Person

Custis Lewin

Man who married Miss Edith Hummer of Millwood at a Winchester parsonage on December 23, 1920, the couple settling near Millwood.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of January 13, 1921 reports that Custis Lewin and Miss Edith Hummer, of Millwood, were married on December 23 at the parsonage by Rev. F. M. Richardson, pastor of the Methodist Church, South, Winchester, and would make their home near Millwood.

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The Clarke Courier of January 13, 1921 reports that Custis Lewin and Miss Edith Hummer, of Millwood, were married on December 23 at the parsonage by Rev. F. M. Richardson, pastor of the Methodist Church, South, Winchester, and would make their home near Millwood.

What the source supports

That Custis Lewin married Edith Hummer on December 23, 1920, as reported on January 13, 1921.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item does not say where he was from. The marriage took place in Winchester, so no Clarke register entry is looked for. The marriage is recorded as a proposed relationship from this notice.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The January 13, 1921 wedding notice of Custis Lewin and Edith Hummer.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., January 13, 1921

Clarke Courier · 1921-01-13 (publication)

Locator: Page 2, item "Custis Lewin Takes Miss Hummer as Bride"

Relevant passage
" CU8TIB LEWlN [CUSTIS LEWIN] TAKES -Sr , MISS HUMMER AS BRIDE Mr. "Custis Lewin and Miss Edith ■ Htfmmer [Hummer], of Millwood, were married by Rev. F. M. Richardson, pastor of the Methodist Church, South, Winchester, December 23, at the parsonage, The couple will make their home near Millwood.

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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