James McClellan Couts ¹

   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:

1. Cemetery: Ridge Cemetery, November 1948, Van Wert, Ohio, United States. ¹ Find A Grave Memorial #51772195

2. Death Image, 9 November 1948, Van Wert, Van Wert, Ohio, United States.

James married Martha Magnora Fast, daughter of Jacob Ginter Fast and Sarah Ann Kiser, on 23 May 1903. (Martha Magnora Fast was born on 25 July 1872 in Marion Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States,^{2 3} died on 3 May 1949 in Van Wert, Van Wert, Ohio, United States ³ and was buried on 5 May 1949 in Rockford, Mercer, Ohio, United States ³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Divorce.

  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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