Bakerton - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

1024 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

September 25, 1932

25 Sep 1932

Register of Deaths: Roy Martin Welsh

Name in Full Ra[o]y Martin Welsh Color White Sex Male Date of Death 9/25/32 Place of Death Bakerton Name of Disease acute alcoholism Age 48 years 8 months 18 days Occupation cooper Consort of, or Unmarried […]

September 25, 1932

25 Sep 1932

Death Certificate: Roy Martin Welsh

Place of Death County Jefferson District Harpers Ferry Town or City Bakerton Full Name Roy Martin Welsh Residence Bakerton W. Va Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex Male Color or Race White Single, Married […] Single Husband […]

August 21, 1932

21 Aug 1932

A. A. Lamon’s Barn Destroyed by Fire

FIRE DESTROYS BARN.Special Dispatch to the Herald. BAKERTON, W. Va., August. 20. A large barn, with its contents, on the farm of A. A. Lamon, well-to-do farmer, was burned to the ground near here early yesterday […]

August 20, 1932

20 Aug 1932

Obituary: David Henry Hetzell

David Henry Hetzell, a prominent citizen of Bakerton, W. Va., formerly of Sharpsburg, died at his home yesterday afternoon after a five-month illness, aged 53 years. Besides his widow, Mrs. Anna Mary, the following survive: Children, […]

August 19, 1932

19 Aug 1932

Death Certificate: David Henry Hetzel

County Jefferson District Harpers Ferry Town or City Bakerton Full Name David Henry Hetzel Residence Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex Male Color or Race White Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced Married Husband or Wife of […]

August 19, 1932

19 Aug 1932

Death Register: David Henry Hetzel

Name in Full Hetzel, David Henry Color White Sex Male Date of Death 8/19/32 Place of Death Bakerton Name of Disease or Cause chronic myocarditis, nephritis, immediate cause, urema. Age 52yrs. 10ms. 25d. Occupation laborer lime […]

August 6, 1932

6 Aug 1932

Giffin, Electrocuted At Bakerton Plant

Electrocuted At Plant.Hagerstown, Aug. 5. — Elmer Giffin, 27, of Samples Manor, Md., was electrocuted today when a switch at the Washington Building and Lime Company, at Bakerton, W. Va., where he was working, was accidentally […]

April 21, 1932

21 Apr 1932

Only Jackson Brigade Survivor Reaches 90

Only Jackson Brigade Survivor Reaches 90Shepherdstown, W. Va., Man’s Birthday Is Celebrated By S. C. V.Special Dispatch to The Star. SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. Va., April 21.– John Allen Link, only surviving veteran of Stonewall Jackson’s brigade in […]

April 14, 1932

14 Apr 1932

Bakerton Labs; Destroyed by Fire

Two small buildings housing the laboratories of the Washington Building Lime Co., at Bakerton were destroyed by fire last Saturday morning.

September 21, 1931

21 Sep 1931

Mrs. Moler Dies After Fall

FALL KILLS WOMAN, 83Hemorrhage Results From Accident in Charles Town.Special Dispatch to The Star. BAKERTON, W. Va., September 21.– Mrs. Henrietta Moler, 83 years old, widow of George W. Moler, died at her home here yesterday […]

August 24, 1931

24 Aug 1931

Flanagan & House, Marriage Liscense Awarded

Licenses To Marry J. William Flannagan and Charlotte K. House, both of Bakerton, W. Va. Guy Surratt, of Waynesboro, and Lila Catherine Gumm, of Augusta county.

July 16, 1931

16 Jul 1931

Will: Patrick Welsh

#30 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF PATRICK WELSH, DECEASED. I, Patrick Welsh, of Bakerton, Jefferson County, West Virginia, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do make, publish and declare this to be my last will […]

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