George Washington Copeland^[1]

1863 - 1944  (80 years)

• Name	George Washington Copeland
  Born	Sep 30, 1863
  Gender	Male
  Died	Sep 16, 1944	Coryell county, Texas, USA
  	George W. Copeland lived with his family in Carrolton, GA.  Sometime after 1899 he went to TX and found a place for his family to settle.  (He possibly had Palmer relatives of his mother, Lucinda Palmer already living in TX).  He went back to GA to move his wife Martha Elvira (Bonner) Copeland and family to TX [sometime after Pearl’s birth on May 19 (or 13?), 1899 in Heard Co., GA and at least 9 months prior to Charlie’s birth on Aug 17, 1901 in Seattle, Coryell Co., TX].  When they were packing up to move to TX, friends & family who would stay in Georgia “warned” that they better dress in their worst clothes, because those TEXANS will want to steal your money!  So they came to TX by train in their worst clothes.  They also said there wouldn’t be any sweet potatoes in TX.  Minnie was a little girl (around 10 years old) & she overheard the adults say this.  They had baked sweet potatoes the night before they left.  Minnie hid hers in her pocket so she could have a sweet potato in TX.  Of course it got squashed!
  Person ID	I189344	mykindred
  Last Modified	Jul 30, 2012

  
  

  Family	Martha Elvira Bonner,   b. Sep 08, 1865,   d. Jun 19, 1945  (Age 79 years)
  Married	Oct 31, 1882
  Children	+ 1. Minnie Ethel Copeland,   b. May 17, 1889, Carrolton, Heard county, Georgia, USA ,   d. Oct 06, 1962, Coryell county, Texas, USA  (Age 73 years)   2. James Luther Copeland,   b. Aug 31, 1885, Georgia, USA ,   d. Dec 08, 1951, McDade, Texas, USA  (Age 66 years)   3. Bennie Copeland,   b. Sep 05, 1885, Carrolton, Heard county, Georgia, USA ,   d. 1887, Carrolton, Heard county, Georgia, USA  (Age 1 years)   4. George Allen Copeland,   b. Apr 09, 1887, Carrolton, Heard county, Georgia, USA ,   d. Mar 21, 1959, Coryell county, Texas, USA  (Age 71 years)   5. Elizabeth Jane Copeland,   b. Oct 23, 1891, Carrolton, Heard county, Georgia, USA ,   d. Jan 24, 1969, McGregor, McClennan county, Texas, USA  (Age 77 years)   6. Lee Robert Copeland,   b. Apr 02, 1894, Carrolton, Heard county, Georgia, USA ,   d. Oct 08, 1975, Coryell county, Texas, USA  (Age 81 years)   7. Henry Washington Copeland,   b. Mar 31, 1897, Carrolton, Heard county, Georgia, USA ,   d. 1964, Coryell county, Texas, USA  (Age 66 years)   8. Lillie Pearl Copeland,   b. May 13, 1899, Carrolton, Heard county, Georgia, USA ,   d. Y   9. Charlie Dee Copeland,   b. Aug 31, 1901, Seattle, Texas, USA ,   d. Y   10. William Thomas Copeland,   b. Dec 12, 1903, Seattle, Texas, USA ,   d. Y   11. John Wesley Copeland,   b. Apr 18, 1906, Seattle, Texas, USA ,   d. Y
  Family ID	F63223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S4656] Gedcom - Rogers, Josh.