Person

Broaddus Morris

Berryville man, son of F. H. Morris, managing the office of his father's implement business, who married Willa Hough of Findlay, Ohio, at Cumberland, Maryland, on September 7, 1922.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of October 19, 1922 announces the marriage of Miss Willa Hough, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Hough of Findlay, Ohio, and Broaddus Morris, son of F. H. Morris of Berryville, quietly celebrated at Cumberland, Maryland, on September 7. It says he was connected with his father's implement business, looking after the office, and that the couple would live in Berryville.

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The Clarke Courier of October 19, 1922 announces the marriage of Miss Willa Hough, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Hough of Findlay, Ohio, and Broaddus Morris, son of F. H. Morris of Berryville, quietly celebrated at Cumberland, Maryland, on September 7. It says he was connected with his father's implement business, looking after the office, and that the couple would live in Berryville.

What the source supports

That Broaddus Morris of Berryville married Willa Hough at Cumberland on September 7, 1922.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The marriage took place in Maryland, so no Clarke register entry is looked for. The bride's register row is held as an unresolved identity, so no marriage relationship is recorded. His father has no record here.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The October 19, 1922 announcement.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., October 19, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-10-19 (publication)

Locator: Page 3, report "Broaddus Morris Weds Ohio Business Woman"

Relevant passage
Announcement Is made of the marriage of Mies Wllia O. Hough, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. - B. R. Hough, of Findley, O., and Mr. Broaddus Morris, son of Mr. F. H. Morris, of Berryvllle. The wedding was quietly celebrated at Cumberland, Md„ Sept. 7

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. Its account of the groom.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., October 19, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-10-19 (publication)

Locator: Page 3, report "Broaddus Morris Weds Ohio Business Woman," the groom

Relevant passage
Mr. Morris connected with is fath er’s implement business, looking especially after the business details of 1 the oifice. ... They will live in Berryvile.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

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