Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Covert, Benjamin R. 1916
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Ionia Daily Standard, 8 & 11 Sep 1916

Benj. R. Covert Dead.
Civil War Veteran and Pioneer Shoemaker Passes on at Ripe Age of 83 Years.

Benj. R. Covert, pioneer resident, and one of Ionia’s best known veterans of the
Civil war, died this morning at 3:00? o’clock, after an illness which kept him
close to the house some three years.  During the last several months he has been
unable to leave his home any particular distance, though he was confined to his
bed for only a short time. He would have been 84 years old had he lived to
November.

Mr. Covert was born in PennYan, New York, November 29, 1832.  He came to
Michigan in 1845 with his parents, and settled in Keene township.  Later a few
years of his life were spent in Ohio, where he married Isabella Benton.  They
returned to Michigan to live after a few years spent in Ohio.

Mr. Covert entered the army in 1863 and served to the close of the war in the
First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics.  He was supervisor of his ward for about
ten years toward the close of his life.  He lived for most of his life in this
city in the house where he died, on East Washington street, which he built
himself in odd hours saved from his regular work during the early years of his
married life.

Uncle Ben Covert was one of the pioneer shoemakers of Ionia, a cutter a way back
in the days of custom made footwear, and delighted especially in detailing
reminiscences of the earlier business life of Ionia, with which he had a very
intimate knowledge.

He leaves two children, Mrs. F.A. Stiven, of this city and Elmer W. Covert of
Grand Rapids.  A sister, Mrs. Melissa Sparks of Grand Rapids, and a brother,
William Covert of Belding, survive.

The funeral will be attended Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Church of
Christ.  Friends who wish to see the body may do so Sunday morning from 9:00 to
12:00.  Friends are asked to please omit flowers.

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Funeral of Benj. R. Covert.
Respected Ionia Pioneer and Civil War Veteran Returned to the Dust.

Rev. R.B. Chapman of the Church of Christ and Rev. M.L. Marshall of the
Presbyterian church conducted the funeral services for the late Benj. R. Covert,
at the Church of Christ, on Sunday afternoon, a large congregation attending the
service.  There was no music.  The bearers were chosen from the G.A. R. post,
J.H. Laden being the officer of the day.  The bearers were Byron Borden, George
H. Rector, Julius Taubert, Ab. Guernsey, M.H. Amphlett and J.H. Canfield.

Here from outside the city to attend the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. William
Covert and children of Belding, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Covert of Easton, Mr. and
Mrs. William Stiven of Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. Heber Cullins of Grand Rapids, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Lee, Mr. and Mrs. F. Cahoon, and Mr. and Mrs. D.C. Jones of
Saranac, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Beattie of Keene, Mr. and Mrs. D. Foster and Mr. and
Mrs. James Covert of Hastings, Misses Martha and Emma Garrett of Savannah, Ohio,
Elmer covert and Deyer Covert of Grand Rapids.


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