Sophie Gieski Powers
Berryville woman, granddaughter of Phillip M. Powers of "Auburn," who married John Davidson Rhodes, a West Virginia mining engineer, at her mother's home in April 1922.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of March 30, 1922 reports that Mrs. Jaquelin Smith Powers of Berryville announced the engagement of her daughter, Miss Sophie Gieski Powers, to John Davidson Rhodes of Taplin, West Virginia. Its issue of April 27, 1922 reports that she was married to him at a home wedding the Saturday afternoon before, by Rev. George Vest, and that she is a granddaughter of the late Phillip M. Powers of "Auburn."
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of March 30, 1922 reports that Mrs. Jaquelin Smith Powers of Berryville announced the engagement of her daughter, Miss Sophie Gieski Powers, to John Davidson Rhodes of Taplin, West Virginia. Its issue of April 27, 1922 reports that she was married to him at a home wedding the Saturday afternoon before, by Rev. George Vest, and that she is a granddaughter of the late Phillip M. Powers of "Auburn."
What the source supports
That Sophie Gieski Powers of Berryville married John Davidson Rhodes, as reported on April 27, 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The March item prints her middle name "tiieske." No entry for the marriage was found in the OCR of Duncan's register abstract. Her mother's register row is held as an unresolved identity, so no kinship with her is recorded.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The March 30, 1922 announcement of their engagement.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 30, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-03-30 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, item "Miss Sophie Powers' Engagement Announced"
Relevant passageMISS SOPHIE POWERS' ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED ... Mrs. Jaquelin Smith Powers, of Berryville, annouuced yesterday the engagement of her 'daughter, Miss Sophie tiieske [Gieski] Powers, to Mr. John Davidson Rhodes, of Taplin
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 April 27, 1922 report of the wedding of Sophie Gieski Powers and John Davidson Rhodes.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 27, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-04-27 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, report of the wedding of Sophie Gieski Powers and John Davidson Rhodes
Relevant passage■A pretty ho-re [home] wedding was solemnized ;a t [last] Saturday aftei - noon at 4:30 r clock, when Miss Sophie Gieski Powers, daug‘1., [daughter of] Mrs. Jacquehn Smith Power-, was married to Mr. John Davia s n [Davidson] Rhodes, of Cary, W. Va.
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. Its account of the couple.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 27, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-04-27 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, report of the wedding of Sophie Gieski Powers and John Davidson Rhodes, the couple
Relevant passageThe bride is a granddaughter of the late Mdllip [Phillip] M. Powers, of “Auburn,” ... The bridegrcom is a son of Mrs. R. M. Rhodes, of Bethlehem, Pa., is a mining engineer with head quarters at Gary, W. Ya
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-16. How this project checks its sources
Also indexed as: Miss Sophie Gieski Powers. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.
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