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Joseph married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary in the Akron News-Reporter Thursday 4 Mar 1976 Luke Covington, 64, died Tuesday morning [2 Mar 1976] at his home in Evergreen, after an illness with the flu. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. S.E. Covington of Akron. No funeral arrangements have been made late Tuesday afternoon. Note: An obituary also appeared in the Evergreen Canyon Courier 11 March 1976

Luke married Faye Eleanor Sears on 7 Apr 1933 in Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado, and was divorced. Faye (daughter of Nelson Evans Sears and Edna Maude Barnhouse) was born on 8 Aug 1914 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado; died on 3 Apr 1997 in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co, California; was buried about Apr 1997 in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death and Funeral announcement in the Akron News-Reporter 31 May 1981 Funeral services for Samuel Covington, 93, were held on Wednesday, May 20 [1981] fron Yeamans and Gordon Memorial Chapel at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Wesley Paris-Pixler officiating. Mrs. Ruth Spicknall, organist, accompanied Mrs. Sarah Severin as she sang, "How Great Thou Art" and "Amazing Grace". Serving as casketbearers were Fred Reid, John Holtorf St., John Holtorf Jr., Tom Holtorf, David McClaran and Wallace Robertson. Burial was in the Akron Cemetery.

Obituary Akron News-Reporter 31 May 1981 Samuel E. Covington, 93 of Akron passed away at the Washington County Public Nursing Home on Saturday, May 16 [1981]. He was born at Decatur, Ia., on Aug. 8, 1887, the son of Samuel and Henrietta Schaffner Covington. He received his early education in that area and on Nov. 12, 1908 he was united to Opal E. Lee at Grand River, Ia. They remained in Iowa until 1928 when they moved to Washington County, Colo. They farmed northeast of Akron for 41 years, retiring into Akron where he has lived these past 14 years. They were the parents of four children: Emma, Luke, John, and Mary. He was preceded in death by his wife, Opal, on March 19, 1977; his parents, his three children, Luke, John, and Mary, and two sisters. Those left to mourn his passing are his daughter, Mrs. Emma McClaran and husband James of Decatur, Ia.; 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; as sister in-law, Mrs. Phyllis Kendall of of Fort Dodge, Ia.; other relatives and friends. He was a member of the Akron United Methodist Church [and] was a kind father, grandfather, neighbor and friend, and will be missed by his many acquaintances.

(Research):Sam's farm was next to the Holtorfs who lived 13N 3

Samuel married Opal Elizabeth Lee on 12 Nov 1908 in Grand River, Decatur Co, Iowa. Opal (daughter of George Samuel Lee and Emma Waers) was born on 15 Nov 1888 in Albany, Gentry Co, Missouri; died on 19 Mar 1977 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary Akron News-Reporter 24 Mar 1977 Funeral services for Mrs. Opal Covington were held Wednesday afternoon, March 23, in Yeamans and Gordon Memorial Chapel in Akron with Rev. George Hougham in charge. Interment was in the Akron Cemetery. Opal Elizabeth, daughter of George and Emma Wears [or Waers] Lee, was born in Albany, Missouri on November 15, 1888, and passed away at the Washington County Public Hospital nursing Wing on March 19, 1977. Opal Lee and Samuel Covington were united in marriage on November 12, 1908, at Grand River, Iowa. They remained in Iowa until coming to Washington County in 1928. They lived north of Akron for 41 years until they retired and moved into Akron where they have lived these past nine years. They were the parents of four children, Emma, Luke, John and Mary. Mrs. Covington was preceded in death by her parents and three children. Surviving are her husband, Sam, and one daughter, Emma McClaran and husband of Decatur, Iowa; a sister, Mrs. Phyllis Kendall of Fort Dodge, Iowa; other relatives and 13 grandchildren. She was a member of the United Methodist Women's Society. She was a loving wife, mother, and will be greatly missed by her many relatives and friends.

(Research):1920 Census: Home in 1920, Decatur, Decatur Co, Iowa; father's birthplace, Ohio; mother's birthplace, Iowa

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Nelson Evans Sears was born in Plano, Kendall County, Illinois on 15 Aug 1876 "of English and Welsh parentage"* namely Charles Madison Sears and Katherine Evans. In 1880 he moved with his father Charles Madison and his second wife, Celia Chambers, to Scranton, Iowa living for two years on the old John Henning farm two miles from town. In 1882 he returned to his home state where he made his home with his grandparents, Archibald Sears and Rachel Maria Carver, in Sandwich, Illinois. In May of 1886, he traveled to Nebraska to live with his father on a farm near Aurora. Four years later, in 1890, he returned to Plano to attend school. In 1896 he returned to Aurora to work on his father's farm. In the winter of 1898-1899 he attended Business College in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1899 he began farming 80 acres of land in Nebraska which his grandmother had bought for him in 1897 for $2600. Nelson sold his Nebraska land early in 1901 for $7200 and traveled to Colorado in an emigrant car chartered by a David Titler arriving in Akron in March of that year. He worked in the harvest fields southwest of Akron for Ira M. Barnhouse. However, after a brief trip to California, he returned to his father's farm in Aurora, Nebraska in the fall of 1901. He returned to Colorado in 1903 where he resumed work with Ira M Barnhouse. In May of 1905 under the Homestead Act of 20 May 1862, Nelson E Sears obtained the South half of the SE quarter of Section 3, and the West half of the NE quarter of Section 10 both in Township 1S of Range 55W of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Washington County, Colorado containing 160 acres. On 20 Sep 1907 he was united in marriage to Ira Morgan Barnhouse's daughter, Edna Maude. Nelson proved up his homestead on 17 May 1909 and was issued Homestead Certificate No. 0585 of the Register of the Land Office at Sterling, Colorado. Later in 1909 Nelson and his wife Edna moved from their homestead into the town of Akron, Colorado where he purchased Lots 1, 2, & 3 facing Golden St. and Lots 10, 11, & 12 facing Gunnison St, Block 11, Original Town of Akron. On 22 Mar 1910 Nelson and Edna's first child, Alva Raymond Sears, was born in Akron. Their second, Margaret May Sears, was born 23 May 1912, and their third and last child, Faye Eleanor Sears, was born 8 Aug 1914. In 1916 Nelson began carrying mail on RFD (Rural Free Delivery) Route 1 out of the Akron Post Office. He carried mail for 25 years until 1941 at which time he retired from the Post Office and assumed the duties of Justice of the Peace for Washington County, Colorado, a position he retained until his death, 17 May 1948.
--------------*According to Nelson Sears' journal dated 1895. Sears is, indeed, an English name traceable back to Richard Sares, who arrived in America before 1632 but the Evans family, Evans typically a Welsh name, actually emigrated from Co. Wicklow, Ireland.

(Medical):Attendant: Park D. Keller MD, Akron, Colorado, May 19, 1948

Nelson married Edna Maude Barnhouse on 20 Sep 1907 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado. Edna (daughter of Ira Morgan Barnhouse and Mary Francis Albin) was born on 24 Apr 1879 in South Bloomingville, Hocking Co, Ohio; was christened on 28 Aug 1881 in Nelsonville, Athens Co, Ohio; died on 24 Aug 1971 in Brush, Morgan Co, Colorado; was buried on 24 Aug 1971 in Akron Cemetery, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Edna Maude Barnhouse, eldest daughter of Ira Morgan and Mary Francis Albin Barnhouse was born in 24 Apr 1879 in Bloomingville, Ohio and died 24 Aug 1971 in Brush, Colorado at the age of 92 years and 4 months. When two years old, she moved with her parents to Shelby, Nebraska, where she lived for the next five years. In the spring of 1887 she moved with her parents to a homestead near Abbott, Washington County, Colorado, 35 miles southwest of Akron, Colo, where in that locality she grew to womanhood. On Sept. 20, 1907 she was united in marriage to Nelson E. Sears of Aurora, Neb. In the fall of 1909 they moved from their homestead into the town of Akron, Colo., where their three children were born: One son, Alva Raymond (in the Armed Forces in England during World War II), and two daughters, Margaret May and Faye Eleanor. During these years Edna was an active member of the Presbyterian church and of the Rebecca lodge which she joined 2 Oct 1915 and of which she was a member for 46 years. She was a willing participant in many civic activities of the town. After her husband, Nelson E. Sears, died in May, 1948, she maintained her own home in Akron for a number of years, later living with her daughter, Faye Johnston, in San Francisco, Calif. She eventually returned to Akron where she stayed with her daughter Margaret Cooley and family before entering Sunset Manor Nursing Home in Brush, Colo., in July, 1969. As long as her health permitted, she lived a vital and active life, loved music [Tex Ritter], and was always greatly interested in current events. - Obituary in the Akron News Reporter.

(Research):South Bloomingville is an unincorporated community in western Benton Township, Hocking County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43152. It is located at the intersection of State Routes 56 and 664, slightly west of Hocking Hills State Park. Note: In the Hocking County Births journal, "So. Bloomingville" was differentiated from "Benton Township". Also note that Edna's elder brother, two years earlier, was listed as having been born in Swan Twp, Vinton County (formed in 1850), bordering Benton Twp, Hocking Co (formed in 1818), on the southeast. However, the parents, in both cases, are listed as having resided in South Bloomingville.
Nelsonville is a city in northwest York Township in Athens County, Ohio. It is 60 miles southeast of Columbus. The population was 5,373 in the 2020 US Census thus maintaining city status in the State of Ohio. First settled in 1814, Nelsonville became incorporated in 1838. The town became famous for its coal mining and brick industries.