John Armel
White Post farmer named in September 1923 as the father of Hugh Armel, killed at the Berryville basket factory; the funeral was held from his home.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of September 6, 1923 names Hugh Armel, killed at the Berryville basket factory, as the son of John Armel, a prominent farmer of the White Post neighborhood, and says the funeral was held from his home near White Post.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of September 6, 1923 names Hugh Armel, killed at the Berryville basket factory, as the son of John Armel, a prominent farmer of the White Post neighborhood, and says the funeral was held from his home near White Post.
What the source supports
That John Armel, a farmer near White Post, was named in 1923 as the father of Hugh Armel.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. He is known here only from his son's death notice. The kinship is recorded as a proposal from this notice.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The September 6, 1923 report of the death of Hugh Armel.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., September 6, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-09-06 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, report "Hugh Armel Killed Unloading Logs at Basket Factory Plant"
Relevant passageHUGH ARMEL KILLED UNLOADING LOGS AT BASKET FACTORY PLANT ... Hr. [Mr.] Hugh Armel, 23 years old. son of Mr. John Armel, a prominent farmer of the White Post neighborhood, was crushed to death last Thursday morning when a huge log breaking lose from its kooks [hooks] while being unloaded, colled [rolled] down the pile and jammed him against a freight car. ... It is believed he was killed instantly
Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. Its account of the funeral.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., September 6, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-09-06 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, report of the death of Hugh Armel, funeral
Relevant passageIt was later taken to the home of his father, Mr. John Armel, near White Post, and after funeral services from there Saturday it was interred in Macedenian cemetery in Frederick county. The accident cast a pall over the basket factory. Work was suspended for the day ... A number of the basket factory employes attended Mr. Armel's funeral in a body.
Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
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