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Ancestors of James Drake Epperson


Generation No. 3


      4. James Troy (Big Pop) Epperson, born July 17, 1889 in Chidester Ark; died December 28, 1967 in Dallas Tx. He was the son of 8. Matthew Bradley Epperson and 9. Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Douglas. He married 5. Trudie Zelma Chapel December 22, 1912.

      5. Trudie Zelma Chapel, born May 10, 1895 in Marlow OK; died in Cleburne Tx. She was the daughter of 10. Thomas Jefferson Chapel and 11. Mary Lydie Jenkins.

Notes for James Troy (Big Pop) Epperson:
Emma Victoria Epperson was his stepmother b 03/04/1866 d. 08/02/1929
Died in car as Troy and Trudie were leaving Love field (airport) in Dallas
after returning from visiting their grandaughter. They had visited all
grandchildren within the year prior to his death.


More About James Troy (Big Pop) Epperson:
Burial: Cleburne Cemetary

More About Trudie Zelma Chapel:
Burial: Cleburne Cemetary
     
Children of James Epperson and Trudie Chapel are:
  i.   Jr James Troy Epperson, born November 14, 1913 in Cleburne Tx; died July 03, 1964 in Cleburne Tx; married Katherine Louise Exley
  More About Jr James Troy Epperson:
Burial: Cleburne Tx

  2 ii.   Dwight Laughlin Epperson, born March 02, 1916 in Cleburne, Johnson Co. Tx; died 1997 in Pickens, SC; married (1) Kathlyn Vivian Drake April 11, 1936 in Grapevine, Tx; married (2) Betty Westmoreland 1988 in Lubbock TX.


      6. John Gentry Drake, born July 04, 1870 in Fairfield, Freestone Co. TX; died 1920 in Lockhart, Caldwell Co. TX. He was the son of 12. W. H. Drake and 13. Sarepta Nln. He married 7. Sallie Johnson Butler December 15, 1892 in Richardson, Tx.

      7. Sallie Johnson Butler, born July 17, 1873 in Richardson TX; died March 01, 1943 in Cleburne Tx. She was the daughter of 14. Robert Fabius Butler and 15. Mary Ann Moss.
     
Children of John Drake and Sallie Butler are:
  i.   Henry Butler Drake, born December 10, 1893 in Waxahachie, Ellis Co. Tx; died August 14, 1951 in Fort Worth Tx; married Sadie Vivain Wilkins March 31, 1916 in Lockhart TX.
  More About Henry Butler Drake:
Burial: Fort Worth, Tx

  ii.   John Clinton Drake, born March 21, 1896 in Waxahachie, Ellis Co. Tx; died March 03, 1972 in Fenton, Michigan; married Florene Meek April 29, 1934 in Cleburne, Johnson Co. TX.
  iii.   Mary Fain Drake, born December 02, 1899 in Waxahachie, Ellis Co. Tx; died January 01, 1951 in Grouton, Trinity Co. Tx; married Loren Maurice Brewster June 23, 1921 in Lockhart, Caldwell Co. TX.
  Notes for Mary Fain Drake:
Died in a car accident


  More About Mary Fain Drake:
Burial: January 03, 1951, Cleburne, TX

  iv.   William Leonard (Buster) Drake, born October 24, 1902 in Waxahachie, Ellis Co. Tx; married Bernice Linam April 19, 1922 in Lockhart, TX.
  v.   Francis Evelyn Drake, born February 10, 1909 in Bono, Johnson Co. Tx; married Paul Smith September 10, 1933 in Fort Worth, Tx.
  3 vi.   Kathlyn Vivian Drake, born January 17, 1916 in Lockhart, Caldwell Co. TX; died January 07, 1987 in Pickens, SC; married Dwight Laughlin Epperson April 11, 1936 in Grapevine, Tx.


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