Person

Kenneth Simpson

Prizewinner in the Boys' and Girls' Department of the 1922 Berryville Horse Show and Fair, placing first in a second Poland China pig class.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of August 17, 1922, in its report of the Berryville Horse Show and Fair, lists Kenneth Simpson first in a second Poland China pig class of the Boys' and Girls' Department.

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✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier of August 17, 1922, in its report of the Berryville Horse Show and Fair, lists Kenneth Simpson first in a second Poland China pig class of the Boys' and Girls' Department.

What the source supports

That Kenneth Simpson placed first with Poland China pigs at the 1922 Berryville fair.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. He is known here only from this prize list, which gives no place of residence. He is not linked to James Simpson, fourth in the same class, or any other Simpson.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The August 17, 1922 report of the Berryville Horse Show and Fair.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 17, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-08-17 (publication)

Locator: Page 3, report "Horse Show and Fair Best Ever Held in Clarke"

Relevant passage

HORSE SHOW AND FAIR BEST EVER HELD IN CLARICE [CLARKE] ... That sums up the-opinion of be tween eight and nine thousand people who attended the eBrry ville [Berryville] Horse Show and Fair last Wednesday and Thursday.

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

Open source

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

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Its list of awards in the Boys' and Girls' Department.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 17, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-08-17 (publication)

Locator: Page 3, awards in the Boys' and Girls' Department

Relevant passage

Miss Catherine Funkhouser, oi White Post, captured the pri7e [prize] for exhibiting the best baby beef in the Boys’ and Girls’ Depart ment ... Poland China Pigs, Harry Ver non Pifer, first; Regina Pifer, sec ond ; Poland China Pigs, Kenneth Simpson, first; Melissa McKay second; Dearing McKay, third James Simpson, fourth. ... Hampshire Pigs, Robert Har desty, first; Wm. Clevenger, sec ond.

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

Open source

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

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