Jess good to hear from you!!! I donated the book. I lucky enough to get a good copy of Jim Dodson and I had them reprinted. I am glad at least one person has found the book. I'm not smart enough to put anything on the net, so it would be good if you did!! What have you found in Union county?? Kay Couch-Lopez In a message dated 9/9/03 9:17:44 AM, jess@ujointsinc.com writes: << Three years ago, I made a trip to Arkansas to research the Couch family of Magnolia/Calhoun/Union county. By accident, I went to the little town of washington, Arkansas (the first capital of the confederacy). Neat town great history....anyway...they have a schoolhouse there which houses the"Soutwest Arkansas Regional Archives"..I of course popped in to look around...what a gold mine...one of the books located there was one called "The History of Old Calhoun" written in 1930. They have a whole section with the story of the Couch Family written by Mrs. W.M. Jones. She details in about 6 pages with several pictures (William Couch b 1798; Quincy and his wife: rev Thomas G. Couch and his wife; and of course, S.O. Couch)the story of William and Rebecca's story...great stuff...I took photocopies....it is a small book only 37 pages...but it has biographical stories on several of the families from that time period. They are: Dees, Dixon, Baker, Barnett, Booth,Couch, Foster, Gunnels, Hutcheson,McKay,Newton, Owsley,Paschall, and Terrell. It also has a good overview of the history of the area, with many individuals mentioned..The Couch family has the longest section.. I also visted the cemetery in Magnolia and tho I didn't take pictures, I wrote most of the Couch names and info down....my wife was very impatient....William and rebecca are there, along with many of their descendants... I also vistited the "library" now house in the electric/city utility building...I personally saw and handled many land, wills, slave records, estate records, eta ll of William and his children...especially interesting were the slave inventories...William owned many....Irvin himself was a large plantation holder who owed 50 slaves... I have not typed the cemetery info into the computer yet...longhand only...hope to get it done...someday....but I do have a phocopy of this book...I will get it scanned into my computer soon and I will share it with any and all of you who are interested.... Sorry to ramble... Jess Headley Lubbock, Texas >>