Mrs. M. B. Pulliam
Berryville woman named in April 1922 as the mother of Katerine Pulliam, a trained nurse who was at the Willard Hotel in Washington when its top floors burned.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of April 27, 1922 reports that Miss Katerine Pulliam, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Pulliam of Berryville, a trained nurse, was at the Willard Hotel with a patient critically ill with pneumonia when its top floors burned, that she and her patient were the last down the elevator, and that she was at her parents' home for a short visit.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of April 27, 1922 reports that Miss Katerine Pulliam, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Pulliam of Berryville, a trained nurse, was at the Willard Hotel with a patient critically ill with pneumonia when its top floors burned, that she and her patient were the last down the elevator, and that she was at her parents' home for a short visit.
What the source supports
That Mrs. M. B. Pulliam of Berryville was named in 1922 as the mother of Katerine Pulliam.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. She is given only by her husband's initials. Her daughter has no record here, so no kinship record is made.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The April 27, 1922 local item.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 27, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-04-27 (publication)
Locator: Page 2, local items
Relevant passageMiss Katerine Pulliam, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Pulliam of Berryville, was at the Tse wWillard Hotel Sunday mor ning when the top floors of that famous hostelry were destroyed by fire. Miss Pulliam, who is a trained nurse, had charge of a patient critically ill with pneu monia.
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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