Charles Town - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

187 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

August 2, 1933

2 Aug 1933

One Killed in Explosion Caused By Static Charge

CHARLES TOWN, Aug. 2 (AP).– A dynamite explosion, which witnesses said may have been caused by static electricity, killed one man and injured three others in the quarries of the Washington Building Lime company at Bakerton. […]

June 26, 1933

26 Jun 1933

Virginia Plants Busy As Orders Increase

VIRGINIA PLANTS BUSY AS ORDERS INCREASE.Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., June 26. — Industrial plants, including stone quarries around Millville and Bakerton, as well as the paper board mill at Halltown, have orders that […]

September 21, 1931

21 Sep 1931

Mrs. Moler Dies After Fall

FALL KILLS WOMAN, 83Hemorrhage Results From Accident in Charles Town.Special Dispatch to The Star. BAKERTON, W. Va., September 21.– Mrs. Henrietta Moler, 83 years old, widow of George W. Moler, died at her home here yesterday […]

October 5, 1930

5 Oct 1930

B&O Expected Bids On Harpers Ferry Bridge

NEW POTOMAC BRIDGE CONTRACT DUE SOONB. & O. Expected to Ask for Bids on Span at Harpers Ferry Within Week. Special Dispatch to The Star.CHARLES TOWN, W. Va., October 4. — Unofficial but apparently authritative information […]

October 6, 1928

6 Oct 1928

William Gray Given Prison for Murder of Beckwith.

Convict Rappahannock Man on Murder Charge.William Gray is Given Prison Term. [Special to The Times-Dispatch.] SHENANDOAH, VA., Oct. 5 – William Gray, charged with the murder last June of Ralph Beckwith, both men said to be […]

May 13, 1925

13 May 1925

Obit: George A. MaGlone

GEORGE A. MaGLONE DIES IN NEW YORK.Mr. George A. MaGlone died in New York a few days ago, and his remains were brought to Harpers Ferry and interred in the family lot in the Catholic Cemetery. […]

October 5, 1922

5 Oct 1922

More Bakerton News

Beginning October 8th, revival services will be held each night at the M. E. Church South for a period of two weeks. D. R. Houser is spending his vacation with relatives in Ohio and other points. […]

May 23, 1922

23 May 1922

Bakerton couple Welsh, Manuel Married

A Bakerton Couple. Mr. Walter Lee Manuel and Miss Essie F. Welch, both of Bakerton, Jefferson county, were married in Charles Town Wednesday at the Jefferson Hotel by Rev. J. C. Hawk, pastor of the Methodist […]

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: […]

November 11, 1920

11 Nov 1920

P.S. Millard; Purchases New Property

P. S. Millard, the Bakerton merchant, has bought from the Hopkins heirs a lot fronting 160 feet on the Harper’s Ferry pike, just east of Charles Town, paying $2,000 for it. Mr. Millard, who some time […]

June 4, 1920

4 Jun 1920

Marriage: Millard and Moler

Marriage Licenses[…] Preston Millard, 45, of Bakerton, W. Va., and Hilda R. Moler, 28, of Charles Town, W. Va. The Rev. C. G. Chappell.

April 1, 1920

1 Apr 1920

The Old Unionville Church

THE OLD UNIONVILLE CHURCH.By J. O. Knott. The old brick Methodist Church, with its attached graveyard, situated on the turnpike leading to Shepherdstown, and in the midst of that scattering group of houses formerly known as […]

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