Alma R. Owens
Berryville woman named in December 1923 as the sister of Effie Butler, married to Lennis Brown.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of December 13, 1923, reporting the marriage of Lennis Brown and Miss Effie Butler of White Post, says the bride is a sister of Mrs. Alma R. Owens of Berryville.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of December 13, 1923, reporting the marriage of Lennis Brown and Miss Effie Butler of White Post, says the bride is a sister of Mrs. Alma R. Owens of Berryville.
What the source supports
That Alma R. Owens of Berryville was named in 1923 as a sister of Effie Butler.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. She is known here only from her sister's wedding notice. The kinship is recorded as a proposal from this notice.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The December 13, 1923 notice of the marriage of Lennis Brown and Effie Butler.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., December 13, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-12-13 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, notice "Married"
Relevant passageMARRIED On Saturday, December 8, U23 at the Methodist parsonage. Rev. L. L. Lowance, officiating. Mr. Lennis Brown, of Milldale, and Miss Effie Butler, of White Post. Va.. were united Inmarriage. The birde [bride] is a sister of Mrs. Alma R. Owens, 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
Also indexed as: Mrs. Alma R. Owens. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.
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