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Ancestors of James Drake Epperson


Generation No. 5


      16. Leander Melinton Epperson1, born February 08, 1827 in Tenn1; died December 31, 1893 in Ouachita Co. Ark1. He was the son of 32. Joe Francis Epperson and 33. Mary Nln. He married 17. Nancy Matilda Black December 20, 1849 in Ouachita Co. Ark.

      17. Nancy Matilda Black1, born January 28, 1831 in Ala; died February 17, 1902 in Ouachita Co. Ark. She was the daughter of 34. Robert Wilkinson Black and 35. Nancy Hepsybeth Gully.

Notes for Leander Melinton Epperson:
Also have middle name as Molinton


More About Leander Melinton Epperson:
Burial: Gully Cemetary

  Notes for Nancy Matilda Black:
Also DOB 1830


More About Nancy Matilda Black:
Burial: Gully Cemetary
     
Children of Leander Epperson and Nancy Black are:
  i.   William Augustus Epperson, born August 29, 1851 in Ouachita Co. Ark; died 1910 in Chidesta Ark; married Laura Ann Womble July 05, 1874 in Ouachita Ark; born April 05, 1853 in Ala; died September 25, 1949 in Chidesta Ark.
  Notes for William Augustus Epperson:
Also William August
Also DOB 08/01/1853, but this would appear wrong as brother (Thomas James)
was born 06/1853


  More About William Augustus Epperson:
Burial: Gulley Cemetary

  Notes for Laura Ann Womble:
Verufy death date - also 1948


  More About Laura Ann Womble:
Burial: Chidester Cemetary

  ii.   Thomas James Epperson, born June 21, 1853 in Ouachita Co. Ark; died September 20, 1936 in Chidesta Ark; married Varelda Elmira Cross September 03, 1873.
  iii.   Casandra Hepsybeth Epperson, born October 06, 1855 in Ouachita, Ark; died February 02, 1938 in Ouachita Ark; married Timothy R Robinson May 28, 1874 in Ouachita Ark; born 1849 in Bluff City, Nevada Co. Ark; died 1918 in Ark.
  Notes for Casandra Hepsybeth Epperson:
Also Hepzeabeth & Hepzabeth
Also have burial in "Holleman"


  More About Casandra Hepsybeth Epperson:
Burial: Gully Cemetary, Pine Bluff Ark

  iv.   Leander Alver Epperson, born June 24, 1857 in Ouachita Co. Ark; died July 29, 1858.
  More About Leander Alver Epperson:
Burial: Gully Cemetary

  v.   Robert Kellog Epperson, born August 10, 1859 in Ouachita Co. Ark; died April 30, 1943 in Quinlan, Hunt Co. TX; married Rhoda Caroline Willigham in Quinlan Co. TX; born November 26, 1892.
  More About Robert Kellog Epperson:
Burial: Masonic Cemetary

  Notes for Rhoda Caroline Willigham:
gave dob as 11/26/1892, but that doen't seem right. Also have married
1891????


  vi.   John Columbus Epperson, born April 30, 1861 in Ouachita Co. Ark; died January 22, 1882.
  Notes for John Columbus Epperson:
Did not marry


  8 vii.   Matthew Bradley Epperson, born November 05, 1862 in Ouachita Co. Ark; died May 31, 1934 in Chidester Ark; married (1) Emma Victoria Reeves; married (2) Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Douglas March 30, 1881.
  viii.   Joe Francis Epperson, born September 06, 1864 in Ouachita Ark; died July 15, 1871.
  ix.   Rueben Gully Epperson, born June 03, 1866 in Ouachita Co. Ark; died February 21, 1891; married Willa Gill July 06, 1890.
  x.   Edgar Eugene Epperson, born January 02, 1869 in Ouachita Ark; died July 01, 1939 in Idabel, OK; married Emma Sophia Steele October 17, 1894 in Nevada Co. Ark; born July 21, 1870 in Prescott, Ar; died July 01, 1939 in Idabel, OK.
  xi.   Mary Jane Thelder Epperson, born March 02, 1870 in Ouachita Ark; died October 02, 1870.
  xii.   Henry Jackson Epperson, born August 07, 1872 in Ouachita Ark; died July 17, 1897 in Ouachita Co. Ark.
  Notes for Henry Jackson Epperson:
Did Not marry
Also have dob 08/01/1872
http://www.rootsweb.com/~arnevada/gulley.txt has 08/01


  More About Henry Jackson Epperson:
Burial: Gully Cemetary

  xiii.   Finis Rooks Epperson, born April 27, 1874 in Ouachita Ark; died April 1918 in Bluff City Ark; married Mary Nell Shea 1902; born 1874 in Ohio; died September 1910 in Bluff City, Ark.
  Notes for Finis Rooks Epperson:
I found 1874 for Phinus E. Epperson - I assume that to be FINUS.


  More About Finis Rooks Epperson:
Occupation: MD.


      18. James McEwing Douglas, born October 28, 1834 in McMinn Co. Tenn; died April 16, 1904 in Reader, Ark. He was the son of 36. Hiram Douglas and 37. Mary Catherine (Caroline) Warnock. He married 19. Martha Jane Grayson 1853 in Tenn.

      19. Martha Jane Grayson, born May 05, 1838 in Marion Co. Tenn; died 1912 in Citra OK. She was the daughter of 38. John Grayson and 39. Sarah Fricks.

Notes for James McEwing Douglas:
Soon after their marriage they moved, along with Martha's parents and her
brothers and sisters to Ouachita Co. Ark. in the area of yet unestablished
Chidester (circa 1865).
1900 census: Lived in Red Hill Twnsp Ouachita Co. Ark with wife and daughter
Emma Douglas Pickett and son-in-law Tildon Pickett.
Military Service: 04/09/1864, while serving as 1st Lt, Co. D, Ark 33rd
Infantry, he was wounded in the ankle in the battle of Mansfield, LA.


More About Martha Jane Grayson:
Burial: Citra OK
     
Children of James Douglas and Martha Grayson are:
  i.   James Monroe Douglas, born August 02, 1855 in Hamilton Co. Tn; died 1899 in Ark; married Nancy O Hale December 24, 1875 in Rome, Clark Co. Ark; born December 04, 1856 in Marion Co. Tn.
  Notes for James Monroe Douglas:
Believed to buried in unmarked grave next to J.M. Douglas at Turner Cemetary,
Reader, Ark.


  Notes for Nancy O Hale:
dob Also 09/04/1856


  ii.   William Hiram Douglas, born February 27, 1857 in Ouachita Co. Ark; died 1900.
  Notes for William Hiram Douglas:
It is not known if he ever married and had children. It is possible he is
buried with the family in the Turner Cemetary, Reader, Ark.


  iii.   Mary Catherine Douglas, born December 26, 1858 in Ouachita, Ark; died 1898; married Stephen E. Garner December 12, 1878 in Ouachita Co. Ark; born January 1856.
  iv.   John Breckenridge Douglas, born March 06, 1861 in Ouachita Co. Ark; died October 20, 1907 in Citra OK; married Sarah Nancy Josephine Works June 01, 1884 in Ouachita Co. Ark; born February 06, 1863 in Itawamba Co. MS; died May 05, 1904 in Citra OK.
  Notes for John Breckenridge Douglas:
Grave marked with a Woodmen of the World mermorial.


  More About John Breckenridge Douglas:
Burial: Citra Cemetary, Hughes Co. OK

  Notes for Sarah Nancy Josephine Works:
Died in childbirth


  More About Sarah Nancy Josephine Works:
Burial: Citra Cemetary

  9 v.   Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Douglas, born February 14, 1864 in Liberty, Ouachita Co. Ark; died October 28, 1900 in Chidester, Nevada Co. Ark; married Matthew Bradley Epperson March 30, 1881.
  vi.   Samuel Veto (Bummer) Douglas, born May 08, 1866; died January 15, 1953 in Allen OK; married (1) Mary Francis Black; born July 29, 1871 in Nevada Co. Ark; died 1892 in OK; married (2) Anna Elizabeth Black; born October 04, 1882 in Nevada Co. Ark; died June 07, 1965 in OK.
  Notes for Mary Francis Black:
Mary Francis Black and Anna Elizabeth Black were sisters.


  More About Mary Francis Black:
Burial: Rocky Hill Cemetary, OK

  vii.   Martha Ellen Douglas, born February 04, 1868 in Ark; died March 12, 1902; married Wiley E Jones 1886; born December 31, 1854 in Louisiana; died August 26, 1895.
  viii.   Alice Douglas, born May 12, 1870 in Ouachita Co. Ark; died September 16, 1908 in Sayre, Ark; married Joseph Edward Evans February 11, 1886; born April 10, 1866 in Ouachita Co. Ark; died January 02, 1954 in Sayre Ark.
  Notes for Alice Douglas:
Cause of Death: "Swamp Fever", perhaps malaria


  More About Alice Douglas:
Burial: Turner Cemetary, Reader Ark.

  Notes for Joseph Edward Evans:
Joseph was a farmer wo owned several hundred acres of land north of Reader
and Sayre, and south of the Little Missouri River in Ouachita Co. Ark.


  More About Joseph Edward Evans:
Burial: Turner Cemetary, Reader Ark

  ix.   Augustus G Douglas, born January 05, 1874 in Ark.
  Notes for Augustus G Douglas:
It is believed he died as a child.


  x.   Emma Elnora Douglas, born June 30, 1877 in Ouachita Ark; died May 17, 1909 in Ark; married W. Tilden Pickett 1897.
  Notes for Emma Elnora Douglas:
Emma lived in Sayre, Ar close to her parents, sisters Alice and Ellen. She
took Ellen's children into her home after Ellen died. We don't know what
caused Emma's death. Tilden's family came from Missouri Church area, 5 mi. E.
of Sayre. We're told Tilden moved NE of Camden in the Harmony Grove area
after Emma died.


  More About Emma Elnora Douglas:
Burial: Turner Cemetary, Reader, Ark.


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