John W. Hillyard
Boyce man named in June 1923 as a brother of Earnest Hillyard, who drowned near Washington.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of June 28, 1923, reporting the drowning of Earnest Hillyard, names John W. Hillyard of Boyce among his brothers.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of June 28, 1923, reporting the drowning of Earnest Hillyard, names John W. Hillyard of Boyce among his brothers.
What the source supports
That John W. Hillyard of Boyce was named in 1923 as a brother of Earnest Hillyard.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. He is known here only from his brother's death notice. The kinship is recorded as a proposal from this notice.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The June 28, 1923 report of the drowning of Earnest Hillyard.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 28, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-06-28 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, report "Earnest Hillyard, Former Boyce Boy, Drowned Near Washington City"
Relevant passageNews was received at Boyce Tuesday of the sad death by drowning of Earnest Hillyard, of Washington, son of Mrss. Mary Ann Hillyard, formely of Boyce. Mr. Hillyard was drowned while in bathing near Washington. He lived at Boyce before he went to Washington to engage in business. ... Burial was in Mt. Hebron. He is survived by his mother ... C. E. Hillyard of Winchester, Va.. Otho and John W. Hillyard, of Boyce, and two sisters, Mrs. Lonnie Bettus, of Shenandoah Junction, and Mrs. Joseph Heflin, of near Berryville.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
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