Massey Copeland, son of John Whetstone Copeland and Sarah Massey Copeland, was born in Tennessee. He first married Mahalia Eslick, daughter of Levi Eslick and Mary Polly Tucker Eslick. Massey and Mahalia had 3 children. After Mahalia died young, Massey married Eade Eveline Tucker, daughter of William Tucker and Catherine Felps Tucker. Massey and Eade married in Lincoln Co, TN and had 14 children. Massey Copeland died on Sunday, 3 Nov 1901, in Lois, Moore Co, TN. He was 77 years old. Eade died in 1921 when she was 88.
BURIAL
Oak Grove Cemetery
Moore County, Tennessee
Birth
Massey Copeland was born on 21 March 1824 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA to John Whetstone Copeland (March 1793-Feb 1865) and Sarah Massey (c. 1786-May 1857).
Marriages and Families
He married twice.
Mahala Eslick (1823-1845) on 18 February 1843 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.
Edith Evelyn Tucker (1832-1921) on 29 January 1848 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.
Children of the Copeland-Eslick Marriage
Martha J. Copeland born c. 1843 in Lincoln County Tennessee, USA. She died c. 1910 in Moore County, Tennessee, USA.
Newton Austin Copeland born on 4 July 1845 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA. He married Amanda Mary Jackson (1849-1912) on 2 July 1868 in Harrison County, Tennessee. Newton died on 9 June 1930 in San Saba County, Texas, USA.
Children of the Copeland-Tucker Marriage
William Alexander Copeland born on 15 July 1849 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA. He died on 10 December 1942 in Mulberry, Lincoln, Tennessee, USA.
John Lafayette Copeland born on 23 October 1851 in Lois, Moore, Tennessee, USA. He died on 1 April 1931 in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA.
James Massey Copeland born on 4 October 1853 in Lois, Moore, Tennessee, USA. He died on 17 September 1929 in Killeen, Bell, Texas, USA.
Cordelia Copeland born on 15 March 1855 in Moore County, Tennessee, USA. She died in September 1937 in Tennessee, USA.
Franklin Pierce Copeland born on 12 June 1856 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA. He died on 5 March 1940 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA.
Fenton Montgomery Copeland born on 19 September 1859 in Lois, Moore, Tennessee, USA. He died on 24 January 1945 in Flintville, Lincoln, Tennessee, USA.
Mary Elizabeth Copeland born on 3 December 1861 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA. She died on 29 February 1952 in Moore County, Tennessee, USA.
Emily Gregory Copeland born on 20 March 1864 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA. She married Lonny Philander Baits (1862-1927) on 15 October 1882 in Lincoln County, Tennessee. Emily died on 10 April 1949 in Overton, Rusk, Tennessee, USA.
Berry Copeland born on 6 May 1865 in Lois, Lincoln, Tennessee, USA. He died on 21 August 1953 in Athens, Limestone, Alabama, USA.
Robert Lee Copeland born on 9 March 1867 in Fayetteville, Lincoln, Tennessee, USA. He died on 17 December 1914 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA.
Sarah Katherine Copeland born on 7 April 1869 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA. She died on 25 March 1946 in Hill County, Texas, USA.
Susan Lavonia Copeland born on 8 December 1870 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA. She died on 13 July 1901 in Moore County, Tennessee, USA.
Lonzo Copeland born on 24 April 1873 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA. He died on 26 December 1960 in Flintville, Lincoln, Tennessee, USA.
Wilson Holman Copeland born on 11 September 1876 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA. He died on 26 September 1988 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA.
Death and Burial
Massey died on 3 November 1901 in Moore County, Tennessee, USA at the age of 77.
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DNA Connections
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