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711 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977

December 19, 1919

19 Dec 1919

Bettie Moler, Obit

Mrs. Bettie Moler Mrs. Bettie Moler, widow of Adam B. Moler, died Tuesday night at her home near Bakerton, after an illness of two weeks, from pneumonia, aged 66 years. Her death was a shock to […]

December 19, 1919

19 Dec 1919

Obit: Mrs. Alice Hopper

DEATH.Mrs. Alice Hopper. Mrs. Alice Hopper, lifelong resident of the Bakerton neighborhood died Thursday morning about 5 o’clock. She had been ill for a week or two with pleurisy and this was followed by pneumonia, which […]

September 25, 1919

25 Sep 1919

More About the Old Mill [Cement]

The relating of one interesting event in Shepherdstown’s history calls out another. The recent article in the Register concerning the old mill east of town brought to the remembrance of Mr. Beltzhoover that some years ago […]

September 4, 1919

4 Sep 1919

Bakerton Beats Sharpsburg 11-9

A game of ball was played by the Sharpsburg boys and the boys at the Bakerton lime quarries. Score 9 to 11 in favor of the Bakerton boys. The game recently played by the same boys […]

August 25, 1919

25 Aug 1919

Marriage of Blanche Kaldenback and H. T. Sinclair.

Mrs. Ella C. Kaldenback announces the marriage of her daughter, Blanche Josephine, to Henry T. Sinclair at the Sacred Heart rectory Friday, August 22. Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair left for a trip North. After September 15 […]

August 25, 1919

25 Aug 1919

Marriage Announcement of Blanche Kaldenback to Sinclair

The marriage of Miss Blanche J. Kaldenback, daughter of Mrs. Ella C. Kaldenback, to Mr. Henry T. Sinclair, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Sinclair, took place last Friday morning. The ceremony was performed in […]

July 22, 1919

22 Jul 1919

Marriage: Grove–Kern

Grove–Kern Nuptials.Special to The Washington Post. Harpers Ferry, W. Va., July 21.— Lyle W. Grove, of Bakerton, and Miss Katherine Kern, of Harpers Ferry, were married yesterday at the Mehtodist Episcopal parsonage by the Rev. A. […]

July 17, 1919

17 Jul 1919

Geo. Houser, Returned From France

George S. Houser, Jr., of Bakerton, who as a member of Company B, 28th Engineers, has been with the American Army in France for the past eleven months, has gotten back home again. He landed at […]

May 18, 1919

18 May 1919

Glassford must answer charge of non-support.

Husband Must Answer Charge of Non-SupportJustic Hitz of the District Supreme Court issued a summons yesterday on Charles B. Glassford, employed in a local ice cream plant, to show cause on May 23 why he should […]

May 9, 1919

9 May 1919

Smith, Killed At Quarries Shortly After Release From German Prison

GOT BY FOE PRISON, KILLED IN ACCIDENT.HAGERSTOWN, Md., May 9. — William M. Smith, recently returned from Germany, where he had been held a prisoner for two years, met an instant death in an accident at […]

May 8, 1919

8 May 1919

Smith, Ex-Soldier Engineer Killed

Ex-Soldier Engineer Killed in Crash.Special to The Washington Post.Hagerstown, Md., May 7.– William M. Smith, locomotive engineer at the Bakerton quarries, near Williamsport, Md., misinterpreting a signal, ran his engine into an open switch and was […]

May 6, 1919

6 May 1919

Smith, Killed By Train In Quarry

Killed by Train in QuarriesSpecial to The Washington Post. Harpers Ferry, W. Va., May 5– William Smith, of Samples Manor, Maryland, was killed today at the quarries in Bakerton. While running a dinky engine in the […]

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