Mrs. C. A. Rutherford
White Post woman named in the Minnie Wood letters of 1922 and 1923, the mother of Estelle Rutherford, visiting her husband's relatives there.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier's Minnie Wood letter of June 15, 1922 reports that Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rutherford of White Post visited the home of John Rutherford. Its letter of August 31, 1922 reports that Miss Estelle Rutherford, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rutherford of White Post, was improving after having her tonsils removed. Its notes of September 20, 1923 report that Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rutherford spent Sunday with the former's sisters, the Misses Mary and Minnie Rutherford.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier's Minnie Wood letter of June 15, 1922 reports that Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rutherford of White Post visited the home of John Rutherford. Its letter of August 31, 1922 reports that Miss Estelle Rutherford, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rutherford of White Post, was improving after having her tonsils removed. Its notes of September 20, 1923 report that Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rutherford spent Sunday with the former's sisters, the Misses Mary and Minnie Rutherford.
What the source supports
That Mrs. C. A. Rutherford of White Post was named in 1922 as the mother of Estelle Rutherford.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. She is given only by her husband's initials. An April 1922 item naming a Mr. and Mrs. "L. A." Rutherford of White Post is not cited, since reading it as C. A. would be a guess. Her daughter is recorded as a proposal.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The June 15, 1922 Minnie Wood letter.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., June 15, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-06-15 (publication)
Locator: Page 2, Minnie Wood letter
Relevant passageMr. and Mrs. C. A. Rutherford of White Post, visited the home of Mr, John Rutherford Sunday.
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 August 31, 1922 Minnie Wood letter.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-08-31 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, Minnie Wood letter
Relevant passageMiss Estelle Rutherford, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C- A. Rutherford, of White Post, is im proving rapidly after the remov al of her tonsils at the Clinic on last Thursday.
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 September 20, 1923 Minnie Wood notes.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., September 20, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-09-20 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, Minnie Wood Chapel notes
Relevant passageMr. and Mrs. C. A. Rutherford, of White Post, spent Sunday with the | formers sisters, Misses Mary and Minnie Rutherford,
Checked: 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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