James McClellan Couts ^{1 2 3 4}

   Cause of his death was Arteriosclerosis.

  Death Notes:

Name: James M. Couts
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 09 Nov 1948
Event Place: Van Wert, Pleasant Township, Van Wert, Ohio, United States
Address: 243 W. Jackson St.
Residence Place: Van Wert, Van Wert, Ohio
Gender: Male
Age: 85y 8m 16d
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: W
Occupation: Retired
Birth Date: 23 Feb 1863
Birthplace: Tuscarawas Co., Ohio
Burial Date: 12 Nov 1948
Burial Place: Ridge
Father's Name: William B. Couts
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Name: Mary Wilam
Mother's Birthplace: unknown
Spouse's Name: Frona Couts

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6CH-VKX : 10 March 2018), James M. Couts, 09 Nov 1948; citing Death, Van Wert, Pleasant Township, Van Wert, Ohio, United States, source ID item 18 cn 173, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 1,952,880.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He was buried in November 1948 in the Ridge Cemetery in Van Wert County, OH.

Find A Grave Memorial #51772195
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• Death Image: 9 November 1948, in Van Wert, OH.

James married Martha Magnora Fast, daughter of Jacob Ginter Fast and Sarah Ann Kiser, on 23 May 1903.¹ (Martha Magnora Fast was born on 25 July 1872 in Marion Township, Mercer County, OH,^{1 2 3 5 6} died on 3 May 1949 in Van Wert, OH ⁶ and was buried on 5 May 1949 in Rockford, OH ^{1 6}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They were divorced.

  Marriage Notes:

James and Martha were obviously divorced at some time because the death certificate for James indicates that the name of his spouse was Frona Couts, his second wife.
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