Evidence

February 1, 1894

Welsh Purchases From Flanagan; Builds House

Mr. Thos. B. Welsh has bought of Mr. Jas. S. Flanagan an acre of ground, for which he paid $80 cash. It is situated a half mile south of Bakerton and about four miles this side […]
January 2, 1894

Superintendent Brett & Moore married.

Mr. Samuel W. Brett, superintendent of the Bakerton Lime Works, and Miss Fannie B. Moore, attractive daughter of County Commissioner T. B. Moore, were married at the residence of the bride’s parents, at Halltown in this […]
December 6, 1893

Bakerton Lime; Gold Medal at World’s Fair

The Washington Building Lime Company of Bakerton, this county, received at the World’s Fair the highest award, a gold medal, for the best quality of lime– superior points of excellence and the highest tribute paid to […]
November 30, 1893

Bakerton Lime Awarded Gold Medal

We are informed by a Bakerton correspondent that the Washington Building Lime Company of Bakerton, this county, received at the World’s Fair the highest award, a gold medal, for the best quality of lime– superior points […]
November 29, 1893

Obit: Kate Burns

Mrs. Kate Burns died at her residence in Cumberland, Md., on the 21st of October, aged 60 years. She was a sister of the late M. Walsh, of this place. The remains were interred in the […]
November 2, 1893

Ore Bank Accident

The Earth Caved In On Him. A young man named Marshall, from Sharpsburg, was pretty badly hurt last Monday at the Virginia ore bank, near Bakerton, Jefferson county, W. Va. He was at work getting out […]
November 2, 1893

Earth caved in on man; Ore Bank

The Earth Caved in on Him.  A young man named Marshall, from Sharpsburg, was pretty badly hurt last Monday at the Virginia ore bank, near Bakerton, Jefferson county, W. Va. He was at work getting out […]
November 1, 1893

Marshall, hurt at Ore Bank

A young man named Marshall, from Sharpsburg, was pretty badly hurt last Monday at the Virginia ore bank, near Bakerton, this county. While he was at work getting out ore a bank of earth caved in […]
November 1, 1893

Tramp shot; Baker’s Quarry

Last Friday or Saturday a tramp was shot in the head by a boy with a cat rifle at Baker’s lime kiln, because his trampship insisted upon building a fire to boil some coffee, contrary to […]
November 1, 1893

Hill appointed Assistant Principal of WV State Colored School

Mr. John H. Hill, principal of the colored public school in Shepherdstown, has been appointed assistant principal of the West Virginia State Colored School located near Charleston. The appointment is an excellent one, as Mr. Hill […]
October 10, 1893

Marriage Announcement: Harmon & Kidwiler

In Martinsburg, September 27, 1893, by Rev. C. S. Trump, Mr. J. Frank Harmon, of Martinsburg, and Miss Emma A. Kidwiler, of Bakerton, Jefferson county.
September 15, 1893

Death: Daniel Thomas Welsh

DANIEL THOMAS, infant son of John M. and Clara D. Welsh, died at Bakerton, August 15, 1893, aged 2 months and 23 days. Dear Daniel is sleeping so free from all pain, Oh! wake him not, […]