This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Couch, Stephens Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zBQ.2ACEB/798.1.1.1.2.3.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Leonard, Always great to be in contact with another cousin interested in COUCH research! I also descend from Thomas, Joseph, etc., from the Joseph Elijah and Catherine Patton Couch line. My Joseph would be a brother to your Reuben Thomas Couch, Sr. I am very interested in where you found proof that the middle name of the person you mention as "Joseph Elijah Couch, Sr." (son of Thomas Couch, Jr.) is actually "Elijah" ? Everything we have found so far for that Joseph Couch (married to Nancy "Anna" Unknown), just says "Joseph Couch", and not even a middle initial included. So, unless proved otherwise, Joseph Elijah Couch that married Catharine Patton, is really a "Senior". although records never include that, and their son, Joseph Elijah Couch, Jr. (1821-1863) that married Eliza Ann Stephens, is really the "Jr". I would appreciate your thoughts on this and confirmation on where you obtained Joseph (the elder) middle name of Elijah? Thanks very much, Kathryn Ref: http://www.couchgenweb.com/couch/josephc.htm