Robert and William Calvert - Calvert, TX
N 30° 59.094 W 096° 42.459
14R E 718903 N 3430183
A 10' tall marble obelisk marks the final resting place of Judge Robert Calvert and his son, William, in historic Sterling Cemetery, Calvert, TX.
Waymark Code: WM160R7
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/08/2022
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Judge Robert Calvert is buried in this fenced-in plot at the front of the cemetery with his wife, Mary, their son, William, and a granddaughter, Mary Fort. While the plot is well-maintained, the Sterling Cemetery behind it could benefit from an Eagle Scout project. Judge Calvert died during a yellow fever epidemic in 1867 -- another would claim a large number of people in 1873 -- and on the front of the obelisk, below the compass and square of the Freemasons, is this inscription:
Hon. Robert
Calvert
was born in
the State of
Tenn. Feb. 19, 1802
Died Sept. 20, 1867
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He served as ruling
Elder in the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church
for 35 years, And died
as the good man only dies.
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There is an inscription on only one other side, and it is for William Calvert. It reads:
William
Calvert
Born
Sept. 6, 1826
Died
Dec. 13, 1864
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A 1973 Texas Historical Marker provides some background for the cemetery, noting Judge Calvert's contributions:
Burial place of some 400 Texas pioneers and descendants. On land granted (1835) to A.J. Webb; bought in 1850 by Judge Robert Calvert, a civic leader in Sterling, a town named for empresario Sterling C. Robertson. Calvert dedicated 11.1-acre cemetery and built adjacent Cumberland Presbyterian Church of his own plantation timber.
In 1867, Judge Calvert died and was buried near cemetery gate. The church building was moved by oxen to new town of Calvert (2 mi. E). In 1868, his wife, Mary Keesee Calvert, and their three daughters deeded cemetery site to the Cumberland Presbyterians.
Date Created/Placed: Unknown
Address:
Sterling Cemetery
Robertson County Rd 116 (Calvert Farm Rd)
Calvert, TX 77837
Height: 10'
Website: [Web Link]
Illuminated: Not Listed
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