Dear Robert, Paul and other William Calvert Descendants, Rather than depending on my interpretation of these letters I will just type them out verbatim omitting personal or irrelevant parts. The quality of print does not appear suitable for scanning. I'll use ??? to indicate letters or words I can't read and [ ] for my personal comments. Look forward to your feedback. I begin with the cover letter from Betty Durnil Dison: Hi Dan... I hope that this information will be of value to you and the other researchers. The Mrs. Goodman that the letter was written to was the daughter of Isaac Newton Calvert. Isaac was the brother of my grandfather [I think she means great grandfather] Arthur Kean Calvert, b. 1867. The letter was handed down to my grandmother, Anna Calvert Calvert, b. 1890, and then to my mother, Gladys Calvert Durnil. William Calvert, b. 1783, was Arthur Kean and Isaac Newton's g-grandfather. When the actual written documentation is not available "word of mouth" information becomes more creditable when the years are shortened as in this case. Just a little interesting information....The daughter of William Calvert, b. 1783, named Cynthia Crupper Calvert, was the second wife of my gg-grandfather Henderson B. Durnil (Durnell). I have pictures of these two people if you have any need for them. Also, if you ever run across the parents of Henderson B. Durnil b. 8-23-1816, please let me know. I have really hit a brick wall on this one. Please keep me informed and let me know if this information answers any of your questions. Sincerely, Betty Letter #2 to Olen: Mrs. Thomas E. Crane 1906 Dartmouth Drive Columbia, Missouri 65203 February 16, 1991 Dear Olen, I have wondered whether it would be possible to find the family of Arnold Calvert of Greenridge, MO in whose possession the Calvert Bible was in 1936. I also have two DAR addresses I should write namely: Lois Weyland of 929 Greenwood, Hot Springs, Arkansas and Georgia Warnhoff of 9207 Cherokee Lane, Leawood Kansas. Tehy are both William/John/Lenoard/Elizabeth calvert Shipley descendants. I was pleased to receive a letter, thanks to your, from Janis Ragar of 2330 S. Marvin in Sedalia. Her line is William/John/Leonard/Sarah Calvert Ragar. I will get a letter off to her today. I was thrilled to get a call from a "new" cousin, from Texas, Sharon Pursley of 22214 Woodrose Katy, Texas 77450. She is William/John/Martin/James Walter, mentioned in My grandmother's letters as a brother of her mother, Julia Ann Calvert!!! Miracles still happen. I will be able to send her a copy of the phot??? old family home, etc. As to your question about my mention of the Ann Crupper/George Calvert family being only partially listed in the O'Gorman, Descendants of Virginia Calverts book and the young cousins at the family reunion being half or step cousins by the name of Deatherage in Carroll County, MO in the early 190??? (presumably). This is from the very valuable letter that Gladys Calvert Durnil (William/William see page 667 of O'Gorman) sent me, and I sent you. It was addressed to a Mrs. Goodman or Goodson in Gladys' line, #7127 O'Gorman. Gladys can further explain about the writer and addressee of the letter which, alas, escapes me in my files at the moment! Gladys, by the way, has a double calvert line, thus much is know, if not written down. Her grandparents were cousins. But the discussion in the letter of the George Calvert/Ann Crupper family is very germane. The writer asks why would William jr. and Elizabeth Fine Calvert p. 663 name one of their (15!) children, Cynthia Crupper Calvert, #7131, if William Jr.'s grandmother had not been Ann Crupper Calvert. Thus, our connection to the main branch of Calverts in the book. The Goodman letter also gives the Brent/Callvert line from the Plantagenets of England. .....Love to all Calverts, Laura Pace Crane Here is the Mrs. Goodman letter dated Feb, 7, 1967 but this is apparently not the date of the original letter: Dear Mrs. Goodman, Hope you haven't already gone to Jefferson City to read the Calvert Book., but if you have I hope it wasn't too confusing. If you haven't gone yet I wanted to tell you where to read. We have had two babies and two adults visiting us for two weeks and I just didn't have time to write. Starting on page 661 is material you are already familiar with. However, when they say "the parents of William are unknown" we take exception. Mother learned as a child that she was a descendant of the Calverts that settled Maryland. When stories are passed along in a family they usually are pretty accurate. We feel that they just hadn't done enough work on this section or there weren't enough records available. William Calvert b. 1783 named his daughter Cynthia Crupper. Crupper isn't a name you pick out of a hat. If he were not the grandson of George pg. 74 who married Ann Crupper or of Jacob pg. 75 who married Sarah Crupper, I doubt if he would have done it. We pick George instead of Jacob because as mother was growing up in Carrolton there was a Pocahontas Deatheredge that mother called cousin but Grandfather said her relatives were married to ours and that she wasn't really related. George pg. 74 did marry secondly Mary Deatheeage [sic, the last e is not really legible]. Then you start at the first of the book and read up to pg. 35, skip to pg. 54 and continue reading down to George or Jacob whichever you choose. Maybe you have a better reason than we. If so I'd like to hear. There is an error on pg. 663. William did not die 1834. He was serving in the Mo. Ge. Assembly in 1836. Any book of this kind may have a few err ors (sic!) but they are usually pretty accurate. The following is not in the book: William Nodding Will dated Oct. 4, 1804 probated in Washington Co. Tenn. 1(?3)12 M. M?ry Issue Elizabeth b. Feb. 29, 1761 m. William Calvert [She then gives the Brent line from Edward III to Ann Brent m.Leonard Calvert, this is followed by a paragraph about William Stone, colonial governor. This is followed by a list of names ending with Elizabeth Harrison (Benjamin) Benjamin) m. 1711 John Calvert. There is a little more about Noddings but I don't think anything new.] I got the date of Elizabeth Fine's birth from the Calvert Book. It could be an error If Mrs Baker in Jackson, Miss. gave you a copy of her Bible records, I would be very interested in having a copy or her address so I could write her. William Calvert died before his wife, Elizabeth and both were buried at Big Lick Church Cooper Co. on Tele S?aline Creek near Rockport (graves not marked) The church might have a record if it is still in existence. We don't have any dates. Do hope you have fun with this. I just wish I had more time to work on it. Sincerely, Harriett Moore(?) 1056 Elmwood Ave, Columbus Ohio(?) 43212 [There is a handwritten note after this:] ???severed this letter 2-13-67, day rec'd [Betty has informed me that she has no documentation of Cynthia's middle name other than the letter. Does anyone know who Harriett Moore is? Is she in O'Gorman's book?