Jefferson County - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

1949 Indexed Records Spanning 1730 to 1977 Database Info

October 18, 1892

18 Oct 1892

Daily, Caton Marriage

Richard Daily, of Harper’s Ferry, and Miss Cora Caton, of Jefferson county, W. Va., now visiting her sister, Mrs. Hoffman, at Eakle’s Mills, were married at Frederick, Thursday, while attending the fair. [Hagerstown Globe.]

September 14, 1892

14 Sep 1892

Tamson Flanagan, died at home.

Mrs. Flanagan, wife of Mr. John J. Flanagan, died at her home near Moler’s Cross Roads on Wednesday.

September 14, 1892

14 Sep 1892

Morgans Grove Fair Experience

The weather was auspicious for Morgan’s Grove Fair. Good showers, preceding the opening day freshened the foliage of the trees and laid the dust, and there was no inclemency to mar the pleasure of the visitors– […]

July 22, 1892

22 Jul 1892

B&O Radical Changes at Harpers Ferry and More

Important Railroad News.The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company has awarded to Messrs. Jones & Thorne, of Baltimore, the contract for radical changes at Harper’s Ferry. It will use up about $250,000 of the $300,000 appropriated for […]

June 24, 1892

24 Jun 1892

Lime-kiln accident; fell 25 feet.

A colored man working at the lime-kiln at Bakerton was seriously hurt last Saturday. The cable caught him, causing him to fall a distance of about 25 feet, head-foremost.

May 8, 1892

8 May 1892

Birth: Robert William Ingram

Register of Births Within The District of Shepherdstown, JW Gardner, Jr., Assessor, For The County Of Jefferson, In The Year Ending 31st December, 1892. Lines Numbered 67 Date of Birth May 8, 1892 Name of Child, […]

April 30, 1892

30 Apr 1892

Death Notice: Adam Kidwiler

Mr. Adam Kidwiler, an estimable resident of Jefferson county, died at his home near Bakerton on Sunday morning last, at the ripe old age of 77 years.

April 22, 1892

22 Apr 1892

Birth Certificate: Martin Dineen Welsh

Register of Births Within the District of Chas. H. Trail, Assessor, In The County of Jefferson in the Year Ending December 31, 1889 County Where Born Jefferson City Where Born Bakerton Street At Home Full Name […]

March 11, 1892

11 Mar 1892

Attempt at Suicide. (Haines)

Mr. Thomas Haines, a well-known citizen of Charlestown, attempted suicide there Friday, by placing a pistol to his forehead and firing. Failing at the first attempt he undertook the same means a second time. The first […]

February 26, 1892

26 Feb 1892

Alliance Meeting at Moler’s

There was a very interesting meeting of Moler’s Alliance at Moler’s Cross Roads last Friday, the occasion being a dinner given by the Alliance to visiting brethren and friends. The ladies of that section are famous […]

February 12, 1892

12 Feb 1892

Duncan shot by Goodman in Baltimore

Charles Goodman shot and instantly killed John T. Duncan in Baltimore on Monday last. Both were well known men about town, and had quarreled over money matters. Goodman is not unknown in Jefferson county. About twenty […]

February 12, 1892

12 Feb 1892

Baltimore County Commissioners visit Lime Quarry

The commissioners of Baltimore county visited the quarries of the Washington Building Lime and Stone Company at Keller, this county, last week, with a view of obtaining the limestone found there for use in piking the […]

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