I'm looking for information on Thomas Couch. According to the 1860, Linn County Missouri Census, he was 25 and born in Tennessee. I know that on 30 Aug 1856 in Sullivan County Missouri to Philena Belzer bn 1836 in Indiana. According to the 1860 Census they had two sons. William bn 1857 and James M. bn 1859. but I have a picture in my possession of Thomas and Philena and in it are two daughters and another boy. I know that Thomas died 13 jan 1910, where I don't know. Does anyone connect to this family or have info for me? Pat

The only Thomas Couch I find in 1860 Linn Co. MO close to fitting yours is: COUCH THOMAS , (1860 US Census) MO, LINN, 58-TWP RANGE 18, Age: 25, Male, White, Born: TN Elizabeth, 23 b. IN William 3 James 1 As you can see his wife is Elizabeth. Found no other Thomas that fits your age on the other years. There is an Elizabeth in KS that looks tempting. The two children were b. MO. 1870 does not list marital status unfortunately. This of course does not explain where Thomas is?? COUCH ELIZABETH , (1870 US Census) KS, LEAVENWORTH, SHERMAN TWP, Age: 34, Female, White, Born: IN Elizabeth 34, head, seamstress James M 11, b. MO Oscar 5 b. MO Oliver Branham, 23 Gen. Business b. IN John Ryan, 27 laborer b. IN Do you have access to online images? If not, let me know offlist. I have notes of others in Linn Twp, 1860 who were also b. TN. Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Kantzer" <mkdoc@frognet.net> To: <COUCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 7:00 PM Subject: [COUCH] Thomas Couch > I'm looking for information on Thomas Couch. According to the 1860, Linn County Missouri Census, he was 25 and born in Tennessee. I know that on 30 Aug 1856 in Sullivan County Missouri to Philena Belzer bn 1836 in Indiana. According to the 1860 Census they had two sons. William bn 1857 and James M. bn 1859. but I have a picture in my possession of Thomas and Philena and in it are two daughters and another boy. I know that Thomas died 13 jan 1910, where I don't know. > Does anyone connect to this family or have info for me? > Pat

Kathy She may have gone by a middle name, but Philena is what shows on marriage record. The picture that I have of the family shows it was taken in Severy Kansas. He just might have been in the Army somewhere. There are two Thomas Couch's that show up in Civil War records. Yes I do have access for online images at ancestry. I need to get them placed in 1870 then work up. He died in 1910, don't know where. It is the picture that really throws me as it shows two females. A distant cousin gave me the picture and identified the boy in the picture as my great-grandfather which is possible, but he looks like the father and mother in the picture. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: <kathyl@sssnet.com> To: <COUCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 10:27 PM Subject: Re: [COUCH] Thomas Couch The only Thomas Couch I find in 1860 Linn Co. MO close to fitting yours is: COUCH THOMAS , (1860 US Census) MO, LINN, 58-TWP RANGE 18, Age: 25, Male, White, Born: TN Elizabeth, 23 b. IN William 3 James 1 As you can see his wife is Elizabeth. Found no other Thomas that fits your age on the other years. There is an Elizabeth in KS that looks tempting. The two children were b. MO. 1870 does not list marital status unfortunately. This of course does not explain where Thomas is?? COUCH ELIZABETH , (1870 US Census) KS, LEAVENWORTH, SHERMAN TWP, Age: 34, Female, White, Born: IN Elizabeth 34, head, seamstress James M 11, b. MO Oscar 5 b. MO Oliver Branham, 23 Gen. Business b. IN John Ryan, 27 laborer b. IN Do you have access to online images? If not, let me know offlist. I have notes of others in Linn Twp, 1860 who were also b. TN. Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Kantzer" <mkdoc@frognet.net> To: <COUCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 7:00 PM Subject: [COUCH] Thomas Couch > I'm looking for information on Thomas Couch. According to the 1860, Linn County Missouri Census, he was 25 and born in Tennessee. I know that on 30 Aug 1856 in Sullivan County Missouri to Philena Belzer bn 1836 in Indiana. According to the 1860 Census they had two sons. William bn 1857 and James M. bn 1859. but I have a picture in my possession of Thomas and Philena and in it are two daughters and another boy. I know that Thomas died 13 jan 1910, where I don't know. > Does anyone connect to this family or have info for me? > Pat ==== COUCH Mailing List ==== Please note that this mailing list is operated by rootsweb and administered by a volunteer. It is not connected with the CouchGenWeb. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Good chance then the ones in Kansas 1870 are them? There is also Elizabeth, 1900 b. TN back in MO as follows: COUCH ELIZABETH C , (1900 US Census) MO, LINN, BENTON TWP, Age: 65, Female, wd, White, Born: TN 1834 Dovie Johns 36 dau. wd, b. 1864 MO Hattie 13 gr-dau., b. MO Perhaps these are the two females? Census has her widowed......are you certain about the 1910 death date on Thomas? Sure seems no sign of him after 1860. Looks like you may need to get info on those Civil War records :-) I'll send you notes on the others offlist. Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Kantzer" <mkdoc@frognet.net> To: <COUCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [COUCH] Thomas Couch > Kathy She may have gone by a middle name, but Philena is what shows on > marriage record. The picture that I have of the family shows it was taken in > Severy Kansas. He just might have been in the Army somewhere. There are two > Thomas Couch's that show up in Civil War records. Yes I do have access for > online images at ancestry. I need to get them placed in 1870 then work up. > He died in 1910, don't know where. It is the picture that really throws me > as it shows two females. A distant cousin gave me the picture and identified > the boy in the picture as my great-grandfather which is possible, but he > looks like the father and mother in the picture. > Pat