Tipton-Henry-Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Couch, J. F. 1821 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com April 21, 2007, 1:21 am Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883) J. F. COUCH, a farmer and pioneer of Wild Cat Township, is a native of Guilford County, N. C; was born November 16, 1821, and is the second son of Meshach and Elizabeth (Mills) Couch, whose ancestors located in Guilford County, N. C., before the Revolutionary war. Our subject was reared on a farm, and upon reaching his majority he worked at farming in the summer, and at coopering during the winter months. In 1847, he removed with his parents to Henry County, Ind., and the following year located at Dalton, Wayne County; in 1860, he came to this township, on the farm where he now lives, having entered forty acres of this land in 1852; when he arrived here he purchased forty acres more. Mr. Couch in an early day assisted in raising all the log cabins in a radius of two miles; he is a stanch supporter of Republican principles, and is a liberal contributor to all public improvements. Mr. Couch was married, November 26, 1842, to Harriet Trolter, who died in December, 1843, leaving one daughter-Elizabeth. In 1847, he married Mrs. Julia A. (Lamb) Stack, of Guilford County, N. C.; she was born November 8, 1821. This union was blessed with six children-Thomas J., Rufus D., William M., Ella, Marcus F. and Alice Jane (deceased). Mrs. Julia Couch is the daughter of Isaac and Mary (Parrott) Lamb, both natives of North Carolina, and of Scotch and English, descent. She has one son by her first marriage-Robert L. Stack. Mr. and Mrs Couch are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Additional Comments: Extracted from: COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. ILLUSTRATED. CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. 1883. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/tipton/bios/couch963gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb