Abner is descended from a famous Quaker martyr - Earless John Copeland who came to the colonies in 1635 to escape punishment because his father was a Round Head who lost to King Charles.
Abner was born in N.C. to a long line of Quaker families. His parents and some of his siblings moved to Parke County, IN in 1851. He married Samantha Jane Finney in 1868. By 1882, he and his family, along with her parents Wesley and Mary Finney and siblings, moved to Harrisonville in Montgomery County KS.
Abner and Samantha helped build the Harrisonville community and the first Quaker Meeting House, which later moved to Bolton and continues to operate to this day.
- Cousette Copeland, great granddaughter of Abner Copeland
I've made links to 8 of the children. There are 4 other children that I cannot find graves for - Elbert Epps Copeland (buried in Yakima WA) and Pearl Copeland Koons (buried in Hominy, OK) - and 2 children who died in infancy - Sabina Eveline Copeland and John Wesley Copeland - they are buried in Parke County IN.
Abner is descended from a famous Quaker martyr - Earless John Copeland who came to the colonies in 1635 to escape punishment because his father was a Round Head who lost to King Charles.
Abner was born in N.C. to a long line of Quaker families. His parents and some of his siblings moved to Parke County, IN in 1851. He married Samantha Jane Finney in 1868. By 1882, he and his family, along with her parents Wesley and Mary Finney and siblings, moved to Harrisonville in Montgomery County KS.
Abner and Samantha helped build the Harrisonville community and the first Quaker Meeting House, which later moved to Bolton and continues to operate to this day.
- Cousette Copeland, great granddaughter of Abner Copeland
I've made links to 8 of the children. There are 4 other children that I cannot find graves for - Elbert Epps Copeland (buried in Yakima WA) and Pearl Copeland Koons (buried in Hominy, OK) - and 2 children who died in infancy - Sabina Eveline Copeland and John Wesley Copeland - they are buried in Parke County IN.
Family Members
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Samuel Gilbert Copeland
1868–1941
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Sabina Eveline Copeland
1870–1873
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John Wesley Copeland
1872–1873
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Austin Hawkins Copeland
1874–1957
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Elbert Epps Copeland
1877–1943
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Clarissa Copeland
1879–1970
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Archibald Jackson "Archie" Copeland
1882–1959
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William Quincy Copeland
1885–1955
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Daniel Ezra Copeland
1886–1966
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Emery Loyd Copeland
1889–1964
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Charles Orien Copeland
1892–1969
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Pearl Copeland Koons
1895–1964
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