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Josiah Record, a local Coppell resident, was lynched in 1861 for disparaging the Confederacy's ability to win the Civil War. His son John later fought for the Confederacy but returned and killed a man involved in his father's lynching, resulting in John and five others being lynched in 1869. Both Josiah and John Record are buried in the Historic Parrish Cemetery in Coppell. Several other notable Coppell residents, including Burrell B. Howell, William Ewing Thomas, and William George Hensley, fought in the Civil War for the Confederacy and are buried in Coppell's Historic Bullock Cemetery and Grapevine Cemetery, locations residents can visit today.

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Civil War

Josiah Record, a local Coppell resident, was lynched in 1861 for disparaging the Confederacy's ability to win the Civil War. His son John later fought for the Confederacy but returned and killed a man involved in his father's lynching, resulting in John and five others being lynched in 1869. Both Josiah and John Record are buried in the Historic Parrish Cemetery in Coppell. Several other notable Coppell residents, including Burrell B. Howell, William Ewing Thomas, and William George Hensley, fought in the Civil War for the Confederacy and are buried in Coppell's Historic Bullock Cemetery and Grapevine Cemetery, locations residents can visit today.

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Coppell Participates in The Civil War

The Civil War began in 1861


with the state of Texas fighting
as part of the Confederate
States. While little is recorded
about Coppell during that time,
that same year, local resident
Josiah Record made statements
disparaging the Confederacys
ability to win the war. He was
lynched as a result. Josiahs
son John later fought for the
Confederacy, serving as a private in Captain Goods Company, Texas Artillery.
After returning from the war,
John killed a man named Mr.
Copeland, who is assumed to
have participated in his fathers
hanging. John and five others
were lynched in 1869, thought
to be in retaliation.
Both Josiah and John Record
are buried in the Historic
Parrish Cemetery in Coppell.
Several other notable Coppell
residents fought in the Civil
War. Burrell B. Howell, a native
Bullock Cemetery
of Kentucky, served in Captain
Witts Company. Howell later became a founding member of
Coppells Methodist Church and lived in until 1929. He was the
grandfather of Coppell Mayor William T. Cozby. Howell and Cozby
are buried in Coppells Historic Bullock Cemetery.
William Ewing Thomas, a charter member of Coppells Methodist
Church, fought for the Confederacy in Company D of the 29th Ten-

nessee Infantry. Thomas fought in the Battle of Chickamagua in


1863 and was later captured and imprisoned by Federal forces. Thomas is buried in Grapevine Cemetery.
Another notable Coppell resident to serve in the Civil War was William George Hensley, who served in Taylors Regiment as part of the
cavalry. When Hensley died in 1906, he was living in a portion of
Coppell known as the Gentry Community. Like William Thomas,
Hensley was buried in the Grapevine Cemetery.
Residents today can visit these cemetery graves.

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