Sarah (Copus) Lambright
Mrs. Sarah Lambright is a granddaughter of the Rev. James Copus, who was killed by the Indians in the battle at Copus Hill, Sept. 15, 1812. A monument marks the place where the fearless Copus and the brave soldiers fell, in the most terrible tragedy of the pioneer period. Mrs. Lambright resides at No. 61 North Foster Street, Mansfield, and is the widow of the late Levi Lambright, whose father settled in what is now Mifflin Township, Ashland County, in 1810, and was a neighbor of the Copus family. Although Mrs. Lambright is only 63 years of age she is identified with the pioneers by family ties and associations. The greater part of her young life was passed with her grandmother, and thus the experiences and stories of the pioneers were the fireside tales she heard in her youth. Her father, Wesley Copus, was a boy of 10 years when the Indians attacked their forest home, and was in the besieged cabin when his father was killed. A granite monument marks the place where the fearless Copus and the brave soldiers fell.
From The Mansfield Semi-Weekly News, August 26, 1898, Vol. 14, No. 71
