Person

W. G. Coleman

Berryville man visited in August 1921 by his brother John Coleman of Eccles, West Virginia, who then left with their mother to visit another brother in Maryland.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of August 25, 1921 reports among its personal items that John Coleman and Miss Helen Semerean of Eccles, West Virginia, who had been visiting his brother W. G. Coleman of Berryville, left on Friday with his mother to visit his brother A. B. Coleman of Westminster, Maryland.

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The Clarke Courier of August 25, 1921 reports among its personal items that John Coleman and Miss Helen Semerean of Eccles, West Virginia, who had been visiting his brother W. G. Coleman of Berryville, left on Friday with his mother to visit his brother A. B. Coleman of Westminster, Maryland.

What the source supports

That W. G. Coleman of Berryville was named in 1921 as a brother of John Coleman and A. B. Coleman.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR drops the period after "G." His brothers have no records here, so no kinship record is made.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The August 25, 1921 personal items.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 25, 1921

Clarke Courier · 1921-08-25 (publication)

Locator: Page 4, personal items

Relevant passage
Mr. John Coleman and Miss Helen Semerean, of Eccles. W Va., who has been visiting his brother. Sir. [Mr.] W. G Coleman, of Berryville, left Fri. day

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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