Person

Katie Ryan

Clarke County woman named in March 1923 among the seven sisters of Fred N. Ryan, a druggist formerly of Millwood.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of March 29, 1923, in the obituary of Fred N. Ryan, names Miss Katie Ryan of Clarke among his seven surviving sisters.

✓ Supported by a source

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✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier of March 29, 1923, in the obituary of Fred N. Ryan, names Miss Katie Ryan of Clarke among his seven surviving sisters.

What the source supports

That Katie Ryan of Clarke County was named in 1923 as a sister of Fred N. Ryan.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. She is known here only from her brother's obituary. Her brother has no record here, so no kinship record is made.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The March 29, 1923 obituary of Fred N. Ryan.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 29, 1923

Clarke Courier · 1923-03-29 (publication)

Locator: Page 3, obituary of Fred N. Ryan

Relevant passage

Mr. Ryan is survived by a wife ■vho [who] was Miss Mollie Hepsecker. of Washington, and seven sisters and >ne [one] brother. The brother is Mr. James Ryan, of Millwood and th< [the] sisters are Mrs. John A. T. Grigsbv and Miss Katie Ryan of Clarke

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-16. How this project checks its sources

Also indexed as: Miss Katie Ryan. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.

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