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Ira G. Copley (Wayne County, West Virginia, farmer and soldier)

b. 1821? d. 1901?

Wayne County, West Virginia, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Amelia (Milley) Damron Copley. Father of Anna Copley, James Copley, Tennessee Copley, Samuel Copley, Polly Copley, William H. Copley, Genevra Copley, Laura B. Copley. Married to Mary Jane Smith Copley in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, on May 24, 1864. Farmer in Wayne County, Virginia, in 1850. Farmer in Wayne County, Virginia, in 1860. Served in the 5th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant from September 2, 1861 to March 20, 1862. Served in the 167th Regiment of the Virginia Militia from August 2, 1862 to 1863. Groceryman in 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Wayne County, p. 253A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Virginia, Wayne County, p. 828.
"Militia Muster Rolls, Drawer 158: Page128 - Wayne17." West Virginia Archives & History. Accessed August 07, 2019. https://westvirginiaarchiveshistory.zenfolio.com/p972339235/hA65BCC0F#ha65bccea
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Boyd County, District 6, p. 91B and 92A.
Marriage Records: Kentucky Marriages (Richmond, KY: Madison County Courthouse), film no. 000344011, p. 428.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of West Virginia, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M508, Roll 124.

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Copley, Ira G.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209384 (November 12, 2026).

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