Helen Copley

Brief Life History of Helen

When Helen Copley was born on 25 October 1822, in Giles, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, her father, James Copley, was 47 and her mother, Cecelia Hearn, was 43. She married Thomas Green Wilson on 3 December 1840, in Edwards, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1850 and lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 25 August 1901, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Green Wilson
1816–1903
Helen Copley
1822–1901
Marriage: 3 December 1840
Adeline Wilson
1838–1918
Martha Jane Wilson
1843–1929
Ellen Wilson
1845–1914
Thomas Brigham Wilson
1847–1929
Francis Marion Wilson
1849–1926
Charles Copley Wilson
1851–1931
James L Wilson
1853–1929
Heber Wilson
1856–1920
Joseph Leroy Wilson
1858–1928
Julia Ette Wilson
1860–1936
Sarah Anne Wilson
1863–1945
Emeline Wilson
1866–1899

Sources (51)

  • Hellen Wilson in household of Thos G Wilson, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Helen Coplen, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
  • Helen C. Wilson, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire): habitational name from any of various places called Copley, for example in County Durham, Staffordshire, and Yorkshire, from the Old English personal name Coppa (apparently a byname for a tall man) or from copp ‘hilltop’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

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

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