Lovell R. CALVERT, son of Nimrod and Sarah (WHEELER) CALVERT, was born in Highland Township, March 21, 1869. He departed this life May 10, 1930, at the age of sixty-one years, one month and nineteen days. He had been in poor health for eight years and the last three years he had been confined to his bed. He was ever patient and kind, and was never heard to complain of his long illness. He was very optimistic, always taking the most hopeful view and planning for the time when he would be able to work again. He joined the Baptist Church at Dugger in 1923 under Brother BANKS. He was a member of the Unity Lodge 637 I.O.O.F. of Linton for thirty-five years. He was married to Leora E. LONG, December 25, 1888, to which union two children were born. A great part of his life was spent near Linton and Dugger, but the later part of his life was spent in Highland Township. From boyhood he always won the love and esteem of all who knew him. He is survived by his wife and children, Lloyd and Leo, of Calvertville, and six grandchildren. He also leaves one brother, I. M. CALVERT, of Linton and a sister, Jane LOVALL, of Wetmore, Kansas, who with his neighbors and friends will mourn their loss. Funeral services were held at the Calvertville church Monday morning at 10:30 conducted by Rev. Paul HAYWOOD.

Lovell R. Calvert lived in Greene County, In. He married in 1888, Leora Ellen Long (1871-1950), daughter of Winfield Scott (1848-1915) and Lucretia Pickard Long (1848-1915), of Greene County. Their sons lived in Worthington In. and were Lloyd W. (1892-1972), and Leo Landis Calvert (1894-1936) who married Mary Helena Tresslar (1892-1980). Daughters of the latter marriage were Helen (c1919-) who married a Burch; and Ruth Calvert (1924-2019) who married Harry F. Dyer (1923-2002). Lloyd W. Calvert (1892-1972) married Pearl L. Secrest (1895-1962). Their four daughters were Thelma (1914-2007) who married Austin M. Sharr (1910-98); Wilma (1916-2001) who married Tilman Pitcher (1912-60); Martha (1922-2016) who married Lloyd E. Sims (1913-2001); and Mary Ella Calvert (1924-2011) who married Joseph J. Snyder (1922-2010).

Lovell R. Calvert's father was Nimrod Calvert (1822-85) who was born in Fayette County, Ky. He was a farm owner at Bloomfield, In. He married c1845, Sarah Wheeler (1823-98), daughter of Ignatius Wheeler (1795-1883), of Kentucky. Their eight children were George W. (1846-91); Sanford (1848-50); Jesse (1851-54); Leovicy Jane (1853-1936) who married Benjamin Loveall (1851-1915); Mary Frances (1855-1929); twins Robert W. (1861-65) and Ignatious M. (1861-1936); and Lovell R. Calvert (1869-1930).

See Ella Foy O'Gorman, Descendants of Virginia Calverts (Los Angeles, Ca., 1947), 314, 427, 491; James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 407-408.