John Strother Calvert
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Title
John Strother Calvert
Subject
Calvert, John Strother (1876-1949)
Description
Portrait photograph of John Strother Calvert in a suit and striped tie.
He was born in New Market to George and Ann (Clinedinst) Calvert and was a descendant of the Calvert family of Maryland. He came from a large family but never married.
Census data place him living in Richmond by 1900-1910. After that, he lived in Philadelphia, then Georgia, for a time. Eventually, he moved back to New Market and by 1940, he had been renting his home there for at least five years and worked in a bank there.
When he died of pancreatic cancer in 1949, he was buried in Emmanuel Cemetery, New Market.
He was born in New Market to George and Ann (Clinedinst) Calvert and was a descendant of the Calvert family of Maryland. He came from a large family but never married.
Census data place him living in Richmond by 1900-1910. After that, he lived in Philadelphia, then Georgia, for a time. Eventually, he moved back to New Market and by 1940, he had been renting his home there for at least five years and worked in a bank there.
When he died of pancreatic cancer in 1949, he was buried in Emmanuel Cemetery, New Market.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
ca 1930-1940.
Contributor
Identified in 2002 by Nancy Stewart, who remembered him from when she was a child. She noted he was a close friend of Miss Abbie Henkel.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
John Strother Calvert appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 004867 and 004912.
Identifier
004912
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “John Strother Calvert,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed March 16, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/34783.
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