Person

Luther Poston

Clarke County man named in August 1923 as the one brother of Thomas Poston, who spent his boyhood in Clarke and died at Bluemont.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of August 16, 1923 reports the death of Thomas Poston, aged 49, who spent his boyhood in Clarke, and names Luther Poston of Clarke County as his one brother.

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✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier of August 16, 1923 reports the death of Thomas Poston, aged 49, who spent his boyhood in Clarke, and names Luther Poston of Clarke County as his one brother.

What the source supports

That Luther Poston of Clarke County was named in 1923 as the brother of Thomas Poston.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. He is known here only from his brother's obituary, whose dateline is garbled. His brother has no record here, so no kinship record is made.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The August 16, 1923 obituary of Thomas Poston.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 16, 1923

Clarke Courier · 1923-08-16 (publication)

Locator: Page 3, obituary of Thomas Poston

Relevant passage

Mr. Thomas Poston, aged 49 years, died last Friday, from a complication ot diseases. He Is survived- by a wife, who was a Miss Hammer of Clarke county, and two children ... and one brother and three ulster* [sisters]—Mias ' Susie Poston, of Charles Town, Mrs. Hester Chubb, of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. James Huff, and Mr. Luther Poston of Clarke countr . Mr. Poston spent his boyhood days in 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

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