Richmond - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

16 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

October 16, 1919

16 Oct 1919

Death Notice: Michael Bowler

Michael Bowler, a former resident of Shenandoah Junction died last week in Roanoke, Va. His body was brought to Harper’s Ferry for internment. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. C. C. Tapscott, at Shenandoah Junction, […]

February 7, 1918

7 Feb 1918

Obit: Mrs. Michael Boler

Mrs. Michael Boler, one of the oldest residents of this county, died at her home at Shenandoah Junction last Sunday, aged 90 years. Surviving her are three sons and two daughters: Rev. John Boler, vicar-general of […]

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 […]

December 2, 1909

2 Dec 1909

St. Peters Church Improvement

Church Improvement.St. Peter’s Catholic Church at Harper’s Ferry, which has been closed for the past four months while extensive improvements have been made, was reopened for public worship last Sunday, when appropriate services were held. The […]

October 29, 1907

29 Oct 1907

Harpers Ferry & Bolivar Items

On the paling fences vines are still trailing their green length. The cosmos of white and pink blossoms and every variety of dahlia are in many yards. Father Collins, who has returned from Richmond, says the […]

October 24, 1905

24 Oct 1905

Mrs. Joseph Barry; Remains Brought Home

The remains of Mrs. Joseph Barry, who died in Richmond, Va., were brought to her late residence on Camp Hill, and after a mass in St. Peter’s Catholic Church, October 20, were interred in the Bolivar […]

July 8, 1896

8 Jul 1896

Last Mass at St. Peters

To the Editor of the Free Press. The 2nd of July was an eventful day to the Catholics of Harper’s Ferry. Father O’Farrell, of Petersburg, said the last mass in St. Peter’s Church, which has stood […]

May 15, 1891

15 May 1891

The Doings of the Railroads

Last Saturday night, while every body slept except the railroaders, the little town of Brunswick, which used to be called Berlin, became the end of the first division of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and the […]

December 5, 1890

5 Dec 1890

The Canal Will Be Restored.

In the Circuit Court at Hagerstown last Friday the trustees of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal bond-holders of 1844, Bradley S. Johnson, Joseph Bryan, Henry H. Keedy, Hugh L. Bond, Jr., and John K. Cowen, filed […]

October 8, 1868

8 Oct 1868

Governor Wise Addresses the Democratic Hibernian Club

Governor Wise Addresses the Democratic Hibernian Club of Richmond. Last evening by invitation, says the Richmond Whig, 30th ult., Governor Henry A. Wise addressed the Hibernian Democratic Club of Richmond. He commenced speaking just after 9 […]

April 19, 1866

19 Apr 1866

Mortality Among Freedmen

The Richmond Enquirer says.“We are informed by physicians that the mortality among negroes is terrible, far exceeding the proportion that prevailed during the existence of slavery, and that the producing causes are filth, neglect and over […]

November 14, 1833

14 Nov 1833

The Value of Lands

From the Richmond EnquirerVALUE OF LANDS.The “Free Press” of Charlestown, Jefferson county, Va., contains the following article: “Jefferson County Land.– Late sales indicate a just estimate of the value of our Lands. The Keyes’ Ferry tract, […]

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