Person

Jennie Eleyette

Widow of John Elleyette, who died of pneumonia at 74 at her niece's home at Boyce on March 23, 1922 and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of April 20, 1922 reports that Mrs. Jennie Eleyette, widow of the late John Elleyette, died at the home of her niece, Mrs. Mary Lanham, at Boyce on Thursday night, March 23, of pneumonia, aged 74, and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery.

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What the source supports

That Jennie Eleyette died at Boyce on March 23, 1922, aged 74.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item spells the surname both "Eleyette" and "Elleyette." Her husband and niece have no records here.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The April 20, 1922 obituary.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 20, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-04-20 (publication)

Locator: Page 4, obituary "Mrs. Jennie Elleyette Dies at Boyce"

Relevant passage

MRS. JENNIE ELLEYETTE . DIES AT BOYCE Mrs. Jennie Eleyette, widow of the late John Elleyette, died at the home of her niece, Mrs. Mary Lanham at Boyce, Thursday night. March 23, at 10:30, after a brief illness of pneumonia, aged 74 years. Funeral services were held from the house on Saturday morning, conducted by Rev. J. B. Williams, and interment 'was made in*Green Hill cemetery.

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) · 2026-09-16. How this project checks its sources

Also indexed as: Mrs. Jennie Eleyette; Mrs. Jennie Elleyette. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.

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