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Lydia Ann Mercer Copenhaver
13 May 1833 – 5 Sep 1876
| Birth | 13 May 1833 |
| Death | 5 Sep 1876 |
| Cemetery | Shelby Memorial Cemetery Shelbyville , Shelby County , Missouri , USA |
| Added by | KEFleming on 07 Nov 2015 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86534245 |
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Parents, Father Caleb Mercer 1791–1839 and mother Libbe Lucretia Windle 1790– Shelbina Democrat Shelbina, MO, Wednesday, September 13, 1876: "Mrs. John W. Copenhaver was buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery here last week. She leaves a large family and circle of friends, who are bereft of a kind mother and a good neighbor." The Herald Shelbyville, MO, October 18, 1876 "Lydia Ann Copenhaver was born in Winchester, VA was married to her bereaved husband Jan. 31, 1850. In early life she united with the Reformed Lutheran Church in the community of which she remained until her removal to Shelbyville about twenty years since when she joined the M.E. Church, South. At the age of forty-three she passed away from the circle of her family and friends, beloved and mourned. Two years since she was attacked from heart disease, which ended her earthly history Sept 5, 1876. With great suffering, resigned to God's will, giving a dying benediction to her husband and children she ceased to live. T. Penn" (There was about 4 lines of a poem added to this obituary of which I didn't transcribe.) Parents of Lydia Ann Mercer were: Caleb Mercer & Lucretia Windle. Locations of their burial are not known yet. Brothers and sisters known are: James A. Mercer, John W. Mercer, Eliza Mercer, & Margaret Mercer.
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- Andrew Bush "A.B. or Bush" Copenhaver 1851–1888
- Leonard M. "Len" Copenhaver 1851–1905
- Mary Elizabeth Copenhaver Thrasher 1853–1929
- Sarah Cornelia Copenhaver Collins 1855–1926
- John Washington Copenhaver Jr 1860–1896
- James Colonel G. "Colonel" Copenhaver 1861–1935
- Ada V. Copenhaver Hopper 1865–1898
- Levi Bell Copenhaver 1867–1941
- Infant Copenhaver 1869–1869
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