Rosetta "Rosa, Rose, Rosie" COUCH was born in 1871, supposedly, in North Carolina, and, according to the obituary of two children, she married a Ed COUCH, shown on the census under "father's birthplace" as born in South Carolina. According to the obituary of one child, Rosetta's maiden name was ABLES, but I have yet to identify a Rosetta "Rosa, Rose, Rosie" ABLES within a appropriate age bracket in the 1880 North Carolina or South Carolina census. She had the following known children: Hassie/Hessie (1891), Fredrick (1895), Sandacia (1898), McKinley (1900), Haywood (ABT. 1902), Conestee (1905), James (1907), and Zulene (1910). All born in the Pickens and Dacusville areas of Pickens County, South Carolina. The family has been identified on the 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 Pickens County, SC censuses. Within all, Rosetta is listed as a widow. I have identified only two possible "Ed"s in South Carolina within the 1880 census, one in Pickens (Eddie D, a son of William) and one in Greenville (Edward, a son of Benjamin, I believe), but neither is a likely candidate for father of our COUCH children. Both were living long after 1900 and both married other women. So, the question is, who was Ed Couch? -- Lee Anders <dailee@gmail.com> Inman, South Carolina 29349 <http://www.dailee.com>