Person

Ernest Locke

Treasurer of Lloyd Williams Post, No. 41, American Legion, named in December 1923.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of December 6, 1923 reports that Lloyd Williams Post, No. 41, American Legion, named Mr. Ernest Locke treasurer for the year.

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✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier of December 6, 1923 reports that Lloyd Williams Post, No. 41, American Legion, named Mr. Ernest Locke treasurer for the year.

What the source supports

That Ernest Locke was named treasurer of Lloyd Williams Post, No. 41, American Legion, in December 1923.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item does not say where he lived. The post's other officers are not recorded here.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The December 6, 1923 report of the post's officers.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., December 6, 1923

Clarke Courier · 1923-12-06 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, report of the American Legion post's election of officers

Relevant passage

NEW OFFICERS FOR THE AMERICAN LEGION ... Mr. Jetson F. Spates was again elected post commander of Lloyd Williams Post, No. 41, American Legion, ... Other officers named for the year are: Mr. Rice W. Levi, vice commander, Mr. Ernest Locke, treasurer,

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) · 2026-09-15. How this project checks its sources

Also indexed as: Mr. Ernest Locke. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.

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