James Ernest Covington
b. 3 August 1876, d. 1 April 1949
- Father: Charles Frank Covington b. 5 April 1854, d. 21 April 1922
- Mother: Mary Jane Barrentine b. 2 October 1856, d. 27 June 1935
- James Ernest Covington was born on 3 August 1876 in Marlboro County, South Carolina.
- Charles Frank Covington and Mary Jane Barrentine appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Hebron, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included James Ernest Covington, Laurin Thomas Covington and Robert Frank Covington. Also in the household was widowed grandmother Nancy Cook (age 75).
- Charles Frank Covington and Mary Jane Barrentine appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included James Ernest Covington, Laurin Thomas Covington, Robert Frank Covington, Susie Covington, William Jordan Covington, Mary Jean Covington, Charlie Stokes Covington, Colin Weatherly Covington and George Moore Covington. Sons Laurin and Frank also are enumerated in Boardman, North Carolina, as partners in a drygoods business.
- He was a salesman, according to the 1900 census.
- James Ernest Covington registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in South Carolina while living with his wife Martha Allie in Bennettsville, self-employed there farming.
- He officially witnessed the death of Charles Frank Covington on 21 April 1922 in Bennettsville, South Carolina.
- James Ernest Covington died on 1 April 1949 at age 72 in Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina, at Marlboro County General Hospital . Informant was daughter Mildred.
- Last Edited: 24 Sep 2015