This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ikJ.2ACIB/1590.2 Message Board Post: I have a Francis Marion Copeland b. in MO apx 1850 d. 1918 Maries Co., MO. Whose father is John G. Copeland b. 1797, TN d. 1879 Maries Co., MO and mother is Anna Sewell b. 1810, TN d. af 1880 , Maries Co., MO. It doesnt sound like they are the same. But I thought the fact the name and places were the same was interesting. And perhaps there is a connection somewhere.