Laura Shopland
Widow of Henry Shopland, a Clarke farmer, and daughter of Lewis Herlin, who had lived on a Longmarsh District farm and died after a long illness in August 1921.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of August 11, 1921 reports that Mrs. Laura Shopland, widow of Henry Shopland, a farmer of Clarke County, died the morning before after a long illness. It says she was a daughter of the late Lewis Herlin, lived until a few years before on the farm then owned by Harry Pifer in Longmarsh District, and was survived by two sons, two daughters, two sisters, Mrs. D. H. Jones and Mrs. J. R. Barnett, and a brother.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of August 11, 1921 reports that Mrs. Laura Shopland, widow of Henry Shopland, a farmer of Clarke County, died the morning before after a long illness. It says she was a daughter of the late Lewis Herlin, lived until a few years before on the farm then owned by Harry Pifer in Longmarsh District, and was survived by two sons, two daughters, two sisters, Mrs. D. H. Jones and Mrs. J. R. Barnett, and a brother.
What the source supports
That Laura Shopland of Clarke County died, as reported on August 11, 1921.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR prints her surname "Khopland" in the first line and garbles her year of birth, which is not given here. The item dates the death "yesterday morning," the day before the issue. Her relatives have no records here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The August 11, 1921 obituary.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 11, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-08-11 (publication)
Locator: Page 3, obituary of Mrs. Laura Shopland
Relevant passageMrs. Laura Khopland [Shopland]. widow of thP [the] j * a * c [late] Henry Shopland, a farmer of ! flrfVke [Clarke] county, died yesterday morn, ^ing after a Ions [long] illness. ... Mrs. Shopland was a daughter of I * he [the] late I.ewis [Lewis] Herlin, a leading far. , mer of the county ... and lived until a. few years on the farm now owned hv [by] Mr. Harry 1 I’ifer [Pifer] In I.ongtnarsh [Longmarsh] district.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. Its list of survivors.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 11, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-08-11 (publication)
Locator: Page 3, obituary of Mrs. Laura Shopland, survivors
Relevant passageShe is survived by two sons— 1 Messrs. Henry and Frank Shopland, 1 and two daughters. Miss Agnes and Mary Shopland. She is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. D. II. [H.] Jones and Mrs. J R. Barnett, and one brother. Mr. JameH [James] I. Berlin.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource 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
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