Adam Vanburen Coppedge was born near Koshkonong, Missouri January 26, 1870. His parents were Houston H. and Tennie M. Coppedge. They later moved to a farm in Dade County, Missouri. Ad V. (as he was known to everyone) received his education in Missouri.
In 1895 he was married to Jeanetta Buchanan who also lived on a farm in Dade County. Her parents were Bramentis and Nancy Catherine Buchanan. Ad and Jennie Coppedge's first son, William Houston, was born in Dade County in 1896. During this time my father was attending Missouri University where he earned a degree in law. A second son, James B., was born in Dadeville, Missouri in 1900.
In 1903 my father, mother, and my two brothers moved to Grove, Indian Territory. My father was the first Delaware County Attorney in the, new state in 1907. My sister and I were born in Grove. My little sister died when she was five and is buried at Olympus Cemetery as are my father, mother and my brother Jim. I am now the only surviving member of my family.
My father and mother built a home when they moved to Grove and it still stands, but my brothers and I sold it after mother died. Dad died five years earlier than mother, in September 1949.
The school was in the same location it is now and housed all twelve grades. School cafeterias were unheard of at that time. Students either walked home to lunch or carried a sack lunch, which today would be called "brown-bagging it." We Coppedge children walked home to lunch one half mile each way plus to school in the morning and home after school - a total of two miles each day through snow, sleet, rain or whatever the weather. We did not have cars and this was an accepted way of life.
A History Of Delaware County - pg 136
Contributor: George T. Huggins (48095146)
In 1895 he was married to Jeanetta Buchanan who also lived on a farm in Dade County. Her parents were Bramentis and Nancy Catherine Buchanan. Ad and Jennie Coppedge's first son, William Houston, was born in Dade County in 1896. During this time my father was attending Missouri University where he earned a degree in law. A second son, James B., was born in Dadeville, Missouri in 1900.
In 1903 my father, mother, and my two brothers moved to Grove, Indian Territory. My father was the first Delaware County Attorney in the, new state in 1907. My sister and I were born in Grove. My little sister died when she was five and is buried at Olympus Cemetery as are my father, mother and my brother Jim. I am now the only surviving member of my family.
My father and mother built a home when they moved to Grove and it still stands, but my brothers and I sold it after mother died. Dad died five years earlier than mother, in September 1949.
The school was in the same location it is now and housed all twelve grades. School cafeterias were unheard of at that time. Students either walked home to lunch or carried a sack lunch, which today would be called "brown-bagging it." We Coppedge children walked home to lunch one half mile each way plus to school in the morning and home after school - a total of two miles each day through snow, sleet, rain or whatever the weather. We did not have cars and this was an accepted way of life.
A History Of Delaware County - pg 136
Contributor: George T. Huggins (48095146)
Adam Vanburen Coppedge was born near Koshkonong, Missouri January 26, 1870. His parents were Houston H. and Tennie M. Coppedge. They later moved to a farm in Dade County, Missouri. Ad V. (as he was known to everyone) received his education in Missouri.
In 1895 he was married to Jeanetta Buchanan who also lived on a farm in Dade County. Her parents were Bramentis and Nancy Catherine Buchanan. Ad and Jennie Coppedge's first son, William Houston, was born in Dade County in 1896. During this time my father was attending Missouri University where he earned a degree in law. A second son, James B., was born in Dadeville, Missouri in 1900.
In 1903 my father, mother, and my two brothers moved to Grove, Indian Territory. My father was the first Delaware County Attorney in the, new state in 1907. My sister and I were born in Grove. My little sister died when she was five and is buried at Olympus Cemetery as are my father, mother and my brother Jim. I am now the only surviving member of my family.
My father and mother built a home when they moved to Grove and it still stands, but my brothers and I sold it after mother died. Dad died five years earlier than mother, in September 1949.
The school was in the same location it is now and housed all twelve grades. School cafeterias were unheard of at that time. Students either walked home to lunch or carried a sack lunch, which today would be called "brown-bagging it." We Coppedge children walked home to lunch one half mile each way plus to school in the morning and home after school - a total of two miles each day through snow, sleet, rain or whatever the weather. We did not have cars and this was an accepted way of life.
A History Of Delaware County - pg 136
Contributor: George T. Huggins (48095146)
In 1895 he was married to Jeanetta Buchanan who also lived on a farm in Dade County. Her parents were Bramentis and Nancy Catherine Buchanan. Ad and Jennie Coppedge's first son, William Houston, was born in Dade County in 1896. During this time my father was attending Missouri University where he earned a degree in law. A second son, James B., was born in Dadeville, Missouri in 1900.
In 1903 my father, mother, and my two brothers moved to Grove, Indian Territory. My father was the first Delaware County Attorney in the, new state in 1907. My sister and I were born in Grove. My little sister died when she was five and is buried at Olympus Cemetery as are my father, mother and my brother Jim. I am now the only surviving member of my family.
My father and mother built a home when they moved to Grove and it still stands, but my brothers and I sold it after mother died. Dad died five years earlier than mother, in September 1949.
The school was in the same location it is now and housed all twelve grades. School cafeterias were unheard of at that time. Students either walked home to lunch or carried a sack lunch, which today would be called "brown-bagging it." We Coppedge children walked home to lunch one half mile each way plus to school in the morning and home after school - a total of two miles each day through snow, sleet, rain or whatever the weather. We did not have cars and this was an accepted way of life.
A History Of Delaware County - pg 136
Contributor: George T. Huggins (48095146)
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