Maria P. Whiting
Widow of Frances D. Whiting of Clarke County and granddaughter of Bishop Meade, who died at her home, "Edgewood," near Millwood in September 1921 and was buried at the Old Chapel.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of September 8, 1921 reports from Millwood the deaths of Mrs. Maria P. Whiting and her brother, the Rev. William Nelson Meade, grandchildren of the late Bishop Meade, at "Edgewood," her home. It says she died late on a Wednesday night, that she was the widow of the late Frances D. Whiting of Clarke County, and that she was buried at the Old Chapel.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of September 8, 1921 reports from Millwood the deaths of Mrs. Maria P. Whiting and her brother, the Rev. William Nelson Meade, grandchildren of the late Bishop Meade, at "Edgewood," her home. It says she died late on a Wednesday night, that she was the widow of the late Frances D. Whiting of Clarke County, and that she was buried at the Old Chapel.
What the source supports
That Maria P. Whiting, widow of Frances D. Whiting and a granddaughter of Bishop Meade, died at "Edgewood," as reported on September 8, 1921.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR garbles her husband's middle initial. The item dates the death only as "late Wednesday night" and gives no age in the cited passages. She is not linked to any other Whiting.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The September 8, 1921 report of the deaths of Rev. William Nelson Meade and Mrs. Maria P. Whiting.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., September 8, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-09-08 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, report "Death Casts Gloom Over Millwood Section"
Relevant passage.Millwood, Sept. 7—The deaths of Kev. [Rev.] William Nelson Meade and Mrs.. Maria P. Whiting, brother and sister the former dying of heart trouble shortly after the funeral of the latter Friday evening, east [cast] gloom over this section of Clarke comity [county]. Mr Meade and Mrs. Whiting were grandchildren of the late nishop [Bishop] Meade ... .'hey [They] breathed their last at “Edge good." [Edgewood] the old home of Mrs. WJilting [Whiting] ltev. [Rev.] Mr. Meade had been making his home at Tappahannock, Va., where he was rector of the Episcopal Church.
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Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. Its account of the two.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., September 8, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-09-08 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, report "Death Casts Gloom Over Millwood Section," continued
Relevant passageHe was the son of the laic [late] ■Frank It, [R.] Meade, of “Prospect Hill." Clarks county, where he was horn [born] His mother was the late Mary Mann! Jur-.vPll Meade. He was G7 [67] year.. »aid, [old] ' -Airs. [Mrs.] Waiting [Whiting] was the widow of the late Frances 1). [D.] Whiting, of Clarke county. She made tier [her] home ai [at] ’“Edgewood."
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Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. Its account of the burials.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., September 8, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-09-08 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, report "Death Casts Gloom Over Millwood Section," funerals
Relevant passageInterment wa8 made at Old Chapel, ! FFuneral services over Rev. Mr. ! Meade were held Sunday afternoon j from Christ Church and interment I •'made at Old Chapel.
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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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