Conrad Kownslar
Berryville lawyer, son of Dr. Randolph Kownslar, born in Berryville about 1852, who died at his home on South Church Street in March 1922 and was buried at Grace Church.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of March 23, 1922 reports that Hon. Conrad Kownslar, a lawyer and one of the foremost citizens of Clarke County, died the Saturday night before at his home on South Church Street, and was buried in the Kownslar lot in the churchyard after services at Grace Episcopal Church. It says he was born in Berryville about 70 years before, a son of the late Dr. Randolph Kownslar, for years the leading physician of the county, and of Mrs. Elizabeth Blackburn Kownslar.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of March 23, 1922 reports that Hon. Conrad Kownslar, a lawyer and one of the foremost citizens of Clarke County, died the Saturday night before at his home on South Church Street, and was buried in the Kownslar lot in the churchyard after services at Grace Episcopal Church. It says he was born in Berryville about 70 years before, a son of the late Dr. Randolph Kownslar, for years the leading physician of the county, and of Mrs. Elizabeth Blackburn Kownslar.
What the source supports
That Conrad Kownslar, a Berryville lawyer, died at his home, as reported on March 23, 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item's praise of his character is the paper's own, and it gives his age only as "about 70." It dates the death only as "Saturday night." His parents have no records here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The March 23, 1922 obituary.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 23, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-03-23 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, obituary of Conrad Kownslar
Relevant passageHon. Conrad Kownslar, an honest lawyer, a Southern Gentleman and a foremost citizen of Clarka [Clarke] county, passed away Saturday night at his home onSouth Church street. ... Funeral services were held from Grace Episcopal Church, Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock and interment made in the Kownslar lot in the church yard.
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 his birth and parents.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 23, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-03-23 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, obituary of Conrad Kownslar, family
Relevant passageMr. Kownslar was born in Berryville about 70 years ago and was the son of the late Dr Randolph Kownslar, for years the leading physician of Clarke county, and Mrs. Elizabeth Blackburn Kownslar
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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