Virginia - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

160 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

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 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 […]

October 24, 1918

24 Oct 1918

Death Notice: Daisy Jones Flanagan

We are sorry to record the death of Mrs. Daisy Flanagan, wife of Walter S. Flanagan, of Strasburg, Va., formerly of Bakerton, which occurred last week at the Memorial Hospital in Winchester, the result of influenza. […]

August 29, 1918

29 Aug 1918

Flanagan’s Visit Bakerton Friends

Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Flanagan and their son, of Strasburg, Va., have been visiting their relatives in the Bakerton neighborhood this week. They have enjoyed a delightful automobile trip east and north.

August 29, 1918

29 Aug 1918

Brilliant Wedding At Bakerton (Myers & Flanagan)

Brilliant Wedding At Bakerton. The marriage of Mr. James M. Myers, a well-known resident of Shepherdstown, and Miss Martha Lee Flanagan, a greatly respected lady of Bakerton, was solemnized Tuesday night at the Southern Methodist Church […]

April 25, 1918

25 Apr 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

August 9, 1917

9 Aug 1917

Obit: Mrs. Mary C. Licklider

Mrs. Mary C. Licklider, for many years a greatly esteemed resident of this neighborhood, died last Sunday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Kephart, near Duffields, following an illness of a couple of weeks […]

December 7, 1916

7 Dec 1916

Obituary: James Smith Flanagan

Mr. James Flanagan, a lifelong resident of Jefferson county and a respected farmer of the Bakerton neighborhood, died Tuesday morning at the age of 69 years. He had been in failing health for the past year […]

August 31, 1916

31 Aug 1916

Walter Flanagan collapses from shock during storm

A terrific storm passed over Strasburg, Va., one day last week, and the lightning struck three dwellings in the town, stunning a dozen persons. The plant of the Standard Lime Company, near Strasburg, was struck, and […]

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