Evidence

June 27, 1918

W. S. Geary Resigns with Millard

W. S. Geary has resigned his position with P. S. Millard, the Bakerton merchant, to take employment at the Bartlett-Hayward ammunition plant in Baltimore. He will be greatly missed by his friends in the Bakerton neighborhood.
June 20, 1918

B. Houser Returns To Bakerton; Clabaugh to Tyrone.

Bryan Houser, who has been employed at Woodville, Ohio, for the past several years, has returned to his home at Bakerton, this county, having been recalled to take a place in the office of the Washington […]
June 13, 1918

Roy M. Welsh enlists in Army

Roy M. Welsh, of Bakerton, has enlisted in the Army and is now stationed in Georgia. He is above the draft age, but he offered his services and was accepted.
June 5, 1918

WWI Draft: Martin Dineen Welsh

Name Martin D. Welsh Home Address Bakerton WVa Age in Years 25 Date of Birth April 22 1892 Where Born Bakerton WVa U.S. Citizen/Alien Native Born Present Occupation Clerk Employer PA Millard Place of Employment/Business Bakerton […]
June 5, 1918

WWI Draft: William Sheldon Geary

Name Wm Sheldon Geary Home Address Bakerton WVa Age in Years 24 Date of Birth Sept 2 1892 Where Born Shepherdstown WVa U.S. Citizen/Alien Native Born Present Occupation Clerk Employer PA Millard Place of Employment/Business Bakerton […]
June 5, 1918

WWI Draft: Oscar Strother Flanagan

Name Oscar Strother Flanagan Home Address Bakerton WVa Age in Years 23 Date of Birth July 20, 1894 Where Born Bakerton WVa / A U.S. Citizen/Alien Natural Born Present Occupation Cooper Employer Wash Bldg Lime Co […]
May 21, 1918

New Concern Takes Over Plant

OLD STONE CO. SELLS OUT.New Concern Takes Over Plant At Bakerton, W. Va.Charles Town, W. Va., May 20.– The Harpers Ferry Stone and Lime Company, who have been operating a plant at Millville, near this town, […]
May 18, 1918

Dulse Degli Passenger List Abstract

Name of Organization Co. “C”, 315th Machine Gun Bn. 160th Brig. 80th Div. N.A. Name of Vessel Dulse [Duke?] Degli Abruzzi Port of Sailing Norfolk, Va Date of Sailing May 18, 1918 Date of Arrival May […]
April 25, 1918

Amos Brosser, Struck & Killed

Amos Brosser, a boy about fifteen years old, was struck by a truck and fatally injured at the quarries near Engle’s one day last week. He was taken to the Hospital in Charles Town, but died […]
March 28, 1918

16 Men Ready for Emergency Entrainment

Notes of Our Soldiers. Captain H. C. Getzendanner, chairman of the county exemption board, is in receipt of a notice from the War Department to have the fourteen men in emergency call Number 73 ready or […]
March 28, 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

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 […]