Benjamin Edwin (Ben) Epperson 
Benjamin Edwin (Ben) was born on March 18th, 1900 in Maysville, Ark.. Benjamin Edwin (Ben)'s father was Martin Epperson and his mother was Demaracy Vasthi Davis. His paternal grandparents were Aphrey Epperson and Elizabeth Hire. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Leander(Lee), Dewey Virl( Dude), Goldie Mae and Elizabeth Rabecca (Bessie). He was the second youngest of the five children. He had six half-brothers and four half-sisters, named Hezekiah (Bud), William A., Silas Peter, George Washington, Thomas Moore, Solomon, Amanda Jane, Charlotte "Lottie", Mary A and Infant. He died at the age of 70 on March 27th, 1970 in Rockford memorial Hosp.;Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Rockford, Illinois.General Notes
Obituary...Ben Edwin Epperson, 70 R.R.1, Byron, Illinois, died at 2:45P.M. Friday, March 27, 1970, in Rockford Memorial Hospital,after a longillness. Born March 18,1900 in Maysville, Arkansas, son of Mr and Mrs.Martin Epperson. Lived 48 years in Rockford, coming here from Maysville,Arkansas. Married to the former Goldie Pierce in Arkansas in 1922.Employed by Elco Tool Co. until his retirement in 1954. Survivorsinclude: three daughter, Mrs Willard (Lucille) Swanson, Mrs. Niles(Maxine) Granberg, and Mrs. Karl (Carol) Swanborg, all of Byron; one son,Harold, Loves Park, Illinois, eight grandchildren and fivegreat-grandchildren; two brothers, Lee and Dewey, both of Rockford; andone sister, Mrs George (Bessie) Zell, Rockford. His wife preceded him indeath in 1944.
Services at 1;30 P.M. Tuesday in Julian-Poorman Funeral Home, 304 N.5th St. with Reb Melvin G. Swanson, pastor of Berean Baptist Tabernacleofficiating. Burial in Willwood Burial Park. Friends may call at thefuneral home from 7 P.M. to 8;30 P.M. Monday. (Rockford Register Star,Sunday, March 29, 1970)
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- b.14 Jun 1708 in New Kent, Va d.1768 in St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia
- b.06 Nov 1730 in King William Parish Goochland Co, Va. d.14 Nov 1814 in _____
- b.1710 in King William Parish, Goochland, Va. d.08 Mar 1755 in St. Peters Parish, New Kent, Va
- b.1771 in Bedford, Franklin County, Va. d.04 Mar 1839 in Smith County, Tenn.
- b.~ 1715 in Essex Co.?, Hanover Co.?, Va d.1793 in Goochland Co., Va
- b.~ 1747 in <Lunnenburg Co.?, Va> d.22 Jul 1782 in Bedford Co.?, Va
- b.1715 in , Calvert, Md d.> 1765 in Va
- b.12 Nov 1807 in Washinton, Tennessee d.11 Aug 1879 in McDonald County, Mo.;buried Cemetery Anderson, Mo.
- d.1839
- b.17 Feb 1840 in Marion County, Illinois d.15 Mar 1906 in Anderson, Mo; buried on the home place, Anderson, Mo??
- b.~ 1787 in , Smith, Tn d.1828
- b.~ 1810 in Smith, Tennesse d.> 1839 in Mcdonald County, Mo;buried Cemetery Anderson, Mo.
- b.1698/1700 in Old Rappahannock, Essex, Va d.05 May 1768 in , Cumberland, Va
- b.1738 in Cumberland Co, Va, Virginia d.1798 in , Franklin Co, Va
- b.1702 in , Franklin, Va d.17 Oct 1774 in , Cumberland, Va
- b.1776 in , Franklin Co, Virginia, Virginia d.1860 in , Macon Co, Tennessee
- b.1730 in , Essex, Virginia d.11 Feb 1818 in , Franklin Co, Va
- b.18 Mar 1900 in Maysville, Ark. d.27 Mar 1970 in Rockford memorial Hosp.;Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Rockford, Illinois
- b.02 Feb 1861 in Sulpher Springs, Arkansas d.07 Jan 1940 in Rockford, Ill., buried Willwood Cemetery, Rockford, Ill.
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