Merced County Biographies

RUFUS P. COVERT

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        A successful business man who has won the esteem and confidence of all 
who have had business dealings with him, is Rufus P. Covert of Merced, whose 
transfer and storage business has been carried on for the past thirteen years. 
He has contracts with the United States government for carrying mail; also with 
the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and the Yosemite Valley Railroad Company; 
he is also engaged in a local transfer business, and also does long distance 
hauling, using four trucks in his business. His birth occurred in New Brighton, 
Pa., on March 8, 1881, a son of Charles and Margaret (Phillis) Covert. In 1893 
the family came to California and located in Merced, where the father engaged in 
business. He and his wife are now living retired in Oakland, Cal.
        Rufus P. Covert was educated in the public schools of Merced; then after 
a two years' business course he entered the employ of John R. Graham and for the 
following five years was foreman and bookkeeper for this firm. Then he became 
the superintendent of ice agencies for the National Ice Company; later he tried 
farming for a couple of years. In 1913 he established his present business, 
which has brought him independence.
        Mr. Covert was married to Miss Hattie Whealan, a native daughter of 
Merced County, Cal., and to them have been born seven children: Sherwood, 
Calvin, Grace, Lester, Margie, Carroll, and Jackie. Mr. Covert is a Republican 
in politics and fraternally is affiliated with the Woodmen of the World. He 
belongs to the Chamber of Commerce in Merced.
 
History of Merced County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 1925
page 877