Mary Willing Burwell
Clarke County woman named in May 1923 as a sister of Thomas Hugh Burwell of "Fairview."
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of May 31, 1923, in the obituary of Thomas Hugh Burwell, names Miss Mary Willing Burwell of Clarke County as one of his sisters.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of May 31, 1923, in the obituary of Thomas Hugh Burwell, names Miss Mary Willing Burwell of Clarke County as one of his sisters.
What the source supports
That Mary Willing Burwell of Clarke County was named in 1923 as a sister of Thomas Hugh Burwell.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. She is known here only from her brother's obituary. The kinship is recorded as a proposal from this notice.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The May 31, 1923 obituary of Thomas Hugh Burwell.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., May 31, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-05-31 (publication)
Locator: Page 3, obituary of Thomas Hugh Burwell
Relevant passageThomas Hugh Burwell, member of the old and distinguished Virginia family of that name, died at S o'clock on Thursday evening at his home "Fairvlew” [Fairview], near Millwood, Clarke county, after an lllsess [illness] of some time. ... He is survived by two daughters, Mrs E. B. Jacobs of Boyce, and Mrs. Lewis Meade, of "The Vineyard”, Clarke county. He was a brother of Mrs. Archibald Randolph and MIbs [Miss] Mary Willing Burwell, both of Clarke countyt
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
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