John C. Lee
Farmer and stockman of Clarke and Warren counties and a candidate for the House of Delegates, killed in June 1921 when a Norfolk and Western express struck his automobile at Kennedy's Crossing near White Post.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of June 23, 1921 reports that John C. Lee, a leading farmer and stockman and a candidate for the House of Delegates, was instantly killed the Friday before when a northbound Norfolk and Western express train collided with his automobile at Kennedy's Crossing near White Post. The headline says the engineer was his boyhood friend Turner Clingan.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of June 23, 1921 reports that John C. Lee, a leading farmer and stockman and a candidate for the House of Delegates, was instantly killed the Friday before when a northbound Norfolk and Western express train collided with his automobile at Kennedy's Crossing near White Post. The headline says the engineer was his boyhood friend Turner Clingan.
What the source supports
That John C. Lee, a farmer, stockman and candidate for the House of Delegates, was killed when a train struck his automobile at Kennedy's Crossing near White Post, as reported on June 23, 1921.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The headline prints the crossing "Kenncrly's" and the body "Kennedy's." The report dates the death only as "last Friday" and gives no age. It describes the collision and assigns no fault; none is stated here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The June 23, 1921 headline.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 23, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-06-23 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, headline of the report of John C. Lee's death
Relevant passageJohn C. Lee Killed by N. & W. train; ^ Boyhood Friend, Turnei [Turner] Clingan, at Throttle
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 report of his death.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 23, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-06-23 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, report of John C. Lee's death
Relevant passageCrief [Grief] and sadness gripped the . heart of Clarke County last Friday J when the ne'vs [news] was flashed Over this section that Mr. John C. Lee, leading | farmer and stockman, candidate for ': he [the] House of Delegates ... had been instantly killed at ' Kennedy's Crossing, near White j Post, when-a nourthbound [northbound] Norfolk and Western Express train had col. Ilded [collided] with his automobile.
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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