This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Couch- Skeens-Gibson- Powers in Russell County Virginia Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ABC.2ACE/3178.2.1.5 Message Board Post: Melissa I am related to the Couch Family in Russell County Virginia. My grandmother was Mazella Couch m. Ellsworth Barnette. Mazella's parents were Casanda Almeda Couch and Richard C.Couch ( they were 2nd. cousins) Casanda parents were Andrew Couch and Tabitha Skeens .Andrew Couch's parents were Jeremiah Couch Jr. and Margaret (Peggy) Fairchild. Jeremiah's parents were Jeremiah Couch Sr. and Agatha Gibson. Jeremiah Sr.'s parents were James Couch and Elizabeth Powers. Richard C. Couch (my g-grandfather) parents were Archabal Couch and Mary Alice Meade. I am still researching the Skeens, Gibson, Powers and Meade families. Thanks Regenia Campbell bobnregi@bellatlantic.net