Jefferson County - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

1949 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

June 30, 1883

30 Jun 1883

Oak Grove School Entertainment

School Entertainment. — A correspondent sends us the following item: Oak Grove School, conducted by Mr. Jesse A. Engle, near Zion Church, gave an entertainment at its close last Saturday a week. Speeches were made by […]

May 19, 1883

19 May 1883

Uvilla; Strawberry Festival

The ladies of the Methodist congregation at Unionville propose holding a strawberry festival at that place on Friday and Saturday, May 25th and 26th. As the object is to purchase an organ for the church, let […]

May 19, 1883

19 May 1883

Clean your Cellar

Clean Your Cellar. — Every cellar in this town should be cleaned out and thoroughly aired. Much sickness is caused from the neglect of not giving cellars an early spring cleaning. The damp, mould, poisonous air […]

May 19, 1883

19 May 1883

Interview with Boteler; John Brown

Old John Brown. — “Gath,” in his letter to the Cincinnati Enquirer, has some interesting notes of an interview in New York with Hon. A. R. Boteler. He says: Mr. Boteler is a man rather above […]

April 3, 1883

3 Apr 1883

Michael Boler run over

Mr. Michael Boler, son of Mr. Richard Boler, of Harper’s Ferry, was run over and killed one day last week, on the Connellsville Railroad.

November 1, 1882

1 Nov 1882

Birth: James Alvey Flanagan

Register of Births Within The District of Chas. H. Trail, Assessor, For The County Of Jeff, In The Year Ending 31st December, 1882. Lines Numbered 29 Date of Birth Nov. Name of Child, If Named Alby […]

June 3, 1882

3 Jun 1882

Trespass Notice; Joseph L. Eichelberger

Trespass Notice.—THE undersigned hereby warns all persons from trespassing upon his lands, (either upon the farm occupied, by Mr. Joseph L. Eichelberger, near Unionville, or upon the farm upon which I reside,) in any way whatever, […]

March 25, 1882

25 Mar 1882

Moler & Caton Wedding Announcement

On March 22nd, 1882 at Bethesda M. E. Church, at Moler’s X Roads, by Rev. D. M. Moser, Mr. ARTHUR L. MOLER and Miss IDA L. CATON, both of Jefferson county.

March 18, 1882

18 Mar 1882

Sprow leaves Ore Bank

Mr. Geo. W. Sprow, who has been superintendent at the ore bank, on the Virginia side of the Potomac, for the Messrs. Ahl, of Antietam Iron Works, about 6 miles south-east of this town, for the […]

March 18, 1882

18 Mar 1882

Death of E. Morton Lackland

We very much regret to chronicle the death of Mr. E. Morton Lackland, which took place on Thursday of last week, the 9th of March, by suicide, at his home near Charlestown, in this county. He […]

March 18, 1882

18 Mar 1882

Death of Rev. Geo. Hildt

Rev. Geo. Hildt, with one exception the oldest member of the M. E. Church, died in Baltimore city, Tuesday, in his 79th year. He was born in Baltimore, and served in the battle of North Point. […]

March 18, 1882

18 Mar 1882

War Claims, West Virginia

WAR CLAIMS. — A Washington correspondent to the Wheeling Register, under date of March 3, says: — There are a good many people in West Virginia who are interested in claims already presented and to be […]

Evidence

Oak Grove School Entertainment

Uvilla; Strawberry Festival

Clean your Cellar

Interview with Boteler; John Brown

Michael Boler run over

Birth: James Alvey Flanagan

Trespass Notice; Joseph L. Eichelberger

Moler & Caton Wedding Announcement

Sprow leaves Ore Bank

Death of E. Morton Lackland

Death of Rev. Geo. Hildt

War Claims, West Virginia

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