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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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 NERFINISHED
Washington College NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup European American
familyName Eppes NERFINISHED
father John Wayles Eppes NERFINISHED
fullName Francis Wayles Eppes NERFINISHED
givenName Francis NERFINISHED
grandfather Thomas Jefferson NERFINISHED
helpedEstablish West Florida Seminary NERFINISHED
predecessor institution of Florida State University
helpedFound Tallahassee, Florida NERFINISHED
mother Maria Jefferson Eppes NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Albemarle County, Virginia NERFINISHED
Monticello NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Orlando, Florida NERFINISHED
positionHeld intendant (mayor) of Tallahassee
president of the board of education for the West Florida Seminary
religion Episcopalianism
residence Leon County, Florida NERFINISHED
Orlando, Florida NERFINISHED
Tallahassee, Florida NERFINISHED
Virginia NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Mary Elizabeth Randolph NERFINISHED
Susan Margaret Ware Crouch NERFINISHED
subjectOf historical reassessment and controversy over his role as a slave owner
supported Confederate States of America NERFINISHED

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Mary Jefferson Eppes child Francis Wayles Eppes