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James Franklin CouchAge: 85 years18991984

Name
James Franklin Couch
Given names
James Franklin
Surname
Couch
Birth March 3, 1899
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 17 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 18 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
MarriageAlma Pearl PottengerView this family
September 1, 1919 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Ezra Gordon Couch
February 25, 1921 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Birth of a daughter
#2
Neva Maxine Couch
July 12, 1930 (Age 31 years)
Census April 16, 1940 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 50 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 46 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a wifeAlma Pearl Pottenger
July 10, 1980 (Age 81 years)
Death August 6, 1984 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Resthaven Gardens Cemetery
Family with Alma Pearl Pottenger - View this family
himself
James Franklin Couch
Birth: March 3, 1899Lead Hill, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 6, 1984Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
wife
Alma Pearl Pottenger
Birth: September 12, 1899 40 24Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: July 10, 1980Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: September 1, 1919Arkansas, United States
18 months
son
Ezra Gordon Couch
Birth: February 25, 1921 21 21Lead Hill, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 31, 2003Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
9 years
daughter
Neva Maxine Couch
Birth: July 12, 1930 31 30Cherokee City, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 2, 2017Oklahoma, United States

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - James Franklin Couch - Household

Moseley, Delaware, Oklahoma

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Couch, James FheadMW41MARSame HouseFarmerFarming
Couch, Alma PwifeFW40MMOSame House
Couch, Ezra GsonMW19SARSame House
Couch, Neva MdaughterFW9SARSame House