Harry Woodson Copeland
 

Harry Woodson Copeland was born February 23, 1875 in Boone Co., Indiana. He was the son of Taylor Smith Copeland and Martha Emoline Vidito. He was a farmer. He married Maud Marier Byfield, the daughter of Sardis Henry Byfield and Deborah Young, on October 4, 1896 in Boone County. He and Maud had ten children and raised nine of them to adulthood. They were: 1. Helen Gale Copeland, b. September 24, 1897, d. December 29, 1952 (was a school teacher in the Lebanon School System); 2. Mabel Sue Copeland, b. August 23, 1899, d. December 27, 1983, m. June 21, 1924 to George Noble Lanham; 3. Carter Harrison Copeland, b. December 18, 1900, d. December 3, 1979, m. Mary Sophia Swails in 1921; 4. Marion Delaskie Copeland, b. September 17, 1902, d. February 6, 1988, m. Carrie Myrtle Caldwell on April 30, 1921; 5. George Copeland, b. October 6, 1904, d. October 6, 1996, m. (1) Beulah Agnes Payne in 1925, (2) Mary Renor Gullion; 6. Delmar "Dude" Harry Copeland, b. March 30, 1907, m. Esther Violet Baughman July 30, 1925; 7. Millard Fillmore "Jim" Copeland, b. March 12, 1909, d. May 9, 1991, m. Mary Margaret Roberts on June 1, 1930; 8. Mary ''Dot'' Evelyn Copeland, b. March 27, 1912, m. Albert Lonzo Stewart on September 10, 1933; 9. Melvin Henry Copeland, b. December 22, 1913, d. May 21, 1975, m. Alice Elaine Stonebraker on September 6, 1947.

He died March 31, 1936 at his home located on Copeland Neese Road. He is buried in Center Cemetery near Lebanon, Indiana.
 

Submitted by: Martha Jane Walker Copeland