Francis Wayles Eppes

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Francis Wayles Eppes was an American planter, politician, and grandson of Thomas Jefferson who helped found the city of Tallahassee, Florida, and played a key role in establishing Florida State University’s predecessor institution.

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Label Occurrences
Francis Wayles Eppes canonical 3
Francis Eppes 2
Francis Eppes VI 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
planter ⓘ
politician ⓘ
slave owner ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
commemoratedBy statue formerly on Florida State University campus ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1801-09-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1881-05-10 ⓘ
educatedAt South Carolina College ⓘ
Washington College ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Eppes ⓘ
linked to: Eppes family
father John Wayles Eppes ⓘ
fullName Francis Wayles Eppes ⓘ
givenName Francis ⓘ
grandfather Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
helpedEstablish West Florida Seminary ⓘ
predecessor institution of Florida State University ⓘ
helpedFound Tallahassee, Florida ⓘ
mother Maria Jefferson Eppes ⓘ
movement American slavery-based plantation economy ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableFor efforts to establish the predecessor institution of Florida State University ⓘ
helping to found the city of Tallahassee, Florida ⓘ
service as a local official in Tallahassee ⓘ
numberOfChildren at least 7 ⓘ
occupation planter ⓘ
politician ⓘ
slave owner ⓘ
owned enslaved people ⓘ
partOf Jefferson family ⓘ
placeOfBirth Albemarle County, Virginia ⓘ
Monticello ⓘ
placeOfDeath Orlando, Florida ⓘ
linked to: Orlando
positionHeld intendant (mayor) of Tallahassee ⓘ
president of the board of education for the West Florida Seminary ⓘ
religion Episcopalianism ⓘ
residence Leon County, Florida ⓘ
Orlando, Florida ⓘ
linked to: Orlando

Tallahassee, Florida ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Mary Elizabeth Randolph ⓘ
Susan Margaret Ware Crouch ⓘ
subjectOf historical reassessment and controversy over his role as a slave owner ⓘ
supported Confederate States of America ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mary Jefferson Eppes → child → Francis Wayles Eppes ⓘ
Eppington, Virginia → builtFor → Francis Eppes VI ⓘ
linked to: Francis Wayles Eppes
Eppington, Virginia → hasResident → Francis Eppes VI ⓘ
linked to: Francis Wayles Eppes
John Wayles Eppes → father → Francis Eppes ⓘ
linked to: Francis Wayles Eppes
Francis Wayles Eppes → fullName → Francis Wayles Eppes ⓘ
Eppes family → hasNotableMember → Francis Eppes ⓘ
linked to: Francis Wayles Eppes
Eppes family → hasNotableMember → Francis Wayles Eppes ⓘ