Elsie Marie Jenkins
Clarke County woman who married William Johnson at the Methodist parsonage in November 1922.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of November 30, 1922 reports that William Johnson and Miss Elsie Marie Jenkins, both of Clarke County, were married at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. L. L. Lowance on November 2, 1922. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of Elsie Marie Jenkins, 18, of Berryville, daughter of Clarence and Naomi Jenkins, to Wm. Orlan Johnson, dated November 22, 1922; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names and officiant.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of November 30, 1922 reports that William Johnson and Miss Elsie Marie Jenkins, both of Clarke County, were married at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. L. L. Lowance on November 2, 1922. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of Elsie Marie Jenkins, 18, of Berryville, daughter of Clarence and Naomi Jenkins, to Wm. Orlan Johnson, dated November 22, 1922; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names and officiant.
What the source supports
That Elsie Marie Jenkins of Clarke County married William Johnson in November 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The Courier and the register abstract give different days, November 2 and November 22; both are kept. The OCR prints a stray mark in her name. The register entry is cited, not merged.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The November 30, 1922 notice of the marriage of William Johnson and Elsie Marie Jenkins.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., November 30, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-11-30 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, item "Married at M. E. Parsonage"
Relevant passageMarried at the Methodist parsonage. Ihy [by] Rev. L. L. Lowance on Wodnes Iduy [Wednesday],"November 2, 1922, William or . Ian Johnson and Miss Elsie Marie : Jenkins, both of Clarke county.
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 Wm. Orlan Johnson and Elsie Marie Jenkins, dated November 22, 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 82, register entry for the marriage of Wm. Orlan Johnson and Elsie Marie Jenkins
Relevant passageJOHNSON, Wm. Orlan; s/o Wm. Berry & Arabell JOHNSON: 25y: sgl: farming: b. ClrkVA: res. Berryville; m. 22 Nov 1922 at Berryville to JENKINS. Elsie Marie: d/o Clarence & Naomi JENKINS; 18y; sgl, b. ClrkVA; res Berryville; (off) L. L. LOWANCE;
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
Also indexed as: Miss Elsie Marie Jenkins. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.
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