Mrs. Amos Hoff
Woman of near Boyce named in April 1923 as the mother of Delany C. Hoff, who died in his sleep at eleven after she put him to bed.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of April 5, 1923 reports from Boyce that Delany C. Hoff, eleven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hoff, died at his parents' home near Boyce on the night of March 25, and that his mother, going to look after him, found he had died in his sleep.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of April 5, 1923 reports from Boyce that Delany C. Hoff, eleven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hoff, died at his parents' home near Boyce on the night of March 25, and that his mother, going to look after him, found he had died in his sleep.
What the source supports
That Mrs. Amos Hoff of near Boyce was named in 1923 as the mother of Delany C. Hoff.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. She is known here only from her son's obituary, which gives her only by her husband's name. Her son has no record here, so no kinship record is made.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The April 5, 1923 obituary of Delany C. Hoff.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 5, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-04-05 (publication)
Locator: Page 2, obituary "Little Delaney Hoff Dies Suddenly After Mother Put Him to Bed"
Relevant passageBoyce, April 2—Delany C. Hoff eleven year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hoff passed quietly away at the home of his parents near Boyce Monday night March 25. Funeral services were held Wednesday from the Baptist Church in Berryville ... Interment made in Green Hill Cemetery.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
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