Jefferson County - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

1949 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

May 1, 1919

1 May 1919

A. A. Lamon, Reward for lost diamond ring

$50 REWARD Lost, a diamond ring, valued at $500. The finder will receive a reward of $50.00 by returning the same to A. A. Lamon, Bakerton, W. Va., or for furnishing information that will lead to […]

May 1, 1919

1 May 1919

James S. Flanagan, Account Settlement

Commissioner’s Notice. The account of Chas. W. and Walter J. Flanagan, Executor of James S. Flanagan, deceased, is before me for settlement, at my office in Shepherdstown, W. Va. J. S. BRAGONIER, Commissioner of Accounts.

April 24, 1919

24 Apr 1919

Chancery Court; Moler vs. Flanagan

Fifteen suits in chancery and one action at common law were instituted in the Jefferson Circuit Court at the April rules. […] Russell P. Moler and others vs. C. W. Flanagan, executor, and others; […]

March 20, 1919

20 Mar 1919

Flanagan Heirs to Bowman

Real Estate Transfers. Martha L. Flanagan and others to Essie K. Bowman, house and lot at Bakerton, consideration not given.

February 27, 1919

27 Feb 1919

Lime Demands Slow.

Martinsburg.– Slackening in the demand for lime at war time prices has resulted in a serious slow down of work at the Bakerton plant of the Washington Building Lime Co. The latter part of the week […]

February 27, 1919

27 Feb 1919

Grand Jury Memers; Return Indictment against Willingham.

In The Circuit Court.The grand jury of the Jefferson Circuit Court at this term was composed of the following persons: D. S. Hughes, George W. Shull, George Elliott, Horace C. Moore, W. D. Rissler, Robert Withers, […]

February 13, 1919

13 Feb 1919

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 […]

January 2, 1919

2 Jan 1919

Duke, College Professor Dies

Shepherd College Professor Dies.Special to The Washington Post. Walter M. Duke, of the Shepherd College faculty, Shepherdstown, died today, after a short illness of pneumonia following an attack of influenza. The deceased was 40 years old […]

December 5, 1918

5 Dec 1918

Obit: Annie Frances Moler

Mrs. Annie Frances Moler, widow of Raleigh W. Moler, of Bakerton, died very suddenly last Friday. She had been apparently in perfect health and had gone to the home of Jack Moler, south of Shepherdstown, to […]

November 29, 1918

29 Nov 1918

Death Register: Anna Moler

Name in Full Moler, Anna Color White Sex Female Date of Death 11/29/18 Place of Death Bakerton Name of Disease or Cause apoplexy Age 49yrs. -ms. 10d. Occupation Housewife Consort of Widow Name of Person Giving […]

October 24, 1918

24 Oct 1918

Death Notice: Daisy Jones Flanagan

We are sorry to record the death of Mrs. Daisy Flanagan, wife of Walter S. Flanagan, of Strasburg, Va., formerly of Bakerton, which occurred last week at the Memorial Hospital in Winchester, the result of influenza. […]

October 24, 1918

24 Oct 1918

Physicians Sick; Unable To Care For Patients

Dr. S. T. Knott, of the vicinity of Molers’ Cross Roads’ has been sick in bed the past week and was unable to answer the many calls for his services. Dr. C. C. Johnson and his […]

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