Henrietta R. Ogden
Widow of Randolph K. Ogden, a leading contractor of the Valley, who died at 78 in August 1922 in the Main Street house in Berryville that had been her home since her marriage in 1869.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of August 31, 1922 reports that Mrs. Henrietta R. Ogden, widow of the late Randolph K. Ogden, for years a leading citizen of Berryville, died at her home the Thursday before after a month's illness, aged 78. It says she was born in Jefferson County, married Mr. Ogden in 1869 and came to Berryville, where he was one of the leading contractors of the Valley, and that she was buried in Green Hill Cemetery beside him. It names three children, among them Miss Minnie Ogden of Berryville.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of August 31, 1922 reports that Mrs. Henrietta R. Ogden, widow of the late Randolph K. Ogden, for years a leading citizen of Berryville, died at her home the Thursday before after a month's illness, aged 78. It says she was born in Jefferson County, married Mr. Ogden in 1869 and came to Berryville, where he was one of the leading contractors of the Valley, and that she was buried in Green Hill Cemetery beside him. It names three children, among them Miss Minnie Ogden of Berryville.
What the source supports
That Henrietta R. Ogden, widow of the contractor Randolph K. Ogden, died at 78, as reported on August 31, 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item dates the death only as "last Thursday." Of her children only Minnie Ogden has a record here, linked by proposal.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The August 31, 1922 obituary of Mrs. Henrietta R. Ogden.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-08-31 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, obituary "Mrs. R. K. Ogden Passes Away; Ill a Month"
Relevant passageMrs. Henrietta R. Ogden, widow of the late Randolph K. Ogden. for years a leading citizen of Berryville, died at her home here last Thursday, after an illness of a month. She was 78 years old ... Mrs. Ogden was born in Jefferson county- ... In 18691 [1869] she married Mr. Ogden and came | to Berryville to live. Her hus jhand [husband] was one of the leading contractors of the Valley.
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Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. Its account of her burial and survivors.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-08-31 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, obituary "Mrs. R. K. Ogden Passes Away; Ill a Month," survivors
Relevant passageher IhkIv [body] was laid to rest in (rreen [Green] Hill Cemetery beside that of her late husband. ... She leaves three children. Mrs. George X. [N.] Hardesty, and Miss Minnie Ogden, of Berryville, and Mr. Chester Ogden, of Roanoke
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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