Evidence

April 5, 1923

Foul Play is Suspected: Body Burned In Bakerton Shanty

BURNED TO DEATH; FOUL PLAY IS SEEN.Charred Body of Negro Found in Ashes of Shanty. Special Dispatch to The Star.HAGERSTOWN, Md., April 5.– The burning to death of a negro known as “Babe” Carter in his […]
February 1, 1923

Marriage: Caton & Mohler

No. 12 Time of Marriage Febry. 1st, 1923 Place of Marriage Shepherdstown, W.Va. Full Names of Parties Walter Caton and Sadie Virginia Mohler Age of Husband 40 Age of Wife 35 Condition of Husband Widowed Condition […]
January 1, 1923

Excerpt of O’Brien Family in entry for Grubb

[..] June 12, 1904 recorded the marriage of Mr. [James Karl] Grubb and Miss Agnes O’Brien, who was born at Halltown, this county, and who is a daughter of Patrick and Sally (Reid) O’Brien. Her paternal […]
December 14, 1922

Annie Welsh; Favored Child in Will

By her will dated August 28, 1917, Mrs. Annie M. Welsh, who died at her home at Bakerton November 18, left one dollar to each of her children. Then in addition to the dollar left to […]
November 28, 1922

Obituary: Anna Murphy Welsh

Mrs. Anna Murphy Welsh died at her home in Bakerton, after an illness of one year, on November 17, aged 82 years, 2 months and 4 days. Requiem mass was read by Father Curran at 10:30 […]
November 23, 1922

Obit: Annie Murphy Welsh

Mrs. Annie Welsh, an estimable resident of Bakerton, this county, died at her home in that place last Friday night, at the advanced age of 82 years. Mrs. Welsh was a devout Catholic, and had a […]
November 22, 1922

Will: Annie G. Welsh

#27 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ANNIE WELSH, DECEASED I, Annie Welsh widow of Thomas Welsh make this my last will and testament. I herein bequeath to each of my children One dollar, same to be […]
November 17, 1922

Register of Deaths: Annie G. Welsh

Name in Full Ann G. Welsh Color White Sex Female Date of Death 11/17/22 Place of Death ” ” [Harpers Ferry] Name of Disease Senilitiy Age 82 years 2 months 4 days Occupation Domestic Consort of, […]
November 17, 1922

Death Certificate: Annie G. Welsh

  Place of Death County Jefferson District 1922 Town or City Bakerton Full Name Anna G. Welsh Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex Female Color or Race White Single, Married […] Widow Date of Birth September 13, […]
November 2, 1922

Homes & Home Building, Knott.

HOMES AND HOME BUILDING.By J. O. Knott. Standing once more in the front yard of the hold home in Jefferson county and looking towards the mountain rim to the east which marks off the horizon and […]
October 19, 1922

Bakerton News [Personals]

On Monday morning, October 9th, while Mrs. Dora M. Eaton was preparing breakfast, she was taken suddenly ill and was assisted to bed by her son, where her condition grew rapidly worse until in a very […]
October 16, 1922

Obituary: Michael Welsh

Michael Welsh. Michael Welsh, a veteran of the Confederate army and highly respected resident of Hollidaysburg, died at his home, 1010 Church street, on Saturday morning at 9 o’clock, of paralysis, resulting from an accident in […]