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711 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

August 30, 1912

30 Aug 1912

Colvin, Struck by Train. Killed Instantly

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 […]

August 22, 1912

22 Aug 1912

Sallie Rice, Death Notice

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 […]

August 2, 1912

2 Aug 1912

Hopper visits Bakerton

Mr. Elmer M. Hopper and family, North High street, went to Bakerton Tuesday to spend the remainder of the week with friends.

July 18, 1912

18 Jul 1912

Cox Returns to Bakerton

Mrs. R. G. Cox, the venerable mother of Mrs. Margaret Howard, of Big Springs, has returned to Bakerton, after a visit of some weeks. Mrs. Howard accompanied her to Bakerton for several days.

June 15, 1912

15 Jun 1912

Hopper Throws Evening Party

Evening Party. Mr. Conrad L. Hopper, 412 East Moler avenue, gave an enjoyable party Wednesday night to his cousins, Misses Frances and Laura Hopper, of Bakerton. Music was a feature of the evening and dainty refreshments […]

June 13, 1912

13 Jun 1912

Evening in Honor of Conrad Hopper’s Cousins

IN HONOR OF HIS COUSINS. Wednesday evening a delightful party was given by Mr. Conrad Hopper at his home, 412 East Moler avenue, in honor of his charming cousins, Misses Frances and Laura Hopper, of Bakerton, […]

May 23, 1912

23 May 1912

Married: Walter Manuel & Essie Welsh

Walter Lee Manuel and Miss Essie F. Welch, both of Bakerton, Jefferson county, were married at Charles Town, W. Va., Wednesday, by Rev. J. C. Hawk, Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

May 16, 1912

16 May 1912

Open Letter to Moler, Candidate for County Commissioner

To Mr. J. Strider Moler,Candidate for County CommissionerHarper’s Ferry District,Bakerton, W. Va. Please let the public know how you voted in 1904. Did you vote for Parker or Roosevelt? Were you not an office holder in […]

March 14, 1912

14 Mar 1912

Obituary: Mabel Caton

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 […]

February 29, 1912

29 Feb 1912

Death Notice: Mabel Caton

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 […]

January 18, 1912

18 Jan 1912

Amanda Rouf, Death

Hagerstown.– Mrs. Amanda Rouf, 32 years old, died at the home of her mother, Mrs. Thomas Delauney, Sharpsburg. She was twice married. Her first husband was killed at a quarry several years ago at Bakerton, W. […]

January 4, 1912

4 Jan 1912

Charles Marshall, killed at ore bank.

Charles Marshall, aged 30 years, of Sharpsburg, was crushed by a large rock and almost instantly killed at the Virginia ore bank near Bakerton last Wednesday. Very little is known by his fellow-workmen as to how […]

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