Silas Covert

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Silas Covertis not in my direct ancestry. He was father of Marinda Covert, and father-in-law of Isaac Finley Wimer, who is 2 steps removed in the following ways: Nephew of Samuel Wimer; Son of John Wimer Grandson of Christophel Wimer and Mary Sophia Snyder

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	calc. ~1811	PA
Marriage			To Margaret unknown
Death	11 Nov. 1870	Butler Co. PA
Buried		Muddy Creek Cemetery	Butler Co. PA

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 6       Generation 7                         
                                               
                          +-- Silas Covert                    
                          |   (1811-1870)        
   +--Marinda Covert -----+             
   |   (1837-1873)        |                  
   |                      +--Margaret unknown         
   |                         (1815-1853)                            
   |
   |                      +--John Wimer
   |                      |
   +--Isaac Finley Wimer--+
                          |
                          +--Nancy Coulter

Sources:

Children

( children with Margaret unknown )

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Covert	M		PA

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Franklin Twp., Butler Co. PA	by 1850

Photos

Gravestone of Silas Covert family, upper Wolf Creek Cemetery

Inscription, Silas Covert & wife Margaret

Children of S&M Covert, Alfred P., Cinderella, ... Muddy Creek Cemetery, upper section

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
2	1840 United States Federal Census, Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA, p. 23. Silas Covert family: 1 Male under age 5; 1 M age 5-9; 1 M 20-29; 2 F under age 5; 1 F 20-29. (Also on census page: Casper Hockenberry, Susan St. Clair, William Wimer, William McNeese, Ebenezer Hoge).
3	1850 United States Federal Census, Franklin Twp., Butler County PA, page 18, date of census 16 Aug. 1850. Lines 21-28: all born PA; Silas Covert age 39, farmer, $2200 real estate; Margaret age 36 Silvester age 15, in school Marinda age 12, in school Nancy J. age (10? 11?) in school Alfred age 6 Cindarella age 4 Clarissa age 1 Also on page: Thomas Branand (1797-1872)
4	1860_United_States_Federal_Census, P.O. Brownington, Brady Twp., Butler County PA, p.5. Lines 19-28: Silas Covert, age 49, farmer, real estate value $4,000; personal estate $1,488. Easter (sic) age 43; Marrian age 22, in school;Nancy 20, in school; Alfred 15 in school; Sinderrilla (sic), 13, in school; Claressa 11, in school; Emma 9, in school; Margaret E. 2; David Keefer 23, master carpenter. All born in PA. Lines 29-31: Silvester Covert age 24, Farm laborer, $300 personal estate; Mary, age 23; Alma L. (F) age 4 mos. All born in PA.
5	1870_United_States_Federal_Census. P.O. West Liberty, Brady Twp., Butler Co. PA, date of census: 22 Aug. 1870.>br>Lines 17-20: Silas Covert age 60, farmer, $10,000 real estate, $2,000 personal estate; Esther 54, father of foreign birth; Cindarella 23; Margaret 12, in school. All born PA. Lines 21-26: Silvester Covert age 35; Mary 33; Lawrence 10; Thomas 8 (M); Illa? (F) 6; Owen 2 (M).
6	The Wimer Family by Paul W. Myers, undated but printed after 1975. Pgs. 13-19 Research regarding Isaac Finley Wimer; pg. 13, "By 1861, Finley had met his future wife, Marinda Covert...."; p.14, "...Finley and Marinda were married... in Brady Township on October 1, 1864..."; pgs. 14-15, "In 1870, Marinda's father, Silas Covert, died leaving his homestead to his daughter. Finley and Miranda moved to the Covert Farm permanently. Shortly after they moved, several of the Coverts contracted a fatal respiratory illness which was also to take Miranda's life. Marinda Covert Wimer died on December 11, 1872, after a protracted illness, and was interred at the Wolf Creek Seceder Cemetery. Finley carried on alone, raising his four children on the farm where he spent the rest of his life." Please see Source Notes section below.
7	Wolf Creek Cemetery, transcribed & photographed June 2007 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams Marinda wife of I. F. Wimer died Dec. 11, 1873 aged ___yr ___m ___17da. (not clearly legible)
8	Muddy Creek Cemetery, transcribed & photographed Sept. 2006 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams 4-sided Covert obelisk, several names per side; located near entrance to the upper cemetery Side 1: Silas Covert died Nov. 11, 1870 aged 59 yrs 6 mos & 18 d Margaret Covert died Jan 13, 1853 aged 37 yrs 8 mo & 13 d Side 2: Children of S. & M. Covert Alfred P. died Jan 14, 18(70?) aged 24 yrs Cinderela died June (18(7-?) Sarah M. ...(illegible) Side 3: Emma Z. died Aug 20, 1869 aged 18 yrs 5 mos 7 da Clarissa died June 22, 1869 aged 29 yrs 4 mos & 4d Milton died Sept 16 1840 aged 4 yrs 5 mos Side 4: Minerva died (Dec?) 2, 1818 54 yrs 6 mos 9d John A. died Mar 20, 1852 aged 2 mos 2d Nancy died Jan 23 18(60?) aged 2 yrs Please see Source Notes section below.

Source Notes

• Note in source 6 the description of a respiratory illness striking the Covert family in about 1870, and the deaths listed in source 7 around 1870 : Silas in 1870, Alfred age 24 in 18(70?), Cindarella in 18(7-?), Emma Z. in 1869, Clarissa in 1869, and possibly Sarah M. (date illegible). The numbers in brackets with question mark appeared when transcrived to include a "7" but were poorly legible. The transcription was done in 2006, before extracting these notes re. the illness, from "The Wimer Family" in 2016.
• Note in Source 8, the woman Minerva who died in 1818 at age 54. Hers is the first name, at top of one of the faces of the obelisk. She may have been Silas Covert's mother, who then would have died in 1818 ~7 yrs. after he was born in ~1811. Or she may have been his sister. It is curious that her name appears only as Minerva, followed by date of death; the surname Covert would have been added if she were the first buried there, the the stone originated with here. It is quite possible that this Covert family resided here in 1818. Our direct line ancestor Lucas Covert is reported in the 1895 History of Butler County to have arrived in the area in 1796 as one of the first settlers. His relationship to Silas Covert is at present (Jan 2016) not established.