Thomas E. Covington was born in North Carolina in March 1873. He married Emily Chason Brunson, of Donalsville, Georgia and the moved to Texas.
Sources
"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3L6-YDV : accessed 28 Dec 2013), Thomas E Covington, Justice Precinct 3 (election precinct 6) Danson Springs village, Anderson, Texas, United States; citing sheet , family 38, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241607.