tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357670675272921429.post8945599165307395405..comments2024-03-15T03:20:56.344-07:00Comments on My Northern Ancestral Souls : Talma, Indiana (Coplen Lineage)Shelley Filson Bechtoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01709503586316201085noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357670675272921429.post-30755371605051791892022-12-31T19:24:58.047-08:002022-12-31T19:24:58.047-08:00Thank you for sharing! #38 on the incidents that s...Thank you for sharing! #38 on the incidents that stand out — Pete Kesler — that’s my Talma connection! My great grandfather was Lester Milne and Pete Kesler became his father-in-law in 1915.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357670675272921429.post-35354431385134448282019-07-06T10:32:23.897-07:002019-07-06T10:32:23.897-07:00I am from Talma. Attended school there 1st thru 7t...I am from Talma. Attended school there 1st thru 7th grade. We moved to Elkhart in 1963. My grandmother was Blanche Coplen Grass. I remember going to Hatfield's store for groceries. Ralph Hatfield owned it then. He would always put a handful of candy in the sacks for us. Sweet memories growing up in that area.Teresa Grass Lechlitnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357670675272921429.post-81351510351751165462017-09-27T14:00:01.590-07:002017-09-27T14:00:01.590-07:00Thank you for sharing this! I am from the Coplen ...Thank you for sharing this! I am from the Coplen family, my Father is Dave Coplen, my Grandfather was Artimus F. Coplen and Grandmother Helen Coplen. I came across this by accident and started reading and just could not stop. I love learning about the history of my family. As a child I can always remember when we would go to visit Grandma and Grandpa Coplen they had a photo collage in the front breezeway full of pictures of the damage of a tornado one year, if I remember right it was sometime in the 70's. I was always so intrigued by them and was just asking my mother if she knew what ever happened to them because I would love to have copies. I also remember walking to the little green and white store as a child. If you have any more information you could share with me you could email me at kah071908@yahoo.com. Thank you again for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357670675272921429.post-23512013892928544132016-02-25T10:50:42.090-08:002016-02-25T10:50:42.090-08:00I am not from the Coplen family. But, I knew the C...I am not from the Coplen family. But, I knew the Coplens who attended Talma School, Bethlehem Baptist Church and were from Newcastle township. Your article was so overwhelming to read. I was so happy to get to know more about my school in the early days. I would have graduated from Talma in 1965, but unfortuately, class of 1963 was the last class to graduate from Talma because of consolidation of the smaller schools. There were dozens of Talma graduates who had been successful from teachers, medical, prominent business owners to politics. Yes, these small schools were one of the kind. You were given almost one to one teaching. That is not true today! Unfortunately.<br />I am trying to find the classmates from my class. We were Sophomores in 1962 to 1963. Would you have any idea how I can look them up. Codially yours... Randy S Pfeiffer-HartmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357670675272921429.post-74533450804751144792013-08-10T07:32:57.479-07:002013-08-10T07:32:57.479-07:00I've been researching my husbands's ancest...I've been researching my husbands's ancestors, most of whom are from Fulton County. I have a photo of the Talma Graduating class from 1933. There are no names with the photo, so I only recognize my father-in-law. Would you like to see it? barb@partridgefloor.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com