Background
He was born on November 21, 1842, in Plymouth, Indiana, the nephew of Noah Noble, governor of Indiana.
chaplain Universalist minister
He was born on November 21, 1842, in Plymouth, Indiana, the nephew of Noah Noble, governor of Indiana.
He was the second blind religious leader to serve in this position. Days after the outbreak of the American, on 16 April 1861, he enlisted in the 6th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving in Company K, with the rank of corporal upon entering and the rank of sergeant upon leaving. He was also a corporal in Company Doctorate, 1st Cavalry Battalion, Mississippi Marine Brigade.
He was wounded at the Battle of Beaver Dam Lake on May 24, 1863, losing his sight.
He described his activity during this battle in a 24 January 1903 letter to Warren Doctorate. Crandall, author of History of the Ram Fleet and Mississippi Marine Brigade. He studied at the State School for the Blind in Columbus, Ohio, and the Divinity School of Saint Lawrence University.
He graduated from Saint Lawrence in 1878 and was ordained to the Universalist ministry that same year. Universalist minister
After his ordination, he served churches in Madrid, New New York
Willoughby, Ohio; Chatham, Massachusetts.
And Portuguese Huron, Michigan. Chaplain of the United States. House of Representatives
He became chaplain of the United States. House of Representatives in 1895 and served in that post for 25 years, until February 21, 1921. A collection of his daily opening prayers for the 62nd Congress was issued in 1913.
In his foreword, Republican
Champ Clark praised Couden"s "prayers of excellent character, in both form and matter.. full of piety, sympathy, and philanthropy.. voiced in choice English". He served in post and departmental chaplaincies for the Grand Army of the Republic and as the chaplain for the Society of Marine Brigade Survivors.
He died on August 22, 1922, at his residence at Fort Myer, Virginia, of bronchial pneumonia, after a nine-month illness.
He was a member of the board of directors of the Aid Association for the Blind of the District of Columbia.