Arthur Ashwood
Son of S. M. Ashwood, who married Miss Naomi Willingham at the Royston home near Briggs on May 31, 1922.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of June 1, 1922 reports from Briggs that Miss Naomi Willingham, daughter of the late D. W. Willingham, was married at noon that day to Arthur Ashwood, son of S. M. Ashwood, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Royston, by Rev. L. F. Harper. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of Arthur Ashwood, 21, farmer, of Boyce, son of Samuel M. and C. Virginia Ashwood, to Naomi Webster Willingham in Clarke County on May 31, 1922; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names, date and officiant.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of June 1, 1922 reports from Briggs that Miss Naomi Willingham, daughter of the late D. W. Willingham, was married at noon that day to Arthur Ashwood, son of S. M. Ashwood, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Royston, by Rev. L. F. Harper. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of Arthur Ashwood, 21, farmer, of Boyce, son of Samuel M. and C. Virginia Ashwood, to Naomi Webster Willingham in Clarke County on May 31, 1922; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names, date and officiant.
What the source supports
That Arthur Ashwood married Naomi Willingham near Briggs on May 31, 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The Courier does not say where he lived; the register abstract gives Boyce. The register entry is cited, not merged.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The June 1, 1922 report of the wedding of Naomi Willingham and Arthur Ashwood.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 1, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-06-01 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, report of the wedding of Naomi Willingham and Arthur Ashwood
Relevant passageBriggs, May 31—Mis* [Miss] Naomi Willingham, daughter of the late D. W. Willingham of CladtM [Clarke] county, was married today at noon to Mr. Arthur Ashwood, son of Mr. S. M Ashwood, at the home of Mr. and Mr*. [Mrs.] E. P. Royston, near here. The cer«tno~ ny [ceremony] was performed by Rev. L. f. Harper> of Berryvill
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: contextualizes. Duncan's register entry for the marriage of Arthur Ashwood and Naomi Webster Willingham, May 31, 1922, cited as a second record; the match is a proposal.
Patricia B. Duncan, Clarke County, Virginia Marriages 1887-1925 (Heritage Books, 2009)
Patricia B. Duncan · 2009 (publication)
Locator: Page 5, register entry for the marriage of Arthur Ashwood and Naomi Webster Willingham
Relevant passageASHWOOD, Arthur; s/o Samuel M. & C. Virginia ASHWOOD: 21y; sgl; farmer; b. ClrkVA; res. Boyce; m. 31 May 1922 at ClrkVA to WILLINGHAM, Naomi Webster; d/o Daniel & Fannie WILLINGHAM; 18y, sgl; b. ClrkVA; res. Briggs; (off) L. F. HARPER;
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: duncan-clarke-marriages. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
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