Person

Mrs. J. M. H. Clagett

Berryville woman elected vice commander of the Auxiliary of the Lloyd Williams Post, American Legion, in January 1921, and named to its executive board in 1922.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of January 27, 1921 reports that the Auxiliary of the Lloyd Williams Post, American Legion, elected Mrs. J. M. H. Clagett vice commander, and its issue of January 12, 1922 names Mrs. J. M. G. Clagett to the Auxiliary's executive board for 1922.

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What the source supports

That Mrs. J. M. H. Clagett was vice commander of the Auxiliary of the Lloyd Williams Post in 1921.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The items give only her husband's initials, and the 1922 item prints them "J. M. G."; reading it as the same woman rests on the surname and the organization.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The January 27, 1921 report of the Auxiliary's officers.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., January 27, 1921

Clarke Courier · 1921-01-27 (publication)

Locator: Page 3, local item on the Auxiliary of the Lloyd Williams Post

Relevant passage

The Auxiliary of the Llqyd [Lloyd] Williams Post, American Legion, held its monthly meeting at the residence of Mrs. Sarah Elder, Friday. 7he [The] following officer^ [officers] were elected: Commander, Mrs. Sarah Elder; vice com. mender [commander], Mrs. J. M. H. Clagett; secretary, Miss Elizabeth Moore; treasurer, Mrs. Iden; executive board, Mrs. Goodwin Williams, Mrs. John Goldsmith and Mrs. J. fe. Neill.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The January 12, 1922 report of the Auxiliary's officers.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., January 12, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-01-12 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, item "Mrs. Goodwin Williams Heads the Auxiliary"

Relevant passage

MRS. GOODWIN WILLIAMS ' HEADS THE AUXILIARY ... Mrs. Goodwin Williams ... was elected president of the Woman’s Auxiliary. Lloyd Wliliams Post, American Ligion [Legion], at a meeting last week ... OtheRofliJbrs [Other officers] elected are: Mrs. Jojln B. Neill, vice pres’t. 1 Miss Agnes Tapscott. Sec’v. Miss Fannie Fenton, Treas. Executive board, Mrs. C. H. ■Idea, Mrs. J. M. G. Clagctt, and Mrs. Sara Elder.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

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