 1816 - 1852 (36 years)
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| Name |
Calvin P. COUCH |
| Born |
29 Jul 1816 |
CT  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
31 Aug 1852 |
Montgomery, Orange Co, NY |
| Person ID |
I3336 |
adkinshorton |
| Last Modified |
2 Jan 2013 |
| Father |
Silas Crane COUCH, b. 8 Jun 1786, Redding, Fairfield Co, CT , d. 8 Mar 1876, Montgomery, Orange Co, NY (Age 89 years) |
| Mother |
Hannah PEET, b. 5 Mar 1788, CT , d. 18 Aug 1861, Montgomery, Orange Co, NY (Age 73 years) |
| Married |
11 Nov 1808 |
Washington, Litchfield Co, CT |
| Family ID |
F21705 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Margaret ALEXANDER, b. Abt 1817, New York, New York Co, NY , d. Bef 15 Oct 1878, Wallkill, Orange Co, NY (Age ~ 61 years) |
| Married |
18 Oct 1838 |
Montgomery, Orange Co, NY |
| Children |
| | 1. Mary Jane COUCH, b. Abt 1840 |
| | 2. Robert Alexander COUCH, b. 1843, Orange Co, NY , d. 6 Oct 1866, Middletown, Middlesex Co, CT (Age 23 years) |
| | 3. Isaiah Whittier COUCH, b. Abt 1846, Orange Co, NY |
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| Family ID |
F21845 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Calvin was a farmer. He was burned by a camphene lamp explosion on 28 Aug 1852.
from Town of Montgomery, Orange County, Ny, 1850 federal census (Pg 217)
Dwelling 346, Family 374
Calvin Couch, age 33, Farmer, born Connecticut
Margaret, age 33, born Ny
Mary J, age 10, born Ny
Robert A, age 7, born Ny
Isaiah W, age 1, born Ny
Jane Alexander, age 58, born Ireland
Lavinia Wackman, age 22, born Ny
Notes from Chris Barry
From the Independent Republican, Goshen, Orange County NY, Fri. Sept. 10, 1852, Vol. XL No. 8, pg. 2, col. 3:
"On Saturday evening some three weeks since, just before engaging in family worship, Mr. Calvin Couch, of
Montgomery, sat down on the floor to fill a camphene lamp - the lamp stood on the floor beside him, and the
wicks were ignorantly or carelessly left burning. The lamp exploded, the burning camphene flew over him, and
his clothes being of cotton material, were instantly on fire, and he was soon enveloped by the flames. In agony or
in fright, he ran out in the open air, and before the flames could be extinguished, he was burned in a shocking
manner. He died on Tuesday of last week. He was a good citizen, and an industrious and enterprising farmer.
Yours & c., B."
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