Georgia:  Coweta County:  Obituary of Hon. M. H. Couch
17 November 1915

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The Newnan Herald,     November 1915   

Hon. M. H. Couch Dies Suddenly at Senoia Home

   Senoia GA, Nov. 17 - Hon. M. H. Couch, merchant, banker, and ex-legislator, 
died suddenly of heart failure Tuesday night at 10:20 O'clock, at his home here.  
Mr. Couch was a native Georgian, born in Coweta County on Feb. 14, 1837. His 
father was Matthew Couch, a native of South Carolina, who moved to Georgia and 
settled on a farm in Coweta County, where Mr. Couch was born and the earlier 
years of his life were spent. 

  At the outbreak of the war he was 24 years old. He enlisted in the Second 
Georgia battalion, in a company commanded by Capt. L. T. Doyle, the battalion 
being under the command of Major Thos. Hardeman.  In 1862 he was elected 
sergeant of his company and served in that rank until the end of the war. His 
battalion was attached to the Army of Northern Virginia, and Mr. Couch 
participated in all the famous campaigns of that great army. Upon his return 
home he engaged in the mercantile business, and up to a few years ago operated 
the most successful and largest business establishment in Senoia. He was 
president of the Farmers and Merchant Bank, and proved to be as successful as a 
banker as a merchant.  Mr. Couch was a prominent Mason, having held many 
positions at honor of the fraternity. Though a staunch Democrat, he refused to 
accept any public office, except the mayoralty of his town, until he was finally 
induced to become a candidate for the Legislature, to which he was elected and 
served two terms. His career in the Legislature was the same as in business - 
that of a steady, conservative and honorable man. 

   As a citizen of Senoia and Coweta County, he always held a prominent place by 
reason of his splendid business connections, and also for his kind, genial 
nature, which made him loved and appreciated by the whole town of Senoia.

   He is survived by his wife and three daughters:  Mrs. Geo. D Pollock, of 
Birmingham; Mrs. Sterling J Elder, of Atlanta; Mrs. Geo. E. Nolan, of Orlando 
Fla., and several grandchildren. A sister, Mrs T. H. Carlton, also survives.


























 






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