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Michael March Collection

Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org

538 THL

Inventory created by Archives Staff 12/2002. Last revised 06/2018.

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers.

USE RESTRICTIONS: Restrictions may apply concerning the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult a member of the archives staff for information concerning these restrictions. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright.

EXTENT: 0.21 linear feet

DATE: 1860-1950

SCOPE AND CONTENT: The items in this collection consist of photographs, genealogical materials, and ephemera concerning Margaret Copenhaver Trussell and other Copenhaver family members. It also includes information about allied families, including the McCormick and March families.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Margaret Amelia Copenhaver was born on October 29, 1835 to Jacob Copenhaver and Nancy Pelter. She later married Samuel J. Trussell. She died in November 1904 in Winchester, Virginia.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: “Autograph Album Donated to Archives,” The Winchester Star, September 20, 2003)

CITE AS: Michael March Collection, 538 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.

ORGANIZATION:

BOX 1

Copenhaver Bible record with births, deaths, baptisms, 2 leaves, manuscript, photocopy.

Album – presented to Margaret “Maggie” Amelia Copenhaver by her brother Camillus, October 2, 1860, compilation of 51 poems and thoughts from relatives and friends from 1861 – 1897. Transcribed, typed, photocopy.

Album, original, 20 x 16 cm, includes engraved illustrations.

Buck, D.A., compiled and abstracted.  Frederick County, Virginia, Marriages 1853 -1880,

Manuel, Isaac S, 62, widower married on December 24, 1974 Margaret Trussell, age 39, widow. 2 leaves, photocopy.

Obituary, Margaret A. (Copenhaver Trussell) Manual, widow of Isaac Manuel, November 6, 1904, The Evening Star, November 7, 1904, 2 leaves, photocopy.

PHOTOGRAPHS: Photographs and other images belonging to this collection may be accessed online through http://handley.pastperfectonline.com