Vienna Osburn
Wife of Decatur Osburn, a retired Clarke farmer, and sister of Dr. A. P. Osborne, who died of pneumonia at her home east of Berryville in March 1922 and was buried in Loudoun County.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of March 16, 1922 reports that Mrs. Vienna Osburn, wife of Decatur Osburn, a retired farmer of Clarke County, and sister of Dr. A. P. Osborne, died of pneumonia at her home east of Berryville the Monday before, and was buried in the old Osborne burying ground at Shorthill, Loudoun County, after services at the Katoctin Church. It names a daughter, Mrs. Maurice F. Castleman, and stepchildren, among them Mason Osburn of Clarke County.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of March 16, 1922 reports that Mrs. Vienna Osburn, wife of Decatur Osburn, a retired farmer of Clarke County, and sister of Dr. A. P. Osborne, died of pneumonia at her home east of Berryville the Monday before, and was buried in the old Osborne burying ground at Shorthill, Loudoun County, after services at the Katoctin Church. It names a daughter, Mrs. Maurice F. Castleman, and stepchildren, among them Mason Osburn of Clarke County.
What the source supports
That Vienna Osburn, wife of Decatur Osburn, died at her home east of Berryville, as reported on March 16, 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR garbles the words after her name. The item dates the death only as "Monday" and gives no age. Of her relatives only Mason Osburn has a record here, linked by proposal.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The March 16, 1922 obituary of Mrs. Vienna Osburn.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 16, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-03-16 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, obituary "Mrs. Decatur Osburn Dies of Pneumonia"
Relevant passageMrs. Vienna Osburn, yctfc-of [wife of] ! Mr. Decatur Osburn, a promitftnt [prominent] retired farmer of Clarke county, and a sister of Dr. A. P. Osborne, 1 passed away at her home east of • Hcryville [Berryville], Monday, after a brief illness of pneumonia'. ... Funeral services were held from the Katoctin Church at Shorthill, Loudoun county, and interment made in the old Os-, •home burying ground there.
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Evidence role: supports. Its list of survivors.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 16, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-03-16 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, obituary "Mrs. Decatur Osburn Dies of Pneumonia," survivors
Relevant passageShe is survived by one daifgh [daugh] ' ter, Mrs. Maurice F Castleman, her devoted hubsand, and five brothers and sisters ... She also leave a number of step-children—Mr. 1 Mason Osburn. of Clarke countv, | Mrs_ S. M. Chiles, of Frederick
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Open sourceSource 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
Also indexed as: Mrs. Vienna Osburn; Mrs. Decatur Osburn. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.
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