Evidence

December 17, 1904

Thomas Delaney, Killed By Falling Rock at Bakerton

KILLED BY FALLING ROCK.Thomas Delany Meets a Tragic Death at Bakerton. While at work at the Bakerton stone quarry, on the West Virginia side of the Potomac river, about eight miles below Sharpsburg, Thomas Delaney, a […]
December 13, 1904

Delaney, Marine, Crushed to Death in Quarry

MAN INSTANTLY KILLED.Former U. S. Marine Crushed to Death in a Quarry.Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., December 13.– Thomas Delaney, who was formerly in the United States marine service, was instantly killed shortly […]
November 20, 1904

Delayed Birth: Juanita Stoddard Moore

Full Name at Birth Juanita Stoddard Moore Date of Birth 11 – 20 – 1904 Color or Race White Birthplace Bakerton, Jeff., W.Va Father John McClellan Moore Father’s Birthplace Washington, Md. Mother Nora Frances Welsh Mother’s […]
October 18, 1904

Obit: Mrs. William O. Rau

The death of Mrs. William O. Rau, of Harpers Ferry, who died last Tuesday, after a few days illness, at the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Clara Wentzell, in Washington City, was a great shock to […]
September 29, 1904

Flanagan visits sister, Miller, in D.C.

Mrs. John G. Flanagan and her little son, of the Bakerton neighborhood, are spending this week with her sister, Mrs. Altha D. Miller, in Washington, D. C.
August 18, 1904

Flanagan calls Register Office

Among our callers this week was Mr. Jas. Flanagan of the Bakerton neighborhood.
July 14, 1904

Flanagan drawn as juror

Jurors for Special Term. The following is a list of the petit jurors drawn for the special term of the Jefferson Circuit Court to be held August 2d: […] Walter J. Flanagan, […]
July 11, 1904

Two in Jail at Harper’s Ferry Are Threatened with Lynching.

NEGROES AS HIGHWAYMENTwo in Jail at Harper’s Ferry are Threatened With Lynching. [Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.]Charlestown, W. Va., July 10.– Almost at the same spot where George W. Williams, a negro, committed an assault […]
July 1, 1904

Young School Teacher Assaulted near Peacher’s Mill

ASSAULTED BY A NEGRO.Young School Teacher in Jefferson County the Victim. Harpers Ferry, W. Va., June 27. A most horrible assault case occurred here this afternoon on the River Road, near Peachers Mill, about two miles […]
June 9, 1904

Raymond Hoffman; Distressing Accident

Distressing Accident at Bakerton.A very unfortunate accident occurred at Bakerton last Sunday afternoon, the victim of which was Raymond Hoffman, about thirteen years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Hoffman. Young Hoffman and another boy […]
June 2, 1904

The Flanagan/Powell Wedding

There was a very pretty wedding in the Southern Methodist church in Shepherdstown at a quarter of eight o’clock last night, when Mr. Alvey Flanagan, of Bakerton, and Miss Delia Powell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. […]
May 19, 1904

Powell & Flanagan Marriage

Mr. and Mrs. W. Taylor Powell have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Miss Delia, to Mr. Alvey Flanagan. The ceremony takes place June 1st in the M. E. Church South in Shepherdstown.