Jane L. Hardesty
One of the oldest residents of Clarke County, born in the county on January 5, 1832, widow of Charles Hardesty, who died at her home on Treadwell Street in Berryville in 1922, aged 90.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of February 2, 1922 reports that Mrs. Jane L. Hardesty, mother of W. M. Hardesty and one of the oldest residents of Clarke County, died at her home on Treadwell Street of the infirmities of old age. It says she was born in Clarke County on January 5, 1832, and came to live in Clarke after her marriage to the late Charles Hardesty. The headline gives her age as 90.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of February 2, 1922 reports that Mrs. Jane L. Hardesty, mother of W. M. Hardesty and one of the oldest residents of Clarke County, died at her home on Treadwell Street of the infirmities of old age. It says she was born in Clarke County on January 5, 1832, and came to live in Clarke after her marriage to the late Charles Hardesty. The headline gives her age as 90.
What the source supports
That Jane L. Hardesty, born January 5, 1832, died at her Berryville home, as reported on February 2, 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item says both that she lived all her life in the county and that she came to Clarke after her marriage. It does not give the day of death. Her son has no record here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The February 2, 1922 obituary.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 2, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-02-02 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, item "Mrs. Jane L. Hardesty Dies, Aged 90 Years"
Relevant passageMrs. Jane L. Hardesty, mother of Mr. W. M. Hardesty and one of the oldest residents of Clarke county, died at 10:30 a. in.-, at her home on Treadwcll [Treadwell] street, from infirmities of old age. She was born In Clarko [Clarke] county Jan. 5. 1832 ... After her marriage to the late Charles Ilardesy [Hardesty], she came to Clarke to livo [live]
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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