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From: "Couch, Robert H. " <>
Subject: Re: [COUCH] Margaret Peggy Couch
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 05:44:23 -0600


Audine,

Thank you for the kind words about my book. Although it has been only a
year the book on the website is really ancient history now. Since that
draft, I have put much more into the book (perhaps too much) and it now
measures 21/2 inches thick and about 500 pages. And I certainly am not
through if I can just somehow breakthrough and nail down the Virginina
Couches from whom I descend and their line back to Cornwall England or
elsewhere.


Margaret "Peggy" Couch does not ring a bell just now. There were James and
Capt John Couch in Buckingham County, VA who had some of their relatives
settle in Eastern Kentucky. In Hyden, the hometown of famous quarterback
Tim Couch I found a telephone direcory that featured a full page of Couches.
So, Peggy's folks could posibbly be of this clan. Dr. Richard Couch of
Tulsa, OK has done a terrific job of researching this line. Some of his
folks went to Kansas and worked for the railroads there. I have his CD
featuring this family in Kansas that originated with James and John Couch of
Buckingham County, VA.

One of my kin, Joseph Elijah Couch and his folks went into Georgia and then
into East Tennesssee. Laater many of the folks of Joseph Elijah Couch went
to Missouri and fathered a passal of Missouri Couches. In fact, one source
showed that outside the south, Missouri had more Couches than anywhere else
in the 1800s. Robert W. Couch of Marceline, MO has done a tremendous job of
identifying the descendants of Joseph Elijah Couch and their settlement in
Missouri. So, it is possible that Peggy could have been one of this line.
I have Robert's address. He is not on the internet.

Please keep in touch. It is always so encouraging to have someone contact
me about my book. Thanks

Robert Hill Couch

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>From:
>To:
>Subject: [COUCH] Margaret Peggy Couch
>Date: Wed, Jun 6, 2001, 11:48 PM
>

>Howdy Robert:
>
>You are talking about a dead end, well I have one too. And I am hoping you
>just might be able to help me. So far no one else can.
>
>My great grandmother was Margaret Peggy Couch probably born about 1826. She
>married about 1855 William (Bill) Ridge born in 1826 Ky. raised in Owen Co.,
>Indiana of prosperous people.
>
>During 1855 the Ridge family left Owen Co. and moved to northeastern
>Missouri. It was either before they left that Bill and Peggy were married
>or he picked her up along the way. (His first wife died leaving one child ,
>Mary b 1853) (First child of Bill and Peggy born 1856 in Mo., John)
>
>Bill and Peggy lived in northeastern part of Kansas , Marshall Co. Doniphan
>Co. Johnson Co. and that, area. In Kansas Census 1857, 1859, 1860 her age
>was not given only ages of Bill and children. No other info given. The 1870
>Census shows she and Bill born in Penn. During those times in Kansas it may
>have not been wise to say you were from "Down South". We know Bill was born
>in Lawrence Co., Ky.
>
>I have her wedding picture. I don't think it was made in a studio. She is
>seated. Her dress has a very full skirt with high neck and long sleeves.
>She is holding a double picture frame in her lap. Her dress is of striped
>material that looks like taffeta.
>
>In a separate picture he is also seated in same place wearing a long
>buttoned up dark coat and narrow brimmed hat and knee length light color,
>pull on boots. These are tin type pictures.
>
>Bill Ridge and Peggy Couch had nine kids born during 1850, 1860 and 1870s
>in Northeastern Kansas area. Do you have any "thinkin" on this?.
>
>I read some of what you put on the internet. How I wish I could find my
>Peggy among those people. You are doing a great job. Kids would say
>nowadays ,
>
> Cooooooool
>
> Vaya Con Dios Adios Audine
>
>
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