Jefferson County - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

1949 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

June 26, 1933

26 Jun 1933

Virginia Plants Busy As Orders Increase

VIRGINIA PLANTS BUSY AS ORDERS INCREASE.Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., June 26. — Industrial plants, including stone quarries around Millville and Bakerton, as well as the paper board mill at Halltown, have orders that […]

October 6, 1932

6 Oct 1932

Death Notice: Roy Welsh

Roy Welsh, for years an employee of the Washington Building Lime Co., at Bakerton, died at his home there Saturday after a short illness. He was 44 years of age.

September 28, 1932

28 Sep 1932

Will: Roy Martin Welsh

#32. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT AND CODICIL THERETO ATTACHED, OF R.M. WELSH, DECEASED. I, R. M. Welsh, of Bakerton, in Jefferson County, West Virginia, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do make, publish and declare […]

September 27, 1932

27 Sep 1932

Roy Welsh, Veteran, Dies At Bakerton

Roy Welsh, Veteran, Dies at Bakerton/Special Dispatch to the Herald. BAKERTON, W. Va., Sept. 26. Roy Welsh, 50, world war veteran, son of the late John and Clara Welsh, died at his home here Sunday suddenly. […]

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 […]

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