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...one operator of Charles Town:' She was 20 years old. 23 Transportation was also hit hard. Shepherdstown bus driver John Reinhart, who operated a shuttle between his hometown and Hagerstown, fell victim on October 31st. 24 The business of the railroad was ''conducted with some dif...
...gan, William, Jr. b. Apr. 2, 1759. d. June 16, 1816. Buried in old Episcopal graveyard in Shepherdstown. D. A. R. marker. Morrow, Capt. Charles. Served in southern campaigns. Said to be bur ied on his town lot in Sl1epherdstown, now owned by Knode Boswell. Morrow, Col. John. m. ...
.... b. 1756. d. Nov. 8, 1830. Pvt. Buried in Dark Hol low graveyard in Terrapin Neck, near Shepherdstown. ''He fought and bled for liberty'' on his tombstone. Sevier, Peter. d. Sept. 2, 1781. In Capt. Stephenson's Co. Buried in Reformed Cemetery in Shepherdstown. D. A. R. marker. ...
...hepherd;s Co., 1776. Died on Babb's Marsh in Jefferson County. ·t.1kens, Jacob. Pvt. from Shepherdstown. Loar, John. Pvt. from Shepherdstown. Loar, Philip. Pvt. from Shepherdstom1. Lucas, Lieut. Edward. b. near Shepherdstown, Dec. 3, 1738. d. Mar. 19, 1809. m. Mary Darke. 2nd Lt....
...h Swearingen; (2) Priscilla Metcalf. County Lieut., 1777. Swearingen, Van, Jr. Moved from Shepherdstown to western Pennsylva nia. Served under Hand and McIntosh. Tabb, George. b. Gloucester, Va., Nov. 14, 1750. d. Aug. 1829. m. (1) Anna White; (2) Ann Eliason. In Capt. Stephenso...
58 The Magazine of the The Historic Shepherdstown Commission The people of Shepherdstown have long been proud of the town's historical and architectural heritage. The history of the Historic Shepherdstown Commission provides ample evidence of that pride and the commitment to pres...
...san sentiment born of the battle for the county seat then raging between Charles Town and Shepherdstown. In February 1865 the county seat of Jefferson County, West Virginia was moved to Shepherdstown. This was at frrst a war measure to provide the protection of Federal troops sta...
...s of this section in years, and certainly with a draft of only six horses, passed through Shepherdstown. It was a portable engine, weighing about seven tons, and was being transported from beyond Keedysville to near Darkesville:' 36 But realistically, when you live near a river, ...
.... 6th Va. Regt., later known as 1st Va. Regt. Buried in Buckles-Hendricks graveyard, near Shepherdstown-Halltow11 turnpike. Hite, Lieut. George. b. 1761. d. 1816. m. Deborah Rutherford. Lieut., 3rd Continental Dragoons. Clerk Jefferson Com1ty Court, from 1801 till his death. Pres...
...Magazine of the The Town Clock The Origins of Shepherd College Towering above the Town of Shepherdstown is ''the Town Clock,'' located in the tower of McMurran Hall, the first building used by Shepherd College. (1) If it had not been for the clock, it is doubtful that Shepherd Co...
...orarily neglected. As the Entler Hotel regains its status as an important building in the Shepherdstown community we should remember how the late Gladys Hartzell helped bring this about. Miss Hartzell did the work that resulted in the Engler Hotel's inclusion on the National Regi...
38 The Magazine of the SHEPHERDSTOWN GRADED SCHOOL :.::---' .:,:...--,' Northeast corner, Social Science Building (Shepherdstown Graded School), Shepherd College, 1974. The Shepherdstown Graded School, located on the northwest comer of King and High Streets, in Shepherdstown, Wes...
...to coke . About 50 people attended a walking tour for the public in October. The Historic Shepherdstown Commission found a new focus in 1972 when West Virginia Board of Regents revealed it intention to tear down Rum ey Hall on the corner of German and Pince ss Streets. Over I 00 ...
46 The Magazine of the outside Shepherdstown. Henry Bedinger, her popular father and former Congressman, then took his family to live in Copenhagen as his country's first ambassador to Denmark. Mitchell would write years later, however, that it was the six years she and her broth...
... Braxton D. 1Gi'bson. Quotes from Lieut. Orme's Journal coI11Cerning Braddock's March. In Shepherdstown and Shepherd College li braries. Lucas, Daniel B. The lw=mseian Society, 1"7t88-'1'906. Report made 1908. 8 pages. ·In Shepherd College library. Lucas, Daniel B. The Inventor ...
...in Capt. Randolph Spe11gler's Co., York Co. mtJi ta 1776. Buried in Lutheran Cemetery in Shepherdstown. Ernst, Martin. Pr111ceton. herdstow11. b. 1755. d. 1836. Hessian, deserted to Americans at Pensioned. Buried in Lutheran Cemetery in ShepFackler, Jacob_. Pvt. from Shepherdsto...
... a tribute to James Rumsey, Civil War trea ures, and agriculture in this community. Since Shepherdstown was the setting for the publication of the first book as well as that of the first newspaper in what is now West Virginia, it was almo t essential that it publish in the Bicent...
... August. The REGISTER reported that on August 6, 1927, ''At a largely attended meeting in Shepherdstown last Saturday afternoon, the Jefferson County Historical Society was launched under the most favorable circumstances." The officers elected were: President, A.D. Kenamond, Shep...
...ancement of community life in West Virginia." Anne (Mrs. Joseph R.) Groves 111: Merger of Shepherdstown Preservation Groups Recently three groups or organizations in Shepherdstown decided because of their common interests and activities to merge and thereby eliminate the consider...
...December of 1978 and signed by Mayor Wright and Aaron Browning, president of the Historic Shepherdstown Commission. In March, 1979, Governor Rockefeller notified the town that the State had approved a first-stage matching funds grant of $40,000, subject to the approval of the Dep...
...ure that would be ''a model educational home" for children. 12 The pupils and teachers of Shepherdstown, who had scattered over three locations for clases in the 1900-01 school-year, initially occupied the new Shepherdstown Graded School in September 190 l . 13 The dedicatory cer...
...cated at the Martinsburg pottery is not known. It is assumed to be the same as the one in Shepherdstown. Judging from Moler's description, the Shepherdstown kiln was a groundhog type lined with fire brick. 41 The source of clay for the Martinsburg pottery is not known. That for t...
142 The Magazine of the Eight years ago the Historic Shepherdstown Commission assumed responsibility for the restoration and management of this handsome historic structure, and since then the undertaking has proceeded with gratifying speed. Today the Entler Hotel serve Shepherdst...
• • 62 The Magazine of the 2. Lawrence Smootz was Assessor for the town of Shepherdstown Election 1877 -1879 -1880 -1882. 3. Charles T. Smootz -Served on a citizens relief committee in Shepherdstown to distribute funds to the poor and needy. A graduate of Shepherd College Class o...
98 The Magazine of the $5,000 would be purchased by citizens of Shepherdstown. 19 In July 1849, company directors hired Abraham Bowers to construct the bridge and gave him one year to complete the project. The first phase of the project was to construct a railway across the river...
...s the Potomac. Although not mentioned by Cooper, Johnston sent Colonel Jackson upriver to Shepherdstown where they burned Abraham Bower,s bridge. Destruc tion of both bridges was confirmed in a letter written on June 14, 1861 by Charles James Berry. Berry, writing to his father,...
...8. 260 pages. Contains list of Jeff er son Ooun.ty graves of Revolutionary ·Soldiers. In Shepherdstown !Public Library. Ba1·1·y, Joseph. The .Strange .Story of Harpers Ferry. 1903. In Oharles Town Publi,c !Library. Beltzhoover, 1George M., Jr. J'am·es RJums,ey, the Inventor of t...
...ed a span of thirty years. I 865. McMurran, Academy. Joseph McMurran taught an academy in Shepherdstown fro·m 1865 to 1869. ( From biography of Josep·h McMurran by Dr. Charles Ghiselin.) His successor, John Grove, continued the school for ·some time after the opening of Shepherd ...
...SON COUNrrv HISTORICAL SOCIETY OrganiU&CI May 21, 1927 OFFICERS President-A. D. Kenamond, Shepherdstown, W. Va. Vice-President--Wright Denny, Oharles Town, W. Va. Recording Secretary-...Jlienry T. McDonald, Harpens Ferry, W. Va. Corresponding Secretary---Ella May 'I'urner, Shephe...
...SON COUNrrv HISTORICAL SOCIETY OrganiU&CI May 21, 1927 OFFICERS President-A. D. Kenamond, Shepherdstown, W. Va. Vice-President--Wright Denny, Oharles Town, W. Va. Recording Secretary-...Jlienry T. McDonald, Harpens Ferry, W. Va. Corresponding Secretary---Ella May 'I'urner, Shephe...
... at Liberty Hall Academy, Rockbridge County, Va., 1783 to 1789. Then took up residence in Shepherdstown, the most flourishing town in the lower valley at that time. Married Ann Mark, of Rumsey boat fame. Deputy attorney of Jefferson county in 1801. Cred ited with building in 181...
...-County Offices Building Charlest Town, West Virginia OFFICERS P1·esident-A. D. Kenamond, Shepherdstown, W. Va. Vice Pl'·esident--J. Burns Huyett, Charles Town, W. Va. 3 Recording Secretary-Thor11ton T. Perry, Jr., Charles Town, W. Va. Cor1·es ponding Secretary-Ella May Turner, S...
...f social intercourse and the encourageme nt and promotion of military spirit. '' From the Shepherdstown REGISTER, Sept. 18, 1858 Military Proceedings Fron1 the Special Reporter of· the Cumberland Civilian, Mr. Editor: As some of your readers may wish to l earn something in regard...
56 The Magazine of the Shepherdstown Is Active In Preservation From its beginning in 1786 the Entler Hotel, located on Shepherdstown's main street, offered a congenial place where travelers and local residents could gather. Exciting events took place- cock fights, hospital accomo...
...mbnail banding on the collar and open, upright shapes with predominate. The Weis house in Shepherdstown was originally a wood frame building. In 1815, a fire at the pottery destroyed the frame house. The story goes that one night, after he and his friends had had their fill of wh...
...m ''the shield of our liberties and independence-the guardian of our national honor. " 14 Shepherdstown claimed its own volunteer company even before the reawakening of military spirit in 1858. Under the watchful eye of a local Mexican war hero, the venerable John F. Hamtramck, v...
..., value $3100, born Virginia Family tradition would place the beginning of the pottery in Shepherdstown around 1780. John George would have been in Shepherdstown no later than 1782 when his son, George was born. Birth records indicate that John George and Eva Christina were still...
...rn Aug. 8, 1867 Died June 6, 1955. William was in the paint and paper hanging business in Shepherdstown. A member of the Christ Refo1·1ned Church and the Odd Fellows. 2. Susie Cameron B. 1869 -Died Jan. 21, 1892. Age 23 years. 3. Ernest C. B. 1870 -Died -Sept. 28, 1890. Age 20 ye...
... bred and raised Shorthorn cattle. Tanner, a well-to-do physician, had arrived in 1839 in Shepherdstown from his native Clear Spring, Maryland, atop a raft of lumber floated down the Potomac. He studied medicine under Dr. Richard Parran, and in 1845, he graduated from the College...
58 The Magazine of the There have been 3 markers for Shepherdstown, all of which have disappeared. A new text will be written for the Shepherdstown marker, out of the three old ones, and it will possibly be re-erected at the intersection of Leetown Road (State Route 480) and the ...
...ice, that the Chesapeake and Ohio canal runs along the bank of the Potomac river opposite Shepherdstown, and from this fact an inference might justly be drawn, that there would be considerable trade and business between Shepherds-[685]town and Jefferson county and this canal, and...
...ds such as cement, clover seed, and flour. Unfortunately, the woolen factory operation in Shepherdstown ended badly within the next several years, with lingering recriminations and lawsuits over money with a supervisor named Price. In April of 1849 Markell signed a one-year agree...
...Some members of the Shepherd family continued to receive ground rents from lot holders in Shepherdstown throughout most of the 19th century. R.D. Shepherd built and donated the central portion of the prominent Shepherdstown building now known as McMurran Hall as a Town Hall in 18...
..., 1997. Historical Re earch on the Entler Farm. Unpublished manuscript, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown WV. A.O. Kenamond, 1963. Prominent Men of Shepherdstown during its first 200 years. Jefferson County Hi torical Society Publication. Joseph Leach, 1970. The Life and Times of C...
... Elk Branch Location Based on Remarks of Rev. Harold H. Leach. Published in The Register, Shepherdstown, West Virginia September 19, 1929, was a lengthy article by the Reverend Harold H. Leach, minister of the Elk Branch Church beginning in August of 1927 . 39 It was his ''Histor...
... West v. Darke's Excrs (see above under John Cooke). 78 75 Cato Moore was an officer in a Shepherdstown unit during the Revolution. From Dandridge, "Historic Shepherdstown" (1910) (reprinting an 1850 Charles Town newspaper article): Lieut. Cato Moore was born on the Eastern Shore...
...1936. Flood level 42.07 fee t. All four spans of the bridge gone. Cou rtesy the Histor ic Shepherdstown Commission. ever-increasing number of automobiles took precedence. Once that deci sion was made the project moved ahead rapidly, and in June plans for a new bridge at Shepherd...
72 The Magazine of the women's suffrage and, by 1916, the Shepherdstown Register was running advertisements and columns supporting the referendum. The October 26, 1916, issue included a column entitled ''Prominent Man Defends Suffrage" along with the letter penned by H. R. Willia...
...wed him to meet Daniel Boone who had returned from North Carolina. Most of the men in the Shepherdstown party returned to Virginia. Ralph Morgan and Captain John Strode remained in Kentucky. Captain Strode had come to Kentucky in 1776 when he marked and improved the land before r...
26 The Magazine of the While working in Norfolk Daniel made regular trips to Shepherdstown. In 1790 he built a three-story brick building butted against what would become the Entler Hotel, now the Historic Shepherdstown Museum. Daniel then owned all of the Entler Hotel property. ...
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