This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Copeland Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1618 Message Board Post: In her retirement, Mabel Bridges (4/6/1891 - 4/18/1976), using a card file, gathered notes on the earliest of the pioneers in Fremont county., I'm copying the following from Mabel's notes: 1. 1852: John Copeland, originally from Indiana, moved from western part of county to Walnut township in 1852.--Hist. of Fremont county, 1881, page 614. (N.B.: This does not seem likely to me: I was born in Walnut township, and never have I heard of this.--W.F.) 2. 1854: Fremont county census: "Franklin township" John F. Copeland.....1 m....1 f....1 militia...1 voter...no aliens 3. 1854: Fremont county census: "Fulton township" John Copeland....3 m....2 f....1 voter....1 militia....no aliens 4. 1856: Iowa State Census, Fremont county, "Benton township" John Copeland....35....9 years in Iowa...b VA...wood merchant. Emeline..............31....9..........................Ohio Mary E...............10....9..........................Ohio Charles E............9.....9..........................Iowa James H.............4......4..........................Iowa Willard H.............1......1.........................Iowa