Florence Jones Tilford
Widow of John B. Tilford of Standard Oil and mother of Frank V. Tilford, who once lived in Berryville and died at Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, in November 1922, aged 77.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of November 9, 1922 reports that Mrs. Florence Jones Tilford, widow of John B. Tilford, one of the original Standard Oil magnates, and mother of Frank V. Tilford, died at Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, on the Monday before, aged 77. It says she once made her home in Berryville and had many relatives there, and was buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, where she had lived for many years.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of November 9, 1922 reports that Mrs. Florence Jones Tilford, widow of John B. Tilford, one of the original Standard Oil magnates, and mother of Frank V. Tilford, died at Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, on the Monday before, aged 77. It says she once made her home in Berryville and had many relatives there, and was buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, where she had lived for many years.
What the source supports
That Florence Jones Tilford, once of Berryville, died at Blue Ridge Summit at 77, as reported on November 9, 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item dates the death only as "Monday." Its description of her husband is the paper's. Her family have no records here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The November 9, 1922 obituary.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., November 9, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-11-09 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, obituary "Mrs. John B. Tilford Dies in Pennsylvania; Buried at Winchester"
Relevant passageMrs. Florence Jones Tilford, wid- i ow it [of] John B. Tilford, one of the' original Standard Oil magnates, and the mother of Mr. Frank V. Tilford, j died at Blue Ridge Summit. Pa., i Monday. She was 77 years old. Mrs. Tilford at one time made her home in Berryville and has many relatives here. She had been living at Winchester for many years, where her body was taken fcr [for] burial in Mt. Hebron- Cemetery.
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