Winchester visit lifts Winchester church life in 1900s
The Rev Dr Carlton D Harris visits Winchester and Frederick County with impressions of a new parsonage and a thriving church scene. He notes the Richardson's hospitality and leadership, the junior congregation, and a successful parsonage fund drive aided by music and active parishioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton D. Harris
Baltimore Southern Methodist
Winchester
Frederick County
T. Buchanan
Sheridan
Cedar Creek
F. M. Richardson
Luray
iMirs
Richardson
Sidney Willey
Middletown
J. W. Whitlock
Clarence E. Hardy
Astor
Log
Hugh Duffey
J. W. Duffey
Nannie Maynard
Charles W. Trouck
D. BE
John W. Rice
H. S. Larrick
New Nest
R Winchester
Dursonage
Ledger of 1763 links Braddock and Washington to tavern guests
The account describes a 1763 ledger found by Mrs. Louise Closser Hale, noting guests like Edward Braddock and young George Washington at the Edgar McGuire Tavern later known as Old Dominion. It portrays Washington paying little while others supplied goods, and cites famed patrons including Braddock, Crockett, Clay, Webster, and Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Closser
Old Dominion
Edgar McGuire
Edward Braddock
Daniel Morgan
George Hollingsworth
Lord Fairfax
George
Epworth League
Fort Loudoun Seminary
Katherine Glass
Clarence E. Hardy
Weary
Samuel Totty
Middletown
Sheridan
Winchester
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H. Hable
Optimist
Harris
Trip
Methodist
Hell
Germany
Kaiser
Empire Theatre
Alls
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
West Virginia
Maryland
Shenandoah Valley
Nat'l. Bank
R. R
E. Bruce Capper
Hohenzollern, Hapsburg Camaflange
Isaiah Bowman
Hayfield
Home Place
Mountain Place
Admr
Liberty Bonds
Washington
General Braddock
David Crocket
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Stonewall Jackson
E. C Jackson
Good & CO
Bell
Rouss Avenue
ALA Jones’ Creamery
W. Miller Fletcher
Woodward’s
S. Main Street
Corner
Nand Water Sts
Liberty Loan
Farmers & Merchants Nat. Bank
Gray & Sheetz
Piccadilly St
Fred L. Glaize
Hodgson & Brown