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711 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

April 24, 1919

24 Apr 1919

Guy Lewis returns home.

Guy Lewis, who spent nearly a year with the 112th Engineering Corps in France, and saw much service, has been discharged and is now at home near Dargan with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Lewis. […]

January 2, 1919

2 Jan 1919

Duke, College Professor Dies

Shepherd College Professor Dies.Special to The Washington Post. Walter M. Duke, of the Shepherd College faculty, Shepherdstown, died today, after a short illness of pneumonia following an attack of influenza. The deceased was 40 years old […]

October 17, 1918

17 Oct 1918

Influenza Has Struck Bakerton

The influenza has struck Bakerton and work at the lime plant there has been considerably interfered with on account of so much sickness among the employees and their families. There has been one death from the […]

October 13, 1918

13 Oct 1918

Death: Mrs. Mary J. Millard

Death of Mrs. S. Preston Millard.Special to The Washington Post Charlestown, W. Va., Oct. 12— Mrs. Mary J. Millard, wife of S. Preston Millard, of Bakerton, Jefferson county, died last night, aged 45 years. She was […]

August 1, 1918

1 Aug 1918

Death: William Houser

William Houser. William Houser, aged 69 years, died Tuesday in Maryland, one mile from Harpers Ferry. Surviving are one daughter, three sons and two brothers, Raleigh and George Houser, of Bakerton, Jefferson county.

July 18, 1918

18 Jul 1918

Obituary: Charles Eichelberger

Death of Charles Eichelberger.Special to The Washington Post. Harpers Ferry, W. Va., July 17. — Charles Eichelberger, aged 62, died this morning at his home in Maryland near this place. He was a carpenter foreman on […]

May 21, 1918

21 May 1918

New Concern Takes Over Plant

OLD STONE CO. SELLS OUT.New Concern Takes Over Plant At Bakerton, W. Va.Charles Town, W. Va., May 20.– The Harpers Ferry Stone and Lime Company, who have been operating a plant at Millville, near this town, […]

April 25, 1918

25 Apr 1918

Amos Brosser, Struck & Killed

Amos Brosser, a boy about fifteen years old, was struck by a truck and fatally injured at the quarries near Engle’s one day last week. He was taken to the Hospital in Charles Town, but died […]

January 11, 1918

11 Jan 1918

Railway Surveyors Close to Bakerton

SURVEYORS ARE NOW CLOSE TO BAKERTON A party of surveyors have been working for several weeks past on the right of way purchased a number of years ago by the Cherry Run and Potomac Valley Railroad […]

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 […]

November 10, 1917

10 Nov 1917

Winters Opens Colored School At Bakerton

HARPERS FERRY NEWSHarpers Ferry, W. Va., Nov. 8 — The community exhibit which took place at the colored school house Thursday and Friday of last week was quite a success. Everything available was displayed, such as […]

September 8, 1917

8 Sep 1917

Miss Emerson Returns Home after Jefferson Trip

FALLING WATERS, Sept. 5– Miss Ethel Emerson, who has been visiting in Charles Town and Bakerton, also in Harpers Ferry and Shepherdstown, for the past ten days, has returned to her home. While in Charles Town […]

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