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Bill and Fannie Crawford Faircloth of the Gerrardstown district
Fannie's maiden name was Crawford, and Bill's mother was also a Crawford, both from Virginia, but it's unknown if the couple were related by blood.
Apr 10
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Bill and Fannie Crawford Faircloth of the Gerrardstown district
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March 2024
David "Wesley" Slonaker and his three wives
David "Wesley" Slonaker was born in 1867 in the Gerrardstown region, where his father Jeremiah "Jerry" Sloanaker was a farmer. Wesley's…
Mar 31
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David "Wesley" Slonaker and his three wives
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Retha Pitzer Byers, farmer's daughter with deep Back Creek Valley roots on both sides
When Retha Pitzer, "Reathie," was growing up as the youngest of four siblings in Berkeley County, her father must have been relatively well-off, as he…
Mar 21
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Retha Pitzer Byers, farmer's daughter with deep Back Creek Valley roots on both sides
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Albert Crim of Martinsburg, a B&O Railroad car foreman, outlived all 13 of his siblings
Albert Gill Crim of Martinsburg spent most of his career as a car foreman for the B&O Railroad at Cumbo. He was later employed by the Kogelschatz and…
Mar 11
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Albert Crim of Martinsburg, a B&O Railroad car foreman, outlived all 13 of his siblings
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February 2024
Young Martinsburg widow Lucy Woodson Lowell and her 2nd marriage to the painter Ellsworth Gettle
The family lived at 610 Faulkner Avenue, a two-story home just down the street from the Winchester Avenue School.
Feb 27
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Young Martinsburg widow Lucy Woodson Lowell and her 2nd marriage to the painter Ellsworth Gettle
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Adam Proctor and Minnie Keller Proctor of 111 North High Street in Martinsburg
Minnie Keller grew up in the late 1800s as part of a typical rural farming family in West Virginia, with many siblings who spent their days working the…
Feb 17
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Adam Proctor and Minnie Keller Proctor of 111 North High Street in Martinsburg
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3 of the men who once lived in a Martinsburg B&B building: a mayor, a coal dealer, and a Civil War veteran
A sparkling bed and breakfast that houses an art gallery and event space would be all but unrecognizable now to its former occupants.
Feb 7
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3 of the men who once lived in a Martinsburg B&B building: a mayor, a coal dealer, and a Civil War veteran
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January 2024
B&O Railroad engineer Horace Miller and his wife Alice Keplinger, daughter of a B&O brakeman
Martinsburg native Alice Lee Keplinger, born in 1877, was the only daughter of seven siblings. Just before Christmas 1886, when she was 9 years old, her…
Jan 28
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B&O Railroad engineer Horace Miller and his wife Alice Keplinger, daughter of a B&O brakeman
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Mase and Nina Newkirk's stone home in Little Georgetown
These photos of a Little Georgetown home were recently shared in the Historic Hedgesville & Environs group on Facebook. Andrew James said the stone…
Jan 18
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Mase and Nina Newkirk's stone home in Little Georgetown
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George and Nina Crawford of Hedgesville lost their only child when he was 18
This was the Crawford House in Hedgesville. It was painted white when George (1883-1960) and Nina (1885-1970) Crawford lived there. George Crawford's…
Jan 8
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George and Nina Crawford of Hedgesville lost their only child when he was 18
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December 2023
The 'Belsnickling' Christmas tradition in Berkeley County
"Belsnickling" refers to an old Christmas tradition in which people dressed up in costumes and went from house to house, usually in small groups, to…
Dec 25, 2023
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The 'Belsnickling' Christmas tradition in Berkeley County
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The unusual lives of George and Lora Richards of Hedgesville
A bachelor in his 50s got his live-in young housekeeper pregnant and married her two days before she gave birth in the 1920s. Their union lasted only…
Dec 15, 2023
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