Person

R. C. Brown

Berryville man named in August 1921 as a son of Mrs. Mary V. Brown of Millwood.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of August 25, 1921, in the obituary of Mrs. Mary V. Brown of Millwood, names R. C. Brown of Berryville among her surviving children.

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The Clarke Courier of August 25, 1921, in the obituary of Mrs. Mary V. Brown of Millwood, names R. C. Brown of Berryville among her surviving children.

What the source supports

That R. C. Brown of Berryville was named in 1921 as a son of Mary V. Brown.

Uncertainty

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

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The August 25, 1921 obituary of Mrs. Mary V. Brown.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 25, 1921

Clarke Courier · 1921-08-25 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, obituary "Mrs. Mary V. Brown Dies; Was Long Ill"

Relevant passage
Mrs. Mary V. Brown, mother of Messrs. R. C. Brown and D. D. Brown of Berryville. died at her home at Millwood Monday after a long illness with Bright's disease. ... Mrs. Brown was born in Frederick county, Va., 69 years ago. She was Miss Mary WeatherholtB before her marriage to the late R. A. Brown of Millwood.

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

Open source

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

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Its list of survivors.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 25, 1921

Clarke Courier · 1921-08-25 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, obituary "Mrs. Mary V. Brown Dies; Was Long Ill," survivors

Relevant passage
She is survived by seven children.' Messrs. D. D. and R. C. Brown, of Berryville, and H. E. Brown, of Mill, wood, and Mrs. Earnest Phillips and ‘Mrs Burtus Whitmore, of Charles Town, and Mrs. Howard Shewbridgo and Mrs. Florence Hummer of Mill, wood. ... Internment made in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester.

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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