Fenton P. Whiting
Clarke County native, born December 19, 1853, the son of Francis Henry Whiting, who died at Roanoke in June 1921 after a long illness and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of June 9, 1921 reports that Fenton P. Whiting, a native of Clarke County, died in Roanoke on the Monday morning before after a long illness from paralysis, and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery after services at Grace Church. It says he married Miss Maude Lewis in 1891, a sister of Commonwealth's Attorney William Travers Lewis, of R. J. and C. C. Lewis and of Mrs. Samuel McCormick of Berryville, and that he was born December 19, 1853, the son of Francis Henry Whiting and Rebecca Whiting.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of June 9, 1921 reports that Fenton P. Whiting, a native of Clarke County, died in Roanoke on the Monday morning before after a long illness from paralysis, and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery after services at Grace Church. It says he married Miss Maude Lewis in 1891, a sister of Commonwealth's Attorney William Travers Lewis, of R. J. and C. C. Lewis and of Mrs. Samuel McCormick of Berryville, and that he was born December 19, 1853, the son of Francis Henry Whiting and Rebecca Whiting.
What the source supports
That Fenton P. Whiting, born in Clarke County in 1853, died in Roanoke, as reported on June 9, 1921.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The headline prints his year of birth "18A8"; the body gives 1853. The item dates the death only as "Monday morning." The cited passage does not include his years with the Norfolk and Western named in the headline. His wife's family have no records here except Mrs. Samuel McCormick, linked by proposal.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The June 9, 1921 obituary of Fenton P. Whiting.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 9, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-06-09 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, obituary "Fenton P. Whiting Dies After Long Illness"
Relevant passageMr. Fenton P. Whiting, a native of Clarke county and a member of the prominent Whiting family of Virgin, la [Virginia], died in Roanoke Monday morning at 9 o'clock, after a long illness from paralysis. His body was brought to Berryvllle [Berryville] Wednesday ... and after funeral services front [from] Grace Church it was interred in Green Hill Cemetery.
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Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. Its account of his marriage and parents.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 9, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-06-09 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, obituary "Fenton P. Whiting Dies After Long Illness," family
Relevant passageHe was a native of Clarke and married in 1891 Miss Maude i Lewis, a sister of Commonwealth’s Attorney William Travers Lewie [Lewis], a and Messrs. R. J, Lewis and C. C. Lewis, and Mrs. Samuel McCormick, of Berryville. His widow came here with his body. Mr. Whiting was born Dec, 19, 1853, and was the son of Francis Henry Whiting and Rebecca Whiiiqg [Whiting]
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Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
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