Does anyone know exactly how this Frank Covena was related to Sheriff T. A. Fields (Sr.)? Through his sister? Through his wife's family? Tara Dawn Williams wrote: >The Atlanta Constitution March 11, 1911 >FARMER FATALLY HURT IN PECULIAR ACCIDENT >Swainsboro, Ga. >March 9 >Frank Covena, a well known farmer of this county, came near losing his life in an accident this morning. Covena was building a wire fence and in stretching the wire in some manner the stretcher broke and an iron clamp flew up and struck Mr. Covena behind the ear. He was knocked senseless and for a time was thought to be dead. Physicians from this city were rushed out and report that while Covena is still living, his life is hanging by a thread. >To make the accident doubly sad is the fact that he was married only one moth ago. He is a nephew of Sheriff T.A. Fields and is a young man highly esteemed. > > >==== GAEMANUE Mailing List ==== >Nancy Gay Crawford, List Administrator >Any off topic questions or comments please send to ME at MeMeC@alltel.net > > > --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0527-2, 07/08/2005 Tested on: 7/9/2005 5:33:13 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

Looks like his mother was the sheriff's sister. Olivia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tara D. Fields" <tutcher@camdencounty.org> To: <GAEMANUE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [GAEMANUE-L] Fields/Covena > Does anyone know exactly how this Frank Covena was related to Sheriff T. > A. Fields (Sr.)? Through his sister? Through his wife's family? > > Tara >