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711 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

April 1, 1917

1 Apr 1917

Rev. Aaron Makes Great Accomplishments

YOUNG ROANOKER DOES FINE WORK One of the most interesting reports given this morning at the session of the Baltimore conference was that of the Rev. Ernest W. Aaron, a preacher of the third year and […]

March 4, 1917

4 Mar 1917

Cornerstone of M. E. Church South Laid at Bakerton

Charles Town, W. Va.– The cornerstone of the new M. E. Church South at Bakerton was laid yesterday. The ceremonies began at 11 o’clock and were under the auspices of the Shenandoah Junction Lodge of Masons. […]

March 3, 1917

3 Mar 1917

Cornerstone of Episcopal Church at Bakerton to be laid.

Cornerstone of Church Laid Next Sunday The cornerstone of the new Methodist Episcopal church, south at Bakerton will be laid Saturday. The Rev. Carlton D. Harris, of Baltimore, will preach. The Grand Masonic Lodge of West […]

January 25, 1917

25 Jan 1917

Three Drown In Potomac; One Rescued

THREE DROWN IN POTOMACThey Were Crossing River When Ice Upset The Boat. Hagerstown, Md. – Jan. 24.— William Grimm, aged forty-three, his son, Raymond, twenty, and Richard Shipwe, forty, all of Dargan, Washington county, were drowned […]

January 24, 1917

24 Jan 1917

Ice Sinks Skiff In Potomac; 3 dead.

LOST CROSSING RIVER. Huge Cake of Ice Sinks Skiff in Potomac. Harper’s Ferry, W. Va., Jan. 24– Three men were drowned early yesterday morning below Knott’s Island while crossing the Potomac river to their work at […]

December 28, 1916

28 Dec 1916

Marriage: Mills & Haines

Miss Nellie V. Mills a Bride. Harpers Ferry, Dec. 27.– Miss Nellie V. Mills and Claude M. Haines, both of Bakerton, W. Va., were married here this afternoon at the M. P. parsonage by the Rev. […]

November 30, 1916

30 Nov 1916

Rober Swain removes to Cumberland

Robert Swain has quit working at the Bakerton lime quarries and gone to Cumberland to get employment.

October 26, 1916

26 Oct 1916

John Wright Removes to Bakerton Quarry

John Wright, who has been working at the Antietam Hotel for the past couple of years, has gone to the Bakerton lime quarries and is working there.

August 23, 1916

23 Aug 1916

Gilbert will lose eye after quarry injury.

WILL LOSE EYE. Dr. J. Nelson Osborn, the eye specialist, endeavored to save the eye of Joseph Gilbert, who was injured at the Bakerton quarries, but the optic had been too seriously injured when a piece […]

August 5, 1916

5 Aug 1916

Jack Hoffman entertains visitors

KEARNEYSVILLE, August 2.– Messrs. Norman Louden and Donald Dixson, of Moler’s Cross roads; James Hokman and daughter, Pauline of Bakerton, and Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Marshall and son, of Shepherdstown, spent Sunday with Mrs. Jack […]

July 20, 1916

20 Jul 1916

Obit: John Thomas Badger

John Thomas Badger, son of Daniel and Elizabeth Badger, was born in Jefferson county, West Virginia, December 30, 1844, and died at his home near Charlottesville, Ind., May 18, 1916, aged 71 years, 4 months and […]

April 13, 1916

13 Apr 1916

Activity at the Quarries.

Signs multiply that the stone quarry industry in this county has reached a new era of prosperity, with the assurance that this condition will continue indefinitely. New quarries are being opened and the old ones being […]

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