Amos Hoff
Man of near Boyce named in April 1923 as the father of Delany C. Hoff, who died at eleven at the family home.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of April 5, 1923 reports from Boyce that Delany C. Hoff, eleven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hoff, died at his parents' home near Boyce on Monday night, March 25, and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of April 5, 1923 reports from Boyce that Delany C. Hoff, eleven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hoff, died at his parents' home near Boyce on Monday night, March 25, and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery.
What the source supports
That Amos Hoff of near Boyce was named in 1923 as the father of Delany C. Hoff.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. He is known here only from his son's obituary. His son has no record here, so no kinship record is made, and no record joins him to Mrs. Amos Hoff.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The April 5, 1923 obituary of Delany C. Hoff.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 5, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-04-05 (publication)
Locator: Page 2, obituary "Little Delaney Hoff Dies Suddenly After Mother Put Him to Bed"
Relevant passageBoyce, April 2—Delany C. Hoff eleven year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hoff passed quietly away at the home of his parents near Boyce Monday night March 25. Funeral services were held Wednesday from the Baptist Church in Berryville ... Interment made in Green Hill Cemetery.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
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