Wise Sowers
Owner in 1923 of the farm near White Post where, the Courier said, the grandfather of the writer James Hay Jr. had lived and his father was born.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of March 15, 1923, reporting that James Hay Jr., son of former Congressman James Hay and an author, was seriously ill, says his grandfather lived near White Post on the farm then owned by Wise Sowers, where his father was born.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of March 15, 1923, reporting that James Hay Jr., son of former Congressman James Hay and an author, was seriously ill, says his grandfather lived near White Post on the farm then owned by Wise Sowers, where his father was born.
What the source supports
That Wise Sowers owned a farm near White Post in 1923.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. He is known here only from this one line, which does not name the farm. He is not linked to any other Sowers.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The March 15, 1923 local item.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 15, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-03-15 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, local items
Relevant passageHe is well remembered in Clarke. His Grandfather lived near White Post on the farm now owned by Mr. Wise Sowers, where his father was born.
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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