Extract from the 1860 Census:
Name: John Van Eps
Age in 1860: 10
Estimated birth year: 1850
Birthplace: Michigan
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1860: Clinton, Macomb, Michigan
Post office: Mount Clemens
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Arthur (age 8), Katherine (6), Ally (4), Belle (3), and Effie (2)
Census place: Clinton, Macomb, Michigan; Roll M653_553; Page: 761; Image: 335; Family History Library Film: 803553.
Date: 17 Aug 1860

Extract from the 1870 Census:
Name: Frank Van Eps
Age in 1870: 20
Estimated birth year: 1850
Birthplace: Michigan
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1870: Mount Clemens, Macomb, Michigan
Post office: Mount Clemens
Occupation: works in harness shop
Siblings living at home: Arthur E (age 19), Alla (14), Katherine E (13), Ada B (12), Effie M (10), and Maud M (7)
Census place: Mount Clemens, Macomb, Michigan; Roll: M593_688; Page: 385; Image: 209
Date: 2 Aug 1870

Extract from the Detroit city directory for 1884:
page 1215
Frank J Van Eps, harnessmaker, h 266 Lafayette ave.

Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: John Van Eps
Age in 1910: 61
Estimated birth year: 1849
Birthplace: Michigan
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head of house: roomer
Home in 1910: Detroit Ward 2, Wayne, Michigan
Marital status: divorced
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Michigan [sic]
Mother's birthplace: Michigan [sic]
Occupation: agent
Industry: sewing machine company
Salary or wage worker: wages
Whether out of work on April 15, 1910: no
Number of weeks out of work in 1909: 0
Census place: Detroit Ward 2, Wayne, Michigan; Roll T624_680; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 24; Image: 43
Date: 20 Apr 1910

Extract from Michigan Death Records, 1897-1920:
Name: John F Van Epps
Age: 65 years 6 months 4 days
Birth date: 14 Oct 1849
Birthplace: Michigan
Race: white
Sex: male
Marital status: divorced
Address: Eloise Infirmary
Occupation: harness maker
Death date: 22 Apr 1915
Death place: Nankin, Wayne, Michigan
Cause of death: valvular heart disease
Father's name: John Van Epps
Birthplace of father: New York
Mother's name: Ada Travers
Birthplace of mother: New York
Informant: J E Bernett of Eloise, Michigan
Place of burial: Detroit
Date of burial: 23 Apr 1915

Extract from Clinton Grove Cemetery in Mount Clemens, Michigan:
Name: Frank John VanEps
Age: 66
Sex: male
Date of burial: 25 Apr 1915