Person

Della McAboy

Teacher of the Pierce school in February 1923, as the Clarke Courier reported in its attendance figures that March.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of March 15, 1923, reporting the attendance of Clarke schools for February, names Miss Della McAboy, printed "McAb0y," as teacher of Pierce, at 73.9 per cent.

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✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier of March 15, 1923, reporting the attendance of Clarke schools for February, names Miss Della McAboy, printed "McAb0y," as teacher of Pierce, at 73.9 per cent.

What the source supports

That Della McAboy taught the Pierce school in February 1923.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR prints a zero for the o in her surname, and an earlier report prints it "McAbor"; that report is not cited here.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The March 15, 1923 report of February attendance.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 15, 1923

Clarke Courier · 1923-03-15 (publication)

Locator: Page 3, attendance of the county schools for February, by school and teacher

Relevant passage

INK GROVE [PINE GROVE] SCHOOL LEADS IN ATTENDANCE IN MONTH OF FEBRUARY ... Tht [The] attendance record of Clarke schoos [schools] for pebruary [February] is as follows: ... Hawthorne, Miss Carolyn Kackley teacher, 84 per cent. ... Marvin, Miss Helen Jobe teacher, 74.5 pe_cent. ... Pierce, Miss Della McAb0y [McAboy] teacher 73.9 percent.

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

Open source

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

AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-15. How this project checks its sources

Also indexed as: Miss Della McAboy. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.

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