Career
Born in Connecticut, Copley moved to Rutland County, Vermont sometime before 1800 and was living in Thompson Township, Ohio by 1820. When he and the church had a falling out he forced them all to leave. Joseph Smith received a revelation to have the "Colesville Saints" go to Missouri, where God would reveal to Smith the location of land of Zion.
This was the beginning of the church"s movement to Missouri and the dual centers of church activity (ie Kirtland, Ohio and Independence, Missouri).
In June 1831, Copley was excommunicated from the Latter Day Saint church. He was readmitted to the church in October 1832.
He served another mission with Doctor Hurlbut. He left this church in 1849 and joined a Latter Day Saint denomination led by Austin Cowles, about which little is known.
Sometime before 1850 Copley moved to Madison, Ohio, where he died in May 1862.
