Lyman Couch
Liman Couch was held in the jail at Williamstown, Kentucky, in July 1841. According to a letter from a Williamstown citizen reprinted in the Cincinnati Gazette, a crowd of several hundred people forced open the jail, took him and another man out, and hanged them from a tree in a nearby field on July 10. Before he died, Couch spoke of his wife and children and asked his friends to take him to Cincinnati and bury him there, and the letter says they buried him on the ground where he died. The letter's writer says the mob acted with unusual order and that resistance was useless.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A citizen's letter, reprinted in the Cincinnati Gazette, says a mob of several hundred forced open the Williamstown, Kentucky jail and hanged Couch from a tree.
Reported by: anonymous letter from a Williamstown citizen, reprinted in the Cincinnati Gazette.