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Below is a family biography included in The History of Miami County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1880.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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D. M. COPPOCK, farmer; P. O. Pleasant Hill; he is a son of Benjamin Coppock, and grandson of Benjamin J., Sr., who was one of a family of nine children, who came from Newberry District, S. C. about the year 1800; he settled two miles west of Ludlow Falls, Union Township, where he raised a family of ten children. He married Susan Jay, in South Carolina, and they both lived to an advanced age; Benjamin J., Jr., had three children—Ellwood, D. M. and Almeda; the parents still survive, residing with our subject, who was born Dec. 29, 1841, in Union Township, and raised to farm labor, and, aside from common schools, was educated in the select schools of the Friends, and was raised a Quaker; he is now a member of the Christian Church and highly respected in the community in which he lives; he is a member of the A., F. & A. M. Lodge, of Pleasant Hill. He married Jane, daughter of J. Furnass Jay, who died Jan. 17, 1879, leaving nine children; she was a good Christian woman, and a member of the Christian Church.

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This family biography is one of 964 biographies included in The History of Miami County, Ohio published in 1880 by W. H. Beers & Co.  For the complete description, click here: Miami County, Ohio History and Genealogy

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