Jas. W. Gaver
Secretary of the quarterly conference of the Berryville charge of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, who signed its March 1922 resolution on the Rev. W. H. Ballengee's retirement.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of March 16, 1922 prints the resolution of the Fourth Quarterly Conference of the Berryville Charge, M. E. Church, South, thanking the Rev. W. H. Ballengee for his services, signed Jas. W. Gaver, Secretary.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of March 16, 1922 prints the resolution of the Fourth Quarterly Conference of the Berryville Charge, M. E. Church, South, thanking the Rev. W. H. Ballengee for his services, signed Jas. W. Gaver, Secretary.
What the source supports
That Jas. W. Gaver was secretary of the Berryville quarterly conference of the M. E. Church, South, in 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item prints his first name abbreviated and does not say where he lived.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The March 16, 1922 item on his retirement and the quarterly conference's resolution.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 16, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-03-16 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, item "Rev. W. H. Ballengee Will Ask Retirement," resolution of the quarterly conference
Relevant passageThe folowing resolutions were f Passed by the Fourth Quarterly 'Conference of the Berryville ! Charge,. M. E. Church South: ... we, the members of the Rerryvillc [Berryville] quarterly conference, hereby express to him our appreciation of Kis [his] faithful seryiccs [services] during the past two years ... Jas. W. Gaver, Secretary.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
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