Biographical Sketch of Jesse J. Culp, Johnson County, Missouri,
Warrensburg Township

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.

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Jesse J. Culp, proprietor of the Elevator Mills of Warrensburg, has 24
years of business life to his credit and is still a young man.  He was
born July 14, 1875 on his father's farm near Leeton, Mo., the son of
John and Mary A. (Miller) Culp.  John Culp was born in 1846 in Logan
county, Ohio and Mary A. (Miller) Culp was born in 1852 in Allen coun-
ty, Ohio.  They came from Ohio to Missouri in 1868 and located on the
farm near Leeton, where they remained several years, and then Mr. Culp
traded the Leeton farm for the Dr. Osborne place, which he later sold
and in 1888 bought the Warrensburg elevator from Fitch & Smithton. 
John Culp was the owner and manager of the Elevator Mills of Warrens-
burg for 17 years, from 1888 until 1905.  To John and Mary A. (Miller)
Culp were born the following children: Lizzie C., who is the wife of
M. J. Reggle, a well known grocer of Warrensburg; Jesse J., the subject
of this review; Abram B., a dentist of Kansas City, Mo.; David D., the
manager and owner of the Lakeside Hotel, Seattle, Washington; and
Adelia H., the wife of Thomas H. Douglass, and resides in Bolivar, Mo.
John Culp died at the age of 59 years, December 31, 1905 and his wife
died September 18, 1915.  Both father and mother were laid to rest in
the Warrensburg cemetery.  Jesse J. Culp attended the public schools of
Johnson county and the Warrensburg High School.  After leaving high
school, he was associated in business with his father until 1905, when
he began business for himself, succeeding John Culp, his father, as
proprietor of the Elevator Mills of Warrensburg.  September 15, 1908,
the elevator was burned.  Fire was discovered about five o'clock in the
morning and it is supposed it started from a spark blown from an engine
which had been switching on the railroad several hours that night.  The
case was in court three years and was then compromised by the railroad
company paying part of the loss sustained.  Mr. Culp rebuilt the eleva-
tor immediately, making the new one fireproof.  He buys and sells all 
kinds of grain, seed, and like produce and has storage room for about
30 cars of grain and elevator capcity of 30,000 bushels.  The elevator
and buildings occupy all of block E on Grover street in the second
addition of Warrensburg and all the elevator buildings are covered with
iron.  Mr. Culp's present office and warehouse were built in 1909.  The
warehouse and office are constructed of brick, 50 x 100 feet in dimen-
sions, and the building consists of two stories and one of the best and
most convenient on the line of the Missouri Pacific railway.  In 1904,
Jesse J. Culp was united in marriage with Judith Rice, the daughter of
Samuel and Susan R. Rice.  Both parents of Mrs. Culp are now deceased.
To Jesse J. and Judith (Rice) Culp have been born three children: one
child died in infancy; Susan Margaret; and Leland James.  Mr. and Mrs.
Culp reside in their home at 510 South Holden street in Warrensburg.
At the last meeting of the Warrensburg Baptist church in 1909, Jesse J.
Culp was elected superintendent of the Baptist Sunday School, which has
an average attendance of 420 members.  Mr. Culp has held this office
since 1909.  He is also a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
of Warrensburg, of the Blue Lodge, and is a Knights Templar.  For the
year 1915, Mr. Culp was president of the Warrensburg Commercial Club.
His high standing in the state of Missouri as a business man is shown
by the fact that he has been a director of the Missouri State Grain
Dealers' Association for the past four years.

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