Elijah Simons
Berryville man named in March 1921 as the father of Mrs. Elizabeth Simons Hart, who survived her.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of March 3, 1921, in the obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth Simons Hart, says she was the daughter of Elijah Simons of Berryville and names him among her survivors.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of March 3, 1921, in the obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth Simons Hart, says she was the daughter of Elijah Simons of Berryville and names him among her survivors.
What the source supports
That Elijah Simons of Berryville was living in March 1921 and was named as the father of Elizabeth Simons Hart.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. He is known here only from his daughter's obituary. The kinship is recorded as a proposal from this notice.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The March 3, 1921 obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth Simons Hart.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 3, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-03-03 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, obituary "Mrs. Elizabeth Hart Dies in Hospital," continued
Relevant passageMrs. Hr,it [Hart] was Miss Elizabeth Simons beforj [before] her marr,age She was 36 year* old and the d .ughter of Mr Elijah Simons, of Birryvi’le [Berryville]. She was an earnest church worker in the Baptist fold ... She is survived by a devoted hus oand [husband], her father. Mr. Elijah Simons, and a brother, Mr. H.irry [Harry] Simons, a veteran of the world war.
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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