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711 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

July 2, 1885

2 Jul 1885

Delightful Entertainment at Oak Grove School House

Delightful Entertainment at Oak Grove School House, Near Harper’s Ferry.The recent closing exercises of the Oak Grove public school, so efficiently and satisfactorily taught by Mr. Jesse A. Engle the past three years, were of an […]

August 29, 1884

29 Aug 1884

Blown Up (At Flanagans)

A very serious accident occurred at Flanagan’s limestone quarry, below Shepherdstown, on Thursday morning of last week. Messrs. John J. Flanagan and Albert Grim were in a blacksmith shop completing a piece of work. There was […]

March 25, 1884

25 Mar 1884

Died: William Freeze

March 8th, 1884, at the residence of Mr. George Caton, near Shepherdstown, Mr. WILLIAM FREEZE, aged 71 years old.

January 12, 1884

12 Jan 1884

Jefferson County Clerk, Deeds Admitted

State of West Virginia,County of Jefferson,Clerk’s Office of the County Court. The following is a list of deeds admitted to record in said office during two weeks ending January 5, 1884: Teste, T. A. Moore, Clerk […]

December 15, 1883

15 Dec 1883

Thieves in Harpers Ferry, Bakerton.

Letter from Harper’s Ferry. Messrs. Editors.– A short time ago some thief or thieves invaded the hennery of poor Billy Anderson, and abstracted therefrom eight valuable chickens of fancy blood. They came a few nights since […]

August 7, 1883

7 Aug 1883

Fatal Train Accident Caused By Bovine

A train of empty cars, in charge of conductor Rodrick, with John McAbee engineer, Charles Rosenberg fireman, and William Caton brakesman, was thrown from the track near Edinburg, on the Valley Branch of the B. & […]

July 21, 1883

21 Jul 1883

A Severe Storm, 1883

One of the most severe storms that has visited this locality for some years occurred last Friday afternoon. There was an unusually heavy rainfall in town, accompanied by a very violent shower of hail. We ourselves […]

June 30, 1883

30 Jun 1883

Oak Grove School Entertainment

School Entertainment. — A correspondent sends us the following item: Oak Grove School, conducted by Mr. Jesse A. Engle, near Zion Church, gave an entertainment at its close last Saturday a week. Speeches were made by […]

April 25, 1883

25 Apr 1883

C. E. Kaldenback Land Purchase

REAL ESTATE.The Official Transfers, as Recorded To-day. Messrs. Danenhower & Son, real-estate brokers, 1226 F street northwest, report the following transfers in real estate in the District to-day, as compiled by them from the official records […]

March 25, 1882

25 Mar 1882

Moler & Caton Wedding Announcement

On March 22nd, 1882 at Bethesda M. E. Church, at Moler’s X Roads, by Rev. D. M. Moser, Mr. ARTHUR L. MOLER and Miss IDA L. CATON, both of Jefferson county.

January 10, 1882

10 Jan 1882

Marriages in The Shepherdstown Register 10 Jan 1882

MARRIED. At the Carter House in Charlestown, December 27th, 1881, by Rev. A. C. Hopkins, Mr. J. B. WAITTINGTON to Miss EMMA JANE FLETCHER — all of this county. December 20th, near Front Royal, Va., by […]

January 7, 1882

7 Jan 1882

Store Robbed at Harpers Ferry

STORE ROBBED AT HARPER’S FERRY AND SHOOTING.– Thieves broke into the grocery store of Mr. J. C. Child at Harper’s Ferry on Thursday night, the 22nd of December, by prying off the shutters, and helped themselves […]

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