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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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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| Field | As the record prints it | Source | RECORD | IDENTITY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| War | World War I | Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 16, 1923 The statement | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY Confirmed |
| Unit | Company I, 116th Infantry | Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 16, 1923 The statement | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY Confirmed |
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| When | What the record shows | RECORD | IDENTITY | Source |
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| Date not established | 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. | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY ConfirmedThis is the item the entity was created from. | See the source and its limits✓ LikelyAn account exists
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 supportsThat Martin Mallory of Berryville, a World War veteran of the 116th Infantry, was named in 1923 as the husband of Mrs. Martin Mallory. UncertaintyRead 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. SourceEvidence role: supports. The August 16, 1923 obituary of Mrs. Martin Mallory. Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 16, 1923Clarke Courier · 1923-08-16 (publication) Locator: Page 1, obituary "Mrs. Mallory Dies After Long Illness" Relevant passageMrs. 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 sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. Evidence role: supports. The same passage, read from the page image and shown in the clipping above. Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 16, 1923Clarke 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 passageDuring 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. Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. |
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The obituary of Mrs. Martin Mallory, headed Mrs. Mallory Dies After Long Illness, on the front page of the Clarke Courier of August 16, 1923, which says her husband served many months overseas with the 116th Infantry, 29th Division, followed by a card of thanks signed Martin P. Mallery (as printed).
What this image does and does not showA crop of part of one newspaper page; the rest of the page is not shown. The obituary is of Mrs. Mallory; its mention of her husband's war service is the passage that bears on Martin Mallory.
Clarke Courier (Berryville, Va.), August 16, 1923, page 1. Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Rights Changes: Cut from the Library of Congress page image at full resolution (the region lies at box 1155,1562 330x1672 pixels of the saved half-size copy of the page) and shown at its own 661 by 3344 pixels; not scaled, retouched, enhanced, highlighted or re-encoded.
Source: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 16, 1923 Open the full image
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Passage it reproduces: 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..."
Statements on this site that rest on it:
- 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.
People namedMartin Mallory
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 16, 1923, page 1.
Typed transcription
MRS. MALLORY DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Wife of Former A. .E. .F. .Veteran Dies at Home of Husband's Parents in Berryville. Leaves No Children. Member of the Presbyterian Church Mrs. Martin Mallory died at the home of her husband's parents in Berryville on August 11 at 6:30 a. m. Since April 1st she had been confined to her bed, yet at no time was she heard to complain of her suffering Before her marriage about three years ago to Mr. Mallory, she [w]as formerly Miss Julia Marlowe. 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. There were no children and she is survived by the husband, Mr. Martin Mallory; her mother, Mrs. Clarence Hampton six brothers, Messrs. Tom, Will, and James, of Berryville, Ed of Alexandria, Joe of Hagerstown, Elijah of Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Newton Renner and Mrs. Lester Sowers, of Berryville; one half brother, Mr. John Marlowe, and one half sister, Mrs. Smallwood, both of Jefferson County W. Va. She was a member of the Presbyterian church in Berryville Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church here on Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock, the Rev. Mr. Harper conducting. A large number of relatives and friends were present. The pallbearers were Messrs. Garfield Oiler, Raymond L[evi], Marshal Levi, H[u]bert Lanham, Eustis and Edgar Jackson. Interment was made in Green Hill cemetery. CARD of THANKS I wish to thank my friends for their thoughtfullness [sic] and kindness during the illness of my wife. Martin P. Mallery [sic]
- Source
- Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 16, 1923, Clarke Courier
- Date as printed
- 1923-08-16 (published)
- Page
- 1 as printed
- Passage
- 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..."
- What it supports
- 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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- Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 16, 1923, Page 1, obituary "Mrs. Mallory Dies After Long Illness". The text was read from a transcription or machine reading, not from a saved page image.
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