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REV. A. H. CALVERT, Etna borough, was born March 16, 1837, on the old Calvert homestead in Beaver county, Pa., a son of James Calvert. He received his primary education at the Beaver Academy, and subsequently entered Westminster College, where he graduated in 1865. He then taught in the Hookstown academy two years, studying theology the while, and after teaching a select school in New Sheffield one year entered the United Presbyterian Seminary at Allegheny, where he graduated in 1868. He preached in Michigan a short time, and in the winter of 1868 came to Etna, where he took charge of a mission, which he organized and built up into a U. P. church. The church is now in a flourishing condition, has its own property, and a thriving congregation of two hundred members. Mr. Calvert married, July 9, 1868, Jennie A., daughter of Judge John Scott, one of the prominent pioneers of Beaver county. They have four children: Harry S., George H., Joseph Edward and John Lloyd R. Rev. A. H. Calvert has taken an active part in building up the town of Etna, of which he has been burgess one term and president of the school board fifteen years. Politically he is an ardent republican.