WILIAM AUDLEY COUPER (1817-1888), planter, son of John Couper (1750-1850) and Rebecca Maxwell (1775-1845), was born in Rhode Island on August 15th, 1817. He was a younger brother of James Hamilton Couper (1794-1866) and Ann Sarah Couper (1796-1866), wife of John Fraser.
His father, a native of Scotland, had migrated to Georgia in 1775 and become a wealthy landowner in Glynn County. William Audley Couper attended Franklin College (Athens) with the class of 1838 but did not graduate.
On January 15th, 1845, he married Hannah Page King (1825-1896), eldest daughter of Thomas Butler King and Anna Matilda Page, of Retreat plantation, St. Simons Island, Glynn County. For some years he divided his time between his house in Marietta, Georgia and Carteret, his plantation in Glynn County.
After 1875 he resided permanently in Marietta, where he died on September 27th, 1888. He was buried in Episcopal Cemetery. Hannah Page (King) Couper died on November 12th, 1896, and was buried beside her husband.
Quoted from "The Children of Pride" page 1496.
His father, a native of Scotland, had migrated to Georgia in 1775 and become a wealthy landowner in Glynn County. William Audley Couper attended Franklin College (Athens) with the class of 1838 but did not graduate.
On January 15th, 1845, he married Hannah Page King (1825-1896), eldest daughter of Thomas Butler King and Anna Matilda Page, of Retreat plantation, St. Simons Island, Glynn County. For some years he divided his time between his house in Marietta, Georgia and Carteret, his plantation in Glynn County.
After 1875 he resided permanently in Marietta, where he died on September 27th, 1888. He was buried in Episcopal Cemetery. Hannah Page (King) Couper died on November 12th, 1896, and was buried beside her husband.
Quoted from "The Children of Pride" page 1496.
WILIAM AUDLEY COUPER (1817-1888), planter, son of John Couper (1750-1850) and Rebecca Maxwell (1775-1845), was born in Rhode Island on August 15th, 1817. He was a younger brother of James Hamilton Couper (1794-1866) and Ann Sarah Couper (1796-1866), wife of John Fraser.
His father, a native of Scotland, had migrated to Georgia in 1775 and become a wealthy landowner in Glynn County. William Audley Couper attended Franklin College (Athens) with the class of 1838 but did not graduate.
On January 15th, 1845, he married Hannah Page King (1825-1896), eldest daughter of Thomas Butler King and Anna Matilda Page, of Retreat plantation, St. Simons Island, Glynn County. For some years he divided his time between his house in Marietta, Georgia and Carteret, his plantation in Glynn County.
After 1875 he resided permanently in Marietta, where he died on September 27th, 1888. He was buried in Episcopal Cemetery. Hannah Page (King) Couper died on November 12th, 1896, and was buried beside her husband.
Quoted from "The Children of Pride" page 1496.
His father, a native of Scotland, had migrated to Georgia in 1775 and become a wealthy landowner in Glynn County. William Audley Couper attended Franklin College (Athens) with the class of 1838 but did not graduate.
On January 15th, 1845, he married Hannah Page King (1825-1896), eldest daughter of Thomas Butler King and Anna Matilda Page, of Retreat plantation, St. Simons Island, Glynn County. For some years he divided his time between his house in Marietta, Georgia and Carteret, his plantation in Glynn County.
After 1875 he resided permanently in Marietta, where he died on September 27th, 1888. He was buried in Episcopal Cemetery. Hannah Page (King) Couper died on November 12th, 1896, and was buried beside her husband.
Quoted from "The Children of Pride" page 1496.
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