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Antietam • 19 Big Pool • 1 Boonsboro • 9 Brownsville • 3 Brunswick • 26 Cavetown • 2 Chestnut Grove • 1 Clear Spring • 1 Dargan • 41 Downsville • 1 Funkstown • 4 Hagerstown • 78 Hancock • 2 Keedysville • 4 Mapleville • 1 Mercersville • 1 Pinesburg • 1 Samples Manor • 43 Sandy Hook • 31 Sharpsburg • 59 Weverton • 4 Williamsport • 25
EVIDENCE

Historical Records from Washington County

283 records 1730–1977

INTERSTATE COCKING MAIN.Frederick Birds Do Well, but Virginians Have Little Money to Bet– Forty Birds Fought.[Special Dispatch to the Baltimore…

Frederick Birds Do Well, But Virginians Have Little Money to Bet.

1897
Dargan Village, ED #11 Sandy Hook (part of), Washington County, Maryland as enumerated by Reginald E. Walters Number of Dwelling: 30…

1920 Census: Jerome T. Lewis Household

1920
On Friday the 26th ultimo, at his residence opposite Harper’s Ferry, Mr. NEIL CHRISTY, in the 56th year of his…

Died: Mr. Neil Christy

1834
LOST CROSSING RIVER. Huge Cake of Ice Sinks Skiff in Potomac. Harper’s Ferry, W. Va., Jan. 24– Three men were…

Ice Sinks Skiff In Potomac; 3 dead.

1917
Place of Death Berkeley [County], Martinsburg, W.Va District Martinsburg (Dist. No. 0251) No. Kings Daughters Full Name Anna.Belle Eichelberger Personal…

Death Certificate: Anna Belle Eichelberger

1940
Patrick Higgins, for many years a well-known character of the Harper’s Ferry neighborhood, died last Sunday at his home at…

Patrick Higgins Obituary

1915
No better idea can be had of our advancement than by visiting these annual exhibitions of industry and skill. The…

The Big Fair at Hagerstown

1887
Sudden Deaths. — Last Sunday night Miss Mary Hunter, an aged resident of Shepherdstown, was suddenly taken ill, and before…

Obit, Hunter, Funk

1887
Robert William Ingram died at his home in Martinsburg, W. Va., Thursday night after a long illness at the age…

Obituary: Robert William Ingram

1956
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 81 Industry 43 Accidents 33 Marriages & Wedding Announcements 26 Census 25 Crime & Murders 24 Canal 21 Limestone Quarries 21 Railroad 19 Visitations 14
PEOPLE

Families in Washington County

People and surnames most strongly associated with Washington County.

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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 Boyer 10 Jones 10
Catherine Irene Eichelberger 1874–1947
Christopher William Slavin 1820–1858
John Martin Welsh 1859–1928
Nora Frances Moore 1866–1927
Laura Ellen Welsh 1897–1989
Margaret Virginia Welsh 1873–1925
Annie Gertrude Ingram 1869–1945
Patrick Higgins 1832–1915

The Welsh & Flanagan Families on The C&O Canal

Laura’s Recipes

Laura Ellen Lewis was born September 1, 1897 in Dargan, Washington County, Maryland. In 1915,…

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Life Between The Blasts: The Village of Bakerton

Life in Bakerton was lived between the thunder of quarry blasts and the spirit of community. When the Baker brothers established their Washington Building Lime Company in Oak Grove, near…

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