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Bakerton

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EVIDENCE

Historical Records from Bakerton

1027 records 1810–1977

The returns from the big porkers at Bakerton show that some good-sized pigs have been killed there this year. Thomas…

Big Porkers in Bakerton; Welsh Calls To Register

1904
The Work of Death. Mary J. Hoff. Mary Jane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Hoff, died at the residence of…

Obit: Mary J. Hoff

1896
Smallpox At Bakerton, W. Va.Harpers Ferry, W. Va., Jan. 17.– Reports reach here of smallpox in the county, in the…

Smallpox At Bakerton, W. Va.

1913
LICENSED TO MARRY. […] Frank C. Coole, 25, of Norfolk, Va., and Alice F. Hopper, 19, of Bakerton, W. Va. The…

Marriage License: Alice Hopper, Frank Coole

1912
A. A. Lamon, who has been chief clerk at the Hotel Evans in Winchester for several years, has resigned in…

Lamon to Manage Flanagan Farms

1914
We were pleased to have a call last Saturday from Mr. Thos. B. Welsh and Mr. Lawrence Welsh, of Bakerton,…

Welsh’s Calls To Register

1903
Harpers Ferry District, Jefferson County, West Virginia as enumerated by C. Koonce House Number: 223   Name Relation Sex D.O.B. Age…

1900 Census: Adam C. Moler Household

1900
Mrs. Fannie Moore is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Preston Millard, at Bakerton.

Moore visits daughter at Bakerton.

1908
Work has been discontinued at the Virginia ore-bank between Shepherdstown and Harper’s Ferry, the Savery Company having had it stopped.…

Savery Company Stops Ore Bank

1889
The community has been made sad by the death of Adam C. Moler, of Bakerton. Mr. Moler was a son…

Obit: Adam C. Moler

1921
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PATTERNS

Common Topics in Bakerton

Subjects most frequently associated with this place in surviving records.

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Obituaries & Deaths 208 Industry 162 Limestone Quarries 137 Visitations 123 Real Estate 105 Accidents 101 Marriages & Wedding Announcements 68 Agriculture 45 Railroad 45 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 45 Engle 36 Johnson 36 Hopper 33 Carter 32 Kidwiler 31 Daniels 30 Baker 29 Link 28 Duke 27
Essie Tamson Manuel 1894–1959
Martin Dineen Welsh 1892–1964
James Flanagan 1809–1856
Nora Frances Moore 1866–1927
Annie Gertrude Ingram 1869–1945
Frances Magdalena Flanagan 1808–1896
John Griggs Flanagan 1886–?
John Doody 1810–1881

Becoming Bakerton: The First Settlers

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

The unveiling of Elizabeth Slavin

By the 1860 census, a young Irish girl had taken residence with Thomas and Annie…

1840 census e1530232819471

A Discussion of the Welsh’s in the 1840 Census

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