Joshua Daniel EppsAge: 87 years1832–1920
- Name
- Joshua Daniel Epps
- Given names
- Joshua Daniel
- Surname
- Epps
 Birth | September 4, 1832 23 20 |
 Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
 Birth of a brother | William Epps 1834 (Age 15 months) |
| Birth of a brother | John A Epps November 24, 1835 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 3 years)Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Epps 1837 (Age 4 years) Note: Wayne County Missouri, now Butler County Missouri |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas A Epps January 30, 1838 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Carroll Estel Epps November 1, 1839 (Age 7 years) twin: Obadiah R Epps
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| Birth of a brother | Obadiah R Epps November 1, 1839 (Age 7 years) twin: Carroll Estel Epps
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 Census | June 1, 1840 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Martha Epps February 2, 1842 (Age 9 years) Note: A researcher, who has a copy of the Epps Family Bible, documents the Feb 2,1842 birth date |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 13 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Census | October 28, 1850 (Age 18 years) |
 Marriage | Elizabeth J Ferguson — View this family May 26, 1853 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Marion Lafayette Epps January 1856 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Osborn McGehee June 1857 (Age 24 years) Shared note: Daughter Anna McGehee Hood Johnson had "boarded and clothed" both Rebecca and Osburn from March 27, 1857 to June 25, 1857. She was paid $55.35 for this service from the estate (Conway Co., Arkansas, Probate Book C, page 317) These records give us an approximate date of death for both Osborn and Rebecca. |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Rebecca Shemwell June 1857 (Age 24 years) Shared note: Daughter Anna McGehee Hood Johnson had "boarded and clothed" both Rebecca and Osburn from March 27, 1857 to June 25, 1857. She was paid $55.35 for this service from the estate (Conway Co., Arkansas, Probate Book C, page 317) These records give us an approximate date of death for both Osborn and Rebecca. |
| Birth of a son #2 | Henry Carroll Epps about 1858 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 24 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | June 11, 1860 (Age 27 years) |
 Military | Civil War between 1861 and 1865 (Age 28 years)Agency: Confederacy |
| Birth of a son #3 | Isaac N Epps February 18, 1862 (Age 29 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Joshua Epps — Rebecca Ann Brown — View this family 1862 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah “Sally” McGehee October 18, 1862 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Epps 1863 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a father | Joshua Epps December 20, 1864 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Joshua H Epps April 23, 1865 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 28 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Mary Rosetta Epps August 1, 1867 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 34 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 34 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 36 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Martha Azlee Epps May 19, 1870 (Age 37 years) |
| Census | June 22, 1870 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Thomas A Epps about 1873 (Age 40 years) |
| Census | 1876 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Lula Belle Epps November 24, 1877 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 45 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Artie Epps May 1880 (Age 47 years) |
| Census | June 4, 1880 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Marion Lafayette Epps — Mary Adeline Jemison — View this family July 13, 1880 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Epps July 28, 1884 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Lee Roy Epps June 23, 1886 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Robert Asa Gilmore — Martha Azlee Epps — View this family about 1887 (Age 54 years) Note: Marriage info based on birth of first child |
| Marriage of a child | Martin Louis Bays — Mary Rosetta Epps — View this family January 12, 1888 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Fred Robert Epps June 25, 1888 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Pearl Lillian Gilmore July 8, 1888 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | James Daniel Bays November 23, 1888 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Epps March 22, 1889 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a brother | Carroll Estel Epps March 22, 1889 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Douglas Sydney Gilmore April 18, 1891 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Jessie Judson Bays May 12, 1892 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Willie Arthur Gilmore April 10, 1893 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Harry James Epps March 21, 1895 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Hudson Handon Bays September 28, 1895 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | Louise Jane Gilmore October 12, 1896 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | Ernest Guy Epps February 28, 1897 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #12 | Robert Leslie Bays March 10, 1898 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | Golda Maye “Goldie” Gilmore March 26, 1898 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 65 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 |
| Death of a brother | Obadiah R Epps January 31, 1899 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | Lola Bell Bays February 5, 1900 (Age 67 years) |
| Census | June 7, 1900 (Age 67 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Edward Toliver Damron — Lula Belle Epps — View this family December 25, 1900 (Age 68 years) Note: Marriage info based on Obituary - "Minco Minstrel 25 May 1933" |
| Marriage of a child | Joshua H Epps — Georgia Rebecca Coonrod — View this family about 1901 (Age 68 years) Note: Marriage info based on 1910 Census |
| Marriage of a child | Hamlet Edward McBride — Artie Epps — View this family about 1901 (Age 68 years) Note: Marriage info based on 1930 Census |
| Death of a sister | Lucinda Epps after 1900 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #15 | Lonnie Aaron Damron Sr September 10, 1902 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #16 | Charles Carroll Epps September 21, 1902 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #17 | Raleigh Ike Gilmore November 13, 1902 (Age 70 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Henry Carroll Epps — Leona Wetsel — View this family August 11, 1903 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #18 | Edward Leslie Epps September 26, 1903 (Age 71 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #19 | Burtelle Brewton Epps November 18, 1903 (Age 71 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #20 | Willie Otis Damron May 6, 1904 (Age 71 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #21 | Daniel Ernest Epps August 17, 1905 (Age 72 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #22 | Viola Epps December 18, 1906 (Age 74 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Isaac N Epps — Lillian M “Lillie” Allen — View this family about 1906 (Age 73 years) Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child |
| Birth of a grandson #23 | Val Bridette Epps January 31, 1907 (Age 74 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #24 | Eva Eunice Epps August 18, 1908 (Age 75 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #25 | Clarence N Epps March 24, 1909 (Age 76 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #26 | Myrtle Inez Damron September 20, 1909 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas A Epps November 12, 1909 (Age 77 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #27 | Leona Marie Gilmore November 13, 1909 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a wife | Elizabeth J Ferguson September 28, 1910 (Age 78 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #28 | Henry Carroll Epps March 1, 1911 (Age 78 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Eva Eunice Epps December 26, 1911 (Age 79 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #29 | Iona Evelyn Damron April 10, 1912 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a brother | John A Epps January 2, 1913 (Age 80 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #30 | Winnie Mae Epps June 7, 1913 (Age 80 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #31 | Roscoe Cawyer Epps August 13, 1914 (Age 81 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 83 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a grandson | Jessie Judson Bays November 9, 1918 (Age 86 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 84 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 85 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 12, 1920 (Age 87 years) |
 Death | February 14, 1920 (Age 87 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rockwood Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Joshua Epps Birth: October 13, 1808 — Rutherford, Gibson, Tennessee, United States Death: December 20, 1864 — Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Sarah “Sally” McGehee Birth: August 28, 1812 41 38 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: October 18, 1862 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: about 1830 — Missouri, United States |
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17 months elder sister |
Lucinda Epps Birth: May 25, 1831 22 18 — Cane Creek, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: after 1900 — Cane Creek, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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15 months himself |
Joshua Daniel Epps Birth: September 4, 1832 23 20 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: February 14, 1920 — McCulloch, Texas, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
William Epps Birth: 1834 25 21 — Missouri, United States Death: March 22, 1889 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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23 months younger brother |
John A Epps Birth: November 24, 1835 27 23 — Missouri, United States Death: January 2, 1913 — Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Mary Epps Birth: 1837 28 24 — Wayne, Missouri, United States Death: 1863 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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13 months younger brother |
Thomas A Epps Birth: January 30, 1838 29 25 — Missouri, United States Death: November 12, 1909 — Texas, United States |
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21 months younger brother |
Carroll Estel Epps Birth: November 1, 1839 31 27 — Wayne, Missouri, United States Death: March 22, 1889 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
| younger brother |
Obadiah R Epps Birth: November 1, 1839 31 27 — Wayne, Missouri, United States Death: January 31, 1899 — Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Martha Epps Birth: February 2, 1842 33 29 — Missouri, United States Death: July 28, 1884 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
| Father’s family with Rebecca Ann Brown |
| father |
Joshua Epps Birth: October 13, 1808 — Rutherford, Gibson, Tennessee, United States Death: December 20, 1864 — Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States |
| step-mother |
Rebecca Ann Brown Birth: 1821 — Anna, Union, Illinois, United States Death: November 16, 1879 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: 1862 — Missouri, United States |
| Family with Elizabeth J Ferguson |
| himself |
Joshua Daniel Epps Birth: September 4, 1832 23 20 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: February 14, 1920 — McCulloch, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Elizabeth J Ferguson Birth: January 20, 1839 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: September 28, 1910 — McCulloch, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: May 26, 1853 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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3 years son |
Marion Lafayette Epps Birth: January 1856 23 16 — Missouri, United States Death: February 12, 1924 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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3 years son |
Henry Carroll Epps Birth: about 1858 25 18 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: February 4, 1945 — Seattle, King, Washington, United States |
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4 years son |
Isaac N Epps Birth: February 18, 1862 29 23 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: June 16, 1949 — Austin, Travis, Texas, United States |
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3 years son |
Joshua H Epps Birth: April 23, 1865 32 26 — Collin, Texas, United States Death: June 7, 1956 — Pear Valley, McCulloch, Texas, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Mary Rosetta Epps Birth: August 1, 1867 34 28 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 18, 1936 — Seattle, King, Washington, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Martha Azlee Epps Birth: May 19, 1870 37 31 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: August 18, 1948 — Bayside, Refugio, Texas, United States |
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4 years son |
Thomas A Epps Birth: about 1873 40 33 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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5 years daughter |
Lula Belle Epps Birth: November 24, 1877 45 38 — Missouri, United States Death: April 17, 1966 — Oklahoma, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Artie Epps Birth: May 1880 47 41 — Missouri, United States Death: February 13, 1946 — Levelland, Hockley, Texas, United States |
Joshua Daniel Epps has 49 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (49)
Parents John Hood Sr + Anna McGehee
Parents William H Johnson + Anna McGehee
Parents John McGehee + … …
Parents John McGehee + Milly …
Parents Moses Knighton + Martha “Patsey” McGehee
Parents Joseph C Allen + Martha “Patsey” McGehee
Parents John Robert Pruitt + Nancy McGehee
Parents James Madison Daugherty + Eleanor “Nelly” McGehee
Parents George Washington Daugherty + Francis “Fanny” McGehee
| Census | 1840 United States - Census transcript - Joshua Epps - Household
Wayne, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Joshua Epps - Household
Butler, Missouri
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Epps - Household
Collin, Texas
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Epps - Household
Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri
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| Census | Missouri State - Census transcript - Daniel Epps - Household
Butler, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Epps - Household
Epps, Butler, Missouri
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Epps - Household
McCulloch, Texas
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Joshua Epps - Household
McCulloch, Texas
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