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Laborers

Explore the lives of laborers in the Harpers Ferry region and Jefferson County, WV, including workmen connected to quarries, transportation and infrastructure, and local industry.

This topic appears in 86 indexed records between 1831 and 1960.
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1960 Latest Record
Harpers Ferry Strongest Location
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Death Notice: Charles Flannagan

Charles Flannagan, aged 22 years died suddenly while laughing and talking with fellow employees of the Washington Building Lime Co., at Bakerton, Monday. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Flannagan, who with one […]
April 3, 1930
December 5, 2025
December 5, 2025

Rattlesnake Run; Name Origin

A few years after Elmwood mansion house was built the stone house was erected on Cold Spring Farm– where the new barn is now being built! This was also most substantially constructed, designed to stand for […]
March 16, 1922
December 20, 2025
December 20, 2025

Labor Strike at Engle/Bakerton Work Slows.

The first labor trouble in three years in this county came Thursday of last week, when the entire quarry force of the Southern Limestone Company at Engle quit work. About fifty men are involved. The strike […]
February 13, 1919
July 31, 2018
July 31, 2018

Lime Works Lays off Large Number of Employees

Owing to the closing of a part of the Bakerton lime works a number of our laborers have been thrown out of employment.
December 20, 1917
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December 20, 2025

Houser Accepts Timekeeper Position in OH

Mr. W. J. Bryan Houser, of Bakerton, son of Mr. D. R. Houser, has accepted a position as time keeper with the Washington Building Lime Co., at Woodville, Ohio, and is much pleased with that section […]
August 17, 1915
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Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1830s 29 records
1860s 7 records
1840s 7 records
1900s 6 records
1910s 6 records
1850s 5 records

Frequently Associated Families

These surnames most commonly appear alongside the topic "Laborers" across historical collections.

Welsh
4 records
Moore
2 records
Strider
2 records
Higgins
2 records
Keller
2 records
Eichelberger
2 records
Giffin
2 records
Houser
2 records
Cook
2 records
Smith
2 records
Williams
2 records
Willis
2 records
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