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Copeland, John Randolph

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Last Name Copeland
First Name John
Middle Name Randolph
Maiden Name
Death Date 3/28/1920
Birth Date 3/15/1841
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Cemetery Brooklyn
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Spouse Mary E. Passmore
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Other Age 79. Born in Indiana; son of Jesse and Charlotte Taylor Copeland. Married in Morgan Co., Ind. on Dec. 20, 1860. Father of 7 children: Jesse T., John Franklin, Charles Oscar, Joseph M., Mary Etta, Robert P. and Lulu F. Copeland; also another son, William, who died in 1872. A family story says that he paid another man $100 to take his place in the Civil War; the war ended before it was time for the other man to leave, but he kept John's money anyway. "John never got over it."
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