The Cambridge City (IN) Tribune, Thursday, March 12, 1903
Abraham Copeland, a much respected citizen of Jackson township, died last Saturday evening at his home 2 1/2 miles north of Cambridge City, after a long sickness of intense pain. Mr. Copeland was a native of Montgomery county, Ohio, by birth April 29, 1836. About 10 years later the family removed from their Ohio home to Wayne county, Indiana, where the deceased was reared to manhood and married Miss Martha Turner, December 11, 1862. To them were born five children, all of whom are now living. Verna, the wife of Otis Hormel, who lives in Kokomo, William S., who lives in Muncie, Thomas J., who occupies the homestead farm, John H., occupying the farm immediately north of the homestead, and Pearl, the wife of James Crayton, who occupies the Chas. Boyd farm, northwest of Jacksonburg. On February 3, 1872, at the age of 29, his wife died, leaving the husband with the care of five small children. On November 2, 1873, he was again united in marriage to Mrs. Susan Miller, with whom he lived until the time of her death, which occurred May 31, 1897. She left two daughters, Mrs. Geo. Hormel, living northeast of Cambridge City, and Mrs. Jacob Henne, of near Spencerville, O.
Mr. Copeland was a man who had faith in the Christian hope, attended places of worship, and gave of his means to the support of the church and its cause. He had no dread for the future. It meant a glorious reunion with those gone before, and his departure is regretted because it ends a life of honesty and usefulness. He welcomed the time when he could be translated to the other shore, and be freed of the pains and sorrows of this life. Besides the two daughters, three sons and two stepdaughters already mentioned above, he leaves an aged father, who passed his ninetieth year on February 28, eight grandchildren, five brothers and five sisters of the original family of fourteen children, and many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning by Eld. A. Bowman, at the Brethren church, west of Hagerstown, and the remains laid to rest in the family lot in the cemetery nearby. His age was 66 years, 10 months and 8 days.
Abraham Copeland, a much respected citizen of Jackson township, died last Saturday evening at his home 2 1/2 miles north of Cambridge City, after a long sickness of intense pain. Mr. Copeland was a native of Montgomery county, Ohio, by birth April 29, 1836. About 10 years later the family removed from their Ohio home to Wayne county, Indiana, where the deceased was reared to manhood and married Miss Martha Turner, December 11, 1862. To them were born five children, all of whom are now living. Verna, the wife of Otis Hormel, who lives in Kokomo, William S., who lives in Muncie, Thomas J., who occupies the homestead farm, John H., occupying the farm immediately north of the homestead, and Pearl, the wife of James Crayton, who occupies the Chas. Boyd farm, northwest of Jacksonburg. On February 3, 1872, at the age of 29, his wife died, leaving the husband with the care of five small children. On November 2, 1873, he was again united in marriage to Mrs. Susan Miller, with whom he lived until the time of her death, which occurred May 31, 1897. She left two daughters, Mrs. Geo. Hormel, living northeast of Cambridge City, and Mrs. Jacob Henne, of near Spencerville, O.
Mr. Copeland was a man who had faith in the Christian hope, attended places of worship, and gave of his means to the support of the church and its cause. He had no dread for the future. It meant a glorious reunion with those gone before, and his departure is regretted because it ends a life of honesty and usefulness. He welcomed the time when he could be translated to the other shore, and be freed of the pains and sorrows of this life. Besides the two daughters, three sons and two stepdaughters already mentioned above, he leaves an aged father, who passed his ninetieth year on February 28, eight grandchildren, five brothers and five sisters of the original family of fourteen children, and many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning by Eld. A. Bowman, at the Brethren church, west of Hagerstown, and the remains laid to rest in the family lot in the cemetery nearby. His age was 66 years, 10 months and 8 days.
The Cambridge City (IN) Tribune, Thursday, March 12, 1903
Abraham Copeland, a much respected citizen of Jackson township, died last Saturday evening at his home 2 1/2 miles north of Cambridge City, after a long sickness of intense pain. Mr. Copeland was a native of Montgomery county, Ohio, by birth April 29, 1836. About 10 years later the family removed from their Ohio home to Wayne county, Indiana, where the deceased was reared to manhood and married Miss Martha Turner, December 11, 1862. To them were born five children, all of whom are now living. Verna, the wife of Otis Hormel, who lives in Kokomo, William S., who lives in Muncie, Thomas J., who occupies the homestead farm, John H., occupying the farm immediately north of the homestead, and Pearl, the wife of James Crayton, who occupies the Chas. Boyd farm, northwest of Jacksonburg. On February 3, 1872, at the age of 29, his wife died, leaving the husband with the care of five small children. On November 2, 1873, he was again united in marriage to Mrs. Susan Miller, with whom he lived until the time of her death, which occurred May 31, 1897. She left two daughters, Mrs. Geo. Hormel, living northeast of Cambridge City, and Mrs. Jacob Henne, of near Spencerville, O.
Mr. Copeland was a man who had faith in the Christian hope, attended places of worship, and gave of his means to the support of the church and its cause. He had no dread for the future. It meant a glorious reunion with those gone before, and his departure is regretted because it ends a life of honesty and usefulness. He welcomed the time when he could be translated to the other shore, and be freed of the pains and sorrows of this life. Besides the two daughters, three sons and two stepdaughters already mentioned above, he leaves an aged father, who passed his ninetieth year on February 28, eight grandchildren, five brothers and five sisters of the original family of fourteen children, and many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning by Eld. A. Bowman, at the Brethren church, west of Hagerstown, and the remains laid to rest in the family lot in the cemetery nearby. His age was 66 years, 10 months and 8 days.
Abraham Copeland, a much respected citizen of Jackson township, died last Saturday evening at his home 2 1/2 miles north of Cambridge City, after a long sickness of intense pain. Mr. Copeland was a native of Montgomery county, Ohio, by birth April 29, 1836. About 10 years later the family removed from their Ohio home to Wayne county, Indiana, where the deceased was reared to manhood and married Miss Martha Turner, December 11, 1862. To them were born five children, all of whom are now living. Verna, the wife of Otis Hormel, who lives in Kokomo, William S., who lives in Muncie, Thomas J., who occupies the homestead farm, John H., occupying the farm immediately north of the homestead, and Pearl, the wife of James Crayton, who occupies the Chas. Boyd farm, northwest of Jacksonburg. On February 3, 1872, at the age of 29, his wife died, leaving the husband with the care of five small children. On November 2, 1873, he was again united in marriage to Mrs. Susan Miller, with whom he lived until the time of her death, which occurred May 31, 1897. She left two daughters, Mrs. Geo. Hormel, living northeast of Cambridge City, and Mrs. Jacob Henne, of near Spencerville, O.
Mr. Copeland was a man who had faith in the Christian hope, attended places of worship, and gave of his means to the support of the church and its cause. He had no dread for the future. It meant a glorious reunion with those gone before, and his departure is regretted because it ends a life of honesty and usefulness. He welcomed the time when he could be translated to the other shore, and be freed of the pains and sorrows of this life. Besides the two daughters, three sons and two stepdaughters already mentioned above, he leaves an aged father, who passed his ninetieth year on February 28, eight grandchildren, five brothers and five sisters of the original family of fourteen children, and many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning by Eld. A. Bowman, at the Brethren church, west of Hagerstown, and the remains laid to rest in the family lot in the cemetery nearby. His age was 66 years, 10 months and 8 days.
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