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113    COUCH FAMILY CEMETERY (1888)

Location - In NE Chapel Hill Township at 4900 Cornwallis Road (SR #1716), 0.8 mi west of Kerley Road (SR #1717). The historic farmhouse at this location was restored in 2005.

Coordinates: 36d 00m 55.0s N; 79d 00m 10.0s W Click here for Google maps

Survey - B. Doak and Mrs. A. G. Engstrom surveyed this cemetery on January 22, 1973. Photographed by Allen Dew in March 2003. Closeup picture of entrance pillars.

Graves, Marked - There were 9 marked graves.
Graves, Unmarked - There were 3 unmarked graves.

1. Couch, Edgar R   (b. 17 Mar 1889 - d. 10 Jan 1954)
North Carolina, PFC Co G 53rd Infantry, World War I
2. Couch, Jesse O   (b. 16 Jan 1902 - d. 12 Nov 1902)
3. Couch, Maggie Martin   (b. 30 Jun 1870 - d. 4 May 1967)
Spouse - Samuel J Couch. 'Mother' Footstone: M.M.C.
4. Couch, S Hubert   (b. 24 Nov 1903 - d. 1 Mar 1916)
5. Couch, Samuel J   (b. 15 Apr 1861 - d. 4 Jul 1924)
Spouse - Maggie Martin Couch. 'Father' Footstone: S.J.C.
6. Garrard, Duncan C   (b. 24 Dec 1857 - d. 11 Aug 1941)
Spouse - Malissa H. Garrard. 'No pains, no grief, no anxious fears can reach our love ones sleeping here.' Footstone: 'Father'
7. Garrard, Malissa H   (b. 2 Sep 1858 - d. 5 Feb 1904)
Spouse - Duncan C. Garrard. 'No pains, no griefs, no anxious fears can reach our love ones sleeping here.' Footstone: 'Mother'
8. White, Harry A   (b. 11 Mar 1887 - d. 9 Aug 1965)
Spouse - Lona E. Couch White
9. White, Lona E Couch   (b. 11 May 1894 - d. 4 Apr 1960)
Spouse - Harry A White