PHOTO of Fannie Geneva Hardgrave and Henry Andrew Couch.

Henry Andrew Couch married his second wife, Fannie (Fanny) Geneva Hardgrave on 29 August 1872 in Cherokee County, Texas (Source: Cherokee County, Texas, Marriage Records, Book F, Page 137.) Fannie Geneva Hardgrave was born on 27 October 1856 and died on 23 March 1941 in Kerens, Texas. Note 1 to this chapter gives information on Fannie's parents. Henry Andrew Couch's first wife was Ida Holder, whom he married on 12 November 1867 in Cherokee County, Texas, just a few years after returning from fighting in the Civil War. Henry Andrew Couch and Ida Holder had the following children:

(1) Mary Elizabeth (Mollie or Molly) Couch, born: 3 March 1868 (death certificate indicates she was born on 1 March 1869); died: 31 December 1955. Mollie Couch married John W. Cowan on 24 December 1885.
(2) Thomas William Couch, born on: 27 January 1871 in Griffin, Cherokee County, Texas; died on: 25 February 1907 in Van Zandt County, Texas. Thomas William Couch married his first wife, Ella Riggle, (b: 1874 in Hamilton County, Texas; d: 21 Mar 1897 in Hamilton County, TX) on 24 July 1892 in Hamilton County, Texas. Ella Riggle died on 21 Mar 1897, after the birth of their son, William Floyd Couch. Thomas William Couch married his second wife, May Pruitt, in Van Zandt County, Texas.

Ida Holder died on 1 October 1871 of post-partum depression.

On 29 August 1872, Fannie Geneva Hardgrave and Henry Andrew Couch were married. Fannie Geneva Hardgrave and Henry Andrew Couch had the following children:
1. James Couch b: 14 Jul 1874 in Cherokee Co, TX; d: 7 Jan 1875 in Cherokee Co, TX
2. Banner Cordelia Couch b: 10 Nov 1875 in Cherokee Co, TX; d: 3 Nov 1965 in Nixon, TX, Married: (Virgil) W. C. Casey (b: 27 Dec 1879; d: 8 Jan 1952) -- 24 December 1899 in Cherokee County, Texas
3. Andrew Jackson Couch b: 24 June 1877 in Cherokee Co, TX; d: 1 Jan 1957 in Tyler, TX, Married: Maud Ella Wesson (b: 25 Sep 1879; d: 26 Jul 1965) – 24 Jun 1897
4. John Franklin Couch b: 6 Feb 1880 in Cherokee Co, TX; d: 6 Nov 1966 in Nixon, TX
Married: Alma Jane Shaw (b: 23 Aug 1881; d: 28 May 1969) – 20 Oct 1901 in Cherokee Co, TX
5. Silas (Stephen Lee) Lee Couch b: 30 Dec 1881 in Cherokee Co, TX; d: 3 Jan 1929 in Kerens, TX, Married: Emma Clary (b: 30 Apr 1896; d: 2 Oct 1977 in Kerens, Navarro Co, TX)
6. Samuel Wright Couch, b: 12 Nov 1883 in Cherokee Co, TX; d: 22 Aug 1884 in Cherokee Co, TX
7. Henry Cleveland Couch, b: 5 May 1885; d: 29 Oct 1926 in Kerens, Navarro Co, TX
Married: Mary Lou Farley
8. Wade Othlen Couch, b: 7 Mar 1887 in Cherokee Co, TX; d: 15 Jul 1888 in Cherokee Co, TX
9. Stella Bessie Couch, b: 15 Dec 1888 in Cherokee Co, TX; d: 6 Dec 1968 in Houston, TX
Married: William Polk Richardson (b: 15 Jan 1877; d: 17 Feb 1925) – 22 Sep 1907 in Cherokee Co, TX
10. Deotra Altermost (DA) Couch, b: 1 Nov 1890 in Cherokee Co, Tx; d: 27 May 1959 in Floydada, Tx
Married: Ollie Newbury (b: 3 Mar 1893; d: 14 Dec 1982) - 15 Oct 1909 in Cherokee Co, TX, Married: Isabella Green (b: 19 Jan 1889; d: Feb 1982) – in 1925.
11. Ada Beatrice Couch, b: 17 Oct 1892 in Cherokee Co, TX; d: 31 Dec 1972 in Houston, TX, Married: Franklin Lacy (b: 28 Jan 1892; d: 4 Oct 1958) on 23 May 1913 in Cherokee Co, TX
12. William Carlton Couch b: 25 Dec 1894 in Cherokee Co, TX; d: 29 Nov 1951 in Beaumont, TX, William Carlton married Fannie Vera Adams (b: 11 May 1901 in Williamson Co, TX)
13. Maudie (Anna Maud) Couch, b: 16 Dec 1896 in Cherokee Co, TX; d: 7 Dec 1978 in Houston, TX, Married 1st: Floyd Bartine (b: 1896 Clark Co, Mo); 2nd: Milton P. Turner (b: 9 Oct 1896 in Cherokee Co, TX, d: Apr 1985 in Dallas, TX)

The book, "A History of the Hardgrave Family , The Descendants of Major Francis Hardgrave, Revolutionary War Soldier", Volumes I and II, by the late Cecil Edward Hardgrave and Clarence Russell Williams (Book Call Number: CS71.H2715 1998, Published by Russell Publishing Co., North Little Rock, Arkansas, 1998), contains a personal information by Fanny (Fannie) Geneva Hardgrave Couch that she related to W. P. (Dubbie) Richardson. Locating personal words of ancestors in the 1700's and 1800's is a near impossible task, so the information related by Fanny Hardgrave Couch to W. P. Richardson is indeed a rare find. On Page 24, Volume II of the book, Fanny gives this account, "Anna (Fanny's mother) was born and raised in Memphis, TN, married went to Arkansas, then to Ellis Co, TX in a wagon, which was transporting all possessions. There they bought 200 acres of land, which they sold at 50 cents per acre. They sold out in N/W Arkansas and moved to Texas, because Mandy (Fanny's sister) was having chills. In Jacksonville, Texas they bought 216 acres of land, built homestead by negro carpenters. They owned slaves, raised cotton & coren. Sam, Banner, and Fanny were born here. Fanny went to Madlock's School where there was a man teacher. Her last schooling was from Mrs. Rome, at Jacksonville. Davies taught her arithmetic. She had a blue-back speller (Webster). McPherson taught reading, and most of my education came from him. I was age 14 at the end of school. Civil War started when I was six. Jim & Felix went to war, but father did not. Both Felix and Jim came through the war safely.

The Hardgrave family was never hungry. They made their own clothes (homespun). Frank Hardgraves, Sr., (Fanny's father) died two years after the war ended (1867). Mother and my brothers Felix and Will (William) ran the farm. The first railroad came through Jacksonville when I was 16 years old. I married at this time on the 29th of August, 1872 to Henry Andrew Couch. I was acquainted with Chet. Henry and Chet came out to the house and asked me for a date. We went to church together (morning services). I rode horseback (side-saddle). In Summerfield, Texas we dated every three weeks…never kissed until after we were married. We dated about two months and then he asked me to marry. Mother objected."

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Link to Henry Andrew Couch's Memorial is:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=99674214

Headstones of HENRY ANDREW COUCH, and FANNIE GENEVA HARDGRAVE COUCH.

NOTE: See information on picture of Fannie Hardgrave and Henry Andrew Couch. Henry Andrew Couch was first buried in the Texas Historic Couch Family Cemetery on his farm in Cherokee County, Texas, next to his 1st wife, Ida Holder. After the death of his second wife, Fannie Geneva Hardgrave, his body and Civil War headstone marker were moved to the Kerns Cemetery and placed next to Fannie.

Headstone of FANNIE GENEVA HARDGRAVE COUCH