Thomas Hugh Burwell
Member of the Burwell family, of "Fairview" near Millwood, who died at his home in May 1923 and was buried at the Old Chapel.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of May 31, 1923 reports that Thomas Hugh Burwell, of the old Virginia family of that name and one of its best-known members in Clarke County, died on a Thursday evening at his home, "Fairview," near Millwood, after an illness. It says his wife, formerly Miss Virginia Sharpe of Wilmington, Delaware, died some years before, names his daughters Mrs. E. B. Jacobs of Boyce and Mrs. Lewis Meade of "The Vineyard," and his sisters Mrs. Archibald Randolph and Miss Mary Willing Burwell, and says he was buried at the Old Chapel after services at Christ Church, Millwood.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of May 31, 1923 reports that Thomas Hugh Burwell, of the old Virginia family of that name and one of its best-known members in Clarke County, died on a Thursday evening at his home, "Fairview," near Millwood, after an illness. It says his wife, formerly Miss Virginia Sharpe of Wilmington, Delaware, died some years before, names his daughters Mrs. E. B. Jacobs of Boyce and Mrs. Lewis Meade of "The Vineyard," and his sisters Mrs. Archibald Randolph and Miss Mary Willing Burwell, and says he was buried at the Old Chapel after services at Christ Church, Millwood.
What the source supports
That Thomas Hugh Burwell of "Fairview" died, as reported on May 31, 1923, and was buried at the Old Chapel.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR garbles the hour of death. The item dates the death only as "Thursday evening" and gives no age; it names his parents with the surname "Page," which may be an error. Of his relatives, Mrs. E. B. Jacobs, Mrs. Lewis Meade and Mary Willing Burwell have records here, each linked by proposal.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The May 31, 1923 obituary of Thomas Hugh Burwell.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., May 31, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-05-31 (publication)
Locator: Page 3, obituary of Thomas Hugh Burwell
Relevant passageThomas Hugh Burwell, member of the old and distinguished Virginia family of that name, died at S o'clock on Thursday evening at his home "Fairvlew” [Fairview], near Millwood, Clarke county, after an lllsess [illness] of some time. ... He is survived by two daughters, Mrs E. B. Jacobs of Boyce, and Mrs. Lewis Meade, of "The Vineyard”, Clarke county. He was a brother of Mrs. Archibald Randolph and MIbs [Miss] Mary Willing Burwell, both of Clarke countyt
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Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. Its account of the funeral.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., May 31, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-05-31 (publication)
Locator: Page 3, obituary of Thomas Hugh Burwell, funeral
Relevant passageFuneral services were held at 3 o'clork on Sunday afternoon in Christ Protestant Eplsdopal [Episcopal] Churhh [Church] at Mill, wood ... and interment was In the family burial lot in the cemetery at Old Chapel.
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Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
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