Mrs. Charles Kenneth Brown
Former Berryville resident, wife of Prof. Charles Kenneth Brown, principal of Berryville High School in 1917-1918, who died at Staunton in April 1922.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of April 27, 1922 reports that Mrs. Charles Kenneth Brown, wife of Prof. Brown, principal of the Fishersville High School and former principal of Berryville High School, died the week before at the home of her aunt, Mrs. L. L. Coghill, at Staunton. It says she was Miss Gladys Hogan before her marriage, a daughter of the late Basil Duke Hogan of King George County, and that Mr. Brown was principal at Berryville for the session of 1917-1918.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of April 27, 1922 reports that Mrs. Charles Kenneth Brown, wife of Prof. Brown, principal of the Fishersville High School and former principal of Berryville High School, died the week before at the home of her aunt, Mrs. L. L. Coghill, at Staunton. It says she was Miss Gladys Hogan before her marriage, a daughter of the late Basil Duke Hogan of King George County, and that Mr. Brown was principal at Berryville for the session of 1917-1918.
What the source supports
That the wife of Charles Kenneth Brown, a former Berryville High School principal, died at Staunton, as reported on April 27, 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR prints her given name "Glayds." The item dates the death only as "last week" and gives no age. Her husband has no record here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The April 27, 1922 obituary.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 27, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-04-27 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, obituary "Mrs. Brown, Former Resident, Passes Away"
Relevant passageMrs. Charles Kenneth Brown, wife of Prof. Brown, principal of the Fishersville High School and former principal of the Berry ville High School, died last week at the home of her aunt, Mrs. L! L. Coghill, at Staunton. Before her marriage Mrs, Brown was Miss Glayds Hogan, daughter of the late Basil Duke- Hogan, of King George county. ... Mr. Brown was principal of the BerryvUle High School for the session of 1917-T8.
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
Also indexed as: Gladys Hogan Brown. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.
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