Ned and Coley were the parents of five daughters and one son.
Children:
Susan Josephine Copeland
(1894-1920)
Biddie Mae Copeland Cumberland (1895-1966)
Henry Ethel 'Boy' Copeland Sr.
(1901-1948)
Maggie Agnes 'Ag' Copeland Poe
(2904-2001)
Mamie Fennie Copeland
(1906-1922)
Winnie Agery Copeland Chipman
(1910-1984)
Ned was a farmer when he needed to provide for his family. He and his wife Coley spent every minute fishing if they could. Ned never was much interested in school. He attended enough to get by. He hated shoes.
After Coley died Ned would travel from home to home staying till he felt the need to move on. If family or friend needed to track him they could always distinguish his foot print. His feet were short, stubby and fat. So fat his toes would not make impressions in the dirt.
Donald one of his grandsons tells of a time he (Pa Ned)was "a visiting ".
He'd been down fishing and it was getting on to dinner time. His mother Helen sent him and two sisters to go get him. They knew he'd be down by the river. Probably cleaning his fish.
Pa Ned had decided he needed a bath and how there was no one around he striped down to his skin. He washed his clothes and draped them on the bushes to dry while he cleaned the fish.
The three children found him naked. But Pa Ned was not bothered by his nakedness.
Squealing the girls turned and ran back to the house. Donald complained
but Pa Ned was not about to climb back into his clothes until he was ready. After sometime Pa Ned decided to dress. The two headed back to the house for dinner when Pa Ned realized he had dropped his pocket knife.
The knife was the finest thing he owned. It was a gift. He was so upset he insisted Donald go on to the house
for dinner. He told Donald he wouldn't
be to dinner till he found his knife.
Donald said Pa Ned went back to the river and on his hands and knees picked through the blades of grass till he found his knife. It was after two in the morning before he showed up to the house that night.
Story told to Jane Copeland Seamons
by Donald Copeland both are Great Grand children of Pa Ned's.
Children:
Susan Josephine Copeland
(1894-1920)
Biddie Mae Copeland Cumberland (1895-1966)
Henry Ethel 'Boy' Copeland Sr.
(1901-1948)
Maggie Agnes 'Ag' Copeland Poe
(2904-2001)
Mamie Fennie Copeland
(1906-1922)
Winnie Agery Copeland Chipman
(1910-1984)
Ned was a farmer when he needed to provide for his family. He and his wife Coley spent every minute fishing if they could. Ned never was much interested in school. He attended enough to get by. He hated shoes.
After Coley died Ned would travel from home to home staying till he felt the need to move on. If family or friend needed to track him they could always distinguish his foot print. His feet were short, stubby and fat. So fat his toes would not make impressions in the dirt.
Donald one of his grandsons tells of a time he (Pa Ned)was "a visiting ".
He'd been down fishing and it was getting on to dinner time. His mother Helen sent him and two sisters to go get him. They knew he'd be down by the river. Probably cleaning his fish.
Pa Ned had decided he needed a bath and how there was no one around he striped down to his skin. He washed his clothes and draped them on the bushes to dry while he cleaned the fish.
The three children found him naked. But Pa Ned was not bothered by his nakedness.
Squealing the girls turned and ran back to the house. Donald complained
but Pa Ned was not about to climb back into his clothes until he was ready. After sometime Pa Ned decided to dress. The two headed back to the house for dinner when Pa Ned realized he had dropped his pocket knife.
The knife was the finest thing he owned. It was a gift. He was so upset he insisted Donald go on to the house
for dinner. He told Donald he wouldn't
be to dinner till he found his knife.
Donald said Pa Ned went back to the river and on his hands and knees picked through the blades of grass till he found his knife. It was after two in the morning before he showed up to the house that night.
Story told to Jane Copeland Seamons
by Donald Copeland both are Great Grand children of Pa Ned's.
Ned and Coley were the parents of five daughters and one son.
Children:
Susan Josephine Copeland
(1894-1920)
Biddie Mae Copeland Cumberland (1895-1966)
Henry Ethel 'Boy' Copeland Sr.
(1901-1948)
Maggie Agnes 'Ag' Copeland Poe
(2904-2001)
Mamie Fennie Copeland
(1906-1922)
Winnie Agery Copeland Chipman
(1910-1984)
Ned was a farmer when he needed to provide for his family. He and his wife Coley spent every minute fishing if they could. Ned never was much interested in school. He attended enough to get by. He hated shoes.
After Coley died Ned would travel from home to home staying till he felt the need to move on. If family or friend needed to track him they could always distinguish his foot print. His feet were short, stubby and fat. So fat his toes would not make impressions in the dirt.
Donald one of his grandsons tells of a time he (Pa Ned)was "a visiting ".
He'd been down fishing and it was getting on to dinner time. His mother Helen sent him and two sisters to go get him. They knew he'd be down by the river. Probably cleaning his fish.
Pa Ned had decided he needed a bath and how there was no one around he striped down to his skin. He washed his clothes and draped them on the bushes to dry while he cleaned the fish.
The three children found him naked. But Pa Ned was not bothered by his nakedness.
Squealing the girls turned and ran back to the house. Donald complained
but Pa Ned was not about to climb back into his clothes until he was ready. After sometime Pa Ned decided to dress. The two headed back to the house for dinner when Pa Ned realized he had dropped his pocket knife.
The knife was the finest thing he owned. It was a gift. He was so upset he insisted Donald go on to the house
for dinner. He told Donald he wouldn't
be to dinner till he found his knife.
Donald said Pa Ned went back to the river and on his hands and knees picked through the blades of grass till he found his knife. It was after two in the morning before he showed up to the house that night.
Story told to Jane Copeland Seamons
by Donald Copeland both are Great Grand children of Pa Ned's.
Children:
Susan Josephine Copeland
(1894-1920)
Biddie Mae Copeland Cumberland (1895-1966)
Henry Ethel 'Boy' Copeland Sr.
(1901-1948)
Maggie Agnes 'Ag' Copeland Poe
(2904-2001)
Mamie Fennie Copeland
(1906-1922)
Winnie Agery Copeland Chipman
(1910-1984)
Ned was a farmer when he needed to provide for his family. He and his wife Coley spent every minute fishing if they could. Ned never was much interested in school. He attended enough to get by. He hated shoes.
After Coley died Ned would travel from home to home staying till he felt the need to move on. If family or friend needed to track him they could always distinguish his foot print. His feet were short, stubby and fat. So fat his toes would not make impressions in the dirt.
Donald one of his grandsons tells of a time he (Pa Ned)was "a visiting ".
He'd been down fishing and it was getting on to dinner time. His mother Helen sent him and two sisters to go get him. They knew he'd be down by the river. Probably cleaning his fish.
Pa Ned had decided he needed a bath and how there was no one around he striped down to his skin. He washed his clothes and draped them on the bushes to dry while he cleaned the fish.
The three children found him naked. But Pa Ned was not bothered by his nakedness.
Squealing the girls turned and ran back to the house. Donald complained
but Pa Ned was not about to climb back into his clothes until he was ready. After sometime Pa Ned decided to dress. The two headed back to the house for dinner when Pa Ned realized he had dropped his pocket knife.
The knife was the finest thing he owned. It was a gift. He was so upset he insisted Donald go on to the house
for dinner. He told Donald he wouldn't
be to dinner till he found his knife.
Donald said Pa Ned went back to the river and on his hands and knees picked through the blades of grass till he found his knife. It was after two in the morning before he showed up to the house that night.
Story told to Jane Copeland Seamons
by Donald Copeland both are Great Grand children of Pa Ned's.
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