Jefferson County - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

1949 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

March 2, 1896

2 Mar 1896

Hoffmaster from & Best to Fruit Farm

Mr. J. W. Hoffmaster, this week, removed from the Osborne and Keller fruit farm to Dr. Reichard’s place, and Mr. Hezekiah Best, of near the West Virginia ore bank, has removed to the Osborne and Keller […]

February 7, 1896

7 Feb 1896

Obit: John Houser

Mr. John Houser died on Saturday evening in the 61st year of his age, at his home at the West Virginia ore-bank, near Bakerton. His funeral took place in the Samples Manor Winebrennerian church Monday, the […]

February 4, 1896

4 Feb 1896

Obituary: Margaret T. McGraw

Died on Saturday, January 18, 1896, of heart failure, Miss MARGARET T. McGRAW, of Harper’s Ferry, W. Va., in the 38th year of her age. Never, perhaps, has this community been so stirred or have the […]

January 23, 1896

23 Jan 1896

Bakerton Lime Sample

Mr. D. R. Houser, of Bakerton, left with us on Monday a beautiful sample of the sort of lime they burn at that place. The Bakerton lime deserves the reputation it has secured.

January 23, 1896

23 Jan 1896

Frances Flanagan Falls Ill

Mrs. Flanagan, mother of Messrs. James and John Flanagan, has been very ill the past week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hopper, near Bakerton.

January 23, 1896

23 Jan 1896

Bakerton boys skate to Shepherdstown

Walter Duke and some other Bakerton boys skated from Flanagan’s wharf to Shepherdstown on Friday last.

December 12, 1895

12 Dec 1895

Flanagan & Moler visit Atlantic Exposition

Messrs. John J. Flanagan and R. H. Moler, of Bakerton, visited the Atlanta Exposition last week.

December 5, 1895

5 Dec 1895

Matrimonial Boom?

It is said that there are some indications that a matrimonial boom will soon strike Bakerton and Keller.

December 3, 1895

3 Dec 1895

John Welsh sues Oak Grove Principal

Mr. John M. Welsh, of Bakerton, this county, sued Mr. Jesse A. Engle, Principle of the Oak Grove School, for damages for whipping his son Roy, aged twelve years. The case was tried by a jury […]

November 28, 1895

28 Nov 1895

John Martin Welsh sues Schoolteacher

Damages, One Cent. There was an interesting trial before Magistrate M. L. Eichelberger, near Uvilla, last Saturday. Mr. John M. Welsh sued Mr. Jesse A. Engle for $100 damages for whipping his (Welsh’s) son. Mr. Engle […]

November 7, 1895

7 Nov 1895

Francis Flanagan Birthday Celebration

Pleasant Birthday Celebration. There was a most enjoyable family reunion at Mrs. Francis Griggs Flanagan’s on last Friday, November 1st, it being her eighty-ninth birthday. According to their custom for the last several years, her children, […]

October 16, 1895

16 Oct 1895

Bakerton Methodist Oyster Supper

The ladies of the M. E. Church, South, at Bakerton, will hold an oyster supper in the school-house on November 1st and 2nd, for the purpose of purchasing an organ for their new church.

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Hoffmaster from & Best to Fruit Farm

Obit: John Houser

Obituary: Margaret T. McGraw

Bakerton Lime Sample

Frances Flanagan Falls Ill

Bakerton boys skate to Shepherdstown

Flanagan & Moler visit Atlantic Exposition

Matrimonial Boom?

John Welsh sues Oak Grove Principal

John Martin Welsh sues Schoolteacher

Francis Flanagan Birthday Celebration

Bakerton Methodist Oyster Supper

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