Noah Copeland married Ruth Doyle in Maries County, in 1857. Ruth died in 1884 and was buried in St. Clair County, Missouri. Noah moved to what is now Sequoyah County, Oklahoma where he died in 1893. He is buried in Copeland Cemetery which is located south of Sallisaw, Oklahoma on the Arkansas River. Noah and Ruth had twelve children; Mary Malinda, Eliza Jane, Rachael Elizabeth, Martha Ellen, John Richard, Nancy Casandra, Solomon "Dock", William Issac, James Edward, Jesse Samuel (my great-grandfather), Alice Arbelle and Sarah. All of these children were born in Missouri. There are still many Copeland's and Copeland descendants in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma today. Steve Copeland