Thomas Jefferson Eppes was a cotton planter and politician who served as President of the Florida Senate in 1860 and 1861. He was the son of

Francis Eppes Francis Wayles Eppes (September 20, 1801 – May 30, 1881) was a planter and slave owner from Virginia who became a cotton planter in the Florida Territory and later civic leader in Tallahassee and surrounding Leon County, Florida. After reaching ...

and the great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson. In 1859, he wrote to governor

Madison S. Perry Madison Starke Perry (1814 – March 1865) was the fourth Governor of Florida. Early life Madison Starke Perry was born in Lancaster County, South Carolina, the youngest child of Benjamin Perry and his wife Mary Starke. He attended South Car ...

from Appalachicola recommending Reuben L. Harrison for the position of cotton weigher. He had a son, T. J. Eppes, who murdered a man and was put on trial in 1884. The younger Eppes married Kate E. Eppes who died July 25, 1886, at 22 years of age.

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