Mable Barnett
Berryville woman, daughter of J. E. Barnett, former chairman of the Board of Supervisors, who married Ambrose B. Hummer at her father's home on May 3, 1922.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of February 23, 1922 names Miss Mable Barnett of Berryville among the survivors of her mother, Mrs. J. Edward Barnett. Its issue of May 4, 1922 reports that Miss Mable Barnett, daughter of J. E. Barnett, former chairman of the Clarke County Board of Supervisors, became the bride of Ambrose B. Hummer, a farmer and official of the Berryville Horse Show, at her father's home the day before. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of Mabel J. Barnett, 38, daughter of J. E. and Lucy Barnett, to Ambrose B. Hummer at Berryville on May 3, 1922; 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 February 23, 1922 names Miss Mable Barnett of Berryville among the survivors of her mother, Mrs. J. Edward Barnett. Its issue of May 4, 1922 reports that Miss Mable Barnett, daughter of J. E. Barnett, former chairman of the Clarke County Board of Supervisors, became the bride of Ambrose B. Hummer, a farmer and official of the Berryville Horse Show, at her father's home the day before. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of Mabel J. Barnett, 38, daughter of J. E. and Lucy Barnett, to Ambrose B. Hummer at Berryville on May 3, 1922; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names, date and officiant.
What the source supports
That Mable Barnett, daughter of J. E. Barnett, married Ambrose B. Hummer on May 3, 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The Courier spells her given name "Mable" and "Mabel"; the register abstract gives "Mabel J." The register entry is cited, not merged. The groom's register row is held as an unresolved identity, so no marriage relationship is recorded. The link to her mother's released record is a proposal resting on that obituary naming her.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The February 23, 1922 obituary of her mother, Mrs. J. Edward Barnett.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 23, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-02-23 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, obituary "Mrs. J. Edward Barnett Passes Away Suddenly," survivors
Relevant passageHer good husband, two sons, Mr. Edward Barnett and Dr. Neill Barnett, of Richmond, and Miss Mable Barnett of Berryville survive.
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 May 4, 1922 wedding report.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., May 4, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-05-04 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, report "Miss Mabel Barnett Bride of Mr. Hummer"
Relevant passageMISS MABEL BARNETT , . BRIDE OF MR. HUMMER ... of Mr. J, E. Barnett, former Chairman of the Clarke County Board of Supervisors, when his daughter. Miss Mable Barnett, became the bride of Mr. Ambrose B. Hummer, farmer and official of the Berryville Horse Show. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Nathan Maynard, pastor of the Baptist- Church
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 Ambrose B. Hummer and Mabel J. Barnett, May 3, 1922, 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 74, register entry for the marriage of Ambrose B. Hummer and Mabel J. Barnett
Relevant passageHUMMER. Ambrose B.; s/o Jno. W. & Rose A. HUMMER; 41y; sgl; farmer, b. ClrkVA; res. Berryville, m. 3 May 1922 at Berryville to BARNETT, Mabel J.; d/o J. E. & Lucy BARNETT: 38y; sgl: b. ClrkVA; res. Berryville,
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: Miss Mable Barnett; Mabel J. Barnett. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.
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