My great grand uncle.
Born: 28 July 1848, Georgia. 1 2
Parents: JASPER NEWTON COPELAN AND MARY ELIZABETH FURLOW
Married: 15 Feb. 1872, Greene Co., GA. 3
Death: 6 Nov. 1896. 2
Burial: Walker Church Cemetery, Greene Co., GA. 2
Notes:
Listed as a farm laborer living in his mother's household in the 1870 Federal Census, Militia District 142, Greene, GA (indexed Jasper Copeland).
Listed as a farmer in the 1880 Federal Census, District 163, Greene, GA.
Widowed spouse Patience listed with all of her children except Emma in the 1900 Federal Census, Hutchinson, Greene, GA (indexed Ptienc Coplan); indicates five children born, five surviving.
Spouse: PATIENCE ZACHARY b. 15 March 1840, GA d. 15 Oct. 1928. 2
CHILDREN OF JASPER NEWTON COPELAN, JR. AND PATIENCE ZACHARY:
(my first cousins twice removed)
ASBURY CORNELIUS COPELAN b. 2 Dec. 1872, GA d. 29 Jan. 1941, Greene Co., GA.
JASPER THOMAS COPELAN b. 30 March 1874, GA d. 28 Oct. 1969, Clarke Co., GA.
EMMA COPELAN b. Oct. 1877, GA d. 11 Jan. 1948, DeKalb Co., GA.
HENRY NEWTON COPELAN b. 22 March 1880, GA d. 27 Aug. 1971, Sumter Co., GA..
EDGAR L. COPELAN b. 22 Oct. 1881, GA d. 8 June 1946, Greene Co., GA..
Sources:
1. 1880 Federal Census, District 163, Greene, GA.
2. The Cemeteries of Green County Georgia, E. H. Armor, Agee Publishers, 1987.
3. Hunting For Bears, comp., Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944 [database on-line], Provo, UT, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004; original data taken from county courthouse records, many of which were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.
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