| NAME | BORN | DIED | CEMETERY |
| Elijah "Lidge" Copeland #1056 Ancestral Pics |
12 Mar 1817 South Carolina |
4 Dec 1868 Houston County, TX |
Houston County, TX |
| Married: 19 Aug 1848 Sarah Jane "Sissy" McDaniel #1057 Louisiana Ancestral Pics |
13 Oct 1829 Smith County, MS |
9 Jun 1869 Houston County, TX |
Houston County, TX |
| Children: John C. Copeland #1931 |
18 Jul 1849 Jonesboro, Jackson, LA |
19 Jun 1919 Ringling, Jefferson, OK |
Cornish Cornish, Jefferson, OK |
| William Edward Copeland #1936 | 1852 Houston County, TX |
(young) Houston County, TX |
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| Amanda Elizabeth Copeland #1937 | 21 Dec 1853 Houston County, TX |
1871 Houston County, TX |
Houston County, TX |
| Martha Ann "Mattie" Copeland #996 married: Willis Anderson "Toby" Smith |
14 Feb 1856 Houston County, TX |
19 Jan 1950 Spur, Dickens, TX Obituary and Bio |
Red Mud Dickens Co., TX |
| Thomas Jefferson Copeland, Sr. #1011 married: Mary Elizabeth Smith Ancestral Pics |
28 Apr 1858 Houston County, TX |
1908 East Texas |
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| Mary Jane "Mollie" Copeland #1006 Ancestral Pics married: Albert Harding Smith #991 |
21 Sep 1860 Houston Co., TX |
6 Jun 1937 Ontario, San Bernardino, CA |
Bellevue Cemetery Montclair, San Bernardino, CA |
| Elijah William Copeland #1945 | 1 Apr 1864 Houston County, TX |
15 Jul 1868 Houston County, TX |
Houston County, TX |
| The 1850 Census, LA, Jackson has "Elijah Coplin" -- the 1860 Census, TX, Trinity, has "E. Coplin." |
| Elijah was bondsman for the marriage of Hiram Smith & Martha Copeland on 19 Feb 1843 in Rankin County, MS. |
| Both Elijah and Sarah Jane were deceased before the 1870 Census and their children were being raised by Sarah Jane's brother, Alexander "Alex" & Amanda Copeland McDaniel. |
| John C. married (1) Sarah Elizabeth Crumley (22 Mar 1841 - 1907, Malcon, GA) 13 May 1869 in Voca, Lavaca, TX & (2) Betty Birch c. 1907. |
| Both William Edward and Elijah William died as children. |
| Amanda Elizabeth never married, and died two years after her mother, probably while living with her uncle & aunt in Houston County. |
| Thomas Jefferson is the name some descendants know, while some researchers hold to Thomas Alexander. The
1870, 1880, and 1900 Censuses have Thomas A. Thomas had sons named Walter Alexander and Thomas Jefferson.
I've historically used Thomas Jefferson. Tom's burial place (in East Texas) is unknown; his last children were born in Walker County, Texas. |
| Martha Ann, Thomas, and Mary Jane married Smith siblings after they moved from Houston County to Robertson County. The Smith - Copeland connections go back through LA to MS. |
| Pedigree Chart 2 Smith |
Pleasant S. Smith | Moses Copeland Father |
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