Brief Life History of Rufus
When Rufus Copeland was born on 11 May 1785, in Bristol, Addison, Vermont, United States, his father, David Copeland Jr, was 46 and his mother, Martha Putnam, was 42. He married Louisa Davis on 6 January 1820, in Hardwick, Caledonia, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He registered for military service in 1812. He died on 11 May 1849, in Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Eden Cemetery, Topeka, Eden Township, LaGrange, Indiana, United States.
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- Rufus Copeland, "Find A Grave Index"
- Rufus Copeland, "United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815"
- Rufus Copeland (1785 - 1849) - Find A Grave Memorial
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1791 · Vermont Becomes 14th State
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from Copeland in Cumbria or Coupland in Northumberland, both named with Old Norse kaupa-land ‘bought land’, a feature worthy of note during the early Middle Ages, when land was rarely sold, but rather held by feudal tenure and handed down from one generation to the next.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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