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Antietam • 20 Big Pool • 1 Boonsboro • 10 Brownsville • 3 Brunswick • 26 Cavetown • 2 Chestnut Grove • 1 Clear Spring • 1 Dargan • 41 Downsville • 1 Funkstown • 4 Hagerstown • 81 Hancock • 2 Keedysville • 4 Mapleville • 1 Mercersville • 1 Pinesburg • 1 Samples Manor • 43 Sandy Hook • 32 Sharpsburg • 60 Weverton • 4 Williamsport • 27
EVIDENCE

Historical Records from Washington County

290 records 1730–1977

Former Congressman Joseph E. Thropp, of Pennsylvania, owner of the Virginia ore bank, near Harper’s Ferry, has commenced operations at…

Ore Mine to Start Up.

1903
The boom at Shenandoah Junction, or, as it is to be known in the future, Antietam City, is a go.…

Shenandoah Junction’s Boom.

1890
Chas. P. Gouker, Mrs. Frank Cole, Mrs. Hunter Swann and Mrs. Ida L. Moore, all of Washington, spent Monday with…

Bakerton Visitations

1922
Mrs. Sallie C. Rice, aged 63, died at 6:30 o’clock this morning at the City Hospital, where she had been…

Sallie Rice, Death Notice

1912
Charles TownJames Edward Dopson, 82, died on Tuesday at the home of his sister, Mrs. Margaret Writt, Charles Town, following…

Obit: James Edward Dopson

1962
Early in the spring of 1832 the news went abroad over the country that Asiatic cholera, then but little known…

Events from 1832 – 1837, The Cholera

1891
HAGERSTOWN, July 4The cholera is again on the increase along the line of the canal, in the neighborhood of Williamsport.…

Progress of the Cholera

1833
Beginning October 8th, revival services will be held each night at the M. E. Church South for a period of…

More Bakerton News

1922
Posts and Rails FOR SALE.I OFFER for sale at low prices, 10,000 CHESTNUT RAILS, also Chestnut and Locust POSTS, to…

Posts and Rails for sale.

1870
Mrs. Nora Moore, of Bakerton, and Miss Nannie Moore, of Sample’s Manor, Md., spent several days last week with Mrs.…

Nora Moore visits in Brunswick

1896
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Obituaries & Deaths 82 Industry 44 Accidents 33 Marriages & Wedding Announcements 26 Census 25 Canal 24 Crime & Murders 24 Limestone Quarries 21 Railroad 19 Epidemics 15
PEOPLE

Families in Washington County

People and surnames most strongly associated with Washington County.

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Common Surnames

Lewis 37 Welsh 36 Eichelberger 30 Ingram 30 Myers 30 Moore 20 Flanagan 19 Houser 18 Moler 18 Johnson 17 Hoffmaster 14 Higgins 12 Brown 11 Jones 11 Boyer 10
Patrick Higgins 1832–1915
Margaret Virginia Welsh 1873–1925
Laura Ellen Welsh 1897–1989
Nora Frances Moore 1866–1927
Martin Dineen Welsh 1892–1964
Christopher William Slavin 1820–1858
John Griggs Flanagan 1886–?
Thomas "Tommy" Buchanon Welsh 1861–1941

Life Between The Blasts: The Village of Bakerton

Life in Bakerton was lived between the thunder of quarry blasts and the spirit of…

Identifying the father of Annie G. Murphy

Annie Gertrude Murphy Welsh was born in Maryland in 1840 to Irish immigrant parents. Raised…

cocanal

The Welsh & Flanagan Families on The C&O Canal

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