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July 11, 1904

Two in Jail at Harper’s Ferry Are Threatened with Lynching.

NEGROES AS HIGHWAYMENTwo in Jail at Harper’s Ferry are Threatened With Lynching. [Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.]Charlestown, W. Va., July 10.– Almost at the same spot where George W. Williams, a negro, committed an assault […]
January 7, 1904

Obit: Dennis M. Daniels

Mr. Dennis M. Daniels died suddenly at his home in Frederick, Md, on Sunday morning, December 27, 1903. He arose in his usual bright spirits, and had been chatting with the members of his family for […]
December 29, 1903

Obituary: Dennis M. Daniels

DENNIS M. DANIELS.[Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.] FREDERICK, MD., Dec. 28. — Mr. Dennis M. Daniels, who recently moved here from Bakerton, W. Va., died yesterday, aged 76 years. He was twice married. The children […]
May 7, 1896

Company D Reunion at the Crossroads

Reunion of Company D. Pleasant Gathering of Confederate Veterans at Moler’s–Snug Sum for Memorial Hall. The reunion of the surviving members of Company D, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, Confederate States Army, at Moler’s Cross Roads, this county, […]
April 2, 1896

Reed, Daniels married at Bakerton

A Marriage at Bakerton.Mr. Charles A. Reed, of Hagerstown, and Miss Bonnie K. Daniels, of Bakerton, this county, were married by Rev. F. A. Strother in the M. E. Church South at Bakerton yesterday, in the […]
July 7, 1877

The Friday Murder Mystery

THE HEARING AT HAGERSTOWN– DETAILS OF THE CRIME, ETC.[Reported for the Baltimore Sun.] HAGERSTOWN, MD., June 27, 1877.– James Gardner and J. W. Grove, who are in the county jail at this place on suspicion of […]
July 14, 1855

The Fourth at Harper’s Ferry

We clip the following paragraphs from the Charlestown “Spirit of Jefferson, of Tuesday last : The Fourth At Harper’s Ferry. — The celebration at Harpers-Ferry was one long to be remembered by the thousands who participated […]
August 31, 1850

1850 Census: Christopher Slavin Household

28th District, Jefferson County, Virginia as enumerated by J. J. Miller House Number: 1392 Name Age Sex Profession Birthplace Christopher Slavin 30 M Ireland Mary Slavin 30 F Ireland Mary A. Slavin* 9 F Virginia Thomas Slavin […]