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Grace Episcopal Church, Berryville

Episcopal · Berryville as the cited records state it

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Is this the same congregation or building?

IDENTITY Likely Gold names Grace Church, Berryville, once (1848); that the first church and the edifice of 1857 are one parish is Likely.

What the records say

Each line is a statement from a cited source, in the source's own terms, with the three questions asked of it. Same congregation or building as the one on this page? Same body or building under another name or at another site?

What the records say
WhenWhat the record showsRECORDIDENTITYCONTINUITYSource
Date not established

Gold's 1914 history, on printed p. 70 under the heading "BERRYVILLE EPISCOPAL," says "The Berryville congregation had been worshiping in the old stone academy in the village, but under Mr. Rice's rectorship a church building was completed," that "The intention of the people, was at first to make the building a union church, but by the advice of Bishop Meade, it was erected for the sole use of the Episcopalians," and that "in 1848 Grace Church, in Berry-" (completed on p. 71: "ville, was improved by the addition of galleries, and otherwise repaired and enlarged, at an expense of $800.")

RECORD LikelyIDENTITY LikelyGold calls the Berryville church Grace Church in 1848: Confirmed that he does so; that the first church of the 1830s and the edifice of 1857 are one parish is Likely. CONTINUITY: The first church (completed under Rev. Jared Rice, before 1832) was improved in 1848 and replaced by a new edifice in 1856-57: Likely; the site of neither is stated.CONTINUITY Likely
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✓ LikelyAn account exists

Gold's 1914 history, on printed p. 70 under the heading "BERRYVILLE EPISCOPAL," says "The Berryville congregation had been worshiping in the old stone academy in the village, but under Mr. Rice's rectorship a church building was completed," that "The intention of the people, was at first to make the building a union church, but by the advice of Bishop Meade, it was erected for the sole use of the Episcopalians," and that "in 1848 Grace Church, in Berry-" (completed on p. 71: "ville, was improved by the addition of galleries, and otherwise repaired and enlarged, at an expense of $800.")

What the source supports

That Gold's text describes a church building completed under Rev. Jared Rice for Episcopalians only, and says Grace Church in Berryville was improved in 1848.

Uncertainty

Gold's 1914 history is a retrospective county history; for this chapter the church histories were written by local contributors, and no vestry book, deed or register was read here. The date of the first church is not given (Rev. William M. Jackson took charge in 1832, after Mr. Rice). The name "Grace Church" appears once, at the foot of the page, for the Berryville church in 1848; the final word is split ("Berry-," "ville" on p. 71). The misprint "succedeed" earlier on the page is kept as printed in the crop and is not quoted here. Bishop Meade's page 288 tells the same story of the Berryville church, built on ground given by Mr. John Taylor after an attempt at a union church: a second printed account of the same beginning, not used here. Each cited passage was read twice, the second time independently: first as a rendered page image of a digital reproduction (a 300 dpi render of the stated PDF page), then on a cropped image of the same page. Both readings support the claim; neither was of the paper itself. The crop is held privately and is not shown on this site. Nothing beyond the quoted passage was read from the page. No human historian has reviewed this claim.

Source

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. Supports the claim at the cited book's own level; the underlying record was not read. See limits.

History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states

Thomas D. Gold · 1914 (publication)

Locator: Printed p. 70, PDF p. 78 of the hosted copy, from the heading BERRYVILLE EPISCOPAL, the first sentence

Relevant passage
BERRYVILLE EPISCOPAL This parish was originally within the limits of the cure administered by the Rev. Mr. Balmaine.

Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: gold-1914. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. Supports the claim at the cited book's own level; the underlying record was not read. See limits.

History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states

Thomas D. Gold · 1914 (publication)

Locator: Printed p. 70, PDF p. 78 of the hosted copy, the sentences on the old stone academy and the first church building

Relevant passage
The Berryville congregation had been worshiping in the old stone academy in the village, but under Mr. Rice's rectorship a church building was completed.

Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: gold-1914. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. Supports the claim at the cited book's own level; the underlying record was not read. See limits.

History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states

Thomas D. Gold · 1914 (publication)

Locator: Printed p. 70, PDF p. 78 of the hosted copy, the sentence on a union church and Bishop Meade's advice

Relevant passage
The intention of the people, was at first to make the building a union church, but by the advice of Bishop Meade, it was erected for the sole use of the Episcopalians.

Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: gold-1914. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. Supports the claim at the cited book's own level; the underlying record was not read. See limits.

History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states

Thomas D. Gold · 1914 (publication)

Locator: Printed p. 70, PDF p. 78 of the hosted copy, the last line of the page, the first words of the sentence on Grace Church in 1848

Relevant passage
and in 1848 Grace Church, in Berry-

Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: gold-1914. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. Supports the claim at the cited book's own level; the underlying record was not read. See limits.

History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states

Thomas D. Gold · 1914 (publication)

Locator: Printed p. 71, PDF p. 79 of the hosted copy, the top of the page, the words completing the sentence on Grace Church in 1848

Relevant passage
ville, was improved by the addition of galleries, and otherwise repaired and enlarged, at an expense of $800.

Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: gold-1914. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Date not established

Gold's 1914 history, on printed p. 71, says "In 1854 Mr. Whittle urged the Berryville people to erect a new church, and his efforts resulted in the present edifice. Work on the new building was commenced in 1856 and completed in August, 1857," that "It was consecrated on August 29, by Bishop Meade, the sermon being preached by Rev. R. T. Davis, of Martinsburg," that "Mr. Suter was here during the trying period of the war, and through his instrumentality the church several times was saved from being burned by the Federal army," and that "In 1883 the church was renovated, and enlarged by the addition of a transept, at an expense of $4,000."

RECORD LikelyIDENTITY LikelyThis page says "the present edifice," "the church" and "the parish," never "Grace"; the 1848 name is on p. 70. That the 1857 building is Grace Church is Likely (same parish, same run of pages). CONTINUITY: Galleries added in 1848, a new edifice in 1856-57, a transept in 1883: Likely, as one parish's history told by one writer.CONTINUITY Likely
See the source and its limits
✓ LikelyAn account exists

Gold's 1914 history, on printed p. 71, says "In 1854 Mr. Whittle urged the Berryville people to erect a new church, and his efforts resulted in the present edifice. Work on the new building was commenced in 1856 and completed in August, 1857," that "It was consecrated on August 29, by Bishop Meade, the sermon being preached by Rev. R. T. Davis, of Martinsburg," that "Mr. Suter was here during the trying period of the war, and through his instrumentality the church several times was saved from being burned by the Federal army," and that "In 1883 the church was renovated, and enlarged by the addition of a transept, at an expense of $4,000."

What the source supports

That Gold's text says the new Berryville church was begun in 1856, completed in August 1857, consecrated on August 29 by Bishop Meade and enlarged in 1883, and that it was several times saved from being burned in the war.

Uncertainty

Gold's 1914 history is a retrospective county history; for this chapter the church histories were written by local contributors, and no vestry book, deed or register was read here. The wartime near-burning is Gold's statement, not an Army record. The page never says "Grace"; it says "the present edifice," "the church" and "the parish," and the name is on p. 70 (see C1421); the page prints "August 29" with no year (1857 is from "completed in August, 1857" in the same paragraph). The crop begins with "ville," completing "Berry-" from p. 70. A stray speck after "church," in the 1854 sentence is not a character. Each cited passage was read twice, the second time independently: first as a rendered page image of a digital reproduction (a 300 dpi render of the stated PDF page), then on a cropped image of the same page. Both readings support the claim; neither was of the paper itself. The crop is held privately and is not shown on this site. Nothing beyond the quoted passage was read from the page. No human historian has reviewed this claim.

Source

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. Supports the claim at the cited book's own level; the underlying record was not read. See limits.

History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states

Thomas D. Gold · 1914 (publication)

Locator: Printed p. 71, PDF p. 79 of the hosted copy, the sentences on the new church of 1856-57

Relevant passage
In 1854 Mr. Whittle urged the Berryville people to erect a new church, and his efforts resulted in the present edifice. Work on the new building was commenced in 1856 and completed in August, 1857.

Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: gold-1914. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. Supports the claim at the cited book's own level; the underlying record was not read. See limits.

History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states

Thomas D. Gold · 1914 (publication)

Locator: Printed p. 71, PDF p. 79 of the hosted copy, the sentence on the consecration

Relevant passage
It was consecrated on August 29, by Bishop Meade, the sermon being preached by Rev. R. T. Davis, of Martinsburg.

Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: gold-1914. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. Supports the claim at the cited book's own level; the underlying record was not read. See limits.

History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states

Thomas D. Gold · 1914 (publication)

Locator: Printed p. 71, PDF p. 79 of the hosted copy, the sentences on the war and on the transept of 1883

Relevant passage
Mr. Suter was here during the trying period of the war, and through his instrumentality the church several times was saved from being burned by the Federal army.

Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: gold-1914. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. Supports the claim at the cited book's own level; the underlying record was not read. See limits.

History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states

Thomas D. Gold · 1914 (publication)

Locator: Printed p. 71, PDF p. 79 of the hosted copy, the sentence on the renovation of 1883

Relevant passage
In 1883 the church was renovated, and enlarged by the addition of a transept, at an expense of $4,000.

Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: gold-1914. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Date not established

On a Sunday in July 1918 more than four hundred people gathered in Grace Episcopal Church in memory of Capt. Lloyd W. Williams, U.S. Marine Corps, "the first son of Clarke county to make the supreme sacrifice," the Courier reported; he had been baptized in Grace Church, and the rector read a poem written for him by Rev. J. Herbert Bean, the Methodist pastor.

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On a Sunday in July 1918 more than four hundred people gathered in Grace Episcopal Church in memory of Capt. Lloyd W. Williams, U.S. Marine Corps, "the first son of Clarke county to make the supreme sacrifice," the Courier reported; he had been baptized in Grace Church, and the rector read a poem written for him by Rev. J. Herbert Bean, the Methodist pastor.

What the source supports

The memorial service at Grace Church and what bound Williams to it.

Uncertainty

The paper's count of the crowd.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The gathering.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 25, 1918, page 1: "Pay Tribute to Capt. Williams"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1918-07-25 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Pay Tribute to Capt. Williams"

Relevant passage
More than four hundred men and women of Berryville and vicinity gathered in Grace Episcopal Church Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock to lay a wreath of love and respect upon the memory of Capt. Lloyd W. Williams, United States Marine Corps, who was the first son of Clarke county to make the supreme sacrifice

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

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

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Baptized in Grace Church.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 25, 1918, page 1: "Pay Tribute to Capt. Williams"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1918-07-25 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Pay Tribute to Capt. Williams"

Relevant passage
Captain Williams was baptized in Grace Church. He attended its Sunday School when a boy of Berryville.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

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

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Bean's poem.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 25, 1918, page 1: "Pay Tribute to Capt. Williams"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1918-07-25 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Pay Tribute to Capt. Williams"

Relevant passage
Mr. Taylor read a poem, written by Rev. J. Herbert Bean paster of the Methodist Church, in honor of the memory of this young man.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

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

Date not established

The rector's address in July 1918, as the Courier reported it, gave Williams's last words as "Don't bother about me; take care of my men"; the inscription on his tablet, as the Courier printed it in 1919, gives them as "Leave Me and Go to My Men."

RECORD LikelyIDENTITY UnconfirmedNo identity statement has been recorded for this statement.No continuity link is asserted for this statement
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The rector's address in July 1918, as the Courier reported it, gave Williams's last words as "Don't bother about me; take care of my men"; the inscription on his tablet, as the Courier printed it in 1919, gives them as "Leave Me and Go to My Men."

What the source supports

That the two Grace Church memorials give his last words differently.

Uncertainty

Neither was a witness's own account; this story gives both.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The rector's wording.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 25, 1918, page 1: "Pay Tribute to Capt. Williams"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1918-07-25 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Pay Tribute to Capt. Williams"

Relevant passage
These were strikingly shown, he said, when Captain Williams, felled by a German bullet, cried out: "Don't bother about me; take care of my men."

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

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

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The tablet's wording.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 17, 1919, page 1: "Beautiful Memorial to Maj. Lloyd W. Williams Will be Placed in Grace Episcopal Church"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1919-04-17 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Beautiful Memorial to Maj. Lloyd W. Williams," the inscription as printed

Relevant passage
'Leave Me and Go to My Men,' were the words spoken by him to an attending Surgeon.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

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

Date not established

Rev. Malcolm S. Taylor, who came from Woodstock to Grace Church in May 1918, left for chaplain's training at Camp Zachary Taylor in August, the Courier reported; in February 1919 it reported him back from France, where he had served as a chaplain, and Grace Church planned a reception for him at the Parish House.

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Rev. Malcolm S. Taylor, who came from Woodstock to Grace Church in May 1918, left for chaplain's training at Camp Zachary Taylor in August, the Courier reported; in February 1919 it reported him back from France, where he had served as a chaplain, and Grace Church planned a reception for him at the Parish House.

What the source supports

Grace Church's rector in the war.

Uncertainty

The Commission's history calls him "a chaplain with the Second Corps"; the Courier items do not name his unit.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Off to training.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 22, 1918, page 1: "Rev. Mr. Taylor Enters Training"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1918-08-22 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Rev. Mr. Taylor Enters Training"

Relevant passage
Rev. Malcolm S. Taylor, rector of Grace Episcopal Church, who several months ago offered his services to the Government as Chaplain in the Army, has received orders to report for training and left for Camp Zachary Taylor, Ken., Wednesday morning

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

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

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Came to Grace Church in May.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 22, 1918, page 1: "Rev. Mr. Taylor Enters Training"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1918-08-22 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Rev. Mr. Taylor Enters Training"

Relevant passage
Mr. Taylor came to Berryville from Woodstock to take charge of Grace Church in May.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

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

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Back from France.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 27, 1919, page 1: "Mr. Taylor Returns Tonight"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1919-02-27 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Mr. Taylor Returns Tonight"

Relevant passage
who has just arrived in this country from France where he served in Gen. Pershing's Army as a Chaplain, will return to Berryville tonight.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

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

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The reception.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 27, 1919, page 1: "Mr. Taylor Returns Tonight"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1919-02-27 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Mr. Taylor Returns Tonight"

Relevant passage
Members of Grace Church will give a reception in honor of their rector tomorrow afternoon at the Parish House from 3 to 5 o'clock.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

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

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. The Commission's "chaplain with the Second Corps."

Virginia War History Commission, "Clarke County in War Time: A Community History," in Virginia Communities in War Time, Second Series (Publications of the Virginia War History Commission, Source Volume VII, ed. Arthur Kyle Davis, Richmond, 1927), pp. 27-28, "Churches in War Time"

Virginia War History Commission; Arthur Kyle Davis, editor · 1927 (publication)

Locator: Page 27, "Churches in War Time," on Grace Church

Relevant passage
This church subscribed for Liberty Bonds, and twenty-seven of its men and one woman were in the service. The rector, Rev. Malcolm S. Taylor, was a chaplain with the Second Corps.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

Source family: virginia-war-history-commission. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Date not established

In April 1919 the Courier reported that a memorial tablet to Maj. Lloyd W. Williams, given by his family, would be placed in Grace Episcopal Church, and printed its inscription: born June 5, 1887 at Nottingham, Clarke County, and killed June 11, 1918 at Belleau Wood. The Commission's 1927 history says Grace Church held a memorial service when the tablet was unveiled.

RECORD LikelyIDENTITY UnconfirmedNo identity statement has been recorded for this statement.No continuity link is asserted for this statement
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✓ LikelyAn account exists

In April 1919 the Courier reported that a memorial tablet to Maj. Lloyd W. Williams, given by his family, would be placed in Grace Episcopal Church, and printed its inscription: born June 5, 1887 at Nottingham, Clarke County, and killed June 11, 1918 at Belleau Wood. The Commission's 1927 history says Grace Church held a memorial service when the tablet was unveiled.

What the source supports

The tablet in Grace Church and what it says.

Uncertainty

The inscription is as the paper printed it before the unveiling; the tablet was not seen for this story.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The tablet and its place.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 17, 1919, page 1: "Beautiful Memorial to Maj. Lloyd W. Williams Will be Placed in Grace Episcopal Church"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1919-04-17 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Beautiful Memorial to Maj. Lloyd W. Williams"

Relevant passage
A beautiful memorial tablet to the late Major Lloyd Wm. Williams, U. S. M. C., who fell in the Battle of Belleau Woods when the American Marines blocked the Hun's drive to Paris, will be placed on the interior walls of Grace Episcopal Church, where this heroic Clarke boy worshipped and of which he was a communicant.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

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

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The inscription's dates.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 17, 1919, page 1: "Beautiful Memorial to Maj. Lloyd W. Williams Will be Placed in Grace Episcopal Church"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1919-04-17 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Beautiful Memorial to Maj. Lloyd W. Williams," the inscription as printed

Relevant passage
"Born June 5th, 1887, at Nottingham, Clarke county, Va.; Killed June 11, 1918, in the Battle of Belleau Wood, France.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

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

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Erected by his family.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 17, 1919, page 1: "Beautiful Memorial to Maj. Lloyd W. Williams Will be Placed in Grace Episcopal Church"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1919-04-17 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Beautiful Memorial to Maj. Lloyd W. Williams," the inscription as printed

Relevant passage
"Erected by his Adoring Father and Mother, Sisters and Brothers."

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

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

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. The unveiling service.

Virginia War History Commission, "Clarke County in War Time: A Community History," in Virginia Communities in War Time, Second Series (Publications of the Virginia War History Commission, Source Volume VII, ed. Arthur Kyle Davis, Richmond, 1927), pp. 27-28, "Churches in War Time"

Virginia War History Commission; Arthur Kyle Davis, editor · 1927 (publication)

Locator: Page 27, "Churches in War Time," on Grace Church

Relevant passage
Grace Church, in Berryville, held such a memorial service in commemoration of Major Lloyd Williams when a tablet was unveiled to his memory.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

Source family: virginia-war-history-commission. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Date not established

The Commission's 1927 history gives the churches' own counts: Grace Church, twenty-seven men and one woman in service; Cunningham Chapel Parish, sixteen men in the army, five in the navy, two in the marines and one in Red Cross service, of whom it names twenty-four; and the Methodist Church at Berryville, eleven men named, two in the Post Office Department and a Red Cross nurse, Miss Cora Shackleford.

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✓ LikelyAn account exists

The Commission's 1927 history gives the churches' own counts: Grace Church, twenty-seven men and one woman in service; Cunningham Chapel Parish, sixteen men in the army, five in the navy, two in the marines and one in Red Cross service, of whom it names twenty-four; and the Methodist Church at Berryville, eleven men named, two in the Post Office Department and a Red Cross nurse, Miss Cora Shackleford.

What the source supports

The church lists the Commission printed.

Uncertainty

Lists as the rectors and pastors reported them, not service records; the parish's count of twenty-four matches the twenty-four names it gave.

Source

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. Grace Church.

Virginia War History Commission, "Clarke County in War Time: A Community History," in Virginia Communities in War Time, Second Series (Publications of the Virginia War History Commission, Source Volume VII, ed. Arthur Kyle Davis, Richmond, 1927), pp. 27-28, "Churches in War Time"

Virginia War History Commission; Arthur Kyle Davis, editor · 1927 (publication)

Locator: Page 27, "Churches in War Time," on Grace Church

Relevant passage
This church subscribed for Liberty Bonds, and twenty-seven of its men and one woman were in the service. The rector, Rev. Malcolm S. Taylor, was a chaplain with the Second Corps.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

Source family: virginia-war-history-commission. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. Cunningham Chapel Parish's count.

Virginia War History Commission, "Clarke County in War Time: A Community History," in Virginia Communities in War Time, Second Series (Publications of the Virginia War History Commission, Source Volume VII, ed. Arthur Kyle Davis, Richmond, 1927), pp. 27-28, "Churches in War Time"

Virginia War History Commission; Arthur Kyle Davis, editor · 1927 (publication)

Locator: Page 27, "Churches in War Time," on Cunningham Chapel Parish

Relevant passage
Mr. B. D. Chambers, rector of Cunningham Chapel Parish, reported sixteen men in the army from his parish, five in the navy, two in the marines and one in Red Cross service. It would appear that the men resided in Millwood.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

Source family: virginia-war-history-commission. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. Its names.

Virginia War History Commission, "Clarke County in War Time: A Community History," in Virginia Communities in War Time, Second Series (Publications of the Virginia War History Commission, Source Volume VII, ed. Arthur Kyle Davis, Richmond, 1927), pp. 27-28, "Churches in War Time"

Virginia War History Commission; Arthur Kyle Davis, editor · 1927 (publication)

Locator: Page 27, "Churches in War Time," on Cunningham Chapel Parish

Relevant passage
They were George H. Burwell, Jr., J. T. Burwell, Edward G. Butler, Maurice J. Dunlap, Jr., Joseph Eidson, S. Dalman Estep, Walter A. Estep, Harry W. Frost, Donald N. Gilpin, Kenneth N. Gilpin, Holmes Grim, Prescott Huidkoper, Charles A. Jones, Jr., E. S. Tucker Lindsay, James B. Lindsay, Charles Mullikin, Winston S. Lindsay, James H. Nolan, Eston Randolph, Percy Randolph, William F. Randolph, McClure Scott, Joseph Sipe and Marshall C. Willingham.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

Source family: virginia-war-history-commission. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. The Methodist names.

Virginia War History Commission, "Clarke County in War Time: A Community History," in Virginia Communities in War Time, Second Series (Publications of the Virginia War History Commission, Source Volume VII, ed. Arthur Kyle Davis, Richmond, 1927), pp. 27-28, "Churches in War Time"

Virginia War History Commission; Arthur Kyle Davis, editor · 1927 (publication)

Locator: Page 28, "Churches in War Time," on the Methodist Church

Relevant passage
The following men and women were in service from this church: Lieutenant C. H. Iden, Charles L. Roland, Walter C. Hardesty, Sergeant Olin W. Beall, John H. Coleman, Charles J. Enders, Sergeant Ralph E. Galloway, Charles LeRoy Whitaker, Sergeant Wilmer H. Gaver, Frank Barr, and Harry L. Boxwell. Charles A. Blake and Jacob Blake were in the Postoffice Department, and Miss Cora Shackleford was a Red Cross nurse.

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Source family: virginia-war-history-commission. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Date not established

At home, the Commission's history says, Grace Church held a weekly procession of children through Berryville "with flags, music and singing"; the Millwood church bought $1,000 of Liberty Bonds and sent $2,000 to Belgian and Near East relief; and the Methodist church joined three other churches in weekly Red Cross work and sold more than $3,000 of War Savings Stamps at a rally in June 1918.

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At home, the Commission's history says, Grace Church held a weekly procession of children through Berryville "with flags, music and singing"; the Millwood church bought $1,000 of Liberty Bonds and sent $2,000 to Belgian and Near East relief; and the Methodist church joined three other churches in weekly Red Cross work and sold more than $3,000 of War Savings Stamps at a rally in June 1918.

What the source supports

The churches' war work at home.

Uncertainty

Figures as the churches reported them.

Source

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. The children's procession.

Virginia War History Commission, "Clarke County in War Time: A Community History," in Virginia Communities in War Time, Second Series (Publications of the Virginia War History Commission, Source Volume VII, ed. Arthur Kyle Davis, Richmond, 1927), pp. 27-28, "Churches in War Time"

Virginia War History Commission; Arthur Kyle Davis, editor · 1927 (publication)

Locator: Page 27, "Churches in War Time," on Grace Church

Relevant passage
There was a weekly procession of the children through the streets of Berryville, with flags, music and singing, concluding with prayers at the church.

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Open source

Source family: virginia-war-history-commission. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. Millwood's bonds and relief.

Virginia War History Commission, "Clarke County in War Time: A Community History," in Virginia Communities in War Time, Second Series (Publications of the Virginia War History Commission, Source Volume VII, ed. Arthur Kyle Davis, Richmond, 1927), pp. 27-28, "Churches in War Time"

Virginia War History Commission; Arthur Kyle Davis, editor · 1927 (publication)

Locator: Page 27, "Churches in War Time," on Cunningham Chapel Parish

Relevant passage
The Millwood Church also subscribed for $1,000 worth of Liberty Bonds, and the sum of $2,000 was sent to the Belgian and Near East Relief.

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Source family: virginia-war-history-commission. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. The Methodist flag and Red Cross work.

Virginia War History Commission, "Clarke County in War Time: A Community History," in Virginia Communities in War Time, Second Series (Publications of the Virginia War History Commission, Source Volume VII, ed. Arthur Kyle Davis, Richmond, 1927), pp. 27-28, "Churches in War Time"

Virginia War History Commission; Arthur Kyle Davis, editor · 1927 (publication)

Locator: Page 27, "Churches in War Time," on the Methodist Church

Relevant passage
A service flag and the national colors were displayed by the congregation of the Methodist Church at Berryville, of which Rev. J. Herbert Bean was pastor. This church united with three other churches in Red Cross work, meeting weekly at workrooms, supplying garments to soldiers and to hospitals, and engaging in local relief work.

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Open source

Source family: virginia-war-history-commission. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. The stamp rally.

Virginia War History Commission, "Clarke County in War Time: A Community History," in Virginia Communities in War Time, Second Series (Publications of the Virginia War History Commission, Source Volume VII, ed. Arthur Kyle Davis, Richmond, 1927), pp. 27-28, "Churches in War Time"

Virginia War History Commission; Arthur Kyle Davis, editor · 1927 (publication)

Locator: Page 28, "Churches in War Time," on the Methodist Church

Relevant passage
rally was held by the church during the War Savings Stamps campaign in June, 1918, and more than $3,000 worth of stamps were sold and $250.00 subscribed by the church societies.

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Date not established

Two years after Belleau Wood, in June 1920, members of the Lloyd Williams Post, American Legion, named for Williams, heard a sermon by Rev. Malcolm S. Taylor in Grace Church and hung a wreath on his tablet, the Courier reported.

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Two years after Belleau Wood, in June 1920, members of the Lloyd Williams Post, American Legion, named for Williams, heard a sermon by Rev. Malcolm S. Taylor in Grace Church and hung a wreath on his tablet, the Courier reported.

What the source supports

The Legion post's tribute at the tablet.

Uncertainty

A local news item.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The wreath.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 10, 1920, page 1: "Wreath Placed Over Tablet in Grace Church by Members of Lloyd William Post, American Legion"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1920-06-10 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Wreath Placed Over Tablet in Grace Church"

Relevant passage
After the sermon Dr. R. B. Snapp and Mr. Frank Tappen, two members of the post, hung a beautiful wreath on the tablet.

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

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The post's name.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 10, 1920, page 1: "Wreath Placed Over Tablet in Grace Church by Members of Lloyd William Post, American Legion"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1920-06-10 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Wreath Placed Over Tablet in Grace Church"

Relevant passage
The Lloyd Williams Post is named for the heroic marine officer.

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Date not established

In July 1921 the Courier reported the plans for Williams's funeral at Berryville: his body was to lie in state in Grace Episcopal Church until the funeral, with a guard of honor from the Lloyd Williams Post.

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In July 1921 the Courier reported the plans for Williams's funeral at Berryville: his body was to lie in state in Grace Episcopal Church until the funeral, with a guard of honor from the Lloyd Williams Post.

What the source supports

The plan for Williams's return to Grace Church.

Uncertainty

Plans reported before the body arrived.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. To lie in state at Grace Church.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 7, 1921, page 1: the arrival of Maj. Lloyd W. Williams's body and the plans for his funeral

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1921-07-07 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, the plans for the funeral of Maj. Lloyd W. Williams

Relevant passage
The remains will then be taken to Grace Episcopal Church where they will lay in state until the funeral ohur [sic].

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Open source

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

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The guard of honor.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 7, 1921, page 1: the arrival of Maj. Lloyd W. Williams's body and the plans for his funeral

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1921-07-07 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, the plans for the funeral of Maj. Lloyd W. Williams

Relevant passage
The Lloyd Williams Post, American Legion, named for Maj. Williams, will furnish a Guard of Honor, uniformed and with side arms.

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

Date not established

In June 1885 the survivors brought home the remains of F. P. Topper, "a Pennsylvanian" of the company who had fallen near Luray in 1864; the Clarke Rifles escorted them to Grace Episcopal Church to lie under guard, and the survivors, other veterans under T. D. Gold, and citizens followed the hearse to Green Hill in one of the largest processions the cemetery had seen, the Courier reported.

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In June 1885 the survivors brought home the remains of F. P. Topper, "a Pennsylvanian" of the company who had fallen near Luray in 1864; the Clarke Rifles escorted them to Grace Episcopal Church to lie under guard, and the survivors, other veterans under T. D. Gold, and citizens followed the hearse to Green Hill in one of the largest processions the cemetery had seen, the Courier reported.

What the source supports

Topper's reburial and who carried it out.

Uncertainty

The paper's words for the cause are its own, of 1885.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The remains and who arranged their return.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 25, 1885, page 3: "Reinterment of Topper's Remains"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1885-06-25 (publication)

Locator: Page 3, "Reinterment of Topper's Remains"

Relevant passage
The remains of F. P. Topper—a Pennsylvanian who died in defence of the lost cause—which had been lying near Luray, where he fell and was buried in 1864, were brought to this place on Saturday last and reinterred with military honors—the arrangements originating with and being conducted by the survivors of the Clarke Cavalry, C. S. A., to which command he belonged.

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

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Under guard at Grace Church.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 25, 1885, page 3: "Reinterment of Topper's Remains"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1885-06-25 (publication)

Locator: Page 3, "Reinterment of Topper's Remains"

Relevant passage
Topper's remains reached here on the 10:38 train, and were escorted by the Clarke Rifles from the depot to Grace Episcopal Church, where they were placed under guard until the hour for reinterment—3 o'clock in the afternoon.

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Open source

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

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The procession.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 25, 1885, page 3: "Reinterment of Topper's Remains"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1885-06-25 (publication)

Locator: Page 3, "Reinterment of Topper's Remains"

Relevant passage
Following the hearse were the survivors of the Clarke Cavalry, under command of Capt. J. McK. Kennerly, soldiers of other regiments and battallions, under charge of Mr. T. D. Gold, and citizens on foot and in carriages, the whole—making one of the largest processions that ever entered the cemetery

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Date not established

The Clarke Courier of July 18, 1918 announced memorial services at Grace Episcopal Church on Sunday, July 21, for Capt. Lloyd Williams, U. S. M. C., "who died of wounds received in France on June 17."

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The Clarke Courier of July 18, 1918 announced memorial services at Grace Episcopal Church on Sunday, July 21, for Capt. Lloyd Williams, U. S. M. C., "who died of wounds received in France on June 17."

What the source supports

That this notice gives June 17 as the date of his wounds.

Uncertainty

A short notice; the paper's report of two weeks before gives June 11. Read on the page image of the Library of Congress digital reproduction. No human historian has reviewed this claim.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Page 1, "Memorial Services at Grace Church".

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 18, 1918, page 1: "Memorial Services at Grace Church"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1918-07-18 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Memorial Services at Grace Church"

Relevant passage
Memorial services to Capt. Lloyd Williams, U. S. M. C., who died of wounds received in France on June 17, will be held at Grace Episcopl [sic] Church, on Sunday, July 21, at 4 p. m.

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Date not established

At the memorial service at Grace Church in July 1918, the Clarke Courier of July 25, 1918 reported, the rector, Rev. Malcolm S. Taylor, said that Capt. Lloyd W. Williams had been slightly wounded on June 9 and taken to a hospital at Lucy, behind the lines, and that a shell falling in the room where he lay "exploded and killed him instantly."

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At the memorial service at Grace Church in July 1918, the Clarke Courier of July 25, 1918 reported, the rector, Rev. Malcolm S. Taylor, said that Capt. Lloyd W. Williams had been slightly wounded on June 9 and taken to a hospital at Lucy, behind the lines, and that a shell falling in the room where he lay "exploded and killed him instantly."

What the source supports

What the rector said in July 1918 of how Williams died.

Uncertainty

The rector's account, as the paper reported his address; the date and the manner of death differ from the paper's other accounts. Read on the page image of the Library of Congress digital reproduction. No human historian has reviewed this claim.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Page 1, "Pay Tribute to Capt. Williams".

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 25, 1918, page 1: "Pay Tribute to Capt. Williams"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1918-07-25 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Pay Tribute to Capt. Williams"

Relevant passage
He said that on June 9th he was slightly wounded and was taken to a hospital in a small town (Lucy) back of the battle lines. [...] the shell falling in the room where Captian [sic] Williams was confined. It exploded and killed him instantly.

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

Date not established

The Clarke Courier of July 14, 1921 reported that the body of Maj. Lloyd W. Williams, which had reached New York from France after three years, would arrive at Berryville that Thursday morning, with funeral services at Grace Church and burial in the Williams lot in Green Hill Cemetery. Its issue of July 21, 1921 reported that "On Thursday last" he was laid to rest "on a beautiful slope of Green Hill Cemetery," and quoted his reply to the French officers as "Fall back hell, We are going to advance."

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The Clarke Courier of July 14, 1921 reported that the body of Maj. Lloyd W. Williams, which had reached New York from France after three years, would arrive at Berryville that Thursday morning, with funeral services at Grace Church and burial in the Williams lot in Green Hill Cemetery. Its issue of July 21, 1921 reported that "On Thursday last" he was laid to rest "on a beautiful slope of Green Hill Cemetery," and quoted his reply to the French officers as "Fall back hell, We are going to advance."

What the source supports

That his body was brought home from France and buried at Green Hill Cemetery in July 1921.

Uncertainty

Newspaper reports of the funeral; the 1921 report quotes his reply in a third wording. Read on the page image of the Library of Congress digital reproduction. No human historian has reviewed this claim.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Page 1, "Maj. William's Body Reaches Here Today".

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 14, 1921, page 1: "Maj. William's Body Reaches Here Today"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1921-07-14 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Maj. William's Body Reaches Here Today"

Relevant passage
The body of Maj. Lloyd W. Williams, U. S. M. C., which reached New York last week from France, where it had been interred for three years, will arrive at Berryville this (Thursday) morning at 9 o'clock for final religious services and burial.

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

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Page 1, "Maj. William's Body Reaches Here Today".

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 14, 1921, page 1: "Maj. William's Body Reaches Here Today"

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va. · 1921-07-14 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "Maj. William's Body Reaches Here Today"

Relevant passage
The funeral services will be held at 6 o'clock p.m. in Grace Church, after which the burial will be in the Williams' lot in Green Hill Cemetary [sic].

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Open source

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

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Page 1, "1000 Home People Honor Maj. Williams".

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 21, 1921

Clarke Courier · 1921-07-21 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "1000 Home People Honor Maj. Williams"

Relevant passage
On Thursday last, just as the sun went down behind the rugged heights of the Alleghenies, all that is mortal of that gallant soldier and son of Clarke, Major Lloyd W. Williams, United States Marine Corps, who was killed in France in the world war, was laid in its last resting place on a beautiful slope of Green Hill Cemetery

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Open source

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

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Page 1, "1000 Home People Honor Maj. Williams".

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 21, 1921

Clarke Courier · 1921-07-21 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, "1000 Home People Honor Maj. Williams"

Relevant passage
he had replied to the French staff officers information that the French were falling back and that he should do the same, "Fall back hell, We are going to advance,"

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