• Born: 1803, Wallingford CT
• Marriage (1): Lucy Cordelia Frary about 1830 in Meriden CT
• Died: 26 Dec 1845, Meriden CT

  General notes:

Pewtersmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1813 to Ashbel Griswold in Meriden CT
  

• He was a partner in 1830-1842 with Ashbel Griswold in Meriden CT as GRISWOLD & COUCH

• Master to William Worcester Lyman 1836-1841 in Meriden CT.

• Meriden CT, 1842: representative to the Connecticut State Legislature

• He was a partner after 1842 with James Ashbel Frary in Meriden CT as COUCH & FRARY.

• He was a partner in 1844-1845 with William Worcester Lyman in Meriden CT as LYMAN & COUCH, britannia spoon manufacturers.

• He was a partner in 1845 with William Worcester Lyman and George Bull in Meriden CT as BULL, LYMAN & COUCH. After Couch's death, the firm continued using the old name until 1849.

Ira married Lucy Cordelia Frary, daughter of James Frary and Anne Taylor, about 1830 in Meriden CT. (Lucy Cordelia Frary was born in 1806 in Meriden CT and died on 30 Apr 1883.)