Calvin G. Couch

Birth Date

1829-08-20

Death Date

1887-03-08

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins County, Kentucky, postmaster and clerk. Virginia native. Married to Irene N. Robertson Couch in Hopkins County, Kentucky, on December 2, 1858. Father of Laura Couch. Postmaster of Ashbysburg in Hopkins County from May 26, 1851, to January 8, 1852. Merchant's clerk for Powhatan M. Robertson in Hopkins County in 1850. Household owned fourteen enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Clerk in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 52A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 695.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 640.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 211B.
"Calvin G. Couch (1829-1887)," Find A Grave, Memorial #87698537, accessed September 30, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87698537.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994039, Hopkins County Marriages.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Hopkins County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 645.

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