History of St. Clair County, Missouri, page 1152 & 1153.

BIOGRAPHY: THOMAS COPENHAVER
Was born in Kentucky, August 2, 1815. His father a Virginian by birth, emigrated to Kentucky in an early day, and after being married removed to Alabama. His wife was formerly Mss Hannah Barrier. They had a family of nine children, of whom Thomas is one of four and the only son now living. The senior Copenhaver died February 17, 1836, and his widow in 1855.

Our subject was married February 2, 1835 to Miss Nancy Looney, daughter of Isaac and Anna Looney, of Jackson County, Alabama. Their family consists of fourteen children, eleven of whom survive. Peggy was married to Jacob Harper; John was married to Miss Eliza Copenhaver, of Lincoln County, Missouri. Sally A. is the wife of Benjamin Hall; Samuel married Nancy Thompson; Hannah is now Mrs. Pleasant A. Jones, of Kansas; Benjamin married Mary A. Hudson; Isam married Louisa Thompson; Nancy J. married Thomas Wilkerson' Mary E.; Thomas married Cynthia Green and Caruthers B. married Mary Brown.

In 1842, Mr. Copenhaver came to Missouri and settled in this county and township. Though in declining years, Mr. C. has the satisfaction of knowing that his life has not been a failure, and he has acquired a comfortable competency. His son Thomas N. is a blacksmith and farmer by occupation, and was born in this county March 29, 1856. His wife was a daughter of Granville and Martha Green, of this county, to whom he was married September 21, 1877. They have three children: Armetta, Thomas G. and Delsia M. Mr T.N. Copenhaver. now has a farm of 160 acres on section 26. He does some work at his trade, but attends principally to his farming interests. He and his father are Democrats. They belong to the Baptist Church.