Talk:Philip Orin Parmelee

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[edit] Spelling of the man's last name

The name of the subject of this article is spelled two different ways in the title itself and within the article: Parmelee and Parmalee. Two authoritative biographies of the Wright brothers both spell it -- Parmalee -- using the letter 'a' twice. Those books are 'The Bishop's Boys' by Tom Crouch and 'Wilbur and Orville' by Fred Howard. An article about the man in Wikisource spells the name using the letter 'e' three times. DonFB 02:21, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

The name is indisputably "Parmelee". A photograph of his headstone on his bio web page shows that spelling, material supplied by descendants use that spelling, and the Michigan historic marker uses that spelling. (even authoritative biographies make errors).--Buckboard 04:22, 9 August 2007 (UTC)