Evidence

December 14, 1892

Curry; Killed By Train

Benjamin Curry, son-in-law of Mr. Patrick Higgins, of Keep Tryst, Md., who was employed in the B. & O. yards at Brunswick, was killed by a train there Thursday morning. — H. F. Sentinel.
October 18, 1892

Daily, Caton Marriage

Richard Daily, of Harper’s Ferry, and Miss Cora Caton, of Jefferson county, W. Va., now visiting her sister, Mrs. Hoffman, at Eakle’s Mills, were married at Frederick, Thursday, while attending the fair. [Hagerstown Globe.]
September 14, 1892

Tamson Flanagan, died at home.

Mrs. Flanagan, wife of Mr. John J. Flanagan, died at her home near Moler’s Cross Roads on Wednesday.
September 14, 1892

Morgans Grove Fair Experience

The weather was auspicious for Morgan’s Grove Fair. Good showers, preceding the opening day freshened the foliage of the trees and laid the dust, and there was no inclemency to mar the pleasure of the visitors– […]
July 22, 1892

B&O Radical Changes at Harpers Ferry and More

Important Railroad News.The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company has awarded to Messrs. Jones & Thorne, of Baltimore, the contract for radical changes at Harper’s Ferry. It will use up about $250,000 of the $300,000 appropriated for […]
June 24, 1892

Lime-kiln accident; fell 25 feet.

A colored man working at the lime-kiln at Bakerton was seriously hurt last Saturday. The cable caught him, causing him to fall a distance of about 25 feet, head-foremost.
May 8, 1892

Birth: Robert William Ingram

Register of Births Within The District of Shepherdstown, JW Gardner, Jr., Assessor, For The County Of Jefferson, In The Year Ending 31st December, 1892. Lines Numbered 67 Date of Birth May 8, 1892 Name of Child, […]
May 6, 1892

Higgins Purchases Houses Below Weverton

Railroad Items.Mr. Patrick Higgins, of Harper’s Ferry, has purchased for the B. & O. Railroad the twelve large stone houses below Weverton, the property of the Potomac Manufacturing Company. This property embraces the dwellings mentioned and […]
April 30, 1892

Death Notice: Adam Kidwiler

Mr. Adam Kidwiler, an estimable resident of Jefferson county, died at his home near Bakerton on Sunday morning last, at the ripe old age of 77 years.
April 22, 1892

Birth Certificate: Martin Dineen Welsh

Register of Births Within the District of Chas. H. Trail, Assessor, In The County of Jefferson in the Year Ending December 31, 1889 County Where Born Jefferson City Where Born Bakerton Street At Home Full Name […]
March 17, 1892

Death Notice – Mrs. Joseph Lewis

Mrs. Joseph Lewis, living near Mountain Lock, died on Sunday last. Mrs. Lewis leaves many friends to mourn her loss.
March 11, 1892

Cora Caton visits sister.

Miss Cora Caton, of this vicinity, spent a couple of weeks with her sister, Mrs. T. J. Hoffman, at Eakle’s Mills, Md.