Person

B. F. Lippitt

Game warden in 1923 and first sergeant among the Berryville guardsmen in 1924. The Clarke Courier prints his notice on dog license tags in February 1923 and names him in the guard of honor at the funeral services of Brig. Gen. Robert F. Leedy in January 1924.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of February 22, 1923 prints a notice on dog license tags signed "B. F, Lippitt, Game Warden," and its issue of January 17, 1924, reporting the death at Luray of Brig. Gen. Robert F. Leedy, names 1st Sgt. B. F. Lippitt among the guardsmen from Berryville who went to attend the services and acted as a military guard of honor.

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What the source supports

That B. F. Lippitt, a game warden in 1923 and a first sergeant among the Berryville guardsmen in 1924, appeared in the Clarke Courier in 1923 and 1924.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. Reading the game warden of 1923 and the guardsman of 1924 as one man rests on the matching name. The 1923 notice does not say where he served as game warden, and the other guardsmen named are not recorded here.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The February 22, 1923 game warden's notice.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 22, 1923

Clarke Courier · 1923-02-22 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, game warden's notice on dog license tags

Relevant passage

All dogs should be wearing 1923 now. After the first of May there will 'oe [be] a fine imposed on all owners of dogs found without 1923 tags. The law reads that dogs must wear license tags at all times, except when hunting. B. F, Lippitt, Game Warden.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The January 17, 1924 report of the guard of honor.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., January 17, 1924

Clarke Courier · 1924-01-17 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, report of the death of Brig. Gen. Robert F. Leedy and the guard of honor at his funeral

Relevant passage

Brig.-GenJ [Gen.] Robert F. Leedy, Virginia National Guard, retired, ... died at his home at Luray last Saturday night ... A group of guardsmen from Berryville w^nt [went] to attend the services ... These were: 1st. Lieut. L. D. Scheuer, Master Sgt. H J Duke, 1st. Sgt. B. F Lippitt, Sgt Edgar Carter, ... They acted as a military guard of honor.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

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Also indexed as: 1st. Sgt. B. F Lippitt. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.

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