> Cliff-- > Thanks very much, Cliff. This is great info. I really appreciate you sharing > this; it will help others not to fall into the same mistake. > Melinda > ------------------ > > Forwarded by the ListAdmin for: > "Cliff Metcalf" <cliffmet@qwest.net> > > Melinda > A number of family trees and genealogy sites have Sarah Tippet as one of > the > wives of the Solomon Copeland who died in Maries Co., MO in1873, but > unless > Solomon was the original Superman, this is impossible. > There is a marriage of Solomon Copeland to Sarah Tippet in Roane Co. TN > on > 15 July, 1819, and a marriage of Solomon Copeland to Jane Harrisson, on > 15 > Dec., 1823. The Solomon Copeland who later lived in Maries Co., MO then > married Melinda Sample in 1829, and moved to Missouri between 1832 when > one > of his children was born in TN, and 1835, when one was born in MO. At > that > same time Solomon and Sarah (Tippet) Copeland were still living in TN, > mostly in Henry county, where they had at least 10 children. This > Solomon > Copeland supposedly died in Izzard Co. Arkansas in 1845, and his widow, > Sarah is listed in that county with six of her children in the 1850 > census. > Info on the Copeland Family Genweb site shows the Solomon Copeland who > died > in AR being the son of Stephen Copeland, while the Solomon who was in > Maries > Co. was the son of Solomon Copeland, SR., who was Stephen Copeland's > brother. The first was born about 1795, the other in 1804. Both > families > lived in Jefferson Co., TN, and both were married in Roane, Co., TN, > hence > the confusion and assumption by some that they were both the same person. > Solomon Copeland's children by his first wife who I believe was Jane > Harrisson > were James, Milly Jane, William, and an unidentified infant. In 1850, > Milly > Jane, age 23, is living in Massac Co., IL with a James Copeland & family. > James is listed as age 25, and I would think this is her brother. Her > first > husband, James Hancock had died earlier that year and her first child > Martha > Hancock was less than a year old. Later she married Leander Doyle and > lived > in Maries Co., where the rest of her children were born before Leander > also > dies between 1858, when he purchased land, and 1860 when she is listed on > the census as a widow with her children. > Hope this helps. > My new e-mail address is cliffmet@qwest.net > Cliff > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > ==== MOMARIES Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > >