Oliver and Jane Epps
Their Home and Their 13 Children
Linden, Texas
In order of birth
1. Oliver Epps, Sr.: Born 10/1860 - Died 2/27/1920 [The father of all]
2. Charles Epps: Born 7/1881 - Died in 1933 [Not Shown...Click HERE for photo]
3. Leeman Epps: Born 9/9/1885 - Died 7/28/1941
4. Silas Epps: Born 8/9/1886 - Died 1/12/1948
5. John Epps: Born 10/12/1887 - Died 9/9/1952
6. James "Jimmy" Epps: Born 10/3/1888 - Died 9/25/1908 [Not Shown]
7. Ethel Epps: Born 12/11/1890 - Died 12/3/1955
8. Amy Epps: Born 6/16/1893 - Died 1/26/1950
9. Alberta “Byrd” Epps: Born 5/31/1894 - Died 6/26/1971
10. Hattie Epps: Born 12/16/1895 - Died 5/6/1943
11. Mamie Epps: Born 8/1896
12. Freeman Epps: Born 7/23/1897 - Died 12/27/1966
13. Oliver Epps, Jr. "Man" Epps: Born 11/20/1901 - Died 3/17/1961
14. Willie Epps: Born 3/20/1904 - Died 12/17/1968
1. Charles "Charlie" Epps: Born 7/1881 - Died in 1933 at age 55...Father of 12 children ...Married Sally Lockett Epps; Fannie Bell Johnson Epps: Born 6/7/1896 - Died 2/6/1969 at age 72
- Davis Epps [His Mom is Sally]...Born in 1905...Married Eula Mae Warren; and Mary Young; and Mary Mack...Davis is deceased...Children: Johnny Henry , Mary Jeanette "Little Sis", Earnest Willard /"EW"/"Mutt" [Birth 9/29/1929 - Died 10/23/1984]...married Oreader Epps...Davis Jr. + 2 more boys
- Rosie Lee Epps Barber [Her Mom is Sally]: Born 9/29/1905 - Died 2/14/1999 at age 93...Married Rev. Chestray Arthur "C. A." Barber Born 11/8/1896 - Died 7/27/1995 at age 98... .Children: John Arthur [Born 8/22/1925 - Died ?], Baby Died after 3 days, Lee Archie Barber [Born 11/23/1929 - Died ?], Ima Jean [Born 11/24/1932 - Died ?], Eugene Barber [Born 10/11/1933], Charles Everett Barber [Born 10/9/1936], Ella Louise Barber Warren [Born 11/17/1938], Joyce Barber Rabon [Born 5/13/1941], Evans [Born 1/19/1944 - Died ?], Evelyn Barber [Born 7/31/1945 and died 5/3/2010]
- Mary Lee Epps Johnson [Her Mom is Sally]...Born 6/13/1909 - Died 2/11/1998...Married Otis Johnson...Mary is deceased...Children: Annie Lee, Opal, Linda, Willie [deceased], Mary, Twins: Verdie and Berdie
- Charlie Epps [His Mom is Sally]... Charlie is deceased...Married "Lit" Epps...Children: Billy [deceased] and Bobbie are twins; Bessie is the baby ...
- Edward Cornelius "E.C." Epps [His Mom is Fanny]: Born 11/26/1921 - Died 2/17/1979 at age 57...Married Wilma H. Starling Epps [Born Aug. 30, 1925 - Died Oct. 5, 2009]...Children: Loretta Epps Jackson, Dennis, Debra Epps Mitchell, Diane Mechelle Epps, 2 or 3 children died as babies
- Leonard "Ninny Boy" Epps [His Mom is Fannie Bell]...Married ?...Leonard is deceased...Children: Beverly, 3 more
- Ruthie Lee Epps Thompson "Twin" [Her Mom is Fannie Bell]: Born 1/13/1926 - Died 4/6/2009 at age 83...Married Charles Wesley Thompson [Born 3/15/1918 - Died 8/25/1995]...Children: Charlie Ruth Epps Allen [daughter], Bertha Joyce Epps Goodwin, Alva Nonie Epps Sanders, Carl Wesley, Jerry Don, Linda Sue Epps Robertson "Sue Baby", Peggy Jean is deceased
- Ruell "Sonny Man" "Twin" Epps [His Mom is Fannie Bell]: Born 1/13/1926 - Died 9/17/1989...Married Evelyn James Epps; and Vessie Epps... Children: Donald, Bill
- Fannie Lee Epps Mitchell [Her Mom is Fannie Bell]...Born 11/7/1926 - Died 11/18/1970...Married N. G. Mitchell Jr....Fanny Lee is deceased...Children: Cynthia Mitchell, N.G. Mitchell III, Lynwood Mitchell
- Alvin Jewel Epps [His Mom is Fannie Bell]: Born 1/17/1928 - Died 12/13/1982 at age 54...Married Jessie Mae Smith...Children: Jacquelyn Epps Scott, Carolyn Epps Cook, Mary Dian Epps Turner [Born 6/16/1952], Brenda Epps Patterson, Lottie Epps Benson, Stephanie Epps Dawn, Lena Kay Epps, Alfred Wayne Epps [Born 11/17/1956], Alvin Martina Epps
- Andrew Epps [His Mom is Fannie Bell]...Born 7/22/1931 - Died 9/18/2008 at age 77...Married Gussie Ree; Married Geraldine...Children: Mary Spearman, Doris Epps Carroll, Charlie Epps, Annie Traylor, Sharon Epps, Margaret Epps, Andrew Bernard Epps, James Raymond Smith, Alice Mae Smith, Carolyn Cook, Jimmy Stiger, Yvette Berrian, Arthur Chandler, Jerry Wesley Chandler
- Martin Edwin "Little Brother" Epps [His Mom is Fannie Bell]...Born 9/17/1934 - Died 5/8/1998... Married Faye Katherine Epps...Children: No blood children
2. Leeman Epps: Born 9/9/1885 - died 7/28/1941 at age 56 due to stroke resulting from hardened arteries...Father of 3 children...Wife: Ora Olden
- Pearl...Ruby Taylor Price is an only child [Born 4/29/1926]...Ruby had 4 children: Felisa Price McMillian, Lynnea Price, Joey Pinell, Robert Lee Price [deceased]
- Leeman, Jr. "Boy Epps"...Married Teen Mae Woren...Child: John Henry Floyd Epps [Born 12-14-31 - Died 9-3-2011]...Married Jeanette Prudholm...Children: Leeman III [Born 10-10-1947], Leonard [Born 11-21-1949], Darlene [Born 10-18-1955], Melvin [Born 6-28-1959], Brenda [Born 11-27-1962], Milton [Born 11-17-1963], Edward [Born 10-28-1968], Maurice [Born 1956]...Married Jeanette's sister Arvina Prudholm...Child: Lonnie [Born 3-9-1973]
- Bellzoro "Bell"...No Children [adopted her nephew, David Lee Eldridge]
3. Silas Epps: Born 8/9/1886 - Died 1/12/1948 at age 62 due to heart attack resulting from lung blood clot
4. John Epps: Born 10/12/1887 - Died 9/9/1952 at age 65 due to excess lung fluid that resulted from a broken bone...Father of 1 child...Married Effie Pruitt Epps
- Rubin...Born: 10/19/1916 - Died 12/16/1968 at age 52...Married Ophia Johnnie Jones...No Children
5. James "Jimmy" Epps: Born 10/3/1888 - Died 9/25/1908 at age 20 [died in railroad crash]...Never Married
- No children born to James
6. Ethel Epps: Born 12/11/1890 - Died 12/3/1955 at age 64 due to stroke resulting from high blood pressure...Married Oscar Olden...Mother of 1 child
- Arroler Olden Gaston: Born: 3/6/1910 - Died 9/25/1960 at age 50...Married Master Gaston: Born 1903 - Died 1987...No Children
7. Amy Epps: Born 6/16/1893 - Died 1/26/1950 at age 56 due to heart failure resulting from hardened arteries...Married Mr. Ambus Warren...Mother of 3 children
- Jeff Warren...Died??...Married Bernice...No Children
- James Warren...2 Children
- Eros [a boy] Warren...Died???...3 Children
8. Alberta “Byrd” Epps Dangerfield: Born 5/31/1894 - Died 6/26/1971 at age 77 due to heart attack...Married several times...Last Married to Tom Dangerfield
- No children born to Alberta [She raised Al Jane, the son of Freeman Epps.]
9. Hattie Epps Whitman: Born 12/16/1895 - Died 5/6/1943 at age 47 due to heart blockage...Married Walter Whitman...Mother of 7 children
- Otis Whitman...Born in 1917...Married Novella Birmingham...Children: Mamie Jean
- Ola Mae Whitman Appleberry...Born 4/20/1919 - Died 12/30/1954...Married Jake Appleberry ...No Children
- Odell Whitman Malone [Died?]...Married Warren Hurst...2-3 Children
- Maebell Whitman Ingram...Children: Alfred, Connie,Berverly, Mary, Bernard, Lavera, and Odie.
- Willie Mae "Red" Whitman Mann [Died?]...son Daren Mann
- Juanita (Blanche) Romer [Died 6/14/08]...6 Children, including daughter Diane Jenkins
- Vernell Whitman Jones: Born 10/4/1935 - Died 11/21/1999 at age 64...Children: Ronald Goree, Darryl Anthony, Anthony Lyle Jones, Valerie Bernedette Jones
10. Oliver Jr. "Man" Epps: Born 11/20/1901 - Died 3/17/1961 at age 59 due to stroke resulting from high blood pressure...Married Leanna Lewis; and Lillie Bell Barber Epps Cass [Born 4/9/1915 - Died 12/1/2008 at age 93]...Father of 9 children
- Samuel "Sammie" Lee Epps...Married Frances Allen...His Mom is Leanna...Children: Robert Earl Epps [Born 9/3/1939 - Died 10/25/2011 at age 72]
- Ollive Vee Epps-Andrus...Born 7/27/1923 - Died 9/23/2011 at age 88...Married Andrew Colbert...Her Mom is Leanna...Children: Sammy Earl [deceased]
- Gladys M. Epps Getum...Born 1/16/1941 - Died 10/21/2010 at age 69...Lillie is her Mom...Children: Glenda, Huey Van, Keith
- Bobbie Lois Epps-Brown...Born 1/13/1945...Lillie is her Mom...Children: Rickey [son], Victor, Daphne, Lanesha
- Thelma Jean Epps...Born 10/18/1946 - Died 10/29/1948 at age 2 ...Lillie is her Mom
- Oliver Epps, III...Born 12/4/1948...Lillie is his Mom...Children: Niclole
- Vada Joyce Epps Moon...Born 11/16/1950...Lillie is her Mom...Children: Fredrick, La Wanda, Tyrone
- Jana Louise Epps-Kimble...Born 11/14/1951...Lillie is her Mom...Children: 3 sons: Kelvin, Ja 'Ron, Jolby
- Lillie Marie Epps...Died after a few days...Lillie is her Mom
11. Mamie Epps Jenkins: Born 8/1896...Married about 7 times...Last husband was Walter Jenkins
- No children born to Mamie
12. Freeman Epps: Born 7/23/1897 - Died 12/27/1966 at age 69 from heart disease resulting from hardened arteries ...Married Hannah Rhines 2/21/1919; and Flossie Warren Epps; and Dorothy Norma Warren Epps ["Nomie"] ; and Miss Gertrude Simington...Father of 27 children [5 not listed here]...Note: Freeman and Flossie were divorced on 3/26/1928 and in that same year he married her sister Norma, who was age 15.
- Lee Roy Epps [Conroe, TX] …Died…His Mom is ??
- Leon Russell “Cat” ...Died...His Mom is the sister of Mrs. Davee Benton of Farmersville, TX
- Daisetta Hodge...Died...Her mom is Ms. Hodge
- Andrew Lee Epps [Twin] [Ft Worth, TX]...Born 6/24/1923...His Mom is Hannah
- Matthew "Mathis" Lee Epps…[Twin]...Born 6/24/1923...His Mom is Hannah
- Maggie Bell Epps Mack [Linden, TX]…Born 3/18/1925...Married Kaiser Mack [His Mom is Semmonbyrd Hurst]...Died…Her Mom is Flossie...Children: Vada Mack Gardner "Susie", Semmon Lois Mack Franklin Stubblefield [Born 8/29/1941 - Died 12/6/2007], Claude "Buddy" Mack [deceased], Burkes James Mack, Alma Lene Mack Castleberry, Milborn Mack [deceased]
- R.L. “Licky” Epps [Linden, TX]: Born 8/13/1926 - Died 9/7/1987 at age 61… His Mom is Flossie..Married Josie Mae Turner Epps...Children: Patsy Ruth Epps Harrison [Born 12/21/1945], Delores Epps, JoAnn Epps, Woodrow Epps, Willis Earl Epps, Charles Ray Epps [Born 1/7/1954 - Died?], R.L. Epps, Jr. [Born 8/16/1955 - Died?], J.L. Kelly Epps [a son]
- Vada Lee “Red” Epps Perry [Linden, TX]… Born 10/1/1928...Her Mom is Flossie...Children: Dazetta [deceased], D. L. Stephens, "Bennie", David Earl Perry, Margaret Johnson
- Ernest Lee “Hence” Epps [Royse City, TX]…Born 8/13/1926 - Died 11/15/2008... Married Della Mae Jackson Epps [Born 5/10/1935 - Died 2/9/1999]...His Mom is Dorothy “Nomie”...Children: Carl Everett [Mom is Della], Beverly [Mom is Della], Ernest Faye Franklin [a daughter]...Hence also has 2 children by Lorelia Lewis: Willie James and Ernest Charles
- Otha Lee [Eugene?] “Brother” Epps [Dallas]: Born 6/5/1928… Married Blanche Harrison; and Francis Epps...His Mom is Dorothy “Nomie”...Children: Alfread Lugene [Born 11/29/1953], Kenneth, Michael, Bobby, Debra, Samaria Aiesha
- Al Jane Epps [Calif]…Born 5/17/1930...Died… His Mom is Dorothy “Nomie”...Married Tonnie Mae Harrison...Children: Ladonna, Francesca, Aldonia [Born 8/11/1949]. Two sons/names unknown
- Esther Mae Epps Warren [Dallas, TX]…Married R.H. Warren...Died…Her Mom is Dorothy “Nomie”...Children…Edward, R.H., Jr [Jr. Warren], Johnny, Hattie Shaw, Diane Downd, Darlene "Thumba", Wayne, Dorothy [deceased]
- Oscar Willis Epps, Sr [Dallas, TX]…Married Winnie Pearl Northcutt…His Mom is Dorothy “Nomie”...Children…Rev. Oscar Deon Jr [Born 9/17/1966], Sandra Theresa Epps "Teddy" [Born 3/19/1954], Demetrice Luvette "Mechie" [Born 11/29/1964], Katrina Ann Johnson [Born 3/31/1957], Rhonda Renee Epps [Born 1/9/1962], Sharon Laverne Epps Bailey [Born 5/2/1960 - Died 6/20/08 at age 48], Debra Yvonne Aubry "Poochie" [Born 5/31/1955], Greta Latisch Epps [Born 10/1/1963]
- Daisy Lee Epps Pierson [Dallas, TX]…Born 1/23/?... Her Mom is Dorothy “Nomie”...Children: Vicki, Marilyn, Jackie, Annette, Fred, Willie James Jr "Red"
- Dorothy Jean Epps Jefferson [Calif]…Died… Her Mom is Dorothy “Nomie"...Children: Verita, Leonard Earl [Bo], Clemon, Jeffery
- LueBerta Epps Linwood [Linden]…Born 2/18/1940... Her Mom is Dorothy “Nomie”...Children: Donna, Cynthia, Gwen, more
- Ruby Epps Bishop [Denton, TX]… Her Mom is Novell
- Daughter in Ft. Worth...Her Mom is Miss Johnson from Linden, TX
- Samuel De Andrey Epps [Linden, TX]…Born 2/19/1961...His Mom is Gertrude
- Mary Sue Epps Dorsey [Linden, TX]… Her Mom is Gertrude...Children: Pamela McClendon, Tyrone
- Linda Joyce Epps Ferrell Edwards [Dallas, TX]… Her Mom is Gertrude...Married Leonard Ferrell; and Raymond Edwards...Children: Teressa Ferrell, Leonard Earl Ferrell [Born 9/28/1964], Carlous Bernard Edwards [Born 10/14/1969]
- Stephanie Dorian Epps Abraham [Linden, TX]…Born 2/4/1964...Her Mom is Gertrude...Children: Crystal [deceased], LaTasha and Ray Jr.
13. Willie Epps: Born 3/20/1904 - Died 12/17/1968 at age 64 [killed in War]...Father of 1 child...Married Maggie Mae Allen Smith Epps [Born 7/4/1917 - Died 11/22/1985]
- Jimmie Lee Epps [a boy]...His Mom is Alice...No Children
Oliver Epps is the Father of all on photo.
The Descendents Of Oliver And Jane Flowers Epps
In order as they appear on photo
1. Leeman Epps: Born 9/9/1885-died 7/28/1941
2. Mamie Epps: Born 8/1896
3. Ethel Epps: Born 12/11/1890 - Died 12/3/1955
4. Amy Epps: Born 6/16/1893 - Died 1/26/1950
5. Alberta “Byrd” Epps: Born 5/31/1894 - Died 6/26/1971
6. Oliver Epps, Sr.: Born 10/1860 - Died 2/27/1920...The father of all
7. Oliver Epps, Jr. "Man" Epps: Born 11/20/1901 - Died 3/17/1961
8. Hattie Epps: Born 12/16/1895 - Died 5/6/1943
9. Willie Epps: Born 3/20/1904 - Died 12/17/1968
10. Freeman Epps: Born 7/23/1897 - Died 12/27/1966
11. John Epps: Born 10/12/1887 - Died 9/9/1952
12. Silas Epps: Born 8/9/1886 - Died 1/12/1948
13. James "Jimmy" Epps: Born 10/3/1888 - Died 9/25/1908 [Not Shown]
14. Charles Epps: Born 7/1881 - Died in 1933 [Not Shown...Click HERE for photo]
NOTE: Oliver's wife Jane Flowers Epps is the mother of all the children. She was inside the house at the time photo was taken.
Jane was born 12/1861 - Died 5/17/1930
Approximate Year of Photo: 1910
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About Oliver and Jane Epps:
Oliver and Jane Epps Family Tree, including a group photo of their 13 Children in front of their home
Oliver and Jane Epps…enlarged photos
Oliver and Jane Epps…individual photos of their 13 Children
Oliver and Jane Epps…their history
Oliver and Jane Epps…death certificates
Cora Lee Epps, the sister of Oliver Epps
The 13 Children of Oliver and Jane Epps…listed in order of birth:
1.Charles "Charlie" l 2. Leeman l 3. Silas l 4. John Epps l 5. James "Jimmy" l 6.Ethel l 7.Amy l 8. Alberta “Byrd” l 9. Hattie 10. Mamie l 11. Freeman l 12. Oliver, Jr. "Man" l 13. Willie
About Silas Epps, Sr.
Silas Epps and his 2 wives: Dealia and Lena Hurst Epps… enlarged photos
Silas Epps Children...individual photos
Silas Epps Grandchildren-- First Generation...individual photos
Lena Hurst Epps, the second wife of Silas Epps…includes links to the Hurst family
The 14 Children of Silas Epps...listed in order of birth:
1.Felton l 2. Luevera l 3. Monis l 4. Whitfield l 5. Olen l 6. Lutena l 7. Harry “H” Ward l 8. Edward “Bay” l 9. Howard
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