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December 19, 2024

The Village of Bakerton

Although a close-knit community existed in Bakerton long before the entrance of the Baker family in 1884, the village of Bakerton was a direct result of the Baker brothers and their Standard Lime and Stone and […]
May 2, 2024

Hold Up May Link with Fatal Crash (Duke Dec.)

HOLD-UP MAY LINK WITH FATAL CRASHHit-and-Run Death of J. C. Duke Leads Police to Investigate. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.PRIEST BRIDGE, Md., May 31. — With two colored men under arrest in Annapolis as […]
May 1, 2024

Gray Sentenced For Undetermined Period for Murder of Friend

Sentenced To Penitentiary For Undetermined Period (Special to the News) Luray, Oct. 8.– For having tied his feet and hands together with ropes and wires after shooting him five times, W. D. Gray of Sperrysville, near […]
May 1, 2024

William Gray Given Prison for Murder of Beckwith.

Convict Rappahannock Man on Murder Charge.William Gray is Given Prison Term. [Special to The Times-Dispatch.] SHENANDOAH, VA., Oct. 5 – William Gray, charged with the murder last June of Ralph Beckwith, both men said to be […]
May 1, 2024

Charles Gray; Shot.

Shot By Bad Negro. Charles Gray, a well-known Baltimore and Ohio fireman, running on the Millville limestone train was shot and mortally wounded in front of the Baltimore and Ohio station at Weverton late Saturday night, […]
May 1, 2024

Murderer of Fireman Gray Landed In Hagerstown Jail.

Murderer of Fireman Gray Landed In Hagerstown Jail. James Ellis, alias “Nigger Jim” Semple, who shot and killed Fireman Charles Gray at Weverton Saturday night, was captured at Bakerton, Jefferson county, Tuesday, and returned to Sheriff […]
December 21, 2023

Two Youthful Fisherman Die As One Tries to Save Other

Double funeral services for Terry Lee Gifft, 10, and his cousin, Wallace Eugene Gray, 14, of near Bakerton, who drowned Wednesday in a quarry near Harpers Ferry, will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the […]
November 13, 2023

1850 Census: Elizabeth Grey Household

Subdivision No. 2, Washington County, Marylandas enumerated by ElmStush [?]House Number: 913 Name Age Sex Profession Birthplace Elizabeth Grey 38 F Md Sarah Grey 15 F Md Margaret Grey 8 F Md Margaret Grey 93 F Md […]
November 13, 2023

1850 Census: Thomas Grey Household

Subdivision No. 2, Washington County, Marylandas enumerated by ElmStush [?]House Number: 912 Name Age Sex Profession Birthplace Thos. Grey 30 M Laborer Md Elizabeth Grey 25 F Md Sarah Grey 3 F Md Neighboring #907 John Jackson […]
November 13, 2023

1850 Census: John Gray Household

Subdivision No. 2, Washington County, Marylandas enumerated by ElmStush [?]House Number: 906 Name Age Sex Profession Birthplace John Gray 40 M Laborer Md Nancy Gray 33 F Md Margaret Gray 14 F Md Mary Gray* 14 F […]
November 12, 2023

Obit: James Edward Dopson

Charles TownJames Edward Dopson, 82, died on Tuesday at the home of his sister, Mrs. Margaret Writt, Charles Town, following a long illness. He had lived with his sister for the past four weeks. He was […]
November 8, 2023

1870 Census: Andrew Higgins Household

August 18, 2023

C. E. Kaldenback Land Purchase

REAL ESTATE.The Official Transfers, as Recorded To-day. Messrs. Danenhower & Son, real-estate brokers, 1226 F street northwest, report the following transfers in real estate in the District to-day, as compiled by them from the official records […]
October 29, 2020

Identifying the father of Annie G. Murphy

August 15, 2019

The unveiling of Elizabeth Slavin

By the 1860 census, a young Irish girl had taken residence with Thomas and Annie Walsh in Bolivar, [West] Virginia. Who is she and why did she live with Tommy and Annie?