Charles W. Fritts
Farmer and businessman of Greenway District who died of heart trouble in June 1921, a week after John C. Lee, and was buried at Meade Memorial Church.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of June 30, 1921 reports that Charles W. Fritts, a successful farmer and business man of Greenway District, died of heart trouble the Thursday afternoon before, a week after the death of John C. Lee, and that after funeral services at Meade Memorial Church he was buried in the churchyard.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of June 30, 1921 reports that Charles W. Fritts, a successful farmer and business man of Greenway District, died of heart trouble the Thursday afternoon before, a week after the death of John C. Lee, and that after funeral services at Meade Memorial Church he was buried in the churchyard.
What the source supports
That Charles W. Fritts, a Greenway District farmer and businessman, died, as reported on June 30, 1921, and was buried at Meade Memorial Church.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR garbles his age, which is not given here. The item dates the death only as "last Thursday."
Source
Evidence role: supports. The June 30, 1921 obituary.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 30, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-06-30 (publication)
Locator: Page 3, obituary "Greenway District Loses Another Splendid Citizen"
Relevant passageQreenway [Greenway] District lost another •plendid [splendid] citizen when Mr. Charles W. Fritts, successful farmer and busi »*ss [business] njan [man], succumbed last Thursday afternoon at 2:50 p. m_, from heart trouble. Hls death came a week af ter the tragic death of Mr. John C. Lee.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. Its account of the funeral.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 30, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-06-30 (publication)
Locator: Page 3, obituary "Greenway District Loses Another Splendid Citizen," funeral
Relevant passageFuneral services were held Satur 'day from Meade Memorial Church. Rev. Giles B. Palmer officiating ... interment was made in the '.church yard adjoining
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
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