Calvert List. Question on Geo. Calvert & Lydia Beck Ralls
Geo. Calvert (#73) (Geo., John, Geo., Wm. Leonard, Geo.) M. 1764 Lydia
Beck Ralls, KY (Bourbon & Harrison Co.). Capt. Rev. War, lived Culpeper
Co., KY most of his life. 14 Children: Ralls, 1767, m. Mary Wade
Strother. Margaret 1770, m. John Adams. Geo., 1771, m. #2 Anne (Jennings)
Norman. Anne (Nancy) Beck, 1773, m. Cecilius Calvert #134. John 1775, m.
Sarah Adams. Lydia 1777, m.Geo. Wheeler. Elizabeth 1779, m. Charles
Williams. Catherine 1781, m. #1 Henry Green, #2 Jacob Mathews. Hannah
1783, m. Peter Link. Jane 1785, m. Geo. Craver. Sarah 1786, m. John
Kaylor. Elijah 1789, d.yng. Cecilius 1791, m. Penelope Reno. Mariah 1793,
m. #1 Jacob Myers; #2 Nimrod Hambrick.
There is more info. on nearly all the children except: Lydia, Elizabeth,
and Jane.
Ralls Calvert (#142) s/o Geo. (#73) Culpeper Co., KY. D. 1814. M. Nov.
15, 1790 Mary Wade Strother, d/o Capt. John & Ann (Strother) Strother of
Wakefield, g. granddau Francis & Susannah (Dabney) Strother of St. Mark's
Parish, Culpeper (whose dau. Mary, widow of Rob't Detheredge, was 2nd
wife of Geo.Calvert of Deep Hole Farm). Ralls & Mary had 11 children.
Jeremiah Strother 1791, m. Priscilla Smither. Anne Strother 1793, m.#1
Isacher Smith; #2 Henry Spiller. Geo. 1795, m. Elizabeth Lovell Carr.
Lydia Beck. Martha. Patsey. John Strother 1806, m. Catherine Salvage.
Edward m. Mary Frances Jenkins. RALLS
CALVERT. Mary Calvert. Katherine m Hollingsworth. Lucy
d. 1848, m. James Leake Powers, whose first wife was her cousin,
Martha Ann Nicklin, d/o Dr. Joseph & Elizabeth (Calvert, #183) Nicklin.
Unfortunately, there is nothing more on the Ralls sought. That Ralls has
#400 in O'Gorman's book. There is more info. on his siblings.
There is a RALLS Calvert, #415, s/o John & Sarah (Adams) Calvert. This
Ralls b. 1804 m. Lavina TURNER. John was bro. of Ralls who m. Mary Wade
Strother. Ralls b. Culpeper Co. Ralls and wife moved to Shelby Co., IL.
There is a probate record in that county of Ralls. Ralls & Lavina had 4
children: Wm. 1827, m. Martha E. Marts. Elisha L. 1833, m. Lere Martz
(spelled that way) Elk Co., KS. Thomas Calvert. Martha Calvert.
There is more info. on Wm. (#1142). Martha b. Orange Co., IN. They had
Wm. Ralls b. 1862 m. Margaret E. Barrickman. This info. supplied by
Howard D. Calvert, Shelbyville, IL. Wm. & Margaret had 4 children: Alva
Lester 1884, m. Nellie Ruth Manzey. (no further info.) Charles Homer
1886, m. Myrtle Ann McDonald. (more info.on him). Orvel Glenn, nm. Wm.
Ralls 1899 m. Anna Weigler. (no info. on him).
Charles Homer Calvert ( #3782) b. 1886, Shelby Co., IL. He and Myrtle had
Howard Donald b. 1910, m. Vera Marie Houser.
Howard Donald Calvert ( 4412 ) & Vera was a coal trucker in Shelbyville,
IL. They had 3 children: Beverly Jean, 1932. Shirley Mae, 1934. Helen
Kay, 1937. t
Back to Elisha L. & Lere Martz Calvert. Son Wm. b. Shelby Co., IL. 1856.
He d. Howard, KS (Elk Co.) 1934. William m. Flora Ann Killam, whose
sister, Mettie, m. my uncle David Mullendore of Howard, KS.
Wm. & Flora had at least 2 children: Harley James Calvert b. 1885, Elk
Co., & Willis Eugene Calvert b. 1899 m. Gladys Moffet of Howard. Willis
d. in an explosion in OK (where many of the Mullendores went). Willis had
one child, Evelyn who m. #1 John Linsicome of Wichita, one son. #2 Harold
Hamilton of Cheney, KS. It seems that Evelyn and second husband went to
Everett Washington, altho' still owning a home in Howard, KS.
Harley James m. Edith Payne and moved to Greenwood Co. Then they retired
back to Howard. They had 4 children:#1 Ralph 1910, m. Dorothy Mann and
had 2 children---Carl and Arthur.#2 Marian Kathleen m. Glen Clopton of
Madison, KS. They now live in Valley Center. Marian & Glen have 2
children: James Roy & Glenna Sue. #3 Kenneth Clair 1922, m. Barbara
Woodward of Pasadena, CA. They went to Ore. and then to Alaska. They had
6 children: Martha, Curtis, Carol, Russell, Bruce & Martin. #4 Robert
Wayne 1924, m. Grace Hogan of PA. He was a V-12 and a Marine. (Ralph and
the other bro. were also connected to the military and/or research.)
Robert and wife moved to Oceanside, CA. They had 2 children: Paul & Donna.
I hope this proves useful. Contact me by snail mail: Barbara M. Calvert,
40 Cedars Rd., Caldwell, NJ 07006.