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Copeland, Joseph – Corbin, John

Copeland, Joseph

business man, banker, was born in 1836, in Ulster, Ireland. For many years he was engaged in mining in California and Oregon, and finally secured controlling interest in several gold mines. He made over twenty trips to the Pacific coast; organized the First National bank of Shellsburg, Wis., of which he was president until his death in 1893.

Copeland, Joseph T

soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born May 6, 1813, in New Castle, Maine. During 1846-49 he was judge of the St. Clair county court of Michigan; was elected circuit judge in 1851; and served during 1851-57 as a judge of the supreme court. He served with distinction through the civil war, and was promoted brigadier general of volunteers.

Copeland, Joseph T

soldier, was born in 1830 in Michigan. He served through the civil war and was appointed a brigadier general of volunteers.

Copeland, Patrick

pioneer, educator. He was employed as a chaplain in the service of the East India company.

He first suggested the idea of a college in America, and may be justly considered as the pioneer of education.

Copley, John Singleton

artist, was born July 3, 1737, in Boston, Mass.

He is said to have been the only native painter of real skill which the New World could boast before the Revolution, and to possess one of his portraits is America's best title to nobility. The Death of Lord Chatham is his masterpiece. He died Sept. 9, 1815, in London, England.

Copley, Lionel

colonial governor, was born probably in England. After the province of Maryland had been delivered over to the crown by the protestant associators, he was in 1691 commissioned its first royal governor. He died Sept. 12, 1693.

Copp, Mrs. Helen Ranklin

sculptor, was born Aug. 4, 1853, in Atlanta, Ill.

She studied at the art institute of Chicago, Ill., and received the only medal ever given by that institution for sculpture. She has modeled portraits of a number of prominent citizens of Chicago, besides many ideal works.

Coppin, Levi J

journalist, author, was born Dec. 24, 1848, in Cecil county, Md. He is the manager of the A. M. E.

Church Review, and the author of The Relations of Baptized Children to the Church.

Copway, George

author, poet, was born in August, 1820, in Michigan. He is an Indian of the Ojibway tribe who was a journalist in New York city, and was well known as a lecturer. He was the author of Recollections of a Forest Life; Copway's American Indian; The Traditional History of the Ojibway Nation; The Ojibway Conquest, a poem; and Running Sketches of Men and Places in Europe.

Coray, George Q

educator, librarian, was born in November, 1857, in Provo, Utah. He is a graduate of Cornell and librarian of the university of Utah.

Corbin, D. C

railroad president, was born in 1837 in New Hampshire. He is president of the Spokane Falls and Northern railway; and also of the Nelson and Fort Sheppard railway.

Corbin, John

author, was born in 1870 in Illinois. He is the author of The Elizabethan Hamlet.