Husband Hon. John Covode 1 2 3 4
Born: 17 Mar 1808 - Fairfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2
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Died: 11 Jan 1870 or 1871 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 1 3 5
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Father: Jacob Covode ( - ) 1 6
Mother: [Unk] Updegraff ( - ) 2 7
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• Biographical Sketch: George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882).
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Wife Sarah Hay 3
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1 F Susan Covode 3 8
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Died: 22 Oct 1859 - Ligonier, Westmoreland Co, PA 9
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Spouse: Robert M. Graham (1824-Aft 1890) 8
Marr: 24 Aug 1852 8
2 F Anna "Annie" Covode 4 10 11
Born: 17 Apr 1833 - Fairfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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Died: 26 Oct 1885 11
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Spouse: James Montgomery Reed (1818/1819-1910) 4 10 12
Marr: 6 Jan 1855 or 1856 10 11
3 M Col. George Hay Covode 13
Born: 19 Aug 1835 - Fairfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 13
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Died: 24 Jun 1864 14
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Spouse: Annie Earl ( - ) 3 13
Marr: 1858 13
Spouse: Bettie St. Clair Robb ( -1876) 13
Marr: 1861 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 3
General Notes: Husband - Hon. John Covode
He was reared on a farm, receiving but a limited education in the subscription schools. For forty years he conducted the business of woolen manufacturing, though during this time he gave considerable attention to other matters. In early life he was a contractor, became connected with the public works of the State of Pennsylvania and strongly advocated the building of the State canal, after the completion of which he embarked in the transportation business and had charge of the first boat that went over the canal from Philadelphia to Ohio. In 1845 he entered the political arena as the whig candidate for the State senate. He was defeated, as his district was strongly democratic, but was again nominated in the next campaign and pushed his opponent so closely that the democrats who then were in state power thought it advisable to change his district. In 1854 he was the whig nominee for Congress from the twentieth district; he was successful and was re-elected in 1856, 1858 and 1860. A new apportionment having been made, he was in 1866 and 1868 returned to Congress from the twenty-first district. In 1860 and 1863 he was a very strong candidate for the gubernatorial nomination and in 1869 was chairman of the Republican State committee, which position he held at the time of his death.
"As chairman of the Lecompton Investigating Committee in 1858 he won a national reputation which was made more secure by his service as a member of the committee of Congress to inquire into the conduct of the war, and by his conspicuous and valuable services in support of the government."
Few men labored more zealously than he in the interests of the Federal government during the dark days of the Rebellion and but few had better knowledge of the inside workings of the immense machinery employed for its suppression. Mr. Covode was a man who had the confidence of all classes\emdash the high, the low, the rich, the poor; he possessed strong sense, great energy, quick perception, fine executive ability, keen insight into human nature and an unusual degree of the faculty of combination. He was fruitful in resources, untiring in execution, a true friend and an honest man. [CBRWC, 532]
He and his wife were the parents of nine children.
General Notes: Wife - Sarah Hay
from Johnstown, Cambria Co, PA
Her parents moved from York, to Johnstown, Pennsylvania.