Bolivar - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

120 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

August 18, 1910

18 Aug 1910

Reunion Companies D & A, 12th Va. Cavalry

Reunion Companies D and A, 12th Va. Cavalry.Companies D and A, 12th Va. Cavalry, met in reunion at Uvilla, W. Va., August 11th; at the roll call the following members of Company D answered to their […]

October 16, 1909

16 Oct 1909

Bolivar Teacher Fires Four Shots at Intruder

GIRL PUTS NEGRO TO FLIGHTBolivar Teacher Fires Four Shots At Night Intruder[Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.] Harpers Ferry, W. Va., Oct. 15.– Miss Jesse Cockrell, a teacher in the Bolivar School, near Harpers Ferry, pluckily […]

October 29, 1907

29 Oct 1907

Harpers Ferry & Bolivar Items

On the paling fences vines are still trailing their green length. The cosmos of white and pink blossoms and every variety of dahlia are in many yards. Father Collins, who has returned from Richmond, says the […]

June 19, 1906

19 Jun 1906

Obit: Mary McGlone Kain

Mrs. Mary Kain, widow of the late Maurice Kain, for many years a resident of Charles Town, died in Washington City June 10, aged 75 years. Her remains were brought to Harpers Ferry on Monday of […]

October 24, 1905

24 Oct 1905

Mrs. Joseph Barry; Remains Brought Home

The remains of Mrs. Joseph Barry, who died in Richmond, Va., were brought to her late residence on Camp Hill, and after a mass in St. Peter’s Catholic Church, October 20, were interred in the Bolivar […]

October 10, 1905

10 Oct 1905

Parrott Stabbed in Jealous Rage

STABBED IN A JEALOUS RAGE.Negress Used Carving Knife on Woman with Probably Fatal Effect.Special to The Washington Post. Harpers Ferry, W. Va., Oct. 9.— Saturday night during a cake-walk and dance at Engles Switch, near Bakerton, […]

August 6, 1903

6 Aug 1903

Tate Moton, dead after quarrel.

Tate Moton, the colored man who was so badly cut by Henry Taylor, also colored, a few weeks ago in a fight at Bakerton, died at his home in Bolivar last Saturday from the injuries he […]

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.

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 […]

October 10, 1900

10 Oct 1900

Jefferson Co., Most Productive in the Valley of VA

JEFFERSON COUNTYOne Of The Most Productive In The Valley Of Virginia.LIVE TOWNS AND VILLAGESCharlestown, The County Seat– Growth In Population And Manufactures– Railroad Facilities. [Special Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.]CHARLESTOWN, W. VA., Oct. 8.– Jefferson county […]

July 19, 1900

19 Jul 1900

Welsh Bros. Erect Tombstones

Messrs. John W. Welsh and brothers, of Bakerton, have erected tombstones to the memory of their father on the family lot in the Catholic Cemetery at Bolivar. The work is beautiful in design and finish and […]

October 16, 1897

16 Oct 1897

Bakerton guests of Miss Maggie Anderson, Martinsburg.

Mr. Willie Flanagan and sister, Miss Essie, of Bakerton, and Miss Lula Bender, of Bolivar, were the guests of Miss Maggie Anderson last Sunday.

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