Veteran

Martin Mallory

Martin Mallory, a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mallory of Berryville, served many months overseas in the World War in Company I, 116th Infantry. He is known here only from the Clarke Courier's notice of his wife's death in August 1923.

World War I as the cited records state it

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Is this the same man?

IDENTITY Confirmed The page rests on one Courier item that names him; he is known only from his wife's obituary.

Clarke connection: Residence in his wife's obituary: the Courier of August 16, 1923 says Mrs. Martin Mallory died at the home of her husband's parents in Berryville and that her husband, a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mallory, served overseas (C752). He is known here only from that obituary.

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Evidence depth: Recorded

Service summary

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Service summary
FieldAs the record prints itSourceRECORDIDENTITY
WarWorld War IClarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 16, 1923 The statementRECORD LikelyIDENTITY Confirmed
UnitCompany I, 116th InfantryClarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 16, 1923 The statementRECORD LikelyIDENTITY Confirmed

What the records say

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What the records say
WhenWhat the record showsRECORDIDENTITYSource
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The Clarke Courier of August 16, 1923 reports that Mrs. Martin Mallory died at the home of her husband's parents in Berryville on August 11, aged 28, and says her husband, a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mallory, served many months overseas in the World War in Company I, 116th Infantry.

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The Clarke Courier of August 16, 1923 reports that Mrs. Martin Mallory died at the home of her husband's parents in Berryville on August 11, aged 28, and says her husband, a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mallory, served many months overseas in the World War in Company I, 116th Infantry.

What the source supports

That Martin Mallory of Berryville, a World War veteran of the 116th Infantry, was named in 1923 as the husband of Mrs. Martin Mallory.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. He is known here only from his wife's obituary. The OCR prints the division as the "39th"; it is not relied on. His wife has no record here, so no kinship record is made.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The August 16, 1923 obituary of Mrs. Martin Mallory.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 16, 1923

Clarke Courier · 1923-08-16 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, obituary "Mrs. Mallory Dies After Long Illness"

Relevant passage
Mrs. Martin Mallory died at the home of her husband's parents in Berryville on August 11 at 6:30 a. m. ... During the World War her^usband [her husband] who Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mallory, served many months on foreign soil in Company 1, 116th Infantry, of the 39th Division. Mrs. Mallory was 28 years of age and a daughter of the late Elijah Marlowe of this county.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The same passage, read from the page image and shown in the clipping above.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 16, 1923

Clarke Courier · 1923-08-16 (publication)

Locator: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 16, 1923, page 1, obituary "Mrs. Mallory Dies After Long Illness", the passage beginning "During the World War her husband..."

Relevant passage
During the World War her husband who is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mallory, served many months on foreign soil in Company 1, 116th Infantry, of the 29th Division. Mrs. Mallory was 28 years of age and a daughter of the late Elijah Marlowe of this county.

Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected.

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Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

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