Person

E. P. Royston

Man of near Briggs at whose home, with Mrs. Royston, Naomi Willingham and Arthur Ashwood were married on May 31, 1922.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of June 1, 1922 reports from Briggs that Naomi Willingham and Arthur Ashwood were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Royston, near Briggs, in the parlor of the Royston home.

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✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier of June 1, 1922 reports from Briggs that Naomi Willingham and Arthur Ashwood were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Royston, near Briggs, in the parlor of the Royston home.

What the source supports

That E. P. Royston of near Briggs kept the home where Naomi Willingham and Arthur Ashwood were married in 1922.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. He is known here only from this wedding report, which gives only his initials and does not say how he was related to the couple.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The June 1, 1922 report of the wedding of Naomi Willingham and Arthur Ashwood.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 1, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-06-01 (publication)

Locator: Page 4, report of the wedding of Naomi Willingham and Arthur Ashwood

Relevant passage

Briggs, May 31—Mis* [Miss] Naomi Willingham, daughter of the late D. W. Willingham of CladtM [Clarke] county, was married today at noon to Mr. Arthur Ashwood, son of Mr. S. M Ashwood, at the home of Mr. and Mr*. [Mrs.] E. P. Royston, near here. The cer«tno~ ny [ceremony] was performed by Rev. L. f. Harper> of Berryvill

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 wedding party.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 1, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-06-01 (publication)

Locator: Page 4, report of the wedding of Naomi Willingham and Arthur Ashwood, attendants

Relevant passage

in the parlor of the Roystott [Royston] home. Miss Dorothy Murpny [Murphy] of Berryville was Maid of Honor

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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