Cornelius H. Webster
Cumberland, Maryland, businessman in the wholesale confectionery trade with his brother, who married Miss Virginia Gaunt at the Berryville Baptist Church on April 17, 1922.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of April 20, 1922 reports that Miss Virginia Gaunt became the bride of Cornelius H. Webster of Cumberland, Maryland, at the Baptist Church on Easter Monday, and that he was in the wholesale confectionery business in Cumberland with his brother. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of Cornelius H. Webster, 25, salesman, of Cumberland, to Adelaide Virginia Gaunt at Berryville on April 17, 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 April 20, 1922 reports that Miss Virginia Gaunt became the bride of Cornelius H. Webster of Cumberland, Maryland, at the Baptist Church on Easter Monday, and that he was in the wholesale confectionery business in Cumberland with his brother. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of Cornelius H. Webster, 25, salesman, of Cumberland, to Adelaide Virginia Gaunt at Berryville on April 17, 1922; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names, date and officiant.
What the source supports
That Cornelius H. Webster of Cumberland married Virginia Gaunt at Berryville on April 17, 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The Courier describes his business; the register abstract gives his occupation as salesman. The register entry is cited, not merged.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The April 20, 1922 report of the wedding of Virginia Gaunt and Cornelius H. Webster.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 20, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-04-20 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, report "Miss Virginia Gaunt a Beautiful Bride"
Relevant passageMISS VIRGINIA GAUNT A BEAUTIFUL BRIDE ... Miss Virginia Gaunt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gaunt of Clarke county, became the bride of Mr. Cornelius H. Webster, ot [of] Cumberland, Md., at a beautiful weJding [wedding] solemnized in the Baptist Church Easter Monday at 8 o’clock p. :r,. [m.] ... The ceremony was performed by Kcv. [Rev.] Nathan Maynard
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: supports. Its account of the groom.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 20, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-04-20 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, report "Miss Virginia Gaunt a Beautiful Bride," continued
Relevant passageher brother, Mr. Wilbur Gaunt, who gave 1 er [her] away. ... Mr. Webster* a young 1 • riness [business] man, js io th [is in the] 'vholesale [wholesale] confectionery business
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 Cornelius H. Webster and Adelaide Virginia Gaunt, April 17, 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 170, register entry for the marriage of Cornelius H. Webster and Adelaide Virginia Gaunt
Relevant passageWEBSTER. Cornelius H : s'o George 1A 3 Annie C. WEBSTER; 25y; sgl; salesman; b Cumber'and Md: res. 126 Bedford St., Cumberland Md; m 17 Apr 1922 at Benyx e to GAUNT, Adelaide Virginia; d/o John & Adelaide Virginia GAUNT 25y. 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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