Winchester - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

50 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

March 12, 1975

12 Mar 1975

Obituary: Mrs. Madge E. Moler

Mrs. Madge E. MolerMrs. Madge Elizabeth Moler, 73, died Friday, March 7, at the Charles Town General Hospital, Charles Town, W. Va. Born in Pleasantsville, she was the daughter of the late Charles W. and Florence […]

March 25, 1954

Request for social security earnings by Martin D. Welsh

25 Mar 1954

M. D. Welsh – Social Security Credit Request

File-Soc-Security. Federal Security Agency,Social Security Administration,Field Office,Winchester, Va. Bakerton, W. Va.Jefferson County.March,25th;1954. Gentlemen:– I, Martin D. Welsh, Social Security Number 232-01-0001, was employed and covered by Social Security, from the beginning of the, Social Security Act., […]

August 4, 1939

4 Aug 1939

Rain Mars Picnic Sat’y At Bakerton

Rain Mars Picnic Sat’y At Bakerton. Fine Dinner Enjoyed By Guests; Many Officials Present. The Bakerton plant of the Standard Lime and Stone Company held its annual picnic at Duke’s Woods Saturday, activities getting under way […]

September 19, 1933

19 Sep 1933

Carl Moler; 18 underweight hogs stuck at Baltimore.

UNDERSIZE PIGS COST OWNER FOR FATTENING Winchester, Va., Sept. 18 – These little pigs went to market, but they might as well have stayed home. Carl Moler, Bakerton farmer, wanted to do his part in the […]

June 26, 1933

26 Jun 1933

Virginia Plants Busy As Orders Increase

VIRGINIA PLANTS BUSY AS ORDERS INCREASE.Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., June 26. — Industrial plants, including stone quarries around Millville and Bakerton, as well as the paper board mill at Halltown, have orders that […]

December 19, 1919

19 Dec 1919

Bettie Moler, Obit

Mrs. Bettie Moler Mrs. Bettie Moler, widow of Adam B. Moler, died Tuesday night at her home near Bakerton, after an illness of two weeks, from pneumonia, aged 66 years. Her death was a shock to […]

September 25, 1919

25 Sep 1919

More About the Old Mill [Cement]

The relating of one interesting event in Shepherdstown’s history calls out another. The recent article in the Register concerning the old mill east of town brought to the remembrance of Mr. Beltzhoover that some years ago […]

June 24, 1919

24 Jun 1919

Roy Welsh; Discharged From Army Ambulance Service.

Mr. Roy Welsh, has been discharged from the army, and has reached his home at Bakerton. He was in the Ambulance service, and during the fighting was right up with the infantry and assisted in carrying […]

October 24, 1918

24 Oct 1918

Death Notice: Daisy Jones Flanagan

We are sorry to record the death of Mrs. Daisy Flanagan, wife of Walter S. Flanagan, of Strasburg, Va., formerly of Bakerton, which occurred last week at the Memorial Hospital in Winchester, the result of influenza. […]

November 26, 1917

26 Nov 1917

Hetzel Injured by Premature Blast

ELEVEN BLASTS AROUND HIM.Quarry Foreman Feels As Though Barrage Had Hit Him. Winchester, Va., Nov. 25.– Howard Hetzel, a foreman at the Bakerton (W. Va.) stone quarries, feels confident he could withstand a German barrage fire […]

July 27, 1916

27 Jul 1916

Walter Flanagan Ill at Winchester

Mr. Walter Flanagan, of Strasburg, Va., formerly of Bakerton, this county, has been very ill in a hospital in Winchester, but is now improving.

December 3, 1914

3 Dec 1914

Lamon, Flanagan surprise with Wedding

Mrs. Bertha D. Flanagan and Mr. A. A. Lamon, both of this county, were married on Monday last at the Presbyterian manse at Duffields by Rev. John C. Siler. The bride was the widow of John […]

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