Researching George Covington
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 384 people with the Covington surname? In that year Covington was ranked number 3195 for popularity in the UK. |
The name George means "A Tiller of the Soil or a Farmer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of George Covington on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for George Covington and the Covington Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 549 people with the Covington surname in the UK? Covington is now ranked number 3522 for popularity in the UK. |
Covington Genealogy Databases
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Some Famous People called George Covington
George Washington Covington
George Washington Covington (September 12, 1838 – April 6, 1911) was an American politician.
Covington was born in Berlin, Maryland, and attended the common schools as a youth. He pursued a higher education at Buckingham Academy, and later at Harvard Law School. In 1861, he was admitted to the bar and commenced practiced in Berlin and Snow Hill, Maryland.
Covington served as a member of the state constitutional convention in 1867, and was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1885. During the forty-eighth Congress, Covington served as chairman of the Committee on Accounts. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1884, and resumed the practice of law in Snow Hill. He died in New York City in 1911, and is interred in All Hallows Cemetery in Snow Hill.
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