Robert Frank Covington

Robert Frank Covington

• Father: Charles Frank Covington b. 5 April 1854, d. 21 April 1922
• Mother: Mary Jane Barrentine b. 2 October 1856, d. 27 June 1935

• Robert Frank Covington was born on 14 April 1880 in Bennettsville, 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 Robert Frank Covington, James Ernest Covington and Laurin Thomas Covington. Also in the household was widowed grandmother Nancy Cook (age 75).
• He was known as Frank.
• Charles Frank Covington and Mary Jane Barrentine appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Bennettsville, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Robert Frank Covington, James Ernest Covington, Laurin Thomas 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.
• Robert Frank Covington and Laurin Thomas Covington appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Boardman, Columbus County, North Carolina, enumerated as two of five partners in a drygoods sales business, not far from the household of Frank's future wife Sylvia Brewer and her parents.. Frank and Laurin also are enumerated with their parents in Bennettsville, South Carolina.
• He was a grocery salesman, according to the 1900 census.
• He married Sylvia A. Brewer, daughter of Winfield Scott Brewer and Josephine Burtch, on 13 March 1904 in Boardman, North Carolina.
• Robert Frank Covington and Sylvia A. Brewer appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Boardman, North Carolina. Other members of the household included Winnie Covington, Robert Scott Covington and Winfield Scott Brewer. In a short time, Frank's father-in-law Winfield Scott Brewer will marry Frank's younger sister Mary Jane "Jennie" Covington.
• He was employed by a retail mercantile store, according to the 1910 census.
• Robert Frank Covington registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Columbus County, North Carolina, while living with his wife Sylvia in Whiteville, and employed there farming.
• Robert Frank Covington became a widower at the 1958 death of his wife Sylvia A. Brewer.
• He was interred at Chadbourn Cemetery, Chadbourne, Columbus County, North Carolina.
• Robert Frank Covington died on 7 December 1960 at age 80 in Chadbourne, Columbus County, North Carolina, at the home of his daughter Winnie Thompson. . His death was officially witnessed by Winnie Covington.

• Last Edited: 26 Sep 2015