Boonsboro - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

Harvey Lee Eichelberger, 72, died on Tuesday after a long illness, in Washington County Hospital, Hagerstown. He was a resident of Downsville. Born in Jefferson County, W. Va., he was a son of the late George […]

June 29, 1963

29 Jun 1963

Funkstown, Mapleville Clash Sunday

Mapleville and Funkstown clash at Funkstown in a crucial contest as the Independent League moves into its 11th week of play on Sunday with a trio of games. Antietam travels to Greencastle and Bakerton visits Mt. […]

August 5, 1950

5 Aug 1950

Obit: James Myers

James Franklin Myers, Dargan, died at the Guilford Convalescent Home, Boonsboro, Friday morning of complications, after a long illness, aged 76 years. He was a member of Church of God of Samples Manor. He was employed […]

June 26, 1891

26 Jun 1891

Events from 1832 – 1837, The Cholera

Early in the spring of 1832 the news went abroad over the country that Asiatic cholera, then but little known in this country, had appeared in Montreal. A vague alarm was left, which was increased among […]

December 12, 1890

12 Dec 1890

Still they come (Hog Statistics)

The hog statistics are still coming in. Mr. Frank M. Moler, near Bakerton, killed five last week that averages 833 pounds each. The largest weighed 390 pounds. Mr. Isaac Kidwiler, near the same place, killed one […]

December 5, 1890

5 Dec 1890

Hog Statistics; Hog Committee

The heaviest weight reported by the hog committee from Shepherdstown was the porker killed last week by Mr. Jep Wintermoyer, which weighed 415 pounds net. Mr. J. J. W. Johnson’s two big hogs betrayed the confidence […]

April 14, 1860

14 Apr 1860

Miller, Deaner, and Myers visit California

Messrs. JOHN S. MILLER, of Boonsboro, Md., and son of Mr. John Miller of Duffield’s Depot, this County, HARRY DEANER, of Boonsboro’, Md., and a Mr. MYERS, of Sharpsburg, Md., left on Monday of last week […]

June 2, 1852

2 Jun 1852

Married: Dennis Daniels & Ann Rebecca Flanagan

MARRIED — In the same place [Boonsboro, M.D.], at the Eagle Hotel, on the 25th ult., by the Rev. Wm. Monroe, Mr. DENNIS M. DANIEL, to Miss ANN REBECCA FLANAGAN, both of Jefferson County, Va.

September 20, 1832

20 Sep 1832

Cholera among Laborers in Washington Co., MD.

From the Hagerstown Free Press, Sept. 11. In Washington county the Cholera has been fatal in a great many cases– in the lower part of the county, the canal laborers are sickening and dying daily. In […]

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