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Cora Alena (Everly) Calvert |
Cora Alena (Everly) Calvert was born in 1869 in or near Kingwood, Preston County, WV, the daughter of Absalom and Sarah (Carroll) Everly.
Cora married Enoch Gerald Calvert (1869-1942), the son of Josiah and Marjory (Garner) Calvert of Preston County. Circa 1908, the Calverts resided in Morgantown, their longtime home. Their address in 1942 was 46 Maple Avenue in Morgantown. They had three sons -- Everly Calvert of Morgantown, Ray Calvert of Morgantown and Ronald Calvert of New York City.
When the census was taken in 1920, the Calverts lived on Jefferson Street, with Enoch's occupation listed as "track foreman - railroad."
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Enoch eventually retired from railroading.
He suffered from hypertension, and died at age 72 of a coronary occlusion on June
21, 1942. He was buried at Beverly Hills Cemetery in Morgantown.
Cora outlived him by a dozen years. She passed away of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 84 on July 15, 1954, at Pugh's Nursing Home in Morgantown. She was buried beside her husband. At the time of her death, they had seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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