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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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Obituary: Catharine O’Farrell

Died, May 15, 1891, at Harper’s Ferry, CATHARINE, relict of the late Patrick O’Farrell, and a native of Newtown, Kings county, Ireland, aged 70 years. Last July it was the writer’s sad office to note the […]
May 27, 1891
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Obituary: Lawrence Finlan

LAWRENCE FINLAN DEAD.A Well Known Citizen Who Made His Own Tombstone. On Wednesday evening last, Lawrence Finlan, (familiarly called “Larry,”) a well-known and highly respected citizen of this place, died at his home on Camp Hill […]
October 22, 1890
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Obit: Kate Burns

Mrs. Kate Burns died at her residence in Cumberland, Md., on the 21st of October, aged 60 years. She was a sister of the late M. Walsh, of this place. The remains were interred in the […]
November 29, 1893
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Obituary: John Hyland

IN MEMORIAM.We substitute for what we had written of the late John Hyland two tributes from longtime appreciative friends: Died October 11th, 1895, at Providence Hospital, Washington, D. C., of paralysis, JOHN HYLAND, a well-known and […]
October 16, 1895
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Hurley Killed; Armory Accident

We learn that a Mr. HURLEY, a native of Ireland, fell from a scaffold, while rough-casting the front of Dr. Marmion’s house, at Harpers Ferry, and was instantly killed. We understand an accident occurred in one […]
November 3, 1831
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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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