Daniel Webster Kough
(1865-1954)
Addessa Jane Hummel
(1869-1957)
Jacob Marshall Kough
(1895-1962)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ruth Edna Beecher

Jacob Marshall Kough 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

  • Born: 13 Sep 1895, Oakville, Cumberland, PA 3 5
  • Marriage (1): Ruth Edna Beecher on 14 Oct 1920 in Chambersburg, Franklin, PA 1 2
  • Died: 9 May 1962, Plainfield, Cumberland, PA at age 66 3 4 5
  • Buried: 12 May 1962, Carlisle: Westminster Memorial Gardens, Cumberland, PA 3 5

   FamilySearch ID: L6W8-QPM.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: on 14 Oct 1920 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. 2

2. Newspaper: Franklin Repository: Kough-Beecher - At the parsonage of the Zion Reformed Church yesterday Rev. Dr. I. W. Hendricks united in marriage Jacob M. Kough of Carlisle and Miss Ruth E. Beecher of Newville., 15 Oct 1920, Chambersburg, Franklin, PA. 2

3. Census in 1930 in Monroe Twp., Cumberland, PA. 10 The 1930 census recorded J. Marshall Kough, farmer, 34, and his wife Ruth B., 33, and daughters Addessa J. 8, and Lyrian I., 7. Also in the home is Ruth's brother, farm laborer Earl Beecher, 18. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Newspaper: Evening News:, 21 Jul 1931, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. 11 "Herman D. Beecher, of this place; John R. Beecher, Jr., Centralia; Arnold Beecher, Paul Beecher, Earl Beecher, of Centerville R. D., and Marshall Kough, of Mechanicsburg R. D., were on a fishing trip over the week-end to Annapolis, Md.

5. Residence: on 15 Aug 1937 in Hays Grove, Cumberland, PA. 6

6. Residence: on 16 Sep 1961 in Plainfield, Cumberland, PA. 8

7. Cause of Death: arterio-sclerotic heart disease, 9 May 1962, Plainfield, Cumberland, PA. 5

8. Obituary: Obituary of Jacob Marshall Kough on 9 May 1962 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. 4 Jacob Marshall Kough, Plainfield, died this morning at his home. He was 66 years old.
He was born in Oakville to the late Daniel Webster and Adessa Jane Hummel Kough. He was a veteran of World War I and a retired employee of C. H. Masland and Sons.
Mr. Kough was a member of West Hill Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Bible Class of the Sunday School; Post No. 477, Veterans of Foreigh Wars and Post No. 101, American Legion, Carlisle; Barracks No. 2274, Veterans of World War I, Shippensburg; and St. John's Lodge No. 260, F and AM, Carlisle.
He is suvived by his wife Mrs. Ruth Beecher Kough; four daughters, Mrs. Lester Lay, RD3, Newville; Mrs. Lyrian Kough, Plainfield; Mrs. John Snyder, Jr., Carlisle, and Mrs. Irvin R. Anderson, Plainfield; a son, Karl Kough, RD2, Newville; three sisters, Mrs. William Raudabaugh, Mechanicsburg; Mrs. Elmer Bixler, RD6, Carlisle, and Mrs. Frank Kessler, RD3, Newville; two brothers, E. E. Kough, RD2, Newville, and Earl Kough, Carlisle; five granddaughters, and six grandsons.
The funeral service will be held on Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Roth Funeral Home, 169 West High Street, with Rev. Leon McClearly officiating. Burial will be in the Westminster Memorial Gardens. Friends may call on Friday from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the funeral home.

9. Occupation: retired guard on 9 May 1962 in Plainfield, Cumberland, PA. 5


Jacob married Ruth Edna Beecher, daughter of John Simon Beecher and Carrie Irene Gilbert, on 14 Oct 1920 in Chambersburg, Franklin, PA.1 2 (Ruth Edna Beecher was born on 10 Jul 1895 in Oakville, Cumberland, PA,7 9 12 13 14 died on 26 Sep 1964 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA 7 9 13 14 and was buried on 29 Sep 1964 in Carlisle: Westminster Memorial Gardens, Cumberland, PA 7 9 13 14.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VFML-9DF Jacob M. Kough and Ruth E. Beecher, 1920.

2 "Franklin Repository (Chambersburg, PA)," 15 Oct 1920, page 5. Marriage Kough-Beecher.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=103742665.

4 Carlisle Daily Sentinel (Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania), 9 May 1962, obituary of Jacob Marshall Kough.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 04393-62. Jacob Marshall Kough. Father Daniel Webster Kough. Mother Adessa Jane Hummell. Spouse Ruth Beecher Kough.

6 Shippensburg News-Chronicle (Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania.), 17 Aug 1937, page 1. Obituary of Mrs. John Beecher.

7 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 085032-64 Ruth Beecher Kough, father John S. Beecher, mother Carrie Gilbert, spouse Jacob Marshall Kough, informant Miss Lyrian Kough.

8 The Valley Times-Star (Newville, PA), 21 Sep 1961, page 3. Obituary of Pearl Mae Baughman.

9 The Sentinel (Carlisle, PA) (www.cumberlink.com), 26 Sep 1964, page 6. Obituary of Ruth B. Kough.

10 1930 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH91-SSG J Marshall Kough Monroe Twp Cumberland Co PA.

11 Harrisburg Evening News, Harrisburg, PA, 21 Jul 1931, page 14.

12 1900 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Penn Township, Series: T623 Roll: 1400 Page: 12-13.

13 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=103742672.

14 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103742672.



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