John Dixon
Retired farmer, born in Piedmont Virginia, who died at 60 in May 1921 after a stroke, on the farm of Benjamin Vorous, with whom he had lived for ten years.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of May 5, 1921 reports that John Dixon, a retired farmer of Clarke County, died the Monday before after a stroke of paralysis a week earlier, on the farm of Benj. Vorous. It says he was 60, had lived with Mr. Vorous for the past ten years, was born in Piedmont Virginia and came to the county years before, and was survived by a widow and one child.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of May 5, 1921 reports that John Dixon, a retired farmer of Clarke County, died the Monday before after a stroke of paralysis a week earlier, on the farm of Benj. Vorous. It says he was 60, had lived with Mr. Vorous for the past ten years, was born in Piedmont Virginia and came to the county years before, and was survived by a widow and one child.
What the source supports
That John Dixon, a retired farmer, died at 60 on the Vorous farm, as reported on May 5, 1921.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item says both that he had lived on the Vorous farm for two years and with Mr. Vorous for ten. It dates the death only as "last Monday."
Source
Evidence role: supports. The May 5, 1921 obituary.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., May 5, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-05-05 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, obituary "John Dixon, Retired Farmer, Dies Suddenly"
Relevant passageJOHN DIXON, RETIRED FARMER, DIES SUDDENLY ... Mr. John Dixon, a retired farmer and highly esteemed citizen of Clarke county, died last Monday following a stroke of paralysis a week ago. The end came on the farm of Mr Benj. Vorous where Mr. Dixon had been' living for the past two years. ! Mr. Dixon was 60 years old. He J had been living with Mr. Vorous for I the past ten years. He was born is [in] Piedmont Virginia
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
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