Jessup Nash Couch
{{Short description|American judge (1778–1821)}}
{{infobox officeholder
| image =
| office = Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
| term_start = July 25, 1815
| term_end = June 30, 1821
| preceded = Thomas Scott
| succeeded = Jacob Burnet
| appointer = Thomas Worthington
| birth_date = {{birth date|1778|08|03}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1821|06|30|1778|08|03}}
| birth_place = Redding, Connecticut, US
| death_place = Columbus, Ohio, US
| alma_mater = Yale University
}}
Jessup Nash Couch (August 3, 1778 – June 30, 1821) was an American judge who served as Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court from 1815 to 1821.
Biogrpahy
Jessup Couch was born on August 3, 1778, in Redding, Connecticut, and graduated from Yale University in 1802.Reed 1897 : 16 He came to Chillicothe, Ohio from Connecticut in 1808.Evans 1917 : 163 He was elected to represent Ross County, Ohio in the Ohio House of Representatives for the 7th General assembly, (December, 1808 – February, 1809).Ohio 1917 : 256 Couch was a trustee of Ohio University from 1809 until 1821.Walker 1869 : 347
Couch was appointed July 25, 1815 by Governor Thomas Worthington to fill a vacancy on the Ohio Supreme Court caused by the resignation of Thomas Scott, until the next term would start in February 1816.{{cite web |url=http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/SCO/formerjustices/bios/couch.asp |publisher= The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System |title=Jessup Nash Couch }} He was elected to a seven-year term by the legislature, beginning February 1816. He served until his death by consumption. Couch, who never married, died June 30, 1821, aged 42, in Columbus, Ohio.
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References
- {{cite book |ref=evans17|title=A standard history of Ross County, Ohio: an authentic narrative of the Past... |volume=1 |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company |location=Chicago |year=1917 |editor-first=Lyle S |editor-last=Evans |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mToVAAAAYAAJ&q=Couch&pg=PA163}}
- {{cite book |ref=gilk01|title=The Ohio Hundred Year Book: a Handbook of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio ... |publisher=State of Ohio |editor-first=Elliott Howard |editor-last=Gilkey |year=1901 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oUkVAAAAYAAJ&q=Couch&pg=PA468}}
- {{cite book |ref=reed|title=Bench and Bar of Ohio: a Compendium of History and Biography |editor1-first=George Irving |editor1-last=Reed |editor2-first=Emilius Oviatt |editor2-last=Randall |editor3-first=Charles Theodore |editor3-last=Greve |volume=1 |year=1897 |publisher=Century Publishing and Engraving Company |location=Chicago |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4gQ9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA16}}
- {{cite book|title=Manual of legislative practice in the General Assembly |last=Ohio General Assembly |author-link=Ohio General Assembly |year=1917 |ref=ohio1917|publisher=State of Ohio |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7qesAAAAMAAJ&q=Couch&pg=PA256}}
- {{cite book |ref=walker|title=History of Athens County, Ohio And Incidentally of the Ohio Land Company and the First Settlement of the State at Marietta etc. |last=Walker |first=Charles M |year=1869 |publisher =Robert Clarke & Co |pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyathensco00walkgoog/page/n374 346]–348 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyathensco00walkgoog|quote=Couch.}}
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Category:People from Chillicothe, Ohio
Category:Yale University alumni
Category:Justices of the Supreme Court of Ohio
Category:Ohio University trustees
Category:Members of the Ohio House of Representatives
Category:People from Redding, Connecticut