Samples Manor - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

43 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

September 28, 1922

28 Sep 1922

Bakerton Visitations

Chas. P. Gouker, Mrs. Frank Cole, Mrs. Hunter Swann and Mrs. Ida L. Moore, all of Washington, spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hopper and family. Mrs. Gouker, who has been spending the past […]

April 26, 1922

26 Apr 1922

Samples Manor News

An almost complete home-coming took place on Easter at the home of Mr. J. T. Lewis, Dargan. With the exception of one son, all of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis’ children were at home. Those present were: […]

May 6, 1919

6 May 1919

Smith, Killed By Train In Quarry

Killed by Train in QuarriesSpecial to The Washington Post. Harpers Ferry, W. Va., May 5– William Smith, of Samples Manor, Maryland, was killed today at the quarries in Bakerton. While running a dinky engine in the […]

October 17, 1918

17 Oct 1918

Influenza Has Struck Bakerton

The influenza has struck Bakerton and work at the lime plant there has been considerably interfered with on account of so much sickness among the employees and their families. There has been one death from the […]

August 1, 1918

1 Aug 1918

Death: William Houser

William Houser. William Houser, aged 69 years, died Tuesday in Maryland, one mile from Harpers Ferry. Surviving are one daughter, three sons and two brothers, Raleigh and George Houser, of Bakerton, Jefferson county.

January 10, 1918

10 Jan 1918

Obituary: Anna Roulette Eichelberger

Mrs. Anna Roulette Eichelberger Mrs. Anna Virginia Roulette Eichelberger, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Hoffmaster, Samples Manor, on Saturday Dec. 29, 1917 in her 86th year, from the infirmities of age. […]

September 23, 1915

23 Sep 1915

John Moore’s Trying Day

John Moore, of Sample’s Manor, who works at the Bakerton lime plant, had a trying day of it last Wednesday. He was first struck on the head by a flying stone from a blast, which caused […]

August 29, 1911

29 Aug 1911

Obituary: Benjamin J. Lewis

Hagerstown. — Benjamin J. Lewis, 58 years old, a well-known resident of Hagerstown, died Monday at his home. He removed to this city 22 years ago from Sample’s Manor. His widow and seven children survive.

January 17, 1902

17 Jan 1902

J. L. Johnson, fatal injuries at ore bank.

John L. Johnson, a veteran of the civil war, having served in the Potomac Home Brigade, sustained fatal injuries by a bank caving on him at the West Virginia ore bank, three miles west of Harper’s […]

June 15, 1900

15 Jun 1900

Obit: Alfred Myers

Alfred Myers, aged 70 years, died at 4 a.m. Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Miss Ella Moore, near Mountain Lock, of old age. Deceased was twice married both wives being dead. The survivors are […]

March 16, 1900

16 Mar 1900

Hoffman, Injured At Ore Bank

Lewis Hoffman, son of Frederick Hoffman, Sample’s Manor, employed at the West Virginia ore bank, was struck by a hugh [huge] rock which fell from overhead. His leg between the knee and ankle was broken.

June 7, 1898

7 Jun 1898

Lady (Houser) Dragged to Death

A Lady Dragged to Death.A most shocking and horrible accident occurred Sunday in Washington county, Md., opposite Knott’s quarry, below this place. Miss Bettie Houser, in her 22nd year, living near Sample’s Manor Church, was out […]

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