Family tree of John Wayles EPPES
American politician
Born John Wayles EPPES
United States Representative and a Senator from Virginia
Born on April 19, 1773 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA , United States
Died on September 13, 1823 in Buckingham County, Virginia, USA
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Eppes married his first cousin Maria Jefferson (known also as "Polly"), the daughter of Martha (Wayles) and Thomas Jefferson, October 13, 1797 at Monticello. The couple resided at Mont Blanco plantation in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
... Eppes was born in Chesterfield County, Virginia, the only son and youngest of six children of Francis Eppes and Elizabeth (née Wayles) on April 19, 1773. He attended the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia and graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia in 1786. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1794 and commenced practice in Richmond, Virginia.
Eppes married his first cousin Maria Jefferson (known also as "Polly"), the daughter of Martha (Wayles) and Thomas Jefferson, October 13, 1797 at Monticello. The couple resided at Mont Blanco plantation in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
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