Chronicling America - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

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678 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

September 25, 1902

25 Sep 1902

Flanagans entertained in Middleway

During the session of Presbytery at Middleway last week Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Coleman entertained Rev. Charles Scanlon, of Berryville; Mr. Speck and Mr. Bishop, of Berkeley county; Miss Flora Strausner, of Martinsburg; Miss Nannie […]

August 28, 1902

28 Aug 1902

Trussell visits friends in Shepherdstown area

Miss Nannie Trussell, a daughter of Mr. J. M. Trussell, formerly of the this county, but now of Wheeling, is visiting friends in this neighborhood. Miss Trussell and Miss Martha Flanagan called at the Register office […]

July 17, 1902

17 Jul 1902

Martha Flanagan Hosts Visitors

Mrs. William Harmes, of Washington D. C., and her niece, Miss Lula Bender, of Bolivar, are visiting Miss Martha Flanagan at Bakerton.

June 26, 1902

26 Jun 1902

Ohio Family Visits Mrs. Flanagan

Miss Emma G. Dreisbach, of Circleville, Ohio, who has been attending National Park Seminary at Forest Glen, Md., the past year, is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Jno. G. Flanagan. Misses Nell and Eyer Miller, of Mason […]

June 26, 1902

26 Jun 1902

Bertha Flanagan Houses Mother

Mrs. Fannie E. Spickler has returned from a pleasant visit with relatives at her old home, Circleville, Ohio, and is with her daughter, Mrs. Jno. G. Flanagan, at Bakerton.

May 8, 1902

8 May 1902

Flanagan & Welsh call Register’s Office

We were pleased to have a call on Thursday from two good friends of the Register from the Bakerton neighborhood, Miss Martha Flanagan and Mr. Thos. B. Welsh.

March 4, 1902

4 Mar 1902

In Memoriam: Edward Tearney

Died, February 16, 1902, at Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, Edward Tearney, aged eighty four years and fourteen days. Mr. Tearney was a native of Ireland, but in his infancy he was brought to this country, and […]

February 6, 1902

6 Feb 1902

Millard Returns To Oversee Millville Quarries

Michael Millard, who has been operating limestone quarries at Lebanon, Pa., has returned to this county and has taken charge of the quarries at Millville.

December 19, 1901

19 Dec 1901

Patterson Spends Several Days with Flanagan

Miss Bertha G. Patterson, of Columbus, Ohio, who is attending school at Gallaudet College, Kendall Green, Washington, D. C., spent several days the past week with her cousin, Mrs. John G. Flanagan, near Bakerton.

October 26, 1901

26 Oct 1901

Fed. Court Adjourns; Harpers Ferry Paper Company Wins River Pollution Case

FEDERAL COURT ADJOURNSTO MEET IN THIS CITY THE SECOND TUESDAY IN MAY NEXT. The Harper’s Ferry Paper Company Wins the Famous Potomac River Pollution Case — The Temporary Injunction Perpetuated — Other Cases. After being in […]

September 26, 1901

26 Sep 1901

M. E. Kaldenback visits B. and L. Moore

Miss M. E. Kaldenback, of Washington, D. C., is the guest of Misses Bertha and Laura Moore, near Bakerton.

September 10, 1901

10 Sep 1901

First Victim of John Brown Raid

Practically neglected and gradually merging into the characterless undulations of the Old Colored Cemetery in this city, is a grave that the colored people should especially honor. Over its apparently neglected surface they should raise some […]

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