Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Pages 1065 - 1066

NATHANIEL COVAULT, an industrious and thrifty farmer of Sedgwick County, resides on section 10 of Union Township, where he has a fine farm. He was born in Bedford County, Pa., Jan. 6, 1827. His parents were Jacob and Fanny (Hess) Covault, natives of Pennsylvania, of Welsh descent. In 1842 the family moved to Blackford County, Ind., and there the parents closed their earthly careers, leaving behind an honorable record of industry and honesty. Unto them had been born thirteen children.

             Our subject was fifteen years old when he accompanied his parents to their new home in Indiana, and there he grew to a strong and healthy manhood. In 1867 he took unto himself a wife and helpmate in the person of Mrs. Barbara (Ritter) Bright, widow of Abraham Bright, and daughter of John and Sarah (Bailey) Ritter, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Ohio. They are now living in Delaware, Ind., aged respectively eighty-three and eighty years. They were the parents of ten children. Mrs. Covault was born in Ohio, July 11, 1838. She was married to Mr. Blight Jan. 31, 1862. He was a native of Ohio, and a farmer by occupation. Soon after the young couple were separated by his enlistment to take part in the late Civil War. He was a member of Company I, 89th Indiana Infantry, and died at Memphis Dec. 19, 1862, aged twenty-one, and was buried at Memphis. One child was born of that union, Sarah Jane.

             After marriage Mr. Covault continued to engage in agricultural pursuits in Indiana until 1878, when he disposed of his property there and removed with his family to Kansas, to avail himself of the superior advantages afforded to the farmer by its rich virgin soil. During the first two years of his residence here he rented land, and in the meantime was enabled to look about him for a suitable location, and finally purchased his present farm, containing 160 acres of valuable, well-watered land, eighty of which lie in the town of Colwich. It is all well improved and capable of producing rich harvests, and he has erected ample buildings. This prosperity has been brought by the untiring and persistent labors of himself and wife. They are industrious, intelligent people, and well deserve the esteem and respect of those among whom they have come to make their home. Four children have blessed their marriage - John Newton, Alice, Ann and Nettie.

             Mr. Covault has voted With the Republican party since its organization. Ile takes an active interest in educational matters, and has done efficient work as a member of the School Board.

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