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                            _James R. COUCH ___________|
                           | (1837 - 1887)             |
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 _Thomas Jefferson COUCH __|
| (1865 - 1955) m 1891     |
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|                          |_Margaret T. FLOYD ________|
|                            (1848 - 1893)             |
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|--Son COUCH 
|  (1904 - 1904)
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|                           _Joshua Franklin THOMPSON _|
|                          | (1850 - 1887)             |
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|_Mary Magdalena THOMPSON _|
  (1874 - 1956) m 1891     |
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                           |_Nancy Elizabeth SHORT ____|
                             (1850 - 1915)             |
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