Spirit of Jefferson - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

Mr. George Beall Lynch, a native of Jefferson county, but who had been a resident of Baltimore for a number of years, died at the University Hospital in that city on Tuesday. The earlier years of […]

June 26, 1906

26 Jun 1906

5 Acres Annexed to Catholic Cemetery

The Catholic Cemetery [Harpers Ferry] has been undergoing a thorough straightening up and five acres of land has been added to its area.

June 19, 1906

19 Jun 1906

Obit: Mary McGlone Kain

Mrs. Mary Kain, widow of the late Maurice Kain, for many years a resident of Charles Town, died in Washington City June 10, aged 75 years. Her remains were brought to Harpers Ferry on Monday of […]

June 5, 1906

5 Jun 1906

Catholic Cemetery Englargement

Rev. Father Collins is having the Catholic cemetery at Harpers Ferry enlarged.

June 5, 1906

5 Jun 1906

An eastbound fast freight train on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was wrecked at Engle’s Switch Sunday morning. Seventeen cars were piled up, and much valuable merchandise, consisting of lard, packed in barrels and buckets, and […]

October 24, 1905

24 Oct 1905

Mrs. Joseph Barry; Remains Brought Home

The remains of Mrs. Joseph Barry, who died in Richmond, Va., were brought to her late residence on Camp Hill, and after a mass in St. Peter’s Catholic Church, October 20, were interred in the Bolivar […]

October 18, 1904

18 Oct 1904

Obit: Mrs. William O. Rau

The death of Mrs. William O. Rau, of Harpers Ferry, who died last Tuesday, after a few days illness, at the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Clara Wentzell, in Washington City, was a great shock to […]

April 26, 1904

26 Apr 1904

Winchester Catholic Cemetery To Be Relocated

The historic old Catholic Cemetery in Winchester, belonging to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, is to be sold under an act of the Legislature. The property was condemned on sanitary grounds. All of the bodies will […]

March 4, 1902

4 Mar 1902

In Memoriam: Edward Tearney

Died, February 16, 1902, at Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, Edward Tearney, aged eighty four years and fourteen days. Mr. Tearney was a native of Ireland, but in his infancy he was brought to this country, and […]

October 15, 1895

15 Oct 1895

Obit: John Hyland

Mr. John Hyland, a well-known citizen of Harper’s Ferry, died in Providence Hospital, Washington City, on Friday last. The deceased was an active, earnest Democrat, and during the late war was a gallant Confederate solider, of […]

May 13, 1925

13 May 1925

Obit: George A. MaGlone

GEORGE A. MaGLONE DIES IN NEW YORK.Mr. George A. MaGlone died in New York a few days ago, and his remains were brought to Harpers Ferry and interred in the family lot in the Catholic Cemetery. […]

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