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Rose of Sharon Juvenile Tabernacle No. 61

A juvenile tabernacle at Berryville whose resolution, naming Edward M. Jones as R.W.S., the People's Journal printed in June 1910.

What the sources support

The People's Journal of June 1, 1910 printed a resolution on the death of Sarah E. Mills from "Rose of Sharn" (Rose of Sharon) Juvenile Tab. No. 61 of Berryville, signed by Phillip Page as R. W R. and Edward M. Jones as R.W.S.

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The People's Journal of June 1, 1910 printed a resolution on the death of Sarah E. Mills from "Rose of Sharn" (Rose of Sharon) Juvenile Tab. No. 61 of Berryville, signed by Phillip Page as R. W R. and Edward M. Jones as R.W.S.

What the source supports

That a numbered juvenile tabernacle with a named officer was active at Berryville in 1910.

Uncertainty

Read on the page image, page 2. The society's name is printed "Rose of Sharn Juvenils," "Rose of Sharn Juvenile" and "Rose of Sharm Juvenile" in the one resolution. "R. W R." and "R.W.S." are printed abbreviations and are not expanded here. The order the tabernacle belonged to, and any tie to Gideon's Tabernacle No. 14 in the same issue, are not established. Phillip Page is not joined to the Thomas Page the Josephine City nomination names.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The June 1910 resolution.

People's Journal, Berryville, Va., 1 June 1910, Vol. XVI No. 173

G. L. D. Harris, editor and proprietor · 1910-06-01 (publication)

Locator: Page 2, resolution of Rose of Sharn Juvenile Tab. No. 61, with its signatures

Relevant passage
Resolve that we, the members of Rose of Sharn Juvenile Tab. No. 61 of Berryville, Va ... EDWARD M. JONES, R. W. S.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

Source family: peoples-journal. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-14. How this project checks its sources

The same issue printed resolutions on the death of Sarah E. Mills by order of "Gideon's Tab. No. 14," which remembered her as "a member of the sick committee," and of "Rose of Sharn" (Rose of Sharon) Juvenile Tab. No. 61, which called her its "beloved sister and Guardian."

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✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The same issue printed resolutions on the death of Sarah E. Mills by order of "Gideon's Tab. No. 14," which remembered her as "a member of the sick committee," and of "Rose of Sharn" (Rose of Sharon) Juvenile Tab. No. 61, which called her its "beloved sister and Guardian."

What the source supports

That two numbered tabernacles published resolutions on the death of Sarah E. Mills in 1910, one naming her place on a sick committee.

Uncertainty

Read on the page image in the site's viewer. The juvenile society's name is printed "Rose of Sharn Juvenils," "Rose of Sharn Juvenile" and "Rose of Sharm Juvenile" in the one resolution. The resolutions themselves do not say where she was buried; her obituary on the same page does. The order the tabernacles belonged to is not stated, and neither is tied here to the Gallean Fishermen Society beyond appearing beside her obituary.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The Gideon's resolution, read on the page image.

People's Journal, Berryville, Va., 1 June 1910, Vol. XVI No. 173

G. L. D. Harris, editor and proprietor · 1910-06-01 (publication)

Locator: Page 2, "Resolution of Respect" by order of Gideon's Tab. No. 14, on the death of Sarah E. Mills

Relevant passage
take from our Lodge, our beloved sister Sarah E. Mills ... as a member of the sick committee, it was never too hot or too cold for her to perform her duty. ... Done by order of Gideon's Tab. No. 14.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

Source family: peoples-journal. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The Rose of Sharn resolution, read on the page image.

People's Journal, Berryville, Va., 1 June 1910, Vol. XVI No. 173

G. L. D. Harris, editor and proprietor · 1910-06-01 (publication)

Locator: Page 2, resolution by order of Rose of Sharn Juvenile Tab. No. 61, on the death of Sarah E. Mills

Relevant passage
God in his divine wisdom has again visited Rose of Sharn Juvenils, Tab. No. 61 and takeu [taken] from our midst our beloved sister and Guardian in the person of sister Sarah E. Mills, who departed this life May 26, 1910 at her home in Berryville, Va. ... Done by order of Rose of Sharm Juvenile Tab. No. 61, PHILLIP PAGE, R. W R. EDWARD M. JONES, R. W. S.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

Source family: peoples-journal. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The Gideon's resolution's signature line.

People's Journal, Berryville, Va., 1 June 1910, Vol. XVI No. 173

G. L. D. Harris, editor and proprietor · 1910-06-01 (publication)

Locator: Page 2, "Resolution of Respect", signature by order of Gideon's Tab. No. 14

Relevant passage
Done by order of Gideon's Tab. No. 14. CORA B. JONES, ex-Scribe.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

Source family: peoples-journal. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The Rose of Sharn resolution's opening and signatures.

People's Journal, Berryville, Va., 1 June 1910, Vol. XVI No. 173

G. L. D. Harris, editor and proprietor · 1910-06-01 (publication)

Locator: Page 2, resolution of Rose of Sharn Juvenile Tab. No. 61, with its signatures

Relevant passage
Resolve that we, the members of Rose of Sharn Juvenile Tab. No. 61 of Berryville, Va ... EDWARD M. JONES, R. W. S.

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

Source family: peoples-journal. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5.5) · 2026-09-26. How this project checks its sources

Also indexed as: Rose of Sharn Juvenile Tab. No. 61; Rose of Sharn Juvenils, Tab. No. 61.

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