Background
Copeland, Foster was born on March 9, 1858 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Son of Guild and Eliza Jane (Foster) Copeland.
Copeland, Foster was born on March 9, 1858 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Son of Guild and Eliza Jane (Foster) Copeland.
Public schools and business college.
Began as errand boy in father’s office, New York, 1876. Removed to Columbus, Ohio, as a bookkeeper, 1882. Treasurer H. C. Godman Company, shoe manufacturers, 1889-1899.
President, 1899-1905, City Deposit Bank, and of its successor, The City National Bank, 1905-1927. Chairman of the Board City-National Bank of Commerce (now City National Bank & Trust Company), since 1927. Vice president Forrest Realty Company President Jury Commission, Franklin County, O., 1908-1913.
President Columbus Home for the Aged. Honorary treasurer Anti-Saloon League of America. Trustee Columbus Young Men’s Christian Association (president 10 years).
Director Columbus Academy.
Mason.
Married Martha Hoge Thomas, January 26, 1893. Children: Alfred Thomas, Eleanor Foster, Mistress Martha Wilcox, Foster.