Son of Thomas B. Covington and Jane Thomas
Born Aug 20, 1815 in Rockingham, Richmond Co., North Carolina
Baptized February 3, 1848 by Benjamin Clapp in Noxube Co., Mississippi
Ordained Bishop 1857/58 by Amasa Lyman and George A. Smith
Endowed 1845 Nauvoo
Came to Salt lake in 1847
Spent 1846 in Winter Quarters
Went on mission to Southern States in the fall of 1849
Returned in the Spring of 1856. Died June 8, 1902 in Washington, Washington, Utah
First Wife Elizabeth Ann Thomas, Daughter of John P and Sarah Thomas of Marlboro Co., South Carolina
Born April 21, 1820
Died December 17, 1847 in Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah
Sealed to Husband 1856
Nancy Roberts taking her place.
Children:
John Thomas Covington
Born August 7, 1840 Mississippi
Married Johanna Lundblad
Died June 1908, Wayne Co., Utah
Emily Jane Covington
Born Jan 1, 1840 in Mississippi
Married Winslow Farr
Died Mar 4, 1921
Sarah Elizabeth Covington
Born May 4, 1845 Mississippi
Died Nov 6 1846
Robert Laborious Covington
Born August 1, 1847 Scotch Bluffs, Iowa
Married Wilhemena or Mena Iverson Cooper
Second Wife Melinda Allison Kelly
Sealed to Husband in December 1856
Born February 1839 in Cheshire England
They had one child
Mary Ellen Covington
Born Dec 30, 1849 in Salt Lake City, Utah
Married ? Thompson
Third Wife Nancy Roberts
Sealed to Husband Dec 28, 1856
Children
Phoebe April Covington
Born November 20, 1858
Married John E. Pace
Died November 13, 1829
Thomas Covington
Born Jan 15, 1860 Washington Co., Utah
Nancy Melinda Covington
Born Dec 24, 1861 Washington Co., Utah
Died in childhood
James Isaac Covington
Born February 14, 1864 Washington Co., Utah
Died May 17, 1864