Can anyone furnish further info on this family? Name: Alice 'Ella' C. BARTON --------------------------------------------- Birth: 21 May 1871 England Death: 1961 Burial: Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Boston, Allegheny Co., PA. Sec. C Father: William BARTON (ca1841-1899) Mother: Alice (1845-) Childhood: Alice came to the USA with her parents when she was only four years of age. The family settled in Pennsylvania and then moved to Ohio and then to Boston, PA. All within the space of about six years. A lot of moving for a little child and not too easy for her parents either with 6 and more children to be transported in days when transportation was not a simple matter. Alice's early travails unfortunately presaged her future hardships. [1] Marriage: Joseph L. Copeland and Alice Barton married on Jan. 4, 1888 by Wm. L. Douglass, Justice of the Peace. Alice's father, William Barton, signs permission for her wedding as she is under age. Witnesses were Jas. Edmundson & Wm. Duncan of Boston, PA. [2] Ella was widowed at age 29 with three small children; her father having died two years prior to her widowhood and her mother was living with her when her husband, Joseph COPELAND, died. Eventually she remarried to a Mr. EICHER. Despite all her hardships, Ella lived to be 89 years old, longer than her husbands and children and several grandchildren! Spouse #1 --------------------------------------------- 1: Joseph Lander 'Orlando' COPELAND Birth: 23 Dec 1864 Boston, Elizabeth Twp., Allegheny Co., PA. Death: 25 Jul 1901 Boston, Allegheny Co., PA. [3], [4] Age: 36 Death in Brown Mine #2 [Mining accident] Burial: Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Boston, Allegheny Co., PA. [5] in Sec. C with his wife, her second husband and his two daughters. Occupation: Driver [in 1888]; Coal miner [in 1901] Father: Joseph B. COPELAND (1825-<1890) Mother: Margaret J. NICKLE/NICHOLS (ca1834-1897) Joseph's death hit the headlines of the McKeesport Daily News, unfortunately, on July 25, 1901. These headlines read: "A Fatal Fall of Slate" with the sub-heading: "Orlando Copeland's Life Crushed Out at Boston Mine No. 2 This Morning". And the rest reads: "Orlando Copeland of Boston, PA. was instantly killed while working in No. 2 mines at that place. The fatality occurred at 10 o"clock this morning. The fellow workmen of the unfortunate miner at once began the work of rescue. The slate was removed, and the rescuers found their companion, but life was extinct. The victim of the disaster was born and raised in Boston and was 35 years old. He was the son of the late Joseph Copeland, who also resided at Boston, and a son-in-law of William Barton who was killed in the mines at Greenock two years ago. The deceased is survived by a wife and three small children. Mrs. Fleming, of Boston, is a sister." [4] The following day the McKeesport Daily News ran this obituary: "The sad death of Mr. Orlando Copeland, of Boston, PA. was a shock to the whole community, as well as to the members of his family. Mr. Copeland, as was stated yesterday, was at work in a coal mine when he was caught under a fall of slate. He was killed instantly. The body was taken to his home. He is a member of the Jr. O.U.A.M., and also of the M.E. Church and Sunday School. He was in his 37th year. He is survived by his wife and three small children and seven sisters and two brothers. Funeral services will be held tomorrow in the M. E. Church at 1 o'clock. Interment in Mt. Vernon Cemetery." [6] * The 1876 Atlas of Allegheny Co. shows a W. H. Brown Coal Co. in North Versailles Twp. It was located just up river from Port Perry (at the junction of the Monogahela River and Turtle Creek). *In 1897 the McKeesport Daily News contained the following article: "Browne's mines on the Yough closed down because the company wanted the men to accept a reduction in wages. the men have been getting 2.25 cents a bushel ..." [7] Joseph's middle name is either Lelander or Lander. It is written in both ways in various documents. He was probably given the nickname "Orlando" to distinguish him from his father who was also a 'Joseph'. Marriage: 4 Jan 1888 [8] US Census: of 1900 lists Joseph, born Dec. 1865, married for 12 years, a Day Laborer, renting his house [living on the same street as his sister and her family, Mary Copeland Fleming; This road is now Rt. 48]. Living with him are his wife, Alice, born in England on May, 1871. She emigrated in 1872 [at age 2] and had three children of whom are living at the time of this census. Their children: William J., born Nov. 1889; David, born Aug. 1896 and Stella, born July 1897. Joseph's mother-in-law, Alice Barton, born in England on July 1845, is living with them [although this Alice is also counted as living as a boarder with the Robert Thomas family --- see Alice Barton's notes] [9] Children: William Joseph 'J.W.' (1889-1952) David (1896-1946) Stella 'Ella' B. (1897-1916) SPOUSE #2: --------------------------------------------- 2: Harry B. EICHER Birth: 22 Mar 1874 Boston, Elizabeth Twp., Allegheny Co., PA. Death: Aug 1944 Boston, Elizabeth Twp., Allegheny Co., PA. Burial: Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Boston, Allegheny Co., PA. Sec. C; Services by Willig Funeral Home. Occupation: Road Supervisor for Elizabeth Township Father: Joseph EICHER (ca1841-) Mother: Charlotte BERESFORD (ca1843-) Obituary: Harry B. Eicher, 70, road supervisor for Elizabeth Township, died at 12:40 a.m. today in his home, Mead St., Boston. Born in Boston [PA.] on March 22, 1874, he was a lifelong resident of this district. He is survived by his wife; two daughters, Lottie and Alberta; two sons, William of McKeesport and Harry of Detroit; two step-sons, J. W. Copeland of Boston and David Copeland of McKeesport; four sisters, Mrs. David Elder, of McKeesport, and Mrs. Jacob Snyder and Mrs. Laura Robinson, Boston, and Mrs. Martha Turner, Ambridge; one brother, Curtis, McKeesport, and 15 grandchildren." [10] Marriage: aft 1907 =========================================================================== Sources 1. 1880 US Census. 2. Marriage Certificate of 4-28-1897 - copy in Cora OTT's files. 3. Info from Book: The Elizabeth Herald Newspapers-Jan. 3, 1890 to June 27, 1912 inc. by Beatruce Penn Simmers; Harrisburg, PA. 17111: p. A22; B17. 4. McKeesport Daily News: July 25, 1901 5. Mt. Vernon Cemetery records. 6. McKeesport Daily News: July 26, 1901 7. "The Miners are Out", McKeesport Daily News, April 15, 1897. 8. Marriage Certificate, Jan. 4, 1888, Allegheny Co., 9329; Vol. 7; p.75, Wm. L. Douglass, J.P. 9. US Census, 1900, ED 376; Sheet 15; Lines 4-9, LDS-FHC Microfilm 1, 241,367. 10. McKeesport Daily News, August 5, 1944, probably. (found in the obituary file at ETHS, Boston, PA) --------------------------------------------- Please send all additions/corrections to: Cora Ott 38 Broadway - Pmb 323 Everett, MA. 02149 E-mail: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------ "You may share the above information with other family members, giving credit to the original sources or researchers, BUT you may not distribute it to any commercial enterprise nor may you publish any vital records of living persons". Cora Ott