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Introduction:
This document is an excerpt from Barabara's online site and the information provided here reflect's her research and documentation in her descent from Jonathan Calvert b 1790 in TN who married Sarah Moon.
Dewel Lott, in his book, "Our Calvert" kin details a considerable amount of research on three brothers who were born in TN and who migrated to Alabama. Two of the three brothers were deeded Land by a "William Calvert". There were three brothers, Joseph, Jonathan and William.
Providing a view of the story lines passed down in the various families shows that brothers and cousins immigrated from either Ireland or England(depending on who passed down the story line) and arrived in the American Colonies before the Revolutionary War. This conflict apparently divided the kin, the Tories migrating to Canada and the others dispersing to the American Interior--namely TN. From Research hints that I have been able to glean in my own work, It appears to me that a Thomas and William Calvert migrate from Viriginia, probably Frederick County to TN, born before or about 1750. These two nebulous Calverts may indeed be the ancestral line of Calverts so described. Be that as it may, these brothers migrate to Alabama and Dewel Lott has provided an extensive view of these descents in his book, "Our Calvert Kin".
A more recent event was my own work researching the ancestry of Robert Calvert of
Atoka Oklahoma, who lives on a Farm near there which is very close to where the Butterfield stage route came through the area to Boggy Depot. This played an important part in the History of the American west and an Ancestor of Robert was involved with this stage route and the use of animals for the coaches. My research found Robert to be descended from Edward Calvert b 1788 in TN who migrated from there into Saline Co Ar before removing to Texas. The DNA of the descendants of the brothers described in
Dewel Lott's book, Jonathan of this genealogy, b1790, Joseph b 1782, and William b 1793 match the DNA of Robert Calvert of Atoka. Thus we at least know that descendants of these lines match the descent of Robert Calvert of Atoka of Edward Calvert b 1788 and appear to be brothers or cousins. This matches the story line as it is described in varying forms by the introduction in Dewel Lott's book.
In editing this, I have excluded Barabara's first and second generation documentation.
The remainder of the ancestry begins with Babara's parents, Andrew and Mabel Sheperd Calvert in her presenation, generation 2.
Best,
David Bell - Calvert Genealogy and the Calvert Surname Project at FT/DNA.
Prepared for the Web 11/14/2005 by David Edwin Bell
The Ancestry of Barbara Jean Calvert, descended from Jonathan Calvert b 1790 TN
2. Andrew Calvert, son of Andrew Jackson Calvert and Mabel Glen Sheperd , was born on 10 Apr 1912 in Mingus Texas and died on 13 Mar 1979 in Palo Alto, California, at age 66. The cause of his death was cancer of the brain and lungs.
General Notes: Andrew was next to the youngest son of Jack and Mabel Calvert. He graduated from North Side High School in Ft. Worth . He worked for a while with his dad at General American Tank Car Company and then had a paper route that covered small towns in North Texas. He and Dorothy met through mutual friends and married while on one of his paper routes. They were married during the depression and jobs were scarce. He told the story of going to interview for a job opening and there were 50 men for each position. He noticed that all the ones that they picked to work had a wave in their hair so he went home and asked Dorothy to wave his hair. The next day with his wave, he got picked. He worked for the WPA and Agee Screen Company as a woodworker. They lived for a while with his parents on a farm near Reno, Texas eating "raw peanuts" for lunch since they had nothing else. Dorothy's father gave them a little pig and they raised it. When they butchered it evidently something went wrong in the preservation because all the meat spoiled which was a great disappointment to them. When WW II broke out he went to work for North American Aviation Company in Grand Prairie as a tool and die maker. The family had owned a small house on Cantey Street in Ft. Worth but sold it and moved to Grand Prairie. He stayed with that company until 1945 when the war was over. He later owned his own service station and repaired cars since he was a good mechanic. He worked in various aircraft factories in Ft. Worth and then in Connecticut, Tennessee and California finally moving to California in 1961 to work for Lockheed. He was transferred for a short time to Marietta, GA and then back to San Jose, California. He sold real estate for American Realty for several years successfully. He developed cancer and had radical neck surgery in 1973 and it reoccurred in Oct 1978 in both his lungs and brain. He died in March 1979. He was 5'9" tall with blond hair and very blue eyes. He was a smoker all his life, loved to hunt and fish and camp. He built his own little boat and called it the "Dorothy Ann." After he moved to California he loved to go to Monterey Bay , CA and when he died he was cremated and his ashes scattered on Monterey Bay.
Andrew married Dorothy Ann Kennedy on 3 Jul 1932 in Marietta, Love County, Oklahoma.
Children from this marriage were:
1 i. Barbara Jean Calvert (born on 18 Feb 1933 in Ft. Worth , Tarrant County, Texas)
Barbara also has two siblings.
3. Dorothy Ann Kennedy, daughter of Marshall Croft Kennedy and Pansy Kathleen Pearce , was born on 24 May 1914 in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas.
Dorothy married Andrew Calvert on 3 Jul 1932 in Marietta, Love County, Oklahoma.
Third Generation
4. Andrew Jackson Calvert, son of John Calvin Calvert and Sarah Jane Newbrough, was born on 3 Oct 1877 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas and died on 4 May 1961 in Azle, Parker County, Texas, at age 83.
General Notes: Jack was only about 5 years old when his father died. He was raised by his mother and step brothers. He had a long body and short legs and was about 5'4" tall. He and Mabel had 6 children. He studied to be a Baptist minister but quit before he finished. In the 1900 census he is in Eastland, County, Texas as a single boarder. He and Mabel married in 1902 when she was just 16 years old. They lived for a number of years in Baird, Callahan County, Texas where Mabel grew up. He worked for General American Tank Car Company, but later resorted to farming and running a dairy. He had a quick temper and at times was referred to as "Rainy Jack". He smoked the "roll your own variety of cigarettes all his life. He had red hair and blue eyes but grew bald as he got older. He was very strong and active even as he aged actually digging a root cellar when he was 76 years old.
Andrew married Mabel Glen Sheperd on 24 Jul 1901 in Baird, Callahan County, Texas.
Children from this marriage were:
i. Roy Jackson Calvert was born on 8 Oct 1902 in Mingus, Texas and died in Azle, Parker County, Texas.
ii. Janie Louella Calvert was born on 4 Apr 1905 in Mingus Texas, and died on 14 Jun 1984 in Ft.Worth , Tarrant County, Texas, at age 79.
iii. Mabel Lucile Calvert was born on 21 Jul 1907 in Mingus, Texas and died in Jan 1990 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, at age 82.
iv. Bessie Fern Calvert was born on 26 Apr 1910 in Mingus Texas, and died in Jul 2002 in Ft. Worth , Tarrant County, Texas, at age 92.
2 v. Andrew Calvert (born on 10 Apr 1912 in Mingus Texas - died on 13 Mar 1979 in Palo Alto, California)
vi. Freddie Lee Calvert was born on 11 Jun 1922 in Ft.Worth , Tarrant County, Texas.
5. Mabel Glen Sheperd, daughter of Jack Shepard and Louella M. Snow , was born on 6 Oct 1886 in Itasca, Hill County, Texas and died on 12 Oct 1976 in Ft.Worth , Tarrant County, Texas, at age 90.
General Notes: Mabel was the oldest daughter of Louella Snow and Jack Shepard. She only went as far as the 4th grade in school. She married at 15 years old and her first child, Roy was born when she was 16. She had very curly dark hair and deep blue eyes, but was so near sighted she couldn't even read the big "E" on the eye chart. She wore very thick glasses. She crocheted and did "drawn work", but had to hold these right up next to her face in order to see what she was doing. In order to read she did the same thing. Her material for making doilies, dresser scarfs and sheets were feed sacks and the string that came out of the tops. These she starched and ironed and they were beautiful. She churned her own butter, canned all the vegetables that they didn't eat during the summer months. She made bread and butter pickles and always had a crock of dill pickles making. When the family was grown and had families of their own, they came back to the farm where their parents lived every Sunday for a big dinner. Usually there were 2 tables, the first for the children. There were always cookies and multi layered cakes for dessert. She made her own lie soap and saved rainwater in the barrel by the back porch. She dipped snuff, but kept it a "secret" from her husband Jack... Each Christmas she made up a little sack of hard candy for each grandchild. She and her husband never really had much money and until they moved into town never had running water in the house or indoor toilet facilities. She taught her daughters and granddaughters all the practical things like cooking, sewing, mending and crocheting. They raised chickens and had a dairy. She sold eggs and the butter she made and they sold milk to the dairies. The land they farmed was not fertile, but they did raise vegetables and grain for the livestock and delicious watermelons. They always kept a horse and it was the greatest pleasure for the grandchildren to ride on Sundays and in the summer when they came for visits. She always had an available lap to sit on, a shoulder to cry on and was a very loving person. She always said "When your children are little, they step on your toes, but when they are grown, they step on your heart."
Mabel married Andrew Jackson Calvert on 24 Jul 1901 in Baird, Callahan County, Texas.
6. Marshall Croft Kennedy, son of James M. Kennedy and Charlotte Drake, was born on 27 Mar 1877 in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas, died on 16 Jul 1941 in Ft.Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at age 64, and was buried on 17 Jul 1941 in Greenwood Cemetery, Ft. Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. The cause of his death was Heart Attack.
General Notes: Marshall was the youngest of James Kennedy's children. The family lived on what is now practically all of North Dallas. When his father, James, died he left each of his children 100 acres of farm land and 50 acres of bottom land where the trees were located for firewood etc. Marsh and Pansy lived with Charlotte Kennedy until just after Dorothy was born in 1914. He then sold his property and they moved to Ft. Worth living at Pansy's sisters boarding house at 902 Galveston. He used most of the money to buy a part interest in a "Hot Tomale" stand in the Burkburnett oil fields leaving Pansy and the children and writing letters to "his darlin'" and asking "how were all the babies". Marsh came home and went to work, first as a streetcar conductor, having to finish high school at the old Ft. Worth Academy, later Central High School and now Pascal High School. Later he became a policeman and walked a beat on the North Side. They bought the house at 1317 May St. when Dorothy was 6 years old and moved in with their 5 children. Baby Jack died as Dorothy remembers just about the time he could peek his head over the edge of the bed. The family attended the First Congregational Church and was very active. Both the older children worked in the Sunday School and all attended regularly. The minister was Rev. S. T . McKinney for many years and officiated at weddings and christenings and funerals for the family. Marsh had a big garden behind the house and kept the hedges trimmed and the house in good repair. He loved Christmas and insisted on a Christmas Tree that had to touch the ceiling. He made many toys for all the grandchildren such as small chairs, doll beds etc. He regularly worked the all night shift and slept during the day. When he got off the bus on his way home he used to leave bags of candy in the tree on the corner of St. Louis and Morphy for the Negro children who lived there. They called him "The Candy Man". When his first granddaughter Barbara was 2 years old she came to live with Marsh and Pansy. Her mother and father worked and needed to have her cared for. Every big event in her life Marsh, "Pop Pop", would take her downtown and outfit her from head to toe, dresses, undies, shoes and socks. He taught her her multiplication tables by playing dominoes with her. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and was deacon at the church at the time of his death. .
(Medical):He and another officer were recovering a stolen car. He was driving the police vehicle when he swerved to the side of the street. An ambulance was called but he was dead before they reached the hospital. He had a massive coronary.
Marshall married Pansy Kathleen Pearce on 22 Feb 1902 in Dallas County, Dallas, Texas.
Children from this marriage were:
i. Kathryn Ruth Kennedy was born on 2 Apr 1905 in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas and died on 25 Dec 1973 in Denver Colorado, at age 68.
ii. James Marshall Kennedy was born on 18 Jul 1908 in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas and died on 4 Feb 1971 in Waco Texas, at age 62.
3 iii. Dorothy Ann Kennedy (born on 24 May 1914 in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas)
iv. Mary Charlotte Kennedy was born on 18 Jul 1916 in Ft. Worth , Tarrant County, Texas and died on 29 May 1957 in Ft. Worth , Tarrant County, Texas, at age 40.
v. Jack Fredrick Kennedy was born on 12 Aug 1919 in Ft.Worth , Tarrant County, Texas and died on 10 Jan 1921 in Ft.Worth , Tarrant County, Texas, at age 1.
7. Pansy Kathleen Pearce, daughter of Nicholas Bartlett Pearce and Nancy Kathrine 'Nannie' Smith, was born on 2 Sep 1881 in Jack County Texas, died on 23 Oct 1965 in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington, at age 84, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery Ft. Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.
General Notes: Pansy was only four years old when her mother died and thirteen when her father died. She was raised by her older sisters and brothers. Her only memory of her mother was when they lifted her up to "kiss her mother goodbye" in the casket . As a result she would never let any of her children or grandchildren go to a funeral. She became a teacher when she finished school and taught school in and around the Carrollton, Texas area. It was the custom for the teacher to stay at the various homes of her pupils. She met Marsh at a Camp Meeting. A napkin found in her possessions has a notation "The most wonderful weekend of my life." She and Marsh were married February 22, 1902 and lived with his widowed mother, Charlotte Kennedy, until the family moved to Ft. Worth in 1914. One of her sister-in-laws remembered that she loved to read so much that she even read while she was doing the dishes. She taught both her oldest children at home until the move to Ft. Worth. A letter to Ruth and James from their grandmother Kennedy told them how lucky they were to be able to go to school. She was a very religious person and read her bible daily. She taught Sunday School and Bible School and was a member of the Ladies Society of the First Congregational Church . When they finally moved into their own home on May St. in Ft. Worth, they fit right in to the neighborhood. There was a little family owned store on the corner and the neighborhood children were the same ages. Ruth met her future husband Wade Marrs, whose family the Proccers, lived across the street. The family walked to church and sometimes downtown as well. Her hair was originally very dark brown, but turned gray before she was 30 years old. She was about 5'5" tall with beautiful purple eyes, hence her nickname "Pansy". When her older sister, May Choice, was ill and dying in 1948 she stayed with her and at that time found that she had originally been named Jeannie after her father's sister. She had thought it was Jennie which she didn't like. She had changed her name to Kathleen and this is how she was known. Her grandchildren dubbed her " Katie" and that stuck. She worked at the polls at every election counting votes. She never got over the death of her youngest child Baby Jack . She saved one of his little toys for years. She and Marsh raised her oldest granddaughter Barbara from the time she was 2 years old. Katie attended every PTA meeting and assisted her in her studies. She took her to church and Sunday School and took care of her until Barbara was about 10 years old when Barbara moved to Grand Prairie with her mother, father and youngest sister. About 2 years before Marsh died, he converted the house into two apartments and built a garage apartment in the back of the house intending this to be some income when he retired. Unfortunately he didn't live to enjoy retirement. Katie visited his grave at Greenwood Cemetery every week. Being left a widow, Kathleen was able to support herself with the rent from these apartments. In 1949 her sister, Juanita's (Jonnie) husband, Charles Bennett died so she asked her sister to move in with her. They lived together until 1959 when being unable to care for herself or her sister, she went to live with her oldest daughter Ruth in Olympia, Washington. Juanita was placed in a nursing home where she later died. Katie never drank alcohol and didn't like either chicken or watermelon. She didn't chew gum because her father had paid her a dollar not to chew gum for a year and she never cared for it after that. She used to tell of squeezing the juice out of the watermelon to use as "medicine" for her dolls . She told of when she was a child, and made paper dolls out of figures in the catalog. Instead of changing the clothes which weren't available at that time, she cut out different dolls for each change of clothing so the clean shaven man in his pajamas might have a beard in his work clothes. etc. When they became old and flimsy she said she would "color them purple and green and throw them in the fireplace". She knew many rhymes and stories which she used to tell her enthralled grandchildren and was never too busy to sit down and read a story. She could do any math problem in her head, quote scripture, sing a song or spell any word. She had a low melodious voice and sang while she hung clothes on the line. One of her favorites was "His Eye is On The Sparrow". As she got older senile dementia set in and her short term memory was very poor. She died in a nursing home in Olympia attended by her daughter Ruth.
Pansy married Marshall Croft Kennedy on 22 Feb 1902 in Dallas County, Dallas, Texas.
Fourth Generation
8. John Calvin Calvert, son of Jonathan Calvert and Sarah May Moon, was born on 6 Sep 1829 in Madison County, Alabama, died on 12 Oct 1882 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, at age 53, and was buried in Lain Pairie Cemetery, Johnson County, Texas.
General Notes: Mr. Calvert was married previously to another woman by whom he had several children. When he married the widow Williams, all of thm left home except a little girl called Lou and had nothing to do with their father, stepmother or her children by her first marriage or their half-brother Andrew or half-sister Lucrecia.
John married Parilee Cothran , daughter of Miles Cothran and Amanda M. F. , in 1854 in Missouri. Parilee was born in 1833 in Tennessee and died in 1873 in Johnson County, Texas, at age 40.
Children from this marriage were:
i. Mary Ann Calvert was born in 1855 in Missouri.
ii. Sarah Jane Calvert was born in 1857 in Missouri.
iii. J. A. Calvert was born in 1860 in Texas.
iv. J. C. Calvert was born in 1861 in Texas.
v. W.R Calvert was born in 1865 in Texas.
vi. Lou Calvert was born in 1872 in Texas.
John next married Sarah Jane Newbrough about 1876.
Children from this marriage were:
4 i. Andrew Jackson Calvert (born on 3 Oct 1877 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas - died on 4 May 1961 in Azle, Parker County, Texas)
ii. Lucrecia Calvert was born in 1879.
9. Sarah Jane Newbrough, daughter of Joseph Newbrough and Almira Coffey, was born 09 May1849 in Fort Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and died on 24 Apr 1926 in Ft. Worth , Tarrant County, Texas.
General Notes: Sarah Newbrough was first married to a cowboy by the name of Williams.They had 3 children and he left to go on a cattle drive and never returned. She moved back with her parents but eventually Mr. Calvert, an older widower, became enamored with Sarah and married her. He was the father of 9 children, all of whom left when he married Sarah except a little girl called Lou. He lived only about another 6 or 8 years and when he died Mrs. Calvert sold the large farm near Cleburn, Texas, left to her by her husband and invested most of the money in worthless oil stock. She use some of it to buy a rooming house on 3rd st. in Ft. Worth, usually regarded as the "Red Light District". She lived there until her death never remarrying.
Sarah married Charles Williams . Charles was born in 1845 in Ohio.
Children from this marriage were:
i. C. W. "Joe" Williams was born in 1871.
ii. Clark Williams was born in 1872.
iii. Kate Williams was born in 1873.
Sarah next married John Calvin Calvert about 1876.
10. Jack Shepard was born on 16 Sep 1843 in Shennandoah Valley, Virginia, died on 7 Nov 1926 in Ft. Worth, Tarrant County , Texas, at age 83, and was buried in Wise County, Decatur, Texas.
General Notes: Jack was reared in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia but it is rumored that he killed a slave and was afraid of a run-in with the law. He was advised by his family to leave. He was in his late teens or early 20's at the time. He moved to Texas and changed his name from Steinbach to Sheperd. He married Ella Snow and they had 3 daughters, Mabel Glen, Lorene and Beatrice. Lorene married Bobby Faust and had 2 children Bobby and Dorothy. Beatrice married very young and died in childbirth. Jack was a blacksmith in Decatur, Texas on the 1920 census but was listed as a railroad switchmanat the time of his death. His death certificate from Ft. Worth, Texas lists his address as living on Humbolt St. and cause of death was a heart attack.
Noted events in his life were:
• AKA: John Steinbach.
Jack married Louella M. Snow in 1884.
Children from this marriage were:
5 i. Mabel Glen Sheperd (born on 6 Oct 1886 in Itasca, Hill County, Texas - died on 12 Oct 1976 in Ft.Worth , Tarrant County, Texas)
ii. Louella Beatrice Shepard was born in Jul 1888 in Texas.
iii. Ruth Shepard was born in Jun 1899 in Decater, Wise County, Texas.
iv. Lillie Lorene Shepard was born in 1904 in Decater, Wise County, Texas.
11. Louella M. Snow, daughter of John C. Snow and Marie Perrigo , was born on 25 Dec 1857 in Lake Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin, died on 1 Oct 1927 in Ft. Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, at age 69, and was buried in Wise County, Decatur, Texas.
Louella married Jack Shepard in 1884.
12. James M. Kennedy, son of Samuel Kennedy and Mary Murff, was born on 14 Mar 1829 in Fairfield Dist. South Carolina and died on 14 Dec 1900 in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas, at age 71.
General Notes: James was born in Fairfield County, S. C. When he was about 7 years old his family moved to Tallapoosa County, Alabama. His father, Samuel bought property there, but died when James was about 10 years old. His mother took him and 2 other children, first to Arkansas and then moved with him and his younger brother Henry to the Peters Colony, Dallas County, Texas where they homesteaded property. James stayed with his mother on the homestead and as he was a good hunter supplied the family with meat. He became a full partner with Mr. Witt in the Trinity Mills. He married Miss Prudence Rowe in 1853 and they had one son, William. She died in 1855. He married Charlotte Drake in 1858 and they had nine children. He accumulated a modest fortune before the Civil War, but lost it all during the war period . He enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861 and served in the 18th Texas Cavalry, Company B, Darnell's Regiment under Capt. W. H. Witt and 1st Sgt. William Jackson. His horse was valued at $130.00, his equipment at $30.00. He later transferred to Scanlan's Squadron. After the exemption law he was made 1st. Lieut. under Capt. William Jackson and was mustered out at Hemstead, Texas. He returned home to find himself without anything save the 160 acres of land which he had kept. He rented it out and turned his attention to trading, which he followed successfully for three years. He returned to his land and settled down to farming and stock raising. His estate before he died consisted of 800 acres of fine land well stocked with cattle, horses and hogs. He was a Mason and a Democrat and was instrumental in forming the Webb Chapel Methodist Church. He died in 1900 and is buried at Webb Chapel Cemetery.
James married Prudence Rowe , daughter of W.B. Rowe and Unknown , in Dec 1853 in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas. Prudence Rowe died on 29 Sep 1855 in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas.
The child from this marriage was:
i. William Kennedy was born on 29 Oct 1854 in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas.
James next married Charlotte Drake on 3 Oct 1858 in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas.
Children from this marriage were:
i. Ella Prudence Kennedy was born on 3 Mar 1866 in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas and died on 4 Feb 1890 in Dallas County, Dallas, Texas, at age 23.
ii. George Kennedy was born on 14 Sep 1868 in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas.
iii. James M. Kennedy was born on 19 Jul 1871 in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas.
iv. Samuel Kennedy was born on 19 Jul 1871 in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas.
v. Emma Kennedy was born on 29 Sep 1873 in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas.
vi. Mattie Kennedy was born on 10 Sep 1875 in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas.
6 vii. Marshall Croft Kennedy (born on 27 Mar 1877 in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas - died on 16 Jul 1941 in Ft.Worth, Tarrant County, Texas)
13. Charlotte Drake, daughter of George D. Drake and Rachel Tompkins, was born on 17 Sep 1839 in Marshall County Illinois and died on 13 Nov 1915 in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas, at age 76.
General Notes: This was Charlotte Drake Kennedy's obituary from the Carrollton Chronicle Nov. 19, 1915. A Pioneer passes away. On Saturday last Mrs. Charlotte Kennedy breathed her last at her home 2 1/2 miles east of Carrollton. At the age of 16 she came with her father and family to Dallas County in 1855. She had lived in the same community for the past 60 years and was all these years a member of the Methodist church, her father, Mr. George D. Drake, and husband James Kennedy, being the founders of the old Webb's Chapel. She was the mother of nine children, six of whom survive her, and partially raised three orphans, and lived to see fourteen grand and seven great-grand children, a privilege vouchsafed to but few. This good woman belonged to that class, now rapidly disappearing, who made the sacrifices and braved the dangers and underwent the trials which gave this land to the present generation. In her girlhood the country had not a respectable school or church building measured by present day standards. The red man was abroad seeking the white man's blood, and the beasts of pray were in the land. Neighbors were few and far between. Inconveniences were not lacking. But loving hearts and courageous spirits abounded. The girl could take her gun and stand in the door and bid defiance to the marauding band, and men could plow and hoe and chop with the six shooter strapped to their side and "old betsy" hard by, ready for toil or danger. The people of today, speeding in coaches and car over pike and macadam, are thoughtless as to those who made such conditions possible for them. And to that the noble class Sister Kennedy belonged. Her days on earth are past and her words uttered to me a day before her death justified the statement that "She rests well now." For she said "I love to live, but I am ready to die; I have made peace with God." Her sufferings preceding death were severe and protracted, but she bore it all patiently. Her funeral was conducted by the writer and was largely attended. The floral offerings were both numerous and beautiful. Soft be thy bed and peaceful be thy slumber, dear old pioneer. And may thy awakening be glorious. D.F. Fuller
Charlotte married James M. Kennedy on 3 Oct 1858 in Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas.
14. Nicholas Bartlett Pearce, son of Allen Pearce and Mary "Polly " W. Morse, was born on 20 Jul 1828 in Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky and died on 8 Mar 1894 in Dallas County, Dallas, Texas, at age 65.
General Notes: Nicholas was born in Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky . He lived with his family on a large mill and farm on Donaldson Creek. He graduated from Cumberland College and then went on to be appointed to West Point where he graduated 26th in a class of 44. A letter sent to his Aunt Virginia Pearce on the death of her husband Solomon told of studying "Latin, Greek, and philosophy, and mathematics, in the lower branches, trigonometry, descriptive geometric surveying, shades and shadows, linear perspective and calculus and surveying, the French language and drawing and topography ". He was commissioned a Brevet 2nd. Lt. in the infantry. He served in the Indian Territory which is now Oklahoma and in Northwest Arkansas. He met his bride Nannie Smith at Fort Smith. They were married at her families home. He did some scouting along the Red River in Texas but after his first daughter Deserie was born he came home, resigned his commission and worked with his father-in-law at the mill and general store on Little Osage Creek, Benton County, Arkansas. When the Civil War began he was appointed Brig. Gen. by the Arkansas Legislature and was put in charge of the Northwestern Arkansas troops. He trained them and took them to Springfield, Missouri with Gen. McCollough and was instrumental in the victory at the Battle of Wilson's Creek. His picture is displayed on the brochure at the battlefield museum today. After the battle he disbanded the troops and after a leave due to the death of his older brother James Madison Pearce at the Battle of Shiloh, was sent to Texas as a Major in the Commissary in Houston and San Antonio. He was on the military board for the state of Texas. His daughter Nannie May was born in San Antonio. After the war he returned to Arkansas, rebuilt his residence and store, which had been the bivouac of the Union Soldiers, and engaged in business. He was instrumental in starting the University of Arkansas and was the first professor of Math and Engineering there. In 1874 he severed his connections with the University and again returned to Osage Mills. He was in the employ of a wholesale house in Kansas City, Missouri and traveled in Texas 1879-84. He moved to Whitesboro, Texas because of his wife's health and was employed with Lombard Investment as a land examiner and manager of field men. His wife died in 1885 leaving him with young children. His last address in the Confederate Veteran Magazine was in Gainesville, Texas. He moved to his daughter May Pearce Choice's home in Dallas as his health started to fail and he died in 1894.
Nicholas married Nancy Kathrine 'Nannie' Smith in Jun 1855 in Osage Mills, Benton County, Arkansas.
Children from this marriage were:
i. Deserie (Daisy Dan Eve) Pearce was born on 22 Nov 1860 in Fayetteville, Benton County, Arkansas and died on 20 May 1919 in San Antonio, Bexas County, Texas, at age 58.
ii. Nannie May Pearce was born on 11 Jul 1864 in San Antonio, Bexas County, Texas and died on 2 Dec 1948 in Dallas County, Dallas, Texas, at age 84.
iii. Bartlett Pearce was born on 18 Feb 1867 in Ft. Smith Arkansas and died on 9 Dec 1945 in Osage Township, Benton County, Arkansas, at age 78.
iv. Johanna Juanita Pearce was born on 4 Feb 1869 in Ft. Smith Arkansas and died on 15 Mar 1959 in Ft. Worth , Tarrant County, Texas, at age 90.
v. Fred Anderson Pearce was born in 1872 in Ft. Smith Arkansas, died on 6 Jun 1899 in Manila, Phillipine Islands, at age 27, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
7 vi. Pansy Kathleen Pearce (born on 2 Sep 1881 in Jack County Texas - died on 23 Oct 1965 in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington)
15. Nancy Kathrine 'Nannie' Smith, daughter of John Smith and Mary Spring , was born on 25 Feb 1837 in Cleveland, Tennessee and died on 3 Oct 1885 in Whitesboro, Grayson County, Texas, at age 48.
General Notes: She was said to have had 7 children before she had 2 alive at the same time. She suffered terribly from migrane headaches most of her life. She died when her youngest child was only 4 years old..
Nancy married Nicholas Bartlett Pearce in Jun 1855 in Osage Mills, Benton County, Arkansas.
Fifth Generation
16. Jonathan Calvert, son of William Calvert Sr. and Unknown , was born in 1790 in Tennessee and died in 1871 in Marshfield, Webster County, Missouri, at age 81.
Jonathan married Sarah May Moon in 1817 in Madison County, Alabama.
Children from this marriage were:
i. Esther Calvert .
ii. Lucinda (Eliza) Calvert .
iii. William Calvert was born on 13 Aug 1819 in Madison County, Alabama and died on 3 Jun 1900, at age 80.
iv. Samuel W. Calvert was born in 1823 in Madison County, Alabama and died in 1880, at age 57.
v. Elizabeth Calvert was born in 1825.
8 vi. John Calvin Calvert (born on 6 Sep 1829 in Madison County, Alabama - died on 12 Oct 1882 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas)
vii. Caroline Calvert was born in 1832 in Madison County, Alabama.
viii. Sarah Ann Calvert was born in 1833 in Madison County, Alabama.
ix. Parilee Calvert was born in 1834.
x. Rebecca Calvert was born in 1835.
17. Sarah May Moon, daughter of John Moon and Mary Horn , was born in 1796 in Tennessee and died in 1865 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, at age 69.
General Notes: According to a book by Dewell Lott Sarah had several brothers and sisters. The family came from Indiana originally, but was in Madison County, Alabama by the early 1800s. Sarah's brothers and sisters were: William bn. 1780-1790 , John , Richard, Joseph, Thomas L. Samuel and Nathaniel. From all indications she was a Cherokee Indian.
Sarah married Jonathan Calvert in 1817 in Madison County, Alabama.