Photocopies of newspaper clippings, many of which appear to have been copied from a family scrapbook, mostly relating to J.E.D. Couzins and Phoebe Couzins. Other clippings include the following: letter of Mrs. Mary L. Gempp to the editor of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, April 21, 1926; undated obituary of Captain Austin A. Owen; undated obituaries of George W. Owen; undated obituaries of Captain James G. Owen; undated obituary of Captain John W. Owen; undated sketch of John W. Owens’ [John W. Owen] career as an officer in the Masonic Grand Lodge of Missouri; articles regarding Charles David Geer, Jr., of Yale University; undated obituary of Baptist pastor Rev. J.B. Benton; biographical sketch of Prof. George W. Jones; St. Louis Globe-Democrat (March 24, 1916) obituary of Mrs. Hannah L. Schofield; obituary of William H. Osmer, dated January 9, 1922; St. Louis Post-Dispatch (September 29, 1929) obituary of Mrs. Fanny Todd Clark; undated obituary of Miss Madeline Lasar; obituary of John E. Couzins, dated May 21, 1915; undated obituary of Mrs. Emma Hawkin [Emma Hawken]; undated obituary of Elmo C. Owen; undated obituary of Thomas Chantler; undated obituary of Mrs. Matilda Fielding (nee Weston); memorial card of Ann Maria Tully who died December 11, 1829; undated obituary of John E. Stonebraker who died June 18, 1889; undated obituary of Mrs. Mary Elbert Shaw; undated obituary of Christopher Hawkens [Christopher Hawken]; obituary (dated 1914) of Edward M. Bowman; undated obituary of Miss Marcia D. Budd who died January 27, 1921; and daguerreotype view and brief historical sketch of Chouteau’s Pond. (52 pages), ca. 1870-1934

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6-7

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From the Collection:

The Couzins Family Papers contain papers relating to John E.D. Couzins’s efforts to hold Missouri in the Union during the Civil War, including letters, commissions, and a loyalty oath; papers relating to Mrs. Adaline Couzins’s work as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War, including printed memorials to the U.S. Senate, dated March 27, 1888, praising her work; papers relating to Phoebe Couzins, including articles and addresses by her; correspondence and articles regarding Couzins family history; and photocopies of newspaper clippings, many of which appear to have been copied from a family scrapbook, mostly relating to J.E.D. Couzins and Phoebe Couzins.