Person

Sarah B. Crown

Berryville woman named in August 1921 as a niece of Mary Josephine Crown.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of August 25, 1921, in the obituary of Miss Mary Josephine Crown, names her as an aunt of Miss Sarah B. Crown of Berryville.

✓ Supported by a source

See the source and its limits

✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier of August 25, 1921, in the obituary of Miss Mary Josephine Crown, names her as an aunt of Miss Sarah B. Crown of Berryville.

What the source supports

That Sarah B. Crown of Berryville was named in 1921 as a niece of Mary Josephine Crown.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. She is known here only from her aunt's obituary. The kinship is recorded as a proposal from this notice.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The August 25, 1921 obituary of Miss Mary Josephine Crown.

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

Clarke Courier · 1921-08-25 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, obituary "Miss Josephine Crown Passes Away Suddenly"

Relevant passage

Ml«g [Miss] Mary Josephine Crown, sister of the late John O. Crown, for near, ly a half century editor of The Cour. ier, and an aunt of Misg [Miss] Sarah B. Crown and Mr. John R. Crown, of Berryvllle, died suddenly last Friday from heart trouble at the home of 1 her niece, Mrs. R. H. Mottu, at Rux. lon [Ruxton], Md.' where she had gone to visit

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Open source

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

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Connected through evidence

PersonMary Josephine Crown →

Proposed: named as her niece in her obituary (Clarke Courier, August 25, 1921)

? Unconfirmed

Evidence C646

✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier of August 25, 1921, in the obituary of Miss Mary Josephine Crown, names her as an aunt of Miss Sarah B. Crown of Berryville.

What the source supports

That Sarah B. Crown of Berryville was named in 1921 as a niece of Mary Josephine Crown.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. She is known here only from her aunt's obituary. The kinship is recorded as a proposal from this notice.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The August 25, 1921 obituary of Miss Mary Josephine Crown.

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

Clarke Courier · 1921-08-25 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, obituary "Miss Josephine Crown Passes Away Suddenly"

Relevant passage

Ml«g [Miss] Mary Josephine Crown, sister of the late John O. Crown, for near, ly a half century editor of The Cour. ier, and an aunt of Misg [Miss] Sarah B. Crown and Mr. John R. Crown, of Berryvllle, died suddenly last Friday from heart trouble at the home of 1 her niece, Mrs. R. H. Mottu, at Rux. lon [Ruxton], Md.' where she had gone to visit

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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PersonRice Smith →

Proposed: named as her uncle in his obituary (Clarke Courier, October 12, 1922)

? Unconfirmed

Evidence C700

✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier of October 12, 1922 reports telegrams announcing the death at his home in Augusta, Georgia, that Tuesday morning, of Col. Rice Smith, a retired official of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. and uncle of Miss Sarah B. Crown and Editor John R. Crown of the Courier. It says he was born in Berryville in 1846, a son of Jonathan and Rebecca Smith and a grandson of Treadwell Smith, served in the Clarke Cavalry during the Civil War, was for a few years deputy clerk of court, and in 1880 took a position with the Georgia Chemical Works of Augusta.

What the source supports

That Rice Smith, born in Berryville in 1846 and a retired chemical company official, died at Augusta, Georgia, as reported on October 12, 1922.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR garbles his name in the body ("Col. J. Rte* Smith"); "Rice Smith" is read from a quotation later in the item. The telegrams gave no details of his death. His war service is as the item reports it. His parents and grandfather have no records here.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The October 12, 1922 obituary of Col. Rice Smith.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., October 12, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-10-12 (publication)

Locator: Page 4, obituary of Col. Rice Smith

Relevant passage

Telegram* [Telegrams] were received In Berry-: vilie Tuesday. announcing the death' at his home In Augusta. *Oa.. [Ga.] that | morning of Col. J. Rte* [Rice] Smith, a re-; tired official of tht [the] Virgiaia-Caroiioa [Virginia-Carolina] i Chemical Co. and an ancle [uncle] of Hi**I [Miss] Sarah B. Crown gad [and] Editor John R j Crown, of The Courier

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Open source

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

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Its account of his life.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., October 12, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-10-12 (publication)

Locator: Page 4, obituary of Col. Rice Smith, continued

Relevant passage

Col. Smith was bora [born] in BerryrillC [Berryville] ,in 1846. He was the aon [son] of the late Jonathan Smith and Rebecca Isle* Smith, of BenyriUe [Berryville]. and a grandson of the late Treadwell Smith. ... Col. Smith saved [served] in the Clarke Cavalry during Jte [the] Civij [Civil] War. After serving for a tew [few] years an [as] Deputy Clerk of Court under the late John M. Gibson, he was offered a position with the Georgia Chemical Works of Augusta ... That was In 1880.

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Open source

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

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PersonFred L. Crown →

Proposed: named as her brother in the report of his death (Clarke Courier, November 3, 1922)

? Unconfirmed

Evidence C703

✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier of November 3, 1922 reports that Fred L. Crown, a son of John O. Crown of Berryville and a brother of Miss Sarah B. Crown and of the Courier's editor, died suddenly at his home in Mobile, Alabama, the morning before. It says he was 40, born at the Crown home in Berryville, and manager of the Mobile Division of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. Its issue of November 9, 1922 prints a tribute from D. C. Snyder.

What the source supports

That Fred L. Crown, a Berryville native, died at Mobile at 40, as reported on November 3, 1922.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR garbles his given name and his father's, and prints the editor as "John K. Crown." His wife and sons have no records here.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The November 3, 1922 report of the death of Fred L. Crown.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., November 3, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-11-03 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, report "Fred L. Crown Dies Suddenly in Mobile"

Relevant passage

.Mi ^red [Fred] L. Crown, a Bon [son] of the Jsl.n 0. [John O.] Crown ... of Berryville, and a brother of •,‘lss [Miss] Sarah B. Cr-w.i [Crown] and John K. Crown, editor of The Courier, died suddenly at his home in Mobile, Ala., yesterday morning. He was 40 years old and was horn [born] at the Ccown [Crown] home here. He was manager of the Mobile Division of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.

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Open source

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

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The November 9, 1922 tribute.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., November 9, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-11-09 (publication)

Locator: Page 4, tribute "Tribute of Affection to the late Fred. L. Crown"

Relevant passage

Tribute of Affection to the late Fred. L. Crown ... He was the son of my j longtime most intimate and beloved j friend, the late lamented John O. j Crown, whose memory I will ever j revere. D. C. Snyder.

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

Open source

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

AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-16. How this project checks its sources