Walter Harden Copeland (1895 - 1957)

Born 30 Apr 1895 in Dexter, Cooke, Texas, United States

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Died 17 Feb 1957 at age 61 in Roswell, Chaves, New Mexico, United States

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Biography

Walter was born in 1895 to Harden Emory Copeland (1869-1952) and Victoria Conaway (abt.1870-abt.1951).^[1] When he was a young child his family moved from Texas to what was then known as the Indian Territory. In 1922 he married Nina Thompson^[2] and they had at least five children.^[3] Walter died in 1957.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LCN-8P6Z : 14 February 2020), Walter Harden Copeland, 30 Apr 1895, Dexter, Cooke County, Texas, United States; Delayed birth certificate, created in June 1942; FHL microfilm #1,455,460, image 1270.
2. ↑ "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXLT-292 : 23 February 2021), Walter Copeland and Nina Thompson, 06 Apr 1922; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMR4-6KQ : 6 January 2021), Walter H Copeland, Election Precinct 4 Dexter, Chaves, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3-15, sheet 8B, line 44, family 134, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2440.
4. ↑ "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database, Ancestry.com (accessed 15 Mar 2021), Name: Walter H Copeland, Birth Date: 30 Apr 1895, Death Date: 17 Feb 1957, Claim Date: 12 Mar 1957, Notes: 10 Nov 1977: Name listed as WALTER H COPELAND.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSRP-K91 : accessed 15 March 2021), Walter Copeland in household of Hordand Copeland, Townships 1-2 S. Ranges 7-8 E., Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 123, sheet 13A, family 213, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,847.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML71-SXN : accessed 15 March 2021), Walter Copeland in household of H E Copeland, Morgan, Carter, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 53, sheet 14B, family 235, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1246; FHL microfilm 1,375,259.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZDW-RFP : 23 February 2021), Walter Copeland, 1917-1918.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN1K-KMN : 3 February 2021), Walter H Copeland in entry for Hardin E Copeland, Morgan, Carter County, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 57, sheet 15A, line 49, dwelling 100, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPRR-SNP : 25 November 2020), Walter Harden Copeland, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 15 March 2021), memorial page for Walter Harden Copeland (30 Apr 1895–17 Feb 1957), Find A Grave: Memorial #134150643, citing South Park Cemetery, Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico, USA ; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 8021295) .