Thomas Newton Copeland was born June 29, 1853, in Wayne County, Tennessee, the son of Joseph Matthew Copeland and Sarah Wade Cypert.
Thomas married Florence Ferguson in Wayne County. They had four children.
Thomas then married Fannie Carr and they had three children.
Thomas was a merchant at Clifton, in Wayne County, for many years. He then moved to Oklahoma, where he resumed the mercantile business.
Thomas died about 1948 in Oklahoma.
Children of Thomas Copeland and Florence Ferguson
1. Camilla Copeland
2. Ossie Copeland
3. Lorenzo Copeland
4. Infant Copeland
Children of Thomas Copeland and Fannie Carr
5. Thomas Hugh Copeland; died young
6. Lucille Copeland
7. Benton Copeland