Mrs. John Armel
White Post woman named in September 1923 as the mother of Hugh Armel, killed at the Berryville basket factory.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of September 6, 1923 names Hugh Armel, killed at the Berryville basket factory, as the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Armel of White Post.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of September 6, 1923 names Hugh Armel, killed at the Berryville basket factory, as the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Armel of White Post.
What the source supports
That Mrs. John Armel of White Post was named in 1923 as the mother of Hugh Armel.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. She is known here only from her son's death notice, which gives her only by her husband's name. The kinship is recorded as a proposal from this notice.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The September 6, 1923 report of the death of Hugh Armel.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., September 6, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-09-06 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, report of the death of Hugh Armel, continued
Relevant passageMr. Armel was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Armel, of White Post ... He had been in Berryville only a short time, having accepted employment in the basket factory. ... He is' survived by a wife, who was a Miss Butler, daughter of J. W. Butler, of White Post, and a baby. Besides -’'-his pareuts [parents] he leaves three brothers——Messrs. Thomas Armel, of Boyce, Floyd Armel, of White Post, Lawerence Armel
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