Person

J. D. Russell

Chaplain of the Order of Fraternal Americans at Millwood, who held its Mother's Day service in May 1922.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of May 18, 1922, in its Millwood news, reports that Mother's Day special services were held under the auspices of the Order of Fraternal Americans in their hall by their chaplain, Rev. J. D. Russell.

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The Clarke Courier of May 18, 1922, in its Millwood news, reports that Mother's Day special services were held under the auspices of the Order of Fraternal Americans in their hall by their chaplain, Rev. J. D. Russell.

What the source supports

That Rev. J. D. Russell was chaplain of the Order of Fraternal Americans at Millwood in 1922.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item does not name his church. He is not linked to any other Russell.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The May 18, 1922 Millwood item.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., May 18, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-05-18 (publication)

Locator: Page 3, Millwood news items

Relevant passage
Mother’s Day was observed in the churches here Sunday special services were held under the auspices of the Order of Fraternal Americans ip. [in] their hall by their chaplain, Rev. J. D. Russell

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

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

AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-16. How this project checks its sources

Also indexed as: Rev. J. D. Russell. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.

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