EvidenceCollection: The Shepherdstown Register

August 23, 1856

Obit: James Flanagan

August 13th, Mr. James Flanegan, aged 47 years. No event that has happened in our community for a long time has excited so general and melancholy an interest as the death of Mr. Flanagan. He came […]
October 29, 1870

Obit: Mrs. Martha Flanagan

ANOTHER.– Mrs. Martha Flanagan, widow of the late William Flanagan, died at her residence near Unionville, on Sunday afternoon last, aged about 70 years. She had been confined to her bed from rheumatism for some years […]
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, […]
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 […]
June 14, 1900

Death: Alfred Myers

Mr. Alfred Myers, aged 70 years, died yesterday, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ella Moore, near Mountain Lock. He was the father of Mrs. Clara Welsh, of Bakerton.
May 2, 1901

Annie Welsh; Payment to Register

Mrs. Annie Welsh, one of the REGISTER’S appreciative readers in the Bakerton neighborhood, has our thanks for a remittance this week.
April 23, 1903

Thos. & Lawrence Welsh; Call Register

We were pleased to have a call last Saturday from Mr. Thos. B. Welsh and Mr. Lawrence Welsh, of Bakerton, who paid their subscriptions to the REGISTER.
October 8, 1903

Soup At Bakerton; Welsh Scares Hen Theives

Soup at Bakerton. A person coming into Bakerton last Saturday night would have been reminded of war times and camp-fire, for there was an old-time chicken soup, given at Moler’s store. The way those fat hens […]
February 11, 1904

John Welsh; Visits Register Office

We were glad to have a call last Friday from our friend Mr. John Welsh, of Bakerton.
December 22, 1904

Big Porkers in Bakerton; Welsh Calls To Register

The returns from the big porkers at Bakerton show that some good-sized pigs have been killed there this year. Thomas B. Welsh had five, the weights of which were 422, 407, 355, 335 and 313 pounds. […]
July 20, 1905

Bakerton Camp Meeting

Camp Meeting.A camp meeting will be held in Duke’s woods at Bakerton, W. Va., commencing August 11th and continuing ten days. The meeting will be in charge of Rev. T. C. Jones. The following ministers are […]
May 24, 1906

Mr. & Mrs. Thos. B Welsh; Friends of The Register

We were pleased to have a call last Saturday from Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Welsh, of Bakerton, who spent the day with friends in Shepherdstown. They are good friends of the REGISTER and paid up […]
May 30, 1907

Wm. Welsh; Mare For Sale

For Sale– A nice young roan mare, will drive single or double. Conway stock. Terms reasonable. William Welsh, Bakerton, W. Va.
March 5, 1908

“Devil’s Cake”, made by Anna Welsh, brings high $ at festival.

A “devil’s cake” proved a very popular article at the festival at Bakerton last week. It brought the neat sum of $10.35. It was made and presented by Miss Anna Mary Welsh.
February 17, 1910

Pearle Welsh, Appendicitis Operation.

Miss Pearl Welsh, the ten-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Welsh, of Bakerton, was operated upon last Sunday for appendicitis. She stood the operation well and is getting along very nicely.
June 9, 1910

Welsh, Flanagan Call Register Office

Mrs. Thos. B. Welsh and Miss Martha Flanagan, of Bakerton, made a pleasant call at the Register office yesterday.
May 24, 1917

Licenses Issued to Grubbs & Whittington; Welsh & Geary

Marriage licenses were issued by County Clerk Johnson last week to William E. Whittington and Ethel May Grubbs, of Rip[p]on, and to William Sheldon Geary and Martha Mae Welsh, both of Bakerton.
February 27, 1919

Grand Jury Memers; Return Indictment against Willingham.

In The Circuit Court.The grand jury of the Jefferson Circuit Court at this term was composed of the following persons: D. S. Hughes, George W. Shull, George Elliott, Horace C. Moore, W. D. Rissler, Robert Withers, […]