Josephine Bessie …1876–
- Name
- Josephine Bessie …
- Given names
- Josephine Bessie
- Married name
- Josephine Bessie Epps
 Birth | about 1876 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 2 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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 |
 Marriage | William Carroll Epps — View this family about 1904 (Age 28 years) Note: Marriage info based on 1910 Census |
 Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 40 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 41 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 42 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 | March 8, 1920 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 53 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 |
| Census | April 25, 1930 (Age 54 years) |
 Death of a husband | William Carroll Epps April 16, 1940 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 65 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 74 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 70 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 | unknown |
| Family with William Carroll Epps |
| husband |
William Carroll Epps Birth: April 3, 1862 22 20 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: April 16, 1940 — Texas, United States |
| herself |
Josephine Bessie … Birth: about 1876 — Louisiana, United States Death: |
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Marriage: about 1904 — Texas, United States |
| William Carroll Epps + Mary Elizabeth Moore |
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William Carroll Epps Birth: April 3, 1862 22 20 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: April 16, 1940 — Texas, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Mary Elizabeth Moore Birth: February 27, 1879 27 18 — Coryell, Texas, United States Death: October 21, 1952 — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: October 22, 1892 — Cooke, Texas, United States |
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18 months step-daughter |
Myrtle Epps Birth: April 28, 1894 32 15 — Brock, Carter, Oklahoma, United States Death: August 17, 1957 — Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma, United States |
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22 months step-daughter |
Emma Elizabeth Epps Birth: March 8, 1896 33 17 — Oklahoma, United States Death: June 21, 1950 — Oklahoma, United States |
| Marriage | Marriage info based on 1910 Census | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Carroll Epps - Household
New Orleans Ward 13 Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Carroll Epps - Household
ED 95, Justice Precinct 1 Eastland, Texas, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William Carroll Epps - Household
Ed 8 Ector, Texas, United States
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