Obituaries & Deaths

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Obituaries & Deaths

Obituaries and death registers from Harpers Ferry and Jefferson County, WV transcribed from newspapers and records tied to local families and communities.

This topic appears in 406 indexed records between 1817 and 1977.
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January 26, 2026
January 26, 2026

Stewart: Instantly Killed

Instantly Killed.W. S. Stewart, the well known livery-man, and highly esteemed resident of Harpers Ferry, while crossing the B. & O. bridge Monday afternoon, was struck by No. 5 and instantly killed. His body was hurled […]
August 24, 1911
January 20, 2026
January 20, 2026

Death: Edward Sloane

In Bolivar, this county, April 20th, 1888, of typhoid fever, EDWARD, aged 15 years, oldest son of Lock and Ellen Sloane.
April 24, 1888
January 20, 2026
January 20, 2026

Death: Agnes A. Higgins

On April 16th, 1884, at Sandy Hook, Md., AGNES A., third daughter of Patrick and M. A. Higgins, aged 18 years, 4 months and 2 days.
May 1, 1884
January 20, 2026
January 20, 2026

Curry; Killed By Train

Benjamin Curry, son-in-law of Mr. Patrick Higgins, of Keep Tryst, Md., who was employed in the B. & O. yards at Brunswick, was killed by a train there Thursday morning. — H. F. Sentinel.
December 14, 1892
January 6, 2026
January 6, 2026

Obit: John Houser

Mr. John Houser died on Saturday evening in the 61st year of his age, at his home at the West Virginia ore-bank, near Bakerton. His funeral took place in the Samples Manor Winebrennerian church Monday, the […]
February 7, 1896
January 6, 2026
January 6, 2026

Death Notice: Infant Bowers

The young child of Thomas and Della Bowers, living at the Virginia Ore Bank, seven miles south of Sharpsburg, died Wednesday of brain fever, aged 4 years. Funeral Thursday 2 p. m.; services in the Winebrennerian […]
May 23, 1901
January 6, 2026
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 […]
August 5, 1950
January 6, 2026
January 6, 2026

Obit: Thomas Lewis

Thomas Lewis, well known farmer, died suddenly at his home, Dargan Thursday morning at 1:00 o’clock a.m. of a heart attack, aged 79 years. He was actively engaged in farming. Surviving are: Wife, children, Wilbur H., […]
April 5, 1940
January 6, 2026
January 6, 2026

Obit: Alfred Myers

Alfred Myers, aged 70 years, died at 4 a.m. Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Miss Ella Moore, near Mountain Lock, of old age. Deceased was twice married both wives being dead. The survivors are […]
June 15, 1900
January 6, 2026
January 6, 2026

Obit: Margaret Dopson

Mrs. M. E. DopsonMrs. Margaret Esther Dopson, aged 81 years, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Eliza Hoffman, on Union street, Bolivar, W. Va., Saturday, March 14, after a long illness. She was born […]
March 24, 1953
January 4, 2026
January 4, 2026

Obit: Thomas L. McGowan

Thomas L. McGowan, aged 57, died at his home at Dargan at 1 o’clock this morning of complications after an illness of ten weeks. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ella McGowan, sosn, Thomas, Martinsburg; […]
January 22, 1931
January 4, 2026
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 […]
September 5, 1934
December 22, 2025
December 22, 2025

Obit: James Flanagan

August 13th, Mr. James Flanegan, aged 47 years. No event that has happened in our community for a long time has excited so general and melancholy an interest as the death of Mr. Flanagan. He came […]
August 23, 1856
December 22, 2025
December 22, 2025

Obit: Mrs. Martha Flanagan

ANOTHER.– Mrs. Martha Flanagan, widow of the late William Flanagan, died at her residence near Unionville, on Sunday afternoon last, aged about 70 years. She had been confined to her bed from rheumatism for some years […]
October 29, 1870
December 22, 2025
December 22, 2025

Death: Daniel Thomas Welsh

DANIEL THOMAS, infant son of John M. and Clara D. Welsh, died at Bakerton, August 15, 1893, aged 2 months and 23 days. Dear Daniel is sleeping so free from all pain, Oh! wake him not, […]
September 15, 1893
December 22, 2025
December 22, 2025

Death: Alfred Myers

Mr. Alfred Myers, aged 70 years, died yesterday, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ella Moore, near Mountain Lock. He was the father of Mrs. Clara Welsh, of Bakerton.
June 14, 1900
December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025

Death Notice: Michael Bowler

Michael Bowler, a former resident of Shenandoah Junction died last week in Roanoke, Va. His body was brought to Harper’s Ferry for internment. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. C. C. Tapscott, at Shenandoah Junction, […]
October 16, 1919
December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025

Bakerton News [Personals]

On Monday morning, October 9th, while Mrs. Dora M. Eaton was preparing breakfast, she was taken suddenly ill and was assisted to bed by her son, where her condition grew rapidly worse until in a very […]
October 19, 1922
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This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1910s 60 records
1900s 54 records
1930s 50 records
1890s 44 records
1920s 39 records
1950s 35 records

Frequently Associated Families

These surnames most commonly appear alongside the topic "Obituaries & Deaths" across historical collections.

Welsh
72 records
Flanagan
56 records
Moler
49 records
Caton
32 records
Johnson
26 records
Eackles
24 records
Eichelberger
19 records
Myers
19 records
Moore
16 records
Kidwiler
15 records
Ingram
14 records
Houser
13 records
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