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     Frank F. Cousland was born on 27 December 1853 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of Joseph Cousland and Jeannette White.¹

     George Everett Cousland is the son of Everett Randolph Cousland.¹

     George Walter Cousland was born on 15 September 1862 at Canada.¹ He was the son of Joseph Cousland and Jeannette White.¹ George Walter Cousland married Serena M. Parker.¹

     Grace Cousland was born on 15 September 1845 at Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Cousland and Jeannette White.¹

     Henry Joseph Cousland was born on 22 January 1893 at Ottawa, La Salle Co., Illinois.¹ He was born in January 1893 at Kansas info from 1900 Kansas Census. He was the son of Henry Roger Cousland and Nellie O'Farrell. Henry Joseph Cousland married Berdine Elizabeth Barton.¹ Henry Joseph Cousland died on 2 June 1968 at Butler Co., Kansas, at age 75.

     Henry Roger Cousland was born on 26 August 1860 at Canada.¹ He was the son of Joseph Cousland and Jeannette White.¹ Henry Roger Cousland was born in August 1861 at Canada info from 1900 Kansas Census. He married Ellen A. (?)¹ Henry Roger Cousland married Nellie O'Farrell in 1887. Henry Roger Cousland died on 4 September 1957 at California at age 97.

     James Cousland was born on 28 February 1855.¹ He was the son of Joseph Cousland and Jeannette White.¹

     Janalee Cousland is the daughter of Leon Roger Cousland and Helen Marie Purdy. Janalee Cousland married Jerry Reece.

     John F. Cousland was born on 20 May 1847 at Scotland.¹ He was the son of Joseph Cousland and Jeannette White.¹

     Jordan Cousland is the son of Craig Roger Cousland and Nancy Jo Hensley. Jordan Cousland married Jessa (?)

     Joseph Cousland was born on 6 March 1818 at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.¹ He married Jeannette White.¹

     Joseph Cousland was born on 10 November 1842 at Scotland.¹ He was the son of Joseph Cousland and Jeannette White.¹

     Leon Lyman Cousland was also known as Leon Liman. He was born on 1 November 1887 at Minersville, Republic Co., Kansas.^1,2 He was born in November 1887 at Kansas info from 1900 Kansas Census. He was the son of Henry Roger Cousland and Nellie O'Farrell. Leon Lyman Cousland was born circa 1888 at Kansas info from 1920 Census. He was born on 1 November 1888 at Concordia, Cloud Co., Kansas.³ He married Edith Tharp, daughter of Ira Brunson Tharp and Lucy E. Mayhugh, on 5 July 1942 at El Dorado, Butler Co., Kansas. Leon Lyman Cousland married Zelma Bell Heffelbower on 8 April 1947 at Ava, Woods Co., Oklahoma.¹ Leon Lyman Cousland married Edith Tharp, daughter of Ira Brunson Tharp and Lucy E. Mayhugh, on 28 July 1907 at Kansas City, Wyandotte Co., Kansas. Leon Lyman Cousland died on 12 August 1963 at Allen Memorial Hospital, El Dorado, Butler Co., Kansas, at age 75.² He was buried at Sunset Lawns Cemetery, El Dorado, Butler Co., Kansas.²

The World War I Draft Registration Card had his name as "Leon Liman Cousland", but he signed it as "Leon Lyman Cousland".³

ADDITIONAL RESEARCH REQUIRED ON MARRIAGE DATE(S) TO EDITH THARP.

COUSLAND SHOT BY MEXICAN AT DEGRAFF IN '09

Leon Cousland, while Santa Fe brakeman, was shot and nearly killed on February 19, 1909, by Jose Borego, a Mexican who had been employed as a track laborer. The shooting occurred in a box car near DeGraff.

Borego was tried in the district court in El Dorado and pleaded guilty to a charge of felonious assault. He was sentenced to the Lansing penitentiary for a term of not less than six months or more than five years on June 19, 1909.

Borego and another Mexican were stealing a ride when Cousland discovered them. He ordered them out of the car. They refused and Cousland secured a club and started in the car. Borego shot hitting Cousland in the right breast and wounding him severely.

The Mexicans escaped but were found later hiding in a hedge fence near DeGraff. Borego's companion was turned loose.

Cousland was sent to the Santa Fe hospital at Topeka. It was six months before he recovered and for several weeks his death was expected daily.

(Even though this happened in 1909, it was printed adjacent to article from 1911, "LEON COUSLAND, FORMERLY OF EL DORADO SHOOTS HIS WIFE'S ALLEGED PARAMOUR".
The Walnut Valley Times (El Dorado, Kansas)
Wed, Oct 25, 1911 ·Page 1.⁴

LEON COUSLAND, FORMERLY OF EL DORADO SHOOTS HIS WIFE'S ALLEGED PARAMOUR

After accusing his wife of infidelity and Charles Dare, Santa Fe conductor, with trying to wreck his home, Leon Cousland, former El Doradoan, shot Dare with an automatic revolver in Florence shortly before midnight Monday.

Dare may live. He was rushed to Axtell hospital in Newton. The bullet struck him back of the left ear and lodged in the back of the skull. Surgeons removed the ball. The skull was fractured. Gangrene is feared. Cousland was released after a hearing in justice court, on $500 bail.

Cousland, it is said, has been acting surly toward his wife for the last week. He had been foreman of an extra gang of laborers at Hackney, near Winfield, and has lost his position a week ago. He returned to Florence, where Mrs. Cousland has a rooming house. Dare was one of the roomers.

Early Monday night Cousland entered his wife's room on the lower floor and began to upbraid her for alleged intimacies with Dare. She denied the stories.

Then Cousland went upstairs and quarreled with Dare. He talked loud and was induced to go downstairs only after several other roomers had come out into the hall and remonstrated with him.

He left the house then and, it was presumed had gone to spend the night at the home of Mrs. Cousland's parents. Apparently he returned and watched the house.

Shortly before 11 p. m. he came in the rooming house and talked with his wife again. Roomers upstairs were awakened and state that Cousland threatened to kill her after he had declared that he just saw her leaving Dare's room on the second floor. Mrs. Cousland denied this and told her husband to go back to her parent's home. Her sister, Miss Orn Tharp, was with her.

Cousland refused to go home, and started for Dare's room. Dare crossed the hall to a room occupied by Raymond Gear, editor of the Florence Bulletin, and Clifford Williams. Cousland followed him, but Dare slammed the door and held it to prevent Cousland from entering.

The shot was fired while Dare was holding the door. Cousland walked downstairs cooly and told others of what he had done. He remained in the rooming house all night.

Dare was put aboard a train and taken to Newton. He was reported as feeling better Wednesday morning.

Cousland surrendered to the city marshal of Florence Tuesday morning. He was placed in jail until a hearing in justice court at which his wife was the only witness. The justice set his bail at $500.

"Roomers in the house think Cousland was not justified in assailing his wife's character and shooting Dare,"
said Raymond Gear, editor of the Bulletin over the telephone Wednesday. "He began to abuse his wife as soon as he entered the house and said he had seen her in Dare's room. She told him he was wrong. "Then he went to the foot of the stairs and called to Dare, asking him to come down. He threatened to kill him if he did. Dare came into our room and held the door to prevent Cousland from entering. Cousland tried to get in. Finding he could not, he shot. The bullet might have struck either myself or Mr. Williams."

Dare refuses to talk of the affair other than to defend Mrs. Cousland's character, according to the Newton Kansan. The tip of the left ear was shot off, that paper says.

The Couslands were married about five years ago in Florence. Mrs. Cousland was Miss Edith Tharp, a pretty and vivacious belle and prominent in social life there. They have one child, Evelyn, age 3. Cousland was then a brakeman running from Florence to Arkansas City.

Dare, who is 30, was a brakeman and later a freight conductor on the Florence-Arkansas City cut-off. For several months he had been running on the McPherson Marion branch.

Conductor Dare was known to railroad men as "Billy" Dare. His wife died about two months ago in California after an illness of several weeks.

Leon Cousland is son of Henry Cousland, Santa Fe labor foreman, who lives near the Santa Fe tracks north of El Dorado. He is well known here.

Mrs. Cousland has visited her husband's parents several times and is remembered as a pretty, attractive woman.

Florence divided in opinion regarding the shooting. Some hold that Cousland was justified and others uphold his wife and Conductor Dare.

"Unfortunately he will not die," is the laconic way one railroad man responded to an inquiry concerning Dare's condition, Wednesday morning.

The Walnut Valley Times (El Dorado, Kansas)
Wed, Oct 25, 1911 ·Page 1.⁵

     Leon Roger Cousland also went by the name of Sonny. He was born on 1 May 1919 at El Dorado, Butler Co., Kansas.^1,2 He was the son of Leon Lyman Cousland and Edith Tharp. Leon Roger Cousland married Helen Marie Purdy, daughter of Ivan Willet Purdy and Dorothy Aurelia Mills, on 5 July 1942 at El Dorado, Butler Co., Kansas.³ Leon Roger Cousland died on 16 May 1985 at Liberal, Seward Co., Kansas, at age 66.^4,2 He was buried at Restlawn Cemetery, Liberal, Seward Co., Kansas.² Leon R. Cousland enlisted into the U.S. Army on 07 Feb 1941.⁵ His Social Security Number was 711-01-1970, issued through the Railroad Board before 1951. He lived in 1961 at Liberal, Seward Co., Kansas. Leon Roger “Sonny” Cousland was a POW in Germany during World War II. He lived in 1960 at 816 S. Pennsylvania, Liberal, Seward Co., Kansas.

     Magdeline Cousland was born on 18 May 1916 at El Dorado, Butler Co., Kansas. She was the daughter of Leon Lyman Cousland and Edith Tharp. Magdeline Cousland died on 28 May 1982 at Farmington, St. Francois Co., Missouri, at age 66.

     Mary Kathleen Cousland was born circa 1914 at Kansas.¹ She was the daughter of Leon Lyman Cousland and Edith Tharp. Mary Kathleen Cousland died on 19 May 1955.¹ She was buried on 21 May 1955 at Belle Vista Cemetery, El Dorado, Butler Co., Kansas.¹

     Scout Cousland is the daughter of Jordan Cousland and Jessa (?)

     William Cousland was born on 21 April 1858 at Canada.¹ He was the son of Joseph Cousland and Jeannette White.¹

     Larry Richard Couture married Joyce Wanda Mayer.

     Mikell Ann Couture is the daughter of Larry Richard Couture and Joyce Wanda Mayer. Mikell Ann Couture married Robert Paul Nestaval, son of Richard Stanley Nestaval and Judith Ann Hilgert, on 10 June 1988 at Dakota Co., Minnesota.¹

     Isaac Covert married Mary Purdy, daughter of Joseph Purdy and Elizabeth H. Ogden.²

     Carol Catherine Covey is the daughter of Gerald Lambert Covey and Barbara Lee Harn.

     Donald E. Covey was born on 24 February 1919 at Wapella, DeWitt Co., Illinois.¹ He married Lela Irene Root, daughter of Chester Marvin Root and Julia Faye Harn, on 22 November 1937 at Rushville, Schuyler Co., Illinois. Donald E. Covey died on 3 March 2009 at Effingham, Effingham Co., Illinois, at age 90.¹ He was buried at Floral Garden of Memories Cemetery, Flora, Clay Co., Illinois.¹

     Elmer Nathan Covey married Margaret Julia Vick.

     Gerald Lambert Covey was born on 6 April 1922 at Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon. He was born on 6 April 1922 at Seattle, King Co., Washington.¹ He was the son of Elmer Nathan Covey and Margaret Julia Vick. Gerald Lambert Covey was baptized in 1950 at Universal Methodist Church, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California.² He married Barbara Lee Harn, daughter of Jerry Anson Harn and Ruby Helena Hulvey, on 10 April 1949 at Universal Methodist Church, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California.³ Gerald Lambert Covey died on 6 September 1997 at Los Angeles Co., California, at age 75.⁴ He was buried at Oak Park Cemetery, Claremont, Los Angeles Co., California.⁴ He graduated at University of Washington, Washington. Gerald Lambert Covey was a Presbyterian.

Gerald a Personnel Manager at the Space/Manufacturing Division of Hughes Aircraft, in El Segundo - California.

He lived in June 1995 at 2742 San Ramon Dr., Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles Co., California. He graduated at University of Southern California, California, Master's Degree in Business Administration.

     Lawrence Gerald Covey is the son of Gerald Lambert Covey and Barbara Lee Harn. Lawrence Gerald Covey married Ruth Wickramarantra.

     Margaret Lee Covey is the daughter of Gerald Lambert Covey and Barbara Lee Harn. Margaret Lee Covey married Barry Dupont on 21 August 1988.¹

     Richard Harn Covey is the son of Gerald Lambert Covey and Barbara Lee Harn. Richard Harn Covey married Lori Lindheimer on 14 February 1987.¹

     Harriet Evelyn Cowles was born in July 1873 at Wisconsin.¹ She married Jotham Sewell Lovejoy in 1897. Harriet Evelyn Cowles died on 29 September 1960 at Seattle, King Co., Washington, at age 87.¹ She was buried at Washington Memorial Park, SeaTac, King Co., Washington.¹

     Dixie Lee Cowley was born on 9 January 1936 at South Gate, Los Angeles Co., California.¹ She was the daughter of Frederick Samuel Cowley and Velma Marie Nestaval. Dixie Lee Cowley married Loy Charles Manson on 10 November 1953 at Los Angeles Co., California.³ Dixie Lee Cowley died after 2020 at Yamhill Co., Oregon.