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Author: cheryldruley
Surnames: Culp, Heichel, Wheaton
Classification: queries
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On 3 Mar 1881, Sarah Catharine Culp married Christian August Heichel in White county.
But Culp is not Sarah's maiden name. She was a widow of a man named Culp and had at
least one child by this marriage, Anna Culp (who married a Wheaton). I am trying to find
Sarah's maiden name and her Culp husband's first name.
Clues: Sarah was born in 1849 or 1850, in Indiana, and her parents were both born in
Kentucky. Her marriage to the Culp man would have taken place sometime between 1865 and
1875, and he would have died prior to 1881. Sarah's stone lists her death date as
simply the year 1939 and she is buried in Norway Farms Cemetery, IN, so an obit might also
help if anyone knows where/how to find it. Her name at death was still Sarah Catherine
Heichel. Unfortunately I also cannot find any information on her Culp daughter Anna to use
as clues, since daughter Anna married again after her Wheaton husband and I don't know
the second husband or her death date.
I know it's scanty info to go on, but I'm hoping someone knows how to help me
track down her obit since I know her name at death, year of death, and probable city of
death. My guess is that her obit will have all the answers I seek. (I can hope anyway!)
Thanks,
Cheryl Druley
If anyone can help, I'd sure appreciate it. It's as if her life began with her
second marriage, since I can't seem to find anything prior to the 1881 marriage to
Christian Heichel.
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