COOCH, Joseph D. (1835-1909)

COOCH

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 5/31/2021 at 17:28:08

Joseph D. Cooch
(July 12, 1835 – July 3, 1909)

J. D. Cooch, a farmer of Douglas Township, Ida County, was born in Butler County, Ohio, July 12, 1835, a son of Thomas and Katie (Deem) Cooch, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Kentucky. They were among the early pioneers of Butler County, Ohio, where they both died.
J. D. Cooch, our subject, remained in his native county until 1856, when he located near Cambridge, Henry County, Illinois, remaining there about thirteen years. He next settled eight miles southeast of Newton, Jasper county, Iowa, where he purchased and remained on a farm of 120 acres about six years, and was then in Colfax county, Nebraska, four years. Mr. Cooch spent the following season in Carroll County, Iowa, three miles north of Glidden, two years near Greenfield, Adair county, one year near Shelby, Shelby County, next in Fillmore county, Nebraska, four years in Geneva, that State, three years in Hand county, Dakota, three years in Galva, Ida County, Iowa, and in 1891 came to Douglas Township, Ida County. He purchased one of the best improved farms in the township, consisting of 358 acres, where he has a good two-story residence, other fine buildings, and is engaged in general farming and stock-raising.
Mr. Cooch was married in Henry County, Illinois, to Miss Mary McCown, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of William and Anna McCown. To this union has been born six children: Cora, Emma, Thomas, Frank, Retta and Charley. In his political views, our subject is identified with the Republican Party, and socially, is a member of the I. O. O. F., of Cushing, Iowa. Religiously, Mrs. Cooch is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which she is an active worker. Mr. Cooch is frank and cordial in his manner, and takes an interest in everything for the good of his county.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.594