From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Covell, Henry

(born: 1850) 

Henry Covell is listed in the 1880 U.S. Federal Census as a horse jockey in Boston, MA. Born around 1850 in Kentucky, Covell was the husband of Helen Covell, a laundrywoman who was born in Massachusetts.

Coverage

Kentucky

Outside Kentucky Place Name

Boston, Massachusetts

Cite This NKAA Entry:

“Covell, Henry,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed July 26, 2024, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/index.php/items/show/2921.

Last modified: 2017-09-27 21:29:28