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William L. Copeland
1846–1885
United States
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William L. Copeland (1846 - December 30, 1885) was an American police officer, government official, and state legislator in Arkansas. He was born in Ohio and studied at Oberlin College in Ohio. On March 7, 1865, at the end of the American Civil War, he joined Company C, 2nd Ohio Cavalry Regiment, of the Union Army.
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