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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 414 indexed records between 1817 and 1977.
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1977 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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August 4, 2024
August 4, 2024

Daniel Baker Dead

DANIEL BAKER DEAD.Daniel Baker, of Baltimore, widely known as a churchman, philanthropist and leader in all good works, and a business man of the highest type, died early last Monday morning, following a protracted illness. He […]
August 11, 1921
June 16, 2024
June 16, 2024

McCabe Killed by Engine

FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. — Mr. Francis McCabe, in the employ of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was run over and killed by an engine in Martinsburg on Saturday evening last. He was formerly a citizen of […]
October 22, 1855
May 2, 2024
May 2, 2024

Death Notice: Jacob S. Moler

CHARLES TOWN, Jan. 5.– Jacob S. Moler, a Jefferson county farmer, residing near Bakerton, is dead aged about 70 years. He served in Company D, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry of the Confederate army.
January 6, 1914
May 2, 2024
May 2, 2024

Smith, Ex-Soldier Engineer Killed

Ex-Soldier Engineer Killed in Crash.Special to The Washington Post.Hagerstown, Md., May 7.– William M. Smith, locomotive engineer at the Bakerton quarries, near Williamsport, Md., misinterpreting a signal, ran his engine into an open switch and was […]
May 8, 1919
May 2, 2024
May 2, 2024

Smith, Killed At Quarries Shortly After Release From German Prison

GOT BY FOE PRISON, KILLED IN ACCIDENT.HAGERSTOWN, Md., May 9. — William M. Smith, recently returned from Germany, where he had been held a prisoner for two years, met an instant death in an accident at […]
May 9, 1919
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Time Period Concentration

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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