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Notes for John A. FOUTCH

History of Trigg County, Historical and Biographical, ed. W.H. Perrin,
F.A. Battey Pub. Co., Chicago, 1884. p. 212. [Canton Precinct]
J. A. FOUTCH was born what is now De Kalb County (then Smith County)
Tenn., on February 17, 1830, and is a son of William and Sallie (Welch)
Foutch. The parents were both natives of North Carolina. Subject was
next to the youngest of a family of six children. He remained at home
until twenty-one, and then settled down in this native county. In 1860
he moved to Putnam County, Tenn. He remained there only one year, and
then returned to his native county. In 1865 he came to Trigg County, and
settled on his present farm. He now owns ninety-nine acres. Mr. Foutch
was married, in 1852, to Miss Sarah Washer, a daughter of John and
Frankie (Young) Washer. This lady was born in Smith County, Tenn., and
was the mother of four (living) children--one son and three daughters.
She died in October, 1880. Mr. Foutch was next married April 4, 1881,
to Mrs. E. J. Wallace (nee Gresham), a daughter of James and Betsey
(Dunn) Gresham, natives of this county. Mr. Foutch is a member of the
Baptist Church. Mrs. Foutch is a Methodist. Mr. Foutch is a member of
Canton Lodge, No. 242. Subject was a soldier in the late war, having
enlisted in November, 1861, in Gordon's Battalion, Confederate States of
America. He was taken prisoner in June, 1863, while on a furlough at
home and subsequently confined at Louisville, Camp Chase and Fort Delaware.
He remained in prison until February, 1865.

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