Thanks, Lanita I feel very confident that the Lindley Couch who served in the 40th Missouri was the same Lindley Couch who married Mary F. Gage. There is just something about Lindley Couch's service that has always been a bit interesting to me. I've looked at the names of all the men who served in Company C of the 40th Missouri Infantry, and did not find the names of any other men that I could connect to Oregon County. That's not surprising, since the 40th was organized at Benton Barracks, near St. Louis. But there were three Couch men who served in Company C of the 40th Missouri: Henry, John and Lindley Couch. Now, the elder Lindley Couch (son of Moses Couch) had a brother (we believe) named Avery Couch. Avery Couch had three sons: Henry, John and Lindley Couch. Lindley Couch, son of Avery, was about three years older than Lindley Couch, son of Simpson. I am confident that the John and Henry Couch who served in Company C of the 40th Missouri were Avery Couch's sons. And, if I didn't know better, I would assume that the Lindley Couch who served in the same company with John Couch and Henry Couch was their brother. Instead, it appears that the Lindley Couch who served with John and Henry was the son of their cousin, Simpson Couch. Doesn't it seem strange that Simpson Couch's son, Lindley, would go to St. Louis to enlist in the Civil War? And isn't it interesting that Lindley, son of Simpson, apparently avoided military service until after his 21st birthday? And doesn't it seem strange that Lindley would enlist at St. Louis with two of his father's cousins? And doesn't it seem a bit strange that Simpson's second son, Lindley, served in the Union Army, while Lindley's older brother, Alfred P., and younger brother, George W., both served the Confederacy? And isn't it interesting that Lindley Couch, son of Avery Couch, disappeared some time after the 1850 census. I'm assuming that Lindley (son of Avery) died after the 1850 census and before the end of the Civil War, but have no evidence of his death. There is no doubt that the Lindley Couch who married Mary F. Gage received a pension for service in Company C of the 40th Missouri. My question to Lindley Couch descendants is whether there is any room for doubt that the Lindley Couch who married Mary F. Gage was Simpson Couch's son??? Just something to think about! Let me know if you have anything to add. If anyone on the list has read Lindley Couch's pension records, I'd very much like to visit with you about what the records say. Best wishes, Mike Landwehr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lanita Sconce Smith" <ozarkn@grm.net> To: <mo-oregon-history@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Lindley Couch > Missouri Archives says that a Lindley served with the Union and was a > Private under Capt Harrison in the 40th Regiment Infantry Volunteers, > Co. "C". Enlisted Sept 1, 1864, mustered out Aug 1865.. > > Since Lindley, s/o Simpson was in Oregon Co. in 1867 when he married, > and in 1870, on the census, I am hesitant to say that it is the same > "Lindley". Oregon Co. or the area is not mentioned on his enlistment > card. > > Lanita > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MO-OREGON-HISTORY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You can find Missouri soldiers roster cards online at: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/ Lindley's is there, and can easily be opened. Lots of good stuff on the military found online! Lanita

Hello everyone, I've been catching up on a bit of genealogy lately (after a month in hospital, two months in rehab unit, and a nightmarish fortnight in a "supported residential service"). Before I went away, so to speak, I got some notes together ready order my greatgrandfather Warren Newton Burnett's death certificate from the state government. To my delighted surprise, I find that the archives have in the meantime caught up and the certificate image is now online. He died 3 March 1927 (not 1925 as I had previously understood), and I now have a birthdate (9 January 1856). The informant was my grandfather Edmond Burnett, and the attendant was Frank Hyde (a name well known to many of you on the list). It was no surprise to find him described as a widower, but I WAS surprised to see the name of his wife reported as Josie Snider. Huh? He is on the 1880 census in Phelps County, MO with wife Catherine (unknown surname), and there is a record of an 1884 marriage to Mary F. Stringer in Shannon County. So where did Josie Snider fit in? Is there anyone with Snider connectons who might shed some light on this? I think it is about time someone wrote a biography of Frank Hyde. The quintessential country doctor, I see now that he attended not only the death of my great-grandfather but my very own birth in 1945! And he went on for some time after that (died about 1949 if I recall correctly). Regards to all, Ron Burnett