Pictures and Information

  • We are always scanning in old pictures, so keep your eyes out for new pictures. Unknown Couts Lady from Iowa Courtesy of Shelley Cardiel Newletter #27 Isadora (Ysidora) Bandini (Bancroft Library) Margarita Bandini (youngest daughter of the second wife) and her father Juan Bandini (Photos courtesy of William McLaren) Additional reading can be found in Time-Life book, " The Spanish West" p 184 Isadora Bandini Couts and her daughter -circa 1890 photograph by Colonel Fred Howe, a Kentucky Colonel who spent the winters near Oceanside. My great grandfather, Isaac J. Frazee, lived on a ranch near Senora Couts--and knew her and "her beautiful daughters." Courtesy of Craig Walker Cave Johnson Couts Sr. (Bancroft Library) Cave Johnson Couts Sr. (Bancroft Library) Arcadia Bandini Scott (Brennan) -daughter of Chalmers Scott and Maria Antonia Couts (eldest daughter of Cave and Ysidora Couts) and her aunt Arcadia Sterns, (Photos courtesy of William McLaren) Cave Johnson Couts Sr. and His Children: right front row, Ysidora Forster, Maria Antonia, Helen, Nancy, Robert Lee. back row, William, Cave Couts, and Cave Couts Jr.; courtesy of Rancho Guajome, An Architectural Legacy Preserved, by Iris Engstrand and Mary Ward, reprint Fall1995 Journal of San Diego History Inner veranda At Gajome, ca 1897, Parker and Elena Couts Dear. Photo by Adam Clak Vroman, courtesy of the Los Angeles County Museum, courtesy of Rancho Guajome, An Architectural Legacy Preserved, by Iris Engstrand and Mary Ward, reprint Fall1995 Journal of San Diego History and William Reid Couts Henry W. Couts, son of William Bandini Couts and Christina Estudillo; far right, Maria Antonia Couts, "Tonia", eldest daughter of Cave Johnson and Ysidora Couts. She married Chalmers Scott. courtesy of Rancho Guajome, An Architectural Legacy Preserved, by Iris Engstrand and Mary Ward, reprint Fall1995 Journal of San Diego History and William Reid Couts Cave Johnson Couts (John), son of William Bandini Couts and Christina Estudillo, born Jan 4, 1883; middle-William Bandini Couts, Jr. son of William Bandini Couts and Christina Estudillo, born Nov 6, 1879; right: William Bandini Couts III and Maria Couts far right, son of William Bandini Couts and Christina Estudillo, born Nov 6, 1879; Christina April 23, 1881, courtesy of Rancho Guajome, An Architectural Legacy Preserved, by Iris Engstrand and Mary Ward, reprint Fall1995 Journal of San Diego History and William Reid Couts Robert Lee Couts b. April 17, 1864, d. March 18, 1920 Portraits courtesy of the Rancho Guajome and the San Diego County Parks Service Susan V. Thompson Couts married Robert Lee Couts- July 3, 1882 Portraits courtesy of the Rancho Guajome and the San Diego County Parks Service James Robertson Couts Nancy, Lutetia(Couts), Loel, Lewis, Nettie, and Oscar Lockwood Julia Couts Reynolds Julia Couts Reynolds Adaline Poston & James Couts Christopher "Chrisley" Wade Couts Evaline Catron (Couts) wife to Wade Couts Wade Couts and Sarah Davis Susan Emily Couts, c 1875, dau of Chrisley Wade and Evaline Catron Couts David Whitlow, hus. of Susan Emily Couts -dau. of Wade and Evaline Couts Effie & Susie Couts ages 18/15 taken in 1897 in Springfield TN Only daughters of Archer B Couts and Mary Ellen Huddleston photo courtesy of Bob Cook Joseph Mansfield Couts Rebecca Susan Askew Joesph Mansfield Couts and his bride Rebecca Susan Askew, March 27, 1870 Joseph Mansfield Couts and family Ida Loretta Onstott, 2nd wife of Joseph Mansfield Couts Hiram Ward Moon and his wife Mary Martha Couts James Monroe and Lizzie Connor and Family Mary Ellen "Ella" Couts, daughter of James Monroe Couts and Mary Ellen "Lizzie" Connors of Warrick and Pike County Indiana Samuel Allen, husband to Mary Ellen "Ella" Couts James Monroe and Lizzie Connor, 69th Wedding Anniversery, Jan. 31, 1955 James Monroe and Lizzie Connor and Family: (from L to R-John Edward, Mary Ellen, Edith Mariah, Emery Virgil, Wilford Herschel, Cecil, and George Henry James Aaron Couts, b. May 27, 1887 and Flora Bessie Beatty Couts, May 11, 1907 The Allen Children- (L-R Mildred Louise Allen, Wayne Laverne Allen, Frances Merle Allen); children of Samuel Vincent Allen and Mary Ellen Couts, grandchildren of James Monroe and Lizzie Connor Betty Jane Allen Kindle, Lloyd Earl Allen, son of Samuel Vincent Allen and Mary Ellen Couts, grandson of James Monroe and Lizzie Connor and Lloyd Bruce Allen Mary Martha Couts, dau of William Henry Couts, wife of John Bently Pearson Benny Ray Couts, son of Joseph Mansfield Couts Hugh and Fannie Couts Pool, daughter of Joseph Mansfield Couts Hugh M. and Fannie Couts Pool, 1925, daughter of Joseph Mansfield Couts Photos courtesy of Bill Pool Hugh E. Pool, one of the sons of Hugh M. and Fannie Couts Pool Photos courtesy of Bill Pool Photo from: Mary Couts Burnett Library Texas Christian University http://libnt1.is.tcu.edu/www/AboutUs/mary.shtm
  • The California Couts Cousins' branches

    WILLIAM LEVI COUTS

    William Levi and Hattie (Winn) Couts
    William Levi Couts
    - b. 1876, Pike County, Indiana; d. 1907 Kinta, Haskell County, Oklahoma, died of the flu, complicated by tuberculosis. He married Hattie M. Winn, b. 1880, Dora, Crawford County, Arkansas; d. Jan. 25, 1916, Carterville, Oklahoma. Their children were:
    Clarence Roy Couts
    Roy and Ruby Couts b. Aug. 2, 1902, Logtown Hill, Crawford County, Arkansas; d. May 13, 1989. Roy Couts married Ruby Albert Childers, b. October 2, 1908, Dublin, Arkansas; d. May 31,1990;Children:
    Bo, Don, Steve,Tom,&Barb
    California Couts Cousins (1997 Reunion) Leonard Earl Couts b. Mar 17, 1904, Logtown Hill, Crawford County, Arkansas; and
    Calvin Couts
    b. 1906, d.1912, appenditis, Oklahoma. William Levi was the son of
    Alvis K. Couts
    b. 1848, Monroe Twp. Pike County, Indiana, d. May 1877; married
    Sarah Grim
    ,b. 1854. Alvis K. Couts was the son of
    Levi Couts
    born 1816, in Warrick County, Indiana; m.
    Ellendor----
    b abt 1818 and
    Nancy Reed
    , 1853 Levi Couts was the son of
    John Couts
    b 1784, Tennessee County N.C., who married
    Mary Polly Caldwell
    b. 1786. Levi Couts was the son of
    Christopher “Chrisley” Couts Sr.
    b. abt 1765, possibly, Loudoun County, VA and
    Sarah Wright
    b. abt 1765 in Brunswick County, VA. Chrisley Couts son of
    Dietrick Kautz - unproven

    NANCY JOHNSON

    Nancy Johnson Couts
    Nancy Johnson b Nov. 19, 1798 Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee; d July 12, 1855 Springfield TN Nancy married William Couts b. March 5, 1795 son of John Couts and Leah Stark.
    Nancy and William’s children were:
    C.F. Couts
    b. Feb. 1862
    Jepur Couts b 1865
    Florence Couts b. 1866.
    Nancy was the daughter of
    Cave Thomas Johnson and Mary Noel

    Nana Couts Nancy Reed (Indiana Couts) 2nd wife of Alvis. Mother of Larkin Caldwell "Uncle Doc" Couts Photo Courtesy of Richard Averett

    Larkin "Doc" Caldwell Couts Courtesy of Richard Averett Clarence Roy Couts & his wife Ruby Childers, c 1925 Clarence Roy Couts c 1923 Clarence Roy Couts c 1919 and the Loel Lockwood Family- Nancy, Lutetia(Couts), Loel, Lewis, Nettie, and Oscar Lockwood We would like to thank Lynn and Barbara Wilson for the addition of Julia, Nancy, and Poston. We would also like to thank Dianna Dunn for the picture of the 'Lockwood' family. We would also like to thank Wilford "Red" Couts and Bruce Allen for the picture of the 'James Monroe Couts' and family. We would like to thank Rhonda Roderick for the Pools and Joseph Mansfield Couts

    POSTON COUTS

    J.F. Couts Poston Couts
    Poston Couts
    b 1843 Clarksville, TN d Nov. 9, 1877 Clarksville, TN Poston Couts was the son of John Franklin Couts b Oct. 28, 1818 d Jan. 21, 1897 and Adaline Poston. John Franklin Couts was the son of William Couts b. March 5, 1795 who married Nancy Johnson
    William Couts was the son of John Couts and Leah Stark
  • A Photo walking tour of Rancho Guajome

  • "The name Guajome, pronounced gua-ho-ma, originates from the Luiseno word wakhavumi, meaning "frog pond."Two brothers from Mission San Luis Rey received Rancho Guajome as a land grant from Gov. Pio Pico, in 1845. Soon, they sold their grant of 2,219 acres to Abel Stearns, El Rico, a wealthy Los Angeles merchant. He being the brother-in-law to Ysidora Bandini, gave Guajome to her as a wedding gift, when she married Lt. Cave Johnson Couts on April 5, 1851. Cave had arrived on the west coast in 1849, with a Company of U.S. Army Dragoons sent out to reinforce American troops in California. While waiting in Old Town to complete an assignment, he met Juan Bandini, a most prominent citizen and began to court his daughter, Ysidora. During his time in Old Town, Couts surveyed and mapped the town, giving the streets their present historic names. Couts's early investments in livestock brought him huge profits, and in 1852-53 he constructed a large residence on his wife's property. The adobe ranch house remains intact today as one of the best examples of Anglo-Hispanic architecture built on an original Mexican land grant. Successive generations of Couts heirs resided in the ranch house until 1973, when the County of San Diego acquired the property as a focal point for Rancho Guajome Regional Park." Information courtesy of the Rancho Guajome and the San Diego County Parks Service

    Victorian Garden near the Chapel and Monument Plaque View from the Victorian Garden to the Rancho Glancing along the exterior wall View from the doorway into the Inner Patio Garden Inner Patio Garden Entrance into the Sun Room Entrance into the Sun Room, moving to the front of the rancho Overlooking the Inner Patio Garden from the Sewing Room Cave and Ysidora's Bedroom in the main house Ysidora's Chapel - Built by Cave; remodelled by Cave Jr.-- Aloe Vera Bush in front is over one hundred years old. Beneath it is the grave on Cave and Ysidora's child and grandchild The Evans Family touring the Rancho Historical Monument for Rancho Guajome A Close-up of the Sewing Room Carriage of Ysidora Bandini Couts Cave Couts's Kentucky Racing Cart

    She married Lee Couts, the great-grandson of Cave Johnson Couts. She was a teacher at Escondido High for 41 years. OBITUARIES Feb. 12, 1999, 100 years in newletter 13.

    Farm of John Couts, Springfield Robertson Co. TN, photos courtesy of James Armstrong Farm of John Couts, Springfield Robertson Co. TN, photos courtesy of James Armstrong Farm of John Couts, Springfield Robertson Co. TN, photos courtesy of James Armstrong Farm of John Couts, Springfield Robertson Co. TN, photos courtesy of James Armstrong James Armstrong and his wife, Jean, Springfield Robertson Co. TN, 9/5/2000 (photos courtesy of James Armstrong) Mr. Johnnie's Hill The hill is teeper than it looks. John Couts is buried on top of the hill in the area of the trees. (photos courtesy of James Armstrong Picture William Byrd II plantation, Westover. Westover It is located about 20 miles from Williamsburg, VA. His tombstone at Westover too. [Photo courtesy of Launa Kitros] Group photo (l-r) James Armstrong, B Evans, Jean Armstrong, Pam Drake July 11, 2001 Maple Bluffs Randy witching for gravesites July 11, 2001 Maple Bluffs Sulphur Fork Spring and Santee Creek July 11, 2001 Maple Bluffs View of Tulpenhocken Creek, Berks Co. PA Believed to be the first American home of Dietrick "Teter" Kautz Couts Photos courtesy of Launa Kitros View up Tulpenhocken Creek, Berks Co. PA Believed to be the first American home of Dietrick "Teter" Kautz Couts Photos courtesy of Launa Kitros View of Tulpenhocken Creek, Berks Co. PA Area believed to be the first American home of Dietrick "Teter" Kautz Couts Photos courtesy of Launa Kitros Sunset Tulpenhocken Creek, Berks Co. PA Photos courtesy of Launa Kitros Please feel free to sign our guestbook. To sign, please double click on the underlined words, "Sign My Guestbook" then please fill in the information asked. to see what other people have written, please double click on "View My Guestbook". We hope you enjoy our page.

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