Irwin Langhoff , Aug 1997. Hopkins Co. JOSEPH COFFMAN MCCULLEY, Hopkins Co., KY, was born 12 July, 1887 at Orton. He was the third of five children born to Alanson McCulley, b 31 Oct. 1857 d 29 Nov. 1921, son of Joseph Scott McCulley and Jane Frances (Cox). Their other children were Nellie Mae (McCulley) Curtis, Lillie Katherine (McCulley) Timmons, Willie (McCulley) Walker, and Jesse McCulley. Alanson and Ilenah Deborah (Coffman), b 22 May 1862 d 2 Dec. 1951 were married circa 1880. She was the daughter of Benjamin Coffman b 16 Jul. 1818 d 13 Dec. 1893 and Catherine Slaton b 23 Nov. 1833 d 18 May. Their other children were Bion Deforest Coffman, and Rachel (Coffman) Oldham. Alanson & Ilenah were both natives of Hopkins Co., KY. Joseph Scott McCulley went to Pike Co., MS to visit his sister Nellie who had married Rev. Charles Curtis, son of Jacob Curtis and Jane Riah Reeves. They went to dinner at his sisters home. She had several daughters who were in the kitchen preparing their meal. He went into the kitchen and told Granny he had come to "get him a cook". Clara Mae (Norman) b 9 Sept. 1886 was chosen and he married her on 6 February, 1910. She was the daughter of Martha Adeline "Patty" Curtis b 5 Aug. 1860 d 30 Dec. 1922 and Hugh Monroe Norman b 28 May 1858 d 14 July 1889. Joseph Coffman's parents wondered what kept him so long in Mississippi. They came down after him and liked it so much they went back to Hopkins, sold their property and hired a railroad car to ship their belongings to Pike Co., MS. They arrived on Christmas Day dressed in their winter woolens only to find the climate so mild the children were running barefoot in the streets. They rest together at Reeves Cemetery in Pike Co., MS. Joseph Coffman McCulley was a farmer who had little schooling. He ran a dairy business and worked for a time with the railroad. At the end of his life he had accumulated 192 1/2 acres in Pike County. He was blessed with four children, Bennie Alton McCulley, Sr., Ilda Lee (McCulley) Jackson, Frances Hazel (McCulley) White and Ruby Louise (McCulley) Pray. At this writing (August 1997) the sisters are all still living. Joe and Clara had eighteen grandchildren, thirty six great grandchildren and too-numerous-to-count great, great grandchildren. He died 5 June, 1971. She followed on 2 September, 1971. They are buried at Reeves Cemetery along with his parents and wife's family. He was a Methodist and a charter member of the Pearl River Avenue Methodist Church. His wife was a Baptist. They each went to the church of their choice and attended the other's church when it was important to do so. McCulley Cox Coffman Slaton Norman Curtis Reeves = Hopkins-KY Pike-MS http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/hopkins/mcculley.jc.txt