Jefferson County - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

1949 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

March 28, 1918

28 Mar 1918

Moler Heirs 79 Acres to Lime Company

The heirs of Wm. J. Moler have sold to the Washington Building Lime Company their farm of 79 acres at Bakerton, this county. This tract adjoins the property of the company, which will, it is said, […]

February 7, 1918

7 Feb 1918

Obit: Mrs. Michael Boler

Mrs. Michael Boler, one of the oldest residents of this county, died at her home at Shenandoah Junction last Sunday, aged 90 years. Surviving her are three sons and two daughters: Rev. John Boler, vicar-general of […]

January 31, 1918

31 Jan 1918

Millard Purchases Kibler Store; New Store Building Being Excavated

Preston S. Millard, the Bakerton merchant who was burned out a couple of months ago, and who has since been doing business in the hall in that village, has bought out Amos R. Kibler, who had […]

January 11, 1918

11 Jan 1918

Railway Surveyors Close to Bakerton

SURVEYORS ARE NOW CLOSE TO BAKERTON A party of surveyors have been working for several weeks past on the right of way purchased a number of years ago by the Cherry Run and Potomac Valley Railroad […]

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. […]

December 20, 1917

20 Dec 1917

Welsh thanks Insurance Company

Bakerton, W. Va., December 12, 1917 Washington, Alexander & Cooke, Charles Town, W. Va. Gentleman–My furniture was burned in the fire that destroyed the P. S. Millard store at Bakerton on December 1, 1917, and same […]

December 20, 1917

20 Dec 1917

Lime Works Lays off Large Number of Employees

Owing to the closing of a part of the Bakerton lime works a number of our laborers have been thrown out of employment.

December 6, 1917

6 Dec 1917

Disastrous Fire at Bakerton

Disastrous Fire at Bakerton. The thriving town of Bakerton was the scene of another disastrous fire last Friday night, when the big store of Preston S. Millard was utterly consumed by the flames. Mr. Millard, who […]

November 26, 1917

26 Nov 1917

Hetzel Injured by Premature Blast

ELEVEN BLASTS AROUND HIM.Quarry Foreman Feels As Though Barrage Had Hit Him. Winchester, Va., Nov. 25.– Howard Hetzel, a foreman at the Bakerton (W. Va.) stone quarries, feels confident he could withstand a German barrage fire […]

November 20, 1917

20 Nov 1917

Real Estate Transfers; Washington Building Lime Adds Two Parcels

The Washington Building Lime Company has added two small parcels of real estate to its holdings at Bakerton by purchase. One parcel containing one acre was bought of Hattie Moler and others; the other containing about […]

November 10, 1917

10 Nov 1917

Winters Opens Colored School At Bakerton

HARPERS FERRY NEWSHarpers Ferry, W. Va., Nov. 8 — The community exhibit which took place at the colored school house Thursday and Friday of last week was quite a success. Everything available was displayed, such as […]

September 18, 1917

18 Sep 1917

Mrs. D. R. Houser, daughters, visit son in OH.

Mrs. D. R. Houser and her daughters, Charlotte and Eleanor, of Bakerton, left on Thursday for Woodville, Ohio, where they will visit Mrs. Houser’s son, Bryan, who is connected with the Washington Building Lime Company at […]

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