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Under different titles and various publishers, the Martinsburg Statesman and Martinsburg Statesman-Democrat provided Democratic-leaning residents of Martinsburg, West Virginia in Berkeley County with weekly local, national, and international news in coverage bent through the prism of a post-Civil War Democratic perspective. In the aftermath of the Civil War Confederate veteran David Smith Eichelberger and his family moved to Martinsburg, West Virginia in the state's northeastern panhandle, and in 1869, Eichelberger and his son Robert founded the Valley Star newspaper before changing its name to the Martinsburg Statesman. In 1883 Robert sold the paper to another Confederate veteran W.B. Colston under whose name the paper ran until 1889 when Colston sold it to Westhaver and Boyer Proprietors. C.W. Boyer took over as editor of the self-proclaimed "only Democratic and Conservative Paper in Berkeley County" (January 20, 1874).

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  • Martinsburg Statesman

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Martinsburg Statesman-Democrat, 1906–1913 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2024. Last updated: December 6, 2022

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Death of Belle Unger, wife of J. B. Unger

Death of Belle Unger, wife of J. B. Unger

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Martinsburg, West Virginia
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Death of Algernon R. Unger

Death of Algernon R. Unger

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Martinsburg, West Virginia
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Obituary for Grace Oglesby

Obituary for Grace Oglesby

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Martinsburg, West Virginia
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Obituary for Edmund PENDLETON

Obituary for Edmund PENDLETON

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Martinsburg, West Virginia
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Obituary for Edmund PENDLETON

Obituary for Edmund PENDLETON

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Martinsburg, West Virginia
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Obituary for Margaret Ann Eversole

Obituary for Margaret Ann Eversole

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Martinsburg, West Virginia
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Archive Info

Paper History

  • Martinsburg Statesman

Source Information

Martinsburg Statesman-Democrat, 1906–1913 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2024. Last updated: December 6, 2022