Lydia R. Hardesty
Berryville woman present as a great-aunt at the Pierce family reunion at "Fountain Head" in August 1922.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of August 24, 1922, reporting the Pierce family reunion at "Fountain Head," the old home of A. Newton Pierce, says that J. Vance Pierce of Winchester, a great-uncle, and Mrs. Lydia R. Hardesty of Berryville, a great-aunt, were also present.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of August 24, 1922, reporting the Pierce family reunion at "Fountain Head," the old home of A. Newton Pierce, says that J. Vance Pierce of Winchester, a great-uncle, and Mrs. Lydia R. Hardesty of Berryville, a great-aunt, were also present.
What the source supports
That Lydia R. Hardesty of Berryville attended the 1922 Pierce family reunion as a great-aunt.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The report does not say whose great-aunt she was. Her given name breaks across a line. She is not linked to any other Hardesty.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The August 24, 1922 reunion report.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 24, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-08-24 (publication)
Locator: Page 3, report of the Pierce family reunion
Relevant passageThere was also present Mr. J. Vance Pierce, of Winches ter, a great uncle, and Mrs. Lyd ia R. Hardesty, of Berryville, a great aunt.
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
Also indexed as: Mrs. Lydia R. Hardesty. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.
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