Walter Hardesty
Walter Hardesty of Berryville, a son of O. J. Hardesty and a farmer, spent twenty-three months in the World War as a motor mechanic with the rank of sergeant, twenty of them in France. The Clarke Courier reported his service in February 1921, when he married at Martinsburg.
World War I as the cited records state it
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IDENTITY Confirmed The page rests on one Courier item that names him; no other record is matched to him here.
Clarke connection: Residence in a marriage notice: the Courier of February 24, 1921 calls him of Berryville, a farmer and the son of O. J. Hardesty of near Berryville (C783). The wedding took place in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
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| Field | As the record prints it | Source | RECORD | IDENTITY |
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| War | World War I | Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 24, 1921 The statement | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY Confirmed |
| Rank | sergeant | Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 24, 1921 The statement | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY Confirmed |
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| Date not established | The Clarke Courier of February 24, 1921 reports that Miss Alice N. Grant of Martinsburg became the bride of Walter Hardesty of Berryville at the parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Martinsburg. It says he was the son of O. J. Hardesty of near Berryville and a farmer, and that in the war he spent twenty-three months in service as a motor mechanic, ranking as sergeant, twenty of them in France. | RECORD Likely | IDENTITY ConfirmedThis is the item the entity was created from. | See the source and its limits✓ LikelyAn account exists
The Clarke Courier of February 24, 1921 reports that Miss Alice N. Grant of Martinsburg became the bride of Walter Hardesty of Berryville at the parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Martinsburg. It says he was the son of O. J. Hardesty of near Berryville and a farmer, and that in the war he spent twenty-three months in service as a motor mechanic, ranking as sergeant, twenty of them in France. What the source supportsThat Walter Hardesty, a farmer near Berryville and World War veteran, married Alice N. Grant at Martinsburg, as reported on February 24, 1921. UncertaintyRead from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The body prints the surname "Haidesty" once. The item does not date the wedding. It took place in West Virginia, so no Clarke register entry is looked for. His war service is as the item reports it. SourceEvidence role: supports. The February 24, 1921 wedding notice of Walter Hardesty and Alice N. Grant. Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 24, 1921Clarke Courier · 1921-02-24 (publication) Locator: Page 4, item "Walter Hardesty Weds Martinsburg Girl" Relevant passageWALTER HARDESTY WEDS MARTIN SBC RG [MARTINSBURG] GIRL ... At the parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Martinsburg, Miss Alice N. Grant, of Martinsburg, became the bride of Mr. Walter Haidesty [Hardesty], of Berryville, 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., February 24, 1921Clarke Courier · 1921-02-24 (publication) Locator: Page 4, item "Walter Hardesty Weds Martinsburg Girl," continued Relevant passage'I ha [The] bride is the attractive daughter of Mr and Mrs. J. O. Grant. The grconTls [groom is] the son of Mr. O. J. Hardesty, of near Berryville, and is a promine.it [prominent] farmer of that section. During I he [the] recent war Mr. Hardesty spent twentv-three months in active service as a motor mechanic, ranking as sergeant of his company and twenty months of his time was spent in active service in France. 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 same passage, read from the page image and shown in the clipping above. Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 24, 1921Clarke Courier · 1921-02-24 (publication) Locator: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 24, 1921, page 4 of the issue, per the Library of Congress record (printed page not recorded: the page prints no number), item "Walter Hardesty Weds Martinsburg Girl", the passage beginning "WALTER HARDESTY WEDS MARTINSBURG GIRL Former..." Relevant passageWALTER HARDESTY WEDS MARTINSBURG GIRL Former Overseas Soldier is Married To Miss Alice Grant. At the parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Martinsburg, Miss Alice N. Grant, of Martinsburg, became the bride of Mr. Walter Hardesty, of Berryville, Va. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J R. Jacobs, the attendants being Miss Loretta McDonald, of Martinsburg, and Mr. Roger Hardesty, of Virginia. Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: 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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The notice headed Walter Hardesty Weds Martinsburg Girl in the Clarke Courier of February 24, 1921: the marriage of Walter Hardesty, of Berryville, to Miss Alice N. Grant at the Methodist parsonage in Martinsburg, with his service as a motor mechanic in France.
Clarke Courier (Berryville, Va.), February 24, 1921, page 4 (as numbered by the Library of Congress). Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Rights Changes: Cut from the Library of Congress page image at full resolution (the region lies at box 827,175 333x3540 pixels of the saved half-size copy of the page) and shown at its own 666 by 7080 pixels; not scaled, retouched, enhanced, highlighted or re-encoded. Restored transcription: the passage is keyed as clean running text per docs/hubs-foundations.md's restored-transcription convention, not strict as-printed brackets.
Source: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 24, 1921 Open the full image
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Passage it reproduces: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 24, 1921, page 4 of the issue, per the Library of Congress record (printed page not recorded: the page prints no number), item "Walter Hardesty Weds Martinsburg Girl", the passage beginning "WALTER HARDESTY WEDS MARTINSBURG GIRL Former..."
Statements on this site that rest on it:
- The Clarke Courier of February 24, 1921 reports that Miss Alice N. Grant of Martinsburg became the bride of Walter Hardesty of Berryville at the parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Martinsburg. It says he was the son of O. J. Hardesty of near Berryville and a farmer, and that in the war he spent twenty-three months in service as a motor mechanic, ranking as sergeant, twenty of them in France.
People namedWalter Hardesty
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 24, 1921, page 4 (numbered by the Library of Congress; the page prints no number).
Typed transcription
WALTER HARDESTY WEDS MARTINSBURG GIRL Former Overseas Soldier is Married To Miss Alice Grant. At the parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Martinsburg, Miss Alice N. Grant, of Martinsburg, became the bride of Mr. Walter Hardesty, of Berryville, Va. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J R. Jacobs, the attendants being Miss Loretta McDonald, of Martinsburg, and Mr. Roger Hardesty, of Virginia. The bride was becomingly gowned in a blue serge traveling suit with hat to match. The bride is the attractive daughter of Mr and Mrs. J. O. Grant. The groom is the son of Mr. O. J. Hardesty. of near Berryville, and is a prominent farmer of that section. During the recent war Mr. Hardesty spent tweuty-three [sic] months in active service as a motor mechanic, ranking as sergeant of his company and twenty months of his time was spent in active service in France. The ceremony was witnessed by a few intimate friends of the contracting parties. The couple left on B. and O. train No. 6 for a tour of the eastern cities. After March 1st, Mr. and Mrs. Hardesty will be at home to their friends at the groom's home near Berryville.
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- Source
- Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 24, 1921, Clarke Courier
- Date as printed
- 1921-02-24 (published)
- Passage
- Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 24, 1921, page 4 of the issue, per the Library of Congress record (printed page not recorded: the page prints no number), item "Walter Hardesty Weds Martinsburg Girl", the passage beginning "WALTER HARDESTY WEDS MARTINSBURG GIRL Former..."
- What it supports
- The Clarke Courier of February 24, 1921 reports that Miss Alice N. Grant of Martinsburg became the bride of Walter Hardesty of Berryville at the parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Martinsburg. It says he was the son of O. J. Hardesty of near Berryville and a farmer, and that in the war he spent twenty-three months in service as a motor mechanic, ranking as sergeant, twenty of them in France.
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- Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 24, 1921, Page 4, item "Walter Hardesty Weds Martinsburg Girl". The text was read from a transcription or machine reading, not from a saved page image.
- Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 24, 1921, Page 4, item "Walter Hardesty Weds Martinsburg Girl," continued. The text was read from a transcription or machine reading, not from a saved page image.
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- Alice N. Grant Proposed: reported married (Clarke Courier, February 24, 1921)
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