Person

Lewis Smallwood

Berryville man named in March 1922 as the son of Mrs. Martha Smallwood, who died at 93 in Loudoun County and was buried at Green Hill.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of March 2, 1922 reports that Mrs. Martha Smallwood, mother of Lewis Smallwood of Berryville, died at her home in Loudoun County, aged 93, and that her body would be brought to Berryville for services at the Methodist Church and burial in Green Hill Cemetery.

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What the source supports

That Lewis Smallwood of Berryville was named in 1922 as a son of Martha Smallwood.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. He is known here only from his mother's death notice. She has no record here, so no kinship record is made. He is not linked to any other Smallwood.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The March 2, 1922 death notice of Mrs. Martha Smallwood.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 2, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-03-02 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, item "Mrs. Martha Smallwood Dead, Aged 93 Years"

Relevant passage

MRS. MARTHA SMALLWOOD DEAD, AGED 93 YEARS Mrs. Martha Smalwood, mother of Mr. Lewis Smallwood, of Berryville, died at her home in Loudoun county, Tuesday from I the infirmities of old aeg. ... Her body will be brought here tomorrow and funeral services will be held from the Methodist Church at 11 o’clock, and interment will be in Green Hill Cemetery.

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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