Person

Eliza Philipine Myerly

Clarke County native, born near Marvin Chapel in 1867, a daughter of Joseph and Eliza Philipine Anderson, who died at her home near Poolesville, Maryland, on her 55th birthday in April 1922 and was buried at Green Hill.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of April 20, 1922 reports that Mrs. Eliza Philipine Myerly, wife of J. G. Myerly of near Poolesville, Maryland, died at her home on the Saturday before, and that she was born in Clarke County near Marvin Chapel on April 15, 1867, the day of her death marking her 55th birthday. It says she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Eliza Philipine Anderson, and that after services at the M. E. Church, South, in Berryville she was buried in the family lot at Green Hill Cemetery.

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The Clarke Courier of April 20, 1922 reports that Mrs. Eliza Philipine Myerly, wife of J. G. Myerly of near Poolesville, Maryland, died at her home on the Saturday before, and that she was born in Clarke County near Marvin Chapel on April 15, 1867, the day of her death marking her 55th birthday. It says she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Eliza Philipine Anderson, and that after services at the M. E. Church, South, in Berryville she was buried in the family lot at Green Hill Cemetery.

What the source supports

That Eliza Philipine Myerly, born near Marvin Chapel in 1867, died on her 55th birthday and was buried at Green Hill, as reported on April 20, 1922.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR prints "PhUipine." Her husband, children and siblings have no records here.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The April 20, 1922 obituary.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 20, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-04-20 (publication)

Locator: Page 4, obituary "Mrs. Myerly Dies in Maryland; Buried Here"

Relevant passage
Mrs. Eliza PhUipine [Philipine] Myerly, wife of Mr. J. G. Myerly, of near i Poolesville, Montgomery county, > Md.. died at her home on Saturday last after a brief illness following nervous prostation. ' i ' Mrs. Myerly. was born in’ Clarke county, near' Marvin Chapel, April 15, 1867, the day of her death marking her 55th birthday; She was a daughter of the iate [late] Joseph and Eliza Philipjne Anderson

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Its account of the funeral.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 20, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-04-20 (publication)

Locator: Page 4, obituary "Mrs. Myerly Dies in Maryland; Buried Here," funeral

Relevant passage
Funeral services were held from the M. E. Church, South, at Berryville, at o’clock on Monday ... Interment was made in the family lot at Green Hill Cemetery.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source 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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