Person

Samuel K. Harris

Native of Baltimore County, Maryland, who had lived in Berryville for fifteen years and died of paralysis at 72 in November 1921.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of November 17, 1921 reports that Samuel K. Harris, a native of Baltimore County, Maryland, who had made his home in Berryville for the past 15 years, died of paralysis the Saturday before, aged 72, and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery after services at Grace Church.

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What the source supports

That Samuel K. Harris, a Berryville resident of fifteen years, died at 72, as reported on November 17, 1921.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item dates the death only as "Saturday." It names a surviving son in New York but not his name.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The November 17, 1921 obituary.

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

Clarke Courier · 1921-11-17 (publication)

Locator: Page 4, obituary "Samuel K. Harris Dies of Paralysis"

Relevant passage

Mr. Samuel K. Harris, a native of Baltimore county, Md., who had -nade [made] hi8 [his] home in Qerr^ville [Berryville] for the ?ast [past] 15 years, died Saturday from paralysis, from which he had suffer 3 [suffered] for years. He was 72 years old. ... Funeral services *-“re [were] held from Grace Church Monday and intermen [interment] made in Green Hill Cemetery.

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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