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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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1817 Earliest Record
1977 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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December 10, 2020
December 10, 2020

Halltown Cholera Death

No new case of Cholera has occured in town for more than two weeks— the laborer from Halltown, who brought the disease with him, is dead— and we can again pronounce our village almost entirely free […]
October 11, 1832
December 4, 2020
December 4, 2020

Death Notice: Mary Hunter

Near this place, June 1, 1865, George William Thompson, son of Boston Thompson, aged 4 years, 5 months and 6 days. At Duffield’s Depot, Oct. 30, 1861, Mrs. Mary Hunter, aged about 58 years. On the […]
January 6, 1866
December 4, 2020
December 4, 2020

Death Notice, Mary Hunter

DIED. Near Charlestown, September 30th, 1879, of Scarlet Fever, FANNIE AMELIA, youngest daughter of D. H. C. and A. A. Beckham, aged 2 years. “She is not dead, — the child of our affection. — But […]
October 7, 1879
December 4, 2020
December 4, 2020

Obit, Hunter, Funk

Sudden Deaths. — Last Sunday night Miss Mary Hunter, an aged resident of Shepherdstown, was suddenly taken ill, and before a physician could arrive she had died. The deceased was a sister of Capt. J. H. […]
March 25, 1887
December 4, 2020
December 4, 2020

Obit, Annie Hunter

Sudden Death of Miss Annie Hunter Our community was shocked today by the announcement of the death of Miss Annie Hunter, daughter of Mrs. Mary A. Hunter, which occurred at her home in this place between […]
December 24, 1896
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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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