TAGS: <\/strong>Couch Family; Pine Mountain Settlement School; Pine Mountain Community; PMSS Workers; PMSS Boarding School Students; PMSS Community School Students<\/p>\n When Katherine Pettit arrived in the valley in the early 1900s, she met families with names like <\/span>Creech, Boggs, Turner<\/b>, Couch<\/strong>, <\/span>Combs<\/b>, Coots<\/strong>, <\/span>Day, Hall,<\/b> and more, suggesting that the population was heavily indebted to England, Ireland and France in its origins. [Source: KATHERINE PETTIT – Weaving at PMSS – Beginnings<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n Members of the Couch Family lived in the community of Pine Mountain since very early years. Many were among the student body and workers at Pine Mountain Settlement School.<\/p>\n For assistance in researching histories of families in Eastern Kentucky see:<\/p>\n Harlan County, Kentucky Genealogy – FamilySearch Wiki<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n COUCH FAMILY HIGHLIGHTS lists Couch Family members whose names have been found in correspondence, biographies, narratives and other historical accounts in the PMSS Collections.<\/span><\/p>\n The following highlights are not in chronological order. Instead, they are roughly in the order of first names.<\/span><\/p>\n Each highlight includes the title of the source page (in uppercase letters). That page can be accessed by copying and pasting the page title in the SEARCH box on the main page at <\/span>http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Alma Jean Couch<\/strong>, a Co-op member, wrote about nature and sled-riding under the title “What We Enjoy Here” on pages 2 and 4 of PINE CONE 1949.<\/p>\n Bessie Couch<\/strong>, a third-grader at Divide School, wrote “A Pet Kitten” which was published on page 15 of PINE CONE 1948 OCTOBER and was exhibited at Pine Mountain’s Fair Day.<\/p>\n Chester Couch<\/strong> is listed as having served in WWII. WWII MILITARY SERVICE.<\/p>\n Columbus Couch<\/strong> is encountered by PMSS worker Alice Cobb on one of her walks to visit community families in 1937.\u00a0ALICE COBB STORIES Logging in Gabes Branch….\u00a0He\u00a0is listed by PMSS worker Alice Cobb as one of her Divide, KY, Sunday School attendees, about 19 years old, 1937. ALICE COBB STORIES Handing Over Divide Sunday School to Miss Cold….<\/p>\n Frank Couch<\/strong>\u00a0is mentioned by PMSS worker Alice Cobb as one of her Divide, KY, Sunday School attendees in 1937. She writes, “I don\u2019t know, really, whether he is a Couch or a Turner but I believe he is brother or cousin to the above boys [Fred Couch, Columbus Couch].” ALICE COBB STORIES Handing Over Divide Sunday School to Miss Cold….<\/p>\n Fred Couch<\/strong> is mentioned by PMSS worker Alice Cobb as one of her Divide, KY, Sunday School attendees, about 12 or 13 years old, 1937. ALICE COBB STORIES Handing Over Divide Sunday School to Miss Cold….\u00a0He is listed as having served in WWII. WWII MILITARY SERVICE.<\/p>\n George Washington Couch<\/strong> played “Simeon” in the 1953(?) Nativity Play at PMSS. NATIVITY PLAY: MARY ROGERS’ LETTER TO RUBY YOCUM.<\/p>\n Hannah Couch<\/strong>\u00a0is mentioned by PMSS worker Alice Cobb as one of her Divide, KY, Sunday School attendees, an “occasional comer,” 1937. ALICE COBB STORIES Handing Over Divide Sunday School to Miss Cold….<\/p>\n Jim Couch\u00a0<\/strong>is described as one of Dr. Ida Stapleton’s patients in the STAPLETON REPORT – MARCH 1932…\u00a0 He said he was about 70 years old and was from a “cabin in the forest of Lynn Fork.”\u00a0Arizony Couch<\/strong> was his daughter and Maggie<\/strong>, his granddaughter.<\/p>\n John Couch<\/strong> is mentioned by PMSS worker Alice Cobb as one of her Divide, KY, Sunday School attendees in 1937. She writes, “CC boy, brother to Columbus and Fred….” ALICE COBB STORIES Handing Over Divide Sunday School to Miss Cold….<\/p>\n Mrs. Couch and her family<\/strong> at Clover Fork are described by Dr. Ida Stapleton in STAPLETON REPORT 1929 – FEBRUARY…<\/p>\n Rankin Couch<\/strong> is listed as having served in WWII. WWII MILITARY SERVICE.<\/p>\n
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\nCouch Family: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PMSS COLLECTIONS<\/h3>\n
Couch Family: IN PINE MOUNTAIN VALLEY COMMUNITY, 1934-1937<\/h3>\n
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\n TITLE<\/strong><\/td>\n LAST NAME<\/strong><\/td>\n FIRST NAME<\/strong><\/td>\n DATE OF INFO<\/strong><\/td>\n SOURCE OF INFORMATION<\/strong><\/td>\n NOTES<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Couch<\/td>\n Harm<\/td>\n 1934 – 1942<\/td>\n MAP OF COMMUNITY RESIDENTS 1934 \u2013 1942<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Mr. & Mrs.<\/td>\n Couch<\/td>\n John<\/td>\n 1934 \u2013 1942<\/td>\n MAP OF COMMUNITY RESIDENTS 1934 \u2013 1942; COBB STORIES \u201cHanding\u2026\u201d; \u201cSunday School\u2026\u201d<\/td>\n Attended Cobb\u2019s Sunday School at Divide, KY. Fred\u2019s son?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Couch<\/td>\n Fred<\/td>\n 1937<\/td>\n COBB STORIES \u201cHanding\u2026\u201d; \u201cSunday School\u2026\u201d<\/td>\n Attended Cobb\u2019s Sunday School at Divide, KY. John\u2019s father?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Couch Family<\/td>\n <\/td>\n 1937<\/td>\n COBB STORIES \u201cHanding\u2026\u201d<\/td>\n Children; Columbus, Fred, Hannah, Frank, John; attended Cobb\u2019s Sunday School at Divide, KY.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Couch<\/td>\n Columbus<\/td>\n 1937<\/td>\n COBB STORIES \u201cLogging in\u00a0Gabes\u2026\u201d<\/td>\n He & his brother attend Cobb\u2019s Sunday School at<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Couch Family: PMSS WORKER, 1985-1986(?)<\/span><\/h3>\n