My first cousin three times removed.
Born: 29 May 1840, Georgia. 1 5
Parents: JOHN D. COPELAN AND NANCY WILLIAMS
Married: 22 Nov. 1866, Taliaferro Co., GA. 4
Death: 5 June 1913. 5
Burial: Siloam Cemetery, Greene Co., GA. 5
Notes:
Listed as a farmer in the 1870 Federal Census, District 108 and 109, Hancock, GA (indexed J. J. Copelan).
Listed as a farmer in the 1880 Federal Census, District 109, Hancock, GA (indexed Jasper Coplane); brother George in the household and working on the farm.
Listed as a widowed farmer in the 1900 Federal Census, Militia District 109, Hancock, GA (indexed J. J. Copeland); daughters Willie Gordie and Maggie, and son Jasper Lee living in the household.
Listed in the household of his daughter Lee Dolvin in the 1910 Federal Census, Caldwell, Greene, GA; age is incorrectly listed as 74.
Spouse: SUSAN F. JONES b. about 1844, GA 1 d. by 1900. 3
CHILDREN OF JASPER J. COPELAN AND SUSAN F. JONES:
(my second cousins twice removed)
WILLIE GORDON COPELAN b. August, 1867, Georgia. 3
JOHN H. COPELAN b. 29 Nov. 1868, GA d. 17 June 1946.
NETTIE COPELAN b. about 1871, Georgia. 2
MAGGIE COPELAN b. July 1872, Georgia. 3
LEE COPELAN b. 27 March 1874, GA d. 15 Aug. 1966, Fulton Co., GA.
DOC COPELAN b. about 1877, Georgia. 2
BISHOP or JASPER J. (possibly Jasper Jefferson) 6 COPELAN b. June 1879, Georgia. 3
Sources:
1. 1870 Federal Census, District 108 and 109, Hancock, GA.
2. 1880 Federal Census, District 109, Hancock, GA.
3. 1900 Federal Census, Militia District 109, Hancock, GA.
4. Hunting For Bears, comp., Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944 [database on-line], Provo, UT; The Generations Network, Inc., 2004; original data is marriage information taken from county courthouse records, many of them records extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.
5. The Cemeteries of Green County Georgia, E. H. Armor, Agee Publishers, 1987.
6. Listed as Bishop in the 1880 census, and as Jasper J. in the 1900 census; later census and WWI draft registration info lists a Jasper Jefferson Copelan born June 1879 and married to Stella that offers a good match, but as yet unproven.
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