Couper, William Audley, 1817-1888.

William Audley Couper, son of John Couper (1759-1850) and younger brother of James Hamilton Couper (1794-1866), married Hannah Page King (d. 1896), daughter of Thomas Butler King (1800-1864) and Anna Matilda (Page) King (d. 1859). Couper managed Hamilton, a plantation on St. Simon's Island, Ga., from the early 1840s until 1861, and later lived at Carteret's Point and in Ware County, Ga.

William Audley Couper was born in 1817, the youngest child of John and Rebecca Maxwell Couper, and brother of James Hamilton Couper (1794-1866). In 1845, Couper married Hannah Page King. From the time of his marriage or earlier, Couper managed Hamilton, a plantation on St. Simon's Island, Ga., owned by Isabella Corbin. Couper's wife was the daughter of Thomas Butler King (1800-1864) and Anna Matilda Page King (d. 1859) of Retreat Plantation, also on St. Simon's Island. The Couper's children were Anna, King, Butler, William Page, John Audley, and Rosalie.

The Coupers lived at Hamilton until 1856, when they moved to Savannah for approximately two years. In Savannah, Couper was in business with his nephew, John Fraser. The family then returned to Hamilton and stayed there until 1861, when St. Simon's Island was taken over by Federal troops. They moved, with their relatives the Kings, to Carteret's Point and then to Ware County, both in Georgia. After the war, the Coupers returned to Carteret's Point and later lived in Marietta, Ga. William Audley Couper died in 1888, Hannah Page King Couper in 1896.

In 1871, the Coupers' daughter Anna married Charles MacLean Marshall (1847-1911). Marshall was born in Danzig, then in Prussia, of British parents. The Marshalls apparently lived abroad until 1883 when they moved to Rome, Ga. The Marshalls' children were William Audley, Helen, and Percy. William Audley Marshall and Helen Marshall did not marry. Percy Marshall was the father of MacLean Marshall, the donor of these papers.