C. P. Couch

Pete Couch was born in Calhoun, a tiny community in south Arkansas' Columbia County. One of six children of Tom and Mamie Heard Couch, he was initially raised on a small cotton farm. His father was also an itinerant Methodist minister. When Pete was around age 3, his father's health deteriorated, and the family moved to nearby Magnolia,{{cite web|url= https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81777474|title= Charles Peter "C.P." Couch |publisher= Find A Grave |accessdate= 22 February 2016}} the seat of Columbia County.

Pete Couch led a crew that raised utility poles for Harvey Couch's new telephone lines in northern Louisiana. Years later, Pete Couch was president of the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway, prior to becoming Kansas City Southern president.{{cite web|url=http://www.kcshs.org/schedule/subs/images/history/kcs_hist.htm|title=The Kansas City Southern Lines|accessdate=22 February 2016|archive-date=28 September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928111525/http://www.kcshs.org/schedule/subs/images/history/kcs_hist.htm|url-status=dead}}

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Category:1890 births

Category:1955 deaths

Category:20th-century American railroad executives

Category:Kansas City Southern Railway

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