My first cousin once removed.
Born: 18 Oct. 1897, Georgia. 1 3
Parents: LATHADDEUS T. COPELAN AND CLAUDE M. BRUCE
Married: about 1926. 2
Death: Dec. 1964. 3
Notes:
As of 12 Sep. 1918 Calvin was a street car conductor and living with his parents at 957 Broad, Augusta, GA; he was tall and slender, with brown eyes and light hair. 1
Listed as an automobile mechanic and living in his parents' household in the 1920 Federal Census, Washington, Wilkes, GA.
27 JUNE 1924, THE MADISONIAN, BROWNWOOD LOCALS: "Mr. C. R. L. Copeland, of Atlanta, Mrs. D. Farris Gibbs, of Anniston, Ala., Mrs. W. C. Shyrigh and two sweet little daughters, Gladys Cliff and Sammy Love, of Birmingham, Ala., are spending a few weeks with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Copeland, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Copeland, at Copeland Heights."
Listed as an automobile mechanic in the 1930 Federal Census, Birmingham, Jefferson, AL.
Social Security Death Index:
Name: Calvin Copelan
SSN: 417-03-1140
Last Residence: Mississippi
Born: 18 Oct 1897
Died: Dec 1964
State (Year) SSN issued: Alabama (Before 1951)
Spouse: NETTIE P. LANGLEY b. about 1906, Alabama. 2
CHILDREN OF CALVIN ROEAN LATHADIOUS COPELAN AND NETTIE P. LANGLEY:
(my second cousins)
MELVIN EUGENE COPELAN b. 14 March 1926, AL 2 3 d. 23 Jan. 1993, Los Angeles, CA. 3 4
BRUCE C. COPELAN b. about 1929, Alabama. 2
Sources:
1. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; SEE CARD.
2. 1930 Federal Census, Birmingham, Jefferson, AL.
3. Social Security Death Index.
4. California Death Index, 1940-1997, Sacramento, State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.
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