William A. Locke
William A. Locke, son of James Locke of near Wadesville, died in March 1921 at the government hospital at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, of tuberculosis that the Clarke Courier said he contracted in training at Camp McClellan, Alabama, for service in France. The paper said he had served on the Mexican border with Company I, Virginia National Guard, enlisting while working on the farm of Patrick Murphy at Wadesville, and that his body was taken to Winchester for burial.
World War I as the cited records state it
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IDENTITY Confirmed The page rests on one Courier item that names him; no other record is matched to him here.
Clarke connection: Family and residence in an obituary: the Courier of March 10, 1921 calls him a son of James Locke of near Wadesville and says he enlisted while working on the farm of Patrick Murphy at Wadesville (C620).
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| Field | As the record prints it | Source | RECORD | IDENTITY |
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| War | World War I | Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 10, 1921 The statement | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY Confirmed |
| Unit | Company I, Virginia National Guard | Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 10, 1921 The statement | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY Confirmed |
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| Date not established | The Clarke Courier of March 10, 1921 reports that William A. Locke, son of James Locke of near Wadesville and a member of the Locke family of Clarke County, died on the Sunday night before at the government hospital at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, of tuberculosis contracted in training at Camp McClellan, Alabama, for service in France. It says he had served on the Mexican border with Company I, Virginia National Guard, enlisting while working on the farm of Patrick Murphy at Wadesville, and that his body was taken to Winchester for burial. | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY ConfirmedThis is the item the entity was created from. | See the source and its limits✓ LikelyAn account exists
The Clarke Courier of March 10, 1921 reports that William A. Locke, son of James Locke of near Wadesville and a member of the Locke family of Clarke County, died on the Sunday night before at the government hospital at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, of tuberculosis contracted in training at Camp McClellan, Alabama, for service in France. It says he had served on the Mexican border with Company I, Virginia National Guard, enlisting while working on the farm of Patrick Murphy at Wadesville, and that his body was taken to Winchester for burial. What the source supportsThat William A. Locke, a National Guard veteran from near Wadesville, died of tuberculosis at Fort McHenry, as reported on March 10, 1921. UncertaintyRead from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item dates the death only as "Sunday night" and gives no age. His father has no record here, and he is not linked to any other Locke. SourceEvidence role: supports. The March 10, 1921 obituary. Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 10, 1921Clarke Courier · 1921-03-10 (publication) Locator: Page 4, obituary "Former Clarke Soldier Dies at Fort McHenry" Relevant passageMr. William A. Locke, h [a] son of Mr.J James Locke, of near Wadesville, and a member of the well known Lock • family of Clark* county, died Sumlnr I'ight [Sunday night] at the government hospital at Fort McHenry. Baltimore, fron. [from] tuberculosis, the -treaded mala, dy bo [he] contracted While in training at Car./ [Camp] McClellan, Ala., 'or service in Franca [France]. He had previously served on 1 the Mexnan [Mexican] border with Co., I, Virgin'a National Guard. Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected. Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. |
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- Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 10, 1921, Page 4, obituary "Former Clarke Soldier Dies at Fort McHenry". The text was read from a transcription or machine reading, not from a saved page image.
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