Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Culp, Frank T. 1884 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   Frank T. Culp, proprietor of the market at No. 239 North Main street,
Wichita, Kan., was born in Westphalia, Kan., on July 17, 1884. His parents were
John S. and Margaret (Watts) Culp, natives of Pennsylvania and Illinois,
respectively, who moved to Kansas in 1878. The father was a carpenter by trade,
and he and his wife are both living. Frank T. Culp was the fourth child of a
family of six. They are: Blanche, wife of Melvin C. Jones, of Wichita; Garnette,
wife of G. B. Carrothers, of Wichita; William W., in business at the market with
his brother; Frank T.; Linnie, wife of C. C. Haberson, of Wichita, and Lucile
Culp, of Wichita. Frank T. Culp was educated at the public schools of Wichita
and variously employed until he entered the employ of "Uncle" Joe Stewart in the
meat business at No. 241 North Main street. Becoming familiar with all the
details of the business, he purchased the plant, in 1905, at 123 South Main
street, and continued at the same stand until July, 1909, when he combined with
the one now operated by him and which he purchased in February, 1909. The first
cold storage room in connection with any market, and also the only one in
Wichita prior to June, 1910, was with the Culp market, now conducted by Frank T.
Culp, which enjoys a liberal trade worthy of this, one of the leading markets of
the city of Wichita. Mr. Culp is a member of the Wichita Commercial Club. He was
married in December, 1904, to Miss Josephine Hoover, daughter of J. Q. Hoover,
of Wichita. Mr. and Mrs. Culp have one child, John, born April 20, 1908.

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History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)


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