Earnest Hillyard
Former Boyce man, son of Mrs. Mary Ann Hillyard, who had gone into business in Washington and drowned while bathing near the city in June 1923.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of June 28, 1923 reports news received at Boyce of the death by drowning of Earnest Hillyard of Washington, son of Mrs. Mary Ann Hillyard, formerly of Boyce, while bathing near Washington. It says he lived at Boyce before going to Washington in business, was buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, and was survived by his mother, brothers C. E., Otho and John W. Hillyard, and two sisters, among them Mrs. Joseph Heflin of near Berryville.
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The Clarke Courier of June 28, 1923 reports news received at Boyce of the death by drowning of Earnest Hillyard of Washington, son of Mrs. Mary Ann Hillyard, formerly of Boyce, while bathing near Washington. It says he lived at Boyce before going to Washington in business, was buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, and was survived by his mother, brothers C. E., Otho and John W. Hillyard, and two sisters, among them Mrs. Joseph Heflin of near Berryville.
What the source supports
That Earnest Hillyard, formerly of Boyce, drowned near Washington, as reported on June 28, 1923.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The headline prints the surname "HILliYARD." The item does not date the drowning or give his age. Of his relatives, John W. Hillyard and Mrs. Joseph Heflin have records here, each linked by proposal.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The June 28, 1923 report of the drowning of Earnest Hillyard.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 28, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-06-28 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, report "Earnest Hillyard, Former Boyce Boy, Drowned Near Washington City"
Relevant passageNews was received at Boyce Tuesday of the sad death by drowning of Earnest Hillyard, of Washington, son of Mrss. Mary Ann Hillyard, formely of Boyce. Mr. Hillyard was drowned while in bathing near Washington. He lived at Boyce before he went to Washington to engage in business. ... Burial was in Mt. Hebron. He is survived by his mother ... C. E. Hillyard of Winchester, Va.. Otho and John W. Hillyard, of Boyce, and two sisters, Mrs. Lonnie Bettus, of Shenandoah Junction, and Mrs. Joseph Heflin, of near Berryville.
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