Chronicling America - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

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678 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

April 8, 1920

8 Apr 1920

W. F. Welsh Renews Register Subscription

Mr. W. F. Welsh, of Bakerton, was among our callers last Thursday and renewed his subscription to the Register.

March 4, 1920

4 Mar 1920

Out of town friends attend Thompson-Moler Wedding

Mrs. John G. Flanagan, of Baltimore, Mrs. George W. Moler, of Washington, and Misses Guthrie and Helen Thompson, of Three Churches, W. Va., were here the past week attending the Thompson-Moler wedding.

January 22, 1920

22 Jan 1920

Commissioner’s Notice: James S. Flanagan Accounts

Commissioner’s Notice. The account of Charles W. and Walter J. Flanagan, Executors of James S. Flanagan, deceased, is before me for settlement at my office in Shepherdstown, W. Va. Given under my hand this 13th day […]

December 18, 1919

18 Dec 1919

Obituary: Alice Flanagan Hopper

Just before we go to press we learn of the death of Mrs. Alice Hopper, a lifelong resident of the Bakerton neighborhood, which occurred this morning about 5 o’clock. She had been ill for a week […]

October 16, 1919

16 Oct 1919

Death Notice: Michael Bowler

Michael Bowler, a former resident of Shenandoah Junction died last week in Roanoke, Va. His body was brought to Harper’s Ferry for internment. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. C. C. Tapscott, at Shenandoah Junction, […]

September 4, 1919

4 Sep 1919

Houser’s Health Declines; Flanagan Transferred

D. Raleigh Houser, who for a number of years has been the efficient superintendent of the Washington Building Lime Company’s plant at Bakerton, this county, has been obliged to give up his work temporarily on account […]

September 4, 1919

4 Sep 1919

Hog Cholera Havoc in Jefferson County

The hog cholera is still playing havoc in various sections of the county. There have been serious losses in Shepherdstown and vicinity, and scores of fine porkers have died in the Bakerton neighborhood. The disease has […]

September 2, 1919

2 Sep 1919

Flanagan Takes Over Bakerton Plant

Walter J. Flanagan, who has been manager for the Standard Lime and Stone Co., at Strasburg, Va., for the past nine years, has taken charge of the plant of the Washington Building Lime Company at Bakerton, […]

June 24, 1919

24 Jun 1919

Roy Welsh; Discharged From Army Ambulance Service.

Mr. Roy Welsh, has been discharged from the army, and has reached his home at Bakerton. He was in the Ambulance service, and during the fighting was right up with the infantry and assisted in carrying […]

June 19, 1919

19 Jun 1919

Flanagan and Welsh Honorably Discharged

Messrs. Oscar Flanagan and Roy Welsh, two well-known Bakerton men, have been honorably discharged from the army and got back home last week.

May 8, 1919

8 May 1919

Smith Killed at the Bakerton Quarries

Killed at the Bakerton Quarries.- William M. Smith, engineer in charge of the dinkey engine, at the limestone quarries at Bakerton, this county, was killed last Monday by a collision of the engine and a string […]

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 […]

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