'' Couzens was born in Virginia. One of his grandfathers was
Matthew K. Couzens, a
New York State Engineer. Couzens was living in New York in 1886, then relocated to Hawaii, where he lived for four years. During this time, he met
Robert Louis Stevenson. While in Hawaii, he became a friend of
Jack London. His 1912 novella "Brethren of the Beach" was later expanded into a novel; the expanded version was published in
Adventure, and also in ''
Cassell's Magazine in the UK. Brethren of the Beach'' was later published as a hardback book. Virginia Couzens (née Lucas) was a granddaughter of
Robert Lucas, first governor of the
Iowa Territory. The Couzens' marriage license was issued on April 14, 1909, in San Francisco when both were aged 38. Virginia Couzens died in January 1940. ==Notes==