William M Coplin

1828 - 1889  (61 years)

• Name	William M Coplin
  Birth	5 Apr 1828	Ira, Cayuga, NY
  Gender	Male
  Census	20 Sep 1850	Leroy, Calhoun, MI ; age 22, born NY, farmer
  Census	27 Jul 1860	Oneida, Eaton, MI ; age 32, born NY, ME Doctor of Divinity
  Census	7 Jul 1870	Vevay, Ingham, MI ; age 42, born NY, methodist minister
  Census	17 Jun 1880	Spring Lake, Ottawa, MI ; age 52, born NY, clergyman, parents born MA/MA
  Death	21 Aug 1889	Jackson, Jackson, MI
  Burial		Forest Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, MI
  Person ID	I9826	Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 May 2015

  
  

  Father	Melancton Coplin,   b. 22 Nov 1798, New York d. 18 Sep 1828, Michigan (Age 29 years)
  Mother	Christina
  Family ID	F3236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah C Fish,   b. 6 Jul 1825, New York d. 2 Dec 1913, Siginaw, Saginaw, MI (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	1 Feb 1849	Leroy, Calhoun, MI
  Children	+ 1. Lucy A Coplin,   b. 29 Aug 1850, Leroy, Calhoun, MI d. 30 Jul 1903, Detroit, Wayne, MI (Age 52 years) 2. Charles M Coplin,   b. 28 Jul 1860, Oneida, Eaton, MI d. 14 Dec 1917, Saginaw, Saginaw, MI (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F3366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 May 2015

  
  

• Headstones

  William M Coplin Gravestone WILLIAM M. COPLIN / MEMBER OF THE MICHIGAN / M.E. CONFERENCE APR. 5, 1827 / AUG. 21, 1889

  
  

• Notes

  from "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897" William M Coplin, married minister, born NY, died on 21 Aug 1889 in Jackson, Jackson, MI of appoplexy, aged 61y 4m 16d. Names of parents not given ... from "Minutes of the Michigan Annual Conference" REV WILLIAM M COPLIN Rev. William M. Coplin, pastor of the Haven Methodist Episcopal Church, Jackson, died suddenly of apoplexy, in that city, on Wednesday afternoon, August 21, 1889. The funeral service was held in the forenoon of Saturday. At 10 o'clock the mournful procession moved slowly from the parsonage to the church, where on the previous Sabbath he preached what none would have thought to be his last sermon. In the presence of a large congregation of people more than filling the edifice, Rev. W. M. Colby arose and announced the hymn, "Hiding in Thee," which the choir rendered with a subdued and tender melody. Rev. James Hamilton followed with an impressive prayer, and Rev. J.H. Tanner and Rev. J.C. Floyd read appropriate Scripture lessons. Rev. G.W. Tuthill announced that grand hymn of holy triumph, "Sweeping Through the Gates." Rev. George S. Hickey then presented a brief memoir of his fallen co-worker, after which Revs. A.A. Knappen, F.B. Bangs and I.R.A. Wightman spoke tender and appreciative words, giving reminiscences of earlier years when their pleasant acquaintance began with the departed, testifying to his fidelity and success as a companion in the ministry, and paying high tributes of respect to his earnest, self-forgetful nature and many excellencies as a man of God. The tearful eyes of both young and old present showed in what loving esteem the deceased pastor was held. The touching services were fittingly concluded with the hymn, "Servant of God, Well Done," after which six brethren of the official board of the church acted as pallbearers, and the remains were conveyed to the cemetery and deposited in a vault, from which they will soon be transferred to Saginaw for interment. ... Rev. William M. Coplin was the son of Melancthon and Christina Coplin, and was born April 5, 1828, in the town of Ira, N. Y. In 1848 he came to Michigan, and on February 1, of the following year, he was married to Sarah C. Fish, of LeRoy. At this place, in the fall of the same year, under the united labors of Rev. Octavius Mason and Manasseh Hickey, he was converted, and at once joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1856 he joined the Michigan Episcopal Conference, of which he has continued an active member until the present time. To him and his devoted wife three children, one, an infant son, having