The Shemwell Family

Death of a brotherMartin Alva Epps
April 14, 1884 (Age 16 years)

Marriage of a parentCarroll Estel Epps — Susannah Charlotte Emerson — View this family
November 21, 1884 (Age 16 years)

Birth of a half-brotherGrover Eber Epps
November 8, 1885 (Age 17 years)

Death of a fatherCarroll Estel Epps
March 22, 1889 (Age 21 years)

MarriageFrances Elizabeth Helm — View this family
December 26, 1889 (Age 21 years)

Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States

Birth of a son
#1Cloyd Rose Epps
December 19, 1894 (Age 26 years)

Missouri, United States

Death of a sisterSarah Ann Epps
January 23, 1896 (Age 28 years)

Missouri, United States

Census June 19, 1900 (Age 32 years)

Shared note: 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Joshua Epps - Household

Birth of a son
#2Claude Helm
March 15, 1906 (Age 38 years)

Missouri, United States

Census April 18, 1910 (Age 42 years)

De Soto, Jefferson, Missouri, United States

Shared note: 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Joshua Epps - Household

Death of a brotherRansom Obediah “Rant” Epps
February 11, 1916 (Age 48 years)

Source: Missouri State Board of Health - Bureau of Vital Statistics

Citation details: https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1916/1916_00007109.PDF

Census January 1, 1920 (Age 51 years)

Farmington, St. Francois, Missouri, United States

Shared note: 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Joshua Epps - Household

Death of a half-brotherGrover Eber Epps
July 19, 1926 (Age 58 years)

Source: Missouri Deaths and Burials, 1867-1976

Text:

Name: Grover Eber Epps
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 19 Jul 1926
Event Place: Farmington, St. Francois, Missouri, United States
Event Place (Original): Farmington, St. Francois, Mo
Sex: Male
Age: 40
Ethnicity: American
Race: W
Occupation: Farmer
Birth Year (Estimated): 1886
Record Number: 157

Census April 23, 1930 (Age 62 years)

Shared note: 1930 United States - Census transcript - Frances Elizabeth Helm - Household

Death of a brotherStephens Alonza Conner Epps
November 28, 1938 (Age 70 years)

Census April 8, 1940 (Age 72 years)

Shared note: 1940 United States - Census transcript - William Joshua Epps - Household

Death of a brotherThomas Anderson Epps
November 2, 1942 (Age 74 years)

Death June 13, 1943 (Age 75 years)

Black Creek Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States

Burial

Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Black Creek Cemetery

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nancy Revel Harviell Family with spouse Martha Jane “Mattie” Lanley Thomas Anderson Epps Sarah Ann Epps William Joshua Epps John Jefferson Epps Daniel Lee Epps Stephens Alonza Conner Epps Benjamin Franklin Epps Ransom Obediah “Rant” Epps Mary Elca Epps Martin Alva Epps Family with spouse Susannah Charlotte Emerson Grover Eber Epps Carroll Estel Epps Birth: November 1, 1839 31 27 — Wayne, Missouri, United States Death: March 22, 1889 — Butler, Missouri, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Carroll Estel Epps Thomas Anderson Epps Sarah Ann Epps William Joshua Epps John Jefferson Epps Daniel Lee Epps Stephens Alonza Conner Epps Benjamin Franklin Epps Ransom Obediah “Rant” Epps Mary Elca Epps Martin Alva Epps Martha Jane “Mattie” Lanley Birth: March 12, 1844 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 20, 1884 — Butler, Missouri, United States
	Marriage: December 15, 1859 — Butler, Missouri, United States
14 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Louise Miller Infant Epps Acy Carroll Epps Frederic Austin Epps Lawrence Mack Epps Claude Virgil Epps Rufus Ray Epps Walter Neal Epps John Miller Epps Thomas Anderson Epps Birth: January 30, 1861 21 16 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: November 2, 1942 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
4 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse James Washington Porter Franklin Carroll Porter George Washington Porter Sarah Ann Epps Birth: July 4, 1865 25 21 — Arkansas, United States Death: January 23, 1896 — Missouri, United States
3 years himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Frances Elizabeth Helm Cloyd Rose Epps Claude Helm William Joshua Epps Birth: January 3, 1868 28 23 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: June 13, 1943 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
2 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree John Jefferson Epps Birth: February 3, 1870 30 25 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: October 2, 1970 — Butler, Missouri, United States
21 months younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Daniel Lee Epps Birth: October 26, 1871 31 27 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death:
13 months younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Rosa Ella Helm Asa Arthur Epps William Byrd Epps Chlorus Marion Epps Freddie Epps Lawrence Carroll Epps Wallas Morgan Epps Rosa Grace Epps Stephens Alonza Conner Epps Birth: November 27, 1872 33 28 — Missouri, United States Death: November 28, 1938 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
3 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Jane Miller Harry Epps Hazel Helen Epps Earle Leo Epps Sr Family with spouse Gertrude Elizabeth Gregg Benjamin Franklin Epps Birth: January 1, 1876 36 31 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: April 27, 1958 — Overland, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
3 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ida Villmer Ransom Obediah “Rant” Epps Birth: August 4, 1878 38 34 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: February 11, 1916 — De Soto, Jefferson, Missouri, United States
4 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Mary Elca Epps Birth: January 14, 1883 43 38 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: February 28, 1883 — Butler, Missouri, United States
14 months younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Martin Alva Epps Birth: March 20, 1884 44 40 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: April 14, 1884 — Butler, Missouri, United States

Father’s family with Nancy Revel Harviell - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nancy Revel Harviell Family with spouse Martha Jane “Mattie” Lanley Thomas Anderson Epps Sarah Ann Epps William Joshua Epps John Jefferson Epps Daniel Lee Epps Stephens Alonza Conner Epps Benjamin Franklin Epps Ransom Obediah “Rant” Epps Mary Elca Epps Martin Alva Epps Family with spouse Susannah Charlotte Emerson Grover Eber Epps Carroll Estel Epps Birth: November 1, 1839 31 27 — Wayne, Missouri, United States Death: March 22, 1889 — Butler, Missouri, United States
step-mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Carroll Estel Epps Nancy Revel Harviell Birth: January 24, 1842 — Bollinger, Missouri, United States Death: March 8, 1859 — Missouri, United States
	Marriage: November 4, 1858 — Butler, Missouri, United States

Father’s family with Susannah Charlotte Emerson - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Nancy Revel Harviell Family with spouse Martha Jane “Mattie” Lanley Thomas Anderson Epps Sarah Ann Epps William Joshua Epps John Jefferson Epps Daniel Lee Epps Stephens Alonza Conner Epps Benjamin Franklin Epps Ransom Obediah “Rant” Epps Mary Elca Epps Martin Alva Epps Family with spouse Susannah Charlotte Emerson Grover Eber Epps Carroll Estel Epps Birth: November 1, 1839 31 27 — Wayne, Missouri, United States Death: March 22, 1889 — Butler, Missouri, United States
step-mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Carroll Estel Epps Grover Eber Epps Family with spouse William Henry Wilson Susannah Charlotte Emerson Birth: October 31, 1850 — Illinois, United States Death: September 22, 1918 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
	Marriage: November 21, 1884 — Butler, Missouri, United States
1 year half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Martha Elizabeth Jackson Elsie Epps Hildred Lois Epps Gertrude A Epps Muriel Ruby Epps Wilma Estella Epps Anna Epps Ruth Marie Epps Grover Jackson Epps Grover Eber Epps Birth: November 8, 1885 46 35 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: July 19, 1926 — Farmington, St. Francois, Missouri, United States

Family with Frances Elizabeth Helm - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Frances Elizabeth Helm Cloyd Rose Epps Claude Helm William Joshua Epps Birth: January 3, 1868 28 23 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: June 13, 1943 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William Joshua Epps Cloyd Rose Epps Claude Helm Frances Elizabeth Helm Birth: March 11, 1872 27 28 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: June 21, 1951
	Marriage: December 26, 1889 — Butler, Missouri, United States
5 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Cloyd Rose Epps Birth: December 19, 1894 26 22 — Missouri, United States Death: October 2, 1982 — Columbia, Wisconsin, United States
11 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Claude Helm Birth: March 15, 1906 — Missouri, United States Death: November 4, 1984 — Indiana, United States

William Joshua Epps has 36 first cousins recorded

Father's family (36)

Parents George Miller + Lucinda Epps

1Nancy Miller1849–

2Daniel G Miller1851–1942

Parents Peter Macom + Lucinda Epps

1Azelia Vernetta Macom1867–1947

2Isabell Macom1868–1880

3Julia Macom1873–1880

Parents Joshua Daniel Epps + Elizabeth J Ferguson

1Marion Lafayette Epps1856–1924

2Henry Carroll Epps1858–1945

3Isaac N Epps1862–1949

4Joshua H Epps1865–1956

5Mary Rosetta Epps1867–1936

6Martha Azlee Epps1870–1948

7Thomas A Epps1873–

8Lula Belle Epps1877–1966

9Artie Epps1880–1946

2Reedy Epps1864–1870

3Mary Louise Epps1865–1940

4Andrew Caleb Epps1866–

5Jefferson Edward Lee Epps1870–1914

6Wallace Josiah “Joe” Epps1873–1956

7A R Epps1875–

8A E Epps1878–

Parents Micajah H “Cage” Vandover + Martha Epps

1Sarah Vandover1862–

2Thomas N Vandover1868–1883

3Mary Alice Vandover1879–1964

4Emma Pearl Vandover1884–1969

Mother's family (0)

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Census

1870 United States - Census transcript - Carrol Estel Epps - Household

Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

Name	Relation	Age	Sex	Color	Occupation	Birthplace	Born
Epps, Carrol	head	30	M	W	Farmer	MO
Epps, Martha	wife	26	F	W	Keeping House	MO
Epps, Thomas	son	9	M	W	At Home	MO
Epps, Sarah	daughter	4	F	W	At Home	AR
Epps, William	son	2	M	W	At Home	MO
Epps, John	son	3m	M	W	At Home	MO	Feb

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Missouri State - Census transcript - Carroll Estel Epps - Household

Butler, Missouri, United States

Name	Relation	Sex	Race	Age
Epps, Caroll	head	M	W	37
Epps, Thomas A	son	M	W	15
Epps, Wm J	son	M	W	8
Epps, Stephen A C	son	M	W	3
Epps, Benjamin F	son	M	W	0 years 6 months
Epps, Martha J	wife	F	W	11
Epps, Sarah A	daughter	F	W	32

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1880 United States - Census transcript - Carrol Estel Epps - Household

Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

Name	Color	Sex	Age	Relation	Cond	Occupation	BP	FBP	MBP
Epps, Carrol E	W	M	40	head	M	Farmer	MO	TN	TN
Epps, Martha J	W	F	36	wife	M	Keeping House	MO	MO	IL
Epps, Thomas A	W	M	19	son	S	Works on Farm	MO	MO	MO
Epps, Sarah A	W	F	14	daughter	S	At Home	AR	MO	MO
Epps, William J	W	M	12	son	S	Works on Farm	MO	MO	MO
Epps, Stephens A C	W	M	8	son	S	At Home	MO	MO	MO
Epps, Benjamin F	W	M	5	son	S	At Home	MO	MO	MO
Epps, Ransom O	W	M	1	son	S	At Home	MO	MO	MO

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1900 United States - Census transcript - William Joshua Epps - Household

Ed 12 Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States

Name	Relation	Race	Sex	Month	Year	Age	Cond	Marr	CHB	CHL	BP	FBP	MBP	Occupation	Unemp	Read	Write	Eng	Home	Mort	Farm
Epps, William J	head	W	M	Jan	1868	32	M	10			MO	MO	MO	Farmer	0	Yes	Yes	Yes	O	M	F
Epps, Frances E	wife	W	F	Mar	1872	28	M	10	1	1	MO	TN	IL			Yes	Yes	Yes
Epps, Cloid R	son	W	M	Dec	1894	5	S				MO	MO	MO

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1910 United States - Census transcript - William Joshua Epps - Household

ED 13 Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United Sta

Name	Relation	Sex	Race	Age	Cond	Marr	CHB	CHL	BP	FBP	MBP	Lang	Occupation	Ind	Emp	Unemp	Unemp	R	W	Home	Mort	Farm
Epps, William J	head	M	W	42	M1	20			MO	MO	MO	English	Laborer	Rail Road	W	No	0	Yes	Yes	O	M	H
Epps, Fannie E	wife	F	W	38	M1	20	1	1	MO	TN	IL	English	None					Yes	Yes
Epps, Claud R	son	M	W	15	S				MO	MO	MO	English	Driver	Grocery	W	No	0	Yes	Yes
Helm, Henry	brother-in-law	M	W	27	Wd				MO	TN	IL	English	Laborer	Rail Road	W	No	0	Yes	Yes
Helm, Walter	nephew	M	W	5	S				MO	MO	KY		None
Helm, Claud	nephew	M	W	4	S				MO	MO	KY		None

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1920 United States - Census transcript - William Joshua Epps - Household

ED 10 Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States

Name	Relation	Home	Sex	Race	Age	Condition	School	R	W	BP	FBP	MBP	Eng	Occupation	Ind	Emp
Epps, William J	head	R	M	W	52	M		Yes	Yes	MO	MO	MO	Yes	Laborer	Handle Mill	W
Epps, Fennie E	wife		F	W	48	M		Yes	Yes	MO	IL	IL	Yes	None
Helm, Claud	forster son		M	W	13	M	Yes	Yes	Yes	MO	MO	KY	Yes

Census

1930 United States - Census transcript - Frances Elizabeth Helm - Household

ED 19 Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States

Name	Relation	Home	V/R	Farm	Sex	Race	Age	Cond	AM	School	R/W	BP	FBP	MBP	Eng	Occupation	Industry	Emp	Work
Epps, William J	head	O	2000	No	M	W	62	M	23	No	Yes	MO	MO	MO	Yes	Common Laborer	Handle Mill	W	Yes
Epps, Fanny	wife				F	W	58	M	17	No	Yes	MO	TN	IL	Yes	None
Helm, Marion	father-in-law				M	W	84	Wd		No	Yes	TN	TN	TN	Yes	None	Retired

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