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Hiram Ransom Couch

Age  65y 2m 5d
Where born:   Alleghany NY
Where died:   Wabash Co IL
Son of:   Levi Couch (22 Jun 1783 New Preston-Litchfield Co CT-23 Jul 1845 Wabash Co IL) & Cynthia [Lucy] Higgins (1785-18 Feb 1828 buried Couch-Higgins Cem)
Married:   ca 1825 Allegheny NY Sarah Mary (Polly) Starkey*
Lived at:   1840 Wabash - bought land in Wabash 1854; 1870 Friendsville IL
Children:
- Sarah K (8 Sep 1831-9 Sep 1889 m: Ira Keen Smith both buried Allendale Cem)
- William (21 Jun 1832-22 Jun 1832)
- Levi D. (17 Aug 1834-25 Sep 1912 buried Rose Hill Cem m: 1854 Harriet Litherland)
- Esther Cynthia* (1837 m: Newton J. Courter)
- Rev. Walter Ransom (14 Sep 1839-22 Nov 1917 CO)
- Ebenezer Bostwick (19 Jan 1842 Friendsville-26 Feb 1925 WA)
- Bradley S. (1 Feb 1844 Friendsville-21 Jun 1930 West Salem m: Miria E. Greathouse)
- Charles Eastman (ca 1846 IL-1850 Wabash Co IL)
- Susan(28 Jun 1848 IL-28 Jan 1928 Beaver City Furnas Co NB m: 1866 Charles W Showalter)
- Harriet Eliza (3 Jan 1851 Friendsville-1885/9 IL m: Thomas J. Grayson)
- Lewis Albert (2 Sep 1853 Wabash-Jun 1854 Wabash Co IL).

      * indicates buried with Hiram Ransom Couch in Friendsville Cemetery.