Elizabeth (Wittenmeyer) Copus (1813 - 1860)

Born 1813 in Pennsylvania, United States

Wife of Nelson Copus — married 6 Nov 1836 in Richland County, Ohio

Descendants

Died 17 Nov 1860 at about age 47 in Wood, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth was born in Pennsylvania in 1815, the daughter of John Jacob and Maria Magdalena (Benner) Wittenmeyer. She was the first wife of Nelson Copus. She had 6 children with him. She died in 1860 and is buried in North Baltimore with her husband, Nelson.

Sources

1836 Marriage

Name: Nelson Copas

Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Witmire

Married: 06 Nov 1836 in Richland, Ohio, United States

By John Smith, Preacher of the Gospel

Digital Folder Number: 004701443; Record Number: 80

Richland, Ohio Marriages

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• Hough Cemetery Inscriptions. Hough Cemetery, Henry Township, Wood County, Ohio, Wood County Cemetery Book

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 February 2020), memorial page for Elizabeth Wittenmyer Copus (1813–17 Nov 1860), Find A Grave Memorial no. 108880319, citing Hough Cemetery, North Baltimore, Wood County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by jdean (contributor 46942457) .

• Ohio, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013", Richland County, 3: 132, Copas-Witmire, 1836; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org).