Person

Lucy Parke Shepherd

Fifth-grade teacher at Berryville High School for the session opening September 14, 1921.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of August 25, 1921, reporting that Berryville High School would open on September 14, lists Miss Lucy Parke Shepherd as fifth-grade teacher in the faculty employed up to that time.

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The Clarke Courier of August 25, 1921, reporting that Berryville High School would open on September 14, lists Miss Lucy Parke Shepherd as fifth-grade teacher in the faculty employed up to that time.

What the source supports

That Lucy Parke Shepherd was engaged to teach the fifth grade at Berryville High School for the 1921-1922 session.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The list is of the faculty employed before the session opened. She is not linked to any other Shepherd.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The August 25, 1921 faculty list.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 25, 1921

Clarke Courier · 1921-08-25 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, item on the opening of Berryville High School

Relevant passage

The Borryville [Berryville] High School will 'open Wodne»dayi [Wednesday] Sept. 14. ... 'Ihe [The] faculty employed up to this time is as follows: Prof. D, G. Cooley, Principal; ... Miss Lucy Parke Shepherd, Fifth grade;

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

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