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Local Newspapers for the Mount Wesley Cemetery ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of the Mt. Wesley Cemetery.

Our newspaper information for the Mt. Wesley Cemetery is based on data supplied by the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

Hint: When we started searching newspapers, we only looked for obituaries. Eventually we realized that our search was too narrow and there was much that we were missing. Now we include things like around-the-town and gossip columns, birth and death announcements.

We have some family members who owned businesses and now we search for articles and advertistments for those businesses. Some family members could have been better behaved and a search of police blotters contained some surprises.

The following newspapers were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of the Mt. Wesley Cemetery. These papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in the order of their distance from the Mt. Wesley Cemetery.

  • Published In Shepherdstown   [Jefferson County, WV]
  • Published In Sharpsburg   [Washington County]
  • Published In Keedysville   [Washington County]
  • Published In Williamsport   [Washington County]
    • Eastern Pan-handle (from Modern Times And Home Journal-Semi-Weekly)
      • Years of publication:  Modern Times And Home Journal-Semi-Weekly to 1847
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Eastern Pan-handle
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN95066058
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 32427927
    • Morgan's Grove Daily (from Modern Times And Home Journal)
    • Shepherdstown Independent (from Potomac Sentinel)
    • The Independent (from Republican Banner)
      • The first year of publication was in Republican Banner, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Independent
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN83016375
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 9790157
    • The Potomac Guardian (from The Leader)
    • Antietam Sentinel (from The Times And Journal)
    • Sharpsburg Enterprise (from The Transcript)
    • Association News (from The Williamsport Leader)
    • Baker's Batter (from The Williamsport Pilot)
      • Years of publication:  The Williamsport Pilot to 1884
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Baker's Batter
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN84026706
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 10663337
    • Berkeley County News (from Williamsport Transcript)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Williamsport.
  • Published In Martinsburg
    • Eastern Pan-handle (from Association News)
    • Morgan's Grove Daily (from Baker's Batter)
    • Shepherdstown Independent (from Berkeley County News)
    • The Independent (from Evening Journal)
    • The Potomac Guardian (from Martinsburg Daily Gazette)
    • Antietam Sentinel (from Martinsburg Daily Independent)
    • Sharpsburg Enterprise (from Martinsburg Era)
    • Association News (from Martinsburg Gazette)
    • Baker's Batter (from Martinsburg Herald)
    • Berkeley County News (from Martinsburg Independent)
    • Evening Journal (from Martinsburg Independent)
    • Martinsburg Daily Gazette (from Martinsburg Journal)
    • Martinsburg Daily Independent (from Martinsburg Statesman-Democrat)
    • Martinsburg Era (from Martinsburg Statesman)
    • Martinsburg Gazette (from Martinsburg W Va Evening Journal)
    • Martinsburg Herald (from Martinsburg Weekly Independent)
    • Martinsburg Independent (from Pioneer Press)
    • Martinsburg Independent (from Pioneer Press)
    • Martinsburg Journal (from The Berkeley Democrat)
    • Martinsburg Statesman-Democrat (from The Berkeley Union)
    • Martinsburg Statesman (from The Evening Journal)
    • Martinsburg W Va Evening Journal (from The Evening World)
    • Martinsburg Weekly Independent (from The Journal)
    • Pioneer Press (from The Martinsburg News)
      • Years of publication:  The Martinsburg News to 1983
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Pioneer Press
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85059544
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12688985
    • Pioneer Press (from The New Era)
    • The Berkeley Democrat (from The Shenandoah Sun)
    • The Berkeley Union (from The Valley Star)
    • The Evening Journal (from The World)
    • The Evening World (from The World)
    • The Journal (from The World)
    • The Martinsburg News (from Wednesday Journal)
    • The New Era (from Weekly Gazette)
      • Years of publication:  Weekly Gazette to 186?
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The New Era
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85059536
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 12659970
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Martinsburg.
  • Published In Boonsboro   [Washington County]
    • Eastern Pan-handle (from The Boonsboro News)
    • Morgan's Grove Daily (from The Boonsboro Odd Fellow)
    • Shepherdstown Independent (from The Boonsboro Times)
    • The Independent (from The Man About Town)
    • The Potomac Guardian (from The National Gazette)
      • The first year of publication was in The National Gazette, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Potomac Guardian
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN88074030
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 17307238
    • Antietam Sentinel (from The Odd Fellow)
    • Sharpsburg Enterprise (from The Times)
    • Jump to our expanded list of Newspapers Published in Boonsboro.

The official website for Berkeley County: www.berkeleycountycomm.org/

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Mt. Wesley Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4843, Longitude: -77.8367       In this case, the coordinates for the Mt. Wesley Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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