UNITY CEMETERY, (Howell), LINCOLN COUNTY TENNESSEE

EPPS, John Norris, Mar 27, 1841 - Aug 25, 1929. Father (gravestone)

He was the son of James C. & Nancy Ann Norris Epps; 1st married Hepsey Prosser born in 1847, married James N. (Norris) Epps on 20 Dec 1860. Hepsey died in 1866 at a very young age and at the time of death she had three or four children. I do not know how many. It is believed that Hepsey is buried in the Prosser Cemetery that has been destroyed at the foot of Bartlett Hollow. [Bobby Prosser, 28 Mar 2015] On Nov 9, 1871 J.N. Epps married Sarah E. "Sallie" Cole in Lincoln County Tennessee. Sallie died May 14, 1876. We are uncertain of Sallie's burial location in Lincoln Co..
J.N. Epps was next married to Florence Cole November 2, 1876 in Lincoln County Tennessee (by William Buntley, JP). Florence outlived him and lies beside her husband in this cemetery.

John Norris Epps is interred in the Unity Cem with his 3rd wife and other members of his family. He was a Confederate Soldier. He participated in the early 1900s in a questionnaire session that yielded a book. These questions were about their civil war participation and their heritage. In this book he mentions his ancestors for about two generations back. Parents being well known as James C. & Nancy Norris Epps.

His mother Nancy lies in this cemetery. His father James C. Epps is listed, but no one lately has identified his marker. We believe it was destroyed or never existed.

Revised from Bobby Prosser's note about John Norris Epps 1st marriage 29 Mar 2015.