Lucy Moriah Copen

Brief Life History of Lucy Moriah

When Lucy Moriah Copen was born in 1858, in Elk, Kanawha, Virginia, United States, her father, William Morrison Copen, was 34 and her mother, Hannah Ann Slack, was 24. She married John Mathias Young on 4 January 1882, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Elk, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States in 1880 and Big Sandy, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States in 1880. She died in April 1943, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Coopers Creek, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Mathias Young
1856–1926
Lucy Moriah Copen
1858–1943
Marriage: 4 January 1882
Owen Young
1883–
Ada Electra Young
1885–1955
May Young
about 1894–
Ida Young
1887–
John M Young
1887–
Benjamin Harrison Young
1889–1958
Gladys Young
1889–
Owen Danton Young
1893–1971

Sources (18)

  • Lucy Williams in household of William Copen, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Lucy Copen, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
  • Louise Copen in entry for Benjamin Harrison Young, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"

World Events (8)

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Coppin .

Probably also an Americanized form of German Koppen .

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

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