All of the Copeland's are related but I have no idea who this person is.
The Copelands' were at Jamestown and pewters. Then in North Carolina with
eight sons. They have spread out all over the USA. I actually have very
few relatives left living.
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From: "Regine Brindle" <babette602001(a)yahoo.com>
To: <incass(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 4:44 PM
Subject: [INCASS] COPELAND: The Pharos Tribune 29 August 1912
The Pharos Tribune - 29 August 1912
Tiny bullet in his brain ends his life
Panhandle Caller Dies of Injuries from Rifle Ball
Trying to loosen a cartridge ina 22-caliber rifle yesterday morning
Lawrence Copeland, callboy for the Panhandle, accidently shot himself
through the right temple and died last evening at 5:30 o'clock.
Copeland had been hunting squirrels south of the city yesterday morning
and, ad he was crosing the southyards of the Panhandle, some Italians at
work there, asked him to shoot a bird for them which he did. The rifle, an
automatic one, failed to discharge the old shell and Copeland trying to
lossen it, jarred the butt of the gun on a steel rail. The gun was
discharged and the bullet entered his right temple. He was taken at once to
St Joseph hospital where physician after an examination stated that he could
not live as the bullet had entered his brain and it would be impossible to
remove it.
After being in convulsions all afternoon, he died last evening. The boy
was 17 years of age and is the son of Burtin Copeland and his wife, 610 E
Broadway. The father was formerly a Panhandle engineer but is now employed
as yard switchman.
Copeland did not regain concisousness after the accident.
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