Career
He represented Saint John"s in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1832 to 1836. Kough was born in County Wexford and came to Saint John"s around 1804. In 1830-1831, he built a court house and jail at Harbour Grace.
Shortly afterwards, he replaced the roof of Government House in Saint John"s after it was blown away in a storm.
In 1826, he became captain of the fire company in Saint John"son Kough served as superintendent for public buildings in Newfoundland from 1834 to 1863.
He also operated a farm near Saint John"s and served as president of the agricultural society. Kough died in Saint John"s in 1863.