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CALVERT, George W. Biography

George W. Calvert, Calvert, Miss., a well-known planter and merchant of Kemper county, Miss., of which he is a native, was born January 28, 1852, and is a son of Adam and Leah A. (Windham) Calvert The father was born in Ireland in 1824. His parents, William and Esther (Greenlea) Calvert, emigrated to America when he was yet a child, and settled in Alabama. In 1883 they came to Kemper county, and the father engaged in planting and also embarked in the mercantile trade. He and his wife both spent the balance of their days there. Adam Calvert and Leah A. Windham were united in marriage in 1840, and reared a family of children, nine of whom are living: Mary, now Mrs. Vance; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Roberts; George W. , the subject of this biography; James M.; Jeff. D.; Anna, now Mrs. Dr. Cochran; Mattie, now Mrs. Mulholland; Willie, Emmet and Virgie. The father died in 1880. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, and of Center Ridge lodge, A. F. A A. M. For a number of years, also, ho was justice of the peace. Politically he affiliates with the democratic party, and takes an active interest in all matters of importance to the public. The mother of our subject was born in Mississippi in 1828, and was a daughter of B. B. Wiifdham, a planter and mechanic by occupation, and one of the early settlers of the state; he died in Alabama in 1885. Mrs. Calvert is still living and resides in Kemper county; she is a consistent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. George W. spent his early life on a farm in Kemper county, where he was trained to all the details of agriculture. He was educated in this county, and at the age of twentyone years he engaged in farming on his own account. He was married in 1874 to Miss Lou Mulholland, a daughter of Joseph and Fannie -Mulholland. both of Irish lineage. The Mulholland family was one of the earliest to settle in Mississippi. Mr. and Mrs. Calvert are the parents of five children: Stella, Preston, Jessie, Ivan and Essie. Mr. Calvert has been very prosperous in his planting, and owns about twelve hundred acres, the greater portion of which lies within the borders of Kemper county. In 188b he entered the commercial circles of Kemper county, and in this branch of business he has also met with success. Politically he affiliates with the democratic party, and is connected with all matters of public importance. He and his wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, in which they are faithful workers. Mr. Calvert’s father and brother William were both soldiers in the Civil war: William died in the army, and the father served almost the entire period. [Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, Chicago, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1891.]