My first cousin three times removed.
Born: about 1835, Georgia. 1
Parents: JOHN D. COPELAN AND NANCY WILLIAMS
Military: CSA, GA 8th Inf. Co. I, 1st Sgt. 7 10
Married: multiple.
Death: between 1910 and 1920. 5
Burial: White Plains Cemetery, Greene Co., GA. 7
Notes:
Listed as a farmer in the 1870 Federal Census, District 108 and 109, Hancock, GA (indexed J. F. Copelan).
Listed as a Farmer in the 1880 Federal Census, District 109, Hancock, GA (indexed as Jefferson Copelane).
Listed as a farmer in the 1900 Federal Census, Militia District 109, Hancock, GA (indexed I. F. Copelan).
Listed as a farmer in the 1910 Federal Census, White Plains, Greene, GA (indexed Jeff F. Copelan).
Wife Anna listed as a widow living in the household of daughter Eunice and Eden Wynne in the 1920 Federal Census, White Plains, Greene, GA (indexed Anna J. Copeland).
Anna listed in the household of daughter Eunice and Eden Wynne in the 1930 Federal Census, Militia District 109, Hancock, GA (indexed Anna Copeland); in the margin is noted "White Plains and Sparta."
Spouse (1): MARY J. BRIDGES b. about 1842, GA 1 m. 18 Feb. 1865, Harris Co., GA. 4
CHILDREN OF JEFFERSON F. COPELAN AND MARY J. BRIDGES:
(my second cousins twice removed)
LIZZIE COPELAN b. about 1867, Georgia. 2
ADA COPELAN b. about 1869, Georgia. 2
CLAUDE COPELAN b. Oct. 1875, Georgia. 3
CLARENCE BRIDGES COPELAN b. July 1876, GA d. 1959.
Spouse (2): ANNA G. SMITH b. Dec. 1852, GA 3 7 m.6 Dec. 1881, Taliaferro Co., GA 3 4 d. 1944.7
CHILDREN OF JEFFERSON F. COPELAN AND ANNA G. SMITH:
(my second cousins twice removed)
JEFFERSON R. COPELAN b. 5 May 1885, GA 3 6 7 9 d. April 1968 7 m. Lena M. (Unknown) about 1919. 6 8 9
ALBERT DEWITT COPELAN b. July 1887, GA 3 7 d. 1912. 7
EUNICE COPELAN b. March 1891, Georgia. 3
SUSIE COPELAN b. Jan. 1895, 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 extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.
5. 1920 Federal Census, White Plains, Greene, GA.
6. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
7. The Cemeteries of Green County Georgia, E. H. Armor, Agee Publishers, 1987.
8. 1930 Federal Census, White Plains, Greene, GA.
9. Social Security Death Index.
10. "The Roster of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," Vo. IV, Janet B. Hewett, Broadfoot Publishing Co., Wilmington, NC, 1996.
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