Died in this town on the 23rd Mr. Abram P. Covert, aged about 82.

Died in Fayette on the 19th at the residence of her son, Lewis D. Covert, with whom she had lived the last 3 years, Catherine Covert, wife of the late Abram P., formerly of this town, aged 80 years, 11 months, 10 days.

In the Town of Ovid:  Dr. Peter Covert located at an early day, and was born at Somerset County New Jersey Oct 29, 1788 and studied medicine under Dr. Jared Sandford.  For a time he taught a district school at Romulus, and many of his old pupils yet remember him.  A license to practice was given to him by the medical board, and he commenced to the practice of his profession at Ovid.  He was called to the front in the War of 1812 as Assistant Surgeon under Dr. Marvin of Romulus, and served until the close of the war, when he returned to Ovid and continued his practice for many years.  He died in February 1868.

OBITUARY: From Ovid Bee 1853
Maria Covert, age 62, wife of Dr. Peter Covert, 24 Feb 1853

The Ovid Independent in its issue for last week says: "Probably the most venerable couple ever married in Seneca county were united in silken bonds on Wednesday last in our village. We refer to Judge James DeMott and Rachel Covert, widow of the late Dr. Covert. The groom is in his eighty-eighth year and and the bride is nearly seventy-seven. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Goodwin. This is Judge DeMott's third wife, while he is the fifth husband of the lady to whom he is now united, she being the mother of two children, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren."

Isaac I. Covert died 17 Mar 1888; age 90; mechanic; born Ovid NY.  Father:  John J. Covert; mother not listed.  Cause of death pulmonary congestion.  By Alden Horton MD, Ovid.

Isaac Covert of Romulus marries Polly Kinne.

Polly Covert, age 52, wife of Isaac I. in Romulus NY 15 Aug 1852

David Covert marries Anna Vandorn.

John J. Covert and Mary A. Harris, both of Sheldrake NY; at Waterloo NY 28 Sep 1874

Harvey (sic) Brownell of Cleveland, Ohio, formerly Ovid, NY, to Emily Covert, dau of Peter of Ovid, NY; at Ovid 13 July 1853.

Augusta, age 49, daughter of late Dr. Covert, at Willard Asylum 8 June 1881.

    OBITUARY: From Adrian Daily Times, Adrian Michigan, March 5, 1902:

Quietly and peacefully did death settle upon aged Deacon Abram I. Grant at 2 o'clock this morning at his home, 88 Broad Street. Death was the evidentresult from injuries to his back received a year ago the middle of December by falling on a defective walk while on his way to church. Deacon Grant was 91 years old, yet he was more active in church work and well read on the current topics of the day than many of half his years. In his death Adrian loses one of its most upright Christian residents, beloved and esteemed by all who knew him, and Lenawee county one of its oldest pioneers.

Abram I. Grant was born November 12, 1810 in Seneca county, N.Y. He received his education at Ovid, the same county, and for several years prior to coming to Michigan taught school. When but 20 years of age he was baptised in the waters of Lake Cayuga, and has been a staunch, earnest Christian ever since, which which embraces a period as long as the allotted life
of man, three score and ten.

He was married at Ovid, N. Y.,when 26 years old to Miss Jane Harris. Mr. and Mrs. Grant together with his parents, moved to Michigan in 1833. He purchased from the government a tract of land covering 180 acres in what is now the township of Dover. The price paid for the land was $1.25 per acre. Mr. Grant then returned to New York state, coming back to Michigan
in June of 1836. About this time he purchased enough more land of the government to make 240 acres. About 20 years ago he sold his farm to J. Carpenter, who still resides there. When Mr. Grant moved to Michigan and took up his farm he had to go a mile and a half to call on his nearest neighbor, and the closest church was at Medina, six miles distant. He often spoke of lighting his way through the dense woods to church with a torch. He used to walk this distance, but it proved too much for his wife. He joined the church at Medina, and later, when a church was formed at Clayton he was made a constituent member and his death ends the life of the last one of these members.

The nearest mill to Deacon Grant was at Tecumseh, and this distance was covered with oxen in a day, providing the start was made at daybreak. On one instance, he left his yoke of oxen unfastened while attending to some business at Tecumseh and they wandered away, and it was a full week before he returned home with his flour. After a time, however, the Red mill was built just north of this city, and the long and tedious trip to Tucumseh was discontinued.

Deacon Grant moved to Adrian about 23 years ago and with the exception of about three years passed with his daughter, Mrs. A. L. Van Auken, of Rome, has lived in the vicinity of his late home. He joined the Baptist church here and was always a very active and conscientious worker. Since his injury he has been unable to get out any and he ever looked forward to warm weather, when he would be able to again attend church services. Despite his advanced age Deacon Grant was a great reader and could converse very intelligently on all the important topics of the day, his mind remaining clear to the last, and the meeting with his God was not looked forward to with fear and trembling, but with pleasure and happiness. One faculty possessed by Mr. Grant was his ability to live happily among his young friends. He would think of those who have preceded him to the beyond and would feel as though he was without a friend, then when he would recall his young. friends, as he was want to call associates of late years, he would aver that he believed he had the most friends of anybody in town. It was the pleasantness that drew others so closely to him.

After the death of his first wife, which occurred April 23, 1879, Mr. Grant married Mrs. Sarah Harkness, of this city, who also preceded him to the other shore. The following children from the first wife survive: Mrs. Mary G. Walker, who resided with her father; Mrs. A. L. Van Auken, of Rome; Mrs. G. C. Haskins of South Omaha, Neb., and George E. Grant of Chicago. There are also two grandchildren, in whom Mr. Grant took almost as much pride as his own children, Lou A. Walker, who is attending a theological seminary at Newton Center, Mass., and Miss Delia Walker, who graduates, this year from Adrian college. The funeral will probably be held Friday, but the hour will be announced later.

Mrs. Hannah Combs, widow of the late Lewis Combs, of Ovid, died at her home in that village Monday evening, aged nearly 81 years, having been born March 31, 1822, in the town of Ovid. She is survived by two sons and two daughters, Delmer, Azel H.; and Miss Marion Combs and Mrs. Carrie Kendall of Ovid. Funeral services were held from her late residence yesterday afternoon, her pastor, Rev. H. A. Porter, officiating.

A. V. D. Covert, age 52 yrs, 2 mos., 27 days, formerly of Ovid NY, in Clinton LA,15 March 1876.

From Ovid Bee 14 Feb 1855

Married in Baton Rouge, on the 23rd ult., by the Rev. P. Houghton, Dr. John I. Covert of the Parish of Baton Rouge to Mrs. Isabella Merick of the Parish of Feliciana in the town of Clinton.

From Ovid Bee 30 Dec 1846

Married on the 24th inst. by the Rev. B. Warren, George G. Dunlap and Miss Mary, daughter of John J. Covert, all of this town.

From Ovid Bee 22 Dec 1847:

Married on the 15th inst. by the Rev. B. Warren, John S. Scott and Miss Artimicia, daughter of John J. Covert, all of this town.

From Ovid Bee 2 Oct 1867:

Married at Scott's Corners Oct. 1, by the Rev. F. D. Fenner, J. L. Bloomer to Mrs. Artie Scott, all of that place.

From Ovid Bee 1 Sep 1858:

Married Aug. 24th, 1858, by the Rev. A. B. Dunlap, J. Scott Harris of Grand Rapids MI to Miss Delia S. Covert, youngest daughter of John J. Covert of Ovid.

Ovid - Mrs. Louisa Chapman, 78, died unexpectedly yesterday in the home of her son, Hugh Chapman, northeast of here. Mrs. Chapman, who was the widow of Peter Chapman, was born in Victor but had spent most of her of her life in Ovid. She was a member of the Twentieth Century Club, Order of the Eastern Star and of the Presbyterian church. Besides her son, she is survived by a daughter, Miss Mornette Chapman, superintendent of the first supervisory district of Seneca County rural schools. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow in her son's home, the Rev. F. S. Howell, Presbyterian pastor, officiating, with burial in Union cemetery.

Mrs. Mary Jane Field, founder of Mrs. Field's Literary Club, and long prominent in social and women's club circles here, died Saturday in Los Angeles. She would have been 95 tomorrow. Surviving are a son, Perez Hastings Field of Roscoe, Cal., and a brother, the Rev. J. Clarence Jones, rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church here. Mrs. Field was born on Jan. 16, 1839, in Hector, Schuyler County, N. Y., the daughter of Dr. Samuel Jones and Roseanne Covert. She was married to Dr. George White Field in 1862, and left a widow early in life; she moved to Brooklyn Heights where she began her career as a social and educational leader. . . Mrs. Field was descended from Colonial ancestry on both sides of her family. One of her paternal ancestors was killed by Indians while on a journey from New Amsterdam; and on her maternal side, one of her great-grandmothers was the widow of an officer in Washington's army. One of Mrs. Field's cherished possessions was an old mirror which was given to one of her ancestors by a neighbor to whom she gave some tea when the latter's tea was thrown overboard during the Boston Tea Party.

Mrs. Alice Covert Crane, 70, of 16 Grover St., died yesterday in Auburn Memorial Hospital after a long illness. She was the widow of Chester D. Crane. Mrs. Crane was born in Caneadea and lived in Aurelius and Throop many years. She had lived in Auburn for the past six months. Surviving are eight daughters: Mrs. Robert Bolger of Auburn, Mrs. Lane of Geneva; Mrs. Kenneth Swanson of Clyde, Mrs. Kingman Raymond of Marcellus; Mrs. Aden Van Cleef of Seneca Falls, Mrs. Clyde Walter of Rochester, Mrs. Albert Sandt of Easton, Pa., and Mrs. Frank Howell of Cato; five sons: Clair of Auburn, Ralph of Port Leyden, Clayton of Valois, Lewis of Elmira and Chester Crane, Jr., of Lincoln, Neb; one brother, Lester Covert of Penn Yan; three sisters, Mrs. Thusa Conklin of Romulus, Mrs. Ida Van Nostrand and Mrs. Lena Garrison, both of Geneva; 13 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Services will be 1 p.m. Monday at the Langham Funeral Home. Burial will be in Soule cemetery.

Ithaca, N. Y. - Trapped in a light delivery truck on the canning factory crossing at Interlaken, almost before their own home, Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Covert and their daughter, Bernice, about 10, were almost instantly killed about 6 o'clock last night by the Lehigh Valley "local" northbound from Ithaca to Geneva. The tragedy leaves 4 boys in the family, ranging in age from 13 to 18 years. The Coverts, according to friends in this village, were returning to their home on the side street after visiting friends. Mr. Covert was driving a light delivery truck owned by his employer, S. J. Babcock.

Seneca Falls, Sept. 23 - Fatally beaten and stabbed, the body of Jennie A. VonBergen, 23  Washington St., 54-year old mother of six, was discovered last night in a car parked in a lonely lane near the barge canal here. Held on a charge of murder, first degree, is Myron Durling, 65, a neighbor of the dead woman. Durling was arrested last night, within four hours after the body was discovered by a man who peered into the rear seat of a car parked near the canal. District Attorney Henry W. Koch, Seneca Falls, said today Durling has admitted killing Mrs. VonBergen about 10:30 Wednesday night. Durling said, according to Mr. Koch, he attacked Mrs. VonBergen when they quarreled after being together all day on a ride to Ithaca and back.

Seneca County Coroner Clarence Conkey said today an autopsy performed this morning disclosed that Mrs. VonBergen died from a broken neck and a stab wound in the neck. He said he believed she had lived for about 15 minutes after the attack. Dr. Irving Derby, Wayne county pathologist and Dr. David Koch of Seneca Falls performed the autopsy.

Police said Durling told them he attacked Mrs. VonBergen with a hunting knife he carried in his car. He then threw the knife into the canal, he was said to have told police. The weapon has not yet been found.

Durling, a carpenter who lives at 27 Washington St., Seneca Falls, was held under police guard in Seneca Falls hospital overnight. It was expected that he would be discharged and arraigned sometime today. Police found Durling in bed when they went to his house last night. He had called a doctor, saying he had been in an automobile accident. He was scratched and cut on his face, neck and arms, police said.

Finder of Mrs. VonBergen's body was Harry Cator, 21, of 22 Seneca St., Seneca Falls. Walking near the canal, Cator told police he had been sighting in a rifle by aiming it across the canal. When he saw a car parked in the lane, between the canal and Restvale cemetery, about 200 yards east of the village disposal plant. Cator told police he walked over and looked in. On the rear seat of the car, covered with a coat, he found Mrs. Von Bergen's body. Police said the body was covered with Mrs. Von Bergen's own dark brown gabardine coat. They reported that the rear seat of the 1936 car, said to be owned by Durling, was flecked with blood spots. Blood had seeped under the left rear door and formed a pool on the running board, officers said.

Mrs. VonBergen's husband, Emil, was notified of the tragedy while at work in the Seneca Knitting Mill here. One son, James, was called from the Seneca Bowling alleys about 8 p.m., to be told of his mother's death. Cator, on finding the body, called state police of the Waterloo substation. Tpr. Thomas Mangan and Ptlm. Charles Flynn of the Seneca Falls force, were the first officers to reach the scene. They were soon joined by Tpr. Richard Voigt and Sgt. Peter Suglia, also of the local force. Within a short time after discovery of the body, Seneca Falls Police James Woods and Lt. James Russell, Zone 3 state police commander, had directed the arrest of Durling. Taken to the hospital, Durling was guarded overnight by Sgt. Suglia and Tpr. Voigt. Tpr. Voigt continued the vigil this morning, aided by local Ptlm. Carl Frappolli. Officials said a re-enactment of the alleged murder would be carried out as soon as Durling was discharged from the hospital. Towed to a garage, the car in which Mrs. Von Bergen's body was found was impounded for possible evidence. The victim's body was taken to the Sanderson funeral home, where today's autopsy was performed. Durling's wife, Ruth, is an invalid, officials said. Police said last night's tragedy was the first murder in the village in 23 years.

MURDER SUSPECT'S CUTS "SELF INFLICTED" OFFICIALS CHARGE

Myron Durling, 65, inflicted wounds on himself after murdering Mrs. Jennie Von Bergen, State Police Lt. James Russell said today after Durling had been taken to the lonely lane where Mrs. Von Bergen's body was found last night in Durling's car. Held on a charge of first degree murder, Durling, who is said to have admitted attacking Mrs. Von Bergen, revisited the scene this morning.

Earlier, police said, Durling had claimed that wounds, which sent him to Seneca Falls hospital last night, had been inflicted by Mrs. VonBergen during a quarrel. He left the hospital under heavy police guard this morning to retrace his movements of the fatal night.

Durling was outwardly calm today as he pointed out the position of his car which was found about ten feet from the edge of the Barge canal, just south of Restvale cemetery. Some of the scene is a wild, brush-clogged plot of ground with eroded banks and scattered stone. Durling showed police the plot on the canal's bank from which he said he "threw, with all his might," his hunting knife. The knife, police charge, is the one which was used in stabbing Mrs. Von Bergen. Police were unsuccessful this morning in their search for the death weapon. They were also unable to find a single-edge razor blade with which Durling had said Mrs. Von Bergen had attacked him. Durling has seven cuts on his neck, left and right wrist and left forearm. He had also complained of internal injuries near his left breast. A single-edge razor blade was found by Lt. Russell in the glove compartment of Durling's car. Durling told police that he "couldn't remember" what happened to the razor blade allegedly used by his victim. He said, however, he thought "he threw it away."

When confronted with the razor blade found in the car, Durling told Lt. Russell that it may have been the weapon in question. The blade is being sent by State Police to their crime laboratory for stain analysis. It will be attempted to determine if the blade bears any evidence of blood stain. Durling also admitted to police, they said, that he had a razor blade in the car's compartment on the night of the murder. He also told police, officials reported, that Mrs. VonBergen was murdered about 10:30 Wednesday night. He is said to have wandered about the area near Restvale cemetery until the next day, when he went home.

Physicians at Seneca Falls hospital indicated today that the lacerations on Durling's left wrist are of sufficient severity to keep him in the hospital at least one more day. After returning from the death scene this morning, Durling was taken to District Attorney Henry W. Koch's offices here. Accompanying Durling during the crime's reconstruction were Police Chief James S. Woods, Lt. Russell, Tpr. Fred Wilson, BCI, Tpr. I. M. Hicks, and Ptlmen. Carl Frappolli and Anthony Casamassima. No motive has yet been established for the murder, officials said this afternoon.

Private funeral for Mrs. Von Bergen will be held in the Doran funeral home, at 4 E. Bayard St. at 2 p.m. Sunday. Rev. M. Dennis Lee. rector of Trinity Episcopal church, will officiate. Burial will be in Restvale cemetery. Survivors, beside her husband, Emil J. VonBergen, are two daughters, Mrs. Richard DiToto, and Mrs. Laverne Wilson; four sons, John, Robert, James, and William, all of Seneca Falls; three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Herrick, Gloversville; Mrs. Elmer Ward,  Interlaken; and Mrs. Clarence Compton of Ovid; and a brother, Laverne Covert, Amsterdam.

A double wedding took place in the Lodi Methodist church on Oct. 20th, when Miss Lottie Lee Covert, daughter of Darwin Covert of Ovid, was married to Henry A. Harman of Rochester; and Miss Mildred J. Farr, daughter of Charles Farr of Lodi, was married to Floyd Darwin Covert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Covert. Rev. H. D. Smith and Rev. Proseus officiated.