Mrs. I. K. Briggs
Clarke County woman named in May 1921 as the mother of Edgar M. Briggs, a Columbia, South Carolina restaurant owner married there that spring.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of May 5, 1921, reprinting a report from The State of Columbia, South Carolina, of the marriage of Miss Catherine Monteith to E. M. Briggs, proprietor of Briggs' cafe, says the groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. I. K. Briggs of Clarke County and was born and raised there.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of May 5, 1921, reprinting a report from The State of Columbia, South Carolina, of the marriage of Miss Catherine Monteith to E. M. Briggs, proprietor of Briggs' cafe, says the groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. I. K. Briggs of Clarke County and was born and raised there.
What the source supports
That Mrs. I. K. Briggs of Clarke County was named in 1921 as the mother of Edgar M. Briggs.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. She is known here only from her son's wedding report, which gives her only by her husband's initials. Her son has no record here, so no kinship record is made. She is not linked to any other Briggs record.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The May 5, 1921 wedding report.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., May 5, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-05-05 (publication)
Locator: Page 3, item "Edgar M. Briggs Weds South Carolina Girl"
Relevant passageThe marriage of Miss Catherine Monteith, daughter of D Y. Mon teith, to E. M. Briggs, was solemn ized Friday afternoon ... Mr. Briggs is a son of Mr. and Mrs. I. K. Briggs, of Clarke county.
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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