BIO: George S. COPELIN, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 555 & 556.
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  GEORGE S. COPELIN, who is agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at 
McCartney, Pa., has lived at this place for the past seventeen years, has 
invested in property and is one of the settled and representative citizens.  He 
was born November 19, 1864, in Clearfield county, and is a son of David F. and 
Eliza Jane (Spanogle) Copelin.
  David F. Copelin was born in Mifflin county, Pa., and was a veteran of both 
the Mexican and Civil wars.  In the latter he was a member of Co. K, 110th Pa. 
Vol. Inf.  He followed lumbering during his active years.  He married Eliza Jane 
Spanogle, who was born in Center county, and they had the following children 
born to them:  Duke, Perry, Electa, Charles, Miriam, George S., Fannie and 
Willis.
  George S. Copelin obtained his education in the public schools and the State 
College, spending two terms in that institution.  He then learned telegraphing 
with the New York Central Railroad and has been telegraph agent continuously 
ever since, in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and stands high 
in the esteem of its officials with whom he is brought into contact.
  Mr. Copelin was married in November, 1896, to Miss Sarah Straw, a daughter of 
Henry and Emeline Straw, of Clearfield county.  Mrs. Copelin's father was a 
lumberman.  She is one of the following family:  Merritt, Elmer, David, Bruce, 
Camelia, Sarah, Alta, Margaret, Theresa, and Ruth.  The last named is the wife 
of Robert Barnett.  Camelia is the wife of County Treasurer William Boyce.  Mr. 
and Mrs. Copelin have had three children:  David, Harold and Maude.  Little 
David died when but three years old.  They attend the Presbyterian church and 
own a nice home at McCartney.  Mr. Copelin belongs to the Masons at Philipsburg.