John Davidson Rhodes
West Virginia mining engineer, son of Mrs. R. M. Rhodes of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, who married Miss Sophie Gieski Powers at her Berryville home in April 1922.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of March 30, 1922 announces the engagement of Miss Sophie Gieski Powers to John Davidson Rhodes of Taplin, West Virginia. Its issue of April 27, 1922 reports their marriage at the bride's home the Saturday afternoon before, and says the groom is a son of Mrs. R. M. Rhodes of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and a mining engineer with headquarters at Gary, West Virginia.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of March 30, 1922 announces the engagement of Miss Sophie Gieski Powers to John Davidson Rhodes of Taplin, West Virginia. Its issue of April 27, 1922 reports their marriage at the bride's home the Saturday afternoon before, and says the groom is a son of Mrs. R. M. Rhodes of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and a mining engineer with headquarters at Gary, West Virginia.
What the source supports
That John Davidson Rhodes, a West Virginia mining engineer, married Sophie Gieski Powers, as reported on April 27, 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The April item prints his middle name "Davia s n" and his town "Cary" as well as "Gary"; the March item names Taplin. No entry was found in the OCR of Duncan's register abstract.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The March 30, 1922 announcement of their engagement.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 30, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-03-30 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, item "Miss Sophie Powers' Engagement Announced"
Relevant passageMISS SOPHIE POWERS' ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED ... Mrs. Jaquelin Smith Powers, of Berryville, annouuced yesterday the engagement of her 'daughter, Miss Sophie tiieske [Gieski] Powers, to Mr. John Davidson Rhodes, of Taplin
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: supports. The April 27, 1922 report of the wedding of Sophie Gieski Powers and John Davidson Rhodes.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 27, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-04-27 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, report of the wedding of Sophie Gieski Powers and John Davidson Rhodes
Relevant passage■A pretty ho-re [home] wedding was solemnized ;a t [last] Saturday aftei - noon at 4:30 r clock, when Miss Sophie Gieski Powers, daug‘1., [daughter of] Mrs. Jacquehn Smith Power-, was married to Mr. John Davia s n [Davidson] Rhodes, of Cary, W. Va.
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: supports. Its account of the couple.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 27, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-04-27 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, report of the wedding of Sophie Gieski Powers and John Davidson Rhodes, the couple
Relevant passageThe bride is a granddaughter of the late Mdllip [Phillip] M. Powers, of “Auburn,” ... The bridegrcom is a son of Mrs. R. M. Rhodes, of Bethlehem, Pa., is a mining engineer with head quarters at Gary, W. Ya
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
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