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711 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

January 20, 1916

20 Jan 1916

Methodists to Erect New Church

The Southern Methodist congregation at Bakerton, this county, of which Rev. E. W. Aaron is pastor, will erect a handsome new church at that place as soon as the necessary arrangements can be made. A number […]

January 14, 1916

14 Jan 1916

Maisel–Houser Marriage

Maisel–Houser.Word was received in Catonsville yesterday of the marriage of Milton Maisel, son of the late Frederick Maisel, of Catonsville, to Miss Katherine Moler Houser, daughter of D. R. Houser, of Bakerton, W. Va., which took […]

September 19, 1915

19 Sep 1915

Marriage Announcement: Welsh & Lewis

Hagerstown. — Miss Laura E. Lewis, Snufftown, Frederick county, and Martin D. Welsh, Bakerton, W. Va., were married in Hagerstown Friday by the Rev. Ernest W. Aaron, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, Shenandoah Junction, […]

September 9, 1915

9 Sep 1915

John Easton, Ore Bank Employee Died.

John Easton, a carpenter at the Virginia ore bank, near Bakerton, died last week. He is survived by his wife and twelve children.

August 22, 1915

22 Aug 1915

Patrick Higgins Was Shot During Abolitionist Raid

Patrick Higgins, On Guard At Harpers Ferry Bridge, Was Shot By John Brown When The Abolitionists’ Raid Occurred. JUST as the roll of a drum quickens the step of the old soldiers and rekindles within them […]

June 10, 1915

10 Jun 1915

The Sad Drowning of Roy Staley

The Register last week gave a brief account of the drowning of Roy Landis Staley, son of Mr. James P. Staley, which occurred about noon on Thursday. The sad affair occurred after a part of ou […]

January 21, 1915

21 Jan 1915

Catoctin Furnace Timber.

The timber is to be cut from the 6,000 acres of the old Catoctin Furnace property in Frederick county, Md., now owned by Joseph E. Thropp, who is also the owner of the Virginia ore bank […]

December 3, 1914

3 Dec 1914

Obituary: John William Caton

John William Caton, a native of Jefferson county, died last Saturday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Cookus, in Martinsburg, following a brief illness from dropsy. Mr. Caton was a son of the […]

April 2, 1914

2 Apr 1914

Brashears Better After Quarry Accident

We hear that Richard Brashears, who was so badly broken up at the Bakerton lime quarries, is getting along nicely.

February 19, 1914

19 Feb 1914

Washington Lime Lay Tramway

County Court.[…]Permission was given the Washington Building Lime Company, of Bakerton, to lay a tramway across the Harper’s Ferry and Shepherdstown road at Flanagan’s quarry, the company agreeing to protect the county from any damages that […]

February 16, 1914

16 Feb 1914

Married: Duke & Hendricks

Leslie Daniels Duke and Miss Mabel Neuton Hendricks were married at the manse in Duffield, near Bakerton, W. Va., by the Rev. John C. Siler.

January 6, 1914

6 Jan 1914

Death Notice: Jacob S. Moler

CHARLES TOWN, Jan. 5.– Jacob S. Moler, a Jefferson county farmer, residing near Bakerton, is dead aged about 70 years. He served in Company D, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry of the Confederate army.

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