Joseph Starkey
Farmer of near Berryville named in August 1923 as the father of Sarah U. Starkey, married to Harry J. Symons at Frederick.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of August 23, 1923 reports that Harry J. Symons and Miss Sarah U. Starkey, both of Charles Town, were married at the parsonage of the Methodist Church at Frederick, and that the bride is the daughter of Joseph Starkey, a well-known farmer of near Berryville.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of August 23, 1923 reports that Harry J. Symons and Miss Sarah U. Starkey, both of Charles Town, were married at the parsonage of the Methodist Church at Frederick, and that the bride is the daughter of Joseph Starkey, a well-known farmer of near Berryville.
What the source supports
That Joseph Starkey, a farmer near Berryville, was named in 1923 as the father of Sarah U. Starkey.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. He is known here only from his daughter's wedding notice. His daughter has no record here, so no kinship record is made. He is not linked to William J. Starkey or any other Starkey.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The August 23, 1923 wedding notice.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 23, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-08-23 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, item "Symons-Starkey"
Relevant passageSYMONS—STARKEY „ Harry J. Symons and Miss Sarah U. Starkey, both of Charlestdwn, W. Va., were qultely [quietly] married at the per jonaii [parsonage] of the,Methodist Church at Frederick ... She Is the daughter of Joseph Starkey, a well known farmer of near Berryville.
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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