Mrs. Fannie Flanagan, relict of the late James Flanagan, died this morning at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. A. M. Hopper, near Molers’ at the age of ninety years. Mrs. Flanagan is survived by two sons, Messrs. James J. and John G. Flanagan, and three daughters, Mrs. A. M. Hopper, Mrs. Laura Moler, and Mrs. John C. Licklider. She was an excellent woman in every respect and a consistent member of the Southern Methodist Church. The funeral will be held at the house Sunday morning at 10 o’clock, and the remains will be interred in Elmwood Cemetery.
Evidence Category: The Shepherdstown Register
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Bakerton boys skate to Shepherdstown
Walter Duke and some other Bakerton boys skated from Flanagan’s wharf to Shepherdstown on Friday last.
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Nora Moore visits in Brunswick
Mrs. Nora Moore, of Bakerton, and Miss Nannie Moore, of Sample’s Manor, Md., spent several days last week with Mrs. Frank Moore in Brunswick, Md.
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Frances Flanagan Falls Ill
Mrs. Flanagan, mother of Messrs. James and John Flanagan, has been very ill the past week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hopper, near Bakerton.
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Bakerton Lime Sample
Mr. D. R. Houser, of Bakerton, left with us on Monday a beautiful sample of the sort of lime they burn at that place. The Bakerton lime deserves the reputation it has secured.
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Flanagan & Moler visit Atlantic Exposition
Messrs. John J. Flanagan and R. H. Moler, of Bakerton, visited the Atlanta Exposition last week.
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Business on the Canal
Business is firstrate on the C. & O. canal. There is a heavy demand for coal in Washington and every boat available is pressed into service.
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Matrimonial Boom?
It is said that there are some indications that a matrimonial boom will soon strike Bakerton and Keller.
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John Martin Welsh sues Schoolteacher
Damages, One Cent. There was an interesting trial before Magistrate M. L. Eichelberger, near Uvilla, last Saturday. Mr. John M. Welsh sued Mr. Jesse A. Engle for $100 damages for whipping his (Welsh’s) son. Mr. Engle is the teacher of the public school at Bakerton. For some misbehavior of young Welsh Mr. Engle gave the lad a sound whipping. His parents thought the castigation too severe, and brought suit against the teacher. A jury trial was demanded and granted, and after hearing the evidence and carefully considering the matter the jury returned a verdict granting one cent damage to Mr. Welsh. This, of course, put the costs upon Mr. Engle. Lawyer J. F. Engle, of Charlestown, represented Mr. Engle, and G. W. Graham, of Harper’s Ferry, Mr. Welsh. Eleven witnesses testified at the trial, and a number of interested spectators attended the hearing.
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Francis Flanagan Birthday Celebration
Pleasant Birthday Celebration. There was a most enjoyable family reunion at Mrs. Francis Griggs Flanagan’s on last Friday, November 1st, it being her eighty-ninth birthday. According to their custom for the last several years, her children, Mrs. Geo. Moler, Mrs. John Licklider, Mrs. F. A. Hopper, and Messrs. John and James Flanagan, the last only being absent, met at their mother’s home near Moler’s. They had invited each member of the families of her offspring down to the great-grandchildren, and the other immediate relations of their mother, to be present and commemorate her birthday in delightful social intercourse and spreading and enjoying a splendid dinner, after which her pastor, who was one of the guests, held devotional exercises and administered the Lord’s supper to Mother Flanagan and her christian friends present. There were some fifty or more guests, including the family of Mr. Dennis Daniels, a brother-in-law of of Mrs. Flanagan’s. Mrs. George Moler being the oldest child, and her birthday coming on that of her mother’s, did the honors of the occasion. Sister Flanagan was the daughter of Mr. John Griggs, of Charlestown, who gave the Southern Methodist Church the property on which their church building stands. She has buried four children and the four remaining are all members of the church and prosperous in life. Age is beginning to tell heavily on the dear old lady but she rejoices in a bright and glorious hope of life and immortality in Heaven. May she be preserved yet many years to prove a benediction to her offspring.