This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Coplin, Mills, Steele, Harris, Tallmidge, Sullivan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFB.2ACE/1311 Message Board Post: John (first name not verified) COPLIN b. bef 1828 in NY d. bef 1880 in NY or MI married Sally MILLS b. 1797 in NY d. 18 Apr 1886 in Hillsdale MI. They had one known child Earl COPLIN b. 1828 in NY d. 5 Feb 1889 in Hillsdale MI. Earl married Mary STEELE (had a brother named John STEELE) b. 1833 in Canada d. 7 Sep 1891 in Hillsdale MI on 19 Mar 1859 in Butler, Branch, MI. They had 3 children, Willard (or William) Albertus COPLIN b. 28 Apr 1858 Butler, MI d. 25 Jun 1939 Litchfield, Hillsdale, MI Joseph COPLIN b. 1865 in Butler, MI d. aft 1880 (went to Merced CA in gold rush - not sure what happened to him after that) Hewitt (Hugh) COPLIN b. 1867 in Butler, MI d. 28 Jul 1891 in Kalamazoo, MI (died young, left a wife and child). Willard COPLIN married Mary Louese HARRIS (parents JM and Mary (TALLMIDGE) HARRIS) b. 1861 d. 1946 in Litchfield, MI. They had 4 children that lived: Lilian COPLIN b. Aug 1863 in MI, Lloyd Willard COPLIN b. ~ 16 Sep 1927, Lois Metta COPLIN b. 13 Sep 1928 in MI, Carl J COPLIN b. 18 Feb 1892 in Butler, MI d. 12 Sep 1968 in Litchfield, MI. Carl J COPLIN married Ellah Louise SULLIVAN (parents William and Metta Mae (BOWERSOX) SULLIVAN) b. 29 Jul 1895 in Allen, MI d. 28 Sep 1949 in Litchfield, MI in Jul 1917 in Allen, MI. They had 8 Children: Gerald William COPLIN, Helen Louise COPLIN, Merle Eugene COPLIN, Elsie May COPLIN, Marjorie Marie COPLIN, Mildred Carlene COPLIN, Lloyd Willard COPLIN, Lois Metta COPLIN. I have photographs of most of these peoples graves and electronic documentation on most of them. I am looking for information about the parents of Earl and Mary COPLIN and anything about their families. I'm also looking for information on the MILLS, HARRIS, TALLMIDGE, STEELE, and SULLIVAN line. Phil Burns phil_burns@biesingerfamily.com