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Francisco Jose da Silva Couto (June 17, 1847, Sao Luis, MA - June 6, 1933, Brejo, MA), son of Manuel Silvestre da Silva Couto, from Sao Luis/MA, and of Ana Maria da Silva Couto, gaucha from Rio Grande do Sul, was a merchant and colonel of the Brazilian National Guard in the city of Brejo, state of Maranhao.
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In 1903, he was appointed to the judicial administration of that region as 1st alternate of the federal judge substitute and years later, as 1st sectional judge substitute, as recorded by the Annuario Administrativo, Agricola, Profissional, Mercantil e Industrial dos Estados Unidos do Brazil e Indicador para 1909 and the same publication for the years 1911–1912
Family
Coronel Couto (as he was known) generated a great descendence in two weddings.
Firstly, with Matilde de Lima, renamed Matilde de Lima Couto, the couple had ten children: Antonio Jose de Lima Couto (Tote), Ana Maria de Lima Couto (Nane), Carolina de Lima Couto, Matilde de Lima Couto (Titide), Maria das Neves de Lima Couto (Nevinha), Manoel de Lima Couto, Raimundo de Lima Couto, Jose de Lima Couto, Cotinha de Lima Couto and Mariquinha de Lima Couto.
After the death of Matilde, he married to her cousin Joana Angelica de Araujo Lima, renamed Joana Angelica de Lima Couto (Joaninha), with whom he generated the following children: Angelica de Lima Couto, Francisco de Lima Couto (Chiquinho), Eliza de Lima Couto, Maria de Lima Couto (Maricota), Emanuel de Lima Couto, Maria Erzila de Lima Couto (Zizi), Almir de Lima Couto (Bila), Antonio Fernando de Lima Couto (Tonico), Henrique de Lima Couto, Raimundo de Lima Couto, Joana Angelica de Lima Couto (Noquinha), Clovis de Lima Couto, Celina de Lima Couto, Joao de Lima Couto, Jose de Lima Couto (Zezico) and Carlos de Lima Couto (Carlos, the thirtieth).
Legacy for the city of Brejo
After his death, his descendants donated the family's house, with a large lot, to the city of Brejo, for the purpose of installing a school, today Centro Educacional Monsenhor Pedro Santos (CEMOPS), where currently a college also operates. Next to this area there is a place named Coronel Couto as a tribute to him by the Hall of this city.