Evidence

September 12, 1918

WWI Draft: James Franklin Myers

Name James Franklin Myers Home Address Harpers Ferry WVa #1 Age in Years 44 Date of Birth Dec 20 1873 Race White U.S. Citizen/Alien Native Born Present Occupation Laborer Employer Wash. Building Lime Co. Place of […]
September 12, 1918

WWI Draft: John Thomas Ingram

Name John Thomas Ingram Home Address Harpers Ferry WVa Route 1 Age in Years 20 Date of Birth November 15th 1897 Race White U.S. Citizen/Alien Native Born Present Occupation Laborer Employer Charles Ingram Place of Employment/Business […]
August 24, 1918

WWI Draft: Charles W Eichelberger

Name Charles W Eichelberger Home Address Harpers Ferry WVa Box 59 Age in Years 21 Date of Birth Aug 3 1897 Place of Birth Harpers Ferry WVa Race White U.S. Citizen/Alien Native Born Father’s Birthplace Harpers […]
August 6, 1918

William E. Geary; lost his life in France

The facts about the death of Sergeant Major William E. Geary, the Harpers Ferry boy who lost his life in battle June 25 in France have only recently been given to the family. At the time […]
August 1, 1918

Death: William Houser

William Houser. William Houser, aged 69 years, died Tuesday in Maryland, one mile from Harpers Ferry. Surviving are one daughter, three sons and two brothers, Raleigh and George Houser, of Bakerton, Jefferson county.
July 18, 1918

Obituary: Charles Eichelberger

Death of Charles Eichelberger.Special to The Washington Post. Harpers Ferry, W. Va., July 17. — Charles Eichelberger, aged 62, died this morning at his home in Maryland near this place. He was a carpenter foreman on […]
May 21, 1918

New Concern Takes Over Plant

OLD STONE CO. SELLS OUT.New Concern Takes Over Plant At Bakerton, W. Va.Charles Town, W. Va., May 20.– The Harpers Ferry Stone and Lime Company, who have been operating a plant at Millville, near this town, […]
February 7, 1918

Obit: Mrs. Michael Boler

Mrs. Michael Boler, one of the oldest residents of this county, died at her home at Shenandoah Junction last Sunday, aged 90 years. Surviving her are three sons and two daughters: Rev. John Boler, vicar-general of […]
January 11, 1918

Railway Surveyors Close to Bakerton

SURVEYORS ARE NOW CLOSE TO BAKERTON A party of surveyors have been working for several weeks past on the right of way purchased a number of years ago by the Cherry Run and Potomac Valley Railroad […]
January 10, 1918

Obituary: Anna Roulette Eichelberger

Mrs. Anna Roulette Eichelberger Mrs. Anna Virginia Roulette Eichelberger, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Hoffmaster, Samples Manor, on Saturday Dec. 29, 1917 in her 86th year, from the infirmities of age. […]
November 10, 1917

Winters Opens Colored School At Bakerton

HARPERS FERRY NEWSHarpers Ferry, W. Va., Nov. 8 — The community exhibit which took place at the colored school house Thursday and Friday of last week was quite a success. Everything available was displayed, such as […]
September 8, 1917

Miss Emerson Returns Home after Jefferson Trip

FALLING WATERS, Sept. 5– Miss Ethel Emerson, who has been visiting in Charles Town and Bakerton, also in Harpers Ferry and Shepherdstown, for the past ten days, has returned to her home. While in Charles Town […]