Research Topic

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
Explore Records

Explore Records

December 10, 2023

Letter From Captain Kearney.

Letter From Captain Kearney.Alexandria, Va.Jan. 27, 1902. DEAR REGISTER– While you are always a welcome visitor at our home, you often bring me sadness. I was very sorry to hear of the death of comrade J. […]
December 3, 2023

Newsy Notes: Michael Caton, dead.

Michael Caton of Washington, a veteran printer and pressman, is dead– aged 89. He was cashier 43 years in the Congressional Globe office.
December 2, 2023

Fatal Train Accident Caused By Bovine

A train of empty cars, in charge of conductor Rodrick, with John McAbee engineer, Charles Rosenberg fireman, and William Caton brakesman, was thrown from the track near Edinburg, on the Valley Branch of the B. & […]
December 2, 2023

Miss Caton Killed

KILLED.– An unmarried Irish woman, named Caton, was run over by a train on the O. A. & M. R. R., near Timberville, in Shenandoah county, a few days ago, and killed.
November 28, 2023

Death Notice: William Flanagan

At his residence in this county, on the 15th ultimo, Mr. WILLIAM FLANAGIN. He had been a member of the Presbyterian Church, for 20 years, and died in the faith and hope of the Gospel.
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