexander Culp 1876-1959
      Eli Noble Culp 1882-1920
      Fenco Harrison Culp 1883-1941
      Created by: M. Branon (46821153)
      Added: 14 Sep 2012
      URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97084612/james-riley-culp
      Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97084612/james-riley-culp: accessed 14 July 2023), memorial page for James Riley Culp (3 Mar 1848-7 Aug 1924), Find a Grave Memorial ID 97084612, citing Rosebower Church Cemetery, Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by M. Branon (contributor 46821153).
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      found at findagrave.com bef 7/14/2023

      James R Culp

      Birth: Mar. 3, 1848
      Death: Aug. 7, 1924

      Family links:
      Spouse:
      Sarah Lucretia Wyatt Culp (1847 - 1941)

      Burial:
      Rosebower Church Cemetery
      Paducah
      McCracken County
      Kentucky, USA

      Created by: Valkyrie
      Record added: Sep 14, 2012
      Find A Grave Memorial# 97084612
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  • Sources 
    1. [S22] Death Certificate.

    2. [S7] 1850 United States Federal Census.

    3. [S8] 1860 United States Federal Census.

    4. [S9] 1870 United States Federal Census.

    5. [S10] 1880 United States Federal Census.

    6. [S11] 1900 United States Federal Census.

    7. [S12] 1910 United States Federal Census.

    8. [S13] 1920 United States Federal Census.

    9. [S28] RootsWeb.com, KY Death Index.
      Name Age Place Resid. Date Vol Cert Year
      CULP J R 076 MCCRACKEN 08-07-1924 038 18979 1924

    10. [S48] See Notes.

    11. [S42] Marriage Record Journal.