Tom Lewis Peyton
Washington man who married Miss Nancy Goodwin Williams at Grace Church, Berryville, on October 15, 1921.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of October 20, 1921 reports that Miss Nancy Goodwin Williams and Tom Lewis Peyton of Washington were married at Grace Episcopal Church, Berryville. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of Tom Lewis Peyton, 24, in real estate, of Washington, to Nancy Goodwin Williams at Berryville on October 15, 1921; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names, date and officiant.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of October 20, 1921 reports that Miss Nancy Goodwin Williams and Tom Lewis Peyton of Washington were married at Grace Episcopal Church, Berryville. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of Tom Lewis Peyton, 24, in real estate, of Washington, to Nancy Goodwin Williams at Berryville on October 15, 1921; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names, date and officiant.
What the source supports
That Tom Lewis Peyton of Washington married Nancy Goodwin Williams at Berryville on October 15, 1921.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The register abstract's OCR prints his mother's surname "PcYTON." The register entry is cited, not merged.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The October 20, 1921 report of the wedding of Nancy Goodwin Williams and Tom Lewis Peyton.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., October 20, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-10-20 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, report "Brilliant Wedding in Grace Church"
Relevant passageMiss Nancy Goodwin Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mm [Mrs.] Goodwin H. Williams, of “Alrlee,” [Airlee] near Berryville, and Mr. Tom Lewis Peyton, of Washington, fcrere [were] united in marriage. ... The ceremony wag [was] performed by Rev. George 8. [S.] Vest.
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: contextualizes. Duncan's register entry for the marriage of Tom Lewis Peyton and Nancy Goodwin Williams, October 15, 1921, cited as a second record; the match is a proposal.
Patricia B. Duncan, Clarke County, Virginia Marriages 1887-1925 (Heritage Books, 2009)
Patricia B. Duncan · 2009 (publication)
Locator: Page 124, register entry for the marriage of Tom Lewis Peyton and Nancy Goodwin Williams
Relevant passagePEYTON Tom Lewis; s/o Harry & Margaret PcYTON; 24y; sgl; real estate- b WashDC: res. 2623 Garfield St. NW. WashDC; m. 15 Oct 1921 at Berryville to WILLIAMS, Nancy Goodwin; d/o Goodwin H. & Anne H. WILLIAMS: 23y; sgl; b. & res. ClrkVA; (off) Geo. S. VEST;
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: duncan-clarke-marriages. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
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