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
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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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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