Oatman A. Covill

Born: 1838

Died: December 1911

Married: Sarah Stearns

Children: Mrs. W. H. Pitkin, Mrs. Fayzette, George Coville

Oatman Alonzo Covill was a Civil War veteran. He worked as a guide, and served as president (now called mayor) of the Village of Saranac Lake in 1899.

He is buried in Pine Ridge Cemetery.

---

Montpelier Morning Journal, (Vermont) December 19, 1911

KILLED BY TRAIN.

O. A. Coville, Former Resident, Loses His Life at Lexington, Mass.

J. W. Vaughan received a telegram Sunday morning announcing the death of O. A. Coville in Lexington, Mass. Mr. Coville was a resident of this city at one time and left about six years ago. The funeral will take place in Saranac Lake, N. Y., today at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Burial will be at Saranac.

Mr. Coville is survived by his wife and two daughters, Mrs. W. H. Pitkin of Lexington and Mrs. Fayzette of Troy, N. Y. and one son George Coville of Brooklyn, N. Y.

Mr. Coville met his death by being struck by a train in Lexington Saturday.