# ROBERT DOCKERY COVINGTON 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 * * * * 9 Sep 2010 - Converted to [markdown](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown) by Daniel Esplin.