Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
Birth PlaceLee’s Summit, Jackson County, Missouri
MemoThree miles west of Lee Summit, Missouri.
Death Date28 Aug 1939746 Age: 67
Death PlaceKnob Noster, Johnson County, Missouri
Burial Date29 Aug 1939
Burial PlaceKnob Noster City Cemetery, Knob Noster, Johnson County, Missouri
FatherWilliam Neal COVEY , M (1837-1918)
MotherLucy Ann "Lucy" HALL , F (1839-1920)
Spouses
Birth Date25 Oct 1882748
Birth PlaceKnob Noster, Johnson County, Missouri
Death Date31 Oct 1964748 Age: 82
Death PlaceKnob Noster, Johnson County, Missouri
Burial Date5 Nov 1964748
Burial PlaceKnob Noster City Cemetery, Knob Noster, Johnson County, Missouri
FatherJohn C. MILLER , M
MotherLaura Frances BRIDGES , F
Notes for James Simon “Jenks” COVEY
1900 - Osawatomie, Miami County, Kansas20
COVEY, Lucy A. head w f Sept 1839 60 Wd 3/3 children KY VA KY house keeping
COVEY, James S. son w m March 1872 28 m MO VA KY fireman for railroad
COVEY, Eula daughter w f Oct 1881 18 s MO VA KY none
COVEY, Charles son w m July 1883 16 s MO VA KY clerk at [can't read]
HALL, Alice niece w f Nov 1877 MO KY KY none
[there are also several lodgers listed who work for the railroad]
I'm not really sure why Lucy A. Covey has been listed as a widow. I never did hear that there were any problems between her and her husband. Am also surprised to find them out in Kansas, but that now answers the question of "why William Covey was found alone on the 1900 census in Knob Noster". Eula married in Kansas in 1904, so it looks like some of them may have followed James S. "Jinks" Covey out to Kansas when he worked for the railroad.
1920 - US Census for Knob Noster.
Jenks “James” can be found living with his mother, sister Eula Patton and brother Charles17
1930 - Washington Township, Knob Noster, Johnson County, Missouri749
Jenks is living with his wife Mary S (Swearingen) and her son from her first marriage.
COVEY, James S. head 58 MO KY KY Carpenter
COVEY, Mary S. wife 47 teacher MO Ohio ____
SWEARINGEN, Robert M. Swearingen step son 24 truckdriver MO MO OH
When he was a small child he was always singing the old song, “I’m Captain Jink’s of the Horse Marines". This is where he got his nick name of Jenks. It stuck with him all through his life.746
When he was four months old, his parents moved to Georgetown, three miles north of Sedalia, Mo. In a short time they moved back agin to Knob Noster, where his parents spent the remainder of their days.746
He was educated in Knob Noster and was an apt scholar. It was said that he was a “jack of all trades” and could take on any job put before him. At some point he got a job as a telegraph operator, a salesman and a carpenter. He worked on the old Elliott hotel doing many repairs.746
1926, July - Jenks painted the horse drawn mail wagon for John Beatty. The boy was painted green with black letters U.S. Mail route 13 R.F.D. Knob Noster, MO on the rear end.750
1927 - Jenks was working at the Knob Noster Gem as a printer.746
He must have been a very tidy man. There was an article in the Gem about his hobby as being “cleanliness wherever he works.” For six years he roomed at the Denton home, doing his own cooking and room work, and through all those years no one visiting his appartment ever found it untidy. He was also an expert cook.746
He was a member of the Odd Fellows, belonging to the Paola Lodge. He took the highest degree, a Canton, served as Noble Grand, was appointed secretary, which he was holding in 1927.746
He said that when he was little the girls use to pull his nose, box his ears and tear his clothes. He would then be punished by his mother and remembered crying many times746
1929, February 28 - there was a newspaper article about Jenks who said he was a champion egg eater. He admitted eating 4 eggs per day for 365 days for 17 years. It was a total of 24,800 eggs or 69 cases.81
COVEY, Lucy A. head w f Sept 1839 60 Wd 3/3 children KY VA KY house keeping
COVEY, James S. son w m March 1872 28 m MO VA KY fireman for railroad
COVEY, Eula daughter w f Oct 1881 18 s MO VA KY none
COVEY, Charles son w m July 1883 16 s MO VA KY clerk at [can't read]
HALL, Alice niece w f Nov 1877 MO KY KY none
[there are also several lodgers listed who work for the railroad]
I'm not really sure why Lucy A. Covey has been listed as a widow. I never did hear that there were any problems between her and her husband. Am also surprised to find them out in Kansas, but that now answers the question of "why William Covey was found alone on the 1900 census in Knob Noster". Eula married in Kansas in 1904, so it looks like some of them may have followed James S. "Jinks" Covey out to Kansas when he worked for the railroad.
1920 - US Census for Knob Noster.
Jenks “James” can be found living with his mother, sister Eula Patton and brother Charles17
1930 - Washington Township, Knob Noster, Johnson County, Missouri749
Jenks is living with his wife Mary S (Swearingen) and her son from her first marriage.
COVEY, James S. head 58 MO KY KY Carpenter
COVEY, Mary S. wife 47 teacher MO Ohio ____
SWEARINGEN, Robert M. Swearingen step son 24 truckdriver MO MO OH
When he was a small child he was always singing the old song, “I’m Captain Jink’s of the Horse Marines". This is where he got his nick name of Jenks. It stuck with him all through his life.746
When he was four months old, his parents moved to Georgetown, three miles north of Sedalia, Mo. In a short time they moved back agin to Knob Noster, where his parents spent the remainder of their days.746
He was educated in Knob Noster and was an apt scholar. It was said that he was a “jack of all trades” and could take on any job put before him. At some point he got a job as a telegraph operator, a salesman and a carpenter. He worked on the old Elliott hotel doing many repairs.746
1926, July - Jenks painted the horse drawn mail wagon for John Beatty. The boy was painted green with black letters U.S. Mail route 13 R.F.D. Knob Noster, MO on the rear end.750
1927 - Jenks was working at the Knob Noster Gem as a printer.746
He must have been a very tidy man. There was an article in the Gem about his hobby as being “cleanliness wherever he works.” For six years he roomed at the Denton home, doing his own cooking and room work, and through all those years no one visiting his appartment ever found it untidy. He was also an expert cook.746
He was a member of the Odd Fellows, belonging to the Paola Lodge. He took the highest degree, a Canton, served as Noble Grand, was appointed secretary, which he was holding in 1927.746
He said that when he was little the girls use to pull his nose, box his ears and tear his clothes. He would then be punished by his mother and remembered crying many times746
1929, February 28 - there was a newspaper article about Jenks who said he was a champion egg eater. He admitted eating 4 eggs per day for 365 days for 17 years. It was a total of 24,800 eggs or 69 cases.81
Notes for Mary Myrtle (Spouse 1)
She apparently had a horse named, “Lindy.” In 1939 there was an article in the Knob Noster Gen newspaper relating to the death of the spotten Bay mare.751
Notes for James Simon “Jenks” & Mary Myrtle (Family)
They were married by O.K. Posey, pastor of the Christian Church of La Monte.