Thomas Jefferson Epps

Submitter: Dee Epps

Husband: Thomas Jefferson Epps
Born: 4/4/1858 Place: Clarke Co., GA
Married: 10/21/1886 Place: Oconee Co., GA
Died: 5/25/1935 Place: Athens, Clarke Co., GA
Cemetery: Oconee Hills Cemetery Place: Athens, GA
Father: Thomas North Epps
Mother: Cecelia Penelope Jennings
Other Spouses: Molly S. Doolittle

Wife: Sarah Evelyn Langford
Born: 8/12/1869 Place: Oconee Co., GA
Died: 2/6/1967 Place: Athens, Clarke Co., GA
Cemetery: Oconee Hills Cemetery Place: Athens, GA
Father: Benjamin Cicero Langford
Mother: Mary Eugenia Griffith
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1 Name: Benjamin Thomas Epps
Born: 2/20/1888 Place: Oconee Co., GA
Died: 10/16/1937 Place: Athens, Clarke Co., GA
Cemetery: Oconee Hills Cemetery Place: Athens, GA
Spouse 1: Lucile Omie Williams
Married: 12/7/1913 Place: Clarke Co., GA
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2 Name: Ethyl Mae Epps
Born: 10/3/1889 Place: Oconee Co., GA
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Spouse 1: Henry Eugene Thomas
Married: 12/18/1907 Place:
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3 Name: Carl Epps
Born: 11/15/1891 Place: Clarke Co., GA
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Spouse 1: Claudine Henry
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4 Name: Ruth Epps
Born: 3/26/1895 Place: Clarke Co., GA
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Spouse 1: William McKinnon
Married: 11/10/1917 Place:
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5 Name: Roy Epps
Born: 2/19/1897 Place: Clarke Co., GA
Died: 3/14/1931 Place:
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Spouse 1: Pauline Thompson
Married: 2/4/1919 Place:
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6 Name: Lourene Epps
Born: 6/30/1899 Place: Clarke Co., GA
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Spouse 1: Louie Emzy Blakely
Married: 9/19/1915 Place: Clarke Co., GA
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7 Name: Rosemond Epps
Born: 11/22/1901 Place: Clarke Co., GA
Died: 8/4/1925 Place:
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Spouse 1: Powell Daniel Bush
Married: 3/25/1922 Place:
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8 Name: Daughter Living
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9 Name: William Bunyan Epps
Born: 12/19/1907 Place: Athens, Clarke Co., GA
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Spouse 1: Lou Carter
Married: 9/25/1933 Place:
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10 Name: Robert Lee Epps
Born: 6/9/1910 Place: Athens, Clarke Co., GA
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Spouse 1: Margaret Virginia Spangler
Married: 9/5/1944 Place:
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NOTES:
Ben T. Epps was Georgia's pioneer aviator and the airport in Athens, Ga is named for him. He built and flew his first airplane in 1907. He lost his life in an airplane accident. Ben has been honored in various air museums, such as Warner Robbins, GA and the Smithsonian.

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Family Bible, Marriage & Death Certificates, Personal knowledge Family sources.