Raymond Lester Epperson, b: 1907

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}


		^{Jacob Kirkendoll Epperson}^{b.1836 Missouri d.}

	^{Milton McDonald Epperson}^{b.1878 Tulare Co., California d.1959 Exeter, California}	^{Martha Helton}^{b.1857 Missouri d.}

^{Raymond Lester Epperson}^{b.1907 Exeter, California d.}		^{Elias Francis "Forney" Jordan}^{b.1850 Galveston, Texas d.1934 Exeter, Tulare, California}

	^{Lenora J. Jordan}^{b.1886 Exeter, California d.1980 Porterville, California}	^{Lourissia Ann Hill}^{b.1861 Burlington, Iowa d.1949}





^{Dorthy McAlpine}^{b. d.}