The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-06-21

hSn. Francis Eppes, who's asssh -. ...
svs Z an lussriogs Inesgs BE We tks - :ss
wsuId s6sisls him 70 dis;ieeon 1880 3. which alone
Yond the haere net Of noble Mood ~ ~ - pc
nc more noble manhood hich % di.s;.s@.eesSsss .
an 10 AZ the walks Of liie s''aeo
re was the son Of John WAyIes Kpoe, -.
OF Congress ffons Virginia 81 cafiv "a ~
youngest daughter Of Thonas 'Jsfs1son. "a -.
reared In Mr. Jenerson's h,usehold saa ss,s ~
He he was Sass.l1 x sRass g ~
Rl9 he keTet followed q d frcisss;os - y. =
isrson bad him educated idf cnlitics ana desI,ss
Ana t..n noa@ me- e tas pee arena sAsss -
have come TO his aid would have insured ia 49,
but h!s ns:iss nsdsssy ard lFqnS svsrsios 3
gerry sought oy 50 many anbisious and sspi,;..
In ls2s he was married to nss Rsnoo,ph A..
yer Of Ihomae Eaton k9ndol u. and covsis - ~
poDsss Pa AMER mssri.gs 20 took possssss
he lived until April 1S2A wh1nhe rsmovss 3 -. -
county, Florida, and engaged e1teusiyev I, 49, sea
Ing Making bis residence In Tallahassee. ii, 49,
was the resort Of students. .eraFy peoule - 80
pie offehnement and educat on. and M So 49, 90
was known to be broad ard liberal. He -
teemed hne critic, especially In the classca ~
ing ing the ssSrTy period In tallahassee. covsreS s.
bis own hands-when riot Wa rffe and boo6 49,
freely, he WIS chosen mayor Of the civ ~ ~
keen sense OF Justice couple With hls sis,n 49,
minatlon to do his duty, are due the reforms vS,s
speedily followed For his sue seas during 49,
trying times he was presented ~ the citisens 49,
silver pitcher, upon which u inscribed sv, 49,
sions OF confidence and thanks.
During the late war bis sympashles were Win ~
South and having consistent faith in The 49,. sas
he disposed Of his real esti 10 and put hIs A. -
tune into Confederate bohdb In this act = = n
other acts Of his life, be instlAed his iaIth - ~
works. 1t was bis intention to remove 70 49, -
the South be established but the close fonr1 ~
impoverished. Like many others, he had stafss ~, n
and lost ~
In 1857 he removed to MADISON county and -.
gagged In planting for year In the winter ~ 49,
being then sixty-eight years old, be tool his
Frank, then but youth, and moved By team 10
ange county. he was an old man, his fortune
gone, and but for bis IRON win and determine,
ergy he would have broken down under the WeiSh
Of his misfortunes 1t was In this settlement Asrs
and the experiences entalled By L. that the ROM
heroism Of the man Il strikingly shown. ma A.
refined and cultivated tastes stranger to hardshin
or prlvauon, ne voluntarily assumed the labor Q.
opening out new place In pine forest, and. VIII
the assistance OF his son. he cleared away the mh
and planted with his own hal ds the seed from WA
grew the trees Of the fine orange grove on the home
place. ace three an., III Tile s sSrth O. Orlando
Mrs. Couch, his present wife, who survives hin. :.
Francis Eppes died at four O'Clock on the nan.
ing OF May 80, 1881, surrounded BY his family ~
friends; Inc following day khe good man Wa Ia
vice was conducted By Rev, Ct W. Ward, q -
Episcopal Church, and the bfautnl service Of th,t
life. VI
After the service, Rev. Mr. Ward read to IL
family of the deceased the following lines PREPARED
BY himself upon hearing Of the death Of he nan
who, In brief acquaintance be had learned To n
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