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.
All labels observed (1)
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| Francis Wayles Eppes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4849013 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis Wayles Eppes Context triple: [Mary Jefferson Eppes, child, Francis Wayles Eppes]
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John Wayles Eppes
John Wayles Eppes was an American lawyer, planter, and politician from Virginia who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate in the early 19th century and was closely connected to Thomas Jefferson’s family.
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B.
Mary Jefferson Eppes
Mary Jefferson Eppes was the younger daughter of Thomas Jefferson, remembered for her close relationship with her father and her early death in the early 19th century.
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Martha Eppes Wayles
Martha Eppes Wayles was a colonial Virginia woman of the planter elite and the mother of Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, the wife of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.
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D.
Jeremy Belknap
Jeremy Belknap was an American clergyman and historian best known for his pioneering historical writings on New Hampshire and for helping to establish organized historical scholarship in the United States.
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E.
Francis Franklin
Francis Franklin was an architect known for designing Gatcombe Park, a notable country house in Gloucestershire, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francis Wayles Eppes Target entity description: 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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A.
John Wayles Eppes
John Wayles Eppes was an American lawyer, planter, and politician from Virginia who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate in the early 19th century and was closely connected to Thomas Jefferson’s family.
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B.
Mary Jefferson Eppes
Mary Jefferson Eppes was the younger daughter of Thomas Jefferson, remembered for her close relationship with her father and her early death in the early 19th century.
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C.
Martha Eppes Wayles
Martha Eppes Wayles was a colonial Virginia woman of the planter elite and the mother of Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, the wife of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson.
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D.
Jeremy Belknap
Jeremy Belknap was an American clergyman and historian best known for his pioneering historical writings on New Hampshire and for helping to establish organized historical scholarship in the United States.
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E.
Francis Franklin
Francis Franklin was an architect known for designing Gatcombe Park, a notable country house in Gloucestershire, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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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
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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
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president of the board of education for the West Florida Seminary ⓘ |
| religion | Episcopalianism ⓘ |
| residence |
Leon County, Florida
NERFINISHED
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Orlando, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Tallahassee, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Mary Elizabeth Randolph
NERFINISHED
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Susan Margaret Ware Crouch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | historical reassessment and controversy over his role as a slave owner ⓘ |
| supported | Confederate States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Francis Wayles Eppes Description of subject: 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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