This page collects information about people with surname "Covington" who were known or believed to have lived in Washington County, Utah.
Notable Individuals
- Robert Dockery Covington (1815-1902) - church leader of Latter-day Saints group originally from Mississippi that helped to colonize Southern Utah.
Notable Landmarks
- Encampment Mall - Created by Roberta Blake
- Tonaquint Veterans Memorial
- St. George City Cemetery
- St. George Utah Church - Directory of local churches.
Dixie Cottom Mission 1857
The Adair Spring Monument commemorates the 1857 group of about 38 southerner families were called by Brigham Young (1801-1877) on to settle the Virgin River area of Southwest Utah and to crow cotton, to decrease the saints reliance on expensive product from back east. The first group was led by Samuel Jefferson Adair (1806-1889) and a second group led by Robert Dockery Covington (1815-1902) who was appointed president of the newly formed branch at Washington, Utah. Other pioneer families joined them in 1861 but this ambitious endeavor came to an end after the close of the Civil War and cotton prices collapsed.
St. George Utah Temple
The St. George Utah Temple (formerly the St. George Temple) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in St. George, Utah. Completed in 1877, it was the church's third temple completed, but the first in Utah, following the migration west of members from Nauvoo, Illinois, following the death of the church's founder, Joseph Smith (1805-1844). It has been the place for marriages and temple ordinances for many LDS families in the area.
See Also
- Covington in Utah
- First Families of St. George, Utah
- Notable people of St. George, Utah
- History of St. George Stake
- ScoutHut St. George Historical Sites
:Note, for the following tables, that there may be more than one county or district of this name and that some contributors may have entered a different (possibly shorter and/or ambiguous) name when this one was meant. Search for similar names to get a more complete result. Common abbreviations are "Co." and "Cty", but there may have been no word for "county" (or equivalent) included, or such a word may have been wrongly included.
Familypedia people with surname Covington in Washington County, Utah
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Born in Washington County, Utah
Baptised in Washington County, Utah
Married in Washington County, Utah
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Died in Washington County, Utah
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| Death date | Death place | Birth place | Father | Mother | Joined with | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Ellen Covington (1849-1881) | 25 October 1881 | Washington, Washington County, Utah, United States | Cottonwood Heights, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States | Robert Dockery Covington (1815-1902) | Malinda Allison (1815-1881) | James Horten Thompson (1849-1873) |
| Robert Dockery Covington (1815-1902) | 2 June 1902 | Washington, Washington County, Utah | Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina | Thomas Covington (1790-1857) | Jane Thomas (1790-1822) | Elizabeth Ann Thomas (1820-1847) + Malinda Allison (1815-1881) + Nancy Roberts (1839-1864) |
| Robert Laborius Covington (1847-1928) | 27 December 1928 | Washington, Washington County, Utah, United States | Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States | Robert Dockery Covington (1815-1902) | Elizabeth Ann Thomas (1820-1847) | Rasmenia Willemina Iverson (1865-1944) |