Obituaries & Deaths

Research Topic

Obituaries & Deaths

This topic appears in 406 indexed records between 1817 and 1977.
406 Indexed Records
1817 Earliest Record
1977 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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April 3, 2019

Death Certificate: Helen Valleare Kidwiler

Place of Death Jefferson District Harpers Ferry Town or City Bakerton Place of Residence Bakerton W.Va Full Name Helen Valleare Kidwiler Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex Female Color or Race White Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced […]
April 30, 2018

Death Certificate: Bessie Welsh Best

  Place of Death County Jefferson District 1921 Harpers Ferry Town or City Bakerton Full Name Bessie Welsh Best Residence Bakerton W.Va. Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex Female Color or Race White Single, Married […] Married […]
April 4, 2019

Death Certificate: Adam McClellan Best

County Jefferson District Harpers Ferry Town or City Bakerton Full Name Adam McClellan Best Residence Bakerton Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex Male Color or Race White Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced Widower Husband or Wife of […]
April 4, 2019

Death Register: Adam McClellan Best

Name in Full Best, Adam McClallan Color White Sex Male Date of Death 12/8/34 Place of Death Bakerton Name of Disease or Cause chronic intestinal nephritis Age 72yrs. 5ms. 1d.  Occupation Farmer Consort of Widower Name […]
January 4, 2026

Gross: State Roads Quarry Foreman Drops Dead At Work

Chas. D. Gross Is Victim Of Heart Attack.State Roads Quarry Foreman Drops Dead At Work Tuesday. Stricken with an acute heart attack, Charles D. Gross, 60, foreman of a State Roads Commission corps, dropped dead at […]
May 7, 2018

Death Certificate: Martha Lee Britner [Flanagan]

  Place of Death County Berkeley District Martinsburg Town or City Martinsburg (City Hospital) Full Name Martha Lee Britner Residence Shepherdstown Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex Female Color or Race White Single, Married […] Married Husband […]
May 2, 2024

Joseph C. Duke Funeral Set

Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Joseph Chiswell Duke, who died suddenly on Wednesday. Mr. Duke was born in Bakerton, W. Va., July 31, 1885. His parents were George W. and Frances Chiswell Duke. After […]
May 22, 2020

Obituary: Millard D. Jamison

Millard D. Jamison died at his home at Antietam at 3 o’clock this morning of Hodkins disease, aged 27. He is survived by his wife, three children, May, Francis and David; brothers, Edgar, Antietam; Albert, Bakerton; […]
May 2, 2024

Hold Up May Link with Fatal Crash (Duke Dec.)

HOLD-UP MAY LINK WITH FATAL CRASHHit-and-Run Death of J. C. Duke Leads Police to Investigate. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.PRIEST BRIDGE, Md., May 31. — With two colored men under arrest in Annapolis as […]
May 2, 2024

Former Ball Player Dies After Crash (Brophy)

Former Ball Player Dies After Car CrashMARTINSBURG, W. Va., March 12. — Seriously injured in a motorcycle accident Saturday night, Joe Brophy, of this city, former Blue Ridge and Eastern Shore League ball player, died in […]
May 1, 2018

Death Certificate: John McClellan Moore

  Place of Death County Jefferson District 1921 Harpers Ferry Town or City Bakerton Full Name John McCellan Moore Residence Bakerton W.Va Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex Male Color or Race White Single, Married […] Married […]
December 20, 2025

Death Notice: George S. Homer

George S. Homer, for many years a resident of Bakerton, died Monday after a long illness from paralysis. He was 75 years of age. A daughter, Miss Margaret Houser and four sons, George, Richard, Ernest and […]
May 22, 2020

Obituary: George Samuel Houser

George Samuel Houser died at his home in Bakerton, West Virginia, following a long illness, aged 75 years. He was born and reared in Washington County, Md., the son of Samuel and Mary Bennett Houser, the […]
January 27, 2025

Obit: George Samuel Houser

George Samuel Houser died at his home in Bakerton, West Virginia, following a long illness, aged 75 years. He was born and reared in Washington County, Md., the son of Samuel and Mary Bennett Houser, the […]
August 18, 2023

Arthur G. Homer Funeral Announcement

HOMER, ARTHUR G. At Detroit, Mich., on Monday, August 21, 1933, at 6 p.m, ARTHUR G. HOMER, beloved husband of Mamie K. Homer (nee Kaldenbach). Funeral from the chapel of Thomas S. Surgeon, 1011 7th at […]
August 17, 2023

Arthur Homer, Death Notice

HOMER, ARTHUR G. At Detroit, Mich., on Monday, August 21, 1933, at 6 p.m., ARTHUR G. HOMER, beloved husvand of Mamie K. Homer. Notice of funeral hereafter.
May 1, 2024

Three Injured, One Killed By Premature Explosion

A dynamite explosion, which it is said may have been caused by static electricity, killed one man and injured three others in a quarry at Bakerton, W. Va., Monday. The dead man is Thomas P. Griffith, […]
December 20, 2025

Death Notice: Roy Welsh

Roy Welsh, for years an employee of the Washington Building Lime Co., at Bakerton, died at his home there Saturday after a short illness. He was 44 years of age.
Time Periods

Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1910s 60 records
1900s 54 records
1930s 50 records
1890s 44 records
1920s 39 records
1950s 35 records