Research Topic

Laborers

Explore the lives of laborers in the Harpers Ferry region and Jefferson County, WV, including workmen connected to quarries, transportation and infrastructure, and local industry.

This topic appears in 86 indexed records between 1831 and 1960.
86 Indexed Records
1831 Earliest Record
1960 Latest Record
Harpers Ferry Strongest Location
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January 6, 2026

Obit: James Myers

James Franklin Myers, Dargan, died at the Guilford Convalescent Home, Boonsboro, Friday morning of complications, after a long illness, aged 76 years. He was a member of Church of God of Samples Manor. He was employed […]
January 4, 2026

Gross: State Roads Quarry Foreman Drops Dead At Work

Chas. D. Gross Is Victim Of Heart Attack.State Roads Quarry Foreman Drops Dead At Work Tuesday. Stricken with an acute heart attack, Charles D. Gross, 60, foreman of a State Roads Commission corps, dropped dead at […]
December 20, 2025

Labor Strike at Engle/Bakerton Work Slows.

The first labor trouble in three years in this county came Thursday of last week, when the entire quarry force of the Southern Limestone Company at Engle quit work. About fifty men are involved. The strike […]
December 20, 2025

Houser Accepts Timekeeper Position in OH

Mr. W. J. Bryan Houser, of Bakerton, son of Mr. D. R. Houser, has accepted a position as time keeper with the Washington Building Lime Co., at Woodville, Ohio, and is much pleased with that section […]
December 20, 2025

Death Notice: Charles Flannagan

Charles Flannagan, aged 22 years died suddenly while laughing and talking with fellow employees of the Washington Building Lime Co., at Bakerton, Monday. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Flannagan, who with one […]
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Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1830s 29 records
1860s 7 records
1840s 7 records
1900s 6 records
1910s 6 records
1850s 5 records
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