D. D. Brown
Berryville grocer and butcher who bought the T. Eddy Brown building on Church Street in 1921, named that August as a son of Mrs. Mary V. Brown of Millwood.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of June 2, 1921 reports that D. D. Brown, who had recently bought the T. Eddy Brown building on Church Street, would put a glass front in it for his grocery store and butcher shop. Its issue of August 25, 1921 reports the death at Millwood of Mrs. Mary V. Brown, mother of R. C. Brown and D. D. Brown of Berryville.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of June 2, 1921 reports that D. D. Brown, who had recently bought the T. Eddy Brown building on Church Street, would put a glass front in it for his grocery store and butcher shop. Its issue of August 25, 1921 reports the death at Millwood of Mrs. Mary V. Brown, mother of R. C. Brown and D. D. Brown of Berryville.
What the source supports
That D. D. Brown of Berryville kept a grocery and butcher shop on Church Street in 1921 and was named as a son of Mary V. Brown.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The June item prints his initials "1). D." Reading the two items as the same man rests on the matching initials in Berryville. His mother is recorded as a proposal from her obituary.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The June 2, 1921 local item.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 2, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-06-02 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, local items
Relevant passageD Brown, who recently purchased the T. Eddy Brown build ing on Church street, will place a glass front in the building fot [for] his grocery store and butcher shop
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. The August 25, 1921 obituary of Mrs. Mary V. Brown.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 25, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-08-25 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, obituary "Mrs. Mary V. Brown Dies: Was Long Ill"
Relevant passageMrs. Mary V. Brown, mother of Messrs. R. C. Brown and D. D. Brown of Berryville. died at her home at Millwood Monday after a long illness with Bright's disease.
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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