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Facts and Events
Dank had a brother named Rufus Copeland. All the family remembers Rufus being called Uncle and Dank's brother. Both may have been illegitimate, since they were born after the death of Richard Neely Copeland. The family lore speculates that they may be the children of Samuel Dillard.
Image Gallery
 Grave Marker, Dank Copeland  1920 Census, McLennan, Texas, Dank Copeland  1900 Census, Jefferson, Alabama, Dank Copeland  1930 Census, Hill, Texas, Dank C. Copeland (Meedy) References
- Etowah, Alabama, in United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
starting at line 49 and continuing on the next page.
Mary Copeland, age 45, born in Tennessee
son: Rufus Copeland, age 14, born in Alabama
daughter: Fanny Copeland, age 14, born in Alabama
daughter: Media Copeland, age 11, born in Alabama
Note that Media is not listed in the 1870 census. Also, the sex column has M overwritten with F. Possibly there were 2 children (Dink and Media) on the original form and the transcriber (from the original now-destroyed form to the ledger in the image) accidentally combined them on one line. Media may, in fact, have been Mary's future daughter-in-law, Almedia Herring, who is not listed with her parents in the 1880 census and might have been staying with the Copeland family at the time of the census. There is no other record for Dink/Dank in the 1880 census.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Dink C Copeland, in Texas, United States. Death Certificates, 1903-1982.
born 27 Jul 1870 in Alabama
died 5 Jun 1939 in McLennan County, Texas
killed by a freight train
parents unknown
spouse: Mrs. Almeda Copeland
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dank C. Copeland, in Find A Grave.
includes a photo of his gravestone with the inscription:
D. C. Copeland | July 28, 1867 | June 5, 1939
- ↑ Jefferson, Alabama, in United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623).
Dink C Copeland, born Jul 1869 in Alabama
wife: Elmeda Copeland, born Mar 1874 in Alabama
children: Mary (8), Finace (1)
- ↑ McLennan, Texas, in United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624).
Dink C Copeland, age 45, born in Alabama
wife: Almeda Copeland, age 34
children: Finas (12), Rosa (8), Jasper (6), Alfred (4)
- ↑ McLennan, Texas, in United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625).
Dink C Copeland, age 52, born in Alabama
wife: Almeda Copeland, age 46
sons: Jasper (16), Alfred (14)
- Hill Texas, in United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T626).
Meedy D Copeland, age 64, born in Alabama
wife: Almeda Copeland, age 57
son: Jasper D Copeland, age 26
- ↑ His mother was living in Etowah County in the 1870 census.
- ↑ His stated or implied birth year varied from census to census, always earlier than 1870. However, if he was born before June 1870, then there was an omission on both the 1870 and 1880 censuses - possible, but not proven. His death certificate says he was born July 1870, which only requires an error in the 1880 census record.
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