Couchman, Wesley
clergyman, educator, poet, was born Aug. 25, 1853, in Margaretville, N. Y. In 1878 he graduated from the Wesleyan university of Middletown, Conn., and was the class poet. He had previously attended the Claverack academy, New York. Many years of his life have been devoted to educational work; and fifteen years as a mechanic.
He has attained eminence as a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church, and has filled pastorates in New York and Pennsylvania. He has also given much of his time to literary work, and many of his poems have appeared in current literature and various standard works.