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The 'Belsnickling' Christmas tradition in Berkeley County
The unusual lives of George and Lora Richards of Hedgesville
The varied lives of a group of Jones Springs friends born in the 1870s and 1880s
Jonathan Smith of Gerrardstown district lost wife, young daughter, both parents within about a year
Curtis McKee, beloved Berkeley County public school teacher
Tragic death of 8-year-old Thurman Collins, who consumed a household cleaner in the 1920s
Fight among three North Mountain women makes the papers
Joe and Hattie Shirley Turner of Mill Creek and Shepherdstown
Floyd and Nealie Kitchen Kees lived in Martinsburg's Boomtown Historic District
Car fatally strikes Wilbert Cletus “Pete” Faircloth in 1962
Martinsburg woman Effie Bender Seal outlived several of her children
The fate of the orphaned Bovey siblings
Hedgesville teen elopes with blacksmith, breaks mother's heart
Umberto Roberto "Robert" Fierro, Italian-born Martinsburg apple broker
Boyd Butler when farming was done with horses
Widow ran Norborne Hall boarding school in Martinsburg during Civil War, lost a son to battle
Civil War soldier moved to Gerrardstown region, changed his name to seek a new life
Teen daughter's arrest in 1908 leads to Pittsnogle family woes
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Dry Run Tavern in Martinsburg burned to the ground in 1960
'Pretty' and 'popular' young bride Cora Donaldson of Jones Spring later faces multiple tragedies
Schoolteachers and friends: June Poisal and sisters Virginia and Naomi Landis
The 3 Newkirk siblings of Hedgesville left no descendants
John and Mollie Snyder Avey of Hedgesville had 11 children
Car crash killed young Martinsburg father Ronald Kitchen in 1977
Lora Mabel Lucas, Hedgesville woman who was widowed 3 times
The desperate choice of an orphaned young teen
Virginia Chrisman Davis, Opequon Elementary School teacher
Tessie Snyder and George Myers, who both lost mothers young, married in 1914
Slonaker farm and homestead near Ganotown
Charlie Catrow, well-known cherry orchardist outside Martinsburg
Jacob F. Lucas fathered 26 children with at least 3 wives
Peacemaker family in Martinsburg: A fatal accident, WWII service, a single mom
Flora Canby Myers of North Mountain and her 8 daughters
Jump's Grocery, a Martinsburg institution
Martinsburg High graduates Anna Palmer and Charles Rockwell, VA hospital guard
Zachariah Puffenburger and his wife, Elizabeth Shade Puffenburger
Railroad foreman George Boltz and wife Annie Eversole Boltz of Martinsburg
Pearl “Bessie” Detter and Bennie Edwards, Hedgesville-area orphans, saw many tough times