History behind the Calvert Cemetery in Boerne, Texas explored.

The Calvert Cemetery is one of San Antonio’s lesser known cemeteries and Boerne’s lesser known cemeteries. This news article will discuss what Calvert Cemetery was and functioned as.

Calvert Cemetery functioned as a family cemetery known as Calvert Family Cemetery on what was the Calvert Ranch in a small town and settlement called Boerne, Texas during the late 19th century. Boerne, Texas is located northwest of San Antonio, Texas.


James Calvert and his parents arrived in a flatbed wagon in 1878 to Boerne, Texas. The ashes of Indian campfires still dotted the frontier - the mighty oaks of the land bear the scars where the fires were nurtured against the cold North winds to this day. The Calverts settled amongst the huge spreading live oaks and took to a simple life of farming, building stone walls, and playing music. Thanks to lessons from his English father, Calvert learned the piccolo at the age of 9 and never put it down. From community dances to the Army Band at Fort Clark and even his own brass band in 1906, music was never far from James Calvert. (Ref: https://www.lemoncreekranch.com/vision)

They established a family cemetery known as Calvert Family Cemetery bka Calvert Cemetery during the late 19th century after 1878. However their family cemetery would not be used until the early 20th century.

The earliest burial in this cemetery was the grave of Rosemary Eckles who died in 1907. The most recent burial and grave in this cemetery was Arthur E. Calvert who died in 1953. 1953 was the last year this cemetery was used for burials. (Ref: http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/Etx/Kendall/cemetery/calvert.htm)

Members of Calvert family who were originally buried in the Calvert Family Cemetery were transferred to the Boerne Cemetery in Boerne, Texas in 1995. The move of the Calvert Family Cemetery was for the purpose of selling the real estate. (Ref: http://txbexar.eppygen.org/Cemeteries/Calvert.htm)

A two-story house was built over where Calvert Family Cemetery was once located in 2003 with construction being completed in 2005. (Ref: https://bexar.trueautomation.com/clientdb/Property.aspx?cid=110&prop_id=252191)


The burials and graves of Calvert Cemetery are as follows:

Arthur E. Calvert        1879     1953
Elizabeth Calvert        1859     1920
George Calvert        1852     1924
James Calvert        1877     1964
John S. Eckles        1913     1913
Rosemary Eckles        1907     1907
Rosemary Calvert Eckles     1881     1947
James Holland        1915     1915

(Ref: http://txbexar.eppygen.org/Cemeteries/Calvert.htm)


Calvert Cemetery was located at 9150 Dietz Elkhorn Road, Boerne, Texas, US 78015.