Mettie Levi
Berryville telephone operator, daughter of John Levi, who married J. Perry Smith at the Methodist parsonage in Charles Town in 1922.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of May 4, 1922 reports that Miss Mettie Levi, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Levi and one of the telephone operators of the Berryville exchange, was married to J. Perry Smith at the Methodist parsonage in Charles Town by Rev. Mr. Best, and that the groom is the son of Chief Smith.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of May 4, 1922 reports that Miss Mettie Levi, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Levi and one of the telephone operators of the Berryville exchange, was married to J. Perry Smith at the Methodist parsonage in Charles Town by Rev. Mr. Best, and that the groom is the son of Chief Smith.
What the source supports
That Mettie Levi, a Berryville telephone operator, married J. Perry Smith at Charles Town, as reported on May 4, 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The cited passage does not date the wedding. It took place in West Virginia, so no Clarke register entry is looked for. Her parents and husband have no records here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The May 4, 1922 item.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., May 4, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-05-04 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, item "Miss Mettie Levi Weds in Charles Town"
Relevant passageMISS METTIE LEVI j WEDS IN CHARLES TOWN ! Miss Mettie Levi, daughter of1 I Mr. and Mrs. John Levi, and one j of the popular “hello” girls in the Berryville exchange, was married to Mr. J. Perry Smith at the Methodist parsonage there by Rev. Mr. Best. The groom is the son of Chief Smith
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. 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 Mettie Levi. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.
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