Copeland, David, Dd

Copeland, David, D.D.

a Methodist-Episcopal minister and educator, was born in Braintree, Vermont, December 21, 1832. He graduated from the Wesleyan University in 1855, joined the Genesee Conference in 1858, and was the same year appointed principal of the Springville (N.Y.) Academy. In 1865 he was transferred to the Cincinnati Conference, and became president of the Hillsborough (Ohio) Female College. In 1872 he was elected principal of the Wyoming Seminary, and in 1873 was transferred to the Wyoming Conference. He died in Royalton, Vermont, December 6, 1882. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1883, page 88.