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58 The Magazine of the minister at the Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church 1807-1830 . 49 See Section III, Item 2; and Section IV, Letter 4; and Section V, Letter 2. William McMurran is credited with manumitting the wife of Alexander Jenkins so that she could accompany her husband ...
...e steadily driven back on the Seventeenth, but made a determined stand two miles south of Shepherdstown, on the Shepherdstown and Duffields road at what is called the Forks. A brigade of regulars, commanded by Major Lovell, 44 US.A. occupied this part of the field. Back of him wa...
...gregation is the newest in Charles Town. It was organized in 1939. The Lutheran church in Shepherdstown was organized in 1765. Pack Horse Ford crossing of the Potomac there was drawing <<German immigrants from Pennsylvania and Maryland.» 45 They seemed to have settled in Shepherd...
...rters for the forward line of the Union garrison based in Harper's Ferry. As such, many t Shepherdstown Town Hall. This building was given to the town by Rezin Davis Shepherd. From 1865 -1871 it was the Jefferson County Court House. of its public and private buildings were used f...
...25%) in the Zion Episcopal graveyard, two (7%) in the Christ Reformed Church graveyard in Shepherdstown, two (7%) in the St. James Lutheran Church in Uvilla, and one (3%) in the Shepherd Family Cemetery in Shepherdstown. Private Charles E. Hessey enlisted in Company Bon April 18,...
...t this time. 26 Another bone of contention between Hale and Laidley was whether Romney or Shepherdstown could lay claim to the title of ''oldest town in West Virginia.'' The inquiry centered on whether either town already had inhabitants when chartered by the Virginia Assembly in...
30 The Magazine of the The party thus was not anywhere near Shepherdstown Flowing Springs or the Elk Branch. Moreover the ''friend who has made the voyage ," accordi ng to Michel's notes stated, ''All this country is uninhabited except some Indians." 31 In 1921 Charles E. Kemper ...
...fore1nost> the West Virginia Leg i lature had removed the county eat from Charlestown to Shepherdstown. ½'ith the 11e\, 1 cou11t} 1 eat lite1·all}' ct1t off and inacce ible to the north) there wa a e.n e of urgency to get the bridge back in ervice. Complications aro e because th...
... in the midst of the Great Depression, folks crossing the Potomac on their way to work in Shepherdstown could ill af ford being late. The commission's response was to set the pedestrian rate at ten cents per day with an option to purchase a book of tickets which offered a reduct...
...College, <<though not always with the best off eeling." 39 By October I 0th, the mayor of Shepherdstown had ordered a halt to all public meetings. '<Moving picture shows at the opera house discontinued;' the Register reported. ''On account of the epidemic of influenza there will ...
...ic Health Reports, 125(3_suppl), 81 -91. https://doi.org/ 1 0.1177/00333549101250S3 11 57 Shepherdstown R egister, October 10, 1918. 58 Byerly. 59 Shepherdstown R egister, October 10, 1918. 60 Shepherdstown R egister, October 10, 1918. 61 'An Old Time Plague a nd the Mode rn Infl...
...hooters with their long flintlock rifles. In addition to Stephenson's company enlisted in Shepherdstown, a company was organized by Captain Daniel Morgan of nearby Winchester. Two companies were formed in Maryland and six companies were organized in Pennsylvania. At first glance,...
...enry B. Davenport, of Charleston West Virginia. A copy of the diary is in the archives of Shepherdstown University Library, Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The diary was printed in Dandridge, Danske, 1910, Historic Shepherdstown, The Michie Company, Printers, Charlottesville, Virgi...
...ine of the him. Thus they traveled from the neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Shepherdstown, Virginia, of course by short stages, when my father restored him safe to his mother and family. After your father recovered his health he again re-entered the service and cont...
...l summer picnic was held on Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at McMurran Farm located outside of Shepherdstown. Joy and Eric Lewis have restored their barn in order to host functions and the grounds near the barn were perfect for placing the tents housing the tables and chairs. This als...
Jefferson County Historical Society 33 with Mr. McAnly conducted the Shepherdstown Register for several years; and owned a hay scales that was located on the site •of the home of the editor of the Register. On one occa sion ;32 traveler stopping at the hotel took a liking to Mr....
...nti·· n n al Ar111 17751 1783. 1914. Washington. In tpublic libraries at Charles Town and Shepherdstown. Hendricks, Sam M. Military Operations in Jefferson County, 1861-1865. Shepherdstown. Account of ten companies in Jefferson County, and history connected with twen y-five point...
... at his ·birth-place in Bohemi,a Manor, ,and the stately monu·men t ere·cted in 1 91 5 in Shepherdstown bears a · bronze ta'blet stating that a few hundred feet u·p the Potoma·c Riv·er Ru·m·sey g·a ve a su·ccessf ul pu'blic exhi;bition of his steam· boat on Decen1 1ber 3, 1 7 8 7...
...served as ational Representative since the beginnig of the Order in the State. Camp o. 8, Shepherdstown, was chartered on December 13, 1905, with twenty-four ,memfbers am• ong who-m were M. R. !Moler, E. A. Crowl, Ro 1 bert Shipley, C. E. Griffith, .Wil Iiatrn· Shipley, C. D. Ho...
...t to ref er to the untform worn by the ''Long Greens.·· a color regiment of the 1830's in Shepherdstown 1Which got 1ts name part ly from the color of its unifor.ms a11d partly from the ~act that only ''six- ooters'' made urp its n1em'bershi•p. At any a-.ate. Lewis J. Welshans ha...
...d the things that are God's.'' The following year Presbytery met at Dr. Hoge's ,church in Shepherdstown, and though no a,c,count of this meeting is availa 1ble, it is safe to say that all the brethren were well taken care of on that occasion. In the fall of 1801 the health of Mrs...
...rote: ''It is now three years :and six months since I began to teach a gramm·ar school in Shepherdstown.'' According to Foote, Dr. Hoge opened his school for the dou 1 ble purpose of adding to his means of s.upport and the e· dt1cation of his sons, three of whom ·beca,me distin,g...
... Shepherdstow11. Delrock, Michael. Hessian, deserted to Americans at Princeton. Lived: in Shepherdstown after Revolution. Duke, James. Lived near Charles Town after Revolution. Duke, John. Pensioned. Father of Matthew Duke. Duke, Matthew. b. July 5, 1758. d. near Uvilla, 1820. Bu...
... The exercises having terminated, which were enlivened by the elegant perforn1ance of the Shepherdstown Brass Band, the company returned to town where a fine Ball was given at night, which was well attended and formed an agreeable after. p.iece to the enjoyments of the earlier pa...
...rite occupation. For four years he tau~ht a large private classical and English school in Shepherdstown with much success, preparing num•bers of young men and women for college and for the -active duties of life. Then after teaching a year in a private school in Sum;ter County, S...
... compilation of source materials, that have come t.o the attention of A. D. Kena.mond, on Shepherdstown schools that preceded the pres ent elementary school and high school and Shepherd Colelge.) 1762. Robert Cockburn's school for elementary and .higher edu,cation. ''A son of He...
...ons,cientious m!anner. '' ( From church records quoted, p. 49, Danske Dandridge, Historic Shepherdstown.) 1787. Robert Stubbs. Acknowledgement of his state. ment as a witness of James Rumsey's successful demonstra tion of his steamboat on Monday, Dece111ber 3, 1787. ''Berke ley...
...1i-+-~1at, 1 Mb 3rd of Viagii•ia Milie;a, April 16, 1814 (P!Ublished in 'Ihe Independent, Shepherdstown, J11ne 15; 1938) Firat Olua Second C!a1& Third CJsss Mull M1wseJman Jonah M&theJlY James Heskett Daniel M11s,eJma,n John Younrtus JonaJh Heath Solomon Koover JamP,S Thoa,1.as l...
...rs. M. S. R. Moler at the May 1940 meeting ot the Jefferson County H·istorical Society at Shepherdstown.) When we are living in tl1e midst of some acco·m,plish men·t, like the bu·ilding of some edifice l:aiter to become noted, the changing or making of some legislation, or the m...
...n Hagers town. Then as the years passed, and John George died in 1804, George, living in Shepherdstown, took over the man agement of both potteries, later on, passing the same on to his sons. George Weis settled in Shepherdstown on the corner now known ,as Beltzhoover's corner,...
.... Baker, of Rippon. Alexander R. Boteler Born 1315. d:e,d 1892. q d1st.inguished 5,c)n of Shepherdstown, member of the U. S. Congress, later a representative in the -Gaoteder.atei Con-.. g1-ess, volunteer aid·e to General ''Stonewall'' Jackson, and appoin,tee of President Arthur ...
...ine of the nu-ee miniatures of se:1 ,BY ancestors of the owner, Mrs. G. W . .Billmyer, of Shepherdstown. Portrailt, oil on canvas, of DR. W!IU30N CARY .SF)4.PEN, 1bom 1761, a surgeon in bhe Revolutionary_ anny, Who ·built '~Exeter'' near Loosburg, Va., and lirved there till his d...
...h 1mond. Gilbert Stuart Portraitt oil on canvas, of REZIN DAVIS S ~ _ D, 1784 .. 1865, of Shepherdstown, painted about 1824 in Boston, owned by his great grandson, Gorham Brooks, of Boston. This portrait was copied in 1917 by Miss Tetcomb and copy recently presented to Shepherd C...
... three quarteTs length, of SHAOL'l'ER JONiEB, the ow11er's uncle. Denda Golds ... ..._ h, Shepherdstown ·Por,trait, oil on canvas, of DANJiiEL BEDINGER, 1809-1852, painted about 1850. EJirabeth Hall, Charles Town Portrait, oil on wood, 14'' by lQ'', of JOHN BAKE2R, lawyer and mem...
...opal Church, whose brother, Benjamin Allen, was rector of St. C-reorge's Cha,pel, also of Shepherdstown and Charles Town, painted in Philadelphia about 1840. Po1·trait in oil of MARGARET OVERALL A,T,T,EN, wife of Thomas Greene Allen, painted in Philadelphia about 1840. Port1~ait ...
.... Humrickhouse, Daniel Cam eron. Ann Hammond have written ftheir namies in this sheet at Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, Virginia, this 1st day of May 1856, in order to iden tify the said Book anG sheet with their deposition taken be fore me this day, under a commission is su...
...ad been a member rose in respect when 'he ente,red the room. When West Virginia, of which Shepherdstown beca,me a part, was cut o· ff from Virginia, the Colonel was sent as a dele· gate to the conve.ntion which framed the constitution of the new state. Soon after th1at he was ele...
...ld age reminiscences of Jacob Welshans {1805-1897), gr,andfather of J. Lewis Welshans, of Shepherdstown, had to do with exl1ibitions of ·skill -on the part of Indians in the early nineteenth century. The south side of German, or Main, street in Shepherds town was then as now the...
...n born in Peary's headquarters in lnglefield Gulf in 1893, had at the time of her stay in Shepherdstown the distinction of having been born farther north th 1an any other white child. Young girls of the town were her frequent companions at Wingerd Cottage and somewhere in the gar...
...h, 1808. Jacob Kraft 1 Martbur·g Hymnal This hy1nnal now owned by Miss Lucy Schoppert, of Shepherdstown, bears the in~Jcription ''Jacob and Catharine Kraft their Book'' and conta~ns records of the Jacob Craft, or Croft, family. It is a ''complete Marburg Hymnr1I, pub lished in M...
... . . . . 21 The Union School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.,~ Shepherdstown Pledges Its Support to President John Adams • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 27 Licenses for Marriages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 o Early Shepherdstow...
... to A,n1erica he becan1e a tanner and owned tanyards '_nd otl1er property in Martinsburg, Shepherdstown, and harpsl urgh.. In 1 765 he bought land in and around Sharpsl urgl1 i11 tl1e Province of ,Maryland and moved from there in 177 t to l1is ' Plan a tion near Shepherdstown.'' ...
...HES ( An address by A. D. Kenamond before the Men's Brotherhood of the Reformed Church in Shepherdstown, Aug ust 1945. Published herein because it assembles data from scattered sources, including· the writings of Danske Dandridge, C. S. Musser, Ella May Turner, Helen B. Pendleto...
... the pur chase of an old academy, a church with two chimnies on it.'' He had preached at Shepherdstown in 1782 to about two hundred people, was here again in 1785, and in 1789 held a quarterly meeting in the woods near Shepherdstown attended by about seven hundred people. The e~...
...and was transported to Baltimore accom l a11 ie by his \vif e ( Miss Mary Dare Parran of Shepherdstown to ~ l1on1 he \Vas 1m·arried January 22, 1863.) Upon ex change, he r sumed his position with the Confederate Army until tl1e close of the war. When peace was declared, he live...
...n sky, lose o whe1·e the Ame1 .. ican General Loetz had taken quarters. Jan. 29. 1782 <at Shepherdstown) ight quarters at Shepherdstown, 25 miles from Frederick Tow11. Three English soldiers froze to death last night. Those soldiers had to camp in tl1e \vood on the sno\V and afte...
...etary-Henry T. I\1cDonald, Harpers Ferry, W. Va. Corresponding Secretary-Ella May Turner, Shepherdstown, W. Va. TI·easurer-Anne S. (Mrs. Clarence) Hobart, Charles Town, W. Va. Curator-Carrie B. Wilson, Charles Town, W. Va. 3 Directors-Sallie Lee Powell, Shepherdstown; Susan Gregg...
...erson, Captain of Company of Light Infantry in 2nd Battalion, in place of Van Rutherford. Shepherdstown Cavalry Return of the Troop of Cavalry, commanded by James Glenn, 1st Battalion, 55th Regiment, in the County of Jefferson -1808. Captain 1 Lieutenant 2 Cornet 1 Sergeant 4 Mus...
...t all the exertion that men could :make, was made and for it he is truly grateful.'' (The Shepherdstown firemen are still living up to this fine tradition!) It is interesting to note the chang~e in the value of money. The loss of the house that was described as one of the most be...
...to see if I can make a few more dimes before I give a final leave to Cali fornia ... The Shepherdstown Coinpany The Shepherdstown Company left in the spring of 1849 and arrived in California about the first of October, barely in time to escape being trapped by snow. The presi d...
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