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...y Historical Society 17 Benjamin Allen, 1789 - 1829, served the Episcopal Chur .. ches of Charlestown and Shepherdstown from Jan ua1 .. y 1815 to September 1821. During his second year he published a ''Layman's Mag·azine." In 1815 Charlestown talked of building a new church (Zio...
...ing a bronze tablet on the Shepherd District Free School building on New Street, Shepherdstown, included one number entitled ''Shepherd School Founders.'' Mrs. C. B. Dille, of Morgantown, was present and acknowl edged the recognition given her grandfather, J. P. A. Entler, first...
.... . . I read two or three newspapers in Maxwell's store . . . 9th Saturday. I started for Charlestown and arrived about one. o.clock, I saw Uncle soon after, who told me that Sa.m Kirkam of Baltimore, author of a Grammar and Analysis of Elocution, was in town, in capacity of a Ph...
62 The Magazine of the Jefferson County Historical Society Next week, I shall remain in Charlestown, boarding at Stone's, < 162 ) till Saturday morning, when I leave for Beverly. 8th Sunday. I went to the schoolroom for my books and thin frock coat, which I safely deposited in my...
18 The Magazine of the Commander and Mrs. Charles Francis Printz of Charles Town are the owners of the house and 180-acre farm, and they plan to make it their permanent home after restoration. The house has already been carefully stabilized, and there are plans for the restoratio...
...g Happy Retreat on the east, south and west. I first became interested in the location of Charles Washington's grave when, as a boy, I walked over the farm with my father, W.P.C. Perry and he used to point out the stone, box-like marker which had been placed in one of the fields ...
...Lee under two flags, giving his life for the latter. He left a record of an encampment at Charles Town, and an eye-witness description of the hanging of John Brown at Harper's Ferry. Thomas Gordon Pollock was born in 1838 and died in 1863 when but twenty-five years of age. He was...
26 The Magazine of the Schedule I-Free inhabitants in Charles Town in the County of Jefferson State of Virginia enumerated by me on the 10th day of July 1850. J.J. Miller, Ass't. Marshal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1112 13 I 55 55 Brown, James E. 14 M Va. 2 Brown, Joseph 8 M Va. 3 Brown...
30 The Magazine of the Schedule I-Free inhabitants in Charles Town in the County of Jefferson State of Virginia enumerated by me on the 10th day of July 1850. J.J. Miller, ~'t. Marshal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1112 13 1 Tomlinson, Mary G. I F Va. 2 Painter, Lewis F. 20 M Va. 3 Porter...
40 The Magazine of the Schedule I-Free inhabitants in Charles Town in the County of Jefferson State of Virginia enumerated by me on the 10th day of July 1850. J .J. Miller, Ass 't. Marshal I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1112 13 I 163 163 Simmons, James 30 M carpenter 2 Bedinger, George 27 ...
... suicidal intent, on the morning of the 21st day of September 1892, in the county jail at Charlestown, and obtained by means unknown to the jury; and we further find that the officers of the county who had charge of the said Smootz as a prisoner used due vigilance on their part t...
24 The Magazine of the Roy Hooe -Charles Town's Pioneer Aviator b. 23 October 1894 - d. 18 April 1972 by Cecil D. Eby On January 1, 1929, at 7:24 a.m. the Question Mark, a giant Fokker monoplane equipped with three 225 horsepower Wright motors took off from the Los Angeles airpor...
62 The Magazine of the The Portrait of Charles Washington by John A. Washington Editor's note: Mr. Wasliington of Chevy Chase sitbmitted this article in 1992 for pitblication in the Magazine; for some reason it was not i,sed. While corresponding with him on another matter, he men...
...lict between the Colonies and Britain would continue. The British were still ensconced in Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia. The British were on the frontier of Virginia (now Kentucky) and not deterred by the surrender of British forces at Yorktown and, with Loyali...
...of Northern Virginia. August 21. At daylight we move with Kershaw and Cutshaw, by the old Charlestown road, for Charlestown. Lomax's cavalry moves from Bunker Hill in the same direction via Leetown, Early's infantry by Smithfield, and Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry by Berryville. About s...
...nd in the course of this study: Aldridge's Berryvi I le Cameron's Depot Cameron's Station Charlestown Flowing Spring Middleway Packett's Smithfield Summit Point Welch's Spring Welch's Spring, Flowing Spring, and Cameron's Station are all synonymous with or in close proximity to C...
...nd James Madison .... Notes by Observer ............................ . The Old Academy in Charles Town ............... . W· ashingt-on 's Sword ........................... . ''The English ·Church'' Now Catted ''St. George's'' ..... . Robert Harper, Founder of Harpers Ferry .........
...s at Haverfo rd Colleg·e near Philadeli1hia, which I have h ad tl1e pleas·ure of seeing·. Charles Was.hing·ton came some time later tha11 Samuel, and after tr.a•di11g· several tra 1cts, laid out the town o·f Charles Town in 1786. John Aug~ustine Wasl1ing·ton, as far as I ,can asc...
... 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. Hoffmaster,...
...Berkeley as an independent ,county and was a 'member of the first ·boa· rd of trustees of Charles Town, the present county seat of Jefferson County. ------0------FARLY L (Mentioned by Lewis in ·the 1904 Handbook of West Virginia.) Dec. 15, 1820, the ''Library Society of Harpers F...
..., 1798-1872, and lrus wife, EiiIZ·AIBEl'H WRIGHT WYSONG, owned by Mrs. J. S. LeiFevre, of Charles Town. 'l'wo portrai~, oil on canvas, 24'' by 30'', of MARY WtRIGHT and SAMUEL WRIGHT, painted about 1855, 0W11ed by !Qhelr vandson, Warren H. H-unter, of Duffields, similar to the Wy...
12 M agazi·n e of t 11 .' John Francis Hamtra1nck, son of Charles Ula v'id Hamtra1mck and Marie Ann 8-ertin, w~o wer·e married in Quebec Novem ber 26, -175 3. This Charles David Hamtramck was the son of David Hamtram·ck and Adele Ganik, of Luxembourg·, Diocese of Treves, Germany...
...ization of the various cominands. Berkeley Couty Court -April 28, 1794. Meeting called in Charles Town May 6, 1794, fo1· holding an elec tion of officers. The document refers to ''the present alarming crisis offers in prospect, the epoch of which may (ere long) de cide the fate...
...of Clayrnont co,1rt. M1,. Thomas B. Washington died August 3, 1854, and was bu1 .. ied in Charles Town, in the Episcopal graveyard. Deed Book 5, page 571, in the Jefferson County Court House in Charles Town holds an interesting paper. Bush1~oct Corbin Washington II, in his own ri...
50 Magazine of the INDEX TO VOLUMES I TO XV OF THE MAGAZINE Academy, Old Charles Town .................................... Vol. I, p. 35 and 52 Aglionby, Jeannette ........................................................ vol. VIII, p. 25 Architecture, Early .........................
...ined a uni formly strong and forceful character. The Spirit of Jef ferson, published at Charles Town since 1844, (combined with The Fa1,.rner's Advocate in 1948), is the oldest news paper in West Virginia, with 107 years of service to the county and State. One thinks of the to...
...erend Abner C. Hopkins, D. D. ........................ 18 Postmasters and Post Offices in Charles Town ............ 23 Shepherd-Pinckney Exchange of Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Jefferson Counti ans in U. S. Congress ............................ 30 President...
...York, died a little mo1·e than forty years ago he is reniernbered by older 1--esiden s of Charles Town for his many contributions to he comn1unity. His old coinrades there and n1any older m n no longer able to work had the hard road of their las ea1·s softened by the checks he se...
... ROBERT LUCAS.-Gove1 4 nor of Ohio 1833-1837 Born in 1781 at Linden Spring, near Shepherdstown, h son of Captain William Lucas. Two of his brothers w nt to Ohio in 1796. He followed later and served as surve 01.. of boundry line between Scioto and Adams coun ies in 1803. Becan1e ...
...zine of the September 15, 1756 - Richard Morgan. He sold 105 acres of it east of Shepherdstown, between Thomas Shep herd and Edward Teague, to Henry Cookus on August 3, 1765. See Deed Book 7, page 369, Winchester. . November 10, 1756 - Thomas Manard Goldsberry -407 acres. Near m...
...k up residence with his bride, Ella Jennings, of Middleway. After two years they moved to Charles Town, where they spent the remainder of their lives. One of their daugh ters, Virginia, married L. P. Hickman, of Lovettsville, Va., and the other, Dorothy, married Owen Conklyn, of...
...slands and landed in Philadelphia May 20, 1696. F1 .. om there he came to the vicinity of Charles Town. He died in 1747. His wife Hono1,. qualified as administratrix May 2 1749 and died sho1·tly afterward when their only child, Mag· nus Tate II administered the estate August 16 1...
...ciety is greatly indebted to Dr. and Mrs. John A. Wash ington, of Washington, D. C., and Charles Town, for discovering this diary, for preparing a reading of the entire manuscript, and for col laborating with the editor on the notes appearing in parentheses and other particular...
...n ........................................ Vol. XIX, p. 27 Pinckney, General, in Shepherdstown .............. Vol. XV, p. 29 Pinckney-Shepherd Exchange of Letters .......... Vol. XVIII. p. 28 P J1·trai ts and Portrait Painters . .. . . .. . . . . . .. ... . . .. .. . .. . . Vol. ...
...out the globe. Tucker Brooke Though Cha1 .. les Frederick Tucker Brooke was born in Morgantown West Virginia, on June 4, 1883, he was re garded as one of the distinguished sons of Jeff er son County. His final 1~esting place is in Charles Town's Zion Cemete1,.y; five generations...
...ia Davis, well-known writer with a summ.er residence at ''Media,'' her maternal home near Charles Town, adheres faithfully to the actual proceedings in the John Brown trial 102 years ago. It was enacted by a cast chosen froni Charles Town and Harpers Ferry volunteers. Both the sc...
...Historical Society I DEX TO THE MAGAZINE Voll .. JJnes I to XXX 1935 -1964 Acad . my, Old Charles Town .......................... Vol. I, A cadem , Shepherd•s To~rn, 1796 .................. Vol. XXIX, Aglionb -, Jeanne te ............................................ Vol. VIII, Al...
... Laval, Colonel Jacinth ........................................ Vol. XXVII, Lee, General Charles . . . . .. .. . . . ... .. .. ... .. . ....... .. . .. ... .. . Vol. XXX, Lee's, Robert E., Jefferson County Horse .. Vol. XXIV, Leetown Neighborhood, Old Houses of ...... Vol. VII, ...
...Poto rinac Guardian & Berkeley Advertiser ..................................... . hepherdstown Independent (1898) ..... . Shephe1~c1stown Register ............................. . p iri of Jeff er son ( 1849) ......................... . rgln a Free Press .............................
...ne of the were used. It is interesting to note that on this 111ap the ·bridge at Shepherdstown is shown but Inarked ''Destroyed." A thin red line indicates that the Potomac Ford below Shepherdstown was used for crossing the river. Mr. Brown has included the names of the farni own...
...altimore, has two children. Frank J. Beckwith, of 600 S. Sarnuel Street, practices law in Charles Town. He was a World War soldier, a rne1nber of the W. Va. House of Delegates in 1921, and served a term on the State Board of Education. He married Shannon Denny, the daug·hter of W...
...n Thomas Hite Willis was ruined financially. 2. Fannie E. Willis, who died, unmarried, in Charles Town in 1906. 3. Roberta Willis, who died, unmarried, in Charles Town. 4. Catherine Peachy Willis, who married John T. Shanks on May 27, 1857, and went to Tennessee.
...ar's Magazine. Correspond ence should be directed to Dr. H. B. Allen, East First Avenue, Charles Town, West Virginia, whose collaboration throughout the Boyden research was of great assistance. 1 The Charles Town Academy was erected by a group of County citizens who met in 1795....
...ndrew was born in Baltimore in 1 797. In 1822 he married Anne Riddle Lane ( 1799-1873) of Charles Town, daughter of Willoughby Washington Lane (godson of General Washington) and Rebecca Riddle. There were six children: John Willoughby m. Sarah Rutherford; Andrew Eskridge m. Mary ...
...· her home by appealing to the President. The President's message read: ''The property of Charles James Faulkner is exempt from the order of General David Hunter for the burning of residences of three prominent citizens of Shenandoah Valley in retaliation for the burnlng of Gover...
...ose Society. 4. GARDEN OF MRS. J. HENRY DUTROW 1965 Location: 539 East Washington Street, Charles Town. The lovely informal garden is full of interesting plants and trees. A very old weeping Oriental Cherry, plantings of English Box ( started by Mrs. Dutrow), Tree Peonies, and Tu...
...869) Sarah Ann (1808-1849) THOMAS KEYES (1811-1851) Susan (1815-1894) He made his home in Charles Town. Losing an arm in the War of 1812, he refused to apply for a pension believing that ''all who could should serve their country without remuneration and leave thus the more for t...
...traith 8 deciding to try his luck in Baltimore, it was decided that your father would fmd Charles Town ''a good opening'' so in midsummer he rode his gray steed, Karnitz, down from Christians burg, breaking up the little house we had lived in for a short time. Life in Charles To...
...r of/ ATHANI L H. A D / JA E . LLI / Born at/ Rock Hall \V. Va./ Jan. 22, 1888 / Died in/ Charles Town \'. a .. / pril I J 919. / ''Thine eye shall see the king in / His beauty." (Foot tone:) J. . . TlJO 1 S H. \VILLIS / Born/ Sept. 28, 1800 / Died/ Jan. 18, 1884. / ''Thou, 0 Lo...
...1, and most of the students volunteered for the Confederate Army. War Experiences Back in Charles Town, Wilson enlisted in the Confederate Army. After one year of varied military duty, he joined Ashby's Cavalry, Co. B., Twelfth Virginia. The Captain commanding Co. B. was Robert B...
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