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Education

Education in Harpers Ferry and the Jefferson County, WV area, reflecting schools, teachers, and the region’s local educational history.

This topic appears in 27 indexed records between 1829 and 1966.
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1829 Earliest Record
1966 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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August 2, 2023
August 2, 2023

School For Females in Alexandria

Female Education WM M. JONES respectfully informs his friends and the public generally, that he has concluded to open a School for Females in Alexandria, on the 1st Monday in September next. His course of instruction […]
August 25, 1829
August 2, 2023
August 2, 2023

Oak Grove School Commencement Celebration

COMMUNICATED. DEAR REGISTER.– The large and flourishing school so ably taught by that popular teacher Mr. Jesse A. Engle, gave their friends a rare and intellectual and literary treat at the close of their school. This […]
July 3, 1885
August 1, 2023
August 1, 2023

Oak Grove School Entertainment

School Entertainment. — A correspondent sends us the following item: Oak Grove School, conducted by Mr. Jesse A. Engle, near Zion Church, gave an entertainment at its close last Saturday a week. Speeches were made by […]
June 30, 1883
July 22, 2023
July 22, 2023

Quiet & Serene from Bakerton

Bakerton, W. VA.,March 10th, 1891, DEAR EDITOR– While all is quiet and serene at this place, yet there is one topic daily discussed with interest, viz: the C. & O. Canal. As many of our citizen […]
March 10, 1891
July 17, 2023
July 17, 2023

Hill appointed Assistant Principal of WV State Colored School

Mr. John H. Hill, principal of the colored public school in Shepherdstown, has been appointed assistant principal of the West Virginia State Colored School located near Charleston. The appointment is an excellent one, as Mr. Hill […]
November 1, 1893
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This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1890s 5 records
1900s 3 records
1910s 3 records
1880s 3 records
1920s 2 records
1960s 2 records

Frequently Associated Families

These surnames most commonly appear alongside the topic "Education" across historical collections.

Moler
6 records
Flanagan
6 records
Hill
4 records
Engle
4 records
Cockrell
4 records
Washington
3 records
Worthington
3 records
Page
3 records
Carter
3 records
Daniels
3 records
Welsh
3 records
Thompson
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