Individual Details

James Ridgeway Culp

(21 Feb 1839 - 9 Nov 1861)

James was the first known Culp of his line to break the Mennonite influence by becoming part of a military body. He joined the Union Army on 26 August,1861, and was fatally wounded at the Battle of Belmont (Belmont, MO). He was moved the short distance from the battlefield to a field hospital across the Mississippi River in Columbia, Kentucky. It was there that he "officially died".

Events

Birth21 Feb 1839Logan County, Ohio, USA
Residence1850District 2, Union, Illinois, USA
Marriage31 Jul 1859Union County, Illinois, USA - Mary Jane "Polly" Brooks
Residence1860Residence Post Office: Cobden - Township 12 Range 1, Union, Illinois, USA
Residence1861 - 1865Illinois, USA
Military26 Aug 1861Illinois
Death9 Nov 1861Columbia, Adair, Kentucky, USA
MilitaryIllinois

Families

SpouseMary Jane "Polly" Brooks (1841 - 1926)
ChildThomas Jefferson Culp (1860 - 1918)
FatherHenry Culp (1809 - 1879)
MotherMary Powell (1813 - 1875)
SiblingSarah "Sallie" Francis Culp (1832 - 1884)
SiblingRev. David Culp (1834 - 1884)
SiblingMary "Polly" Ann Culp (1835 - 1900)
SiblingWilliam Harrison Culp (1837 - 1838)
SiblingMartha Jane Culp (1840 - 1853)
SiblingMargaret Culp (1842 - 1875)
SiblingNancy Catherine Culp (1844 - 1845)
SiblingIsaac Selby Culp (1845 - 1854)
SiblingHenry C. Culp (1847 - 1852)
SiblingMarshall Culp (1850 - 1923)
SiblingWillis Willard Culp (1851 - 1852)
SiblingRozella Culp (1854 - 1928)
SiblingJoseph Culp (1856 - 1923)

Endnotes

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2. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 11 S Range 1 W, Union, Illinois; Roll: M653_231; Page: 726; Family History Library Film: 803231.

3. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, Union, Illinois; Roll: 130; Page: 154a.

4. Ancestry.com, Web: Illinois, U.S., Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015).

5. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, Union, Illinois; Roll: 130; Page: 154a.

6. Ancestry.com, Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015).

7. Ancestry.com, U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 12 Range 1, Union, Illinois; Archive Collection Number: T1133; Roll: 10; Page: 39; Line: 32; Schedule Type: Agriculture.

8. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1860; Census Place: Township 11 S Range 1 W, Union, Illinois; Roll: M653_231; Page: 726; Family History Library Film: 803231.

9. Ancestry.com, History, 31st Regiment, Illinois Volunteers : organized by John A. Logan. (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).

10. Historical Data Systems, comp, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009), Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database.

11. Ancestry.com, Web: Illinois, U.S., Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015).

12. Historical Data Systems, comp., American Civil War Soldiers (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999), Side served: Union; State served: Illinois; Enlistment date: 26 Aug 1861.

13. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

14. Ancestry.com, Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

15. National Park Service, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007).