Martha Harper
Eastern Star leader of Washington, for whom the Martha Lodge was named, who died in April 1921 at her sister Mrs. Phillip M. Ricamore's home in Berryville, where she had lived for about a year.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of April 7, 1921 reports that Mrs. Martha Harper, of Washington and Gettysburg, a leader in Eastern Star circles in Washington for whom the Martha Lodge was named, died on the Tuesday night before at the Berryville home of her sister, Mrs. Phillip M. Ricamore, where she had come about a year earlier because of ill health. It says she was the widow of K. N. Harper of Gettysburg.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of April 7, 1921 reports that Mrs. Martha Harper, of Washington and Gettysburg, a leader in Eastern Star circles in Washington for whom the Martha Lodge was named, died on the Tuesday night before at the Berryville home of her sister, Mrs. Phillip M. Ricamore, where she had come about a year earlier because of ill health. It says she was the widow of K. N. Harper of Gettysburg.
What the source supports
That Martha Harper, an Eastern Star leader of Washington, died at her sister's home in Berryville, as reported on April 7, 1921.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item dates the death only as "Tuesday night." Her sister has no record here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The April 7, 1921 obituary.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 7, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-04-07 (publication)
Locator: Page 3, obituary "Eastern Star Leader Dies in Berryville"
Relevant passageMrs. Martha Harper, of Washington and Gettysburg, a leader in Eastern Star circles of the national capital. succumbed to a long illness at the home of her sister, Mrs. Phillip M Ricamore, Tuesday night Mrs. Harper came to Berryville about a year ago to be with her sister on account of her ill health. ... The .Martha Lodge was named for her ... She was the widow of the late K. N. Harper of Gettysburg.
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