William Spencer Covert

Alternate Names

Birth Date

1808 August 6

Death Date

1899 November 17

Gender

Male

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Family Search KWJC-L25 Died: 17 Nov 1899 Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah Bur: 19 November 1899 Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah

Born in Locke, Cayuga, New York

1808 August 6

Mother

Phoebe Drake

Father

Smith Covert

Baptized by P. Brown

1839 March (Age 30)

Served in Northern States Mission

1843 (Age 34) See Missionaries

Mission Type

Proselytizing

Priesthood Office

Seventy

Additional Notes

Journal History July 3 1843

Served in Las Vegas Mission

1855 April–1857 March (Age 46) See Missionaries

Mission Type

Proselytizing

Marital Status

Plurally Married

Priesthood Office

Seventy

Additional Notes

Set Apart

1855 April 22 (Age 46)

Departed from Home

1855 May 10 (Age 46)

Arrived in Field

1855 June 15 (Age 46)

Death

1899 November 17 (Age 91)

Media

William Spencer Covert (1808 - 1899) Profile

Sources

A Gamble in the Desert: the Mormon Mission in Las Vegas (1855-1857), Woods, Fred Emmett 1956-, M277.93 W875g 2005, Church History Library

A Gamble in the Desert: the Mormon Mission in Las Vegas (1855-1857), Woods, Fred Emmett 1956-, M277.93 W875g 2005, Church History Library. Transcript for 1st Presidency missionary calls and recommendations 1877-1918: CR 1 168, Church History Library

Historians Office Journal History of the church

Historians Office Journal History of the church, Vol. 1.

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 3 July 1843

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 3 July 1843.

Las Vegas Mission Historical Record, 1855-1856, CLR 5691 21 F 1, Church History Library

Las Vegas Mission Historical Record, 1855-1856, CLR 5691 21 F 1, Church History Library.

Mormon Indian Mission-1855, Law, Wesley Ruane, 1929-: M273.4 L416m

Mormon Indian Mission-1855, Law, Wesley Ruane, 1929-: M273.4 L416m, Page 40. Transcript for 1st Presidency missionary calls and recommendations 1877-1918: CR 1 168, Church History Library

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travels Database, William Spencer Covert

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travels Database, William Spencer Covert.

Nauvoo Restoration Inc., comp., Nauvoo Seventies list

Nauvoo Restoration Inc., comp., Nauvoo Seventies list, Vol. 1.

Temple Records Index Bureau, comp., Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 977.343/N1 K29c

Temple Records Index Bureau, comp., Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 977.343/N1 K29c, Page 45. Transcript for 1st Presidency missionary calls and recommendations 1877-1918: CR 1 168, Church History Library