SurnamesHendricks

January 15, 2025

Hendricks to become Manager of Virginia Ore Bank

Charlestown, W. Va.– James K. Hendricks, who has been surveyor of this county since 1897 has tendered his resignation to the County Court. Mr. Hendricks will assume the management of the Virginia Ore Works, at Ferrum, […]
October 6, 2024

The Old Unionville Church

THE OLD UNIONVILLE CHURCH.By J. O. Knott. The old brick Methodist Church, with its attached graveyard, situated on the turnpike leading to Shepherdstown, and in the midst of that scattering group of houses formerly known as […]
August 13, 2024

Reunion Companies D & A, 12th Va. Cavalry

Reunion Companies D and A, 12th Va. Cavalry.Companies D and A, 12th Va. Cavalry, met in reunion at Uvilla, W. Va., August 11th; at the roll call the following members of Company D answered to their […]
August 4, 2024

Ladies of Moler’s to Entertain Old Reb’s

At a meeting held on March 28th, by the ladies of Moler’s, the following committee was appointed to solicit contributions of meats, bread, cake, cream, vegetables; pickles, coffee, sugar, and spreads, for the entertainment for the […]
August 4, 2024

Homes & Home Building, Knott.

HOMES AND HOME BUILDING.By J. O. Knott. Standing once more in the front yard of the hold home in Jefferson county and looking towards the mountain rim to the east which marks off the horizon and […]
May 2, 2024

Married: Duke & Hendricks

Leslie Daniels Duke and Miss Mabel Neuton Hendricks were married at the manse in Duffield, near Bakerton, W. Va., by the Rev. John C. Siler.
May 1, 2024

Engle, Hendricks, married at Uvilla

A pretty wedding took place at the M. E. church at Uvilla, on Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock. The contracting parties were Mr. Jesse A. Engle, of Bakerton, and Miss Essie Hendricks, daughter of Mr. D. […]
November 12, 2023

Obit: Adam C. Moler

The community has been made sad by the death of Adam C. Moler, of Bakerton. Mr. Moler was a son of the late Raleigh and Margaret Moler and was born October 16, 1845, departing this life […]
October 5, 2023

Kain–Boler Wedding

There was a very pretty wedding (the first in that edifice) in St. James’ Catholic Church in this place last Wednesday morning, the principals being Policeman Thomas J. Kain and Miss Ella Boler. The ceremony was […]
July 25, 2023

Alliance Meeting at Moler’s

There was a very interesting meeting of Moler’s Alliance at Moler’s Cross Roads last Friday, the occasion being a dinner given by the Alliance to visiting brethren and friends. The ladies of that section are famous […]
December 5, 2020

1868 Marriages – Dunn, Murphy, etc

Marriages. On the 22d inst., by the Rev. D. H. Bittle, Mr. Jacob V. D. Poisal, of Berkeley county, to Miss Mary E. Kimes, of this place. In Winchester on Tuesday morning last, in the M. […]
May 22, 2020

An Evening Drive (to Bakerton).

The REGISTER man took a drive the other evening down to Bakerton by way of Moler’s Cross Roads, and he has thought that what he noticed might not be uninteresting in print. The first impression is […]
May 22, 2020

Catoctin Furnace Timber.

The timber is to be cut from the 6,000 acres of the old Catoctin Furnace property in Frederick county, Md., now owned by Joseph E. Thropp, who is also the owner of the Virginia ore bank […]
May 20, 2020

Entertainment at Moler’s

An audience of about one hundred and fifty ladies and gentlemen attended Mr. Jacob Knott’s entertainment at Bethesda Church, December 24th, which consisted of recitations and dialogues. All did remarkably well according to age and opportunity, […]
May 20, 2020

Road Toll Petition

CORRESPONDENCEWe publish the following request of several of our readers: Shepherdstown, W. Va.To the Honorable County Court of Jefferson County– We, the citizens of said county, living southeast of the Shepherdstown and Halltown turnpike, and entering […]
May 20, 2020

Shepherdstown Graded School Commencement

May 19, 2020

Obituary: George W. Caton

Mr. George W. Caton, a well-known resident of this vicinity, died on Christmas day at his home near the cement mill, a mile or two below town. Mr. Caton had been in bad health for a […]
April 1, 2019

West Virginia & It’s People – Flanagan

FLANAGAN — Among the industrious Irish-American citizens now residing in West Virginia may be named the Flanagan family, which was first represented in America in 1798 in the person of William Flanagan, who became the grandfather […]