Ebenezer D. Covalt was born on 30. Jul. 1823 at Brown/Clermont County, Ohio. He was the son of
Abraham Covalt and
Mary Anna Davis. Ebenezer D. Covalt married
Sarah Marie Ashton, daughter of
James M. Ashton and
Cassandra Slye, on 9. Aug. 1845. Ebenezer D. Covalt was shown in the census on 1. Aug. 1850 as a farmer.
Ebenezer D. Covalt and
Sarah Marie Ashton appeared on the census of 1. Aug. 1850 at next to his father, Perry Twp., Brown County, Ohio. Ebenezer D. Covalt died on 30. May. 1865 at Grant County, Indiana, at age 41. This came from the History of Grant County Indiana
E. Covalt, deceased, Green Township, was a native of Brown County, Ohio, born July 30, 1823, and is a son of Abraham Covalt, a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, born July 27, 1798. The father of Abraham and grandfather of our subject was Jeremiah Covalt, native of Virginia, who married Rachel Jarred, and were among the early settlers of Ohio, where he died in Brown County in about 1818, and his widow in about 1834. Abraham was married in Brown County, Ohio, in 1818, to Annie Davis, a native of Pennsylvania, born February 2, 1794, and died in Grant County, Ind., January 2, 1875. E. Covalt also married in Brown County, Ohio, in 1843, Sarah Ashton, a native of Brown County, who died in 1860, after bearing the following children: Lucinda A., Mary A., Jarret, Maria C., Elizabeth A., Sarah E. and Laura B. In 1864 Mr. Covalt removed with his family to Grant County, Ind., where his death occurred the following year. His son Jarret is one of the enterprising and prosperous farmers of Green Township and owns a good farm of 160 acres, and takes an active interest in all matters of a beneficial nature to his county. Mr. Covalt is a Republican in politics and in 1876 was elected township trustee, and creditably filled the requirements of that office nearly four years, and in 1886 was elected assessor of his township. In 1871 he was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Messmore, a native of Shelby County, Ind., by whom his is the father of five children, namely: Sarah J., David L., Everett, Lula E., and Harry A. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.