Dan Hickerson
Berryville street superintendent and police chief in 1921 and 1922, re-elected town sergeant and superintendent of the water works in September 1922.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of May 19, 1921 suggests that Street Superintendent Dan Hickerson have the weeds cut along the Church Street pavement, and its issue of September 8, 1921 names Police Chief Dan Hickerson as returning from the Blue Ridge with George E. Morgan. Its issue of March 16, 1922 reports Chief of Police Dan Hickerson and two of his children ill with influenza, and its issue of September 7, 1922 reports that the reorganized Berryville Town Council re-elected all its old officers, among them Dan Hickerson as town sergeant and superintendent of the water works.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of May 19, 1921 suggests that Street Superintendent Dan Hickerson have the weeds cut along the Church Street pavement, and its issue of September 8, 1921 names Police Chief Dan Hickerson as returning from the Blue Ridge with George E. Morgan. Its issue of March 16, 1922 reports Chief of Police Dan Hickerson and two of his children ill with influenza, and its issue of September 7, 1922 reports that the reorganized Berryville Town Council re-elected all its old officers, among them Dan Hickerson as town sergeant and superintendent of the water works.
What the source supports
That Dan Hickerson was Berryville's street superintendent and police chief in 1921 and 1922, and was re-elected town sergeant and superintendent of the water works in September 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The September 1922 item prints the name "Dan Mickersou." Reading the four items as one man rests on the matching name and office.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The May 19, 1921 local item.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., May 19, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-05-19 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, local news items
Relevant passageStreet Supt. Dan Hickerson can do some good work, during the spare foments [moments] of the street .cleaning f.'rce [force].. by having the weeds and tall glass [grass] shopped [chopped] down along the pavement on Church street.
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Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. The September 8, 1921 item.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., September 8, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-09-08 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, item "George E. Morgan Kills Rattlesnake on Blue Ridge"
Relevant passageGEORGE E. MORGAN KILLS RATTLESNAKE ON BLUE RIDGE Mr. George E. Morgan, when returning Tuesday with Police Chief Dan Hickerson. killed a rattlesnake which was suiting [sunning] itself in the road.
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Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. The March 16, 1922 item.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 16, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-03-16 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, item "Chief Hickerson Ill With Flu"
Relevant passageCHIEF HICKERSON ILL WITH FLU Chief of Police Dan Hickerson and two. of his children are ill with influenza.
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Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. The September 7, 1922 report of the Town Council.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., September 7, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-09-07 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, report of the Berryville Town Council's first meeting under the new mayor
Relevant passageALL OLD OFFICERS RE-ELECTED; NEW MAYOR NOW IN OFFICE ... The reorganized Town Council of Berrvville [Berryville]. elected last June, held their first meeting Tuesday night ... Al| old officers were re-elected. ... Mr. Dan Mickersou [Hickerson] w as re-elected town sergeant and superintendent of water works
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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