Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....W.E. Covington October 29 1907
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The Talbotton New Era, October 31, 1907

The Talbotton New Era
Thursday, October 31, 1907
Page 6

Mr. W.E. Covington Dies at Upatoi

Mr. W.E. Covington died at his home at Upatoi on Tuesday afternoon, after a 
short illness of typhoid fever.  He was a well-known and highly esteemed 
citizen of that place, and his death is regarded as a loss to that town and an 
irreparable one to this family.  He was a prominent planter and was 51 years of 
age.  He was a member of the Methodist church.  Besides his wife he is survived 
by five children, Mrs. S.C. Jenkins, of Columbus, Mrs. B. Jackson, Mrs. Robert 
McBride of Geneva, and Misses Elba and Mae Covington.

NOTES:
John Mallory Land <retrofit@flash.net> 


The below obituary is for William E. "Billy"
COVINGTON (24 NOV 1855-22 OCT 1907 [sic - per
DAVIDSON's "A Rockaway in Talbot," Vol. III, p.
48]), son of  William M. & Mary Ann (KING) COVINGTON
(they m.  20 JUN 1850 in Muscogee Co, GA). William
E. m. 18 NOV 1880 in Talbot Co, GA to Fatima M.
"Fatie" CALHOUN (14 JAN 1860-09 NOV 1907.  Billy and
Fatie are buried in the COVINGTON Family Cemetery on
Canterbury Road in Georgia Militia District 688 near
Box Springs in Talbot Co, GA ("Rockaway," III-48,
134).  


"Rockaway" also shows that in 1880 William E.
COVINGTON sold a property formerly owned by KAUFMAN;
the property had changed hands when COVINGTON bought
it back in 1899.  The house on it burned in 1900.
W. E. COVINGTON appears on a list of members of the
Box Springs Democratic Club in support of Grover
CLEVELAND, which list appeared in the Talbotton New
Era newspaper on 13 SEP 1892 ("Rockaway," III-176). 



ROGERS' "History of Chattahoochee Co, GA," p. 352,
gives four daughters for Billy and Fatie:  Ethel,
who m. Robert McBRYDE; Elba, Eva, and Mae. Eva is
perhaps the daughter who m. B. JACKSON or S. C.
JENKINS, and another unnamed daughter would have
married the other.  However, ROGERS' "History"
states that Billy had a sister Sallie who m.
Sterling JENKINS (Sr.).  Perhaps this source is in
error and she is actually the fifith daughter of
Billy and Fatie, or perhaps the obituary is in error
and Mrs. S. C. JENKINS is Billy's sister rather than
daughter?  An S. C. JENKINS (no dates) appears on a
list of Marion Co. Coroners in COBB's "Marion Co,
GA: Motherland of Many" - the list covers 1828 to
the present.  An account of some of the  descendants
of Sterling S. JENKINS, Sr. (1750-1823) appears in
"Rockaway," III-122, but the son-in-law of William
COVINGTON does not appear to be mentioned.  


I am interested to know the parentage of Robert
McBRYDE / McBRIDE and would like to get
clarification on the JENKINS matter.  Hope this is
of help to someone,



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