Samples Manor - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

43 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

February 18, 1897

18 Feb 1897

Sol. Penner Caused Samuel Houser’s Death

Last week the REGISTER noted the death of Samuel Houser, who lived in Maryland, near Harper’s Ferry. It is said that his death was caused indirectly by Sol. Penner. Mr. Houser, who was 22 years old, […]

February 7, 1896

7 Feb 1896

Obit: John Houser

Mr. John Houser died on Saturday evening in the 61st year of his age, at his home at the West Virginia ore-bank, near Bakerton. His funeral took place in the Samples Manor Winebrennerian church Monday, the […]

January 23, 1896

23 Jan 1896

Nora Moore visits in Brunswick

Mrs. Nora Moore, of Bakerton, and Miss Nannie Moore, of Sample’s Manor, Md., spent several days last week with Mrs. Frank Moore in Brunswick, Md.

June 13, 1894

13 Jun 1894

Marriage Announcement: Kidwiler, Moore Married

At the Lutheran Church, Sharpsburg, May 30, 1894, by Rev. J. W. Lingle, Mr. NEWTON E. KIDWILER, of Bakerton, this county, and Miss IDA ESTELLA MOORE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore, of Sample’s Manor.

February 10, 1893

10 Feb 1893

Mary E. Grim, Ever-Busy Death

A couple of weeks ago Miss Mary E. Grim, who lived with her brothers near Bakerton, this county, came to Shepherdstown to visit her sister, Mrs. Sarah Jones. Wednesday she was taken suddenly ill, and by […]

June 26, 1891

26 Jun 1891

Events from 1832 – 1837, The Cholera

Early in the spring of 1832 the news went abroad over the country that Asiatic cholera, then but little known in this country, had appeared in Montreal. A vague alarm was left, which was increased among […]

April 16, 1891

16 Apr 1891