She was born in Freestone County, TX while her father was away on a trail drive. Her mother Anna Jane "Janie" Campbell did not survive long, but named her new daughter Mary Eliza Copeland after two of her sisters, one alive and one deceased.
Her mother's sister, Eliza Poynter (Campbell) Brooke, came and took the new baby and her 3 year old brother to her home to care for them along with her own children. When her father, Sidney Clinton Lewis, returned from the trail drive, he chose to rename his new daughter Eliza Janie Copeland, as "Janie" was what his wife was called. Throughout her life, she was always called Janie, or "Jennie."
He left both children in the care of their Aunt Eliza for several years, until her husband died. Then he took his young children back to Barbour County, AL for his unmarried sisters to look after them while he worked.
In 1890, her father remarried in Barbour county, Alabama, but she didn't get along well with her new Step-Mother. She continued living with her unmarried Aunts and Uncles rather than with her father and his new family, until she herself married on 16 February 1902 to William Marion Copeland at her Aunt & Uncles' home, located 6 miles from Clayton, Barbour County, AL.
She and her husband had seven children, but four died young. Only two girls and a boy lived to adulthood.
Her mother's sister, Eliza Poynter (Campbell) Brooke, came and took the new baby and her 3 year old brother to her home to care for them along with her own children. When her father, Sidney Clinton Lewis, returned from the trail drive, he chose to rename his new daughter Eliza Janie Copeland, as "Janie" was what his wife was called. Throughout her life, she was always called Janie, or "Jennie."
He left both children in the care of their Aunt Eliza for several years, until her husband died. Then he took his young children back to Barbour County, AL for his unmarried sisters to look after them while he worked.
In 1890, her father remarried in Barbour county, Alabama, but she didn't get along well with her new Step-Mother. She continued living with her unmarried Aunts and Uncles rather than with her father and his new family, until she herself married on 16 February 1902 to William Marion Copeland at her Aunt & Uncles' home, located 6 miles from Clayton, Barbour County, AL.
She and her husband had seven children, but four died young. Only two girls and a boy lived to adulthood.
She was born in Freestone County, TX while her father was away on a trail drive. Her mother Anna Jane "Janie" Campbell did not survive long, but named her new daughter Mary Eliza Copeland after two of her sisters, one alive and one deceased.
Her mother's sister, Eliza Poynter (Campbell) Brooke, came and took the new baby and her 3 year old brother to her home to care for them along with her own children. When her father, Sidney Clinton Lewis, returned from the trail drive, he chose to rename his new daughter Eliza Janie Copeland, as "Janie" was what his wife was called. Throughout her life, she was always called Janie, or "Jennie."
He left both children in the care of their Aunt Eliza for several years, until her husband died. Then he took his young children back to Barbour County, AL for his unmarried sisters to look after them while he worked.
In 1890, her father remarried in Barbour county, Alabama, but she didn't get along well with her new Step-Mother. She continued living with her unmarried Aunts and Uncles rather than with her father and his new family, until she herself married on 16 February 1902 to William Marion Copeland at her Aunt & Uncles' home, located 6 miles from Clayton, Barbour County, AL.
She and her husband had seven children, but four died young. Only two girls and a boy lived to adulthood.
Her mother's sister, Eliza Poynter (Campbell) Brooke, came and took the new baby and her 3 year old brother to her home to care for them along with her own children. When her father, Sidney Clinton Lewis, returned from the trail drive, he chose to rename his new daughter Eliza Janie Copeland, as "Janie" was what his wife was called. Throughout her life, she was always called Janie, or "Jennie."
He left both children in the care of their Aunt Eliza for several years, until her husband died. Then he took his young children back to Barbour County, AL for his unmarried sisters to look after them while he worked.
In 1890, her father remarried in Barbour county, Alabama, but she didn't get along well with her new Step-Mother. She continued living with her unmarried Aunts and Uncles rather than with her father and his new family, until she herself married on 16 February 1902 to William Marion Copeland at her Aunt & Uncles' home, located 6 miles from Clayton, Barbour County, AL.
She and her husband had seven children, but four died young. Only two girls and a boy lived to adulthood.
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