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Bakerton

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EVIDENCE

Historical Records from Bakerton

1025 records 1810–1977

Mr. Charles Coleman, of Clarke county, Va., has moved to Mr. John G. Flanagan’s place near Bakerton.

Coleman to Flanagan’s Place

1894
Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Joseph Chiswell Duke, who died suddenly on Wednesday. Mr. Duke was born in…

Joseph C. Duke Funeral Set

1934
Name in Full Thomas Benjamin Welsh Color White Sex Male Date of Death 7/22/41 Place of Death Bakerton Name of…

Register of Deaths: Thomas B. Welsh

1941
LAW OFFICES OFRICE, HANNIS & RODGERSTHE OLD NATIONAL BANK BUILDINGMARTINSBURG, W. VA.—-AMHERST 3-3391 & AMHERST 3-3392 LACY I. RICEHERBERT E.…

Standard Lime Dispute on Property Line

1960
The Secreatary of State has granted a charter to the Washington Building Lime Company, of Moler’s P. O., Jefferson county.…

Washington Building Lime Company Chartered

1889
Passing through the busy little settlement of Bakerton last Thursday, we stopped for a few minutes chat with Mr. D.…

Works at Bakerton

1897
The Harper’s Ferry correspondent of the Shepherdstown Independent says:“Carl” Decker, the New York Journal Cuban correspondent, and the liberator of…

Decker, Harpers Ferrian, Liberator, and Patentee.

1898
Miss Essie Flanagan, of Bakerton, has returned home from a visit to relatives and friends in Martinsburg.

Essie Flanagan visits Martinsburg

1896
Letter From Bakerton.—Bakerton, W. Va.,March 13, 1894. MR. EDITOR– As I have not seen anything in your paper for some…

Bakerton On the Boom

1894
John G. Flanagan, of the Bakerton neighborhood, renews his subscription to the Register and says some nice things about the…

Flanagan Commends Register

1905
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Common Topics in Bakerton

Subjects most frequently associated with this place in surviving records.

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Obituaries & Deaths 208 Industry 161 Limestone Quarries 136 Visitations 123 Real Estate 105 Accidents 101 Marriages & Wedding Announcements 68 Railroad 45 Agriculture 44 Pastimes 42
PEOPLE

Families in Bakerton

People and surnames most strongly associated with Bakerton.

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Common Surnames

Flanagan 338 Welsh 230 Moler 164 Houser 57 Moore 49 Knott 44 Johnson 36 Engle 35 Hopper 33 Carter 32 Kidwiler 31 Daniels 30 Baker 29 Link 28 Duke 27
James Walsh 1827–1871
Martin Dineen Welsh 1892–1964
John Doody 1810–1881
Thomas "Tommy" Buchanon Welsh 1861–1941
James Smith Flanagan 1847–1916
Martha E. Flanagan 1791–1870
Annie Gertrude Ingram 1869–1945
James Alvey Flanagan 1883–1971

A Light Still Burning: The Bakerton Store

With roots in both the working class and the family that employed them, Martin Welsh…

Becoming Bakerton: The First Settlers

Long before the village bore its familiar name, Bakerton’s rolling country and riverbanks were a…

Nancy Lewis Recipe

Laura’s Recipes

Laura Ellen Lewis was born September 1, 1897 in Dargan, Washington County, Maryland. In 1915, she married Martin Dineen Welsh of Bakerton, Jefferson County, West Virginia. Laura would frequently bake…

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