Husband Samuel Copley 1 2
Born: - ? England
Christened:
Died: 1813 - ? Blairsville, Indiana Co, PA 2
Buried:
Father: William Copley ( - ) 3
Mother:
Marriage:
Wife Jane Sibbet 2 4 5
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: [Father] Sibbet ( - )
Mother:
Other Spouse: Daniel Smith ( -1851) 5 6
Children
1 M Josiah Copley 2 3 7
Born: 20 Sep 1803 - Shippensburg, Cumberland Co, PA 2
Christened:
Died: 2 Mar 1885 - ? Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 8
Buried:
Spouse: Margaret Chadwick Sibbet ( -Abt 1887) 2
Marr: 1826 - Philadelphia, PA 2
2 M William Copley 9
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Samuel Copley
Arriving in America in 1792, he was in business in Massachusetts for a time, thence coming to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. There he purchased some property in what is now the heart of the city, but soon sold it, expecting to return to England. He changed his plans, however, entering into partnership with his brother John, for the manufacture of textile fabrics at Shippensburg, in the Cumberland valley. Shortly after the birth of his son Josiah he moved to Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where he again engaged in woolen manufacturing, but the commercial depression consequent upon the troubles then existing between this country and England proved disastrous to his interests and the venture came to grief. He took his failure so seriously that it significantly hastened his death, which occurred in 1813.
General Notes: Wife - Jane Sibbet
Noted for independence and ardent patriotism, she was possessed of a strong religious nature, and it is to her teachings and example that much of the pure Christian sentiment of her son Josiah may be traced. Though she died while he was a boy, he wrote of her: "She was a woman of strong and original cast of mind; gentle, but firm ; sensitive, yet patient. She was one of the pleasantest and most impressive readers I ever knew; and much of what may be called the keys of knowledge, the first germs of thought, I gained from hearing her read, especially the Scriptures. She read poetry admirably, and no one I ever knew surpassed her in reading or reciting poetry and ballads, or in singing Scotch ballads, with which her memory was well stored." In the same memoir he continues, referring to the period of his father's failure and death: "These were days of trial and sorrow, while we all worked diligently and felt the necessity of doing so. . . . It was a time of stern necessity, yet the memory of it is sweet; for there was more light than darkness, more joy than sorrow; and it was during this trying period, more than any other, that my sainted mother was made perfect through suffering."