Amanda Elizabeth Branscomb

Brief Life History of Amanda Elizabeth

When Amanda Elizabeth Branscomb was born on 3 February 1867, in Kentucky, United States, her father, William James Branscum, was 22 and her mother, Rhoda L Floyd, was 26. She married Oran Alexander Copeland on 23 July 1895, in Searcy, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Farris Township, Stone, Arkansas, United States in 1900 and Campbell, Searcy, Arkansas, United States in 1910. She died on 15 March 1915, in Arkansas, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Alco, Stone, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Oran Alexander Copeland
1859–1934
Amanda Elizabeth Branscomb
1867–1915
Marriage: 23 July 1895
William Alexander Copeland
1892–1942
Rhoda M Copeland
1896–1918
Theadocia Copeland
1900–1977
Willis E Copeland
1902–1975
Abner Edgar Copeland
1905–1964
Garlis Ruman Copeland
1907–1965
Harold V Copeland
1910–
Carl Vernon Copeland
1912–1985

Sources (10)

  • Amanda E Branscumb in household of William J Branscumb, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Amanda E Branscom, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • Amanda E Branscum Copeland, "Find A Grave Index"

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1868 · The Fourteenth Amendment

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Name Meaning

English (Devon): habitational name from Branscombe in Devon, which is named from the Celtic personal name Branoc + Old English cumb ‘valley’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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