Person

Mrs. Floyd Dorsey

Berryville woman named in March 1923 as the sister of John Wells of Petersburg, who died there at 20.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of March 15, 1923 reports that John Wells of Petersburg, a brother of Mrs. Floyd Dorsey of Berryville, died at his home there, aged 20.

✓ Supported by a source

See the source and its limits

✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier of March 15, 1923 reports that John Wells of Petersburg, a brother of Mrs. Floyd Dorsey of Berryville, died at his home there, aged 20.

What the source supports

That Mrs. Floyd Dorsey of Berryville was named in 1923 as a sister of John Wells.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. She is known here only from this item, which gives her only by her husband's name. Her brother has no record here, so no kinship record is made.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The March 15, 1923 item.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 15, 1923

Clarke Courier · 1923-03-15 (publication)

Locator: Page 4, local item on the death of John Wells

Relevant passage

JOHN WELLS, of Petersburg, a brother of Mrs. Floyd Dorsey of Berryville, died Monday at his home in Petersburg. He was 20 years old and was the son of John Wells, a prominent lumber man of Petersburg.

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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