Shocking Outrage.– We learn that a most outrageous murder was committed last night on the Washington Rail-Road, 8th section, about 18 miles from Baltimore. It appears that a dispute arose between some of the workmen and […]
Messrs. John W. Welsh and brothers, of Bakerton, have erected tombstones to the memory of their father on the family lot in the Catholic Cemetery at Bolivar. The work is beautiful in design and finish and […]
John Barnett ag’st Patrick Hagan, a jury, to wit: Christian Glassford, George Price, Michael Cookus, Joseph Engle, A. M. Vanarsdale, Lewis Young, Benjamin B. Welsh, Stuart Price, Francis W. Rawlins, Samuel W. Strider, John G. Unseld, […]
With roots in both the working class and the family that employed them, Martin Welsh built a legacy of his own in Bakerton. More than a century later, his store stands as the last surviving trace of the once-bustling quarry village along the Potomac River. Martin Welsh's life and the store he left behind shines light onto the village of Bakerton, its laboring class, and the deep-rooted connection between industry, family, and faith that defines the district of Harpers Ferry’s history.
Thomas H. Welsh, better known as “Tam” on account of his Scotch-Irish ancestry, and well known retired local iron worker, of Hollidaysburg, marks his sixty-third birthday today. Tam was born at Harper’s Ferry, Va., on Feb. […]
