Kearneysville - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

24 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

September 28, 1922

28 Sep 1922

Bakerton Visitations

Chas. P. Gouker, Mrs. Frank Cole, Mrs. Hunter Swann and Mrs. Ida L. Moore, all of Washington, spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hopper and family. Mrs. Gouker, who has been spending the past […]

December 16, 1920

16 Dec 1920

The quarries of the Standard Lime and Stone Company at Kearneysville have closed down, and the horses, mules and carts used there have been sent away. The workmen have dispersed to various sections– some going to […]

December 19, 1919

19 Dec 1919

Obit: Mrs. Alice Hopper

DEATH.Mrs. Alice Hopper. Mrs. Alice Hopper, lifelong resident of the Bakerton neighborhood died Thursday morning about 5 o’clock. She had been ill for a week or two with pleurisy and this was followed by pneumonia, which […]

December 18, 1919

18 Dec 1919

Obituary: Alice Flanagan Hopper

Just before we go to press we learn of the death of Mrs. Alice Hopper, a lifelong resident of the Bakerton neighborhood, which occurred this morning about 5 o’clock. She had been ill for a week […]

August 5, 1916

5 Aug 1916

Jack Hoffman entertains visitors

KEARNEYSVILLE, August 2.– Messrs. Norman Louden and Donald Dixson, of Moler’s Cross roads; James Hokman and daughter, Pauline of Bakerton, and Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Marshall and son, of Shepherdstown, spent Sunday with Mrs. Jack […]

December 3, 1914

3 Dec 1914

Obituary: John William Caton

John William Caton, a native of Jefferson county, died last Saturday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Cookus, in Martinsburg, following a brief illness from dropsy. Mr. Caton was a son of the […]

May 23, 1913

23 May 1913

Smallpox; Bakerton & Jeff. Co.

p. 998-999 West Virginia– Jefferson County and Vicinity. Asst. Surg. Hasseltine, of the Public Health Service, detailed to confer with the Jefferson County (W. Va.) Board of Health concerning the recent occurrence of smallpox in that […]

January 23, 1913

23 Jan 1913

The Smallpox Scare (Quarantine Against Bakerton)

The Smallpox Scare. The County Board of Health reports that there are seven well-defined cases of smallpox at Bakerton and one at Kearneysville. There is no case of smallpox, we are informed, at or in the […]

July 20, 1911

20 Jul 1911

Spencer Takes Tavern Business For Radius of 20 miles.

Takes Business of Rivals. Spencer is now doing all the business formerly done by the three hotel bars that flourished for many years in Harpers Ferry, and then some more. Harpers Ferry was never dry before […]

January 19, 1911

19 Jan 1911

Obit, Margaret Ann Caton

Mrs. Margaret Ann Caton, widow of George W. Caton, died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. J. Hoffman, near Kearneysville, aged 79 years, 9 months and 27 days. The funeral service will […]

August 18, 1910

18 Aug 1910

Reunion Companies D & A, 12th Va. Cavalry

Reunion Companies D and A, 12th Va. Cavalry.Companies D and A, 12th Va. Cavalry, met in reunion at Uvilla, W. Va., August 11th; at the roll call the following members of Company D answered to their […]

March 1, 1909

1 Mar 1909

Millville/Bakerton power lines under construction. Charles Town to Martinsburg to commence after completion.

Charlestown, W. Va.— A power line from Charlestown to Shenandoah Junction will be built at an early date by the Winchester and Washington City Railway Company. The power company will run the line from the substation […]

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