Leonard Peyton
Boyce man named in April 1922 as the father of the infant Irene Ruth Peyton.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of April 27, 1922 names Irene Ruth Peyton, who died at her home at Boyce, as the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Peyton.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of April 27, 1922 names Irene Ruth Peyton, who died at her home at Boyce, as the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Peyton.
What the source supports
That Leonard Peyton of Boyce was named in 1922 as the father of Irene Ruth Peyton.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. He is known here only from his daughter's death notice, which breaks his given name across a line. The kinship is recorded as a proposal from this notice.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The April 27, 1922 death notice of Irene Ruth Peyton.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 27, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-04-27 (publication)
Locator: Page 2, death notice "Little Irene Peyton Dies at Boyce"
Relevant passageLITTLE IRENE PEYTON DIES AT BOYCE ... Died, at her home, Boyce, Friday, April 14, 1922. Irene Ruth Peyton, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon ard Peyton, aged 3 months and 7 days. ... Funeral services were conducted from the late residence by Rev John B. W*lliams, of Boyce, and ■the little body was carefulyy laid to rest in historic Old Chapel cemetery.
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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