Pioneer Families - COVEY
Extracted From
Chapter XVII
Early history of the town of Hopkinton :
history of East Village (Nicholville) and vicinity,
diaries of Elisha Risdon and Artemas Kent,
soldiers of the Civil War,
genealogical record of sixty of the pioneer families

Carlton E. Sanford
Boston: Bartlett Press, 1903

[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]

IN this chapter is given the genealogical records of many of the pioneers of the town, of all that I have been able to gather sufficient data and information to make a fairly full record. The preparation of these records has required much time, labor, correspondence, persistence and patience. Had I had in the beginning a full comprehension of the tedious labor required, I now feel sure I should not have undertaken it. That there are some errors in dates and possibly a few in names I am quite satisfied, since considerable of my information came from elderly people who wrote feebly and indistinctly. I think it will be readily understood, if the reader will bear in mind that it is in continuous order; that the first, second, third and fourth generations are each carried slightly to the right, and that each generation always has the same indentation. DAVID COVEY d. October 22, 1837; m. Lynda Post. He was married in Vermont and first settled on Madrid road in Potsdam in 1804. He came to Hopkinton about 1807 and lived in a log house on north side of the road some twenty rods west of the present residence of John Leach, being part of the Samuel Abbott farm. He afterwards took up a tract a half mile west of this, now owned by Michael Conner. His house there was a log one and stood a few rods east of the present house. He and wife both died at this place. No trace of either home remains. He, Elisha Risdon, Samuel B. Abbott and Ira Smith married sisters. (See sketch among settlers.) Had ten children: Gilbert, b. 1805; d. August 4, 1853; m. Lucinda Delong, October 18, 1829; b. January, 1812; d. July 29, 1892. Mr. Covey was the first male child born in Potsdam. Had twelve children: Marion R., b. November 28, 1830; d. March 29, 1900, Belleville, N.Y.; m. Daniel H. Chapman, December 20, 1848; d. April 26, 1895. Had two children: Carrie D., b. June 17, 1855; 1. Belleville, N.Y.; m. William B. Doane, June 14, 1876. Had two children: Helen Marion, b. March 4, 1887. Daniel William, b. July 6, 1895. Henry Herbert, b. May 2, 1863; 1. Belleville; m. Helen S. Sprague, January 4, 1889. Had two children: Niles Henry, b. July 14, 1891. Orren Daniel, b. October 17, 1897. Edwin R., b. October 6, 1832; d. June 12, 1890, New Richmond, Wis.; m. Cordelia A. Billings, January 1, 1857; 1. Roberts, Wis. Was a member of Co. E, 106th New York Volunteers. Had one child: George Kirk, b. September 11, 1857; d. April 12, 1870. Louisa Helen, b. August 2, 1834; d. July 14, 1841. Charles Carroll, b. March 10, 1836; d. August 12, 1865, Potsdam; single. Elvira L., b. January 18, 1838; d. in Dartford, Wis.; m. William H. Morgan, November 29, 1860; m. 2d, Richard Cave. Had one child: Carrie Marion, 1. Billings, Mont.; m. Charles Chaffee. Had two children: Marion and Miles. David Martin, b. March 14, 1840; d. December 26, 1844. Martha H., b. April 4, 1842; 1. Belleville, N.Y.; m, Osgood Ingraham, November 7, 1861; d. April 8, 1896. Mary Ellen, b. April 4, 1842; d. April 3, 1843. Henry Gilbert, b. November 28, 1844; d. April 22, 1885, Norwood, N.Y.; Co. A, 60th New York Volunteers; m. Julia Dufur; d.; m. 2d, Anna Rexford, November 13, 1870; 1. Springfield, Mass. Had one child by first and two by second marriage: Clara. Mary E., b. February 10, 1872; 1. Utica, N.Y.; m. W. M. Hubbard, February 28, 1893. Had two children: M. Henry, b. March 1, 1896. William Francis, b. June 28, 1901. Frances, b. March 22, 1873; 1. Springfield, Mass.; m. C. P. Staunton, December 20, 1888. Had three children: Sarah Winifred, b. March 21, 1890. Arthur Clifton, b. April 23, 1892. Lee Ralph, b. September 13, 1894. Mary Esther, b. November 2, 1846; 1. Potsdam, N.Y.; m. Thomas Riley, June 8, 1876. Had five children: Fred W., b. November 6, 1877; m. Elizabeth Pelno, April 19, 1899. Had one child: Marion Esther, b. November 22, 1901. Mary Louise, b. July 29, 1879. Kittie Augusta, b. September 25, 1882; d. March 26, 1888. William Thomas, b. June 26, 1884; d. August 8, 1885. Charles Gilbert, b. October 20, 1885. George M., b. August 30, 1849; d. May 26, 1854. Frances M., b. July 22, 1852; 1. Belleville, N.Y.; m. Seward Church, February 24, 1870; 1. Belleville. Had one child: May, b. March 24, 1881. Julia A., m. Carlos Humphrey. He had a blacksmith shop at Fort Jackson and went west. Nothing has since been heard of them. Solon, d. in New Orleans County, 1836, single. Cautius Climetus, b. October 15, 1810; d. November 17, 1852; m. Mary A. Hamlin, b. Bridgeport, Vt., February 6, 1814; d. November 22, 1887. He settled and practised law in Marietta, Ohio, and stood well as a lawyer and politician. For a time he was the antagonist of Salmon P. Chase. He was twice elected state senator from the fourteenth district of Ohio, and was such at the time of his death. He was a passenger on the steamer " Buckeye Bell" on the Muskingum River when its boiler exploded and he was killed by the explosion or drowned. Of their five children only Kate and Mary survived childhood: Kate, b. June 16, 1842; m. Captain John Ticknor; 1. Montague, Mass.; m. 2d, B. F. Miner of Montague, Mass. Captain Ticknor was killed at the battle of Gettysburg. Had three children: Karl, Birch and Lewis. Mary, b. February 14, 1852; m. Hon. John M. Barlow, New Lisbon, Wis.; 1. New Lisbon, Wis. Mary E., b. August 22, 1814; d. November 6, 1856, at Hopkinton; m. Isaiah B. B. Hale, October 12, 1841; b. July 6, 1816, in Vermont; d. November 6, 1859, Wernerville, Wis. He taught school in the Durfey district several terms. They were married at McConnellsville, Ohio, moved to Wheeling, Va., for seven or eight years, then to Marietta, Ohio, till 1854, and then to Werner, Wis. He was a lawyer but soon went into business and politics. Had six children: Virginia E., b. July 6, 1842; d. November 28, 1872, Plainview, Minn.; m. D. M. Davies. William E., b. May 11, 1845; m. Ella C. Sutherland. He is a successful lawyer in Minneapolis, Minn. Charles R., b. December 1, 1846; 1. Merrill, Wis.; married. Mary, b. 1850, at Williamsport, Va.; d. in infancy. Alice N., b. March 7, 1852; d. 1883, Plainview, Minn.; m. James Dodge. Frederick C., b. June 20, 1856, at Werner, Wis.; d. 1856. Amanda, m. Aaron Vanderker. It has been impossible to get any trace of her or her family. Martin H., b. October 15, 1818; d. October 25, 1863, Stockholm; m. Mary A. Glidden, February 26, 1843; b. August 19, 1820; 1. Granton, Wis. Had two children: Martin, Jr., b. December 28, 1843; d. September 29, 1888; m. Mary MacCumber, July 5, 1865. Had five children: Amy, b. June 20, 1866; 1. Marshfield, Wis.; m. Joseph C. Marsh, July 21, 1885. Had two children: Martina, b. September 28, 1888. Joseph, Jr., b. May 6, 1900. Alice, b. October 22, 1868; 1. Phillips, Wis.; m. Nathan E. Lane, November 6, 1891. Had two children: Lyde, b. April 6, 1893. Gladys, b. December 29, 1901. Anna, b. February 22, 1871; 1. Spokeville, Wis.; m. John Grasser, December 24, 1892. No issue. Viola E., b. January 6, 1872; 1. Withee, Wis.; m. W. C. Tufts, December 20, 1895. Had two children: Ruth A., b. March 16, 1897. Katharin M., born October 2, 1901. Edward V., b. June 8, 1881. Mary Ellen, b. June 20, 1858; 1. Granton, Wis.; m. Cassius H. Ide, October 29, 1900. No issue. Adaline, b. 1824; d. July 22, 1865, Caldwell, Ohio; m. James M. Hull, June 12, 1849; d. March 20, 1873. Had four children: Mary A., b. April 8, 1850; 1. Bellefourche, S.D.; m. John W. Caldwell. Linda Post Hull, b. July 12, 1852; 1. Spearfish, S.D.; m. Hiram Dotson. Nora E., b. January 24, 1855; 1. Chillicothe, Ohio; m. Edward Ogden. Cautius C., b. March 27, 1857; 1. Spearfish, S.D.; m. Elizabeth E. Yeman; d. August 15, 1894. Had four children: Eleanor Adaline, b. March 29, 1881. James Frederick, b. July 19, 1883. Mary Emma, b. November 30, 1886. Clifford Clayton, b. October 15, 1893. George, b. August 6, 1825; d. Huntsville, Mo., August 21, 1881; m. Martha F. Bradley, July 30, 1854; b. March 13, 1838; 1. Huntsville, Mo. He enlisted in the Mexican War and served for a time. He came back to Hopkinton on a brief visit, and after leaving nothing was heard of him till December, 1901. He took for some reason the name of Edward George St. Clair, and learned the trade of printer and pressman at Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 1854 went to Missouri, where he married and followed his trade principally at Huntsville. In August, 1881, he was accidentally and fatally injured by the cars, dying ten days later. The paper on which he worked and the Moberly Chronicle gave him high commendation as printer, citizen and man. By his marriage he had thirteen children, nine of whom survived him. I get most of this information from the notices printed on his death. Had thirteen children: Ada M., b. April 7, 1856; d. June 22, 1858. Edward G., b. June 21, 1858; 1. Meadville, Mo.; m. Mary M. Dye, June 26, 1887; b. May 4, 1866. Had four children: Shirley F., b. June 9, 1889. Rachel H., b. November 3, 1891. Florence E., b. March 21, 1894. Mary M., b. August 19, 1898. Annie B., b. November 11, 1859; 1. Richmond, Mo.; m. George W. Eadington, December 12, 1882. Had seven children: William R., b. March 28, 1884; d. August 9, 1884. Harry C., b. July 12, 1886. Lillian F., b. December 31, 1890. Ella N., b. February 9, 1894. Clarence E., b. February 9, 1894; d. June 18, 1894. Mary E., b. July 28, 1895. Velma G., b. June 30, 1900. Florence S., b. March 4, 1862; 1. Meadville, Mo.; m. R. T. Dye, October 29, 1885. Had eight children: Etta L., b. November 5, 1886. George 0., b. February 7, 1888. Mary F., b. February 28, 1890. Robert N., b. June 9, 1891. Henry E., b. February 24, 1893. Stella, b. January 11, 1895; d. January 25, 1895. Florence M., February 25, 1896. Virginia A., b. September 13, 1898. Ernest L., b. September 22, 1863; d. November 25, 1865. Virginia L., b. October 25, 1865; 1. Huntsville, Mo.; m. Victor Vanderbeck, June 28, 1893. Had four children: Zella M., b. April 2, 1894. Victor F., b. July 27, 1896. Arthur R., b. October 24, 1899. Virginia P., b. June 3, 1901. Everett S., b. December 6, 1867; d. January, 1899. Fannie M., b. February 25, 1870; d. same day. William R., b. February 3, 1871; 1. Clifton Hill, Mo.; m. Nettie Harmony, March 11, 1900. Had one child: Vesta C., b. April 8, 1901. Harry K., b. September 13, 1873; 1. Lexington, Mo. Maggie P., b. April 26, 1876; d. April 25, 1877. George W., b. July 26, 1878; 1. Huntsville, Mo. Lucretia, b. April 26, 1880; d. April 12, 1902. Norman, a son of David Covey, fell into a well when a child and was drowned. His mother missed him and after searching for him without avail went to the well and was horrified to see his crust of bread floating on the water below. Frantic as she was, she went down the well to investigate, when all her fears burst full upon her. Heroically she brought him up, brave woman that she was, but it was too late. His little spirit had taken its flight.     INDEX