Permelia Emmiline McNew
1855 - 1919 (63 years)-
Name Permelia Emmiline McNew [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Birth 5 Apr 1855 Zion Hill, Pope, Illinois, USA 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Female Residence 1860 Zion Hill, Pope, Illinois, USA [1] Township 12 S Range 5 E Residence 1900 Barlow, Ballard, Kentucky, USA [3] Burial 1919 Barlow, Ballard, Kentucky, USA [2, 4] Death 29 Jan 1919 Barlow, Ballard, Kentucky, USA [2, 4] Person ID I27270 Woodworth Ancestry Last Modified 23 Feb 2026
Father Isaiah S McNew, b. 12 Dec 1826, Marion County, Tennessee, USA d. 16 Aug 1910, McCormick, Pope, Illinois, USA (Age 83 years) Relationship natural Mother Ophelia Isabella Reed, b. 31 Dec 1825, Tennessee, USA d. 23 Feb 1862, Pope County, Illinois, USA (Age 36 years) Relationship natural Marriage 6 Aug 1854 Golconda, Pope, Illinois, USA [6] Family ID F18933 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Samuel Houston Stapleton, b. Abt 1854 Marriage 19 Jul 1877 Pope County, Illinois, USA [5] Family ID F18980 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Feb 2026
Family 2 Dewitt Clinton Copeland, b. 24 Jul 1848, Vienna, Johnson, Illinois, USA d. 24 Nov 1916, Barlow, Ballard, Kentucky, USA (Age 68 years) Marriage 1880 [3] Children 1. James Samuel Copeland, b. 16 Aug 1877, Illinois, USA d. 9 May 1936, Barlow, Ballard, Kentucky, USA (Age 58 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Harry Clinton Copeland, b. 8 Feb 1884, Illinois, USA d. 12 Nov 1934, Barlow, Ballard, Kentucky, USA (Age 50 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 3. Gertrude Copeland, b. 6 Feb 1886, Illinois, USA d. 29 May 1969, Kentucky, USA (Age 83 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 4. Mamie Copeland, b. 9 May 1888, Illinois, USA d. 30 May 1972, Ballard County, Kentucky, USA (Age 84 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 5. Mary Louise Copeland, b. 17 Mar 1890, Pope County, Illinois, USA d. 3 Mar 1950, Barlow, Ballard, Kentucky, USA (Age 59 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 6. Della Letha Copeland, b. 25 Apr 1893, Johnson County, Illinois, USA d. 28 Jan 1978, Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, USA (Age 84 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]7. May Copeland, b. Feb 1895, Kentucky, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F18935 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Feb 2026
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Event Map 
Marriage - 19 Jul 1877 - Pope County, Illinois, USA 
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Sources - [S434] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Township 12 S Range 5 E, Pope, Illinois; Roll: M653_220; Page: 260; Family History Library Film: 803220.
Record for Isaiah McNew
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7667&h=38061628&indiv=try - [S198] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Dewitt Clinton Copeland
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=38656638&indiv=try - [S440] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Barlow, Ballard, Kentucky; Roll: 507; Page: 17; Enumeration District: 0005.
Record for Dewitt C Copeland
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7602&h=17340559&indiv=try - [S198] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Ophelia Isabella McNew
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=89911455&indiv=try - [S1302] Carroll, Joseph C, McNew Memorabilia, (Location: Cedar Park, Texas, USA; Date: 15 Apr 1998;), Pages 121-141 McNew, George (b. 1768) 3.4.2.1 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS8P-CSS1-5?view=fullText&lang=en&groupId=.
McNew Memorabilia - A History of Jeremiah MacNew and His Descendants, 2nd Ed
Book Found at FamilySearch
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS8P-CSCW-4?view=fullText&lang=en&groupId=
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS8P-CSS1-5?view=fullText&lang=en&groupId= - [S406] Ancestry.com, Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
Record for Isiah McNew
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60984&h=160639&indiv=try
- [S434] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Township 12 S Range 5 E, Pope, Illinois; Roll: M653_220; Page: 260; Family History Library Film: 803220.
