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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.
414 Indexed Records
1817 Earliest Record
1977 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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June 11, 2026

Deaths: Glenn, Sloan, McPherson, Holt dead.

Died. On Thursday last, Capt. JAMES GLENN, of this county, aged about 70. Captain Glenn was a soldier of the Revolution. On Tuesday last, after a short illness, Mr. DANIEL McPHERSON, Jr., son of Mr. Dan’l […]
June 11, 2026

Obit: Blanchard, Hall’s Rifle Artisan

On the 16th instant, aged about 35 years, Mr. ROBERT BLANCHARD, one of the most valuable and skillful artisans in Capt. Hall’s Rifle Factory at Harpers-Ferry. He was from North Varmouth, in Maine, and has left […]
June 11, 2026

Obit: Widdis, lock-jaw death.

Mr. ISAAC WIDDIS, a stone-mason of Hagerstown, Md., but formerly of this town, died on Thursday of last week, of lock-jaw, caused by treading in a nail a few days previous. He was a member of […]
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 […]
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.
Time Periods

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