Charles Campbell MacLeod
Lynchburg man whom the Clarke Courier of July 14, 1921 reported as awarded the French Croix de Guerre in the World War, and who married Miss Margaretta Colston Carper at Emmanuel Chapel, Boyce, on July 6, 1921.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of July 14, 1921 reports from Boyce that Miss Margaretta Colston Carper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Carper, became the bride of Capt. Charles Campbell MacLeod of Lynchburg in Emmanuel Chapel on Wednesday evening, July 6, and says he was awarded the French Croix de Guerre for bravery in action. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of Charles Campbell MacLeod, 29, salesman, of Lynchburg, to Margaretta Colston Carper at Boyce on July 6, 1921; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names, date and place.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of July 14, 1921 reports from Boyce that Miss Margaretta Colston Carper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Carper, became the bride of Capt. Charles Campbell MacLeod of Lynchburg in Emmanuel Chapel on Wednesday evening, July 6, and says he was awarded the French Croix de Guerre for bravery in action. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of Charles Campbell MacLeod, 29, salesman, of Lynchburg, to Margaretta Colston Carper at Boyce on July 6, 1921; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names, date and place.
What the source supports
That Charles Campbell MacLeod of Lynchburg married Margaretta Colston Carper at Boyce on July 6, 1921.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. His war decoration is as the Courier reports it and was not checked. The Courier calls him captain; the register abstract gives his occupation as salesman. The register entry is cited, not merged.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The July 14, 1921 report of the wedding of Margaretta Colston Carper and Charles Campbell MacLeod.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 14, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-07-14 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, report "Brilliant Wedding at Emmanuel Chapel"
Relevant passageBoyce, July 12—A beautiful wedding of widespread Interest was solemnized in Emmanuel Chapel last Wednesday evening. July 6. at » o’clock, when Miss Margaretta Colston Carper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs J. L. Carper, became the bride of Capt. Charles Campbell MacLeod, of Lynchburg, one of the Virginia heroes of the world war, who was awarded the French war medal, the Croix de One >». [Guerre] for bravery in action.
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 Charles Campbell MacLeod and Margaretta Colston Carper, July 6, 1921, 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 101, register entry for the marriage of Charles Campbell MacLeod and Margaretta Colston Carper
Relevant passageMacLEOD. Charles Campbell: s/o Charles & Leita MacLEOD; 29y; sgl; salesman: b. Lynchburg Va res. Box 368, Lynchburg, Va; m. 6 Jul 1921 at Boyce to CARPER, Margaretta Colston; d/o Julian L. & Minnie S. CARPER: 20y; sgl: b. & res. ClrkVA:
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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