Education
Born near Blackstone, Virginia, Epes attended private schools and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. He was graduated from the law department of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, in 1867.
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Born near Blackstone, Virginia, Epes attended private schools and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. He was graduated from the law department of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, in 1867.
During the Civil War he served in the Confederate States Army in Company East, Third Virginia Cavalry. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice at Nottoway Court House, Virginia. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He served as prosecuting attorney for Nottoway County during the years 1870–1883.
Epes was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894.
He retired to his plantation, "The Old Place," near Blackstone, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death there August 24, 1910. He was interred in Lake View Cemetery, Blackstone, Virginia.
1890; Epes was elected to the United States. House of Representatives with 57.15% of the vote, defeating Republican John Mercer Langston.
1892. Epes was re-elected with 52.19% of the vote, defeating Populist J. Thomas Goode.