THE HONORABLE CULPEPPER AUSTIN (1818-1893) was born on May 8, 1818, in that section of old Anson County, North Carolina, that in 1842 became Union County. It is believed that his father was Jacob Austin (ca. 1775-ca. 1858). In his young adulthood, Culpepper became one of the pioneer citizens of Union County and was long a leader in its public and private affairs. He was a farmer on his extensive lands in the northern part of the county, owned and operated an important gristmill and was said to be one of the wealthiest men in the county in those days.
He had a propensity for public service. For twelve years in the 1850s and 1860s, Culpepper Austin served the good citizens of Union County as sheriff. From 1864 to 1876, he represented the county in the North Carolina House of Representatives and as a member of the North Carolina Senate in 1879. His obituary in the local newspapers said, “He did more than any other individual in keeping the county out of the control of Reconstruction Republicanism” in the hard days following the Civil War. He was highly respected as a farmer and citizen.
On April 15, 1838, he selected from the large array of beautiful young ladies of the county 20-year-old Miss Hester Curlee. She was born in old Anson County, which later became Union, on February 23, 1818, a daughter of Obadiah Curlee (1775-1835) and Frances “Frankie” Griffin (1780-1850). She died on March 19, 1848, at the age of only thirty, leaving a grieving husband and four small children, namely: Matilda Jane Austin (1839-1909) m. John Cuthbertson Sikes; infant daughter C. F[rances] Austin (1/28/1847-11/18/1847); a son, O[badiah] C[urlee] Austin (8/10/1842-2/5/1844); and John E. W. Austin (6/7/1844-6/24/1905). Hester, along with her two infant children, as well as her mother and father, are buried in the Austin Family Cemetery, located off Lawyers Road on Brooks Mill Road near Marshville, NC.
On June 4, 1848, following the death of his first wife, Culpepper Austin married Miss Martha B. Griffin (10/10/1826-9/2/1901). To this union was born a son, Vernon C[ulpepper] Austin (5/25/1856-9/18/1897). After 45 years together, Culpepper Austin died on April 19, 1893, and was buried in the Monroe City Cemetery (Suncrest), where a marble stone marks his resting place. On September 2, 1901, Martha Griffin Austin died and is buried next to him.
Contributed by Robert Allison Ragan, a descendant of Culpepper Austin and his first wife, Hester Curlee, February 16, 2016.
He had a propensity for public service. For twelve years in the 1850s and 1860s, Culpepper Austin served the good citizens of Union County as sheriff. From 1864 to 1876, he represented the county in the North Carolina House of Representatives and as a member of the North Carolina Senate in 1879. His obituary in the local newspapers said, “He did more than any other individual in keeping the county out of the control of Reconstruction Republicanism” in the hard days following the Civil War. He was highly respected as a farmer and citizen.
On April 15, 1838, he selected from the large array of beautiful young ladies of the county 20-year-old Miss Hester Curlee. She was born in old Anson County, which later became Union, on February 23, 1818, a daughter of Obadiah Curlee (1775-1835) and Frances “Frankie” Griffin (1780-1850). She died on March 19, 1848, at the age of only thirty, leaving a grieving husband and four small children, namely: Matilda Jane Austin (1839-1909) m. John Cuthbertson Sikes; infant daughter C. F[rances] Austin (1/28/1847-11/18/1847); a son, O[badiah] C[urlee] Austin (8/10/1842-2/5/1844); and John E. W. Austin (6/7/1844-6/24/1905). Hester, along with her two infant children, as well as her mother and father, are buried in the Austin Family Cemetery, located off Lawyers Road on Brooks Mill Road near Marshville, NC.
On June 4, 1848, following the death of his first wife, Culpepper Austin married Miss Martha B. Griffin (10/10/1826-9/2/1901). To this union was born a son, Vernon C[ulpepper] Austin (5/25/1856-9/18/1897). After 45 years together, Culpepper Austin died on April 19, 1893, and was buried in the Monroe City Cemetery (Suncrest), where a marble stone marks his resting place. On September 2, 1901, Martha Griffin Austin died and is buried next to him.
Contributed by Robert Allison Ragan, a descendant of Culpepper Austin and his first wife, Hester Curlee, February 16, 2016.
THE HONORABLE CULPEPPER AUSTIN (1818-1893) was born on May 8, 1818, in that section of old Anson County, North Carolina, that in 1842 became Union County. It is believed that his father was Jacob Austin (ca. 1775-ca. 1858). In his young adulthood, Culpepper became one of the pioneer citizens of Union County and was long a leader in its public and private affairs. He was a farmer on his extensive lands in the northern part of the county, owned and operated an important gristmill and was said to be one of the wealthiest men in the county in those days.
He had a propensity for public service. For twelve years in the 1850s and 1860s, Culpepper Austin served the good citizens of Union County as sheriff. From 1864 to 1876, he represented the county in the North Carolina House of Representatives and as a member of the North Carolina Senate in 1879. His obituary in the local newspapers said, “He did more than any other individual in keeping the county out of the control of Reconstruction Republicanism” in the hard days following the Civil War. He was highly respected as a farmer and citizen.
On April 15, 1838, he selected from the large array of beautiful young ladies of the county 20-year-old Miss Hester Curlee. She was born in old Anson County, which later became Union, on February 23, 1818, a daughter of Obadiah Curlee (1775-1835) and Frances “Frankie” Griffin (1780-1850). She died on March 19, 1848, at the age of only thirty, leaving a grieving husband and four small children, namely: Matilda Jane Austin (1839-1909) m. John Cuthbertson Sikes; infant daughter C. F[rances] Austin (1/28/1847-11/18/1847); a son, O[badiah] C[urlee] Austin (8/10/1842-2/5/1844); and John E. W. Austin (6/7/1844-6/24/1905). Hester, along with her two infant children, as well as her mother and father, are buried in the Austin Family Cemetery, located off Lawyers Road on Brooks Mill Road near Marshville, NC.
On June 4, 1848, following the death of his first wife, Culpepper Austin married Miss Martha B. Griffin (10/10/1826-9/2/1901). To this union was born a son, Vernon C[ulpepper] Austin (5/25/1856-9/18/1897). After 45 years together, Culpepper Austin died on April 19, 1893, and was buried in the Monroe City Cemetery (Suncrest), where a marble stone marks his resting place. On September 2, 1901, Martha Griffin Austin died and is buried next to him.
Contributed by Robert Allison Ragan, a descendant of Culpepper Austin and his first wife, Hester Curlee, February 16, 2016.
He had a propensity for public service. For twelve years in the 1850s and 1860s, Culpepper Austin served the good citizens of Union County as sheriff. From 1864 to 1876, he represented the county in the North Carolina House of Representatives and as a member of the North Carolina Senate in 1879. His obituary in the local newspapers said, “He did more than any other individual in keeping the county out of the control of Reconstruction Republicanism” in the hard days following the Civil War. He was highly respected as a farmer and citizen.
On April 15, 1838, he selected from the large array of beautiful young ladies of the county 20-year-old Miss Hester Curlee. She was born in old Anson County, which later became Union, on February 23, 1818, a daughter of Obadiah Curlee (1775-1835) and Frances “Frankie” Griffin (1780-1850). She died on March 19, 1848, at the age of only thirty, leaving a grieving husband and four small children, namely: Matilda Jane Austin (1839-1909) m. John Cuthbertson Sikes; infant daughter C. F[rances] Austin (1/28/1847-11/18/1847); a son, O[badiah] C[urlee] Austin (8/10/1842-2/5/1844); and John E. W. Austin (6/7/1844-6/24/1905). Hester, along with her two infant children, as well as her mother and father, are buried in the Austin Family Cemetery, located off Lawyers Road on Brooks Mill Road near Marshville, NC.
On June 4, 1848, following the death of his first wife, Culpepper Austin married Miss Martha B. Griffin (10/10/1826-9/2/1901). To this union was born a son, Vernon C[ulpepper] Austin (5/25/1856-9/18/1897). After 45 years together, Culpepper Austin died on April 19, 1893, and was buried in the Monroe City Cemetery (Suncrest), where a marble stone marks his resting place. On September 2, 1901, Martha Griffin Austin died and is buried next to him.
Contributed by Robert Allison Ragan, a descendant of Culpepper Austin and his first wife, Hester Curlee, February 16, 2016.
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