Margaret Alice Anderson

Margaret married Joseph Page Couch on 24 Feb 1887 in Lawrence Co, IL. Joseph (son of Levi D. Couch and Harriet Bryant Litherland) was born on 1 Feb 1865 in Wabash Co, IL; died on 21 Oct 1933 in Carter Co, MO; was buried in Smith Cemetery, Alton, Oregon Co, MO. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Brothers Raymond, Kenneth and Ralph were all Baptist ministers.

My name is Kenneth E Couch Jr born in 1932 son of Kenneth E Couch who was the son of Joseph Page Couch who was the son of Levi D Couch of Wabash County Illinois. My father said his father Joseph P Couch owned a saw mill, general store, and theater where they showed silent movies and his sister Mildred played the piano for the movies.

Received directly from Kenneth E. Couch in 2009.

For Joseph P. Couch, born 2/1/1865, Wabash County, Ill. The family members are listed as living in Wabash County, Illinois in 1870 census records. Joseph P. married Margaret Anderson (born 10/17/1868, Ill.) on 2/24/1887. Shortly after they married, they moved west to Oakville, Washington. In 1900, they appear in the 1900 census of Edwards County, Illinois, with one daughter and three sons (all born in Washington). In 1910, Joseph and Margaret were in Jackson County, Illinois, with one daughter and six sons.

In 1920, Joseph and Margaret were still living in Jackson County, Illinois with four sons. Kenneth Earl Couch (born on 8/27/1904), one of the sons born in Illinois, was now a minister living in Reynolds County, Missouri and married Hallene Mercedes Demson Couch on 10/26, 1927. Sometime before 1930, Joseph and Margaret moved to live with Kenneth and Mercedes. Joseph P. Couch died, 10/21/1933 in Carter County, Missouri. Margaret A. Couch died on 1/17/1941 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. They are buried in a Smith Cemetery, Alton, Oregon County, Missouri together with Kenneth Couch who died in 1970 and Mercedes who died in 1965.

From Vickie Couch Lunden, descendant of Joseph P. Couch through Emmett Charles Couch, provided in 2008.

Married:
This marriage citation is double-noted in Marriage Index...same date, same spouses, one with (incorrect?) middle initial, and digit place variation on license, number in vol varied as 1 & 2.

1. Mildred Couch was born on 23 May 1889 in WA; and died.
2. Charles Emmett Couch was born on 31 May 1891 in Oakville, Grays Harbor Co, WA; died in 1981 in Lake Elsinore, Riverside Co, CA; was buried in Elsinore Valley Cemetery, Lake Elsinore, Riverside Co, CA.
3. Rev. Everett Raymond Couch was born on 17 Aug 1893 in Oakville, Lewis Co, WA; died on 8 Apr 1957 in Baytown, Harris Co, TX.
4. Rev. Joseph Chester Couch was born in 17Jul 1897 in Oakville, Grays Harbor Co, WA; died on 20 Feb 1981 in Long Beach, Los Angeles Co, CA; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, Orange Co, CA .
5. Mabel Couch was born est 1899 in Wabash Co, IL; died est 1899 in Wabash Co, IL.
6. Rev. William King Couch was born on 04 Apr 1902 in Mt. Carmel, Wabash Co, IL; died on 8 Jan 1969 in Jackson, Hinds Co, MS; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co, IL.
7. Rev. Kenneth Earl Couch, Sr. was born on 26 Aug 1904 in Murphysboro, Jackson Co, IL; died on 16 Jun 1970 in Jefferson Co, MO; was buried in 1970 in Smith Cemetery, Alton, Oregon Co, MO.
8. Rev. Ralph Anderson Couch

Charles married Elizabeth wife of Charles Anderson. Elizabeth was born in 1833. [Group Sheet]