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.
Explore All Topics
414 Indexed Records
1817 Earliest Record
1977 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
Explore Records

Explore Records

July 22, 2018
July 22, 2018

Obituary: James Smith Flanagan

Mr. James Flanagan, a lifelong resident of Jefferson county and a respected farmer of the Bakerton neighborhood, died Tuesday morning at the age of 69 years. He had been in failing health for the past year […]
December 7, 1916
July 20, 2018
July 20, 2018

Niece of Flanagan Dies

Miss Nellie Lamon Miller died very suddenly in her sleep at 2:30 a. m., Saturday, September 5th, at her home in Washington, D. C. She was buried in Greencastle, Pa., cemetery on Monday, her birthday. She […]
September 10, 1914
July 20, 2018
July 20, 2018

Obituary: Fanny Spickler

Mrs. Fannie Eyer Spickler died last Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bertha Flanagan, aged 82 years and 6 months. Mrs. Spickler had been in failing health for a long time, as the burden […]
June 4, 1914
July 20, 2018
July 20, 2018

Died: Mrs. Mary Dunn Welsh

Mrs. Mary Welsh, widow of Patrick Welsh, died at Martinsburg last Friday where she had been visiting her relatives. The deceased, whose maiden name was Dunn, was a native of Berkeley county, and was 56 years […]
August 7, 1913
July 20, 2018
July 20, 2018

Funeral Service of Griggs Flanagan

The funeral service of Griggs Flanagan, whose sad death we recorded last week, was held Saturday morning at the home of his mother, Mrs. Bertha D. Flanagan, near Bakerton. The service was conducted by Rev. John […]
April 3, 1913
1...6970717273...83

Related Topics

Common Record Types

Geographic Concentration

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

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
✕