Louisa Renshaw Covey

Louisa Covey's schools came in a chain. Her husband, J. V. E. Covey, a Baptist minister born in New York, became head of Franklin College, a Masonic school at Palestine, in 1856. Within a year he was president of Alma Institute at Hallettsville. He led Concrete College in DeWitt County from 1865 to 1881, and raised money for McMullen College. Louisa died in 1882, the year after Tilden's college opened. Covey then preached in and around Cotulla and died there on January 13, 1898.

What the plaque says

Louisa Renshaw Covey Born in Philadelphia; married Dr. J.V.E. Covey, Baptist minister and teacher, in 1845. They came to Texas during the 1850's as missionary-teachers. Regarded by her associates as a gifted instructor, Mrs. Covey aided her husband in founding and operating three colleges. In 1857 they established Alma Institute at Hallettsville; then during the Civil War, Concrete College near Cuero; an in 1881, McMullen College at Tilden. Recorded -- 1969

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Choke Canyon State Park — 12 mi
  A reservoir state park on the Frio River in two units, built after a 1982 dam, with birds, alligators and fishing on land people have crossed for more than 10,000 years.

More markers nearby

• John Swanson Yarbrough — steps away
• Old McMullen College — 0.6 mi
• Boot Hill Cemetery — 0.7 mi
• Moses William Hindes — 0.7 mi