Born in Pulaski County, Kentucky, November 14, 1841. He pursued his education in the public and select schools of Mill Spring in that state. In 1860 he came to Iowa and settled on a farm in Marion County. In 1862, at Eddyville, he enlisted in the union army as a member of Company D, Thirty-sixth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and served his country until the end of the war. After being mustered out of the army August, 1865, Mr. Epperson entered a wholesale grocery house at Eddyville. Two years later he took a clerical position with the mercantile firm of Manning, Caldwell and Co., and in 1871 he formed a partnership with Edwin Manning under the name of Manning and Epperson. Not alone in business lines has Mr. Epperson figured prominently but also as a leader in public connections. He has been mayor of the city, a member of the city council and city treasurer, and in 1879 he was elected to represent his district in the general assembly, where he made such a creditable record that he was reelected in 1881. He was again chosen to that office in 1904, when he became a member of the Thirty-first general assembly, and while in the house he took an active part in shaping important state legislation. On the 8th of June, 1875, Mr. Epperson was united in marriage to Miss Louise O'Hara, daughter of Samuel and Louise (Mayhan) O'Hara. Mr. Epperson and his family attend the Congregational church. His political support has always been given to the Republican Party, and with firm belief in its principles he has never faltered in his allegiance thereto. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the Knight Templar degree, and has also crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He likewise belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He has been treasurer of the Workmen lodge and of the Masonic lodge and in fact has held all of the chairs in the local Masonic organization.

Born in Pulaski County, Kentucky, November 14, 1841. He pursued his education in the public and select schools of Mill Spring in that state. In 1860 he came to Iowa and settled on a farm in Marion County. In 1862, at Eddyville, he enlisted in the union army as a member of Company D, Thirty-sixth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and served his country until the end of the war. After being mustered out of the army August, 1865, Mr. Epperson entered a wholesale grocery house at Eddyville. Two years later he took a clerical position with the mercantile firm of Manning, Caldwell & Co., and in 1871 he formed a partnership with Edwin Manning under the name of Manning & Epperson. Not alone in business lines has Mr. Epperson figured prominently but also as a leader in public connections. He has been mayor of the city, a member of the city council and city treasurer, and in 1879 he was elected to represent his district in the general assembly, where he made such a creditable record that he was reelected in 1881. He was again chosen to that office in 1904, when he became a member of the Thirty-first general assembly, and while in the house he took an active part in shaping important state legislation. On the 8th of June, 1875, Mr. Epperson was united in marriage to Miss Louise O'Hara, daughter of Samuel and Louise (Mayhan) O'Hara. Mr. Epperson and his family attend the Congregational church. His political support has always been given to the Republican Party, and with firm belief in its principles he has never faltered in his allegiance thereto. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the Knight Templar degree, and has also crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He likewise belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He has been treasurer of the Workmen lodge and of the Masonic lodge and in fact has held all of the chairs in the local Masonic organization.

Born in Pulaski County, Kentucky, November 14, 1841. He pursued his education in the public and select schools of Mill Spring in that state. In 1860 he came to Iowa and settled on a farm in Marion County. In 1862, at Eddyville, he enlisted in the union army as a member of Company D, Thirty-sixth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and served his country until the end of the war. After being mustered out of the army August, 1865, Mr. Epperson entered a wholesale grocery house at Eddyville. Two years later he took a clerical position with the mercantile firm of Manning, Caldwell & Co., and in 1871 he formed a partnership with Edwin Manning under the name of Manning & Epperson. Not alone in business lines has Mr. Epperson figured prominently but also as a leader in public connections. He has been mayor of the city, a member of the city council and city treasurer, and in 1879 he was elected to represent his district in the general assembly, where he made such a creditable record that he was reelected in 1881. He was again chosen to that office in 1904, when he became a member of the Thirty-first general assembly, and while in the house he took an active part in shaping important state legislation. On the 8th of June, 1875, Mr. Epperson was united in marriage to Miss Louise O'Hara, daughter of Samuel and Louise (Mayhan) O'Hara. Mr. Epperson and his family attend the Congregational church. His political support has always been given to the Republican Party, and with firm belief in its principles he has never faltered in his allegiance thereto. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the Knight Templar degree, and has also crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He likewise belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He has been treasurer of the Workmen lodge and of the Masonic lodge and in fact has held all of the chairs in the local Masonic organization.