John Hummer
Farmer of the Briggs neighborhood, born in Clarke County, who died after a long illness with lung trouble in February 1921.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of February 10, 1921 reports that John Hummer, a well-known farmer of the Briggs neighborhood, born in Clarke County, died the Monday before after a long illness with lung trouble, and that his widow and three grown children, A. B. Hummer, Mrs. John T. Lindsey and Mrs. Ida Cornwell, survived him.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of February 10, 1921 reports that John Hummer, a well-known farmer of the Briggs neighborhood, born in Clarke County, died the Monday before after a long illness with lung trouble, and that his widow and three grown children, A. B. Hummer, Mrs. John T. Lindsey and Mrs. Ida Cornwell, survived him.
What the source supports
That John Hummer, a farmer near Briggs station, died in February 1921.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR garbles his given name in the body ("..ol:n"); "John" is read from the headline. His age and his wife's maiden name are unreadable. The item dates the death only as "Monday." His children have no records here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The February 10, 1921 obituary.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 10, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-02-10 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, obituary "John Hummer, Prominent Farmer, Passes Away"
Relevant passageJOHN Ht'MMKIi [HUMMER], PROMINENT . . I ... FARMER, PASSES AWAY ... Mr. ..ol:n [John] Hummer, a well known farmer of the Brings [Briggs] neighborhood, died Monday after 1 Jong [a long] illness with 1ui*k liovibie [lung trouble]. ... and wrts [was] born in Clarke county. ... Mr Hummer married Mins [Miss] Rout Becmor, of' Clarke county, mu 'h.' wide >v [widow] with three grown children ««.• vivo— [survive] -Mr. A. B. Hummer, Mrs John T, Lindsey and Mrs. Ida Cornwell
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
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