Samuel Kouns

Samuel and Catherine Kouns, early settlers of Lawrence County, Ohio. Researched by Sharon Kouns

Samuel Kouns
s/o Christian and Anna Lamp Kouns

Samuel Kouns – s/o Christian and Anna Lamp Kouns was b.08 Jan 1795 Greenbrier Co. VA d. 25 Sep 1843 Lawrence Co. OH. He m. 1814 Catherine Brubaker b. Apr 1798 d. 02 Jul 1882. This was the first marriage in Perry Twp. Lawrence Co. OH. They were buried in Perry Twp. Kouns Family Cemetery was moved to Ironton Woodland Cemetery in July 1966. Samuel Kouns was a soldier in the War of 1812 under General Harrison.

1818 Samuel Kounce is a taxpayer in Lawrence Co., OH.

1820 Lawrence Co. OH census Samuel Koons in Fayette Twp.
with one male under 10; one male 26-45; one female under ten, and one female 26-45 – a total of 4 in household
Koons, Samuel – The State of Ohio vs. Wm. Collier and Samuel Koons. Fisticuffs. Samuel pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $6.00. pg 159 Vol 1-2 Ironton Courthouse Clerk of Court’s office.

Kouns (Coonts) – John Bruce vs Samuel Coonts. Slander. 1822 page 230. Ironton Courthouse Clerk of Court’s office.
From: “Southern Ohio Taxpayers in the 1820’s” we find:
Koon(s) Samuel in 1822 and 1828 Perry Township Lawrence Co.

Samuel Koons – Will dated 1843 Vol 1, pg 132-34
Issues:
Samuel B. Kouns – b. 04 Jun 1824 d.19 Dec 1903 married 28 Apr 1847 to Salome McClure b.24 Jul 1821 Lawrence Co. OH d. 13 Mar 1908. Salome was the d/o James and Abigail (Stacy) McClure.

Death Records – Kouns, Salome, female, white, married, died: 13 Mar 1908 86y6m20d, Lawrence Co. OH, Perry Twp, b. Ohio, housewife, cause: heart failure.

Death Records – Kouns, Samuel, male, white, married, died 10 Dec 1903, age 79y6m15d, Sheridan, OH, farmer, cause: Paralysis.
Hardesty Sketches, Lawrence Co. OH (Published 1882)

Samuel Kouns – was born in the county of Lawrence on June 4, 1821, and married in the same county Apr. 28, 1847, to Salome McClure, who was born in this county on July 24, 1821. Her father, James McClure, was born in the state of Vermont and died in this county on July 8, 1864, and her mother, Abigail (Stacy) McClure, was born in Connecticut and died in this county on March 1, 1879. They settled here in 1821.

Christian Kouns, the grandfather of Samuel, was born in Rockingham Co., VA, and removed to this county from Greenbrier Co., VA, near the White Sulphur Springs in 1803. He was one of the first settlers in this county when it was simply a wilderness. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

The father of the subject of this sketch, Samuel Kouns, Sr. was born in Greenbrier Co., VA Jan 8, 1795, and died Sept. 25, 1843. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 under General Harrison.

James McClure, a brother of Mrs. Kouns, served in the late war, enlisting in 1865 in the 173d O.V.I. The following are Mr. Kouns’ children:
Alma E. b. 3/20/1848 d. 12/30/1853
Caroline E. b. 5/13/1849 d. 12/13/1853
Franklin b. 10/12/1852 d. 1/27/1855
Alexander b. 4/16/1854 resides at home
Harriet L. b. 9/13/1858 resides at home
Frank Clifton b. 9/18/1860 d. 7/5/1862
Benjamin E. b. 11/8/1867 resides at home

Mr. Kouns has served as Justice of the Peace for one term and as school director for six terms. He also held the office of treasurer of the Delta School district for nine years. Besides several other offices. Catherine (Brubaker) Kouns, who came to this county in 1803 with her husband, is the mother of Samuel. Mr. Kouns is engaged in farming in Perry Township. Address: Sheridan Coal Works, Lawrence Co., Ohio.

1870 Lawrence Co. OH census:
Samuel Kouns age 46 b. OH
Salome age 48 b. OH
Alex age 16 b. OH
Harriet age 11 b. OH
Benjamin age 02 b. OH
Catherine age 70 b. OH infirm (nee Brubaker)

Ironton Register – Thursday, December 24, 1903 – PIONEER DEAD – Samuel Kouns, one of this county’s pioneer residents, was stricken with paralysis at his home near Sheridan Friday morning died that night without ever having regained consciousness. When the aged man was stricken, Dr. E. P. Gould of Sheridan was summoned and did all that medical science could for the stricken man, but without avail.

The deceased was 80 years of age and had been a resident of this county for half a century. He was a member of the M.E. Church at Delta and was very generous in its support and enthusiastic in its spiritual work. Few men in this county enjoyed a wider acquaintance or higher esteem than Mr. Kouns, and the bereaved family members have an abundance of sympathy in their hour of sorrow.

The deceased is survived by a widow and children named Alex and B. E. Kouns of Sheridan and Mrs. Frank Wakefield of Cebee.

Issues:

• Alma Electa Kouns b. 20 Mar 1848 d. 1853 age 5y
• Franklin Kouns b. 12 Oct 1852 d.27 Jan 1855 age 2y
• Caroline Elizabeth Kouns b. 13 May 1849 d. 13 Dec 1853 age 4y
• Alexander Kouns b.16 Apr 1854 d. 22 Aug 1922 Never married. Buried: Woodland Cem. Ironton, OH
• Benjamin Edgar Kouns b. 1867 d. 1922
• Harriet Kouns b. 13 Sep 1858 d. 27 Dec 1923 m. Benjamin Franklin Wakefield b. 06 Nov 1884
• Frank Clifton Kouns b. 13 Sept 1860 d. 05 Jul 1862