Mrs. C. M. Gardner
White Post owner of the Gardner building, her home and W. M. Snell's store, which burned to the ground in May 1922; she and her eight children escaped with only the clothes they wore.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of May 11, 1922 reports that a fire of unknown origin razed the Gardner building at White Post, occupied by its owner Mrs. C. M. Gardner as a residence and by W. M. Snell as a general store; that her loss was $5,000 with $3,000 insurance; that she and her family of eight children got out with only the clothes they wore; and that paintings owned by her son-in-law A. P. Barnhart were destroyed.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of May 11, 1922 reports that a fire of unknown origin razed the Gardner building at White Post, occupied by its owner Mrs. C. M. Gardner as a residence and by W. M. Snell as a general store; that her loss was $5,000 with $3,000 insurance; that she and her family of eight children got out with only the clothes they wore; and that paintings owned by her son-in-law A. P. Barnhart were destroyed.
What the source supports
That the White Post building of Mrs. C. M. Gardner burned in May 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. She is given only by her husband's initials. The figures are as reported. Her son-in-law has no record here, so no kinship record is made.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The May 11, 1922 report of the Gardner building fire at White Post.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., May 11, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-05-11 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, report of the Gardner building fire
Relevant passageFire of unknown origin Monday morn ing rased to the ground the Gar dner building, occupied bv Mrs. C. M. Gardner, the owner as a residence and by Mr. W. M. .Snell as a general merchandise store. Mrs. Gardner's Ions is $5, OUO with $3,000 insurance ... Mrs. Gardner and her . fam ily of eight children were only able to get out with the clothes they*wore.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
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