Joseph Bayliss
Berryville man named in December 1923 as the brother of William Martin Bayliss, a Frederick County farmer who died at Winchester.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of December 6, 1923 reports that William Martin Bayliss, brother of Joseph Bayliss of Berryville, died at his home at Winchester on November 25, and was of an old Frederick County family and for many years a farmer near Winchester.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of December 6, 1923 reports that William Martin Bayliss, brother of Joseph Bayliss of Berryville, died at his home at Winchester on November 25, and was of an old Frederick County family and for many years a farmer near Winchester.
What the source supports
That Joseph Bayliss of Berryville was named in 1923 as the brother of William Martin Bayliss.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. He is known here only from his brother's obituary. His brother has no record here, so no kinship record is made.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The December 6, 1923 obituary of William Martin Bayliss.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., December 6, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-12-06 (publication)
Locator: Page 7, obituary of William Martin Bayliss
Relevant passageMr. William Martin Bayliss, brother of Mr. Joseph Bayliss. of Berryvtlle [Berryville], died at his home at Wln . Chester on Tuesday, November 25. He was a member of an old and well known Frederick county family, and was for many years engaged in farming near Winchester.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
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