M. W. Jones
Berryville man, born near Rippon in 1848, a director and the last acting incorporator on the board of the Bank of Clarke County, who died at his home on December 3, 1922.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of December 7, 1922 reports that M. W. Jones died at his home in Berryville on the Sunday evening before. It says Matthew Williamson Jones was born September 24, 1848, near Rippon, a few miles beyond the Clarke County line, and names his only surviving brother, Doras H. Jones, for many years mayor of Berryville, and his only sister, Mrs. George Britton of Berryville. Its issue of December 21, 1922 prints the resolution of the directors of the Bank of Clarke County on the death, on December 3, 1922, of M. W. Jones, a director and at his death the last acting member of the bank's incorporators.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of December 7, 1922 reports that M. W. Jones died at his home in Berryville on the Sunday evening before. It says Matthew Williamson Jones was born September 24, 1848, near Rippon, a few miles beyond the Clarke County line, and names his only surviving brother, Doras H. Jones, for many years mayor of Berryville, and his only sister, Mrs. George Britton of Berryville. Its issue of December 21, 1922 prints the resolution of the directors of the Bank of Clarke County on the death, on December 3, 1922, of M. W. Jones, a director and at his death the last acting member of the bank's incorporators.
What the source supports
That M. W. Jones, a director of the Bank of Clarke County, died at his Berryville home on December 3, 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The cited passages do not include the account of his career later in the obituary. His widow and children have no records here, and he is not linked to any released Jones record.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The December 7, 1922 obituary of M. W. Jones.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., December 7, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-12-07 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, obituary of M. W. Jones
Relevant passageWhile not wholly unexpected, thf [the] death of M. W. Jones at his home in Berryville on last Sunday evening saddened the hearts of hundreds ol [of] ncnds [friends] and relatives throughout the town and county. ... Matthew Williamson Jones was born September 24. 1848, near Rippon, a few miles beyond the Clarke county line.
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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., December 7, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-12-07 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, obituary of M. W. Jones, continued
Relevant passageMr. Doras H. Jones, for many years Mayor ot [of] BerryvUle, Is the only surviving brother, and Mrs. George Brit - ton of Berryville the only stster [sister].
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Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. The December 21, 1922 resolution of the bank's directors.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., December 21, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-12-21 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, resolution of the directors of the Bank of Clarke County
Relevant passageAt a meeting of the Board of Directors of (he [the] Bank of Clarke County] held Thursday, December 14th ... Whereas, Mr. M, W. Jones, a mem- j her Of the Board of Directors of this bank departed thi$ life December 3 i A922 [1922] ... he was at the time of his diafti [death] the last acting member of the ! incorpora:or» [incorporators] of the baDk [bank]
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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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