When James Simmon Covington was born on 28 August 1864, in Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina, United States, his father, James Hampton Covington, was 45 and his mother, Martha Terry, was 35. He married Elizabeth Harrod on 18 January 1891, in Bainbridge, Decatur, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Thomasville, Thomas, Georgia, United States in 1910 and District 1649, Thomas, Georgia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 1 March 1937, in Thomas, Georgia, United States, at the age of 72.
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
The Battle of Bentonville took place in Johnston, North Carolina from March 19, 1865- March 21, 1865. It was considered the bloodiest battle of North Carolina, with around 4,000 casualties.
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
English: habitational name from a place in Huntingdonshire named Covington, from an Old English personal name Cofa + Old English -ing- denoting association + tūn ‘settlement’.
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