Jefferson County - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

1949 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

January 1, 1913

1 Jan 1913

West Virginia & It’s People – Flanagan

FLANAGAN — Among the industrious Irish-American citizens now residing in West Virginia may be named the Flanagan family, which was first represented in America in 1798 in the person of William Flanagan, who became the grandfather […]

December 27, 1912

27 Dec 1912

Swomley, Trundle Marriage Announcement

Frederick.– Miss Fannie May Swomley and Mason N. Trundle, of Bakerton, W. Va., were married Tuesday by Rev. E. H. Lamar, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They will live at Bakerton.

November 28, 1912

28 Nov 1912

John Brown Raid: Clippings From Old Piles

THE JOHN BROWN RAIDSOME CLIPPINGS FROM OUR OLD PILES OF 1859. Thursday, October 20th, 1859.OUr citizens were startled on Monday morning last, by the arrival of a messenger informing us that a band of lawless Desperadoes […]

November 17, 1912

17 Nov 1912

Houser, Knott married in Duffields

Miss Anna Pearl Houser, daughter of Raleigh Houser, and Ollie Knott, both of Bakerton, W. Va., were married Tuesday at the Presbyterian manse in Duffields.

November 15, 1912

15 Nov 1912

Marriage License: Alice Hopper, Frank Coole

LICENSED TO MARRY. […] Frank C. Coole, 25, of Norfolk, Va., and Alice F. Hopper, 19, of Bakerton, W. Va. The Rev. J. S. Montgomery.

November 14, 1912

14 Nov 1912

Flanagan Sells Bull Calf

FOR SALE. A thoroughbred Jersey bull calf, six months old, eligible to registration. $15.00. MRS. BERTHA D. FLANAGAN

November 14, 1912

14 Nov 1912

For Sale: Thoroughbred Colt

FOR SALE. A thoroughbred colt, a beautiful bay, twenty months old. $200. MRS. BERTHA D. FLANAGAN

October 31, 1912

31 Oct 1912

New Telephones Placed

New Jefferson County Telephones have been placed at the lumber yard of Geo. T. Hodges, Shepherdstown; the B. &. O. depot at Duffields; and the new store of Manuel and Welsh at Bakerton.

October 3, 1912

3 Oct 1912

New Store, Ground Broken

A new store is to be started at Bakerton by Messrs. Manuel and Welsh. Ground has been broken for the new building in which it will be located.

October 3, 1912

3 Oct 1912

Martha Flanagan visits D.C. and Baltimore

Miss Martha Flanagan, of the Bakerton neighborhood, is spending two weeks in Washington and Baltimore visiting friends and relatives.

August 30, 1912

30 Aug 1912

Colvin, Struck by Train. Killed Instantly

Fell Asleep on Track and Killed Clarence Colvin, a B. & O. Brakeman, Struck by No. 4 at Flagg’s Crossing Sunday Morning. Clarence P. Colvin, aged 30 years of age, a Baltimore and Ohio freight brakeman […]

August 22, 1912

22 Aug 1912

Owens visits Flanagan

Mrs. C. R. Owens visited Mrs. Bertha D. Flanagan near Bakerton the past week.

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