 Birth | December 7, 1884 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Birth of a son#1 | Julian Lester Epps May 4, 1906 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Joshua Daniel Epps Sr. March 11, 1908 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Gracie Lois Epps July 10, 1909 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Herbert Stanlie Epps August 9, 1911 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Charles Elmer Epps July 8, 1913 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 31 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 32 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 33 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Census | January 21, 1920 (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Julian Lester Epps — Beulah M Pilkenton — View this family July 24, 1925 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Joshua Daniel Epps Sr. — Florrine Belle Dudley — View this family about 1925 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Lillian Mae Epps April 20, 1926 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Joshua Daniel Epps Jr November 2, 1927 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 44 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Marriage of a child | Herbert Stanlie Epps — Ruth Parry — View this family February 1, 1930 (Age 45 years) |
| Census | April 19, 1930 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Wilma Belle Epps April 22, 1930 (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Joshua Daniel Epps Sr. — Dorothy Louise Buhler — View this family February 7, 1936 (Age 51 years) |
| Census | April 16, 1940 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a husband | Lee Roy Epps November 7, 1949 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 65 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 61 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a son | Joshua Daniel Epps Sr. December 13, 1976 (Age 92 years) |
 Death | June 17, 1978 (Age 93 years) |