William Hamilton Covault (1847-1926)

COVAULT, LINTON, RALSTON, HERRICK, ADAIR, FLYNN, MOORE, BUTHWEG

Posted By: Ken Akers (email)
Date: 1/8/2011 at 13:49:23

Audubon County Journal (IA)
Apr. 29, 1926, pg 1 (page is incorrectly dated Apr. 22, 1926)
PIONEER OF COUNTY
HAS PASSED BEYOND

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Wm. H. Covault Passed Away at His
Home Here Saturday. Had Lived
in County Nearly 50 Years

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Audubon county lost another pio-
neer citizen when William Hamilton
Covault passed away at his home
here Saturday following an illness of
several weeks. Mr. Covault was sev-
enty-eight years, six months and
twenty-five days of age, and had en-
joyed very good health until the past
few months.

William Hamilton Covault was born
in Champaign county, Ohio, on Sep-
tember 29, 1847. He was the oldest
child of Isaac A. and Elizabeth (Lin-
ton) Covault, and was one of a fam-
ily of eleven children, nine of whom
lived to manhood and womanhood.
Three brothers and three sisters are
still living, one brother resides in
California and two brothers and three
sisters in Ohio.

The deceased was married to Har-
riet Ralston on January 3, 1868, and
for a time they farmed the Ralston
place where his wife was raised. They
then moved to Iowa locating in Cedar
county, later moving to Powshiek
county from which place they return-
ed to Ohio, residing there for five
years. In 1879 the family, then con-
sisting of two sons and the wife,
started from Ohio for Audubon coun-
ty in prarie schooners and arrived
here in September, locating on a farm
in Greeley township, one mile and a
half west of North Branch, and this
farm was owned by Mr. Covault at
the time of his death. It was here
that they raised a family of five
boys and three girls, all of whom are
living excepting Isaac, who passed
away in 1901 at the age of twenty-
three years.

On January 31, 1919, his wife pas-
sed away and he was left without a
home, except to live around among
the children.

On June 6, 1921, the deceased was
united in marriage to Mrs. Clara
Herrick and since that time has lived
in Exira, where he had innumerable
friends who mourn his passing.

He is survived by his wife, four
sons, three daughters, 25 grandchil-
dren and 19 great grandchhildren. The
sons and daughters are: E. A. Co-
vault, W. R. Covault, Mrs. C. W.
Adair, of Exira; H. A. Covault, Guth-
rie Center; C. E. Covault and Mrs.
Della Flynn, North Branch; Mrs. Ef-
fie Adair, Atlantic.

Funeral services were held at the
Exira Christian church at two o'clock
Monday afternoon, April 26, conduct-
ed by Rev. Moore, who delivered an
excellent address from the subject of
"The Pioneer" which was very appro-
priate.

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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere
thanks for the many kind acts of our
neighbors and friends during the ill-
ness and death of our beloved hus-
band and father. Also to those who
sang at the funeral service and for
the beautiful floral offerings.
Mrs. W. H. Covault and Children

Audubon County Journal (IA)
Apr. 29, 1926, pg 5
NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL

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District Court in and for Audubon
County.
State of Iowa
Audubon County
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CON-
CERN:
Whereas, On the 28th day of April,
A. D., 1926, a paper purporting to be
the last Will and Testament of W. H.
Covault, late of said County, deceased,
was filed in my office, and was by me
opened and read, and the 26th day
of May, 1926, at nine o'clock a. m.,
appointed and fixed as the time when
the same will come before the court
of the May term thereof then to be
held, for final proof and probate, as
the duly executed last Will and Test-
ament of the said W. H. Covault, de-
ceased, at which time all persons may
appear and show cause why the same
should not be admitted to probate.
Dated this 28th day of April, 1926.
(Seal) H. M. Buthweg,
Clerk of the District Court.