Person

S. S. Thomas

Berryville farmer named a director of the new Berryville Basket Co. in 1921, and in 1922 the Berryville local's member of the county Farmers' Union executive committee and one of the twelve farmers on the county agent's Advisory Council.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of February 17, 1921 names S. S. Thomas among the directors of the new Berryville Basket Co., and its issue of August 18, 1921 lists him among the members of the Berryville Local of the Farmers' Union. Its issue of January 26, 1922, reporting the county Farmers' Union meeting, names S. S. Thomas of the Berryville Local to the executive committee, and its issue of April 13, 1922 names him among the twelve farmers of the Advisory Council to County Agricultural Agent Robert B. Crawford.

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What the source supports

That an S. S. Thomas was a director of the Berryville Basket Co. in 1921, and that S. S. Thomas of the Berryville Local served on the county Farmers' Union executive committee and the county agent's Advisory Council in 1922.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The four items give only his initials. Reading them as one man rests on the matching name; the basket company item does not connect him to farming or to the Farmers' Union.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The February 17, 1921 report of the Berryville Basket Co.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 17, 1921

Clarke Courier · 1921-02-17 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, report of the new Berryville Basket Co.

Relevant passage

Btrrnilie [Berryville] Basket Go. [Co.] ... These meu [men], with Messrs. P. J. Keymel, S. S. Thomas and C. H. Phillips, will constitute the Board of Directors.

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

Open source

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

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The August 18, 1921 list of the Berryville Local.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 18, 1921

Clarke Courier · 1921-08-18 (publication)

Locator: Page 3, Farmers' Union notes and list of members of the Berryville Local

Relevant passage

Farmers' I'nion [Union] members ... Members of Berryville Local i'res. [Pres.]—Dr J. E. Harris V. I'res. [Pres.]—Clifton Price Secy._Treus. [Treas.]— W. T. Chamblin ... S. S. Thomas

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. The January 26, 1922 report of the county meeting.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., January 26, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-01-26 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, report of the county Farmers' Union meeting

Relevant passage

DR. HARRIS HEADS THE COUNTY UNION

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. The officers elected at that meeting.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., January 26, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-01-26 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, report of the county Farmers' Union meeting, continued

Relevant passage

Other officers elected were: ... Executive Conmittee [Committee]—S. S Thomas, eBrryville [Berryville] Local; Lewis Pidgeon, Watjesville [Wadesville] Local

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. The April 13, 1922 list of the Advisory Council.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 13, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-04-13 (publication)

Locator: Page 3, report naming the farmers' Advisory Council

Relevant passage

FARMER’S ADVISORY COUNCIL IS NAMED ... Twelve farmers’ who will act as an Advisory Council for County Agricultural Agent Robert B. Crawford, have been named ... The members of the Advisory Councinl [Council] are as follows: Dr. L. M. Allen, E. A. Lindsey, 1 homas [Thomas] E. Jones, S. S. Thomas. Ralph Grigsby- Joseph Funk l’ouser [Funkhouser], George 11. [H.] Burwell. Jr., John M. Fishpaw, Jos. Shenk, Dabney C. Harrison, J. S. Carver and Hugh Pierce.

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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