Charles H. Smallwood
Road commissioner for Chapel District and a farmer near Boyce, brother of Sheriff W. W. Smallwood, who died at 51 after a long illness in May 1921.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of May 12, 1921 reports that Charles H. Smallwood, road commissioner for Chapel District, died on the Saturday night before at his home near Boyce after a long illness with tuberculosis, aged 51. It says he was a brother of Sheriff W. W. Smallwood, born in Clarke County, farmed land he owned, and was appointed road commissioner by Supervisor J. S. Carver.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of May 12, 1921 reports that Charles H. Smallwood, road commissioner for Chapel District, died on the Saturday night before at his home near Boyce after a long illness with tuberculosis, aged 51. It says he was a brother of Sheriff W. W. Smallwood, born in Clarke County, farmed land he owned, and was appointed road commissioner by Supervisor J. S. Carver.
What the source supports
That Charles H. Smallwood, road commissioner for Chapel District, died at 51 at his home near Boyce, as reported on May 12, 1921.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item dates the death only as "Saturday night." He is not linked to the released record of W. W. Smallwood, which rests on 1925 items; joining them would be a name match.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The May 12, 1921 obituary.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., May 12, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-05-12 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, obituary "C. H. Smallwood Dies After Long Illness"
Relevant passageMr. Charles H. Smallwood, Road Commissioner for Chapel District, died Saturday night at his home near Boyce after a long illness with tub'erculosis. He was 51 years old ... He was a brother of Sheriff W. W. Smallwood. Mr Smallwood was born in Clarke county ... He followed farming as his voaction [vocation] and owned the farm on which tie [he] lived. He was appointed Hoad [Road] Comniiss’on,*er [Commissioner] for Chapel District by Supervisor J. S. Carver.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-16. How this project checks its sources
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