Lennis Brown
Milldale man who married Miss Effie Butler of White Post at the Methodist parsonage on December 8, 1923.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of December 13, 1923 reports that Lennis Brown of Milldale and Miss Effie Butler of White Post were married at the Methodist parsonage on December 8 by Rev. L. L. Lowance. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of Linnis Brown, 20, farmer, of Milldale, son of W. B. and Hattie Brown, to Effie Butler at Berryville on December 8, 1923; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names, date and officiant.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of December 13, 1923 reports that Lennis Brown of Milldale and Miss Effie Butler of White Post were married at the Methodist parsonage on December 8 by Rev. L. L. Lowance. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of Linnis Brown, 20, farmer, of Milldale, son of W. B. and Hattie Brown, to Effie Butler at Berryville on December 8, 1923; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names, date and officiant.
What the source supports
That Lennis Brown of Milldale married Effie Butler on December 8, 1923.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The Courier spells his given name "Lennis"; the register abstract gives "Linnis." Both readings are kept. The register entry is cited, not merged.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The December 13, 1923 notice of the marriage of Lennis Brown and Effie Butler.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., December 13, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-12-13 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, notice "Married"
Relevant passageMARRIED On Saturday, December 8, U23 at the Methodist parsonage. Rev. L. L. Lowance, officiating. Mr. Lennis Brown, of Milldale, and Miss Effie Butler, of White Post. Va.. were united Inmarriage. The birde [bride] is a sister of Mrs. Alma R. Owens, of Berryville.
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: contextualizes. Duncan's register entry for the marriage of Linnis Brown and Effie Butler, December 8, 1923, cited as a second record; the match is a proposal.
Patricia B. Duncan, Clarke County, Virginia Marriages 1887-1925 (Heritage Books, 2009)
Patricia B. Duncan · 2009 (publication)
Locator: Page 19, register entry for the marriage of Linnis Brown and Effie Butler
Relevant passageBROWN, Linnis; s/o W. B. & Hattie BROWN; 20y; sgl; farmer; b. & res. Milldale. m. 8 Dec 1923 at Berryville to BUTLER, Effie: d/o W. J. & L. C BUTLER; 18y; sgl; b. WrnVA; res. White Post; (off) Rev. L. L. LOWANCE;
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: duncan-clarke-marriages. 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: Linnis Brown. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.
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