Ellen McGill Baker
Berryville woman, daughter of Henry William Baker, president of the First National Bank of Berryville, who married Alfred Moss Kerfoot at Grace Church on June 21, 1922.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of June 22, 1922 reports that Miss Ellen McGill Baker, daughter of Henry William Baker, president of the First National Bank of Berryville, became the bride of Alfred Moss Kerfoot, son of Mrs. Minnie Moss Kerfoot and the late Dr. Henry D. Kerfoot, at Grace Episcopal Church the evening before. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of Ellen McGill Baker, 29, daughter of H. W. and Emma W. Baker, to Alfred Moss Kerfoot at Berryville on June 21, 1922; 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 June 22, 1922 reports that Miss Ellen McGill Baker, daughter of Henry William Baker, president of the First National Bank of Berryville, became the bride of Alfred Moss Kerfoot, son of Mrs. Minnie Moss Kerfoot and the late Dr. Henry D. Kerfoot, at Grace Episcopal Church the evening before. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of Ellen McGill Baker, 29, daughter of H. W. and Emma W. Baker, to Alfred Moss Kerfoot at Berryville on June 21, 1922; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names, date and place.
What the source supports
That Ellen McGill Baker, daughter of the president of the First National Bank of Berryville, married Alfred Moss Kerfoot on June 21, 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The register entry is cited, not merged. The groom's register row is held as an unresolved identity, so no marriage relationship is recorded. Her father has no record here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The June 22, 1922 wedding report.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 22, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-06-22 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, report "Miss Baker and Mr. Kerfoot Wed Amidst Flowerland"
Relevant passageMiss Ellen McGill Baker, daughter of Mrr [Mr.] Henry William Baker, president of the First National Bank of' Berryville , became the bride of Mr. Alfred Moss Kerfoot, son of Mrs. Mirfnie [Minnie] Moss Kerfoot and the late Dr. Henry D. Kerfoot, in stately old Grace Episcopal Church yesterday evening at 8 ;30 o’clock.
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 Alfred Moss Kerfoot and Ellen McGill Baker, June 21, 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 86, register entry for the marriage of Alfred Moss Kerfoot and Ellen McGill Baker
Relevant passageKERFOOT, Alfred Moss; s/o Henry D. & Minnie M KERFOOT; 41y; sgl; life insurance agent; b. ClrkVA; res. Berryville: m 21 Jun 1922 at Berryville to BAKER. Ellen McGill: d/o H. W. & Emma W. BAKER: 29y; sgl; b. ClrkVA; res. Berryville:
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: duncan-clarke-marriages. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-16. How this project checks its sources
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