Josephine's sisters marriage

...or the difficulties that the author faced in performing his "due-diligence" in writing an accurate and truthful Biography.

Josephine's sisters marriage

Postby Mikado14 » Thu Dec 11, 2014 1:21 pm

In chapter 43 of the book "Defying Gravity", it was reported that Josephines sister had eloped:

http://ttbrown.com/defying_gravity/43_G ... rvice.html

Chapter 43 wrote:For example, in the fall of 1938 “Mrs. Josephine Beale Brown” (the name she used after her divorce) served on the Bethesda Hospital Junior Assembly Dance Committee; by the following year, she was the chairman of the hospital’s Junior League. In the spring of 1939, she was present at the announcement of the elopement of her sister Sally with Clifford Prindle four months earlier. In the fall of ’39 she served on a committee to organize a benefit card party for the Junior League, and then served as chairman of the League’s New Years Eve Ball.


From the Zanesville Register, August 19, 1939:

http://www.newspapers.com/image/9329117/

Zanesville Register wrote:Miss Sally Beale, 539 Merrick Avenue and Loren W. Prindle, Roseville, where married Saturday, April , in Wheeling W. Va. according to announcement made at Headley Inn this afternoon Mrs. Clifford Beale, mother of the recent bride, was hostess and the announcement came as a complete surprise. <snip>


Loren W. Prindle passed away April 14th, 2007.

http://archive.zanesvilletimesrecorder. ... Prindle-91


Obituary wrote:ZANESVILLE - Loren W. Prindle, 91, of Zanesville, passed away at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 14, 2007, at Genesis Extended Care and Rehab.Loren was born Dec. 13, 1915, in Roseville, to the late Harry and Bessie Kenney Prindle. Loren was the third generation of the Prindle family to operate Bowling Lanes. For many years Loren owned Prindle Recreation in Roseville. He moved his operation to Zanesville to form Zane Lanes and in 1964 built Sunrise Bowl. Loren is a member of the Zanesville Bowling Association Hall of Fame and had bowled a perfect 300 game. Loren served our country and protected our freedom by serving in the U.S. Navy Pacific Theater during World War II.

Loren is survived by two sons, Jeff (Marty) Prindle of Zanesville and Clifford Prindle of Colorado; a daughter, Sally (Jeff) Dansky of Ann Arbor; five grandchildren, Lisa (Tom) Johnson, Jeffrey (Kim) Prindle, Robert (Marley) Prindle, Morgan (Kelly) Prindle and Adam Dansky; and 12 great-grandchildren including his name sake, Zane Loren Prindle.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Sara Beale Prindle,who passed away on April 7, 1998; and a grandson, Jason Prindle, who passed away on Jan. 9, 2007.

The Snouffer Funeral Home, 1150 W. Military Road, has been entrusted to handle private family arrangements for the Prindle family. The family suggests that in lieu of flowers donations may be made to Genesis Hospice and Palliative Care, 713 Forest Ave.

Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.


The one issue with this obituary is the name of Sara. One could assume that it is a typo and to substantiate this is the fact that a daughter was named Sally.

Marriage records list her name as "Sally M. Beale" http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcdetai ... d=12279715


When writing a biography, the common thought is that a source that can offer information would at the very least have the name of a family member correct. One could easily forgive such a transgression of memory and the name Clifford is a son to both Sally and Loren but then that also begs the question as to the familiarity the source of the information has with the family.

This failure to give the correct name only brings into question the veracity of other information that may have been given to the source of this information.

And the list goes on and in doing this list when so many small inaccuracies occur...how reliable are the larger statements? I know one thing...I know the names of all my Uncles and Aunts who are brothers and sisters to both my parents as well as the names of my cousins.

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Re: Josephine's sisters marriage

Postby Mikado14 » Thu Dec 11, 2014 2:14 pm

Since Loren W. Prindle passed away on April 14th, 2007 and since the writer of the book, "Defying Gravity" had been writing the draft for several years a questions begs to be asked....


Why wasn't Paul afforded the opportunity to meet Loren when he went to Zanesville as reported by Linda Leach?


...or afforded the opportunity to talk with Joseph's widow?

So many missed opportunities to converse with those that personally knew the Brown's for afterall, it is a biography.....what was the fear?

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