Mrs. Margaret A. Copeland, daughter of William and Nancy Adair, was born in
Tennessee, Sept. 27, 1805, and died near Flint, in Morgan County, Ala., April
15, 1885. Sister Copeland was a member of the Methodist Church at Johnson’s
Chapel, where she was recognized as a true follower of Christ. She was the
mother of five children, a step mother to nine, and also raised several orphan
children, all of whom loved her, and called her one of the best of mothers. Her
house was known by all that knew her to be a welcome spot for the preachers for
six years [probably should be sixty]. They held meeting and preached at her
house in White County, Tenn. She was very feeble for some time before she died,
but her faith in Jesus was strong. A short time before she died she shouted and
praised God, and sang that sweet and familiar song, “O how I love Jesus,” in
just as clear a tone as one that was well. She often told her aged and bereaved
husband that when she got home she would have a new tongue, and that she would
praise her Maker for ever and ever. Mrs. E. M. Isley
Note: Margaret Adair Copeland is the second wife of James Wilson Copeland. Her
tombstone has her year of death as 1883. There is another obituary for her in
the “Alabama Christian Advocate” giving the 1885 date of death and written by
her step-son A. G. Copeland.
