Jefferson County - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

1949 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

July 22, 1908

22 Jul 1908

Lee; Decapitated by a Train

Decapitated by a Train.Special to The Washington Post.Harpers Ferry, W. Va., July 21.– Charles Lee, a colored man, living near Bakerton, while intoxicated last night, laid his head on the railroad and a train ran over […]

July 16, 1908

16 Jul 1908

Newly Appointed Trustees of Harpers Ferry District

Following is a list of the newly appointed trustees of the sub-districts of Harper’s Ferry district: Bakerton, James Flanagan, J. Strider Moler, D. R. Houser; Keller, A. M. Best, B. Edwell Maddox, N. V. Engle; […]

June 9, 1908

9 Jun 1908

Antonio Ardeli, Shipped to D.C. for Hospital Treatment

Antonio Ardeli, an Italian laborer, twenty-five years of age, was brought here last night from Bakerton, W. Va., to be given hospital treatment. He was conveyed to the Casualty Hospital. His condition was serious.

April 30, 1908

30 Apr 1908

Flanagan Delegate to Wheeling Convention

[…]DELEGATES TO WHEELING CONVENTION[…] John G. Flanagan […]

April 7, 1908

7 Apr 1908

Miss C. McGraw, died Chicago.

Miss Catharine A. McGraw, daughter of the late James McGraw of Harpers Ferry, died in Chicago, and her body was brought to Harpers Ferry and interred in St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery.

April 4, 1908

4 Apr 1908

Hopper visits Hopper in Martinsburg

Mrs. Alice Hopper and daughter, Miss Laura, of Bakerton, W. Va., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hopper, on Moler avenue.

April 2, 1908

2 Apr 1908

Martin Welsh, Potato in Bottle

Our young friend Martin Welsh, of Bakerton, brought us a curosity last week— a potato growing through the neck of a bottle. Must have been something mighty good in the bottle to cause the potato to […]

March 9, 1908

9 Mar 1908

Henry Brown arrested for attempted assault of Mrs. W. Shiffler.

ATTACKED BY A NEGRO. Henry Brown, colored, was arrested in Martinsburg, W. Va. Friday night on information furnished by the officials of Page county, Va., for an alleged attempt to criminally assault Mrs. William Shiffler, a […]

March 7, 1908

7 Mar 1908

Moore visits daughter at Bakerton.

Mrs. Fannie Moore is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Preston Millard, at Bakerton.

March 5, 1908

5 Mar 1908

“Devil’s Cake”, made by Anna Welsh, brings high $ at festival.

A “devil’s cake” proved a very popular article at the festival at Bakerton last week. It brought the neat sum of $10.35. It was made and presented by Miss Anna Mary Welsh.

February 21, 1908

21 Feb 1908

Frank Freeman, killed by train.

Frank Freeman, colored, of this county [Rappahannock County, VA], was killed by a train last week at Bakerton, where he had been at work.

February 8, 1908

8 Feb 1908

Gouker, granted divorce due to desertion.

Judge Keedy at Hagerstown granted an absolute divorce to Mrs. Mary J. Gouker, of Sharpsburg, from Charles Gouker, of Bakerton, W. Va., on the grounds of desertion.

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