Mrs. P. L. Hannum
Berryville Methodist, born near Berry's Ferry, who died at the home of her son Howard C. Hannum in March 1921 and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of March 10, 1921 reports that Mrs. P. L. Hannum died the Thursday before at the home of her son, Howard C. Hannum, with whom she lived. It says she was born near Berry's Ferry, joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Berryville at 18, and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery after services at that church.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of March 10, 1921 reports that Mrs. P. L. Hannum died the Thursday before at the home of her son, Howard C. Hannum, with whom she lived. It says she was born near Berry's Ferry, joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Berryville at 18, and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery after services at that church.
What the source supports
That Mrs. P. L. Hannum, a member of the Berryville Methodist Episcopal Church, South, died at her son's home, as reported on March 10, 1921.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR garbles her initials ("P. U" in the headline), her age and her year of birth, none of which is given here. The item dates the death only as "Thursday." Her son has no record here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The March 10, 1921 obituary.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 10, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-03-10 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, obituary of Mrs. P. L. Hannum
Relevant passageMrs. p. L, Hannum passed swap [away] at the hone [home] of Aar [her] ton [son], Mr. Howard Hannum, last Tfhnday [Thursday] ... She was born near Berrys Perry [Ferry] ... and when 18 genre [years] old she bican* [became] Identified with »he [the] M. tf. [E.] church ssuih [South] In Beirpvtlle [Berryville].
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. Its account of her survivor and funeral.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 10, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-03-10 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, obituary of Mrs. P. L. Hannum, continued
Relevant passageShe is survived by one *ou. [son,] Mr. Howard C. Hannnm [Hannum], with whom she lived ... Funeral services were, held from .1.0 [the] M. B. [E.] Church South Sunday nf cernoon [afternoon] at 2 p. m„ and Interment made In Green Hill Cemetery.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
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