Grace M. CARSON-COPENHAVER was born in Allegany County, Maryland to James CARSON and Elizabeth BLYTHE-CARSON. Attending physician was J.W. Farequher. Undertaker was James E. Hines of Coal Center, PA. Interment in Howe Cemetery, Long Branch, PA. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GRACE M. CARSON-COPENHAVER OBITUARY May 1, 1855-October 22, 1932 Mrs. Copenhaver Died Saturday At Coal Center Funeral services for Mrs. Grace Copenhaver, 77, who died Saturday at the home of her son, Lawrence W. Copenhaver in Coal Center, were conducted Monday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock at the place of death. Dr. Thomas G. Hicks, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church was the officiating clergyman. Interment was made in Howe's Cemetery. Mrs. Copenhaver has been in failing health for some time. She was particularly well known here having been a resident of the vicinity for the past twenty-seven years. She was a member of the California M. E. church and the Order of the Eastern Star. She is survived by two sons, Lawrence W. Copenhaver of Coal Center and Hubert L. Copenhaver of California; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Copenhaver, California and Mrs. Christina Gibson, Charleston W. Va.; and two brothers, William Carson, Charleroi and David Carson of Charleston. Another son, Eldridge M. Copenhaver, former California burgess, died over a year ago. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Homepage : http://members.xoom.com/dlcope/index.htm Genealogy: http://www.chartiers.com http://www.cobweb.net/gssp/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvkanawh/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvkvgs/ - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Washington County Genealogy Research County Formations ... Washington County formed from Westmoreland County-1781 ... Allegheny County formed from partial Washington County 1786-1788 ... Greene County formed from Washington County-1796 ... Beaver County formed from partial Washington County-1800 ... Fayette County formed from Westmoreland County-1783 - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Copenhaver Descendant Line Nicholas Kopenhoffer 1680?-???, Baden, Germany Johannes Jakob Kopenhoffer 1705-????, Arrived in Phildelphia 1738 Johannes George Jakob Koppenhoffer 1746-1782, Shenandoah Co., VA John Copenhaver ?1770-????, Greenbrier Co., (W)VA Jacob Copenhaver III 1792-1882, Nicholas Co., WV Jacob Thomas Copenhaver 1824-1904, Kanawha Co., WV William Floyd Copenhaver 1852-1928, Kanawha Co., WV Eldridge Mansfield Copenhaver 1887-1931, Washington Co., PA Paul Eldridge Copenhaver 1921-1994, Washington Co., PA David L. Copenhaver Sr. 1946- Washington Co., PA David L. Copenhaver Jr. 1969 Washington Co., PA - ------------------------------------------------------------------ the COPENHAVER house * * * est.1968 - ------------------------------------------------------------------