Copeland, William Ransom
Copeland, William Ransom a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Jackson County, Ohio, February 14, 1835. He united with the Church in 1853, was licensed to exhort in 1856, to preach in 1857, and in the same year entered the Ohio Conference. He died May 4, 1870. Mr. Copeland was a good preacher, a laborious, faithful, and successful pastor. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1871, page 249.