Patrick Higgins of Sandy Hook vicinity died suddenly on Friday. Mr. Higgins was 82 years of age. He was the last of those who figured in the John Brown Raid at this place in 1859. Mr. […]
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 […]
Mr. Gus Stewart went to Pittsburg, Pa., last week to the funeral of his brother, Marcus Stewart who died of pneumonia. His wife was Miss Kate Halpin of this place who survives him with a son […]
Died, at his home in Cumberland Wednesday, after a lingering illness Michael Higgins, a B. & O. R. R. employee. He was formerly a foreman of the Winchester branch and lived in Halltown. Surviving him are […]
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 […]
Miss Nellie Lamon Miller died very suddenly in her sleep at 2:30 a. m., Saturday, September 5th, at her home in Washington, D. C. She was buried in Greencastle, Pa., cemetery on Monday, her birthday. She […]
Mrs. Fannie Eyer Spickler died last Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bertha Flanagan, aged 82 years and 6 months. Mrs. Spickler had been in failing health for a long time, as the burden […]
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.
Mrs. Mary Welsh, widow of Patrick Welsh, died at Martinsburg last Friday where she had been visiting her relatives. The deceased, whose maiden name was Dunn, was a native of Berkeley county, and was 56 years […]
Raleigh Moler. Mr. Raleigh Moler, of Washington, who was born at Bakerton, Jefferson county, died Saturday of heart failure. The body was brought to Harpers Ferry Sunday on train No. 55, and the funeral party was […]
Card of Thanks. I wish to extend to all the kind friends and neighbors who assisted and gave their sympathy in this hour of deepest sorrow, and for all the kind words so beautifully expressed in […]
The funeral service of Griggs Flanagan, whose sad death we recorded last week, was held Saturday morning at the home of his mother, Mrs. Bertha D. Flanagan, near Bakerton. The service was conducted by Rev. John […]
KILLED IN RUNAWAY ACCIDENT. Tragic Death of Young Griggs Flanagan Near Shepherdstown. “The only son of his mother, and she was a widow.” A splendid young life was crushed out and a loving mother’s heart was […]
Fell Asleep on Track and Killed Clarence Colvin, a B. & O. Brakeman, Struck by No. 4 at Flagg’s Crossing Sunday Morning. Clarence P. Colvin, aged 30 years of age, a Baltimore and Ohio freight brakeman […]
Mrs. Sallie C. Rice, aged 63, died at 6:30 o’clock this morning at the City Hospital, where she had been taken Sunday for treatment. Death was due to heart trouble and bloodpoisoning. She was born near […]
Died on February 28, 1912, at her home near Shepherdstown, little Mabel Caton, the beloved and only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Caton. She leaves a fond mother and father and two bright little brothers […]
Mabel Caton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Caton, died Tuesday night at the home of her parents, southeast of town, aged nine years. A few months ago she had a severe attack of measles, and […]
