Martha A. Sillman
Widow of John A. Sillman, long of Front Royal, who died at her daughter's home at Boyce on September 30, 1922 and was buried at Front Royal.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of October 19, 1922 reports from Boyce that Mrs. Martha A. Sillman died September 30 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Susie Cadwallader, at Boyce. It says she married John A. Sillman in 1866, was widowed in 1882 with seven children, lived for many years in and near Front Royal, and was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery there after services at the Primitive Baptist Church.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of October 19, 1922 reports from Boyce that Mrs. Martha A. Sillman died September 30 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Susie Cadwallader, at Boyce. It says she married John A. Sillman in 1866, was widowed in 1882 with seven children, lived for many years in and near Front Royal, and was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery there after services at the Primitive Baptist Church.
What the source supports
That Martha A. Sillman died at her daughter's home at Boyce on September 30, 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR garbles her year of birth and her age, which are not given here. Her daughter is linked by proposal; her other children have no records here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The October 19, 1922 obituary of Mrs. Martha A. Sillman.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., October 19, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-10-19 (publication)
Locator: Page 3, obituary "Last Rites for Mrs. M. A. Sillman"
Relevant passageBoyce, V«., Oct. 14..Mrs. Martha A. Sillman died September 30. at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Susie Cadwallader at Boyce. She was born |N*ovember 21, 1S33, and was aged S8 years, 10 months and 9 days. She was married to John A. Sllman in [1866. He died in 1882, leaving her 'with seven children ... For many years she lived in and near Front Royal ... Her funeral was held at the Primitive Baptist Church in Front Royal ... and (burial in Prospect HiU Cemetery on ! Monday.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
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