Person:Elisha Couch (1)

Notes on Parents of Eli Couch

• Father = Martin Couch
  • Source: Dickey's Interview (1898) with Ira "Si" Couch ¹
• Mother = Sarah "Sally" Hall
  • Source: Dickey's Interview (1898) with Ira "Si" Couch ¹

Notes on Birth of Eli Couch

• Date = 1803 ; Source: Family tradition widely reported in published genealogies and Find A Grave - needs proof!
• Date = 1805 ; Source: 1860 census.
• Date = 1810-1814 ; Source: 1850, 1870, and 1880 census. Chosen as primary date range due to frequency of reporting.
• Place = Tennessee ; Source: 1860 census.
• Place = Virginia ; Source: 1880 census.
• Place = Kentucky ; Source: 1850 census and Dickey's Interview (1898) with his brother Ira "Si" Couch ¹ in which Ira indicated that their father Martin had settled in Perry County, Kentucky. Chosen as primary.

• Nickname = Eli "Eel" Couch ; Source: Family tradition widely reported - does anyone have any proof?

Notes on Spouses of Eli Couch

• Spouse 1 = Mahala Sizemore

Notes on Death of Eli Couch

Notes on Burial of Eli Couch

1. ↑ Interview with Ira "Si" Couch, in Dickey, John Jay. Autobiography and diary. (Lexington, Kentucky: filmed by University of Kentucky, 1951).

   p 2277 -
   [27 Apr 1898, Big Creek, Kentucky]

   "I [ Ira Couch ] was born in ________ Co., KY, 1812. My father Martin Couch came to Ky from New River (on Holston). Old John Campell's wife was my father's sister. Old James Lewis' wife was another.

   My Father settled at the mouth of Lick Branch in Perry County. He had seven sons, Jo, Thomas, Eli, John, Charles, Ira. All those are dead but me. He had a brother John who came with him. John has sons: Wm., Andy, Lige, Dick, the latter died young. My father also had another brother James whose son lives in Clay "Stutter" John.

   My grandfather John Couch came with them. My mother was Sally Hall, Aunt of Philip Hall. They came a long time before I was born. My father was born before his parents came here."

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   [cos1776 Note of Caution: This transcription is not verified yet and may contain errors, e.g. only 6 sons of John Couch are listed (?). Not all individuals have been identified.]
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   [Identifies Eli as a son of Martin Couch.]

2. ↑ Eli Couch, in Clay, Kentucky, United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Year: 1840; Census Place: , Clay, Kentucky; Roll: 108; Page: 313; Image: 644; Family History Library Film: 0007824.
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   Name: Eli Couch
   Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Clay, Kentucky
   Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 [b. 1835-1840: son ]
   Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 [b. 1801-1810: husband Eli ]
   Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 [b. 1835-1840: dau ]
   Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 [b. 1821-1825: dau ]
   Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 [b. 1811-1820: wife Mahala ]
   
   Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
   No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 2
   Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
   Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
   Total Free White Persons: 5
   Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 5
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   [Note: Eli and Mahala can not read and write.]

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Elle Couch, in Clay, Kentucky, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Year: 1850; Census Place: Kentucky, Clay, Kentucky; Roll: M432_197; Page: 105B; Image: 25
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   Name: Elle Couch
   Age: 40
   Birth Year: abt 1810
   Birthplace: Kentucky
   Home in 1850: Kentucky, Clay, Kentucky
   Gender: Male
   Family Number: 391
   
   Household Members: Name Age
   Elle Couch 40
   Mahala Couch 36
   Susan Couch 13
   John Couch 11
   Sarah Couch 8
   Carr Couch 6
   William Couch 4
   Muncy Couch 1

4. ↑ Eli Couch, in Clay, Kentucky, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Year: 1860; Census Place: , Clay, Kentucky; Roll: M653_363; Page: 63; Image: 63; Family History Library Film: 803363.
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   Name: Eli Couch
   Age in 1860: 55
   Birth Year: abt 1805
   Birthplace: Tennessee
   Home in 1860: Clay, Kentucky
   Gender: Male
   Post Office: Flat Creek
   
   Household Members: Name Age
   Eli Couch 55
   Mahala Couch 49
   Sally Couch 17
   Carr Couch 15
   William Couch 13
   Nancy Couch 11
   Pega Couch 9
   Jane Couch 6
   Lucinda Couch 4

5. ↑ Eli Couch, in Clay, Kentucky, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 5, Clay, Kentucky; Roll: M593_456; Page: 206B; Image: 418; Family History Library Film: 545955.
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   Name: Eli Couch
   Age in 1870: 56
   Birth Year: abt 1814
   Birthplace: Kentucky
   Home in 1870: Precinct 5, Clay, Kentucky
   Race: White
   Gender: Male
   Post Office: Manchester
   
   Household Members: Name Age
   Eli Couch 56
   Sally Couch 35
   Jane Couch 17
   Lucinda Couch 14
   Malinda Couch 2
   Felix Couch 1
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   [Note: Eli has remarried.]

6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 Eli Couch, in Leslie, Kentucky, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Year: 1880; Census Place: District 1, Leslie, Kentucky; Roll: 428; Family History Film: 1254428; Page: 519C; Enumeration District: 061; Image: 0054.
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   Name: Eli Couch
   Age: 67
   Birth Year: abt 1813
   Birthplace: Virginia
   Home in 1880: District 1, Leslie, Kentucky
   Race: White
   Gender: Male
   Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
   Marital Status: Married
   Spouse's Name: Sallie Couch
   Father's Birthplace: Virginia
   Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
   Occupation: Farmer
   
   Household Members: Name Age
   Eli Couch 67
   Sallie Couch 47
   Felix Couch 11
   Mary Couch 8
   Taylor Couch 5
   Elizabeth Couch 2

7. ↑ Eli Couch, in Find A Grave.

   [Caution: No headstone photo or sources as of Apr 2014.]
   [Cemetery notes and/or description:
   This Cemetery is located at the head of Upper Dill Branch, which is a tributary of Rockhouse Creek. It is located on a small knoll in the back of the Old Eli Couch Homeplace.]