This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Copeland Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ikJ.2ACIB/1599 Message Board Post: James Ellery Copeland was born Oct 1883 and is the son of William H Copeland and Elizabeth "Lizzie" "Bettie" [--?--]. He appears on the 1900 Orange Co NC census as James E. In 1910, Alamance Co NC, he is "Elery" and in 1930 Orange Co NC he is "Elroy". His father William is found in 1880 with his wife Lizzie, living in the home of his father James and mother Susan. Can anyone tell me who JAMES Copeland's parents are, and possibly what Susan's maiden name was? James appears to have been born in NC abt 1830. 1870 Orange Co NC shows him with the middle initial M.