COVINGTON BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== COVINGTON, Edwin S. - b: 1878 Honey Creek Twp, Henry Co, MO source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - page: 855 residence: Deepwater Twp Edwin S. Covington, a successful and well known farmer and stockman of Deepwater, Missouri, is a native born Missourian and his education and opportunities have been such as Henry County affords. He was born December 16, 1878, in Honey Creek, Henry County, the son of Robert W. Covington, a sketch of whom appears in this volume. Mr. Covington's early life was spent upon the farm and his education was received in the district schools of his township and the Clinton High School at Clinton, Missouri. When he was twenty-one years of age Mr. Covington was renting land from his father and tilling the soil on his own account. He rented land until 1909, when he purchased two hundred acres of land in Bethlehem township. In 1914 he purchased thirty-five acres close to the western outskirts of Deepwater, Missouri, and has built a modern home. The marriage of Edwin Covington and Virginia Carter was solemnized April 25, 1907. Virginia (Carter) Covington was born in Henry County and is a daughter of Capt. William F. Carter, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. Mr. Covington supports the policies and principles of the Democratic party. He takes a commendable interest in public matters and ranks high among the citizens of Henry County, of whom he is one of the most substantial. ==================================================================== COVINGTON, Robert Lewis - b: 1874 Honey Creek Twp, Henry Co, MO source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - page: 619 residence: Clinton, Clinton Twp Robert Lewis Covington, general insurance, Clinton, Missouri, the son of Robert W. and Lucy B. (Lewis) Covington was born in Honey Creek township, April 7, 1874. He is a descendant of a pioneer family of Henry County, his father, Robert W. Covington, having been born in Big Creek township September 30, 1846, died July 9, 1910. Robert W. Covington was the son of John O. Covington, native of Delaware, who settled in Henry County in 1840. When he came here he entered a large tract of land consisting of about three thousand acres in Shawnee, Big Creek and Honey Creek townships. When the Civil War broke out he was a stanch supporter of the Confederacy, giving practically all he had to the support of the lost cause. At the beginning of the war, he went South to what was then known as Indian Territory, and died at what is now McAllister, Oklahoma, and his remains were buried there. The wife of John O. Covington bore the maiden name of Eliza A. Barker, and her parents were among the very first settlers in what is now Henry County. They came here in 1832 and settled near Calhoun. She died October 25, 1907, in Henry County, and her remains were buried in Englewood Cemetery. Robert W. Covington and Lucy B. Lewis were married December 30, 1869. To this union were born four children, Edwin S., farmer and stockman, Deepwater, Missouri; John O., merchant, Cockrell, Missouri; Daisy, now the wife of Morris Lane, Garland, Missouri; and Robert L., the subject of this sketch. Lucy B. Lewis Covington was born in St. Louis County, Missouri, November 13, 1848. She was the daughter of Robert Lewis. Her grandparents having settled here as early as 1811, her family is related to familiar names, among the first settlers of Mississippi Valley, as the Bacons, Longs, Bates and Woodsons. Robert Lewis Covington was educated in the district schools of Henry County, and Clinton Academy, and in early life engaged in farming and stock raising. Mr. Covington was united in marriage May 20, 1896, to Miss Sarah Elizabeth Gilmer, a daughter of Robert and Anna Alexander Gilmer, natives of Kentucky. Mrs. Covington was born May 18, 1876, at Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky, and moved with her parents November, 1884, to Henry County. She was educated in the district schools of Henry County, and Clinton Academy. Her parents now reside near Texhoma, Oklahoma. To Mr. and Mrs. Covington have been born five children, Helen E., Robert Merritt, now serving in the United States Navy; Louise O., Lucy Lewis and Anna Gilmer. Mr. Covington is the owner of a valuable farm in Honey Creek township. Neither John O. Covington or his son, Robert W., ever held office, but both in their time were among the leading influential citizens of this county, strong men of robust, vigorous individuality. Robert Lewis Covington, the subject of this sketch, is a Democrat of influence and was Circuit Clerk for eight years, and filled that office with faithfulness and ability. He is now engaged in insurance business and is one of the prominent men of Clinton, aiding in the public welfare and especially active and useful in all patriotic work. This pioneer stock of these generations mentioned represents faithfully the highest type of the moral and civic virtues of the old-time citizenship of this county. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. 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