Fred L. Crown
Berryville-born son of John O. Crown and brother of the Courier's editor, manager of the Mobile Division of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co., who died suddenly at Mobile in November 1922, aged 40.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of November 3, 1922 reports that Fred L. Crown, a son of John O. Crown of Berryville and a brother of Miss Sarah B. Crown and of the Courier's editor, died suddenly at his home in Mobile, Alabama, the morning before. It says he was 40, born at the Crown home in Berryville, and manager of the Mobile Division of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. Its issue of November 9, 1922 prints a tribute from D. C. Snyder.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of November 3, 1922 reports that Fred L. Crown, a son of John O. Crown of Berryville and a brother of Miss Sarah B. Crown and of the Courier's editor, died suddenly at his home in Mobile, Alabama, the morning before. It says he was 40, born at the Crown home in Berryville, and manager of the Mobile Division of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. Its issue of November 9, 1922 prints a tribute from D. C. Snyder.
What the source supports
That Fred L. Crown, a Berryville native, died at Mobile at 40, as reported on November 3, 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR garbles his given name and his father's, and prints the editor as "John K. Crown." His wife and sons have no records here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The November 3, 1922 report of the death of Fred L. Crown.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., November 3, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-11-03 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, report "Fred L. Crown Dies Suddenly in Mobile"
Relevant passage.Mi ^red [Fred] L. Crown, a Bon [son] of the Jsl.n 0. [John O.] Crown ... of Berryville, and a brother of •,‘lss [Miss] Sarah B. Cr-w.i [Crown] and John K. Crown, editor of The Courier, died suddenly at his home in Mobile, Ala., yesterday morning. He was 40 years old and was horn [born] at the Ccown [Crown] home here. He was manager of the Mobile Division of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. The November 9, 1922 tribute.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., November 9, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-11-09 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, tribute "Tribute of Affection to the late Fred. L. Crown"
Relevant passageTribute of Affection to the late Fred. L. Crown ... He was the son of my j longtime most intimate and beloved j friend, the late lamented John O. j Crown, whose memory I will ever j revere. D. C. Snyder.
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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