Jefferson County - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

1949 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

January 19, 1920

19 Jan 1920

1920 Census: J. Alvey Flanagan Household

Harpers Ferry District, Jefferson County, West Virginia as enumerated by Charles S. Lynch House Number: 265 Name Relationship Sex Age Martial Status Able to Read? Able To Write? Attended School Since Sept. 1, 1919 Alva Flanagan […]

January 19, 1920

19 Jan 1920

1920 Census: John M. Welsh Household

January 19, 1920

19 Jan 1920

1920 Census: David Hetzel Household

Harpers Ferry District, Jefferson County, West Virginia as enumerated by Charles S. Lynch House Number: 272 Name Relationship Sex Age Martial Status Able to Read? Able To Write? Attended School Since Sept. 1, 1919 David Hetzel […]

January 15, 1920

15 Jan 1920

Will: Alice Lee Hopper

LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF ALICE LEE HOPPER, DEC’D. DEC. 17. 1919. I leave to Laura Swann the piano and stool also large looking glass on mantle piece, the table that the piano music lays on, […]

December 19, 1919

19 Dec 1919

Bettie Moler, Obit

Mrs. Bettie Moler Mrs. Bettie Moler, widow of Adam B. Moler, died Tuesday night at her home near Bakerton, after an illness of two weeks, from pneumonia, aged 66 years. Her death was a shock to […]

December 19, 1919

19 Dec 1919

Obit: Mrs. Alice Hopper

DEATH.Mrs. Alice Hopper. Mrs. Alice Hopper, lifelong resident of the Bakerton neighborhood died Thursday morning about 5 o’clock. She had been ill for a week or two with pleurisy and this was followed by pneumonia, which […]

December 18, 1919

18 Dec 1919

Obituary: Alice Flanagan Hopper

Just before we go to press we learn of the death of Mrs. Alice Hopper, a lifelong resident of the Bakerton neighborhood, which occurred this morning about 5 o’clock. She had been ill for a week […]

October 16, 1919

16 Oct 1919

Death Notice: Michael Bowler

Michael Bowler, a former resident of Shenandoah Junction died last week in Roanoke, Va. His body was brought to Harper’s Ferry for internment. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. C. C. Tapscott, at Shenandoah Junction, […]

September 25, 1919

25 Sep 1919

More About the Old Mill [Cement]

The relating of one interesting event in Shepherdstown’s history calls out another. The recent article in the Register concerning the old mill east of town brought to the remembrance of Mr. Beltzhoover that some years ago […]

September 4, 1919

4 Sep 1919

Houser’s Health Declines; Flanagan Transferred

D. Raleigh Houser, who for a number of years has been the efficient superintendent of the Washington Building Lime Company’s plant at Bakerton, this county, has been obliged to give up his work temporarily on account […]

September 4, 1919

4 Sep 1919

Hog Cholera Havoc in Jefferson County

The hog cholera is still playing havoc in various sections of the county. There have been serious losses in Shepherdstown and vicinity, and scores of fine porkers have died in the Bakerton neighborhood. The disease has […]

September 4, 1919

4 Sep 1919

Bakerton Beats Sharpsburg 11-9

A game of ball was played by the Sharpsburg boys and the boys at the Bakerton lime quarries. Score 9 to 11 in favor of the Bakerton boys. The game recently played by the same boys […]

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Philip Coons Accounts

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1920 Census: J. Alvey Flanagan Household

1920 Census: John M. Welsh Household

1920 Census: David Hetzel Household

Will: Alice Lee Hopper

Bettie Moler, Obit

Obit: Mrs. Alice Hopper

Obituary: Alice Flanagan Hopper

Death Notice: Michael Bowler

More About the Old Mill [Cement]

Houser’s Health Declines; Flanagan Transferred

Hog Cholera Havoc in Jefferson County

Bakerton Beats Sharpsburg 11-9

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