Samples Manor - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

43 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

February 15, 1946

15 Feb 1946

Eichelberger, 55th Anniversary

Mark 55th AnniversaryMR. AND MRS. GEORGE EICHELBERGER Mr. ad Mrs. George Eichelberger, of Samples Manor, near Sharpsburg, will celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary today and it will be at their home. The couple were married by […]

April 4, 1945

4 Apr 1945

Obituary: Annie G. Ingram

Mrs. Annie Gertrude Ingram, widow of Chas. W. Ingram, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Phil Jamison, Sharpsburg, Monday at 10:30 p.m., aged 75. She was born and reared in Bakerstown, W. Va., and […]

July 25, 1941

25 Jul 1941

Obituary: Thomas B. Welsh

Thomas B. Welsh, better known to the people of the northern half of the county, as Uncle Tommie, died at his home in Bakerton at 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, after an illness of two weeks from […]

September 21, 1940

21 Sep 1940

Death Register: Anna Belle Eichelberger

Line # 8 Name of Decedent Eichelberger, Anna Belle Place of Death Berkeley [County], Martinsburg Sex F Color or Race 64 Married, Single, Widowed, Divorced M Date of Birth Jan. 5, 1897 Age 43 yrs. 8 […]

September 21, 1940

21 Sep 1940

Death Certificate: Anna Belle Eichelberger

Place of Death Berkeley [County], Martinsburg, W.Va District Martinsburg (Dist. No. 0251) No. Kings Daughters Full Name Anna.Belle Eichelberger Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex F Color or Race White Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced Married Husband […]

April 5, 1940

5 Apr 1940

Obituary: Jerome Thomas Lewis

Jerome Thomas Lewis, well-known farmer of Samples Manor, Washington County, died suddenly of a heart attack Thursday morning at 1 o’clock, aged 79 years, 8 months, 11 days. He was actively engaged in farming up to […]

August 4, 1939

4 Aug 1939

Rain Mars Picnic Sat’y At Bakerton

Rain Mars Picnic Sat’y At Bakerton. Fine Dinner Enjoyed By Guests; Many Officials Present. The Bakerton plant of the Standard Lime and Stone Company held its annual picnic at Duke’s Woods Saturday, activities getting under way […]

February 16, 1937

16 Feb 1937

Death Certificate: Helen Valleare Kidwiler

Place of Death Jefferson District Harpers Ferry Town or City Bakerton Place of Residence Bakerton W.Va Full Name Helen Valleare Kidwiler Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex Female Color or Race White Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced […]

August 2, 1933

2 Aug 1933

Countian Is Fatally Hurt, Bakerton

COUNTIAN IS FATALLY HURT.Theodore P. Griffin, 28, Killed IN Blast At Lime Plant. Theodore P. Griffin, 28, of Samples Manor, was instantly killed and Daniel Myers and William Johnson, both of Dargan, and Charles Farley of […]

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 […]

January 22, 1931

22 Jan 1931

Obit: Thomas L. McGowan

Thomas L. McGowan, aged 57, died at his home at Dargan at 1 o’clock this morning of complications after an illness of ten weeks. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ella McGowan, sosn, Thomas, Martinsburg; […]

June 14, 1930

14 Jun 1930

Electric On Maryland Shore

ELECTRIC LIGHTS DUEHARPERS FERRY, W. Va., June 14. — That section of Maryland, along the Potomac River from Harpers Ferry to Antietam Furnace, above Bakerton, is to have electric lights in the near future.

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