William and Leanora Epperson, Park County and then Ogden, Utah



LEANORA'S FAMILY
John W. Ash and Tabitha A. Fitzgerald married on 13 Sep 1860 in Montgomery County, Illinois.

In 1870 Montgomery County, Illinois, Jno. Ashis farming, 34, Tabitha Ash 27, and Leonora Ash 9.

In 1880 El Paso County, Colorado, J. W. Ash is 44, Tabitha Ash 37 Wife, Leonora Ash 18 Daughter, and Adelbert Ash 5 Son.

December 1882 Fairplay "Miss Nora Ash and Miss Emma Ingraham, two pleasant young ladies from Colorado Springs, have been visiting with Mrs. Hardy Epperson in the park."

WILLIAM AND LEONARA
William P. Epperson Age 28, married Leonara Ash on May 10, 1888 in Colorado City, recorded in El Paso County, Colorado.

His parents were Hiram Perry Epperson 1830-1912 and Margarite Perkins 1840-1877, married 1858.
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September 1891 Grand Junction, Colorado
"The following members of the Colorado State Editorial association arrived from Salt Lake City on the 9:30 Rio Grande Western Passenger yesterday morning:
A. E. Pierce, president, and wife, South Denver Eye.
G. Herbert Brown, first vice-president, and wife, Manitou Daily Journal.
C. S. Aldrich, second vice-president, and wife, Monte Vista Graphic.
General George West and wife, Golden Transcript.
E. J. Van Valkenburg and wife, Erie Canfield Independent.
W. P. Epperson and wife, Iris, Colorado City.
R. O. Howard (aged 14), editor Star Colorado Springs, and 'mascot' of the association.
Samuel J. McAfee and wife, Courier, Evanston.
W.S. Sloan, wife and two children, Rocky Mountain News.
W. B. Felton and wife, Canon City Record.
Colonel J, M. Gore, Platteville Record Star.
W. C. Calhoun and lady, Denver Sentinel.
The association held their annual convention in Manitou Springs last Thursday and Friday und on the evening of Friday left over the Midland for Salt Lake, passing through the city Saturday morning and arriving in the mormon city Sunday. evening, where they remained until Monday night."

December 1893

April 1895 Park County "The first issue of the Freshwater News will appear April 20. The plant for the paper is now being moved from Colorado City and the office will be open for business by next Tuesday. Mr. W. P. Epperson, editor of the Iris, of Colorado City, will have charge of the business affairs of the paper, and we are promised a first class local sheet."

In 1900 El Paso County, William P. Efferson 40 is a publisher, Leonora A. Efferson 38 Wife, Clyde A. Efferson 10 Son, Estella Efferson 2 Daughter, and Ella Barnett 21 Servant.

April 1909 Grand Junction "W. T. and C. A. Epperson, of Colorado City, are here looking after business interests."
In 1910 Green River, Utah, William A. "Effurson" is a merchant, 50, Lenora A. Effurson 48 Wife, Clyde A. Effurson 20 Son, and Estella Effurson 12 Daughter.

In 1930 Kaysville, Utah, William P. Epperson is 69, Leonora A. Epperson 68 Wife, Charles V. Saxton 36 Son-in-law, Estella E. Saxton 33 Daughter, Albert Epperson 19 Cousin, Mary Leiman 58 Servant, and Richard E. Saxton 9 Grandson.

Leonora Ann Ash Epperson BIRTH 19 Jul 1861 Raymond, Montgomery County, Illinois, DEATH 24 Aug 1937 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, BURIAL Kaysville City Cemetery Kaysville, Davis County, Utah, PLOT 16-2-D-1 MEMORIAL ID 124220.



"W. P. Epperson, editor of The Reflex, died very suddenly of heart trouble shortly before midnight Wednesday evening (December 31, 1930_ Mr. Epperson, in company with his family and a host of friends, was attending the New Years eve celebration at the Hotel Bigelow, and was dancing when stricken. He complained of not feeling very well, and he and his partner had started to leave the dance floor when he fell. Dr. G. Rutledge, a member of the party, was close at hand and made an effort to revive him, but he died while being removed to a room in the hotel.
Mr. Epperson was editor of the Weekly Reflex and the Ogden Post of Ogden; manager and founder of the Inland Printing company, a member of the state legislature in the session of 1927; former city councilman of Kaysville; former president of the Utah 3tate Press association, and for twelve years previous to his death was chairman of that organization legislative committee. For many years prior to his death he waa prominent in Republican politics of the state and also served many state political and non-political committees and served as a member of the state central committee for one year.
During the World war he was chairman of the Davis county selective service board. He was an active member of the Sons of the American Revolution of this state.
Mr. Epperson was born in Abingdon, Illinois, September 23, 1859, the son of Hiram Perry and Susanna lUchtrdaon Epperson. As a young man he was a printers apprentice; and in 1878 moved to Denver and later to Colorado City, where he was editor of the Iris. In 1888 he married Leanora Ash in Colorado Springs.
In 1909 Mr. Epperson moved to Green River, Utah, and three years later the family came to Kaysville, where he acquired the Weekly Reflex and organized the Inland Printing company. In 1926 he organised Tho Ogden Post.
Besidea his widow he is survived by a son, Clyde Ashley Epperson; a daughter, Mrs. Charles V. K. Saxton, and three grandchildren, all of Keysville.
Funeral services have been set for Sunday afternoon and will be as follows: Family service will be held at the home at 2:15 p. with the Right Reverend Arthur W. Moulton, Episcopal bishop of Utah, in charge. Public services will be held in the Keysville tabernacle at 3:30 with Bishop Frank Hyde of Kaysville in charge. Speakers at this service will be President Henry II. plood of North Davis stake, former Mayor John G. M. Barnes, the Right Reverend Bishop Moulton and the Rev. John W. Ilystop, rector of the Church of Good Shepherd, Ogden. Active pallbearers will be employees of the Inland Printing company of Kaysville, which firm Mr. Epperfcon headed. Honorary pallbearers will include Governor Geo. H. Dem, Secretary of State Milton H. Welling, Chauncey P. Overfield, and Albert Phillips of Salt Lake; J. W. Abbott, Fred M. Nye, Senator J. Francis Fowies, Judge James A. Howell, and P. H. Mulcahy, Ogden; Senator George H. Ryan, Eureka; John R. Galley and H. J. Sheffield, Kaysville; E. P. Ellison, and Fred Rich, Centerville.
Friends of Epperson may view the body at the family home in Kaysville between the hours of 1 p. m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, and on Sunday morning until 12 noon. Interment will take place at the Kaysville-Layton cemetery."

"Died, January 1, 1908, in Denver Belle Epperson. aged 39 years. Services to be held at the undertaking parlors of Charles M. Miller, 1714 Curtis street, this morning at 10 o'clock. Interment, Riverside."

In 1930 Kaysville, Utah, Clyde S. Epperson 40 is a printer, Ruby Epperson 42 Wife, William S. Epperson 13 Son, and Betty Epperson 11 Daughter.

Clyde A. Epperson BIRTH 23 Dec 1889 Colorado City, Pueblo County, Colorado, DEATH 16 Sep 1940 Bronxville, Westchester County, New York, BURIAL Kaysville City Cemetery Kaysville, Davis County, Utah, PLOT 16-2-D-4 MEMORIAL ID 125425.

Estella Epperson, born 01 Jul 1897, on 22 Oct 1919 in Salt Lake County, Utah, married Charles Van Keuren Saxton.

Charles married Mrs. Helen Drake Farley in Pueblo Colorado on February 16, 1938.

They're in Pueblo, Colorado in 1940.

Charles Van Keuren Saxton BIRTH 27 Mar 1893 Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado, DEATH 20 Dec 1943 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, BURIAL Mount Olivet Cemetery Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, PLOT U_90_3 MEMORIAL ID 160116.

Estella E. Saxton married Samuel Barbour in Bronxville, N.Y, in 1935.

In 1940 Seattle, Samuel Barbour is an executive, 48, Estella E Barbour 42 Wife.

Samuel Barbour Birth Date 3 Dec 1891 Birth Place New Jersey Death Date 6 Dec 1959 Death Place Monterey Mother's Maiden Name Dunn.

Estella E. Barbour BIRTH unknown DEATH 18 Feb 1983 BURIAL Mountain View Cemetery Oakland, Alameda County, California, PLOT CLM 55, 2, 1 MEMORIAL ID 166714483.
"Estella Epperson Barbour of Pebble Beach, died at her home on Jan. 30, 1983, after a period of failing health. Born July 1, 1897, in Colorado Springs, she was the daughter of William P. and Leonora A. Epperson, and sister of Clyde A. Epperson, the founders of the Inland Printing Company and publishers of the Weekly Reflex in Davis County. The family moved to Kaysville in 1910.
Mrs. Barbour moved to Bronxville, New York, in the thirties, and then to California in the fifties. Her husband, Samuel Barbour, died in 1960.
In keeping with the printing and publishing tradition of the Epperson family, she was editor and business manager of the one-time weekly Ogden Post. She served several times as delegate to the national convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and was founding secretary of the American Red Cross in Utah. She later became national vice president of the American Legion Auxiliary and was an early member of the Bay View Club. Mrs. Barbour was a member of St. Johns Episcopal Church in Monterey, Calif., and a member of the Altar Guide there.
Survivors include her son, Richard E. Saxton, San Francisco; step-daughter, Mrs. Maijorie Barbour Sloat, Oakland, niece, Mrs. Betty Epperson Browneller, La Habra; and four grandchildren.
Services were held at St. Johns Chapel, Rev. Jerome Politzer, officiating."



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