Published in The Decatur Daily, March 16, 1936
DR. COPELAND DIES IN TEXAS
Many of the older citizens of Morgan and Lawrence counties, will learn with regret, the death of James K. P. Copeland, for many years a citizen of the two counties and who made his home in Decatur prior to the removal to Texas forty years ago. Captain Copeland was in his 90th year and served in the Confederate army durig the entire Civil War under General Joseph Wheeler.
Mr. Copeland was the son of James and Peggy Copeland, natives of White County, Tennessee, who emigrated to Morgan County, Alabama in 1854, locating near Danville, where an older son, Dr. Guinn Copeland, had settled about 1850. Dr. Guinn Copeland later entered the ministry of the Methodist church and was widely known as a preacher and writer in Alabama until his death at his home at "Rest Retreat" near Birming in 1894.
The doctor left three sons, William B., Hal and Rivers Copeland, who have been among the prominent leaders in Birmingham and still reside there. James Copeland, the father, was a grandson of James Wilson, distinguished lawyer of Philadelphia and member of the Continental Congress a number of terms and a member of the Constitutional Convention which framed the Constitution of the United States and a signer of the Declaration of American Independence. Two of the daughters of James Copeland married Louis and Bryant Sparkman, the latter dying in Tennessee abd the former, Louis Sparkman, moving to Morgan County with the Copeland family from his native state Tennessee. Louis Sparkman located on a large tract of land between the forks of the two Flint creeks where he reared a large family of children, among the sons were Anderson, James, Solomon, Willian, John and Whitten Sparkman, the latter now residing in Morgan county. John J. Sparkman, attorney at Huntsville, is a grandson of Louis Sparkman and well known amoung the younger members of the bar in your state.
Captain Copeland made many friends in Texas and was buried with honor near his home mourned by hundreds as among the last of those who fought under the stars and the bars.
DR. COPELAND DIES IN TEXAS
Many of the older citizens of Morgan and Lawrence counties, will learn with regret, the death of James K. P. Copeland, for many years a citizen of the two counties and who made his home in Decatur prior to the removal to Texas forty years ago. Captain Copeland was in his 90th year and served in the Confederate army durig the entire Civil War under General Joseph Wheeler.
Mr. Copeland was the son of James and Peggy Copeland, natives of White County, Tennessee, who emigrated to Morgan County, Alabama in 1854, locating near Danville, where an older son, Dr. Guinn Copeland, had settled about 1850. Dr. Guinn Copeland later entered the ministry of the Methodist church and was widely known as a preacher and writer in Alabama until his death at his home at "Rest Retreat" near Birming in 1894.
The doctor left three sons, William B., Hal and Rivers Copeland, who have been among the prominent leaders in Birmingham and still reside there. James Copeland, the father, was a grandson of James Wilson, distinguished lawyer of Philadelphia and member of the Continental Congress a number of terms and a member of the Constitutional Convention which framed the Constitution of the United States and a signer of the Declaration of American Independence. Two of the daughters of James Copeland married Louis and Bryant Sparkman, the latter dying in Tennessee abd the former, Louis Sparkman, moving to Morgan County with the Copeland family from his native state Tennessee. Louis Sparkman located on a large tract of land between the forks of the two Flint creeks where he reared a large family of children, among the sons were Anderson, James, Solomon, Willian, John and Whitten Sparkman, the latter now residing in Morgan county. John J. Sparkman, attorney at Huntsville, is a grandson of Louis Sparkman and well known amoung the younger members of the bar in your state.
Captain Copeland made many friends in Texas and was buried with honor near his home mourned by hundreds as among the last of those who fought under the stars and the bars.
Published in The Decatur Daily, March 16, 1936
DR. COPELAND DIES IN TEXAS
Many of the older citizens of Morgan and Lawrence counties, will learn with regret, the death of James K. P. Copeland, for many years a citizen of the two counties and who made his home in Decatur prior to the removal to Texas forty years ago. Captain Copeland was in his 90th year and served in the Confederate army durig the entire Civil War under General Joseph Wheeler.
Mr. Copeland was the son of James and Peggy Copeland, natives of White County, Tennessee, who emigrated to Morgan County, Alabama in 1854, locating near Danville, where an older son, Dr. Guinn Copeland, had settled about 1850. Dr. Guinn Copeland later entered the ministry of the Methodist church and was widely known as a preacher and writer in Alabama until his death at his home at "Rest Retreat" near Birming in 1894.
The doctor left three sons, William B., Hal and Rivers Copeland, who have been among the prominent leaders in Birmingham and still reside there. James Copeland, the father, was a grandson of James Wilson, distinguished lawyer of Philadelphia and member of the Continental Congress a number of terms and a member of the Constitutional Convention which framed the Constitution of the United States and a signer of the Declaration of American Independence. Two of the daughters of James Copeland married Louis and Bryant Sparkman, the latter dying in Tennessee abd the former, Louis Sparkman, moving to Morgan County with the Copeland family from his native state Tennessee. Louis Sparkman located on a large tract of land between the forks of the two Flint creeks where he reared a large family of children, among the sons were Anderson, James, Solomon, Willian, John and Whitten Sparkman, the latter now residing in Morgan county. John J. Sparkman, attorney at Huntsville, is a grandson of Louis Sparkman and well known amoung the younger members of the bar in your state.
Captain Copeland made many friends in Texas and was buried with honor near his home mourned by hundreds as among the last of those who fought under the stars and the bars.
DR. COPELAND DIES IN TEXAS
Many of the older citizens of Morgan and Lawrence counties, will learn with regret, the death of James K. P. Copeland, for many years a citizen of the two counties and who made his home in Decatur prior to the removal to Texas forty years ago. Captain Copeland was in his 90th year and served in the Confederate army durig the entire Civil War under General Joseph Wheeler.
Mr. Copeland was the son of James and Peggy Copeland, natives of White County, Tennessee, who emigrated to Morgan County, Alabama in 1854, locating near Danville, where an older son, Dr. Guinn Copeland, had settled about 1850. Dr. Guinn Copeland later entered the ministry of the Methodist church and was widely known as a preacher and writer in Alabama until his death at his home at "Rest Retreat" near Birming in 1894.
The doctor left three sons, William B., Hal and Rivers Copeland, who have been among the prominent leaders in Birmingham and still reside there. James Copeland, the father, was a grandson of James Wilson, distinguished lawyer of Philadelphia and member of the Continental Congress a number of terms and a member of the Constitutional Convention which framed the Constitution of the United States and a signer of the Declaration of American Independence. Two of the daughters of James Copeland married Louis and Bryant Sparkman, the latter dying in Tennessee abd the former, Louis Sparkman, moving to Morgan County with the Copeland family from his native state Tennessee. Louis Sparkman located on a large tract of land between the forks of the two Flint creeks where he reared a large family of children, among the sons were Anderson, James, Solomon, Willian, John and Whitten Sparkman, the latter now residing in Morgan county. John J. Sparkman, attorney at Huntsville, is a grandson of Louis Sparkman and well known amoung the younger members of the bar in your state.
Captain Copeland made many friends in Texas and was buried with honor near his home mourned by hundreds as among the last of those who fought under the stars and the bars.
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