Person

Mason Osburn

Clarke County man named in March 1922 among the stepchildren of Mrs. Vienna Osburn.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of March 16, 1922, in the obituary of Mrs. Vienna Osburn, names Mason Osburn of Clarke County among her stepchildren.

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The Clarke Courier of March 16, 1922, in the obituary of Mrs. Vienna Osburn, names Mason Osburn of Clarke County among her stepchildren.

What the source supports

That Mason Osburn of Clarke County was named in 1922 as a stepson of Vienna Osburn.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. He is known here only from this obituary, which does not name his mother. The kinship is recorded as a proposal from this notice.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The March 16, 1922 obituary of Mrs. Vienna Osburn.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 16, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-03-16 (publication)

Locator: Page 4, obituary "Mrs. Decatur Osburn Dies of Pneumonia," survivors

Relevant passage
She is survived by one daifgh [daugh] ' ter, Mrs. Maurice F Castleman, her devoted hubsand, and five brothers and sisters ... She also leave a number of step-children—Mr. 1 Mason Osburn. of Clarke countv, | Mrs_ S. M. Chiles, of Frederick

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

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