COVART (COVERT) (COOVERT)                                  6/90

         Harriette COVART was born Sept. 29, 1831 in Glen Spey, an area of
         Sullivan Co. NY that was known as Lumberland.  This area was in the
         rolling Catskill Mountains and was suited for agriculture and
         lumbering being near the Deleware River. The area had boarding
         houses and taverns as well as farms to support the lumbering.
         Sullivan County was part of Ulster County until 1809.
         The Covarts were farmers.

         Her father, William Covart, was born c. 1793 in NY State.  He
         probably had 5-10 children of which I can identify the following:
              James          b. c. 1820
              Harriette      b. c. 1833
              Andrew         b. c. 1835
              George         b. c. 1837
         Her mother was named Anna REIDER and was born c. 1798 in NY State.

         Her grandfather, James Covart, fought in the Revolutionary War and
         her grandmother REIDER was killed by the indians in NY.
 
         She married George CLARK c. 1850.  George was born Oct. 17, 1822
         in NY State and died Sep.20, 1885. The children I can identify are:

              Mary J.           b. c. 1851
              Ella              b. c. 1851/1854   d. 1/22/1929
              Martin Dominick   b. c. 1852        d. 9/16/1899
              M. L.             b. c. 1853
              Anna A.           b. c. 1855        d. 6/06/1856
              Mary F.           b. c. 1859
              Clarrissa         b. 9/24/1859      d. 6/04/1905
              G. B.             b. c. 1861
              William C.        b. 3/04/1862      d. 4/02/1862
              George M.         b. 2/01/1865      d. 4/21/1889
              John              b. c. ?
              Mark              b. c. ?
 
         In 1860, their farm, in Eldred/Highland NY, was also home to Samuel
         Clark, 78, who was blind.  Samuel could have been George's father
         or uncle and was born c.1782 in NY State.  As a point of reference,
         The Civil War occurred 1861 to 1865.
 
         Harriette died Mar 18, 1889 of pneumonia complicated with valvular
         disease of the heart at age 58.  She was my g-g-grandmother on my
         mother's side.  She is buried in Elred cemetery next to her husband
         and two of her infant children, Anna A. and William C.

                                                   Joseph A. Arlt
                                                   686 Longbrook Ave
                                                   Stratford CT 06497
                                                   203-375-4001

         (The above information was compiled from 1840, 1850 and 1860
         census data and information from Matthew Clark, Agnes (Clark)
         Cook, and Ethel Wachter.)