March 28, 1930
The Arlington Journal
PIONEER RESIDENT DIES OF HEART FAILURE
A. HORACE COPELAND FALLS DEAD IN PASTURE
As the sun was slowly sinking in the west the spirit of A. Horace Copeland familiarly known as "Pappy" or "Uncle Horace," took its flight to a land where there is no suffering or sorrow. He had just returned from the funeral of Harold Grogan the son of his old friends, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Grogan, had changed clothes to do his customary night chores, got on his horse and went to the pasture to round up the cows having a dairy and doing all the work with his wife's assistance. After he had been gone about half an hour, Mrs. Copeland got uneasy and started out to find him seeing the horse without its rider. She at once phoned her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Wessler at Arlington to come at once. Their neighbors Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Graham caught the message over the party line and immediately got in their car and went to the pasture where Mr. Copeland had his cows rounded up and where they found him dead, he having been stricken with heart failure. He had often expressed a wish to die in action and that wish was fulfilled. He left a task unfinished, started suddenly on a new road to heaven. It has been said by his children that he boasted of this year being his 80th and seemed to be as happy over the thought as a young man when arrived at the age of 21. He was born November 26, 1850 in Overton County, Tenn., having come to Texas in 1874. He married Miss Eleanor Donaldson Watson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Watson July 29, 1879. In 1881 they moved to the place where they now live about four miles northeast of Arlington near the Watson Church. The land and a two-room house was presented to them by Mrs. Copeland's parents. In 1895 the little house was torn down and a beautiful two-story home built, where all their children were reared. All the children except one were living and were present at the funeral. The missing child, Mrs. W. A. Reynolds, passed away about fourteen years ago, that being the first death in the family.
Many happy years were spent by Mr. Copeland and wife in rearing their family and it was only last year their home was thrown open to many friends and relatives who came to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Hundreds of people visited them on this happy occasion and all were served with light refreshments.
As "Uncle Horace" would say: "I just wanted our friends to break bread with us." On the Sunday before he passed away he told some of his children that he wanted their mother to remain at home after he passed on and for them to look after her every want. His going was just as he wished and his perfect trust and childlike faith in his final destiny was beautiful. His brother T. B. Copeland of Tenn., who was a soldier in the Confederate army, had to leave home after the war to save his life because of "bushwackers" coming to east Texas, later on to Tarrant County. Soon afterward A. Horace Copeland came and made his home with his uncle, Rev. A. S. Kayter, who named the city of Arlington as there was on Arlington up to that time.
Mr. Copeland joined the Baptist Church at "Arkansaw" Lane about where Grace Chapel now stands, three miles southeast of Arlington. This part of the county did not have stores or churches at that time but was just an open space with few trees. In 1892 a Presbyterian church was organized and called the West Fork Presbyterian Church, but known by most people as the "Watson Church" of which he was a member at the time of his death. He was made an Elder March 11, 1894 and ever lived the life of a christian. He was loved and respected for his goodness and consideration of mankind. The community has lost a good citizen and one who took a great deal of pride in seeing Arlington and surrounding communities prosper. Survivors are: His wife, five daughters and one son: Mrs. J. E. Richards, Fort Worth; Mrs. J. T. Connelly, Dallas; Mrs. Geo H. Wessler, Arlington; Mrs. A. B. Post, Fort Worth; Mrs. Ed Bailey, Hamlin; Hugh Copeland, Dallas, and fourteen grand children.
Services were conducted by Rev. W. A. Binyon, Pastor, assisted by Rev. L. O. Collier for Forest Hills, Rev. Floyd Poe of Dallas and Rev. E. B. King of Fort Worth. The remains were laid to rest in Watson cemetery.
Friday April 4, 1930
The Arlington Journal
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bailey and children, who were called home because of the death of Mrs. Bailey's father, A. H. Copeland, have returned to their home at Hamlin, Texas.
Friday April 4, 1930
The Arlington Journal
TO OUR FRIENDS
There are times when hearts are very full of things words cannot say. For the beautiful evidences of your sympathy and friendship, in our bereavement, we thank you.
Mrs. A. H. Copeland and children.
The Arlington Journal
PIONEER RESIDENT DIES OF HEART FAILURE
A. HORACE COPELAND FALLS DEAD IN PASTURE
As the sun was slowly sinking in the west the spirit of A. Horace Copeland familiarly known as "Pappy" or "Uncle Horace," took its flight to a land where there is no suffering or sorrow. He had just returned from the funeral of Harold Grogan the son of his old friends, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Grogan, had changed clothes to do his customary night chores, got on his horse and went to the pasture to round up the cows having a dairy and doing all the work with his wife's assistance. After he had been gone about half an hour, Mrs. Copeland got uneasy and started out to find him seeing the horse without its rider. She at once phoned her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Wessler at Arlington to come at once. Their neighbors Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Graham caught the message over the party line and immediately got in their car and went to the pasture where Mr. Copeland had his cows rounded up and where they found him dead, he having been stricken with heart failure. He had often expressed a wish to die in action and that wish was fulfilled. He left a task unfinished, started suddenly on a new road to heaven. It has been said by his children that he boasted of this year being his 80th and seemed to be as happy over the thought as a young man when arrived at the age of 21. He was born November 26, 1850 in Overton County, Tenn., having come to Texas in 1874. He married Miss Eleanor Donaldson Watson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Watson July 29, 1879. In 1881 they moved to the place where they now live about four miles northeast of Arlington near the Watson Church. The land and a two-room house was presented to them by Mrs. Copeland's parents. In 1895 the little house was torn down and a beautiful two-story home built, where all their children were reared. All the children except one were living and were present at the funeral. The missing child, Mrs. W. A. Reynolds, passed away about fourteen years ago, that being the first death in the family.
Many happy years were spent by Mr. Copeland and wife in rearing their family and it was only last year their home was thrown open to many friends and relatives who came to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Hundreds of people visited them on this happy occasion and all were served with light refreshments.
As "Uncle Horace" would say: "I just wanted our friends to break bread with us." On the Sunday before he passed away he told some of his children that he wanted their mother to remain at home after he passed on and for them to look after her every want. His going was just as he wished and his perfect trust and childlike faith in his final destiny was beautiful. His brother T. B. Copeland of Tenn., who was a soldier in the Confederate army, had to leave home after the war to save his life because of "bushwackers" coming to east Texas, later on to Tarrant County. Soon afterward A. Horace Copeland came and made his home with his uncle, Rev. A. S. Kayter, who named the city of Arlington as there was on Arlington up to that time.
Mr. Copeland joined the Baptist Church at "Arkansaw" Lane about where Grace Chapel now stands, three miles southeast of Arlington. This part of the county did not have stores or churches at that time but was just an open space with few trees. In 1892 a Presbyterian church was organized and called the West Fork Presbyterian Church, but known by most people as the "Watson Church" of which he was a member at the time of his death. He was made an Elder March 11, 1894 and ever lived the life of a christian. He was loved and respected for his goodness and consideration of mankind. The community has lost a good citizen and one who took a great deal of pride in seeing Arlington and surrounding communities prosper. Survivors are: His wife, five daughters and one son: Mrs. J. E. Richards, Fort Worth; Mrs. J. T. Connelly, Dallas; Mrs. Geo H. Wessler, Arlington; Mrs. A. B. Post, Fort Worth; Mrs. Ed Bailey, Hamlin; Hugh Copeland, Dallas, and fourteen grand children.
Services were conducted by Rev. W. A. Binyon, Pastor, assisted by Rev. L. O. Collier for Forest Hills, Rev. Floyd Poe of Dallas and Rev. E. B. King of Fort Worth. The remains were laid to rest in Watson cemetery.
Friday April 4, 1930
The Arlington Journal
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bailey and children, who were called home because of the death of Mrs. Bailey's father, A. H. Copeland, have returned to their home at Hamlin, Texas.
Friday April 4, 1930
The Arlington Journal
TO OUR FRIENDS
There are times when hearts are very full of things words cannot say. For the beautiful evidences of your sympathy and friendship, in our bereavement, we thank you.
Mrs. A. H. Copeland and children.
March 28, 1930
The Arlington Journal
PIONEER RESIDENT DIES OF HEART FAILURE
A. HORACE COPELAND FALLS DEAD IN PASTURE
As the sun was slowly sinking in the west the spirit of A. Horace Copeland familiarly known as "Pappy" or "Uncle Horace," took its flight to a land where there is no suffering or sorrow. He had just returned from the funeral of Harold Grogan the son of his old friends, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Grogan, had changed clothes to do his customary night chores, got on his horse and went to the pasture to round up the cows having a dairy and doing all the work with his wife's assistance. After he had been gone about half an hour, Mrs. Copeland got uneasy and started out to find him seeing the horse without its rider. She at once phoned her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Wessler at Arlington to come at once. Their neighbors Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Graham caught the message over the party line and immediately got in their car and went to the pasture where Mr. Copeland had his cows rounded up and where they found him dead, he having been stricken with heart failure. He had often expressed a wish to die in action and that wish was fulfilled. He left a task unfinished, started suddenly on a new road to heaven. It has been said by his children that he boasted of this year being his 80th and seemed to be as happy over the thought as a young man when arrived at the age of 21. He was born November 26, 1850 in Overton County, Tenn., having come to Texas in 1874. He married Miss Eleanor Donaldson Watson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Watson July 29, 1879. In 1881 they moved to the place where they now live about four miles northeast of Arlington near the Watson Church. The land and a two-room house was presented to them by Mrs. Copeland's parents. In 1895 the little house was torn down and a beautiful two-story home built, where all their children were reared. All the children except one were living and were present at the funeral. The missing child, Mrs. W. A. Reynolds, passed away about fourteen years ago, that being the first death in the family.
Many happy years were spent by Mr. Copeland and wife in rearing their family and it was only last year their home was thrown open to many friends and relatives who came to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Hundreds of people visited them on this happy occasion and all were served with light refreshments.
As "Uncle Horace" would say: "I just wanted our friends to break bread with us." On the Sunday before he passed away he told some of his children that he wanted their mother to remain at home after he passed on and for them to look after her every want. His going was just as he wished and his perfect trust and childlike faith in his final destiny was beautiful. His brother T. B. Copeland of Tenn., who was a soldier in the Confederate army, had to leave home after the war to save his life because of "bushwackers" coming to east Texas, later on to Tarrant County. Soon afterward A. Horace Copeland came and made his home with his uncle, Rev. A. S. Kayter, who named the city of Arlington as there was on Arlington up to that time.
Mr. Copeland joined the Baptist Church at "Arkansaw" Lane about where Grace Chapel now stands, three miles southeast of Arlington. This part of the county did not have stores or churches at that time but was just an open space with few trees. In 1892 a Presbyterian church was organized and called the West Fork Presbyterian Church, but known by most people as the "Watson Church" of which he was a member at the time of his death. He was made an Elder March 11, 1894 and ever lived the life of a christian. He was loved and respected for his goodness and consideration of mankind. The community has lost a good citizen and one who took a great deal of pride in seeing Arlington and surrounding communities prosper. Survivors are: His wife, five daughters and one son: Mrs. J. E. Richards, Fort Worth; Mrs. J. T. Connelly, Dallas; Mrs. Geo H. Wessler, Arlington; Mrs. A. B. Post, Fort Worth; Mrs. Ed Bailey, Hamlin; Hugh Copeland, Dallas, and fourteen grand children.
Services were conducted by Rev. W. A. Binyon, Pastor, assisted by Rev. L. O. Collier for Forest Hills, Rev. Floyd Poe of Dallas and Rev. E. B. King of Fort Worth. The remains were laid to rest in Watson cemetery.
Friday April 4, 1930
The Arlington Journal
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bailey and children, who were called home because of the death of Mrs. Bailey's father, A. H. Copeland, have returned to their home at Hamlin, Texas.
Friday April 4, 1930
The Arlington Journal
TO OUR FRIENDS
There are times when hearts are very full of things words cannot say. For the beautiful evidences of your sympathy and friendship, in our bereavement, we thank you.
Mrs. A. H. Copeland and children.
The Arlington Journal
PIONEER RESIDENT DIES OF HEART FAILURE
A. HORACE COPELAND FALLS DEAD IN PASTURE
As the sun was slowly sinking in the west the spirit of A. Horace Copeland familiarly known as "Pappy" or "Uncle Horace," took its flight to a land where there is no suffering or sorrow. He had just returned from the funeral of Harold Grogan the son of his old friends, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Grogan, had changed clothes to do his customary night chores, got on his horse and went to the pasture to round up the cows having a dairy and doing all the work with his wife's assistance. After he had been gone about half an hour, Mrs. Copeland got uneasy and started out to find him seeing the horse without its rider. She at once phoned her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Wessler at Arlington to come at once. Their neighbors Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Graham caught the message over the party line and immediately got in their car and went to the pasture where Mr. Copeland had his cows rounded up and where they found him dead, he having been stricken with heart failure. He had often expressed a wish to die in action and that wish was fulfilled. He left a task unfinished, started suddenly on a new road to heaven. It has been said by his children that he boasted of this year being his 80th and seemed to be as happy over the thought as a young man when arrived at the age of 21. He was born November 26, 1850 in Overton County, Tenn., having come to Texas in 1874. He married Miss Eleanor Donaldson Watson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Watson July 29, 1879. In 1881 they moved to the place where they now live about four miles northeast of Arlington near the Watson Church. The land and a two-room house was presented to them by Mrs. Copeland's parents. In 1895 the little house was torn down and a beautiful two-story home built, where all their children were reared. All the children except one were living and were present at the funeral. The missing child, Mrs. W. A. Reynolds, passed away about fourteen years ago, that being the first death in the family.
Many happy years were spent by Mr. Copeland and wife in rearing their family and it was only last year their home was thrown open to many friends and relatives who came to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Hundreds of people visited them on this happy occasion and all were served with light refreshments.
As "Uncle Horace" would say: "I just wanted our friends to break bread with us." On the Sunday before he passed away he told some of his children that he wanted their mother to remain at home after he passed on and for them to look after her every want. His going was just as he wished and his perfect trust and childlike faith in his final destiny was beautiful. His brother T. B. Copeland of Tenn., who was a soldier in the Confederate army, had to leave home after the war to save his life because of "bushwackers" coming to east Texas, later on to Tarrant County. Soon afterward A. Horace Copeland came and made his home with his uncle, Rev. A. S. Kayter, who named the city of Arlington as there was on Arlington up to that time.
Mr. Copeland joined the Baptist Church at "Arkansaw" Lane about where Grace Chapel now stands, three miles southeast of Arlington. This part of the county did not have stores or churches at that time but was just an open space with few trees. In 1892 a Presbyterian church was organized and called the West Fork Presbyterian Church, but known by most people as the "Watson Church" of which he was a member at the time of his death. He was made an Elder March 11, 1894 and ever lived the life of a christian. He was loved and respected for his goodness and consideration of mankind. The community has lost a good citizen and one who took a great deal of pride in seeing Arlington and surrounding communities prosper. Survivors are: His wife, five daughters and one son: Mrs. J. E. Richards, Fort Worth; Mrs. J. T. Connelly, Dallas; Mrs. Geo H. Wessler, Arlington; Mrs. A. B. Post, Fort Worth; Mrs. Ed Bailey, Hamlin; Hugh Copeland, Dallas, and fourteen grand children.
Services were conducted by Rev. W. A. Binyon, Pastor, assisted by Rev. L. O. Collier for Forest Hills, Rev. Floyd Poe of Dallas and Rev. E. B. King of Fort Worth. The remains were laid to rest in Watson cemetery.
Friday April 4, 1930
The Arlington Journal
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bailey and children, who were called home because of the death of Mrs. Bailey's father, A. H. Copeland, have returned to their home at Hamlin, Texas.
Friday April 4, 1930
The Arlington Journal
TO OUR FRIENDS
There are times when hearts are very full of things words cannot say. For the beautiful evidences of your sympathy and friendship, in our bereavement, we thank you.
Mrs. A. H. Copeland and children.
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1833–1909
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1842–1921
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1848–1928
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