Virginia Washington
Lifelong Berryville resident and great-granddaughter of Warner Washington, the last of the Washington name living in Clarke County, who died of influenza pneumonia in April 1922, aged about 87.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of April 6, 1922 reports that Miss Virginia Washington, the last of the Washington family in Clarke County and a great-granddaughter of Warner Washington, died the Monday morning before at the home of Harry Shopland of influenza pneumonia, aged about 87. It says her sister, Miss Harriet Washington, died in February 1921, and that she was a lifelong resident of Berryville.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of April 6, 1922 reports that Miss Virginia Washington, the last of the Washington family in Clarke County and a great-granddaughter of Warner Washington, died the Monday morning before at the home of Harry Shopland of influenza pneumonia, aged about 87. It says her sister, Miss Harriet Washington, died in February 1921, and that she was a lifelong resident of Berryville.
What the source supports
That Virginia Washington of Berryville died, aged about 87, as reported on April 6, 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR splits her given name ("V irginia") and prints her sister's "Ilariet." The item dates the death only as "Monday morning." Its account of her ancestry is the paper's own.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The April 6, 1922 obituary.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 6, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-04-06 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, obituary "Last of Washington Family in Clarke County Passes Away"
Relevant passageMiss V irginia Washington, the last of the noted Washington family in Garke [Clarke] county, who was a great granddaughter of Warner Washington, died Monday morning at 5 o’clock at the home of Mr. Harry Shopland, following an attack of influenza pneumonia. She was about 87 years of age. Her sister. Miss Ilariet [Hariet] Washington, died in February 1921. ... She was a life long res - ident of Berryville.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
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
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