about December, 1795, Annapolis at this time being one of the most favored resorts in America. Mr. Stier started building the Riversdale mansion about 1802. He was attracted to the site where he established his home by the resemblance to the level-lying land to that of his native country about Antwerp, the general plan being originally Flemish, after his home in Belgium, which is still retained by his descendants. The house is constructed of brick, which were made on the place, covered with a cement plaster and painted yellow after the colonial style. The porticoes on the north and south sides, with their sandstone pillars which were meant for the Capitol in Washington and found too short for that use, and the wings, were added by George Calvert and are a departure from the original style of the house, converting the Flemish plan into the Georgian Colonial. George Calvert, the grandson of a lord, young and handsome, with his bride moved to Riversdale about 1802, soon after it was completed, and when Mr. Stier returned to Belgium after the evacuation of that country by Napoleon, he deeded Riversdale to his beloved daughter, Rosalie, afterward settling on her one-third of his fortune, which amounted to over a million dollars. Two portraits by Gilbert Stuart, show the beauty of the wife, the proud elegance of the husband. The great artist has lavished his genius upon the portrait of Rosalie Eugenia Stier Calvert, and it is considered one of the finest of Stuart's works, being a living likeness of womanly beauty, gentleness and grace. George Calvert d--at Riversdale, Jan. 28, 1838. His wife preceding him by a number of years. Mrs. Calvert d--1821. George and Rosalie Eugenia (Stier) Calvert of Riversdale, had issue: (1) Caroline Maria Calvert, b--July 15, 1800, d--March 25, 1842, m--June 19, 1823, Thomas Willing Morris of Philadelphia, b--Oct. 23, 1792, d--July 15, 1800, only son of Luke and Anne (Willing) Morris. They had eight ch--of whom Anna Maria Morris m--Captain Francis Key Murray, U.S.N., and George Calvert Morris, m--Eliz. Kuhn; (2) George Henry Calvert, b--Jan. 2, 1803, distinguished author, d--May 24, 1889, m--May 8, 1829, Eliz. Stewart. No issue; (3) Marie Louise Calvert, b--1804, d--1809; (4) Rosalie Eugenia Calvert, b--Oct. 19, 1806, d--May 6, 1845, m--Nov. 11, 1830, Charles Henry Carter; (5) Charles Benedict Calvert--of whom below; (6) Henry Joseph A. Calvert, b--1811, d--1820; (7) Marie Louise Calvert, b--1812, d--1813; (8) Julia Calvert, b--Jan. 31, 1814, d--June 8, 1888, m--May 7, 1833, Dr. Richard Henry Stuart. (9) Amelia Isabella Calvert, b--1817, d--1820. Charles Benedict Calvert, the fifth of the above nine ch--b--Prince George's Co., Md., Aug. 23, 1808, d--there May 12, 1864; m--June 6, 1839, Charlotte Augusta Norris (d--Dec. 7, 1876), dau--of William and Sarah (Martin) Norris. Issue, six ch--: (1) Ella Calvert, b--March 20, 1840, d--Feb. 17, 1902, m--September 3, 1861, Duncan G. Campbell; (2) George Henry Calvert, b--Nov. 29, 1841, m--Dec. 26, 1872, Frances Seybolt; (3) Charles Baltimore Calvert b--at Riversdale, Feb. 5, 1843, d--at his home "Mac Alpine," Aug. 31, 1906. He was a member of the Maryland Legislature, 1864-6-7; Trustee of the State Agricultural College. M--June 14, 1866, Eleanor Mackubin, dau--of Dr. Richard Creagh and Hester Ann (Worthington) Muckubin of Anne Arundel Co., Md. Issue, nine ch--: (1) Eleanor Gibson Calvert, b--1867, d--............, m--June 8, 1892, W. Gibson Carey of Baltimore, who d--............. They had two ch--1, Charles Baltimore Calvert Carey, 2. W. Gibson Carey, Jr. (2) Hester Virginia Calvert, b--1869, m--Dr. Henry Walter Lilly of Fayetteville, N. C. (3) Charlotte Augusta Calvert, b--1870, m-Thomas Humphreys Spence. Issue 3 daus. (4) Charles Benedict Calvert, b--1871, d--1872. (5) Richard Creagh Mackubin Calvert, b--Dec. 31, 1872, m--Zoe A. Davis. (6) George Henry Calvert, Jr., b--Oct. 2, 1874, m--Cornelia R. Knight. Issue 1. Margaret Peyton Calvert, m--Lt. D. Collett; 2. Eleanor Calvert, now Mrs. Vincent Carr Tompkins; son b--1937, Vincent Carr Tompkins, Jr. (7) Rosalie Eugenia Stier Calvert, b--1876, m--George Calvert. (8) Charles Baltimore Calvert, Jr., b--Oct. 9, 1878, m--Mary McAtee of Va. (9) Eliz. Stewart Calvert, b--Feb. 1, 1882, m--June 5, 1906, William Douglas Nelson Thomas. Issue, five ch--: 1. Eliz. Stewart Thomas, b--July 21, 1907, m--Oct. 3, 1928, Walter R. Byrd of Va., issue: 1. Elisabeth Stewart Thomas Byrd; 2. Eleanor Mackubin Calvert Byrd; 2. William Douglas Nelson Thomas, Jr., b--Nov. 25, 1910; 3. Thomas Rowland Thomas, b--April 29, 1913; 4. Amelia Bowie Thomas, b--June 20, 1914; 5. Calvert Thomas, b--Nov. 1, 1916. (4) William Norris Calvert, fourth son of Charles Benedict and Charlotte (Norris) Calvert, b--at Riversdale, Oct. 12, 1845, d--Sept. 7, 1889, m--June 14, 1887, by James Cardinal Gibbons, Laura Matilda Hunt, dau--of Thomas James and Bedelia Agnes (Drew) Hunt. William N. Calvert was a graduate of the Maryland Agricultural College; he moved to Baltimore and established a commission business known as William N. Calvert & Co., Flour, Grain, Tobacco and General Commission Page 109 Christi Visit our homepage at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cbrogan Visit our genealogy pages at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cbrogan/gen.html Country living at it's finest! http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/countrylife