The Carthage Republican
Carthage, Illinois
Wednesday
September 17, 1930
Page 6
Column 7Thane Dickinson and Miss Eula Couchman were united in marriage on Monday, Sept. 8th at 3 p. m. at the home of Rev. M. L. O'Harra in Carthage. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Olof Dickinson, who witnessed the beautiful and impressive ceremony. They immediately departed in their car for a honeymoon trip to the state of Kentucky to visit relatives. The bride is the younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Couchman, both deceased, and is a talented and accomplished lady with many attributes of heart and mind. She gained her education by attending the country school and then attended a training school in Chicago. Thane is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dickinson, attended the country school and then finished his education at Gem City business college. When the world war came he served in the ammunition train overseas. On his return he took up farming again, of which he makes a success. On their return they will live at the lovely and beautiful home of the bride. Thane and Eula are two of our best and nicest people. There are none better -- loved and respected by all. They have a wide circle of friends and acquaintances, who wish all their future filled with contentment and true happiness.
Hancock County Historical Society
Carthage, IllinoisSiegfried XX
Page 58Eulah Dickinson
Funeral services for Mrs. Eulah S. Dickinson, 90, formerly of Hancock County, were held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Kilgore-Leathem Funeral Home in Carthage with the Rev. Leslie Stewart officiating. Burial was in the Harmony Cemetery.
Mrs. Dickinson died Saturday evening, April 28, 1973, in Blessing Hospital in Quincy.
She was born March 7, 1883, in Harmony Township, a daughter of Oscar and Eliza Metcalf Couchman. She was a member of the Carthage Methodist Church and was a charter member of the Jolly Housekeepers club of Domestic Science since 1916. She married Thane Dickinson Sept. 8, 1930. They lived on the Couchman farm south of Bentley until his death in 1945. In '59 she and her sister moved to Sunset Home in Quincy where they lived the rest of their lives.
She is survived by a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Galen Dickinson Sr. of Carthage and a sister-in-law, Mabel Barber, West Point, and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, her sister, Adelia; two brothers, Melgar and Miller; and an uncle, John Henry Couchman who lived in their home.
