Thomas Jefferson Copeland was born in Boston to Nathaniel Copeland (who died in 1803) and Mary Page (1771-1847).
He was living in Norridgewock, Maine, by 1840 and Calais, Maine, by 1843. He died March 2, 1877, in Calais and is buried in the local cemetery. His FindAGrave memorial includes a transcript of a local obituary with additional information than what I found in The Kennebec Journal.
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| The Kennebec Journal, 28 March 1877, p. 3, col. 3 (Newspapers.com). |
He was appointed by the governor to the position of Sheriff in 1841. (Thomas J. Copeland of Norridgewock is listed at the bottom.)
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| Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, 1 February 1841, p. 2, col. 1 (Newspapers.com) |
And he was elected to the state legislature from Calais in 1863. The election was held on September 14, and the results were printed in The Portland Daily Press on September 29. The Union Party was a Civil War political coalition and I'm proud that my ancestor served in this party.
I am only including results from Washington County rather than all 16 counties.
The summary shows that the Union party greatly outnumbered the Democrats in the Maine House of Representatives after the 1863 election.
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| The Portland Daily Press, 29 September 1863, p. 2, col. 2 (Newspapers.com). |
I descend from Thomas Jefferson Copeland as follows:
This week's theme is Colorful. Aren't most politicians colorful in some way?
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