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J. C. COPPOCK; farmer, P. O. Pleasant Hill; was born in 1812 in Union Township, and is the son of William C., who was born in Newberry District, S. C., in 1807; he came to this State in company with his mother and some of his brothers, and located in Newton Township. He celebrated his marriage with Miss Eunice Cothran in 1809; she was born in South Carolina in 1793, and emigrated to this county with her parents in about 1808, and settled in southern part of Newton Township. Alexander Cothran, the head of this family, met with an untimely death soon after coming here, a falling limb striking him on the head and crushing his skull. After the marriage of William Coppock, he located at Ludlow Falls, in Union Township, and began farming for himself; the privations and hardships of pioneer life proved too severe on his constitution, and, in 1812, death removed him from his home in the wilderness. His widow was subsequently married to Henry Coate, when they moved further up Ludlow Creek, where she died at the advanced age of 73 years. Henry Coate was the son of Marmaduke Coate. Our subject passed through all the experience incident to pioneer life, and, at the age of 16, his step-father being a smith by occupation, he was placed in the shop and learned the trade; his chief employment in the shop was forging the old-fashioned hand sickles; this business he continued about seven years, when the demand decreased and he abandoned it and turned his attention to farming, which has since been his occupation. He has been married three times, first to Miss Sarah Jay in 1833, she died Oct. 25, 1842; her death was a loss to the Friends’ Church, of which she was a life member, and the community in which she lived; three sons were born of this union, all of whom are still living. His second marriage was celebrated with Mrs. Sarah Conway, formerly Miss Alridge; she was an Eastern lady, and emigrated from Providence, R. I.; her death occurred Jan. 2, 1871, aged 50 years and 18 days; three children were born of this union, one of whom is dead. His third marriage occurred in May, 1877, with Miss Barrett, a descendant of South Carolinans; her ancestry coming here early in the history of this county. Mr. Coppock, after his first marriage bought the old Marmaduke Coate farm and moved on it; he subsequently purchased the place where he now resides; he has a fine water-power flouring-and saw-mill; the mill stands on the site of the first mill in the township. Although no political aspirant, Mr. C. has been twice elected to the office of Justice of the Peace.