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- from "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
William M Coplin, married minister, born NY, died on 21 Aug 1889 in Jackson, Jackson, MI of appoplexy, aged 61y 4m 16d. Names of parents not given
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- from "Minutes of the Michigan Annual Conference"
REV WILLIAM M COPLIN
Rev. William M. Coplin, pastor of the Haven Methodist Episcopal Church, Jackson, died suddenly of apoplexy, in that city, on Wednesday afternoon, August 21, 1889. The funeral service was held in the forenoon of Saturday. At 10 o'clock the mournful procession moved slowly from the parsonage to the church, where on the previous Sabbath he preached what none would have thought to be his last sermon. In the presence of a large congregation of people more than filling the edifice, Rev. W. M. Colby arose and announced the hymn, "Hiding in Thee," which the choir rendered with a subdued and tender melody. Rev. James Hamilton followed with an impressive prayer, and Rev. J.H. Tanner and Rev. J.C. Floyd read appropriate Scripture lessons. Rev. G.W. Tuthill announced that grand hymn of holy triumph, "Sweeping Through the Gates." Rev. George S. Hickey then presented a brief memoir of his fallen co-worker, after which Revs. A.A. Knappen, F.B. Bangs and I.R.A. Wightman spoke tender and appreciative words, giving reminiscences of earlier years when their pleasant acquaintance began with the departed, testifying to his fidelity and success as a companion in the ministry, and paying high tributes of respect to his earnest, self-forgetful nature and many excellencies as a man of God.
The tearful eyes of both young and old present showed in what loving esteem the deceased pastor was held. The touching services were fittingly concluded with the hymn, "Servant of God, Well Done," after which six brethren of the official board of the church acted as pallbearers, and the remains were conveyed to the cemetery and deposited in a vault, from which they will soon be transferred to Saginaw for interment. ...
Rev. William M. Coplin was the son of Melancthon and Christina Coplin, and was born April 5, 1828, in the town of Ira, N. Y. In 1848 he came to Michigan, and on February 1, of the following year, he was married to Sarah C. Fish, of LeRoy. At this place, in the fall of the same year, under the united labors of Rev. Octavius Mason and Manasseh Hickey, he was converted, and at once joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1856 he joined the Michigan Episcopal Conference, of which he has continued an active member until the present time. To him and his devoted wife three children, one, an infant son, having
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1828 - 1889 (61 years)
