Am Looking for Descendants of Catherine and Decatur Epps Lola and Lillie Twin Daughters of Catherine Decatur
My gg grandmother (Catherine LENTZ RIDLEY) remarried after my gg grandfather Alfred Burton RIDLEY died in a sawmill accident in north GA about 1852. She had twin girls Lola and Lila (Lille)? EPPS and her EPPS husband died after an injury sustained by a musket ball at Battle of Chickamauga in the Civil War. The legend handed down tells how Catherine LENTZ RIDLEY EPPS drove a wagon across the north GA mountains with her four boys by Henry Jacob RIDLEY-including a set of twins--one being my great grandfather-Henry Jacob RIDLEY--to bring Decatur EPPS back from the battle field to die at home. They lived in Murray Country/Union County GA USA . Apparently Catherine and Decatur EPPS were buried in or near Dalton Murray Co, GA. I have not located their burial spots. Catherine was a very strong, determined and strict woman as remembered by my grandfather, John McIntyre RIDLEY. I would appreciate any information about any of this family or any EPPS descendants who may be living in GA or AL USA.
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