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COVELL, Arthur E.

Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches 
of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. 
Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Publishing Company, 1912, pp 154-155

Arthur E. COVELL, Berlin [Vermont], farmer and lumberman, was born 22 August 
1870 in Berlin [Washington County, Vermont], son of Stephen H. and Mary J. 
(POOR) COVELL. Educated at Berlin public schools and Montpelier Seminary. 
For five years had charge of the independent telephone system in Montpelier, 
Northfield, and adjacent towns, serving that length of time as a director in 
the Orange County Telephone Company. Was for three years member of Vermont 
National Guard. Republican; represented Berlin in the Legislature 1904; 
elected selectman for nine consecutive years, 1899-1907; overseer of the poor 
1903-1910. Member of the Grange; Clan Gordon No. 12, Order of Scottish 
Clans; New England Order of Protection; Montpelier Lodge, Knights of Pythias; 
and Suadah Temple No. 140, Dramatic Order of Knights of Khorassan. In 1910 
he [Arthur E. COVELL] married [Miss?] Clemmie Leone SAWYER, of Northfield 
[Washington County, Vermont].

Submitted by Cathy Kubly