{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3041", "width": "2049", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Class_E\\nBook-.C, IC^Pa", "height": "3103", "width": "1995", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "c^^\\na\\\\\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f 1\\nV^^O^ .^.N-\\n0 s.\\n.V.\u00e2\u0080\u009e.^", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3103", "width": "1995", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "HISTC) R^\\nCAMDEN COUNTY,\\nNEAA^ JERSEY.\\nBy GEO, R. PROWELL.\\nMember Historical Societi/ of Penmytvanit\\nILLUSTRATED.\\nPHILADELPHIA:\\nL. J. RICHARDS CO.\\n1886.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2938", "width": "1808", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nThe evident want of a comprehensive history of Camden County and the encouragement given\\nby many prominent citizens whose opinions were consulted in regard to that need, induced the pub-\\nlishers to undertake the task of preparing this volume. The promises made by the people of the\\ncounty were generously fulfilled. After a year s diligent, faithful and well-directed effort, the book\\nhas been completed. It is now presented for the consideration and criticism of the intelligent\\nreader, believing that it will meet his entire approval. Every effort has been made to prepare a\\nwork acceptable to its patrons, creditable alike to its author and the publi.shers, and worthy of the\\ndignified name of history.\\nGreat credit is due the Hon. John Clement, of Haddonfield, whose efficient aid and wise\\ncounsel were of inestimable value during the whole period of the preparation. His interest in local\\nhistory was inspired by his intelligent father, and being a lineal descendant of one of the first settlers\\nof West Jersey, he was naturally impelled to continue his investigations. The knowledge which he\\npossesses in this field, was acquired after long and diligent research among original records and\\ninnumerable authorities.\\nAmong the publishers corps of writers were Edington P. Fulton, now on the editorial stafl of the\\nPhiladelphia Times, Alfred Mathews, Austin N. Hungerford, J. L. Rockey, Edgar O. Wagner, Captain\\nFrank H. Coles and Frank J. Richards. Dr. John R.Stevenson, of Haddonfield, prepared the chapter\\non medicine. Rev. F. R. Brace, the chapter on education and Hon. Edward Burrough the history of\\nDelaware township. Benjamin M. Braker contributed material for the chapters upon Camden and\\nGloucester cities. Acknowledgements are due Peter L. Voorhees, Esq., for valuable suggestions, S. H.\\nGrey, Esq., and Colonel S. C. Harbert, for the use of files of early newspapers, to John W. Wright,\\nColonel Robert B. Hull, Isaac C. Martindale and Howard M. Cooper, Esq., and to the members of the\\npress and the clergy of the county.\\nIn concluding these few lines a word concerning the department of illustrations, which supple-\\nments the literary contents of the volume, is not out of place. The illustrations consist largely of por-\\ntraits of some of those men who have been, or are, prominent residents of the territory to which this\\nvolume is devoted. These portraits, with the accompanying biographical sketches, form a feature\\nwhich is sometimes the subject of ill-considered criticism, on the ground that they are of persons living.\\nNevertheless, in the judgment of the publishers, and of a great many persons who have given the\\nmatter careful consideration, the department is one which should neither be omitted nor limited by the\\ninsertion of the portraits and sketches of those only who are deceased. When it is borne in mind how\\nswiftly the stream of life and time sweeps on\u00e2\u0080\u0094 how quickly the present glides into the past\u00e2\u0080\u0094 there will\\nbe few to find fault with this department and when a score or more of years have elapsed when the\\ngenerations now marching in the front, and in the closely succeeding ranks, shall have passed away,\\nthis feature will be invaluable, serving as the best reminder of some of their most conspicuous and\\nhonored characters, to those who remain.\\nG. R. P.\\nPhiladki.phia, Nov., 1886.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2938", "width": "1808", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nGENERAL HISTORY.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nTopography and Botany 1-1\\nCHAPTER II.\\nThe Indians \u00e2\u0096\u00a01-16\\nCHAPTER III.\\nKarly Colonial History 17-24\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nThe Friends in West Jersey 24-30\\nCHAPTER V.\\nEarly History of Old Gloucester 30-35\\nCHAPTER VI.\\nThe Frtnch and Indian War 3.5-36\\nCHAPTER VII.\\nThe War of the Revolution 36-77\\nCHAPTER VIII.\\nThe War of 1812-14 77-86\\nCHAPTER IX.\\nThe War with Mexico 86-89\\nCHAPTER X.\\nThe War for the Union 83-17t\\nCHAPTER XI.\\nThe Erection of Camden County 179-186\\nCHAPTER XII.\\navil List 186-196\\nCHAPTER XIII.\\nThe Bench and Bar of Camden County 196-237\\nCHAPTER XIV.\\nA History of Medicine and Medical Men 237-308\\nCHAPTER XV.\\nEducation 308-319\\nCHAPTER XVI.\\nThe Frees 319-330\\nCHAPTER XVII.\\nAuthors and Scientist 330-339\\nCHAPTER XVIII.\\nPubUc Internal Improvements 340-359\\nCHAPTER XIX.\\nNavigation and Ship-Building 360-385\\nCHAPTER XX.\\nAgriculture 385-395\\nCHAPTER XXI.\\nOld Grave- Yards 395-400", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "CITIES, BOEOUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nTHE CITY or CAMDEN.\\nIntroduction Early Settlements and Subsequent Transfers of\\nLand on the Site of Camden\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Karly Settlements and Trans-\\nfers of Land on the Site of South Camden\u00e2\u0080\u0094 First Town\\nPlan of Camden\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Coopers Hill\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Kaighn Estate\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fet-\\ntereville\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stockton\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Kaighnsville 403-424\\nCHAPTER II.\\nMUNICIPAL HISTORY.\\nIncorporation Supplements to Charter New Charter The\\nFirst City Hall -The New City Hall\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Civil List\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Water\\nDepartmuut\u00e2\u0080\u0094Fire Department 426-444\\nCHAPTER III.\\nEARLY BUSINESS INTERESTS OF CAMDEN.\\nCamden in 1815\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Camden in 1824 Assessmentof 1834\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Manu-\\nfacturing Industries and Interesting Facts\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Pleasure Gar-\\ndens\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sausage Weaving. 444-4.54\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nBANKS AND BANKING.\\nThe First Bank in New Jei-sey- State and National Laws Gov-\\nerning the Banking System The National State Bank of\\nCamden- The Farmers and Mechanics Bank\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The First\\nNational Bank\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Camden Safe Deposit Company The\\nCamden National Bank 454-467\\nCHAPTER V.\\nRELIGIOUS HISTORY OP CAMDEN.\\nNewton Friends Meeting\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Methodist Churches\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Baptist\\nChurches\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Protestant Episcopal Churchefe- Presbyterian\\nChurches\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lutheran Churches\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Churches of the United\\nBrethren in Christ\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Church of the Evangelical Association\\nYoung Men s Christian Association Roman Catholic\\nChurches 467-497\\nCHAPTER VI.\\nTHE SCHOOLS.\\nEarly Schools in Camden\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Public-School System\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The\\nNew Era\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Progress since 1879 Newton Debating Society\\nThe Worthington Library Private Schools\u00e2\u0080\u0094 West Jer-\\nsey Orphanage 497-507\\nCHAPTER VII.\\nTHE MANUFACTUIIING INDUSTRIES.\\nIron Works Lumber Interests of Camdon\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Oil Cloth Manu-\\nfactories-Woolen and Worsted Mills\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Miscellaneous In-\\ndustries\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Carriage-Making\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Shoe and Morocco Factories. 507-538\\nCHAPTER VIII.\\nMISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.\\nThe Post-Offlce\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Marke^House8\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Bead Family\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Insur-\\nance Companies The Gaslight Company The Street\\nRailway- The Telephone\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Building and Building Asso-\\nciations\u00e2\u0080\u0094Drug Interests\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Old Military Organizations-\\nCemeteries\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Tornado of 1878\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Cyclone of 1885\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nHotels 538-558\\nCHAPTER IX.\\nSECRET AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.\\nFree Masonry The Independent Order of Odd Fellows\\nKnights of Pythias Improved Order of Red Men Knights\\nof the Golden Eagle\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ancient Order of United Work-\\nmen Brotherhood of the Union Order of United .Ameri-\\ncan Mechanics Independent Order of Mechanics Mis-\\ncellaneous Societies 558-581\\nCHAPTER X.\\nGLOUCESTER CITY.\\nTopography Early History Fort Nassau\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Gloucester as a\\nCounty Seat\u00e2\u0080\u0094 County Courts and Public Buildings\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The\\nOriginal Town and Some of its Inhabitants A Deserted\\nVillage An Era of Prosperity Arrives Incorporation and\\nCity Government\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Manufacturing Interests Religious\\nHistory Schools\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Societies\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Gloucester as a Pleasure Be-\\nsort\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Fox Hunting Club\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fisheries 582-607\\nCHAPTER XI.\\nTHE BOROUGH OF HADDONFIELD.\\nEarly History\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Francis Collins, John Kay, Timothy Matlack,\\nJacob Clement, Samuel Clement, Thomas Perrywolb,\\nThomas Rodman, Hugh Creighton, William Griscom,\\nBenjamin Hartley Local Incidents of the Revolu-\\ntion\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Haddonfleld in 1826 and 1835\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Friendship Fire\\nCompany\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Old Taverns\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Post-Office Library Com-\\npany\u00e2\u0080\u0094The Friends- Baptist Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Methodist Church-\\nEpiscopal Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Presbyterian Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Schools\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Busi-\\nness Interests\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Societies G08-GS5\\nCHAPTER XII.\\nTHE TOWNSHIP OF HADDON.\\nEarly History of Old Newton Township Notes from Town-\\nship Records Thomas Sharp s Account of the Newton\\nSettlement- Old Nowton Friends Meeting\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Schools\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nCamden and Philadelphia Race-Course\u00e2\u0080\u0094 CoUingswood\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nWestmount 686-654", "height": "2933", "width": "1922", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nCHAPTER XIII.\\nTHE TOWNSHIP OF WATERFORD.\\nTopography\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Matlack Family\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The CoUius Organiza-\\ntion\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Gleutlale M. E. Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Gibbsboro Lucas Paint\\nWorks\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Church of St. John in the Wilderness- Berlin\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nLong-a-Coming Business Beginnings Societies Li-\\nbrary\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Churches- Berlin Cemetery\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Village of Atco So-\\ncieties and Churches\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Chesilhurst-Waterford Village\\nChurches Shane s Castle, the Woos Brothers and the\\nBeginning of Catholicism\\nCHAPTER XIV.\\nTHE TOWNSHIP OF GLOUCESTER.\\nDescription Early Settlers The Tonilinsons, Albertsons,\\nBates, Cathcarts, Heilmans, Howells, Thornes and others\\nCivil Organization Villages of Kirkwood, Linden-\\nwold, Clementon, Watsontown, Brownstown, Davistown,\\nSpring Mills, the lost town of Upton and Chews Land-\\ning The Chew Family Blackwood The Wards and\\nBlackwoods\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Old Hotels Stage Lines Churches Socie-\\nties Education\\nCHAPTER XV.\\nTHE TOWNSHIP OF WINSLOW.\\nCharacter of the Township Set off from Gloucester List of\\nOfficers Villages of Sicklerville, Williamstown Junction,\\nWilton, Tansboro\\\\ Cedar Brook, Braddock, Bine Anchor,\\nAncora, Elm, Winslow Junction and Winelow Glass\\nWorks Societies Friends Meetings and Churches\\nCHAPTER XVI.\\nTHE TOWNSHIP OF CENTRE.\\nSurface andSoil\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Early Settlers and Descendants\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Huggs,\\nBrownings, Hillnians. Hinchmans, Thornes, Glovers and\\nLater Comers- Civil History\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Village of Snow Hill\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Soci-\\neties\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Churches Magnolia Guinea Town\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mount Eph-\\nCHAPTER XVIT.\\nTHE TOWNSHIP OF DELAWARE.\\nCivil Hi story ^AfTaira of the Township during the Civil War\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094List of Officials\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mills-Early Settlers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Howells,\\nCoopers, Champions, Collins, Burrows, EUis, Heritages,\\nKays, Matlacks, Shivers, Stokeses, Davises, Frenches and\\nothers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Old Houses\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ell ieburg\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bat esvi He\\nCHAPTER XVIII.\\nTHE TOWNSHIP OF STOCKTON.\\nIts Separation fromDelaware\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jurisdiction over River Islands\\n-Early Settlement\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Coles, Spicers, Woods, Willards,\\nNicholsons, Morgans, Budderows, Fishs, Homers, Brown-\\nings, Starns, Osiers and others\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bethel Methodist Episco-\\npal Church Old Taverns Schools Fisheries Pavouia\\n-Wrightsvilie\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Cramer Hill\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dudley\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Me rch^n*-\\nStockton\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Delair Manufacturing Interests", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2933", "width": "1922", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.\\nAlbertsou, Chalkley 072\\nAlbertsoi), Samuel 616\\nAndrews, J. E 301\\nAn Old Stage-Ooach 345\\nAnthony, H. B 635\\nAutographs, early settlers in Gloucester township 677\\nAutographs, early settlers in Stockton township 742\\nAutographs, early settlers, Newton township G49\\nAutographs of Early Settlers 425\\nAutographs of English Noblemen 24\\nBaird, David 518\\nBartine, D. H 295\\nBeatty,I.C 526\\nBoll, Ezra C 393\\nBennett, Volney G 616\\nBergen, C. A 229\\nBergen, M. V 228\\nBraddock, Elwood 632\\nBritish stamp 38\\nBrowning, A. M 158\\nBrowning, Maurice 528\\nBrown, David B 192\\nBrown, Davids 590\\nBurrough, Edward 194\\nCamden Water-Front 403\\nCampbell, Geo 557\\nCarpenters Hall 41\\nChew, Sinnickson 322\\nChurch, Broadway Methodist Episcopal 470\\nChurch, First Baptist 477\\nChurch, First Presbyterian 488\\nChurch, North Baptist 480\\nChurch of Immaculate Conception 496\\nChureh, Second Presbyterian 491\\nChurch, St. John s Episcopal 486\\n9\\nChurch, Third Methodist Episcopal 408\\nClement, John 212\\nClement, John, Sr 214\\nCoffin, William 698\\nColes, C. B 516\\nColey, Benjamin D 121\\nColUngs, E. Z 394\\nCattell, AlexanderG 763\\nCooper, Beiy 44\\nix\\nCooper, Benjamin W 743\\nCooper Hospital 264\\nCooper, James B GO\\nCooper, John 466\\nCooper, Joseph W 458\\nCooper, Dr. Richard M 455\\nCooper, Richard M 271\\nCooper, W. B 743\\nCooper, William D 218\\nCramer, Alfred 758\\nCroft, Howland 524\\nCuthbert, J. OgJen 654\\nDavis, Thomas II 136\\nDavis, Thomas W 400\\nDelaware Indian 5\\nDelaware Indian Family 7\\nDo Vries, David Pietersen 18\\nDialogue, John H 384\\nDouges, John W 293\\nBstaugh House 647\\nEvans, Ellwood 737\\nFetters, Kichard 422\\nFitch s First Steamboat 360\\nFitch s Second Steamboat 361\\nFitzgerald, Wilson 579\\nFitzsimmons, P. J 497\\nFlint knives 9\\nFort Mercer 50\\nFort Mifflin 48\\nFowler, P. H 593\\nFrancine, Louis R 156\\nFrazee, Andrew B 372\\nFredericks, Henry 514\\nGatzmer, W. H 370\\nGettysburg Monument 145\\nGill, John 456\\nGreat Central Fair Building 163\\nGrey, Philip J 320\\nGrey, S. H 226\\nGross, Onan B 290\\nHaines, Joseph M 712\\nHall, New City 429\\nHansen, William C 159\\nHeath, Kobert P. S 193", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "LIST OF TLLUSTKATIONS.\\nHendry, Charles D 2G7\\nHeulinge, Israel W 457\\nHiUmaD, Samuel S 633\\nHoe of Gray Flint 10\\nHorsfall, Charles K 140\\nHowell, Joshua B 154\\nHudson, Honry 17\\nHylton, J. Dunbar 747\\nHylton, J. Dunbar, Kesideuco of 748\\nIndependence Bell 36\\nIndependence Hall 47\\nIndian autographs 16\\nIndian Fort 8\\nJones, Franks 437\\nKifferly, Frederick 534\\nKirkbride, Joel P 671\\nKnight, E. C 641\\nLippiucott, Joshua 459\\nLivermore, Jonas 464\\nLucas, John 658\\nMap (boundary) of East and West Jersey 23\\nMap of Camden 419\\nMap of Camden County 1\\nMap of operations on the Delaware 49\\nMap, Thos. Sharp, 1700 638\\nMartindale, Isaac C 337\\nMead, Wm. T 548\\nMichellon, F. F 435\\nMiddleton, F. P 580\\nMiddleton, M. F 302\\nMorgan, Randal E 185\\nMortar and pestle 8\\nMnd Island, 1777 52\\nNew County Court-Houso 184\\nOld-Time Doctor 238\\nOrnamental pottery, flint, etc 10\\nParker, Joel\\nParsons, Stephen\\nPiece of steatite\\nPratt, Jesse\\nPresident s chair and desk, upon which the Declaration of In-\\ndependence was signed\\nRead, Edmund E\\nRead, John S\\nRead, Joseph J\\nReeve, Augustus\\nReeve, Benjamin C\\nReeve, Richard H\\nRidge, James M\\nBightmire, William H\\nRoe, David, Sr\\nRose, Wilbur F\\nRulon, Elwood\\n^exton, William\\nSheets, John A. J\\nShults, John S\\nSoldiers in 1812\\nSoldiers Monument\\nStanton, L. N\\nStarr, John F\\nStevenson, John R\\nStockham, Charles\\nStocks and pillory\\nTaylor, H. Genet\\nTaylor, Othniel H\\nThompson s Hotel and Fisheries\\nTomlinsou, Ephraim\\nVessel of potterj\\nVoorhets, Peter L\\nWilliam Peuu s burial-place\\nWilliam Penn s coat of arms\\nWileoD, George E", "height": "2933", "width": "1922", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "TLA N T I", "height": "2933", "width": "1922", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "HISTORY\\nCAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nTOPOGRAPHY AND BOTANY.\\nTOPOGRAPHY.\\nCamhen County has a front on the Del-\\naware River often miles, and extends sonth-\\neasterly about thirty miles to the line of\\nAtlantic County. Timber Creek, from the\\nriver, bounds it on tiie southwest to the head\\nof the south branch of that stream, and by a\\nshort land line to the head of Four-Mile\\nBranch, and down the whole length of that\\nstream to Great Egg Harbor River and\\nthence down that river to the Atlantic\\nCounty line. On the northeast Pensaukin\\nCreek from the river bounds the county to\\nthe source of the south l)ranch, and by a line\\nacross the country to near the head of Mullica\\nRiver, or a branch thereof, known as Atco\\nAtco, and thence down the stream to where\\nAtlantic County makes a corner near Atsion.\\nThe streams running out of the hills are\\nrapid, yet the volume of water has been\\nmaterially diminished by thegradual removal\\nof the timber from the upland and swamps.\\nThe effect of the tides from the Delaware\\nRiver in these streams is felt for ten or\\ntwelve miles inland, although its flow is\\nhindered by mill-dams in many places. The\\nland in parts is hilly and rolling, but no part\\nis so flat or level but that it can be readily\\ndrained. The highest point, as appears by\\nthe gradients of the Camden and Atlantic\\nRailroad, is near Berlin, and shows an eleva-\\ntion of one hundred and ninety-six feet above\\nlow tide-water at Camden. There is a\\ngradual rise from the river southeasterly un-\\ntil it reaches the highest point at or near\\nBerlin, and all the streams running north-\\nwesterly to the river find their sources in\\nthat region. The same features exist on the\\nsoutheasterly slope, and the streams that drain\\ntheir waters into the Atlantic Ocean, originate\\nnear the same place, thus making the region\\nabout that town the water-shed for a large\\nextent of country. It may therefore be seen\\nthat the springs of water that come to the\\nsurface near Berlin find their way to the\\nDelaware River by Timber Creek, Coopers\\nCreek, Pensaukin Creek and Rancocas\\nCreek on the western slope of the county,\\nwhile the sources of Great Egg Harbor River\\nand of Mullica River and their tributaries,\\nwhich drain the eastern slope and emj)ty into\\nthe Atlantic Ocean, may be found near the\\nsame place.\\nTimber Creek is navigable for vessels of\\nlight draught to Chews Landing, about ten\\nmiles from its mouth, and Coopers Creek\\n1", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY. NEW JERSEY.\\nto Coles Landing, about the same distance.\\nPensaukin C-reek is available for the same\\npurpose to the dam at the junction of the\\nnorth and south branches of that stream.\\nAlong both sides of these water-courses are\\nextensive tracts of low, marshy laud, upon\\nwhich the tide leaves a fertile alluvion de-\\nposit, and which, when banked and drained,\\nmakes valuable meadow, while towards the\\nheads of the streams good water-jiowers have\\nbeen made and u.sed for milling and manu-\\nfacturing purposes. Black, yellow and\\ngreen marl is found in the belt that crosses\\nthe county in a northeasterly direction, and\\nfor building purpo.sesa red sandstone is found\\nin many localities, generall) in thin layers\\nnear the surface, but occasionally in thick,\\ncompact bodies. Loam suitable for moulding\\npurposes is found in some of the hills along\\nthe streams and clays for brick-making\\nand pottery crop out in various places.\\nBOTANY.\\nTo outline the flora of .so small a section\\nof country as is usually embraced within\\ncounty lines would ordinarily furnish but\\nlittle matter of interest, and where an excep-\\ntion to this general rule is known it becomes\\nnot only proper, but very desirable, to have it\\nso appear, in order to obtain the most com-\\nplete local history that can be prepared. That\\nthis exception is realized in Camden County\\nis made abundantly manifest.\\nIt is well known that the State of New\\nJersey, with its surface of seven thousand\\nfive hundred and seventy-six square miles,\\nfurnisiies greater opportunities for the study\\nof a varied flora than almost any other State\\nor district of similar size in the whole United\\nStates. The more elevated or mountainous\\nsection in the north gives a somewliat sub-\\nalpine flora the southern counties receive, by\\ntlu! wasiiiug of the waves from the shores of\\nthe Southern States, and by the birds in their\\nmigratory flights northward, the seeds of\\nmany strictly .southern plants the eastern\\nsection supports the usual marine flora, and\\nthe western the usual fresh-water flora, while\\na section of the interior of the more southern\\ncounties give us what is elsewhere known as\\nthe pine barrens of New Jersey, furnish-\\ning a peculiar vegetation, one unlike that of\\nany other State of our Union.\\nO. R. Willis, in his Catalogue of Plants\\ngrowing without Cultivation in the State of\\nNew Jersey, says of these floral features,\\nThe difference of elevation from the south\\ntowards the north gives a wide range of\\ntemperature, .so that while in the northern\\nboundaries of the State plants are found\\ncommon to New England, the southern and\\ncoast regions yield the vegetation of Eastern\\nVirginia.\\nThe whole western border is washed l)y\\nthe Delaware River, fed by tributaries from\\nPennsylvania and New York, bringing to\\nits banks the seeds of a vast territory north\\nand west of it. Its eastern shores are washed\\nby the Hud.son River and the Atlantic Ocean,\\nwafting the seeds of many lands to the allu-\\nvial plains which skirt its eastern bounda-\\nries. Its varied soil is another remarkable\\nfeature of this State limestone in the north,\\naccompanied by iron and peat, marl, alluvial,\\narenaceous and clay deposits; with red shales\\nand heav} loam, impregnated with iron, in\\nthe middle while in the south and east loose\\nsands, i)eat and sphagnous bogs and green\\nsand deposits alternate with patches of loam,\\nin which clay more or less predominates. The\\nwonderful variety of soil, the differences of\\nelevation and tlie wide range of temperature\\ncombine to give rise to one of the most varied\\nand remarkable floras of the Western Conti-\\nnent. The cedar swamps, with which the\\npine regions are besprinkled, are the homes\\nofthemo.st beautiful and remarkable indi-\\nviduals of the flora of the temperate zones.\\nThere the pogonia, the liabenaria, the or-\\nchis, the arethusa, the cjilopogon and the\\n.sarracenia flourish; while tiie forests of the\\nnorth and middle are adorned with the lir-", "height": "2933", "width": "1922", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "BOTANY.\\niodendron, the magnolia, tiie ilex, the kal-\\ninia and the rhododendron.\\nAmong those who early gave attention to\\nbotaniciil investigation in this distriet, or who\\ni)ecame qnite familiar with its flora, may be\\nfound the names of Bartram, Collins, Kalm,\\nMiehaux, Schweinitz, Barton, Piirsh, Xnttall,\\nr)uraud and others, many collections of New\\nJersey plants being scattered through the\\nherbaria of Europe as well as of America.\\nThe conditions they found have, in the lapse\\nof many years, been very much changed.\\nThe marshy ground along the Delaware Riv-\\ner just south of Camden, and running back\\ninto the country for some distance, was a\\nnoted place to visit in those early botanical\\ndays, many of the rarer plants of this section\\nl)eing found therein, some decidedly of a\\nsoutiiern range, and which of late years have\\nnot been met with at all. Near Haddonheld\\nis another locality, where recently has been\\ncollected a species not heretofore known to\\noccur north of Virginia. The townships of\\nWaterford and Winslow extend into the\\npine barren region, above referred to,\\nwhere the rare and beautiful plants which\\ncharacterize its flora may be found. On the\\nbanks of Little Timber Creek may, in shel-\\ntered places, still be found plants of a more\\nnorthern habitat, and this is, perhaps, the onlv\\nplace south of Trenton where they occur. An\\nenumeration of these species would greatly\\ninterest persons scientifically inclined, and\\nthere are many such devotees among us, but\\nit would be too voluminous to be inserted\\nhere suffice it to say that many of these\\nplants, which are to be found described in the\\nvarious text-books of botany, are yet qnite\\nlocal. This section has been so thoroughly\\nexplored that very few species new to science\\nhave been detected within the past thirty-\\nfive yeai-s.\\nOf introduced plants, those whose home is\\nin other parts of the world, (Jamden County\\nhas more than a full share, owing to circum-\\nstances which are not likelv to affect anv\\nother county in the State. Isaac C. ^[artin-\\ndale, of Camden, who is probably better ac-\\nquainted with the flora of this section of New\\nJersey, and the localities where its rare plants\\nmay be found, than almost any other person\\nnow living, and who has of late years given\\nspecial study to the introduction of foreign\\nspecies and the geographical distribution of\\nplants, says that the past twenty-five years\\nhas given a large influx of these. Nearly as\\nfar back as 18(30 the late Charles F. Parker,\\nof Camden, and himself while botanizing on\\nthe Pennsylvania side of the Delaware, de-\\ntected a number of European plants growing\\non heaps of ballast that had been unloaded\\nfrom vessels, most of which were not enum-\\nerated in the text-books of North American\\nbotany, and as a new field for investigation\\nwas thus opened, the whole of the Delaware\\nRiver front, both in New Jersey and Penn-\\nsylvania, was carefully examined during the\\nsucceeding years, and the character and hab-\\nits of the plants studied, it was found that\\nmany of the species of European origin were\\nevidently from the middle se-ction of the con-\\ntinent, anil a close investigation developed\\nthe fact that large quantities of coal oil were\\nbeing shipped from Philadelphia to the sea-\\nj)ort towns of Germany and those along the\\nMediterranean Sea; so large a trade had\\ns])rung up in this enterprise within a few\\nvears that many sailing-vessels were engaged\\nin its transportation. Many cargoes of coal\\noil were thus shipped, and if no freight could\\nbe obtained for a return, the vessels came\\nback in ballast, which was largely unloaded\\nin the southern part of the city of Camden,\\nwhere scores of acres of low, mai-shy land\\nexisted. This ballast material of coui se con-\\ntained many seeds of plants, which in due\\nseason vegetated, and thus furnished, as it\\nwere, a new link in Flora s chain on Ameri-\\ncan soil. Occasional vessel-loads of ballast\\n(^ame from other parts of the world some\\nfrom Africa, Eastern Asia, South America\\nand the West Indies. A few California", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nplants have also in this way been brought\\nto our doors.\\nIt is well known that during the War of\\nthe Rebellion many vessels were engaged in\\ncarrying supplies to ports on the South At-\\nlantic seaboard and to the Gulf States. As\\nno return cargo could be obtained, vast quan-\\ntities of ballast were used. Much of this in\\ntime reached here also, and in consequence\\na large number of strictly .southern plants\\nwere introduced. Partial lists of these have\\nfrom time to time appeared in the scientific\\nperiodicals of the country, and Mr. Mai tiu-\\ndale, we learn, is at present engaged in the\\npreparation of a complete history of this de-\\npartment of his favorite study.\\nOf the foreign plants thus introduced,\\nnumbering perhaj)s hundreds of species, many\\nnever appeared but once, others maintained a\\nfoothold for a few years and then disap-\\npeared, whilst a large number of species have\\nbeen found year after year, showing that\\nwhile an unusual combination of circum-\\nstances may have led to their introduction,\\nthey have nevertheless come to stay, often\\nrooting out the native plants and absolutely\\ntaking possession of the soil, in fair illustra-\\ntion of the old story of the survival of the\\nfittest in the race for existence. The intro-\\nduced element being more vigorous, obtained\\nthe mastery, and the native was obliged to\\nyield possession, an exact repetition of the\\nhistory of the settlement of the country by\\nthe European nations, where the foreigners\\nheld posse.ssion and the native American In-\\ndian, proving to be tlie weaker vessel, ha.s\\nbeen gradually pushed farther and farther\\ninland.\\nThe greater part of the soil of Camden\\nCounty being easily cultivated, the trees have\\nbeen largely removed hence the acreage of\\nforest has become very small and little of\\nespecial character in this line now exists that\\nrequires mention at our hands. The original\\ntimber has all been cut off and now but i ew\\ntrees of large or unusual size remain. The\\nwooded sections of the most eastern town-\\nships have for years furnished very largely\\nthe supply of charcoal for the Philadelphia\\nmarkets. Immeu.se numbers of hoop-poles\\nwere also shipped to those engaged in the\\nWest India sugar and molasses trade. The\\nwhite cedar swamps have also furnished\\nthousands of cedar rails annually for ship-\\nment to other sections, but the great demand\\nfor these articles has nearly exhausted the\\nsupply and these branches of industry are\\nalmost destroyed.\\nC H A P T E R I I.\\nTHE INDIAN^\\nEarly historians, probably through lack\\nof study of the literary remains of the pio-\\nneers and settlers of the seventeenth century,\\nhave very much too liberally overestimated\\nthe number of Indians in New Jersey at the\\ntime when the first settlements by the whites\\nwere made here. In this error they but\\nshared the once common belief that the abo-\\nrigines of North America three hundred\\nyears ago were a powerful and numerous\\n])eople. Recent investigations have proved\\nthe inaccuracy of this belief.\\nThe historian Robert Pond estimated the\\nuunil)er of fighting men of eighteen given\\ntribes east of the Mississippi River at twenty-\\nseven thousand nine hundred, and total num-\\nber of souls one hundred and thirty-nine\\nthousand five hundred. An historical ac-\\ncount printed in Philadelphia of Colonel\\nBouquet s expedition in 17(i.3 against the\\nOhio Indians, asserts that there were then\\nfifty-six thousand five hundred and eighty\\nfighting men of such tribes as the French\\nwere in connection with in Canada and the\\nWe,st. Assuming this number to be one-\\nfifth of the population, they would have\\nhad at that date two hundred and eighty-two\\nthousand nine hundred in the territorv now", "height": "2933", "width": "1922", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "THE INDIANS.\\nembraced in the United States. According\\nto the figures of the Indian Bureau of the\\ngovernment, there are now about two hundred\\nand seventy-five thousand Indians in the\\nUnited States, or within a few thousands of\\nas many as ever roamed over the area now\\nembraced within the States and Territories.\\nStatistics and careful investigation have thus\\nshattered the romance of the extinguishment\\nof the Indian race, upon which innumerable\\npatlietic tales have been founded. The con-\\nditions of Indian life were in every way op-\\nposed to the rapid increase of population.\\nAll the collateral evidence goes to sustain\\nthe theory that if Hendrick Hudson could\\nhave made a census of the Indians in Schey-\\nichbi (their name for the territory almost iden-\\ntical with the present State of New Jersey),\\nhe would not have counted many more than\\ntwo thousand when, in 1609, he and his com-\\npanions iu the Half-Moon skirted the coast\\nof what is now New Jersey. Master Evelin,\\nwriting in 1690, used this language I doe\\naccount all thelndiansto be eight hundred;\\nand Oldmixon, in 1708, computed that they\\nhad been reduced to one-fourth that immber.\\nEvelyn and Oldmixon were below the mark,\\nbut they were much nearer it than those\\nwriters who have spoken of the teeming\\ntiiousands of red men. Such miscalculations\\nare largely traceable to circumstances which,\\nin their turn, are a revelation of the physical\\ncondition of Scheyiehbi when the white man\\nwas moving to plant his dominant standards\\nupon its soil. The State of New Jersey is so\\nrich in Indian relics that hasty observers\\ncame to the conclusion that it must have\\nsupported a conij)aratively dense Indian po])-\\nulation. So abundant were the Indian\\nvillages, says Charles C Abbott, in his\\nStone Age in New Jersey, that almost\\nevery brook tiiat harbors a fish has now\\nlying among the pebbles on its bed or in the\\nturf upon its banks flinty arrow-points or\\ndelicate fish-spears. \\\\Mieu it is remem-\\nbered that these remains are in a great pro-\\nportion those of tribes that came to New\\nJersey iu the seasons for hunting and fishing,\\nand had their permanent locations beyond, its\\nconfines, we understand the great attractions\\nof the region for a primitive people, and also\\nthe source of the errors that have been made\\nin enumerating the Indians of New Jersey\\ntwo centuries ago. To them and to the\\nstrangers who foraged in it from the North\\nand West it was a land of plenty and\\ntiitness. The streams were well supplied\\nwith fish, and the forests and the plains with\\ngame. The recession of the glaciers had left\\na soil that so easily absorbed rain that it\\nmade quick and prodigal return for the work\\nof the red husbandman, who cultivated In-", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ndian corn, pumpkins and beans. The inlets\\nof the bay and sea were opulent with oysters\\nand clams, and when the Indians had eaten\\nof these luscious bivalves their shells were\\nuseful for conversion into wampum.\\nThey were of the great Lenni Lenape\\nnation, which then occupied the central por-\\ntion of what is now the United States, and\\nwere hemmed in by the Natches, south of\\nthe Potomac River, and the Iroquois, uortli\\nof the southern border of New York. They\\nhad sacredly preserved that curious tradition\\nof an origin in the far West, of a march to\\nthe eastward, a joint victory with the Iro-\\nquois over the Allegivi (Allegheuies) in a\\nterrible battle and the final establishment of\\na new home upon the shores of the ocean\\nfrom which the suu rises. The myth has\\nlong ago been resolved into an incident of\\nthe suu or fire worship commoti to prehis-\\ntoric faiths.\\nIndian Traditions. A writer in the\\nHistory of Philadelphia, published in 1880,\\ngives the following interesting, though fanci-\\nful, traditions relating to the origin of our\\nAborigines\\nAs to their origin as members of the human\\nfamily, they liave divers legends. They claim to\\nhave come out of a cave in the earth, like the\\nwoodchuck and the chipmunk, to have sprung\\nfrom a snail that was transformed into a human\\nbeing and taught to hunt by a kind of Manitou,\\nafter which it was received into the lodge of the\\nbeaver and married the beaver s favorite daughter.\\nIn another myth a woman is discovered hover-\\ning in mid-air above the watery waste of chaos. She\\nhas fallen or has been expelled from heaven, and\\nthere is no earth to offer her a resting-place. The\\ntortoise, however, rose from the depths and j)ut his\\nbroad shield-like back at lier service, and she de-\\nscended u|)on it and made it her abode, for its dome-\\nlike oval resembled the first emergence of dry land\\nfrom the waters of the deluge. The tortoise slept\\nupon the deep, and round the margin of his sjiell\\nbarnacles gathered, the scum of the sea collected and\\nthe floating fragments of the shredded sea-weed\\naccumijlated until the dry land grew apace, and\\nby and by there was all that broad expanse of land\\nwhich now constitutes North America. The\\nwoman, weary of watching, worn out with sighs for\\nher lonesomeness, dropped ofi into a tranc|uil\\nslumber, and in that sleep she dreamed of a spirit\\nwho came to her from her lost home above the\\nskies, and of that dream the fruits were sons and\\ndaughters, from whom have descended the human\\nrace. Another legend personifies the Great Spirit\\nunder the form of a gigantic bird that descended\\nupon the face of the waters and brooded there until\\nthe earth arose. Then the (ireat Spirit, exercising\\na creative power, made the plants and animals\\nand, lastly, man, who was formed out of the integu-\\nments of the dog, and endowed with a magic arrow\\nthat was to be preserved with great care, for it was\\nat ouce a blessing and a safeguard. But the man\\ncarelessly lost the arrow, whereupon the Great\\nSpirit soared away upon its bird-like wings and\\nwas no longer seen, and man had thenceforth to\\nhunt and struggle lor his livelihood.\\nManabohzo, relates the general Algonkin tra-\\ndition, created the difl erent tribes of red men out\\nof the carcasses of ditt erent animals, the beaver,\\nthe eagle, the wolf, the serpent, the tortoise, etc.\\nManabohzo, Messon, Michaboo or Nanabush is a\\ndemi-god who works the metamorphoses of nature.\\nHe is the king of all the beasts; his father was the\\nwest wind, his mother the moon s great-grand-\\nfather, and sometimes he appears in the form of a\\nwolf or bird, but his usual shape is that of the\\ngigantic hare. After Maiuibohzo masquerades in\\nthe figure of a man of great endowments and\\nmajestic stature, when he is a magician after the\\norder of Prospero; but when he takes the form of\\n.some impish elf, then he is more tricky than .\\\\riel\\nand more full of hobgoblin devices than Puck.\\nManabohzo is the restorer of the world, sul)-\\nmerged by a deluge which the serpent-Manitous\\nhave created. He climbs a tree, saves himself and\\nsends a loon to dive for mud from which he can\\nmake a new world. The loon fails to reach the\\nbottom the muskrat, which next attenipis the\\nfeat, returns lifeless to the surface, but with a little\\nsand from which the (4reat Hare is able to re-\\ncreate the world.\\nIn other legends the otter and beaver dive in\\nvain, but the muskrat succeeds, losing his life in\\nthe attempt.\\nStudents of the Aryan legends regarding\\nthe creation of the world and the Eastern\\nmythology (concerning the birth of demi-gods\\nby the union of a supernatural man witli a\\nfemale human being, will detect at once the\\nkinship of the myths of the Occident with\\nthose of the (Orient. How far thev aid in", "height": "2933", "width": "1922", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "THE INDIANS.\\ncicterniiiiiiio- the (iriij;in of the American In-\\nfliiiiis on the Asiatic platean is a (jiiestion\\nwhich ethnologists arc still busily ilisciissino;.\\nThe Lenxi Lexapk, (Hi Dk.i.awark In-\\ndians. The name Lenni Lenape signifies\\noriginal people, and came to l)e applied to\\nthe river upon which they dwelt, until the\\nEnglish decided that the name of the river\\nshould be the Delaware. They\\ntranslated the Indi;m generic title\\ninto Delaware also. With the Iro-\\npiiiis tiic J^elaware formed the\\nAlgon(juin division of the abo-\\nrigines, and were at its head but\\nnot later than the middle of the\\nseventeenth century they surrend-\\nered their primacy at the dictation\\nof the Iroquois and accepted the\\nhumble place of a subordinate\\nnation. In this condition they were\\nbound to abstain from war and in\\nreturn they were protected from\\ninvasion. The pacific relations\\nwhich existed between them and\\nthe Europeans in New Jersey is\\n[)artially cx])lainable by their vir\\ntual abandonment of the belliger-\\nent attitude which had been their\\nnormal status.\\nAlong the Delaware, from the\\nmouth of the bay northward on\\nthe eastern side, were perha])s\\ntwenty sub-divisions of the Lenui\\nLenape people. The names which\\nhave been preserved are in some\\ninstances generic and in others\\nmerely indicate thelociilities. Isaac\\nMickle, in his Reminiscences of )ld\\nGloucester County, hands down those of the\\niSewapoo.ses, Sicounesses and Naraticons apvn\\nRaccoon Creek, the Manteses or Mantas on\\nMantua Creek and the Arniewamexes or\\nArwanies on Timber Creek. These la.st-\\nnamed must have extended their pcssessions\\nover the present limits of Camden County.\\nThere are no reasons to suppose that they\\nditVcrcd in mux wav from their rieigiil)()rs of\\nthe Lenape. .Vccording to I astor (Jam-\\npaniiis, in his History of New Sweden,\\nthty constructed their lodges y placing a\\nbark roof upon poles, and when they desired\\nt(i fortify a village they made a palisade of\\nl igs and dug a ditch on the outside. They\\ncould fashion ruile household utensils of [xil-\\nnl.l.AU A I.I. IMUAN I AMII\\ntery and they made dishes of bark and cedar\\nThe Indians uf this region had no lowns or fixed\\nplnees of habitation they mostly wander around from\\none place to another and generally go to those phioes\\nwhere they think they are nio^t likely to find the means\\nof support When they travel they carry their mats\\nwith them wherever they go and fix them on poles,\\nunder which they dwell. When they want fire they\\nstrike it out of a piece of dry wood, of which they find\\nplenty.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "HTPTORY OF CAMT EN OOTTNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nwood and wove baskets of withes. They\\nwere utter strangers to the uses of metals\\nuntil they learned of them from the Europe-\\nans, but of stones they made arrow-heads and\\nspear-heads, a queer sort of a i2;ifl for\\nV\\\\ 1M M\\\\ loKr\\ncatching fish, war-clubs, hatchets, axes, dag-\\ngers and pestles and mortars, with which\\nthey pounded corn into meal or clay into\\npaint. The neolithic or new stone\\ni m piemen ts and weapons unearthed\\nthroughout tiiis county belonged\\nto the Ijenape Indians, just as the\\npaleolithic or older and ruder stone\\ntools did to the unknown people\\nwho preceded them and perished iT\\nwithout leaving any records.\\nTheir Religious Belief\\nand other characteristics.\\nThe Indians worshipped a Great J\\nSpirit under various forms, but\\nthe dance was their sole religious\\nceremonial. The nature of their\\nbelief in a Supreme Being has\\nnever been more clearly illustrated\\nthan in the following letter wintten\\nto a friend about I 7 4G by Conrad\\nWei.ser, well known in the early history of\\nPennsylvania as the great interpreter of the\\nIndian language\\nIf by religion peopio mean iin iissent to certain\\ncreeds or tlie observance of a set of religious du-\\nties, as appointed prayers, singing, preaching,\\nbaptism or even hcathonisli worsliiji, then it may\\nbe said the Five Nations (Iroquois Indians) and\\ntheir neighbors have no religion. But if by relig-\\nion we mean an attraction of the soul to God,\\nwhence proceeds a confidence in and hunger after\\nthe knowledge of Him, then this people must be\\nallowed to have some religion among them, not^\\nwithstanding their sometimes savage deportment.\\nFor we find among them some traits of a confi-\\ndence in (rod alone, and sometimes, though but\\nseldom, a vocal calling upon Him.\\nWeiser then cites the case of an Indian\\nwho accompanied him upon one of his jour-\\nneys, and who, on being rescued from a fall\\nover a great precipice, exclaimed,\\nI thank the great Lord and Governor of this\\nworld in that He has had mercy upon me and has\\nbeen willing that I should live longer.\\nA few days later, when Weiser himself\\nwas in danger of death, the same Indian ad-\\ndressed him thus,\\nRemember that evil days are better than good\\ndays, for when we suffer much we do not sin sin\\nwill be driven out of lis by sutt ering; but good\\nMourAi; ANi rixiLi:.\\ndays will causi^ lutn to sin, and Ctod cannot extend\\nHis merry to them; but, coiilrariwise, when it\\ngoeth evil with us God hath compassion on us.\\nAgain, when, in 17(50, a immber of Inditiiis\\ncame from Wyalusing to I hiladelphia to\\nconfer with {governor Hamillim on various\\nsubjects. Chief Papomutn is recorded iiy", "height": "2933", "width": "1922", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "THE INDIANS.\\n9\\nConrad eiser to iiavc said to the (iover-\\nuor,\\nthink on (nnl who made us. I want to be\\ninstructed in His worship and service the great\\n(xod observes all that passes in our hearts and\\nhears all that we sav to one another.\\nFI.IXT KNIFE.\\ns l.v:! iricln s.\\nFLINT KNIFE.\\nfi by y /i inches.\\ncoiir.s(^ all these Indians whom he\\nI notes had derived .some religions ideas from\\ntlu ir commniiication with the whites they\\nl AHri,Y DRlt,I,KI) PIECE OF STF.ATirF.\\nhad, in fact, superimposed these impressions\\nupon the vague aud misty idealism which\\nformed the basis of their original devotions.\\nIf tlie word had liecii invent d in Weiser s\\nday, he might have entitled them Pantheist*.\\nIt must he kept steadily in mind, however,\\nf EUEMOXI.\\\\L STONE Ol-\\nthat Indian sentimentalism concerning the\\nsupernatural was very apt to yield to entice-\\nments, to plunder, bloodshed and debauchery.\\nVet they became skilled theological contro-\\nversialists, if we are to place reliance upon the\\nalleged reply of an Indian chief to a Swedish\\nmissionary who preached upon original sin\\nand the necessity for a mediator, at Cones-\\ntoga, Lancaster County, Pa., in 1710. The\\nH.VNI -.M-VDE AND FINGER- .MAliKEII VESSEL OF\\nPOTTERY.\\nstory runs tiiat the missionary was so puzzled\\nby the Indian logic that he requested the\\nUniversity of Upsal to furnish him with a\\nconfutation of it. The Indian speech, trans-\\nlated from the Latin in which the worthy\\ncleric embalmed it, is in part as follows\\nSince the subject of his (the missionary s) er-\\nrand is to persuade us to embrace a new doctrine,\\nperhaps it may not be amiss, before we offer him\\nthe reasons why we cannot comply with his re-", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "10\\nHISTOKT OF CAMPEN COTTNTT, NEW JERSEY.\\nquest, to acquaint him with the grounds and prin-\\nciples of that religion which he would have us\\nabandon. Our forefathers were under a strong\\npersuasion, as we are, that those who act well in\\nBY 51 INCHES.\\nthis life shall be rewarded in the next, according\\nto the degree of their virtue; and on the other\\nhand, that those who behave wickedly here will\\nundcr ;o such punishments hereafter as are propor-\\nHORNBLENDE AX\\nPOLISHED FLESHER.\\ntionate to the crimes they are guilty of. We\\nthink it evident that our notion concerning future\\nrewards and punishments was i-ither revealed im-\\niKOUVKli HAMMER\\nmediately from heaven to some of our forefatliers\\nand from them descended to us, or that it was im-\\nplanted in each of us at our creation by the Cre-\\nator of all things. Does he believe that our\\nforefathers, men eminent for their piety, constant\\nand warm in the pursuit of virtue, hoping thereby\\nORNAMENTAL l ()lll,K\\\\. (.ROOVED HAMMER.\\nto meet everlasting happiness, w-ere all damned?\\nDoes he think that we, who are their zealous im-\\nitators in good works, earnestly endeavoring with\\nllio crcntost riniimspiction to tre.ad the paths of\\nFLESHER WITH HANDLE\\nlEIiCED RECORD\\nTABLET.\\nintegrity, are in a state of damnation? The Al-\\nmighty, for anything we know, may have commu-\\nnicated the knowledge of Himself to a difterent\\nrace of people in a different manner. Some say\\nBIRD AND TORTOISK I lPE. iU.AClC FLINT KNIFE.\\nthey have the will of God in writing: be it so;\\ntheir revelation has no advantage above ours since\\nboth must be equally sufficient to save, otherwise\\nthe end of the revelation would be frustrated.\\nThen say that the Almighty has permitted us to\\nFLINT PER- DrcK.S HEAD PIPE.\\nFOBATOR.\\nFLINT SKIN\\n.SCRAPER.\\nremain in fatal error through so many ages is to\\nrepresent Him as a tyrant. How is it consistent", "height": "2933", "width": "1922", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "THE INDIANS.\\n11\\nwith His justice to tbroe litV upon a race of mor-\\ntals without their consent and then damn them\\neternally without opening the door to their salva-\\ntion? Are the Christians more virtuous, or\\nrather, are they not more vicious than we If so,\\nhow came it to pass that they are the ohjects of\\nGod s beneficence, while we are neglected? In a\\nword, we find the Christians much more depraved\\nin their morals than ourselves, and we judge of\\ntheir doctrines by their conduct.\\nDifferent style.s of paintiiifj; the body aud\\nface were adopted for feastiujj and for war,\\nand tattooing- with charcoal for perniaueut\\nornament and for inscribing the totem, or\\nrepresentative animal or sign upon the indi-\\nvidual. The totems also served to distin-\\nguish the tribes as, for instance, tho.se which\\noccupied New Jersey south of the IMuscon-\\netcong Mountains were the Unarais, or tur-\\ntle, and the Unalachtgo, or wolf, between\\nwhose territories there .seems never to have\\nbeen any definite delineations. The men\\nwere warriors, hunters and fishei s, while the\\nwomen tilled the soil and performed all the\\ndomestic aud household work.\\nWilliam Penn, in a letter to Henry Savell,\\ndated Philadelphia, 3()th of Fifth Month, 168;5,\\naffirms that the natives are proper and\\nshapely, and that he had never found\\nmore naturall sagacity, considering them\\nwithout y help I was almost going to .say\\ny\u00c2\u00b0 spoyle of tradition. But in comparing\\nthe testimony of all the pioneers who record-\\ned their impressions, the conclusion is evi-\\ndent that the primitive Indian was charac-\\nterized by the same vices tiiat mark his\\ndescendants in our time.\\nThe red inhabitants on the banks of the\\nDelaware possessed a willingness to l)e at\\npeace with the white man, if the white man\\nwould permit. In proof of their early pa-\\ncific disposition, it is pertinent to introduce\\nhere the evidence of Thomas Budd, who was\\na party to the conference held at Burlington\\nin 1668. The whites were fearing an attack\\nby the Indians, because the latter were re-\\nported as l eing angered at the whites for\\nhaving .sold tlieni matcii-coats infected with\\nsmall-pox. The chiefs were asked to a meet-\\ning with the settlers, and when it took place\\none of them .spoke in behalf of all in the fol-\\nlowing lofty strain, as reported by Budd, and\\nbelieved not to have been corrupted by any\\nmodern improvements upon his text\\nOur young men may speak such words as we\\ndo not like nor approve of, and we cannot help\\nthat, and some of your young men may speak such\\nwords as you do not like, and you cannot help\\nthat. We are your brothers, and intend to live\\nlike brothers with you; we have no mind to have\\nwar; we are minded to live in peace. If\\nwe intend at any time to make war, we will let you\\nknow of it and the reason why we make war with\\nyou; and if you make us satisfaction for the inju-\\nry done us, for which the war was intended, then\\nwe will not make war on you and if you intend\\nat any time to make war on us, we would have you\\nlet us know of it and the reason, and then if we do\\nnot make satisfaction for the injury done unto you,\\nthen you may make war on us, otherwise you ought\\nnot to do it; you are our brothers, and we are wil-\\nling to live like brothers with you we are willing\\nto have a broad path for you and us to walk in,\\nand if the Indian is asleep in this path, the Eng-\\nlishman shall pass by and do him no harm and if\\nan Englishman is asleep in this path, the Indian\\nshall pass him by and say, He is an Englishman,\\nhe is asleep let him alone, he loves to sleep.\\nBudd was so moved by this eloquent and\\namicable demonstration that he added,\\nTlie Indians have been very serviceable to us\\nby selling us venLson, Indian corn, peas and beans,\\nfish and fowl, buck-skins, beaver, otter and other\\nskins and furs; the men hunt, fish and fowl, and\\nthe women plant the corn and carry burthens.\\nThere are many of them of a good understanding,\\nconsidering their education, and in their publick\\nmeetings of business they have excellent order,\\none s[)eaking after another, and while one is speak-\\ning all the rest keep silence, and do not so much\\nas whisper to one another. The kings sat on\\na form and we on another over against them they\\nhad prepared four belts of wampum (so their cur-\\nrent money is called, being black and white beads\\nmade of a fish shell) to give us as seals of the cov-\\nenant they made with us one of the kings, by\\nconsent and appointment of the rest, stood up and\\nspoke.\\nIt is interesting to compare the above with", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "12\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUxXTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nthe instructions issued by the lords proprie-\\ntors to Governor Philip Cartei-et, February\\n10, 1664,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nAnd lastly, if our Governors and Councellors\\nhappen to find any Natives in our said Province\\nand Tract of Land aforesaid, that then you treat\\nthem with all Humanity and Kindness and do not\\nin anywise grieve or oppress them, but endeavour\\nby a Christian carriage to manifest Piety, Justice\\nand Charity, and in your conversation with them,\\nthe Manifestation whereof will prove Beneficial to\\nthe Planters and likewise Advantageous to the\\nPropagation of the Gospel.\\nIt is a matter of no little (lifliculty to sift\\nthe truth from the voluminous tales of the\\nSwedish, Dutcli and English chroniclers who\\nwere among the first voyagers and settlers.\\nIt happily remained for the more .sober\\nand prosaic clerks who came up the Delaware\\nbefore and during Penn s days to temper\\nwith a regard for truth the temptation to ex-\\ntravagant writing. Easily first among these\\nwas Rev. John Campanius, Swedish chaplain\\nof Governor Printz, who resided on Tini-\\ncum Island, near the mouth of the Schuyl-\\nkill, from 1642 to 1648, and was in his\\nleisure hours much of a rover on both sides\\nof the Delaware. Writing of what he saw\\nof the natives in those six years, he said,\\nTheir way of living was very simple. With\\narrows pointed with sharp stones they killed the\\ndeer and other creatures. They made axes from\\nstones, which they fastened to a stick, to kill the\\ntrees where they intended to jJant. They culti-\\nvated the ground with a sort of hoe made from the\\nshoulder-blade of a deer or a tortoise shell, sharp-\\nened with stones and fastened to a stick. They\\nmade pots of clay, mixed with powdered mussel\\nshells burned in fire. By friction they made fire\\nfrom two pieces of hard wood. The trees they\\nburnt down and cut into pieces for fire-wood. On\\njourneys they carried fire a great way in punk, or\\nsponges found growing on the trees. They burned\\ndown great trees, and shaped them canoes by fire\\nand the help of sharp stones. Men and women\\nwere dressed inskins the women made themselves\\nunder-garments of wild hemp, of which they al.so\\nmade twine to knit the feathers of turkeys, eagles,\\netc., into blankets. The earth, the woods and the\\nrivers were the provision stores of the Indians; for\\nthey eat all kinds of wild animals and productions\\nof the earth, fowls, birds, fishes and fruits, which\\nthey find within their reach. They shoot deer,\\nfowls and birds with the bow and arrow they\\ntake the fishes in the same manner when the\\nwaters are high the fish run up the creeks and re-\\nturn at ebb. tide, so that the Indian.s can easily\\nshoot them at low water and drag them ashore.\\nThey eat generally but twice a day, morning\\nand afternoon the earth serves them for tables\\nand chairs. They sometimes broil their meat and\\ntheir fish; other times they dry them in the sun or\\nin the smoke and thus eat them. They make\\nbread out of the maize or Indian corn, which they\\nprepare in a manner peculiar to themselves they\\ncrush the grain between two gre.at stones, or on a\\nlarge piece of wood; they moisten it with water\\nand make it into small cakes, which they wrap up\\nin corn leaves and thus bake them in the ashes.\\nThey can fast, when nece.ssity compels them, for\\nmany days. When traveling or lying in wait for\\ntheir enemies they take with them a kind of bread\\nmade of Indian corn and tobacco juice to allay\\ntheir hunger and quench their thirst in case they\\nhave nothing else on hand. The drink before the\\nChristians came into this country was nothing\\nbut water, but now thev are very fond of strong\\nliquors. Both men and women smoke tobacco,\\nwhich grows in their country in great .abundance.\\nThey have, besides corn, beans and pumpkins, a\\nsort of original dogs with short, pointed ears.\\nWhen a Christian goes to visit them in their\\ndwellings they immediately spread on the ground\\npieces of cloth and fine mats or skins; then they\\nproduce the best they have, as bread, deer, elk or\\nbear s meat, fresh fish and bear s fat, to serve in\\nlieu of butter, which they generally broil upon the\\ncoals. These attentions must not be despised, but\\nmust be received with thankfulness, otherwise their\\nfriendship will be turned to hatred. When an In-\\ndian visits his friend, a Christian, he must alw.iys\\nuncover his table at the lower end, for the Indian\\nwill have his liberty and he will immediately\\njump upon the table and sit upon it with his legs\\ncrossed, for they are not accustomed to sit upon\\nchairs he then asks for whatever he would liketo\\neat of\\nSmith, in liis History of New Jer.sey,\\ngives in more detail and interest than\\nIt is believed to be a fact, and a remarkable one too,\\nthat the North American Indians are, with the excep-\\ntion of the Kskimo, the only people on the face of the\\nglobe who did not make for themselves some intoxicat-\\ning or stimulating liquor.", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "THE INDIANS.\\n13\\nany otlicr writtT, facts relating to the\\n;ocial life of the Indians who dwelt on the\\neast bank of the Delaware. The subjoined\\ndeseriptiou may be accepted as a faithful\\npicture of the Armewauie.xes, a local name\\nfor a small tribe who for a time inhabited the\\nlocality of the city of Camdeu and gave to\\nthe supposetl island site of the city tlie name\\nof Aquikanasra\\nIt was customary with the Indians of West\\nJersey, when they buried their dead, to put t araily\\nutensils, bows and arrows and sometimes wampum\\ninto the grave with them. When a person of note\\ndied far from the place of his own residence they\\nwould carry his bones to be buried there. They\\nwa,shed and [jcrfumed the dead, painted the face\\nand followed singly, left the dead in a sitting posi-\\ntion and covered the grave pyramidically. They\\nwere very curious in preserving and repairing the\\ngraves of their dead and pensively visited them;\\ndid not love to be asked their judgment twice\\nabout the same thing. They generally delighted\\nin mirth were very studious in observing the\\nvirtues of roots and herbs, by which they usually\\ncured themselves of many bodily distempers, both\\nby outward and inward applications. They be-\\nsides frequently used sweating and the cold bath.\\nThey had an aversion to beards and would not\\nsuffer them to grow, but plucked the hair out by\\nthe roots. Their young women were orig-\\ninally very modest and shame-fiiced, and at mar-\\nriageable ages distinguished themselves with a\\nkind of worked mats or red and blue bags inter-\\nspersed with small rows of white and black wam-\\npum, or half-rows of each in one, fastened to\\nit and then put round the head down to near the\\nmiddle of the foi ehead. The Indians would not\\nallow the mentioning of the name of a friend after\\ndeath. They sometimes streaked their faces with\\nblack when in mourning, but when their aflairs\\nwent well they painted red. They were gre.at ob-\\nservers of the weather by the moon, delighted in\\nfine clothes, were punctual in their bargains and\\nobserved this so much in others that it was very\\ndifficult for a person who had once failed herein to\\nget any dealings with them afterward.\\nTheir language was high, lofty and sententious.\\nTheir way of counting was by tens that is to say,\\ntwo tens, three tens, etc. when the ninnber got\\nout of their reach they pointed to the stars or the\\nhair of their heads.\\nTheir government was monarchical and succes-\\nsive, and mostly of the mothers side, to prevent a\\nspurious issue. Thrv eomnionly washed tbcir\\nchildren in cold water as soon as born, ainl to make\\ntheir limbs straight, tied them to aboard and bung\\nit to their back, when they traveled they usually\\nwalked at nine months old. Their young men mar-\\nried atsi.xteen or seventeen years of age, if by that\\ntime they had given sufficient jtroof of their man-\\nhood by a large return of skins of animals. The girls\\nmarried at thirteen or fourteen, but stayed with\\ntheir mothers to hoe the ground, bear burdens,\\netc., for some years after marriage. The marriagi;\\nceremony was sometimes thus the relations and\\nfriends being present, the bridegroom delivered a\\nbone to the bride, she an ear of Indian corn to\\nhim, meaning that he was to provide meat, she\\nbread.\\nSome tribes were comraendably careful of their\\naged and decrepit, endeavoring to make the re-\\nmains of their lives as comfortable as they could.\\nIt was pretty generally so, except in desperate de-\\ncays then, indeed, as in other cases of the like\\nkind, they were soiuetimes apt to neglect them.\\nThe native Indians were grave, even to sadness,\\nupon any common, and more so upon serious, occa-\\nsions observant of those in company; of a tem-\\nper cool and deliberate never in haste to speak,\\nbut waited for a certainty that the person who\\nspoke before them had finished all he had to say.\\nTheir behavior in public councils was strictly de-\\ncent and instructive; every one in his turn was\\nheard according to rank of years. Liberty in\\nits fullest extent was their ruling passion to\\nthis every other consideration was subservient.\\nTheir children were trained up so as to cherish\\nthis disposition to the utmost; they were in-\\ndulged to a great degree, seldom chastised with\\nblows and rarely chided. They dreaded slavery\\nmore than death. Companies of them frequently\\ngot together to feast, dance and make merry this\\nsweetened the toils of hunting excepting these\\ntoils and the little action before described, they\\nscarcely knew any.\\nTjiEiR GovER^^^rENT. A rough sort of\\ncommunal system was the basis of Indian\\npolitics and government. Elach tribe held\\nits lauds in oonunon, and all its males took\\npart in any council that was to decide ques-\\ntions pertaining to the public weal. The a l-\\nministration of government was a matter far\\nfrom being confided to the chiefs or sachems\\nalone. Charles Thomson, secretary of tlie\\nContinental Congress, whose fragmentary\\nEs.say upon Indian Affairs is invaluable,", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "14\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JEKSEY.\\npoints out that a nation was composed of a\\nnumber of tribes, families and towns united\\nby relationsiiip or friendship, each having a\\nparticular chief. These components of the\\nnation were united under a kind of federal\\ngovernment, with laws and customs by which\\nthey were ruled. Mr. Thomson adds\\nTheir governments, it is true, are very lax,\\nexcept to peace and war, each individual having\\nin his own hand the power of revenging injuries,\\nand when murder is committed, the next relation\\nhaving power to take revenge by putting to death\\nthe murderer, unless he can convince the chief s\\nand the head men that he had just cause, and by\\ntheir means cau pacify the family by a present\\nand thereby put an end to the feud. The matters\\nwhich merely regard a town or family are settled\\nby the chiefs and head men of the town those\\nwhich regard the tribe, by a meeting of the chiefs\\nfrom the several towns; and those that regard the\\nnation, such as the making war or concluding\\npeace with the neighboring nations, are determined\\non in a national council, composed of the chiefs\\nand head warriors from every tribe. Every tribe\\nhas a chief or head man, and there is one who pre-\\nsides over the nation. In every town they have a\\ncouncil-house, where the chief assembles the old\\nmen and advises what is beat. In every tribe there\\nis a place, which is commonly the town in which\\nthe chief resides, where the head men of the towns\\nmeet to consult on the business that concerns them\\nand in every matter there is a grand council, or\\nwhat they call a council fire, where the heads of\\nthe tribes and the chief warriors convene to de-\\ntermine on peace or war. In a council of a town\\nall the men of the town may attend, the chief opens\\nthe business, and either gives his opinion of what\\nis best, or takes the advice of such of the old men\\nas are heads of families or most remarkable for\\nprudence or knowledge. None of the young men\\nare allowed or presume to speak, but the whole as-\\nsembly at the end of every sentence or speech,\\nif they approve it, express their approbation by a\\nkind of humor noise in unison with the speaker.\\nThe same order is observed in the meetings or\\ncouncils of the tribes and in the national councils.\\nL.\\\\TER History of the Delawares.\\nThe declining days of the Lenni Lenape or\\nDelaware Indians began with their accej^tance\\nof neutrality at the dictation of the Inxjuois,\\nas already alluded to. From thence onward\\nthey decreased in numbers and importance\\nuntil the year 1 742, wlieii, at the instance\\nof the Governor of Penusylva?iia, they\\nwere ordered by the Iroquois sachems to re-\\nmove westward from their domain in the\\nDelaware Valley. How completely they were\\nunder subjugation to the sturdy braves of\\nthe Xortli, tlie form in wliich the command\\nwas issued to them attests. They were, when\\nthey ventured to remonstrate, told that they\\nwere women and liad no rights in the land\\nexcept by the consent of their masters, and\\nwei e menaced with extermination if they re-\\nsisted. Sadly they obeyed and removed into\\nthe interior of I eunsylvania, where they were\\nsubsequently joined by their kindred, the\\nShawanese, from irginia, and by some frag-\\nments of Maryland and other tril es. There\\nthey recovered somewhat of tlieir ancient\\nspirit they made war upon the whites, and\\nafter the Revolution they formed a combina-\\nwith Eastern and Ohio tribes, which forced\\nthe Iroquois to remove the stigma of neutral-\\nity and womanhood from them.\\nThis compulsory migration was not so\\nthorough, however, but that it failed to in-\\nclude some scattered bands south of Trenton,\\nin this State. In 1749 Governor Belcher\\nwrote that they amounted to no more than\\nsixty families; but three years prior (juitc an\\nalarm had been created by reports that a\\nlarge number of Indians from the northeast\\nhad come into New Jersey with a view to\\nstirring up tlie natives to bloodshed, or as al-\\nlies of white insurgents who had organized\\nto resist enforcement of the laws respecting\\nland-titles. The panic was short-lived, it\\nsoon appearing that the errand of the stran-\\ngers was to listen to Kev. Braiuerd, the fam-\\nous missionary, who was then preaching in\\nMonmouth County. Among these visitors\\nwas the Delaware chief Teedyuscung, who\\nhad come down from the Susquehanna\\nValley.\\nThe Last Indians of New Jersey.\\nIn 1755 the Indians who remained on the\\nWest Jersev side of tlie Delaware manifested", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "THE INDIANS.\\n15\\nmuch restlessness because of irapositious upon\\ntliem and the occupation by whites of lands\\nwhich they had not sold. In 1757 laws were\\npassed for their protection, but were of such\\nlittle eifect in restoring order that from May,\\n1 757, to June, 1758, twenty-seven murders\\nof whites were committed in West Jersey by\\nthe Minisinks. In October of the latter year\\n(loveruor Hernard, through the intervention\\nof Teedynscung, obtained a conference at\\npjaston, Pennsylvania, with the Indians who\\nhad not sold out their lands. The whole of\\ntile remaining titles were then extinguished\\ntor the consideration of one thousand pounds,\\nexcept that there was reserved to the Indians\\ntiie right to fish in all the rivers and bays\\nsouth of the Raritan, and to hunt on all the\\nuniuclosed lands. .V reservation of three\\nthousand acres was provided for them at\\nEdge Pillock, ]?urlington County, and here\\nthe sixty individuals, who were all that re-\\nmained of the race that once possessed the\\nsoil, were located, and there they and their\\ndescendants dwelt until 1802, when they\\njoined the Stockbridge tribe at New Stock-\\nbridge, New York. Thirty years later a revival\\nof the claim that they had not been suffi-\\nciently compensated for their ancient hunting\\nand fishing privileges in New Jersey led to\\nthe mission of Shawuskukhkung, a Christian\\nIndian, who had been educated at Princeton\\nollege, and by the whites given the name of\\nBartholomew S. Calvin. He presented a\\nmemorial to the Legislature, which agreed to\\npay the Indians their full demand of two\\nthousand dollars, although it was clear that\\nthe previous settlement had been intended to\\nbe final. In a letter to the Legislature on the\\npassage of the bill, Calvin wrote,\\nThe final act of official intercourse between the\\nState of New Jersey and the Delaware Indians,\\nwho once owned nearly the whole of its territory,\\nhas now been consummated, and in a manner\\nwhich must redound to the honor of this growing\\nState, and, in all probability, to the prolongation\\nNew Jersey Historical Collections, page Gl.\\nof tlie existence of a wasted yet grateful people.\\nI pon this parting occasion I feel it to be an in-\\ncumbent duty to bear, the feeble tribute of my\\npraise to the high-toned justice which, in this in-\\nstance, and, so far as I am acquainted, in all former\\ntimes, has actuated the Councils of this Com-\\nmonwealth in dealing with the aboriginal inhab-\\nitants.\\nNot a drop of our blood have you spilled in\\nbattle not an acre of our land have you taken but\\nby our consent. These facts speak for themselves\\nand need no comment. They place the character\\nof New Jersey in bold relief and bright example to\\nthose States within whose territorial limits our\\nbrethren still linger. Nothing but benisons can\\nfull upon her from the lipsofaLenni I^enape.\\nThere may be some who would despise an Indian\\nbenediction but when I return to my people and\\nmake known to them the result of my mission, the\\near of the (Ireat Sovereign of the universe, which\\nis still open to our cry, will be penetrated with the\\ninvocation of blessings upon the generous sons of\\nNew .Tersey.\\nWamitai. Tlic following (piotatiims\\nfrom works i.ssued by the publishers of this\\nbook iire of special interest\\nWampum passed as current money between\\nthe early whites and Indians. There were two\\nkinds of it, the white and purple. They were both\\nworked into the form of beads, generally each\\nabout half an inch long and one-eighth broad,\\nwith a hole drilled through them so as to be strung\\non leather or hempen strings. The white was\\nmade out of the great conch or sea-shell, and the\\npurple out of the inside of the mussel shell. These\\nbeads, after being strung, were woven by the wo-\\nmen into belts, sometimes broader than a person s\\nhand and about two feet long. It was these that\\nwere given and received at their various treaties as\\nseals of friendship in matters of less importance\\nonly a single string was given. Two pieces of\\nwhite wampum were considered to equal in value\\none of the purple. Hi.itonj of Montc/omn-ij\\nOmiifij:\\nThere is enough concurrent testimony to war-\\nrant the conclusion that the original purpose of\\nwampum was exclusively mnemonic. It was a\\nsort of \u00c2\u00bbi\u00c2\u00abHo;v a teclmica, like the knotted cords of\\nthe ancient Peruvians, and doubtless, if the Indi-\\nans had had intelligence to word it out, a system\\nof written language could have been constructed\\nof wampum bead figures as exi)ressive as that of a\\nsingle code and more serviceable than the Runic\\narrow-head writing of the Northmen. Wampum", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "1(1\\nHISTOUr OF CA^rrEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nwas given not only as a present and a conrteons\\nreminder, but also as a threat and a warning.\\nThus, when, at Lancaster, Pa., in 1747, the chiefs\\nof the Five Nations forbade the Lenapes to sell\\nany more land and ordered them to remove to the\\ninterior, they emphasized the command by hand-\\ning them a belt. As money, its use came about in\\nthis way It was a memorandum of exchange, of\\nbusiness transactions. Pa.ssyuud, of the Munsis,\\nagreed to let his daughter marry the son of Se-\\ncanee, of the Unamis, and to give with her a\\ndowry of .so many beaver skins, in return for which\\nSecanee s son was to hunt so many days for Passy-\\nund. How liind the bargain and prove it? By\\nmaking a mutual note of it in the exchange of\\nwampum. That particular belt or string vouched\\nfor that particular transaction. Menanee, on the\\nAllegheny, agrees to sell to Tamanee, on the Del-\\naware, a dozen buflalo robes for forty fathoms of\\nduffle, with buttons, thread and red cloth to orna-\\nment. A belt is exchanged to prove the transac-\\ntion. But that cannot be completed until the\\ngoods are exchanged. The next step is easy to\\nput a certain fixed value on each bead, so that\\nwhen Tamanee pays a belt to Menanee for his\\nrobes, Menanee can at once hand the belt over to\\nthe trader who has the goods and get from him the\\nduffle and the trimmings. Viewed in this light,\\nwami)um takes rank as an instrument of a-s various\\nand important uses as any ever employed by man.\\nIt is as if the rosary of the pious Catholic were\\nsuddenly invested witli the powers of a historical\\nmonument, a diplomatic memorandum and a busi-\\nness stub book, a short-hand inscription system\\nwhich is equally understood by tribes of every\\nvariety of language and dialect, a currency of uni-\\nform value and universal circulation in the ex-\\nchange of a continent, a bank of deposit, a jewelry\\nand personal ornament, all in one. There is no\\nparallel instance in all the economic history of\\nmankind of an article so utterly useless and value-\\nless in itself acquiring such a wide and multifari-\\nous range of derivative values and uses. //w-\\nfiirij (if Phil idrf/ihiii.\\nIndian Autographs. The following are\\ncharacteristic specimens of Indian autographs,", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "EARLY rOLONTAT, FTTSTORY,\\n17\\nr H A P T E K III.\\nEARLY COI.ONIAI, HISTORY.\\nThe First Navigators Royal firanis Settlements of\\nthe Dutch, the Swedes and the English New .Ter-\\neey Established Division of the Province into East\\nand West Jersey.\\nEngland, Holland and Sweden each hore\\na part in the discovery and colonization of\\nNew Jersey, and their claims so overlapped\\neach other that bloodshed and diplomatic\\ncomplications marked the progress of events\\nfrom the first attenjpt at settlement within\\nthe province, in 1623, nntil its final conquest\\nl y the English, in 1( 64. The forty years\\nintervening witnessed the coming of people\\nrepresenting three different nations, the\\nconversion of the proprietorship of mnch of\\nthe land from the Indians to the whites, the\\nfounding of towns on either bank of the\\nDelaware and the laying of the foundation\\nof the civilization and enlightenment that\\nnow prevails. The English claim to the\\npossession of this territory grew out of tiie\\nvoyages of John and Sebastian Cabot, who,\\nacting under commission from Henry VII.,\\nsailed along the coast from Newfoundland to\\nabout the latitude of Cape Hatteras in HOT-\\nOB. They bore the I oyal authority to plant\\nthe banner of England on any undiscovered\\nlands, and occupy them in the name of the\\ncrown, but as they took no steps towards\\nplanting a colony to establish English du-\\nininion, the way was thus left open for tlie\\nconflict of claims to the .sovereignty of the\\nterritory that subsequently occurred, although\\nthe English position was sought to be\\naffirmed in the New England and Virginia\\npatents of King James I.\\nThe DiTtH. ^The next claim in the\\norder of time was that of the Dutch. Uu\\nAugust 2S, 1609, Henry Hudson, an English\\nseaman in the service of the Dutch East\\nIndia Company, entered the mouth of Dela-\\nware Bay, but ditl not sail up it because of\\nfinding shallow water and sand-bars, which\\nhe thought rendered navigation unsafe. He\\nwas, therefore, the discoverer of this estuary\\nof the ocean, as well as of New York Rav\\nand tlic Hudson Eiver, and it was upon his\\nachievements that the Dutch very justly\\nbased their claim to the regions binding upon\\nthe North (Hudson) River and the Delaware,\\nor, as they termed it, the Zuydt (South) River.\\nHudson s report of his expedition up the\\nDelaware was not calculated to cau.se the\\nDutch to turn their commercial eye toward\\nthis region, and all their enterprise in this\\ndirection was turned toward Manhattan.\\nCaptain C^ornelis Hendrick sailed up the bay\\nin 1615-16 and encountered some of the\\nHENRY HUnSON.\\nMinaqua Indians in the neighborhood of\\nChristiana, from whom he purchased some\\nfurs. This was the beginning of the trade\\nthat was soon to induce the colonization of\\nthe river-shores. The Dutch States-General\\nThe Dutch claim to what is now New Jersey was\\nfurther increased by the voyages of Captain Block and\\nCaptain Jacobse Mey. When they rendered an account\\nof their discoveries, the company by whom they had\\nbeen employed caused a full report of the voyages,\\nwith a map of the countries that had been explored, to\\nbe laid before the States-General, with an application\\nfor the privileges allowed in the late edict of the State\\nto all discoverers. Accordingly, on the 1 1th of October,\\n1B14, a special grant was made in favor of the ccmipany.\\nThey were to have the exclusive right to vi.sit the lands\\nand navigate the streams described, .situate in America\\nbetween Sew France and Virginia, the sea-coasts of\\nwhich lie between tlie fortieth and forty-Hfth degrees of\\nlatitude, and whicli iire now named New Netherland.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "18\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\niu 1621 chartered the West India Company,\\nwith especial commercial privileges, and in\\n1623 this corporation dispatched a ship under\\ncommand of Captain C^jrnelius Jacobse Mey,\\nwith settlers fully provided with means of\\nsubsistence, and a large stock of articles for\\ntraffic with the red men. He landed some\\nof his people on the Hudson, and with tlie\\nremainder entered the Delaware, and it is\\nfrom him that Cape May takes its name.\\nMey fixed upon a place for a settlement\\nat Hermaoraissing, at the mouth of the 8as-\\nsackson, the most northerly branch of the\\nGloucester River, or Timber Creek, from\\nthe great quantities of curious timber, says\\nGabriel Thomas, which they send in great\\nfloats to Philadelphia. Here he built a\\nstockade of logs and named it Fort Nas-\\nsau, iu honor of a town in the circle of the\\nUpper Rhine, iu Germany. This was the\\nfirst atten]|it to establish a settlement upon\\nthe eastern bank of the Delaware and in\\nWest New Jersey.\\nA body of men remained at Fort Nassau\\nto carry on trade with the natives, but cotem-\\nporarv records are almost a blank as to their\\nhistory while there. It is probable that the\\nfort was alternately occupied or deserted as\\nthe demands of trade required. In a legend-\\nary channel the information is couveyed that\\nMey succeeded in opening intercourse with\\nthe natives and that the communication be-\\ntween them was such as to give rise to feel-\\nings of cimfidence and kindness.\\nIn 1633 De Vries found the Indians in pos-\\nsession of the post. The Walloons, whom they\\nhad placed there, had returned to Manhattan,\\n(New York), having been taken off by one\\nof the vessels which the Dutch annually sent\\naround from New York Bay. Van Twiller,\\nDr. Mulford s History of New Jersey makes it\\nappear that about the time of Hendrick s voyage to the\\nDelaware, Mey made a similar trip from New Amster-\\ndam, and then named the Cape. Imt there is no evidenee\\nthat he landed at any point, and he certainly iiiiide no\\nattempt to found a settlement.\\nSee history of Gloucester City.\\nthen the Governor of the New Netherlands,\\nrestored the fort and was accused of incur-\\nring extravagant expenses in this reconstruc-\\ntion. The Dutch made some use of it for\\ntrading [)urposes until 1650 or 165L, when\\nthey concluded that it was too far up the\\nriver to be of much value and so destroyed\\nthe stockades and buildings, Vau Twiller\\nordering Commis.sary ArentCorssen to .select\\nthe site for another structure on the river.\\nIn 1635 it was attacked by the English, who\\nfailed to capture it from its vigorous Dutch\\ndefenders. The Swedes repeatedly denied\\nthat the Dutch had any fort on the Delaware\\nin 1638, but against their assertions can be\\niiA\\\\iii i n:ii:i!^i\\\\ I l: kies.\\nplaced the Dutch accounts of expenditure\\nfor the maintenance of Fort Na.ssau charged\\nfor that year in the West India Company s\\nbooks. There was certainly enough of a\\ngarrison in the fort to repiirt at once and pro-\\ntest against the Swedish settlement at Chris-\\ntiana in April, 1638. Four years later the\\ngarrison consisted of twenty men and the\\nfort was continually occu|)icd thenceforwitrd\\nuntil the Dutch destroyed it.\\nThe exact site of this historic jilace is not\\ndeterminable and the original Indian name\\nof the spot cannot be given, but among the\\ntribes who surrounded it were the Arwames,\\nwho hunted game and took fish where are\\nnow the towus and farms of Camden County.\\nThe claims of tli( Hollanders upon West", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "EARLY COLONIAL HISTOKV.\\n19\\nNew Jei ey was wt akt iu tl l)ecatise tliey lia l\\nmore important business to attend to. The\\nI nr trade of the Delaware had dwindled into\\ninsignificance in comparison with the splen-\\ndid spoils of conquest upon the sea and in\\nSouth America. The AVest India Company\\nin two years paid a dividend of fifty per\\ncent, from the capture by its ships, which\\nwere duly commissioned as men-of-war, of\\nSpanish silver-laden galleons. It was the\\nera of Dutch supremacy on the ocean the\\nera also in which the canny and brave Hol-\\nlanders invaded South America and, after the\\ncapture of Bahia and Pernambiico, in Bra-\\nzil, aspired to the conquest of the whole\\ncontinent. The neglect to cultivate the field\\nopen to them on the Delaware brought\\nal)out very momentous consequences, one of\\nwhich was no less than the entrance of the\\nSwedes. William Usselincx, the founder of\\nthe company, was one of its very few mem-\\nbers who did not lose sight of the rich op-\\nportunities on the Delaware in the successes\\nof Dutch victories elsewhere. He made a\\nfailure in endeavoring to bring his business\\nassociates to his way of thinking, and in\\nltj 24 he abandoned them, and, transferring\\nhis field of endeavor to Stockholm, inspired\\nthat wise statesman, King Uustavus Adol-\\nplius, of Sweden, with the idea of forming a\\nSwedish West India Company.\\nYet all the .sagacity did not depart from\\nHolland when Usselincx went to visit the\\nSwedish King. John De Laet, Killian A an\\nRensselaer, Samuel Godyn, Samuel Bloni-\\nniaert and other rich men^iants of Amster-\\ndam had received word from Isaac Do Ra-\\nsieres, secretary to Peter Minuet, predecessor\\nof Van Twiller as Governor of the New\\nNetherlands, that while the Dutch were\\nbeing compelled, through fear of the Indians,\\nto concentrate at New Amsterdam (New\\nYork), there was a chance for a vast land\\nspeculation on the Zuydt River. They se-\\ncured from the States-General a feudal con-\\nstitution, which gave them great privileges of\\nland acquisition outside of Maiihatlan Island,\\nand they f ormed an agreement l)y which\\nGodyn and Blomuiaert became the proprie-\\ntors of a tract of land thirty-two miles long\\nand two miles deep, from Cape Hculopen\\nto the mouth of a river. They took into\\npartnership David i ietersen De Vries, and\\nin 1031 sent Captain Heyes to the Delaware\\nin the ship Walrus. The latter established\\non the Horekill Creek, where the town of\\nLewes now stands, a colony called Swanuen-\\ndael (the N alley of Swans), and constructed\\nFort Oplandt for their protection. Heyes\\nplaced Gilliss Hossett in command, and\\nthen, crossing to the Jersey shore, bought\\nfrom ten chiefs there, on behalf of the Godyn\\nand Blommaert .syndicate, a block of terri-\\ntory extending twelve miles northward along\\nthe bay from Cape May, and the same dis-\\ntance inland. In May, 1632, De Vries was\\nready to set sail fi om the Texel for the Del-\\naware, when the news was brought him that\\nthe garrison of Fort Oplandt, some thirty\\nmen, had been massacred by the Indians.\\nArriving otf SwannendacI in the following\\nDecember, he found it utterly destroyed, and\\nthe remains of men and cattle mingled with\\nthe charred fragments of the block-house and\\npalisade. He was told that an Indian chief\\nhad stolen the Dutch coat-of-arms, ei-ected in\\nfront of the f ort that, to appea.se the whites,\\nthe Indians had brought them tiie head of\\nthe robber, and that the tribe, of which he\\nwas a member, had slaughtered the colonists\\nin revenge. De Vries journal demonstrates\\nthat he placed no confidence in this story,\\ni ut explained the massacre by attributing to\\nthe Dutch shocking perfidy and cruelty in\\ntheir dealings with the Indians, and in the\\ntreatment of their .squaws, that had provoked\\nthe latter to inflict a fearful punishment.\\nDe Vries accepted this melancholy and\\nAcooriUng lo \\\\crelius and UiulorUunck, the garri-\\nson remaining in Fort Nassau were also massacred by\\nthe Indians when tliey slaughtered the people at Fort\\nOplandt.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "20\\nHISTOr.Y OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NKW JERSEY.\\n.sanguinary event as terminating for the time\\nbeing all schemes of colonization on the Del-\\naware, but he did what he could to restore\\nconfidence by negotiating the first treaty of\\npeace ever concluded with the Indians and\\npropitiating them with gifts. Trading with\\nthem for furs as he advanced, he, on January\\n10, 163. 5, cast anchor on the bar of Jacques\\nEylandt (Windmill Island), opposite where\\nthe city of Camden is now built. For much\\nof the winter his ship was held in the river\\nby the ice, and when released, in March, he\\nran down the coast to Virginia, and then re-\\nturning to the Delaware, embarked his com-\\npatriots along its shores and turned the prow\\nof his vessel homeward. Thus was relin-\\nquished the Dutch enterpri.se of colonization\\non this .stream, and Indian possession of it\\nremained unbroken until the Swedes came,\\nin 1638, except for the occasional occupancy\\nof Fort Nassau by trading parties who came\\nsouthward from Manhattan. There remained\\nnothing to show for the ambitious eiforts of\\nthe West India Company except what little\\nprofit had been made in the trade in furs.\\nThe Swedes.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Upon the settlement of\\nthe Swedes at Tinicum, under Governor\\nJohn Printz, a few families cros.sed to the\\neast side of the river and made a settlement\\ncalled Elfsburg, now in Elsinboro towusliip,\\nSalem County. Another settlement was\\nmade on Raccoon Creek, in filouoe.ster Coun-\\nty, where now the village of Swedesboro\\nstands. This settlement became the chief\\npost on the east side of the Delaware. It\\ngrew and prospered, antl its people purchased\\ntitles to the lands of the proprietors under\\nthe grant to the Duke of York. A few\\ntamiiies of Swedes also settled at the mouth\\nof Woodbury Ci eek, but they remained there\\nonly a few years.\\nIn the limits of what is now Camden\\nCounty a few Swedes settled and remained\\nfor a short time at Fort Eriwomac, after its\\nabandonment by the adherents of Sir Ed-\\nmund Ployden, and from that time to the\\noccupancy of the territory under the grant\\nto the Duke of York, March 12, 1664, it\\nremained in the possession of the Indians.\\nA few Swedes remained in the lower part\\nof Gloucester County.\\nThe English. The occupancy of West\\nJersey by the Engli.sh was under Sir Edmund\\nPloyden, who, June 21, 1634, received a let-\\nter from Charles I., ICing of England, for\\nall that territory lying between New Eng-\\nland and Maryland. In this, as in most\\nearly grants, no regard was paid to previous\\nclaims, and in 1664 it was entirely ignored\\nby the King in the grant to the Duke of\\nYork.\\nThe government of the territory under\\nthe grant to Ployden was vested in him, and\\nhe styled it the province of New Albion.\\nSome of his friends, among whom were Cap-\\ntain Young, Robert Evelyn and thirteen\\ntraders, left England soon after the grant\\nwas obtained, and sailed for the new territory.\\nThey came up the Delaware River and landed\\nat the mouth of Pensaukin Creek (now\\nin Stockton township, Camden County),\\nwhere were living a few families of Indians\\nunder a chief by the name of Eriwomac. At\\nthis place a fort was built, which was named\\nFort Eriwomac, where the settlers remained\\nfour years, expecting that Ployden would\\n.send over to them a colony of settlers. In\\nthe meantime he formed a government in\\nEngland to take po.ssession of the province.\\nA colony, in 1636, .sailed up the Delaware\\nRiver about sixty miles, to near what is now\\nthe town of Salem, and settled there.\\nA numljer of Knights and Gentlemen\\nchose Beauchamp Plantagenet to select a\\nsite for them to establish a colony in New\\nAlbion, and they were combined with Ploy-\\nden U raise the energies of the latter s com-\\npany. To excite the greater interest, an\\norder of knighthood was instituted, which\\nshould have for one of its objects the con-\\nversion of the Indians to Christianity. Their\\ntitle was The Albion Knights of the Con-", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "EAHLY COLONIAL HLSTORY.\\n21\\nversion of tlie Twenty-tliree Kings, tlie\\ndesignation having reference to the nnmLer\\nof Indian chiefs supposed to exercise sway\\nin the province. But this ambitious project\\ncame to naught, and PKjyden and Plaiitagenet\\nmade no second visit to tiie Palatinate, as\\nNew Albion was officially styled. Their\\noperations are by no means clearly recorded,\\nbut wiiat is positively known of them in-\\nvests them with a fascination for students of\\nthe secrets of history.\\nThe .settlers at Fort Kriwomac became\\ndisheartened in waiting for the earl, and\\nafter four years abandoned the fort and\\nsettled above and below it, along the shores\\nof the Delaware.\\nEvelyn soon returned to England and\\nwrote a glow ing acvount of the country,\\nurging the earl to visit the country and\\ntake with him three hundred men or more,\\nas there is no doubt but that he may doe\\nvery well and grow rich. Plantagenet\\nlaid out the territory on the banks of the\\nDelaware into manors and named them\\nVVatcessit. The manor embracing what is\\nnow Salem County was chosen and set apart\\nfor the earl. It was described by Plantag-\\nenet as being on the Manteses plain, which\\nMaster Evelyn voucheth to be twenty miles\\nbroad and thirty long, and fifty miles\\nwashed by two fair navigable rivers, of three\\nhundred thousand acres fit to plow and\\nsow corn, tobacco, fiax and rice, the four\\nstaples of Albion. Three miles from\\nWateessit lay the domain of Lady Barl)ara,\\nBaroness of Richneek, adjoining Cotton\\nRiver (Alloway s Creek), so named of six\\niiundred pound of cotton wilde on tree grow-\\ning. The historian of Albion added that\\nthis property wa.s of twenty- four miles\\ncompasse, of wood, huge timber trees, and\\ntwo feet black mould, much desired by the\\nVirginians to plant tobacco. The earl\\ncame to the manor in 1641 and remained\\nt-ee history ol Stockton toWDsbip.\\nhere with him, and they marched, lodged\\nand cabinned together among the Indians\\nfor seven years. When he published his\\nbook, in 1648, it was with the object of\\nfurthering a project for the emigration of\\nthe viscounts, barons, baronets, knights,\\ngentlemen, merchants, adventurers and\\njiianters of the hopeful colony, wlio had\\nbound themselves in England to .settle three\\nthousand able, trained men in the Palatine s\\ndomain. But they failed to fulfill their con-\\ntracts, perhaps because in the convulsions at\\nhome that were forerunners of the execution\\nof Charles I. and the establishment of the\\nProtectorate under Cromwell, enterprises in\\nthe New World were dwarfed out of sight.\\nNothing more is known of Ployden and New\\nAlbion, for a new class of contestants was\\nabout to fill the stage.\\nNew Jersey Established. The Duke\\nof York, on casting about for court favorites\\nhigh in rank and wealth to whom to assign\\nsome fra(;tions of the territorial succession\\nmade him by thecrown, selected Lord Berkeley\\nand Sir George Carteret, to whom he convey-\\ned tlie laud specified as follows\\nThis indenture made the three and twentieth\\nday of June, in the sixteenth year of the Raigne\\nof our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second, by the\\nGrace of God of England, Scotland, France and\\nIreland, King, Defender of the faith Anno\\nDomine 16(54. Between his Royal Highness James\\nDuke of York and Albany, Earl of Ulster, Lord\\nHigh Admiral of England and Ireland, (Nonstable\\nof Dover Castle, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports,\\nand Governor of Portsmouth of the one part\\nJohn Lord Berkeley, Baron of Stratton, and one\\nof his Majestie s most honorable Privy Council;\\nand Sir George Carteret of Sattrum, in the county\\nof Devon, Knight, and one of his Majestie s most\\nhonorable Privy Council, of the other part, Wit-\\nnesseth that said James Duke of York, for and in\\nconsideration of the sum of ten shillings of lawful\\nmoney of England, to him in hand paid, by these\\npresents doth bargain and sell unto the said John\\nLord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret, all that\\ntract of land adjacent to New England, and lying\\nand being to the westward of Long Island Bound-\\ned on the east part by the main sea, and part by\\nHudson s River, and hath upon the west Delaware", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "22\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTV. NEW JERSEY.\\nBay or River, and exteiideth soutlnvaid to the\\nmain ocean as far as Cape May, at the mouth of\\nthe Delaware Bay, and to the northward as far as\\nthe northernmost branch of said Bay or River\\nof Delaware, which is in forty-one degrees and\\nforty minutes of latitude, and worketh over tlience\\na straight line to Hudson s River which said tract\\nof land is hereafter to be called by the name or names\\nof Nova Ca?sareaor New Jersey.\\nThe name was given in honor of Sir\\nGeorge Carteret, who in 1649 was Governor\\nof tiie Isle of Jersey, and had made a most\\ngallant defense of it for the Royalists. He\\nwas treasurer of the navy and vice-chamber-\\nlain of the King s household under the\\nRestoration. Being detected in peculation,\\nhe was eventually expelled from the House\\nof Commons in 1669.\\nThe grant to Berkeley and Carteret was a\\nconveyance of the powers of government as\\nwell as of the rights of property, and they\\nthus became rulers as well as owners of the\\ncountry. On February lU, 1664, they issued\\nthe first Constitution of New Jersey, which\\ncontinued in force until the province was di-\\nvided, in 1676. It was entitled The Con-\\ncession and Agreement of the Lords Propri-\\netors of the Province of New Caisarea or New\\nJersey to and w-ith all and every of the ad-\\nventurers and all such as shall settle or plant\\nthere. It provided for a government com-\\nposed of a Governor and Council and\\nGeneral Assembly. The Governor was ap-\\npointed by the Proprietors and he selected\\nsix Councillors at least or twelve at most, or\\nany even number between six and twelve.\\nThese constituted the General A.ssembly, with\\nthe addition of a representative body to l e\\nchosen by the jjeople, as follows So soon as\\nthe proprietors commission should be re-\\nceived in the province, a writ should be is-\\nsued by the Governor for the election of\\ntwelve deputies by such inhabitants as were\\nfreemen or the chief agents of others. Hut\\nso soon as parishes or other divisions of the\\npi*ovin(;e should be made, the inhabitants or\\nfreeholders of the several divisions should by\\nwrit meet on each 1st of January and choo.se\\nfreeholders for each respective division, to be\\ndeputies or representatives of the same, which\\nbody of representatives, or a major part of\\nthem, should, with the Governor and the\\nCouncil, compose the General Assembly.\\nOf the general scope of the form of govern-\\nment thus set up. Dr. Mulford, in his His-\\ntory of New Jersey, says,\\nIt embodied many of the principles which be-\\nlong to the most liberal institutions. It gave\\nentire exemption to the people from all taxation,\\nexcept .such as their representatives should as-\\nsent to, and as a further security of property, it\\ngave to the Assembly the full control over all\\nthe expenditures of government. Freedom of\\nconscience and worship was secured to every one\\nwho should conduct himself as a peaceable citi-\\nzen. The lands of the province were distributed\\nto the settlers for a quit-rent of half a penny per\\nacre, not to be paid until 1670. Justice was to be\\nadministered by tribunals erected under popular\\nauthority, and an additional security against the\\narbitrary exercise of power was given by the con-\\ncession of an unlimited privilege of appeal or pe-\\ntition. By the increase of numbers in the\\nrepresentative branch of the General Assembly\\nthe popular element would have finally acquired a\\ndegree of strength that must have given it a con-\\ntrolling intiuence, but the actual working of the\\nplan did not entirely agree with its general the-\\nory.\\niSiinidtaneousiy with signing tlie Conces-\\nsions, the jjroprietors appoiutefl Philip Cart-\\neret, a brother of Sir George, Governor of\\nNew Jersey, and in August, 1665, he landed\\nat a place to which he gave the name of\\nElizabeth, in honor of his sister-in-law,\\nLady Carteret. i his was the first perma-\\nnent settlement in the province. He found\\ntrouble on his hands at the moment of his\\narrival. Colonel Nicholls, who had been\\nl)laced in charge of aflairs at New York by\\nthe Duke of York, had already exerted au-\\nthority over New Jersey, which he had\\nnamed Albania, and under his plan of settle-\\nment, parties had ac(|uired from the Indians\\ntitles to the Elizabethtown tract and the\\nMonmouth patent, which later was the fouu-", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "EARLY COLONIAL HISTORY\\n23\\n(lation of Middletuwii iiiul Shrewsburv. He\\nentertained exalted notions of what lie might\\naccomplish in Albania and argued flu-\\nently with the dnke for the revocation of the\\nBerkeley and Carteret grant, and while he was\\ncompelled to surrender New Jersey, he sowed\\nthe seeds of ultimate dissension and confu-\\nsion, but he could not prevent Phili]i Carteret\\nMILES K\\nBOI^NPARY MAP OF EAST AXP WEST .lEESEY.\\nfrom taking possession of the new settlement.\\nElizabethtown was made the ca] ital of the\\ncolony Newark was founded flourishing\\nhamlets appeare l on the shores of the bay as\\nfar south as Sandy Hook.\\nFrom July ^0, 167;5, to February 9, l(i74,\\nNew Jersey was again in the possession of\\nthe Dutch, in consequence of the surrender\\nof New York to the Dutch fleet. They had\\njust put a government in Achter Kol, as\\nthey named the province, on a working basis\\nwhen the treaty of peace between England\\nand Holland restored the country to the\\nformer. King Charles II. issued a m w\\npatent to the Duke of York, covering liic\\nsame territory as that of Ujljo, and the duke\\nexecuted a new conveyance t i Sir (icorge\\narteret, Lord Berkeley having, on ]\\\\Iarcii 1 S,\\nlfi73, sold the whole of his right and title to\\nthe ])rovince. But just previous to making\\nthe deed to Carteret, the duke gave a com-\\nmission to Edmund Andros as fiovernor of\\nthe whole country from the west side of\\nConnecticut Eiver to the east side of I la-\\nware Bay; and tliis duplicity ot the\\nWILLIAM TENN S COAT OF ARMS.\\nduke s, the exactions of Andros and the\\nsale made by Berkeley gave rise to much\\ntrouble. Carteret defended his claim against\\nAndros, but Berkeley sold his interest in New\\nJer.sey to John Fenwick, to be held in trust\\nfor Edward Byllynge.\\nI^hilip Carteret, in l(i71, resumed the gov-\\nernment of the province. He was opposed\\nin every act by Andros, who kept the colony\\nin an uproar. Carteret was finally arrested\\nand taken to New York for trial. In the\\nmean time Byliinge made an assignment of\\nhis ])roperty to William I enn, iawen Laui-ie\\nand Nicholas Lucas, who were ])rominent mem-\\nbers of the Society of Friends in England.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "24\\nHISTOHY OF PAAIPEX COFNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nPenn and his associates applied to 8ir George\\nCarteret anrl secured assent for a division of\\nNew Jersey so tiiatthe interests of the Friends\\nand that of Carteret would be separate. The\\nline of division was drawn from the south-\\nern point of land on the east side of Little\\nEgg Harbor to a point on the Delaware in\\nthe latitude of forty-one degrees and forty\\nminutes. The part east of the line remained\\nto Sir George Carteret as sole proprietor and\\nwas named East New Jersey. The part\\nlying between the line and the Delaware was\\ncalled West New Jersey and passed under\\nthe control of William Peun and his associ-\\nates.\\nGovernors of NE^^ .Iersev Chrono-\\nlogical List.\\nGOVER \u00c2\u00abJRS OF EAST JERSEY.\\nPhilip Carteret 1665 to I118I\\nRobert Berkeley 1682 to 168.=)\\nThomas Rudyard, Deputy-Gov 1683\\nGawen Lawrie 1683\\nLordNiel Campbell 168.5\\nAndrew Hamilton 1692 to 1697\\n.leremiah Basse 1698 to 1699\\nGOVERNORS OF WEST JERSEY.\\nSamuel Jennings, Deputy 16S1\\nThomas Oliver, Governor 1684 to 168.\\nJohn Skein, Deputy 168.5 to 1687\\nWilliam Welsh, Deputy 1686\\nDaniel Coxe 1687\\nAndrew Hamilton 1692 to 1697\\nJeremiah Basse, Deputy 1697 to 1699\\nAndrew Hamilton, Governor 1699 till surrender\\nto the Crown in 1702.\\nEAST AND WEST JERSEY UNITEP.\\nLord John Cornbury, Gov 1703 to 1708\\nJohn Lovelace (died in office) 1708\\nRichard Ingolsby, Lieut.-Gov 1709 to 1710\\nGen. Andrew Hunter 1710 to 1720\\nWilliam Burnet 1720 to 1727\\n.Tohn Montgomery 1728 to 1731\\nLewis Morris 1731 to 1732\\nWilliam Crosby 1732 to 1736\\nJohn Hamilton 17.36 to 1738\\nThe above were also (4(ivernors of New York at\\nthe same time.\\nSKl ARATi; Iliu.M MCW VoKK.\\nLewisMorris 1738 to 1746\\nJohn Hamilton 1746 to 1747\\n.lonathan Belcher 1747 to 1757\\nJohn Reading 1757 to 17.58\\nFrancis Barnard 17.58 to 1760\\nThomas Boone 1760 to 1761\\nThomas Hardy 1761 to 1763\\nWilliam Franklin 1763 to 1766\\nREVOLUTIONARY AND STATE liOVERNMEN\\nWilliam Livingston 1776 to\\nWilliam Patterson 1790 to\\nRichard Howell 1792 to\\nJohn Lambert, Vice-Pres. of Council 1802 to\\n.loseph Bloomfield 1803 to\\nAaron Ogden 1812 to\\nAVilliam S. Pennington 1813 to\\nMalilon Dickerson 1815 to\\nIsaac H. Williamson 1817 to\\nTarret D. Wall (declined\\nPeter D. Vroom 1829 to\\nSamuel Southard 1832 to Feb.,\\nElias P. Seeley 1833 to\\nPeter D. Vroom 1835 to\\nPhilemon Dickerson 1836 to\\nWilliam Pennington 1837 to\\nDaniel Haines 1843 to\\nI XDER NEW fONSTITfTION.\\nCharles C. Stratton 1845 to\\nDaniel Haines 1848 to\\nGeorge F. Fort 1851 to\\nRodman M.Price 1854 to\\nWilliam A. Newell 18.57 to\\nCharles S. Olden 1860 to\\n.Joel Parker 1863 to\\nMarcus L. Ward 1866 to\\nTheodore F. Randolph 1869 to\\nJoel Parker 1872 to\\nJoseph D. Bedle 1875 to\\nGen. George B. McClellan 1878 to\\nGeorge C. Ludlow 1881 to\\nLeon Abbett 1884 to\\nT.\\n1790\\n1792\\n1801\\n1803\\n1812\\n1813\\n1815\\n1817\\n1829\\n1829\\n1832\\n1833\\n1834\\n18.36\\n1837\\n1843\\n1844\\n184S\\n1851\\n1854\\n1857\\n1860\\n1863\\n1866\\n1868\\n1872\\n1875\\n1878\\n18S1\\n1SS4\\n1X87\\nCHAPTER TV.\\nTHE KRIEXP.S IX WEST JER.SEY.\\nNearly all of the people who lived on the\\nterritory now embraced within the county of\\nCamden and of the most part of West Jersey,\\nfor one hundred yearsafter the first settlement\\nwas made, were members of the Society of", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "n^a-\\n(ThF, UlKK (IF YoKK JaMKS II.)\\n-UBTd\\n(iSlK (;E )K iK CAKTARKT.)\\n(SlE John BKKKliLEV, I UOPR.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2y^.\\n(Sir EiiJUNii Axuros.)\\n(Edwafp Byllynce, I RKrR.)\\nLfA^ (c ^^r^^^^^/\\n(Thomas Codrin(;t()n, Propr.)\\nd9W/\\nT\\nGov. P. Carteret.\\n(EpWAKfi Hyue, Lord Viscount CoRXBi-RY.)\\n(Gov. KOBERT BaRTLAY.)\\n(Lord Neill Campbell\\n(KOUERT VAlTtiUELLIX, PrOPR.)", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "26\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nFriends. They were the representative people\\nof the western division of the colony and\\nfor many years controlled the TiSgislativp\\nAssembly. Their history in this province, as\\nwell as in that of Pennsylvania, is franght with\\nmuch interest and instruction.\\nThe Society. OF Friends, or Quakers,\\narose in England about the middle of the sev-\\nenteenth century, a time of considerable reli-\\ngious excitement, when the honest-hearted were\\naroused hy the general prevalence of vice and\\nimmorality in which the King and court were\\nbut examples. The term Quaker .e., Trembler)\\nwas first used in 1650, and was given to the\\nFriends in derision by Justice Bennet. of\\nDerby, because George Fox, the founder of\\nthe society, bade him and his companions to\\ntremble at the word of the Lord. Its ap[ li-\\ncation was further induced by the fact that\\nsome of the early preachers and others trem-\\nbled violently when under strong religious\\nexercise. They even accepted the name\\nQuaker, so far as to style themselves the\\npeople called Quakers in all official docu-\\nments intended for puV)lication to the world\\nat large. The early form of marriage cer-\\ntificates contained the expression the people\\nof God called Quakers, but in 1734 the\\nYearly Meeting for Pennsylvania and New-\\nJersey agreed that ye words of God and\\ncalled Quakers be left out of that form for\\nthe future. In 1806 the expression was\\nchanged to the religious society of Friends.\\nSome of their principal characteristics, as\\ndiffering from other professing Christians,\\nwa.s in opposition to all wars, oaths and a\\npaid ministry, or grace of God, which is.\\ngiven to every man as a guide to salvation.\\nCireorge Fox says, moreover, When the Lord\\nsent me forth into the world, he forbade me\\nto put off my hat to any one, high or low,\\nand I was required to thee and thou all n^en\\nand women, without any respect to rich or\\npoor, great or small, and this made tlic sex\\nand professions to rage, but the Lord s power\\ncarried me over all to His glory, and many\\ncame to be turned to God in a little time,\\nfor the heavenly day of the Lord sprang\\nfrom on high and broke forth apace.\\nFor refusing to pay titiies in England, the\\ngoods of Friends were taken to many times\\nthe value; for absence from the national\\nworship twenty pounds per month was im-\\nposed, and when brought before the courts,\\nthe oath of allegiance was tendered to them\\nas a pretext, upon their refusal to disobey the\\ninjunction swear not at all, for the impo-\\nsition of further penalties. Meetings of the\\nFriends were broken up, and in many cases\\nthey were shamefully abused. The sober,\\nupright lives of Friends were a constant re-\\nproach, and aroused the hatred of many\\naround them. It is probable that fully one-\\nhalf of their sufferings were due to this\\ncause, as their persecutors certainly cared lit-\\ntle for religion.\\nIn 1659 a petition was presented to Parlia-\\nment, signed by one hundred and sixty-foi .r\\nFriends, offering their own bodies, person for\\nperson, to lie in prison instead of such oi their\\nbrethren as were under confinement and in\\ndanger as of theii- lives therefrom. More\\nthan two hundred and fifty died in prison,\\nand while some in England were sentenced to\\nbanishment, it was only in New England\\nthat a few were hung and others had their\\nears cut off.\\nTheir Emigration to America. Per-\\nsecutions were continued with more or less\\nseverity until the accession of William and\\nMary to the throne of England, when an act\\nof toleration was pjissed in 1689. Prior to\\nthis, however, many Friends had sought a\\nhome for religious liberty in M;issachusetts,\\nLong Island and New Jersey, and when\\nWilliam Peini established his colony, in 1682,\\nit was but natural that a large number\\nshould have been attracted thitiier. The first\\nsettlement of Friends in New Jersey was at\\nSalem in 1676, and at Burlington in 1678.\\nA few of the early settlers within the\\npresent limits of Camden Comity c*une here", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "THE FRIENDS IN WEST JERSEY.\\nfrom Burlington settlement, and from that\\nsource obtained authority for the organization\\nof their religious meetings.\\nThe little notice taken of the interests of\\nWilliam Penn in New Jersey and of his con-\\nnection with the initiatory steps for colonizing\\nthe territory and establishing a form of gov-\\nernment, is a noticeable feature in the writ-\\nings of his biographers. This may be ac-\\ncounted for by the willingness of his admir-\\ners to subordinate everything to his success-\\nful efforts ill founding a colony of his own,\\nwhich soon overshadowed the sparse settle-\\nments on the east side of the Delaware River,\\nwhich had been planted by and were under\\nthe patronage of John Fenwick. It was more\\nthan seven years before he received the grant\\nfor Pennsylvania that Penn became interested\\nin the effort to establish in America a colony\\nwhere Friends could enjoy with freedom the\\ndictates of their conscience.\\nPlans of KrcaxiZation. The orgauization luul\\nsubordination of the Meetings of Friends are as follows\\nOne or more Meetings for worship constitute one Pre-\\nparative Meeting one or more Preparative Meetings\\nconstitute one Monthly Meeting several Monthly Meet-\\nings constitute one Quarterly Meeting several Quarterly\\nmeetings constitute one Vearly Meeting, which is an in-\\ndependent body; yet the ditl erent Yearly M\u00c2\u00abetings\\nmaintain more or less of corresponilence with each\\nother.\\nThe Preparative Meetings are held monthly, and\\ngenerally in the month prior to the regular Monthly\\nMeetings, for the preparation of reports and other busi-\\nness to be presented thereat. The Monthly Meetings\\nare the principal executive brancli of the Society for the\\nexercise of the discipline over members. Regular and\\nvoluminous reports of the proceedings are recorded, as\\nwell as records of births, deaths and marriages. In-\\ndulged Meetings for staled periods are held by sanc-\\ntion of Monthly Meetings; but all Meetings subordinate\\nto are established permanently by authority of the\\nQuarterly Meetings, and these in turn by the Vearly\\nmeeting.\\nThe first Meeting established in what is now Camden\\nCounty was the old Xewlon Meeting. There are at\\npresent four meetings in the county, Haddontield\\nMeeting, Newton Meeting and Hicksite Friends Meet-\\nings in Haddontield and in Camden. Sketches of each\\nof them are given in the history of the places in which\\nthey y re situated.\\nWhen Lord Berkeley (on March 18, 1 )7;5),\\nas mentioned in the preceding chapter, con-\\nveyed to John Fenwick his individual moi-\\nety of New Jersey, for reasons which do not\\nappear, the right was questioned by the cretl-\\nitors of Edward Byllyuge, a brewer of West-\\nminster, Loudon, at that time in.solvent, they\\nsuspecting that Edward Byllynge h:id paid\\nfor the grant with money justly due to them.\\nAfter much controversy between John Fen-\\nwick, Edward Byllynge and Edward Byl-\\nlynge s creditor.s, William Penn was called\\nupon to act as arbitrator; who, after careful\\nexamination and inquiry, decided that John\\nFenwick was entitled to but ten parts, and\\nthat he (Fenwick) should convey the ninety\\nparts of said territory to such persons as\\nshould be chosen as trustees for the benefit\\nof Edward Byllynge s creditors. Thecreditors,\\nwho were mostly Friends, pres.sed Penn into\\ntheir service as one of the trustees in the sale\\nof these lands and in the payment of Byl-\\nlynge s debts, the others being Gaweu Lau-\\nrie and Nicholas Lucas. On February il,\\n167-?, John Fenwick made conveyance of the\\nninety parts to said trustees, reserving ten\\nparts whereon was planted his colony. In\\nthe discharge of the intricate duties which\\nhis position as trustee imposed upon him,\\nPenn s sense of justice and fair dealing was\\noften displayed, as were also his foresight and\\nbusiness penetration. The records of the\\ntimes prove that while thus engaged he ren-\\ndered many valuable services not incident to\\nhis stewardship, and also helped to frame a\\nform of government acceptable to adventur-\\ners, that met the wishes of the owners as\\nwell.\\nDuring these days the leading and more\\nthoughtful members of the Society of Friends\\nwere casting about them for some new\\ncountry where the adherents to their relig-\\nious belief could be at peace, and where their\\npersons and estates would be secure from the\\nhands of those who, under the color of law,\\nexcused their shameless pei-secutions. The", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "28\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nplautations in America, as heretofore stated,\\nwere attracting some attention, and the re-\\nports from there as to climate and soil were\\ngood. William Penn was at that time a\\nprominent and influential member of the So-\\nciety, and being one of the trustees of Byl-\\nlynge,New Jersey was naturally lookefl to as\\nthe spot where their wishes could be real-\\nized, and in its settlement they became inter-\\nested.\\nThe primary object was to sell the iantl to\\ncolonists, or the debts of Edward Byllynge\\ncould never be discharged, and to prompt\\nFriends to avail themselves of the opportun-\\nity which now offered, a form of government\\nhad to be established and promulgated cm-\\nbodying the fundamentals sought for, but not\\nso much at variance with the home policy as\\nto be rejected by tliose in authority. This\\nwas a delicate task, and yet a necessai v one,\\nfor this wilderness country had few induce-\\nments to cause people to break up their homes\\nand settle here. Pa.ssing over the Concessions\\nand Agreements pnblislied by Berkeley and\\nCarteret, in 1664, as applied to the whole\\nterritory of New Jersey, The Concessions\\nand Agreements of the proprietors, freehold-\\ners and inhabitants of the province of West\\nNew Jersey in America, as made in 1676,\\nshow the success of William Penn and his\\nassociates in their first efforts to establish the\\ntrue basis of a representative government by\\nplacing the fountain of power in the people.\\nThese concessions, contained in forty-\\nfour chapters, are the best evidence of the\\nbroad views and liberal sentiments of the\\nframers whose ol)ject was to secure those who\\ncame within their operation and control\\nagainst the encroachments and abuses from\\nwhich they were then suffering. No one can\\nreiid them without being convinced that men\\nof strong minds and decided purpose only,\\ncould so well j)ut their intentions into words.\\nTouching the vital question of ta.xation\\nthe subject was met in this plain and direct\\nmanner\\nThey are not to impose, or suffer to be\\nimposed, any tax, custom or subsidy, tollage,\\nassessment, or any other duty whatsoever,\\nupon any color or pretence, how specious\\nsoever, upon the said province and inhabit-\\nants thereof, without their own cousent first\\nhad, or other than what shall be imposed by\\nthe authority and consent of the General As-\\nsembly, and that only in manner and for the\\ngood ends and uses as aforesaid.\\nAnd again, that of the exercise of their\\nconsciences in matters of religious worship,\\nis neither vague nor ambiguous.\\nThat no man, nor number of men upon\\nearth, hath power or authority to rule over\\nmen s con.sciences in religious matters; there-\\nfore it is consented, agreed and ordained that\\nno person or persons whatsoever within said\\njH ovinceat any time or times hereafter, shall\\nbe any ways, upon any pretence whatever\\ncalled in (piestion, or in the least punished\\nor hurt, either in person, estate or privilege,\\nfor the sake of his opinion, judgment, faith\\nor worsliip towards God in matters of relig-\\nion, but that all and every such person and\\nl)ersons may from time to time and at all\\ntimes freely and fully have and enjoy his and\\ntheir judgments, and the exercise of their\\nconsciences in matters of religious worship\\nthroughout all the said province.\\nIn these concessions and agreements al-\\nmost every detail necessary to the jiroper\\nworking of a new system was anticipated\\nand provided for, and, as was demonstrated, it\\nonly needed a sufficient number of settlers in\\nthe colony to warrant its success.\\nTo say that William Penn had neither\\npartnorlotin the production of this docu-\\nment would be to ignore all knowledoe of\\nthe man, and his subsequent life .of useful-\\nne.ss devoted always to the advancement and\\nbenefit of his fellow-creatures.\\nWilliam I enn afterwards became proprietor of the\\nProvince of Pennsylvania, and with his further history\\nevery intelligent reader is familiar. After a life of\\njrreat usefulness, he died on the 30tli day of the Fifth\\nMonth, 17 IS, in the 74th year of his age. Ilig remains", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "THE FRIENDS IN WEST JERSEY.\\n29\\nNot one of tlie New England States, nor\\nNew York nor Virginia was qnite equal to\\nW^est New Jersey in its love and practice of\\njierfect religious toleration. Under the dom-\\ninant ideas of the Friends governing here,\\nno man was asked for or about his creed\\nwhen otfering himself as a candidate for\\npublic office. Never before, anywhere else\\nthat we know of, was there set to the world\\nsuch an example of absolute and harndess\\ntoleration. The Puritans did noble things\\nfor liberty; the Hollanders did nobler; but\\nthe Friends, as far as their influ-\\nence extended, did noblest.\\nThe authors of this remarkable\\nConstitution addressed the Society\\nof Friends of England, recom-\\nmending the province, and invited\\nthem to emigrate to it. The in-\\nvitation was not in vain, and before\\nthe end of the year 1(J77 a colony\\nof more than four hundred Friends\\nfound homes in West Jersey, and\\nmany moi e during the years im-\\nmediately succeeding. When tin\\nshi[ s bearing the Burlington im-\\nmigrants in the year 1(J78, arrived\\nin the Delaware the agent of An-\\ndros, at New Castle, reijuired them\\nto pay duties at that point, but\\nSir William Jones decided this to\\n1)6 illegal, and the claims of the Duke of York\\non West Jersey were then withdrawn and\\nthe Friends were left in the full enjoyment of\\nindependence. In November, 1G89, Sauuiel\\nJennings, the Deputy-Governor of West Jer-\\nsey, convened the first General Assemldy,\\nand the Friends met together to make their\\nown laws. They reaffirmed the Concessions,\\ndeclared all races and religions equal, forbade\\nimprisonment for debt and the sale of ardent\\nspirits to the red men, demanded that lands\\nbe acquired from the Indians by purchase,\\nwere interred in the burying-groim J surrounding Jor-\\ndaus Friends Metting-Hou.ie in Buckinghamshire, Eng-\\nland.\\nand permitted that a criminal might be par-\\ndoned by the person against whom the offense\\nwas committed.\\nWilliam Penn and eleven other Friends pur-\\nchased the province of East Jersey in 1G82.\\nRobert Barclay, of Scotland, author of a book\\nentitled Barclay s Apology, was appointed\\nGovernor for life, and the whole of New\\nJersey was then controlled by the Friends.\\nDuring Barclay s administration there was a\\nlarge immigration of S(\u00c2\u00bbtch and Irish Friends,\\nwho eanie to tliis province to find freedom.\\nW I I.I.IA.M I l.NN\\nI.I IM.M. I l..\\\\l 1,,\\nThe fir.st settlers of these people who pur-\\nchased lands in what is now Camden Coun-\\nty, obtained shares in the proprietary right\\nof Edward Byllynge s trustees about 1677,\\nand a few years later they came to this coun-\\nty and located. The line fixed between\\nEast and West Jersey, July 1, 1076, pro-\\nvided that the territory of the province be\\nlaid off into ten precincts, which, however,\\nwere not so laid off until January 14, 1681,\\nold style. At that time Daniel Leeds was\\nsurveyor-general of the Province and was or-\\ndered by the commissioners to divide the\\nriver-front of the Delaware from Assanpink\\nto Cape May into ten equal parts, running", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "30\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\neach tenth so far back iuto the woods as\\nto give it an area of sixty-four thousand\\nacres. This was accomplished, and the third\\nand fourth tenths extended from the river\\nCrapwell, or Pensauivin Creek, on the north\\nto tlie river Berkeley, or Oldmaus Creek, on\\nthe south each of the tenths laid out as above\\nmentioned were also divided into tenths,\\nand were each called a share of propriety.\\nMany of the Society of Friends had fled from\\nthe persecutions to which they were subjected\\nin England to Dublin, Ireland, and their at-\\ntention was attracted to the new country by\\nthe exciting troubles between Edward Byl-\\nlynge and John Eenwick, and on the 12tli of\\n.\\\\pril, 1677, Robert Turner, Robert Zane,\\nThomas Tliackara, William Bates and Joseph\\nSleight, all of Dublin, with the exception of\\nWilliam Bates, who was of. the county of\\nWickloe, Ireland, purchased one whole share\\nof propi iety of the trustees of B llynge,\\nwhich included tiie right to locate within the\\nlimits of est Jersey. The proprietors of\\nWest Jersey then set aside for this colony of\\nFriends the third tenth, which was from tliat\\ntime called the third or Irish tenth. In the\\nyears 1681-82 it was ])rovided that each\\ntenth on wliich there were settlements should\\nsend to the Assembly ten delegates. Tiie\\nthird or Irish tenth having at this time\\npassed to the occupancy of the Dublin col-\\nony, seven of them were chosen to represent\\nthe district, viz. William Cooper, Mark\\nNewbie, Henry Stacy, Francis Collins, Sam-\\nuel Cole, Thomas Howell and illiam\\nBates. The fourth tenth was not represented,\\nas few, if any, English people wei e at that\\ntime within its limits. This Assembly met\\nyearly until 1685, when, by reason of con-\\nfusion arising from the attempt of Byllynge\\nto assume the government, the Assembly did\\nnot meet again until November 5, 1692.\\nFrom tlie first landing of the I)utch, in\\nA furtber accouut of the settlement of this colony\\nwill be found in the history of Haddon township, in this\\nvolume.\\n1623, to 1682 no permanent settlement of\\nthe English had been effected within the lim-\\nits of what is now Camden County. The\\nforegoing has brought us down to the time\\nwhen the inhabitants of the third tenth and\\nfourth tenth in the Province of West Jersey\\nwas represented in the Legislative Council of\\nthe State, from which time begins the early\\nhistory of old Gloucester County, as given in\\nthe succeeding pages.\\nC H A P T E R V.\\nKARl-Y HISTORY OF OI,l (iLOftESTEK.\\nTuK preceding chapter described the royal\\ngrants and the occupation under them, of the\\nDutch, the Swedes and the English, from\\nthe grant of 1621 to the settlement of the\\nDublin colony on the third or Irish tenth,\\nwhich comprised the territory now embraced\\nin Camden County. Soon after the meeting\\nof the Assembly in November, 1685, the\\nproprietors, freeholders and inhabitants of\\nthe third and fourth tenths, who had been\\nsubjected to many inconveniences for the\\ntransaction of public business by reason of\\nthe distance from the county-seat of Burling-\\nton and Salem, met at Arwames (Gloucester\\nPoint), pursuant to public notice, on the 26th\\nof May, 1686, during the administration of\\nGovernor Samuel Jennings, and, after much\\ndiscussion and mature deliberation, adopted\\na Constitution for the government of the ter-\\nritory lying between Pensauken Creek and\\nOldmans Creek, it being the third and\\nfourth tenths, to which tliey gave the name\\nGloucester County it thus became the only\\ncounty in West Jersey organized directly\\nthrough the action of its own people. This\\nConstitution [irovided for the holding of courts\\nat Gloucester and Red Bank, and for the elec-\\ntion of county officers. It also prescribed the\\ndetails of legal practice and provided for the\\nrecordiny-of the marks of hogs and cattle. The", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "EARLY HISTORY OF OLD GLOTtCESTER\\n31\\nerection of Gloiioe.^ter County by the aiitliority\\nof the inhaliitants within its bounds was con-\\nfirmed by the General Assembly of the prov-\\nince in 1694. Its boundaries were not defi-\\nnitely defined and it is evident from au act\\nof Assembly, passed the same year the erec-\\ntion of the county was confirmed, tliat it did\\nnot extend to the sea-coast, as the act referred\\nto provides that the few settlers residing at\\nEgg Harbor siiall be under jurisdiction of\\nGloucester County until there shall be a suf-\\nficient number to constitute a county. In\\nJanuary, 1709, an act was passed more\\nclearly defining the county boundaries, and\\nin that act Egg Harbor and its vicinity were\\nembraced in Gloucester County. Its bounds\\nwere given as follows: Gloucester County\\nbegins at the mouth of Pensaukin Creek;\\nthence up the same to the fork thereof; thence\\nalong the bounds of Burlington County to\\nthe sea thence along the sea-coast to (ireat\\nEgg Harbor River thence up said river to\\nthe fork thereof; thence uj) the southernmost\\nand greato st branch of the same to the head\\nthereof; thence in a direct line to the head of\\n)ldmaus Creek thence down tiie same to\\nthe Delaware River to the place of begin-\\nning. In 18.S7 Atlantic County was erected,\\nas contemplated in the act of 1694, out of\\nthe sea-coast townships, and in 1844 the\\ntownships of Camden, Waterford, Newton,\\nHnion, Delaware, Gloucester and Washing\\nton, then constituting a part of Gloucester\\nCounty, were erected into the new county of\\nCamden, which was named after the city de-\\nsigned to be its county-seat.\\nExtracts from Gloucehtei; County\\nREOonns. -The first court for the original\\ncounty of Gloucester was held at Gloucester\\nin September, 1686, with Justices Francis\\nCollins, Thomas Thackara and John Wood\\non the bench. The sheriff s jury list included\\nthe names of William Hunt, William Jiates,\\nWilliam Alvertson, William Ijovejoy, Henry\\nWood, Jonathan Wood, John Hugg, James\\nAtkinson, Thomas Sharp, Thomas Cliaun-\\nders, (leorgc Goldsmith, .lohn Ladde, Daniel\\nReading, John Ithel, John Hethell, Thomas\\nMattliews, WiHiam Dalboe, Anthonv N eil-\\nson, John Matsoii, Tliomas Bull, Jolin Tay-\\nl ir, William Salisbury. Matthew Medcalfe\\nand William Cooper. The findings of this\\ncourt are evidence that after the adoption of\\nthe Arwames ConstitutioTi the people of\\nGloucester ounty considered themselves an\\nindependent government, with the power to\\nlevy taxes, fix boundaries, etc. The Decem-\\nber court at Gloucester in 1687 presented\\ntwo Burlington officers for conveying accused\\npersons out if its jurisdiction for trial at\\nBnrliugtou, and compelled one of them to\\nmake apology. This difficulty was caused by\\na dispute concerning county lioundaries. The\\ngrand jury, at the February Session of the\\ncourt for the same year, ordered the first tax\\nto be laid, levying a shilling for every hun-\\ndred acres of land, two pence for each head\\nof cattle, a tax of two pence on each freeman\\nhaving neither land nor cattle and an addi-\\ntional head tax of one shilling on all men not\\npossessed of such property. Taxes were\\nmade payable in money or produce, and an\\nincrease in double the amount could be dis-\\ntrained for in case of delinquency. Taxes\\ncontinued to be laid by the grand jnrv till\\n1694, when the power was vested bv Pro-\\nvincial Assembly in a quorum of the countv\\njustices, with the advice, concurrence and\\nassistance of the grand jury. In 171:1\\nthis power was vested in the justices and\\nchosen freeholders, where it remained until\\nthe organization of the Board of Freeholders\\nof the members from each township, on Feb-\\nruary 13, 1798. From a taxing act passed\\nin 1750 it appears that there were then in\\nthe county fourteen stores and shops, twenty-\\nseven mills, five ferries and more than\\ntwenty-five taverns.\\nThe first murder trial was a ca.se of infan\\nticide which occurred in 1701, but the court\\nrecord docs not show what penaltv was\\ninflicted on the defendant.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "32\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COTTNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nThe ease was tried l)y the (iovenior, Lord\\nCornlmry, in person, and on December 19tli\\nthe following record was made\\nWe, the Grand Jury of the County of Glouces-\\nter, doe order eighteen pence to by twelve bushels\\nof charcoal for the prisoner, and two pounds two\\nsh llings to by three match coats for the prisoner s\\nuse so long as she hath occasion for it, and then\\nto be reserved for the County s use. We allow\\nseven shillings and sixpence to the clerk for five\\nwarrants to the collector to gather the above tax.\\nWe further allow Matthew Metcalfe twelve shil-\\nlings and six pence for defraying the Lord Corn-\\ntiury s retinue s expenses when he was lately at\\n(Gloucester, and six shillings to John Siddons for\\na Coffin for the murthered child, and six shillings\\nmore we allow him by discount of his old tax in\\n1694 for bringing the Justices and Coroner to\\nGloster. Wc allow eight pounds four shillings and\\nfour pence for defraying the Lord Cornbury s and\\nhis attendance s cxpciiccs when he was lately at\\nGloucester.\\nAmong the earliest marriages recorded in\\nthe connty was that of Samuel Taylor and\\nElizabeth Ward, on January 13, 1687, and\\n(ieorge ard and Hannah Waynwright, on\\nNovember 17, 1697. The first birth re-\\ncorded was that of the child of John and\\nJane Burroughs, of Gloucester River, March\\n14, 1687.\\nTiie earliest recorded meeting of justices\\nand freeholders was held on the 5t]i day of\\nthe Second Month, 1715. The justices pres-\\nent were Richard Bull, John Inskeep,\\nGeorge Lawrence and John Rambo the\\nfreeholders, John Kaighn, Peter Long, John\\nLadd, Jacob Clement, Joseph Cooper, Jaco-\\nbus Collin and John Shivers. They pro-\\nvided for the building of a new prison and\\ncourt-house by a tax of eighty pounds, and\\nmade another levy of fifteen pounds to pay.\\nbounties for the destruction of wolves, {lan-\\nthcrs and red foxes. The sum of thirty\\npounds was ordered raised in 1716 for the\\nsame purposes, and in 1717 the board levied\\na tax of ten pounds for completing the\\npri.sou, twenty pounds for wolves, panthers\\nand red foxes, and seventy jKiunds foi- Tim-\\nber Creek bridge. Assessors, collectors and\\nconunissioners were apj)ointed to carry the\\naction of the board into effect. At the\\nmeeting of November 1, 1721, the sheriff,\\nJosiah Kay, was allowed James ]\\\\Iore s\\nhorse, saddle and brass pi.stol for executing\\nthe man, who seems to have been convicted\\nof highway robbery, and \u00c2\u00a39 8.s. for\\nexecuting Christiana Boff, the murderer\\nof her child. In the minutes of the\\nboard on May 3, 1750, Samuel Harrison,\\nthe sheriff, brought in a bill of \u00c2\u00a317 12s. for\\nwhipping James McBride and for executing\\nJohn Johnson, John Steward and Ebenezcr\\nCaral. On this claim the following entry\\nw as made\\nThe Board, taking sd bill into Consideration, al-\\nlow for ye Kopes and diging ye Graves, 14s. 8\\nfor ye rest are of Opinion yt its ye Sheriff s Office\\nto see ye Law Executed upon Convicts and as\\nthey kn(nv no Law yt Intitles him to any Pay for\\nye Execution of his Office in Such Case, think,\\ntherefore, it would be a ill Presedent and not\\nwarrentable in them to allow said Bill or any of ye\\nlike kind.\\nThe court and jury seem always to have\\nhad a lively sense of their diguity and\\nto have been jealous of maintaining it. On\\nJune 1, 1702, Nathaniel Zane was fined ten\\nshillings for his affront, Abu.se and under-\\nvallueing of ye forman of ye Grand Jury;\\nand on December 1st, Jeremiah Bate was fined\\nthirty shillings for several Contcuiptuo.se\\nand ReHccting, Abusive Expressions u.sed to-\\nwards ye Bench but upon his humble sub-\\nmission to ye Bench and desire of tforgetful-\\nness, ye same is remitted and forgotten.\\nAn instance of tlie anxiety of the Friends,\\nwho were the j^i iucipal settlers of Glouces-\\nter, to purge the community of all question-\\nable characters, was the case of Amos Nich-\\nolson, who, having come into the town of\\n(Jrccuwich, was presented by the grand\\njiuy, June 2, 17U1, as being a man of ill-\\nfame, and required to leave the township or\\ngive security to indemnify the townshi])\\nairainst his l)econiin r a dauirerous or trouble-", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "EARLY HLSTORY OF OLD GLOUCESTER.\\n33\\nsome neighbor. A vagrant negro, liaving\\nbeen hroiiglit into court September 1, 1701,\\nby tlie sheriff, wlicse cliarges amounted to\\ni l Ss the ntgio i^ oukud to be sold for\\ntwo years to any\\none who wouUl\\npiy tlie cliarges,\\nhis master having\\nthe j)rivilege of\\nitclaiming him\\nby making the\\n^uiie disburse-\\nment.\\nThe stocks, the pillory and the whipping-\\njiost were used in Colonial days for the\\npunishment of criuiinals on various occasions.\\nThey were doubtless brought into use under\\nthe authority of the old\\n(iloucester courts. The\\npunishment by the pil-\\nlory was severe and ex-\\ncruciating, the criminal\\nbeing placed in a stand-\\ning position. It was not\\nuncommon for men to\\nswoon under the pain of\\nthe pillory or the stocks.\\nThe system by which\\nassisted immigrants per-\\nformed service in return\\nfor the payment of their\\npassage-money to this\\ncountry was in full force, a:\\nminute of the court s j)roceedings of March\\n2, 1701\\n(tiirtith Morgan makes complaint agst a Ser-\\nvant woman of her deserting of his Service ye 1st\\nof Instant. The servant appearing and alledging\\nthat lier passage was paid in Seotland, she eame\\nI rom, and tliat she was not any servant npon\\nwhich ye sd Griffith produces an order of Chester\\nCourt, in Pensilvania, for her service of five years\\nto one E. Evan, c., and his assignment to ye sd\\nGriffith. Whereupon ye Bench order that ye sd\\nServant perform her time of Servitude, according\\nto ye sd assignment.\\nThe township and county boundaries were\\nappear?\\nthi.-\\ndetermined in 17 )1, liichard Matlack,\\nHenrv Wood, John Hinchman, Wm. Davis,\\nJames Whiteall, Joshua Jjord, Francis Bat-\\nten and Jacob Spicer having been appointed\\nby the Board of Freeholders, on ALay l. ?th,\\nto have the work done. They employed\\nas surveyor Samuel Clement to run the\\nline, and his completed work was sub-\\nmitted to the board at the September meet-\\ning. In 1764 Surveyor Thomas Denny\\nran and marked the lines between Gloucester\\nand Salem Counties. He was, himself, a\\nmember of the commission charged with the\\nundertaking, his associates being Francis\\nBattin and Geoi ge Flanigan. In the fol-\\nlowing year the arms belonging to the\\ncounty were, by order of the justices and\\nfreeholders, divided into four e(iual lots and\\ndelivered to John Hinchman, John Mickle,\\nSamuel Harrison, John Hider, Alexander\\nRandall, George Flanigan, Michael Fisher\\nand John Sparks, who, pursuant to in.struc-\\ntions, sold them and turned the proceeds into\\nthe county treasury.\\nPublic Building.s. A jail was built\\nat Gloucester in 1689. (See history of Glou-\\ncester City). Courts were held in taverns\\nand private houses until 1696, when a\\ncourt-house and jail as one building was\\nerected, which, with additions and repairs,\\nwas used until 1786, when it was destroyed\\nby fire, and a majority of the Hoard of Free-\\nholders voted in favor of erecting new\\nstructures instead of repairing the old ones,\\naud agreed to petition the General Assend)]y\\nfor an act to erect new Ijnildings at such a\\nplace as shall be designated by a majority of\\nthe people of the county at an election to be\\nheld for that purpose.\\nWoODBt RY HECOMKS THK CoI N IY-SkAT.\\nNotwithstanding that there is no iccorded\\nevidence of the matter, it is a generally ac-\\ncepted belief that the election was held, that\\nthe people voted to locate the new building at\\nWoodbury, and that this decision transferred\\nthe countyseat from Gloucester to that town.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "34\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nOn August 5, 178G, James Brown, John\\nJessop and Samuel Hugg were constituted\\nto agree with the workmen and purchase\\nmaterials for the building of the gaol and\\ncourt-house at Woodbury, and a tax of\\nj\u00c2\u00a3108 6s. 8c/. was ordered to defray the ex-\\npense. At the meeting of the board, ou Sep-\\ntember 29, 1786, the board accepted John\\nBispham s offer of a lot at Woodbury, and\\nJames Wilkins, John Wilkius and Joseph\\nReeves were appointed a committee to survey\\nthe lot and receive the deed, for which they\\nwere authorized to ])ay fifty pounds. When\\nthe managers accounts were finally passed,\\non Juue 18, 1790, it was found that the cost\\nof the court-house and jail had been more\\nthan twelve thousand dollars. The interior of\\nthe house is now very much like what it was\\nwhen first built. The stonecolumns, steps, etc.,\\nin front were added many years ago, and the\\nsteeple and belfry have been more than once\\nrebuilt.\\nJoshua L. Howell, Phineas Lord, John\\nBlackwood, John Brick, John E. Hopkins\\nand John Thorn were commissioned, on No-\\nvember 24, 1797, to buy a lot at Woodbury\\nand erect a building for the keeping of the\\nrecords removed from Gloucester. This\\nstructure has been occupied since 1820 as the\\nsurrogate s office, while the building then\\nerected for the surrogate has been made the\\nclei k s office.\\nWoodbury, the seat of justice of Glouces-\\nter County since its removal from the town\\nof Gloucester, in 1787, and the place where\\nthe law was dispensed to the citizens of what\\nis Camden County, previous to its erection in\\n1844, is located at tiie head of navigation on\\nWoodbiiiy Creek, and was ])robably settled\\nas early as 1681. liichard Wood took up\\nlaud a mile iiirther down the creek in tiiat\\nyear, and some time between then and 16s4\\nhis brother made a home on the present site\\nof the town. The Woods came froni some\\none of the many towns in England named\\nBury, and hence the derivation of the name\\nof the new settlement. In 1688 four hun-\\ndred and thirty-two acres of land on Wood-\\nbury Creek were surveyed for Jonathan\\nWood. From that date until the War of\\nthe Revolution the place is destitute of any\\nhistory that has been preserved, but the inci-\\ndents of the military movements in 1777 in\\nthe neighborhood go to show that it must\\nthen have had a poi)ulation of two hundred\\nor more. During the winter of 1777, Loi d\\nCorn wallis had his headquarters in the resi-\\ndence now occupied by the family of tlio\\nlate Amos Campbell, and the doors and cup-\\nboards still bear the marks of the British\\nbayonets used in forcing them open. In 1815\\nthe town had grown so as to re(piire four tav-\\nerns for the local and traveling trade it had\\nalso seven merchants and three physicians\\nand there were seventy-one dwellings.\\nAmong the leading citizens then were James\\nRoe, John C. Smallwood, John M. Watson,\\nJohn Mickle, Robert K. Matlack, Thomas\\nJefferson Cade and Benjamin I Howell.\\nThe oldest dwelling-house now standing is\\nthe Joseph Franklin residence, which was\\nbuilt in the early part of the eighteenth cen-\\nIt seems tlie little colony soon became short of\\nprovisions and none being nearer than Burlington, the\\nmale colonists slarted off in canoes for that place to ob-\\ntain some. A storm prevented their return as soon as\\nexpected, the provisions left for the women were ex-\\nhausted, and the poor creatures, overwhelmed with\\ngrief, looked fur nothing but starvation in a strange\\nland with none of their kindred near to soothe their\\ndying momeiiK. Thus they were grouped together at\\nthe bend of the creek, watching with tearful eyes the\\nflowing tide and listening in vain for the sound of the\\nreturning paddles, when an Indian woman appeared on\\nthe opposite bank, saw they were in trouble and\\nstopped. By their signs she understood their wants\\nand then disappeared in the shade of the forest. In\\nan hour or two (for she bad gone several miles) she\\nreturned loaded witli venison and corn bread. These\\nshe placed on a long piece of bark and, walking a good\\nwny to tidcward, set it afloat and gave it a push across.\\nIt came to where tlio white women were and its contents\\nsaved their lives for their husbands returned not for\\nsuch a length of time that but for her, starvation would\\nhave been inevitable. New Jersey Historical Collcc-\\ntinns.", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.\\n36\\ntiu v. Woddhiiry was iiicorponiteil as a bor-\\nongli in l So4 and as a city in 1870. In-\\ncluded in the old organizations of citizens\\nwere the Fox Hunting Clul), established in\\n1776 the Library Company, instituted in\\n1794 and the Whirligig Society, which was\\norganized in 1809 with authority to sup-\\npress all riots and whirligig all gamblers,\\nshowmen and such characters as are com-\\nmonly called Fair Plays. The Friends\\nerected a meeting-honse in 1715 or 1716, and\\nthe Presbyterians had a log church in 1721.\\nThe Methodist ICpiscopal Society was organ-\\nized in 1S03 and the African Methodist\\nEpiscopal in 1817.\\nCHAPTER XI.\\nTHE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.\\nALTHOiKiii New Jersey was at no time\\nseriously threatened by the war which Eng-\\nland waged with the French and their In-\\ndian allies in North America, and whicii\\nmay be said to have virtually begun in 1749,\\nand continued until the utter defeat of the\\nFrench and the treaty of peace in 1763,\\nthe meagre information which has been\\npreserved of her action demonstrates that she\\nwas in no wise backward to obey the calls\\nfor troops to serve against the common foe.\\nOue of the scanty references to this epoch is con-\\ntained in Wickes History of Medicine in New Jersey,\\nwhich says We date a positive advance in medicine\\nin New Jersey from the French and English War.\\nNew Jersey raised a complement of 1000 men, tiiiilt\\nbarracks ai Burlin^on, I renton, New lirunswick,\\nAmhoy and Klizabethtown, each for the accommodation\\nof oOO men. It maintained this complement for the\\nyears 1708, 5 .l and CO, and in the two succeeding\\nyears furnished 000, besides men and officers for gar-\\nrison duty. These popular measui es furnished the\\nschool much needed for training a soldiery to be avail-\\nable for the defence of American liberty a decade after-\\nward, and for the training of medical men no less.\\nThe physicians who were commissioned as surgeons and\\nsurgeons mates, being brought into association with\\nthe British officers, were led to kuow their inferiority,\\nThe conflicting territorial clainis of England\\narid France on the American continent, the\\nlong-standing animosity of the two people,\\nand the competition between the French and\\nEnglish frontiersmen on the upper tribu-\\ntaries of the Ohio River explain the out-\\nbreak of tJie war. In 1746 New Jersey\\nwas required to furnish five hundi ed men\\nfor service under the English flag, and in\\nresponse six hundred and sixty offered\\nthemselves for enlistment. Again, in 1755,\\nthe Assembly resolved to raise and equip a\\nbattalion of five hundred men, and an excess\\n])resented themselves for enlistment. When\\nthe enemy reached the country west of the\\nDelaware, New Jersey received many refugees\\nwho had been driven out from their homes,\\nwhile her wealthy citizens bore a large part\\nof the expense in raising troops to defend the\\nwestern border. It is said tliat one thousand\\nwere sent from the colony after the surren-\\nder of Castle William, on the .southern shore\\nof Lake George, and three thousand more\\nwere put in readiness to march should occa-\\nsion require. During 1758, 1759 and 1760\\nthe colony kept her complement full of oue\\nthousand men in the field, and in 1761-62\\nsix hundred, besides a company of sixty-four\\nfor garrison duty during the latter year.\\nThe annual expense of this military estab-\\nlishment is represented at forty thousand\\npounds.\\nWe are not allowed to suppose that any\\nconsiderable proportion of these troops came\\nfrom the Camden vicinage, or even that old\\n(rloucester County was largely re|)re.scnted\\nin the ranks. A hundred and thirty years\\nago Southern and Western Jersey was too\\nSparsely jjopulated to be of great value as a\\nand were stimulated to improve their opportunities of\\npractice and of intercourse with their more cultivated\\ncompeers.\\nCushing s History of Gloucester County. Mul-\\nford s History says: New Jersey had raised, at\\ndifferent periods, near X 300,000, and for a great part\\nof the time had maintained a force of 1000 men, be-\\nsides particular bodies for special services.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "36\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nrecruiting ground and, moreover, more tlian\\nhalf tlie people were Friends and forbidden\\nby their religions principles to engage in\\nwarfare. In and around Haddonfield linger\\ntraditions of the departure of a small squad\\nor two, to join the forces at the front, but\\nthe very names of these volunteers have\\nperished, and if any of them distinguished\\nthemselves in the combat against tiie French\\nand their savage allies, they have i)assed to\\nthe roll of unsung heroes.\\nCHAPTER VII.\\nTHK MAR OF THp; REVOIJTTION.\\nIn the War of the Revolution New Jersey\\nbore a conspicuous and honorable part, and\\nthe county of Gloucester, of which C anulen\\nC^ounty then formed a part, is fertile in his-\\ntorical associations of that eventful period.\\nA faithful effort has been made to portray\\nthem in the succeeding pages of this chapter\\nand weave around them every interest which\\ntheir importance demands, as well as to show\\nthe relation of the State and county to that\\never memorable war. Gloucester County\\nfurnished a large number of soldiers who\\njoined the patriot army, participated in nu-\\nmerous battles and won many brilliant\\nachievements.\\nCauses OF the WAR.-The colony of New\\nJersey shared with her sister colonies that\\ndevotion to the crown at the termination of\\nthe Frencli and Indian War which William\\n(iriffith has so lucidly described in his His-\\ntorical Notes oi the Aincrican Colonies and\\nRevolution.\\nThis is a rare .and invalimblc book. It was designed\\nby the oullior as an introduction to his Law Kegis-\\nter, hut he died before its completion. It was pub-\\nlished by his executors in 18;!(i, and after it was\\nprinted some controversy arose between the persons\\nconcerned, in consequence of which the entire edition,\\nwiili the exception of six copies, was destroyed. One\\nof tliose saved is in the possession of Judge .John lem-\\nAt the close of the war (of 1756) between Great\\nBritain and France, tenuinatetl by the Treaty of\\nParis, in 17G3, the British Colonies of North\\nAmerica were attached to the mother-country by\\nevery tie which could add strength to the con-\\nnection; by the sympathies of a common extrac-\\ntion and history and the more endearing atfections\\nand solicitudes which Howed from domestic affini-\\nties and private interests, encircling and blessing\\nall. The recent war, so glorious to both\\nin its prosecution and results, so peculiarly Ameri-\\ncan in its origin and objects, and in which they\\nco-operated in so many arduous military enter-\\nprises, had inspired mutual respect and a warmth\\nof attachment unfelt before there was a conti-\\nINTlKPKXnr.NCE BELL.\\ndence also reposed by the colonies in the all ec-\\ntionate disposition and mighty power of the\\nmother-country, unrestrained by any fear or jeal-\\nousy George III., then in the third year of his\\nreign, by the splendor of the British arms in all\\nquarters, the extension and security which war had\\ngiven to his realms and by his vast military and\\nnaval superiority, with an e.xtent of manufactures\\nand commerce unequaled, was universally deemed\\nthe most powerful monarch at that time in Europe,\\nand highly poi)ular in all bis dominions.\\nThis flattering scene, however, was soon to be\\nchanged; those sentiments and interests wliicli, if\\nent, of Haddonfield, by whose kind permission tlie use\\nof the work was accorded to the writer.", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.\\ncultivated, might have long (though not always)\\nletained the colonies a jiart of the British empire,\\nwere suddenly extinguislied by the folly and ar-\\nrogance of British ministers men ignorant of\\nhuman nature, and in government, and deaf\\nto admonition and experience fortunate indeed\\nfor America and mankind I but aflbrding a\\nsolemn lesson to every people who repose a blind\\nconfidence in the talents or virtues of particular\\nmen, however popular or whatever be their pre-\\ntensions.\\nThe triumphs of the war and the promised\\nblessings of peace and concord were at once for-\\ngotten and lost in sordid views to revenue views\\necjually hostile to justice and to policy. Not\\nsatisfied with the monopoly of the whole product\\nof American industry and trade, expended for her\\nmanufactures and articles of consumption, in-\\ncreasing beyond calculation, silently pouring\\nmillions into the lap of England, her infatuated\\nministers resolved to force upon the colonies a\\nsystem of internal taxation, limited only by the\\nwill of a British Parliament, prescribing its\\nobjects, its extent, continuance and means of\\ncollection, without the consent or participation of\\nmillions of British subjects doomed to bear the\\nburden and the disgrace. No choice was prottered\\nbut submission or resistance, and the colonies did\\nnot hesitate; they resolved that no power on earth\\nshould wrest from them property and the fruits of\\ntheir toil and industry without their consent.\\nThis was the origin of the most extraordinary\\nrevolution on record, and upon this issue did the\\ncontest turn.\\nThe colonists claimed that to them, as well\\nas to any other subjects of the crown, l e-\\nlonged immnnity from all taxation, except\\n.such as they might assent to, either directly\\nor by the representatives they had ciiosen,\\nand the people of West Jersey had stood\\nu]K)n this ground in resisting the attempt of\\n(lovernor Andros to impose custom duties\\nupon the commerce of the Delaware as early\\nas 1680. But first the cr i\\\\vn and then\\nParliament insisted upon the power to tax\\ntlie colonies as they plea.sed, and they made\\nthe cost of the war with France a special\\npretext for enforcing this claim, becau.se, as\\nthe ministry argued, the war had been of\\nAmerican origin, and in its prosecution the\\nniother-couutrv had accumulated an enor-\\nmous debt t r tlie r()tecliiin of licr domains\\non this side of the Atlantic. Tlie enact-\\nment of a duty on stamps was curried in\\nI arliament March 22, ITlio, and William\\nCoxe was appointed the collector of New\\nJersey. Mas.sachusetts ])ropo,se(l a Congress\\nof Commissioners from all the colonies, to\\nmeet for cousultation in New York on the\\nfirst Tuesday of October. The New Jei-sev\\nAs.seml)ly received the Massachusetts cii cnlar\\nJuue 20, 17C5. William Franklin, the\\nGovernor, was in so much the opposite of his\\npatriotic father as to be a firm ally of the\\ncrown, and he influenced the Hou.se, which\\nwas on the eve of adjournment, to return a\\nhasty and ambiguous answer, which gave\\nrise to a sharp correspondence between the\\n(iovernor and Hou.se. He contended that\\nthe House had taken the Massachusetts jiro-\\nposal into deliberate consideration, and\\nhad unanimously resolved against connect-\\ning on that occasion. The Hou.se declaivd\\n(July 27, 1776) that the Speaker agreed to\\nsend members to the intended Congress,\\nbut that he changed his mind upon .some\\nadvice that was given to him, and that this\\nsudden change of opinion displeased manv\\nWilliam Franklin was a natural son of Dr. Ben-\\njaiiiiQ Franklin, and was born about the year 1730.\\nHis father had but one other son, Francis Folger. who\\ndied when a little more than four years old. William\\nwas carefully educated, aided his father in his philo-\\nsophical experiments, and through his influence was at\\nan early age appointed clerk of the Assembly of I enn-\\nsylvania, and postmaster of Philadelphia. In ITSlJ,\\nwhen he was about twenty years of age, his father was\\nappointed the agent for Pennsylvania (and afterwards\\nof New Jersey) in Kngland, and the son had leave from\\nthe Assembly to resign his office of clerk that he might\\naccompany him to London. Upon his arrival there\\nhe entered the Middle Temple to prepare himself for\\npractice as a lawyer in Philadelphia, and was iu due\\ntime called to be a barrister. Afterwards he received\\nfrom the University of 0\\\\ford the honorary degree of\\nMahter of Arts.\\nIn 17G2, having ingratiated himself with Lord Bute,\\nthen the principal favorite of the King, through his\\ninfluence, without the solicitation of his father, he was\\nappointed Governor of the province of New Jersey, an\\noffice then much sought for.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "38\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nof tlie Hoiisp, who, seeing the matter dropped,\\nwere indiiferent to it. But they said that\\nthe letter of the House was not such as\\nthe Governor represented it, and that if tlie\\nstrong expressions mentioned were used, an\\nalteration must have been made, and they\\nintimated that Governor Franklin had been\\ninstrumental in making it.\\nThe Legislative Assembly considered their\\naction, and at a convention called at Am-\\nboy by the Speaker they chose Joseph\\nOgden, Hendrick Fisher and Joseph Borden\\ndelegates to the Congress, which met in New\\nYork at the appointed time and formulated\\nthe memorable petitions to the King and\\nParliament that were a warning of the com-\\ning u])rising. When the AssemlJy recon-\\nvened in November, it approved the action\\nof the Congress, and the House declared that\\na.s the Stamp Act was utterly subversive of\\nprivileges inherent in and originally secured\\nby grants and concessions from the crown of\\nGreat Britain to the jieople of the colony, they\\nconsidered it a duty to tliemselves, their con-\\nstituents and posterity to leave a record of\\ntheir resolves upon the journal.\\nStamp Officer Coxe resigned, declaring\\nthat he would never act under the law, and\\norganizations of the Sons of Liberty were\\nformed, who bound themselves to march to\\nany part of the continent at their own ex-\\npense to support the British Constitution in\\nAmerica, by which opposition to the stan)p\\ntax was meant. As the use of all but stamp\\npaper was forbidden in legal transactions, a\\nperiod of much confusion ensued, during\\nwhich the courts were closed and business\\nalmost suspended but in February, 176(5, a\\nmeeting of the members of the Jersey bar at\\nNew Bnniswick resolved to continue their\\npractice regardless of the statute; the public\\noffices and tiie courts were reopened and tlie\\npeople resumed the transaction of aft airs.\\nWhen tiie General Assembly met in June,\\ntiie members were officially informed by the\\nGovernor of the repeal of the obnoxious act.\\nBRITISH STAMP.\\nnn l tliey joined in an address to the King\\nand Parliament expressing gratitude for the\\nabrogation of an impolitic law.\\nWhatever hopes might have been enter-\\ntained that this concession meant future just\\ndealing with the colonies were doomed to\\ndisappointment. The repeal of the Stamp\\nAct had been accomplislied by an affirma-\\ntion of the right of\\nGreat Britain to bind\\nthe colonies in all\\neases whatever, and\\nthegovcrnment soon\\nproceeded to act on\\nthatassumption. In-\\ncreased numbers of\\nBritish soldiers were\\nquartered upon the\\npeople, who were re-\\nquired to furnish\\nthem with fuel, bed-\\nding, candles, small beer, rum, etc. When\\nthe requisition was laid before the New Jer-\\nsey Assembly, in June, 176G, the House\\ndirected that provision be made according to\\nthe former laws of the colony, and then in-\\nformed the Governor that they looked upon\\ntlie act for ([uartering soldiers in Ameri(!a to\\nbe virtually as nuich an act for laying taxes\\nas the Stamp Act. It was followed in 17()7\\nby the enactments levying duties on imports\\nof glass, paper, paste-board, white and I cul\\nlead, ])aintei s colors and tea into the colonial\\nj)orts, and authorizing the King to appoint\\nin America commissioners who .should have\\nentire charge of the cu.stoms and the laws\\nrelating to trade.\\nMa.ssaclui.setts again led the column of\\nresistance, and her circular letter was ])re-\\nsentetl to the New Jer.sey House April 15,\\n1768. The House made a suitable reply\\nand also adopted a respectfid address against\\ntaxation without representation. On Decem-\\nber (i, 1769, it pas.sed resolutions condemn-\\ning tlu! threat of the royal authorities to\\ntransport to England for trial persons ac-", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.\\n39\\nriiscd of crinios in tlie colonii s, and also\\napproved tlie resolution of the niercliants to\\ncease to import British luerchaiidise until\\nthe offensive duties were repealed. Tlie\\nduties, except that on tea, M ere repealed in\\n1770, Init this by no means satisfied the\\nAmericans.\\nOn February 8, 1774, the Assembly of\\nNew Jersey resolved that a Committee of\\nCorrespondence and Incjuiry be appointed to\\nobtain the mo.st early and antheutie intelli-\\ngence of all acts and resolutions of the Brit-\\nish Parliament, or the proceedings of admin-\\nistration, that may have any relation to, or\\nmay affect the liberties and privileges of His\\nMajesty s subjects in the British colonies in\\nAmerica, and to keep up and maintain a\\ncorrespondence with our sister colonies, re-\\nspecting these important considerations and\\nthat they occasionally lay their proceedings\\nbefore the House. The committee named\\nin the resolution were James Kinsey, Stephen\\nCrane, Hendrick Fisher, Samuel Tucker,\\nJohn Wetherill, Robert Friend I rice, John\\nIlinchman, John ilehelm and Edward Tay-\\nlor. The Gloucester County members were\\nMessrs. Price and Hinchman. Governor\\nFranklin strove to minimize the significance\\nof this action. I was in hope.s, he wrote\\nto Lord Dartmouth on May 31 st, that the\\nA.ssembly of this Province would not have\\ngone into the measure; for though they met\\non the lOtli of Noveml)er, yet they avoided\\ntaking the matter into consideration, though\\ntrc(juently urged by some of the members,\\nuntil the 8tli of February, and then I believe\\nthey would not have gone into it but that\\nthe As.seml)ly of New York had just before\\nresolved to appoint such a committee, and\\nthey did not choose to appear singular.\\nAction of New Jer.sey. The Governor\\ninisrepre.sented the temperof the peopleof New\\nJersey. On the recejition of the news that\\nthe British Parliament had closed the ])ort of\\nBoston to all eonimerce, because of the\\nllirowinu; into the harbor of one of the\\ncargoes of tea, which the government was\\nendeavoring to induce the ])eo] le to accept\\nby rescinding the export duty of I Id. per\\npound, while retaining the import duty of\\nod. j er pound, the Colony of New Jersey\\nbroke out in a simultaneous blaze of indig-\\nnation from Sussex to Cape May, and im-\\nmediate measures were taken to organize the\\nvarious counties into a cond)ination of the\\nfriends of liberty which should secure\\nprom[)titude and unity of action thniughout\\nthe province.\\nThe Boston Port Bill was appointed to go\\ninto operation June 1, 1774, and, in accord-\\nance with the recommendation of Virginia,\\nthe patriots observed it as a day of mourn-\\ning. On that day the Committee of Corre-\\nspondence and Inquiry held at New Bruns-\\nwick what was probably their first meeting,\\nand, according to the authority of Dr. Mul-\\nford, in his History of New Jersey, they\\nreplied to the communication that had been\\nreceived from Massachusetts, expressed their\\n.sympathy with the people of Boston and\\ncondemned in strong terms the course of the\\nministry. A letter written by one of the\\nmembers, under date of the 2d, says,\\nI returned yesterday from New Brunswick,\\nwhere six of our committee met. We answered tlie\\nBoston letters, informing them that we look on\\nNew Jersey as eventually in the same piedieamont\\nwith Boston, and that we will do everything which\\nmay be generally agreed on. We have signed a\\nrequest to the Governor to call the General A.sseni-\\nbly to meet at such time as his Excellency may\\nthink proper before the 1st day of August ne.\\\\t.\\nOur committee is well disposed in the cause of\\nAmerican freedom.\\nGovernor Franklin wrote to Lord Dart-\\nmouth from Burlington June LStli,\\nI have likewise had an application made tome\\nby some of the members of the Hou.se of Kejue-\\nsentatives to call a meeting of the (xeneral .A.ssem-\\nbly in August next, with which 1 have not and\\nshall not comply, as there is no publick busines.sof\\nCliarles D- Deshler s ail li ess tu the New Brunswick\\nIlisLoi-ical Club, Decciiibcr Ui, 187", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "40\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nthe province whicli cuii make such a meeting\\nnecessary.\\nThe disaffection of the CTOvernor and his\\nrefusal to assemble the Legislature made it\\nnecessary for the jieople to speak out through\\nthe medium of their town-meetings. These\\nwere held in nearly all the counties at the\\ncall of leaders of the culminating revolution-\\nary movement. The purpose was to organize\\nand direct the impulse of resistance to\\nBritish encroachments, to acquaint the people\\nwith the total imperilment of their liberties\\nand particularly to select delegates to a\\nThirty Dollars.\\nTHE Bearer is, en\\ntitled to recci-ve Thirty\\nSfianljh milled D O L\\nLARS, or an ejua\\nSum in Gold or Silver,\\naccording; to a Refo\\nhaUonoi CONGRESS\\nof the 14th January^\\n1779-\\n20 Dollars.\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(.IXTINENTAL I l llUKNCY.\\ngeneral congress of deputies from the .several\\ncolouics, which the A irginia House of Bur-\\ngesses had pn)po.sed should be held to form a\\n])i;ui of union and devise measures for tiie\\npuliiic welfare.\\nIn June, 1774, William Peartree Smith,\\nciiairman of the New Jersey Committee of\\nCoi respondence and In(]uiry, conducted a\\ncorrespondence with tiie Mas.saeluisetts om-\\nmittee, in which lie tendered material aid for\\nthe people impoverished by tlu; closing of\\nBoston to comuKii ce, and inquired whether it\\nhad better take the shape of clothing, provi-\\nsions or cash. The Massachusetts men re-\\nplied thai cash would be most acccphiblc.\\nDr. Fithian, in a communication in the\\noodbury Constitution, says,\\nIn the County of Gloucester committees were\\najipointed in each of the townships to receive\\ndonations for the relief of our sutfering brethren\\nof Boston, and a general treasurer (Joseph Ellis)\\nwas appointed, who was authorized to procure a\\nplace to store the provisions that should be\\nfurnished, and the sum of \u00c2\u00a3534 in money was at\\none time ordered to be paid on account of subscrip-\\ntions.\\nThe first of these meetings for the purpo.se\\nof electing delegates to meet in a General Con-\\ngress was held on June 6, 1774, at Lower\\nFreehold, Monmouth County, and\\nthe next at Newark, on the 11th.\\nThe latter meeting issued a circu-\\nlar calling attention to the opjires-\\nsive measures of Parliament, and\\nset forth that as the neighboring\\ncolonies were prepared for a Con-\\ngress, and as the New Jersey As-\\nsembly was not likely to be in\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0session in time to answer the end\\nproposed, it was jiroper and im-\\nportant that meetings should be\\nheld in the counties to appoint\\ncommittees that would, in con-\\njunction, act in unison with the\\nsister colonies.\\nThe County Committees thus\\nchosen met at New Brunswick\\non the twenty-first of July, with .seventy-\\ntwo delegates in attendance, and organized by\\nthe election of Stephen Crane as chairman and\\nJonathan D. Sargent as clerk. Kesolutions\\nwere passed declaring that the proceedings of\\nThereajipearstobe nowhere any record of anieeliug\\nheld in dlouccster County to appoint delegates to the\\nNew Brun.swick convention. Vet the county was rep-\\nresented in that body by Hobert Friend Price, if by no\\nother delegate or delegates, and the tenable theory is\\nthat he at least was elected at some meeting of the cit-\\nizens of the county, of which no mention is made in\\ncontemporary annals. Price s name occurs on jiago 103\\nof (iriffith s Notes on the American Colonies, as a\\nmember of the Committee that signed the credentials\\nof the delegates to the Oeneral Congress.", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "THE WAR OF THK RKVOLUTIOX,\\n41\\nI arliauH iii wiili res|)ect to IMassarluisetts,\\ns(j violent ill themselves and so trnly alanu-\\niiiH to the other colonies (many of which arc\\ne([iially exposed to ministerial vengeance),\\nrender it the indispensable duty of all\\nheartily to unite in the most proper measures\\nto procure redress for their oppressed coun-\\ntrymea, now suffering in the cominon cause\\nand for the re-establishment of\\ntiie constitutional rights of\\nAmerica upon a solid founda-\\ntion. James Kiusey, William\\nLivingston, John De Hart, Ste-\\nhen Crane and Richard Smith\\nwere chosen to represent New\\nJersey in the Congress which\\nmet at Carpenters Hall on\\nSept. 5, 1774. They joined\\nheartily iu its general declara-\\ntion of rights and its recom-\\nmendations for aid to the dis-\\ntressed people of Boston. Their\\ndoings were approved by the\\nGeneral Assembly of the colony\\nin January, 1775, in the flice\\n(jf the condemnatory message of\\nGovernor Franklin, who in-\\nsidiously strove to pnavoke the\\njealousy of the Assembly by the\\nargument that the New Briins-\\nwick convention had, by ap-\\npointing the delegates to the\\nColonial Congress, usurped the\\npowers which belonged to the\\nAssembly alone. The Assera-\\ni)ly answered by re-ap[)ointing\\nthese very delegates, but they\\nfollowed the recommendations\\nof the Governor to present the (Town with still\\nanother remonstrance against its impositions\\nupon the colonists. Franklin saw that the\\n(lay of reconciliation was past. He said in a\\nsupplementary message,\\nSuch members as were Friends excepting only to\\nsuch ])arl9 aa seemed to wear an appearance or might\\nhave a tendency to force, as iucousisteut with their re-\\nlijliiius principles. don/on n llislnrii nj A nr Jrrsri/.\\nIt is now ill vain to arj;ne, as you have, with\\nthe most uncommon and tmnccessary prcc ipita-\\ntion, give in your entire assent to that dostruitive\\nmode of proceeding I so earnestly wariuKl you\\nagainst. Whether after .such a rcsohuion the pe-\\ntition you mention can be exi)ected to produce\\nany good efiect, or whether you have consulted the\\ntrue interests of the people, I leave others to de-\\ntermine.\\nARPEN TERS HALL, I lIlLADKLI HIA.\\nDuring the winter of 1774-7- Parlia-\\nment, in obedience to the crown and the ;ul-\\nluinistration of Lord North, and dcs| it( the\\nwarnings of Chatham and Burke, went on\\nwith a stubborn resolution to crush the col-\\nonies. Boston wa.s the objective-point of\\ntheir repressive programme, :uid tiie btittle\\nof Lexington occurred on April l!l, 1775.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "42\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\n()u May 2d the New Jersey Committee of\\nCorrespondence met at New Brunswick, hav-\\ning been informed that tlie embattled fann-\\ners had fired the sliot that was lieard\\naround the world. There were present Hen-\\ndrick Fisher, Samuel Tucker, Joseph Bor-\\nden, Joseph Jliggs, Isaac Pearson, John\\nChetwood, Lewis Ogden, Isaac Ogdeu, Abra-\\nham Hunt and Elias Boudinot. They in-\\nstructed the chairman\\nTo immediately call a Provincial Congress to\\nmeet at Trenton the 23d day of this instant, to\\nconsider and determine sucli matters as may then\\nand there come before them and theseveral conn-\\nties are hereby desired to nominate and ajipoint\\ntheir respective deputies for the same as speedily\\nas may be, with full and ample powers for such\\n]iurposes as may be thought necessary for the i)e-\\nculiar exigencies of this province.\\nGloucester County was j)ronipt in its I e-\\nsponse to this notice. The proceedings were\\nas subjoined in Dr. Fithian s notes,\\nAt a meeting of a majority of the Committee\\nof Correspondence for the County of Gloucester,\\non the 5th day of May, 1775, present, Samuel\\nHarrison, chairman John Hinchman, John\\nCooper, John Sparks, Joseph Ellis, Joseph Low,\\nIsaac Mickle, Joseph Hugg.\\nIn consequence of intelligence received I rom\\nthe Committee of Corrcsjiondence from New\\nBrunswick, and at their request, the committee\\nabove named have taken the same into considera-\\nation, and do unanimously agree and think it our\\nindispensable duty in this alarming crisis forth-\\nwith to request a meeting of the inhabitants of\\nthe county for the purpose of choosing members\\nto meet at the Provincial Congress at Trenton on\\nthe 23d day of this instant, May.\\nOrdered that the clerk get a number of no-\\ntices immediately printed and disperse them\\nthroughout the country that a person be sent\\nexpress to Egg Harbour with part thereof and\\nalarm the inhabitants of the consequence thereof\\nand the necessity of a meeting.\\nBy order of Committee.\\nJoseph Huci(i, Com. Clerk.\\nIn Committee, ordered that every member of\\nthis Committee meet at the house of William\\nHugg, on the 18th inst., by 10 o clock, A. m., and\\nthat notice issue for this purpose, to which time\\nthis Committee is adjourned.\\nBy order of Committee,\\nJoseph Hf(;G, Clerk.\\nCommittee met pursuant to adjournment, on\\nthe lOth inst., at the house of William Hugg\\npresent, Samuel Harri.son, John Cooper, Joseph\\nEllis, .lohn Sparks, Isaac Mickle, Doc. Vanleer,\\n.loseph Cooper, Peter Chccsenian, .luseph Hugg.\\nAt a meeting of a very respectable number of\\nthe inhabitant-s of this county, on the ISth day of\\nJlay 1775, pursuant to a notice from the Committee\\nof Correspondence for that purpose.\\nAt said meeting the inluibitants taking into\\nconsideration the intelligence communicated from\\nthe Committee of Correspondence of New Bruns-\\nwick, do unanimously\\nRe-folve, That it is highly necessary that there\\n.should be a Provincial Congress held at the time\\nand i)lace apjiointed by the said Committee, and do\\nunanimously\\nRewire and agree that seven persons be chosen\\nfor said service to represent this county.\\nAnd accordingly Robert Friend Price, John\\nHinchman, Elijah Clark, Esqs., and Messrs. .lohn\\nCooper, Joseph Ellis, John Sparks and Joseph\\nHugg were unanimously chosen to continue for\\ntwelve months, and anj three or more attending\\nsaid meeting to be a sufticient representation.\\nOrdered, That the members attending from\\nthis county do use their endeavors, when met in\\nCongress, to confirm and reappoint the delegates\\nappointed by the General Assembly of this Prov-\\nince.\\nOrdered, That the instructions drawn by Mr.\\nCooper for said Provincial Congress be taken by\\nthe members of this county to said Congress lor\\ntheir own guide but not to be publi-shed.\\nOn the question being jmt, whether the Cuni-\\nmittee of Observation be authorized to carry into\\nexecution the resolves of the Provincial Congress,\\nand to perform such services as the emergency of\\nthe case nuiy require, it was resolved iieiii con.\\nBy order of the county,\\nJo.s. HlHiO,\\nClerk\\nThe.se Committees of Observation and In-\\nspection were fornu d in each county of tlic\\ncolony, i hcii title specifics liic duties witli\\nwiiicii tliey were charged.\\nThe First I .ROviNciALCoM(iREss()F New\\nJiuisKV. The I rovineial Congress assem-\\nbled at Treiiloii on May 2. kl, 1775, the dele-\\ngates in attendance from (iloiicester County", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "TIIK WAR OP THE REVOLUTION.\\n43\\nheiiio- Jdlui oopor, Elijnli Clark and .loliii\\nSparks, llesolutions were ])assed that one\\nor more companies of militia be raised in oaeh\\ntownsliip or corporation, tiiat all men between\\nthe ages of sixteen and fifty be enrolled by\\nthe committee, and that the officers of the\\nre(|iiisite number of companies combine them\\ninto regiments. To meet the expense, ten\\nthousand pounds of paper or Proclamation\\nmoney was ordered to be raised, of which the\\nproportion of Gloucester County was \u00c2\u00a37(33\\n8s. 2d. This Congress sat eleven days, and\\nwas reconvened at Trenton on iVugust 5th,\\nin consequence of the battle of Bunker Hill\\nand Washington s siege of the British forces\\nin Boston. To this meeting there came, as\\nthe representatives of Gloucester, John\\nSparks, Joseph Hugg, Joseph Ellis and\\nElijah Clark. It was resolved to raise and\\norganize a number of troops equal to about\\ntwenty-six regiments and to enforce the col-\\nlection of ten thousand pounds tax ordered at\\nthe May session, it appearing that many\\nobstacles had been encountered in the col-\\nlection, and that in a great number of in-\\nstances payment had been avoided or refused.\\nFor this military levy Gloucester County\\nwas required to furnish three battalions, and\\nshe was j)laced third among the counties in\\nprecedency of rank, in which Essex was first\\nand Salem second. Besides providing for\\nthis organization an armament, this Congress\\nresolved to enroll four thousand minute-men,\\nwho shall hold themselves in constant\\nreadiness, on the shortest notice, to march to\\nany place where their assistance may be re-\\nquired for the defence of this or any neigh-\\nboring colony. Gloucester s proportion of\\nthis force was four comj)anies of sixty-four\\nmen each. The August session lasted until\\nthelTth, and before adjourning the Congress\\nappointed as a Committee of Safety, Hend-\\nrick Fisher, Samuel Tucker, Isaac Pearson,\\nJohn De Hart, Jonathan D. Sergeant, A zariah\\nDunham, Peter Schenck, Enos Kelsey, Joseph\\nBorden, Frederick Frelinghuyscni and John\\nSchucman. When this Congress was not in\\nsession this committee wielded extraordinary\\nand almost unlimited jiower as the executive\\nbranch of the government.\\nThe Second PuoviNciAr, Coxoress of\\nNew Jersey. At its August session the\\nProvincial Congress had provided for a new\\nelection of deputies from the counties, and\\nunder this provision (iloucester County chose\\nJohn Cooper, Joseph Ellis, Thomas Clark,\\nElijah Clark and Richard Somei s, who, with\\nforty-five other delegates, formed the Second\\nProvincial Congress, which convened in its\\nfirst session, at Trenton, October 3, 1775.\\nFurther legislation was enacted for the col-\\nlection of the ten thousand pounds tax by\\ndistraint and sale of the property of de-\\nlinquents, and for the enrollment in the\\nmilitia of all able-bodied male inhabitants of\\nthe jirovince, between the ages of sixteen and\\nfifty years (except those whose religious prin-\\nciples forbade them to bear arms), their\\nmuster, equipment and instruction in military\\ntactics under the command of proper officers.\\nThis law was singular in requiring that each\\nenriJled man should provide himself with a\\nmusket, a sword, a tomahawk, a cartridge-\\nbox and knapsack. The raising of troops\\nand the finding of funds wherewith to fit\\nthem out taxed the ingenuity of the Congress\\nduring this and the succeeding session of\\nFei)ruary, 1776, and on the 20th of that\\nmonth a bill was passed for printing j(),-\\n000 5.S-. of fiat money, which it was ordered\\nshould pass current until December 21 1 7ill\\nFor redemption of this issue, a sinking fund\\nof \u00c2\u00a310,000 In. annually from 1787 to 175)1\\nwas provided, and an allotment of payments\\nwas made among the counties. Gloucester\\nwas assessed tor \u00c2\u00a37(i3 2s. M. each year for\\nthe five years.\\nThe fifty thousand jiounds was divided in-\\nto e(|ual ]iarts to be expended by commis-\\nsioners for the Eastern Division and the\\nThis money was renlcnned at Is. fid to the dollar.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "44\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEIY\\nWestern Divi.sion for the use of the colony.\\nWilliam Tucker, Abraham Hunt, Joseph\\nEllis and Alexander Chambers were made\\ncommissioners tor the Western Division.\\nThe commissioners were directed to purchase\\nthree thousand stand of arms, ten tons of\\ngunpowder, twenty tons of lead, one thousand\\ncartouch-boxes, medicine-chests and chirur-\\ngical instruments, four thousand tents, two\\nthousand blankets, a train of artillery to\\nconsist of twelve pieces, and axes, spades and\\nother entrenching tools. They were also in-\\nstructed to furnish the troops with one\\nmonth s subsistence, at one shilling per day\\nper man, or provisions to that amount if\\nnecessary, provided that the expense did not\\nexceed one thousand four hundred pounds in\\nvalue and one month s pay for tiie troops\\nwhen called into actual service, provided that\\nthe Continental Congress did not make pro-\\nvision for the same, and j^i ovided that the\\npay of such troops did not exceed four thou-\\nsand pounds in value. The recruitment of\\nthe two battalions which Congress at its pre-\\nvious session had ordered to be raised had\\nproceeded successfully and with rapidity.\\nLord Stirling had been commissioned colonel\\nof the command raised in East Jersey, and\\nWilliam Maxwell colonel of the West Jersey\\nbattalion, which was ordered to the vicinity\\nof the Hudson River and mustered into the\\nContinental service in December, 1775.\\nThe Third Congress of Delegates.\\nIn the meantime the old Colonial Legislature\\nof New Jersey had been holding intermit-\\ntent sessions and receiving protests from\\nGovernor Franklin against the doings of the\\nProvincial Congress, which had, in tiict,\\nsuperseded it. He had prorogued it from\\nDecember (J, 1775, to June 5, 1776, but the\\nDecember meeting was its last. When tlu\\nnew or Third Provincial Congress met, in\\nJune, 1776, it declared that Franklin had\\ndiscovered himself to be an enemy to the\\nliberties of this country, and that measures\\nought to 1)C immediately taken for securing\\nhis person, and that from henceforth all pay-\\nnienls of money to him, on account of salary\\nor otherwise, should cease. Pursuant to\\nthese resolutions, and in compliance with the\\ndirections of the Continental Congress,\\nFranklin was arrested and sent to Connecti-\\ncut, where he remained a prisoner until the\\nend of the war, when he sailed for England.\\nHe resided in that country until his death,\\nenjoying a pension from the Engli li govern-\\nment.\\nThe Congress which met in June had\\nbeen elected in pursuance of the resolution\\nadopted l y its predecessor on March 2, 1776,\\nthat there be a new choice of deputies to\\nserve in Provincial Congress for every\\ncounty of this colony on the fourth Monday\\nin May, yearly and every year. Thus was\\nestablished regular annual elections of depu-\\nties instead of the special elections called, as\\nthey had previously been, at the pleasure of\\nCongress. Gloucester County elected as\\ndelegates John Sparks, John Cooper, P^lijah\\nClark, Joseph Hugg and Joseph Ellis. The\\nCongress convened on June 11, 1776, at\\nBurlington, with sixty-five members, five\\nfrom each of the thirteen counties. On June\\n28th there was submitted a petition fi om the\\nofficers of the militia of Gloucester, appointed\\nto raise men for the Continental service to\\nreinforce the troops now in New York, set-\\nting forth that fifteen shillings a week is not\\nsufficient to defray their expenses in enlist-\\ning said men, and requesting that this Con-\\ngress would make such further allowance as\\nmay be reasonable and necessary.\\nAdoi tion of the Fir ^t State Cox-\\nSTiTUTiox. The Continental Congress, on\\nMay 10th, recommended to the Assemblies\\naud conventions of the colonies to adopt such\\ngovernments as should, in the opinion of the\\nrepresentatives of the people, best conduce to\\nthe happiness and safety of their constituents\\nin particular aud jVmerica in general. The\\npreamble declared that every kind of govern-\\nment under the (-rown should be suppressed.", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTIOX.\\n45\\nOn the iltli tlic New Jersey Congress ap-\\npointi d Messrs. (ii-eeii, Cooper, Sergeant,\\nElmer, Ogden, Hnglies, Covenlioven,\\nSynuiies, Condict and Dick to prepare a\\ndraught of a Constitution, which was reported\\non the 26tii and adopted on July 2d, two\\ndays before the Declaration of Independence\\nl\u00c2\u00bby the Continental Congress. In the pre-\\namble to that document it was declared\\nTh;U all ;iuthority claimed by the King of\\nGreat Britain over the colonies was by eonipaet\\nderived from the people and held of them for\\nthe common interests of the whole society\\nThat allegiance and protection are in the\\nnature of things reciprocal ties, each ecjually de-\\npending on the other and liable to be dissolved\\nby the other being refused or withdrawn\\nThat the King of Great Britain has refused\\nprotection to the good people of these colonies by\\nassenting to sundry acts of Parliament, has made\\nwar upon them for no other cause than asserting\\ntheir just rights; hence all civil authority under\\nhim is necessarily at an end, and a dissolution of\\ngovernment has taken place. And also the more\\neffectually to unite the people and to enable them\\nto exert their whole force in their own necessary\\ndefense; and as the honorable, the Continental\\nCongress, the supreme council of the American\\nColonies, has advised us to adopt such government\\nas will best conduce to our happiness and safety,\\nand the well-being of America generally\\nWe, the representatives of the colony of New\\nJersey, having been elected by all the counties in\\nthe freest manner, and in Congress assembled,\\nhave, after mature deliberation, agreed upon a\\nset of charter rights and tlie form of a Consti-\\ntution.\\nTiiis Constitution fell somewhat short of a\\nfull assertion of independence, and contained\\na clause providing that if a reconciliation\\nshould take place between Great Britain and\\nher colonies, the instrument should become\\nnull and void. Gordon, in his History of\\nNew Jersey, attributes the introduction of\\nthis clause to the influence of Samuel Tucker,\\nj resident of the Congress. He says, The\\ndoors of retreat were kejtt open by the fears\\nof the President, who, a few months af tci\\nclaimed the clonuMU v of tiic enemy, witii\\nwhom this clause trave him an interest.\\nBy this instrument (lie government was\\nvested in a Governor, JiCgislutive Council and\\nGeneral Assembly. The Council and Assem-\\nbly were to be chosen yearly by the people,\\nand they were in joint convention to annu-\\nally elect the Governor. On July 17th the\\nNew Jersey Congress ratified the Declaration\\nof Independence pronnilgated at Philadel-\\nphia, and on the next day it changed its own\\nname to that of The Convention of the State\\nof New Jersey. An election for a Legisla-\\ntive Council and an Assembly was held on\\nthe second Tuesday of August, 1 770, and the\\nmembers convened at I rincetou on August\\n27th. In the Council, Gloucester was rep-\\nresented by John Cooper, and in the House\\nby Richard Somers and Robert F. Price.\\nWilliam Livingston was elected the first Gov-\\nernor under the new Constitution. The Leg-\\nislature succeeded to the powers and functions\\nof the Provincial Congress and the Conven-\\ntion of the State of New Jersey, and contin-\\nued to exercise those powers and functions as\\na permanent body.\\nNew Jersey AS THE Seat of War.\\nThe movement of the British array, under\\ncommand of General Howe, from Boston, by\\nway of Halifax, to the vicinity of New York,\\nthe route of Washington s forces at the battle\\nof Long Island, August 27, 1776, the evac-\\nuation of New York by the Americans and\\nthe capture of Fort Washington, ou the Hud-\\nson, by the British on November 15th these\\nwere the events which led to Washington s\\nretreat into New Jersey. With his dimin-\\nished columns he fell back to New Bruns-\\nwick, where he hoped to make a stand but\\nthe terms of the New Jersey and Maryland\\nBrigades and the Pennsylvania Flying Camp\\nwere about expiring, and neither arguments\\nnor threats could prevent the men from dis-\\nbanding and returning to their homes. The\\nremnant of the army, with Lord Coi-nwallis\\nliaras.sing its rear, arrived at Princeton on\\nDecember 1st, and thence ])assed on to Tren-\\nton, where it crossed the Delaware into Pcnu-", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "46\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nsvlvania on tlie Stii. Ueiiifoi cwl \\\\i\\\\ 8iilliv;ui\\nand Gates, Washington recmssed tlu Dela-\\nware on Cliristmas night and effected the\\nsurprise and defeat of Colonel Rahl s Jles-\\nsian contingent of the Britisli forces.\\nAlthough after the Trenton victory the\\nAmerican commander retired to his strong\\nposition on tiie Delaware shore, he had by no\\nmeans relin juished his ambition to repossess\\nWestern New Jersey, and at once began jirep-\\narations for a second expedition. He again\\nmarched to Trenton on December 30th. Gen-\\neral Maxwell, who on the retreat through the\\nState had been left at Morristown witli his\\nbrigade, including the Gloucester troops, was\\nordered to advance through New Brunswick,\\nas if threatening: an attack, and harass all\\npresident s chair and rui. dlsk icdn \\\\\\\\hi( h\\nTHE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE\\nWAS SIGNED.\\nthe contiguous posts of the enemy as much as\\npo.ssible. On the night of January 2, 1777,\\nWashington, after the skirmish on Assanpink\\nCreek, swung round the British flank to the\\nrear, reached Princeton at earl} dawu of the\\n3rd, defeated and dispersed Colonel I\\\\Iaw-\\nhood s force of three regiments, and was safe\\namong the hills of the Upper Raritan while\\nCoruwallis was lumbering along in an inef-\\nfectual pursuit. He had to mourn the lo.ss of\\nthe gallant General Mercer, who fell in the\\nfirst assault at Princeton, and whose body\\nbore the marks of sixteen British bayonet\\nwounds.\\nWashington s brilliant achievements were\\nnee led to revive the jwtriotic spirit of New\\nJersey, which previously had been fast suc-\\ncumbing to the advance of the foe. Howe\\nhad offered pardon and protection to all who\\nwould abandon the national cause and renew\\ntheir allegiance to the King. Until Washing-\\nton rolled back the tide of disaster, more\\nthan two hundred people within the State\\nwere daily abjuring their loyalty to the\\nAmerican government. The two Jersey\\nI cgiments, M rites CJordon, which had\\nl)een forwarded by General Gates under\\nGeneral St. Clair, went off to a man the\\nmoment they entered their own State. The\\nI^egislature had moved from Princeton to\\nBurlington, and thence to Pittstown and\\nHaddonfield, where it dissolved on December\\n2, 1776. Samuel Tucker, chairman of the\\nCommittee of Safety, treasurer and judge of\\nthe Supreme Court, vacated his offices and\\nswore fealty to the crown. The whole num-\\nl)er of the people of New Jersey who took\\nadvantage of Howe s proclamation is stated\\nat two thousand seven hundred and three.\\nBut the victories of Trenton and Princeton\\nlightened up the gloomy horizon citizens\\nfound that Howe s protections did not save\\nthem from the depredations of the Hessian\\nsoldiery, who overran the State and spared\\nneith(U age nor sex from outrage and ])lunder\\nwhat the earnest recommendations of Con-\\ngress, the zealous exertions of Governor Liv-\\ningston and the ardent supplications of\\nWashington could not effect, was produced\\nl)V the rapine and devastiitions of the Royal\\nforces. The whole coiuitry became instantly\\nhostile to the invaders, and sufferers of all\\nparties rose as one man to avenge their per-\\nsonal injuries. With his quick insight,\\nWashington i)ereeived that this was the\\nmoment for the recovery of New Jersey.\\nFrom his headquarters at Morristown lie\\nissued, on January 25, 1777, a proclamation\\ngiving all j)ers()ns who had accepted ]}ritish\\nprotection thirty days in which to re])air to\\nthe nearest headquarters of the Continental", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "TIIK WAR OF THE RKVOLUTIOX.\\n47\\nservice, and llieii to siirri iidcr tlieir papers\\nand receive full pardon for their i)Mst olleiises.\\nJ lie aiteruative offered them was to retire\\nwith their families within the Britisli lines\\nor be regarded a.s adherents of the King of\\n(ireat Britain and enemies of their eountrv.\\nThe result was most satisfaetory. Hundreds\\nof timid inhal)itants renewed their allegian( e\\nto America, the most dangerous Tories were\\ndriven out and the army was largely in-\\ncreased by volunteers and by the return of\\nmany of its veterans who had deserted dur-\\ning the dark day? of the previous November\\nand r)ecember.\\nThe American army moved to\\nthe neighborhood of Bound Brook\\non May 28, 1777, and on June\\n1 Jth the British retreated towards\\nAmboy, but hurried back from\\nthence with the expectation of :i\\ntacking Washington at Quibbl.\\ntown (Newmarket), where he ha l\\ntaken up his position. At Wo( 1\\nbridge, on June 20th, Lord Corn\\nwallis drove back Morgan s Iv.in\\ngers and Stirling s troops, In\\ntliev held them in cheek long\\nenough to permit Washington to\\nretire to his stronghold near Bound\\nBrook, he being too weak to\\nundertake battle in the open field. The\\nISiitish returned to Amboy, \\\\vhere they\\ncrossed to Staten Island and during the\\nremainder of the war New Jei sey was not\\nagain so completely overrun with marauders\\nand British troops, although many parties\\nentei ed it for pillage from hostile camps in\\nadjoining States. Washington crossed the\\nDelaware to Philadel[)hia Howe took his\\narmy around by water from New York to\\nl iiiladel|)hia by way of the Chesapeake anil\\nthe Klk Kiver; and by defeating Washing-\\nton at the Brandy wine, on September lltli,\\nand at iermantown, on October 24th, he se-\\ncured po-sessioii of l*hiladelj)liia forthewinter\\nthat the |iatrints .-pent at N alley Foi-ge.\\nIn September, 1777, Continental C ongress\\nmoved from Phiiadel]ihia to the town of\\nYork, I a., where for the nine succeeding\\nmonths, until June of 177.S, that historic\\nband of patriots held their deliberations,\\nwhen, upon the retreat of the British across\\nNew Jersey, they returned to I hiladelphia.\\nThe Battle ok Red Bank. The first\\nengagements of the Revolution fought upon\\nthe soil of Gloucester County w-ere the bat-\\ntle of Red Bank, October 22, 1777, and the\\nskirmish at Billingsport, which jtreceded it\\nbv a few days. For the protection of the\\nl)claware, the Americans had liuilt Fort\\niNDEPE.NDE.xei: UALL, iiui-Aiij:i-riiiA, IN\\nMifflin, a strong redoubt, with i|uite exten-\\nsive outworks, on the marshy island on tiie\\nPennsylvania side, just below the mouth of\\nthe Schuylkill. Foi-t Mercer, an ci|nally\\ngood work, was ])laced on high gi-oinid at\\nRed Bank, on the New Jersey shore, and in\\nthe river channels, under over of the fiic of\\nthe batteries, were sind ranges of strong\\nframes with ii-on-pointed wooden spikc^s,\\nwhich were calculated to be impassable to\\nvessels. At Billingsport, tiiree miles Ix iow,\\non the New Jersey side, a tiiird fort was erect-\\ned, and the channel between it and Uillings\\nIsland was again closed by r/ifraiix-df-fr/Kr.\\ni o clear the wav for his licet and liir the\\nentrance of supplies into I hiiadelphia, it wa.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "48\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nnecessary for Howe to open the river, and he\\naccordingly ordered Captain Hammond, with\\nthe frigate Roebuck and several other\\nvessels, around from the Chesapeake. Ar-\\nriving in the stream below Billingsport,\\nHammond reconnoitered and came to the\\nconclusion that he might force a passage\\nthrough the obstructions if a land force\\nwould engage the fort. The scheme seemed\\nfeasible to Howe, and he detailed to execute\\nit, two regiments of infantry, nnder Colonel\\nStirling. Crossing the river from Chester,\\nStirling fell furiously upon the inferior gar-\\nrison of the fort, which was not fiuished,\\nwho spiked their cannon, set fire to their\\nbarracks and fled in disuiay. The English\\nFORT Mirri.IN\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0inui-rn-ilimbt, li h h i lnj^h li\\\\\\nl.ilill. 1..V M.MitivMor, witli indeliUtlon^ uhcii Hit wilillei-sl..iilL 1 lli. ir\\nkettloB (this Willi was piorceJ Willi louii-hoU s tm luinketij) c i: c c\\nhlock-limise, Imilt iif wood, with loop-lioks mv\\\\ mounting four\\nl.iwi Snf i5iiinnn cildl, two on the lonoi pUtfonn d rf ti b H uu:ks\\nHtiitkuili-a trosil i Loup g g luMi-es On the south siile\\nwere two-story pieces of battery, mounting three ciinuon.\\n(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0(iin|)lctcd the d( in(i]i(i iii of the works, while\\n;i|itain ilaiiiiiKiiul made a passage through\\ntlic (ilistriictioiis wide eiiuugli to permit the\\ns(|u;uli iiii of six iiicii-of-war to sail tiirough\\nand up to H.tg Island, where tliey anchored.\\nLossing s Fieid-Bt)ok of the Revolu-\\ntion, .say.s,\\nHowe iiowdetunuiiicd Lo make a general sweep\\ni)f all the Ainerieati works on the Delaware, and\\nlircparatory therulu he called in his oiitpo.sts, and\\nconcentrated his whole army near to and within\\nPhiladelphia. Two Rhode Island regiments, be-\\nlonging to General Varnum s brigade, under Col-\\nonel Christopher Greene, garrisoned the fort at\\nRed Bank, and about the same number of the\\nMaryland Line, under Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel\\nSmith, occupied Fort MitHin. The American\\nfleet, consisting chiefly of galleys and floating\\nbatteries, was commanded by Commodore Hazel-\\nwood. It was quite as important to the Ameri-\\ncans to maintain these forts and defend the river\\nobstructions as it was to the British to destroy\\nthem. It was, therefore, determined to liold them\\nto the last extremity, for it was evident that such\\ncontinued possession would force Howe to evacu-\\nate Philadelphia.\\nWashington s letter of instructions to Col-\\nonel Greene, dated (Mober 7, 1777, displays\\nhis solicitude that Fort Mei cer should be\\nheld. He wrote,\\nI have directed General Varnum to send your\\nregiment and thatof Colonel Angell to Red Bank by\\na route which has been marked out to him. The\\ncommaudofthatdctachment will, of course, devolve\\nupon you, with which you will proceed with all ex-\\npedition and throw yourself into that place. When\\nyou arrive there you will immediately communicate\\nto Cidonel Smith, commander of ihegarrison at Fort\\n^litfliu, and Commodore Hazehvood, commander\\nof the fleet in the river. You are to co-o[i#rate\\nwith them in every measure necessary for the\\ndefense of the obstructions in the river, and to\\ncounteract every attempt the enemy may make for\\ntheir removal. You will find a very good ibrtitiea-\\ntion at Red Bank; but if anything should he\\nrequisite to render it stronger, or ])roportioii it to\\nihesizeofyourgarrison, you will havcit done. The\\ncannon you will stand in need of, as much as can be\\nspared, will be furnished from the galleys at Fort\\nMifflin, from whence you will also derive supplies\\nof military stores. I have sent Captain Duplessis,\\nwith some ollicurs and men, to take the innnediate\\ndirection of the artillery for your garrison. He is\\nalso to superintend any works that may be neces-\\nsary. If there be any deficiency of the men for\\nthe artillery, the security of the garrison will\\nrequire you to assist them in the few additional\\nones from your detachment. You should not lose\\na moment s time in getting to the place of your\\n(Kstiiuitioii and making every preparation for it.-\\ndefense. Any delay might give the enemy an\\nopporliniity of getting there before you, which\\ncould not fail of beiiiir mo. it fatal in its conse-", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "THE WAR OF THE REYOLrTTON.\\n49\\nf|uences. Ft in the progress of your marcli yon\\nshould fall in with any detachment of the enemy,\\nbending towards the same object and likely t(i\\ngain it before you, and from intelligence sho\\\\ild\\nhave reason to think yourself equal to the task,\\nyou will by all means attack them and endeavor by\\nthat means to disappoint their design.\\nI have written to General Newcomb, of the\\n.Jersey militia, to give you all the aid in his jiower,\\nfor which yon will accordingly apply, when neces-\\nsary. Upon the whole, sir, you will be pleased to\\nremember that the post with which you are now\\nintrusted is of the utmost importance to America\\nand demands every exertion of which you are\\ncapable for its security and defense. The whole\\nilefense of the Delaware absolutely depends upon\\nit consequently all the enemy s hope of keeping\\nPhiladelphia and finally succeeding in the object\\nof the present campaign.\\nwas an elder among Friends, yet the url)anity an l\\npoliteness of the German soldier so won upon him\\nthat he was kindly remembered ever after. The\\ninhabitants, however, suffered much from the dep-\\nredations of the common soldiers, who wantonly\\ndestroyed their property and endangered their\\nlives. The presence of an officer in a house was a\\nprotection against them, and every family sought\\nout rme, with the promise of good entertainment\\nwithout cost, that it might be saved from destruc-\\ntion. These troops regarded the American people\\nas semi-barbarous, and that to destroy their prop-\\nerty was nothing more than they deserved.\\nThe sad defeat that attended theui, and the death\\nof their commanding officer, completely demoral-\\nized them and they returned in detached bodies,\\nbegging shelter and food of those they had so illy\\ntreated. The transportation of the wounded\\ncan.sed much trouble, ami as a detachment ap-\\nHowe entrusted the capture of Fort Mer-\\ncer to ount Donop, a Hessian officer in tlie\\nBritish service, and gave him four battalions,\\ncomprising twenty-five hundred H ssian vet-\\nerans. They crossed the Delaware at C oop-\\ners Ferry on October 21st, and inarched that\\nevening to Haddonfield.\\nJudge Clement says, in his Revolution-\\nary Reminiscences of Camden County,\\nThe last encampment of the Hessian troops\\nunder Count Donop, before the battle of Red Bank,\\nwas in Haddonfield. It was across the street, near\\nthe residence of John Gill (where now stands the\\nresidence of the late .John Gill, Esq.), extending\\nsome distance into the fields. In this house Do-\\nnop had his head(|Uarters, and although tin- owner\\nproached Haddonfield a farmer living near the\\nroad was, with his horse and cart, pressed into the\\nservice to carry some that were unable to walk\\nfurther. The appearance of armed men so terri-\\nfied the farmer that he neglected to fasten down\\nthe front part of his vehicle, and when rising a\\nhill near the village, the weight of the men was\\nthrown on the back of the cart, and all were pitched\\nheadlong into the road. The swearing of the sol-\\ndiers in German, and the protestations of the farmer\\nin English, made things no belter but after many\\nthreats the vehicle was properly secured and the\\njourney completed, much, no doubt, to the comfort\\nof all concerned. Becoming better acquainted\\nwith the people, and finding the country nuich in\\nneed of settlers, many (Hessians) deserted and re-\\nmained, afterwards becoming thrifty people and\\ngood citizens.\\nBefore daylight on the morning of the\\n22d the Hessians left Haddonfield, but as\\nthe .\\\\ni rican pickets had destroyed the", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "50\\nHIBTOEY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nlower bridge over Tiral)er C reek, they were\\nobliged to cross four miles above, at the pres-\\nent Clement s bridge, and, because of this de-\\nlay, were not in front of Fort Mercer until\\nnear noon. Donop halted his command on\\nthe edge of the woods to the north of the\\nfort and sent forward an officer with a flag\\nand a drummer, who summoned the garrison\\nto surrender. The King of England, he\\nproclaimed, orders his rebellious subjects\\nto lay down their arms, and they are warned,\\nthat if they stand the battle, no quarters\\nwhatever will be given. This threat of the\\nmassacre of vounded and prisoners did not\\ndaunt the Americans, Colonel (Jreene reply-\\ning: We ask no quarters, nor will we give\\nany. On the receipt of this defiant answer,\\nthey hastily threw up an earthwork within\\nhalf cannon-shot of Fort Mercer, and at a\\nquarter before five o clock advanced a battal-\\nion on the north front under cover of a brisk\\nartillery fire. Reaching the first entrench-\\nment, which they found abandoned, but not\\nThe Marquis de Chastellux, the author of Travels\\nin North America, visited Fort Mercer in company\\nwith General Lafayette and M. du Plessis Mauduit, the\\nDuplessis mentioned in Washington s letter to Colonel\\nGreene, who was a highly capable French engineer and\\nartillerist. Chastellux wrote The bank of the Dela-\\nware at this place is steep but even this steepness al-\\nlowed the enemy to approach the fort under cover and\\nwithout being exposed to the fire of the batterie.^. To\\nremedy this inconvenience, several galleys, armed with\\ncannon and destined to defend the clieeaux-de-frise,\\nwere posted the whole length of the escarpment and\\ntook it in reverse. The Americans, little practiced in\\nthe art of fortifications, and always disposed to take\\nworks beyond their strength, had made those at Red\\nBank too extensive. When M. du Mauduit obtained\\npermission to be sent thither by Colonel Greene, he im-\\nmediately set about reducing the fortifications by inter-\\nsecting them from east to west, which transformed them\\ninto a large redoubt nearly of a pentagonal form. A\\ngood earthen rampart raised (o the height of the cor-\\ndon, a /o, (.spand an abatis in front of the fosse consti-\\ntuted the whole strength of this post, in which were\\nplaced three hundred men and fourteen pieces of can-\\nnon. The authors of the New .Jersey Historical Col-\\nlections assert that a great portion of the garrison\\nwere negroes and mulattoes and all were in a ragged,\\ndestitute condition.\\ndestroyed, they imagined that they had driven\\nthe Americans away, and, waving their hats\\nand with shouts of victory, rushed toward\\nthe redoubt, led by the officer and drummer\\nFORT MERCER.\\n70BT\\n\u00c2\u00abERCER, AT 1\\nBANK. NKV\\nReferences.\\nL Knd of the tort at which the HeeaialiB entered,\\ni. Small ditch, cross embankment and location of the mas^ked bat-\\ntery.\\nRemains of the liickory-tree used during the battle a\u00c2\u00ab a flag staft.\\nRuins of a brick wall in the middle of the artificial bank.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rate-\\nCount Donop grave.\\nLouis Whitall s house,\\ni. Monument, erected in 182 .t.\\nPieasure-houee.\\nMarks of the trenches in which the slain were deposited.\\nV. Road the Hessians marched to the attack. Reeve s old road.\\nTenant House,\\nil. Road to Woodbury,\\ns Direclionof Fort Milllin.\\nFarm Road.\\nNoTK. The works represented extend al i)ul il. 0 yarrls in ii right\\nwho had previously communicated with\\nGreene under the flag of truce. According\\nt(} the account given by the Marquis de", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "THE WAR OF THK REVOLUTIOX.\\n51\\nC liastellux, who received it from ]V[. du Pies-\\nsis Maudtiit, they had ah eady reached the\\nabatis and were endeavoring to tear up or\\ncut away the branches wiien they were over-\\nwhelmed with a shower of musket-shot,\\nwhich took them in front and flank for, as\\nchance would have it, a part of the courtine\\nof the old entrenchment, which had not been\\ndestroyed, formed a projection at this very\\npart of the intersection. M. du Mauduit\\nhad contrived to form it into a sort of ca-\\nponiere (or trench with loop-holes), into which\\nhe threw some men, who flanked the enemy s\\nleft and fired on them at close shot. Officers\\nwere seen every moment rallying their men,\\nmarching back to the abatis and falling\\namidst the branches they were endeavoring\\nto cut. Colonel Donop was particularly dis-\\ntinguished by the marks of the order he\\nwore, by his handsome figure and by his\\ncourage. He was also seen to fall like the\\nrest. The Hessians, repulsed by the fire of\\nthe redoubt, attempted to secure themselves\\nby attacking on the side of the escarpment,\\nbut the fire from the galleys sent them back\\nwith a great loss of men. At length they\\nrelinquished the attack and regained the\\nwoods in disorder.\\nWhile this was passiug on the north side, an-\\nother column made an attack on the south, and\\nmore fortunate than the other, passed the abattis,\\ntraversed the fosse and mounted the berm, but\\nthey were stopped by the fraue.s, and M. du Mau-\\nduit running to this post as soon as he saw tiie\\ntirst assailants give way, the others were obliged\\nto follow their example. They still did not dare,\\nhowever, to stir out of the fort, fearing a surprise,\\nbut M. du Mauduit, wishing to replace some pali-\\nsades that had been torn up, he sallied out with a\\nfew men and was surprised to find about twenty\\nHessians standing on the berm and stuck up\\nagainst the shelf of the parapet. These soldiers,\\nwho had been bold enough to advance thus far\\nsensible that there was more risk in returning\\nand not thinking proper to expose themselves\\nwere taken and brought into the fort. M. du\\nMauduit again sallied out with a detach-\\nment, and It was then that he beheld the deplora-\\nble spectacle of the dead and dying heaped oue\\nupon another. A voice arose from these carcases\\nand said in English Whoever you are, draw me\\nhence. It was the voice of (colonel Donop. M.\\ndu Mauduit made the soldiers lift him U|) and\\ncarry him into the fort, where he was soon known.\\nHe had his hiji broken, but whether they did not\\nconsider his wound a-s mortal, or that they were\\nheated by the battle and still irritated at the men-\\naces thrown out against them a few hours before,\\nthe Americans could not help saying aloud, Well,\\nis it determined to give no quarter? I am in\\nyour hands, replied the colonel. Vou may re-\\nvenge yourselves. M. du Mauduit had no diffi-\\nculty in imposing silence and employed himself\\nonly in taking care of the wounded officer. The\\nlatter, perceiving he spoke bad English, said to\\nhim You appear to me a foreigner, sir who are\\nyou? A French officer, replied the other. Je\\nsuis content, said Donop, making use of our lan-\\nguage, Je meurs entre les mains de I honneur\\nmeme (I am content I die in the hands of\\nhonor itself)\\nDonop was first taken to the Wliitall res-\\nidence, just below the fort, and afterwards to\\nthe home of the Lowes, south of Woodbury\\nCreek, where he died three days after the\\nbattle, saying to M. du Mauduit in his last\\nmoments It is finishing a noble career\\nearly but 1 die the victiiu of my ambition\\nand the avarice of my sovereign. To Col-\\nonel Clymer he said See in me the vanity\\nof all human pride I have shone in all the\\ncourts of Europe, and uow 1 am dying here\\nMickle iintl Lossing insist on the trutb of the aiieu-\\nilote concerning Mrs. .Ann Whitall. It runs that when\\nthe battle begun she was spinning in an upper room of\\nthe house. She had refused to leave it. Presently a\\nshot from one of the British vessels crashed through\\nthe wall and lodged in a partition near where she was\\nsitting, whereupon she carefully removed her wheel to\\nthe cellar and continued at her work until the wounded\\nwere brought to the house and she was called upon lu\\nattend thenj. The Whitalls were Friends and their\\npeace doctrines were incomprehensible to Du Mauduit.\\nHe thought jMr. Whitall was a Tory and therefore or-\\ndered his barn torn down and his oi chard destroyed.\\nThe old house stands a short distance south from the fort\\nand close to the river-bank. It is a brick structure,\\nand is now one hundred and thirty-eight years old, as\\nappears from the dale of its erection cut in the north\\nend, where the characters J. A. W. (.lames and\\nAnna Whitall) may still be seen.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "52\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\non tlie banks of the Delaware in the house\\nof an obscure Quaker.\\nThe loss of the Americans was fourteen\\nkilled, twenty-seven woundcil and a captain\\ntaken prisoner while reconnoitering. Some\\nof these casualties were due to the burstinu;\\nof a cannon in the fort. The Hessians lost\\nLieutenant-Colonel Mingrode, three captains,\\nfour lieutenants and near seventy privates\\nkilled, and Count Donop, his brigade-major,\\na captain, lieutenant and upwards of seventy\\nnon-commissioned officers and privates wound-\\ned and made prisoners. The Hessians slain\\nwere buried in the fosse south of the fort.\\nCount Donop was interred near the spot\\nwhere he fell and a stone placed over him witii\\n(then ill the British service), at Red Bank, on tlie\\n22d Octo., 1777. Among the wounded was found\\ntheir commander, Count Donop, who died of his\\nwounds and whose body lies interred near tlie spot\\nwhere he fell.\\nThis is the inscription on the we.st side,\\nA number of the New Jersey and Pennsylva-\\nnia Volunteers, being desirous to perpetuate the\\nmemory of the distinguished officers and soldiere\\nwho fought and bled in the glorious struggle for\\nAmerican Independence, have erected this monu-\\nment on the 22d day of Octo., a.d. 1829.\\nAfter their overwiielmiug repulse the Hes-\\nsians retreated hastily towards Coopers Fer-\\nry. The main body went by way of Clem-\\nent s Bridge, .some by way of Blackwood-\\ntowii, and .some by Chews Lauding, near\\nMTD ISL.iND, 17\\nthe iu.scription, Here lies liuricd ount\\nDonop.\\nGreene s defense of the fort was highly ap-\\nplauded and Congress ordered the Board of\\nWar to present him with a handsome sword,\\nwhich was sent to his family after the War,\\nhe having been murdered b)- Tory dragoons\\nunder Colonel Delaucy at hi.s quarters near\\nCrotou River, Westchester County, N. Y.\\n)n the anniversary of the battle of Red\\nBank in 1829 a marble monument, which\\nhad been erected by the contributions of New\\nJersey and Pennsylvania Volunteers, was\\nunveiled within the northern line of the out-\\nworks of the fort and within a few feet oi\\nthe margin of the Delaware. On it.^ soutli\\nside was inscribed,\\nThis mouunient was erected on the 22d Octo..\\n1829, to transmit to Posterity a grateful remem-\\nbrance of llie Patriotism and gallantry of Lieuten-\\nant-Colonel Christopher Greene, who, with 401)\\nmen, conquered the Hessian army of 20U0 troops\\nwhere, it is slated on tlie aiilliority of Miekle,\\nthey were met by a company of farmere\\nboys and held at bay for some time. This\\ndetachment had with them a brass cannon,\\nwhich they are supposed to have thrown into /I\\nTimber C)reek at Clement s Bridge. ^y\\nJudge Clement has recently made the fol-\\nlowing addition to his reminiscences\\nMartin Cox, a blacksmith, who plied his call-\\ning at Chews l^anding, was an euthusiastic Whig,\\nand repaired the various arms used by the soldiers.\\nThe day of the battle of Red Bank he started for\\nthe fort to return a number of muskets to the\\ntroops of that place, but finding that he could\\nnot reach there by reason of the advance guard of\\nthe Hessians, he buried them near by. He did\\nnot return al ler the battle, and they were left in\\nthe ground where he had placed them for many\\nyears, and a tradition in his family explains the\\ncause of their being there when found.\\nl rom a brief mention made by Miekle, it\\nappears that in their march on Fort Mercer\\nthe Hessians were guided by some country-", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "THE WAK OF THE REVOLrTlON\\n53\\nmen, who were afterwards Icart iilly imnisliwl\\ntor tlieir treaeliery to America. He writes,\\nDonop pressed several peisons whom he found\\nalong the route into his service as pilots, amiinj;\\nwhom was a negro belonging to the Cooper family,\\ncalled Old Mitch, who was at work by the Cooper s\\nCreek bridge. A negro named Dick, belonging to\\nthe gallant Colonel Ellis, and an infamous white\\nscoundrel named Mcllvaine, volunteered their\\nservices as guides. At the bar of the Haddonfield\\ntavern these loyal fellows were very loud in their\\nabuse of the American cause; but their insolence,\\nas we shall see, was soon repaid. Dick and\\nMcllvaine, the guides, having been taken prison-\\ners by the Americans, were immediately hung\\nwithin the fort for divers outrages which they had\\ncommitted. Old Mitch, the other pilot, lived until\\nrecently (1845) to tell to groups of admiring Cam-\\nden boys how terribly he was scared in this mem-\\norable fight. Resolved not to bear arms against\\nhis country, and being afraid to run away, he got\\nbehind a hay-rick when the battle began, and lay\\nthere flat on the ground until it was over.\\nMickle is a usually reliable chronicler, but\\nthere is no record to substantiate his state-\\nment as to the execution of Dick and Mc-\\nllvaine.\\nFoRT^! Mercei! .\\\\nii Mifflin Ah.\\\\.\\\\-\\n1K)NED. Waiting uear Hog Island for the\\nsignal-gun of Donop s attack were the Brit-\\nish sixty-four-gun ship, the Augusta, the\\nRoebuck and two other frigates, the .sloop\\nMerlin and a galley. When that gun w^as\\ntired they stood up the river with the inten-\\ntion of cannonading the American positions,\\nl)Ut were held back by the stubborn fire of\\nHazlewood s little squadron. The next morn-\\ning the battle was renewed, the British and\\nAmerican fieets and Forts Mifflin and Mer-\\ncer all taking part. The British commander\\naimed to woi k his floating batteries into the\\nchannel between Mud (Fort) Island and the\\nPennsylvania shore, in order to shell Mifflin\\nfrom its rear, but each effort was thwarted by\\nthe vigilance and the effective great gun ser-\\nvice of the patriots. By noon the enemy found\\nthat it was impo.ssible to force tlie passage of\\n(he river by direct assault, and made prejtara-\\ntions to retire. A hot sliot had jjierccd the\\nAugusta and set lier on lire. Becoming un-\\nmanageable, siie drifted towards the Xew\\nJersey sliore and went hard and fast aground,\\nlier siiip s company escaping to the other ves-\\nsels. When tlie flames reached her magazine\\nshe blew up. The ]\\\\Ierlin met with preciselv\\nthe same fate, and at three o clock l)lew uj)\\nnear the mouth of Mud Creek. The Roe-\\nbtiek and her remaining consorts then gave\\nup the fight and left the Americans tiie pres-\\nent masters of the Delaware.\\nBut becau.se the river was the only avenue\\nthrough whicli Howe could be certain of re-\\nceiving supplies in Philadelphia, he again .set\\nto work to open it for his ships. By Novem-\\nber 1st he had erected on Province Island,\\na low mud bank between Fort Mifflin and\\nthe Pennsylvania shore, five batteries of\\nheavy guns. On this side Fort Mifflin had\\nonly a wet ditch without ravelin or abatis,\\nand a weak block-house at each of the angles.\\nTlie British ahso brought to bear upon the\\nfort four sixty-four-gun ships and two forty-\\ngun ships, besides a floating battery of\\ntwenty- two twenty-four pounders, which was\\nmoved within forty vards of an angle of the\\nfort. Lossiug gives the following narrative\\nof the Irombardment that followed\\nOn the 10th of November the enemy opened\\ntheir batteries on land and water, and for six con-\\nsecutive days poured a storm of liombs and round\\nshot upon the devoted fortification. .With con-\\nsummate skill and courage, Lieutenant-Colonel\\nSmith directed the responses from the ordnance of\\nthe fort. The artillery, drawn chiefly from Colonel\\nliamb s regiment, were commanded by Lieutenant\\nTreat, who was killed on the first day of the siege\\nby the bursting of a bomb. On that day the bar-\\nr.acks alone suffered, hut on the morning of the\\n1 1 th the direction of the enemy s fire was changed\\na dozen of the strong palisades were demolished\\nand a cannon in an embrasure was disabled. The\\nfiring did not cease until midnight and many of the\\ngarrison were killed or wounded. Colonel Smith,\\nthe conunander, had a narrow escape. He had just\\ngone into the barracks to write a letter to tJeneral\\nN arnum when a ball passed through the chimney.\\nHe was struck by the scattered bricks ami for a\\nlime lav senseless. He was taken across to Red", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "54\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nBank, and the coniiiiaud devolved upon Lieuten-\\nant-Colonel Russell, of the Connecticut Line.\\nThat officer \\\\va.s disabled by fatigue and ill health,\\nand Major Thayer, of the Rhode Island Line,\\nvolunteered to take his place. Major Henry, who\\nsent daily reports to Washington of the progress of\\nthe siege, was also wounded on the 11th, but he\\ncontinued with the garrison. On the 12th a two-\\ngun battery of the Americans was destroyed, the\\nnorthwest block-house and laboratory were blown\\nup, and the garrison were obliged to seek shelter\\nwithin the fort. At sunrise on the 13th thirty\\narmed boats made their appearance, and during\\nthat night the heavy floating battery was brought\\nto bear on the fort. It opened with terrible effect\\non the morning of the 14th, yet that little garrison\\nof 300 men managed to silence it before noon.\\nHitherto the enemy did not know the real\\nweakness of the garrison on that day a deserter in\\na boat carried information of that fact to the\\nBritish, who were seriously thinking of abandon-\\ning the siege, for they had suffered much. Hope\\nwas revived and preparations were made for a\\ngeneral and more vigorous assault. At daylight\\non the 15th the Iris and Somerset, men-of-war,\\npassed up the east channel to attack the fort in\\nfront. Several frigates were brought to bear on\\nFort Mercer, and the Vigilant, an East Indiaman\\nof twenty twenty-four pounders, and a hulk with\\nthree twenty-four pounders made their way\\nthrough a narrow channel on the western side and\\ngained a position to act in concert with the bat-\\nteries on Province Island in enfilading the Ameri-\\ncan works. At ten o clock, while all was silent, a\\nsignal bugle sent forth its summons to action, and\\ninstantly the land batteries and the shipping\\npoured forth a terrible storm of missiles upon Fort\\nMifflin. The little garrison sustained the shock\\nwith astonishing intrepidity, and far into the gloom\\nof the evening an incessant cannonade was kept\\nup. Within an hour the only two cannons in the\\nfort that had not been dismounted shared the fate\\nof the others. Every man who appeared on the\\nplatform wa.s killed by the musketeers in the tops\\nof the ships, whose yards almost hung over the\\nAmerican battery. Long before night not a pali-\\nsade was left; the embrasures were ruined; the\\nwhole parapet leveled; the blockhouses were\\nalready destroyed. Early in the evening Major\\nThayer sent all the remnant of the garrison to Red\\nBank, excepting forty men, with whom he re-\\nmained. Among these was the brave Captain\\n(afterwards Commodore) Talbot, of the Rliode\\nIsland Line, who was wounded in the hip, having\\nfought for hours with his wrist shattered bv a mus-\\nket-ball. At midnight, every defence and every\\nshelter being swept away, Thayer and his men set\\nfire to the remains of the barracks, evacuated the\\nfort and escaped in safety to Red Bank. Altogether,\\nit was one of the most gallant and obstinate de-\\nfences made during the war. In the course of the\\nlast day more than a thousand discharges of can-\\nnon, from twelve to thirty-two pounders, were\\nmade against the works on Mud Island. Nearly\\n250 men of the garrison were killed and wounded.\\nThe loss of the British was great the number was\\nnot certainly known.\\nWasliiugton, .shut up in liLs caiup al\\nWhitemarsh, could not send a man to the\\ndefen.se of Fort Mifflin, but he was now able\\nto detacli Huntington s brigade to join that\\nof Varnuni in New Jersey, and ordered\\nGeneral Greene with his division to oppose\\nCornwallis, who had crossed the Delaware\\nfrom Chester to Billingsport, on November\\nI8th, to attack Fort Mercer. Greene cro.s.sed\\nat Burlington and marched toward Red\\nBank, but as he was disappointed in his\\ne.xpectation of being joined by Glover s bri-\\ngade, and believing Cornwallis to be much\\nsuperior to himself in numbers, he gave up\\nthe notion of a battle and marched off\\ntoward Haddonfield. Colonel Greene, thus\\nabandoned to his fate, evacuated Fort Mercer\\non November 20th, leaving his artillery,\\nammunition and some stores for Cornwallis,\\nwho dismantled the fort and demolished the\\nworks. The latter received reinforcements\\nuntil he had fully five thou.sand men, with\\nwhom he took position at Gloucester Point.\\nMorgan s rifle corps joined General Greene,\\nbut the Americans were not strong enough\\nto venture a regular attack on the enemy.\\nThe American fleet, no longer supported by\\nthe forts, sought other places of safety. On\\nthe night of November 2Ist the galleys, one\\nbrig and two sloops in the darkness stole\\ncautiously along the Jersey shore past the\\nBriti.sh guns and arrived at Burlington in\\nsafety. Seventeen other craft wore aban-\\ndoned by their crews and burned to the\\nwater s edge at Gloucester. The enemy were\\nin unvexed ijossessitjn uf the Delaware from", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "THE WAE OF THF- BEVOLTTTTON.\\n55\\nPliihulelphia to the owan. In 1872 the\\nUnited States governmeut purchased a hun-\\ndred acres of the river front at Red Baid\\nand since then the vestiges of the enibank-\\nuients and trenches of Fort Mercer have\\nbeen preserved.\\nSkirmishes Around Glouckster.\\nBoth General Greene and Lord Cornwailis\\nretired from tlie Gloucester vicinage early in\\nthe winter, but before they did so some very\\ninteresting incidents occurred there and\\nabout Haddonfield, which are graphically\\ndescribed by Isaac Mickle and Judge\\nlenient.\\nOn the evening of November 25, 1777,\\nGeneral Lafayette, notwithstanding that he\\nwas suffering from an unclosed wound, came\\nout from Greene s camp at Haddonfield with\\nthe intention of reconnoitering Cornwailis.\\nHis zeal carried him close up to the British\\nlines, upon the sandy peninsula south of the\\noutlet of Timber Creek, and he was pursued\\nby a squad of dragoons. He reported the\\nencounter to Washington in the subjoined\\nlanguage\\nAfter having spent the most pari of the day in\\niiiakiug myself well acquainted with the certainty\\nof the enemy s motions, I came pretty late into\\nthe Gloucester road between the two creeks. I\\nhad ten light horse, almost one hundred and fifty\\nriHeraen and two pickets of militia. Colonel\\nArmand, Colonel Launioy and Chevaliers Du-\\nplessis and Gimat were the Frenchmen with me.\\nA scout of men under Duplessis went to ascertain\\nhow near to Gloucester were the enemy s first\\npickets, and they found at the distance of two\\nand a half miles from that place a strong post of\\nthree hundred and fifty Hessiaus with field-pieces,\\nand they engaged immediately. .\\\\s my little\\nreconnoitering party were all in tine spirits, I\\nsupported them. We pushed the Hessians more\\nthan half a mile from the place where their main\\nl)ody had been, and we made them run very fast.\\nBritish reinforcements came twice to them, but\\nvery far from recovering their ground, they always\\nretreated. The darkness of the niglit ])reveiited\\nus from pursuing our advantage. After standing\\non the ground we had gained I ordered them to\\nreturn very sli wly to Haddonfield. I take great\\npleasure in JettiMg yon know that tin- rondurt of\\nour soldiers was above all praise. I never .saw\\nmen so merry, so spirited and so desirous to go on\\nto the enemy, wh.atever force they might have, a,\\nthat small party in this little fight.\\nTt was on this occasion that Morgan s\\nRangers drew from Lafayette the notable\\ncompliment: I found them even above\\ntheir reputation. They were commanded\\nby Lieutenant-Colonel Butler. The Ameri-\\ncans had onl} one man killed and .six\\nwounded, while the British lost about sixty\\nin killed, wounded and prisoners.\\nIn the latter part of February, I77H,\\nGeneral Anthony Wayne came into Lower\\nJersey to gather cattle and hor.ses for the\\nAmerican army, and Howe dispatched\\nColonel Stirling with two battalions to\\nim] ede him.\\nMajor Simcoe, with the Queen s Rang-\\ners, a very efficient corps of Tories re-\\ncruited in New York and Connecticut,\\noccupied Haddonfield, while Slirling re-\\nmained near Coopers Ferry with a reserve.\\nSimcoe occupied the main street with his\\ntroojis, and .sent detachments to destroy\\nsome barrels of tar near limber C!reek and\\n.seize a lot of rum on the Egg Harbor road\\neast of the village. Mad Anthony quickly\\nwhirled his little command down toward\\nthe river from Mount Holly, and, in obedi-\\nence to Stirling s orders, Simcoe quitted\\nHaddonfield by niglit in a storm of sleet\\nand rain, and rejoined the reserve at (hoopers\\nFerry, with Wayne only a few miles distant.\\nMickle says,\\nThe ne.xt day (March 1st) a sliarp skirmish\\nensued between the Spicer s Ferry Bridge over\\nCoopers Creek and the place where the Camden\\n.\\\\cademy now stands. Fifty British, picked out\\nfrom the F^rty-secoud and the Rangers, having\\nbeen sent three or four miles up the direct road to\\nHaddonfield, for some remaining forage, were met\\nby Wayne s cavalry and forced to retreat to the\\nferry. The Americans followed uj) to the verv\\ncordon of the enemy. The British were drawn\\nup in the following order the Forty-second upon\\nthe right. Colonel Markham in the centre and the\\n(iuei u s Rangers upon the left, with their left flank", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "56\\nHISTORY OF rAATPRX COUNTY, NEW JERSEJ.\\nresting upun r.ooi)ers Creek. Captain Kerr anrl\\nLieutenant Wickham were in the meanwliile em-\\nVjarking with their men to Philadelphia, and as the\\nAmericans seemed disposed only to reconnoitre,\\nColonel Markham s detachment and the horses also\\nstarted across the river. Just then a barn within\\nthe cordon was fired, and the Americans, taking\\nthis as evidence that only a few stragglers were\\nleft upon the eastern shore, advanced and drove in\\nthe pickets. The Forty-second moved forward in\\nline and the Rangers in column by companies, the\\nsailors drawing some three-pound cannon. A few\\nAmericans appearing upon the Waterford side of\\nCoopers Creek, Captain Armstrong, with a com-\\npany of Otrenadiers, was ordered to line a dyke on\\nthis side to watch them.\\nUpon the right, in the neighborhood ol the\\nAcademy and the Hicksite Meeting-house, a heavy\\nfire was kept up by the Forty-second upon the\\nmain body of the Americans, who were in the\\nwoods along the Haddonfield road. The Rangers\\non the left, toward the creek, only had to oppose\\na few scattered cavalry, who were reconnoitering.\\nAs Simcoe advanced rapidly to gain an eminence\\nin front, which he conceived to be a strong and\\nadvantageous position, the cavalry retired to the\\nwoods, except on officer, who reined back his horse\\nand facing the Rangers as they dashed on, slowly\\nwaved his sword for his attendants to retreat. The\\nEnglish Light Infantry came within fifty yards of\\nhim, when one of them called out you are a brave\\nfellow, but you must go away The undaunted\\nofficer paying no attention to the warning, one\\nMcGill, afterwards a quartermaster, was ordered to\\nfire at him. He did so and wounded the horse,\\nbut the rider was unscathed and soon joined his\\ncomrades in the woods a little way otl.\\nTliis brave officer was ount Pulaski, wlio\\nliad fommand of the cavalry. lu this skir-\\nmish several ol Simcoe s Rangers were\\nwounded and Sergeant Moi herson, of tiie\\nGrenadiers, was killed. A cannonading was\\nkept up from the eminence whidi Simcoe had\\noccupied upon some of the Americans, wlio\\nwere removing the plank from C^ooper s\\nBridge, but it proved harmless. So persistent\\nwere the efforts of the Americans to drive\\ntheir enemies away from ahoul Coopers\\nFerrv, that a .scries of cnlrcncliments was\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2About the crcssing oltlie I aiiulon iiud Atliiutic iiml\\nCamden ami Aniboy HailroiKls, formerly Dogwooiltowii.\\nthrown u|), extending from the creek we.st-\\nerly toward the river, and the timber there-\\nabouts was so cut as to ol)struct the move-\\nments of troops coming from the interior.\\nThe position was also protec-ted by the can-\\nnon of vessels lying in the river, and tiius\\nthe British were saved from the abandon-\\nment of the place.\\nWhile Wayne was posted in Haddonfield\\nsome of his men made a reconnoissance of the\\nBritish at Gloucester, and were discovered and\\npursued by a superior force. A running\\nfight ensued, which la.sted nearly from\\nGloucester Point to tlie American lines, but\\nthe British suffered much the greater loss.\\nThe most prominent man in this action on\\nthe American side was Colonel El^lis, of the\\nGloucester militia. Soon afterward the\\nwhole British force at Gloucester moved on\\nWayne at Haddonfield by night, but found\\nonly his empty quarters.\\nOn this occasion occurred the daring ex-\\nploit of Miles Sage, a vidette in Ellis regi-\\nment, who, with a comrade named Ch^w,\\nas stated by Judge Clement\\nDetected the enemy s movements and rode in\\ngreat haste to inform Colonel Ellis. Chew taking\\na shorter route and swimming his horse across\\nNewton Creek, was the first to reach Haddonfield,\\nand Ellis regiment marched out just as the British\\nmarched in. The colonel was so corpulent that\\nhe fell behind his men, and but for the darkness of\\nthe night would have been taken prisoner.\\nThe intelligence brought by Chew created\\ngreat consternation in the town, and every precau-\\ntion was taken to mislead the enemy by putting\\nout the lights in the dwellings and the families\\nretiring to bed. A colored servant in the family\\nof Mrs. Abigail Blackwood, widow of Samuel\\nBlackwood, then living in Tanner Street,\\nwas sent with the children to their room and\\nstrictly enjoined to extinguish the candle, ^n\\ngratify her curiosity, however, she placed it on the\\nwindow ledge, which attracted the attention of the\\nsoldiers, who at once surrounded the house. John\\nBlackwood, n -son of the widow, then a lad, was\\ncaptured, taken into the street and made to tell\\nwhat he knew of Colonel Ellis and his regiment.\\nWhile attempting, by the liglit of a few torches\\nand surrounded by the excited soldiers, to show", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.\\n57\\nthe direction nf tlie lotreating lroO| s, Miles Sage\\nrode up and asked llie buy very much the same\\n((uestion he was endeavoring to answer the others.\\nHis reply was that they liad koic some one\\nway and some another. At this moment Sage\\ndiscovered that he was in the midst of British\\nsoldiers, who at the same time noticed that he\\nwas an American.\\nSage at once put .spurs to his horse, rode\\nhastily into the main street and towards the\\nnortherly part of the village. He was fired upon\\nas he vanished in the darkness, but escaped until\\nhe reached the upi)er hotel, where his horse was\\nwounded and he fell to the ground. Before Sage\\ncould disengage himself from the saddle he was\\nattacked by the guard, stabbed in various places\\nabout his body, and left for dead in the street. By\\norder of a Scotch officer he was carried into a\\nsmall building on the north side of the street near\\nthe present Temperance House, where he was\\nattended by a surgeon of the army.\\nOn examination it was found that lie iiad\\ntiiirteen bayonet wounds, and he was put in\\nthe care of some women, one of whom became\\ntlie mother of (xovernor Stratton. Being\\nbesougiit to prepare for death, he exclaimed\\nWhy, Martha, I mean to give the enemy\\ntiiirteen rounds yet. He lived to tell iiis\\ngrandchildren of his perilous adventure.\\nSiracoe had a narrow escape while halted\\nat Haddonfield with his battalion. Says the\\nsame authority above given,\\nOn one occasion, while resting his horse near\\nthe brow of the hill, opjwsite the present residence\\nof William Mann, Major Simcoe heard the whist-\\nling of a rifle ball near him and saw two persons\\non the opposite hill. He ordered Lieutenant\\nWhitlock to take a few drigoons and capture\\nthem. These persons proved to be John Kain\\n(brother of Joseph Hinchman s wife) and Benja-\\nmin Butler, two young men who secured the loan\\nof a rifle of Joseph Collins (then living on the\\nfarm now owned by Logan Paul) for the purpose\\nof hunting. They had proceeded along the roa l\\nas far as where Jacob Dodd now lives, I rom which\\npoint Simcoe was plainly in view, and could not\\nresist the temptation of shooting at a British\\noHicer. After this exploit they thought best to\\nreturn to the house, when Diana Collins, a daugh-\\nter of Josei)h, discovered the dragoons in pursuit\\nand shouted to the young men to escajjc. Kain\\nturned down the creek into the swamp and evaded\\n8\\nthe soldiers, while Butler ran up llu hill and\\nsecreted himself in the bushes, and but for his\\ncuriosity in watching the men and horses ;is they\\npassed would also have escai)cd. He, however,\\nleft his hiding-place, went back into the road, was\\ndiscovered, and after a hot chase cai)tured. He\\nwiis taken to Philadelphia, thence to the jirison-\\nships at New York, and kept for a long time. Al-\\nthough not the guilty one, as Kain handled the\\ngun, he suflered a terrible punishment, from the\\neflects of which his health was never Inlly restored.\\nHe did not return for about three years, and when\\nhe visited the spot where he had secreted himself,\\nfound his hat that had been lost in (he scuttle at\\nthe time.\\nThe first liritish encampment at o()j)ers\\nPoint was made by leneral A bercr jrnbie,\\nwho had his headquarters in the house that\\nwas afterwards bought by Joseph W. Cooper.\\nThe quarters of the Foi-ty-third Jlegimcnt,\\nColonel Shaw, and several Highland and\\nHessiau regiments were at the old Middle\\nFerry House, sometimes called English s.\\nMickle says,\\nThe British lines reached from the Point down\\nthe Delaware nearly to Market Street, Camden,\\nthence up to the site of the present academy at the\\ncorner of Sixth and Market Streets, and thence\\nabout northeast across to Coopers Creek. The re-\\nmains of their redoubts were visible until a few\\nyears ago.\\nThe same authority says,\\nLi March, 1778, soon after the retreat of Simcoe\\nfrom Haddonfield, Pulaski, with a considerable\\nbody of Continental troopers, came close under\\nthe British lines to reconnoitre. The enemy,\\nanticipating his approach, placed an ambush upon\\nboth sides of the road leading from the bridge to\\nthe Middle Ferry, in the neighborhood of the\\npresent Friends meeting-house, under the com-\\nmand of Colonel Shaw. As Pulaski approached,\\na good way in advance of his men, a stanch\\nWhig, William West, mounted a log and waved\\nhis hat as a signal of retreat. Pulaski took the\\nhint, hastily wheeled his men aud saved them\\nfrom slaughter. About the same time a hot fight\\ntook place at Coopers Creek Bridge, where the\\nEnglishmen surprised a party of militia. Several\\nof the latter were killed and the rest captured.\\nMost of the Gloucester fighting men eidistcd early\\nin the war and were marched to Fort Washington,\\nwhere they were taken and confined on board of", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "58\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nthe British prison-ship Jersey, through the horrors\\nof which but few ever lived to return home. Most\\nof the minute-men, therefore, who annoyed the\\nBritish in the neighborhood of Philadelphia were\\nvery young. They fought bravely and sold their\\nlives whenever they were overpowered as dearly\\nas possible.\\nAmong the American Rangers who distin-\\nguished themselves in forays in the west end of\\nNewton, none were more eminent than John Stokes\\nand Kinsey, or, as he was generally called, Taph\\nBennett. Stokes was a man of unconquerable\\nenergy, and some of his feats equal anything ever\\ntold of Jasper or MacDonald. He was continually\\nhanging upon the lines of ihe enemy, and was in\\nhourly danger of his life. His courage and activ-\\nity, however, could relieve him from any dilemma.\\nHe lived through the war to tell of his hair-\\nbreadth escapes at many a social party. Taph was\\na kindred spirit. Like Stokes, he had pricked\\nmany an Englishman who dreamed not of a rebel\\nbeing within ten leagues and it is said he gen-\\nerally cut off his foeman s thumb to prove his\\nprowess to his comrades.\\nLocal Incidents of the War. The\\nTories and Hessians burned the iiouses of\\nmany staunch patriots in old Gloucester,\\namong them the mansion of the Huggs, near\\nTimber Creek bridge, and that of the Harri-\\nsons, close to the Point. The Hugg family\\nwere punished in this fashiou for having\\ngiven two officers and several privates to the\\npatriot armies. The women were as cour-\\nageous as the men. Mrs. Hugg, the mother\\nof Colonel Joseph Hugg, met the intruders\\nwho were foraging in her poultry-yard. Do\\nyou, she stormed at them, call yourselves\\nsoldiers and come thus to rob undefended\\npremises I have .sons who are in Wash-\\nington s army. They are gentlemen and not\\nsuch puppies as you. Within a few days\\nher house and out-buildings were burned to\\nthe ground.\\nMost of the houses along Coopers Creek\\nwere sacked by the enemy, uidess their occu-\\npants were Tories. A young British officer\\nmade a recpiisition at the dwelling of the\\nChampions for their best horse. He got an\\nimbroken colt, which threw him into a pond,\\nand in revenge he had his men plunder the\\nhouse. An old gentleman named Ellis bur-\\nied his specie near his house at night by the\\nlight of a lantern to save it from the maraud-\\ners. The light betrayed him to the spies\\nlurking about, and when he next visited the\\nspot his treasure was gone.\\nIn the Haddonfield budget of legend and\\nhistory are many narratives that serve to\\nillustrate the Revolutionary epoch. A Scotch\\nregiment which was encamped about the cen-\\ntre of the town in the winter of 1777-78\\nmade many friends by soldierly conduct. The\\nboys of the village soon ingratiated them-\\nselves into the good graces of the men and\\nexchanged some game for powder. They\\nwere subjects of much curiosity because of\\nwearing the full Highland uniform.\\nRobert Blaekwell, D.D., an Episcopal\\nclergyman, who became a chaplain in the\\nAmerican army at the opening of the strug-\\ngle and remained until the end, was a resi-\\ndent of Haddonfield his house stood on\\nthe east side of Main Street and opposite\\nTanner Street.\\nMrs. Annie Howell, the daughter of Mrs.\\nAbigail Blackwood and widow of Colonel\\nJoshua L. Howell, of Fancy Hill, Gloucester\\nCounty, was a child in Haddonfield during\\nthe war and retained vivid recollections of\\nLafayette and Pulaski. The former took\\nfrequent notice of her, and she never forgot\\nhim as an affable, courtly French gentleman.\\nThe jewelry he wore M as her special admira-\\ntion, and when in her old age she spoke of\\nhim she never omitted to mention this fea-\\nture of his dress. She would describe Pu-\\nlaski in his dragoon uniform, wearing a\\ntightly-fitting green jacket and buckskin\\nbreeches, mounted on a superb charger and\\ndisplaying his wonderful horsenumship tn\\nthe admiring soldiers.\\nEVACU.^TI0N OF i lllI.ADKLI ltlA AND\\nRetreat of the British. All the sur-\\nrounding country was overrun in June, 1778,\\nwhen the British evacuated Phiiadelj)hia,\\ncrossed the Delaware at Gloucester and", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.\\n59\\ninai-phed to New York. Tlicy were four\\ndays and nights passing through Haddon-\\nfield, bv reason of the munitions of war and\\nplunder witii which they were loaded down.\\nTheir wagon-trains seemed to stretch out in-\\nterminaljly. Bakeries, laundries, hospitals\\nand smith-shops were on wheels, as well as\\nl^oats, bridges, magazines and uiedicine-chests.\\nWith occasional field work, the troops had\\nlounged the winter through in Philadelphia\\nthey had stolen everything they could carry\\non leaving there and along the line of march,\\nand were consequently weighted with lug-\\ngage. Judge Clement has preserved the me-\\nmories of the sufferings of the New Jersey\\npeople caused by them. They brought with\\nthem a host of camp followers, debased wo-\\nmen, who would enter private houses, carry off\\nsuch things as they might select, and if inter-\\nfered with, would insult the owners by\\nwicked conduct and obscene language. They\\nwere outside of military control, and the offi-\\ncers would not interfere with them. To save\\nwhat they might, the residents drove their\\ncattle to secret places, buried valuables and\\nhousehold adornments in the ground and hid\\ntheir provisions. The lax discipline of the\\nBritish, however, was an eventual advantage\\nto the Americans, for it contributed to the\\nvictory which Washington gained over tiiem\\nat ^lonmouth on June i.Sth.\\nThe Haddonfield farmers formed a league\\nfor the protection of their horses and cattle.\\nIn a low, swampy piece of timber land, about\\ntwo miles east of the village, and familiarly\\nknown as Charleston, now part of the\\nfarm of George C. Kay, Esq., several acres\\nwere surrounded with a strong, high fence,\\nand there the stock was secluded whenever\\nin danger. Once the league s secret was be-\\ntrayed by Jacob Wine, a man in their em-\\nploy, and the British seized every animal\\nwithin the stockade, but in being removed\\nthe horses were stampeded and fled into the\\nforests near Ellisburg, whence the owners\\nsubsequently rescued them.\\nSome of Old Gloiickstku County s\\nHeroes. The most prominent military\\ncharacters of the county of Gloucester at the\\ncommencement of the War of the Revolu-\\ntion, were Colonels Joseph Ellis, Josiali\\nIlillman, Joseph Hugg and Robert Brown,\\nMajor William Ellis, Captains Samuel Hugg,\\nJohn Stokes and John Davis.\\nColonel Ellis had commanded a company\\nin Canada in the French and Indian War,\\nbut on the opening of the i.ssue between the\\nmother-country and the colonies he resigned\\nthe commission he held of the King and was\\nmade a colonel in the Gloucester militia.\\nHe was in the battle of Monmouth and sev-\\neral other engagements, in all of which he\\nfought bravely.\\nColonel Hillman was esteemed a gooil offi-\\ncer and saw much hard .service.\\nColonel Hugg was appointed commissary\\nof purchase for West Jersey at an early\\nstage of the war, and in that capacity did\\nmuch for the cause. He was in the battles\\nof Germantown, Shorthills and Monmouth\\nand when the British crossed from Philadel-\\nphia to New York he was detailed to drive\\naway the .stock along their line of march, in\\nperforming which duty he had many narrow\\nescapes from the enemy s light hor.se.\\nColonel Brown lived at Swedesboro and\\nhis regiment was chiefly employed in pre-\\nventing the enemy from landing from their\\nships and restraining the excursions of the\\nrefugees from Billingsport.\\nMajor Ellis was taken prisoner early in\\nthe war, and kept for a long time upon Long\\nIsland.\\nCaptain Samuel Hugg and Frederick Fre-\\nliughuysen were appointed by an act of the\\nLegislature to command the first two com-\\npanies of artillery raised in New Jersey\\nCaptain Hugg in the Western and Captain\\nFrelinghuy.sen in the I];istcrn Division. The\\nformer soon raised his company, and in it\\nwere a number of young men of fortune and\\nthe first families in the State, the Westcoats,", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "60\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nElmers, Seeleys and others, men who after-\\nwards occupied distinguislied posts in the\\nlocal and national governments. This com-\\npany was at the battles of Trenton and\\nPrinceton. When the Roebuck, (44) was\\nengaged in protecting the operations against\\nthe chevaux-de-frise at Billingsport, Captain\\nHugg s artillerists threw up a small breast-\\nwork on the Jersey shore and fought here\\nduring a whole daj but unfortunately their\\nfirst sergeant, William Ellis, was killed by\\na cannon-ball, which took oif both his legs\\nabove the knees. This Ellis was an English-\\nman and had been for several years a recruit-\\ning officer for the British service in Phila-\\ndelphia. He joined the American cause\\nearly like his namesake, was a very brave\\nman and died much regrettetl by his com-\\nj)anions-in-arms.\\nCaptain Stokes commanded a company of\\nmere boys, made up from some of the best\\nfamilies in Gloucester County. These fellows\\nwere at the battle of Monmouth, but Colonel\\nHillman sent them to the rear to guard the\\nbaggage. Stokes was often heard to say\\nafterward that he never saw so mad a set\\nof youngsters as these were on being as-\\nsigned to so safe a post. They cried with\\nrage at being stationed there after having\\nmarched so far to see what fighting was.\\nAmong those who enlisted in the service\\nfrom the Haddonfield region were John\\nStafford, James B. Cooper and John Mapes.\\nBecause of Stafford s stalwart figure and\\nerect military l)earing, he was selected as one\\nof Wasliington s body-guard, but at the\\nbattl(! of (iermantowu was so badly woinided\\nby a shot in the thigh that he was retired\\nfrom active service. Cooper and Mapes\\nfought in Harry Lee s Ijight Dragoons, and,\\nafter the war, the former commanded several\\nmerchant-ships sailing out of Philadelphia.\\nWhen hostilities with (Jreat Britain began,\\nin 1812, he accepted a commission in the\\nUnited States navy, and i ose to the rank of\\npost-caj)lain. Mapes, we are told by\\nJudge Clement, settled a few miles from\\nthe place and took much pleasure in con-\\nversing about the Old War, as he called it.\\nHe was a genial, pleasant man woi e a\\nbroad-brimmed hat, with his long clay pipe\\ntwisted in the band, never passing an oppor-\\ntunity for using it. His familiar salutation\\nof My darling fellow, whenever he met a\\nfriend, is still remembered by the people,\\nwhether it was at a public gathering or by\\nhis own fireside. Not having much of this\\nworld s goods, and living to a ripe old age,\\nthe pension allotted him by Congress was\\nthe means of making him comfortable in his\\nlatter days.\\nCaptain James B. Cooper was the only\\nchild of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Hopwell)\\nCooper, and was born at Coopers Point, Cam-\\nden. Although of Quaker ancestors and edu-\\ncated in the faith and belief of that Society, yet\\nin his youth being frequently the observant\\nof military excitement, he early in life\\ncoveted the desire to become a soldier.\\nThe home of his parents was for a time the\\nrendezvous of either American or British\\ntroops, and as a boy he became familiar with\\nmany stirring events of that period. His\\nfather s commands nor his mother s persua-\\nsions and tender solicitude, would not deter\\nhim from joiningthe parti.--an corps of Colonel\\nHenry Lee, of the American Army and al-\\nthough underage, he managed togettheconsent\\nof the commander to follow his forttnies during\\nthe stoi-my times of that eventful war. With\\nothers of the neighborhood about, he was\\nmounted and .soon became expert in the diffi-\\ncult drill of a cavalryman and a favorite\\nwith his companions. He saw much active\\nservice, was at the capture of Stony Point\\nand Paulus Hook, in New York, was at the\\nbattle of Guilford Court-House and Entaw\\nSpring.s, in South Carolina, assisted in the\\nstt)rming of Forts Watson, Mott and Granby,\\nin the last-named State, and was present at\\nthe engagements before Galpin and Augusta,\\nin Geory-ia. He was selec^ted bv Colonel Lee", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "J V", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0079.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0080.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.\\n61\\nas the bearer of dispatches to theooiumaiKler-\\nin-chief, and was entrusted with a flag of\\ntruce to theBritisli military authorities, which,\\nunder the circumstances, was a delicate and\\nimportant duty. Many incidents of that\\nevent, as related by himself, and to which he\\nwas an eye-witness, are now forgotten. He\\nlived long enougli, however, after the war to\\nsee his country prosperous and her institu-\\ntions command the respect of the nations of\\nthe world.\\nAfter the close of the war he adopted a\\nsea-faring life, and soon rose to the command\\nof some of the best ships that sailed out of\\nPhiladelphia. Upon the opening of the War\\nof 1812, he accepted the position of .sailing-\\nmaster in the navy, but was promoted to the\\nrank of lieutenant for valuable services. At\\none time he had charge of the gun-boats on\\nthe New Jersey coast, placed there to prevent\\nthe depredations of the English cruisers. This\\nwas a dangerous position, for his vessels,\\nalthough good sailors, were deficient in\\nthe weight of their guns. He had a wary\\nand bold enemy to contend with, which\\nrequired all his ingenuity to avoid, yet keep\\nwatch of their movements .so as to inform\\nhis superiors in command of a larger craft.\\nHe saw some service after this war, and in\\n1834 took charge of the Naval A.syluni at\\nPhiladelphia, where he i-emained several\\nyears. After that duty he returned to Ilad-\\ndonfield, and there lived in the enjoyment of\\na ripe old age, surrounded by his family ami\\nmany friends. During this time he was\\nadvanced to the rank of post-captain as a\\ncompliment for his service through two wars\\nof the nation. He died February 5, 854,\\nin the ninety-third year of his age, and his\\nremains lie in the Friends grave-yard at\\nHaddonfield, without any monument to show\\nhis last resting-place.\\nChews Landing, at the head of naviga-\\ntion on Timber Creek, got its name from the\\nfamily of a steadfast patriot, Aaron Chew,\\nwho, while enjoying a furlough from the\\narmy, was chased into the old tavern on the\\nhill by British cavalry. They tired several\\nvolleys into the building, where the bullet-\\nholes may yet be seen, and Chew was made\\nprisoner as he fled. Confined in a prison-\\nship in New York, he was one of the many\\nGloucester men who endured extreme torture\\nin those filthy, dark and crowded hulks.\\nAttempt to Steal the Records of\\nContinental Congre.s.s. James Moody s\\nattempt to steal the records of the Continen-\\ntal Congress is an episode of the war which\\nculminated at Camden. He was a Tory\\nand a lieutenant in Skinner s brigade of the\\nBritish army, and had made him.self famous\\nfor his daring and his intense hatred of the\\npatriots long before he undertook the adven-\\nture which proved so signal a failure. One Ad-\\ndison, an Englishman by birth, but who\\nhad become a thorough American in feeling,\\nwas employed, in a clerical capacity, by\\nCharles Thomson, .secretary of the Conti-\\nnental Congress. Having been captured by\\nthe British and imprisoned in New York,\\nhe proposed to Major Beckwith, aide-de-\\ncamp to the Hessian general Knyphausen,\\nthat if he was released or exchanged, he\\nwould steal the .secret docunuents of Congress\\nand place them in the custody of the agent\\nwhom Knyphausen might designate. Beck-\\nwith fell into the trap set by the cunning\\niMiglishman, and enlisted Moody, who had\\non several occasions captured the dispatches\\nof Washington and other .American com-\\nmanders, and was entirely familiar with the\\ncountry. Moody was equally hoodwinked,\\nand leagued with himself his brother and an-\\nother Tory named Marr. Addison was .set\\nfr( e and left New York for Philadelphia.\\nMoody and his aids followed him, and, on\\nNovember 7, 1781, they met Moody on the\\nCamden side of the Delaware. What fol-\\nlowed is told by the Tory himself in a little\\npamphlet which he wrote. When old and\\npoor he sought refuge in Jllngland and be-\\nsousilit the British tfovernment for assistance:", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0081.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "62\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nLieutenant Moody kept a little back, at such a\\ndistance as not to have his person distinguished,\\nyet so as to be within hearing of the conversation\\nthat passed. His brother and Marr, on going up\\nto Addison, found him apparently full of confi-\\ndence and in high spirits, and everything seemed\\nto promise success. He told them that their plot\\nwas perfectly ripe for execution, that he had se-\\ncured the means of admission into the most pri-\\nvate recesses of the State-House, so that he should\\nbe able the next evening to deliver to them the\\npapers they were in quest of. Soon after\\nthey crossed the river to Philadelphia, and it is\\nprobable that on the passage Addison was for the\\nfirst time informed that their friend was Lieutenant\\nMoody. Whether it was this discovery that put\\nit first into his head, or whether he had all along\\nintended it and had already taken the necessary\\nprevious steps, the lieutenant cannot certainly say,\\nbut he assures himself that every generous-minded\\nman will be shocked when he reads that this per-\\nfidious wretch had either sold or was about to sell\\nthem to the Congress.\\nAs the precise time in which they should be\\nable to execute their plan could not be astertained,\\nit was agreed that Lieutenant Moody should re-\\nmain at the ferry-house opposite to Philadelphia\\ntill they returned. On going into the house, he\\ntold the mistress of it by a convenient equivoca-\\ntion that he was an officer of the Jersey brigade,\\nas he really was, though of that Jersey brigade\\nwhich was in the King s service. The woman un-\\nderstood him as speaking of a rebel corps, which\\nwas also called the Jersey brigade. To avoid\\nnotice, he pretended to be indisposed, and going\\nup-stairs, he threw himself upon a bed and here\\ncontinued to keep his room, but always awake and\\nalways on the watch. Next morning about eleven\\no clock he saw a man walk hastily up to the house\\nand overheard him telling some erson at the\\ndoor that there was the devil to pay in Philadel-\\nphia, that there had been a plot to break into the\\nState-House, but that one of the party had be-\\ntrayed the others, that two were already taken, and\\nthat a party of soldiers had just crossed the river\\nwith him to seize their leader, who was said to be\\nhereabouts. The lieutenant felt himself to be\\ntoo nearly interested in this intelligence any longer\\nto keep up the appearance of a sick man, and seiz-\\ning his pistols, he instantly ran down-stairs and\\nmade his escape.\\nHe had not got a hundred yards from the\\nhouse when he saw the soldiers enter it. A small\\npiece of woods lay before him, in which he hoped,\\nat least, to be out of sight, and he had sprung the\\nfence in order to enter it. But it was already\\nlined by a party of horse with a view of cutting\\noff his retreat. Thus surrounded, all hopes of flight\\nwere in vain, and to seek for a hiding-place in a\\nclear, open field seemed equally useless. With\\nhardly a hope of escaping so much as a moment\\nlonger undiscovered, he threw himself flat on his\\nface in a ditch, which yet seemed of all places the\\nleast calculated for concealment, for it was without\\nweeds or shrubs and so shallow that a quail might\\nbe seen in it; yet, as Providence ordered it, the\\nimprobability of the place proved the means of\\nhis security. He had lain there but a few minutes,\\nwhen six of his pursuers passed within ten feet of\\nhinf and very diligently examined a thickety part\\nof the ditch that was but a few paces from him.\\nWith his pistols cocked, he kept his eye constantly\\nupon them, determining that as soon as he saw\\nhimself to be discovered by any of them, he would\\ninstantly spring up and sell his life as dearly as\\nmight be, and, refusing to be taken alive, provoke,\\nand if pos.sib!e, force them to kill him. Once or\\ntwice he thought he saw one of the soldiers look\\nat him, and he was on the point of shooting the\\nman. From the ditch they went all around the ad-\\njacent field, and, as Lieutenant Moody sometimes a\\nlittle raised up his head, he saw them frequently\\nrunning their bayonets into some tall stacks of\\nIndian corn fodder. This suggested to him an\\nidea that if he could escape till night, a place they\\nhad already explored would be the securest place\\nfor him. When night came he got into one of\\nthose stacks. The wind was high, which prevented\\nthe rustling of the leaves of the fodder as he en-\\ntered from being heard by the people who were\\npassing close by him into the country in quest of\\nhim. His position in this retreat was very uncom-\\nfortable, for he could neither sit nor lie down. In\\nthis erect posture, however, he remained two\\nnights and two days without a morsel of food, for\\nthere was no corn on the stalks, and, which was in-\\nfinitely more intolerable, without drink. We must\\nnot relate, for reasons which may be easily imag-\\nined, what became of him immediately after his\\ncoming out of this uneasy prison, but we will ven-\\nture to inform the readers that on the fifth night\\nafter his elopement from the ferry-house he", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0082.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.\\n6;^\\nsearched the banks of the Delaware until he had\\nthe good fortune to meet with a small boat. Into\\nthis he jumped and rowed a considerable way up\\nthe river. In due time he left his boat, and, re-\\nlying on the aid of Loyalists, after many circui-\\ntous marches, all in the night, and through path-\\nless courses, in about five days he once more ar-\\nrived at New York.\\nLocal Patriotism. The leading fami-\\nlies in the Gloucester ueighborhood are de-\\nscribed by Judge Clement as being strongly\\nimbued with the sjiirit of liberty, and no op-\\nportunity was passed for giving information\\nthat would asssist the Continental cause.\\nTo insure protection the enemy s pickets were\\nkept on and along the King s road, which crossed\\nLittle Timber Creek at the Two Tuns tav-\\nern, kept by an old lady known as Aunty High\\nCap. The road extending southerly, passed close\\nin front of the Browning homestead and over Big\\nTimber Creek, where the old bridge formerly stood.\\nGoing southerly from the old tavern, it went near\\nthe former residence of Jonathan Atkinson and\\nthrough Mount Ephraim toward Haddonfield. The\\nsection of country lying between this old road and\\nthe river was the scene of many encounters, num-\\nberless reconuoissances and much strategy, and\\ntraditions are still remembered touching their pur-\\npose and success, while others are lost sight of and\\nforgotten. All these grew out of the increasing\\nvigilance of the people toward their common en-\\nemy. Aunty High Cap s was the hostelry where\\nthe British officers most did congregate, where\\nmilitary rank and discipline were laid aside, and\\nwhere the feast of reason and flow of soul was most\\nenjoyed.\\nAt one of these revels an officer was killed\\nby a rifle-shot fired by a man standing on the\\nporch of the Atkinson residence, at least a\\nmile distant, and many of the English believed\\nthat it was not accidental, but rather an un-\\nwelcome evidence of the expertness of New\\nJersey marksmen.\\nThe ocem side of Old Gloucester, that\\nwhich is now comprised in Atlantic County,\\nwas the locality of some memorable Revolu-\\ntionary incidents. Smugglers, who.se object it\\nwas to run goods, espeoially groceries and\\nliquors, through the British lines and into\\nPhiladelphia, abounded along the coast, and\\nundertook many intrepid operations. In\\nlight-draft vessels they stole up Mullica\\nRiver to the forks of Egg Harbor, where the\\ncontraband stuff was placed upon wagons and\\nhauled across the country, passing through\\nHaddonfield on the way to a profitable mar-\\nket in the city. Almost every swamp along\\nthe route had its secu-et places of deposit, and\\nthe loyalty of the people to the American\\ncause had much to do witii making this kind\\ni)f trade successful.\\nEgg Harbor was a station on the route of\\nthe refugees who were passing north and\\nsouth during the war or following the move-\\nments of the British forces, with whom alone\\nthey were safe from their indignant country-\\nmen. They had innumerable encounters with\\nthe hardy sailors and fishermen along the\\nshore, who were zealous Americans and ever\\nready to display their abomination of the ad-\\nherents of royalty. The New Jersey State\\nGazette, which was published at Trenton,\\ncontains in its files the following record of\\nevents of that period on the Gloucester sea-\\nfront\\nMarch 31, 1779. In the late snow-storm the\\ntransport ship Mermaid, of Whitehaven, England,\\nwith troops from Halifax bound to New York, was\\ndriven on shore and bilged at Egg Harbor. After\\nbeing in this miserable situation from five o clock\\non Monday morning until noon on Tuesday, a boat\\ncame oflT to their relief and saved only forty-two\\nsouls out of one hundred and eighty-seven.\\nAugust 25, 1779. By a sailor from Egg Har-\\nbor we are informed that on Wednesday last the\\nschooner Mars, Captain Taylor, fell in with a ves-\\nsel mounting fourteen guns, which he boarded and\\ntook. She proved to be a British packet from\\nFalmouth, England, to New York. Captain Tay-\\nlor took the mail and prisoners, forty-five in num-\\nber; but on Saturday last fell in with a fleet of\\ntwenty-three sail, under convoy of a large ship and\\nfrigate, when the latter gave chase to the frigate", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0083.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "64\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nand retook her. Captain Taylor got safe into Egg\\nHarbor.\\nSepte!iiber 11, 1782.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Last week Captain Doug-\\nlass, with some of the militia of Gloucester Coun-\\nty, attacked a refugee boat at Egg Harbor, with\\neighteen refugees on board, of whom fourteen were\\nshot or drowned the rest made their escape.\\nDecember 18, 1782. Captain Jackson, of the\\nGreyhound, on the evening of Sunday, last week,\\nwith much address within the Hook the schooner\\nDolphin and sloop Diamond, bound from New\\nYork to Halifax, and brought them both into Egg\\nHarbor. These vessels were both condemned to\\nthe claimants, and the amount of sales amounted\\nto \u00c2\u00a310,500.\\nThus privateering, fighting, smuggling and\\nsaving the lives of the shipwrecked enemy\\ncombined to furnish exciting employment\\nand perilous adventure to the dwellers by the\\nseaboard. In 1781-82 they were pestered\\nwith parties of Cornwallis troops, who had\\nescaped from the Virginia cantonment in\\nwhich they were confined after his surrender\\nat Yorktown, and were making their way to\\nNew York. Captain John Davis was posted\\nwith a company at Egg Harbor to look out\\nfor the fugitives, and got wind of a party of\\ntwenty-one, who were concealed iu the woods\\nand waiting for a vessel to take them off.\\nHe ambushed nineteen men near where they\\nwere to embark, and when they appeared on\\nthe shore, he killed or recaptured every one\\nof them after a hand-to-hand fight.\\nMickle obtained from some of the survi-\\nvors of the war another incident of Davis\\nexpedition, which he thus relates,\\nOn one occasion hi.s (Davis lieutenant, Ben-\\njamin Bates, with Richard Powell, a [irivate, called\\nat a house where Davis had been informed that\\ntwo refugee officers were lodging. Bates got to\\nthe house before any of the family had risen, ex-\\ncept two girls, who were making a fire in the\\nkitchen. He inquired if there were any persons\\nin the house beside the family, and was answered,\\nNone except two men from up in the country.\\nHe bade the girls show him where they were, which\\nthey did. In passing through a room separating\\nthe kitchen from the bed-room, he saw two pistols\\nlying on a table. Knocking at the door, he was\\nrefused admittance, but finding him determined to\\nenter, the two refugees finally let him in. They\\nrefused to tell their names, but were afterwards\\nfound to be William Giberson and Henry Lane,\\nrefugee lieutenants, the former a notorious rascal\\nwho had committed many outrages and killed one\\nor two Americans in cold blood. On their way to\\nthe quarters of Davis company, Giberson called\\nBates attention to something he pretended to see\\nat a distance, and while Bates was looking in that\\ndirection Giberson started in another, and, being\\na very fast runner, although Bates fired his musket\\nat him, he managed to escape.\\nDavis, on being informed of what had hap-\\npened, told Bates to try again the next night.\\nAccordingly the next night he went to the same\\nhouse. While in the act of opening the door he\\nheard the click of a musket-cock behind a large\\ntree within a few feet of him. He dropped on his\\nknees, and the ball cut the rim of his hat. Giber-\\nson started to run, but before he had got many\\nrods Bates gave him a load of buck-shot, which\\nbroke his leg. He was well guarded until he could\\nbe removed, with Lane, to Burlington gaol, from\\nwhich, however, he soon made his escape and went\\nto New York.\\nThe same writer, who is borne out by the\\nHistorical Collections in this matter, states\\nthat Elijah Clark and Richard Westcott\\nbuilt, at their own expen.se, a small fort at\\nthe Fox Burrows, on Chestnut Neck, near\\nthe port of Little Egg Harbor, and bought\\nfor it a number of cannon for the defense of\\nthe port. While the Revolutionary Legisla-\\nture was in session at Haddonfield, in Sep-\\ntember, 1777, the two branches pas.sed a\\nresolution for paying Chirk and Westcott\\nfour hundred and thirty pounds for this\\nfort, wliicii at one time was dcl ended by\\nfifteen hundred of the shore men, who evac-\\nuateil it upon the enemy ascending the river\\nin great force in barges.\\nAfter the retreat of the British to New\\nYork, as a residt of the battle of Monmouth,\\nGloucester County was free from the pres-\\nence of the enemy during the remainder of\\nthe war, except iis it was traversed by the", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0084.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.\\n65\\nrefugees ami e, f a[)ing prisoners first spoken\\nof. Her ardent patriots welcomed witli\\nextreme joy the alliance concluded with\\nFi-ance on February 6, 1778, which stimu-\\nlated recruiting for the depleted ranks of the\\nregiments of the Line. They maintained un-\\nbroken their good reputation except when, in\\ntlie middle of January, 1781, a portion of the\\ni)rigade, then stationed at Ponipton, revolted\\nand marched to Chatham, in Middlesex\\nCounty. They were suffering from the\\nextremity of want. They had enlisted for\\nthe term of three years or during the war.\\nThe officers contended that the meaning of\\nthe argument was that they shoidd serve\\nuntil the war closed the men claimed that\\nthey could not be held after the three years\\nhad elapsed. Washington immediately dis-\\npatched General Robert Howe with five\\nhundred regidars to march against the\\nmutineers and subdue them by force. They\\nwere taken by sur[)rise and yielded at onir.\\ni welve of the principal offenders were com-\\n|)eiled to select two of the ringleaders, who\\nwere promptly executed and order was com-\\npletely restored.\\nThe Council of Safety at Haodox-\\nFiEi-D. Messrs. Barber and Howe, in pre-\\nparing the New Jersey Historical Collec-\\ntions in 1 843, vouched for the truth of the\\nallegation that the Continental Congress\\nsat for several weeks in Haddonfiehl dur-\\ning the war, in the house built by Matthias\\nAspden, and boarded about among the in-\\nhabitants. This is one of the legends of\\nthe town, and these authors seem to have\\naccepted it without seeking for verification.\\nMickle, two years later, was more careful,\\nand, as a result of his inquiry, intimates that\\nBarber and Howe confounded the Provincial\\nCongress of New tlersey with the Continen-\\ntal Congress. The minutes of the latter do\\nnot show any session at Haddonfield, al-\\nthough some State papers of 1778 are dated\\nat the town. Captain James B. Cooper, a\\ncontemporary witness, who was not likely to\\nJ\\nbe ignorant of aTiy incident of the Kcvohi-\\ntion occurring in that neighborhood, was\\nexceedingly skeptical regarding the assi rtion\\nso confidently made by the writers of the\\nCollections, l)ut had a perfect recollection\\nof tlie brief session of the Provincial Congress\\nat Haddonfield.\\nA body, however, which did sit at Had-\\ndonfield, and there [lerformed some of its\\nfunctions of the first importance in strength-\\nening the hands of the patriot government in\\nNew Jersey, was the Council of Safety of\\n1777. It met in the old tavern-house now\\noccu[)ieil by George W. Stillwell, as a tem-\\nperance hotel, convening for its first session\\non Man h IStli. The members, who were\\nappointed by the Legislature, were .John\\nCleves Symmes, William Patterson, Na-\\nthaniel Scudder, Theophilus Elmer, Silas\\nCondict, John Hart, John Mehelm, Samuel\\nDick, John Combe, Calel) Camp, Edmund\\netherby and John Manning. These men\\nre selected carefully for the discharge of\\nthe arduous and delicate duties imposed upon\\nthem. Entrusted specially with power to\\narrest, try and punish persons suspected of\\nToryism, their authoritj was almost without\\nlimit. The Council was tlu ri |)resentative\\nof the Ijegislature during the recesses of the\\nlatter, and it was clothed also with judicial,\\nexecutive and (piasi-military functions. More-\\nover, it could appropriate such sums of money\\nfrom the State treasury as wei-e ni e led to\\ncarry on its operations, and could also make\\nappointments of officers in the military con-\\ntingent of the State and issue commissions to\\nits appointees. A strong detail of Arnold s\\nmen attended all its movements, and it was\\nentitled to call out the militia to enforce its\\ndecrees. While it sat at Haddonfield it\\nkept two guard-houses well filled with it.s\\nprisoners, and every patriot was in some\\nOne still stamls opposite to the place of tiieir ilelili-\\nerations, now occupied by Zebedee Tompkins, and I he\\nother was recently owned and occupied by Br. I. W.\\nIleulings. CZf \u00c2\u00bbf\u00c2\u00ab( Rrvohitio-nary Reminiscences.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0085.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "66\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nmanner an amateur detective, who reported\\nto the Council his neighbors supposed to\\nentertain hostility to the cause of indepen-\\ndence.\\nWielding such formidable weapons, the\\nCouncil was the terror of the American\\nfriends of England. Governor Livingston\\nsat at its deliberations and usually presided.\\nThere was the single appeal from the deci-\\nsions of a majority of the Councillors that an\\naccused person could enter bail and carry his\\ncase to court but if he refused to give\\nsecurity or take the oath of loyalty, he was\\nperemptorily imprisoned and held at their\\npleasure. At their first meeting they disposed\\nof the cases of fourteen alleged Tories and it\\nwas not uncommon for them to try from twenty\\nto thirty in a day. They sat at Haddonfield\\non March 18th and 19th, then adjourning to\\nBordentown, and the sutijoined extracts from\\nthe minutes of the 19th are a fair sample of\\ntheir work and also their manner of execut-\\ning it\\nThe Board entered upon tlie examination of\\nthe prisoners sent to Haddonfield some time since\\nby General Putnam. Abraham Briton, Jonathan\\nForman and Robert Barns, having been examined,\\ntook and subscribed the oaths of abjuration and\\nallegiance, as by law a] iiointed, and were dis-\\ncharged.\\nAnthony Woodward, son ol William, having\\nbeen examined, being one of the people called\\nQuakers, took affirmations to the effect of the\\noaths above mentioned, and entered into recog-\\nnizance with David Hurley, his surety, in \u00c2\u00a3300\\neach, before Mr. Justice Symraes, for liis appear-\\nance at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer, to\\nbe field in the County of Monmouth, and in the\\nmeantime to be of good behavior, and was there-\\nupon dismissed. Moses Ivins, being examined,\\nacknowledged that he had given bond to tlie late\\nconvention in \u00c2\u00a3500 conditional for his good be-\\nhavior towards the State, and having entered into\\nrecognizance with Abraliam Britt)n, his surety, in\\nE300 each to appear, etc., as in the case of .\\\\n-\\nthony Woodward, was dismissed.\\nOrdered, That the prisoners lately ordered to\\nbe brought from Frederick Town in Maryland and\\nlodged in the gaol of the C onnty of Raleni, be con-\\nducted under guard to Bordentown, so as to be\\nthere by Wednesday next, or as soon thereafter as\\nmay be convenient and that Col. Dick be desired\\nto detach so many of the militia of his battalion\\nas may be necessary to carry this order into exe-\\ncution.\\nAn account of Capt. Elisha Walton for sub-\\nsisting a guard and six prisoners belonging to\\nPennsylvania at and from Haddonfield to Phila-\\ndelphia on the ISth and li th instants, amounting\\nto \u00c2\u00a34 7.\u00c2\u00ab. fid., was laid before the Board. Ordered\\nthat the same be paid.\\nThe Council opened its .second .session at\\nHaddonfield on May 10, 1777, and from\\nthence until Jiuie 9th met there nearly every\\nday, and such was the press of labor u])on it\\nthat if frequently held two and .sometimes\\nthree meetings daily. Its time was largely\\ntaken up with the proceedings against John\\nHenchman, the owner of a very large and\\nvaluable estate in the township, and the\\ndescendant of the settler of the same name a\\ncentury previous. Henchman came under\\nsuspicion as a Loyalist, and among the wif-\\nnes.ses against him in the preliminary pro-\\nceedings were Capt. Samuel Hugg, Joseph\\nHugg, Samuel Harrison, Capt. William\\nHarrison, William Noitou and John Estaugh\\nHopkins. The grounds of the charges ap-\\npear in the record of Capt. Hugg s testi-\\nmony, in which it is stated that he can give\\nsome account of the ,s-\\\\id Hencliman s pro-\\nducing his former commission under the\\ncrown to some British officers at the Black\\nHorse as a pass and of his inviting .some\\nBritish offic\u00c2\u00bb rs to his sister s house at Mount\\nHolly.\\nThe minutes of I line oth eontiuiie the\\nca.sc thus\\n.lohn llenehnian, I ^s.i., appear^ liefore the\\nl{oard pursuant to citation, and the charges against\\nhim being read, he was permitted to offer any-\\nthing m his power by way of palliation, and after\\nbeing heard wiis ordered to witlidraw.\\nThe Council taking Mr. Henchman s case into\\ntheir consideration, and being of the opinion that\\nthe cliarges against liim did not fully indicate a\\nmalicious intention, but that the said charges did", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0086.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "THK WAK OF nil.; KKVOIJJTION.\\nti7\\nlix liim uuder a strong suspit-ioii of disalli ctiou to\\nI 111 United States.\\nAgreed, therefore, tliat Mr. Hendiman be again\\ncalled into Conncil, and that the oath.s of abjura-\\ntion and allegiance be tendered to him according\\nto law.\\n[r. Henchman appeared accordingly, and the\\n.said oaths were tendered him in Council, which he\\nrefused to take and subscribe, but was willing to be\\nbound with surety for his appearance at the next\\nCourt of General Quarter Sessions and the said\\nJohn Henchman did accordingly enter into recog-\\nnizance with Jacob Clement in the sum of \u00c2\u00a3300\\neach, before the Governor and Council of Safety\\nfor his appearance at the next Court of General\\nQuarter Sessions of tlie peace of the County of\\nGloucester, there to answer to such charges as shall\\nbe exhibited against him on behalf of the State\\nand, in the meantime, be of the peace and of the\\ngood behavior, and was thereupon dismissed.\\nSeveral other citizeii.s of (xloiieester were\\nuiiiler examiuatioii by the Council at thi.s\\ntime. George Rapalje wa.s eonimitted on May\\n21st, to jail,\\nFor advisedly and willingly by speech, writing,\\nopen deed and act, maintaining and defending the\\nauthority, jurisdiction and power of the King of\\nGreat Britain as heretofore claimed within this\\nState.\\n)n May Ust, Richard Snowdou retused to\\ntake the oath of allegiance or to give bail for\\ncourt aud wa.s placed in the sheriff s custody.\\nHownumeroiis were tiie offencesof which men\\nmight be accused was instanced in the case\\nof Thomas Woodward, a Friend, .son of\\nAnthony, for whom a warrant of arrest was\\nissued, ciiarging him with maliciously and\\nadvisedly saying and doing things encourag-\\ning disaffection, and with maliciously and\\nadvi.scdly spreading such false rumors con-\\ncerning the American forces and the forces\\nof the enemy as tend to alienate the affec-\\ntions of the people from the government aud\\nto terrify and discourage the good subjects of\\nthis State, and to dispose tliem to favour the\\npretensions of the enemies of this State.\\nAfter a short sitting at Morristown the\\nCouncil returned to Haddonfield on Septem-\\nber r2th. Changes had been made iu the\\npt rmtuui, tlic members then being Silas\\nCondict, Win. Patterson, NatJKiniel Scudder,\\nThomas Elmer, John Hart, Benjamin Man-\\nning, Peter Tallmann, Joiui Mehelm, Caleb\\namp, Jacob Drake, Jonathan Bowen, John\\nCombs, John Buck, \\\\Vm. Peartree Smith,\\nFred k Frelingluiysen and Edward Plem-\\ning. Little oi importance was accomplished\\nat this session, (iloucester County having\\nbeen restored t(j comparative quiet, and the\\nmost of the guard was sunt tct Burlington,\\nwhere the jail was over(;rowded with Tory\\nsuspects. Thomas Hootoii, of Gloucester,\\nwas arrestetl, but released upon swearing to\\nhis loyalty, and John Carty was sent into the\\nenemy s lines, this being one of the methods\\nof getting rid of disaffected persons whom it\\nwas not deemed politic to imprison. A sample\\norder of the kind was that issued regarding\\nRichard Wain, who was a land-holder in\\nGloucester County,\\nOctober 7th. Rioliard Wain (one of the peo-\\njde called Quakers) being concerned before the\\nBoard, and affirmations to the effect of the Oaths\\nof Abjuration and allegiance, being tendered to\\nhim pursuant to law, he refused to take them, but\\nbeing willing to go with his family into the ene-\\nmy s lines, and he appearing to the Board too dan-\\ngerous to remain iu the State, the Council agreed\\nthat the said Richard Wain have leave to go witli\\nhis family into tlie enemy s lines on Staten Island\\nin five days from the date hereof\\nThe exchange of [)risoners was another mat-\\nter within the jurisdiction of the Council, aud\\nearly in its proceedings it made the rule of\\ngiving a soldier for a soldier, a civilian for a\\ncivilian. Through this system numerous\\nTories were handed over to the Britisli,\\nwhile valuable patriots whom the enemy had\\nincarcerated were reclaimed the national\\nservice. A reserve of prisoners was occa-\\nsionally held with a view to such a transfer,\\nand there are quite a number of cases like\\nthat of Joseph King, who, being too dan-\\ngerous a person to be suffered to beat large,\\nwas ordered taken and kept in safe custody\\nin order to be exchanged.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0087.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "68\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nQuittiuo; Hadilonfiekl ou September 2Gth,\\nthe Council fled to Princeton and then to\\nPittstowu, to be safely out of the way of\\nBritish raiders. While at the latter place,\\non October 18th, it appointed commissioners\\nto raise recruits and apprehend deserters,\\nthose for Gloucester County being Joseph\\nEstell, William Price, Colonel Josiah Hil-\\nman and James Tallman, who were com-\\nmanded to rendezvous at A\\\\ oodbury. The\\nfollowing minute appears of December Pith\\nApplication was made to the Board for the\\npayment of money due to the militia in the county\\nof Gloucester, under the command of Colonel\\nEllis.\\nAgreed that Colonel Ellis be informed by letter\\nthat the Legislature have directed the delegates\\nto obtain from Congress the sum of \u00c2\u00a3120,000 for\\ndischarging the debt due to the militia of this\\nState, and that the proportion of $16,000, when\\nobtained, will be paid into the hands of Thomas\\nCarpenter for the payment of the militia of\\nGlouc ester and Salem.\\nThe Hessian marauders were scouring\\nSouthern New Jersey for better food than\\nKing George s rations, and Colonel Ellis,\\ncommandant of the Gloucester militia, was\\nauthorized to remove any cattle, sheep and\\nhogs (excepting milch cows) from any places\\nwhere he thought them in danger of falling\\ninto the enemy s hands to places of greater\\nsecurity, and upon tlie owners refusing to do\\nso, after first giving notice to the owners, who\\nmay take care of tliem at their expense.\\nThis measure not proving extreme enough,\\nColonel Ellis was directed to remove all the\\nhorned cattle, sheep, hogs and all cows\\nwiiicli do not give milk from the vicinity of\\nthe Jersey shore, in the counties of Burling-\\nton, Gloucester and Salem, that may be\\nwithin the reach of the enemy s foraging\\nparties, except such as might be really neces-\\nsary for the inhabitants (the owners refusing\\nto do it on notice given to them for that\\npurpose), and that the general (Washington)\\nbe informed that the powers lodged in the\\nCouncil of Safety are inadecjuate to the\\nrequisition of having the forage removed,\\nand that it be recommended to him to exer-\\ncise his own authority in having it effected.\\nThis stripping of the country of provender in\\norder that the enemy might not obtain it\\nspeaks eloquently of the .straits to which this\\nsection of the State was reduced.\\nThese stern Councillors were obliged to be\\nno respectors of the sex. The wives and\\ndaughters of Tories were as inimical to the\\nrepublic as their husbands and fathers, and\\nwhen the men had gone into the British\\nservice the women left behind frequently be-\\ncame adroit and successful spies upon the\\nmovements of the patriots. Hence the\\nCouncil applied to them the extreme rigors\\nof the treason law and either sent them\\nafter their male protectors into the British\\nlines, locked them up in jail or held them in\\nheavy bonds for their good behavior. Tho.se\\nto be sent into the enemy s camp were usually\\nassembled at Elizabeth, from whence it was\\nan easy task to transfer them under a flag of\\ntruce to the headquarters on Staten Island.\\nWhile sitting at Trenton, on March 27,\\n1778, the Council had to deal with a .squad\\nof suspects who had been brought in from\\nGloucester County, and passed the following\\norders regarding them\\nThat William and Thomas .Tones be committed\\nto gaol for trial.\\nThat Jacob Shoulder, Jacob Mouse, Isaac\\nZane and Samuel Hewling have five days to de-\\ntermine whether they will enlist into the Conti-\\nnental service during the war or be committed for\\ntheir trial for going into the enemy s lines and\\nreturning into this State contrary to law.\\nThat Jacob Jones, Gunrod Shoemaker, Wil-\\nliam Davenport, Thomas Smith and a negro man\\nbelonging to John Cox be discharged, the former\\nfour on taking the oath to government prescribed\\nby law.\\nAnd that Daniel Murray and Blakey Hurltey,\\nsuspected of being spies from the enemy, and also\\nfor endeavoring to pass counterfeit money found\\nupon them, be sent to headquartei s.\\nOn June otli, John Kirby, Benjamin\\nAllen, Urich W est and Jesse Sirrau, all of", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0088.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "THK WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.\\n69\\n(iloucester Couuty, were exumiued for joiu-\\niiig tlie enemy, but there were also lield in\\nreserve against them accusations of mis-\\nprision of treason and of counterfeiting tlie\\nState currency, which later was a very com-\\nmon offence until the bills of credit which\\nlid duty as a circulating medium became so\\ndepreciated in value tliat the labors of tiic\\ncounterfeiter were profitless. On August 4th,\\nthe Council being then at Morristown, it com-\\nmitted to the Gloucester (Jounty jail Isaac\\nLloyd, Samuel Lippiucott, Joseph Myers,\\nLawrence Cox, David Carter, Jacob Justine,\\nA\\\\ iiliam Kennack and Jesse Sirran, who\\nwere believed to have given aid and comfort\\nto the enemy.\\nThe final records of the Council are dated\\nat Princeton, October 8, 1778. Its member-\\nship had then been increased to twenty. Mr.\\nFrelinghuysen and Mr. Combs had retired,\\nand Messrs. Cooper, Imlay, Linn, Craue,\\nFennemore, Cook and Keasby had been\\nl)rought in. The last proceedings having\\nconnection with Gloucester County affairs\\nwere the passage of a resolution for the re-\\npayment to Councillor Camp of fourteen\\npounds, by him advanced to Isaac Coxe, ser-\\ngeant of the guard at Haddonfield, in ]xut\\npay for the said guard.\\nThe ^YEST Jersey Co.viiMANDs. Men-\\ntion has already been made of the formation\\nof the battalions commanded by Lord Stir-\\nling and Colonel Maxwell. These were the\\nfirst organizations of the Jersey Line.\\nTlie privates were enlisted for one year, at\\nfive dollars per month, and were allowed, in\\nplace of bounty, a felt hat, a pair of yarn\\nstockings and a pair of shoes, but were to\\nfurnish their own arms. On January 8,\\n1776, the West Jersey (Maxwell s) battalion\\nwas ordered to report to General Schuyler, at\\nAlbany. Authority for the formation of a\\nthird battalion, of which I^lias Dayton was\\nmade colonel, was given by Congress Janu-\\nary 10, 1776. All these commands were\\nreorganized under the act of the Continental\\nC ongress of September 16, 1776. It pi o-\\nvided for the enlistment of eighty-eight bat-\\ntalions to serve during the war, and of these\\nthe New Jersey Line consisted of four.\\nTwenty dollars was ofiered as a bounty to\\neach non-commissioned officer and private,\\nand bouut_y lands at the close of the war to\\neach officer and man, or to his heirs in case\\nof his death, as follows Five hundred acres\\nto each colonel, four hundred and fifty acres\\nto each lieutenant-colonel, four hundred to\\neach major, three hundred to each captain,\\ntwo hundred to each lieutenant, one hundred\\nand fifty to each ensign, and to each private\\nand non-commissioned officer one hundred.\\nThe men in the ranks were to be furnished\\nwith an outfit annually, that for the first\\nyear to be two linen hunting-shirts, two pair\\nof overalls, a leathern or woolen waistcoat\\nwith sleeves, one pair of breeches, a hat or\\nleathern cap, two shirts, two pair of hose and\\ntwo pair of shoes. They could commute\\nthese things into money at a valuation\\nof twenty dollars, if they chose t(\u00c2\u00bb equip\\nthemselves.\\nThe reorganization and re-enlistment of\\nthe First Battalion, Colonel Silas Newcomb,\\nwas completed in December, 1776 the Sec-\\nond, Colonel Israel Shreve (of Gloucester),\\nFel)ruary, 1777 the P ourth, Colonel Eph-\\nraim Martin, during tlie same month and\\nthe Third, Colonel Elias Dayton, in April\\nof that year. Colonel Maxwell was j)romoted\\nto brigadier-general in October, 1776, and\\nassigned to the command of these battalions,\\nwhich, as Maxwell s Brigade, won laurels\\non many a bloody field. In the May follow-\\ning they were placed in (General Stephens\\ndivision and encamped at Elizabethtown,\\nBound Brook and Spanktown (Rahway).\\nStephens, in the summer of 1777, marched\\nthrough Pennsylvania and Delaware, and a\\nsmall portion of the New Jersey Line\\nopened the battle of Brandywine on the\\nmorning of September 11th. They contin-\\nued actively engaged through the fight and", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0089.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "70\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nafterwards skirmished with the enemy before\\ni-eaching their faiup at Germantowu, where,\\nin the battle of October 4th, they formed the\\nleft wing and reserve of Washington s army.\\nThey were conspicuous for their gallantry in\\nthis action, and Newcomb s battalion was an\\nespecially heavy loser of officers and men.\\nThe Jersey men passed the winter of 1777-\\n78 with the remainder of the ai tny in gloom\\nand suffering at A alley Forge. When the\\nBritish evacuated Philadelphia, in June,\\n1778, Maxwell s brigade constituted the\\nmaiu portion of the column placed under\\nthe command of Lafayette to hang ujion\\nGeneral Clinton s flanks and rear, with the\\nobject of striking him a blow whenever the\\nopportunity permitted. They were highly\\nsuccessful in making the enemv suifer\\nseverely on the march through Jersey. On\\nJune 28th the Line, as well as the militia,\\nwhich was under the command of Major-\\nGeueral Philemon Dickinson, took part in\\nthe battle of Monmouth. Most of the win-\\nter of 1778-79 was spent by the brigade at\\nElizabethtown, but a detachment of Shreve s\\nGloucester troops was encamped at Newark.\\nIn May, 1779, the whole Ijrigade took part\\nin General Sullivan s expedition, which\\nmarched up the Suscjuehanna Valley and in-\\nflicted punishment on the Seneca Indians^\\nreturning to New Jei sey in October.\\nAnother reorganization was carried into\\neti:ect in compliance with the acts of Congress\\nof May 27, 1778, and March 9, 1779. The\\nbattalions of the Line, reduced in numbers\\nby losses in battle and the other calamities\\nof war, were consolidated into three, and a\\nbounty of two hundred dollars each was\\noffered for three liundred and sixty-flve vol-\\nunteers. Sixteen hundi ed and twenty more\\nwere called for on February 9, 1780, the in-\\nducemeut to enlist was increased to one\\nthousand ilollars, and recruiting officers, or\\nMuster Masters, were appointed, Colonel\\nJoseph Ellis filling the office in Gloucestei-\\nCounty. In Juue^ 1781, another draft was\\nmade, and .bdin Davis undertook to fill\\nGloucester s (juota of fifty-one men. The\\nbounty paid under this requisition was twelve\\npounds in gold or silver to each man, and\\nthe three colonels\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Matthias Ogden, Isaac\\nShreve and Elias Dayton succeeiled in filling\\nout their regiments to six companies each.\\nMaxwell continued in command of the\\nbrigade until his i-esignation, in July, 1780,\\nwhen he was succeeded by the senior colonel,\\nDayton, who served until the close of the\\nwar. In September, 1781, the three regi-\\nments were ordered to A^irginia, where they\\nparticipated in the Yorktown campaign and\\nwere present at the surrender of Lord Coru-\\nwallis. The news of the cessation of hostili-\\nties was announced in the camp of the\\nbrigade April 19, 1783, and the Jersey Line\\nwas mustered out on the succeeding 3d of\\nNovember.\\nSta J E Tr(jops.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Besides tlie troops who\\nserved continuously in the regular army.\\nNew Jersey iuid occasion at arious times\\nduring the war to call out volunteers from\\nthe militia for protection against the incur-\\nsions of the British and the raids of Royalists\\nand Indians. These commands were held\\nsubject to duty in this and adjoining States,\\nand were known as New Jersey I^evies,\\nFive Months Levies, or more generally\\nas State Troops. The artillery companies\\nof Frelinghuysen and Hugg, already alluded\\nto, the earliest of these organizations, were\\ncreated under the act of the Provincial Con-\\ngress of February 13, 177(j. November 27,\\n1776, the first act was passed for the organi-\\nzation of the infantry branch of the State\\ntroops, and four battalions of eight com-\\npanies each were raised by voluntary enlist-\\nment. One battalion was recruited in the\\ncounties of Gloucester, Salem and Cumber-\\nland, three companies coming from the former\\ncounty. Of this battalion, David Potter\\nwas apiHiintcd colonel, Whitton Cripps\\nlieutenant-colonel, and Anthony Sharp major.\\nCapt. Simon Lucas commanded another", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0090.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.\\n71\\nGloucester compauy, which vvat formed\\nunder tlie call of December 29, 1781, for\\nfour hundred and twenty-two men to serve\\nuntil December lo, 1782. Calls were also\\nmade on June 7 and 14, 1780, for four\\niiundred and twenty men to serve until\\nJanuary 1, 1782.\\nMilitia. The militia were the first\\ntroops organized in New Jersey in the Revo-\\nlution, the Provincial Congress, on June 3,\\nI 775, providing a plan for regulating the\\nmilitia of the colony, because of the I ruel\\nand arbitrary measures adopted and pur-\\nsued by the British Parliament and present\\nministry for the purpose ol subjugating the\\nAmerican colonies to the most abject servi-\\ntude. By the elaboration of this plan in\\nAugust, Gloucester was required to raise\\nthree battalions. On June 3, 1776^ the\\nContinental Congress called for thirteen\\nthousand eight hundred militia to reinforce\\nthe army at New York. The quota fur\\n\\\\ew Jersey was three thousand three hun-\\ndred, of which Gloucester furnished two\\ncompanies. On July 16th Congress re-\\nquested the convention of New Jersey to\\nsupply with militia the places of tw(i thou-\\nsand of Washington s troops tliat had been\\nordered into New Jersey to form the Flying\\nCamp. Of the thirty companies of sixty-four\\nmen each sent under this call, Gloucester\\njuovided tliree, which, with one from Cum-\\nberland and three from liurlington, were\\ncombined in a battalion under Colonel Charles\\nHead, Tjieutenant-Colonel Josiah Killman,\\n^lajor William Ellis and Surgeon Bodo\\nOtto, Jr. August 11, I77i;, liie militia was\\ndivided into brigades, one to bo detached for\\nimmediate service and relieved by the other\\nat the expiration of thirty days. On tliis\\nbifiis of monthly classes, in active service\\nalternate months, these troops were held\\nduring the war. On January 8, 1781 the\\norganization was enlarged to three brigades.\\nThe good .service performed by the militia\\nof New Jersey is fully recorded in history.\\nAt the fights at Oi hiliinV F.ridge, Hancock s\\ni lridge. Three Rivers, onniicticut I ^arms\\nand an Neste s IVfills they bore an active\\n|iart; while at the battles of Long Island,\\nTrenton, Assanpiiik, I rincetou, (lermantown,\\nSpringfield and ^NIouTnouth they performed\\nefficient services in supporting the Continen-\\ntal Line.\\nThe subjoined list e\\\\Iiil)its the field and\\nstaff officers of the niiiilia of Old Gloucester\\nC\\\\iuiity.\\nTiie following is a li.st of those from\\n(ilciucester County who served either in the\\nContinental army, State troops oi- militia\\nduring the Revolutionary War\\nByli/dilier-Genffal.\\n.loseph Ellis.\\nrilotuli\\nRodo Ottn. Israel Slireve.\\nRichard Somers.\\nlAruteiiant-(hl neh.\\nRobert Brown. Samuel Shreve.\\nKlijah Clark. Samuel Tonkin.\\nJ/\u00c2\u00ab/./,-.v.\\nWilliam Ellis. (icorge Payne.\\nSamuel Hannigau. Jeremiah Smith.\\nRich d Westcott.\\n/\\\\i.i//iiiisfer.i.\\nThomas ari)enter. .lohn lyittlc.\\nSurgeon\\nThomas Heudry.\\n.luiin Baker. .I.ames Holmes.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Andrew Barnes. .John Inskip.\\n.lacob Browning. Simon Lucas.\\nRichard Cheesem.an. Archibald M.affit.\\n.loseph Covenovcr. William Matht.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Tohn Cozens. .lohn Patten.\\nJohn Davis. David Paul.\\nDouglas. George Pierce.\\n.loseph Elwell. William Price.\\nSiiwtel Elwell. I teorge Purvis,\\n.loseph Estell. Christopher Rajie.\\nEelix Fisher. Henry Shute.\\n.Tohn Hampton. William Smith.\\nWilliam Harrison. Robert Snell.\\nRichard Higher. Samuel Sncll.\\nOfficers and Men of New Jersey in the Hevolii-\\ntionary War, by General W. S. Stryker.\\n-Oumpiled from Strylier s Official Register.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0091.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "72\\nHISTOKY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nJames Somers.\\nJohn Someis.\\nZephania Steelman.\\nJohn Stokes.\\nRichard Stonebanks.\\nJames ToUnian.\\nJoseph Thorne.\\nWilliam Watson.\\nDavid Weatherby.\\nJohn Wood.\\nLieufenanfs.\\nDavid Baker. Joseph McCullough.\\nJohn Carter. John Parsons.\\nJohn Chatham. Ward Pierce.\\nEnoch Leeds. Benjamin Weatherly.\\nFirst Lieutenants.\\nJoseph Ingersoll. Alexander Mitchell.\\nEdward Ireland. Nehemiah Morse.\\nJeremiah Leeds. Samuel S|)ringer.\\nSamuel Matlack. Arthur Westcott.\\nSrrond I.ieiitinant.\\nAaron Chew.\\nPeter Covenhoven\\nJacob Endicott.\\nWilliam Finch.\\nJohn Lucas.\\nJohn Adams.\\nJoseph Avis.\\nElijah Barret.\\nJaphet Clark.\\nJohn Dilkes.\\nEbenezer Extell,\\nDaniel Frazer.\\nSamuel McFarland.\\nAbraham Parsons.\\nJeremiah Risley.\\nHenry Rowe.\\nJohn Scull.\\nElijah Townsend.\\nEnsigns.\\nDaniel Hooper.\\nBenjamin Inskeep.\\nCornelius McCollum.\\nJoseph Morrell.\\nNathaniel Sipple.\\nDavid Stillwell.\\nJohn Tilton.\\nSerf/eant. t.\\nAbraham Benuet. John Reed.\\nWilliam Campbell. Richard Sayers.\\nPatrick McCollum. Jacob Spencer.\\nJames Tomblin.\\nCorjjuraL\\nLeonard Fisler.\\nWagoner.\\nPhilip Dare.\\nPrivates.\\nJeptha Abbot. Jesse Adams.\\n.Tohn Abel. Jonas Adams\\nDaniel Ackley. Jonathan Adams.\\nHezekiah Ackley. Richard Adams.\\nJames Ackley. Thomas Adams.\\nJohn Ackley. William Adams.\\nSilas Ackley. Abram Aim.\\nJames Adair. .\\\\brahani Albertson.\\nAndrew Adams. Albert Alberson.\\nDavid Adams. Isaac Albertson.\\nElijah Adams. Jacob Albertson, Jr.\\nJeremiah Adams. Jacob Albertson, Sr.\\nGeorge Allen.\\nJoseph Allen.\\nWilliam Allen.\\nThomas Alleor.\\nJacob AUset.\\nHenry Anderson.\\nIsaac Armstrong.\\nGibson Ashcroft.\\n.lames Ashcroft.\\nJacob Assit.\\nConuter Athert(}n.\\nAbijah Ayers.\\nJames Ayers.\\nMoses Ayers.\\nJohn Baley.\\nJonathan Baley.\\nJoseph Baley.\\nBenjamin Balken.\\nJonathan Barton.\\nWilliam Bates.\\nThomas Beavin.\\nJonathan Beesley.\\nJames Belange.\\nNicholas Belange.\\nSamuel Belange.\\nRobert Bell.\\nWilliam Bell.\\nJonathan Benly.\\nAlexander Bennct.\\nJohn Bennet.\\nJonathan Bennet.\\nJohn Berry.\\nPatrick Brady.\\nGeorge Bright.\\nAsa Brown.\\nMatthew Brown.\\n(ieorge Browne.\\nThomas Bryant.\\nElijah Buck.\\nJosiah Budd.\\nJohn Budey.\\nJames Bulangey.\\nJo.shua Bulangey.\\nRobin Bunton.\\nBenjamin Bachon.\\nAbel Bacon.\\nFrederick Baker.\\nJames Baley.\\nHaned Bardin\\nRichard Barker.\\nBenjamin Bispham.\\nAndrew Blackman.\\nDavid Blackman.\\nJohn Blackman.\\nNehemiah Blackman.\\n.Tames Bleakman.\\nJames Boggs.\\nWilliam Boice.\\nJonathan Borton.\\nEdward Bowen.\\nJosiah Bowen.\\nDavid Bowyer.\\nJohn Bradford.\\nDavid Brower.\\nJohn Bryant.\\nJoseph Burch.\\nElijah Burk.\\nMoses Burnet.\\nSamuel Burton.\\nWilliam Bushing.\\nMoses Butterworth.\\nAaron F. Cade.\\nJohn Cain.\\nSamuel Cain.\\nEzekiel Camp.\\nJames Camp.\\nDavid Campbell.\\nAVilliam Campbell.\\nWilliam Campen.\\nJohn Cann.\\nGeorge Caranna.\\nJacob Carpenter.\\nieorge Carter.\\nJames Caruthers.\\nJohn Casey.\\nBenjamin Casker.\\nTobias Casperson.\\nWilliam Cattell.\\nGeorge Cavener.\\nThomas Chamberlain.\\nJohn Chattan.\\nThomas Cheesman.\\nJohn Chester.\\nRobert Chew.\\nAdrial Clark.\\nDavid Clark.\\nJohn Clark.\\nJoseph Clark.\\nParker Clark.\\nRichard Clemens.\\nDavid Clement.\\nWilliam Clifton.\\nJacob Clough.\\nJohn Cobb.\\nThomas Cobb.\\nWilliam Cobb.\\nJoseph Conklin.\\nBryant Conelly.\\nDavid Conover.\\nJesse Conover.", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0092.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.\\n73\\nPatterson Cook.\\nSilas Cook.\\nWilliam Cordry.\\nAbel CorsoQ.\\nSimon Coshier.\\nBenjamin Cosier.\\nSimon Cosier.\\nJames Coults.\\nIsaac Course.\\nWilliam Course.\\nJoseph Covenhoven.\\nAndrew Cos.\\nJacob Cox.\\nJohn Cozens.\\nSamuel Crager.\\nLevi Crandell.\\nWilliam Cranmore.\\nCornelius Cullom.\\nJohn Camp.\\nJoseph Camp, Sr.\\nJoseph Camp, Jr.\\nArchibald Campbell.\\nSimeon Casker.\\nDaniel Cham|)ion.\\nJohn Champion.\\nThomas Champion.\\nBenjamin Clark.\\nReuben Clark.\\nThomas Clark.\\nGeorge Clifton.\\nMicajah Conover.\\nPeter Conover.\\nPeter B. Conover.\\n.Fohn Cook.\\nJohn Corson.\\nJohn Coshier.\\nIsaac Covenhoven.\\nJohn Covenhoven.\\nCain Dair.\\nJohn Dair.\\nSamuel Dallas.\\nJohn Danelson.\\nKidd Daniels.\\nJoel Daven.\\nAndrew Davis.\\nCain Davis.\\nCurtis Davis.\\nCharles Day.\\nSamuel Day.\\nThomas Day.\\nKlias Deal.\\n.lames Deal.\\nSamuel Deal,\\n.lames Deckley.\\nEdward Deifel.\\n10\\nJohn Delfer.\\nSamuel Denick.\\nSamuel Denick, .Ir.\\nGideon Denny.\\nJonas Denny.\\nThomas Denny.\\nAndrew Derrickson.\\nJohn Dickinson.\\nSamuel Dilkes.\\nFrampton Dill.\\nJohn Dolbier.\\nSamuel Dollis.\\nJohn Doram.\\nSilas Dorcar.\\nAbner Doughty,\\nAbsalom Doughty.\\n.Tonathan Doughty.\\nJosiah Doughty.\\n.Tohn Drummond.\\nEdward Duftcl.\\nSamuel Dulaney.\\nThomas Dunaway.\\nWilliam Daniels.\\nEarl Davis.\\nRichard Davis.\\nJohn Deal.\\nDavid Dennis.\\nMatthew Dennis.\\nWilliam Dickin.son.\\nJesse Dormant.\\nEdward Dougherty.\\nAbel Doughty.\\nAbige Doughty.\\nThomas Doughty.\\nEdward Do wan.\\n.Tohn Dower.\\nBenjamin DrunuiHind.\\nJames Dunlap.\\nJoseph East.all.\\nJohn Edwards.\\nJoseph Edwards.\\nWilliam Elbridge.\\nJeremiah Elway.\\nJoseph English.\\nJoseph Ervin.\\nJ(din Evans.\\nAbner Ewing.\\nAbraham ICwing.\\nMis. English.\\nThomas English.\\nDaniel Falker.\\nJohn Farrell.\\nAbraham Farrow.\\nJohn Farrow.\\nMark Farrow.\\nGeorge Feathers.\\nPeter Fell.\\nWilliam Fell.\\nAbraham Fenimore.\\nDaniel Fenimore.\\nXathan Ferlew.\\nJames Ferril.\\n,Tacob Fetter.\\nThomas Field,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lacob Fisher.\\nJacob Fisler.\\nGeorge Fithian.\\nWilliam Fithian.\\nWilliam Fletcher.\\nUriah Forbes.\\nWilliam Ford.\\nWilliam Fort.\\nGeorge Fowler.\\nIsaac Fowler.\\nAndrew Frambis.\\nJohn Franklin.\\nDaniel Frazier.\\nSamuel French.\\nDaniel Furman.\\nWilliam Furman.\\nJohn Fisler.\\nNicholas Frambis.\\nWilliam Fry.\\nEbenezer Grinton.\\nCalvin Gamble.\\nEdward Gandy.\\nElias Gandy.\\nJohn (Tandy.\\nJames Gant.\\nRobert Garret.\\n(Cornelius Garri.son.\\nElijah Garrison.\\nReuben Garrison.\\nSamuel Garwood.\\nRossel Gee.\\nWilliam Gentry.\\nJames Gibeson.\\nJob Gibeson.\\nJohn (ribeson.\\nDaniel Giflen.\\nJames Gillingham.\\nReese Given, Sr.\\nReese Given, Jr.\\nWilliam Given.\\nRichard Graham.\\nWilliam Graham.\\nJoshua Greaves,\\n.lames Gromley.\\nBenjamin Guild.\\nJacob Garratson.\\n.lereraiah Garratson.\\nJoseph Garratson.\\nLemuel Garratson.\\nBenjamin Gifford.\\nJames (xitFord.\\nJohn Giftbrd.\\nTimothy Gifford.\\nJohn Gotr.\\nFrancis Gonuel.\\nJames Gormley.\\nWilliam Hackett.\\nJoseph Haines.\\nWilliam Hainey.\\n.Tames Hamilton.\\n.Tohn Hamilton,\\n.Tohn Hancock.\\nAbram Harcourt.\\nAbel Harker.\\nDavid Harker.\\nNathaniel Harker.\\nMose.s Harris.\\nReulien Harris.\\nWilliam Harris.\\n(xeorge Hawkins.\\nDavid Hays.\\nPeter Hedd.\\nDavid Heind.\\nLeonard Helel.\\nHance Helmes.\\n.Tohn Helmes.\\nRobert Hem[)hill.\\n.Tacob Henns.\\nGeorge Henry.\\nMichael Hess.\\nJohn He.ssler.\\nWilliam Hewes.\\nBenjamin Hewett.\\nCaleb Hewett.\\nMoses Hewett.\\nSamuel Hewett.\\nThomas Hewett.\\nWilliam Hewett.\\nIsaac Hickman,\\n.lames Hickman.\\nEdward Higbey.\\nIsaac Higbey.\\nRichard Higbey.\\nUriah Hill.\\nDaniel Hillman.\\nS. imuel Hillman.\\nSamuel A. Hillman.\\nJlichael Hiss.\\nJohn Hitman.\\nBenjamin HnfI man.\\nJacob Hollinan.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0093.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "74\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nThomas Hollingsworth.\\nAndrew Homan.\\nDaniel Homan.\\nJohn Hukey.\\nJohn Hulings.\\nThomas Humphrey.\\nDavid Hund.\\nLewis Hund.\\nJohn Hurley.\\nAbraham Hutchinson.\\nEzekiel Hutchinson.\\nPeter Hutsinger.\\nThomas Hickman.\\nAbsalom Higliey.\\nJohn Hillnian.\\nSeth Hillman.\\nDavid Homan.\\nJohn Hugg.\\nAndrew Hurst.\\nJacob Idle.\\nGeorge Ihnetler.\\nDaniel Ingalson.\\nIsaac Ingalson.\\nBenjamin Ingersoll.\\nEbenezer Ingersoll.\\nJohn Ingersoll.\\nJosei)h Ingersoll, .Tr.\\nAmos Irelan.\\nThomas Irelan.\\nThomas Ireland.\\nJohn Ireland.\\nThomas Ireland.\\nDavid Irelan.\\nEdmond Irelan.\\nGeorge Irelan.\\nJaphet Irelan.\\nJonathan Irelan.\\nJoseph Irelan.\\nReuben Irelan.\\nJames Jeffries.\\nJohn Jeffries.\\nJonathan Jerry.\\nSamuel Jess.\\nIsaac Johnson.\\nJoseph Johnson.\\nLawrence Johnson.\\nLewis .lohnson\\nNathaniel Johnson.\\nRichard Johnson.\\nIsaac Johnston.\\nAbraham Jones.\\nAlirani Jones.\\nDaniel .loncs.\\nHugh Jones.\\nJonas Jones.\\nLawrence Jones.\\nSamuel Jones.\\nMichael Johnson.\\nWilliam Johnston.\\nIsaac Jones.\\nJohn Kaighn.\\nReuben Keen.\\nThomas Kehela.\\nDavid Keilson.\\nPatrick Kelly.\\nUriah Kelly.\\nWilliam Kelly.\\nJames Kendle.\\nJohn Kerrey.\\nJohn Kesler.\\nDaniel Kidd.\\nPeter Kidd.\\nJohn Killey.\\n.loseph Kindle.\\nAndrew King.\\nCornelius Lacy.\\nJohn Lafferty.\\nAndrew Lake.\\nJoseph Lake.\\nNathan Lake.\\nWilliam Lake.\\n.Tames Land.\\nNathan Leah.\\nNathaniel Leake.\\nWilliam Leake.\\nGodfrey Leaman.\\nDavid Lee.\\nJoseph Lee.\\nWalter Lee.\\nDaniel Leeds.\\nFelix Leeds.\\n.Tames Leeds.\\nWilliam Leeds.\\nAzariah Leonard.\\nFrancis Lewis.\\nJeremiah Lewis.\\nJohn Linwood.\\nDaniel Lippencott.\\nJohn Lippencott.\\nJohn Little.\\nJohn Little, Sr.\\nJohn Little, Jr.\\nCornelius Locy.\\nJohn Lodge.\\nAnsey Long.\\nMoses Long.\\nSilas Long.\\nAsa Lonl.\\nJohn Lord.\\nJonathan Lord.\\nRichard Lown.\\nIsrael Luck.\\nDaniel Lake.\\nMack Lamor.\\nGeorge I^and.\\nNehemiah I eeds.\\nThomas Leeds.\\n.John Lock.\\n.Jonathan Lock.\\nAbram I oper.\\nAbram Manary.\\nDavid Mancy.\\nBenjamin Mauley.\\nEdmund Mapes.\\nAndrew Mason.\\nDavid Mason.\\nBenjamin Massey.\\nJoseph Masters.\\nDavid Mattacks.\\nJesse Mattacks.\\nMichael McCleary.\\nJohn McCoUum.\\nAbraham McCullock.\\n.Tames McFadden.\\nJohn McFadden.\\nSamuel McFarland.\\nDaniel McGee.\\nGeorge McGonigal.\\nCharles McHenry.\\nWilliam McKay.\\nWilliam Mclvimmy.\\nHector McNeil.\\nGeorge Meare.\\nCharles Meyers.\\nBenjamin Miller.\\nSamuel Miller.\\nStephen Miller.\\nSamuel Mintear.\\nGeorge ]\\\\Iires.\\nJohn Mitchell.\\nAndrew Moore.\\nDaniel Moore.\\nThomas Morris.\\nJonas Morse.\\nNichola.s Morse.\\nGeorge IMoses.\\nSharon Moslander.\\nEzekiel MuUord.\\nFurman Multord.\\nJonathan JIulford.\\nSamuel Mulford.\\nDaveMuney (Murrey).\\nJohn Munnion.\\nWilliam Murjihy.\\nJohn Musbrook.\\nGeorge Marical.\\nJoseph Marshall.\\nWilliam Marshall.\\nAndrew Mart.\\nJohn McClaisuer.\\nAdam McConnell.\\nJoshua Morse.\\nJohn Mullaky.\\nThomas Neaves.\\nDavis Nelson,\\n(rabriel Nelson.\\nJames Nelson.\\n.Joseph Nelson.\\nNehemiah Nelson.\\nRichard Newgen.\\n.T(din Newman.\\nReuben Newman.\\nSilas Newton.\\nCornelius Nichols.\\nThomas Nich(ds.\\nWilson Nickles.\\nJohn Nickleson.\\nDavid Nielson.\\nDavis Nielson.\\nGabriel Nielson.\\nBenjamin Nile.\\nRenjamiii Norcross.\\nJames Norcross.\\nJoseph Norcross.\\nCaleb Norton.\\nJonathan Norton.\\nThomas Nukler.\\nWilson Nuckless.\\nJacob Nichols.\\nJames Norton.\\nJohn Orr (or Ord).\\nDaniel Osborn.\\nDavid Padgett.\\nThomas Padgett.\\nJoseph Parker, Sr.\\nSamuel Parker, Sr.\\nDaniel Parkes.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2losejih Parkes.\\nNoah Parkes.\\nPaul Parkes.\\n.lohn Patterson (1st),\\n.lohn Patterson (2d).\\nJos. ph Paul.\\nRobert Pawpe.\\nSamuel Peckin.\\nStephen Peirson.\\n.lames Penton.\\n.loaeph Penyard.\\nSamuel Penyard.\\nSamuel Perkins.", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0094.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "THE WAR OF THK HKVOLdTlON.\\n75\\nDaniel Perry.\\nJohn Perry.\\nJoseph Perry.\\nMo-ses Perry.\\nPhilip Peters.\\nAbram Peterson.\\nDavid Peterson.\\nJacob Peterson.\\nSamuel Peterson.\\nTh(jnuis Peterson.\\nJoseph Pett.\\nGeorge Pierce.\\nJoseph Piatt.\\nSamuel Piatt.\\nThomas Poarch.\\nLawrence Pouleson.\\nJohn Powell.\\nRichard Powell.\\nJacob Price.\\nLevi Price.\\nThompson Price.\\nWilliam Pridmore.\\nWilliam Prigmore.\\nJoseph Parker, Jr.\\nSamuel Parker, Jr.\\nJohn Parry.\\nIsrael Parshall.\\nl)avid Pierson.\\nWard Pierce.\\nRichard Price.\\nThomas Price.\\nWilliam Quicksel.\\nJohn Rain.\\nJunathiiu Reed.\\nWilliam Reed.\\nJohn Reeves.\\nJoshua Reeves.\\nThomas Reeves.\\nThomas Rennard.\\nSamuel Reynolds.\\nMichael Riie.\\nJoseph Rich.\\nRichard Richerson.\\nRichard Richman.\\nDaniel Richmond.\\nJacob Riley.\\nPatrick Riley.\\nAnn Risley.\\nDavid Risley.\\nJoseph Risley.\\nJohn Robbins.\\nJames Roberts.\\nJoseph Roberts.\\nGeorge Robertson.\\nCaleb Robeson.\\nJeremiah Robeson.\\nJoseph Robeson.\\nThomas Robeson,\\n.fcremiah Robinson.\\nWilliam Rockliill.\\nAndrew Ross.\\nStephen Ross.\\nEnoch Rudnown.\\nEnoch Rudrow.\\nObadiah Reed.\\nMorris Risley.\\nNathaniel Risley.\\nSamuel Risley.\\nThomas Risley.\\nIsaac Robertson.\\nJohn Rossell.\\nJohn Salmon.\\nJohu Salsbury.\\nJoseph Sawings.\\nDavid Sayers.\\nThomas Scott.\\nAbel Scull.\\nDavid Scull.\\nJoseph Scull.\\nPeter Scull.\\nDavid Sealey.\\nJacob Seddons.\\nBenjamin Seeds.\\nJohn Seeley.\\nDavid Seers.\\nWilliam Seller.\\nJohn Selvy.\\nWilliam Senker.\\nJohn Shane.\\nHenry Sharj).\\nReuben Shaw.\\nRichard Shaw.\\nDavid Sheeti;\\nLawrence Slu pherd.\\nNathaniel Shepherd.\\nOwen Shepherd.\\nFrederick Sliinfclt.\\nEdward Shroppear.\\nJohn Shuley.\\nSamuel Shule.\\nHenry Sight,\\nJohn Sill.\\nJohn Silvey.\\n(leorge Simpkins.\\nJames Simpkins.\\nJesse Siner.\\nWilliam Sinker.\\nDavid Skeotr.\\nJohu Slawter.\\nPhilip Slide.\\nJames Smallwood.\\nJohn Smallwood.\\nElias Smith.\\nElijah Smith, .Ir.\\nFelix Smith.\\nHenry Smith.\\nIsaac Smith.\\nJames Smith.\\nJesse Smith.\\nJohn Smith.\\nJoseph Smith.\\nJoshua Smith.\\nMicha Smith.\\nNathan Smith.\\nNoah Smith.\\nThomas Smith.\\nWilliam Smith (1st).\\nWilliam Smith (2d).\\nZenos Smith.\\nDaniel Snellbaker.\\nPhilip Snellbaker.\\nGeorge Snelbacker.\\nDavid Snell.\\nRobert Snelly.\\nJoseph Soey.\\nNicholas Soey.\\nSamuel Soey.\\nDavid Sommers.\\nEnoch Sommers.\\nIsaac Sommers.\\nJohn Somers.\\nRichard Sommers.\\nThomas Sommers.\\nJoseph Sparks.\\nRobert Sparks.\\nThomas Springer.\\nJeremiah Springer.\\nJohn Sprong.\\nJohn Starkey.\\nJohn Spire.\\nRichard Stedman.\\nAndrew Steelman.\\nDaniel Steelman.\\nDavid Steelman.\\nKbenezer Steelman.\\nFrederick Steelman.\\nGeorge Steelman,\\nJames Steelman, Sr.\\nJames Steelman.\\nJohn Steelman.\\nJonas Steelman.\\nJonathan Steelman, Jr.\\nJonathan Steelman, Sr.\\nRichard Steelman.\\nDavid Stephens.\\nEzekiel Steward.\\n.rosc]ili Steward.\\nAlexander Stewart.\\nJoel Stewart.\\nJcdin Stewart, Sr.\\n.Tohii Stewart, .Ir.\\nStephen Stewart.\\nEbenezer Stebbins.\\nDavid Stilwell.\\nSamuel Stoddard.\\nThomas Stonebauk.\\n.loel Stord.\\nThomas Stothem.\\nSamuel Strickland.\\nJohn Strumble.\\nGideon Stull.\\n.lames Summers.\\nJohn Stut}nan.\\nAbraham Swaim,\\nJudeth Swain.\\nJesse Swan.\\nIsaac Swandler.\\nValentine Sweeny.\\nTimothy Swiney.\\nValentine Swing.\\nIsaac Taylor.\\nRobert Taylor.\\nWilliam Tenneut.\\nIsaac Terrepin.\\nUriah Terrepin.\\nJonathan Terry.\\nJames Thomas.\\nJohn Thackry.\\nJohn Thomas.\\nRichard Thomas.\\nWilliam Thomson.\\nOliver Thorp.\\nJohn Tice.\\nDaniel Tilton.\\nPeter Till,\\n.losepli Tillon.\\nJacob Timberman.\\nElijah Toinlin.\\nJacob Tomlin.\\nJonathan Tomlin.\\nWilliam Tomlin.\\nLewis Ton.son.\\nRedack Tourain.\\n.lohn Towne.\\n.lames Townsend.\\nDaniel Townsend.\\nJohn Townsend.\\nReddick Townsend.\\nDaniel Trumey.\\nJohn Vanncmon.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0095.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "76\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nDavid Vernon.\\nGeorge Waggoner.\\nJohn Walker.\\nGeorge Wall.\\nJohn Wallace.\\nJohn Wallis.\\nBenjamin Weatherby.\\nDavid Weatherliy.\\n(ieorge Weatlierby.\\nJohn Weeks.\\nZephaniah Weeks.\\nSeth Weldon.\\nThomas Weldron.\\nJacob Wence.\\nPeter Wells.\\nIsrael West.\\nUriah West.\\nPorter Wheatou.\\nRobert Wheaton.\\nSilas Wheaton.\\nUriah Wheaton.\\nSamuel Whitacre.\\nJennings White.\\nJohn White.\\nJohn Whitlock.\\nJohn Wild.\\nDaniel Wiles.\\nJames Wiley.\\nDavid Williams.\\nEdward Williams.\\nGeorge Williams.\\nWilliam Williams.\\nJohn Williams.\\nDavid Williamson.\\nJohn Wilsey.\\nElijah Wilson.\\nWilliam Wilson.\\nSamuel Woodrutt\\nJohn Woolson.\\nSamuel Worrick.\\nJohn Wright.\\nHance Young.\\nUriah Young.\\nJacob Zimmerman.\\nLieutenant Eichard Somers at Trip-\\noli. In the war in which the United\\nStates engaged next after achieving their\\nindependence, that against the Barbary State.s\\non tiie African coast of the Mediterranean\\nSea, to punish and .suppress their piracy,\\nLieutenant Richard Somers wtin a fame\\nwhicli will last as long as the memory of\\ngallant deeds endures. He was the son of\\nColonel Richard Somers, of the army of the\\nRevolution, was horn in Egg Harbor, and\\nbecame an officer in the American army in\\n1796. In the squadron which Commodore\\nPreble took to fight the Moors in 1803 he\\ncommanded the schooner Nautilus. hen\\nthe enemy ciipturcd the Philadelphia, in\\n1804, Somers conceived the project of send-\\ning into the inner harbor of Tripoli the little\\ngunboat or ketch Inlrepid as a fire-ship\\nand infernal machine. She was loaded and\\nher decks covered with powder, boud)s,\\ngrape-shot, rockets and various missiles, the\\nexpectation being to so explode her amidst\\nthe Moorish ficet and close to the fortifica-\\ntions that she might inflict the greatest\\ndamage on both, po.s.sibly destroy the Phila-\\ndelphia, and cause the release of her crew\\nand other Americans slowly perishing in\\nthe prisons of Tripoli. Somers volunteered\\nfor the command of this desperate expedi-\\ntion, and had with him four other volunteers\\nfrom the crew of the Nautilus.\\nFenimoi-e Cooper has tersely told the narra-\\ntive of that fateful night of Septeniljer 4,\\n1804,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nOnce assured of the temper of his companions,\\nSomers took leave of his officers, the boat s crew\\ndoing the same, shaking hands and expressing\\ntheir feelings as if they felt assured of their fate in\\nadvance. Each of the four men made his will\\nverbally, disposing of his eft ects among his ship-\\nmates like those about to die. Several of Somers\\nfriends visited him on board the Intrepid be-\\nfore she got under way. Somers was grave and\\nentirely without any affectation of levity orindifl er-\\nence, but he maintained his usual quiet and tran-\\nquil manner. After some conversation he took a\\nring fi-om his finger, and breaking it into three\\npieces, gave each of his companions one, while\\nhe retained the third himself.\\nTwo boats accompanied the Inti epid to\\nbring ort the party just after setting fire to the\\ntrain. About nine o clock in the evening Lieu-\\ntenant Reed was the last to leave the Intrepid\\nfor his own vessel. When he went over her side\\nall communication between the gallant spirits she\\ncontained and the rest of the world ceased. The\\nketch was seen to proceed cautiously into the\\nbay, but was soon obscured by the haze on the\\nwater. At ten o clock the enemy s batteries were\\nslowly firing upon her. At this moment Captain\\nStewart and Lieutenant Carroll were standing in\\nthe gangway of the Siren, one of the American\\nfleet, looking intently toward the place where the\\nketch was known to be, when the latter exclaimed,\\nLook see the light I At that instant a light\\nwas seen passing and waving, as if a lantern were\\ncarried by some person along a vessel s deck.\\nThen it sunk from view. Half a minute may\\nhave elapsed, when the whole firmament was\\nlighted by a fiery glow, a burning mast with its\\nsails was seen in the air, the whole harbor was\\nmomentarily illuminated, the awful explosion\\ncame and a darkness like that of doom succeeded.\\nThe whole was over in less than a minute, the\\n(lame, the quaking of towers, the reeling of ships,\\nand even the bursting of shells, of which most fell\\nin tlie water, though some lodged on the rocks.\\nStewart and Decatur, who were bidding him farewell.", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0096.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "TIIK WAR OF 1S12-14\\nThe tiring ceased, and lioiii (hat iiistaiil Tiipiili\\npassed the night in a stillness as piofoiMid as that\\nin whicli the vietims of this explnsinn have lain\\nfrom that fatal hour to this.\\nWhetlier Somer.-^ I)ur])Osely l le\\\\v ii|) the\\nIntrepid to preveut capture, wlii tlier the\\nexplosion was at-cideutal, or wlietiier it was\\na hot shot from a Moorisli gun is a ([uestioii\\nthat will never be answered, for he and his\\nfour devoted shipmates perished in tlie\\ndisaster.\\nC H A P T E R AM T T\\nTHF. WAR (IK Sr_ -1 1.\\nThe prosperity of the United States after\\nthe achievement of their independence was\\ninterrupted by the war between England\\nand France, during the career of Napoleon\\nBonaparte. Those nations declared each\\nother s ports to be in a state of blockade,\\nwhich closed them against American com-\\nmerce. The British government demanded\\nthe right of search, to take from American\\nvessels, sailors, claimed to be of English birth,\\nand impress them into the English service.\\nThe Atuerican people demanded free trade\\nand sailors rights, and the outrages perpe-\\ntrated were so great that America insisted\\nupon a surrender of the British claim of\\nsearch. The government of the United\\nStates refused to negotiate on the subject, and\\nan embargo was laid upon all ships in Amer-\\nican ports.\\nIn all, three thousand American sailors,\\nwho were, or were claimed to be, of British\\nliirth, were impressed into the British navy;\\nand many hundreds of Irish emigrants on\\ntheir way to the United States were taken\\nfrom their ships, upon which they were sail-\\ning on the high seas, and compelled to serve\\non British decks as marines.\\nThe crowning act was committed on June\\n22, 1807, when the British frigate Leopard,\\nwithout warning, fired into the American\\nman-of-war Che.sai)eake, disabled iier and\\ntook from among her crew four men, on the\\ncharge that they were leserlers from a Brit-\\nish ship. Congi-e.ss ])assed the Embargo and\\nXon-Intercourse Acts, wiiich were retaliatory\\nmeasures designed to stop commerce between\\nthe United States and Great Britain. IMie\\nDemocrats, who favored a declaration of war,\\nelected Madison President, for whom New-\\nJersey gave her electoral vote. The consj)ir-\\nacy of Governor Craig, of Gaiuula, and the\\nBritish ministry to induce thelS ew England\\nStates to secede from the Union, by aggra-\\nvating the discontent which they, the great\\nship-owning and couimercial section of the\\nnation, felt because of the prostration of tiiat\\ninterest, was revealed by John Henry, and\\non June 4, 1812, war was declared by Con-\\ngress.\\nThe prevailing sentiment in New Jersey\\nfavored peace if it could be had with honor,\\nbut it did not flinch from the crisis that Eng-\\nland precipitated. On January 9th, five\\nmonths before the declaration of war, Sam-\\nuel Pennington, of Essex County, introduced\\nin the House of Assembly a |)reamble and\\nresolutions, reciting the gi-ievances of the\\ncountry, and adding,\\nThat in ease the government of the United\\nStates shall eventually determine to resist by\\nforce the lawless aggressions eommitted by the\\nBritish nation on the persons and property of our\\ncitizens, this Legislature, in behalf of themselves\\nand the citizens of New Jersey, whose representa-\\ntives they are, pledge themselves to the nation to\\nrender to the general government all the aid, as-\\nsistance and support in their power, and will, with\\nall readiness, perform all the duties required of\\nthem in the prosecution of a war undertaken for\\nthe common defence and general welfare.\\nOn Novetnber 16th an order calling out\\nthe militia was i.ssued, and among those who\\ntendered the services of their companies was\\nCaptain Pi.ssant, of Woodbury. No other\\norganization is reported at that time as com-\\ning from Gloucester County, but it seems\\nthat manv Gloucester men were enrolled in", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0097.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "78\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ncompanies formed at Salem, and that they\\nwere commanded hy Captains Tuft, William\\nRay, Freas and Garrison.\\nAltogether New Jersey had about four\\nthousand men under arms during this war.\\nThey were in service generally three months;\\nfive hundred at Fort Richmond, on Staten\\nIsland other detachments at Paulus Hook\\nand Mai cus Hook, and still others along the\\nDelaware River. The State was not the\\ntheatre of any military operations, but pre-\\ncautionary measures were taken in case the\\nBritish should attempt an invasion by way\\nof the Delaware, which was frequently\\nthreatened by the presence of her fleets\\nalong the coast. In 1814 a brigade of\\nmilitia, under command of General Eben-\\nezer Elmer, was stationed at Billingsport,\\nfrom whence it observed the movements of a\\nsmall British schooner, which occasionally\\ncame into the river. Forty or tifty of these\\nlandsmen chartered another schooner, and,\\nputting themselves under the direction of a\\ndragoon officer, who had been a sailor, they\\nput off to attack the foe. Unluckily, the\\nwater was so rough that all hands, except the\\ncaptain and a few others, were driven below\\nby sea-sickness but even thus disabled, he\\ngave chase to the British vessel, which\\ncrowded on canvas and put out to sea,\\nthough she could easily have captured her\\npursuer.\\nIn the latter part of 1813, as several small\\ncoasters were sailing around Cape May from\\nthe Delaware River, bound for Kgg Harbor,\\nthey came in contact with a British armed\\nschooner lying off the Cape. She chased\\nand captured the sloop New Jersey, from\\nMays Landing, which was manned by the\\nmaster, Captain Burton, and two hands.\\nHaving placed on board as prize-master a\\nyoung midshipman, with three men (two\\np]nglishmen and an Irishman), she ordered\\nthe sloop to follow her, and made chase for\\nthe other vessels. As they neared Egg Har-\\nbor, the apj)roach of night compelled her to\\ndesist from the chase, and she then put about\\nfor tlie Cape. The sloop followed, but made\\nlittle headway, the midshipman in command\\nbeing an indifferent seaman, and he finally\\nordered Burton to take the helm and head\\nfor Cape May. Burton designedly held the\\nsloop off and on during the night, so that\\nwhen morning dawned they were off the\\nmouth of Great Egg Harbor. Burton pro-\\nfessed ignorance of his whereabouts, and the\\npuzzled British middy sent one man aloft as\\na look-out, while he went below with another\\nto study the charts, leaving one of the prize-\\ncrew on deck with the Americans. The lat-\\nter made this man prisoner, secured the look-\\nout as he came down from the masthead,\\nlocked the midshipman and his companion\\nin the cabin, and thus recaptured their vessel,\\nwhich they sailed to Somers Point, where\\nthey turned their captives over to an Ameri-\\ncan officer. The midshipman was exchanged,\\nthe two Englishmen went to work in the\\nneighborhood and the Irishman enlisted in\\nthe United States uavy.\\nThe heroic CVptain James Lawrence, so\\ngreatly distinguished in this war, though\\nborn in Burlington, obtained much of his\\neducation at the academy in \\\\Voodbury, where\\nhe studied navigation with Samuel Webster.\\nFor two years he read law with his brother\\nJohn, who was a leading practitioner at the\\nGloucester bar, but left his office in 1798 to\\naccept a midshipman s commission in the\\nnavv. Mickle, in his Reminiscences of Old\\n(iloucester, relates that he was told by a\\nfriend who met Lawrence at English s Ferry,\\nin Camden, at the opening of the war, that\\nthe latter remarked with much warmth, in\\nalluding to the attack of the Leopard upon\\nthe Chesapeake I shall never sleep sound\\nuntil that stain is washed from the Chesa-\\npeake s decks. Perhaps he had this deed\\nof vengeance in mind when he was promoted\\nCommodore Stephen Decatur was also a pupil at\\nthis school, and during his academic terms in Wood-\\nbury resided with the West family, at the Buck Tavern.", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0098.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "THE WAR OF 1812-14.\\n79\\nto the command of the (Chesapeake, and, on\\nJune 1, 1813, accepted the challenge of Cap-\\ntain Broke, of the Briti.^li frigate Shannon,\\nto the combat off the Massachusetts coast,\\n(xoing into action with an unprepared shij\\nand a raw crew, he suffered a terrible defeat\\nand lost his own life. As they bore him\\ndown the hatchway, bleeding to death, he\\ngave, in feeble voice, his last heroic order-\\never afterward the motto of the American\\nmau-o -war s man Don tgive up the ship.\\nOn the previous 24th of February, while\\ncommanding the Hornet, he had captureil\\nthe British sloop-of-war T ejicock on the\\nSouth American coast, and had won the plau-\\ndits of the nation.\\nNew Jersey Militia. The army oi\\nthe United States previous to 1808 num-\\nbered only three thousand men, but the same\\nyear the force was increased to six thousand.\\nIn January, 1812, Congress had directed a\\nforce of twenty-five thousand to be raised, so\\nthat the entire number authorized by law\\nnow exceeded thirty-five thousand, including\\nthe officers, and consisted of twenty-five reg-\\niments of infantry, three of artillery, two of\\nlight artillery, two of dragoons and two rifle\\nregiments. In addition to this, the President\\nwas authorized to accept the services of any\\nnumber of volunteers not exceeding fifty\\nthousand, who were to be armed and equipped\\nby the United States and a similar author-\\nity was given to him to call upon the Uover-\\nnors of States for detachments of militia, the\\nwhole of which was not to exceed one hun-\\ndred thousand.\\nAaron Ogden, Governor of New Jersey,\\nissued his proclamation calling fi)r volunteers\\nto garrison fortifications and for coast defense.\\nIn answer to this call, Gloucester County\\nresponded with eleven full companies of\\ntroops, of which one was independent, eight\\nwere attached to Brigadier-General Ebenezer\\nElmer s brigade of detailed militia and were\\na.ssigned to Colonel Joshua Howell s ix gi-\\nment. They were .stationed at Billingsport,\\nCape May and Fort Elizabeth. Fwo lull\\ncompanies one of infantry and the other of\\nartillery were a.ssigned to the defen.se of the\\nsea-coast from New York Harl) )r to ape Mav,\\nand as occasion demanded, were d( tache l to\\nprotect any and all points along the sea-coast.\\nUXIl ORMKll SOI.niEKS IN ISll\\nThe territory embraced in Atlantic and\\nCape May Counties, since taken from Glou-\\ncester, sent out its cjuota of volunteers who took\\na prominent part in inland and coast protec-\\ntion, and asall the troops iicrein appended were\\naccredited to TJoucester County, it is impossible\\nto collect and assign the troops to the .several\\ncounties, as upon the original rolls, now in\\nthe office of the adjutant-general in Trenton\\n(and from which these list.s were copied each\\nand all the companies are mentioned only as\\nfrom Gloucester County.\\nThe first full compaiiy to offer its servi es\\nto (Governor Ogden was that of Captain .Inhn\\nCade.\\nThe name of Captain John Cade is yet\\nwell remembered by many citizens of Glou-\\ncester, Camden and Atlantic Counties for", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0099.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "80\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nmaiiv years he was court-crier and jail-keeper\\nat Woodbury and took a prominent part in\\nthe military organizations of the county.\\nHis son, Thomas Jefferson C ade, the\\ndrummer-boy of Billingsport, was attached\\nto his company and at this date, 1886, is an\\nhonored official in the clerk s office in Wood-\\nbury.\\nAn Independent Co rPANY of New\\nJersey Militia. Cajitain John Cade was\\nplaced on duty at Billingsport and assigned\\nto Major William Potter s detachment. This\\ncompany was enrolled July 14, 1813, and\\ndischarged Septeml)er 1813. The fol-\\nlowing is its rank and file\\nCaptain.\\nJohn Cade.\\nLieutenantit.\\nZephaiii.ih Steelinau. Joseph Bright.\\nSergediit^.\\nWilliam Th(imi)snn. Jacob Featherer.\\nJohn M. Gibson. David Ewings.\\nThomas Fulton.\\nCorpordh.\\nSamuel Avis. George Floyd.\\nJames Milsom. Samuel J^eapcutl.\\nDriiiiinicr.\\nThomas .lefferson Cade.\\nFifer.\\nWilliam Allen.\\nPrivates.\\nJames Andrews. William Helap.\\nWare Askill. Jai-ob Dilks.\\nNathaniel Ashmore. .Tose| h Doty.\\nJacob Adams. HcTiry Daniels.\\nJohn Alloway. James Dublc.\\nJoseph Atkinson. Jonathan Dougherty.\\nZedekiah Barber. David Evan.s.\\nAbraham Bacon. John Epley.\\nGeorge Burket. Nidiolas Elberson.\\nJoseph Bozortli, Jaiob Fo.x.\\nLuke Braning. John Firinemore.\\nGeorge Bosier. William Finncmore.\\nThomas Busier. Samuel Fagan.\\nHenry Crowell. Annias Gant.\\n-Isaac Crawford. .loseph Grolf.\\nWilliam Cahala. William Grant.\\nJames Crawford. Solomon Gaskcl.\\nHenry Craven. Scth Homaii.\\nJames Cunningham. John Hoshin.\\nJoseph Cairl. ^\\\\\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iHiam Holmes, Jr.\\nAbraham Hewlings.\\nDaniel Holland.\\nJoseph Hilyard.\\nAmos Ireland.\\nHezekiah Ireland.\\nWilliam Jacobs.\\nJames McNenney.\\nRobert Nelson.\\nJoseph Powell.\\nJoseph Paneoast.\\nChristopher Slim.\\nDavid Stibbins.\\nWilliam Leonard, Jr. George Simkins.\\nDavid Lock. Joseph Shute.\\nBenjamin Lord. Samuel Saxton.\\nAbijah Learning. Samuel Simson.\\nMethusala Lupton. William Simson.\\nWilliam Milson. James A. Tice.\\nJames Milson, Jr. William Tice.\\nThomas Milson. Ephraim Taylor.\\nEber Ml Ilvain. Benjamin Taylor,\\n.lohn Jtiller. David Thomas,\\n.lames JIallet Jacob Thompkins.\\nJohn Morris. James Vennel.\\nCyrus Middleton. Nicholas Vansant.\\nEli Jhither. Venable Wallace.\\nCharles McGee. Aaron Wonderlin.\\nTotal Three commis.sioned officers, ninety-\\none enlisted men.\\nCaptain John K. Scull s Company\\nwas organized April 14, 1S14. The officers\\nwere commissioned May 6, 1S14 was called\\na volunteer company of the First Battalion,\\nFirst Regiment, (Jloucester Brigade. The\\ntroops were enrolled May 25, 1814, and were\\ndischarged February 12, 1815. The fblk)W-\\ning is the rank and file of thiscom[)any\\niiplaiii.\\nJohn R. Scull.\\nFirst fAentennnt.\\nIjawrence Scull.\\nSecond Lieuteniint.\\nLevi Holbcrt.\\nThird l.it uteiiant\\nJob Frambes.\\nEn-ngn.\\nSamuel Risley.\\nFirst Sergeant.\\nDavid Frambes.\\nStrge inte.\\nZacliariah Dole. Samuel Lake.\\nIsrael Scull. Richard I. Somcrs.\\n(hrpont/.\\n.Idliii I iuc. Isaac Robinson.\\nThomas Reeves.\\nDrummer.\\nRobert Risley.\\nFifir.\\nJames r. Gilford.", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0100.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "THE WAR OF 1\u00c2\u00ab12-14.\\n81\\nJames Adams.\\nJeremiah Adams,\\n.lonas Adams.\\nSolomon Adams.\\nJacob Albertsoii.\\nJohn Barber.\\nDavid E. Bartlett.\\nJohn Beaston.\\nAndrew Blackman.\\nAndrew B. Blacknii\\nThomas Blackman.\\nDerestius Booy.\\nJoseph H. Booy.\\nJames Burton.\\nJesse Chamberlain.\\nJesse Chambers.\\nEnoch Champion.\\nJohn Champion.\\nJoel Clayton.\\nJohn Clayton.\\nAbsalom Cordery.\\nSamuel Delancy.\\nJames Doughty.\\nEnoch Doughty.\\nJohn Doughty.\\nDaniel Edward.s.\\nDaniel English.\\nHosea English.\\nAaron Frambes.\\nAndrew Frambes.\\nStephen Gauslin.\\nAndrew Godfrey.\\nAndrew Hickman.\\nEbenezer Holbert.\\nClement Ireland.\\nDavid Ireland.\\nElijah Ireland.\\nJob Ireland.\\nThomas Ireland.\\nAndrew Jeffers.\\nDaniel Jefters.\\nEvin Jefters.\\nNicholas Jefters.\\nJohn Jefters.\\nWilliam Jeffers.\\nEnoch Laird.\\nDavid Lee.\\nJesse Marshall.\\nDaniel Mart.\\nJohn Mart.\\nRichard Morri.\\nPrivates.\\nDavid Price.\\nJohn Price, Sr.\\nJohn Price, Jr.\\nJohn Riggins.\\nJeremiah Risley, Sr.\\n.leremiah Risley, Jr.\\nNathaniel Risley.\\nPeter Risley.\\nRichard Risley.\\nn. .Tohu Robarts.\\nJohn Robinson.\\nAndrew Scull.\\nDavid Scull.\\nJohn S. Scull.\\nJoseph Scull.\\nRichard Scull.\\nDamon Somers.\\nEdmund Somers.\\nIsaac Somers.\\nJames Somers.\\nJohn J. Somers.\\nJohn S. Somers.\\nJoseph Somers.\\nMark Somers.\\nNicholas Somers.\\nSamuel Somers.\\nThomas Somers.\\nAbel Smith.\\nEnoch Smith.\\nIsaac Smith.\\nJacob Smith.\\nJesse Smith.\\nZopbar Smith.\\nDavid Steelman.\\nElijah Steelman.\\nFrancis Steelman.\\nFrederick Steelman.\\nJames Steelman.\\nJesse Steelman.\\nPeter C. Steelman.\\nReed Steelman.\\nSamuel Steelman.\\nDaniel Tilton.\\n.fames Townsend.\\n.Taphet Townsend.\\n.loel Vansant.\\nJoseph Wilkins.\\nMartin Wilsey.\\n.Tohn Winner.\\n.Joseph Winner.\\nCaptain Robert Smith s Artillery\\nCompany was enrolled May 1, 1814, and wa.\\nattached to the Second Battalion, Third Reg-\\niment, Gloucester Brigade, and discharged\\nFebruary 19, 1815. The following was the\\nraidc and file\\n(hptaiii.\\nRobert Smith.\\nFirst Lieutenant.\\nJoseph Endicott.\\nSecond Lieutenant.\\nJohn Endicott.\\nFirst Sergeant.\\nWilliam Endicott.\\nLevi SmallwdOf\\nJoseph Kindle.\\nDaniel Kindle, Sr\\nJoseph Shores.\\nSer jeant,\\nNehemiah Mor.se.\\n.Tames Smith.\\nCuriiorals.\\nMalcolm McCoUum.\\nSamuel McCoUum.\\nJoseph .Tohnson.\\nTotal Five commissioned officers, one\\nhuTidrcd and twelve enlisted men.\\n11\\nEvy Adams.\\nJohn Adams.\\nThomas Adams.\\nJoab Bates.\\nJoseph Bell.\\nWilliam Bennett.\\nJames Blackman.\\nJohn Bowen.\\nJoseph Bowen.\\nJohn Brewer.\\nJoshua Burnet.\\nGeorge Clifton.\\nAbsalom Conover.\\nAdam Conover.\\nEliakim Conover.\\nJames Conover.\\nJob Conover.\\nJohn Conover.\\nJosiah Conover.\\nMicajah Conover.\\nPeter Conover.\\nSomers Conover.\\nWilliam Conover.\\nDaniel Cordery.\\nEdmund Cordery.\\nSanuiel Delap.\\nAbner Doughty.\\nDrummers-\\nReuben Mathis.\\nFifer.\\nfyeed Risley.\\nrrinate.\\nJohn Doughty.\\nNathaniel Doughty.\\nThomas Doughty.\\nBenjamin Endicott.\\nJacob Endicott.\\nNicholas Endicott.\\nJoseph Garwood.\\nJames Giberson.\\nJesse Giberson.\\nJohn Giberson.\\nHuston Grapevine.\\nAaron Hewitt.\\nAbsalom Higbee.\\nEdward Higbee.\\nEnoch Higbee.\\nDaniel Homan.\\nEli Homan.\\nDavid Homan.\\nMahlon Homan.\\nIsaac Horn.\\nDaniel Ireland.\\nVincent Ireland.\\nWilliam Johnson.\\nDaniel Kindle, Jr.\\nThomas Kindle\\nCornelius Leed.s.\\n.Tosse Leeds.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0101.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "82\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEWJERSEY.\\nReuben Leeds.\\nBeaiah Mathis.\\nDaniel McCollum.\\nJesse McCollum.\\nJohn McCollum.\\nSamuel McCollum.\\nJoab Morse\\nJoshua Morse.\\nThomas S- Murphy.\\nDaniel Newberry.\\nSolomon Newberry.\\nJesse Parker.\\nEli Risley.\\nJohn Risley.\\nDaniel Scull.\\nGideon Scull.\\nJames Scull.\\nPaul Scull.\\nGideon\\nDavid Shores.\\nSamuel Smallwood.\\nIsaac Smith.\\nJonathan Smith.\\nNoah Smith.\\nJoseph Somers.\\nRichard Somers.\\nWilliam Somers.\\nBenjamin Sooy.\\nNicholas Sooy.\\nSamuel Sooy.\\nReed Steelman.\\nEli Strickland.\\nJohn Strickland.\\nSamuel Strickland.\\nAaron Thomas.\\nJohn Turner.\\nVincent Weeks.\\nWilklon.\\nTotal Three officers, one hundred and four\\nenlisted men.\\nGeneral Elmer s Brigade. The fol-\\nlowing is the roster of the field and staff of\\nLieutenant-Colonel Howell s regiment, to\\nwhich the following-mentioned companies\\nwere assigned. The roster of each of the\\neight companies of Elmer s brigade are ap-\\npended. They were copied from the original\\nrolls in theoffice of Adjutant-General Stryker,\\nat Trenton\\nLieutenant- oloni:!.\\nJoshua L. Howell, Sept. 7, 14, disch. Dec. 22, 14.\\nMajors.\\nMahlon Davis, Sept. 7, 14, died Nov. 17, 14.\\nSamuel Seagraves, Sept. 26, 14, disch. Jan. 6, If).\\nLieutenant and Adjutant.\\nJosiah Matlack, Sept. 23, 14, disch. Dec. 22, 14.\\nLieutenants and Quartermasters.\\nThomas R. Denny, Sept. 21, 14, disch. Sept. 29, 14.\\nThomas Bradway, Sept. 30, 14, disch. Dec. 22, 14.\\nPay-Master.\\nJohn Clement, Sept. 31, 14, disch. .Ian. (i, 13.\\nSurgeon.\\nJeremiah J. Foster, Sept. 26, 14, disch. .Ian. 6, 15.\\nSurgeon s Mates.\\nMoses Bateman, Jr., Sept. 25, 14, died Nov. 7, 14.\\nEdmond Sheppard, Nov. 8, 14, disch. Jan. 6, 15.\\nWagon Master.\\nJames Miller, Nov. 27, 14, disch. Jan. 7, 15.\\nNOX-COMMI.SSIONED STAFF.\\nSergeant- Maj or\\nEvan C. Clement, Sept. 23, 14, disch. Dec. 22, 14.\\nQuartermaster-Sergeant\\nBenjamin Nichols, Sept. 26, 14, disch. Jan. 6, 15.\\nDrum-Major.\\nJoseph Purfil, Jr., Sept. 26, 14, disch. Dec. 22, 14.\\nFife-Major.\\nClement R. Cory, Sept. 26, 14, disch. Dec. 22, 14.\\nTotal, fifteen.\\nCaptain Thomas Wescoat s Co.mpany\\nwas enrolled September 21, 1814, discharged\\nJanuary 4, IS15, was stationed at Billings-\\nport. The following was the rank and file\\nof the company\\nCaptain.\\nThomas Wescoat.\\nLieutenant.\\nArthur Wescoat.\\nEnsign.\\nSolomon Adams.\\nSergeants.\\nJohn Johnson. James Wiltse.\\nJames Smith. John Hosking.\\nCorporals.\\nSimon Morgan. Edward Dans.\\nSamuel Pettitt. Daniel Veal.\\nPrivates.\\nRobert Leeds.\\nGeorge Adams.\\nNoah Adams.\\nRobert Ashcraft.\\nElijah Barett.\\nRichard Barrett.\\nEdward Beebe.\\nJoseph Beebe.\\nWilliam Bennet.\\nDaniel Berry.\\nDavid Campbell.\\nNathaniel Carver.\\nWilliam Clark.\\nEdmund Cordeary.\\n.lacob Cox.\\nMichael Garvette.\\nDaniel Giberson.\\nJohn Hickman.\\nMajor Higbee.\\nEdward Hooper,\\n.lames Hughes.\\nGeorge Irelon.\\nJohn Johnson, Jr.\\n.Tames Jones.\\nCharles Lord.\\nJohn Murphy.\\nJohn Peterson.\\nJesse Platte.\\nGeorge Poyier.\\nSamuel Read.\\nDaniel Rose.\\nDaniel Smith.\\nJohn I. Smith.\\nJohn Smith.\\nSteelman Smith.\\nElijah Steelman.\\nIsaac Steelman.\\nJohn Stewart.\\nDavid Stibbins.\\nEli Strickliii.\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Abraham Toilor.\\nJohn Turner.\\nDaniel Vanneman.\\nDavid Veal.\\nJames Wiley.\\nBooze Wilkins.", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0102.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "THE WAR OF 1812-14.\\n83\\nTotal: Three commissioned officers, fifty-\\nfive enlisted men.\\nCaptain Richard W. Cheeseman s\\nCompany of detailed militia was stationed\\nat Billingsport. It was enrolled September\\n22, 1814, and di.scharged December 1(5, 1814.\\nThe following was the rank and file\\nCaptaitu\\nRichard W. Cheeseinan.\\nLieuUnant.\\nJamea Bakley.\\nEnsign.\\nJacob Conrow.\\nSergeants.\\nJohn Wolohou. John Armitage.\\nSamuel Hewitt. Christopher Sickler.\\nCurporals.\\nJohu Watsou, Jr. Jacob Cramer.\\nThomas Fulton. Henry Zulker.\\nDru7nmer.\\nIsaiah Dill.\\nFifer.\\nWilliam Killium.\\nPrirates.\\nNehemiah Beebe.\\nElijah Brilton.\\nJoseph Brittou.\\nArthur H. Brown.\\nThomas Brown.\\nWesley Brown.\\nIsaac Bryan.\\nJob Burloe.\\nJohn Cheeseman.\\nRichard G. Cheeseman,\\nSamuel Cheeseman.\\nJoseph Dilks.\\nM duke Dukemeuier.\\nPeter Dunn.\\nJames English.\\nSamuel Farrow.\\nBenjamin Filar.\\nDavid Fisher.\\nWilliam Ford.\\nOsman Garrison,\\nHudson Grajjewine.\\nWilliam Grapewine.\\nDaniel Hagerty.\\nWilliam Hewet.\\nJoseph W. Hillman.\\nJohn Jones.\\nJonathan Kendall.\\nWilliam Leslie.\\nCromwell Lewis.\\nDavid Matlack.\\nJosiah Mickel.\\nJoseph Morgan.\\nRandall Morgan.\\nJoshua Owen.\\nEnos Parker.\\nCornelius Peas.\\nJosiah Peas.\\nAnthony Pettit.\\nJonathan Pine.\\nWilliam Randall.\\nJohn Robertson.\\nWilliam Rowand.\\nSamuel Rudrow.\\nSamuel Slim.\\nDavid Tice.\\nJames A. Tice.\\nJohn Wallins.\\nJames Warrick.\\nJoseph Watkins.\\nJohn Webber.\\nJoseph Wiley.\\nThomas Williams.\\nJohn Zulkes.\\nTotal Three commissioned officers and\\nsixty-three enlisted men.\\nCaptain Jesse C. Chew s Company was\\nstationed at Billingsport. It was enrolled Sep-\\ntember 23, 1814, and disciiarged December\\n20, 1814. Tile following was the rank and\\nfile:\\nCaptain.\\nJesse C. Chew.\\nLieutenant.\\nJohn Smith.\\nScrgeantn.\\nJohn Nelson. William Thompson.\\nCharles Brooklield. Sparks Mcllvain.\\nCorporals.\\nIsaac Paul. Samuel White.\\nJoseph Mullen. George Sherwin.\\nDrummer.\\nJames Crawford.\\nPrir\\nAbel Ashead.\\nSamuel Baxter.\\nElijah Blake.\\nDavid Bowers.\\nIsrael Brown.\\nThomas Burrough.\\nJohn Carpenter.\\nJeremiah Carter.\\nSamuel Carrtar.\\nKendall Cole.\\nJohn Connelly, Jr.\\nWilliam Connelly.\\nJames Corneal.\\nCharles Cozens.\\nBarnes Crawford.\\nJacob Dilks.\\nSamuel Dilks.\\nSamuel Dilks, Jr.\\nJonathan Fowler.\\nFranklin B. Frost.\\nJames Gant.\\nJoel Heritage.\\nIsaac Hews.\\nDavid Hurst.\\nIsaac Jackson.\\nMatthias Kay.\\nJohn Mcllvain.\\nDaniel McFee.\\nSamuel Mitten.\\nReuben Mullen.\\nHenry Myers.\\nJames Park.\\nWard Park.\\nWilliam Peterson.\\nJohn Piles.\\nRobert Pike.\\nIsaac Price.\\nJames Seeds.\\nJohn Sharp.\\nWilliam Sharp.\\nGeorge Simpkins.\\nJoseph Thomson.\\nEdward Thornton.\\nJohn Whh.\\nTotal Two commissioned officers and fifty-\\nthree enlisted men.\\nC.\\\\PTAiN Robert L. Armstrong s Com-\\npany wiis enrolled September 26, 1814, and\\ndischarged December 22, 1814. It was\\nstationed at Billingsport and afterwards at\\nCape May. The following was the rank and\\ntile:", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0103.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "m\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, HiEW JERSEY.\\nRobert L. Armstrong.\\nFirst Lieutenant.\\nSamuel L. Howell.\\nSecond Lieutenant.\\nRandall Sparks.\\nEnsign.\\nHenry Roe, Jr.\\nSergeants.\\nWilliam Hugg. John Learmouth.\\nJacob Madera. Matthias Barton.\\nCorporals,\\nNathan Thomson. John Mickle.\\nBenjamin Darlington. John D. Watson.\\nPrivates.\\nEdward Andrews. Charles Kinsenger.\\nThomas Ashbrook. John Matlack.\\nThomas Ayres. James G. Moysten.\\nBenjamin Bartlett. Somers Owen.\\nWilliam Batt. Charles Page.\\nCharles D. Branson. David Pierce.\\nGideon Burroughs. .\\\\masa Pew.\\nJohn Burroiighs. Tliomas Pawlings.\\nJonas Cattell. Joseph Richards.\\nRobert Chatham. Thomas Richards.\\nSamuel Cheeseman. John Roberts.\\nSamuel E. CU^menl. Robert Roe.\\nJob Coles. William Roe.\\nSamuel Coles. William H. Ross.\\nEdward Co.x. William Rutor.\\nJames Cox. William Scott.\\nCharles Crump. Jacob Sears.\\nHenr} Davis. Benjamin Shreeve.\\nJames Dorman. Simon Sparks.\\nJohn Dunaway. Joseph Stirling.\\nIndependence Ellis. Samuel C. Thackrav.\\nJacob Ellis. Cornelius Tice.\\nJacob Fifer. Joseph Townsend.\\nJohn M. Gibson. Daniel Vannemaii.\\nIsaac Hevvett. James Ward.\\nJacob S. Howell. Davis Watson.\\nJoseph Hugg. Samuel W. Whitecar.\\nSimeon James. Aaron Wilkins.\\nJonathan Kenuey. Charles Wilkins.\\nTotal four coramissioued officers, sixtv-\\nsix enli.sted men.\\nCaptai.x Jonathan Lippincott .s Co.\\\\i-\\nPANY was enrolled September 26, 1814, and\\ndischarged Decemlier 16, 1814 .stationed at\\nBillingsport. Tlie following was the rank\\nand lile\\nCaptain.\\nJonathan Lippiucott.\\nLieutenant.\\nWilliam Madara.\\nEnsign.\\nStephen S. Vauzant.\\nSergeants.\\nSamuel Hendrickson. Charles Wood.\\nDaniel Key. Samuel Lock.\\nCorporals.\\nDavid Burk. Jacob Mayers.\\nJohn Madara. Abraham Gaskill.\\nDruimner.\\nJohn Holmes.\\nFi/ er.\\nThomas Riley.\\nPrivates.\\nJohn Archer. Abner Luallen.\\n.lohn Barber. Job B. Monroe,\\n.lohn Burch. William Nugent.\\nJacob Carn. John Powell.\\nJames Clark. James Price.\\nMaskill Clark. Jacob Price.\\nWalter W. Day. John Pullen.\\nJonathan Dilks. James Reynolds.\\nJonathan Eldridge. William P. Reynolds.\\nJohn Fisher. Henry Rulon.\\nSamuel Garrison. William Russell.\\nAbraham Clause. Charles Schweily.\\nWilliam Griscom. .loseph Sims.\\nJoseph Grott Philip Snailbacker.\\nRichman P. Gurnal. Frederick Steel.\\nThomas Hand. John Stow.\\nGeorge Heisler. Gabriel Strong.\\nEzra Hendrickson. Isaac Thomson.\\nPeter Homan. Thomas Vaughn.\\n.\\\\ndrew Jenkins. William Walker.\\nJoseph Keen. Christopher Whitacar.\\nSamuel Keen. Elijah Wood.\\nEzekiel Lock. Christian Yenser.\\nIsaac Lloyd. John E. Y ounker.\\nTotal Three commissioned officers, fifty-\\neight enlisted men.\\nArtillery CojrpANY commanded by\\nCaptain Enoch Gabb. It was stationed at\\nBillingsport enrolled September 26,1814,\\nand discharged December 22, 1814. The\\nfollowing was the rank and file\\nCaptain.\\nEnoch Gabb.\\nSecond Lieutenant.\\nStephen Miller.", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0104.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "THE WAR OF 1812-14.\\n85\\nJames Harker.\\nHenry Kigir.\\nStrytants.\\nEbeuezer Turner.\\norporah.\\nEzekiel Weeks.\\nDruiiimer.\\nWilliam Shillings.\\nKfer.\\nRobert Davis.\\nPrimfes.\\nJames Reeves.\\nAnthony Riley.\\nWilliam Shoulders.\\nGeorge Shute.\\nZephaniah Weeks.\\nMoses Wilson.\\nGideon Ziern.\\nThomas Bates.\\nJohn Dgrrieksou.\\nBenjamin Hewlings.\\nAaron Hews.\\nJohn Johnson.\\nNoah Kates.\\nJames Miller, Jr.\\nJohn Pricket.\\nTotal: Two coiiiinissioued officers, tweiity-\\noue enlisted meu.\\nCaPT.MX PeTEK 8 )I DKIl s Co.MPAXY of\\ndetailed militia was statioued at Billiugs-\\nport. It was eurolled September 27, 1814,\\nand discharged December 21, 1814. The\\ntollowiug was its rank and file\\nCapfain.\\nPeter Souder.\\nZ/ieutenant.\\nJoseph Lippincott.\\nEnsign.\\nWilliam Allen.\\nSergeants-\\nThomas Peterson. Erasmus Morton.\\nDodo Peterson. Philip Curiden.\\nCorpoi-als.\\nAndrew Cole. Elwen Cliffin.\\nLawrence Lippincott. John Sparks.\\nDrummer.\\nBenjamin Lippincott.\\nFl/er.\\nHenry Webber.\\nFrirates.\\nDaniel Adams.\\nJonathan Ale.\\nJosiah Ale.\\nSamuel Beaver.\\nMoses Bidel.\\nJames Boon.\\nDaniel Carter.\\nOliver Combs.\\nGeorge Coombs.\\nJoseph Curriden.\\nWilliam Curriden.\\nJames Demaris.\\nLinnick Dilmore.\\nWilliam Dilworth.\\nLemuel Dougherty.\\nDavid Dubois.\\nJohn Dutley.\\nSamuel Dunlap.\\nWilliam Dunn\\nJacob Ebright.\\nDavid Evvens. Samuel Pickcn.\\nCharles Fithian. Jolin Plummer.\\nLewis Fransway. John Reeves.\\nJohn Glauden. William Sair.\\nPeter Harris. Joseph Sanders.\\nFrancis Holetoir .Joseph Sapp.\\nJohn Holeton. John Scott (1).\\nWilliam Holeton. John Scott (2).\\nJoseph Humphreys. Silas Scare.\\nJohn Hunter. Benjamin Smith\\nCharles Lath Henry Sparks.\\nAndrew Louback. Josiah Sparks\\nElijah Loyd. Thomas Sparks\\nSamuel Lumley. John Spears.\\nSamuel Mains. Lewis Stombs.\\nHill Mecuni. William Straughu\\nWilliam Moore John Stump.\\nJacob Nelson. Clark Tracy.\\nAaron Padget Charles Walleu\\nErick Peterson. Nathan Welsh.\\nPeter Peterson. Samuel Wheaton\\nJacob Whitesele. Jonathan White.\\nThomas Woodnot Henry Zane.\\nTotal Three commissioned officers, .seveu-\\nty-seven enlisted meu.\\nCapt.\\\\ix Willia.m Newton s Company\\nof detailed militia was stationed at Billings-\\nport. It was eurolled September 29, 1814,\\nand discharged December 22, 1814. The\\nfollowing was its rank and file.\\nCaptain.\\nWilliam Newton.\\nLieutenant.\\nJohn Porter.\\nEnsign.\\nMichael Stow.\\niSergeants.\\nAmos A. Middleton. Isaac Vansciver.\\nIsaac Jones. (ieorge Hoft man.\\nCor/jorals.\\nJohn Henderson. Davis Nichols.\\nIsaiah M. Hannold.\\nPr!\\nBenjamin Anderson.\\nWilliam Burns\\nJohn Brannon.\\nGeorge L. Browning.\\nJacob Coleman.\\nDaniel Coles.\\nHenry Earick.\\nJohn Fisher.\\nJames Flick.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ates.\\nJohn Garrow\\nJoseph Garwood\\nSamuel Hannold.\\nJacob Lock.\\nAbraham Mack\\nIsaac Middleton.\\nMatthew Miller.\\nJoel Read\\nGeorge Roe", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0105.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "86\\nHISTORV OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nIsaac Sage.\\nArmstrong Sapp.\\nJohn H. Smallwood.\\nEnoch Smith.\\nSamuel Smith.\\nBenjamin Stow.\\nJohn Sutor.\\nWilliam Sutor.\\nPeter Toy.\\nJames Vennel,\\nTotal Three commissioned officers, tiiir-\\ntv-five enlisted men.\\nCHAPTER IX.\\nTHE WAR WITH MEXU O.\\nDuring the administration of President\\nPolk (1845-49) the war with Mexico oc-\\ncurred, in consequence of the adoption by\\nCongress of Senator Benton s bill for the\\nannexation of Texas, which had declared its\\nindependence of Mexico in 1833, and ob-\\ntained its freedom as the result of the battle\\nof San Jacinto April 21, 1836, when the\\nTexans, under (ieneral Sam Houston, defeated\\nSanta Anna s Mexican army. The population\\nof Texas was largely made up of emigrants\\nfrom the United States, and almost as soon\\nas they had organized a government by\\nelecting Houston as President, tiiey asked for\\nadmission to the United States. They had to\\nwait nine years, however, the sinister remon-\\nstrances and threats of Mexico, which still\\ncherished hopes of regaining her lost territory,\\ndeterring Congress from acceding to the ap-\\nplication. But the Americans crowded so\\nrapidly into the new republic that there\\ncould be no question but that its future was\\ndestined to be united with that from which\\nit had drawn its people and its institutions,\\nand notwith.standing that the Senate in 1844\\n1 Trenton, New .Jersey,]\\nSept. 20, 1880.\\nI certify that the above list of soldiers detailed\\nfrom tlie Gloucester County Mililia for service in the\\nWur of 1812. and of soldiers who were enrolled in the\\nNew Jersey Battalion for the Mexican War, is correct\\nfrom the records of this office.\\nWiLHA.M S. Strykek,\\nAdjutant-General of New Jersey.\\nrejected the annexation treaty negotiated by\\nPresident Tyler, a year later it and the Hou.se\\nof Representatives were ready to favorably\\nanswer the petition of Texas.\\nMexico officially announced that she re-\\ngarded this as an act of war, and by taking\\nup arms sacrificed forever her claim upon\\nTexas, and was eventually compelled to con-\\nfirm the conquests of Colonel Philip Kearny\\nand Colonel John C. Fremont in New Mexico\\nand Upper California by the session of those\\nregions to the United States.\\nThe Wiiigs had opposed and the Demo-\\ncrats had favored the annexation of Texas;\\nNew Jersey had voted for Henry Clay and\\nagainst I oik for President in 1844 and in\\nthe existing situation of atfairs the Whig\\nmajoi-ity regarded with misgivings a war\\nwhicli they feared would result in the ex-\\ntension of slavery in the Southwest. Yet the\\nquota of troops, which the national govern-\\nment required the State to furnish, was filled\\nwithout difficulty, and was forwarded to Mexi-\\nco in time to join in General Taylor s victories\\nin 1846 and 1847, at Palo Alto, Resaca de\\nla Palma, Monterey, Saltillo and Bueua\\nVista. Then they joined the army under\\nScott, to the triumphs at Vera Cruz, Cerro\\nGordo, Perote, Contreras, San Antonio,\\n^lolino del Rey, Cherubusco, Chapultepec\\nand the City of Mexico. Between May 8, 1846,\\nthe date of the battle of Palo Alto, and Sep-\\ntember 7, 1847, when the entry into the City\\nof Mexico was made, the American armies,\\nnever counting as high as eight thousand\\nelFective men, had in twenty engagements\\nnever failed to defeat the enemy, who were\\ninvariably twice or thrice their strength in\\nnumbers, had stormed fortifications supj)osed\\nto be imj)regnabie and utterly vanquished a\\nfoe who at the outset of the war had affected\\nto despise Los Gringos.\\nThe Jersey commands participating in these\\nmarvelous campaigns were all, with one ex-\\nception, mustered at Trenton into the regular\\narmy and, therefore, no record was kept of", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0106.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "THE WAR WITH MEXTCO.\\n87\\nthe place of their organization, or of the resi-\\ndence of individual recruits. The rosters\\npresented in the office of the adjutant-general\\nat Trenton merely show names and assign-\\nments to companies or regiments, rendering\\nit impossible to fix through the rolls the\\ntowns and counties that supplied any one\\nbody of troops. Circumstances, however,\\nindicate that most of the men who went from\\nCamden County were mustered into the\\nTenth Regiment United States Infantry.\\nIn addition to the corajjanies thus received\\ninto the service by the War Department, a\\ncall was made on Governor Charles C. Strat-\\nton, of New Jersey, on May 2.3, 1846, for a\\nregiment of volunteer infantry, and in re-\\nsponse to his proclamation a number of com-\\npanies were offered from Newark, Trenton,\\nBurlington and Flemington. Brigadier-Gene-\\nral Goodwin is stated in Raum s history to\\nhave offered the Passaic brigade, and on May\\n29, 1846, Captain Samuel Colt tendered a\\nbattalion.\\nCamden County Soldiers. The fol-\\nlowing is a complete record, so far as could be\\nascertained, of troops from Camden County\\nwho served in the j\\\\Iexican War. They are\\naccredited to Camden County on the original\\nmuster-out roll of the company, on file in\\nthe office of the adjutant-general in Trenton.\\nThey were mustered into the battalion at\\nFort Hamilton, New York Harbor\\nCompany A, New Jersey Battalion, was\\nmustered in September 1, 1847, and mus-\\ntered out August 5, 1 848.\\niiji/aiti.\\nHenry A. Naglee.\\nSecond Lieutenant.\\nIsaac W. Mickle.\\nSeryeaiitx.\\nDavid D. Nichols. .Joliu M. Miikle.\\nCorjioral.\\n^Tohn Ppear.\\nftrummer.\\nWilliam H- Benckert.\\nPTirnfe.s.\\nCharles S. Bates. .lolin W. Luniley.\\nCharles Bessonett. Samuel Lumley.\\nFranci.s S. Bosler. .lolui jAIcNiilty.\\nJohn B. Berger. .loseph M. Myer.s.\\nJames Canning. Charles Orhley.\\nSamuel Cleary. (icorgeP. Pettit.\\nDaniel Carter. Charles H. Potts.\\nPeter Cunningham. William W. Reilly.\\nThomas Deizley. Charles F. Rodgers.\\nJame.s Falan. Frederick Rothweilcr.\\nLawrence Garcy. William Shery.\\nThomas Gaynor. Thomas Shimus.\\nBarnet Hansel. Aaron D. Smalhvuod.\\nWilliam S. Heaton. Charles V. Smith.\\nWilliam Hera. Alexander Steward.\\nHenry W. Howard. Edward Tice.\\nIreland. Henry Williams.\\nIsrael Learner. .Tohn Winters.\\nTotal: Twocommissioned officers and fortv\\nenlisted men. The following served in the\\nMexican War in Penn.sylvania companies\\nand in the navy, but were not accredit( d to\\nCamden County. They entered the Uin ted\\nStates service from Camden County,\\nCapfains.\\nJames McCraken. William Newton.\\nIJtuti-nant.\\nJames B. Sutherland.\\nBoatswain s Mate.\\nZiba Sears.\\nSergeant.\\nAquilla Haines.\\nCorporal.\\nIsaac Toy.\\nGunner s Mate.\\nEzra Lukens.\\nThe battalion of New Jersey infantry to\\nwhich the Camden County company was\\nassigned went out from West Jersey. There\\nwere many who entered the marine service, the\\nnaval service, the regular army, and others\\nagain, who were transferred to the store-ship\\nFredonia, the bomb brigs, Vesuvius\\nand Heckla, as also the war steamers\\nSpitfire and Iri.s, and the sloop-of-war\\nFalcon. There were thirteen men from\\nCamden and Gloucester Counties on the\\nfrigate Cumberland, under Coinniodore", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0107.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nConiKT, and who were landed l)elow the city\\nof Vera Cruz on the morning of the 9th of\\nMarch, 1847. They assisted in landing shot\\nand shell, planting batteries and preparing\\nto attack the celebrated castle San Juan de\\nUlloa. General Scott summoned the city\\nto surrender on the 22d, but receiving a\\nnegative answer, the heavy mortars opened\\nfire, which was continued until the 27th,\\nwhen General Landero, commandant of the\\ncity, commenced negotiations for their sur-\\nrender. Tn the mean time the little Spit-\\nfire, a steamer not larger than one of the\\nsmall ferry-boats on the Delaware, put out\\non the guards two men at heaving the lead\\nto find a passage over the coral reef. Oae\\nof these was a Jerseyman from Camden\\nCounty, Boatswain s Mate Ziba Sears, who\\nhad distinguished himself in the determined\\neffort, to discover a channel or thoroughfare\\nover this reef, which extends for three\\nmiles around and beyond the castle and\\nearly ou the 27th did succeed in find-\\ning a crossing-place. At once the Spit-\\nfire advanced boldly up under the walls of\\nthe San Juan, tlie guns of which were\\nmounted en barbette and could not be de-\\npressed sufficiently to do any material dam-\\nage to the steamer. The Spitfire ran\\nright under the guns of the ca.stle, and tossed\\nred-hot shot into it and set the buildings on\\nfire and compelled the surrender of the\\ncastle. When Vera Cruz and the castle\\nsurrendered, the detachment of Major John\\nReynolds, to which the Camden Company was\\nattached, at once (captured Alvarado and\\nHocatalpam, ninety miles below Vera Cruz.\\nMajor Reynolds was enthusia.stic in his\\npraises of the soldierly bearing of the Jersey\\ntroops. James M. Sutherland, of Wood-\\niiury, a first lieutenant in this detachment,\\nwas the first to mount the scaling ladders at\\nChapultepec and planted the Stars and Stripes\\nupon the walls of the city. On the 19th of\\nApril, 1847, these same troops attacked and\\ntook possession of Peroteand throughout the\\nentire war took an active part. On the 8th\\nof May, 1848, peace was declared between\\nthe United States and Mexico, and at this\\ntime the great insurrection was in progress\\nin the penin.sula of Yucatan, and the cities on\\nthe Gulf coast were in danger and applied\\nto the United States for protection. Our\\ngovernment nobly responded and called for\\nvolunteers from among those who were prepar-\\ning to return home after a grand and glorious\\nconquest. Some of the naval s(|uadroii and\\nmarines and five hundred of the troops,\\namong whom were some of the Camden\\ncompany, were at once forwarded to Laguna,\\nSisal and Catupeche. The flint-lock mus-\\nkets and ammunition were turned over to\\nthe authorities of the cities, the insui gents\\nwere routed, and in November, 1848, six\\ntnonths after the term of service of these\\ntroops in the Mexican War had expired,\\nthey returned home via Norfolk, being dis-\\ncharged from the different vessels of the\\nsquadron.\\nCaptain C. N. Pelouze, of 604 St)uth\\nFifth Street, Camden, is one of the survivors\\nof the Mexican War. Elisha N. Luckett\\nwas a second lieutenant in the Second\\nPennsylvania Regiment in the Mexican War.\\nHe now resides in Camden. Joseph Camp,\\nresiding three miles .south of Camden, is also\\na survivor of the Mexican War.\\nC.VPTAIN Frank H. Coles, who.se .ser-\\nvices in the preparation of the military\\nchapters and other parts in this work were\\nof great value, entered the marine service in\\nthe Mexican War in 1847, assigned to the\\nfrigate Cumi)erland mentioned above,\\nand afterward to the United States .steamer\\nIris, participated in the capture of Vera\\nCruz, Alvarado and Hocatalpam, and was\\none of the volunteers to Yucatan.\\nCaptain Coles was born at Woodbury, Sep-\\ntember 28, 1827, and is of Swedish descent,\\nhis great-grandfathei Job Coles, having emi-\\ngrated from Sweden nearly two centuries\\nago. His father, Samuel Coles, was an ensign", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0108.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOE THE UNION.\\n89\\nill the War of 1812. At the outbreak of the\\nCivil War, Captain Coles, between the 12th\\nand 16th of April, 1861, materially assisted\\nin raising the first company that went out\\nfrom Gloucester County, of which he became\\nfii-st lieutenant. He afterwards entered the\\nthree years service as first sergeant in Third\\nRegiment of General Kearny s brigade\\nwas promoted to second lieutenant of Com-\\npany G May 29, 1862 promoted to first\\nlieutenant March 24, 1863. After being\\nwoinided on June 27, 186.3, at Gaines Mills,\\nhe was transferred, December 18, 1863, to\\nthe Veteran Reserve Corps as captain, com-\\nmanding Fifty-first and Fifty-second Com-\\npanies, Second Battalion, Veteran Reserve\\nCorps. He remained in the service until\\nJune 29, 1865.\\nCaptain Coles was married, in December,\\n1849, to Anna Elizabeth Harker, daughter\\nof Joseph Harker, of Swedesboro and eldest\\nsister of Brigadier-Cteneral Charles (i.\\nHarker, a graduate of West Point Military\\nAcademy, who was killed at Kennesaw\\nMountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864, at the\\nage of twenty-seven years.\\nC aptaix William SxiLLiNCis, now\\nresiding in Gloucester City, was born in\\n1814, sou of Jacob Stillings, a soldier of the\\nRevolution. He was a soldier in the Seminole\\nWar in Florida, the ^Mexican War and the\\nWar for the Union. In 1838 he enlisted in\\nthe regular army and served in Florida\\nunder General Zachaiy Taylor. He was\\nunder General Scott when the Cherokee\\nIndians were removed west of the Mississi|)pi\\nto Indian Territory. In 184(), with his\\ncommand, he was sent to Mexico, placed\\nunder General Scott, and participated in the\\nmemorable battles on the triumphant march\\nto the City of Mexico. In 1854 he retired\\nfrom the army and returned to Gloucester.\\nIn 1861 he was mustered into the service\\nas a first lieutenant of Company K, Fourth\\nRegiment New Jersey Volunteers, and at\\nthe exj)ii-ation of his term ol tiirce months\\nbecame a first lieutenant in the throe years\\nservice. He was in the battles of West\\nPoint and Fair Oaks and at Gaines Mills\\nwas captured by the enemy, placed in Libb}\\nPrison forty-six days and then paroled. He\\njoined his command, was promoted to cap-\\ntain, took part in the second battle of Bull\\nRun and the battles of South Mountain and\\nAntietam. After recovering from a wound\\nreceived in battle he entered the navy as\\nengineer and continued in that service until\\n1867.\\nCHAPTER X.\\nTHE WAR FOR THE UXIOS.\\nIf a definite date is sought tor the begin-\\nning of the slavery agitation out of which\\nproceeded the War for the Union, it may\\nbe placed in the year 182(1, when Mis-\\nsouri was admitted into the Union not but\\nthat the question had previously shown itself\\nto be a disturbing and threatening element,\\nbut because at that time there was presented\\nfor solution, the momentous problem whether\\nthe vast territory which had been acquired\\nby the Louisiana purchase should be thrown\\nopen to the slave power of the South. The\\npeople of the free States or at least an\\noverwhelming majority of them were de-\\ntermined that this more than imperial domain\\nshould not be used for the extension of sla-\\nvery, while those in favor of it were equally\\ni-esolute in the maintenance of their theory\\nthat the slave-holder should be at liberty to\\nlocate in any of the newly-formed Territories\\nwith their human chattels, and, if they pos-\\nsessed the voting majority, to establish sla-\\nvery by the Constitution of any State created\\nfrom the Territories. It is not required that\\nwe should here refer to the several compro-\\nmise measures passed by Congress defining\\nlines stretching from the Mississippi River to\\nthe Pacific Ocean, the soil north of which", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0109.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "90\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nshould be forbidden to the slave-master and\\nthat south of it preserved to him forever.\\nAll such efforts to accomplish the impossible\\ntask of reconciling under one government\\ntwo widely repellent industrial, political and\\nsocial systems proved failures before they\\nwere wiped out by the decision of the Su-\\npreme Court in the Dred Scott case.\\nInterwoven with this phase of the irre-\\npressible conflict was the doctrine of States\\nrights upheld by the Southern leaders and\\ninsisted upon as the most efficacious of the\\ninstruments for the extension and perpetuity\\nof slavery. It had been discussed with ex-\\ntreme vigor in the convention which framed\\nthe Constitution of the nation, and even the\\nvictory therein of the Federali-sts over the\\nopposition had not laid it to rest or prevented\\nit from becoming a crucial i.ssue in subse-\\nquent politics. It had been the justifica-\\ntion for South Carolina in 1832, when, under\\nthe guidance of John C. Calhoun, that State\\nendeavored to nullify the tariff legislation of\\nCongress, and from it tlie Southern states-\\nmen derived the alleged right of secession, in\\nconsequence of the election of Abraham\\nLincoln to the chief magistracy as the can-\\ndidate of a party which declared opposition\\nto the extension of slavery to be its rea.son\\nfor existence.\\nThe opening of the War for the Union\\nfound New Jersey illy prepared to play her\\npart on the field of battle. Devoted to the\\nConstitution which the Legislature had nnan-\\nimously ratified in December, 1787, this\\nState was ready to exert her influent* to\\npeacefully adjudicate the questions pregnant\\nwith national disruption. New Jersey had\\ngiven four of her electoral votes to j\\\\.braham\\nLincoln and a coalition of the Democratic\\nfactions had cast the other three for Stephen\\nA. Douglas. On January 29, 1861, the\\nLegislature passed resolutions indorsing Sen-\\nator Crittenden s compromise plan, or any\\nother constitutional method that might i)er-\\nmancntly settle the question of slavery. The\\nconservative temper of that body decided\\nthat the government of the United States\\nis a national government, and the union it\\nwas designed to perfect is not a mere com-\\n])act or league that the Constitution was\\nadojited in a .spirit of mutual compromise\\nand concession by the people of the United\\nStates and can only be preserved by the\\nconstant recognition of that spirit. The\\nPersonal Liberty statutes which some of\\nthe States had adopted as an offset to the\\nF\\\\]gitive Slave Law, were aimed at in a\\nre.solution urging States that have obnox-\\nious laws in force which interfere with the\\nconstitutional rights of the citizens of other\\nStates, either in regard to their persons or\\nproperty, to repeal the same. Another res-\\nolution propo.sed the calling of a convention\\nof all the States to suggest amendments to\\nthe National Constitution that would avert\\ndisunion and finally, Charles S. Olden,\\nPeter D. Vroom, Robert F. Stockton, Ben-\\njamin Williamson, Frederick T. Freling-\\nhuysen, Rodman M. Price, William C. Alex-\\nander and Thomas J. Stryker were appointed\\na committee to confer with Congress and\\nsimilar delegates from other common-\\nwealths upon enforcing the plan outlined in\\nthese resolutions. They took part in the\\nPeace Conference held at Washington, Feb-\\nruary 4, 18(J1, at which twenty-one States\\nwere represented and which submitted sev-\\neral constitutional amendments to Congress,\\nbut their well-meant efforts were of no avail,\\nfor Congress gave little heed to their recom-\\nmendations, and on the same day the Confed-\\nerate government was organized at Mont-\\ngomery, Alabama.\\nPresident Lincoln s proclamation calling\\nout seventy-five thousand troops for the three\\nmonths service was issued April ISth, two\\ndays after the fall of Fort Sumter. New\\nJersey had no militai-y establishment com-\\n))etent to furnish at a moment s notice the\\nfour regiments of seviMi hundred and eighty\\nmen each, the cpiota a. ^signcd to her.", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0110.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UNION.\\n91\\nlu the language of John Y. Foster, author\\nof New Jersey aud the Rebellion, hor\\nmilitia system was one of shreds and\\npat hes, without organic unity, and almost\\nentirely worthless as a means of defence, or\\neven as a nucleus for a more perfect organi-\\nzation. But she had in Governor Charles\\nS. Olden an executive whose quickness of\\nthought and action went far to make up for\\nthese deficiencies. He received the requisi-\\ntion from the national government on April\\n17th, and instantly issued a proclamation\\ndirecting all imlividuals or organizations\\nwilling to volunteer to report themselves\\nwithin twenty days, various banks tlirough-\\nout the State having already placed at his\\ndisposal four hundred and fiftj^-one thou.sand\\ndollars to provide for the equipment and\\narming of the troops. At the same time\\norders were issued to the four generals of\\ndivisions to detail each one regiment of ten\\ncompanies, aud at once proceed to the organi-\\nzation of the reserve militia. Under the\\norders volunteers were to be accepted for\\nthree months service but if a sufficient num-\\nber of these did not enlist, the deficiency was\\nto be made up by a draft from the militia.\\nArdent loyalists, however, came forward in\\nsuch numbers that within a few days over one\\nhundred companies, equal to ten thousand\\nmen, had offered to go to the front. The\\nCamden correspondent of the Philadelphia\\nPxiblle Ledger states that on the evening\\nof April loth the Stockton Cadets, a Cam-\\nden militia^company, held a meeting at their\\narmory and passed resolutions expressing\\ntheir loyalty and declaring it to be the duty\\nof all connected with the militia to enroll\\ntlieraselves for the defence of the Stars and\\nStripes, whereupon all present, twenty-three\\nin number, enlisted. Arrangements were\\nmade for having the armory open nightly for\\nthe enlistment of recruits between the ages of\\neighteen and twenty-one yeare, with a view\\nof tendering the services of the command to\\nthe government.\\nThe First War Mi:ETiN(i in C.\\\\mdkx.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094On the KJth of April, 18(J1, three days\\nafter the Confederates fired upon Fort Sum-\\nter, at the entrance of Charleston Harbor, a\\nlarge number of loyal and patriotic citizens\\nof Camden City and County issued the fol-\\nlowing vigorous and spirited response to the\\nPresident s proclamation\\nTo the Preudcnf of the United Staten\\nThe unparalleled events of the last week have\\nrevealed to the citizens of the United States, be-\\nyond iiueation or the possibility of a doubt, that\\neaceful reconciliation upon the form of our Con-\\nstitution is repelled and scorned, and secession\\nmeans, in the hearts of its supportei-s, both Trea-\\nson and war against our Country and Nation.\\nWe, therefore, the undersigned Loyal Citizens\\nof the United States, and inhabitants of the city of\\nCamden, in the State of New Jersey, responding\\nto the proclamation of the President of the United\\nStates, hereby declare our unalterable determina-\\ntion to sustain the government in its efforts to\\nmaintain the honor, the integrity aud the exist-\\nence of our National Union and the perpetuity of\\nthe popular Government, and to redress the\\nwrongs already long enough endured; no differences\\nof political opinion; no badge of diversity upon\\npoints of party distinction, shall restrain or with-\\nhold us in the devotion of all we have or can com-\\nmand to the vindication of the Constitution, the\\nmaintenance of the laws and the defence of the\\nFlag of our Country.\\nI. S. Mulford. Samuel S.E.Coperthwait.\\nE. R. .Johnson. James M. Scovel.\\nLouis L. Scovel. S. C. Harbert.\\nB. M. Braker. John S. Read.\\nJoseph C.Nichols. D. H. Erdman.\\nElwood C. Fortiner. Adam Angel.\\nJoseph Vautier. George W. Vanhorn.\\nEdmund Brewer. Charles S. Garrett.\\nUriah Norcross. Thomas M. Barracliff.\\nIsaac L. Lowe. W. H. Saunders.\\nHenry B. Goodwin. Jacob Harman, Jr.\\nRichard W. Test. Charles K. Horsfall.\\nJames M. Cassady. Timothy Middleton.\\nJohn Duprey. William W. Sloan.\\nJesse Pratt. Charles Cloud.\\nHamilton Johnston. A. W Tcsl.\\nCharles P. Dickinson. C. A. S. Oriesback.\\nRichard H. Lee. Henry Scliock.\\nC.G. Zimmerman. Walter Patton.\\nThomas M. K. J-ee, Jr. Azael Roberts.\\nCharles J. Sanders. Thomas Jeft ries.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0111.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "92\\nHISTORY OF CAMDKN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nC. Gilbert Hannah.\\nJohn T. F. Peak.\\nSamuel C. Cooper.\\nJ. C. De Lajour.\\nEdward T. Andrews.\\nConclin Mayhey.\\nWilliam Reynolds.\\nSimon Rammel.\\nH. H. Gold.smith.\\nJohn Horsfall.\\nThomas H. Dudley.\\nRobert Folwell.\\nEdw. H. Saunders.\\nJames C. Morgan.\\nDavid H. Sheppard.\\nRichard Fetters.\\nCharles C. Reeves.\\nS. H. Grey.\\nN. B. Stokes.\\nS. C. Wright.\\nJoseph Dlinston.\\nDavid Creary.\\nJohn R. Barber.\\nJames H. Denny.\\nWilliam R. Maxwell.\\nRobert Wible.\\nHamilton William.\\nGeorge W. Jackson.\\nJoseph Maurer.\\nJoseph D. Brown.\\nWilliam S. Scull.\\nDaniel Witham.\\nIsaac Shreeve.\\nAdam Hare.\\nGeorge Wardell.\\nJoseph Coffman.\\nGeorge W. Conrow.\\nJoshua Howell.\\nMartin Grey.\\nS. L. Wayne.\\nAbner Sparks.\\nVan T. Shivers.\\nWestcott Campbell.\\nWilliam J. Taylor.\\nIsaiah Norcross.\\nAlden C. Scovel.\\nPhilip J. Gray.\\nGeorge W. Gilbert.\\nCharles D. Hineline.\\nThomas H. Davis.\\nCharles De Haven.\\nThomas Ackley.\\nJohn Gill.\\nJames B. Dayton.\\nJames M. Stevens.\\nJoseph French.\\nGeorge Campbell.\\nA. A. Merry.\\nE. Wells.\\nWilliam D. Clark.\\nWilliam B. Hatch.\\nE. C. Jackson.\\nA. B. Martin.\\nRichard O. Robertson.\\nTimothy C. Moore.\\nGeorge W. Stanley.\\nRobert Schali.\\nReynell Coates.\\nAaron Hewit.\\nHenry Shuster.\\nWilliam Hartsgrove.\\nWilliam B. French.\\nW. A. Winchester.\\nJohn M. Natty.\\nIn response to a call, on the 18tli of\\nApril an enthusiastic meeting was held in\\nthe county court-house, which was formed\\nof a large collection of prominent citizens.\\nThe court-room was decorated with flags\\nand mottoes. John W. Mickle was chosen\\npresident and Samuel C. Harbert and\\nThomas G. Rowand secretaries. The presi-\\ndent addre.ssod tlie meeting first and Rev.\\nMr. Monroe offered a prayer. Hon. Thomas\\nP. Carpenter, Thomas B. Atkinson (mayor)\\nand Joseph Painter were appointed a com-\\nmittee on resolutions. Judge Philip J. Grey\\naddressed the uK^eting, after which the com-\\nmittee adopted a long series of patriotic res-\\nolutions. The A\u00c2\u00a5ashington Grays, Stockton\\nCadets and the Zouaves marched into the\\nroom and were received with cheers, Samuel\\nHufty read a resolution which was signed by\\nmany persons, who immediately formed the\\nHome Brigade. David M. Chambers, Cap-\\ntain Stafford, Benjamin M. Braker, John H.\\nJones and A. Acton each addressed the\\nmeeting. James M. Scovel was then called\\nupon and responded in eloquent terms and\\nwith patriotic energy. S. H. Grey offered a\\nresolution, wliich was adopted, that the City\\nCouncil and the Freeholders of the county be\\nrequested to apjn opriate money for the e([ui])-\\nment of persons who may volunteer in de-\\nfense of the country, and S. H. Grey, James\\nM. Cassady and Joseph Painter were ap-\\njioiuted a committee to look after the interests\\nof the resolution. The meeting continued in\\nsassion until eleven p.m.\\nOn the 22d of April Samuel H. Grey\\nmade an address before the Board of Free-\\nholders in a patriotic appeal, soliciting the\\nboard to make appropriations for the relief\\nof families of volunteer .soldiers. John S.\\nRead offered a resolution favoring the ap-\\npropriation of five thousand dollars, whicli\\nwas unanimously adopted. On the evening\\nof the 25th the City Council voted four\\nhundred dollars for the saiue purpose. On\\nthe same evening the First Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church of Camden collected one hun-\\ndred and fifty dollars and purchased five\\nhundred Bibles for the volunteer soldiers of\\nCamden County.\\nThe State Bank of Camden loaned twenty-\\nfive thousand dollars and the Farmers and\\nMechanics Bank ten thousand dollars to the\\nGovernor of New Jersey to aid in the prose-\\ncution of the war. In July, 1861, the\\nCounty Bible Society sent large in.stallments\\nof Bibles to the Caniden County soldiers at\\nTrenton.\\nOn April Itith the Washington Grays, of\\nCamden, held a meeting and resolved to open\\nthe armory for recruits. By Saturday, April", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0112.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UNION.\\n93\\n20th, those two oompaiiies, the Caimleu\\nZouaves and the Union Guards were reported\\nready tor service and the Camden liiglit Ar-\\ntillery organizing. On the 25th the same\\ncorrespondent wrote that the following com-\\npanies had taken their departure from Cam-\\nden for Trenton\\nWashington Grays, Captain E. Price Hunt.\\nCanideu Light Artillery, Captain I. W. Mirkle.\\nStockton Cadets, Captain E. G. Jackson.\\nCamden Zouaves, Captain John R. Cunningham.\\nAnd the following fi-om Gloucester City\\nUnion Guards, Captain Joseph B. Stratiord.\\nAnderson Guards, Captain John P. Van Leer.\\nIt was the boast of the Gloucester people\\nthat Union township, which had but four\\nhundred voters, sent at this time one hundred\\nand ninety-eight good men to do duty for the\\ncause.\\nFoster s history asserts that on April 18th,\\nCaptain John R. Cunningham tendered the\\nCamden Zouaves, a well-drilled and uni-\\nformed comj)auy, to the Governor. This or-\\nganization had been formed under the militia\\nlaw in the preceding year, when the tour of\\nthe principal cities made by Ellsworth s\\nChicago Zouaves inspired thousands of young\\nmen to join companies patterned upon that\\nfamous model. It was mustered into the\\nFourth Regiment, on April 25th, as Company\\nG, under command of Captain Cunningham,\\nFirst Lieutenant Louis M. Morris and En-\\nsign Joseph L. De La Cour.\\nThe other five companies from Camden\\nCounty were placed in the same regiment.\\nCaptain Hunt s company became Company\\nThis was the first official tender of a company made\\nin tlie State. Foster says that the first regimental otter\\nwas made on the same day, when Lieutenant-Colonel V.\\nR. Matthews, commanding the First Regiment, Hunter-\\ndon Brigade, wrote to the Governor proffering their ser-\\nvices. The fir.st individual offer, according to Governor\\nOlden s records, was that of General Joseph W. Revere,\\nof the Morris Brigade, who, in January, 1861, tendered\\nhis services in any capacity in which they might be re-\\nquired. This offer was renewed and accepted on April\\n17th.\\nF Captain Van Leer s, Company II Cap-\\ntain Jackson s, Company V Captain Straf-\\nford s, Company D and Captain Mickle s,\\nCompany E. The two first were mustered\\non April 25th and the three last on April\\n27th.\\nAmong the individual offers was that of\\nWilliam B. Hatch, of Camden, who had\\nserved in 185!) and 18()0 in the cavalry of\\nthe Russian army he was commissioned as\\nadjutant of the Fourth Regiment in the\\nninety days service, and subsequently made\\nmajor of the Fourtli (three years Regiment.\\nMrs. Hettie K. Painter, of Camden, volun-\\nteered as a nurse, and became known to\\nthousands of sick and wounded men for her\\ngentle and efficient ministrations in the hos-\\npitals of the Army of the Potomac.\\nOn the last day of April the quota of the\\nState was complete, and it was mustered at\\nTrenton as a brigade of four regiments,\\nunder command of General Theodore Run-\\nyon, the present chancellor of New Jersey.\\nThe next day the Governor sent a special\\nmessenger to General B. F. Butler, com-\\nmanding at Annapolis, Md., requesting him\\nto prepare to receive the brigade, which was\\nto be .sent through the canal route in con.se-\\nquence of the destruction of the railroad\\nbridges near Baltituore by the Secessionists of\\nMarvland. The men were embarked at\\nTrenton on May 3d, on a fleet of fourteen\\npropellers, and proceeded down the Delaware\\nRiver and through the Delaware and C^hesa-\\npeake Canal to Annapolis, which they\\nreached on the night of the 4th. General\\n^They left Trenton without a round of ammunition.\\nCaptain Charles P. Snntli was sent to New York that\\nday to procure it, but was unsuccessful, until a Mr.\\nBlunt, a dealer on Broadway, agreed to let him have a\\ncertain quantity of cartridges and percussion caps on\\nhis personal security. He reached Jersey City with a\\ndray-load, notwithstanding the New York authorities\\nhad prohibited any ammunition from being taken from\\nthe city. There he had a controversy with the railroad\\nofficials, who refused to take such freight on a passen-\\nger train, but compromised by allowing it to be packed\\nin an iron crate, which was towed a long way astern of", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0113.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "94\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nButler ordered its advance to Washington,\\nand on the otli the First Regiment, witli six\\ncompanies of tlie Second and nine companies\\nof the Third, started forward in two trains\\nof cars. The first of these trains reached\\nWasliington about midnight, and the second\\nat eight o clock the following morning. The\\nsame evening the Fourth Regiment and the\\nremaining company of the Third arrived at\\nthe capital. The four companies of the Sec-\\nond left at Annapolis, were detailed to guai d\\nthe telegraph and railroad between ^Vnnaj o-\\nlis Junction, and were left without tents and\\nalmost without a commissariat for a mouth.\\n(_)n May Oth the arrival of the brigade\\nwas reported to General Scott, and no camps\\nbeing provided, the troops went into such\\nqnarters as were available in Wasliington.\\nOn all sides, says Foster, their arrival\\nwas hailed witii jileasure. Men felt that now\\nthe capital was safe. These three thousand\\nJei seymen, thoroughly armed and equij)ped,\\nas no regiments previously arrived, had been,\\ncould be relied upon to repel all assaults.\\nNew Jersey never stood higher in the estima-\\ntion of the loyal people of the country than\\nat that juncture, ^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2hen she sent to the na-\\ntion s defense the first full brigade of troops\\nthat reached the field. On May 7th the\\ncommand marched past the White House,\\nwhere it was reviewed by President Lincoln\\nand (leneral Scott. On the 9th the Fourth\\nRegiment moved out to Camp Monmouth, on\\nMeridian Hill, where it was soon joined by\\nthe other regiments, and on the I lth the\\ncamp was visited by the President and Se(!-\\nretaries Chase and Seward, Mr. Lincoln com-\\nplimenting the troops on their .soldierly ap-\\npearance. They remained at am[) Mon-\\nmouth, ])erfecting their drill and discipline,\\nthe train. At 10.30 that night Captain Smith reache i\\n(Jamden, where a tug was in waiting for him. The\\nflotilla with the brigade was intercepted as it was pass-\\ning the city lie transferred the crate to the various ves-\\nsels, and its lontents were served out to the men as they\\nwent on down the Delaware.\\nuntil the 23d, when the Second, Third and\\nFourth Regiments (the First following the\\nnext day) crossed the Potomac into Virginia,\\nand on the Wa,shingtonand Alexandria road,\\nat a most important strategic point, con-\\nstructed and mounted with heavy guns a\\nstrong defensive work, which, in honor of\\ntheir brigadier, they named Fort Runyou. It\\nwas the first regular fortification built by the\\nnational troops. The brigade remained in\\nthis vicinity until July IGth, when it was\\nmoved forward a few miles, and placed in\\nthe First Reserve Division, to which had also\\nl)een assigned the First, Second and Third\\nNew Jersey (threeyear.s )Regiments,whit ii had\\nreached the field a few days previous to the\\nmovement. The First (three months Regi-\\nment was ordered to a point on the Orange\\nand Alexandria Railroad, three miles beyond\\nSpringfield, to guard the track repairs. On\\nthe same day four hundred and twenty-five\\nmen of the Third Regiment were detailed to\\ne-scort a provision train, and a portion of the\\nFourth was charged with guarding another\\n.section of the railroad. One company of the\\nlatter regiment was then guarding the Long-\\nBridge, and still another was on duty at Ar-\\nlington Mills, while the remainder was or-\\ndered to Alexandria with the Second (three\\nmontlis Regiment. Colonel Taylor, com-\\nmanding the Third (three years Regiment,\\nwas at the same time instructed to march to\\na point on the Orange and Alexandria Rail-\\nroad, and during the night following, the\\nFirst and Second (three years Regiments\\nwere moved forward to A ^ienna. On the\\n17th orders were issued to all the regiments\\nin the command to provide them-selves with\\ntwo days cooked rations, and on the 18th,\\n(leneral Rnnyon as.sumed command of all\\nthe troops not on the march to the front.\\nThese dispositions were in view of the bat-\\ntle of Bull Run, which was fought and lost\\nby the Union army on July 21st. The near-\\nest that any of the Jersey troops came to par-\\ntici] ation in it, was that the First and Second", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0114.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UNION.\\n95\\n(three years Regiments and the First (three\\nmonths Regiment were marched toward\\nCentrevillc during the day, and that the two\\nfirst-named reached the town in season to ar-\\nrest with fixed bayonets the rush of thou-\\nsands of panic-strici\\\\en fugitives toward\\nWashington, and rally them into something\\nlike order. They performed this duty most\\ntMithfully and the value of their services was\\nfully recognized by General JNIcDowell.\\nOn July 24th the Third and Fourth Reg-\\niments, their term of enlistment having ex-\\npired, were ordered to report to General\\nMansfield to be mustered out. The First\\nand Second received the same orders on the\\nfollowing day and after being formally dis-\\ncharged the brigade returned home to New\\nJersey, where it was accorded an enthusiastic\\nreception. A majority of the men re-enlisted\\nin the long-term regiments and were back in\\nthe field before they had time to forget a\\nmovement of the manual of arms.\\nIt has been estimated that in the early\\nmonths of the war fully five thousand citizens\\nof New Jersey enlisted in New York, I hila-\\ndelphia and elsewhere in the regiments of\\nother States. They were bent upon entering\\nthe army, and as the three months quota of\\nNew Jersey was already filled, they sought\\nservice outside. Whole companies were thus\\ntransferred to neighboring States and their\\nidentity as Jersey commands thus lost. They\\numot now be traced, but it may be mentioned\\nthat the renowned Flxcelsior I^rigade of New\\nYork embraced many Jersey soldiers in its\\nranks. An unknown number of CamdcMi\\nCounty men crossed the river, and in Phila-\\ndelphia enrolled themselves in commands of\\nthe Keystone State.\\nThe following is the official roster of the\\nsix com])anies of the P^ourth Regiment of\\nthree months troops raised in C amden\\nCounty\\nCOMPANY c.\\nCaptain.\\nEdmund G. .laokson.\\nFirxt. JJeu/enanl.\\nWilliam R. Maxwell.\\nEnsign.\\nWilliam H. Hemsing.\\nFirst Sergeant.\\nRetijamin C!oiinelly.\\nSerijeaiifx.\\nRudolph Tenner. John W. Moore.\\nDavid D. Helm.\\nCorporals.\\nWilliam Rogers. Samuel RatclitT.\\nGeorge W. Jaek.non. William D. Miller.\\nFifer.\\nGeorge Jauss.\\nDrummer.\\nCharles Hoy.\\nPrivates.\\nJames Albright. Edward A. .lohnston.\\nRobert H. Ames. John Lezenby.\\n.loseph Bazarth. William Loel.\\nAnthony Bernard. Alfred Martin.\\nJames G. Boileau. Frank McCamnidii.\\nCornelius Brown. William Morris.\\n.John Brown. Francis Mount.\\nCharles B. Capewell. Davis H. Nichols.\\nThomas Carr. George S. Patterson.\\nWilliam H. Carson. John P. Price-\\n.lesse C. Chew. Richard J. Robertson.\\nWilliam H. H. Clark. Charles H. Rogers.\\nJohn Clevenger. William H. Schwaab.\\nWilliam P. Cojieland. August Scior.\\nCollin Coutts. Richard Smith.\\nDilwyn Cowperthwaite. Charles Spooner.\\nJohn O. Crowell. Savillion A. Steiumetz.\\nCharles Davis. Andrew H. Stilwell.\\nElijah T. Davis. Stacy Stockton.\\nClayton Edwards. John Sweesley.\\nWilliam A. Fish. Edward Thornton.\\nHenry Frost. James H. Townsend.\\nJacob Gerhart. Tlieodore Vansciver.\\nCharles G. P. Goforth. Andrew J. Wallace,\\n.lohn R. Grubb. Joshua Walleus.\\n.fosiah Harley. John W. Wetherby.\\nWilliam H. Helams. Joseph M. White.\\nThomas Henderson. Thomas White.\\nWalter Hill. Thomas Whittaker.\\nWilliam S. Hiueline. Charles Wilson.\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Vlt red Horner. Isaac F. Wright.\\nWillardHowe. George W. Wood.\\nCO.MPANV D.\\nCaptain.\\nJoseph B. Strafibrd.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0115.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "96\\nHISTORY OF CAMPEN COUNTY, NEW .TERSEi^\\nFirst Lieutenant.\\nJohn Cavanaugh.\\nJ-Mugn.\\nP erdinand MeWilliams.\\nFird Sergeant,\\nPatrick Reiley.\\nSergennti\\nArnold S. Shailer. Edward Corcoran.\\nJames Oonley. Peter Rancom.\\nCorparals.\\nMichael Dunn. Peter Megary.\\nJoseph S, Strafford. Franklin Lightcap.\\nDrummer.\\nJohn O Brien.\\nPrivdtes.\\nWilliam H. Ackerson. (leorge H. Manson.\\nWilliam Bisbing. Peter McAdams.\\nSuffaray J. Blanc. James McCaffrey.\\nNicholas Brady. James McCann.\\nTheodore Brick. James McCormick.\\nAlexander Bryson. James McGrovy.\\nJohn Burns. Michael McGrovy.\\nJames Byers. Alexander McHenry.\\nPatrick Byers. James McManus.\\nMichael E. Callahan. Owen Mullen.\\nWilliam A. Coles. Edward Noble.\\nWilliam J. Coles. William Norton.\\nHenry Conlen. John Neil.\\nHenry Conerty. James O Reiley.\\nMichael Corcoran. Francis C. Orens.\\n(ieorge W. Crammer. John Pei)per.\\nThomas Dugan. Aaron Peterson.\\nThomas Eagen. Robert Ciuigley.\\nPatrick Early. Robert Redfield.\\nJames Finnegan. James Rowbottom.\\nJames Flynn. Aaron Stone.\\nCharles Gannon. Ambrose Strong.\\n.Fohn Gannon. Arthur Toole.\\nHugh H. Gorman. Peter Toole.\\nThomas Goodman. Peter Warburton.\\nJames Jobes. Josiah L. Ward.\\nWilliam Kaine. Patrick Waters.\\nThomas Keegan. James White.\\nDaniel Kinney. .lohn J. White.\\nStephen A. Lane. Peter White.\\n(xeorge Leeming. George Whitehead.\\nJohn Lynch. William H. Wyant.\\nWMlliam Lynch. Samuel Wynn.\\nCOMPANY\\nCaptain.\\nI.saac W. Mickle.\\nFirst Lieutenant,\\nPhilip M. Armington.\\nEnsign.\\nTimothy C. Moore.\\nFirst Sergeant.\\nJohn M. Collins.\\nSergeants.\\nBenjamin D. Coole) Henry Carels.\\nSamuel B. Jobes.\\nf or/iorals.\\n.lohn E. Droham. John Sing.\\nRobert M. Wible. Edward J. Cassady.\\nFifer,\\nEmanuel Joseff.\\nDrummer.\\nPhilip Josefi;\\nI rivates,\\nGeorge B. Anderson. Joseph E. Jones,\\nGeorge W. Armstrong. Robert Kell.\\nHugh Beaty. Jacob F. Kihule.\\nJames Beaty. James McComb.\\nThomas H. Bishop. Abraham Morely.\\nCharles P. Bowyer. John H. Morris.\\nJoseph D. Brown. .lames Morrissey.\\nJoseph T. Burdsall. .loseph D. Parker.\\nHenry Carse. Samuel Peers.\\nRichard Church. Thomas Pickering,\\n.lohn Cole. Benjamin A. Pine.\\nPatrick Cunningham. Isaac J. Pine.\\nLewis W. Drummond. John Pinkerton.\\nLemuel Edwards. John A. Quigley.\\nWilliam Fennimore. John R. Rich.\\nJoseph W. Fernandez. Oliver H. Ritchson.\\nCharles Fish. Albion V. Salisbury.\\nCharles Fisher. Benjamin Sands.\\nHoward Fisler. Jeremiah Saunders.\\nCharles Fox. Charles C. Sharp.\\nJohn W. Garwood. Joseph D. Smith.\\nChristian A. Gross. Edward H. Stackhouse.\\nCharles Hahn. Joseph Strock.\\nWilliam B. Haines. William H. Thompson.\\nDavid D. Hamell. .lohn Thornton.\\nJohn W. Hart. Mordecai Tyler.\\nWilliam Hclmiitb. William B. Warlord.\\n.John Hill. Joseph M. Webb.\\nCount De(i. Hogan. l evi A. Westcott.\\nGeorge W. Jobes. Benjamin Wilson.\\nJohn L. Johnson. Brazier Wiltsey.\\nyVlexandcr Johnson. William Wiltscv.\\nCaptain,\\nEdward Price Hunt.\\nFirst Lieutenant.\\nRichard H. Lee.", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0116.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE TTNTON.\\n97\\nEnsign.\\nTheodore A. Zimmerman.\\nFirst Hwgeaiit.\\nTheodore W. Field.\\nSergtanU.\\nCharles J. Field. Chas. G. Zimmerman.\\n.Toseph C. Lee.\\norporah.\\nCha.s. F. Miller, Jr. Charles F. Dickenson.\\nChas. J. T. Saunders. (leo. A. 8. Drisback.\\nFijtr.\\nMichael Hartzell.\\nBrummer.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Toseph Rodgers.\\nPri-oales.\\n.James V. Anderson. Joseph Immon.\\nJoseph G. Betts. William T. Jaooby.\\nWilliam Bosworth. William L. Kaighn.\\n.John P. Bronf ord. Joseph Kelly.\\nHenry Bruist. George W. King.\\nWilliam N. Biizby. Thomas M. K. Lee, Jr.\\nEdmond Carels. William C. Lee.\\nThomas E. D. Carter. Steven.son Leslie.\\nJohn M. Chillman. .Jacob S. Levan.\\nBartholomew Clarke. Edward Livermore.\\nIsaac Clark. Thomas A. Locke.\\nR. Graham Clark. John E. Loeb.\\nJacob W. Clements. William T. Long.\\nJohn Clements. Edward Mackey.\\nCharles Clendenning. James McClernon.\\nOliver K. Collins. Timothy L. Middleton.\\nRobert T. Cox. William Morton.\\nBurton Davis. .John Naphy.\\nEthelbert Davis. John T. Ogdeu.\\n.John P. Ducas. Benjamin W. Perkins.\\nSamuel H. Elders. Samuel M. Price.\\nJoseph H. Ewiug. Henry Rauser.\\nWilliam H. Eyies. George M. Rodgers.\\nJoseph B. Garwood. Albert Smith.\\nJosiah B. Gibersoii. Henry Smith.\\nCharles Gilliert. .John T. Smith.\\nHarvey B. Goodwin. Charles C. Stezer.\\nJoseph E. Gregory. .Austin E. Vanarsdale.\\nRichard C. Haines. .lohn Wescoat.\\nJohn M. Henderson. Henry Williams.\\nLeander Houghtaling. Samuel Williams.\\nCharles E. Hugg. Thomas P. Williams\\nJose|)h 8. Hugg.\\nCOMPANY\\n(Japtam.\\nJohn R. Cunningham.\\nFirst Lieutenant.\\nLewis IVr. Mnrri\\nEnsign.\\nJoseph L. De La Cour.\\nFirst Sergeant.\\nWilliam w Mines.\\nSergeants.\\nJohn K. Brown. George Holl.\\nHenry Daniels, .Ir.\\n(joriiorals.\\nHenry F. Surault. William Pell, Jr.\\nJames M. Lane. Isaac Wood.\\nFifer.\\nWilliam Howard.\\nDrummer.\\nWilliam Brassell.\\nrrlimtes.\\nA. George M. Ashley. Charles H. Jewell.\\nGeorge Baxter. Edward Johnson.\\n.John Beideman. William H. Kaighn.\\nGeorge Bloomfield. Benjamin F. King.\\nAlbert M. Buck. Barton Lane.\\nCharles P. Bundick. .John G. Lewallen.\\nJames Burkett. (Jhurles Lownsbury.\\nLewis Buzine. .James Massey.\\nGeorge Cairoli. John McKinley.\\nBenjamin Cavanaugh. Edward H. Mead.\\nWilliam Cox. Edwin Mitchell.\\nAlpheus Davis. Howard Moore.\\nDavid Davis. Lorenzo F. Park.\\nSamuel H. Davis. John Quick.\\nEdward F. Dufty. John T. Redi ern.\\nFrank B. Fox. James B. Scott.\\nAlexander T. Francisco. Edward Sewell.\\nCharles B. Eraser. William Shurdon.\\nHenry Gallagher. Lewis Smith.\\nSamuel W. Gahan. George W. Sonder.\\nSamuel Gilbert. John, Sourren.\\nharles E. Githen.s. James Staueley.\\nWilliam Gleason. Francis A. Street.\\nWilliam H. Griffin. William F. Tarr.\\n.Fames Hartley. James Thompson.\\nCharles Helmuth. Edward Van Stavoren.\\nSamuel Hickman. Isaac Waar.\\nJohn Hildebrandt. George L. White.\\nIsaac N. Hoey. John Wilson.\\n.Foseph Hofflinger. Richard Wilson.\\nAbednego Howeth. Theodore F. WiLson.\\nWilliam Inman. RichnrdT. Wood.\\nCO.MI ANV u.\\nCplui,,.\\nJohn P. V:mi Limt.\\nMv-.v/ Lu Mlnia.id.\\nGeorge I Wilson.", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0117.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "98\\nHISTORY OF f AMT EX OOT NTY, XRW JERSEY.\\nEnsign.\\nJohn Willian.\\nFi.rat Sfrgeanl.\\nJames A. Duddy.\\nSi r(je intK.\\nJoseph K. GiddinjrH. Joseph B. Davis.\\nJoseph P. Busha.\\nhrpnrah.\\nJoseph Morton. .Vden W. Powell.\\nDaniel W. Giddings. Thomas B. Jordan\\nFifer.\\nRobert Berryman.\\nDrummer.\\nJohn P. Booth.\\nHenry Astley.\\nEli Bailey.\\nJesse F. Bailey.\\nThomas Bates, Jr.\\nJohn Berryman.\\nHenry Blaek.\\nJames P. Britton.\\nJohn Brown.\\nWilliam Burroughs.\\nThomas Calvert.\\nJoseph Cheeseman.\\nJames M. Cramer.\\nEli Crammer.\\nWilliam Dennington\\nJohn Dill.\\nJohn Dimon.\\nEdward Ellis.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Joseph S! Garretson.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0foseph Garwood.\\nJohn Groves.\\nWilliam Groves.\\nAndrew Marker.\\nHenry Harley.\\nAlexander Harvey,\\n.lohn Herron.\\nBenjamin W.Hill.\\nGeorge II. Holmes.\\nMichael Hoover.\\nEdgar Hudson.\\nCharles Hulings.\\nCharles Jess.\\nJohn C. King.\\nPrivatp^.\\nCharles E. Lancaster.\\nWilliam Lanagan.\\nMatthew Larney.\\nJohn Loynd.\\nAbram Martin.\\nJohn E. Maxwell.\\nLouis Matkensy.\\nWilliam M. Metz.\\nWilliam Moss.\\nJohn O Mara.\\nSamuel Ogden.\\nJohn Osborn.\\nFranklin Pike.\\nNathan Rambo.\\nHenry Rem enter.\\nEdgar Roby.\\nWilliam Robust.\\nThomas D. Ross.\\nJohn Smith.\\nWilliam D. Smith.\\nRobert Spink.\\nThomas B. Thompson.\\nJames G. Tomlinson.\\nJames Totten.\\nAugustus Van Fossen.\\nJoel Whitehead.\\nWilliam Williamson.\\nJosepli Wollard.\\nFrederick Young.\\nI eter V. Brow n.\\nSteward M. Hawkins.\\nWilliam J. Stone.\\nFirst Buic.m)!-: Tiikkf. Yk.xrs Titooi\\nPresident Ijincoln and his luivi.stM^ did\\nnot long entertain the notion, .so pn^valeiit\\nup to, and even after the firing upon Sumter,\\ntiiat the war would be ended and the Sduthern\\nConfederaey .sulxlued before the summer was\\nwell advaneed. April had not indeed run\\nout its course before the President was made,\\nby the logic of events, to comprehend that a\\nlong and desperate civil conflict must be\\nprepared for and that it would require a tre-\\nmendous draft upon the men and money of\\nthe nation tosave it from total wreck. The\\nday for temporizing and half-way military\\nmeasures had flown by, aud on May 3, 18fil,\\nthe President called for thirty-nine regiments\\nof infantry and one of cavalry to serve for\\nthree years or diiriug the war. Although the\\nnumber of men thus summoned was so small\\nin comparison with the hosts of later years,\\nthe length of the term of enlistment is evi-\\ndence that the government at last appreciated\\nthe magnitude of its task. Governor Olden\\ndid not receive the requisition upon New\\nJersey, which was for three regiments of\\ninfantry, until the 17th. More than enough\\ncompanies were organized and awaiting the\\nmustering officer, and the (lovernor, in an-\\nnouncing this fact to the War Department,\\nadded that If the oc-casion required their\\nservices, this State would willingly furnish\\ntwice as many regiments to serve during the\\nwar.\\nFrom these companies were formed the\\nFirst, Second and Third Kegiments of the\\nthree years service. They were furnished\\nwith camp and garri.son ecpiipage by the\\nState, but were armed by the United States.\\nCompany E, Captain Charles N. Pelouzc, of\\nthe First Regiment, Colonel William R.\\nMontgomery, and Company B, Captain\\nHeiuy C. (iil)st)n, of the Tiiird, olonci\\n(Jeorge W. McLean, were Camden County\\nvolunteers. The three regiment.s left Trenton\\non June 28th, and reported to General Scott\\nat Wa.shington on the following day. Tiieir\\nmovements up to and on the day of the Iwt-\\ntie of Bull llun have been recorded in llic\\nhistory of the three months men. .Vftcr\\nthat engagement the First and Second went\\ninto camp near .Alexandria, and thither tiie", "height": "2948", "width": "1985", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0118.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "TIIK WAU FOR TIIK TI.XION.\\nTliird was ()r l r(Ml fVcmi Fairfax, where it\\nhad been posted duriiio- the battle.\\nOn July 24tli ({ovenior Olden was not i lied\\nthat the j ()veriiment would accept five aildi-\\ntioiial regiments, to be taken, as far as con-\\nvenient, from the three months men and\\notficers just discharged and to be organized,\\ne((uipped and sent forward as fast as single\\nregiments are ready, on the same terms as\\nwere those already in service. The Fourth\\nRegimcnit, Colonel James H. Simpson, with\\nwhich William R. Hatch, of Camden, went\\niut as major and was j)roinoted to colonel,\\nwas mustered un August 20th, and, with\\naptain M illiam Hexamer s battery, was\\nt()rwarded t(i the fronton the 21st. It com-\\nprised in part t()ur full companies rai.sed in\\nCamden County as follows A, Captain\\nCharles Meves F, Captain Napoleon B.\\nAaron.son G, Captain Henry M. Jewett\\nand H, Captain JoJin Reynolds. The regi-\\nment camped with the First, Second and\\nThird near Ale.^andria, aud the four were\\nearly in August combined as the Fir.st New\\n.Jersey Krigade and placed under the com-\\nmand of that illustrious and dauutle.ss soldier,\\n(General Philip Kearny, who had alreadv\\ndistinguished himself as a fighter in Mexico,\\nAlgeria and Italy, and against the Indians\\non the frontier, and who.se death at the battle\\nof Cliantilly, August 30, 18G2, was to deprive\\nthe army of a commander in whom military\\nskill and personal courage (V)mbined to form\\nthe ideal brigadier. In recalling the grand\\nreputation which this brigade achieved under\\nKearny and other chiefs, it is a most propei-\\ncause for local pride that Camden ounty\\ncontributed to its ranks six full companies\\nthat shared in its perils, its victories and its\\nhonors. They were among the men who\\nhad so endeared themselves to his lion heart,\\nthat when he was offered the command of\\nSumner s division he refused to acce] t it\\nbecause he would not be permitted to take\\nhis Jersey regiments with him.\\nThe Third Regiment received its baptism\\nof lire in an ambuscade in which il tell at\\nCloud s Mills on August 29th, and on Sep-\\ntember 29th, Kearny had tlu whole brigade\\nout for a reconnoi.s.sance of the enemy s lines at\\nMason s Hill. On October 14th a detach-\\nment of the First emi)tied several saddles of\\na Confederate cavalry force which it encoun-\\ntered, and lost three oi four killed. After\\nspending the winter inactively the brigade,\\nwliich was attached to General William H.\\nFranklin s division, was, on March 7, 1X02,\\npushed towards Manassas, the First Regi-\\nment, which had been the last to leave C(;n-\\ntreville on the retreat of Julv 21, lS(j|,\\nhaving the honor of being the first to occupy\\nthe place on the second advant-e.\\nOn the 10th the brigade colors were\\nunfurled over the abandoned Confederate\\nworks at Manassas, eight liompanies of the\\nThird leading the advance. On iVIeClellan s\\npreparations to transfer the army to the\\n\\\\^irginia Peninsula the Jer.sey regiments,\\nwhich had been placed in the P^irst Division\\nof the First Army Corps, moved to Catlett s\\nStation, where they remained from April 7th\\nto the 1 1th, w hen they retraced their steps\\nto Alexandria and embarked for York Point,\\nYork River, on the 17th. May 5th they\\nadvanced to est Point under command of\\nColonel Taylor, Kearny having been pro-\\nmoted to the command of the division, aud\\non the night of that day the First Regiment\\ncaptured at a charge and held a position\\nwhich two New York regiments had ])rove(l\\nunabh to maintain. Its gallantry was testi-\\nfied to by a correspondent of the Neir York\\nTimcn, who wrote that The line was as firm\\nas a division in a columu at review. Colonel\\nMcAllister, when the enemy broke, bravely\\npursued them some distance. This firm and\\ndetermined movement decided the ri snlt,\\nand the rebels made good their n^treat.\\nThese minor plays on the great chess-l)oard\\nof the campaign had fitted Taylor aud liis\\nmen for the first of the important battles in\\nwhich thev were destined to enter. On June", "height": "2968", "width": "1912", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0119.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "100\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NE^Y .lERSEY.\\n27th they left camp on the south side of tlie\\nChickaliominy liiver, and crossing that dark\\nand sluggisii stream at Woodbury s bridge,\\nplunged into the thick of the fight at Gaines\\nMills, where Fitz-Johu Porter s aud Mc-\\nCall s lines were giving way under the\\nimpact of the enemy s pressure. (Swinging\\nfull into the face of the Confederate musketry\\nand artillery fire, the brigade fought the\\nrebels at a distance of four hundred yards\\nand was badly hurt, until Taylor ordered a\\ncharge that drove them out of the woods iuto\\nan open field, where he met their reserves\\nau(] was compelled to fall back. The Fourth\\nRegiment, four companies of which were\\nCamden men, was sent into the woods by\\norder of one of McClellan s aids, and there\\nsustained the brunt of a fight at close quarters.\\nFive hundred of its number were taken\\nprisoners. Colonel Simpson was one of the\\nunfortunates, and in letters dated from prison\\nin Richmond he thus described the action\\nand sequel,\\nThe regiment was posted in the wood to sustain\\nthe centre in the battle near Gaines Mill, and\\nnobly did it hold its ground until about an hour\\nafter the right and left wings of the army had\\nfallen back. Mine and the Eleventh Connecticut\\nwere the last to leave the front, and only did so\\nwhen we foiuid that the rest of the army had\\ngiven way and we were literally surrounded by\\nthe infantry and batteries of the Confederate\\nforces. Being in the woods, and trusting to our su-\\nperior officers to inform us when to retreat, and\\nnot being able to see, on account of the woods,\\nwhat was going on towards our right and left,\\nwe continued fighting an hour, probably, after\\nevery other regiment had left the ground. The\\nconsequence was inevitable. We were surrounded\\nby ten times our number, and though we could\\nhave fought until every man of us was slain, yet\\nhumanity, and, as I think, wisdom, dictated that\\nwe should at last yield.\\nIn a snb.sequent letter to his wile. Colonel\\nSimpson stated that fifty-three enli.sted men\\nwere killed and one hundred and twentv-oiie\\nwounded, out of the si.x hundred whom lie\\ntook into action. Captain Meves, of Com-\\npany A, was killed, and Lieutenant Charles\\nMeyer, of the .same company, wounded. The\\nbrigade had gone into the fight with twenty-\\neight hundred in its ranks, and but nine\\nhundred and sixty-five answered to their\\nnames when the roll was called in camp at\\nmidnight. The First Regiment lost twenty-\\none killed, including Major David Hatfield;\\nseventy-eight wounded and sixty missing\\nThe Third had thirty-four killed, one hun-\\ndred and thirty-six wounded and thirty-five\\nmissing. Lieutenant-Colonel McAllister, in\\nhis report of the participation of the former\\ncommand in the battle, spoke of Captain\\nPelouze, of the Camden company, as one of\\nwhom too much cannot be .said in prai.se.\\nDuring the night after the battle the shat-\\ntered brigade recrossed to the right bank of\\nthe Chickahominy, and at midnight of the\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J8th took up the line of retreat b} way of\\nSavage Station and White Oak Swamp to\\nJames River. A sharp fight occui red at\\nWhite Oak Creek, where the Jerseymen oc-\\ncupied a position of peril between the oppos-\\ning lines, and were lucky to escape damage\\nby hugging the ground as the shells fiew over\\nthem. They passed Malvern Hill on July 1st\\nwithout being called into the battle then rag-\\ning, and reached Harrison s Landing, on the\\nJames River, on the morning of the 2d.\\nOn August 24th the brigade landed at Al-\\nexandria, McClellau having abandoned the\\nPeninsula and transferred his array by water\\nto the Potomac. Three days afterward it was\\npushed forward to Bull Run Bridge and the\\nold battle-field. The First Regiment had\\nthree hundred men fit for duty the Second,\\ntwo hundred and fifty; the Third, throe iiun-\\ndred aud seventy-five and the Fourth, sev-\\nenty-five. On this day, the 27th, the open-\\ning of Pope s battle of Bull Run, it fought\\nfor several hours a nuich superior force of\\nStonewall Jackson s corps, losing nine killed\\nand three hundred and ten wounded, missing\\nand pr isoners. Colonel Taylor was severely\\nwounded, and died on September 1st. Com-\\npelled to relinquish the field, the brigade re-", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0120.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "THK WAK FOi; TIIK IXION.\\n101\\ntired to Cloiid s Mills, hut in a week was on\\nthe mareh again witli McCMellan s pursuit of\\nLee into^Iaiyland, Colonel A. T. A. Torhert\\niiaving succeeded Taylor in command. )n\\nSeptember 14tli it won the battle of C ranip-\\ntou s Gap by a splendid charge up the side\\nof a steep acclivity, capturing enough Spring-\\nfield rifles to arm the Fourth Regiment,\\nwhich had been equipped with smooth bores.\\nThis regiment, which had lost its colors at\\n(Jaines Mill, captured two stands of rebel\\ncolors at rampton s Gap. At the battle of\\nAntietam, on the 11th, it relieved Sumner s\\ncorps at midnight and was not actually en-\\ngaged, although it was for six hours exposed\\nto a hot artillery fire. At Fredericksburg,\\nDecember 13th and 14th, it saw hard fight-\\ning on the left of the line, and Colonel Wil-\\nliam B. Hatch was fatally wounded in lead-\\ning the Fourth Regiment to an assault. Pre-\\nvious to this the Fifteenth and Twenty-\\nfourth Regiments had been added to the\\nbrigade and it had been placed in the Sixth\\nCorps. At Chancellorsville, cm May l.Sli.\\nit was for two hours and a half engaged with\\nLongstreet s veterans near Salem Church,\\nand the casualties footed up five hundred and\\neleven men killed, wounded and missing.\\nIn the battle of Gettysburg it embraced\\nthe First, Second, Third and Fifteenth Regi-\\nments and Hexamer s battery, the Fourth\\nRegiment lieing on provost duty at Wash-\\nington. It was on the picket line during the\\ndecisive fighting of July od, and on the )th\\njoined in the pursuit of Lee.\\nWhile (irant was marshaliug the army\\nfor the grand advance, the Tenth New Jersev\\nRegiment was assigned to the brigade. C om-\\npany A, Captain Isaac W. Mickle Company\\nE, Captain George W. Scott; Company II,\\nCaptain John R. C/unuingham, and Company\\nI, Captain John Coates, were recruited in\\namden. The brigade had three days of\\ntightiug in the Wilderness during the first\\nweek of May, 1804, and ou the 10th took\\npart in the celebrated charge on the Confed-\\nerate works near S[)oftsylvania, in which a\\nthousand prisoners and several guns were\\nca]iturcd. On the 12th it was in the furious\\nassault of that day and the subsecjuent struggle\\nover the rebel entrenchments, the intense\\nfury, lieroism and horror of which, Edward\\nA. Pollard wrote, it is imjwssible to de-\\nscribe. This was the awful and stubborn\\ncontest in the bloody angle, and no com-\\nmand suffered a heavier loss than did the\\nlive Jersey regiments. They were driven\\nfrom and retook the Gait House on the 14th,\\nand until the 18th were participants in\\nskirmishes along the North Anna and Tolo-\\npotomy Rivers. At Cold Harbor, June 1st\\nto 3d, they were constantly under fire. The\\nterms of service of the First and Third\\nRegiments had expired on May 2.^d, l)nt\\ntliey remained at the front to take part in the\\nbattle of Cold Harljor. They reached Tren-\\nton on June 7th, and were mustered out ou\\nJune 23d. Of the two thousand and sixty-\\neight officers and enlisted men who had left\\nthe State capital on June 28, 1861, only three\\nhundred and forty returned for muster out,\\nof whom one hundred aud thirty-nine be-\\nliinged to the First and two hundred and one\\nto the Third Regiment. The Fourth, with\\nthe exception of the men who had re-enlisted,\\nreturned from the front August 19, 1864,\\nand was mustered out on the next day it\\ncame back with four hundred and twenty-\\nfour privates and officers, while it had taken\\none thousand and thirty-four to the field three\\nyears before. The re-enlisted men of the\\nFirst and Third, which ceased to exist as or-\\nganizations, were at first transferred to the\\nFourth and Fifteenth, but were subsequently\\nconsolidated into the First, Second and\\nThird Battalions, and, with the Fourth,\\nTenth and Fifteenth Regiments from that\\ntime until February, I860, constituted the\\nFirst Brigade. The Fourth tiuis kept u|) its\\norganization through its re-enlisted men, and\\nthus has an unbroken history until the termi-\\nnation of the war.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0121.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "102\\nHTSTOI .Y OF AMI\u00c2\u00bbKN COUNTV. NKW .IRRSKY.\\nIn July, 1X04, the brigade wa.s sent witli\\ntlie Sixth Corps to check Pearly in the Shen-\\nandoaii Valley, and on August 17th delayed\\nhis advance for six lioursat Winchester. On\\nSeptember 1 !ttli it was in the direct assault\\nupon tiie rel)el front at (^pequaii, and was\\ngallantly instrumental in sending the enemy\\nwhirling up the valley. On the 22d, at\\nFisher s Hill, it repeated its achievement,\\nand at the battle of Cedar Creek, on Octol)er\\n19th, it formed on the left of the line and\\nfought steadily to maintain its ground, but\\nwas finally overwhelmed and forced to retire.\\nWhen Sheridan, however, arrived upon tlie\\nscene and turned defeat into victory it re-\\nformed and did its duty in the charge that\\nrepulsed Early and ended the war in the\\nvalley. On December 1st it rejoined the Army\\nof the Potomac; April 2, 1865, it helped\\nto take the Confederate entrenchments on the\\nBoydton Plank-Road, in front of Peters! )urg,\\nand it was close to Appomattox when Lee s\\nsurrender was made. Thence it was ordered\\nto Danville, Va., and not until May 24th\\ndid it march through Richmond on its way\\nnorthward. On June 2d it fncami)ed five\\nmiles from Washington, where the regiments\\nwere mustered out. At Trenton they were\\ndissolved, and this scarred and storied com-\\nmand ceased to exist.\\nThe following i.s the roster of the original\\ncompanies raised in Camden County tiial\\nwere assigned to the l)rigade:\\nCDMI ANV K, FIKST KKlJIMKXI NKW .IKHSKV VOL-\\nUNTEERS.\\nrriiis oomiKiDj wua iimstcred in May 23, ISOl, unil ii\u00c2\u00bbislfi-i-U uiil\\nWilli regiment, unless otherwise staterl.]\\nC liiii-les JS. Pelouze, res. Nov. 8, 02.\\nKiiiiuis B. Holt, Nov. ti, 61, res. Nov. 27, H2.\\nFirst Lieuterwnts.\\nJames J5. Shields.\\nA. Stewart Taylor, Nov. tl, 01, res. iNov. ;27, 02.\\n11. M. GilliiiHii, Nov. 27, 62, vice Taylor, res.\\nSecond Lieutenants.\\n.N.W.Siiiill), Dec. 10, 02, pro. 1st lieut. Co. A, Feb.\\nJoseph Fergusou, Feb. la, 63, par. pris-\\nI trxt Sergrantf.\\nE. K. RaiiLsey, pro. 2d lieut. Co. Feb. 13, (i3.\\nW. E. Vanderslice, Mar. 1, 63, dis. June 29, 05.\\nEdward A. Herman, dis. Oct. 21, 62.\\nSer(jnants.\\nPeter A. Grum, Dec. 8, 62.\\nSamuel W. Lesenby.\\nWilliam H. Good.\\nWilliam H. Gilbert, dis. Sept. 12, 62.\\nBenjamin H. Roby, dis. May 15, 65.\\nCorjiortds.\\nAugust Mulhan, dis. June 29, 65.\\nJohn W. Fisher.\\nOscar Greslius, May 21, 61.\\nConrad Mace, dis. June 23, 65.\\nJohn C. Zanders, died July 0, 02, of wounds.\\nJacob Ristine, killed June 27, 62.\\nWm. McCombe, killed Aug. 17, 64.\\nFrederick C. Schwarze, killed June 27, 62.\\nHenry Bechtel, killed May 3, 63.\\nHenry K. Patton, died June 5, 64, of wounds.\\nDaniel Logan, killed April 2, (55.\\nEdward Stehr, dis. Nov. 6, 62.\\nAugustus B. Conrad, musician, dis. June 29, 65.\\nJohn W. Wilson, musician.\\nJames H. Pimlotte, wagoner.\\nF rii-ate.i.\\nGeorge Adams, killed May 5, 64.\\nCharles Alfred.\\nDavid Anderson.\\nWilliam R. Anderson.\\nCharles T. Anthony.\\nJoseph Ailt, dis. Oct. 7, 62.\\nStewait H. Allshouse. dis. to joiu regular army.\\nJohn Brown, killed Sept. 14, 62.\\nFk. M. Brown, Sept. 4, 62, must, out June 22, 65.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Jacob Krunsholly, dis. Jan. 27, 63.\\nJohn Bruden, dis. Feb. 6, 63.\\nBenjamin Budil, killed June 27, 02.\\nJames H. Carney.\\nFred. Cappell, must, out Oct. 17, 65.\\nJoseph Cortledge, Nov. 26, 63; dis July 22, 65.\\nSamuel Cline, dis. Nov. 4, 02.\\nAlbert Clingmau, killed June 27, 62.\\nJoseph Coners,Sept. 15, 62.\\nWilliam Cook, killed August 27, 62.\\nThomas Dalton, dis. Nov. 1, 62.\\nChristopher Dice, dis. June 23, 64.\\nJoseph E. Dilks, killed Sep. 14. 62.\\nJacob Dillshaver, Sep. 19, 62, dis. Jan. in. 03.\\nDaniel Driggils, killed May 0, M.\\nJoseph 11. Dutton, dis. Dec. 9, 03,\\nJohn Fitzgerald, dis. Oct. 3, 62.\\nJoseph W. Foster.", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0122.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UNION.\\nlOS\\nJames Gilespy, killed .Fune 27. J.\\nWm. Gratz, ciis. Oct. 12, t;i.\\nJoseph Groskinsky, died of wounds.\\nWm. L. Hartman.\\nChas. Hexamer, Sept. 30, fil, must, out Oct. 4, 64.\\nJohn Hill, May 23, Ol, dis. April 3, 65.\\nJacob Hill, dis. Mav 23. 64.\\nMartin Hoefle.\\nJames Hook.\\nRalph Hopwood\\nDaniel N. Hyder, dis. Dec. 23, 63.\\nConrad Hoover, Jan. 2r 64.\\nGeorge W. Hoquet, dis. Oct. 28, 62, wounds.\\nWm. Irion, must, out .\\\\n)r. 10, 6.i.\\nThomas Jacobs.\\nAndrew .T. Jorden.\\nAndrew J. Joline. trans, to Co. E, 4th Reg.\\n.Tohn H. Kelly, must, out June 29, 65.\\nChas. Leonhardt. Feb. 25, 64, dis. March 24, 64.\\nChas. Long. must, out June 20, 65.\\nEdward Lunny, dis. March 23, 62.\\nAlfred A. Maulin, died Feb. 23, 63.\\nJohn Mertz, Jan. 26, 64.\\nSeth S. Mead.\\nJohn McDonald, dis Sept. 12, 01.\\nEdward McDowell, dis. July 26, 62.\\nCharles McLaughlin, dis. Jan. 16, 63, of wounds.\\n.Alexander McGaukey, killed June 27, 62.\\nP. McLaughlin, Aug, 27, 62, tr. to V.R.C. Sept.l 63,\\nEdwin Miles, died Nov. 26, 62.\\nSamuel Miller.\\nCharles Munzing, Feb. S, H2, died Dec, 20, 03,\\nharles Murray,\\nWilliam Neville,\\nPatrick Nolao, killed June 27, 62.\\nCharles P. Norton, died of wounds.\\nAlexander Oldham, killed June 27, 62.\\nMichael O Regan, died May 16, 62.\\nGutthelf Osterday, must, out Aug. 2, 65.\\nSimon Peter, must, out Aug. 2, 65.\\nW. Pos.ser, Aug. 28, 62, tr. to U. S. N. Apr. |.s, 04.\\n.Facob H. Plume, dis. May 12, 63.\\nJohn H. Redtield, dis. July 0, 05, of woiiiids,\\nEdward C. Reed, dis. Feb. 2t;, 03, of wounds,\\nThomas Russell.\\nAdam Schiela, must, out June 2!), 05.\\nAugust Schwarze, killed June 27, 02.\\n.lohn Skyrni.\\nGeorge Sproud.\\n.lohn C, Stow, dis. May 23, i;4.\\n(Charles Sparks, killed May 0, 04.\\nWilliam H. Swope.\\nPeter Sweeny, dis. Aug. 16, 03.\\nJacob Tehr, dis. July 25, 05.\\nNathaniel M. Wolf, dis. Oct. 3, 02.\\nChristopher Weedmiui, must, onl .Inne 2 05.\\n.lacob S. Wheeler,\\nWilliam H, Wheaten.\\nEmerick Whitman,\\n(jharles Yeager, killed June 27, 02,\\nGeorge W, Young, dis. Fob, 24, 63.\\nNicholas Yeager.\\nrOMPANY B, THIRD liEl.lMF.NT NF.W .IKKSKY VOI,-\\nrNTEEKS (tHKKF. YE.-MfS).\\nIThi^.-.inipany \u00c2\u00bbas must.Toil iu Mn.v .i, IM.l, uii.l iuii\u00c2\u00abtvi .l ..nl\\n,I.itic 2.i, lKi;t,milPw..th.Twiw st,it.-.l|,\\nHenry C, Gibson, res, .\\\\ug, 21, 1X02,\\nRichard D, Cook, Sept, 20, 02 res, Feb. 10, 63.\\n.lohn Frantz, Feb. 17, 1803.\\nFiraf fAiiilnuuil^.\\nDavid Vickers, Jr., pro. tocapt.Co. May 31, 01.\\nFranklin L. Knight, May 20i, 01 pro. lieut.-col.\\n24th N. J. Regt. Sept. 12, 1802.\\nWm. N. Evans, Dec. 1. 01: died of wds, July 14, 02.\\nDavid Fairly, July 1 02 pro, to adjt, July 14, 02,\\nGriffith W, Carr, Sept, 13. 1802; pro, to cajit, V.,\\nK, 28d Regt., April 18, 1863.\\nAbraham M. Salmon, Oct. 15, 1863.\\nSecond Lieutenants.\\nBaldwin Hufty, Jan. 6, 1862; pro. 1st lieut. Co. E\\nAug, 13, 1862,\\nOscar Westlake, Aug, 13, 62 pro, 1st lieut, Co, 1)\\nDec. 10, 02.\\nJames Dalzell, Dec. 10. 02, pro. from sergt. Co. D.\\nFii-K/ Senjeanlx.\\nHoward S. Vandegrift, killed May 3, 63.\\nMathias Lambson, pro. 2d lieut. Co. E July 16, 62.\\nJohn S, Clark.\\nSf.riie.antx.\\nHamilton Johnson.\\nGeo. T. Westcott, pro. 2d lient. Co. COct. 16, 62.\\nNathan C. Jones.\\nFred. Mervine, killed in action May 8, 1.S04.\\nRich. A. Curtis, pro. 2d lieut. Co. C .luly 3, 1802.\\nWilliam Page, disch. Oct. 27, 1802.\\nWilliam H. Suiith.\\nWm. B.Philips, disch. Nov. 5, 1802.\\nhas. A. McClung, pro. sergt.-maj. Sept. 5, 1862.\\nSamuel B. Pine, traus. to V. R. C-\\n(\\\\,ri, irals.\\nFred. W. Sowby.\\nWilliam J. Mills.\\nThomas W. Clark.\\nEdwin Phillips, disch. Sept. 18, 1862.\\nJohn M. Lewis, disch. Oct. 17, 1802.\\nArthur H. Merry, killed iu action June 27, I Wi2.\\nWni. Ross, died of wds. May 14, 1803.\\nJohn K. Frankish, killed in action May .I, 1804.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0123.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "104\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nWm. B. Smith, killed in action May 12, 1864.\\nWm. Marsh, musician, disch. Jlay 17, (i^.\\n.Tona. Demaris, musician, disch. March SO. \\\\siv\\nWm. A. Shinn, wagoner.\\nJames Ro.ss, wagoner.\\nPrii atfs.\\nAdam Adams, killed in action June 27, 1S62.\\nJohn Blair, trans, to V. R. C.\\nArmand Bressillon.\\nCharles Bressillon, disch. Oct. 4, 1862.\\nSamuel Broadhurst, disch. June 29, 1865.\\nGeo. S. Bromley.\\nNewton M. Brooks.\\nEdward Browning, died of wounds May 12, 64.\\nPatrick Burns, disch. June 6, 65.\\nJohn L. Campbell, Nov. 21, 62; dis. July 13, Tv i.\\nTheodore Casper, disch. Nov. 11, 61.\\nMordecai Clossen, disch. Jan. 31, 63.\\nJohn W. Coates.\\nJohn Conway.\\nFrancis W. Coull, disch. (disability) Dec. 3, 62.\\nAllen Coull, killed in action June 27, 62.\\nTitus Crawshaw, disch. Nov. 19, 62.\\nHenry De Ford, disch. Dec. 20, 62.\\nEdward Y. Diament, disch. Dec. 8, 1862.\\nJames Dillon, disch- June 29, 1865.\\nHenry Edwards, must, in Dec. 17, 1862.\\nJehu Evaus, Jr., pro. 1st lieut. Co. A, 4th Regt.\\nCharles F. Fackler, disch. May 20, 1862.\\nThomas D. Farris, disch. March 19, 63.\\nAugust Fisher, must, out June 29, 1865.\\nPeter J. Fox, killed in action May 12, 1864.\\nWm. Gibson, disch. Aug. 16, 65.\\nH. H. Goldsmith, pro. to 2d lieut. Co. A, 23d Regt.\\nThompson Gordon.\\nHenry Gorman.\\nJohn Hamberger, Jan. 7, 62 disch. Jan. 21, 65.\\nMahlon Harden,\\n.fohn T. Harrison.\\nJohn Harkinson.\\nWm. T. Harvey, disch. March 29, 62.\\nJames Henry.\\nBrockington IloUis.\\nJames Hollingsworth, died of wds. Oct. 30, 62.\\nLewis C. Hong, killed in action .(une 1, 64.\\nJoseph C. Johnston, disch. Nov, 8, 62.\\n.Toseph King, disch. tJct. 6. 62.\\n(ieorge W. Loughlin, disch. May 13, 63.\\nJohn G. LewalliM,Sept. 11, 61 disch. Feb. 11. 63.\\nEhvood l ()ck, died of wds. June 28, ()2.\\nMartin Lokcman, Oct. 10, 62; disch. July 10, 6.\\nNathaniel P. Long, must, in Oct. 18, 62.\\nAlbert Lukens, disch. June 16, 64.\\nJ. Harrison Lupton, disch. Sept. 16, 62.\\nAlfred Marshland, disch. April 11, 63.\\nSamuel Martin, disch. April 19, 63.\\n.lohn D. McCoy, Jan. 10, 62; died July 21, 62.\\n.lohn McLees, died of wds. June 30, 62.\\nMartin McNully, killed in action May 3, 63.\\nJohn D. McWey, disch. Sept. 3, 65.\\nTheodore W. Merrihew.\\nArchibald Neimo.\\nJohn M. Phillips.\\nThomas L. Phillips, disch. Sept. 24, 62.\\nGeorge G. Ricker, Jan. 6, 62 disch. June 28, 65.\\nCharles Robinson, disch. .June 29, 65.\\nFranklin Robinson, died Nov. 24, 63.\\nNathaniel P. Senz, must, in Oct. 18, 62.\\nPhilip Shank.\\nPeter Sherris, Sept. 16, 61 disch. Aug. 13, 62.\\nBenj. F. Shinn, trans, to Co. G.\\nGeo. Shade, must, in Dec. 5, 62.\\nGrisby H. Snow.\\nJohn W. Slocum, disch. Feb. 23, 63.\\nCharles H. Smith, disch. July 28, 62.\\nCooper Smith, disch. Dec. 2, 62.\\nJohn Spence.\\nThomas C. Surran.\\nAlbert Talmadge.\\n.Tos. R. Taylor, Jan. 10, 62; disch. June 29. 65.\\nJ. Fred. Taylor, disch. April 10, 62.\\nStephen Tomkinson, killed in action Dec. 4, 61.\\nArmand Trimble, disch. May 20, 62.\\nEdward Trussell, disch. Feb. 1 1, 63.\\nAlex. J. Walker, died of wds. May 12, 63.\\nErasmus R. Webb, disch. July 7, 64.\\nS. Williams, Sept. 12, 61; trans, to Co. B, 15th Rgl.\\nWallace Williams, trans to U. S. Navy.\\nJacob Wise, must, out June 23, 64.\\nThomas Westtiill, disch. Sept. 13, 61.\\nRobt. F. Wood, disch. Sept. 15, 62.\\nCharles H. Wright, must, in Jan. 21, 62.\\nWm. T. G. Young, disch. May 31, 64.\\nCOMPANY A, KOHRTH REOIMENT NEW .lERSEY\\nVOLUNTEEES.\\n[Thiti .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0..iiipiiny was iiiUBtPieil in August, 0. 18G1, and nniBt.Tcd out\\nitli n-jiinii-nt unless otherwise statpd.]\\nCltpi lillH.\\nCharles Meves, killed in action June 27, 62.\\nCharles Meyer, Aug. 30, 62, vice Meves, killed.\\nJosiah Shaw, Aug. 9, 63.\\nKlias Wright, Dec. 13, 62 pro. to niaj. 1 S.\\n.Tcibn \\\\L Crammer. Nov. 2f ii4.\\nFIrM JJeHtciianfs.\\nJ. Kvans, Jr.,Aug. 30, 62; pro. toadjt. Nov. 26. ;2.\\nCha.s. H. Hatch, Nov. 26, 62 res. ^iar. 29, 64.\\nFrank Iv Mailey. April 24, M.\\nLcaiidcr Brevier, Feb. 2, 65; pr... lu adj. .1 iiiir 4. iy\\nPeter lianning, .hinc 4, iW).", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0124.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UNION.\\n105\\nSfconil Lirutennnfs.\\nCharles Lisenbarth, res. Sept. 13, 61.\\nFritz W. Schroeder, Sept. 21, 61 ;clis. Oct. 11, 62.\\nEclwd. M. Anderson, Nov. -i, 62 pro. 1st It. Co. K,\\nNov. 12, 63.\\nGriffin P. Lillis, Jan. 31, 6.5 pro. 1st lieut. Co. H.\\n.Tune 4, 65.\\nFirst Sf ri/ean/.\\nSamuel R. Keeler, Aug. 17, 61.\\nSrrr/t anfa.\\n.Joseph Brady.\\nGeorge Wilson, Dec. 8, 64.\\nErail Jaerin, Jan. 3, 65.\\nFrederick Wool, disch. Mar. 1 2, 63.\\nTheodore Krugg, disch. Aug. 8, 62, of wounds.\\nChas. Helmouth, disch. May 3, 64, of wounds.\\nJohn Greipp.\\n.John Mergenthaler.\\nTheodore Schreiber, trans, to V. R. C.\\nCorporals.\\n.Joseph Lippe, disch. Feb. 16, 62.\\nLouis Deike, Aug. 22, 61 disch. April 24, 63.\\nEdward Dike, disch. Sept. 16, 61.\\nGottfried Whitman.\\nThomas Desmond, Aug. 13, 61.\\n.John O Neil, Jan. 11, 65 killed in ac. Ap. 2, 65.\\nJohn Miller, disch. May 31, 64, of wounds.\\nJoseph Schlatter, killed in action May 6, 64.\\nJean G. Veltier, disch. Aiig. 14, 62-\\nGeorge Schuh, disch. Fel). 16, 63.\\nAdam Rickerts.\\n.John Lynch, Dec. 15, 64.\\n.John H. Reardon, Jan. 12, 65.\\nJos. Harding, Feb. 16, 64 disch. July S, 65.\\nJos. Hodgeson, Sept. 29, 64; disch. May 17, 65.\\nSaml. Hill, musician, Aug. 12, 63.\\nRobt. Clow, mus., Sept. 15, 62 disch. May 17, 65.\\nCharles I yons, wagoner, .\\\\ug. 13, 61.\\nPrirales.\\nChristian Adelar, died July 8, 62, in Andsonville.\\nAndw. Anderson, Mar. 3, 65 disch. July 9, 65.\\nJohn Adshead, disch. July 7, 65.\\nDavid Batthalia, Dec. 30, 64; disch. July 65.\\nFrederick Bauer, disch. .July 18, 65.\\nOtto Bender, Aug. 22, 61 killed in ac. .June 27, 62.\\nLewis Binder, disch. Oct. .30, 62\\nJohn Britton, Jan. 11, 65.\\nGeorge Brombacher, disch. Feb. 18, 63.\\nJohn Brown (1), Dec. 30, 64 disch. July 9, 65.\\nJohn Brown (2), Jan. 18, 65 disch. July 65.\\n.James Brown, Jan. 16, 65.\\nWm. Brown, Dec. 7, 64; died Feb. i), 65.\\nChristian Burger, disch. June 6, ()2.\\nJohn Burghart, killed in action June 27, 62.\\n14\\nJohn Barr, Jan. 12, 65.\\nMichael Cavanagh, .Jan. 5, 65.\\nJame.^ Chester, Jan. 5, 65.\\nGeorge Clark, Mar. 30, 65.\\nJohn Clark, Jan. 17, 65 disch. n\\\\ 28, 65.\\nAlbert Clement, disch. Dec. 25, 62.\\nRobt. Corson, Jan. 5, 64 disch. .July 6\\nAlfred Conklin, Sept. 2, 62 disch. .-Vug. 25, (i4.\\nGeo. Cowpe, Sept. 30, 64; disch. May 17, 6.\\nPeter Cox, died Jan. 1, 65.\\n.John Deihl, Jan^ 25, 64; killed in ac June 3, ii4.\\nChristian DiehT.\\nJohn Dickinson, Jan. 12, 65\\nJohn Diehl, disch Mar. 3, 62.\\nHenry Dietrich, March 25, 65; disch. .July S 65.\\nMartin Effinger, died .\\\\pril 12, 62.\\nJohn EIrah, Aug. 27. 62 died Jan. 3, 65.\\nAndw. Faudre. April 8, 65; disch. .luly Ki,\\nFrancis Fecht, disch. March 3], 62.\\nFrederick Killian.\\nCharles Fessman.\\nHeinrich Finger, disch. Aug. 19, 64.\\nFrederick Fisher, Dec. 28, 64 disch. July 9, 65.\\nJacob Fleck, disch. Dec. 24, 62.\\nChristian Floel. March .30, 65 disch. May 3, 65.\\nJacob Fox, August 22, 61 disch. Jan. 20, 63.\\n.Jacob Gallatin, disch. Jan. 4, 62.\\nHenry Gollman, April 7, 63; disch. April 14, 63.\\n.John Gundling, disch. Dec. 3, 62.\\nFjudwig Gundling, died Nov. 15, 63.\\n.Jolm Haines, Jan. 4, 65.\\nGilmore Hall, Jan. 4, 65; disch. July 9, 65.\\nCharles Hambrecht, died Nov. 8, 62, of wounds.\\nJohn Hart, Jan. 10, 65.\\nGeorge Hays, Jan. 11, 65; disch. July 9, i\\\\i).\\nErnest Hassenbein, Dec. 12, 64.\\nValentine Henricus, killed in action May 12, 64.\\nGeorge Hetchner, killed in action May 6, 64.\\nEmanuel Herbert.\\nCharles Heitman, disch. March 3, 62.\\nJames Hines, Dec. 29, 64; disch. July 9, 65.\\nJacob Hirsch.\\nGeo. Holzmann, Aug. 22, 61 disch. Dec. 19, 62.\\nAndw. J. Hopkins, July 8, 64 disch. July 9, 65.\\nJacob Hucke.\\nPatk. Hurley, Sept. 28, 64; disch. May 17, tM.\\nThomas Jackson, Dec. 19, 62.\\nJohn Jack, Oct. 7, 64; trans, to Company 1).\\nCharles Jacobson, Dec. 9, 64; disch. July 9, 65.\\nJohn Kane, Jan. 12, 65; disch. July 9, 65.\\nPhilip Keifer, Aug. 22, 61 disch. Aug. 20, 64.\\nJames Kelly, Jan. 10, 65; trans, to Company I.\\nChristopher Kiefer, disch. Aug. 15, 61.\\nJohn F. Killmer, Dec. 20, 64; disch. July 9, 65.\\nHerman Kisshauer, Jan. 7, 65; disch. June, 65.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0125.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "106\\nHISTORY OF CAMBEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nEdward Krause, disch. June Iti, Bo.\\nChristian Krause, di.sch. March 21, 63.\\nRudolph Klctfer, disch. Aug. 15, 62.\\nWendle Kunlz, disch. Sept. 26, 62.\\nJohn Lawson, Jan. 6, 65 disch. July 9, 66.\\nJohn Lenk.\\nFrancis Leonard, January 16, 6.5.\\nJohn Louis, killed in action June 27, 62.\\nCharles Lutz, disch. Sept. 26, 62.\\nJohn McCarty, Jan. 10, 65; disch. July 9, 65.\\nLawrence McDonald, Jan. 11, 65-.\\nThos. McMahon, Auit. 29, 61 disch. .Ian. 30, 6.3.\\nGeorge Met/..\\nCeorge Millar, disch. May 14, 63.\\nFred k Mondinger, March 25, 65; di.sch. July 9, 65.\\nWm. W. Morse, March 24, 65; disch. July 9, 65.\\nGustavus Moses, March 25, 65.\\nMichael Murphy, Jan. 13, 65; disch. July 9, 65.\\nLeopold Myers, Dec. 9, 64; trans, to Battery A.\\nLeonard Nargaug.\\nJohn Nelson, Dec. 7, 64.\\nWm. F. Neshit, Jan. 11, 65 trans, to West n A y-\\nJohn G. Nutt, Jan. 4, 65 disch. June 12, 65.\\nWm. J. Tarkhill, Aug. 10, 64 disch. June 22, 65.\\nCharles Randolph, March 24, 65.\\nAllen Rathtbrd, Jan. 6, 65.\\nHenry Reinhardt, disch. Sejit. 13, 62.\\nLudwig Reinhardt, disch. Sept. 13, 62.\\nMichael Rielly, Aug. 17, (!4, disch. June 22, 65.\\nCharles Riley, Aug. 17, 64; trans. toV. R. C.\\n.Facob Rhode, killed in action June 27, 62.\\nAlbert Ross, Jan. 12, 65 disch. July 9, 65.\\nJohn Ryan, Feb. 13, 64 disch. July 9, 65.\\n.lames Rice, Jan. 5, 65.\\nWilliam Riley, Jan. 10, 65.\\n.lames Rogers, Dec. 7, 64.\\nConrad Rosch, disch. April 23, 63.\\nGeorge Roth, disch. .Fan. 3, 63.\\nJohaii Roth, disch. Jan. 3, 63.\\n.lohn Schack.\\nGeorge Schick.\\nJoseph Scherm.\\nJohn Schmidt.\\nDavid W. Schneider, .Ian. 22, 62.\\nGeorge Schneider, Jan. 10, 65.\\n.Joseph Schneider.\\n.John P. Schuster, Jan. 22, 64.\\nFrederick Schneider, Dec. 13, 64, dis. .Inly 9, 65.\\nJoseph Schaler, Mar. 30, 64.\\nSebastian Schauh, dis. Mar. 21, i)3.\\nWilliam Schneider, dis. Mar. 10, 62.\\nMichael Srhiiepp, dis. April 30, 62.\\nConrad Seibolt, dis. Nov. 3, 62.\\nJoseph Shaw, Oct. 3, 64, dis. July 9, 5.\\nHenry Sherbrook, Jan. 6, 65, dis. July 9, 65.\\nSolomon Smallwood, Jan. 6, 64, dis. July 9, 65.\\nJames Smith, Aug. 11, 63, dis. May 3, 65.\\nJohn Smith, .Ian. 16, 65.\\nSebastian Smith, Jan. 2, 64.\\nWilliam Smith, .Ian. 13, 65.\\nWilliam Souville, Jan. 16, 65.\\nWilliam B. Smith, Jan. 10, 65, trans, to Co. G.\\nHenry Strick, dis. Jan. 14, 62.\\nWilliam Sweuson, Jan. 5, 65, dis. July 9, 65.\\nWilliam Spitz, dis. April 29. 62.\\n.Tohn.son Stockton, dis. Aug. 15, 61.\\nGeorge Treide, dis. Dec. 25, 62.\\nWilliam Tyler, Jan. 11, 65.\\nChristopher Ulrich, died Oct. 29, 62.\\nJacob Vanvaler, Aug. 5, 64, dis. July 9, 65.\\nCharles Wagner, Jan. 12, 65, dis. May 3, 65.\\nAugust Weinknecht, dis. Oct. 29, 62.\\nJesse Wheeler, dis. Aug. 23, 64.\\nCharles H. White, Feb. 6, 62, dis. Nov. 2, 62.\\nPeter Williams, Dec. 7, 64, killed April 2, 65.\\nChristopher Williams, Jan. 12, 65, dis. July 9, 65.\\nJohn White, July 7, 64, died April 22, 65, of wds.\\nCharles Woerner, dis. Jan. 10, 63.\\nJohn Watson, Jan. 5, 65.\\nF/dward Waugh, .Jan. 10, 65.\\nAndrew Wesler.\\nChristopher Wester.\\nJames Wilson (1), .\\\\ug. U, 63.\\nJames Wilson (2), Dec. 13, 64.\\n.lames Wilson (3),. Tan. 16, 65.\\nSamuel Wilson, Jan. 6, 65.\\nJohn F. Wilson, Dec. 12, 64, dis. July 9, 65.\\nHerman Woerner, Mar. 25, 65, dis. .July 9, 65.\\nJohn Wcdfe, Dec. 10, 64, dis. July 9, 65.\\nJohn Woerner, died at Andersonvillc .\\\\ug. 9, 64.\\nVnthony Wolf, died Aug. I, 62.\\nJohn Wolfe, Dec. 10, 64, dis. July 9, 65.\\nCharles Wood, Dec. 12, 64, dis. July 9, I15.\\n)MP.\\\\NY F, FOURTKKNTH REUIMENT NKW .IKRSF.Y\\nVOLITNTEEKS.\\n[TliiF (\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.iriiiiiiuj- was mustered in August 1.1, Im il, and iiiuMli ivil oul\\nAugust 17, lsr,4, iinless iithorwisu statod.j\\nCaptains.\\nN. R. Aaronson, Aug. 17, 61, res. Sept. 23. 62.\\nSamuel M. Gaul, Oct. 13, 62, iv cf .Varonson, res.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Joseph S. Heston, .Juno 4, Ij^f, vice Gaul. must. out.\\nFiraf. lyieuttnants.\\nT.M. Fetter, Aug. 17, 61,p. capt. Co. K l)ec.2l, 61.\\nJ. M. Pearson, Dec. 21, 61, p. capt. Co. K .Ian. S, 6:!.\\nH. W. .lackson, Jan. 8, 63, p. brt. lieut.-col. Mar.\\n13, (;5.\\nSrcdud JAeiileiHiiits.\\nV. G. Aaron.soM, Aug. 17, (!1, res. Sciit. 26, 62.\\nW. McElhaney, May 16, 63, pro. adjt. July 7, 63.\\nD. R. F orgus, Jan. 31, 65, resigned June 14, 65.", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0126.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "TIfK WAli FOR THE UNION.\\n107\\nFrank E. Mailey, pro. 1st lieut. Co. A, Apl. -M, i)4.\\nJohn Diuioud, killed in action .Tnni 27, (i2.\\nDavid D. Hamell.\\nJacob V. Nesson, niiist. out July (i.\\n.Vshlcy H. Lui Ms, jm-o. c|. m.-scrgt. May I, t;. i\\nSiryediilK.\\nSamuel J. Fenner.\\nJames C. Sloane, pro. i,. in.-sergt. (Jt-t. o,\\nTlmmas W. Mooiiey, pro. sgt. -major Nov. 4, til\\n.lames Houghtaling, must, out July 12, B.\\nJosejili B. Holmes, must, out July i (i;\\nWilliam oote, pro. sgt. -major May I, liri.\\n(ieorge I. (Jesmeyer, ilis. Feb. 28,\\nCharles H. Jewell, died Nov. 27, t!4, of wounds.\\nBenjamin Linton, killed in action May 12, (i4.\\nCoipornU.\\nHoratio S. Howell, pro. q. m.-sergt. Sept. 6, GIv\\nJohn W. Me.ssick, Aug. 2(i, 4, dis. .lune 25, (i\\n.lohn Elbertson,dis. July 22, M.\\nLorenzo Jess, dis. July 9, i\\\\b.\\nSamuel P. Budd, Jan. 19, ()4. dis. July 9, t5r..\\nJohn McLiester, Dec. l;i, ;4, dis. July 9, ti.\\nJames H. Brown, Dec. 24, 04, dis. July 9,\\nFrancis V. Souders, dis. July 9, 05.\\nJohn R. McCowau, dis. Nov. 6, 62.\\nValentine W. Brown, dis. Dec. 3, (52.\\nRichard F. Stoue, dis. Oct. 3, 62.\\nMiles Bakely, trans, to U. S. Navy.\\nFrancis Soper, mus n, Aug. 20, 61, dis. Sept. 8, 64.\\nJames Dean, musiciau, Sept. 3, 63, dis. July 9, O.\\nJames H. Carter, musician, dis. Aug. 15, 63.\\nJohn Camp, wagoner, Feb. 12, 64, di.s. July 9, 65.\\nWalter B. Ay res, wagoner, dis. Sept. 19, 62.\\nI livales.\\nJonal n Abbott, dis. Jan. 30, m, of wds. rec. in act.\\nWilliam W. Adler, Mar. 28, 65, dis. July 9, 65.\\nHenry Adler, died July 26, 62.\\nCharles R. .Archer.\\nHenry Ashback, Dec. 27, 64, dis. July 9, 65.\\nJoseph Bates, died Mar. 10, 62.\\nWilliam Bailey, Dec. 14, 62, dis. July 9, 65.\\nSteward D. Bakeley, dis. .Tuly 25, 65.\\nCharles Bakeley, dis. Oct. 20, 61, wds. rec. in act.\\nJoseph Bakeley, died Dec. 1, 63.\\nMichael Baiinon, July 13, 64, dis. .fuly 9, il5.\\nJoseph A. Beckett, dis. Nov. 29. ti2.\\nSamuel Bentlcy, Jan. 13, i lb.\\nAbel Biddle.\\nEdward Bohn, Dec. 2(1, 64, dis. .luly 9, 65.\\nEdwin Boles, March 15. t;4.\\nJos. E. Boustead.\\nAlfred R. Bourdeu, Jan. 19, 64, dis. June 10, 65.\\nChas. Bowman, Jan. 6, 65, dis. July 9, 65.\\n.lohn Boyle, Dec. 21, 64, tr. to t!o. I, KHh Itcgt.\\nI cter Borne, March 25, 65.\\nWni. H. Briggs, dis. Aug. 26, 64.\\nJames Brewster, dis. March 20, 1)3.\\nJohn P. Brown, dis. Aug. 19, 64.\\nHenry W. Brown, dis. t. 8, 62.\\nDaniel Brown, Jan. 13, 65.\\n.lohn P. Brown, Aug. 19, 64.\\n.las. Britton, Jan. 18, 65.\\nPatrick Bryan, March 2.S, \\\\\\\\r dis. .Inly 9, 65.\\n(Jco. B. lUidd.died.luly 7, 62, ofwounds inaction.\\n.lohn H. Burdick, Dec. 21, 64.\\n^V m. Butcher, Feb. 5, 64.\\nBernard Calhoun, Dec. 13, 64.\\nThomas Casey, Jan. IS, 65.\\n.\\\\liraham E. Casto, dis. Oct. 7, 62.\\n(Jeorge W. Chew, killed .lune 27, ii2.\\nJacob W. Clement, Jan. 21, 64, killc l .May 12, 64.\\nJohn W. Cotner.\\nCharles C. Craner, dis. Jan- 17. ti3.\\n(Jeorge Crispin, Dec. 19, 64.\\nJames Daley, Jan. 13, 65.\\nWilliam Davis, Dec. 15, 64.\\nJoseph Debler, Jan. 14, 65, di.s. .Inly 9, 65.\\n.loseph C. Dorell, killed .hinc 27, 62.\\nJohn De (jarnie.\\nJohn Dimond, .fan. 16,\\nJohn Doyle, Jan. 16, (;5, dis. .Inly 28, 65.\\nPafk Dunn, June 5, 61, died Sept. 20, 64, ofwds.\\nWm. G. Eldridge, died July 4, 62.\\nF ranklin Est!ack,dis. Sept. 13, 64.\\nCharles P. Fish, dis July 9, 65.\\nCharles B. Fithian, Dec. 15, 64.\\nHarrison Flanigan.\\nJames Galbraith, dis. Nov. 62.\\nJames Gardner, Jan. 10, 65.\\nHenry Glock, Jan. 9, 65, dis. .June 26, ti5.\\nJames Goodwin. Jan. 10, 65.\\nCharles Gouger, killed in action June 27, 62.\\nJohn Grace, May 25, 64, dis. July 9, 65.\\nJohn R. Grubb, dis. Aug. 19. 64.\\nDavid Gripton, Jan. 13, 64.\\nDavid Harris, Dec. 15, 64, dis. July 9, 65.\\nJoseph Hand, dis. Oct. 7, 62.\\nJohn N. Hazard, Feb. 10, 65, dis. July 9, 65.\\nHenry F\\\\ Hensmau, died May 31, 62.\\nJohn Hicks, Jan. 9, 65, dis. July 65.\\nWm. H. Hilman, dis. Oct. 7, (il.\\nCharles Hillman, July 6, 64.\\nSamuel Hotl man, Dec. 13, 64.\\nFrancis Horner, Feb. 12, 62.\\nJohn E. Holeton,died July 1, 62.\\nJohn Hutwell, Jan. 10, 65.\\nLewis Jackson, Dec. 17, 64.\\nThomas Jacksou, Jau. 16, 65, dis. June 15, 65.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0127.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "108\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JEKSEY.\\nBowers Jess.\\nJoseph Johnson, Jan. 18, (55, dis. July 9, 65.\\nHenry L. Johnson, April 9, 64, dis. May 28, 64.\\nHenry Kessler, Ang. 19, 64, dis. July 9, 65.\\nJoshua Killingl)a( k, dis. Sept. 14, 64.\\nWilliam B. King, dis. May 20, 02,\\nJohn King, Dec. 20, 64.\\nJohn King, Jan. 1.3, 65.\\nJohn Klaus, Jan. 14, Ofi.\\nRichard Lahey, Feb. 13, 64,kld. in act. May 6, 64.\\nJacob D. Lawrence.\\nJohn W. Lane, Jan. 13, 65.\\nJohn W. Leonard, Jan. 13, 65.\\nJames Lewis, Jan. 13, 65.\\nGeorge W. Lewis.\\nJohn Logan, dis. ct. 6, 62.\\nWm. Louderback, dis. Feb. 12, 63.\\nEmmett McLaughlin, Aug. 29, 64, dis. July 9, 65.\\nPatrick McLaughlin, Feb. 7, 65, dis. July 9, 65.\\nThomas McLaughlin, dis. Feb. 12, 63.\\nJames McBride, Jan. 18, 65,\\nWm. McCabe, Jan. 10, 65.\\nJohn McPherson, Jan. 16, 65.\\nJohn Miller, Jan. 4, 65, dis. July 9, 65.\\nNeal Munroe, March 27, 65, dis. July 9, 65.\\nCharles Muhler, Jan. 16, 65, dis. July 9, 65.\\nWm. T. Mead, dis. Dec. 19, 62.\\nJacob S. Minks, Feb. 6, 64, dis. Aug. 16, 65.\\nEdward Mosely, dis. Feb. 12, 63.\\nFrederick Mumberger, Jan. 16, 65.\\nOwen Mullen, Jan. 16, 65.\\nRichard Murphy, Jan. 12, 65, dis. July 28, 65.\\nGeorge Mix, Jan. 5, 64, died Sept. 8, 64.\\nFrancis Nugent, Jan. 11, 65.\\nHenry O Biien.\\nMichael O Brien, Dec. 19, 64.\\nBurton K. Price, Jan. 13, 63,\\nThomas P. Potts.\\nHugh Quigley, Jan. 14, 65.\\nOwen O. Ratigan, Jan. 10, 65, dis. Aug. 24, ^o.\\nPatrick Rine, Jan. 10, 65,\\nThomas Ryan, March 24, 65, dis. July 9, 65.\\nFrank 0. Roberts, Jan. 18, 65.\\nThomas D. Sawn.\\nJames Schwernaii, dis. .July 9, 65.\\nJohn Schitenhelm, Dec. ]2, 64, dis. June 26, 65.\\nGeorge W. Scott, dis. Dec. 13, 63.\\nJohn Shepjjard, Dec. 20, 64, dis. July 12, 65.\\nWashington Shecltz.\\nDavid Sleven, May 20, 62.\\nJames Shaw, Dec. 20, 64.\\nJohn Sheppard, Jan. 11, 65.\\nClement Schy, killed .)une 27, 62.\\nPatrick Smith, Jan. 12, 65.\\nJohn Smith, Jan. 10, 65.\\nWm. Smith, Jan. 10, ih dis. July 65.\\nEleazer Stark.\\nThomas S. Stevens.\\nWilliam Stephens, Sept. 24, 64, dis. July 9,65.\\nJohn S. Sturges, dis. June 14, 65,\\nJacob Sturges, wounded, died Oct. 19, 64.\\nCharles L. Test, dis. Jan. 24, 63.\\nJohn C. Tibbies.\\nJoseph E. Ware, killed Sept. 14, 62.\\nJohn Weathers, Jan. 16, 65, dis. July 9, 65.\\nSylvester Weaver, Jan. 13, 65.\\nEdward Welch, Jan. 13, 65.\\nWilliam F. Wilke, dis. Jan. 24, 63.\\nJohn Wilson, Jan. 9, 65.\\nThomas Williams, Jan. 16, 65.\\nJohn T. Williams, March 24, 65, dis. July 9, 65.\\nJohn Wright, Jan. 18, 65.\\nWm. Wright, Jan. 18, 65.\\nRichard Yapp, dis. July 14, 62.\\nCOMPANY U, FOURTH REGIMENT SEW .JERSEY\\nVOLUNTEERS.\\n[This company waa mustered in August 17, 18til, aud mustered out\\nJuly 9, 1865, unless otherwise stated,\\nOajjtains.\\nHenry M. Jewett, disch. Apr. 15, 63, woumleil.\\nM. Lambson, May 16, 63, disch. Oct. 19, 64, wd.\\nWm. McElhaney,Nov. 26, 64, bvt. It. -col. Apr. 2, 65.\\nFirst Lieutenants.\\nSamuel M. Gaul, pro. capt. Co. F Oct. 13, 62.\\nJ. S. Heston, May 16, 63, pro. capt. Co. F June 4, 65,\\nSecond Lieutenants.\\nElias Wright, pro. Istlieut. Co. D Jan. 3, 62.\\nEdgar Whitaker, Jan. 3, 62, resig. July 25, 62.\\nJ. E. Bradford, Sept. 6, 62, pro. 1st It. Co. H May 16,\\n63.\\nCaleb M. Wright, May 16, 63, pro, capt. Co. C\\nOct. 5, 64.\\nP. Lanning, Jan. 31, 65, pro. 1st It, Co, A.lune 4, 65.\\nFirst Sergeants.\\nSamuel E. Taylor, pro. to 2d It. Co. E Jan. 8, 63.\\nJohn E. Doughty, nro. sergt.-major Jan, 1, 65.\\nWm. E. Cavalier, Nov. 12, 61.\\nI. J. Pine, Aug. 28, 61, killed in action June 27, 62.\\nSergeants.\\nSamuel B. Fisher.\\nA. D. Nichols, Nov, I2, 61, pro. 1st It, Co. B Feb,13,\\n65.\\nJos. R. Westcott.\\nJos. H. Martin, pro. com.-sergt. Aug. 27, 61.\\nSamuel H. Cavaljer, pro. 2d It. Co. C Feb. 13, 65.\\nJno. M. Crammer, pro, 1st U. Co. A Oct. 5, 64.\\nAlfred Webb.\\nDilwyn V. Purington, Aug. 23, 61, i ro, qr, m,-sgt.\\nAug, 26, 62.", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0128.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR TIIK r.VrON.\\n109\\nLeauder Houghtaliiig, discli. .luiu- tiA.\\nJ. M.Cavalier,Aug. 28, 61 killed in act ii June L 7, iJ2.\\nCorporals.\\nS. B. Carter, Aug. 28, (U, died May 1 7, 4, uf wds.\\nGeorge W. Thompson, killed in action Dec. 13, t(2.\\nPhineas Atkinson, disch May 10, 02.\\nRichard R. Robins, disch. Aug. 21, (52.\\nJames Snow, Nov. 12, 61, disch. Nov, 2y, 62.\\nJames H. Nugent.\\nW^alter W. Woodward.\\nJohn S. Nichols, Nov. 12, 61.\\nWm. H. Crowley.\\nLewis Bender.\\nW. A. Burnett, Feb. 1, 64, disch. June 6, 65.\\nChas. R. Brown, Oct. 18, 61, must, out Oct. l.S, 6-l.\\nW. F. (laul, mn.sician.\\nLewis Watson, musician.\\nGilbert Bird, wagoner.\\nI rivateii.\\nDavid W. Adams, Aug. 28, 61.\\nJoseph Adams, disch. May 10, 62.\\nJames Allen, Jan. 11, 65.\\nWm. W. Anderson, disch. May 17, 62.\\nLouis Arnold, Jan. IS, 65.\\nJohn K. Amit, died Jan. 28, 62.\\nWm. Applegate, died Jan. 10, 63.\\nJohn H. Austin.\\nCharles Bampton, Dec. 6, 64.\\nStephen Bailey, disch. Oct. 16, 62\\nThomas Bennett.\\nThomas Bird.\\nElishaB. Bird, disch. Dec 20, 68.\\nJohn Boggs.\\nAdam Brown, Jan. 18, 65, disch. June 21, 65.\\nJames Brown, Jan. 13, 65.\\nJames H. Bunting, disch. Feb. 7, 63.\\nJohn Burke, Dec. 14, 64.\\nMichael Cain, Jan. 11, 65.\\nJohn \\\\V. Camp.\\nJohn C. Cavalier, trans, to V H. N. April 6, 64.\\nChas. B. Carter, Aug. 23, 61, disch. Nov. 10, 62.\\nLafayette Carter, Dec. 7, 62, disch. May 10, 64.\\nErnest Cavalier, Dec. 7, 64, disch. Mar. 6, 65.\\nWm. A. Channells, must, out July 9, 65.\\nLyonel G. Clifford, Aug. 23, 61, died Mar. 15, 62.\\nJames Connor, Dec. 13, 64.\\nIsaac Cooke, Dec 7, 64.\\nNapoleon Cote, Dec. 12, 4, disch. .Iul,\\\\ 12, Wi t.\\nJoseph Connelly, disch. Oct. 17, 62.\\nC. Cramer, Feb. 26, 64, died Dec. 12, 64, of wnds.\\nThomas Cummings, Dec. 6, 64.\\nJohn Davis, Jan. 11, 65.\\nCharles Davis, Jan. 18, 65.\\nJasper N. Dick, disch. June 10, 68.\\nJohn Dippic, May 25, 64.\\nBenj. B. Doughty, Aug. 28, 61, died .lune 6, 62.\\nGeorge lOd wards, Aug. 20, 61.\\nThomas Erwin, Jan. 10, 65.\\nRichard Fehan, Dec. (i, 64.\\n.lohn Fisk, Jan. 13, 65.\\nHenry Fletcher, Jan. 9, 65.\\nJoseph Ford.\\nWm. Ford, Feb. 10, t;4.\\nJ. W. Ford, Nov. 26, 61, killed in act n June 27, 62.\\n-Samuel C. Ford, killed in action Sept. 14, 62.\\nAugustus Fraley, May 25, (i4.\\nJames (jalbreth, Jan. 18, 68.\\nAaron Gardner.\\nAbraham Garrabrant, Oct. 15, 64.\\nJohn F. Gaul, Oct. 17, 61, died June 29, 62,\\nDaniel Gibson, Jan. 13, 65.\\nCharles Gilroy, Jan. 10. 65.\\nDaniel Glass, Dec. 8, 64.\\nWilliam Green, Jan. 11, 65.\\nIsaac Giti ord, dis. July 11, 62.\\nJohn P. Grant, dis. Oct. 15, 62.\\nWilliam GoH; Nov. 18, 61 dis. Aug. 16, 64.\\nWm. A. Goff, Nov. 29, 61 died May 1 1 64, of wds.\\nWait Gober, Aug. 17, 61 killed in act. May 12, 64.\\nThomas Haggerty, Dec. 8, 64.\\nJohn F. Haines, died June 19, 62.\\nJames Hale, Jan. 11, 65.\\nHenry C. Hamilton, Feb. 6, 65-\\nJohn Hamilton, Jan. 11, 65.\\nJ(din Hampton, Jan. 11, 65.\\nLewis Hart, Jan. 6, 65.\\nGeorge W. Harris, Dec. 8, 6)4 dis. July 18, 65.\\nChas. H. Hatch,Oct.24, 61 pr.sgt.-maj. Oct. 28, 61.\\nThomas Hayes, Jan. 16, 05 dis. June 6, 65.\\nDaniel Higgins, Dec. 10, 64.\\nElmer Johnson, dis. Aug. 14, 62.\\nElisha Johnston, Aug. 23, 61 dis. Aug. 27, 62.\\nM.W. Johnson, Aug. 10, 61; kid. in act. June 27, 62.\\nThomas .lones, Dec. 8, 64.\\nWilliam P. Kears, Aug. 26, 01.\\nWilliam Kelly, Jan. 16, 65.\\nJoseph Kendall, Aug. 23, 61.\\nJohn King, Mar. 29, 65; must, out ,luly 9, 65.\\nAnthony Larricks, Feb. 27, 64.\\nPeter Larricks, killed in action May 6, 64.\\nCharles W. Leek, died Aug. 8, 62.\\n.(oseph Leach, Aug. 23, 61 dis. Nov. 14, 62.\\nGeorge Lee, Dec, 10, 04.\\nJohnT. Lewis, Aug. 15, 61; dis. Aug. 20, 64.\\nJoseph Logan, Jan. 12, 65.\\nRobert Love, died Sept. 5, 62.\\nJames Long, Jan. 13, 65.\\nJohn O. Matthews, must, out Oct. 20, 64.\\nThomas Mahoney, Dec. 6, 64.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0129.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "110\\nHTSTOliY OF CAMDEN rOT NTY, NEW .JERSEY\\nDaniel Mason, (lied March 17, i 2.\\nIsaac R. Matliias, died Oct. 8, li2.\\nJames McCabe, Dee. 10, (;4.\\nSaml. W. McCollum, Aug. 28, (51 died May 6, 62.\\n(Camilla Meyer, Sept. 24, f!4 discli. June 22, 65.\\nAlfred H. Miller.\\n.Tohn E. Miller, Jan. IS, 6.\\nThomas Miller, Nov. 12, 61 disch. Mar. 4, tji.\\nEdward J. Miller, Aug. 8, 64; died Sep. 28, 64.\\nHezekiah Morton, must, out Aug. 19, 64,\\nJohn Moore, Nov. 29, 61; must, out July 12,\\nE,x;e] Morey, disch. Mar. 14, 63.\\nBenjamin Morton, disch. Oct. 16, 62.\\nJaphet Mosbrooks, Feb. 13, 64; dis. Mar. 28, 64.\\nParker Mullica, died Mar. 27, 62.\\nThomas Murray, Jan. 12, 65,\\nJames Nash, Jan, 13, 65,\\nIsrael Nicholas, disch. Feb, 19, 63.\\nFrank O Neil, Dec. 8, 64,\\nJoseph Perrine.\\nWilliam Phillips, Jan. 13, 65.\\nJames Price, Jan, 12, 65,\\nRobert S. Pine, must, out Oct, 14, 64.\\nChas, Pharo, Nov, 12, 61 disch. Nov, 28, 62.\\nCharles Pulaski, Sept, 21, 64 dis, June 22, 65,\\nJohn Reeourt, Oct. 4, 64 died June 5, 65,\\nJames Riley, Jan. 11, 65,\\nJohn Ryan, Jan. 19, 65,\\nJoseph Salvatore, Dec. 8, 64 disch. Mar, 21, 65,\\nHenry C, Shelmire, Feb, 29, 64,\\nGeorge W. Shelmire, Feb, 29, 64,\\nJohn Shields, Nov. 29, 61 disch. .luly 9. 62.\\nWilliam A. Smith, Jan. 11. 65.\\nJohn Smith, Jan, 11, 65,\\nWilliam B, Smith, Jan, II, 65,\\nWilliam Smith, Jan. 13, 65; trans, to Co. A,\\nLewis M, Silance, March 2, 65 trans, to Co. H,\\nJohn Snyder, Aug, 5, 64,\\nUriah Spragg, Nov. 29, 61, disch, Nov, 4, 62.\\nF, Steinbock, Sept. 24, 64; must, out June 22, 65,\\nSamuel S, Stewart, must, out Sept, 13, 64,\\nAlfred Soudens, must, out Aug, 21, 65,\\nByard E. Turner, Nov, 12, 61 died at Anderson\\nville Sept, 5, 64,\\nPatrick Torney, Dec, 9, 64.\\nJacob Walker, Sept, 21, 64; died Nov, 2 64.\\nU, J. Walters, Feb, 26, 64 died May 31 64, of wds.\\nWilliam H. Weeks, disch. May 19, (12,\\nJames Ward, Sept, 16, 4,\\nCharles Woodward, killed in action June 27, 62,\\nCO.MPANY H, FOl KTH REOIMENT NEW ,)ERSEV\\nVOLUNTEERS.\\njTliiu i:uuipini wan iiiimtertid in August 17, 1861, and inuatered out\\nJuly!(, 1805, unless otherwiee stated. J\\nCaptains.\\nJohn Reynolds, res. Sept. 6, 62.\\nWm. R. Maxwell, Oct. 22, 62, died Feb. 28, 64.\\nDav. Flannery, April 24, 64, vici- Ma.vwell, dec.\\n7 u Lii uteniinls.\\nThos, R. Grapewine, res, Oct. 17, 62.\\nHoward King, Oct. 21, 62, pr. capt. Co, C,\\n.lohn Bradford, May 16. 63, dis, April 22, 65.\\nGritlin P. Lillis, June 4, 65.\\nSecond LdeiitpiiatiU.\\nJas. W. Lowe, dis. Oct. 22, 61.\\nChas. G. Hatch, Oct, 29, 61, res. Sept, 3, 63,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lohn V, Case, Sept. 16, 62, must, out Oct, 16, 64,\\nFirxt \u00e2\u0080\u00a2Sei-gfuiitx.\\nJohn McLean, Aug. 24, 61,\\nJos, R, Wells, pr. tosgt.-maj., June 10, 63.\\nJoshua F, Stone, tr, to V, R, C, Feb, 15, 64.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Sergeaitt!!,\\nAbijah Doughty, Aug. 23, 61, m. out July 12, 65,\\nThos. S. Bonney, pr, to ser,-maj. Aug, 20, 61.\\nJosiah Shaw, pr. 2d lieut. Co. B,\\nGeo, W. Marshal.\\nAbraham M, Tice.\\nArchibald Scott,\\nWm. Criblier, dis, Oct, 18, 6.2,\\nJas, B, Wells, dis, March 1, 63,\\nEdw. F. Kane, tr, to S, Corps Aug. I, 63,\\nCharles W, Lowe, d, July 16, 62, of wounds.\\nCorporals.\\nJohn D. Cooper, Nov, 1, 61,\\nGeo. I, Risley, Nov, 10, 61, m. out July 6, 6-\\nWm, C, Doughty, Oct. 18, 61.\\nJohn Cavanaugh, Feb. 23, 64.\\nJohn Van Hook.\\nGeo, Hofl man, Dec, 5, 61, m, out Aug, 17, 65.\\nLewis Perney, dis, June 13, 65.\\nChristopher J, Mines, Jan. 21, 64, dis. Aug. 3, 6\\nCh. F. Currie, Aug, 23, 61, tr, to S. C, Aug, 1, 63.\\nBenj. F. Mitchell, d, July 20, 62, of wounds,\\nJohn Lyons, musician, Sept. 26, 61.\\nE, J, Strickland, ni., Aug. 15, 61, dis. Aug, 20, 64,\\nGeo, D, Cook, muse, Sept, 23, 61, dis, Sept. 9, 62.\\nWesley J, Price, wagoner, Nov, 10, 61.\\nPrivates.\\nRichard Ashworth, Sept, 30, 64, tr. to Co. A.\\nFrancis R. Bavis, Aug. 24, 61, dis. Aug, 14, 62.\\nMoses Blanchard, Jan, 17, 65.\\nPeter Blanchard, .\\\\pril 3, 65.\\n.lohn Bohcn, .Ian, 10, 65, tr, to Co, C,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lohn Bosse, .Ian. I(i, ti5, tr, to Co, E.\\nThos, Bozarth.\\nPeter Brunell, March 28, 65.\\nMichael Bush, Jan. 16, 65.\\nDavid R. Brown, d. March 18, 65,\\nMichael Cahill,- Jan. 17, 66.", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0130.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "THE WAE FOR THE UNION\\n111\\nJohn Carpenter, Jan. 18, 65.\\n(iforge H. Cassaboon, dis. Aug. 18, (io.\\nJohn Champion, Aug. 24, til.\\nJohn Clark, Jan. 17. (io.\\nHenry Colbert, Feb. 4, 64.\\nMichael Conway, Jan. 17, 65.\\nTh. Clevenger, Feb. 5, 64, d. June 1, 64, of wds.\\nJoseph Connelly, Aug. 24, 61.\\nGeorge Cowpe, Sept.- 30, 64, tr. to Co. A.\\nJohn Dannenlierger, dis. Oct. 14, 64.\\nThomas Davis, Feb. 23, 64, taken prisoner.\\nRichard S. Davis, Feb. 4, 64.\\nChas. H. Dilks, m. out Oct. 7, 64.\\nGeorge Dilks, Nov. 1, ()1, dis. Nov. 1, 64.\\nWilliam Dolson,Feb. 22, 65.\\nDavid Doorman, July 23, 64.\\n.John Dimond. Jan. 18, 65.\\nDavid Doughty, d. Aug, 4, 62, of wounds.\\nFrederick Drinkwater, April 4, 6. i.\\nDaniel Dugan, Jan. 17, 65.\\n.James Eaton, ,Jan. 17, 65.\\nWilliam Early, Jan. 15, 64, d. Aug. 26, 64.\\nJesse G. Eastlack, d. March 27, 63, of wounds.\\n.John Edwards, Jan. 1 5, 64.\\nCharles O. Eisele, Jan. 23, 64.\\nCharles Fabian,. Jan. 14, 65.\\nThomas Fariell, .Jan. 17, 65.\\nEdward Fitzer, Feb. 8, 64, dis. .\\\\ug. 14, 65.\\nThos. Fleet.\\nn.rson Ford, Feb. 24, 65.\\nEdw. V. Force, Nov. I, 61, killed June 27, 62.\\nGeorge Garrison, Aug. 24, 61, dis. Sept. 22, 62.\\nD. Gaupp, Dec. 1, 61, d. Aug. 15, 64, in rebel r.\\nWm. .1. (xibbs, Aug. 24, 61.\\nTh. Gibbs, Feb. 9, 64, dis. Tune 27, 65, of wounds.\\n.lohn Green, .Tan. 16, 64.\\n.Joseph Green.\\n.John Guare, Jan. 18, 65.\\n.lacob Gvvintert, March 28, 66.\\nMich.ael Haggerty, Jan. 18, 65.\\nMorgan Hall, Jan. 15, 64, killed May 12, 64.\\n.Tames Hendricks, Sep. 3, 62, dis. May 3, 65.\\nJames Higgins.\\nThomas Hodgson, .-Vug. 24, 61, dis. March 3. 63.\\nSamuel Hofi man, Dec. 5, 61.\\nHenry Holeman, Nov. 1, 61 dis. April 14, 6.3.\\n.John Horriden, Jan. 15, (i3.\\nE. A. Jetlayes,Feb.9, 64; tr.to V. R. C.luly 27, 65.\\nBowie Johnson, Jan. 16, 65.\\nThomas .Johnson, .Jan. 18, 65.\\nFrank .Tones, Nov. 1, 61 dis. March 22, ti2.\\nWilliam Johnson, trans, to S. Corps.\\nThomas Johnson, Nov. 10, til.\\nDaniel Kane, Oct. 1, 63; died Sept. 6, (;4, ifw(juuil\\nWilliam Kelsey, Nov. 1, til.\\nR J. Kindle, Feb. 1, 64; died May 31, ti4, of wounds.\\nWilliam King, .Tan. 18, 65.\\nThomas King, .Jan. 18, 65.\\nJoshua Korn, Nov. 1, til dis. May 4, 62.\\n.Tcdin Lannigan, Aug. 23, 61 dis. Oct. 22, 61.\\nTheophilus Ijane, Jan. 15, 64.\\nWilliam Leak, must, out Aug. 18, (i4.\\nLewis L. Liebeiili.st, Feb. 10, ii4 dis. April 2, 64.\\nHenry IvOgan, March 25, t;5.\\n/.achariah Martz.\\n.Tolin L. Maston, .lau. 18, 65.\\nJames Mattson. dis. Sept. 24, 62.\\n.John McClure, Aug. 23, 61 dis. June 4, 62.\\nWm. McDowell, Jan. 11, ti4 killed June 3, 64.\\nLewis McPherson, must, out Aug. I .t, i)4.\\nWilliam McClune, Jan. 17, t;5.\\nJohn McLaughlin, Feb. 13, 64.\\nGeorge W. Messick, dis. May 15, 62.\\nCharles Messner, Jan. 14, ti5,\\nGeorge Meyers, Nov. 1, til must, out July 9, 65.\\nThomas Murphy, Jan. 17, t 5.\\nGeorge W. Mossbrooks, dis. Dec. 8, 62.\\nJonathan Munson, Feb. 12, 64; killed May 6, 64.\\n.Tohn Myers, .Tan. 18, 65.\\nJohn W. Newell, Jan. 18, ii5.\\n.Tohn Nolan, .Tan. 17, 65.\\nHugh Norry, Jan. 16, 65.\\nRobert J. Owens, Nov. 1, 61 dis. Oct. 17, 62.\\n,Tohn R. Pancoast, Aug. 23, 61; dis. Dec. 22, 62.\\nCharles W. Potter, Aug. 24, 61 killed June 27, 62.\\n(ieorge W. Phifer, Nov. 1. 61 dis. July 1, 65.\\nGeorge T. Rayliold, must, out Aug. 19, t)4.\\nJohn W. Richmond, Feb. 22. 65.\\nJohn W. Rickard, Nov. 1, tU dis. Nov. 1, 64.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Tames Ross, Jan.. 15, 64.\\nI ^Jwood Robart, dis. Aug. 20, 62.\\nAaron Rubart, Jan. 18, 65.\\nBartholomew Ryan, Feb. 21, tiS.\\nWilliam H. Sanders, Nov. 10, 61.\\nWilliam Schenck.\\n.I(din C. Schenck, A\\\\ig. 23, 61 dis. Jan. 17, 63.\\nITenry Schonawald, March 27, 65.\\nt harles Schwartz, dis. Aug. 19, ti4.\\nJohn W. SchafTcr, Jan. 4, 64.\\nLewis M. Silauce, March 2, ()5.\\n.lames Smith, must, out Aug. 4, 65.\\nHcrnuiu Stehrf Aug. 21, 61 must, out Sept. .S, 64.\\n.lohn W. Streeper, Feb. 1, 64; dis. .lunc 2S. ii5.\\nAndrew K. Snyder, dis. Dec. 21, (i2.\\nC.Sti rle,Feb.4, 64; died .May 12, 6 l.ol woinids,\\nl hilii Stoy, Dec. .5, til died May IS, (lii.\\nDemas Struap, Jan. 4, 65.\\nDavid Surran, Aug. 21, 61.\\nJoseph Thomas.\\nWalter I!. Thomas, Nov. 8, 61.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0131.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "112\\nHlfSTORY OF CAMPEN COTTNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nEli Thompson.\\nSheppard Thompson, must, out July 22, 65.\\nThomas Thompson.\\nFelix Thomas, killwl in a !tion May o, fi4.\\nJohn W. Thoma.s.\\nArchibald Tice.\\nLeonard Tice, killed in action Dec. 13, 62.\\nAugust Tubert, March 28, 65.\\nCornelius Tubbs, Jan. 18, 65.\\nB. F. Upham, Aug. 22, 61 must, out Hept. 23, 64.\\nJoseph Van Hook, died Oct. 30, 62.\\nBenjamin Vernon, Oct. 28, 61 died June 2! 64.\\nWilliam H. Wagner, must, out .^ug. 20, 61.\\nJohn W. Walters.\\nJacob Watson, Dec. 1, 61.\\nWilliam Westcott, killed in action Dec. 13, 62.\\nHenry C. Williams, Dec. 1, 61 dis. Aug. 14, 62.\\nDavid Wood, Feb. 8, 64.\\nJohn W. Wood, Feb. 8, 64.\\nWilliam Zanes, Dec. 5, 61.\\nJacob Zimmerman, Aug. 23, 61.\\nThe Second Brigade. Camden County\\nwas also strongly represented in the Second\\nNew Jersey Brigade of three years troops,\\nwhich was compcsed of the Fifth, Si.xth,\\nSeventh and Eightli Regiments. Companies\\nD, E, G, I and K, of the Sixth, were rai.sed\\nin Camden County, and the regiment was\\nmustered into the United States service at\\nCamp Olden, Trenton, August 19, 1861.\\nThe Sixth left the State on September lOtli,\\nwith thirty-eight commissioned officers and\\neight hundred and sixty non-commissioned\\nofficers ant! privates. At Washington it\\nwent into camp at Meridian Hill, and in De-\\ncember the four regiments reported to Gen-\\neral Hooker, at Budd s Ferry, Maryland,\\nwhen tiiey were brigaded as the Third Bri-\\ngade, Hooker s division afterwards as the\\nThird Brigade, Second Division, Third\\nCorps then as the First Brigade, Fourtli\\nDivision, Second Corps and Jastly as the\\nThird Brigade, Third [iivision, Srcoiul\\nCorps.\\nAt Williamsburg, Virginia, May 5, lS(i-2,\\nit was in tlio thickest of the battle, losittg\\nover fiv(^ hundred men, among whom was\\nIjicutcnant-Colonel John P. an Leer, ol the\\nSi.xtii, a I iti/.cn of Camden, and thii-ty-eight\\nkilled and seventy-eight wounded, of the\\nsame regiment. On June Ist, at Turner s\\nFarm, General Hooker placed himself at the\\nliead of the Fifth and Sixth Regiments and\\ncharged straight into and through the\\nwoods, breaking the rebel lines and driving\\nthe enemy in great confusion for a consiiler-\\nable distance, recovering all the ground lost\\nby Casey s division and ending the fight for\\nthe day on that part of the line.\\nThe other battles of the Peninsular Cam-\\n|)aign in which the Sixth took part were\\nFair Oaks, June 25th; Glendaie, June 30th;\\nand Malvern Hill, July 1st and August 20th.\\nIn this campaign the Second New Jersey\\nBrigade had six hundred and thirty-four of-\\nficers and men killed and wounded out of its\\ntotal strength of twenty-seven hundred.\\nFrom the swamps it was moved to reinforce\\nPoj)e, and bore the brunt of the engagement\\nat Bri.stow Station, on July 27th, and was an\\nactive participant in the fighting of the four\\nsucceeding days at Bull Run and Chantilly.\\nIn this series of disastrous battles that\\neclipsed Pope s military fame its ranks were\\ndepleted to the extent of two hundred and\\nforty-eight killed, wounded and missing, the\\nSixth s .share being one hundred anil four,\\nor more than double that of any othei- of tlic\\nfour regiments. The report of Lieutenant\\nColonel George C. Burling, commanding the\\nSixth, says,\\nWednesday morning, August 27lii, marched in\\nthe direction of Manassas, and when near Bris-\\ntow s Station found the enemy in force. In a\\nshort time we met the pickets and drove them in.\\nW^e were then ordered to take an advanced posi-\\ntion on a hill to the right in front of us, which we\\ngained without loss under a terrible fire of shell\\nfrom the enemy. We were then ordered to relieve\\nthe SecoiKl New York, Eighth New .Jersey and\\nOne Hundred and Fifteenth Pennsylvania Regi-\\nments, who were engaged on the right. Immedi-\\nately on reaching our new position, the enemy\\nlied in great confusion, leaving their dead and\\nwounded in great numbers on the field. We pur-\\nsued them for two miles and encamped for the\\nnight. August 28th, pursued the enemy through", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0132.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UNTOX\\nns\\nthe day atifl encamped near IlhukUurii s Ford that\\nnight.\\nAuo;ust 20th, left camp at three cU)ck, A. M.^\\npursuing; the enemy through Centrevillc, down\\nthe Warrington Road. Crossing Bull Run at ten\\nA. M., we formed a line of battle and advanced, in\\nthe woods, to relieve one of General Sigel s regi-\\nments, where we found the enemy in force behind\\nthe embankment of an old railroad. After deliv-\\nering and receiving several volleys, we charged\\nand drove them from their position, when they re-\\nceived reinforcements, and were compelled to fall\\nback nearly fifty yards, which position we held\\nuntil we were relieved by the Second Maryland\\nRegiment. During this engagement Colonel G.\\nMott and Major S. R. Gilkyson, while gallantly\\nencouraging their men, were wounded.\\nAugust 80th, formed a line of battle about\\nfour o clock. l JI., and were ordered to support\\nbatteries to the right and rear of the position we\\nhad held the day before- Through some misun-\\nderstanding, my regiment being on the right, the\\nother regiments composing the brigade were with-\\ndrawn without my knowledge, leaving me in a\\nvery critical position. The enemy making a charge\\nupon the batteries in front, conijielling them to\\nfall back, I determined to resist their advance,\\nwhen to my astonishment I found we were flanked\\nright and left I then ordered the regiment to fall\\nback in the woods, which was done in order, and\\nthus checked the advance of the enemy in front. At\\nthis time, finding the flanks of the enemy rapidly\\nclosing round us, the only safety for my command\\nwas to retreat. In trying to extricate ourselves\\nfrom the critical position in which we were placed\\nmy command suffered severely. I was enabled to\\nrally my regiment on a hill in close proximity to\\nthe battle-field, under the shell of the enemy,\\nwhere we remained in line of battle until ordered\\nby the ranking officer to fall back to Centreville,\\nwhere we joined the brigade the following morn-\\ning.\\nCaptains T. W. Baker and T. C. Moore\\narc alluded to as dis[)layli)g es[iecial gal-\\nlantry.\\nAt Chaneellorsville, on May li, ISli;}, Gen-\\neral Mott having been vvounded, General\\nWilliam J. Sewell took command of the\\nbrigade and distinguished himself by taking\\nit into a charge which a correspondent of the\\nSee history of West .Jersey Hailroad in chapter on\\nI uhlic Internal Improvements for sketcli of Oeneral\\nSewell.\\n15\\nWashington Chronicle described as one of\\nthose .splendid achievements seldom occur-\\nring in this war .so far, but which, when oc-\\ncurring, cover a .soldier s career with imper-\\nishable glory. The brigade s loss in this\\nengagemeitt was three hundred ;ind seventy-\\neight, six killed and fifty-nine wounded be-\\ning credited to the Sixth.\\nColonel Burling was commander of this\\nbrigade at Gettysburg, where it did noble\\nservice on the afternoon of -Tulj 2d. He sent\\nthe Sixth into the Devil s Den, where it lo.st\\none man killed and thirty-two woimded.\\nThe next engagement for the Sixth after\\nGettysburg was the skirmish at McLean s\\nFord, on Bull Run, October 15th. On May\\n(5, l.S(i4, in the Wilderness, and on the 10th\\nand 12th, around Spottsylvania Court-House,\\nit was in the most perilous positions of those\\nhard-fought fields, and behaved with much\\ngallantry in the charge on the salient held\\nby Powell s Confederates, in which three\\nthousand prisoners and thirty guns were\\ntaken. Adjutant C. F. Moore and Lieuten-\\nant Note brought oiF one of these guns with\\na squad of the Sixth and turned it upon the\\neneiuy. Seven hundred men, killed and\\nwounded, were subtracted from the brigade\\non that terrible 12th of May.\\nBetween June 3d and 21st the Sixth j^artici-\\npated in the fighting on the north bank of\\nthe James River, and the attacks on Peters-\\nburg. Its losses in May and June were six-\\nteen killed, ninety-nine wounded and eight\\nmissing. Its final engagement was near\\nDeep Bottom, James River, August 14th to\\n18th, when, its three years of service having\\nexpired, it was ordered to report at Trenton,\\nand was mustcj-ed out September 7th.\\nThe roster of the Camden County com-\\npanies of this regiment is appended\\nCOMPANY D, SIXTH REGIMENT XEW .TEHSEV VOL-\\nUNTEERS\\n[This ciinipiiny was muatered in August 20, 1801, and mustcsn il out\\nSeptember 7, 1804, unless otherwise stated],\\nCaptdhi.\\nGeo. E. Wilson, Sept. 9, 1, must, out Sept. 7, 04.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0133.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "114\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nFirst Lieutenants.\\n.1. Willian, Sept. 9, 61, pro. capt. Co. C July 11, 62.\\nT. F. Field, Jan. 2, 63, pro. capt. Co. H June 9, 63.\\nF. Young, Sept. 21, 63, pro. capt. Co. I Aug. 8, 64.\\nSecond Lieutenant.\\nWm. H. Kinly, Sept. 9, 61, resig. Jan. 11, 63.\\nFirst Sergeants.\\nPat. Eiley, Aug. 9, 61, killed in action May 5, 62.\\nThos. J. Keegan, trans, to Co. G, 8th Regt.\\nSe.rgeant- i..\\nEli H. Baily.\\nMahlon F. Ivins.\\nWm. D. Smith, disch. Nov. 21, 63.\\nJoseph Wollard, killed in action May 5, 62.\\nEdgar Hudson, killed in action .luly 2, 63.\\nCorporals.\\nAmos Ireland.\\nThos. B. Jordan, disch. Dec. 29, 62.\\nThos. Bates, Sr., disch. Oct. 15, 62, of wounds.\\nFrank W. Pike, trans, to Co. G, 8th Regt.\\nJohn E. Maxwell, disch. Sept. 1, 64.\\nWm. C. Poole, trans, to V. R. C. Sept. 1, 63.\\nSamuel Ogden, disch. Aug. 26, 64.\\nJesse T. Bailey, killed in action May 8, 63.\\nChas. F. Jess, musician.\\nJas. Pollock, musician, disch. July 3, 62.\\nChas. C. Sturgess, musician, disch. Aug. 2- i. 64.\\nJacob Clark, wagoner, Oct. 19, 61.\\nS. W. Crammer, wagoner, trans, to Co. G, 8lh Regt.\\nI riviitvs.\\nChristian Anderson, must, out April 1, 6- i.\\nJames Abernathy, disch. Dec. 11, (i2.\\nRobert Anders(m, Aug. 9, 61.\\nWm. D. Anderson, Aug. 9, 61.\\nDaniel P. Bendalow, trans, to Co. G, Stli Regt.\\nJohn Berry man.\\nThomas Burrott.\\nRobert N. Black.\\nWm. Black.\\nJames Bradley.\\nHenry Black, trans, to Co. G, 8th Regt.\\nRobert Booth, must, out Aug. 2, 64.\\nJ. T. Boyle, June 30, 63, trans, to Co. G, 8th Regt.\\nPatrick Boylon.\\nWm. R. Britton.\\nJames P. Britton.\\nAllen Brown.\\nJames Booth, disch. July 24, 62.\\nThos. Bottomly, disch. Jan. 29, 63.\\nConrad Brickhardt, May 25, 64, disch. Nov. 21, 64.\\nJos. P. Busha, disch. Feb. 11, 64.\\nMichael Campbell.\\nThomas Calvert, disch. May 26, 62.\\nJohn Cloren, died Oct. 11, 62.\\nTimothy Cloren, killed in action May 5, 62.\\nWm. Conard.\\nJacob Cowan, Aug. 29, 61, trans, to Co. G, 8th Regt.\\nWoodard Cox, disch. Dec. 1, 62, of wounds.\\nJoseph P. Davis, trans, to Co. G, 8th Regt.\\nHenry Deats, trans, to Co. G, 8th Regt.\\nJames Devlin.\\nJohn Dowell, trans, to Vo. (t, Sth Regt.\\nSamuel English.\\nJoseph L. Ervin. disch. Dec. 11, 61.\\nJohn Fitzgerald, killed in action May 5, 62.\\nJ. W. Ford, April 2, 62. killed in action May 5, 62.\\nThomas Gannon.\\nCharles P. Gannon, trans, to Co. G, 8th Regt.\\n.John Gannon, disch. Sept. 22, 62.\\nJohn Gourley, disch. vSept. 1, 62.\\nJos. Graisberry, disch. Feb. 18, 63.\\nJames Groves, disch. March 18, 62.\\nJohn Groves, disch. Oct. 8, 62.\\nWm. Groves, trans, to Co. G, Sth Regt.\\nJohn Hanery, Maich 27, 63, disch. July 15, 68.\\nJohn Hare, disch. Feb. 6, 63.\\nHenry Harney, disch. Feb. 6, 63, to join Reg. A y.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lames Herron, disch. Oct. 17, 62.\\nCharles Holmes, disch. May 31, 62.\\nJohn Harley.\\nAlexander Harvey.\\nBenjamin W. Hill.\\nG. H. Holmes, lied May 10, 62, of wounds.\\nRobert Irvine.\\nHiram Irvin, disch. Dec. 11, 61.\\nLevi Jess.\\nHenry Johnson, Feb. 17, 62. disch. Jan. 2. 63.\\nJohn T. Johnson, disch. Jan. 2, 63.\\nMichael Joy, May 16, 64, trans, to Co. G,8th Regt.\\nJohn Kentworthy.\\nThos. H. King, disch. Oct. 19, 62.\\nJohn Kochersperger, disch. July 24, 62.\\nJ. P. Langley, Sept. 23, 64, trans, to Co. E, Sth Regt.\\nAlbert C. Lee, Sept. 3, 64,trans. to Co. H, Sth Regt.\\nMatthew Larney.\\nThos. Marrott, disch. Oct. 25, 62.\\nRobert Marshall, died Feb. 18, 62.\\nJames McCormick, disch. April 18, 63.\\nJames McElmoil, disch. Oct. 17, 62.\\nJohn McHenry, disch. Dec. 9, 61.\\nHenry D. Morgan, died June 1, 62, of wound,\\nFrancis Nield, disch. Nov. 29, 62.\\nJohnO Ncil, July 21, 63.\\nJos. Parks, killed in action May 5, 62.\\nWm. Parker, disch. May 17, 64.\\nTheodore Pike, died March 14, 62.\\nW. C. Poole, Aug. 19, 64, trans, to Uo. Sth Regt.\\nLewis G. Pratt, discli. Se|)t. 27, 62.\\nEdgar V. Roby.", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0134.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0135.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "^fr?J^\\n^t^^-A^", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0136.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "THK WAU FOR THE UNION.\\nWin. H. Robust, died Nov. 26, 02.\\nTboiiKW D. Ros.s, died Feb. 12, f 2.\\nJ:is. Ryan, Marcb 22, (;4, killed in action May G, 04.\\nDavid Salmons, Feb. 18, 62, disch. Feb. 17, 65.\\nJohn Sheppard, disch. Dec. 31, 62.\\nHenry Shatter, di.wh. Sept. 24, 61.\\nThomas Sinclair, disch. Sept. 24, 61.\\nAaron Stone, disch. Feb. 28, (iS.\\nThomas R. Smalhvood.\\n\\\\Vm. Terry, Jan. 26, 64, trans, to Co. G, Sth Regt.\\nJames Tomlinson.\\nJames Totten.\\nCharles Van Meter.\\nEber Van Meter.\\nHenry Wei?tlake, Sept. 22, 64, dis li. .Fan. l:i, i Al\\nJ. M. Webster, Sept. 9, 6.3, trans, to (_ o. K, Sth Regt.\\nFrederick Whorten.\\nJ. Wolohon, June 30, 6.S, trans, to Co. G, Sth Regt.\\nCaptain George E. Wilson was boru\\nat Woonsocket, E. I., February 10, IS:?;}.\\nHi.s graiul father, the Rev. Junies NA il.son, a fle-\\nsceudant ut oue of the early settler.s of New\\nEngland, in 1800 beeanic one of tiie fir.^t\\npiiblio-scliool teaehers in tlie city of Provi-\\n(Knee, where tlie free-school system in Amer-\\nica then originated. As a minister of tiie\\ngospel he .served during tlie long period of\\nfifty years as pastor of the Beneficent on-\\ngregational Cluircli of Providence, and died\\nhighly honored and respeetetl at the advanced\\nage of eighty years.\\nJames Wilson, his .son, and the father of\\nHenry B., James P. and George E. Wilson,\\nwas treasurer of the New England Screw\\nClompany, at Providence, for a time. He\\niiKived to Camden County in 184!), and for\\nmany years was treasurer of the Washington\\nManufacturing Company, of (jlonccster !ity,\\nuntil age compelled him t\u00c2\u00ab resign, and he\\nspent the remainder of his life in Camden.\\nHe was a man of sterling integrity, deeply\\ninterested in the material and moral weiiiire\\nof the communities in which he lived, and a\\nprominent member of the Protestant Epis-\\ncopal Church. He died in 1S82, at the age\\nof eighty years.\\nCaptain Wilson, subject of this biograjJiy,\\nspent his boyliood days in Providence, and\\nthere attended the public schools and subse-\\nquently was a j)upil in a Friends school in\\nPhiladelphia. He entered business asach rU\\nfor the Washington Maiuilacturing Com])any,\\nat (iloucester, and afterwards engaged in the\\nice business in the .same city. When the\\nC^ivil War opened he joined Cajjtaiii John P.\\nVan Leer s com]\u00c2\u00abiny in the three months\\nservice, and upt)n arriving at Trenton was\\nmustered in, April 21, 18(jl, as first li(uiten-\\nant of C ompany H of the lAturth New Jer.sey\\nMilitia. This regiment was taken down the\\nDelaware to Anna])olis in ti-ansports, and\\nwas the first fully-e(juip])e l brigaile at the\\noutbreak of the war to arrive at the city of\\nWashington. The same regiment built Fort\\nRunyon, at the south end of the Long Bridge\\nover the Potomac near Washington, and was\\npresent at the first battle of Hull iiun, tlniugh\\nn(jt actively engaged. At the exjiiralion of\\nthe term of service he cann Imnie with the\\nregiment, and immediately alter being dis-\\ncharged re-enlisted with Cajjlain Van Leer,\\nin Company I) of the Sixtii New Jersey\\nRegiment, and was nuistered in as captain\\nof the comjtany, Cai)tain Van Leer being\\npromoted to major. The Sixth Regiment\\nfdniied a part of the Secontl New Jersey\\nBrigaile, and in 18()2, under (ieneral Mc-\\nClellan, took part in the Peninsular cam-\\npaign. Captain Wilson commanded his\\ncompany at the siege of Yorktown, and in\\nthe succeeding engagement of this campaign\\nat Williamsliurg, May 18G2, he was .se-\\nverely wounded in the hand and hip, as th\\narmy was on the retreat and he fell into the\\nhands of the enemy, but the fi)llowing day\\nwas recovered. After his wounds had healed,\\nin August, 1862, he rejoined his regiment and\\nagain took charge of his company. In 18(i;!\\nhe participated in the battles of Frederii-k.s-\\nburg, Chancellorsville and (i( ttysburg. In\\nJuly of the same year he was detached from\\nhis regiment to take charge of the camp of\\ndrafteil men at Trenton, and remained in\\nthat position until the exj)iration of his term\\nof three years service, in 1864.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0139.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "116\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nSince the close of tlie war Captain Wilson,\\nlias been actively engaged in the ice and\\ncoal business in the city of Camden, has built\\nup an extensive trade and has been very\\nsuccessful. He olitains his ice in immense\\nquantities from the Eastern States and from\\nLakeside Park, and furnishes it to consumers\\nin the city of Camden and elsewhere. He\\nalso has a coal-yard at Second and Chestnut\\nStreets and one at Tenth and Spruce Sti-eets.\\nHe is a member of the Thomas K. Lee Post,\\nG. A. R., and has taken an active interest in\\nthe Masonic fraternity, lieing a member of\\nLodge 94, Siloam Chapter, No. 19, Cyrene\\nCommandery of Camden has taken the\\nthirty-second degree in Masonry, and was\\nGrand C!onuuander of Knights TeMi]ilar\\nof West Jersey for 1880 and 1881.\\nOn October 12, 1805, Captain Wilson was\\nmarried to ]\\\\Iatilda M., daughter of Dr.\\nWilliam C. Mullbrd, of Gloucester. She\\ndied in 1869, leaving two children, Emilie\\nI), and George Edward. He was married,\\non the 19th of NovemI)er, 1872, to Maria\\nW. Jackson, daughter of Ephraim S. Jack-\\nson, a prominent citizen of Providence, II. I.,\\nand for twelve years postmaster of that city.\\nThey have two children, Benjamin J. and\\nRachael Graham Wilson.\\nCOMPANY E.\\n[This tuuipiuiy was niiifttf red in August 20, 1861, aud luiistered out\\nScv tiMiiliiT 7, 1S( 4, unless otherwise stated,]\\nCaj/tdiim.\\nKamuiul G. Jackson, Sept. 9, 01, tlis. Oct. 18, 02.\\nWilliam H. Hemsiiig, Jan. 2, 0?., i /t Jackson, dis.\\nFirst Lieutenant.\\nFrederick Homer, Jan. 2, 03, (lis. July 1-1, 04.\\nSecond LieufenniitK.\\nLevi E. Ayres, Mar. 2, 03, pr. 1st lieut. Oo. F.\\nGeorge W. Breen, Sept. 2, 03, pr. 1st lieut. Co. B.\\nFirst /Sergeant.\\nGeorge VV. Jackson, pr. 1st lieut. Co. H.\\nii ergea,nts.\\nWilliam H. Schwaab.\\nAuthony Barnard, dis. July 1, 02.\\nJames Albright, trans, to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nCharles G. P. Golorth, d. Sept. 1, 64, of wounds.\\nCorporals.\\nCount De Grasse Hogau, dis. Aug. 25, 02.\\nJacob Gerhard, dis. Mar. 21, 03.\\nBenjamin H. Connelly, trans, to Co. I, 8th Regt.\\nFrederick O. Lowe, trans, to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nCharles H. Rossiter, dis. Aug. 0, 04.\\nJohn Brown, trans, to Co. I, 8th Regt.\\nThomas Matthews, dis. Nov. 14, 05.\\nAdam Wooley, killed May 9, 04.\\nJames Herliert, killed May 3, 03.\\nKd. G. Jackson. Jr., mus., trans, to Co. F. 8th Regt.\\nWilliam G. Gordcn, mus.\\nCharles Fox, wagoner.\\nJ rii ates.\\nFrederick M. Adams, June 9, 04, dis. Sept. 22, 64.\\nRobert H. Ames, trans, to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nMichael B.iyne, killed May fi, 02.\\nGeorge Baltzer, dis. Mar. 24, 0.^).\\nPatchie Barry.\\nGeorge Bower, trans, to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nCharles R. Bechtel. killed May 5, 02.\\nJoseph Bozer, dis. Nov. 29, 02.\\nDavid R. Burton, dis. Jan. 12, 03.\\nCharles Brown.\\nAlfred Biddle, died May 25, 02, of wounds.\\nAlfred B. Carter, Apr. 3, ti2, dis. Jan 19, 03.\\nWilliam H. Carey.\\nJesse Cain, died Aug. 22, 02.\\nEdward J. Cassady.\\n(k orge Cobb, dis. Feb. 16, 03.\\nMichael Collins, dis. Dec. 5, 02.\\nRestore L. Crispin, dis. Mar. 6, 63.\\nChs. C. Cullen, Feb. 2, (i4, trans to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nJob J. Davidson, trans, to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nThomas Dougherty.\\nMichael Eagan.\\nCharles O. Easley, dis. Oct. 22, 02.\\nRalph Easley, died May 20, 02, of wouuds.\\nCharles Elliott.\\nLemuel Edwards, dis. Feb. 4, 03.\\nCharles Fennimore, dis. Aug. 5, 02.\\nWilliam Fields, killed Aug. 29, 02.\\nCharles Fredericks, Dec. 14, 03.\\nHiram Fish, Nov. 1, 01, dis. May 21, 63.\\nFrank Gordon.\\nCharles Gotz.\\nArchibald M. Grant, dis. Dec. 3, 02.\\nJoseph F. Greenly, dis. Oct. 21, 62.\\n(Jhris. (ir.andan, Feb. 2, 04, trans, to lOtli Mass. Regt.\\nChandler Gross, trans, to Co. F, 8tli Regt.\\nJohn W. Guptill, trans, to Co. F, Sth Regt.\\nWilliam Harlman, trans, to Co. F, Sth Regt.\\nWilliam Hamlin, killed Aug. 29, 02.\\nCharles Helmers, trans, to Co. F, Sth Regt.\\nDavid Herbert, trans, to Co. F, Sth Regt.", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0140.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "THK WAR FOR THE UNION.\\n117\\nJoseph Herbert, trans, to Co. F, Stli Kogt.\\nS. R. Hankinson, Mar. 15, C2,dis. Dec. 16, (!2, wds.\\nJoseph S. Heston.\\nCharles M. Hoagland, trans, to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nWilliam Hoftman, trans, to 1st N. J. Art.\\nDavid Holloway, trans, to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nWaher Hill.\\nLoren Horner, May 18, iV di.s. Sept. 18, M.\\nAlfred Iviiis.\\nThos. Jacobs, ApLJli, ti2, trans, to Co. F, 8tli Regt.\\nRichard Jobes, dis. Oct. 22, 62.\\nEdward Johnson, trans, to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nThomas Jones, killed Aug. 29, 62.\\nLewis Keller, trans, to Co. F, 8th Regl.\\nNichohis Lambright, dis. May 22, 62.\\nIsaac K. Lapp.\\nSamuel W. Lilly, died June 1, 62, of wounds.\\nLawrence Lockner, dis. Mar. 23, 6S.\\nCharles Matlack, dis. Jan. 12, 63.\\nWilliam Matthews, di.s. Mar. 19, 62.\\nJoseph McCarty, dis. Mar. 18, 62.\\nWilliam McClain.\\nWilliam McClure.\\nWilliam McCready, trans, to V. R. C. Jan. l. i, 64.\\nJohn McNish.\\nEdw. A. Meyer, Feb. 8, 64, trans, to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nHenry Naylor.\\nJohn J. Olden, trans, to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nHenry Paul.\\nCharles H. Pierce, dis. Nov. 26, 63.\\nClayton Pope, dis. Juue 13, 62.\\nWilliam Pope.\\nSamuel E. Radeliff.\\nThomas C. Ralston, dis. Oct. 15, 62.\\nWilliam T. Ralph, dis. Aug. 27, 64.\\nEdward J. Reynolds, dis. April 21, 63.\\nWilliam Rianhard.\\nWesley Robinson, died June 6, 62, of wounds.\\nJacob Schenck, trans, to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nFred. Schlegel, Feb. 16, 64, trans, to Co. F, Sth Regt.\\nJacob Seigrist, dis. Oct. 22, 62.\\nAlexander A. Smith, dis. Aug. 30, 64.\\nJohn Smith, April 21, 64, trans, to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nJoseph Simpson, May 17, 64.\\nHenry Stanmire.\\nJoseph Steen.\\nCharles W. Steele, trans, to Co. F, 8th Regl.\\nJona n Strouse, May 11, 64, trans, to i o. F, Sth Regt.\\nThomas S. Stewart, dis. Jan. 3, 63.\\nWilliam H. Stewart, dis. Dec. 12, 61.\\nJoseph Stoeckle, must, out Oct. 6, 64.\\nZebulon Tompkins.\\nGeo. W. Wade, Mar. 30, 64, trans, to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nAndrew .1. Wallace, trans, to Co. F, Sth Regt.\\nSamuel N. Wilmot, trans, to Co. F, Sth Regt.\\nJohn Wilson, .Ian. 4, 64, trans, to Co. F, Sth Regt.\\nWm. Wilson, Sept. 7, i;4, trans, to Co. I, Sth Regt.\\nJosei.h M. Wliite.\\nThomas .1. Whittaker, di.s. Jan. 2, 63.\\nThomas Van Hrunt, killed Aug. 29, 62.\\nMI ANY (i.\\n(Thirt ciiiipanv was iiiusltTed in .\\\\uKuxt 1 wll, anil mnsteroa out\\nwith rcpinmnl unli.-Hs otherwise staterl.]\\nOipfains.\\nTheo. W. Baker, Sept. 9, 61 ;pro. inaj. Oct. 9, 62.\\nLouis M. Morris, Jan. 2, 63, vire Baker, pro.\\nFif.it Licutenanh.\\nChas. F. Moore, Jan. 1, 63; pro. adjt. Jan. I, 63.\\nRufus K. Case, Jan. 1, 63.\\nSecond Lieutenanls.\\nJohn K. Brown, Sept. 9, 61; res. ,luly 11, 62.\\nJ. C. Lee, Jan. 2, 63 pro. 1st It. Co. C June 9, 63.\\nFirst Sergeants.\\nBenjamin D. Brown, pro. 2d It. Co. I Juue 23, 62.\\nJoseph T. Note, pro. 2d lieut. Co. K Jan. 11, 63.\\nJames A. Morris.\\nSeryeaiifs.\\nJohn H. Hoaglaud, pro. 2d It. Co. C Jan. 16, 63.\\nJoseph H. McClees, dis. May 22, 62.\\nEdwin Mitchell, killed May 5, (i2.\\nCharles E. Githens, died Juue 21, 62, of wounds,\\n.lacob B. .lohnson, died Jan. 5, 63.\\nJoseph D. Moore, dis. Aug. 26, 64.\\nGeorge W. Farrow, dis. Aug. 27, 64.\\nCharles Brough, trans, to Co. H, Sth Regt.\\nHoward S. Moore.\\nCoi-jiorals.\\nJohn L. Bullock.\\nJames S. Porch.\\nLeopold W. Rossmaier, dis. Aug. 29, 64.\\nJohn North, dis. Feb. 19, 63.\\nCharles W. North, died May 5, 63, of wounds.\\nLewis Drummond.\\nGeorge L. Baker, nius. trans, to Co. K, Sth Regt.\\nHenry Bender, Jr., musician.\\nPrivates.\\nWilliam Adams, dis. May 30, 62.\\nJohn Allen, dis. Dec. 10, 61.\\nBenjamin Anderson, dis. May 22, 62.\\nJames V. Anderson, trans, to V,u. Vt, Sth Regt.\\nAndrew Benner, May 24, 64.\\nJames Blake, May 24, 64.\\nWilliam Burke, May 19, 64.\\nJames Burns, May 24, 64.\\nBenjamin F. Budd, Oct. 31, 61 killed Aug. 29, 62.\\nJames Budd, killed May 5, ()2.\\nJohn P. Burroughs, killed May 5, 62.\\nTheodore M. Cattell, trans, to Co. E, Sth Regt.\\nRobert Campbell, May 24, 64.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0141.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "118\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY\\nJoseph Cardisser, May 20, t!4.\\nWilliam Charlton, May 24, 64.\\nJohn Cheesman, Sept. 2S, 61 (li.s. Sept. 21. 64.\\nJohn H. Crammer, dis. Jan. 2, 63.\\nJames B. Cox.\\nHenry Day, May 24, 64.\\nSamuel David.son.\\nSamuel Dermot, died June 14, 62.\\nCharles W. Devinney, di.s. June 2, 62.\\nDaniel W. Donau, May 2.3, 64.\\nJosiah Dickson, dis. June 11, 63.\\nWilliam E. Eastlack.\\nAlbert C. English, dis. May 29, 62.\\nFrank Farrow, died Oct. 11, 62.\\nWilliam Feltman, dis. Oct. 13, 62.\\nHenry Firth, dis. Jan. 2, 63.\\nJohn I. Gardner.\\nFrank Gates, May 24, 64.\\nThomas Gladden.\\nGiles Gleason, May li), 64.\\nJames Gillean, dis. Dec. 10, 61.\\nCharles B. Green, dis. May 31, 62.\\nHorace L. Haines, Oct. 3, 61 dis. Oct. lo, 62.\\nJohn Hardy, May 16, 64 trans, to Co. E, 8th Regt.\\nPhilip Hart, May 19, 64.\\nCharles Hires, dis. Oct. 1 1, 62.\\nJoseph HofHiuger, trans, to Co. E, Sth Regt.\\nJohn Hogan, May 20, 64.\\nJohn W. Holmes, trans, to Co. E, Sth Regt.\\nJohn Horn, died June 26, 62.\\nSylvauus Ireland, killed May 5, 62.\\nThomas Ivins, dis. Feb. 2r (53.\\nRobert Johnson, May 23, 64.\\nCharles Jones, May 19, 64.\\nWilliam Jones, dis. Oct. 17, 62.\\nJustice S. Kerbaugh, dis. July 24, 62.\\nCharles Layman, dis. .Tuly 24, 62.\\nWilliam Lee.\\nCharles Letts, dis. Sept. 7, 64.\\nThomas Lynch, May 23, 64.\\nJames Mackinall, killed May 5, 62.\\nJohn Macktoff, dis. May 22, 62.\\nThomas Marshall, May 16, 64.\\nWilliam E. Maling.\\nJohn Mathys, May 23, 64.\\nGiovanni Martini, May 20, 64; tr. to Co. E.Sth Regt.\\nJohn McAllister, May 24, 64.\\nEdw. McArdle, Dec. 30, 63 tr. to Co. E, 8th Regt.\\nPatrick McAvoy, trans, to Co. E, Sth Regt.\\nMicliael Morgan, dis. Dec. 11, 63.\\nDaniel Murry, dis. May 28, 64.\\nMichael Nicholson, killed in action May 62.\\nMichael O Neil, trans, to Co. K.\\nBenjamin Ong, dis. May 31, 62.\\nPeter L. Owens, Oct. 31, 61 di.s. June 6, 62.\\nJohn S. Owens, trans, to Co. E, 8th Regt.\\nCharles Owens, killed in action May 5, 62.\\nFrederick Parker, May 18, 64.\\nTimothy Parker.\\nNicholas S. Parker.\\nWard Pierce (1), dis. June 28, 62.\\nWard Pierce (2), Dec. 30, 63 tr. to Co. E, 8th Regt.\\nRead M. Price, died Sept. 15, 62, of wounds.\\nJames Phalin, May 23, 64.\\nWilliam Powell.\\nFrancis Rawlings, May 19, 64.\\nFranklin Read, killed in action May 3, 63.\\nLouis Revear, May 23, 64.\\nForce Rhoads, trans, to Co. E, 8th Regt.\\nAmos Robb, dis. May 22. 62.\\nGeorge Schenck, killed in action May 5, 62.\\nPhilip H. Schenck. Jr., killed in act. May o, 62.\\nJames B. Scott, Mar. 8, 62 dis. Aug. 8, 63.\\nHenry Seabury, dis. Aug. 26, 64.\\nJoseph H. Sooy, Nov. o, 62; dis. Mar. 11, 63.\\nLuke Sooy, dis. Feb. 17, 63.\\nGeorge P. Stiles, Apr. 16, 62 tr. to Co. E, Sth Regt.\\nThos. S. Tanier, Feb. 3, 64 tr. to Co. E, Sth Regt.\\nThomas Taylor.\\nCharle.s A. Thomas.\\nMaxwell T. Toy, dis. May 31, 62.\\nAndrew .1. Ware, paroled prisoner.\\nJohn Watson, tr. to Co. E, Sth Regt.\\nSamuel Watson, killed in action May 6, 64.\\nJames M. West, tr. to Co. E, Sth Regt.\\nGeorge L. White, dis. Dec. 19, 63.\\nWilliam Wiltsey, tr. to Co. E, Sth Regt.\\nWilliam Wilson, died May 17, 62.\\nJames Young, tr. to Co. E, Sth Regt.\\nMalica Zimmerman, died July 26, 62.\\nCOMPANY I, SIXTH REGIMENT NEW .lER.^EY\\nVOLUNTEERS.\\n(This company wns muetf red in .\\\\uKii8t 29, 1861, ami miiflleivd out\\nwith regiment uniess otlierwise stated).\\nCaptains.\\nRichard H. Lee, Sept. 9, 61, res. Aug. 12, 63.\\nBenjamin D. Coley, Oct. 27, 63, res. .Vpl. 12, 64.\\nFirst Lieuteiiimti\\nT. M.K.Lee, Sep. 9, 61, pr. capt. Co. K Jan. 16, 63.\\nJoseph T. Note, Sep. 21, 63.\\nSecond Jjieuteiiants.\\nT. F. Field, Sep. 9, 61, pr 1st It. Co. D June 23, 62.\\nC. F.Moore. June 23, 62, pr 1st It. Co. G Dec.1, 62.\\nBcnj. D. Brown, Jan. 2, 63, res. May 22, 63.\\nFirst Sergeants.\\nJoseph C. Lee, pr. sgt. maj. Feb. 26, 62.\\nEdmond Carels, tr. to Co. E, 8tb Regt.", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0142.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "THK WAR FOR THE TTNTON.\\n119\\nSergemitf.\\nJohn E. Loeb.\\nBenjamin W. Perkins.\\nStevenson Leslie.\\nWilliam C. Lee. tr. to Co. F, Sih Regt.\\nCharles F. Dicksen, killed in action June 18, tU.\\nOliver K. Collins.\\nAlbert S. Newton.\\nJacob M. Parks.\\nJoseph M. Ross.\\nRichard C. Haines, disch. Sep. 12, 63.\\nGeorge W. King, disch. Sep. 5, 64.\\nSamuel Taylor, disch. Aug. 31, 64.\\n(i harles W. Lane, killed in action May 5, 62.\\nWilliam F\\\\ Hessel, killed in action June 16, 64.\\nW. Mooney, died Andersonville, Ga. Aug. .1, (14-\\nWilliam S. Chew, musician.\\nWilliam Wilson, musician.\\nJames Schooley, wagoner.\\nVrivates.\\nJohn P. Allord.\\nWilliam Ascough, disch. Aug. I d, 64.\\nFavel Baptiste, May 24, 64.\\nWilliam Bates, tr. to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nWesley Bates. Oct. 18, 61, disch. Dec. 12, 62.\\nJoseph Beebe, Jan. 12, 64, died July 8, 64.\\nAlfred Breyer, Nov. 2. 61, died July 28, 64.\\nEben. Beebe, Jan. 12, 64, tr. to Co. IF, 8th Regt.\\nJosiah Beelie, Jan. 30, 64, tr. to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nWilliam S. Bradford, tr. to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nJoseph Brown (2), Apl. 14, 64.\\nWilliam Brown, killed in action May 6, ()4,\\nJoseph Brown (1), disch. Apl. 18, (;3.\\nJoseph Burkart, disch. June 7, 62.\\nAden Chew, died Feb. 20, 62.\\nThomas D. Clark, died Jan. 2 .i, 64.\\nWashington L. Clark.\\nJoseph Craft, disch. Oct. 17, 62.\\nWilliam Dorsey.\\nJames L. Dougherty, Mar. 1. 62, died May 1-5, 62.\\nEdward Ewen, Jr., Aug. J, 61, killed Aug. 29, ti2.\\nW. C. Figner, Nov. 23, 61, tr. to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nWilliam F^isher.\\nLewis M. Gibson, Sep. 10, 61, disch May 31. 62.\\n,lacob Gilraore.\\nBernard Ginlay, Nov. 22, 61.\\nHorace Githens, Sep. 28, 61, died Mar. l. 62.\\nThom.is W. Graham, disch. Aug. 29, 64.\\nUirhard W. Hankins, died Jan. 20, 63, of wounds.\\nMichael Hartzell, Feb. 20, 62, disch. Sep. 20, 62.\\nCharles Henry, Nov. 27, 63, disch. June 12, 6o.\\n(iaudalonp Hall, tr. to 95th Pa. Regt.\\nAlbert Herman, June 30, 64, tr. to Co. A, 8th Regt\\nHenry Hesselb\\nJohn M. Huber, Aug. 10, 63, tr.toCo. F, 8th Regt.\\nWilliam Hulit, Aug. 10, 63, tr. to IT. S. Inf.\\nEdward B. Hood, disch. Mar. 2. 63.\\n.lames W. Insco, disch. Feb. 5, 63.\\n\\\\Vm. D. Jacobs, July 6, 62, tr. to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\n.Icdiu W. Jobes, Dec. 6, Uil, killed Aug. 29, 62.\\n.Fcdin Johnson. May 23, 64.\\nSamuel Kendrick, disch. .May 22, i2.\\nJames Leach, May 2; 64.\\n.lames W. Lewis.\\nEdward Livermore, killed inaction May 18, 64.\\nWilliam W. Loeb.\\nWm. Lorenz, Feb. 29, 64, killed May 12, 64.\\nAlexander B. Mahan, disch. .Inly 15, 62.\\nHoward F. Matlack.\\nWilliam L. Mathews, Mar. 3, ;2, disch. Apr. 9, 65.\\nThomas Mayland, May 28, 64.\\nJohn McCabe, May 28, 64.\\nG. W. McKeen, Jan. 12, 64, tr. to Co. F,8th Regt.\\nArthur Meayo, Nov. 22, 61.\\nWilliam Mulligan, Nov. 22, 61.\\nJohn Naphey.\\nJohn S. Nicholson, Oct. IS, 61, died Feb. li;, 62.\\nAugust Noach, May 24, 64.\\nSamuel B. Norcross, killed in action May 5, (!2.\\nEdw. Ostner. Nov. 18, 61, killed May 5, 02.\\nJames Paquitt, May 23, 64.\\nHenry Parker, May 23, 64.\\nDaniel W. Pettibone, disch. Sep. 23, 6l\\nHenry Piatt, May 30, 64.\\nWilliam Rhein, May 28, 64.\\nPeter Rice, May 25, 64.\\nMichael Robinson, Nov. 22, 61.\\nFranklin Rogers, died May 6, 62.\\nPeter Roe, Oct. 25, 61, disch. Feb. 25, 63.\\n.Foseph D. Rogers.\\nRomeo RoUi, June 2, 64.\\nWilliam Rowe, killed in action May 5, 62.\\nThomas Russell, May 24, 64.\\nThomas Ryan, May 24, 64, tr. to Co. F, 8ih Regt.\\nJohn Sands, disch. Feb. 23, 63,\\nSamuel Sanders, Dec. 6, (Jl.\\n(ieorge Schayegart, May 24, 64.\\nAugust Scior.\\nEdward L. Scott, disch. Jan. 29, 6.^.\\nAndrew Serini, June 2, 64.\\nMichael Sharon, May 28, (i4.\\nCharles P. Shute, disch. Feb. 28, 63.\\nGeo. Simpson, May 28, 64, tr. to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nBenjamin F. Skinner, Nov. 22, 62.\\n.fohn Sterling, May 23, 64.\\nWilliam Stewart, May 24, 64.\\nJeorge Thomas, May 23, 64.\\nJames Thompson, May 26, 64.\\nJohn C. Torney, died May 12, 62, of wounds.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0143.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "120\\nHISTORY OF f AMPEN COTTNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nIsaac Tracy.\\nLewis Typie, Feb. 9, 64, tr. to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nCharles Waar, Feb. 25, 62, died Apr. 12, 64.\\nAmos R. Watson, Oct. 23, 61, disch. Sept. 14, 62.\\nCharles Waverly, May 28, 64.\\nJames H. Webster, disch. Aug. 31, 64.\\nGeorge Wegman, disch. Aug. 29, 62.\\nPaul Werner, May 31, 64.\\nWilmon Whillden, disch. June 16, 62.\\nJohn C. Whippey, died June 7, 63, of wounds.\\nWatson Wertzell, disch. Oct. 10, 6r).\\nJohn Williams, May 30, 64.\\nJohn W. Williams, Nov. 22, 61.\\nJames Wilson, May 26, 64.\\nJohn Woods, disch. May 22, 62.\\nWilliam Yates, May 28, 64.\\nCOMPANY K.\\n[This r( mpaliy watt muBtered in August 1861, aufl niusterf^rl\\nout with regiment unless otherwise stated.]\\nCajifaiuf.\\nTimothy C. Moore, Sept. 9, 61 res. Jan. 14, 63.\\nThomas M. K. Lee, Mar. 2, 63 vice Moore, res.\\nFirst Lieutenants.\\nThomas Goodman, Sept. 9, 61 det. to 4th Art.\\nB. D. Coley, Jan. 2, 53 pro. capt. Co. I, Sept. 24, 63.\\nSecond Lieutenant.\\nJ. T. Note, Mar. 2, 63, pro. 1st It. Co. I, June 9, 63.\\nFir-it Sergeants.\\nEdward Corcoran, disch. June 8, 63.\\nGeorge W. Jobes, trans, to Co. B, 8th Regt.\\nSergeantn.\\nSamuel H. Elder, disch. Nov. 24, 62.\\nJames White, disch. Jan. 28, 63.\\nWilliam McCormick, disch. March 23, 63.\\nGeorge W. Hall, trans, to Co. F, 8th Regt.\\nIsaac T. Gartou, trans, to Co. G, 8tli Regt.\\nWilliam T. Goodman.\\nI orporals.\\nJames Flynn, disch. Dec. 27, 62.\\nChristopher Dowling, disch. Sept. 7, 62.\\nHugh Diamond, disch. Aug. 29, 64.\\nCharles P. Tuttle, trans, to Co. G, 8th Regt.\\n.lohu McKenna.\\nT. McKibben, Aug. 13, (i2 disch. June 29, 65.\\nB. F. Reeves, Sept. 17, (il killed July 2, 63.\\nJames Derkeu.\\nFrederick Biisser, musician.\\nThos. Marshall, musician, disch. March 11, 62.\\nHenry Bender, Jr., musician, trans, to Co. G.\\nDa\\\\ id Creevy, wagoner, disch. Feb. 8, 63.\\nI rioates.\\nJames Baker, Oct. 3, 61.\\nJohn Barnes.\\nWilliam Bayne, disch. Oct. 13, 62.\\nWilliam Bisbing.\\nJesse H. Berry, died June 1, 63, of wounds.\\nJ. G. Bowers, May 14, 64, trans, to Co. G, 8th Regt.\\nLewis R. L. Blizzard, disch. June 0, 62.\\nPeter Bride, Oct. 9, 61, disch. May 22, 62.\\nEdward Budding, disch. June 9, 62.\\nCharles Braceland.\\nBenjamin F. Christy.\\n.Joseph Cheeseman, disch. April 27, 63.\\nAlbert G. Clark, May 21, 64, trans, to Co. G.\\nHenry Conerty.\\nJames Coleman, disch. June 19, 63.\\nJohn S. Copeland, died Sept. 18, 61.\\nMichael Corcoran, disch. Sept. 7, 62.\\n.Jacob Cowan, trans, to Co. D.\\nJ. J. Daniels, May 20, 64, trans, to Co. G, 8th Regt.\\nCornelius Dowling, disch. July 14, 62.\\nPatrick Earley, disch. Feb. 28, 63.\\nThomas Egan, disch. April 18, 63.\\nJames Finnegan, disch. Sept. 1, 64.\\nJohn Fogger.\\nJohn Gagger, killed Aug. 29, 62.\\nJames Gannon.\\nCharles P. Gannon, trans, to Co. D.\\nFrancis A. Gaskill, disch. May 3, 64.\\nSamuel Gilbert, Aug. 19, 62 disch. Mar. 25, 63.\\nLewis H. Giles, disch. May 21, 62.\\nMartin Haley.\\nWilliam Hampton.\\nHenry Harley, Oct. 3, 61.\\nJoseph W. Henderson, trans, to Co. G, 8th Regt.\\nWilliam H. H. Hilyard, disch. Feb. 7, 63.\\nJames R. Husted, disch. Jan. 16, 63.\\nEdward Hutchinson, disch. Oct. 21, 62.\\nH. C. Izard, May 16, 64; trans, to Co. G,8th Regt.\\nW. H. Janes, Jan. 29, 62; tr.to Co. G, 8th Regt.\\nE. H. Johnson, Aug. 19, 62; disch. Jan. 7, 63.\\nEllas P. Jones, killed June 18, 64.\\nWilliam F. Joslin, disch. Oct. 17, 62.\\n.John Lane.\\n.James M. Lane, disch. Feb. 2, 63.\\nDennis Laughlin, trans, to Co. G, 8th Regt.\\nWilliam H. Lawrence, trans, to Co. G, Sth Regt.\\nJohn Leo, Oct. 9, 61 disch. Dec. 31, 62, wounded.\\nThomas Lippincott, disch. Mmv 14, 62.\\nThomas M. Long, disch. July 21, 63.\\nGeorge A. Lovett, disch. Sept. 17, 62.\\nW. G. Leake, died May 23, 62, of wounds.\\nJoseph C. Lore, died May 21, 62. of wounds.\\nMartin Marshall, killed Aug. 29, 62.\\nPatrick Maguire. disch. Oct. 7, 2.\\nRobert Mc.Vdoo, disch. Dec. 2 62.\\nThomas McDonald, disch. Dec. 9, 61.\\nJames McCormick, killed May 5, 62.", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0144.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0145.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "t^^", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0146.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UNION.\\n121\\nN. McElhoiie, Mar. 13, 62 died June 4/62, of wds.\\nB.obert McGourley.\\nMichael McLaughlin, died Sept. 14, 62, of wduiids.\\nMichael McGrory.\\nPeter McGeary, disch. Aug. 29, 61.\\nJames McNulty, disch. Sept. 26, 62.\\nW. Miller, May 21, 64 trans, to Co. G, Sth Regt.\\nAbijah Mitchell.\\nJos. Mox, May 23, 64 trans, to Co. (4, Sth Regt.\\nWilliam Mullen, disch. Aug. IS, 62.\\nRobert Munday, trans, to Co. B.\\nMichael O Neil.\\nConstantiue O Neil, disch. Oct. IS, 62.\\nF. O Neil, Feb. 7, 62 died Feb. 25, 62.\\nFritz Olsun. May 20, 64; trans, to Co. G, Sth Regt.\\n.r. Jenn, May 21, 64; trans, to Co. G, Sth Regt.\\nJeremiah C. Price, trans, to Co. G, Sth Regt.\\nWilliam Proud, Jr., killed June 1, 62.\\nNathan Rambo, diseh. Jan. 16, 63.\\nWilliam H. Randolph, trans, to Co. G, Sth Regt.\\nM. H. Reynolds, Sept. 17, 61 disch. Dec. 9, 61.\\nW. V. Robinson, May 23, 64 tr. to Co. G, Sth Regt.\\nA. Schaider, May 23, 64; trans, to Co. G, Sth Regt.\\n.John S. Sibbett, disch. July 24, 62.\\nWilliam Snape, disch. Sept. 7, 64.\\nG. J. Stewart, May 21, 64 tr. to Co. G, Sth Regt.\\nJohn Scott, May 26, 64.\\n\\\\Iahlon Smith.\\nJohn A. Smith, died Nov. 30. 63.\\nWilliam Streeper, disch. Oct. 17, 62.\\nLevi Swan, died Oct. 10, 62.\\nHenry H. Stiles, Sept. IS, 61.\\nMathew Timnicns, trans, to V. R. C.\\nWilliam Thompson, disch. Sept. 7, 64.\\n.1. H. Thompson, disch. July 24, 62.\\nP. Vandertimer,May 21, 64 tr. to Co. G, Sth Regt.\\nIsaac Warr, Feb. 5, 62 trans, to V. R. C.\\nGeorge F. Ward, diseh. Sept. 16, 62.\\nW. H. Watsou, Aug. 17, 62; trans, to V. R. C.\\nJ. H. Wilkins, May 16, 64 tr. to Co. G, Sth Regt.\\nNathaniel F. Wilkinson, trans, to V. R. C.\\nJohn Wiley, killed Aug. 29, 62.\\nEdgar S. Wilkinson, killed May .5, 62.\\nJames Wittle, disch. Sept. 7, 64.\\nCaptain Ben.famin D. Coi.ey, .son of\\nJohn and Ann (Day) Coley, born at Rad-\\ndell, Bedfordshire, England, February 1,\\n1826, emigrated with his parents to America\\nin ]S 29, landed at I liiladelphia and soon\\nafterward located in Camden. At tiie age of\\nsix he went to live with a farmer in Bur-\\nlington County and remained tlicre, working\\non the farm in summer anil attending school\\n16\\nin winter, until he was fourteen, when he re-\\nturned home and for several years assisted\\nhis father at whip-making. He was next\\nemployed for five years with Richard Fet-\\nters, of Camden, and next engaged in the\\nrestaurant business and also kept a billiard\\nsaloon in Camden until the opening of the\\nCivil War, in 1861, when, in company with\\nthe Camden Light Artillery, a military or-\\nganization to which he belonged for about\\nsix years, he went to Trenton and entered the\\nservice three days after President Lincoln s\\nfirst call for volunteer soldiers. As second\\nsergeant of the company, which was assigned\\nto the Fourtii New Jersey Regiment, he re-\\nmained three months, the term of enlistment,\\nand during that time participated in the first\\nbattle of Bull Run. The company was dis-\\ncharged July 27, 1861, at the expiration of\\nthe term of service, and on the 9th of August\\nfollowing he began to recruit a company for\\nthe three years service, which, on September\\n9, 1861, became Company K of the Sixth\\nXew Jersey Regiment, and he was chosen\\nsecond lieutenant. This regiment formed a\\npart of tiie famous New Jersey Brigade,\\nwhich was assigned to General Hooker s di-\\nvision, participated in 1862, under General\\nMcClellau, in the Peninsular campaign, in\\nthe siege of Yorktown, battles of Williams-\\nburg, Fair Oaks, Seven Pines and Malvern\\nHill, in the Army of the Potomac under\\n(Jeneral Pope, in the battle of Bri.stow Sta-\\ntion, the second Bull Run engagement and\\nthe battle of Chantilly, and in the battle of\\n(fentreville, under General Sickles; in\\n1863, in the Army of the Potomac, under\\nGeneral Buruside, at Fredericksburg, and\\nChancellorsville under General Hooker, and\\nin July of the same year in the battle of Get-\\ntysburg, under General Meade, at which\\nplace he was in command of Company H of\\nthe Sixth Regiment. On November 17,\\n1862, he was promoted to first lieutenant,\\nand on September 24, 1863, was promoted to\\ncaptain of Company I of the .same regiment.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0149.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "122\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nThe other engagements in which Captain\\nColey participated were the battles of Wrap-\\nping Heights, McCleau s Ford and Pine\\nRun, all in Virginia. At the last-named\\nbattle, owing to the terrible strain, he was\\ndisabled for further military duty, and on\\nMarch 4, 18G4, was discharged from the\\nservice on a surgeon s certificate.\\nSoon after his return home he entered the\\nemploy of Thomas Clyde Co., of Phila-\\ndelphia, as an engineer, and continued with\\nthat firm until 1868, when he began the gro-\\ncery business at the corner of Third and Fed-\\neral Streets, where he has ever since contin-\\nued and prospered. Captain Coley was\\nmarried, September 9, 1848, to Margaret K.\\nSouthwick, daughter of James Southwick, of\\nCamden, by whom he has three children, all\\nresiding in Camden. Mrs. Coley died May\\n13, 1885. Martha, the eldest daughter, is\\nmarried to Henry S. Wood; Alma J)., is\\nmarried to Charles H. Thompson; Benjamin\\nD. Coley, the only son and youngest child, is\\nmarried to Hattie Wil.son. Captain Coley\\nis prominently connected with the fraternal\\nand beneficial orders of Camden, being a\\nmember of Thomas M. K. Lee, Jr., Post,\\nG. A. R., No. 5 Chosen Friends Lodge, No.\\n29 and Camden Encampnient, No. 12, of I.\\nF. Damon Lodge, No. 2, K. of 1\\nIron Hall and Camden Council of Royal\\nArcanum.\\nNinth Ri;(;iMi ,Nr. This command, of\\nwhich Company I was recruited in Camden\\nCouuty, was mustered at Camp Olden,\\nOctober 5, 1861, under authctrity of the War\\nDepartment for the organization of a regi-\\nment (if riflemen, and arrived at Washing-\\nton December 4th with one thousand one\\nhundred and forty-two men on its rolls. In\\nJanuaiy, 1862, it was assigned to General\\nReno s brigade, and sailed with Burnside s\\nexpedition to Roanoke Island, N. C, where\\nColonel Jo.seph W. Allen was drown( l in\\ndisembarking. At the battle of February\\n8th it rendered admirable service in picking\\noff the (Confederate gunners by its sharji-\\nshooting, and Burnside privileged it to place\\nthe name Roanoke Island and the date\\nof the fight in gold on its regimental flag.\\nBesides this the principal engagements in\\nwhich it shared were the.se\\nNewberne, N. C, March 14, 1862 Fort Macon,\\nX. C, April 25, 18ti2 Young s Cross-Roads, N. C,\\nJuly 27, 18()2 Rowell s Mill, N. C, November 2,\\n1802; Deep Creek, N. C, December 12, 18(52;\\nSouthwest Creek, N. C, December 13, 18ti2; Kins-\\ntoii, N. C, December 14, 18(12; Whiteliall, N. C,\\nDecember 1(3, 1862 Goldsborougli, N. C, Decem-\\nber 17, 1862; Comfort, N. C, July 6, 1863; Win-\\nton, N. C, July 26, 1863; Deep Creek, N. C,\\nFebiuary 7, 1864; Cherry Grove, N. C, April 14,\\n1864; Port Walthall, Va., May 6 and 7, 1864;\\nSwift Creek, Va., May 9 and 10,1864; Drury s\\nlilutr, Va., May 12-16, 1864; Cold Harbor, Va.,\\nJune 3-12, 18(34; Petersburg, Va., June 20 to\\nAugust 24, 18()4 Gardner s Bridge, N. C, Decem-\\nber, 9, 1864; Foster s Bridge, N. C, December 10,\\n1S64; Butler s Bridge, N. C, December 11, 1864;\\nSouthwest Creek, N. C, March 7, 1865; Wise s\\nFork, N. C, March 8-10, 1865; (Joldsborough,\\nN. C, March 21, 1865.\\nThis long record is full of brave achieve-\\nments by the regiment. At the battle of\\nYoung s Cross-Roads Caj)tain Hufty, with\\nthe Camden company, charged a bridge and\\ncai tured eighteen jiri.soners. January 21,\\n]8(J4, two-thirds of the men re-enlisted while\\nat the front in North Carolina. At Drury s\\nBluff, where the recounoi.sance that preceded\\nthe fight was made by Hufty s men, the regi-\\nment lost one hundred and fifty killed and\\nwounded. Colonel Zabriski was one of the\\nfatally wounded, and General Heckman was\\ntaken j)risouer. The Richmond Examiner\\nexpressed its satisfaction at the destruction\\nof Hecknian s brigade, and that the cele-\\nbrated New Jersey Rifle Regiment has been\\ncompletely destroyed, thus ridding the bleed-\\ning Caroliuas of a terrible scourge. Cap-\\ntain Charles Hufty was fatally wounded at\\nthe head of Company I in the skirmish at\\nSouthwest Creek, March 7, LSfir).\\nThe regiment was mustered out June 14,\\n1865, and was discharged by the State on the", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0150.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UNTOX.\\n28th. It Imd taken part in forty-two er)-\\ngagenients sixty-one enlisted men were\\nkilled in battle, four hundred wounded,\\nforty-three died from wounds and one hun-\\ndred from disease. Eight officers had been\\nkilled and twenty-three wounded. It was\\nsuccessively attached to the Ninth, Eigh-\\nteenth, Tenth and Twenty-third Army Corps.\\nThe Camden County enlistments were as\\nfollows\\nCOMPANY 1, NINTH REGIMENT NEW .lERSEY VOL-\\nUNTEERS.\\n[This culupany was mustered in October 8, 1861, and mustered out\\nJuly 12, 1805, unless otherwise stated.]\\n0(pfains.\\nHenry F. Chew, Nov. 12, 61, res. March i 2.\\nSamuel Hiifty, March 7, 62, pro. maj. June 15, 64.\\nChas. Hiifty, July 25, 04, died Mar. 14, Co, of vvnds.\\nDavid Killc, July 7, 65, vice Hufty, died.\\nFir-ff Lieutenaiitis.\\nCharles M. Pinkard, Mar. 19, 62, res. Dec. 28, 62.\\nR. D. Swain, Dec. 29, 62, pro. capt. Co. K, Feb.10, 65.\\nSecond Lieuteitants.\\nChas. B. Springer, Mar. 9, 62, died July 31, 62.\\nJ. C. Bowker, Dec. 29, 62, pro.lst It. Co.D July y 64.\\nD. Whitney, Mar.28, 65, pro. Istlt.Co.A June22, 65.\\nFirst Sergeants.\\nEdward H. Green, pro. 2d It. Co. D Jan. 14, 6^^.\\nChas. P. Goodwin, com. 2d lieut. June 22, 65.\\nSergeants.\\nMark L. Carnly.\\nCharles Keene.\\nLewis Murphy.\\nJohn C. Smith.\\nEdward D. Matson, dis. Oct. 7, 64.\\nSamuel B. Harbison, trans, to V. R. C.\\nCorporals.\\nJohn S. Hampton, dis. July 19, 65.\\nJoseph Wolf. Jan. 20, 64.\\nEugene Sullivan, March 22, 64.\\nJohn B. Mitchell, Feb. 27, 64.\\nJames W. Daniels.\\nLewis S. Mickel, dis. July 19, 65.\\nAbrani M. Dickinson, March 1, 64.\\nJames H. Tash, dis. March 24, 63.\\nCharles G. Lorch, dis. Nov. 17, 62.\\nWm. O. Birch, dis. March 17, 63.\\nJohn Schweible, Sept. 30, 61, trans, to V. R. C.\\nChas. Hoffman, died June 5, 64. of wounds.\\nGeo. N. Cawman, killed May 8, 64.\\nRobt. Alcorn, bugler, dis. Aug. 25, 62.\\nRobert P. Craig, musician, dis. Nov. 10, 62.\\nCharles Beyer, Sept. 30, 61.\\n.\\\\sa K. Harbert, dis. July IS, 6i\\nWm. H. Tonkin, wagoner, dis. Nov. 8, 64.\\nI rh ale.-^.\\nCharles Albertson, Jan. 3. 65, dis. May 22, 65.\\nEdward L. Alvord, pro. Feb. 8, 64.\\nJoshua Anderson.\\nFrederick Babser, March 1, ()5.\\nJoshua Ballinger, Sept. 2, 64, dis. June 14, 65.\\nJohn Bennett.\\nHiram D. Beckett, Feb. 23, 64, trans, to Co. A.\\nSmith Bilderbaek, i)r(i. Oct. S, 61.\\nJohn Brady.\\nSamuel T. Butcher, April 7, 65.\\nMalachi Blackman, March 7, 65, trans, to Co. K.\\nAlbert C. Cawman, dis. Dec. 7, 65.\\n.Tames V. Clark.\\nJohn L. Cliti Feb. 24, 65.\\nJohn M. Clark, Jan. 17, 65, trans, to Co. C.\\nEnoch Cordrey, dis. Dec. 7, 64.\\nGeorge Cortwright, Feb. 16, 64.\\nWilliam E. Creed, March 4, 64.\\nJohn P. Crist, Feb. 23, 65.\\nJohn M. Davis, Sept. 5, 64, dis. June 14, 65.\\nGeo. 0. Davis, April 8, ()5, trans, to Co. A.\\nBenj. H. Dilmore, March 29, 15, trans, to Co. K.\\nJosiah Dubois, trans, to V. R. C.\\nEdward H. Davis.\\nPhilip Ebert, Sept. 30, 61, dis. Feb. 23, 65.\\nHenry Eipert, dis. July 19, 65.\\nJames W. Elkiuton.\\nBenj. Estilow, Feb. 6, 65.\\nHenry Essex, April 8, 65, trans, to Co. A.\\nLeo Eckert, Sept. 30, 61, died Sept. 11, 63.\\nGeorge B. Evans, Dec. 28, 63.\\nFrancis Fagan, April 6, ()5.\\nWm. Floyd, Sept. 2, 64.\\nFredk. Felney, dis. Nov. 19, 62.\\nBernard Fagan, April 12, 65, trans, to Co. F.\\nThomas Fannin, April 6, 65.\\nRobert Green, Dec. 29, 63.\\nPhilip S. Garrison, Jan. 28, 64, dis. May 13, 65.\\nBenj. Gill, dis. Nov. 18, 62.\\nThomas Grady, April 13, 65, trans, to Co. H.\\nJames Graham, Dec. 28, 65, trans, to Co. H.\\nMaxGumpert, April 13, 65, trans, to Co. H.\\nJohn Gorman, March 14, 64.\\nWm. P. Corliss, dis. Mar. 24, 63.\\nJoshua D. Haines.\\nWm. A. Harper, Sept. 14, (;4, dis. June 14, 65.\\nJames J. Harris, April 6, 65.\\nWm. H. Harris, Aug. .30, 64, dis. June 14, 65.\\nJohn H. Hilyard.\\nJohn W. Harbison, dis. March 24, 63.\\nJohn H. Harvey, dis. Nov. 19, 62.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0151.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "124\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nHenry A. Hartrantt, trans, to Co. D.\\nJames A. Hawthorne, April 13, 65, trans, to Co. H.\\nAndrew J. Hanley, died Feb. 22, 65.\\nWni. G. Hartline, died Feb. 3, 63.\\nMagnus Hepburn, died Oct. 16, 64.\\nWm. H. Hughes, March 1, 64, died March 12, 64.\\nEnoch Irelan, Feb. 14, 63.\\nRichmond Ireland, dis. Nov. 19, t 2.\\nJohn N. Johnson.\\nAndrew Kauffman.\\nDaniel Kelcher, April 6, 65.\\nNathan Kell, Feb. 24, 65.\\nThomas H. Kijer.\\nCharles Klapproth, March 64, dis. July 19, 65.\\nCharles Koarley, April 13, 65, trans, to Co. H.\\nJohn Kingston, April 6, 65.\\nSamuel M. Layman, dis. June 22, 65.\\nHenry Loper, dis. Dec. 7, 64.\\nGeorge H. Lott.\\nThomas W. Lumis.\\nSamuel Lester, dis. March 18, 63.\\nWm. B. Loper, dis. Nov. 19, 62.\\nEzekiel Madara, Nov. 10, 64.\\nJoseph Madara, March 29, 65.\\nJoseph Manderville, Feb. 10, 65.\\nJames P. Mattson, dis. Oct. 8, 64.\\nEdmund L. Mattock, dis. Nov. 25, 62.\\nFrank E. Mailey, March 6, 65, trans, to Co. D.\\nGeorge W. Matlock, March 7, 65, trans, to Co. P.\\nJames McCormick, March 31, 64.\\nJames McDonald, Feb. 15, 65.\\nJames McGhie, Feb. 8, 64.\\nWm. McLaughlin, Feb. 24, 65.\\nJames McClay, April 12, 65, trans, to Co. E.\\nJohn McDonald, April 13, 65, trans, to Co. E.\\nRobert McDonald, April 13, 65, trans, to Co. E.\\nHenry McFerrin, Feb. 4, 65, trans, to Co. C.\\nWm. Measey, Feb. 10, 65.\\nCharles B. Messick, dis. Nov. 19, 62.\\nJohn Mctzler, April 13, 65, trans, to Co. H.\\nAlbert C. Mifflin.\\nDavid T. Miller, Dec. 29, 63.\\nJohn Miller, Sept. 30, 61.\\nAugust Miller, April 12, 65, trans, to Co. A.\\nDavid Morgan, Aug. 31, 64, dis. June 14, 65.\\nJohn Morgan, Aug. 31, 64.\\nCharles H. Miller, died Aug. 23, 64,\\nThompson Mosher, March 24, 64, dis. July 23, 65.\\nStephen M. Mosure, killed in action June 3, 64,\\nCharles D. Multbrd, dis. Dec. 7, 64.\\nJohn MuUer, Feb. 16, 64, dis. Sept. 29, 65.\\nDaniel Myers, Sept. 24, 64, dis. June 14, 65.\\nGeorge M. Newkirk, Sept. 4, 65, dis. June 14, 65.\\nJohn Newkirk.\\nWm. H. Nonamaker.\\nAugust Noll, Feb. 12, 64, trans, to Co. A.\\nBernard O Brien, April 12, 65.\\nChristian Oatanger, dis. March 24, 63.\\nJohn Ostertag, May 28, 62, dis. June 3, 65.\\nJames O Neil, Feb. 6, 64.\\nStephen C. Park, Sept. 5, 64, dis. June 14, 65.\\nThomas Parsons.\\nJohn A. Patton.\\nDaniel Parr, Jan. 30, 64, died May 29, 64, ot wnds.\\nSamuel Perkins, Feb. 14, 65.\\nEli B. Price, Feb. 16, 64.\\nReuben R. Pittman.\\nJohn Powell.\\nAlbert Reis, Aug. 21, 62, dis. June 14, 65.\\nFrancis Reitz, Feb. 28, 65.\\nTylee Reynolds, Feb. 26, 64, dis. June 27, 65.\\nIsaac Reeves, dis. March 24, 63.\\nIrvin Rodenbough, Feb. 26, 61.\\nJacob Schmidt, Sept. 30, 61, dis. July 19, 65.\\nCharles Schnabel, Feb. 6, 65.\\nPhilip Schmidt, Sept. 30, 61, dis. May 9, 63.\\nHenry Scholz, July 21, 62, dis. May 7, 63.\\nHenry Schra-der, April 8, 65.\\nCharles Shepherd, pro. com. sergt. Jan. 1, 62.\\nArthur F. Shoemaker, Feb. 27, 64, dis. June24, 65.\\nJonathan ShuU.\\nAndrew J. Shuller, Jan. 2S, 65, dis. May 27, 65.\\nFrancis H. Singwald, Feb. 28, 65.\\nSamuel F. Staulcup, killed in action Dec. 16, 62.\\nJames W. Somers, Aug. 30, 64, dis. June 14, 65.\\nWm. C. Sparks.\\nFrancis C. Strawn, Aug. 31, 64, dis. June 14, 65.\\nWm. B. Stretch, Sept. 2, 64, dis. June 14, 65.\\nAmos Strickland, Sej)t. 5, 64, dis. June 14, 65.\\nHerman Steibertz, Sept. 30, 61, dis. Sept. 11, 63.\\nLeonard Stoll, June 16, 62, dis. July 17, 63.\\nReuben Segraves, killed in action May 16, 64.\\nJohn Sparks, died Nov. 15, 64.\\nWm. Speakman, Feb. 5, 64.\\nJohn E. Taylor.\\nSamuel B. Taylor.\\nCharles Taylor, dis. July 23, 62.\\nWm. Thompson, Feb. 21, 65, dis. June 21, 65.\\nSylvester J. Tinsman, Feb. 16, 64, dis. Feb. 16, 65.\\nGeorge V. Townsend.\\nGeorge L. Tnrnbull, dis. Oct. 8, 64.\\nCharles Vannanian, Feb. 24, 64.\\nSmith B. Vining.\\nAmos J. Van Gordon, Feb. 15, 64, dis. Aug. 2, 65.\\nJames Van Gordon, Feb. 15, 64.\\nAaron Vanculen, died Aug. 22, 63.\\nWm. Warlord, Feb. 15, 64.\\nJohn Warple, dis. Nov. 7, 62.\\nPaul Wax, April 13, 65, trans, to Co. H.\\nJohn Walker, Sept. 30, 61.", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0152.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UNION.\\n1-J5\\nFrederick Weber, Sept. 30, 1.\\nGeorge L. Web.ster, Aug. 30, li-l, dis. Juiu 14, (i\\nCourad Weitzell, Aug. 30, 04, dis. .lunc 14, 05.\\nJohn Welcli, April li, 05.\\nChristian Wellendorf, Sept. 30, 01, dis. Doe. S. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0t;4.\\nDavid Wensel, dis. Nov. 17, 62.\\nJoseph West, dis. June 1, 63.\\nJosiah Wensell, killed in action May HI, 04.\\nWm. Williams, dis. May 17, 62.\\nGeorge G. White, died April 18, 02.\\nFenwick A. Woodsides, Sept. I, (i4, dis. July ir), Or).\\nEdward S. Woolbert, Feb. 27, 64.\\nAugustus Reuiming, killed in action ]\\\\ray lii, 04.\\nWm G. Youmans, Feb. 17, tl.\\nIsaac Zaues, died May 3, 02.\\nColonel Sa.muel Hufty, tlie son of\\nSamuel and Jo.sephiue Rapiii^rcble Huf ty,\\nwas born in Philadelphia January 1, 1834.\\nHe graduated from the High School of his\\nnative city and, after a year spent in Illinois,\\nremoved to Chester County, Pa., where he\\nfollowed for eight years the life of an agri-\\nculturist. Repairing in 1858 to Camden, he\\nwas employed in the capacity of clerk. Colo-\\nnel Hufty, at the beginning of the war, in\\n1861, enlisted as captain of (Jompany F,\\nNinth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers,\\nfor three months, and joined tlie command of\\nGeneral Patterson in the Shenandoah Valley.\\nAt the expiration of his time of service he\\nliecarae first lieutenant of Company I, Xinth\\nRegiment New Jersey Volunteers, and was,\\nMarch 9, 1862, made captain of the com-\\npany. On the loth of June, 186-1, he was\\npromoted to the office of major of the regi-\\nment, and in February, 1865, was made\\nlieutenant-colonel. He was mustered out on\\nthe 31st of July, 1865. Among the more\\nimportant engagements in which he partici-\\n[)ated were those at Roanoke Island, New-\\nbern (where he was wounded). Fort Macon,\\nKing.ston (N.C.), Goldsboro (N. C), Drury s\\nBluff, Cold Harbor, Petersburg (from June\\n20 to August 16, 1864, where he was wound-\\ned by a sharpshooter), Wise s Forks (N. C.)\\nand Goldsboro (second), where he was\\nprovost-marslial and commanded the regi-\\nment. On liis di.scharge he engaged in tlie\\nhimbcr business in Somerset County, Md.,\\nand in 1872 (-ame to Camden. Colonel\\nHufty was, in 1877, appointed city auditor\\nand received, in 1885, the appointment of\\n(uty comptroller foi- three years from the ity\\nouncil of Camden.\\nBaldwin Hufty, the brother of oloue!\\nHufty, entered the service in 1861 as ser-\\ngeant, was made se(^ond lieutenant of (Jom-\\n])any B, Third Regiment New Jersey Vol-\\nunteers, and first lieutenant of Company E in\\n1862. He was, November 26th of tiie same\\nyear, elected captain of Company I) of the\\nFourth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers,\\nand made lieutenant-colonel of the regiment\\non the 28th of March, 1865. He partici-\\npated in nearly all the battles of the Army\\nof the Potomac and was breveted colonel.\\nTiiK Tenth RE(iiMENT. This command\\nwas eventually attached to the First Brigade\\nof New Jersey Volunteers. Companies A, E,\\nH,and I, of it, were recruited in Camden\\nCounty. It was created under authority\\nfrom the War Department and recruited b\\\\\\nColonel William Bryan, of Beverly, again.-^t\\nthe wishes of Governor Olden, although it\\nwas named the Olden Legion. His objec-\\ntion was that the War Department issued the\\nauthorization direct to private individuals in-\\nstead of through and to the officials of the\\nState a course wiiich had previously been\\nunknown. The regiment proceeded to Wasii-\\nington December 2G, 1861. On January 29,\\n862, the Governor finally accepted it as part\\nof the quota of New Jersey, whereupon it was\\nthoroughly reorganized and designated as tiie\\nTenth Regiment, and Colonel William R.\\nMurphy appointed to it. In April, 1863, it\\nwas relieved from j)rovost dut) in Washing-\\nton and sent to Suffolk, Va., where, on April\\n23d and May 4th, it shared in the repulse of\\nLougstreet as a portion of Corcoran s brigade.\\nPeck s division. Seventh Corps. In July it\\nwas ordered to Philadelphia in anticipation\\noi a resistance to the draft, and remained\\ntiicre two mouths. Its dre.ss parades were", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0153.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "126\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\none of the shows of the city. In September\\nit was moved to Pottsvilie, Pa., and spent\\nthe winter of 1863-64 in Schiiylkill, Carbon\\nand Luzerne Counties repressing the Con-\\nfederate sympatliizers of the coal region, who\\nwere encouraging desertions, interfering with\\nrecruiting, interrupting mining operations\\nand murdering men conspicuous for their de-\\nvotion to the Union. Colonel O. H. Ryer-\\nson, who succeeded Murphy in command,\\nwas president of a commission which tried\\nmany of these offenders. During the winter\\nthe regiment re-enlisted and in April, 1864,\\njoined the First Brigade at Brandy Station,\\nVirginia, sharing in all its subsequent\\nbattles and losing Colonel Ryerson, who was\\nmortally wounded in the Wilderness, on May\\n6th. It saw some hard service, under Sheri-\\ndan, in Shenandoah Valley. It was recruited\\nbefore returning to Grant s lines in front of\\nPetersburg, and with four hundral and fifty\\nmen in its ranks was mustered out at Hall s\\nHill, Va., June 22d and July 1, 1865.\\nThe Camden County companies of the\\nTenth were made up as shown by the an-\\nnexed lists\\nCOMPANY A, P IRST REGIMENT NEW JERSEY VOL-\\nIINTEERS.\\nCapi aiis.\\nIsaac W. Wifkle, Oct. 17, (Jl.died March 22, \u00e2\u0080\u00a202.\\nEphraim C. VVare, March 22, C2, dis. Oct. 22, 64.\\nJoseph G. Strock, Feb. 11, 65, dis. July 1, 05.\\nFirst Lieutenants.\\nPhilip :\\\\I. Armington, Sept. 21, 01, res. Sept. 24, 01.\\nChas. V. C. Murphy, Apr. 17, 02, dis. Apr. 18, 65.\\nJames H. Jordan, June 2, 65, dis. July 1, 05.\\nSecniid Lietiteiumt.\\nWni. C. Feiininiore, Oct. 17, 61, res. Feb. 22, 64.\\nFiriit Sergeant.\\nBenjamin Pine, Sept. 23, 01, pro. 2d lieul. Co.\\nC Oct. 24, 63.\\nSergeants.\\nJeremiah Saunders, Sept. 7, 61, dis. .luly 0, (iA.\\nThomas B, Bareford, Sejit. 10, 01, dis. Sep. 14, 01.\\nBenjamin Wilson, Sept. 7, 61, dis, July 1, O. i.\\nAugustus C. Wilson, July 25, 02, dis. July 1, 05.\\nJoseph M. Webb, Sept. 10, 01, dis. July 1, 05.\\nTheodore Harrington, Aug. liVO:i, dis. July 1, C5.\\nOliver H. Ritchson, Sept. 7, 61, dis Oct. 31, 03.\\nWilliam Rich, Sept. 7, 61, killed Aug. 17, 04.\\nHoward Fisher, Oct. 2, 62, died Nov. 12, 04.\\nCorponih.\\nHiram E. Budd, Sept. 21, 61, dis. Feb. 7, 64.\\nJames W. Fithian, Oct. 23, 61, dis. Oct. 22, 64.\\nJohn Marshall, Sept. 10, 61, dis. Sept. 10, 64.\\nCharles H. Small, Sept. 24, 61, dis. July 1, 05.\\nJames McGeever, Aug. 9, 04, dis. July 1, 05.\\nSamuel B. Cambrou, Nov. 14, 01, dis. July 1, 05.\\nJohn Kenny, May 9, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nJohn McMann, Sept. 21, 01, dis. July 1, 65.\\nEllis P. Whitcraft, Sept. 21, 01, dis. Feb. 10, 65.\\nWm. H. Jones, Oct. 23, 61, dis. June 8, 64, of wds.\\nPhilip F. Hilpard,Oct. 5, 61, died Oct. 5, 64.\\nD. H. Holcomb.mus., Sept. 10, 61, dis. Sept. 10, 04.\\nWm. McOraw, mus., Dec. 4, 63, dis. July 1, 65.\\nG. Hubbard, wag., Sept. 30, 61, dis. July 1, 65.\\nJ. F. Kihnley, wag., Sept. 10, 65, dis. May 15, 62.\\nPrivates.\\nAlonzo Allen. Feb. 1, 65, dis. .July 1, 65.\\nAlfred Anderson, Sept. 21, 01, dis. Sept. 21, 64.\\nPeter Ayres, Aug. 12, 62, dis. Nov. 11, 62.\\nThomas F. Asay,Nov. 30, 61, dis. Nov. 20, 64.\\nEdward Ayres, Sept. 7, 61, died Dec. 10, 04.\\nLouis Adams, Jan. 24, (55.\\nWilliam Adams, Feb. 1, 65.\\nEdward Archer, Sept. 21, 61.\\nCharles Atkins, Jan. 24, 65.\\nHerman Bolger, Jan. 24, 65, dis. June 20, 65.\\nFrancis Brennan, Jan. 24, 05, dis. July 1, 05.\\nFred. Brooklis, Jan. 23, 05, dis. July 1, 05.\\nHenry Brown, Jan. 31, 65, dis. July 1, 65.\\nJohn Brown, Jan. 23, (i5, dis. July 11, 65.\\nDaniel Burns, Feb. 10, 64, dis. July 1, 05.\\n.lobn Wesley Burdon, Oct. 18, 01, dis. May 27, (!2.\\n(ieorge W. Brill, Feb. 25, 04, trans, to Co. I.\\nJohn A. Brown, Jan. 24, 65, trans, to Co. H.\\nLevi Butler, Dec. 20, 63, killed May 14, 64.\\n.loseph Baker, Feb. 24, 64.\\nJames Barker, Feb. 6, 04.\\nRobert P. Belville, Oct. 20, 61.\\nJohn Boden, Feb. 11, 04.\\n.I.ames Boyd, Jan. 5, 04.\\nJohn Boyle, Dec. 5, 63.\\nJohn Brennan (1), March 15, 64.\\n.Tohn Brennan (2), Jan. 23, 65.\\nJohn Brown, Jan. 5, 64.\\nWalter Brown, Dec. 27, 63.\\nEdward Bymer, Jan. 5, 64.\\nPeter D.Cheeseman, Sept. 21, 61, dis. Sept. 28, 04.\\nJohn A.Cole, Jan. 19, 04, dis. July 1, 65.\\nJohn .1. (Countryman, Oct. 8, 62, dis. April 10, 63.\\nSamuel Craig, Oct. 21, 01, died July 21, 03.\\nEdward Campbell, Dec. 28, 03.", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0154.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE TTNEON.\\n127\\nJames Cavanaugh, Nov. 24, (i8.\\nJohn Clark, Aug. 22, (33.\\nJoseph C. Collins, Jan. 2, 64.\\nJohn Cortwright, Dec. 24, 63.\\nCharles Curtis, Dec. 16, 63.\\nWm. Davis, Feb. 16, 65, dis. July I. 65.\\nJohn Doran, Jan. 31, 65, dis. .hily 1, 65.\\nOwen Doyle, Nov. 2% 64, dis. Aug. 21, 65.\\nEdward Daly, Aug. 16, 62, dis. July 21, 63.\\nEdward Davis, Sept. 30, 61, killed July 13, 64.\\nJ.-hn Decker, Oct. 8, 62, died Jan. 14, 63.\\nJohn Dawson, Nov. 25, 65.\\nJohn Diginan, April 22, 64.\\nMichael Dolehenty, Dec. 4, 63.\\nMartin Doyle, Feb. 6, 64.\\nArthur Dolan, Jan. 31, 65.\\nEmanuel Eck, Feb. 23, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nAugustus Eck, Feb. 17, 64.\\nFrederick Erickson, Dec. 11, 63.\\nHerman Erickson, May 17, 64.\\nJohn F;rle, Jan 19, 64.\\nPeter Friend, Jan. 24, 65, dis. July 1, 65.\\nRobert Fitzpatrick, Jan. 23, 65.\\n(iideon C. Fletcher, Oct. 0, (i2.\\n.fames Flynn, Dec. 7, 63.\\nHenry Frank, Oct. 28, 61.\\nLouis Frank, Sept. 21, 61.\\nJohn VV. Garwood, Sept. 7, 61, dis. July 1, 65.\\nThomas Geary, Dec. 15, 63, dis July 1, 61.\\nHenry Goodman, Feb. 16, 64, dis. May 19, 65\\nGeorge Gould, Dec. 24, 63, dis. May 19, 65.\\nAmos Gaunt, Oct. 7, 61.\\nDaniel Gorman, Dec. 7, ()3.\\nJoseph Gilhcart, Sept. 10, 61, dis. May 26, 62.\\nBaptist Gra.st, Sept. 24, 61, dis. April 15, 62.\\nAbraham Hardy, Dec. 29, 63, dis. July 1, 64.\\nThomas Hess, Sept. 21, 61, dis. July 1, ()3.\\nWm. H.H. Hawlings, Dec. 10, 61, dis. July 1,\\nLevi C. Huft; Dec. 24, 63, dis. July 1, 64.\\nGeo. W. Hinchman, Sept. 7, 61, died July 5, 6\\nThomas Haley, Aug. Hi, ()2.\\nJohn Hall, Mar. 21, 64.\\nJoseph llaller, Feb. 26, M.\\nFranklin J. Hart, March 14, 64.\\nCharles Henry, F eb. 17, 64.\\nEricks Herman, May 17, 64.\\nJohn Hurly, Feb. 17, 64.\\n(Jeorge Inman, Jan. 5, 64, died Feb. 24, 65.\\nGustavu.s Johnson, Dec. 11, 63, dis. Aug. 24, 6\\nHenry Jones, Sept. 8, 63.\\nWilliam Jones, March 28, 64.\\nJohn H. June, March 18, 64.\\nJames Kays, Dec. 29, 63, dis. July. 1, 65.\\nJonas R. Keene, April 15, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nPeter Kennedy, Jan. 31, 65, dis. June 22, 65.\\nAaron Kihler, Jan. 26, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nWm. F. Killip, Oct. 10, 61, dis. Sept. 10, 64.\\nWatson King, Sept. 21, (Jl, dis. May 27, 62.\\nLouis Koenig, Oct 14, 61, dis. Jan. 29, 63.\\n.lacob S. Kay, Oct. 14, 61, died Oct. 7, 64.\\nSamuel Kell, Oct. 7, 61.\\nIVter Kelly, Jan. 31, 65.\\nWilliam Kent, August 15, 64.\\nMichael Love, Jan. 2, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nJohn M. Lutz, Sept. 10, 61, dis. Sept. 10, 64.\\nDaniel Lutz, Nov. (i, t!l, ilied June 24, 64.\\n.Fames Leonard, August 15, 62.\\nCharles Marshall, Sept. 10, 61, dis. Sept. 10, 64.\\nGeo. H. Mcintosh, I eb. 3, 64, dis. July 21, i\\\\r,.\\nWm. H. McKeen, Sept. 21, (!1, dis. July 1, 65.\\nAug. R. McMahon, June 14, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nWm. Mershon, Feb. 2, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nFrederick N. Moore, Jan. 2, 64, dis. June 26, y\\\\\\nWm. H. Myers, Sept. 21, 61, dis. Sept. 21, (;4.\\nDaniel G. Miller, Nov. 21, 71, dis. April 10, (i3.\\nL. McConncll, Oct. 14, 61, died Dec. 5, 64, of wds\\nMichael Maher, Jan. 28, 64.\\nWilliam H. Martin, March 21, 64.\\nDaniel McCahill, Dec. 9, 63.\\nCharles McCarthy, Jan. 31, (!5.\\nJohn B. IMcCord, Feb. 1, (;5.\\nJohn McGinnis, Sept. 14, 61.\\nThomas Meagher, Aug. 28, 63.\\nPeter Jliller, Sept. 21, 61.\\nJohn Morris, March 4, 64.\\nWm. O. Nelson, Feb. 2, (i5, dis. July 1, {)r^.\\nHenry North, Sept. 24, 61, dis. Sept. 24, i;4.\\nHenry Nichols, Sept. 21, 61, died March 28, 62.\\nAbraham Palmer, Dec 4, 61, dis. July 1, 65.\\nClayton Parker, Sept. 10, 61, dis. Sept. 10, 64.\\nHenry Parker, Jan. 23, 65, dis. July 1, 65.\\nJames Peaden, Jan. 24, 65, dis. July 1, 65.\\nTheodore Peeire, April 30, 65, dis. July 1, 65.\\nJohn H. Piatt, Sept. 21, 61, dis. Sept. 21, 64.\\nSamuel Pine, Nov. 9, 61, dis. May 21, 69.\\nJames Powderly, Aug. 16, 62, dis. June 22, 65.\\nJacob L. Parker, Sept. 10, 61, dis. May 24, 62.\\nJtdm H. Paul!, March 29, 64, dis. Jan. 26, (i5.\\nJohn B. Porter, April 5, 64.\\nThomas Rafferty, Dec. 4, 63, dis. July 1, 65.\\nWm. B. Reynolds, Sept. 7, 64, dis. June 13, 65.\\nGeorge Roseman, Nov. 23, 61, dis. July 1, 65.\\nWm. B. Ryker, Dec. 24, 63, dis. June 14, ^\\\\o.\\nSamuel Roads, Feb. 16, 64, killed June I, 64.\\nJohn A. Roary,Sept. 21, 61, died July 3, 64.\\nPhilip Rader, July 4, 62.\\n.Tames Reynolds, Feb. 11, 64.\\nWilliam Robb, Jr., Sept. 10, 61.\\nSamuel Sharp, Sept. 21, 61, dis. July 1, 65.\\n(\\\\)rnelius Shea, Aug. 1, 63, dis. July 1, 65.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0155.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "128\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, ^sVAY JERSEY.\\nJohn A. Simmerman, Sept. 7, (il, dis. July 1, 65.\\nCharle.s Sipe, Feb. 10, M, dis. July 1, T r\\nGeorge Smith, Jan. 31, 65, dis. July 1, 65.\\nJohn Smith, Jan. 31, 65, dis. July 1, 65,\\nI^arkin Smith, Sept. 21, 61, dis. July 1, 65.\\nAbraham Spargo, Dec. 24, 63, dis. July 1, 65.\\nCharles Swain, Oct. 28, 61, dis. July 1, 65.\\n.loseph E. Subers, Feb. 16, 64, died April 14, 64.\\nJoseph Saulsberry, Sept. 21, 61.\\nJohn Shelley, Feb. 1, 65.\\nHenry W. Smith, Sept. 10, 61.\\nCharles Springer, Jan. 21, 64.\\nGeorge Sprowl, Jau. 5, 64.\\nStephen Stimax, Sept. 21, 61.\\nChristian W. Smith, Oct. 26, 61, trans, to V. R. C.\\nThomas Stevenson, Jan. 14, 64, dis. July 6, 65\\nJames Stewart, Aug. 25, 64.\\nThomas Sweeney, Jan. 24, 65.\\nFrederick Taple, Sept. 24, 61, di.s. .Inly 1, 65.\\n,Iohn Thompson, Dec. 24, 63, dis. July 1, 65.\\nEdward Tobin, Dec. 24, 61, dis. July 1, (i5.\\nEugene Taylor, Sept. 21, (il killed Sept. 1! 64.\\nJohn W. Thomas, Sept. 21, (U.\\nWalter B. Thomas, Oct. 7, 61.\\nW^illiara Thompson, Aug. 19, 63.\\nAlfred Turner, Feb. 16, 64.\\nJohn Twilagen, June 21, ()4.\\nIsrael E. Vanneman, Sept. 7, 61, dis. ,)iily 6, 65.\\nJohn Volkert, Oct. 13, 61, dis. .luly 1, 64.\\nWilliam Vaukirk, Feb. 22, 64.\\nJohn Watson, Sept. 21, 61, dis. May 6, 65.\\nGeorge Weiser, Sept. 10, 61, dis. April 24, 65.\\nGeorge Williamson, Oct. 14, 61, di.s. July 1, 65.\\nFirth Wood, Sept. 21, 61, dis. May 6, 65.\\nDavid Wells, Sept. 2), 61, died April 14, 63.\\nLevi P. Wilson, Sept. 10, 61, died May 21, 62.\\nDaniel R. Winner, Sept. 10, 61, died June 4, 63.\\nEdward Wade, Aug. 1 9, 63.\\nJoseph Wade, March 14, 64.\\nGeorge W. Wallace, Dec. 4, 63.\\nMartin Walsh, .Ian. 31, 5.\\nMoses Wells, July 10, 62.\\nIsaac Williams, Jan. 23, 65.\\nJohn Wells, Sept. 21, 61.\\nDavid C, Yourison, Sept, 23, 61, died March 2, 62.\\nThomas Veach, Sept. 21, 61, dis. May 2, 65.\\nlliis coiiipany, Scriioaiit Williiuii Rich\\nwas killed ill tlic hattlc uf AVin(!lie.\u00c2\u00abter\\nPrivates I cvi I .iitier killed May 14, 1864,\\nin Slicnaiuloah Valley; Sanuicl Roads killed\\nJune 1, 1804; Edward Davis killed in battle\\nJuly i;d, 1864; Eufrene Taylor killed 8ep-\\nteniberlt), 1864,\\nCOMPANY E, TENTH NEW .JERSEY VOI,UNTEERS.\\nCap(ai7is.\\nGeorge W. Scott, Jan. 21, 62, di. Oct. 19, 65,\\nJohn Wilson, Jan. 7, 65, dis. July 1, 65.\\nFirst Lieutenants.\\nAlbert M. Buck, Dec. 10, 61, dis. Dec. 16, 64.\\nRichard M. I opham, Mar. 16; 65, dis. July 1, 65.\\nSecond Lieutenants.\\nJoseph Miller, .Ian. 25, 62, resigned Jan. 29, 62.\\nG. W. Hughes, Jan. 6, 65, p. 1st lieut. Co. H .Ian.\\n23, 65.\\nRichard J. Robertson, Feb. 1, 65, dis. July 1, 65,\\nFirst Sergea7its.\\nJohn B. Wright, Sept. 30, 61, pro. 2d lieut. Cn. K,\\n.34th Regt., Nov. 10, 63.\\n.1. 1). Richardson, Sept. 29, 61, p. com.-sergt. Sei)t.\\n21, 64.\\nJames Nichols, Feb. 17, 64, dis. July 1, 6.5,\\nSergeants.\\nEdward W. Venable, Oct. 31 61 pro. 2d lieut. Co.\\nB May 21, 65.\\nWicklifF W. I arkhurst, Nov. 9, 61, di.s. July 1, 65.\\nRobert M. Hillman, June 23, 62, dis. July 1, 65.\\nH. C. Snyder, Sept. 28, 61, died June 8, 64, of wds.\\nT. B. Wescoat, Jan. 13, 62, died May 17, 64, of wds.\\nWilliam S. Cazier, Dec. 18, 61, died Aug. 19, 64,\\nCorporals.\\nSamuel H. Lees, Dec. 14, 61, dis. July 1, 65.\\nJefferson S. Somers, Dec. 5, 61, dis. July 1, 65.\\nMahlon S. Shrouds, Nov. 26, 61, dis, July 1, 65,\\nThomas Hartshorn, Feb. 29, 64, dis. July 1, 6.5.\\nHoratio H. Snyder, Sept. 28, 61, di.s. Oct. 1, 64.\\nWalter Drake, Feb. 29, 64, dis. June 20, 65.\\nCharles A. Thorn, Sept. 7, 61, dis. June 2, 65,\\nGeorge W. Woodtbrd, Nov. 20, 61, dis. Nov. 30, 62.\\nRiley Letts, Dec. 26, 61, dis. Nov. 9, 63.\\nDavid Gifford, Nov. 26, 61, dis. June 21, 62.\\n.lonathan W. Wescoat, Dec. 26, 61, died ,Ian. 7, 65.\\nJ. Stephenson, muc, Sept. 21, 61, dis. July 1, 65.\\nSamuel A. Webb, muc, Dec. 26, 61 dis. July 5, 65.\\nWm. W. Chatten, muc., Dec. 26, 61, dis. Nov. 7, 62.\\nWilli.am Conley, wag., Dec. 7, 61, died Mar. 12, 63.\\nPrivates.\\nThomas W. Adams, Feb. 27, 64. dis. July 1, 65.\\nWilliam L. Adams, Feb. 16, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\n,Ioseph Alexander, Feb. 27, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nIsaac Andrews, Feb. 27, 64, dis. July 18, 65,\\nEbenezer Adams, Jan. 4, 64, dis. May 20, 65.\\nRichard J. Al)bott, Jau. 13, 62, killed July 12, 62.\\nPitman Adams, Feb. 29, 64, died Sept, 18, 64,\\nRobert Anderson, .Ian. 23, 65.\\nWilliam H. Anderson, Jan. 7, 65.\\nTheodore Arringdale, Mar. 2, 64.", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0156.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "THE WAE FOR THE UNION.\\n120\\nHenry Arneth, Dec. 17, fil.\\nWilliam Bartlett, Feb. 27, M, tlis. July 1, 6.5.\\nWilliam Bogarth, Dec. 2fi, 61, dis. July 1/65.\\nFreeman Briggs, Feb. 24, 64, dis. May 30, 6.\\nHerman Bruusing, Nov. 18, 64, dis. June 19, 65.\\nIsaiah Briggs, Feb. 10, 64, dis. Jan. 16, 65.\\nCharles Brighton, Jan. 13, 62, dis. Jan. 15, 65.\\nHenry Biggs, Dec. 23, 63, trans, to Co. I.\\nJoseph Branson, Jan. 5, 64, trans, to Co. C.\\nEdward Brown, .Tan. 4, 63, trans, to Co. D.\\n.Tames H. Bergen, June 19, 62.\\n.Tohn Berry, .Tan. 17, 63.\\nAaron V. Brown, Nov. 10, 62.\\nAdolph Busa, Nov. 20, 61.\\n.Toseph Cain, Jan. 4, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nDavid E. Clark, Jan. 4, 64, dis. .Tune 6, 65.\\nJonah N. Clark, Jan. 4, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nThomas Coll, Jan. 22, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nBenjamin R. Couover, Feb. 27, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nBurris Conover, Dec. 14, 61, dis. .Tuly 1, 65.\\nJames Conover, Jan. 4, 64, dis. July 1 65.\\n.Tesse Conover, Dec. 26, 61, dis. July 1, 65.\\nPitman J. Conover, Dec. 14, 61, dis. July (i, 65.\\nDavid Cline, Dec. 26, 61, dis. June 28, 62.\\nCharles Conover, Dec. 23, 61, dis. Nov. 10, (i2.\\nCasper H. Cregg, Jan. 13, 62, dis. May 24, (i5.\\n.Tohn Cregg, Jan. 13, 62, dis. July 23, 63.\\nAlden Clarke, Dec. 26, 61, dis. Feb. 4, 62.\\nJames Clark, Feb. 27, 64, killed in act. May 14, 64.\\nJesse H. Clark, Feb. 27, 64, died Feb. 11, 65.\\nRobert S. Combs, Feb. 26, 64, died Aug. 17, 64.\\n.lob C. Conover, Dec. 7, 61, died June 1, 64.\\nRecompense Conover, Jan. 4, 64, died Dec. 1 1, 64.\\nMartin Callan, March 31, 64.\\nIsaac Cheesemau, November 12, 61.\\nSomers Conover, Oct. 8, 61.\\nJohn W. Davis, Sep. 29, 61, dis. July 1, 65.\\nHenry Distelhurst, Feb. 24, 64, dis. May. 30, 66.\\nDaniel C. Doughty, Aug. 24, 63, dis. May 18, 65.\\nCornelius Duch, Jan. 4, 64, dis. June 9, 65.\\nJesse Dayton, Dec. 26, (il, dis. June 4, 62.\\nJosiah Dilks, Dec. 5, 61, dis. Dec. 7, 63.\\n.lonathan R. Dailey, Jan. 13, 62, trans, to V. R. C.\\nWilliam Duugla. ^s, Dec. 25, 61.\\nWilliam H. Emmons, Aug. 16, 62, dis. Aug. 18, 64.\\n.Toshua Elberson, Dec. 9, 63, died June 22, 64.\\nWyckotl Emmons, Jan. 13, 62.\\nJohn H. Fielding, Feb. 8, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nWilliam Fitzgerald, Jan. 14, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nJohn W. Forox, Feb. 24, 64, dis. .lune 9, 65.\\nWilliam B. Frazicr, Nov. 19, 61, dis. May 24, 64.\\nFrederick Fosmer, Nov. 8, 61.\\nWilliam Garey, July 10, 62, dis. .July 1, 65.\\nJohn L. Giftbrd, Nov. 26, (!1, dis- June 8, 65.\\nJoseph Garron, Dec 18, ()3, trans, to Co. B.\\n17\\nDavid Gifford, Jan. 24, 62, trans, to V. R. C.\\nOliver Goodnow, Jan. 5, 64, died Dec. 11, 64.\\n.Toshua Gorton, March 3, 64, died Jan. 20, 65.\\nJohn F. Grinder, Oct. 19, 61, died Sep. 3, 63.\\nCharles Glenn, Aug. 24, 63.\\nHenry Higbee, Feb. 26, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nFred. Hillerman, July 10, 62, dis. July 22, 65.\\nWilliam D. Hoover, Feb. 27, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nStephen H. Horn, Jan. 2, 62, dis. July 1, 65.\\nJohn H. Hackett, Oct. 31, 61, dis. April 10, 63.\\nAaron Hoaglaud, Dec. 10, 61, dis. May 10, 62.\\nMahlon Horman, Dec. 5, 61, dis. .Tune 16, (52.\\nCharles H. Huntsman, Dec. 26, 61, killed in ;iclion\\nOct. 19, 64.\\nJoseph Hays, Oct. 22, 61.\\nSydenham W. Houser, Feb. 25, Vi4, trans, to Co. I.\\nJohn Hunt, Dec. 23, 63.\\nCharles Jess, June 28, 62, dis. July 1, 65.\\nWesley Jess, July 7, 62, dis. .Tuly 1, ()5.\\nCharles D. Johnson, Jan. 4, 62, dis. July 1, 65.\\nNathan M. Jackaway, .Tune 13, 62, dis. Feb. 7, 63.\\nWilliam H. Jackson, Jan. 5, 64, died j\\\\Iay 16, 64.\\nWilliam H. Johnson, Jan. 4, 62.\\nMahlon G. Kesler, Aug. 17, 63, dis. July 1, 65.\\nWilliam Kent, Aug. 15, 64, trans, to Co. A.\\nJ. Koerner, Nov. 26, 64,died Apr. 24, 65, of wounds.\\nMartin Kenna, June 19, 62.\\nJohn Kenty, Dec. 1, 61.\\n.lames Lawrence, July 14, 62, dis. July 1, t i.\\nRichard Leavy, Nov. 11, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nJoel D. Ledden, March 3, 64, dis. July 1,\\nGustave f^ueder, Nov. 17, 64, dis. .Tuly 1, 65.\\nWilliam Landon, Oct. 9, 62, dis. Jan. 10, 65.\\nJoseph l ee, Dec. 5, 61, dis. June 20, 62.\\n.John liconard, Feb. 17, 64.\\nFrancis Lill, Feb. 25, 65, trans, to (Jo. I.\\nPatrick McGrory, Nov. 29, 64, dis. June 26, 65.\\nJohn McSorley, May 2, 62, dis. July 1, 65.\\nMatthew Midgley, Nov. 23, 64, dis. July 1 65.\\n.[ohn Misson, Aug. 19, 64, dis. .Tuly 1, ()5.\\nZedic E. Moore, Nov. 22, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\n.(ohn Murray, Nov. 12, 64, dis. .Tuly 1, ()5.\\nWilliam A. Mason, Oct. 31, 61, dis. Nov. 4, 62.\\nMajor S. Mathews, Dec. 26, 61, dis. .Tune 21, 62.\\nRobert Martin, March 8, 64, trans, to U. S. Navy.\\nRichard F. Magee, Jan. 23, 62, died Oct. 31, 64.\\nJames McMullen, Feb. 23, 64, killeil in action\\nMay 14, 64.\\nCharles C. Morgan, Oct. 19, 61, died Dec. 5, 64.\\nEmanuel Miller, Aug. 30, 62.\\nRomulus Morgan, Oct. 18, 62.\\nGeorge S. Nicholas, Nov. 13, 61, dis. July 1, 65.\\nCornelius Post, Sep. 21, 64. dis. June 22, 65.\\nChris er F. Pomeroy, Mar. 27, 63, trans to V. R. C.\\nMark Peachy, Nov. 19, 61, died Nov. 28, 64.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0157.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "130\\nHISTORY OF CA3IDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nAndrew J. Peck, Dec. 2 Gl, died Nov. 28, BZ.\\nThomas Peterson, Nov. 11, 61, died Jan. Itj, 62.\\nEdward Perry, Dec. 19, 61.\\nThomas Phillips, Dec. 25, 61.\\nJohn Prior, Sep. 16, 63.\\nAaron E. Reed, Feb. 27, 64, dis. .luly 1, 65.\\nJohn Reed, Jan. 31, 65.\\nRobert Reed, March 11, 61.\\nDavid W. Rodman, Nov. 6, 61.\\nWilliam Rogers, Oct. 23, 62.\\nSamuel Rose, Oct. 22, 61.\\nEdward Riley, Feb. 2, 65, dis. July 1, 65.\\nPatrick Riley, Feb. 2, 65, dis. July 1, 65.\\nCharles J. Roberts, Feb. 2, 65, dis. July 1, 65.\\nAlex. C. Robinson, Jan. 2, 65, dis. July 19, 65.\\nLeverett G. Rogers, Feb. 2, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nWm. A. Roxbury, Aug. 10, 63, dis. July 12, 65.\\nBenjamin F. Scott, March 6, 65, dis. July 1, 65.\\nJohn Sears, Nov. 22, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nJohn Seery, March 29, 64, dis. June 29, 65.\\nJohn P. Shirley, March 11, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nMilton D. Shirley, Feb. 10, 64, dis. July 13, 65.\\nJames M. Smallwood, Feb. 27, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nLewis S. Smith, Feb. 27, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nJohn H. Sperry, Feb. 21, 63, dis. July 1, 65.\\nLemuel Springfield, Sep. 29, 64, dis. June 22, 65.\\nDaniel C. Stebbins, Feb. 27, 64, dis. July 1, cr,.\\nJohn Stewart, Oct. 29, 61, dis. July 1, 65.\\nMathias Switzer, Jan. 23, 62, dis. July 1, 65.\\nPhilip Shaw, Oct. 14, 61, dis. April 20, 65.\\nJohn M. Smith, Sep. 29, 64, dis. May 15, 65.\\nRisley Somers, Dec. 26, 61, dis. Feb. 9, 64.\\nJos. W. Smallwood, Feb. 27, 64, killed May 12. 64.\\nJonas Somers, Jan. 4, 64, died Aug. IS, 64.\\nJohn Shields, Dec. 14, 63.\\nJoseph Smith, Aug. IS, 63.\\nWilliam Stokley, Nov. 7, 61.\\nJesse Thomas, Jan. 4, 65, dis. July 1, 65.\\nCharles B. States, Nov. 25, 61, dis. Nov. 25, 64.\\nPhilip A. Stephenson, June 22, 63, trans, to Co. H.\\n.Tohii Thompson, Sept. 5, 64.\\nJohn Tolan, Feb. 2, 65.\\nA. T. Van Horn, Jan. 4, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nN. L. Walters, Dec. 2, 62, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJohn Weaber, Nov. 21, 64, disch. July 6, 65.\\nA.sa M. Wilson, Jan. 23, 62, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJames Wright, March 1, 62, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJohn Wickam, Dec. 16, 61, disch. Feb. 9, 64.\\nThomas Wilson, Nov. 9, 61, disch. Feb. 23, 63.\\nS. C. Winfield, March 30, 64, disch. Sept. 20, \u00e2\u0080\u00a2(i4.\\nHarrison Wilson, Feb. 27, 64, died May 8, 64.\\nJoseph Weyman, Oct. 25, 62.\\nHenry Williams, Feb. 2, 63.\\nWilliam Young, Dec. 9, 61, disch. .Inly 24, 62.\\nJacob Ziloll, Oct. 30, 62.\\nRobert Zitell, Oct. .30, 62\\nThe following is a li.st of the killed of thi.s\\neompany Privates, Richard J. Abbott, July\\n12, 1862; James Clark, May 14, 1864, iu the\\nWilderne.ss; James McMullen, May 14, 1864;\\nJoseph W. Smallwood, May 12, 1864;\\nCharles H. Huntsmau, October 19, 1864.\\nCOMPANY H.\\nCaptains.\\nJ. R. Cunningham, Nov. 22, 61, resig. Mar. 16, 64.\\nG. W. Hummell, April 22, 64, disch. May3, 65.\\nFirst Lieutenant!!.\\nW. R. Maxwell, Nov. 16, 61, pro. cai)t. Co. H, 4th\\nRegt., Oct. 22, 62.\\nWm. H. Axe, Nov. S, 62, resig. Sept. 11, 63.\\nRobert Love, April 22, 64, riae Hummell, pro.\\nGeorge Hughes, Jan. 30, 65, disch. July 1. 65.\\nSecond Lienfenantv.\\nS. A. Steinmetz, Nov. 8, 62, pro. 1st lieut. Co. I\\nSep. 27, 63.\\n.Joseph D. Smith, Oct 4, 63, disch. Jan. 2, 65.\\nJohn B. Hoffman, Feb. 24, 65, disch. July 1, 65.\\nFirxt /Sergeants.\\nJ. McComb, Oct. 31, 61, pro. 2d lieut. Co. E, 12th\\nRegt., Aug. 22, 62.\\nJ. P. Newkirk, Oct. 28, 61, pro. 2d lieut. Co. C\\nMay 21, 65.\\nJohn Sowers, Oct. 21, 61, disch. .Inly 1 65.\\nSergeants.\\nJohn A. Mather, Oct. 21, 61 dis. Oct. 24, 64.\\nR. J. Robertson, Oct. 29, 61, pro. 2(1 lieut. Co. E\\nJan. 23, li\\nSilas Glaspey, March 7, 62, disch. July 1, 65.\\nLewis M. Perkins, Oct. 25, 61, disch. July 1, 65.\\nGeorge W. Bowen, Nov. 24, 61, disch. July 1, 65.\\n(4eo. B. Anderson, Sei)t. 21, 61, disch. Oct. 5, 62.\\nThonuis H. Heward, Nov. 12, 61, died Feb. 28, 65.\\nCharles E. Hugg, Nov. 12, 61, died Feb. 19, 65.\\nCharles Ecky, Nov. 4, 61.\\nHorace L. Haines, Oct. 25, 61.\\nCorporals.\\n.lohn Bradford, .June 26, 62, disch. July 1, 65.\\nRichard Shimp, Nov. 8, 61, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJohn G. Stiles, Nov. 14, 61, disch. .luly 1, 65.\\nRobert Sparks, Oct. 21, 61, disch. July 1, t!5.\\nJoseph Marshall, Dec. 26, 61, disch. July 1, (i5.\\nNathan Campbell, Nov. 11, 61, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJohn Hildebrandt, Nov. 23, 61, disch. July 1, 65.\\nCharles E. Tomlin, Nov. 18, 61, disch. Feb. 18, 65.\\n.\\\\lbert Davis, Nov. 4, 61, trans, to V. R. C.\\nClayton Edwards, Oct. 26, 61.\\nEdward Thornton, Oct. 31, 61.", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0158.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE FNION.\\n131\\nCliiirles Lewis, Nov. 9, til.\\nCharles E. Hamblin, Nov. 22, lil.\\nHenry Frost, June 2, 62.\\nD. Crammer, muc, Sept. 21, Ol.disch. July 1, 05.\\nC. M. Hoey, muc, Oct. 22, 61, discli. Nov. 21, 64.\\nH. Deickman, muc, Jan. 24, 65, disch. July 1, 65.\\nEd. Schooley, wag., Nov. 20, 61, disch. July 1, 65.\\nPrii-afes.\\nA. H. Atkinson, Nov. 14, 61, disdi. Nov. 13, 64.\\nW. M. Adams, Nov. 1, 61, trans, to Co. K.\\nH. H. Archer, Oct. 28, 61, trans, to Co. G.\\nJohn R. Anderson, Sept. 27, 62.\\nIsaac A. Archer, Feb. 4, 64.\\nAlbert Beck, Jan. 29, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJacob Becker, Nov. 11, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nThos. Black, June 16, 62, disch. June 22, i\\\\^\\nGeorge Bradford, Nov. 4, 01, disch. July 6, 65.\\nJohn Breyer, March S, 62, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJ. A. Brown, Jan. 24, 64, disch. Oct. 25, 65.\\nA. W. Brown, Oct. 22, 61, disch. July 1, 65.\\nSalvatore Bruno, Jan. 24, 65, disch. July 1, 05.\\nMichael Burn?, Jan. 24, 65, disch. July 1, 65.\\nWm. Burroughs, Oct. 23, 01, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJames Braman, Sept. 30, 62, disch. Nov. 1, 62.\\nC. Burke, Sept. 16, 62, trans, to civil authority.\\nWm. Bozarth, Feb. 23, 64, died May 22, 64.\\nJohn G. Bishop, Nov. 19, 01.\\nPeter Booze, Nov. 18, 61.\\nCharles Boswick, Nov. 24, 61.\\nJoseph Brown, March 15, 64.\\nWm. Brown, Jan. 21, 65.\\nD. Campion, April 8, 65, disch. July 1, 05.\\nJames Ca-ssaday, Jan. 16, 65, disch. July 1, 05.\\nF. J. Clarke, May 19, 62, disch. July 1, 65.\\nMichael Cornell, Jan. 23, 65, disch. July 1, 65.\\nHoward Crawford, Jan. 24, 65, disch. June 13, 65.\\nThos. Colligan, Oct. 4, 62, disch. July 16, 64.\\nChristian Crawley, Oct. 28, 61, trans, to Co. B.\\nSomers Conover, Oct. 8, 61, trans, to Co. E.\\nJohn Coats, Dec. 1, 61, died Oct. 10, 62.\\nDaniel D. Carpenter, Oct. 25, 61.\\nJohn Cooley, March 10, 62.\\nJoseph Cooper, Nov. 13, 61.\\nRichard S. Cooper, Oct. 25, 61.\\nGeorge Costabatter, Jan. 23, 65.\\nCharles Curtis, Jan. 23, 65.\\nGeorge Daisey, Jan. 23, 65, disch. June 13, 65.\\nWesley Dare, July 2, 62, disch. July 1, 65.\\nFred. Diehr, April 6, 65, disch. June 30, 05.\\nJacob Draybach, Jan. 24, ii5, disch. July 1, 05.\\nJoseph Dente, Nov. 12, 61, disch. Aug. 23, 02.\\nHenry Disbrow, Oct. 28, 61, disch. Oct. 31, 62.\\nWm. Dorrington, Nov. 24, 61, disch. July 23, 62.\\nFrank Dunn, March 8, 64.\\nHenry Durling, Oct. 23, 61.\\nJohn Eagen, Jan. 24, 65, disch. July 1, 05.\\nJacob Eishorn, Jan. 23, (55, disch. .luly 1, 65.\\nAlfred S. Ellison, Feb. 19, 61.\\nWilliam C. Elwell, Oct. 31, 61.\\nFred. Falkenburg, Jan. 23, 65, disch. July 1, 65.\\nMesick P. Fish, Oct. 25, 61, disch. April 26, 65.\\nWilliam C.Fisher, Sept. 14, 61, disch. Aug. 8, 62.\\nGeorge Frey, Sept. 25, 62, disch. Jan. 13, 66.\\nJohn R. Farquhar, Oct. 23, lil.\\nDavid Fee, Nov. 8, 61.\\nJohn R. Freeman, Jan. 24, ori.\\nJohn Fry, March 1, 04.\\nAnthony Garvin, Oct. 6, lil, disch. July 1, (i5.\\nEdward Gottwald, Jan. 23, ivt, disch. July 1, 65.\\nThomas (iauuon, Oct. 17, 61, trans, to Co. K.\\nJeremiah Gaskill, Nov. 1, 01, trans, to Co. K.\\nJacob Gammell, June 20, 62, killed June 8, 61.\\nWilliam Hack, Jan. 24, 05, disch. July 12, 65.\\nFrederick Hallman, Jan. 24, 05, disch. July 1, 65.\\nEdgar Hartley. March 1, 64, disch. June 13, 65.\\nIsaac G. Hays, Dec. 5, 01, disch. July 1, 65.\\nThos. Heatherly, Jan. 24, (!5, disch. July 19, 65.\\nConrad Hester, Jan. 24, 65, disch. July 1, 65.\\nLewis C. Heirs, Oct. 31, 61, disch. July 12, 65.\\nEdwin B. Heirs, Oct. 31, 01, disch. July 12, 05.\\nGeorge Heimer, Feb. 11, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nCharles Hays, Sept. 3, 02, disch. Nov. 1, (i2.\\nHenry Heap, Nov. 5, 61, disch. Aug. 23, 04.\\nWilliam Hornby, Nov. 24, 61, disch. July 15, 62\\nAaron Hess, Sept. 14, 01, died June 14, 04.\\nJohn Henderson, Jan. 24, 65.\\nCharles Higgins, Jan. 21, 65.\\nJames Hill, Feb. 9, 64.\\nJohn Hoffman, Jan. 30, 65.\\nJohn J. Hamilton, Feb. 22, 64.\\nCharles Irwin, June 20, 62, di.sch. June 17, 65.\\nJohn Jacobs, Jan. 23, 65, disch. July 5, 65.\\nJohn A. Janvier, Feb. 13, 64, disch. July 1, 05.\\nThomas Johnson, Jan. 23, 05, disch. July 1, 05.\\nHenry James, Jan. 31, 05.\\nJohn James, Jan. 23, 65.\\nJames Jamison, March 14, 64.\\nDisere Jeror, Feb. 2, 64.\\nPeter Johnson, Feb. 1, ^6^i.\\nThomas Jones, Feb. 28, (i4.\\nJames Karns, July 2, 62, disch. July 1, 65.\\nWm. C. Kemble, Jan. 12, 62, disch. Jan. 12. 64.\\nLudwig Klein, A])ril i\\\\7 disch. July I, :k\\nJoseph Kellcy, Feb. 2, 05.\\nThomas King, March 14, 64.\\nElmer Johnston, April 1, 64, disch. Aug. 10, 05.\\nAlfred L. Hartmau, Oct. 28, 01, trans, to Co. K.\\nHenry Henderson, Feb. 2, 04.\\nLeonard Hirsch, Nov. 1, 01, trans, to Co. B.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0159.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "132\\nHISTORY OF OAMDKN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nCharles Lauer, April (!5, disch. July I/O.\\nJohn A. Lauer, Aug. 9, 64, diach. June 22, ()P\\nElias Lefferts, April 28, 62, disch. May 24, 65.\\nWm. B. Lancaster, Feb. 21, 64, died Sept. 15, 64.\\nSamuel Lindsey, Jan. 29, 64, died June 9, 64.\\nWilliam Lawrence, April 26, 64.\\nCharles H. Loyd, Feb. 1, 64.\\nN. G. Maling, Jan. 25, -64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nT. H. Maling, Jan. 25, ;4, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJames McCarty, Jan. 24, 65, disch. July 1, 65.\\nW. S. Metier, Aug. 9, 64, disch. June 22, 65.\\nMartin Miller, Dec. 1, 61, disch. July 12, 65.\\nJoseph Mitchell, April 10, 65, disch. July 1. 65.\\nCharles Moore, Sept. 27, 62, disch. Nov. 1, 62.\\n(Jharles Merrill, May 10, 62, trans, to V. R.\\nW. G. Miller, Oct. 25, 61, died July 25, 63.\\nChristopher Myers, Nov. 19, 61, died April 6, 64.\\nDaniel Mailing, March 15, 64.\\nThomas McCauley, Jan. 23, 65.\\nHenry McGinnis, Nov. 5, 61.\\nThomas McGuire, May 19, 62.\\nHugh Mclntire, Nov. 5, 61.\\nIsaac McKinley, Nov. 19, 61.\\nJohn McVey, Feb. 4, 64.\\nThomas Meh.-r, Nov. 19, 61.\\nJames Morris, Jan. 23, 65.\\nWilliam C. Morris, Oct. 25, 61.\\nRobert O. Mullinoux, Nov. 16, 61.\\nJohn Murry, March 15, 64.\\nM. Nausbaum, Jan. 23, 65, disch. July 1, 65.\\nWm. Newton, Nov. 4, 61, disch. May 17, 62.\\nAlbert J. Nichols, Nov. 5, 61, disch. July 8, 62.\\nJacob Newman, Feb. 2, 64, trans, to Co. I.\\nHenry H. Nichols, Oct. 31, 61, died Mar. 14, 65.\\nStockton C. PuUen, Oct. 28, 61, dis. June 13, 65.\\nBenjamin Pine, Oct. 31, 61, dis. Nov. 1, 62.\\nJacob F. Parker, Aug. 9, 64, dis. May 5, 65.\\nEphraim Palmer, Oct. 31, 61, died March 21, 63.\\nE. D. Patterson, Nov. 5, 61, died May 14, 64.\\nJames O Brien, March 15, 64.\\nMartin F. Regan, July 21, 62, disch. July 1, 65.\\nF. J. Reinfried, Oct. 22, 61, disch. July 6, 65.\\nP. J. Romer, Nov. 21, 61, disch. July 1, 65.\\nWilliam Ross, Oct. 25, 61, trans, to Co. L\\nDavid B. Russell, Jan. 3, 64, died Dec. 19, 64.\\nPatrick Ratchford, Jan. 24, 65.\\nJohn Repshure, Nov. 1, 61.\\nJohn R. Richardson, Nov. 22, 61.\\nWilliam Ryan, Mar. 23, 64.\\nEdward N. Sapp, Oct. 28, 61, disch. Oct. 27, 64.\\nHenry Schrame, Feb. 1, 65, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJohn A. Smith, Feb. 2, 65, disch. July 1, 65.\\nA. H.Stillwell, Sept. 21, 61, disch. July 1, 65.\\nTheo. F. Strahmire, Dec. 31, 61, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJohn Straway. Feb. 27, 64, disch. June 14, 65.\\nJames Sayers, Oct. 31, 61, disch. April 22, 62.\\nIsaac Shute, Nov. 14, 61, disch. Oct. 2, 62.\\nGeorge Smith, Aug. 27, 62, disch. Nov. 4, 62.\\nWilliam Stewart, Aug. 28, 61, disch. Dec. 26, 61.\\nCharles C. Stitzer, Nov. 4, 61, disch. Dec. 26, 61.\\nJames W. Smith, June 26, 62, trans, to Co. C.\\nThomas Stiles, March 5, 64, disch. July 24, 65.\\nW. Saulsbury, Sep. 14, 61 killed in act. May 12, 64.\\nP. Stephenson, Nov. 13, 61, kd. in act. June 3, 64.\\nGottlieb SchaetFer, March Ki, 64.\\nHenry Schwartz, Feb. 2, 64.\\nGeorge Shear, Nov. 24, 61.\\nPatrick Simon, March 20, 64.\\nJames Sullivan, Sept. 30, 62.\\nJohn W. Taylor, March 7, 64, disch. .luly 1, 65.\\nJohn Tracy, Feb. 26, 64, trans, to X. K. C.\\nFrederick Taylor, Oct. 25, 61\\nHenry Thompson, March 5, 64.\\nHenry Thompson, Sept. 27, 62.\\nMatthew Thune, Feb. 26, 64.\\nFrancis Tounge, May 19, 62.\\nWilliam H. Treen, Oct. 23, 61.\\nPeter Van Patten, Oct. 4, 61, di.sch. Nov. 1, 62.\\nHenry Van Gei.son, Oct. 17, 61, trans, to V. R. C.\\nGeorge Ward, Jan. 29, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nMartin Ward, Feb. 2, 65, disch. June 13, 65.\\nE. S. Warford, Sept. 12, 61, disch. Sept. 12, 64.\\nThomas Wells, April 8, 65, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJ. W. Wilson, March 10, 62, disch. March 10, 65.\\nJohn T. Wilson, Feb. 26, (i4, disch. July 6, 65.\\nW. B. Warford, Sept. 21, 61, disch. Jan. 30, 63.\\nC. Winckler, Feb. 24, 64, killed in act. June 1 64.\\nRichard Wally, Oct. 25, 61\\nWilliam Ward, Oct. 24, 61.\\nJohn H. Watson, Aug. 20, 63.\\nCharles Welsh, Jan. 31, 65.\\nThe killed who belonged to tlii.s company\\nwere William Saulsbury, May 12, 18(34;\\nJacob Gamewell, June 8, 1864 Philip Stev-\\nenson, June 3, 1864 Charles Winckler, June\\n1, 1864 all privates.\\nCOMPANY I, TENTH REGIMENT, NEW JERSEY VOL-\\nUNTEERS.\\nCaptains.\\nJohn Coates, Nov. 26, 61, disch. March 6, 62.\\nJames R. Stone, March 15, 62, disch. Aug. 23, 62.\\nWilliam H. Franklin, Oct. 10, 63, dis. July 1, 65.\\nFirst Lieutenants.\\nCharles F. Stone, Oct. 15, 61, disch. March 4, 62.\\nJohn S. Cooper, March 31, 62, res. July 31, 63.\\nSavillion A. Steinmetz, Oct. 4, 63, dis. May 6, 65.\\nCharles A. Austice, June 10, 65, disch. July 1, 65.", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0160.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOK TUK UNION.\\n133\\nSecond LivulenmiU.\\nJacol) M. Sharpe, Nov. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2ilJ, (il, res. March il, 6t.\\nR. D. Mitchell, Apr. 21, 62, pr. 1st. licut. o. 1. 2il\\nCav. Regt. Aug. 2G, (i3.\\nRichard A. Herring, Oct. (i:i, com. Ist. lieiit.\\nCo.G, Oct. 24, (JS.\\nAdolphus Yuncker, Feb. 1, 2d lieut. vire Her-\\nring disch.\\nSergcdiits.\\n(ieorge Burushouse, Oct. 21, Gl, disch. Oct. 21, lU.\\nPitney Wilson, Sept. 24, 61, disch. May 5, t)2.\\nMiles G. Sparks, Sept. 30, (il disch. Feb. ti, (it;.\\nJames R. Jobes, Sept. 27, (il, disch. Sept. 27, 64.\\nFrancis B. Abbott, Oct. 8, (il, disch. Nov. 26, 64.\\nGeorge A. Hiles, Dec. 1, 61, disch. Nov. 30, 64.\\nJames G. Wisner, Aug. 14, 63, disch. July 1, 65.\\nRobert B. Saudford, Dec. 5, 64, disch. July l, 6r).\\nJohn Moran.Sept. 9, 61, disch. July 1, i)5.\\nCharles Brooks, Nov. 25, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nIsaiah Abbott, Sep. 19, 61, disch. .laii. is, (12.\\nStarr G. Holly, Nov. 14, 61.\\norpurak.\\nJames R. Purcell, May 30, ()2, disch. July 1, 65.\\nSydenham W. Houser, Feb. 25, 64, dis. July 1, 65.\\nJohn Hunsinger, Sept. 19, 61, disch. Oct. 21, 64.\\nJohn Nelling, Oct. 21, 61, disch. Nov. 11, !4.\\nDaniel Carey, June 12, 62, disch. July 1, 65.\\nGeorge Taylor, Dec. 3, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nCharles Cross, Nov. 23, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nEnoch Edwards, Dec. 1, 64, disoh. July 1, 65.\\nHenry B. Simpson, Feb. 24, 65, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJohn Hayson,(Jct. 21, 61, disch. Oct. 21, 64.\\nAbraham Hackman, Oct. 14, 61, dis. May 4, 62.\\nRichard A. Spain, Oct. 7, 61, disch. May 5, 62.\\nFrederick H. Leach, Sept. 9, 61, tr. to V. R. C.\\nHedger C. Pierce, Sept. 23, 61, tr. to V. R. C.\\nEdwin Holly, Nov. 19, 61, died Jan. 31, 62.\\nCharles Wilson, Sept. 27, 61.\\nJames Gardner, Sept. 27, 62.\\nW. S. Leach, muse, Sept. 19, 61, dis. Mar. 5, 62.\\nPrivates.\\nEvan Armster, Nov. 11, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nPeter Adshead, Sept. 27, 61, disch. June 27, 62.\\nGeorge Arp, Mar. 1, 64, disch. Jan. 7, 65.\\nHenry T. Ainesworth, Aug. 26, 63.\\nJames Anderson, Aug. 26, 63.\\nHenry Atkins, Apr. 15, 64.\\nGeorge P. Beach, Sept. 8, 62, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJohn Bock, Nov. 18, 64, disch. July 1, (i5.\\nWilliam Bradenbach, Feb. 1, 65, disch. July 1, 65.\\nGeorge W. Brill, Feb. 25, 64, disch. June 13, 65.\\nHarvey V. Burch, Feb. 25, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nHenry S. Butcher, Nov. 24, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJohn Brownlie, Jan. 30, 63, disch. Oct. 31, 63.\\ntJeorge F. Bird, Oct. 21, 61, tr. to V. R. 0.\\nJohn Boyle, Dee. 21, 64, tr. from Co. F, 4lh Regt.\\nLewis Beebe, Nov. 2, 61, died .Vug. 1, 63.\\nHenry Biggs, Dec. 23, 63, died Aug. 2, 64.\\nDaniel O. Brown, July 14, (;2, died .May 14, 64.\\nGeorge Barry, Oct. 17, 62.\\nPatrick Barry, Jan. 12, 64.\\nWilliam Bell, Dec. 1, 64.\\nAugust Bertrand, Nov. 28, 64.\\nSufl rey I. Blank, Sept. 27, 61.\\n.lohn Brine, Mar. 30, 64.\\nJoseph Brooks, Aug. 10, 63.\\nCharles H. Brown, Jan. 1;{, 63.\\nHarrison Brown, March 14, (i4.\\nHenry Bryan, Jan. 21, 63.\\nJames Buckley, Jlarch 1, ()4.\\nPeter Butler, March 1, 64.\\nSamuel Boyer, Sept. 2, 62.\\nReuben Camp, Nov. 28, 64, disch. July 13, 65.\\nHenry Campbell, Jan. 2, 64, disch. June 22, 65.\\nWilliam Carson, Nov. 29, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nPeter Chekle, Nov. 22, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nMorris Crater, Feb. 27, ()4, disch. July 1. 65.\\nPeter Crown, Jan. 2, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nWilliam Culver, Nov. 6, 61, disch. Nov. 18, (i4.\\n.lohn Cline, Oct. 3, 61, disch. Dec. 6, 62.\\nPeter Cody, Sept. 13, (!4, tr. to Co. K, 15th Regt.\\nWilliam B. Cook, Aug. 20, (i2, tr. to V. R. C.\\nJohn Crater, Feb. 27, 64, died Jan. 12, *if of wds.\\nThomas Cregg, Oct. 21, 61, died Nov. 25, 64.\\nRobert Camblass, Nov. 2, 61.\\nCharles T. Carr, Jan. 27, 64.\\nDennis Cavanaugh, March 30, 64.\\nThomas Clayton, Sept. 27, 61.\\nLewis C. Coates, Nov. 7, 61.\\nJames Cooley, Sept. 27, 61.\\nRichard Coplis, March 13, 63.\\nJacob Decker, March 31, (i5, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJohn Donnell, Nov. 17, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nAugustus H. Dorland, Feb. 27, 64, died Aug. 9, 64.\\nRobert Dresser, Sr., Oct. 28, 61, died Jan. 25, 63.\\n.lames Dagnan, March 23, 64.\\nFrancis Darrin, Aug. 1, 68.\\nJoseph Davis, Sept. 27, 61.\\nThomas Davis, Aug. 19, 63.\\nHenry Deuring, Aug. 10, ()3.\\nFrancis Donnegan, .Jan. 16, 63.\\nRobert Dresser, Jr., Nov. 19, 61.\\nWilliam Duffy, Sept. 24, 61.\\nWilliam Dugan, .lune 4, (i2.\\nClarkson F. Dunham, (Jet. 29, 61.\\nPeter Eckersly, April 1, 65, disch. July 1, 65.\\nM. Englebrechtem, Nov. 18, 64, dis. ,)uly 1. 65.\\nJames M. Everett, Sept. 7, 61, disch. Sept. 20, 64.\\nJeremiah Emmons, Oct. 24, 61, disch. May 2, 62.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0161.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "134\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nAaron Emory, Oct. 6, 62, died Nov. 3, G4, of wds.\\nRedmond Emmons, Oct. 21, (il.\\nFritz Fisiier, Dec. 3, 04, diseli. July 1, 65.\\nSamuel G. Foster, Aug. 22, 63, disch. July 1, Go.\\nDaniel C. Fowler, Dec. 23, 63, disch. July 1, 65.\\nWm. W. Frazer, Oct. 16, 61, disch. March 3, 62.\\nJosiah Ford, Oct. 21, 61, died Jan. 20, 18G2.\\nThos. Ford, Oct. 21, 61, died July 1, 64, of wds.\\nDavid Farlen, Sept. 8, 63.\\nHiram Fish, October 24, 61.\\nJacob Gibson, Nov. 19, 61, disch. July G, G5.\\nSamuel Goff, Oct. 21, 61, disch. July 1, 65.\\nMartin Gallagher, Nov. 30, G4.\\nJohn Gill, Oct. 5, 64.\\nRaymond Graff, Feb. 1, 6r\\nRobert Green, Jan. 17, G3.\\nJuo. F. Hamilton, Sept. 19, 61, disch. July 1, 65.\\nIsaac Harris, Nov. 28, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJohn Hart, Dec. 23, 63, disch. May 22, G5.\\nDavid Hays, Nov. 28, 64, disch. June 16, 65.\\nMich l Hennessy, Nov. 26, 64, disch. July 1, Go.\\nSilas Hoffman, Nov. 8, 61, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJames Hudson, Nov. 25, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nWm. H. Hulshart, Nov. 29, 64, disch. .July 1, 65.\\nGeo. Hamilton, Sept. 27, 61, disch. Feb. 22, 62.\\nSimeon Hammil, Oct. 14, 61, disch. Aug. 28, 62.\\nThomas Harra, Nov. 5, 61, disch. May 5, 62.\\nStille C.Hendrickson, Oct. 1, 61, dis. June 18, 64.\\nE. Helfreich, Sept. 25, 64, trans, to Co. E, 4tli Rcgt.\\nA. Helstein,Sept. 24, 64, trans, to Co. B, 4th Regt.\\nJ. Helstein, Sept. 24, 64, trans, to Co. B, 4th Hegt.\\nEdwin Haight, Aug. 26, 63.\\nFrancis Hamilton, Feb. 3, 63.\\nJames Harris, Oct. 11, 62.\\nJacob Hawk, Oct. 19, 61.\\nZachary Hess, Aug. 14, 62.\\nAlbert Higgins, Aug. 27, 62.\\nWilliam Hill, Aug. 19, G3.\\nJohn S. Hosea, Feb. 2, 63.\\nChristian Jensen, Nov. 17, 64, disch. July 7, H k\\nJoseph Johnson, Jan. 2, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nFranklin Jones, Nov. 28, 64, died. May 19, 65.\\nAlbert Jacques, Oct. 29, 61.\\nLawrence Jenkins, March 31, G5.\\nRichard Kelly, Nov. 28, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nAndrew Kelstram, Nov. 17, 64, disch. July 7, 65.\\nLorenzo D. Kemple, Sept. 8, 63, trans, to Co. C.\\nMichael Kearcher, Feb. 15, 64.\\nEdward Kelly, Aug. 13, 63.\\nJesse Kemball, Aug. 27, 63.\\nJohn King, Feb. 3, 63.\\nWilliam Knight, Oct. 17, 62.\\nDaniel D. Layton, May 8, 63, disch. July 1 t;5.\\nJames Lingham, Nov. 25, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nHugh Lippincott, Oct. 3, 61, disch. July 1, 65.\\nHenry Logan, Nov. 12, 64, disch. July 1, G5.\\nFrancis Lill, Feb. 25, 64, di.sch. Mar. 27, 65.\\nP. Louderman, Sept. 24, 64, trans, to Co. B, 4th Rt.\\nE. Ludwig, Sept. 24, 64, trans, to Co. B, 4th Regt.\\nGeorge B. Land, Sept 24, 61, died Oct. 12, 62.\\nJacob K. Lipsey, Oct. 21, 61, disch. Feb. 7, G5.\\nRobert Lane, Feb. 5, 63.\\nCharles .T. Livingston, Aug. 17, 63.\\nAle.i^ander Lynch, Nov. 12, 61.\\nHiram Lynch, Nov. 12, 61.\\nJoseph Love, September 30, 62.\\nJohn Maloy, Nov. 22, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\n.loseph Marshall, Nov. 29, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJohn Mason, Nov. 25, 64, disch. July 25, 65.\\nJohn F. McDonald, Jan. 10, 63, disch. July 1, 65.\\nBenjamin Mingen, Nov. 29, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nFrank Mitten, Feb. 1, 65, disch. July 1, 65.\\nWni. II. Mitten, Dec. I, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJohn Murphy, Jan. 30, 65, disch. July 1, 65.\\nThomas Mason, Nov. 2, 61, disch. March 5, 62.\\nGeorge May, Nov. 15, G2, disch. April 10, 63.\\nPatk. McDonough. Nov. 8, 61, disch. June 27, 62.\\nWilliam Miller, Nov. 18, 61, disch. June 6, 62.\\nEdward McElroy, Aug. 17, 63, died Sept. 6, 64.\\nD. McFagan, Nov. 1, 64, died Nov. 29, 64, of wds.\\nF elix Mullen, Oct. 22, 61, died April 15, 65.\\nJohn Major, Aug. 20, 62.\\nJeremiah Maloney, Dec. 2, 64.\\nAugustus Martin, Nov. 23, 61.\\nThomas Martin, April 2, 64.\\nJohn McLoy, Oct. 17, 62.\\n.lohii Meade, Aug. 26, 63.\\nJoseph Miller, Aug. 19, 62.\\nJames Morgan, Oct. 18, 62.\\nThomas Murphy, Jan. 31, 65.\\nVictor Nizou, Nov. 22, 64, disch. Aug. 3, 65.\\nJames Nolan, Dec. 6, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nHenry Nickuni, Oct. 22, 61, disch. March 5, 62.\\nDaniel Ogburn, Aug. 27, 62, died Nov. 11, 64.\\nMichael O Brien, Aug. 26, 63.\\nJohn B. Ogburn, Aug 27, 62.\\nHenry B. Pa.xton, Oct. 19, 61, disch. July 1, 65.\\nTaylor Phifer, Nov. 28, 64, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJames Pharo, Nov. 15, 61, disch. June 1, 62.\\nGeorge Reinecker, Jan. 30, 62, disch. July 1, 65.\\nJohn Robinson, Sept. 24, 61, disch. April 10, 63.\\nWilliam Ross, Oct. 25, 61, trans, to V. R. C.\\nHenry Ramsey, Oct. 25, 61.\\nWilliam W. Randies, Sept. 27, iH.\\nJoseph M. Ray, Aug. 28, 63.\\nCharles Reilly, Aug. 26, 63.\\nJohn Robinson, Nov. 25, 64.\\nWilliam Robinson, Aug. 1, 63.\\nGeorge Rodman, Aug. 19, ()3.\\nJohn Scheeper, Feb. I, 65, disch. July 1, 65.", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0162.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "THE WAE FOR THE UNION.\\n135\\nAlfred Sellers, Nov. 30, 1864, disch. July 1, t!\\nEph. L. Smith, Sept. 27, 61, disch. July 1, (io.\\nJosiah Sawns, Sept. 30, 61, disch. Aug. 2 i, 62.\\n.loaeph Si hoiier, Sept. Irt, 61, disoh. Sept. 63.\\n.lohii Sturges, Oct. 7, 01, disch. May S, 62.\\n\\\\y. Searchfield, Oct. 25, 62, trans, to 1st Rt. D. C V.\\nT. Shields, Sept. 8, 61, killed in action Aug. 17, \u00e2\u0096\u00a0(;4.\\nNicholas Sidell, Sept. 24, 64 died Oct. 26, M.\\nMayab Sliuin, Sept. 24. 61 died Nov. l.S, 64.\\n\\\\Vm. Spargo, Jan. 2, 64; died July 23. 6)4.\\nDennis Sullivan, Nov. 28, 64; died April It, ri.\\nBcnj. Sailor, Feb. 25, 64.\\nJames Sinclair, Nov. 61.\\nJohn Sinclair, Sept. 8, 61.\\nVA. Smith, March 1, 04.\\nEdward C. Smith, Oct. 21, 61.\\nHenry Smith, Sept. 2, 63.\\nJohn Smith, March 3, 0\\nSamuel Smith, Nov. 7, 62.\\nJames Snow, Oct. 21, 61.\\nA. H. Titus, Sept. 30, 61 dis. Sept. 20, 64.\\nConstant Tolaus, Nov. 28, \u00e2\u0096\u00a0(!3 dis. July 1, (i l.\\nJames Traverse, Jan. 30, ii t dis. July 1, 6.5.\\n.Jacob Thomas, Oct. 7, 61 died March 6, 65.\\nGeo. Thompson, Feb. 1, 65.\\nJcihn Tracy, Feb. 26, 64.\\nWui. Tome, Sept. 22, 64; trans. Co. D, 4lli Regt.\\nRobt. Trafl y, Sept. 26, iirt; trans. Co. B, 4tb Regt.\\nGeo. Trader, Jan. 27, 64.\\nWm. Truitt, Aug. 19, 63.\\nCharles Vanosell, Oct. 30, 61.\\nCharles Waisse, Jan. 30, 65; dis. July 1, 65.\\nSamuel Webb, Dec. 23, 63; dis. July 1, 65.\\nRichanl Welsh, Mar. 30, 65; dis. July 1, 65.\\nJohn Wiley, Nov. 11, 64 dis. July 1, 65.\\nCharles Williams, Nov. 16, 64; dis. July 1, i i.\\nRobt. Williams, Jan. 30, 65 dis. June 20, 65.\\n.Idhn Wilkins, Nov. 19, 61 dis. March 5, 62.\\n.Ids. B. Wolcott, Aug. 1(), 62; trans, to V. R. C.\\n.liihn Woodbine, Dec. 1. 64; traus. to Co. C.\\nHenry Woodward, April 12, 65 trans, to Co. C.\\nSam l B. White, Oct. 21, 61 died Feb. 5, 62.\\nOwen Williams, Aug. 26, (53 died July 2i;, 64.\\nFrancis Watkins, Aug. 1, 63.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Tohn Welch, March 13, 63.\\nSamuel Wheaton, Nov. 2, 62.\\nGeorge Whittaker. Sept. 30, 61.\\nCharles L. Willey, Sept. 8, 63.\\nCharles H. Williams, Aug. 17, 63.\\nWm. Williams, Aug. 17, 63.\\nGarrett Wilson, Aug. 27, 63.\\nPeter Woli ord, Nov. 2, 61.\\nBernard Wood, Aug. 21, 63.\\nHenry Wood, March 23, 64.\\nFrank Young, Nov. 21, 64 dis. July 1, 65.\\nJoseph C. Young, Nov. 2, 61 died. June 5, t;4.\\nWilliam Yeager, Aug. 1, 63.\\nThomas Shields is the only riu iiilicr of\\ntiiis coinpany reported as killed in battle.\\nTiiK TwKi.rxn KEciiMKNT. Camden\\nCounty eontril)iited to the Twelfth Rey;iment\\nCompanies E, (i and I. This command was\\nraised under the President s call of July 7,\\nlSti2, for three hundred thou.sand three years\\nvolunteers, and was mustered iu at Wood-\\nbury September 4tli. Thomas H. Davis,\\nof Camden, was appointed major and after-\\nwards promoted to lieutenant-eolonel. En\\nroute to Washington September 7, l.S(j J, the\\nregiment was directed to guarding the liiie of\\nthe Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, neai KWi-\\ncott City, Md., and joined the Army ol the\\nPotomac at Falmouth, Va., December (Jth.\\nIt was first attached to tlie Second Brigade,\\nThird Division, Second Army Corps, and\\nlater to the Third Brigade of tlie Second\\nDivision of the same cor)is. Serving until\\nthe close of the war, it was a participaut in\\nthe following-named battles\\nChancellorsville, May 3 and 4, 1863 Ciettysburg,\\nPa., July 2 and 3, 1S63 Falling Waters, Md.,\\nJuly 13, 1863; Auburn Mills, Va., October 14,\\n1863; Bristow Station, Va., October 14, 1S(;3\\nBlackburn s Ford, Va., October 15, 186.3; Robin-\\nson s Tavern, Va., November 27, 1863 Mine Run,\\nVa., November 28, 29 and 30, 1863; .Morton s\\nFord, Va., February 6, 1864; Wilderness, Va.,\\nMay 5 to 7, 1864; Spottsylvania, Va., May 8 to 11,\\n1864; Spottsylvania Court-House, Jlay 12 to 18,\\n1864 North and South Anna River, Va., May 24\\nto 26, 1864; Tolopotomy, Va., May 30 and 31,\\n1864; Cold Harbor, Va., June 2 to 12, 1864 Before\\nPetersburg, Va., June 20 to 23, 1864; Deep Bottom,\\nVa., July 25 to 29, 1864; Mine Explosiou, Va.,\\nJuly 30, 1864; Ream s Station, Va., August 25,\\n1864; Fort Sedgewick, Va., September 10, 1864;\\nBoydton Plank-Road, Va., October 27, 1864;\\nHatcher s Run, Va., February 6 to 8, 1865; Dab-\\nney s Mills, Va., February 28, 1865; Hatcher .s\\nRun, Va., March 25, 1865; Cai ture of Petershuru,\\nVa., April 2, 1865; Sailor s Creek, Va., April 6,\\n1865 High Bridge, Va., April 7, 1865 Farmvillc,\\nVa., April 7, 1865; Lee s surrender (Appomatto.\\\\,\\nVa.), April 9, 1865.\\nCompanies E and G, at Gettysburg, on the", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0163.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "136\\nHISTORY OF CA:\\\\IPEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\neven ing of July 1863, were a part of the force\\nthat drove the Confederate sharpshooters from\\na lioiise and barn on the Emniettsburg road,\\nan affair in wliich Captain Horsfall was\\nkilled and Lieutenant K!astwick wounded.\\n[Tpon this site the survivors of this regiment,\\nin 1S86, erected a handsome monument. At\\nBristow Station Lieutenant Low, of Company\\n(t, received his death-wound and his c om-\\npany was very badly cut up. At Spottsyl-\\nvauia Court-Housc, on May (j, 18ii4, tlie\\nregiment lost heavily, Colonel Davis and\\nCaptains Chew and Potter being among the\\nwounded. Color-Sergeant Charles H. Cheese-\\nman, Company E, of Camden, who had\\nborne the colors of the command with great\\nbraverj through all its battles, was fatally in-\\njured. On the ]2th, it was in the attack on\\nJohnson s division of Ewell s corps, where\\nColonel Davis was instantly killed at the\\nhead of the charging column of his men.\\nf^aptain James McCoomb, of Camden,\\nsucceeded to tiie command of the regiment,\\nand was mortally wounded by a shell at the\\nbattle of Cold Harbor. His successor was\\nCaptain Daniel Dare, also of Camden, who\\nwas in charge until Major Thomson returned\\nfrom recruiting service. The latter being seri-\\nously wounded at Ream s Station, the com-\\nmand fell upon Major Henry F. Chew, still\\nanother Camden soldier, so that the Twelfth s\\nprofuse laurels may iw said to have lieen\\nlargely gained under the direction of the\\nzealous and brave otticers who came from\\nthis county. It never lost a color, was never\\nbroken in action and reflected honor upon\\nSouth Jersey, from whence it was recruited.\\nCoL. TiioM.xs H. Davis, son of Benjamin\\nT. and Eleanor Travis, was born in the city of\\nCamden, N. J., July 2:5, 1835. His early\\ndays were passetl in liis native town until, at\\nthe age of seventeen, he entered the West\\n.Jersey Collegiate School, at Mount Holly,\\nthen under the care of the Rev. Samuel Mil-\\nI oloncl Win. E. Potter.\\nIcr. Here he remained until the period of\\nhis school-days had ended, when he went\\nWest and was engaged for several years in\\nthe cities of Toledo, O., and Detroit, Mich.,\\nin the construction of gas-works. He after-\\nwards returned to Camden and entered into\\nbusiness in Philadelphia, which occupied him\\nuntil near the outiircak of the war. He was\\namong the first of the young men of the-\\nState to tender his .services to the imperiled\\ngovernment, and entered the service at the\\nfirst call as paymaster of the Fourth Regi-\\nment of the New Jensey Militia, and in this\\ncapacity served three months in front of\\nWashington.\\nOn the 9th day of July, 1802, he was\\ncommissioned major of the Twelfth Regiment\\nNew Jersey Volunteers, and immediately\\nentered upon his duties at the camp of that\\nregiment at Woodbury. The acquaint-\\nance of the writer with him began at this\\ntime. From his entrance into the Twelfth\\nliegimcnt ^lajor Davis showed an ardent\\ninterest in its welfare. He was proud\\nof the material of which it was composed\\nsons of farmers and young sea-faring men\\nchiefly^ -a manly body of troops, which, for\\nstrength, youth, activity and health, I think,\\nwas not surpa.ssed by any which the State\\nfurnished during the war. .Major Havis\\ngave him.self diligently to his duties and\\nsoon had the respect andatlcctidu of (he en-\\ntire regiment.\\nThe Twelfth Regiment, after .serving some\\nmonths in Maryland, in December, 18()2, joined\\nthe Second Brigade, Third Division, Army\\nof the Potomac, near Falmouth, Va. Here,\\non the 27th of February, 1863, Lieutenant-\\nColonel J. Howard Willetts was commissioned\\ncolonel of the regiiuent and Major J)avis was\\npromoted to be lieutenant-colonel.\\nThe winter and cai lv spring were spciil\\nin perfecting the e(jiiipmciit, drill and\\ndi.scipline of the regiment and perl orni-\\ning what was probably the most severe and\\nexposing picket duty of the war. The dis-", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0164.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "(TJ^^^^^T", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0167.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0168.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UNION.\\n137\\ntance from the camp to the picket line, the\\nhorrible weather and roads, the want of\\nproper shelter for the reserves and the com-\\nparative inexperience of the men, have marked\\nthe winter of 1862-63 with black lines in\\nthe diary of every soldier who was during\\nthose months upon the right front of the\\nArmy of the Potomac. Colonel Davis, as\\nfield officer of the day, was necessarily much\\nexposed during this winter, and thus laid the\\nfoundation of an attack of inilammatory\\nrheumatism, which early in May completely\\nprostrated him so that he was ordered home\\nand was not allowed to return until about\\ntlie 1st of August, 1863. I have often\\nheard him regret that he was thus absent\\nfrom the great actions of Chancellorsville\\nand Gettysburg. Colonel Willetts was badly\\nwounded at Chancellorsville, and on the re-\\nturn of Colonel Davis from sick leave he\\nassumed the command of his regiment, which\\nhe was thenceforth to lead in more than oue\\nbloody action, and in front of whose stead-\\nfast lines he was to fall.\\nHe was steadily on duty during tlic latter\\npart of the summer of 1 863, and at the\\ncombat near (xreeuwich and the severe action\\nof Bristow Station, both fought upon the\\n14th of October, 1863, he manceuvred his\\ntroops with that coolness and serene courage\\nwhich always distinguished him. He was\\nagain engaged with his regiment on the 15th\\nof October at Blackburn s Ford or Bull Run,\\nand later in the fall, during the short but ex-\\npensive campaign of Mine Run. On Feb-\\nruary 7, 1864, he was among the first on\\nfoot to ford the icy waters of the Rapidan\\nat Morton s Ford, and was warmly engaged\\nin the severe combat. With the rest of the\\narmy, he crossed the Rapidan on the nigiit\\nof May 4, 1864, and wa.s heavily engaged in\\nthe first great action of the Wilderne.ss cam-\\npaign on the evening of May 5th. The\\nnext morning Carroll s brigade, in whic^ii\\nwas the regiment of Colonel Davis, advanced\\nmore than a mile, swinging to the left and\\n18\\nacross the Orange Court-House plank-road,\\nand, with the other brigades and division of\\nthe Second Corps, driving the corps of A.\\nP. Hill, of the enemy s army, in utter con-\\nfusion before it.\\nDuring a halt, at length ordered, a shell\\nexploded near Colonel Davis and he was\\nstricken to the ground. One who was\\nwounded, an hour later, found him at the\\nfield hospital. He was hit by splinters thrown\\noif from a tree struck by the shell refinrred\\nto, and not by the projectile itself. He lay\\nat the field hospital until the evening of May\\n7th, and joined his regiment when, with the\\narmy, it moved toward Spottsylvania. As\\nhe pressed the hand of the officer referred to\\nand bade him farewell, he said, If we were\\ninto camp now I should apply for leave on\\nthe strength of these bruises, but I cannot\\nbear the thought of leaving my regiment so\\nlong as I can sit on my horse. Graven on\\nthe memory of his friend as with a pen of\\nsteel, these last manly words of Colonel Davis\\nscnnid in his ears clearly, as if spoken but\\nyesterday.\\nOn the 12th of May, 1X64, Colonel Davis,\\nat the head of the Twelfth Regiment, formed\\na part of that magnificent column of veter-\\nan infantry which, under command of Gen-\\neral Hancock, assaulted Lee s line at Spott-\\nsylvania, and sweeping over it, pierced his\\ncentre. On foot, because it was imjiossible\\nto ride through abatis and over earthwork,\\nerect, vigilant, enthusiastic, not yet recovered\\nfrom severe bruises of si.x days before, but\\ntriumphing overthem, eye-witnesses still love\\nto tell with what springing valor and in-\\ncomparable energy Colonel Davis led his\\nregiment as they swej)t like one great wave\\nover the enemy s work and into their camp.\\nThe enemy s first line was carried with but\\nlittle loss, but half a mile to the rear the\\ncharging troops came upon a second line\\nheavily manned and sternly defended. And\\nhere, while cheering on his troops with ani-\\nmated gestures, in front of his colors and", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0169.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "138\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COTJNTV^ NEW JERSEY.\\nalmost touching them, Colonel Davis, struck\\nby a ball which passed through his neck,\\nfell dead. He was buried near the field\\nwhere he fell, but a few days later was re-\\nmoved to Fredericksburg, whence, in the\\nautumn of 1865, loving hands bore him\\nnorthward, and on a beautiful day in No-\\nvember of that year, on the eve of the first\\nThanksgiving after the war, iu the presence\\nof his family and a few of his comrades, he\\nwas laid to rest in the cemetery of Laurel\\nHill.\\nFew men were more soldierly in appear-\\nance than Colonel Davis none more brave\\nand zealous in the cause for which he died.\\nTall, erect, commanding in person, electric in\\ntemperament, of a bold and resolute charac-\\nter, his troops so leaned on him that, when\\nhe commanded, his regiment fought with a\\nmassive energy which was often noticed.\\nWarm in hisaifections, kind and genial in man-\\nners, many loved him, none will forget him.\\nHe was a gallant soldier and genial gentle-\\nman, who freely left home and friends to cast\\nhis sword, his heart and his life into the breach\\nto save the honor of Ills country.\\nThe rolls of the Camden County companies\\nof the Twelfth Regiment are as follows\\nCOMPANY E.\\n[ThiB company was muatered in September 4, 1862, aud muetprt d\\nnut July 15, 1865, unless otherwise stated, j\\nCaptains.\\nCharles K. Horsfall, killed July 2, 68.\\nDaniel Dare, Aug. 6, 63.\\nMrat Lieutenants.\\nPhilip M. Armington, resg. Nov. lr 63.\\nEUwood Griscom, Feb. 22, 5 dis. .Tune 4, 65.\\nSecond Lieutenants.\\nJames McComb, pro. 1st It. Co. D June 31, 63.\\nStephen G. Eastwick, Feb. 14, 63 dis. Jan. 24, 64.\\nG. A. Cobb, May 1, 65; pro. 1st It. Co. H June 24, 65.\\nFirst Sergeants.\\nJohn R. Rich, pro. sergt.-maj. Nov. 27, 63.\\nJohn Sheehan, dis. June 4, 65.\\nSergeants.\\nEthelbert Davis, dis. June 4, 65.\\nWm. H. Brooks, dis. June 3, 65.\\nCharles fcjullivan, dis. June 4, 65.\\nJames M. Cranen, dis. June 4, 65.\\nCharles H. Laing, Feb. 23, 65.\\nElijah L. Smith, Feb. 27, 65.\\nPierce McHenry, April 7, 65.\\nJohn Foster, died May 3, 63, of wounds.\\nJosef)h S. Hugg, Aug. 13, 62 died Aug. 27, 62.\\nCharles E. Cheeseman, died May 7, 64, of wounds;\\nCharles P. Fish, Aug. 4, 62 killed May 12, 64.\\nCorporals.\\nHenry Ranser, dis. June 4, 65.\\nFrederick Fagley, dis. June 4, 65.\\nEdward S. Ellis, dis. July 10, 65.\\nJoseph Myers, dis. June 4, 65.\\nJohn Hull, dis. June 4, 65.\\nWm. M. Copeland, dis. June 4, 65.\\nSamuel E. Farriugton, dis. June 4, 65.\\nJohn Evans, I b. 23, 65.\\nCharles Richards, Feb. 22, 65.\\n,Tobn Thompson, April 5, 65.\\nIsaac M. Williams, April 5, 65.\\nGeorge White, April 6, 65.\\nLudwig Schweitzer dis. May 17, 65.\\nThomas E. Prickett, dis. Dec. 24, 64.\\n.Toseph A. Davis, trans, to Y. R. C.\\n.lohn Pinkerton, trans, to V. R. C.\\nEdmund M. Stevenson, trans, to V. R. C.\\nJohn Clements, died .June 22, 63, of wounds.\\nJonas M. Roe, died Aug. 7, 64, of wounds.\\nHenry Helms.\\nRobert .1. Thompson, musician, disch. June 4, 65.\\nIsrael J. Conklin, musician, trans, to Y. R. C.\\nJohn Bird, wagoner, disch. June 4, 65.\\nPrivates.\\nElias Abrams, Feb. 23, 65, disch. .\\\\ug. 3, 65.\\nJohn Antonia, April 6, 65.\\nBenj. Anthony, disch. Feb. 19, 63.\\nJacob Asay, trans, to Y. R. C.\\nGeorge Anderson, killed July 3, 63.\\nThomas Barrett, Aug. 15, 64.\\nJohn Beggs, April 5, t)4.\\nWm. Byrnes, April 6, 65.\\nPeter T. Brewer, trans, to Y. R. C.\\nLysander H. Banks, died Feb. 21, 63.\\nMartin Blake, .\\\\ug. 5, 62.\\nDavid Campbell, July 27, 64, discli. Aug. 3, 65.\\nGeorge C. Carlyle, April 7, 65.\\nCharles Clark, March 31, 65.\\nJames Cunningham, Feb. 23, 65.\\nMatthew Cavanagh, disch. .Jan. 13, 64.\\nThomas Calvert, trans, to Y. R. C.\\n.Tames P. Campbell, trans, to Co. F.\\nJohn Q. A. Clinc, killed May S, 63.\\nCharles F. Collett, killed May 8. 63.\\nJohn C. Conley,died June 12, 64, of wounds.", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0170.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "THE WAK FOR THE UNION.\\n139\\nIsaac H. Copeland, killed July 3, 68.\\nAlexander Drew, Feb. 23, G5.\\nEzra Drew, Feb. 23, Gn.\\nAlbert Davis, disch. Feb. 17, M-\\nEnoch H. Duffield, disch. Dec. 30, G2.\\nSamuel C. Elbertsou, disch. March 9, (3.\\nLucius Q. C. Elmer, tran.s. to V. R. U.\\nJohn Farrington, disch. Aug. 1, 65.\\nSamuel Fleet, trans, to V. R. C.\\nRudolph Frick, April 4, 65.\\nAaron Garwood, disch. June 12, 65.\\nJohn Geier, April 4, 64.\\nFrank Gibson, April 5, 65, disch. July 17, 65.\\nRobert Gordon, disch. June 4, 65.\\nThomas J. Gordon, disch. July 28, 65.\\nMichael Griner, disch. July 8, 63.\\nAlexander Gale, trans, to V. R. C.\\nJohn Gorman, trans, to V. R. C.\\nDavid Gordon, died Jan. 23, 63.\\nWm. H. Haight, Feb. 23, 65.\\nCharles Hannahs, April 5, 65.\\nEdward P. Harris, disch. June 4, 65.\\nWm. Harrison, April 6, 65.\\nJacob Hartman, April 7, 65.\\nAulson Heaton, April 7, 65.\\nAnthony Heft ner, April 7, 65.\\nAlbert Heitz, April 3, 65.\\nJacob Henkel, April 7, 65.\\nJames Hopper, Feb. 23. 65.\\nDaniel H. Horner, disch. June 4, 65.\\nBenj. Hackney, disch. Feb. 17, 63.\\nJacob Hinchman, disch. Oct. 22, 63.\\nFrancis Haggerty, trans, to V. R. C.\\nIra C. Hall, trans, to V. R. C.\\nJoseph Haynes, trans, to V. R. C.\\nWm. S. Hineline, trans, to V. R. O.\\nJosiah C. Hughes, trans, to V. R. C.\\nDavid H. Horner, died June 4, 63, of wounds-\\nSamuel C. Hultz. killed May 3, 63.\\nJohn Ipser, April 5, 65.\\nAlexander Jervis, died Dec. 20, 63.\\nJohn Kilikus, Feb. 28, 65.\\nWm. Korbel, April 7, 65.\\nCharles Kuntzman, March 31, 65.\\nEmil Lack, April 7, 65.\\nJohn Lack, April 7, 65.\\nGeorge Lutz, April 6, 65.\\nJames K. P. Latt erty, trans, to V. R. C\\nCharles H. Leeds, trans, to V. R. C.\\nAnthony Macel, April 4, 65.\\nFrederick Martin, April 4, 65.\\nFrancis McBride, Feb. 23, 65.\\nAugustus Mitchell, Feb. 27, 66.\\nBenjamin Mullica, disch. June 4, 65.\\nPatrick Murray, Feb. 28, 65.\\nNathaniel Morton, disch. Feb. 28, 63.\\nAugustus Munter, disch. Nov. 26, 63.\\nJohn McKeon, killed May 3, 63.\\nEnoch F. Mills, died June 14, 64, of wounds.\\nRobert Newsome, April 3, 65.\\nHelondeus Nonn, April 5, 65.\\nWilliam Nagle, died Dec. 5, 64.\\nDeitrick Panzie, April 4, 65, disch. June 13, 65.\\nHenry Peirce, disch. June 4, 65.\\nJames B. Peirson, disch. June 4, 65.\\nFrederick Pechmiuin, Jr., trans- to Sig- Corps.\\nPorteus Pepoon, killed May 12, 64.\\nObadiah Reed, April 6, 65.\\nFidelias Reich, April 6, (i5.\\nIra B- Ridgway, April 5, 65.\\nJohn Reed, disch. Feb. 16, 65\\nGeorge Riggs, disch. Nov. 7, 63.\\nEdward Rodgers, trans, to V. R- C-\\nJames A. Riley, killed July 2, 63.\\nDennis Ryan, killed May 3, 63.\\nBernhardtSchniidt, April 7, 65-\\nJohn Schubert, April 1, 65.\\nHenry Sehnltr, April 7, 65.\\nCharles F. Senix, pro. q.ni.-sergt. Aug. 30, 64.\\nJames Shaft er, April 5, 65.\\nGeorge Simpkins, April 5, 65.\\nJoseph L. Simons, disch. May 18, 65-\\nWra. H. Smith, disch. July 26, 65.\\nDavid M. Southard, disch. June 15, 65.\\nPeter Spies, April 6, 65.\\nFrederick Staatz, April 7, 65.\\nGeorge Skirm, trans, to V. R. C-\\nSeth C. Southard, trans, to V. R. C.\\nWm. H. Shaffer, Nov. 20, 63, killed May 12, 64.\\nSamuel K. Sooy, died Sept. 15, 63.\\nStephen B. Sooy, died Sept. 12, 62.\\nWilliam H. Stockton, killed March 25, 65.\\nIsaac A. Taylor, (lis. June 4, 65.\\nAmzi Teachman, Feb. 22, 65.\\nWilliam Tompson, April 6, 65.\\nAndrew H. Tomlin, April 7, 65.\\nWilliam Tozer, dis. June 4, 65.\\nCasimer Trechler, April 3, 65.\\nCharles S. Tindall, killed May 6, 64.\\nJohn Thompson, April 11, 64.\\nJ. Van Volkenburgh, Feb. 23, 65, dis. May 20, 65.\\nWilliam Walker, April 6, 65.\\nMatthew Wallace, Feb. 22, 65.\\nJohn Webber, April 7, 65.\\nJohn Weitner, March 29, 65.\\nJohn Welsh, April 7, 65.\\nJohn Westcrmayer, April 6, 65.\\nGeorge Wilhelm, April 7, 65.\\nAzel Williams, Feb. 27, 65.\\nFrank Williams, April 1, 65.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0171.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "140\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nLawreuce Williams, April 6, 65.\\nJohn Wallace, Feb. 19, 64, died. Nov. 24, 64.\\nThomas J. Williams, killed in action May 3, 63,\\nWilliam J. Wood, died June 20, 64.\\nHenry C. Yeager, April 4, 65.\\nIsaac Young, Feb. 27, 65.\\nCaptain Charles K. Horsfall.\\nAbout the period of the Revolution an\\nEnglish famih named Horsfall came to thi.s\\ncountry, and settled in Monmouth Couuty,\\nJN. There were two brothers, belonging\\nto the better class of English farmers, and\\nthey purchased land ou their arrival. From\\nthese pioneers sprung Johu and Richard\\nHorsfall, who were born in Monmouth\\nCounty. John was married to Sarah Tim-\\nmons, of Monmonth. They had three chil-\\ndren, Jacob and Isaac (twins), and John.\\nRichard married a Smith and removed to\\nCream Ridge, N. J. They had three chil-\\ndren.\\nJohu, the father of Caj)tain Horsfall,\\nmoved to Burlington County before he was\\nof age, and became a merchant in Borden-\\ntown. About 1851 he took up his residence\\nin Camden, where he has followed the busi-\\nness of general merchandising. In 18. )6 he\\nwas married to Hannah E., daughter of\\nCharles and Ann Kemble, of Bordeutown,\\nby whom he had four children, Charles K.,\\nwho was married to Amy W., daughter of\\nWilliam and Mary Brooks, of Medford,\\nN. J. Hannah Ann T., who died, aged two\\nyears Theodore F., (deceased), who was\\nmarried to Anna Wells, of Camden; and\\nAlethia C, who is married to James B.\\nLewis, formerly of Burlington County, now\\nliving in Camdeu. They had three children,\\nEtta H. and Charles H. (deceased), and\\nJennie B.\\nCaptain harlos K. Horsfall was born in\\nBurlington County December 31, 1836. He\\nwas one of those heroic spirits who entered\\ninto the service of his country from pure\\npatriotism. Before the war he was a mem-\\nber of Camden Light Artillery and rose\\nto be one of its officers. He was fond of\\nmilitary life, and when the Civil War opened\\nraised Company E, of Twelfth New Jersey\\nVolunteer Infantry. He servetl with it\\nin all the hard duty which the Army of the\\nPotomac was called upon to perform up to\\nGetty.sburg. He distinguished himself at\\nChancellorsville, and on the 2d of July,\\n1863, at (xettysburg. A detachment of\\nTwelfth New Jersey and Fourteenth Con-\\nnecticut were ordered to dislodge a body of\\nConfederate sharpshooters concealed in a\\nbarn. He bravely led his men and was shot\\nthrough the head, falling dead within the\\nrebel lines. His body was buried on the\\nfield for two weeks, when it was removed to\\nits present resting-place, Evei green Cemetery,\\nin this city. His los.s was deeply mourned by\\nhis regiment, for he was a brave soldier,\\nexemplary citizen and thorough Christian.\\nHis mother pas.sed to rest June 11, 1886.\\nCOMPANY G, TWELFTH REGIMENT NEW JEKSEY\\nVOLUNTEERS (THREE YEARS OF CAMDEN.\\n[Tbiw cumjiaiiy was mustered in September 4, 186*.;, aud mustered\\nout June 4, 1865, unless otherwise stated.]\\nC aptain^.\\nSamuel H. Jobes, res. Jan. 24, 64.\\nWilliam E. Potter, biev.-maj. May 1, 65.\\nFirst Lieutenants.\\nJames T. Lowe, died of wounds Oct. 30, 63.\\nF. M. Riley, Apr. 25, 64, pr. capt. Co. F Jan. 30, 65.\\nJames P. William, Feb. 22, 65.\\nRobert B. Kates, July 5, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nSecond Lieutenant.\\nCharles E. Troutman, res. Feb. 4, 64.\\nJ- irst Sergeant.\\nJeremiah Casto.\\nSeryeants.\\nJoseph Blake.\\nArthur Stanley.\\nWilliam H. Rogers.\\nJohn Hall.\\nCharles Fosker, April 5, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nCharles Hulbert, Oct. 3, 64, dis. July 15, 65.\\nIsaac L. Wood, dis. Oct. 14, 63.\\nEdw. L. Thornton, dis. April 2, 63.\\nJoshua D. Fithian, dis. Dec. 11, 63.\\nHiram Smith, dis. May 10, 64.\\nHenry Fenton, trans, to U. S. Navy.", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0172.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "X^^v--\\n^fC^^/a/6", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0175.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0176.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THK UNION.\\n141\\nCorp(yrals.\\nTheodore Brick.\\nAmos Frampea.\\nIsaiah Groft\\nGeorge VVoodrow.\\nEdward L. Briok.\\nJesse Peterson.\\nDavid H. Eldridge, dis. July 31, 65.\\nGeorge Johnson, April 4, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nTheodore Hildel)rand, Ajiril 5,j 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nFrank Myers, April 3, (i5, dis. July 15, 65.\\nWilliam H. Howe, dis. Jan. 26, 63.\\nCharles Mayhew, trans, to V. R. C.\\nFranklin Bates, trans, to V. R. C\\nWilliam W. Collins, killed June 3, 64.\\nHoward Turner, musician.\\nRichard Cheeseman, musician.\\nPrivales.\\nSamuel E. Barker.\\nJohn Blackburn, April 5, 65, dis. ,luly 15, t)5.\\nFlorence Bleyler.\\nAndrew Bramble, April 5, (i5, dis. .July 15, W l.\\nAugustus Brant, April 4, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nRobert R. Burk.\\nEdward V. Byerly.\\nJames Cain, April 8, 65.\\nWilliam R. Carter, dis. Dec. 11, 63.\\nJohn B. Carey.\\nJohn Conley, killed July 2, 63.\\nNewton B. Cook, died April 6, 63.\\nJoseph Cooper, April 8, 65.\\nHiram Cramer, killed May 3, 63.\\nThomas H. Conover, dis. June 2, 65.\\nJohn Corbet, April 5, 65, dis. June 15, 65.\\nAndrew Cridline, Aug. 26, 64, dis. July 18, 65.\\nJohn Crowley, dis. May 30, 63.\\nJohn J. Dall.\\nLevi M. Decatur, Aug. 26, 64, dis. July 18, 65.\\nEdward De Parpart, Aug. 18, 64, dis. July 15, 65.\\nJames P. Demarris, dis. Mar 25, 63.\\nHenry C. Derrickson, died June 20, 64.\\nJohn H. Dill, trans, to V. R. C.\\nJacob S. Dill, died of wounds May 15, 63.\\nWilliam E. Downam, dis. July 14, 65.\\nGustav Eisle, dis. July 15, 65.\\nLewis S. Elmer, killed May 3, 63.\\nDaniel Everingham.\\nJohn Fagan, April 7, 65.\\nWilliam Fee, April 3, 65, died July 15, 65.\\nJohn Fernandos, April 5, 64, dis. July 15, 65.\\nJohn Ferrell, April 8, 65, dis. June 28, 65.\\nLawrence Flood, April 5, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nThomas Flynn, April 4, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nAlfred B. Fortiner, dis. July 31, 65.\\nBenj. F. Gladden, dis- June 21, 65.\\nWilliam Y. Qladney, dis. March 12, 63.\\nSamuel Godfrey, March 24, 65.\\nCarl Gremm.\\nRichard Groff, died March 29, 63.\\nJohn Griffin, April 5, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nGeo. W. Hardwick, April 3, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nThomas M. Harrison, dis. June 28, 65.\\nJames Hayes. April 3, 65, dis. June 15, 65.\\nFred. Heil, Oct. 7, 64, dis. July 15, 65.\\nChristian Hesse, Oct. 10, 64, dis. July 15, 65.\\nWilliam H. Henderson, dis. June 5, 63.\\nWilliam Herring, died May 20, 64.\\nWilliam H. Hillman.\\nJohn Horen, April 4, 65.\\nSamuel M. Horner, dis. July 1, 65.\\nOscar Hoffman, April 5, 65, dis, July 15, 65.\\nMichael Holden April 7, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nBenjamin Hood.\\nJoseph T. Higginson, dis. Oct. 19, 63.\\nTheodore Hughes, April 3, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nCharles D. Husbands, dis. for wounds Oct. 13, 6a.\\nFelix lufelder, Feb. 28, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nJoseph Inman, dis. March 17, 63.\\nJohn Jaggard, dis. July 10, 65.\\nJames Johnson, April 3, 65.\\nThomas Joice, April 4, 65, dis. July 15, 65,\\nPaul .Tones.\\nAdam Jordon.\\nCharles Keller, April 4, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nJohn Kerrigan, April 5, 65.\\nCharles Kinge, April 6, 65.\\nCharles Laman.\\nJohn H. Lamar, dis. July 21, 61.\\nLorenzo S. Land, killed in action June 3, 64.\\nWalter Lindsay.\\nCharles E. Madara.\\nGeorge R. Marter, killed in action May 3, 63.\\nJoseph Marner.\\nDonald McDonald, April 3, \u00c2\u00bb;5, dis. July 15, 65.\\nDaniel P. McHenry.\\nHenry M. Mcllvaine, dis. for wounds May 5, 64.\\nTimothy McMahon, April 5, 65.\\nBernard McManus, April 4, 65.\\nJames Mercer, April 4, 65, dis. ,Tuly 15, 65.\\nThomas R. Middleton, killed in action July 2, 63.\\nFrancis Mills, killed in action May 3, 64.\\nJosiah K. Moore, dis. July 1, 65.\\nWilliam Murphy, April 1, 65, dis. July 5, 65.\\nJohn O Brien, trans, to V. R. C.\\nJames O Connor, Nov. 30, 63, dis. July 15, 65.\\nJohn O Niel, April 5, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nJames O Niel, April 5, (55.\\nAdolph Olsen, April 3, 65. dis. July 15, 65.\\nRichard Palmer, Aug. 12, 64, dis. July 15, 6b.\\nAaron Parker.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0177.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "142\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nNathan Parker, dis. July 6, 55.\\nEdward H. Pancoiist, dis. April 5, 65.\\nJohn Perry, April 4, d dis. July 15, 65.\\nPeter L. Perry, Feb. IG, tiS, dis. July 15, 65.\\nJoseph Phalon, April 7, 65, dis. June 14, 65.\\nRichard F. Plum, trans, to V. R. C.\\nWilliam Potter, April 4, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nIsaac Randolph.\\nMichael Reynolds, April 8, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nWalter A. Rink, Aug. 31, 64, dis. June 23, 65.\\nHenry H. Richmond, died Jan. 13, 63.\\nRichard Roberaon. April 4, 65.\\nMartin Roche, April 5, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nJohn Ross, April 4, 65, dis. June 28, 65.\\nMatthew Russell, April 5, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nJames Ryan.\\nJoseph Satterley, April 3, 65.\\nCharles Schaffer, April 5, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nJohn L. Severns, dis. June 30, 65.\\nJohn Shey, April 5, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nRobert Ct. Sheppard, died April 13, 63.\\nWilliam B. Skill, killed in action July 3, 63.\\nFrank Smith, Sept. 28, 64, dis. July 15, 65.\\nJohn Smith, Sept. 28, 64, dis. July 15, 65.\\nJoseph H. Smith, dis. Nov. 22, 64.\\nJ. William Smith, July 29, 62, dis March 19, 61.\\nHenry Smith, April 5, ti\\nNicholas Smith, April 8, 65.\\nJohn J. Sneden, April 4, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nSamuel E. Somers, died Feb. 11. 64, of wounds.\\nGeorge H. Snyder, dis. Feb. 7, 68.\\nJames Stanley.\\nJacob C. Stokes.\\nAbram J. Stoll, June 26, 62, dis. July 15, 65.\\nJacob R. Stow, died April 13, 63.\\nWilliam H. Tatem, dis. June 29, 65.\\nRobert Thurston, April 3, 65.\\nJoseph J. Thompson, di.s. July 18, 65.\\nMorris Tondrof.\\nCharles P. Van Hart, dis. June 28, 65.\\nEli Watson, died of wounds June 19, 65.\\nJoseph Wanner.\\nJames M. Wilkins, dis. June 29, 65.\\nJames William.s, Ajjril 4, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nWilliam J. Williams, April 5, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nCharles Wilson, April 4, 65, dis. July 15, 65.\\nJames Wilson, April 4, 65, dis. July 16, 65.\\nCOMl .iNY I, TWELFTH REtilMKNT NEW JERSEY\\nVOLUNTEER.S.\\n[This (!i)iiipaiiy wati Diimtered in September 4, lHt32, uml iiiu^tered\\nout July 1ft, 18or\u00c2\u00bb, unless otherwise stated.\\n(rptaiuK.\\nHenry 1 hew, pro. niaj. July 2, 64.\\nCharles P. Brown, Feb. 22, iio dis. June 4, 65.\\nFirst Lieutenants.\\nFrank M. Acton, pro. capt. Co. F Dec. 12, 63.\\nEdw. M. Dubois, Apr. 25, 64; bvt. capt. July 6, 64.\\nCharles F. Sickler, Feb. 22, 65 dis. June 4, 65.\\nSfcotid Lieuieiiimts.\\nTheodore F. Null, disch. April 1, 64.\\nEli K. Ale, Feb. 22, 65 disch. June 4, 65.\\nWatson P. Tattle, Feb. 28, 65.\\nFirst Sergeants.\\nGeorge A. Bowen, pro. 1st It. Co. C Apr. 11, 64.\\nMatthew Coombs, disch. June 4, 65.\\nIsaac N. Morton, trans, to V. R. C.\\nHergeantii.\\nBenjamin S. Wood, disch. June 4, 65.\\nRobert C. White, pro. sergt.-maj. Oct. 6, 64.\\nJ. Morgan Barnes, pro. to q.m.-sergt. Jan. 1, 65.\\nJoseph Dielkes, disch. June 4, 65.\\nPreston P. Merrion, disch. June 4, 65.\\nLouis Warnecke, Oct. 5. 64.\\nJohn J. Shaw, April, 3, 65.\\nGeorge Lucas, Nov. 13, 63.\\nThomas S. Champion, disch. June 16, 65.\\nGeorge P. Ogden, trans, to V. R. C.\\nGeorge R. Burroughs, died June 23, 64, of wounds.\\nAsa W. Tash, died May 6, 64,\\nCharles H. Wilson, June 9, 64.\\nCorporah.\\nJames P. Stanton, disch. June 4, 65.\\nTlieophilus B. Halter, disch. June 4, 65.\\nAlexander Brown, disch. June 4, 65.\\nSamuel Reall, disch. June 4, (io.\\nWilliam Parsons, disch. June 4, 65.\\nLewis McPherson, disch. June 4, 65.\\nFirman Lloyd, Jr., disch. Juue 30, 6^\\nWilliam R. Williams, disch. June 4, 6^\\nWilliam Renchler, July 26, 64.\\nEbeuezer Kennedy, Aug. 17, 63.\\nDaniel McDevitt, July 25, 64.\\nTheodore Beyer, Oct. 4, 64; disch. July 18, 65.\\nFrederick Ditraan, Oct. 11, (i4.\\nIsaac Fox, killed in action June 17, 64.\\nLewis F. Simms, killed in action May 3, 63.\\nDaniel A. Hancock, died May 22, 64, of wounds.\\nJohn H. Barklow, died July 16, 64.\\nAle S. Kidd, died May 15, 64, of wounds.\\nAlbert S. Wood, died Dec. 1, 64.\\nEdward Bradway, musician, disch. June 4, 65.\\nLewis S. Kemfer, wagoner, disch. June 4, 65.\\n1 rivate.i.\\nHenry Ackley, July 20, 64.\\nWilliam H. Archer, Feb. 23, 65; dis. June 23, 65.\\nWilliam H. Allen, trans, to V. R. C.\\nJ. Anderson, Oct. 14, 64; tr. from Co. D, lUhRegt.\\nJoseph A. Ayers, trans, to V. R. C.", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0178.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "THE WAE FOR THE UNION.\\n143\\nJacob Adams, died May 24, H4, of wounds.\\nHenry Barth, Oct. 3, (U.\\n.Fohn J. Berry,. June 1, Ii4.\\n.Fames Bond, Oct. 14, (i4.\\nEdward Brannen, Sept. (i, G4 dis. .Tune 4, 6.5.\\n.1. C. Brill, Apr. 7, pni. cora.-sergt, June .i, ti.i.\\nChristian Brodbacker, April 27, ti4.\\ntreorge Brown, April 4, 65.\\nHenry Brown, Feb. 22, 65.\\nWilliam Brown, .lune 11, 64.\\nOeorge Budcsheim. Oct. i, 64.\\nWilliam Burcli, Oct. 11, 64.\\nWilliam Bader, Mar. 2.5, 64; dis.-h. Nov. 19, 64.\\nMelchoir Breitel, dLsch. Mar. 28, 64.\\nJohn P. Bennett, trans, to IT. S. Navy.\\n.lacob Biddle, trans, to V. R. C.\\nGilbert Bishop, died Feb. 3, 64.\\nNicholas Code, Feb. 27, 65.\\nJames Connelly, July 14, 64 disch. May 22, 6.5.\\nDaniel Cowell. July 6, 64.\\n.Tohn Champion, disch. Mar. 16, 63.\\nClement Colgan, disch. Dec. 31, 62.\\nChristopher Cooker, disch. Mar. 9, 65.\\nJames M. Cook, Jan. 26, 65 trans, to Co, F.\\nJesse D. Crittafield, July 14, 64; trans, to Co. D,\\nJohn V. Champion, died Oct. 11, 63.\\nWilliam J. Clark, died Mar. 24, 63,\\nCharles Davis, Oct. 10, 64.\\nSamuel Dickeson, disch, .June 4, 65,\\nAlexander Ditzell, July IS, 64,\\nPeter Doyle, July 26, 64.\\nAnton Dyckotr, Oct. 5, 64.\\nClaude De Erraan, July IS, 64; trans, to Co, D,\\nWilliam Dolby, July 20, 64; trans, to Co, D,\\n.August Dugue, July 15, 64 trans, to Co. D.\\nWilliam Daniels, killed in action May 3, 63.\\nDavid Dickeson, killed in action May 6, 64.\\nJohn W. Dubois, died Sept. 22, 62.\\nJohn Donahue, Feb. 27, 65,\\nlames Donnelly, July 3, 65.\\nJohn Ell, Aug. 17, 64.\\nEdward R. Emmel, disch. Dec. 10, 63,\\n.lames Edwards, trans, to V. R. C,\\nEdward P^llis, July 18, 64; trans, to Co. D.\\nJoseph R. Edwaris, killed in action .lune 3, 64,\\nGeorge W. Fenu, July 18, 64.\\nJoseph S. Fithian, disch. June 4, 65.\\nPhilip Flood, .Tune 16. 64.\\nMichael Foster, April 5, 65\\nCharles C. Fithian, disch, Dec. 15, 63.\\nRichard V, Fithian, trans, to V, R, C.\\nDavid Fonseca, April 4, 65.\\nGeorge W^. Goodwin, disch. .lune 4, 65.\\nSamuel L. Gregg, June 13, 64.\\nCharles Gootman, Mar. 24, 64 trans, to V, R. C.\\nFrank E. Gaudy, died Mar. 19, 63.\\nJohn (4erstle, died Mar. 13, 63.\\nCharles Harr, Sept. 9, 64 disch. .Tune 4, 65.\\n(leorge Hammer, April 5, 65,\\nWilliam T. F. Harewood, July 25, 64.\\n.Tames Hart, Aug. 10, 64.\\n.lohn Haverstick, disch. .lune 5, 65.\\n(ieorge Hedden, Feb. 23, 65; disch. July 15, 65.\\n.Tames Hemphill, disch. June 4, 65.\\nPaul Herebschle, Sept. 6, 64; disch. June 4, 65.\\n.lohn .T. Hoffman, disch. July 15, 65,\\n.Tosiah Holton, disch, June 4, 65.\\n.Tames Horner, disch. June 4, 65.\\nEzra Hutchins, Feb. 23, 65.\\nPhilip Hickman, trans, to V. R. C,\\nGeorge W. Homan, trans, to V, R, C,\\nThomas .Tackson, Aug. 13, 64.\\nRichard Jellinghaus, Oct. 5, 64,\\n.Tames M. .Tones, disch. Apr. 10, 63.\\nJoseph L, Jacobs, trans, to V, R. C.\\nGeorge W, Jester, trans, to V. R. C.\\nThomas D. Kane, disch. .Tune 4, 65.\\nEmmett M. King, di.sch. June 4, 65.\\ntJeurge Kofl Apr. 5, 65.\\nDaniel Krebs, Apr. 6, 65.\\nMoyer Kuhn, Mar. 25, 64; disch, Jan. 9, 65.\\nPatrick Keegan, Apr. (i, 65,\\nLudwig Ivichtenl ells, July 13, 64,\\nCharles LoUamand, Oct, 5, 64,\\nIjcmuel D. Loper, died May 3, 63.\\n.Toseph Lower, Apr. 2, 64.\\nEphraim Mack, Oct. 8, 64.\\nJoseph F. Martin, July 15, 64.\\nJames McDonald, July 30, 64.\\nEdward McLaughlin, Apr. 6, 65.\\nHenry Merkell, Apr. 4, 65.\\nAndrew Merkert, Oct. 4, 64.\\nCharles Miller, disch. June 4, 65.\\nAlbrecht Mohr, Oct. 11, 64.\\nJoseph Murphy, disch. June 4, 65.\\nJames McAuliti disch. Dec, 16, 1)3.\\nCharles McNeer, June 2, 64; disch. May 2, 65.\\nJohn P. Miller, disch. Apr. 28, 65.\\nSamuel Mattson, killed June 4, 64.\\nJohn Miller, died June 22, 64, of wounds.\\nMichael G. Morton, killed June 3, 64.\\nThomas J. Mattson.\\nWilliam Munnion.\\nJohn W. Niblick, trans, to V. R. C.\\nJohn P. Newkirk, died Apr. 10, 64.\\nFrederick Pauli, Apr. 7, 65.\\nJohn Peterson, July 16, 64.\\nJames Pierce, trans, to V. R.\\nAbraham Pressman, July 20, 64; trans, to Co. H.\\nJames Privet, trans, to V. R, C,", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0179.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "144\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY. NEW JERSEY.\\nPeter Powell, July IS, 114; diefl Oct. 1, M.\\nDavid Roaan, Oct. 4, 64.\\nThomas Ruth, Oct. 4, 64.\\n.John Richardson, July 20, 64; disch. Nov. 8, 64.\\nAugust Rien, Aug. 6, 64.\\nBenjamin Sailor, .\\\\ug. 1, 64.\\nGeorge Sailor, disch. June 4, 65.\\nCharles Scheffler, disch. June 4, 65.\\nFrederick Schmidt, Oct. 5, 64.\\nJohn Schneider, Oct. 6, 64.\\nAugustus Schogau, July it, 62.\\nGeorge Schoonover, Feb. 25, 65.\\nJoseph Shuss, Oct. 4, 64.\\n.lohn Simeson, disch. June 4, 65.\\nWilliam Sloan, disch. June 4, 65.\\n.lames Sullivan, disch. May 15, 65.\\nFrancis Sweeney, .June 14, 64; disch. .June 12, 65.\\nDavid Simpkins, disch. Dec. 24, 63.\\nPeter Sharp, trans, to V. R. C.\\nJohn L. Sharp, died Apr. 20, 63.\\n.John Smith, Oct. 11, 64 died Nov. 1 1 64, wounds.\\nJohn Smith, Oct. 11, 64.\\nWilliam Stone, Apr. 6, 65.\\nElijah B. Thomas, died June 4, 65.\\nJacob Trunck, Feb. 28, 65.\\nAmos Tompkins, disch. May 29, 65.\\n.Tames Turner, disch. .July 13, 63.\\n.Fonathan Tiramerman, died Apr. 4, 63.\\nRobert IJbbrell, Sept. 17, 64; disch. June 4, 65.\\nAdam Urban, disch. .fune 4, 65.\\n.Tohn Urban, disch. May 25, 65.\\n.Fames R. Vannote, Oct. 8, 64.\\nBenjamin R. Vincent, trans, to V. R. V.\\nEnglehart Weimer, Sept. 1, 64.\\nJohn Weimer, July 30, 64.\\nClement C. White, disch. .June 4, 65.\\n.rohn White, Sept. 1, 64.\\n.Fohn Williams, Oct. 8, 64.\\nFranz Wirobisch, June 13, 64.\\n.luhii VVohlicher, Oct. 6, 64; disch, June 20, 65.\\n.Fose])h VV^ork, trans, to V. R. C\\n.lames B. Wood, died Dec. 20, 64.\\n.Foel Wood, killed May 3, 63.\\n.John Winter, June 16, 64.\\nWm. Youngblood, July 27, 64; disch. .luly 18, 65.\\nrvIKnTENANT-COLONEI- HeNKY F. ChEW\\nis the grandson of Jes. ie and Mary Cliew, of\\nGloucester County, N. J., and tli son of\\n.lo.seph R. and Maria Chew, of Salem ouuty,\\nill the same State. He was born in the town-\\nshi]\u00c2\u00bb of Mannington, Salem County, on the\\n8th of December, 1837, and educ^itcd at tlie\\nFriends schools in the town of Saleni, after\\nwhich he learned the trade of a wheelwright\\nunder his father s direction. Thus engaged\\nat the outbreak of the war, in 1861, he enter-\\ned the service with the three months soldiers\\nas lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment New\\nJersey Volunteers. At the expiration of his\\ntime of .service he became captain of Cora-\\npanj- I, Ninth Regiment New Jersey Volun-\\nteers, and resigned March 9, 1 862, on account\\nof sickness.\\nRe-entering the service, he was made captain\\nof Company I, Twelfth Regiment New\\nJersey Volunteers, and received, in July,\\n1 864, promotion to the rank of major of the\\nregiment. In March, 1865, he was made\\nlieutenant-colonel, and commanded the regi-\\nment from August 25, 1864, until it was\\nmu.stered out of service, on the 4th of June,\\n1 8()5. Colonel Chew participated in many en-\\ngagements, of which the following are the more\\nimportant Roanoke Island, Chancellorsville,\\nGettysburg, Prilling Waters, Auburn Mills,\\nBristow Station, Blackburn s Ford, Robinson s\\nTavern, Mine Run, Morton s Ford, Wilder-\\nness (in which he was wounded), Petersburg,\\nDeep Bottom, Mine Explosion, north bank\\nof James River, Ream s Station, Fort Sedg-\\nwick, Hatcher s Run (first and .second), Boyd-\\nton Plank-Road, Hatcher s Run (second and\\nthird), Dabney s Mill, Capture of Petersburg,\\nSailor s Creek, High Bridge, Farmville and\\nLee s Surrender. On retiring from the\\nservice Colonel Chew began the study o(\\ndentistry, and in the fall of 1867 engaged\\nin its practice, which he still continues. He\\nwas in 1868, married to Mi.ss Marietta,\\ndaughter of James P. and Sarah Fogg, ot\\nSalem, N. J. Their children are two\\ndaughters, Helen A. and Mary R.\\nGETTYSRURf! Mo.xuMENT. The monu-\\nment erected on the battle-field of Gettysburg\\nby the society of the Twelfth Regiment was\\ndedicated on May 26, 1886, on which occa-\\nsion, among other exercises, Comrade Joseph\\nBurroughs, president of the .society, gave an\\ninteresting sketch of its workings and a de-", "height": "2922", "width": "1928", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0180.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "THE WAn FOR THE UNION.\\n145\\nscription i f the moniiiiient itself, from wliieli\\nthe following acoount is condensed\\nIn the summer of 1882 a few of our coiurailcs\\nvisited this historic town and battle-field, and\\nlearned that the Gettysburg Memorial Association\\nhad come into possession of much of the ground\\noccupied by the lines of the Union army in the\\nprincipal engagements on the 2d and 3d of July,\\n1863, and observed that some five or six tablets or\\nmonuments had been placed by regiments to indi-\\ncate the positions held by them, as well as to\\nhonor their dead who there fell.\\nAt the next annual meeting of the Reunion\\nSociety of the Twelfth Regiment New Jersey Vol-\\nunteers, held at Woodbury February 22, 1883, a\\ncommittee, consisting of Comrades Joseph Bur-\\nroughs, Frank M. Acton and James S. Kiger, was\\nappointed to consider the ex]iediency and cost of\\nerecting a tablet or monument on the line formerly\\noccupied by the regiment at the battle of Gettys-\\nburg. At this meeting the date of the annual\\nmeeting of the Reunion Society was changed from\\nFebruary 22d to September 4th the latter Iicing\\nthe date of our muster into the United States ser-\\nvice and a much more favorable season of the\\nyear for the purjwse.\\nAt the annual meeting held at Woodstown\\nSei)tember 4, 1883, the committee reported in favor\\nof the project and asked for instructions as to the\\namount that the Society would raise and expend\\nin the work, .stated that the prices ranged from $10\\nto $1000.\\nNothing was done at this meeting, however,\\nbeyond the constituting of each member of the\\nSociety a committee of one to solicit subscriptions\\nfor the monument.\\nAt the annual meeting held at Salem Sei)tem-\\nber 4, 1884, much enthusiasm was manifested by\\nthe comrades present, and a sufiicient amount had\\nbeen subscribed to insure the success of the enter-\\nprise.\\nThe next step in the matter was the issuing of\\na circular by the committee, giving the object and\\nsoliciting of the remaining comrades who had not\\ncontributed. This was responded to very satisfac-\\ntorily, and on the 8th of March, 1885, the commit-\\ntee met and ascertained that with the amount of\\ncash in hand and pledged, a monument costing\\neight hundred dollars could be erected. A design\\nwas next adopted and proposals for the work in-\\nvited, and on the 19th of May, 1885, a contract\\nwas entered into with Mr. Michael Reilly, of Cam-\\nden, N. J., for the construction and erection upon\\nthis s)iot of the iiKHiuiiieiil lor the dedication of\\nwhich you have beeJi invited here at this time.\\nThe work was finally completed in the autumn\\nof 1885, but at too late a date for the dedicati(ni to\\ntake place that year, and the committee decided\\nupon May 26, 1886.\\nThe material of which the monument is con-\\nstructed is Richmond granite. Although not, per-\\nhaps, the most widely known, it has been thor-\\noughly tested by the United States government\\nand found to be of fine grain, dense, impervious to\\nthe elements, and capable of sustaining the great-\\nest weight. It is being used in the construction of\\nthe building to be occupied by the State, War and\\nNavy Departments at Washington.\\nTHE (.TETfYbBURH MONUMENT.\\nThe base is four feet eight inches square and two\\nfeet high, with sides rustic-dressed. The sub-base\\nis three feet eight inches square and eighteen inches\\nhigh, fine hammered, and lettered, 2d Brig. 2d\\nDiv. 2d Corps.\\nThe die is two feet eight inches square, by four\\nfeet ten inches in height, polished on the two faces\\nfronting Round Top Avenue, and lettered as fol-\\nlows\\nOn first face\\nIn memory of the men of the Twelfth Regi-\\nment New Jersey Infantry Volunteers, who fell\\nupon this field July 2d and 3d, 1863, and who else-\\nwhere died under the flag, this monument is dedi-", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0181.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "146\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ncated by their surviving comrades as an exaui|)le\\nto future generations.\\nOn the second face\\nBuck and Ball, Calibre 69.\\nThis regiment made two separate charges on\\nthe Bliss barn and captured it.\\nThe letters are all sunken, to prevent abrasion\\nand the vandalism of relic-hunters.\\nThe capstone is three feet two inches square by\\ntwo feet high, upon each face of which has been\\nplaced the badge of the Second Corps, the trefoil\\nraised and polished.\\nIt is surmounted by a pedestal, upon which is a\\nrepresentation of the missile so effectively used by\\nthe regiment in repelling the charge of the enemy\\nbuck and ball.\\nThe aggregate height of the monument is\\ntwelve feet six inches. The foundation was care-\\nfully laid, and the stone has been set in the most\\nsubstantial, careful and durable manner.\\nAfter the conclusion of Comrade Bur-\\nroughs liistorical sketch, addresses were made\\nby Captain F. M. Riley, ju esideut of the\\nassociation, an l Colonel W. E. Potter, the\\nlatter bein^ the orator of the day.\\nNine Months Troops. New Jersey\\nsent eleven regiments into the field as lier\\nresponse to the call of President liincoln on\\nAugust 4, 1862, for three hundred thousand\\nmilitia to serve for nine mouths, unless\\nsooner discharged. They were numbered\\nfrom the Twenty-first to the Thirty-first,\\nboth inclusive. In the Twenty-fourth Reg-\\niment, commanded by Colonel Frank 1j.\\nKnight, of Camden, were three companies\\nD, E and I which were raised in Camden\\nCounty by voliuitary enlistment. The mus-\\nter-in took place at Beverly, September 1 6th,\\nand arriving at Washington, October 1st,\\nthe regiment was placed in the provisional\\nbrigade of Casey s division. On December\\n!)th it reached tlie Rappahainiock opjjositc\\nFredericksburg, and was transferred to Kim-\\nball s brigade, of French s division, Second\\nArmy Corps. In the assault of the 13th,\\nraw troops as they were, they advanced\\nnearer tlie Confederate defences than any\\nother command except the Irisii regiments,\\nand lost one hundred and sixty killed and\\nwounded in their heroic attack. They held\\ntlicir ground tenaciously until relieved, but\\neven then were compelled to .seek refuge in\\nand about the burning bnildings, where, pros-\\ntrate on tiie earth, tliey were expo.sed to the\\nsliot and shell. Company D lost three\\nkilled and twelve wounded Company E,\\ntwo killed and four wounded Company I,\\ntwo killed and sixteen wounded. Caj)tainWar l\\nwas .shot through the lungs, and Ca|)tain\\nShinn in the right eye. Lieutenant John O.\\nCrowell was wounded in the arm, but (^on-\\ntinned fighting until another bullet brought\\nfleath to him.\\nThe regiment resumed camp, from wliicii\\nit did not depart for four months. C)n\\nThursday, April 2, 1863, copies of the\\nPeace Resolutions passed by the New\\nJersey Legislature were received in camji.\\nand the men held a mass-meeting at which\\nthey were indignantly denounced. On May\\n3d it was under fire at Chancellorsville,\\nsuffering a loss of about forty in killed,\\nwounded and missing, and was mustered\\nout at Beverly, June 29, 1863.\\nThe rank and file of the Camden com-\\npanies of this regiment are here given\\nCOMPANY D, TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT NEW\\n.TERSEY VOLUNTEERS.\\nIThifi company \\\\YaB mustered in September 115,1862, aiul muBtered\\nout June 29, 1863, unless otherwise stated.]\\nCnpfain.\\nAaron Ward, dis. May 31, 6;i.\\nFimf Lii xfeitaiil.\\nDavid W. Bartine,\\nS l ond l.iejitenaiils.\\n(ieo. D. Britton, resigned April 18, t)8.\\nSamuel H. Deal.\\nFirst Seryeiiiit.\\nFranklin T. Horman.\\nSenjeiintii.\\n(;oo|)cr Wiltsey. John Thornton.\\nJoseph D. Bates. George H. Lawson.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lohn H. Smith.\\nCnrjmrah.\\nBenjamin Dilkes. Samuel E. Clark.\\nWilliam (-arney. Alphonso T. Chew.\\nNathan R. Hammond. Samuel H. Morton.\\nThonii s N. Zimmerman. Cornelius H. Strang.\\nDischarged .January 7, lhi6;i.\\n2 Hied December 22, 18G2.", "height": "2942", "width": "1938", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0182.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UNION.\\n147\\nJohn Sinclair.\\nGeorge C. Rolirberg.\\nI r\\nJames Abbott.\\nWilliam Abbott.\\nTheodore Allen.\\nJohn C Atkinson.\\nHiram I). Beckett.\\nAndrew W. Berry.\\nJohn Bischof.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Jonathan Brown.\\nS. Kennard Bachelder.\\nAbraham Camp.\\nWilliam H. Oarr.\\nWilliam H. (Jhew.\\nCharle.s H. Cliflbrd.\\nFrederick Denelsbeck.\\nCharles F. Dilks.\\nCharles H. Davis.\\nHenry B. Dickinson.\\nDana L. Dunbar.*\\nCharles Errickson.^\\nWilliam H. Fowler.\\nAntonio Fiebiger.\\nAaron C. Fowler.\\nJacob Giffins.\\nWilliam Giffins.\\nAdolph Goetz.\\nJames Guice.\\nCharles P. Gunning.\\nWilliam Haines.\\nThomas R. Hammond.\\nSamuel Haywood.\\nAdolph Heller.\\nBenjamin Hoffman.\\nJohn M. Holston.\\nHiram HuCsey.\\nMartin V. Haines.\\nJonathan R. Henry\\nRichard S. Lutz, mus.\\nMathias JM. Chew, mus\\nivatex.\\nAbraham Jiuies.\\nJonas T. Jackson.\\nJesse King.\\nLeonard Knorr.\\nCharles W. Leeary.\\nSamuel Leddou.\\nSamuel Lonstreth.\\nJohn Lee.\\nWilliam Mason.\\nHenry Matchinskey.\\nJohn McCarty.\\nAlexander IMurray.\\nDaniel Murphy.\\nGeorge McClernan.\\nJohn Prasch.\\nJohn W. Peter.son.\\nGeorge Reckelcomb.\\nJohn Reckelcomb.\\nShepherd Rossell.\\nFerdinand Saxe.\\nAbraham L. Shan\\nSylvester Sharf.\\nJohn Simkins.\\nJohn Simpkins.\\nGeorge Salzgaher.\\nJames Stevenson.\\nBenjamin Turner.\\nIsaac Turner.\\nJames Turner.\\nRobert W. Turner.\\nJohn R. Walters.\\nUriah Wilson,\\n.lobn F. Wolf.\\nWilliam J. Wolf.\\nTheodore F. Worth.\\nAndrew Welsh.\\nDischarged December 1.5, 1802.\\nDied March Hi, 1863.\\nDied November 28, 186 2.\\nDied December 13, 1862.\\nDischarged April 12, 1863.\\nDischarged March 24, 1863.\\nDischarged February 25, 1863.\\nDischarged ,Iune 5, 1863.\\nDied December 13, 1862.\\nKilled in action December 13, 1862.\\nDischarged October 31, 1802.\\nKilled iu action December 13. 1862.\\nDischarged May 21, 1863.\\nDischarged April 8, 1863.\\nDied June 9, 1863.\\n16 Died December 13, 1862.\\nJoiia.s Jackson and George IMcClellau, of\\ntlii.s company, were killed in battle December\\n13, 1862, and Theodore F. Worth is reported\\nas havinir died on the same day.\\nCDMP-VXY E,\\nIMKNT NEW\\nTWENTY-FOURTH\\n.JERSEY VOLUNTEERS.\\n[Tliis utiipimy was mustered in Septenibor 16, 1802, hikI mustt\\nout .lune \u00e2\u0096\u00a029, 1.SC3, unless otherwise stated.\\nCaptain.\\nAugustus Sailer.\\nBtrst Lifiitenaiit.\\nEdward C. Cattell.\\nSecond Lieutenant.\\nCharles W. Wilkius.\\nFirsl Sergeants.\\nSamuel A. I)eal. William N. Hewitt.\\nSeri/eaiits.\\n(reorge W. Bailey. Henry C. England.\\nNathan Paul. Isaac Cowgill.\\nCorpn) als.\\nW. Tbackara Cozens\\nIsaac L. Fowler.\\nRobert W. Hughes.\\nClark R. Tomlin.\\nCharles W. Clement.\\nBenjamin F. Stetser.\\nJohn B. Simmons.\\nJohn Sinclair.\\nJohn F. Gaskill.-^\\nLuke Reeves.\\nCharles Farr.-\\nGeorge F. Hannold.\\nJohn L. Huff.\\nPrivates.\\nHarrison T. Adams.\\nWilliam E. Atkinson.\\nCharles H. Bacon.\\n,Iohn H. Boody.\\nJohn L. Baily.-^\\nEnos W. Bates.^*\\nJoseph T. Bates.-^\\nGeorge W. Cattell.\\nEdward H. Cooper.\\nHanson S. Cooper.\\nCharles Cowgill.\\nColeman Curran.\\nThomas P. Casperson.-\\nGeorge Y. Davis.\\nRichard D. Davis.\\nWilliam H. Dilks.\\nAndrew Eisile.\\nArthur P. Ellis.-\\nJohn Gallagher.\\nCharles G. Garrison.\\nWilliam Gold.\\nChester Green.\\nDaniel S. Groff.\\nEdward P. Hall.\\nJohn W. Hannold.\\nAmariah Hollis.\\nCharles Hood.\\nJames H. Hughes.\\nWilliam C. Hurt.-\\nJohn H. Ireland.\\nJohn L. Jordan.\\nRichard Jones.\\nBarclay D. Kelly.\\nJohn Keller.\\nPro. 2d lieut. Co. i) .\\\\pril 14, 63.\\n8 Dlsch Feb. 6, 63.\\n\u00c2\u00bbDisch. -Vpril 11, 63.\\nDisoh. Mar. 19, Ii3.\\n2 Died Dec. 24, 62.\\nDiedDec. 26, 62.\\n23Disch May 21, 63.\\nDisch. March 3, 63.\\n-5 Died ,\\\\lai-ch9, 63.\\nDisch. March 18, 63.\\nDied Dec. 13, 62.\\nDied Dec. 13, 62.\\nDisch Jan. 7, 63.\\nKilled in action Dec. 13, 62.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0183.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "148\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nSamuel L. P. Murphy.\\nIsaiah Magee.\\nJohn Mapes.\\nJoseph W. Miller.\\nBenjamin F. Murray.*\\nFrederick P. Neil.\\nLawrence R. Nuss.\\nGeorge Owens.\\nSamuel Paul.\\nWilliam Pettitt.\\nFithian Parker.*\\nJ. Alexander Packer.\\nWilliam Rambo.\\nHenry Ramsey.\\nWilliam Randless.\\nJohn Reed.\\nWilliam D. Sheets.\\nWilliam C. Sparks.\\nJoseph T. String.\\nEdward Tallman.\\nRufus C. Thomson.\\nWilliam L. Thomson.\\nJoseph W. Tomlin.\\nJohn W. Tonkin.\\nJohn E. Touser.\\nWilliam T. Turpin.\\nWilliam B.Tusiiey.\\nMartin H. Tanner.\\nJames H. Vanneman.\\nCharles S. Warner.\\nCharles Weiley.\\nAaron Wilkins.\\nCorporals.\\nWilliam S. Richardson. William M. Woollard.\\nEdward Russell.\\nJohn W. Randless.\\nJeremiah J. Snethen.\\nDavid H. Sparks.\\nCharles W. Stevens.\\nJohn Wood.\\nJohn L. Wood.\\nGeorge W. Warner.\\nJoseph C. D. Williams.\\nWilliam Yerricks.\\nThe names of those of this company who\\nwere killed are Richard Jones, Alexander J.\\nPacker, Jo.seph C. D. Williams and Luke\\nReeves, who lo.st their lives in the engage-\\nment at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December\\n13, 1862. After, the expiration of the term of\\nservice most of tlie survivors re-enlisted and\\njoined regiments in the three years service.\\nCOMPANY I, TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT NEW\\nJERSEY VOLUNTEERS.\\n[This company was mustered in September IG, 18(12, ami nmstert-d\\nout. I line 29, 1863, unless otherwise stiitcii.J\\nCaptain.\\nWilliam C. Shinn.\\nFirst Lieutctmiits.\\nJohn O. Crowell, James L. Woodward.\\nSecond Lieutenant\\nHenry S. Spaulding.\\nFirst Sergeant.\\nCharles F. Fackler.\\nSergeants.\\nChaa H. Shinn, Jr. Joseph D. Wilson.\\nWm. W. Eiselc. Thomas Law.\\nEmanuel M. Kirk.\\niDisch. Jau. 19,\\n^Disoh. Mar. 26, 63.\\n3Disch. Feb. 23, 63.\\n*Disch. Jan. 14, 63.\\n6 Died Dec. 13, 62.\\nsKilled Dec. 13, 62.\\nDisch. Mar. 17, 63.\\nsDiscli. Feb. 6, 63.\\n9 Disch. Mar. 3, 63.\\nDi.seh. Dec. 14, 62.\\n11 Killed Dec. 13, 62.\\nKilled Dec. 13, 62.\\nRobert C. Parviu,\\nChas. H. McAnney.\\nRansome Shoemaker.\\nGeorge J. Broadwater.\\nNathaniel O. Gandv.\\nEdward L. Crowell.\\nJoseph H. McAnney.\\nJames McClernand.\\nDaniel Williams, mus.\\nDaniel Osborne, mus.\\nJohn W. Adams.\\nLevi H. Atkinson.\\nIsaac Collins Baker.\\nMiles Bates.\\nSamuel A. Bates.\\nHarvey Beach.\\nJohn L. Beckett.\\nHenderson S. Biggs.\\nJames Biggs.\\nHenry Brill.\\nJohn H. Brockington.\\nJohn R. Burroughs.\\nJoseph H. Button.\\nHoward Beebe.\\nWilliam Chew, Jr.\\nAmbrose P. Clark.\\nAdrian Clunn.\\nJoseph C. Comer.\\nGeorge Conly.\\nEli Craig.\\nGeorge Clark.\\nLawrence E. Cake.\\nWm. H. Chamberlain.\\nNathan Comer.\\nRobert Dean.\\nJohn W. Downs.\\nLamar M. Daniels.-\\nNicholas S. Derringer.\\nAbram C. Dilks.\\nJohn Fetters.\\nJohn Alexander Fish.\\nWm. Fowler.\\nJacob T. Fish.-\\nWm. L. Galbraith.\\nJohn Garrett.\\nThomas Gibbs.\\nHenry Goldenberg.\\nPrivates.\\nJohn George Gramme!.\\nWm. E. Hagerman, Jr.\\nJoseph 1). Hendricksou.\\nHenry H. Hughes.\\nWm. Sagers.\\nIsaac P. Johnson,\\n.lames C. Jones.\\nConrad Krautz.\\nSamuel Lindsay.\\nRichard B. Lippincott.\\nLevi B. Marshall.\\nJohn Marshall.\\nCharles Miller.\\nPaulen Nelson.\\nOliver Ogden.\\nJoshua P. Parker.\\nLewman H. Park hurst.\\nJohn M. Plum.\\nGeorge Parks.\\nWm. B. Parks.-\\nFvlijah Porch.\\nJohn Ridgeway.\\nDavid Rile.\\nEphraim C. Richmond.^\\nGeorge C. Saul.\\nJohn W. Saul.\\nCharles Scott.\\nPeter S. Shivers.\\nIsrael Stiles.\\nGeorge J. Stewart.\\nChristian L. Sharp.\u00c2\u00bb\\nThomas E. Sharp.^\\nPhilip G. Simpkins.\\nElvy Simpkins.^\\nLevi B. Tice.\\nSamuel S. Tomlinson.\\nCharles Trapper.\\nMustered iu Jan. 15, 63.\\nDisch. March 23, 63.\\n5 Died May 3, 63.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Pro. q. m.-sergt. Sept. 20, 62.\\n1 Disch. Feb. 2 63.\\nDied Dec. 13, 62.\\n19 Killed in action Dec. 13, 62.\\nDied April 19, 63.\\nDied April 18, 63.\\nDied Dec. 16, 62.\\nDisch. Jan. 29, 63.\\nDisch. Feb. 4, 63.\\n=5 Disch. Dec. 31, 62.\\nDisch. March 16. 63.\\nDisch. Jan. 4, 63.\\nDisch. May 4, 63.\\n^9 Disch. Feb. 25, 63.\\nDisch. Feb. 16, 63.\\nDisch. March 1, 63.\\nDied March 18, 68.", "height": "2942", "width": "1938", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0184.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UNION.\\n149\\nCharles E. Tule. Samuel P. Wescoat.\\nIsaac T. Vannenian. Eli Wilson.\\nJohn F. Walker. Joseph R. Wescoat.\\nJacob Weiss.\\nOf this company, First Ijieutenant John O.\\nCrowell and Private Lawrence E. Cake were\\nliilled in the battle of Fredericksburg, De-\\ncember 13, 1862.\\nCompany H, Twenty-eighth Regi-\\nment. The only other organization of nine\\nmonths troops from Camden County was\\nCompany H, of the Twenty-eighth Regiment,\\nwhich was mustered in September 22, 18 )2,\\nand left Freehold October 2d for Washing-\\nton. It was brigaded with the Twenty-fourth\\nRegiment, and had about the same experience\\nas that command at the battle of Fredericks-\\nburg. Its killed were fourteen wounded,\\none hundred and forty-seven and missing,\\ntwenty-nine. After its participation in the\\nbattle of Chancellorsville it was marched\\nback to camp at Falmouth, and on July 6\\n18();3, was mustered out.\\nCOMPANY H, TWENTY-EIGHTH REIilMENT NEW\\nJERSEY VOLUNTEER.S.\\n[Thi3 company was mustered in September 12, I8()2, and ujuatereii\\nout July 6, 1863, unless otherwise stated.]\\nCajiiaiii.\\nManly S. Peacock.^\\nFirst Lieutenant.\\nBenjamin C. Rulon.\\nSecond Lieutenant.\\nJohn T. Smith.\\nFint Sergeant.\\nCharles H. Rogers.\\nSergeants.\\nWilliam C. Fees.\\nThomas E. Clarke.\\nDavid H. Westcoat.*\\nCorporal.-).\\nHenry Day.\\nJoseph S. Pike.\\nGeorge W. Bittle.\\nJames Sinclair.\\nJohn Cleavenger.\\nJohn W. Moore.\\nRichard Richards\\nCornelius C. Pease.\\nJosiah E. Giberson.\\nRobert Smith.\\nJames H. Townsend\\nWilliam H. Agins.\\nMusicians.\\nRichard E. Elwell. William H. Dilka.\\nWagoner.\\nEdward M. Kelhim.\\nPrirates.\\nChristian Apple. Joshua J. Livzey.\\nJohn Bates. Franklin Vj. Lloyd.\\nHenry C. Beebe. William Leslie.\\nWilliam Bennett. Thomas Macunn.\\n(teorge Brill. William Marshall.\\nJoseph Buzby. Henry McCully.\\nRichard Buzby. Samuel L. Miller.\\nIsaac Bosure. .lohn L. Morey.\\nDavid Bates. David Newman.\\nJoseph Cane. David II. Nichols.\\nWilliam P. Carr. James Parker.\\nDavid L. Carter. Santuel H. Parker.\\nJames L. Casto. John E. Pike.\\nThomas E. Combes. Joseph J. Pike.\\nAlexander Cooke. Henry Parker.\\nCharles Clements. James Ripley.\\nEdward Dixon. John D. Rodgers.\\nThomas L. Dixon. William B. Ross.\\nWilliam Dolan. William Robinson.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2fohn W. Darnell. Benjamin S. Ross.-\\nWilliam W. Dill. Richard Seely.\\nLouis EngarJ. George Shaw.\\nAndrew Elberson. .lohn Sinclair, Jr.\\nGeorge Fish. Charles Seymour.\\nCharles J. Fees. Benjamin Simpkins.\\nCharles Fowler. Samuel Simpkins.\\nDavid Ford. John W. Snrran.\\nJacob I). Hawk. George Thomp.son.\\nBenjamin Hinchman. Charles Van Lear.\\nBenjamin W. Hughes. William Webb.\\nJoseph F. Hughes. Thomas West.\\nBenjamin H. Hughes. David D. Winner.\\nWilliam G. Iredell. Cooper J. Watson.\\nCharles Johnson. .loseph Williams.^\\nDavid Ford is the only soldier reported a.s\\nbeing killed from this company. He lost his\\nlife iu the battle of Fredericksburg, \\\\^a.,\\nDecember 13, 1862.\\nDisch. March 21, tiS.\\nResigned March lb, 18t i3.\\n3 Discharged .January 10, 1863\\nDied March U, 18C3.\\n5 Died January 10, 1863.\\n6 Dis. March 24, 18G3.\\nDied Dec. 13, 1862.\\nDis. April 1, 1863.\\n9 Dis. April 4, 18ti3.\\n1 Dis. April 16, 1863.\\nDied Dec. 13, 1862.\\nDis. May 10, 1863.\\nDis. April 14, 1863.\\n\u00c2\u00bbJ Killed Dec 13, 1862.\\ni Died Jan. 19, 1863.\\nDied March 9, 1863.\\nDischiirged April 1, 1863.\\ns Died December 6, 18()2.\\nDiscliarged Feb. 10, 1863.\\nDischarged Jan. 26, 1863.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^1 Discharged Feb. 11,1864.\\nDischarged April 1, 1863.\\nDischarged April 9, 1863.\\nDischarged April 1, 1863.\\n-s Dis. March 24, 1863.\\n-6 Discharged May 23, 1863.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0185.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "150\\nHISTORY OF CA.MDEX COUNTY. NEW JERSEY.\\nEmeruexcv Comi .vnies. When Lee\\ninvaded Penn.sylvania in June, 1863, Gov-\\nernor Curtin, of that State, appealed to the\\nother loyal State.? for assistance, and on\\nJune 17th the Governor of New Jersey\\ncalled for volunteers for thirty day.s to aid in\\nrepelling tiie enemy. James M. Seovel at\\nonce recruited an independent company in\\nCamden, which was mustered in on June\\n19th. It left for Harrisburg the same day\\nand was assigned to duty under General\\nCouch. At the end of the thirty days\\nservice the company was returned to Trenton\\nfor discharge. Its roster was as subjoined\\nCaptain.\\nJames M. Seovel.\\nFirst Lieutenant.\\nTimothy C. Moore.\\nSecond Lkutenant.\\nGeorge Holl.\\nFirst Serijeaiit.\\nJames Lane.\\nSergeant.i.\\nJas. V. Gib.son. Ernest Troth.\\nGeorge E. Webb. Francis C. Vanhorn.\\nCorporals.\\nJoseph M. Cooper. Sylvester Birdsell.\\nP. J. Murray. Benj. Wright.\\nLawrence Breyer. John Capewell.\\nWni. Wible. Henry Smith.\\nPrivaies.\\n.(oseph Bates. John Kline.\\nAnthony Bernard. Wni. Mahoney.\\nHenry Breyer. .Tames McCormick.\\nWm. Buodick. Peter Quiu.\\nJo-seph Burton. Mich. Leibinlitz.\\nSimpson Campbell. ICnocli Shootz.\\nJohn Decker. .fohn Smith.\\nWni. Dorman. .lames Snowe.\\nGoo. Dosinger. David Sparks.\\nJohn Dovey. Isaac H. Stowe.\\nTho.s. Dovey. Geo. Tenner.\\nJohn Fenner. Benj. Todd.\\nHenry Figley. Benj. Tyre.\\nEdw. Giftbrd. (Jio. Ward.\\nHenry Gilbert. .lames Wilson.\\nJohn Guyant. William Wilson.\\nFrank Hewett. David Wood.\\nJohn Hill. Frederick Wood.\\nWm. C. Kaighu. Henry Belisle.\\nH. Kelly. John Campbell.\\nJohn Coats. John McGuin.\\nJosiah Davis. Josiah Mead.\\nDavid W. Hutton. David D. Middleton.\\nHenry Ivins. John Stetzer.\\nMarylaxi) Emergency Mex. In the\\nearly part of July, 1864, Washington and\\nBaltimore were endangered by an invasion\\nof the enemy. ^V battle had been fought\\nwithin a few miles of Baltimore, and com-\\nmunication with Washington interrupted.\\nIn view of this emergency, Governor Parker,\\nof New Jersey, issued a proclamation dated\\nTrenton, July 12, 1864, calling for the or-\\nganization of the militia for thirt} days ser-\\nvice in Penn.sylvania, Maryland and the\\nDistrict of Columbia. Under the call the\\ncompany from Camden reported for duty,\\nwas accepted, and mustered in at Camden,\\nN. J., July 14, 1864, for thirty days. It\\nleft the State, July 15th, for Baltimore, and\\non arrival reported to Major-General Lew\\nWallace, commanding the Middle Depart-\\nment. It was stationed at the Relay House,\\nnear Baltimore, and wjls attached to the\\nFirst Separate Brigade, Eighth Army Corps.\\nUpon expiration of terni of service it re-\\nturned to New Jersey and was mustered out\\nat Camden, August 15, 1864. It was known\\nas Company A, First New Jersey Militia,\\nand this was its membership\\nCOMPANY A.\\nCaptain.\\nRichard H. Lee.\\nFirst Lieutenant.\\nWilliam C. Shinu.\\nSecond Lieiiteitant.\\nCharles F. Kain.\\nFirst Sergeant.\\nCliarles T. Stratton.\\nSergeants.\\nSamuel H. Elder. Samuel \\\\V. Caldwell.\\nRobert T. Wood. Samiu-1 Ihifty.\\niiporats.\\nEugene Troth. Warren H. Somers.\\nJohn Guyant. Edward S. Stratton.\\nCharles F. Fackler. Edward Shinn.\\nWilliam AvLs. Henry H. Wilson.", "height": "2942", "width": "1938", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0186.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UNION.\\n151\\nM l:\\nCharles Page.\\nPn\\nSavilHoii \\\\V. L. Archer.\\nTownsend .Vtkin.inn.\\nMartin V. Beicccii.\\nThoma.s Bleyler.\\nIsaac A. Braddock.\\nBenj. M. Braker.\\nSamuel Brown.\\nWilliam Brenning.\\nEdward Biirrough.\\n.lohn R. Burrnugli.\\nJoseph Cameron.\\nPaul Casey.\\nGeorge W. Cheeseman.\\nWilliam Clark,\\n.fohn Coats.\\nCharle.s K. Coles,\\n.lohn K. Cowperthwaite,\\nJosiah Davis.\\nSamuel W. Dilks.\\nCharles Drew.\\nAaron B. Eacritt.\\nBenjamin Elberson.\\nAaron Ellis.\\nJames Emley.\\nHiram X. Fairchild.\\n.laoob Fetters.\\n.Fohn H. Fine.\\nSimpson Force.\\nHenry H. Fox.\\nAlfred French.\\nSamuel T. Fulweiler.\\nRobert Giberson.\\nWm. Z. Gib.son.\\nJohn Grant.\\nJohn Hallowell.\\nStacy W. Hazleton.\\nFrank Hewitt.\\nWm. Holland.\\nEdwin Wallace.\\nratfs.\\n.lohn Hollis.\\nWm. ly. Hozey.\\n.lohn Hughes.\\nThomas S. Hunter.\\nAlfred Husback.\\nWm. N. Jackson.\\nWm. Jenkins.\\nRichard M. Johnson.\\nIsaac Jorden.\\nEphraim Kenible.\\nAaron W. Knight.\\nWm. W. Margerum.\\nEphraim T. Mead.\\nDavid D. Middleton.\\nEnoch A. Mitchell.\\nSamuel C. Mitchell.\\nDavid Morgan,\\n.lohn Powell.\\nWalter A. Rink.\\nHenry Sandman,\\n.lames M. Scovel.\\nHarry Settey.\\nIsaac Shreeves.\\nIsaac A. Shute.\\nCharles Sparshott.\\nP dward Sparshcjtl.\\nCharles R. Stockton.\\nJames W. String.\\nCharles C. Stutzer.\\nRichard C. Thompson.\\n.Fames F. Tomlin.\\nGarrett A. Tompkins.\\nAzohel R. Van leer.\\nEdward S. Westcott.\\nAlbert Whippey.\\nGeorge L. White.\\nSamuel Winner.\\nNorton Woodruft\\nThirty-fourth Regiment. This regi-\\nment, of which Company A, of Camden\\nCounty, was a part, was raised during the\\nsummer and autumn of 1863, and was mus-\\ntered in for three years at Trenton in October.\\nIts lieutenant -colonel was Timothy C.\\nMoore, of Camden, who became colonel in\\nOctober, 186-5. Ou November 16, 1863,\\nthe regiment left Trenton and was sent to\\nEa.stport, Miss., and thence to Union City,\\nTenn. On January 21, 1864, it was con-\\nstituted the garrison of Cohimbus, Ky., and\\nwhen summoned V)y (ieiipral Rut ord to sur-\\nrender. Colonel Lawrence gave a defiant an-\\nswer and repulsed him after a sliirinisii ol\\nsome hours duration. In December, 1864, it\\nwas ordered to the Sixteenth Corps, and on\\n.\\\\pril 8th and 9th took part in tiie assault\\nand capture of tiie defen,ses of ^lobile. This\\nregiment remained in the service, doing pro-\\nvost duty in Alabama, until April 10, 1866,\\nwhen it was mu.stered out. It had tiie honor\\nof being the last regiment from Xeir .TiTxeij to\\nleave the serrice of the United Sliitcs. It tiioiv\\npart in the following- named engagements:\\nColumbu.s, Ky., April 13, 1864 Hickman,\\nKy., June 10, 1864; Mayfield, Ky., Septem-\\nber 1, 1864; Paris Landing, Ky., October\\n31, 1864; Nashville, December 27, 1864;\\nFort Hugar, Mobile, April 2, 1865 Spanish\\nFort, Mobih^, April 3-4, 1865; and Fort\\nBlakeley, Mobile, April 5-!t, 18(i5. This\\nregiment, though called into active service\\nlate in its history, never failed to do its entire\\nduty. The following is the roster of the\\nCamden County company\\nCOMIWNY A, THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMEXT NKW\\n.lERSEY VOLUKTEERS.\\n[Tliisr,.iiin;iTi)- W!Ui iiiustereil in September 3, 1SG3, and nnis|pr.-il\\n..111 .\\\\pnirtO, ISr.H, imleS8othel\\\\vi8. Btiitc.l.|\\nCaptains.\\nf lmund G. Jackson, dis. Sept. 3, (i2.\\nElisha V. (Jlover, Jr., May Ifi, (i4.\\nFirst lAeiileiKints.\\nWm. Stanley, .lune 22, M pro. capt. Co. H .Ian.\\n.S, tv\\nJohn i-^chwartz, .Vpril I O, (15.\\nSi conil I.ieuteiianis.\\nRichard .1. Moore, res. June 21, 64.\\nJames M. Cogans, July 22, (i4; dis. May 1.5, Ho.\\nJFVrst Sergeants.\\nJoseph H. Compton, pro. 2d lieut. Co. G Oct. 2, t)4.\\nDaniel Epstein.\\nScrgcmits.\\nJacob Geiger.\\nHenry McCoy.\\nJoseph Crockford.\\nJ. E. Hollhian, Nov. 9, 08.\\nPeter Karge, dis. March 9,\\nJohn Laughlin, dis. June 13, 65.\\nJ. S. Hyland, July 7, 64; trans, to Co. G.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0187.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "152\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nCurporah.\\nC. J. B. Benson. Sept. 8, 64 (lis. June i, (io.\\nJoseph Moore, June 18, 64.\\nC. Manuel, Nov. 9, 63 dis. Jan. 6, m.\\nW. T. G. Young, Feb. 21, 65 dis. Feb. 20, 6t\\nWra. Cogan, March 27, 65 dis. March 26, 66\\nThos. Johnston, March 27, 65 dis. March 26,\\nPeter Groh.\\nHyronimus Terring, Nov. 9, 63.\\nStephen Bailey, died Sept. 18, 64.\\nRandolph Hampton, killed in action April 9,\\nCharles Smith.\\nJosiah Hickman, musician.\\nGeo. H. Pullen, musician.\\nBenjamin D. Colkitt, wagoner.\\nCharles Brister, colored cook, Nov. 9, 63.\\nCharles Coward, colored cook, Nov. 9, 63.\\nPri.nntes.\\nAndrew Armington, Feb. 25, 65 dis. Feb. 24,\\nCharles Adams, Nov. 9, 63.\\nJohn Allen.\\nJohuG. Allen, .July 24, 64.\\nWilliam Anderson.\\nWilliam Andrews.\\nHenry Armstrong, Nov. 9, 63.\\nJohn Barth, June 24, 64; dis. June 19, ()5.\\nWm. Becker.\\nWm. Behan, March 25, 65 dis. March 24, 66.\\nGeorge Bowers, Nov. 9, 6:^.\\nRobert M. Brown.\\nJohn Brudeu.\\nJohn C. Bryant, April 19, 64 trans, to Co. E.\\nJoseph Bozarth, died Sept. 1, 65.\\nWm. Badger.\\nFrancis Baldwin.\\nWm. Barger, June 3, 64.\\nThomas Banfield, June 23, 64.\\nWilliam Berger.\\nJames Black.\\nJames Brady, Feb. 4, 65.\\nPatrick Brady, July 5, 64.\\nJames Branen.\\nWilliam Brown.\\nWm. Brown, Jan. 18, 65.\\nThomas Burke.\\nPatrick Burns.\\nJohn Barber, Oct. II, 64.\\nDavid Cowman.\\nWm. Challis.\\nCharles Chamberlain, must, out July 22, (i5.\\nJohn Collins, Feb. 25, 65 must, out Feb. 24, ili\\nIsrael M. Grain.\\nWm. H. Clark, Aug. 2, 4 trans, to Co. F.\\nCharles Clemens, died July 8, 65.\\n.John Cassidy, Nov. 9, 63.\\nLouis Courld.\\n.John K. Cowperthwaite, Feb. 21, 65.\\nJesse Day re, trans, to 69th Pa. Regt.\\nEdward Deichman, Nov. 9, 6. i trans, to V. R. C.\\ni. Edward Dougherty, Feb. 9, 65 trans, to Co. K.\\nReading Davis, Dec. 23, 64 died April 20, 65.\\n66. Charles Dougherty, drowned Sept. 2, 64.\\nPatrick Daily, Feb. 4, 65.\\nWilliam Davis.\\nWilliam Davis, Oct. 11, 64.\\n65. Adolph Deneler, June 24, 64.\\nAlbert Deurschnable, Nov. 9, 63.\\nThomas Doogery, Sept. 13, 64.\\nJohn H. Dresman.\\nCharles Duffy.\\n.Tohn Duffy.\\n(ieorge Dunning, A|)ril 16, 64.\\nCharles Eck, April 6, 65, trans, to Co. B.\\n66. Charles Edwards, June 1, 64, trans, to Co. B.\\nFrank Engle, Nov. 9, 63, trans, to 19th Pa. Cav.\\nHarry Emcrick, Nov. 9, 63,\\nCharles Everhard, Nov. 9, 63.\\nKillian Fendrick, Sept. 6, 64, disch. Aug. 5, 65.\\nEdward Fuller, March 29, 65, disch. March 28, 66.\\nhas. F. Fackler, Sept. 6, 64, disch. Oct. 7, 64.\\nFred. Fulmer, Nov. 9, 63, died Sept. 5, 65.\\nSamuel G. Fox.\\nCharles Frederick, Nov. 9, 63.\\nLouis Frotcher, Nov. 9, 63.\\nWm. Gardner, Oct. 4, 64, disch. Nov. 20, 65.\\nThos. Giblin, April 6, 65, disch. April 5, i\\\\[i.\\nWm. Gould, disch. Nov. 20, 65.\\nDaniel Green.\\nCharles G.Green, disch. .lune 10, 65.\\nJames Green, Nov. 9, 63, died April 20, 65.\\nJoseph H. Girven, died August 7, 64.\\nJacob Gallagher.\\nAlbert J. Green, April 29, 64.\\nJohn Grim, .Tune 8, 64.\\n.lames Headley.\\nThos. Herbert.\\nValentine Hoffman, April lo, 65, ilis. April 9, 66.\\nWilliam Hooper.\\nO. F. Howell, March 23, ti5, disch. March 22, 66.\\nJohn Hoy, March 16, 65, disch. August 9, (16.\\nJohn R. Hull, March 11, 65, disch. March 10, 66.\\n,Iohn Hunter, Sept. 3, 64, disch. June 6, 65.\\nThomas Hcailley, Sept. 9, 64.\\nCharles Hooper, disch. April 23, iid.\\nBenjamin Hackney, Feb. 21, 65, trans, to Co. II.\\nWni. Harrison, July 14, 64, trans, to Co. F.\\nThomas Healey, Feb. 20, 65, trans, to Co. E.\\nIsaiah Horton, Feb. 21, 65, trans, to Co. H.\\n.lohn Heerlein, April 13, 65, died .Vug. 6, iio.\\nCharles Hotl man, Nov. 9, 63, died Aug. 9, 65.", "height": "2896", "width": "1921", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0188.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UXIOX\\n153\\nE. B. Holding, June 14, (i4, liied Feb. 4, H i.\\nHenry Hopkins, Nov. 9, liS.\\n.loseph Ireland, Feb. 21, ti5, trans, to Co. H.\\nNapoleon Jules, April 8, (15, disch. April 7, t i\\nWm. B. James, April 5, ()5, trans, to Co. B.\\nPeter Johnson, March 28, G.i, trans, to Co. B.\\nJerome Judd, Sept. 12, ii4, trans to Co. G.\\nHenry Jackson.\\nFrancis Jones.\\nRobert Keller, Nov. 9, 63.\\nWilliam Kelly.\\nA. G. Kircliner, April 1, ii.= di.wh. Oct. 28, 65.\\nEpbraim Kraui.\\nRichard Kripps, Nov. 9, 63.\\nGodfield Kuhn, disch. July 12, 65.\\nLuther Kennedy, trans to V. R. C.\\nCharles Kuhn, trans, to pro. marshal.\\nJohn H. Keating, March 6, 65.\\n.John W. Kimball.\\nJohn Kirchuer. June 28, 64.\\nEdward King, April 16, 64.\\nJohn Luddy, April 10, 65, disch. April 7, 66.\\nGeorge Linn, Nov. 9, 63, disch. May 5, 64.\\nWni. Long, Jan. 17, 64, disch. Sept. 30, 64.\\nJohn H. Ladham, March 8, 65, trans, to Co. F.\\nCharles Landelt, April 10, 65, died July 21 65.\\nAlbert Lee.\\nJohn Lafertv, Nov.9, 63.\\nRobert M. Long.\\nWilliam Mathews, June 10, 64.\\nJohn McDonald, Sept. 20, 64, dis. June 6, 65.\\nPeter McGinley.\\nPeter Mclntyre, dis. June 17, 65.\\nJohn Messner, April 13, 65, dis. Oct. 28, 65.\\nPhilip Midas.\\nCharles G. Moore, dis. Aug. 18, 65.\\nPatrick McGentry,Sept. 16, 64, dis. Oct. 2, 64.\\nMichael Monahan, Sept. 12, 64, trans, to Co. G.\\nSamuel McCoiinell, July 20, 64, tran.s. to Co. F.\\nFrancis P. Marsh, died May 23, 65.\\nJohn Miller, Nov. 9, 63, dis. Aug. 16, m.\\nLouis Miller, drowned May 19, 64.\\nRichard Mansfield.\\nWilliam Martin, Feb. 3, 65.\\nJohn Mathews, Jan. 10, 65.\\nFrederick Metz, June 17, 64.\\nWilliam McGill, Nov. 9, 63.\\nFrancis McGinley.\\nMichael Moran.\\nThomas Morau.\\n.lames Murphy, Nov. 9, 6:i.\\nThomas Murphy.\\nJohn L. Myres.\\nJames MeCarty, May 2ii, 64.\\n.loseph S. Nayior.\\n20\\nPeter F. Xicluils, Dec. 2S, 64, dis. FeU. 2, 66.\\nPatrick Noonan, June 14, 64, dis. Ocl. 24, 65.\\nWilliam O Brien, Feb. S, 65.\\n.lohn O Connor, March 21. 65.\\nTheodore W. Price, died .Aug. 4. i 4.\\nJ(din Owens.\\n.\\\\ngnst Ramus, April 8, ti5, dis. .\\\\pril 7, ii6.\\n.lohn Riordan, April 7. 65, trans, to Co.\\n.lohn Ranch.\\nWilliam M. Reed.\\n.lohn Riley.\\nWilliam Roberts.\\nStephen Roouey.\\nFrank Rupiuni. Nov. 9, 63.\\nIsrael Schaad.\\nGeorge H. Snyder.\\nPeter Stidham,Sept. 9, 64, di.s. Sept. 7, 65.\\nJames R. Sweeney, Feb. 28, 65, dis. Feb. 25, C G.\\nHenry Schmidt, April 6, 65, trans, to Co. C.\\nValentine Silberer, Nov. 9, 63, tr. to 19th Pa. Cdx.\\nJohn T. Shaw, dis. July 25, 64.\\nDavid Sweeney, died Feb. 29, 64.\\nHenry Saunders. Nov. 9, 63.\\n.John Scanlon.\\nGeorge W. Smith, April 5, 65.\\nWilliam Smith.\\nJohn Stanton.\\nDavid Stephens.\\nHenry Stover, Jan. 10, 65.\\nThomas Shardon, May 20, 64.\\nJohn C. Thomas, Feb. 20, 65, dis. July 7, 65.\\nFrancis Tippin, March 13, 65, dis. March 22, 65.\\nAbraham Tyler, died Feb. 4, 64.\\nRichard Ulbrich, April 6, 65, trans, to Co. C.\\nFrancis Weaver, Oct. 4, 64, dis. Nov. 20, 65.\\nWaldo VVilkes, April 11, 65, dis. April 10, 65.\\nJohn Wilson, Oct. 4, 64, dis. June 16, 65.\\n.Tohu Wilkes, May 16, 64, trans, to Co. D.\\nCharles Williams, Nov. 9, 63, died June 7, 65\\nChristopher Winters, died Sept. 16, 63.\\nWilliam White.\\nPatrick Wiggins, Feb 4, 65.\\nThomas Wilde.\\nJohn Williams.\\nJohn H. Wilson, Feb 20, 64.\\nJacob Wine, Nov. 9, 63.\\nAntonio Witzel.\\nCharles Weaver, May 20, 64.\\nIn all, tliirly-two (Munpaiiics id inlaiitry\\nwere raised in anidcn oiinty hclwct ii\\nthe heginuint;- ami cbisc ni the war, fur .sorv-\\nice under tlie I liiled .Slates govenunent.\\noni|irisino- withiTi its limits, aeeordint;- t i", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0189.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "154\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ntlie census of 1860, a pojnilation of but\\n34,457, uu coiunuinity perhaps iu the coun-\\ntry sent a larger proportion of its able-\\nbddied men to fight for the preservation\\n(jf the Union. They made for them-\\nselves an untarnished reputation as brave,\\nefficient and well-disciplined soldiers in the\\nArmy of the Potomac, in the Army of the\\nShenandoah, in the Carolinas and in the\\nWest; many sealed their courage and de-\\nvotion with their blood, and the survivors\\ni-eturned to receive the gratitude and plaudits\\nof their fellow-citizens, and i)e honored so\\nlong as pati iotism shall endure.\\nGkn. Joshua B. Howeli, was Ixirn at\\nFancy Hill, the site of the family mansion\\nof the HowelLs, Woodbury, N. J., September\\nn, 1806. He was educated in the academy\\nof that place and in Philadelphia, where he\\nstudied law under the direction of Richard\\nC. Wood, an able lawyer of that day, and after\\nadmission to the bar, removed in the fall of\\n1828, to Uniontown, Fayette County, where\\nhe commenced the practice of his profession,\\nand where he soon won prominence. From his\\nearly boyhood he took an interest in military\\nailairs, and when he attained manhood he\\njoined a military company, was promoted\\nfrom one position to another until he became\\na brigadier-general under the old militia\\n.system, and was known as a skillful disciplin-\\narian. When the Civil War began he was\\nnearly fifty-five years of age, yet he promptly\\nottered his services to the national govern-\\nment, and was chosen colonel of the Eighty-\\nfifth Regiment of I enn.sylvania Volunteers\\nin November, 1861. His command, in 1862,\\njoined in tiie Peninsular Campaign against\\nRichmond.\\nAt the battle of Williamsburg, Colonel\\nHowell commanded a brigade and received\\nspecial mention for meritorious services. At\\nFair Oaks his regiment was distinguished\\nfor bravery, and on the retreat of the Union\\nforces from White Oak Swamp to Harrison s\\nLanding it was for a considerable time in\\nthe rear of IMcClellan s army, stubbornly\\ncontesting the ground with the advancing\\nenemy. At the close of the Peninsular\\nCampaign, Colonel Howell s health was se-\\nriously impaired. He obtained leave of ab-\\nsence for a time, which he spent among his\\nfriends in New Jersey, and then joined his\\ncommand near Fortress Monroe. His regi-\\nment then occupied Sutt olk until January,\\n1863, when he was promoted to the command\\nwhich was attached to the ex])edition, under\\n(iencral Hunter, against Charleston, 8. C.\\nHis i)rigade was the first to capture P^olly\\nIsland, a foothold by means of which (iene-\\nral Gillmore was enabled to capture IMorris\\nIsland, at Charleston Plarbor, shortly before\\nthe fall of Fort Wagner. General Howell\\nsuffered a concussion of the brain from the\\nexplosion of a .shell, and was relieved on a\\nfurlough. After recuperation he retui ne l\\nto his brigade at Hilton Head, and com-\\nmanded that district, including Fort Pulaski,\\nTybce Island and St. Helena Island, the\\napproaches to Savannah, until ordered to\\nFortress Monroe to join the forces of (ieneral\\nButler, in the campaign against Richmond,\\nwhere his name became a synonym for gal-\\nlantry. In August, 1864, he spent a hort\\nfurlough in New Jersey, and returned to his\\nbrigade, then under Hancock, on the north\\nside of the James River. The very day\\nafter his return, the Confederates assailed his\\nposition but were driven back. He was then\\npromoted to a major-general and assigned to\\nthe command of the Third Division of the\\nTenth Corps. Having occasion to visit the\\nheadquarters of the corps on September 12,\\n1864, at shortly after midnight, he mounted\\nhis horse, which, upon starting, turned into\\na divergent path, and being suddenly checked,\\nreared and fell back upon its rider. About\\nfifteen minute.s after this accident he fell into\\na stupor from wiiich he never rccovei ed, and\\nat seven o clock in the evening of the 14th\\nof September he died. Major-Cileneral Alfred\\nH. Terry, in 1882, said of General Howell", "height": "2896", "width": "1921", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0190.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0193.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0194.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UNION.\\n155\\nMy recollections of Gen( r;ii Unwell as a\\nman and an offieer are as clear and distinct\\nas tiiev were eighteen years ago. I have\\nnever known a more courteons gentleman\\ni never saw a more gallant and devoted of-\\nticer. The record of his service was with-\\nout s]\u00c2\u00bbot or blemish. In the army corps in\\nwhich he served he was widely known and\\nuniversally respected and admired. His nn-\\ntiniely death was lamented by all his com-\\nrades as a loss well-nigh irrei)ai able, not only\\nto themselves, but to the country also.\\nLons K. Fr.vxcine, colonel of the\\nSeventh Regiment of New Jersey olun-\\nteers, was born in the city of Philadelphia\\nMarch 26, 1837, though at the time he en-\\ntered the army he was a citizen of Camden.\\nHis father, James Louis Franciuc, was a na-\\ntive of Bayonne, France.\\nThe Frauciue family originally came from\\nFlorence, Italy, where they are known to\\nhave held offices since the thirteenth century.\\nThey settled in France during the reign of\\nHenri IV, and were naturalized in the year\\nsi.xteen hundred. Franyois de Francine, gen-\\ntleman-in-waiting and .steward of the king,\\nwas appointed general supfrintendrnt uf (lie\\nwater-works and fountainx of the Royal\\nHouses of France. The construction of the\\naqueduct of Arcueil, the Chateau d Eau, the\\nObservatoire and other historical monuments\\nis due to him. Many of his descendants were\\nofficers of high rank in the army and navv,\\nand bore the title of count.\\nJames Louis Francine, the father of Colonel\\nFrancine, a lineal descendant of the Flor-\\nentine emigrants to France, being the eldest\\nL hild and only son, at the age of twenty-\\none began an extensive tour throughout the\\ncivilized world, and as one of the results of\\nthat traveling, became proficient in the use\\nof at least, seven languages. In 182fi, when\\nforty years old, he settled in the city of\\nPhiladelphia, and by the death of his father\\nhe inherited the paternal estate, which he\\nincreased by judicious investment.\\nHe removed to Camden, there spent many\\nof his later years, and died at the age\\nof eighty in that city, 1866, three years after\\nthe unfoi-tunate death of liis heroic son,\\nthe loss of whom he dceplv mourned and\\nfrom which sad bercavemenl he never re-\\ncovered.\\nBy his marriage witli Catherine I^ohra, a\\ngreat granddaughter of John (ieorge Knorr,\\n(an European of unblemished character, who\\ncame to this country in 1725 to escape relig-\\nious persecution, and settled in German-\\ntown), James Louis FrancMuo had seven\\nchildren, four of whom died in infancy. The\\nothers were Louis R. (the subject of this biog-\\nraphy) Mary V. (Mrs. Gal zmer, deceased) and\\nAlbert Philip (now deceased, who was mar-\\nried to Anna F. Hollingshead, granddaugh-\\nter of Dr. Joshua Hollingshead, of Moores-\\ntown, and on her mother s side a descendant\\nof the Stockton family of New Jersey). The\\nonly lineal representatives of the Fi ancine\\nfamily in America, are her sons Albert\\nPhilip and Horace Hugh Francine.\\nLouis R. Francine grew to manhood in\\nCamden. His early youth was spent at home\\nand he attended a select school in Camden\\ntaught by Lafiivette and Talleyrand Grover,\\nthe former of whom became the (iovernor of\\nOregon and afterwards a United States Sena-\\ntor fnnu the .same State. Young Francine,\\nwhen but a boy, develope l an inherited\\nlove for military display, watcheil with eager\\ninterest the local volunteer com])anies at their\\nregular parades and drills and then himself\\ntrained amateur military companies of his\\nlittle school-fellows. He was next seat to a\\nmilitary school at Flushing, L. I., at which\\ninstitution he showed aptness as a pupil and\\ngained considerable proficiency in the science\\nof mechanics and mathematics.\\nIn order that he might Itecome accjuainted\\nwith the native country of his ancestors, he\\naccompanied his father to France in 1851,\\nand spent one year in travel in that country.\\nDesiring to take an extended course in engi-", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0195.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "156\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NKW JERSEY.\\nneering, whicli to liini had great attractions,\\nin 1856 he returned to France, entered the\\nEcole Polytechnique at Paris and spent two\\nyears in that famous institution. While\\nat Paris he made his home witii the\\nCountesse de Brisey, his aunt, and lie tiins\\nbecame associated with intelligent and cul-\\ntured people of the French capital and\\nentered the fashionable society of that city.\\nHe became a brilliant and entertaining con-\\nversationalist and a forcible and versatile\\nwriter. During his stay of two years in\\nFrance he contributed to a Philadelphia jour-\\nnal a series of interesting letters which were\\nmuch admired. He returned to Camden in\\n1858, and when the war opened which en-\\ndangered the preservation of the Union,\\nColonel Franeine had just entered upon his\\ntwenty-fifth year. He speedily raised a com-\\npany of soldiers from Cape May County,\\nwhich, in August, 1861, was oiKcered and\\nequipped, with himself as captain, and formed\\nCompany A of the Seventh New Jersey\\nVolunteers. The regiment was mustered into\\nthe service at Camp Olden, Trenton, and on\\nSeptember 19th was sent to Washington,\\nreported for duty with nine hundred and\\ntwentv men, the following day went into\\ncamp at Meridian Hill, D. C, and there re-\\nmained until the early part of December,\\n1861. It constituted one of the four regi-\\nments composing the Second New Jersey\\nBrigade, though after the battle of Gettys-\\nburg it was attached to different brigades. It\\ntook part in the following-named battles\\nYorktown, illiamsburg, Fair (Jaks, Seven\\nPines, Savage Station, Glendale, Malvern\\nHill, Bristoe Station, Bull Run, Chantilly,\\nCentreville, Fredcricksbui-g, Chancellorsville,\\nGettysburg, Wapping Heights, McLean s\\nFord, Mine Itun, Wilderness, Spottsylvania,\\nSpottsylvania Court-House, North Anna\\nRiver. Tolopotomy Creek, Cold Harbor, Be-\\nfore Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Mine Kxplo-\\nsion, James River, Fort Sedgwick, Poplar\\nSpring Church, Boydton Plank-Road, Fort\\nMorton, Hatcher s Run, Armstrong House,\\nCapture of Petersburg, Amelia Spring,\\nFarmville, and was present at Apj)omattox\\nwhen General Lee surrendered.\\nThe regiment was composed of a class of\\nmen noted for their undaunted bravery. The\\nguiding spirit of this command from the time\\nit entered the service through all the memor-\\nable engagements mentioned above to the\\ngreat and decisive battle of Gettysburg was\\nthe brilliant and heroic Colonel Louis R.\\nFraneine, who, from the position of captain,\\nwas promoted to lieutenant-colonel July 8,\\n1862, and to the entire command of the regi-\\nment December 9, 1862.\\nEarly in the war he won the admiration of\\nhis commanders and the confidence of his\\nmen in the manly courage which he displayed\\nat the battle of Fair Oaks, in the Peninsular\\ncampaign. In the battle of Chancellorsville, as\\ncolonel of the regiment, for his soldierly con-\\nduct and eminent ability to command, he re-\\nceived the highest encomiums of his superior\\nofficers, and still further increased the confi-\\ndence of the rank and file in him as a cour-\\nageous leader. The following is his graphi-\\ncally written report of the part his regiment\\ntook in this engagement\\nI have the honor to submit the following as the\\nproceedings of ray regiment in the late movement\\nagtiiust the enemy At ten o clock p.m.. Tuesday,\\nApril 28, having just returned from piclcet-liue, the\\nregiment joined the brigade and marched to the\\nleft and bivouacked near White Oak Church\\nearly the next morning. At daybreak we were\\nmassed to support troops in front of us. We re-\\nmained in that position until one o clock on the\\nafternoon of the 30th, when we retraced our steps\\nand crossed the river at the United States Ford\\nearly on the morning of the Isl of May. We\\nremained at or near the ford, doing picket-duty,\\nuntil the following morning about eight o clock,\\nwhen I received an order to report my regiment to\\nGeneral Humphreys, commanding Third Division,\\nFifth Army Corps. I did so without delay, and\\nhe assigned me a position on his extreme left,\\nto cover the approaches by the Mott or River road\\nto the United States Ford. Early in the afternoon\\nof the same day General Humphreys ordered me", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0196.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "t", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0199.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0200.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "THK WAR FOR THE UNION.\\n157\\nto take a small body of picked men from my reg-\\niment and reconnoitre the position of the enemy\\nin my immediate front, to note the topography of\\nthe country, and the apparent strength of tin-\\nenemy, and the manner of their approach to our\\nlines. This I did, penetrating the country for two\\nmiles in one direction and a mile and a half in\\nanother. My report was highly satisfactory to the\\nGeneral. 1 am indebted deeply to Captain James\\nMcKiernan and Daniel R. Burrell, of my regiment,\\nfor valuable services rendered upon that occasion.\\nAt midnight I moved my regiment to the right of\\nour line, by order from General Meade through\\nGeneral Humphreys, and joined the brigade, arriv-\\ning there at about two o clock p.m. The follow-\\ning morning (Sunday), at about five o clock, my\\nregiment was again detached from the brigade,\\nand under orders from Major Tremain, of Gen-\\neral Sickles staff, filled up a gap occurring be-\\ntween General Birney s right and our immediate\\ntront.\\nAfter a short time my regiment advanced into\\nthe woods in front of the breast works, and by\\nmaintaining a flanking position under a very heavy\\ntire for over three hours, captured five stands of\\ncolors and over three hundred prisoners, among\\nthe latter one colonel, one major and several line\\noBicers. The colors were taken from the Twenty-\\nfirst Virginia, Eighteenth North Carolina, First\\nLouisiana, Second North Carolina, and the fifth\\nfrom some Alabama regiment. The Second North\\nCarolina Regiment we captured almost in toto. At\\nabout nine o clock, the ammunition giving out\\nand the muskets becoming foul, I ordered the reg-\\niment to fall back from the woods. After this, a\\nregiment having fallen back from our breast-\\nworks and the enemy coming close upon them\\n(Second N(irth Carolina State troops), my regiment\\ncharged and captured their colors and themselves\\nalmost wholly. Again we fell back sirghtly, and\\nconfusion, occasioned by our lines in front getting\\nin disorder, threw my regiment further back to the\\nrear. At this time, through exhaustion, my voice\\nleft me entirely, I being scarcely able to speak in\\na whisper. Upon the advice of my surgeon, 1\\nretired from the field; the command then devolved\\nupon my lieutenant-colonel, whose report I here\\nenclose. It would be impossible for me to single\\nout individual cases of courage, where all my offi-\\ncers and men behaved with such gallantry and\\ndiscretion. The trophies they took from the enemy\\nspeak more eloquently for their actions than any\\nwords I might use.\\nFor able and gallant assistance I owe much to\\nmy field ofiicers. Their coolness and bravery in\\nmameuvering the men .saved nmch loss of life, con-\\nfusion and pain. I regret to announce, by the loss\\nof Lieutenant George Burdan, the loss of a brave\\nand efficient officer. My loss in killed, wounded\\nand missing was one hundred and fifty-three, an\\nofficial list of which I inclose Killed, 6 wounded,\\n44; missing, 3. Louis R. FuANCIXE,\\nCnlimel ,Seirnth AVw Jeraci/ Volunteeris.\\nIll the battle of Getty.sburg Colonel Frau-\\nciiie exemplified hi.s characterLstic courage\\nand bravery, l)ut there received a mortal\\nwound, from the efieet of which he died in\\nSt. Joseph s Hospital, at Philadelphia, on the\\nlyth of the same month, being conveyed there\\nat his own request in order, as bethought, to\\nreceive the best surgical treatment. For his\\ngallantand meritorious services on the eventful\\nday he received his fatal wound, he was pro-\\nmoted brigadier-general. Owing to his death\\nhe never received the commission, but it was\\nissued and .sent to the family, as indicated in\\nthe following document\\nExEt iTTivE Department, Washinutox, D. C.\\nApril 29, 1867.\\nTo Marcus L. Warh, Ooremor of New Jeney.\\nDear Sir: 1 have the honor herewith of trans-\\nmitting to you the Brevet Commission of Brigadier-\\nGeneral for the family of Colonel Louis R. Fran-\\ncine, 7th New Jersey Volunteers, mortally wounded\\nat the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2,\\n1863. This brevet has been conferred for the gal-\\nlant and meritorious conduct of Colonel Francine,\\nmentioned in my official report of the battle, and\\nbrought especially to the notice of the Secretary\\nof War during the late session of Congress. I\\ntrust that this indication of the appreciation of\\nCol. Francine s gallant services may prove accept-\\nable to his family and friends. I have to ask that\\nyou will transmit this commission to his family.\\nA. A. Humphreys\\nBrig-Gen. A Chief of Engineers,\\nMajor-ileneral of Volunteers.\\n(jteiieral William J. Sewell, who for a time\\ncommanded the Sei\u00c2\u00bbnd Brigade, gives the\\nfollowing estimate of olonel Francitie, and\\nhis opinion of him as a soldier\\nCol. Franciue was intuitively a soldier. He\\nwas one of the conspicuous officers among the vol-\\nunteers and had a natural love for the profession.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0201.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "158\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nHe was specially adapted to it, by reason of the\\nseverity of his own habits, being a strict discipli-\\nnarian of himself and consequently of those under\\nhim. He had an absorbing idea of the importance\\nof the trust confided to him, and the necessity of\\nutilizing every moment to perfect himself in all\\nthat pertains to the details of his profession, using\\nevery spare moment in the study of the higher\\nbranches of science and strategy. In a short time\\nhe became one of the leading officers in the New\\nJersey troops and bis regiment a model of drill\\nand discipline. His gallantry at Chancellorsville\\nwas repeated at Gettysburg, where, in the Peach\\nOrchard, he held his regiment, in connection with\\nthe rest of the Second Brigade, under the most ter-\\nrific storm from the combined batteries of Long-\\nstreet, and when the Confederate forces in over-\\nwhelming numbers reached the Third Corps, the\\nNew Jersey brigade fell slowly back with their\\nfaces to the enemy, disputing every inch of the\\nground. It was here that the gallant Col. Fran-\\ncine received a mortal wound, giving up his life to\\nthe country that he loved so well and tried so hard\\nto save.\\nMajor Edw aud \\\\V. Coffjx was burn at\\nHaminouton, Atlantic County, N. J., on tlie\\n5th of June, 1824, and spent his early years\\nin the vicinity of his home. On the comple-\\ntion of his studies he engaged in glass man-\\nufacturing and was thus occupied until his\\nremoval to Camden, in 1851. At this point\\nand later in Lancaster County, Pa., he was\\nengaged in nickel manufacturing. In 1801\\nhe entered the United States service, having\\nbeen appointed to the Subsistence Depart-\\nment as captain and commis.sary of subsist-\\nence. In March, 1862, he accomjianied the\\nArmy of the Potomac to the James River,\\ncontinuing with tiie advance up the Penin-\\nsula to Yorktown, where he remained until\\nJuly, 1864. Major Coffin was then ordered\\nto Fortress Monroe in charge of the depot of\\nsupplies for the Armies of the Potomac and\\nJames and the Departments of Virginia and\\nNorth Carolina. In December, 1864, he was\\nordered as chief of subsistence to the Fort\\nFisher expedition aud later to the Army of\\nthe James, where he remained until Febru-\\nary, 1865. Major Coffin was then ordered\\nto Yorktown and placed in command of the\\ncounty of York. He was mustered out of\\nservice in December, 1865. He was breveted\\nmajor for meritorious services in the subsist-\\nence department. May 13, 1865. After some\\ntime spent in Arizona, Major Coffin entered the\\nservice of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad,\\nand in 1883, when its control was secured\\nby the Pennsylvania Railroad, was appointed\\ndivision freight agent, which position he now\\nfills.\\nCai T. ABRAHAjr M. BROW.NrN(i was born\\nin Philadelphia, I*a., September 3, 1843, and\\nwas the son of Maurice and Anna A. Brown-\\ning. His early education was acquired under\\nthe excellent training of Ins uncle, Professor\\nWilliaiu Fewsmith. He afterward entered\\nYale College, where he was a diligent .stu-\\ndent. During his collegiate course the Civil\\nWar opened, and young Browning, with a\\npatriotism which had characterized his an-\\ncestor.s, entered the army, though but just of\\nage, as captain of Company H, Tliirty-\\neighth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. He\\nwas faithful in the performance of his duties,\\nwas naturally a soldier, w^as entrusted with\\nthe erection of fortifications, and had charge\\nof large bodies of men, wiiom lie handled\\nwith ease and skill.\\nHe contracted laryngitis and died at his\\nresidence. Cherry Hill Farm, on tlie morning\\nof January 12, 1880. He left a widow,\\nJosephine Cooper Browning, daughter of the\\nlate Ralph V. M. Cooper and Louisa F.,\\ndaughter of the late Dr. Joseph and Lydia\\nH. Fyfiekl, of Camden. Captain Browning\\nleft four children, Louise Cooper, Maurice\\nHarold aud Abraham Maurice.\\nCaptain Browning was a member of the\\nProtestant Episcopal Church, and vestryman\\nin Grace Protestant Ej)iscopal Church, Had-\\ndonfield. He was a Ri pnblican in politics,\\nand died leaving an unsullied reputation as\\na fearless and brave man, conscientious in\\nevery particular, strict in integrity, and few\\nhave left as pure and blameless a record as\\nhe. He was a member of the firm of Browu-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0202.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "^^^^K", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0205.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0206.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0207.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0208.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE TTNION.\\n159\\ning Brothers, 42 and 44 North Front Street,\\nPhiladelphia.\\nWilliam C. Hansell was horn in Nor-\\nristown, Pa., March 19, 1845, and is a son\\nof William S. and Margaret Cummings\\nHansell. He obtained his education in the\\nschools of his native town and when but a\\nvouth, at the outbreak of the Civil War, im-\\nbued with boyish patriotism, he enlisted\\nSeptember 16, 1861, in Company F of the\\nFifty-first Regiment of Pennsylvania Volun-\\nteers, raised in Montgomery County, and com-\\nmanded by that distinguished soldier Major-\\nGeneral John F. Hartranft, afterwards Gov-\\nernor of Pennsylvania. In tiiis organization\\nour subject was a druramer-bt)y. The Fifty-\\nfirst Regiment was assigned to the Ninth\\nCorps, commanded by General Burnside, and\\naccompanied the expedition to North Caro-\\nlina and there participated in the battles of\\nRoanoke Island, Newbern and Camden.\\nThis regiment was the first to place the colors\\non the Confederate breast-works defending the\\napproaches of Newbern, and it was then given\\nthe right of the line in the advance upon that\\nity, which immediately surrendered, being\\nat tile same time attacked by the fleet in the\\nliarbor.\\nYoung Hansell shared the fortunes of the\\nregiment throughout the war, being mus-\\ntered out on tlie 2d of August, 18lJo. He\\nmarched with the gallant and sadly shattered\\nFifty-first 1738 miles, traveled by sea and\\nwater courses 5390 miles and by railway\\n.3311, making the huge total of 10,439 miles\\nof travel, most of which wa.s under the most\\nunfavorable conditions, accompanied by fa-\\ntigue, hardships, harassments and dangers,\\nsuch as the soldier only knows. He was\\npresent witii the regiment in twenty -one bat-\\ntles, as follows\\nRoanoke Island, February 7, (32 New-\\nbern, March 14, (32 Camden, N. C, April\\n19, 62; Bull Run, August 29, 62; Chan-\\ntilly, Va., September 1, 62; South Moun-\\ntain, September 14, 62 Antietam, Septem-\\nber 17, 62; Fredericksburg, December 12,\\n62 Vicksburg, July 4, 63 Jackson, July\\n13, 63; Campbell Station, November 16.\\n63 Knoxwell, December 28, 63 Wilder-\\nness, May 6, 64; Spottsylvania, May 12,\\n64; North Anna, May 25, 64 Cold Harbor,\\nJune 3, 64 Petersburg, June 17 and 18,\\n64; Petersburg, July 30, 64; Yellow Tav-\\nern, August 19, 64 Ream s Station, August\\n21, 64; Petersburg, April 1, 65.\\nAt the close of the war Mr. Hansell re-\\nmained in Washington and engaged in busi-\\nness in that city for one and a half years and\\nthen came to Camden, where he has since re-\\nsided. He was under the employ of John\\nS. Read, in his paper store on Federal Street,\\nfor a few years, and in 1868 was appointed\\nmessenger to the First National Bank of\\nCamden and held that position with the full\\nconfidence of the directors of the institution\\nuntil 1876, when he retired in order to en-\\ngage in business for himself During the\\nyear named he ojiened a paper store at 203\\nMarket Street, Camden, where, by his own\\nbusiness ability and energy, he has built uji\\nand continued to enjoy a prosperous trade,\\nhaving filled large contracts for jiapering\\nhouses in Camden and elsewhere.\\nIn 1867 Mr. Hansell was married to\\nMiss Lizzie Hemsing, daughter of Wm.\\nHemsing, of Camden. They have one child,\\nCarrie.\\nAt the annual reunion of the survivors\\npresent of the Fifty-first Regiment held in\\nPetersburg, Ya., iu 1886, Mr. Hansell was\\nchosen vice-president. This meeting was\\nheld in the crater which was formed at the\\ntime of the famous mine explosion, Julv\\n30, 1864. The reunion at that place was\\nbrought about at the suggestion of Mr. Han-\\nsell. He is a member of the Union Veteran\\nLegion, of which only soldiers who have\\nserved two years can become members.\\nThe Draft. The exigencies of the Civil\\nWar compelled the passage of the Conscrip-\\ntion Act by the Congress of the United", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0211.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "160\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nStates, approved by the President March\\n3, 1863. To execute this act the loyal\\nStates were divided into sections correspond-\\ning to their Congressional districts, and a\\nboard of enrolment was established in each.\\nThese boards were composed of a provost-\\nmarshal, surgeon and commissioner, of which\\nthe provost-marshals were presidents, and\\nbefore which daily all questions relating to\\nthe conscription were brought for discussion\\nand were decided by a majority vote of tiie\\nhoard.\\nThe first Congressional district of New\\nJersey at that date was composed of six coun-\\nties, viz., Camden, Atlantic, Gloucester,\\nSalem, Cumberland and Cape May. The\\nappointment of the officials of the board of\\nenrolment for this district was by law vested\\nin the President of the United States, but\\nvirtually was exercised by the member of\\nCongress at that time, the Hon. John F.\\nStarr, of Camden, who, during this trying\\nperiod, played a disinterested patriotism\\nworthy of all praise. The personnel of the\\nboard during the little over two years of its\\nexistence was as follows, viz. Colonel Eob-\\nert C. Johnson, of Salem, provost-marshal\\nfrom May 2, 1863, to March 24, 1864. He\\nwas succeeded by Captain Alexander Wentz,\\nof Woodbury, who was appointed April\\n25, 1864, and was honorably discharged\\nNovember 15, 1865. Dr. John R. Steven-\\nson was commissioned surgeon May 2, 1863,\\nserved until the close of the war and was\\nhonorably discharged June 15, 1865. Col-\\nonel James M. Scovel was commissioner from\\nMay 2, 1863, until November 27th, of the\\nsame year, when he resigned, and Philip .1.\\nGray was appointed to the vacancy December\\n8, 1863, and was honorably discharged April\\n30, 1865. In addition to the.se, the provost-\\nmarshal had authority to appoint two depu-\\nties and one special officer. The first two\\nwere Captain Henry M. Jewctt, of Winslow,\\nand Captain Aaron Ward, of Camden Ben-\\njamin F. Sweeten, of the latter place, was\\nspecial officer. All these served until the\\nclose of the war. The law provided that,\\nwhen necessary, assistant surgeons might be\\nselected to aid the surgeon. Under this pro-\\nvision Dr. H. Genet Taylor was appointed\\nassistant surgeon in June, 1864, and contin-\\nued until the close of the conscription, in\\nApril, 1865. For a short period in the au-\\ntumn of 1864, Dr. Jonathan Leaming, of\\nCajje May, also aided in the medical exami-\\nnations.\\nThe headquarters of tiie lioard of enrol-\\nment were directed to be located in Camden.\\nThey were established in the second and\\nthird floors of Hall, at the northwest cor-\\nner of Fourth and Market Streets. This\\nbuilding being too small to accommodate the\\npublic, the office was removed, in the spring\\nof 1864, to Morgan s Hall, on the southeast\\ncorner of the same streets. The rendezvous\\nwhere the recruits and the guard were quar-\\ntered was the hall at the northeast corner of\\nFourth and Federal Streets. During the ex-\\namination of the drafted men of C umberland\\nand Cape May Counties, in June and in\\nAugust, 1864, the board held its sessions in\\nMiilville, Cumberland (^ounty, in an unoccu-\\n])ied store and warehouse.\\nThe first draft in the district was made in May,\\n1 864, under the call of the President for three\\nhundred thousand men, issued October 17,\\n1863. In Camden it was executed with the\\ngreatest publicity and visible fairness, in a\\nsmall frame house (since demolished) upon\\nthe north side of Market Street, below Third,\\nin front of which an open stand was erected.\\nA list of all the enrolled men in the district\\nwas copied and, together with the slips of pa-\\n|)er upon which each name was separately\\nwritten, were handed to a committee of citi-\\nzens who had been api)ointed at the boards\\nrecpicst to conduct the drawing. These slips\\n\\\\vere placed by a citizen in the wheel wiiich\\nanother turned, while a third drew out the\\npapers and read the names to the assembled\\npeople. \\\\(i sliiiw of force was made, the", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0212.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UNION.\\n161\\narmed guard liaving been left behind at tlie\\noffice. Not a murmur of disapproval or dis-\\nsatisfaction was heard from the multitude.\\nBut very few of tlie drafted men were in-\\nvoluntarily forced into the army. The wealth-\\nier ones put in substitutes. The remainder\\neither volunteered or their places were tilled\\nbv other volunteers, all of whom were induced\\nto enlist by the payment of a bounty by the\\ntownship.\\nAll males i)etween twenty and forty-five\\nyears of age were liable to do military duty\\ntherefore, all within those ages in the First\\nDistrict were enrolled. Foreigners who had\\nnot taken out naturalization papers, nor de-\\nclared their intention to become citizens, were\\nexempt. With this exception, there was no\\nescape except by reason of physical disability.\\nThe total number of men examined by the\\nsurgeons during the existence of the provost-\\nmarshal s office in Camden was 7883. Of\\nthese, 2215 were drafted men, of whom 124.3\\nwere accepted. Of the enrolled men not yet\\ndrafted, 1605 applied either to have their\\nnames stricken from the rolls because they\\nthought themselves unfit for service or else\\ndesired to enlist. Of these, 827 were found\\nto be fit for duty. The number of substi-\\ntutes offered was 2305, and 1 242 were ac-\\ncepted. In addition to those, 48 discharged\\nwounded soldiers were re-enlisted in the Xet-\\neran Reserve Corps, making a total of 4371\\nmen placed in the army and navy from the\\nFirst Congressional District of New Jersey.\\n8rTMMARY OF Battles. In the four\\nyears of service, the armies of the ITnion\\ncounting every form of conflict, great and\\nsmall had been in twenty-two hundred and\\nsixty-five engagements with the Confederate\\ntroops. From the time when active hostili-\\nties began until the last gnu of the war was\\nfired, a fight of .some kind a raid, a skir-\\nmish or a pitched battle occurred at some\\nj)oint on our widely-extended front nearly\\neleven times a week, upon an average. Count-\\ning only those engagements in which the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a221\\nI niou loss, in killed, wounded and missing\\nexceeded one hundred, the total number was\\nthree hundred and thirty. From the north-\\nernmost point of contact to the .southernmost\\nthe distance by any practicable line of com-\\nmunication was more than two thousand\\nmiles. From east to west the extremes\\nwere fifteen hundred miles apart. During\\nthe first year of hostilities one of prepara-\\ntion on bi. th sides the battles were naturally\\nfewer in number and less decisive in charac-\\nter than afterwards, when discipline had been\\nimparted to the troops by drill, and when\\nthe materiel of war had been collected and\\nstored for prolonged campaigns. The en-\\ngagements of all kinds in 1861 were thirty-\\nfive in number, of which the most serious\\nwas the Union defeat at Bull Run. In 18(32\\nthe war had greatly increased in magnitude\\nand intensity, as is shown by the eighty-four\\nengagements between the armies. The net\\nresult of the year s operations was highly\\nfavorable to the Rebellion. In 1863 the\\nbattles were one hundred and ten in number\\namong them some of the most significant\\nand important victories for the Union. In\\n1864 there were seventy-three engagements,\\nand in the winter and early spring of 1865\\nthere were twenty-eight.\\nIt is estimated that tluring the war fifty-\\nsix thou.sand Union soldiers were killed in\\nbattle and about thirty-five thousand died in\\nhospitals of wounds and one hundred and\\neighty-four thou.sand by disease. The total\\ncasualties, if we include those who died sub-\\nsef(uent to their discharge, were about three\\nhundred thousand. The loss of Confederates\\nin battle was less, owing to the fact that they\\nwere fighting on the defensive, but they lo.st\\nmore from wounds and disea.se on account of\\ninferior sanitary arrangements. The total\\nloss of life cau.sed by the war for the preser-\\nvation of the Union exceeded half a million,\\nand nearly as many were disabled,\\n2 Blaine s Tweuty Years of Congress, 20.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0213.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "162\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nNorthern Men in Service. The calls,\\nperiods of service and number of men ob-\\ntained during the Civil War from the North-\\nern States were as follows\\nN\\\\irabpr Period of Number.\\nBate of flail. called. Service. nlilHlDed.\\nApril 15, 18(!1 75,000 3 months 03,326\\nMay anfl July, 18(n..582,748 3 years 714,231\\nMay and June, 1S62 3 months 15,007\\nJuly 2, 18(52 300,000 3 years 431,958\\nAugust 4, 1862 300,000 months 87,588\\nJune 15, 1863 100,000 6 months 16,361\\nOctober 17, 1863 300,000 3 years 1 374x07\\nFebruary 1, 1864 200,000 3 years\\nMarch 14, 1864 200,000 3 years 284,021\\nApril 23, 1864 85,000 100 days 83,652\\nJuly 18, 1864.- 500,000 1, 2 and 3 yrs. 3S4,8S2\\nDecember 19, 1864..300,000 1, 2 and 3 yrs. 204,-568\\n2,942,748 2,69(1,401\\nThe following statement, as appears by the\\nreport at the office of Adjutant-CJeneral Wil-\\nliam S. Stryker, at Trenton, for 1865, ex-\\nhibits the number of men called for, the\\nnumber of meu furnished by New Jersey\\nand their terra of enlistment from April 17,\\n18fil, to April 20, 1865.\\nNumber of men furnished for four years 155\\nthree years... 42,572\\ntwo years 2,243\\none year 16,812\\nnine months. 10,787\\nthree months 3,105\\n100 days 700\\nnot classified 2,973\\nCredited to Stale 79,348\\nFurnished but not credited 8,957\\nTotal 88,305\\nMore meu oftered their services than the\\nState had authority to accept, and so those\\nwho, altliough they had preferred to enlist in\\nNew Jersey organizations, went into regi-\\nments of other States. Six full companies of\\nNew Jersey troops entered into the Excelsior\\nBrigade of New York, commanded by Gen-\\neral Sickles others enlisted in the Forty-\\neighth New York Infantry, the One Hun-\\ndred and Twelfth Pennsylvania Heavy Ar-\\ntillery, Anderson s Cavalry Troop, the\\nThird Pennsylvania lavalry, the Eleventh\\nPennsylvania Cavalry, First New York\\nCavalry, Company Twentieth New York\\nVolunteers, Bramhall s Battery, Ninth New\\nYork State Militia. Two full companies\\nal.10 entered in SerrilTs Engineers, and the\\nState lost the credit on her juota.\\nReception of Retfrneo Soldiers in\\n1864. A couvention of loyal men of New\\nJersey as.sembled at Newark, the 30th of\\nMay, 1864, and determined to give the re-\\nturning soldiers of New Jersey a suitable\\nreception in their respective counties, on the\\n4th of July, same year. James M. Scovel\\nrepresented the county of Camden. Accord-\\ningly, the soldiers of this county arranged for\\na celebration at Haddonfield, to take place\\nin the grove of John Hopkins, on the above\\ndate. It was estimated that there were five\\nthousand people present, all of whom were\\namply fed from the bountiful tables prepared\\nunder the mauageinent of the committee of\\narrangements.\\nThe Union League of Camden acted as\\nan escort to the soldiers from Camden City.\\nOne feature of the procession wius a color\\nguard composed almost entirely of one-armed\\nmen. General George M. Robeson made\\nthe speech of welcome, which was greatly\\napplauded; P. C. Brinck read the Declara-\\ntion of Independence Major Calhoun, on\\nthe part of the soldiers, returned thanks for\\nthe honor done them Hon. .James S. Scovel,\\nC. T. Reed, Rev. Mr. Dobbins made patriotic\\nremarks on the occasion the ladies were ac-\\ntive in their attention to the returned soldiers\\nof the county.\\nWomen s Work in the W.vr. The\\nsame spirit which prompted the soldiers to\\ngo to the front, kindled the noble and gener-\\nous efforts of devoted and patriotic women\\nat home to aid and contribute to the comfort\\nof the former. They formed, in Camden,\\nthe Ladies Aid Society, the Ladies Relief\\nAs.s()ciation, and not only contributed largely\\ntoward these organizations in money, but also", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0214.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UNION.\\n163\\ngave tlu ir tinip and attention and partici-\\npated iu tiie grand results arising from the\\ngreat Sanitiiry Fair.\\nThe great Central Fair of the Sanitary\\nConiinissiou of the States of Xew Jersey,\\nPennsylvania and Delaware was opened, in\\nPhiladclpiiia, on the 7th of June, 18(34, with\\nappropriate ceremonies. Addresses were\\nmad by the Governors of the three States\\nnamed. The fair was the great object of at-\\ntraction from its opening to its close, on June\\n28th. It realized for the commission over\\none million and eighty thousand dollars.\\nIt has been asserted by the ciironicles of\\ntiie day that Xew Jersey exhiliited the most\\ninteresting relics in the fair.\\nThe Camden Auxit.iaiiy _\\nru THE Samtaky Fair. On\\nMonday evening, April lOtli,\\n1864, a large meeting of the\\nprominent citizens of Camden\\nwas held at the dwelling of R.\\nB. Potts, (in Cooper Street, in i\\nCamden, at which Judge Thos.\\nP. Carpenter acted as chairman\\nand Mr. Farr as secretary.\\nResolutions were passetl to\\norganize an efficient auxiliary\\nto assist in the Great Fair to be\\nheld in Pliiladelphia, and to\\ninvoke the assistance of the\\nladies of Camden City and\\nCounty in the enterprise, on the next Thurs-\\nday evening, with the assistance of the ladies,\\na plan of operations was introduced and\\nmatured which gave assured promise tiiat\\nthe jiatriotic citizens of Camden Coniit\\\\-\\nwould make the enterprise a successful one.\\nThe name of The West Jersey Auxil-\\niary was adopted. An executive committee\\nhad been appointed, and by the 18th of\\nApril, only eight days after the inception of\\nthe enterprise, rooms had been secured at\\nNo. 104 Market Street, Camden, and every\\nworkshop, factory and mill in Camden sent\\nto these rooms the best specimens of their\\nworkmanship. Kvery tiirmei-, workingman\\nand mechanic poured into the general fund\\nlarge t ontributions of manufactured articles,\\nor the products of the soil that could be\\nturned into money, and again from money\\ninto the means of encouraging the health and\\nlife of the soldiers. The patriotic ladies of\\nCamden were not idle, and through their as-\\nsistance and efforts large sums came into the\\ntreasury of the commission from every\\nquarter of the county. The mothers and\\ndaughters, wives and sisters of New Jersey s\\nsons were energetic in their eiforts to secure\\naid and assistiince. These ladies opened\\ntheir houses for entertainments of various\\nkinds. At these parlor entertainments were\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ENTIIVI. KAll! lUIIJilN\\ngiven charades, tableaux, etc. volunteer per-\\nformers and amateui s took part. The City\\nHalls were tendered free to the committee on\\nentertainments, immense concerts were given,\\nandagenerouspublicdisplayed great liberality\\nin purchasing tickets. The Ladies Aid\\nSociety and other relief associations which\\nhad been iu successful operation for three\\nyears joined their efforts with the Auxiliary\\nand collected large supplies of clothing,\\nblankets, stockings and other materials use-\\nful to the men in military duty away from\\nhome, and during the entii e period of the\\nwar these ladies were actively engaged iu", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0215.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "164\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ncollectiug aud forwardiuo; from tlieir depot\\nin Camden tons of materials for tiie benefit\\nof the soldiers.\\nCaptain Samuel Hufty was appointed to\\ntake charge of the donations at General Depot\\nNo. 4, Market Street.\\nThe Executive Committee con.sisted of P.\\nJ. Grey (chairman), Hon. Thomas P. Carpen-\\nter, James H. Stevens, Henry B. Wilson, E.\\nV. Glover and John D. Tustiu.\\nThe following gentlemen of the county\\nwere honorary members of this Auxiliary\\nAlex. G. Cattell, of Merchantville W. S.\\nMcCalli.ster, Gloucester City; W. C. Milli-\\ngan, Haddonfield Charles H. Shinn, Had-\\ndonfield.\\nCharles Watson, Esq., as treasurer of the\\ncommittee on entertainments, and Charles S.\\nDunham, as chairman of same committee,\\nwere most active in their eiforts to aid the\\ncause.\\nThe Ladies Correspondence Committee\\nconsisted of Mrs. Clapp, Miss Maria Moss,\\nMrs. Fogoo, Mrs. Campion, Mrs. Shinn,\\nMrs. J. Vogdes, Mrs. Porter, Miss IjCM is,\\nMrs. Duhring, Miss Woodwai d.\\nThe following is a complete list of the\\nofficers of the West Jersey Auxiliary to the\\ngreat Sanitary Fair President, Hon. Thomas\\nP. Carpenter Vice-Presidents, Hon. John\\nF. Starr, Hon. Philander C. Brinck, Matthew\\nNewkirk, E. V. Glover; Secretary, William\\nA. Farr; Treasurer, James H. Stevens Cor-\\nresj)onding Secretary, P. J. Grey.\\nThe chairmen of different committees were\\nMaui-iee Browning, on contribution of day s\\nwork Robert B. Potts, products of West\\nJersey fabrication William Fewsmith,\\nworks of art, hi.story and relics; William J.\\nPotts, collections from field, forest and ocean;\\nJohn Aikman, useful and fancy articles,\\nhome made; J. R. Stevenson, M.D., original\\nballads of poetry on the war; Edward H.\\nSaunders, on miscellaneous articles Jose[)h\\nFearon, on flowers and fruits J. D. Rein-\\nboth, on fruits and confectionery Benjamin\\nH. Browning, on the refectory William A.\\nFarr, on finance and donations Charles S.\\nDunham, on concerts, charades and tableaux\\nCaptain Samuel Hufty, on receipt of articles\\ndonated. Hon. James M. Scovel was ap-\\npointed to act in conjunction with the United\\nStates Sanitary Commission.\\nFrom the newspapers of the period are\\ngleaned the names of the following ladies\\nby no means all who were prominent in\\naiding the cause, viz. The Mi.sses Hufty,\\nMrs. R. Edwards, IMrs. Thomas P. Carpen-\\nter, Mrs. E. V. Glover, Mrs. J. D. Reinboth,\\nMrs. Butcher, Mrs. John F. Starr, Mrs. C.\\nMickle, Mrs. Thomas H. Dudley, Mrs.\\nBenjamin Browning, Mi.ss Betsey Mason,\\nMrs. Hewlings Coles, Miss Jo.sephine Brown-\\ning, the Misses Hatch, Mis. Ann Andrews,\\nMiss Sallie Gib.son, Miss Maggie Stoy, Miss\\nSallie W. Atkinson, Mrs. Jo.seph Hatch,\\nthe Misses Carrie, Rebecca, Louise and\\nMary Hatch, Miss Sarah Eldridge, Miss\\nCornelia Eldridge, die Misses Fearon.\\nMiss Rebecca Hatch presented the New\\nJersey Department with a haiid.some silk flag,\\nwhich was much prized.\\nThe means of raising funds were various.\\nThere were a boy.s magic lantern exhibition,\\na children s fair, many parlor concerts, scraiv\\nbook sales, and the little girls of Haddon-\\nfield contributed $82.50.\\nMrs. Hettie K. Paintek, who, at the\\noutbreak of the war, was a resident of Cam-\\nden, was one of those noble and patriotic\\nwomen who left her home, went to the front\\nand became known in the Army of the Po-\\ntomac as one of the most faithful and devoted\\nnurses. Many a sick and wounded .soldier\\nof Kearny s brigade was the recipient of\\nher tender care and earnest solicitude. After\\nthe Union defeat at the second battle of Bull\\nRun, and the rcpul.se at Fredericksburg,\\nwhere twenty men of the Union soldiers re-\\nceived dangerous, or perhaps mortal, wounds,\\nMrs. Painter s devotion to the unfortunate\\nmen made her name well-known through the", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0216.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UNION.\\n165\\neutire Army of the Potomac. !Slie contimied\\nto do noble work in the hospitals, with the\\nsame faithfnluess and interest, until the close\\nof the war, when she returned to Camden,\\nand soon afterward removed to the est,\\nwhere she engaged in the jiractiee of incdi-\\nfine.\\nMi.ss YiHoiNiA W1LLET8 (now Mrs.\\nJames M. Stradling), of Camden, was a vol-\\nunteer nurse in tiie Army of the Potomac,\\nand wa-s connected with the Second Division\\nof the Second Armj Corps. She followed tlie\\narmy all through the battle of the Wilder-\\nness and down to City Point. At Freder-\\nicksburg she had charge of the hospital in the\\nCatholic Church of that city. At Port Roy-\\nal she attended many of the wounded of the\\nbattles of Chaucellorsville and White House\\nLanding. She remained with the army until\\n1804, and was associated with the well-known\\narmy-nurse, Mrs. Mary Morris, of I hiia-\\ndelphia, whose husband was the grandson of\\nRobert Morris, of Revolutionary fame.\\nThe Soldiers Moxr^rENT ix Camden.\\nThe beautiful and imposing monument\\nerected to the memory of the fallen heroes of\\nCamden County in the A\\\\ ar for the Union is\\nsituated in the northeast part of the cit)-, near\\nthe City Hall, on a plot of ground donated\\nby the city of Camden. It is a fine specimen\\nof workmanship and an honor to the city and\\ncounty. The movement which resulted in\\nits erection was originated by Post 5, G. A.\\nR.,of Camden, formerly Sedgewick Post, No.\\nC, who contributed the first three hundred\\ndollars. The ue.xt contribution was one thou-\\nsand dollars, by the Board of Freeholders,\\nwhich body eventually appropriated the bal-\\nance of the entire amount of five thou.sand\\nfive hundred dollars required. The monu-\\nment was constructed of granite, by Krips tV:\\nShearman. It is thirty-nine feet six in hes\\nhigh, and weighs forty-.seven tons. The\\nrailing around the monument was furnished\\nby the county. The dedication took place\\nJune 9, ]87. on which occasion the city of\\nCamden was decorated with flags, banners\\nand streamers. The military display and\\nparade were an interesting part of the cere-\\nmony. There were present the Third Regi-\\nment, from Elizabeth the Fourth Hattalion,\\nfrom Bridgetou and Millville the Sixth\\nRegiment and Battery B, of Camden. The\\nprominent persons present were Governor\\nParker and his staff, composed of Adjutant-\\nTHE soldiers MOXr.MENT.\\nGeneral Stryker, Quartermaster Lewis Per-\\nrine, Surgeon Barry and Colonels Murphy\\nand Dickerson (General Gershom Mott, with\\nhis staff, Adjutant-General Lodor, Quarter-\\nmaster Ridgway, Surgeon Welling and\\nI\\\\[ajor Owens General I). Hart and staff,\\ncomposed of Colonels M^eston and Murphy", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0217.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "Ifi6\\nIITSTOllY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nMajor Robbins and Captain Edgar Hous.\\nJohn Y. Foster, A. L. Runyan, Samuel\\nHopkins.\\nThe ceremonies were opened by General\\nCarse iu a brief address. He then introduced\\nRev. P. L. Davie.s, of New York, who offered\\na prayer, and after this the monument was\\nunveiled with beautiful and appropriate cere-\\nmonies, amid the cheers of the vast multitude\\nassembled, the music of the bands and\\ngrand salute from Battery B, and the Star\\nSpangled Banner at the signal unfolded itself\\nfrom around the marble shaft and ascended\\nmajestically to the peak of the flag statl that\\nwas erected iu the rear, and as if by magic a\\nperfect shower of miniature flags fell gently\\nupon the vast concourse below. A. C Scovel,\\nEsq., then introduced John Y. Foster, the\\nspeaker of the day, and author of New\\nJersey in the Great Rebellion. He followed\\nthe gallant Jersey regiments from the State\\nto the field and through their grand march of\\ntriumph, not only the glorious victories won\\nin Virginia, but also the grandest of all\\nluarchea, the march through Georgia, and\\nreviewed the termination and turned to re-\\nflect upon the great lesson of the hour.\\nThe following names which are engraved\\non this monument are of soldiers from Cam-\\nden County who died during the war\\nCtiloitei-:.\\nLouis R. Fraiicine. H. Boyd McKeen.\\nJohn P. Vanleer. Wm. B. Hatch.\\nLieutenant- o/onels.\\nSimpson R. Stioiicl. Thomas H. Davis.\\nC(.ii taitis.\\nHaufty. C. Meves.\\nJ.M.Comb. W. K. Maxwell.\\nC,I. Fiekls. T. Stevenson.\\nI!. K. Hoisfall. Wilson.\\nK. Ilaniihon.\\nFirst- Lieutenants.\\nW. S. Briggs. R. A. (JurlLs.\\nVV. Evans. J. R. Rich.\\nJ. T. r.owo. J. R. Ciowell.\\nSefOii(l-Lieti.ten(int\u00c2\u00bb.\\nW. 8. Barnard. G. W. Ei.sler.\\nT. J. Howell. D. R. G owperthwaite.\\ntSeryeanls.\\nD. A. Westcoat. G. M. Hineline.\\nJ. D. Richardson. J. B. Johnson.\\nC. E. Cheesemen. C. H. Jewell.\\nS. W. Bates. J. R. McGowau.\\nJ. Curtis. T. Krugg.\\nJ. Dimon. C. W. Lowe.\\nC. F. Dickinson. E. Mitchell.\\nH. Fisler. J. W. Moore.\\nJ. K. Frankish. I. J. Rue.\\nC. G. P. Goforth. P. Riley.\\nA. Grum. C. P. Fish.\\nl. A. Korn. J. Woollard\\nC. E. Githens.\\nChrporals.\\n,1. F. Bailey. B. Linton.\\nH. B Brown. E. W. Laue.\\nJ. M. Roe. E. Livermore.\\nJ. Clements. A. H. Merry.\\nW. W. Collins. J. Miller.\\nS. B. Carter. J. McClernand.\\nC. P. Norton. J. Roshback.\\nC. Helmuth, G. A. Smith.\\nW. F. Hessel. M. Slimm.\\nC. E. Hugg. F. Schwartz.\\nE. Holly. G. W. Thompson.\\nJ. C. Dilkes. W. Thompson.\\nW. H. Jones. A. Wooley.\\nJ.S.Kay. J. Zanders.\\nW. Rich. H. Bechtel.\\nG. North. H. K. Patton.\\nP. Larricks.\\nPrivates.\\nG. Adam.s. J. Bozarth.\\nA. Adams. A. G. Bryan.\\nH. Adler. W. Batt.\\n.1. E. Amit. D. Bates.\\nJ.Adams. P. Barnel.\\nE. Ayers. G. Boom.\\nT. F. Asay. S. Beck.\\n.1. .Anderson. W. Brown.\\n,1. Brown. J. Brice.\\nB. Budd. J. Breer.\\nE. Browning. E. Barber.\\nJ. Buchanan. H. Beckley.\\nJ. Bakely. W. Cook.\\n(r. B. Budd. A. Clingham.\\n.1. Bates. A. Coule.\\nL. Breyer. W. B. Carson.\\nA. Breyer. G. W. Chew.\\nJ. Bebhe. J. W. Clement.\\nJ. Bower T. Cobb.\\nJ. Beetle, .Ir. R. (i. Curry.\\n,1. Bowker. T, Cloren.\\nL. Banks. T. D. Clark.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0218.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UNION.\\n167\\nJ. S. Copeland.\\nI. Calvvay.\\nR. Clayton.\\nJ. Cline.\\nJ. G. Conley.\\nC. F. Col let t.\\nI. H. Copeland.\\nJ. Q. A. Cline.\\nN. B. Cook.\\nJ. Conley.\\nH. Cramer.\\nT.Carmack.\\nH. Culler.\\nH. Graver.\\nJ. Conlan.\\nJ. Crammer.\\nJ. P. Callaway.\\nM. Cavanaugh.\\nW. H. Chamberlain.\\nC. Downs.\\nJ. Diehl.\\nJ. Devlin.\\nS. Dermott.\\nS. Dermott (2d).\\nJ. Dowel 1.\\nR. Dresser, Sr.\\nJ. S. Dill.\\nJ. R. Dornell.\\nE. P. Davis.\\nJ. Dyle.\\nA. Downs.\\n.1. H. Douglas.\\nS. O. Darrnw.\\nR. Davis.\\nE. Dougherty.\\nD. Drigget.\\nJ. E. Dorrell.\\nD. Doughty.\\n.1. J. Dannenhower.\\nT. Davis.\\nM. Effinger.\\nW. Earley.\\nR. G. Easley.\\nJ. Elberson.\\nW. Edge.\\nJ. Edinger.\\nA. P^lberson.\\nW. Evans.\\nJ. Fitzgerald.\\nW. Frey.\\nJ. A. Fenner.\\nD. Ford.\\nF. Fellows.\\nJ. G. Foster.\\nJ. Groskinsky.\\nJ. Gillespy.\\nL. Grundliiig.\\nL. Gitlbrd.\\nC. Gautier.\\n.1. F. Gaul.\\nW. Goebel.\\nH. Githens.\\nJ. Gammel.\\nR. Grant.\\nJ. H. Gaunt.\\nG. Gerwine.\\nD. Gorden.\\nG. H. Gilbert.\\nA. Gervis.\\nJ. Hollingsworth.\\nC. Hambrec ht.\\nV. Henrieus.\\nH. F. Hensman.\\nJ. F.Haines.\\nG. A. Holmes.\\nG. Haiuio.\\nP. F. Hilyard.\\nD. H. Horner.\\nS. G. Hultz.\\nW. Herring.\\nI,. Heller.\\nA. Hawk.\\nG. Howard.\\nH. Hinkle.\\nW. F. Halmbold.\\nE. Hefferman.\\nH. Hears.\\nM. Hall.\\ny. (J. Heils.\\nG. M. D. Hampton.\\nW. H. Plarris.\\nD. Horner.\\n.1. P. Huyck.\\nAdam Job.\\nJ. W. .Fobes.\\nT. Johnson.\\nA. J. Joline.\\nE. Johnson,\\n(i. Kell.\\nA. J. Keim.\\nE. Lock.\\nJ. Louis.\\nJ. Logan.\\nW. J. Leake.\\nF. Laib.\\nD. Lutz.\\nJ. B. Leaeh.\\nG. B. Land.\\nJ. Lewis.\\nJ. Leslie.\\n,1. W. Lee.\\n\\\\V. R. Lancaster.\\n\\\\V. Lock.\\n.1. K. Liphsey.\\nB. H. Linton.\\nE. Miles.\\nC. Mensing.\\nJ. Munsan.\\nR. Marshall.\\nH. D. Morgan.\\nJ. Macinall.\\nM. Marshall.\\nF. Mullen.\\nE. F. Mills.\\nT. R. Jliddleton.\\nT. E. Monroe.\\nL. Miller.\\nJ. Miller,\\nJ. Maehtotl-.\\nT. Marrott.\\n.J. Murray.\\nA. W. Martin.\\nG. Mount.\\nG. W. Mooney.\\nR. J. McAdaras.\\nA. McGauhey.\\n.r. McMullen.\\nM. McLaughlin.\\nC. McLaughlin.\\nT. J. McKeighan.\\nM. McNulty.\\nVV. McDowell.\\nX. McElhone.\\nG. McCabe.\\nL. McConnell.\\n.1. M( Adams.\\nJ. McKeon.\\nH. McMullen.\\nP. Nolan.\\nM. Nicholson.\\n8. B. NorcroC.\\n.r. S. Nicholson.\\nM. Nayse.\\nW. Nagle.\\nA. Oldham.\\nM. Oregan.\\nC. Owens.\\nF. O Neil.\\nP. H. O Doniu ll.\\nP. O Donuell.\\nL J. Pine.\\nT. Pike.\\nJ. Parks.\\nR. M. Price.\\nA. Pond.\\nP. Pepoon.\\nI). Ryan.\\n.1. Hh.Mle.\\n1). Kumford.\\nK. Robinson.\\n\\\\V. Robust.\\nr. D. Ross.\\n.J. Ryan.\\nV. Rodgers.\\nW. Rowe.\\nJ. Roofe.\\nT. J. Rudderow.\\nW. J. Rudy.\\nH. Richmond.\\nD. Reading.\\nA. Schwartz.\\nC. Schey.\\nR. F. Stone.\\n.1. A. Steelman.\\nG. A. Schmitt.\\nJ. E. Stark.\\nD. M. Southard.\\nW. Shroder.\\nJ. Schlatter.\\n.1. Sturges.\\nP. Stoy.\\nF. Stadler.\\nS. Syrapkins.\\nP Stevenson.\\nD. Sullivan.\\nB. F. Sweet.\\nS. Sutton.\\nE. H. Smith.\\n.V. Subers.\\n\\\\V. H. Stockton.\\nW. H. Schafter.\\nS. S. Somei s.\\nW. R. Stewart.\\nJ. K. Stow.\\nH.Smith.\\nB. F. Schlecht.\\n.1. Stevenson.\\n1). Sinipkins.\\nF. Sichttnlierg.\\nC. W. Skill.\\nF. Street.\\nJ. Smith.\\nJ. S. Smith.\\nn. p. Snyder.\\nW. Streoper.\\nH. Steflins.\\nT. Simpson.\\nT. Shields.\\nR. H. Strought.\\nC. S. Turner.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0219.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "168\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN (BOUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nH. G. Thorn.\\nG. C. Truea.x.\\nC. S. Tyndall.\\nJ. Thomas.\\nH. Todd.\\nC. Ulrich.\\nC. Ulrich.\\nJ. G. Vanneman.\\nJ. Wells.\\nL. A. Westcoat.\\nT. Walker.\\nG. Wannan.\\nA. J. Walker.\\nS. Wilson.\\nB. Ware.\\nA. Wolf.\\nW. Wallace.\\nJ. Woerner.\\nW. Wilson.\\n8. W. White.\\n.7. C. W are.\\nJ. C. Whippy.\\nL. P. Wilson.\\nT. 6. Williams.\\nG. Warr.\\nD. Wells.\\nJ. Williams.\\nW. Wells.\\nE. Watson.\\nE. P. Wilson.\\nW. J. Wood.\\nC. Winters.\\nC. H. Wennel.\\nD. R. Winner.\\n.T. C. Young.\\nC. Yeager.\\nD. C. Yourison.\\nM. Zimmerman.\\nNeceoi.ogy. The following i. a com-\\nplete list, as far as can be obtained from the\\nGrand Army Posts and the sextons of the\\nvarions cemeteries of Camden County, of the\\nsoldiers whose remains lie in the places\\nnamed\\nCAMTEN CEMETERY.\\n(One hundred and thirty-five buried here.)\\nSamuel R. Pain.\\nJames Coleman.\\nHoward Dewees.\\nGeorge Williams.\\nJames F. Ross.\\nOttis G. Sanderson.\\nJohn S. Normine.\\nMartin Etfinger.\\nSamuel Miller.\\nJacob Price.\\nGeorge Roedel.\\nAndrew Merkle.\\nIsaac Dougherty.\\nSamuel B. Carter.\\nLieut. Thos. S. Stewart.\\nCharles P. Horton.\\nJohn Miller.\\nC. B. McBride.\\nJohan Diehl.\\nJ. F. Fisher.\\nAlfred Bernard.\\nCorpl. J. R. McOowan.\\nJ. H. Dutton.\\nJames Eiuely.\\nCharles Ilclmutli.\\nWilliam I). Richardson.\\nJames Conover.\\nConover.\\nHarris.\\nHarris.\\nteorge Elder.\\nWilliam Dorsey.\\nAbner Subers.\\nJames Smallvvood.\\nWilliam L. Gray.\\nJohn Moran.\\nI). \\\\y. Morton.\\nJoliii Robinson.\\nWilliam WiLson.\\nWilliam W. Whittaker.\\nFelden [father].\\nFelden [son].\\nClayton Edwards.\\nSamuel J. Griflee.\\nBiddle.\\nElijah Davis.\\nChristian Hess.\\nJames GriflTec.\\nSuton (xchweiler.\\nEdward Eckc.\\nPrice.\\nl.,anc.\\nThomas C. Surran.\\n.lohn Thornton.\\nJames Hollingsworth.\\nWilliam Hampton.\\nJ. H. Dutton.\\nC H. Cleaver.\\nT. J. Cheeseman.\\nHeinrieh Rauser.\\nJoseph Pike.\\nJohn B. Nevins.\\nWilliam W. Howe.\\nElberson.\\nElberson.\\nJohn P. Cannon.\\nCapt. J. R.Cunningham. Brinnisholtz.\\nCorp. James Ireland. H. Kleavor.\\nCorp. Peter Shivers.\\nSamuel Yates.\\nAbraham Stow.\\nAndrew O. Steinmets\\nJacob Hirsch.\\nConly.\\nBenjamin Anderson.\\nJames Griffe.\\nPrice.\\nJ. G. Johnson.\\nJohn P. Grant. Augustus F. S. Singleton.\\nAdam Kolb, Sr. John Williams.\\nAdam Kolb, Jr. Daniel Rowan.\\nSibenlist. James C. Lewis.\\nSibenlist. Robert Middleton.\\nWare. George Brooks.\\nWar of 1812. billin(;sport.\\nCapt .William Newton. John Smith.\\nDaniel S. Carter.\\nNathan A. Carter, sexton, No. .33, North Fourth\\nStreet.\\nEVERCiREEN C\\nJoseph Bontemps.\\nAlexander Nicholls.\\nLewis Kenney.\\nJonas T. Hull.\\nWm. D. Richardson.\\nAlbert Kemble.\\nMorris R. Giles.\\nJoseph S. Fletcher.\\nJoseph McAllister.\\nCharles M. Ferat.\\nJohn Schack.\\nChristian He.ss.\\nWilliam A. Tat em.\\nGeorge H. Snyder.\\nJoseph L. Coles.\\nE. T. Davis.\\nH. Dieckman.\\nRichard W. Parsons.\\nAlonzo D. Nichols.\\n.John Miles.\\nJames H. Kerns.\\n1). R. Cowperthwaite.\\n(ieo. W. Roseman.\\nMiles.\\nWilliam Malone.\\nThomas R. Middleton\\nE. C. R. WoodrnlV.\\nJames J. Snow.\\nEMETERY (cAMDE??).\\nJohn M. Ehillman.\\nWm. H. Schwab.\\nF. G. S. Pfeiffer, M.D.\\nCaptain James Snow.\\nWilliam H. Sugden.\\nHeju-y K. Patton.\\nWilliam P. Reeves.\\n1st Lt. Saml. J. Malone.\\nCapt. Frank M. Malone.\\nCol. W. B. Hatch.\\nJoseph A. Beck-\\n1st Lt. William M. Sh iw.\\nJoseph C. Huyck.\\nJoseph C. Vanneman,\\n(Surg. IT. S. N.)\\nThomas James Howell.\\nWilliam G. licake.\\nJohn Robertson.\\nIstLt. S. .\\\\.Steinmctz.\\nThomas R. McKenney.\\nRobert (i. Clark.\\nWilliam B. BcMJamin.\\nK. C. Allen.\\nL. H. Marker.\\nWilliam Hutchinson.\\nEdward B. Brown.\\nThomas Herbert.\\nThomas Kellv.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0220.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "THE WAR F(3R THE UNION.\\nEdgar Reeve.\\nJohn E. Stratton.\\nSamuel W. Mattson.\\nHansell.\\nGeorge R. Augell.\\nJohn Wallace.\\nJoshua F. Stone.\\nColonel Martin Seldon.\\nJohn W. Bear.\\nWilliam J. Paul.\\nDaniel Smith.\\nAlonzo W. Schuler.\\nJacob H. (iilmore.\\nR. F. Sherman.\\nE. F. Locke.\\nC. B. Carter.\\nAndrew McCartney.\\nS. E. Somers.\\nJ. W. Norton.\\nC. E. Githen.s.\\nJames Carpenter.\\nWilliam B.Shult.\\nCharles H. Billings.\\nJeremiah Berry.\\nCapt. Henry Z. Gibson.\\nChas. G. P.Goforth.\\nCEDAR (iRdVE fEME I Eli Y ((i I.OHCESTER dTY).\\nThomas Shaw.\\nCorp. Miles Blakely.\\nAle.xander Work.\\nPeter Rancoru.\\nFithian.\\nGinn.\\nJohn JIarshall.\\nJames A. Schotield.\\nStephen A. Briggs.\\nJohn Lincoln.\\nChas. H. Cordery.\\nJohn Herron.\\nWm. Hutchinson.\\nHenry Simpkins.\\nBrig.-tJen. ,1. Willian\\nThomas HoH\\nJohn Sands.\\n(Jabriel Surran.\\n.lames Kane.\\n.Tames McElmoyle.\\nThomas B. Campbell.\\nJohn E. Miller.\\nPeter D. Hewlings.\\n.loseph Davis.\\nHowell R. Davis.\\nJoseph Bush.\\nJames Sipplc.\\nHiram Irvine.\\nWm. N. Groves.\\nJames Groves.\\nRobert Berryman.\\nRobert McAdoo.\\nArthur Powell.\\nDavid Conklin.\\nAbram Martin.\\nJames W. Moss.\\nPhilip H. Smith.\\nCharles H. Hulings.\\nWm. H. Wilson.\\nJames A. Duddy.\\nWm. H. Stout.\\nWm. Tyas.\\nSamuel Hootcn.\\nWm. Akens.\\nFord.\\nJohn Gsborne.\\nJoseph Barton.\\nJohn Norton.\\n.John Pew.\\nFoster Stanford.\\nFritz Speigle.\\nGeorge W. Murray.\\nMETHODIST CEMETERY (HADDONFIELD.)\\nJohn A. Fish. Franklin Hoops.\\nDavis Rumford. Win. Henry Nutt.\\nRichard Lippincott. Julin Bakely.\\nAugn.stus Bare. Wm. McCarty.\\nLewis Rumford. Josiah Fish.\\nIsaac Arterburn. Isaac Cade.\\nBAPTIST CEMETERY (HAnDONFIELD.)\\nJames Fortner. James Brick.\\nLorenzo Jess. Wm. H. Hoey.\\nSamuel Wilson. Levi E. Bate.s.\\nSaml. Eggman. Charles Scott.\\nIn Revolutionary War; died 1806.\\nAshbrook. .John W. Swinker.\\nJacob Dill. Alfred Kcn tner.\\nSilas Gartledge. Lawrence.\\nJames Young.\\nUNION CEMETERY (ul.OUCESTER CITY).\\nGeorge Hoffman. Thomas Pancoast.\\nChakley Cheeseman. John Jordan.\\nThomas Cheeseman.\\nGeorge Elmbark.\\nWm. Russell.\\nST. MARY S CEMETERY AI IH\\nEdward Russell.\\nRichard Wilson.\\nil.OUCESTER\\nPatrick Reilly.\\n.las. Cooney.\\nJohn O Neill.\\nDaniel Kelly.\\nMichael McGrorey.\\nJames McGrorey.\\nWm. Lenny.\\nPatrick Boylan.\\nEdward Cole.\\nJohn Cloran.\\nTimothy Cloran.\\nEdward Burroughs.\\nChristopher Dolan.\\nFrancis Queen.\\nJohn Berzell.\\nThomas Guigan.\\nJames White.\\nPatrick Waters.\\nMichael Hurley.\\nConstantine O Neill.\\nWilliam Leo.\\nJames Daly.\\nJohnson s cemetery (stockton township).\\nEdward Tool.\\nMatthew Finuegan.\\nWm. McElhone.\\nNicholas Brady.\\nHenry AIcElhone.\\nFlorence Sullivan.\\nMichael Corcoran.\\nJoseph Brady.\\nThomas Ageu.\\nChristopher Winters.\\nI .itrick McGuire.\\nDaniel Kenuey.\\n.Michael Callahan,\\n.lohn Kenney.\\n.lames McCanu.\\nJames Byers.\\nHugh Hines.\\nThomas Sweeny.\\nJohn Reilly.\\nJames BIcNally.\\nMichael Devlin.\\nNathaniel Stout.\\nThomas Ryan.\\nJosiah Pruitt.\\nJacob Brisco.\\nDavid Whiting.\\nJames H. Menoken.\\nJosiah Shipley.\\nEdward Shipley.\\nHenry Ramsey.\\nGeorge S. Menoken.\\nEdward Barnard.\\nGeorge H. Stewart,\\n.loseph Wells.\\nAmos W. Nash.\\nTheopliilus Peterson.\\nJames Weeks.\\nJohn Ryan-\\nJohn Miller.\\nCOLESTOWN CEMETERY (cAMDEN COUNTY).\\nCapt. Wm. C. Shinn. Abram Middlcton.\\nAbraham Browning.\\nJoseph Cline.\\nJoseph Errickson.\\nJ. Stokes Evans.\\nBowman Hendry.\\nJames Henry.\\nTheodore W. Kain.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Vrchibald Scott.\\nWilliam Shaw.\\nRichard C. Schriner.\\nWilliam H. Snyder,\\n.lob E. Stockton.\\nStacy G. Stockton.\\nSamuel West.\\nWm. Henry Lewallen. John J. White.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0221.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "170\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COT NTY. NEW JEESEY\\nThe Graxp Army of the Republic.\\nAll honorably-discharged soldiers and sailors\\nwho have served in the army or navy of the\\nUnited States are entitled to membership in\\nthe Grand Army of the Repul)lic. In this\\nrespeet it is the first organization of its kind\\neffected in this country or elsewhere. Soon\\nafter the close of the Revolution, army socie-\\nties were formed which were composed of\\ncommissioned officers and their descendants.\\nThe most prominent of these was the fam-\\nous Society of the Cincinnati, which still has\\nan existence. Army and corps organizations\\nof the War of 1812 and of the Mexican War\\nhave existed for social and convivial purposes?\\nbut none of these societies named have been\\nba.sed on the principle of mutual aid in time\\nof need, or comprehended purposes so exalted\\nas those eaibi aced in the declaration of the\\nGrand Army of the Republic, namely, Fra-\\nternity, charity, loyalty. This society, whose\\npurpose is to band together the men who wore\\nthe blue during the war, originated in the\\nWe.st. To Colonel B. F. Stephenson, M.D.,\\nof Springfield, Illinois, is given the credit of\\nbeing the first person who formulated the\\nplans of its noble aims. The first post was\\norganized at Dakota, Illinois, in 18fi6. The\\nidea of extending the organization was com-\\nmunicated to many army associates. A State\\nDepartment Encampment was organized in\\nIllinois on the 12th of July, 1866, under\\nColonel Stephenson. In the month of No-\\nvember of the same year a National Encamp-\\nment was organized at Indianapolis, with\\nrepresentatives present from nearly all the\\nNorthern States. These encampments have\\nbeen held annually since then, in various lo-\\ncalities of the Union. The State became di-\\nvided into districts, and the organization of\\nposts was exceedingly rapid. Six months\\nafter the date of the formation of the society\\nfort} thousand men through the Northern\\nStates were enrolled as members. The first\\ndepartment organization in the State of New\\nJersey was effected in the month of Jarmary,\\n1868. The memljership of the order in this\\nState in 1884 was reported at five thousand\\ntwo hundred and seventy-nine. The entire\\nmembership in the United States for the same\\nyear was two hundred and thirty-three thou-\\nsand five hundred and ninety-five. Its mem-\\nbership is now estimated at three hundred\\nthousand, more than one-fourth of the sur-\\nvivors of the war.\\nUnder the auspices of the order thousands\\nof camp-fires, fairs, reunions and banquets\\nhave been held. These revive the sufferings\\nand sacrifices and recall the unwritten history\\nof the war. At these meetings no rank is\\nrecognized, save that conferred by the order,\\nand any member is eligible to any position in\\nits gift.\\nThe history of various posts now existing\\nin the city and county of Camden are here\\ngiven, according to the date organization.\\nThomas M. K. Lee Post, No. o, of Cam-\\nden, was organized in January, 1876, in\\nCamden, with eighty-five charter-members.\\nThe first officers of the post were as fol-\\nlows\\nPost Cominaudor, Edmund May Senior Vice-\\nCommander, Samuel Hufty; Junior Vice-Comman-\\nder, George W. Gile Surgeon, James A. Arm-\\nstrong, M.D. Chaplain, August H. Lung Officer\\nof the Day, Benjamin Carlin Offii-er of the Guard,\\nRobert B. McCovvau Quartermaster, Josepli C.\\nNichols Adjutant, Alexander Nichols.\\nAt the first meeting of the post it was\\nunanimously decided to honor a gallant soldier\\nof General Philip Kearny s Second Brigade,\\nby adopting the name of Thomas M. K.\\nLee Post. The following is a complete\\nroster of this po.st for 1886\\nCommander, David M. Spence; Senior Vice,\\nBenjamin C. Coles Junior Vice, William Thomp-\\nson Adjutant, J. Ivelly Brown Surgeon, William\\nP. Hall Officer of the Day, Samuel Hufty Otficer\\notthe Guard, Joseph W Ore; Chaplain, Harry L.\\nHartshorne; Quartermaster, William Whitely\\nQuartermaster-Sergeant, William H. Rightmire;\\nSergeant-Major, William ChandUr.\\nom rades.\\nJohn S. Adams. W. R. Anderson.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0222.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "THE WAK FOR THE UNION.\\nL. Andrews.\\nJohn W. Ayres.\\nR. T. BarL lay.\\nJohn Bamford.\\nGeorge Barrett.\\nThomas Bates, Sr.\\nCharles F. Bender.\\nWilliam P. Besser.\\nJames C. Blackuood.\\nEdward Blanck.\\nWilliam Blanck, Sr.\\nGeorge W. Blanck.\\nWilliam Bovell.\\nCharles P. Beyer.\\nDavid B. Brown.\\nJ. Kelly Brown.\\nW. M. Burns.\\nCi. W. Burroughs.\\nBenjamin F. Carlin.\\nJames Carrigan.\\nJames E. Cai son.\\nJ. Caskey.\\nCharles B. Capewell.\\nWilliam H. Chandler.\\nJesse Chew.\\nWilliam H. H. Clark.\\nJohn Clifford.\\nJoseph Cline.\\nJohn Coates, Sr.\\nJohn W. Coates,\\nBenjamin D. Coley.\\nReuben D. Cole.\\nWilliam H. Cooper.\\nAlbert G. Crane.\\nCharles Cregar.\\nJohn Cromie.\\nAnd. J. Cunningham.\\nGeorge R. Dannehower\\nGeorge F. Deaves.\\nJohn Derry.\\nAlbert C. Dildine.\\nJohn W. Donges.\\nGeorge X. Dresser.\\nM. S. Ellis.\\nThomas T. Estworthy.\\nTheodore F. Fields.\\nSamuel Flood.\\nJoseph B. Fox.\\nHenry B. Francis.\\nB. F. Gault.\\nGeorge W. Gile.\\nW. E. Gilling.\\nWilliam Gleason.\\nThomas R. Grapevine.\\nW. S. Grigg.\\n.1(1.\\nWilliam P. Hail.\\nLeonard S. Hart.\\nH. L. Hartshorn.\\nThomas Harm an.\\nR. G. Hann.\\nJ. Haynes.\\nCharles H. Helnd)^\\nA. S. Helms.\\nS. Henderson.\\nRichard N. Herring.\\nRobert M. Hilluian.\\nCharles A. Hotchkiss.\\nThomas Hoy.\\nSamuel Hufty.\\nDavid W. J. Hutton.\\nDavid O. Hunter.\\nMahlon F. Ivins.\\nSamuel Jackaway.\\nStephen M. Janney.\\nFrank S. Jones.\\nCharles Kalt.\\nBenjamin L. Kellum.\\nRobert King.\\nWilliam H. Kingley.\\nEdward D. Knight.\\nFrank L. Knight.\\nJoseph C. Lee.\\nRichard H. Lee.\\nDavid B. Litzeuberg.\\nGeorge W. Loughlin.\\nWilliam Madison.\\nEdward W. Madison.\\nDavid F. Matthews.\\nEdmund May.\\nWilliam T. Mead.\\nJonas Melloi.\\nMatthew Miller.\\nMichael Morgan.\\nDaniel B. Murphy.\\nRobert B. McCowan.\\nAndrew McCready.\\nJohn McMain.\\nJohn Noll.\\nJohn North, Jr.\\nJoseph W. Ore.\\nWilliam M. Palmer.\\nCharles N. Pelouze.\\nJohn B. Peters.\\nWilliam H. Righlmirt\\nClarence L. Ross.\\nJohn D. Sargeant.\\nConrad Schwoerer.\\n(ieorge W. Scott.\\nJames M. Scovel.\\nJohn K. Seagreaves.\\nWilliam Thompson.\\nAlbert F. Tilton.\\nBaker D. Tomlin.\\nZebulon T. Tompkins.\\nJohn L. Topham.\\nJohn Trimble.\\nJohn F. Tudor.\\nGeorge Urban.\\nTheodore Verlander.\\nCharles H. Walker.\\nSamuel S. Weaver.\\nWilliam H. Wheaton.\\nWilliam Whitely.\\nVirgil Willett.\\nGeorge E. Wilson.\\nGeorge W. Wood.\\nWilliam T. G. Young.\\nCharles G. Zimmerman.\\nJunius E. Severance.\\nWilliam J. Sewell.\\n.Tames H. Shannon.\\nWilliam H. Shearman.\\nIsaac W. Shinn.\\nSamuel E. Sheetz.\\nJohn C. Shute.\\nCharles Shivers, Jr.\\nWilliam L. Skinner.\\nWilliam H. Simpson.\\nWilliam B. Smith.\\nDavid M. Spence.\\n.\\\\rthur Stanley.\\nWilliam H. Stan.sberg.\\nCharles Steeger.\\nWilliam Stillings.\\nJohn J. Stone.\\nJames M. Stradliug.\\nH. Genet Taylor.\\nCaptain Thomas M. K. Lee, Jk., early\\niu 1861, ideutified himself with the troops\\nwho volunteered from the city of Camdeu.\\nHe enlisted a.s a private in (,^ompauy F,\\nFourth Regiment New Jersey Volunteer\\nMilitia was promoted sergeant and served\\nwith the regiment until disharged at expir-\\nation of term of service, July 31, 1861. He\\nenlisted August 9, 1861, in Company 1,\\nSixth Regiment New Jersey Volunteer In-\\nfantry, for three years. September 9, 1861,\\nhe was commissioned first lieutenaut of the\\ncompany; and, on January 16, 186;J, was\\ncommissioned as captain of C ompany K of\\nhis regiment. He commanded the regiment\\nfrom Spottsylvania Court-Hou.se, Va., to\\nNorth Anna River was detailed judge-ad-\\nvocate on the staiFof Brigadier-General i\\\\lc-\\nAllister, commanding Third Brigade, Third\\nDivision, Second Array Coi-ps, and as the\\nsame under Major-General Gershom Mott.\\nHe was mustered out with his regiment Sep-\\ntember 7, 1864.\\nWith his regiment he participated in the\\nfollowing battles\\nSiege of Yorktown, a., April and May, 18(12;\\nWilliamsburg, Va., May 5,1862; Fair Oaks, June\\n1 and 2, 1862; Seven Pines, Va., June 25,1862;\\nSavage Station. Va., June 29, 1862 Malvern Hill,\\nVa., July 1,1862; Brislow Station, Va., August", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0223.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "172\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COINTY NEW JERSEY.\\n27, 18i;2 Second Bull Run, August29, 1862; CLan-\\ntilly, Va., September 1, 1862; Centreville, Va.,\\nSeptember 2, 1862 Fredericksburg, Va., Decem-\\nber 13 and 14, 1862; Chancellorsville, Va., May 3\\nand4, 1862; Gettysburg, Pa., July 2 and 3, 1863;\\nWappiiig Heights, Va., October 15 1863 Mine\\nRun, Xa., November 29 and 30, 1863 Wilderness,\\nVa., May 5 to 7, 1864; Spottsylvania, Va., May 8\\nto 11, 1864; Spottsylvania Uourt-House, Va., May\\n12 to IS, 1864 North Anna River, Va., May 23 to\\n24, 1864; Tolopotomy Creek, Va., May 30, 1864\\nCold Harbor, Va., June 1 to 5, 1864 Petersburg,\\nVa., June 16 to 23, 1864 Deep Bottom, Va., July\\n25 to 27, 1864; Mine Explosion, Va., July 30, 1864\\nNorth Bank James River, Va., August 14 to IK,\\n18(i4; Ream s Station, Va., August 25, 1864 wu.s\\nwounded in the head at battle of Chancellorsville\\nwas wounded in face and neck at battle of Spott-\\nsylvania.\\nHe returnerl to Cauulen after the war ami\\nwa.s elected, in 1865, as couuty clerk, and\\nheld the position for five years. He died\\nDecember 10, 1873, aged thirty-seven years,\\nand wa.s buried in Evergreen Cemetery. A\\nwife and one child survive him.\\nWiLi-iAM B. Hatch Post, No. 37, of\\n(-amden, was instituted and chartered No-\\nveod)er 25, 1879, with eighty-one members\\nand the following named Post officers\\nPost Commander, John R. Grubb; Senior Vice-\\nCommander, Richard J. Robertson Junior Vii c-\\nCommander, Daniel J. Fullen Surgeon, Thomas\\nG. Rowand, M.D. Chaplain, John Quick Officer\\nof the Day, John A. Dall Officer of the Guard,\\nEdmund G. Jackson, Jr.; Quartermaster, Chris. J.\\nMines, ,)r. .Xdjiitant, Benjamin J. Pierce; Ser-\\ngeant-Major, William A. Tattern Quartermaster-\\nSergeant, William B. E. Miller.\\nAt the first meeting of the Post it was de-\\ncitled by a unanimous vote to name it in\\nhonor of the late Colonel William B. Hatch,\\noi the Fourth Regiment. When Mrs. C.\\nHatch, the mother of the colonel, was in-\\nformed that the post had honored the memory\\nof her sijn by naming it after him, she sent\\nto the Post the following respon.se\\nCamdrn, N. J., November 26th, 1879.\\n.loUN R. Grubb, Post Commander.\\nDe.\\\\r Sir,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It will aflbrd me much\\npleasure to be identified with Post 37, G. A. R.,\\nnamed in honor of my sou, William B. Hatch, by\\nallowing me to present to the same its colors. The\\nmemory of my son is ever dear to nie, and, while\\nat the same moment I may have thought the sac-\\nrifice too great an affliction, yet I was consoled\\nby the fiict that I gave him up that this Union\\nmight be jireserved. It was duty and patriotism\\nthat called him, and while I mourn him as a mother\\nfor a well-beloved son, yet I would not have stayed\\nhim, for the love of country and the upholding of\\nthis glorious Republic is what every mother should\\ninstil into her sons, as the purest and holiest spirit.\\nYours truly,\\nC. Hatch.\\n^riie following is a complete roster for the\\nyear 1 886\\nPost Commander, Benjamin H. Connelly Senior\\nVice-Commander, Adam C. Smith Junior Vice-\\nCommander, William Haegele Surgeon, George\\nPfau Chaplain, Samuel Gaul Otficer of the Day,\\nRobert Crawford Officer of the Guard, John D.\\nCooper Quartermaster, Samuel J. Fenner Ad-\\njutant, William B. Summers; Sergeanl-Major,\\nStacy H. Bassett; Quartermaster-Sergeant, Otto\\nK. Lockhart.\\nComrades.\\nPhilip Achenbach. J. Q. Burniston.\\nGeorge L. Allchin. George Burton;\\nIsaac Albertson. Frederick Buser.\\nJoseph Applegate. Thomas L. Bush.\\nJohn W. Barclay. William Butcher.\\nMartin M. Barney. Isaac B. Buzby.\\nJoseph Baxter. Edward C. Cattell.\\nWilliam W. Bennett. Joseph Cameron.\\nCharles L. Bennett. James H. Carey.\\nAbel Biddle. William Carey.\\nGeorge K. Biddle. James Chadwick.\\nHenry Bickeriug. James Chafey.\\nJohn Bieri. George M. Chester.\\nRobert M. Bingham. James D. Chester.\\nSocrates T. Bittle. Lewis L. Chew.\\nGeorge W. Bittle. Henry S. Chew.\\nBenjamin F. Blizzard. John W. Chniri.\\nJoseph Borton. Andrew B. Cline.\\nFrederick Bowers. Charles Clarke\\nBenjamin M. Brakcr. Samuel J. Cook.\\nJohn Breyer. Levi R. Cole.\\nWilliam H. Brians. John J. Collins.\\nWm. J. Broadwater. John C. Cooper.\\nWilliam Broadwater. John W. Cotner.\\n.lohn Brown. Thomas L. Conly.\\nHarris Brooks. Harvey M. Cox.\\nWilliam H. Brooks. Jason S. Cox.\\nJoseph F. Bryan. Harris Crane.\\nJoseph Buddew. Charles Cress.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0224.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UNION.\\n173\\nJoel G. C ros^i.\\nO. 0. Cunninghiuii.\\nJohn A. Dall.\\nJohn Dalby-\\nJohn H. Damon.\\nWestley Dare.\\nJohn E. Dawson.\\nAdam T. Dawson.\\nJame.s L. Davis.\\nWilliam Davis.\\nAmos R. Dease.\\nHenry Deford.\\nLewis F. Derouase.\\nMichael Devinney.\\nGlendora Devo.\\nJohn Digney.\\nJoseph Dilks.\\nWilliam A. Dobbins.\\nGeorge W. Dunlaji.\\nChristopher Ebele.\\nGodfrey Eisenhart.\\nJohn Elberson.\\nCharles Elwell.\\nCharles Eminecker.\\nJohn Esler.\\nJohn H. Evans.\\nJohn J. Early.\\nAaron B. Eacritt.\\nCharles S. Fackler.\\nJames Fanington.\\nJames A. Farraday.\\nJohn H. Farry.\\nJohn Faughey.\\nWm. H. Feulin.\\nGeorge G. Felton.\\nGeorge W. Ferguson.\\nCharles W. Fish.\\nIsrael L. Fish.\\nJames Finnan.\\nSamuel B. Fisher.\\nEdward L. Fisher.\\nEphraim B. Fithian.\\nJacob T. Fisher.\\nEdward Fitzer.\\nSamuel Flock.\\nLeonard Flor.\\nJohn Fox.\\nJohn S. Fo.x.\\nH. H. Franks.\\nChas. B. Frazer.\\nThomas J. Francis.\\nSamuel W. Gahan.\\nChas. H. Gale.\\nJames Galbraith.\\nThomas Garman.\\nHarry iarrcn.\\nJohn W. Garwood.\\nJosiah Garrison.\\nJohn B. Gaskill.\\nRichard Gaunt.\\nWm. German.\\nChristopher Getsinger.\\nChristopher Git ney.\\nJacob Girtens.\\nAlbert Gilbert.\\nJames Gillen.\\nWm. Gifflns.\\nC. C. Greany.\\nCharles Green.\\nW. H. Griffin.\\nLouis (irosskops.\\nWilliam Grindnid.\\nJohn R. Grubb.\\nMark H. Guest.\\nJohn Guice.\\nAlfred Haines.\\nCharles (x. Haines.\\nJaphet Haines.\\nGeorge F. Hamnioiul.\\nCharles Hall.\\nSolon R. Hankinson.\\nSamuel P. Hankinson.\\nJames Hanson.\\nCharles Hannans.\\nH. A. Hartranft.\\nMahlon Harden.\\nWilliam F. Harper.\\nGeorge W. Haytcr.\\nSamuel B. Harbeson.\\nJ. T. Hazletun.\\nH. Heinman.\\nJames Henderson.\\nWilliam H. Heward.\\nFranklin Hewitt,\\n.lames T. Hemniingway.\\nCharles Hewitt.\\nEdward K. Hess.\\nSamuel B. Hickman.\\nGeorge Higgens.\\nEphraim Hillman.\\nC. M. Hoagland.\\nGaudaloupe Holl.\\nWilliam A. Holland.\\nIsaac K. Horner.\\nCount D. G. Hogan.\\nWilliam H. Howard.\\nBaxter Howe.\\nAllen Hubbs.\\nCharles G. Hunsiuger.\\nPresmel D. Hughes.\\n1. N. Hugg.\\nSebastian Hummel I.\\nEdward Hutchinson.\\nC. Innes.\\nAlfred Ivins.\\nBenjamin Ivins.\\nE. G. Jackson, Sr.\\nE. G. Jack.son, Jr.\\nThomas Jameson.\\nGeorge Jauss.\\nWilliam P. Jenkins.\\nJames L. Johnson.\\nAlfred Jones.\\nB. F. Jones.\\nWilliam Joline.\\nCharles Joseph.\\nCharles Justice.\\nC. H. Kaiu.\\nR. R. Kates.\\nBenjamin Kebler.\\nFrank Kebler.\\nPeter Keen.\\nHenry N. Killian.\\n.1. W. Kinsey.\\nC. H. Knowlton.\\nThomas W. Krips.\\nJoseph H. Large.\\nJohn R. Leake.\\nJohn Lecroy.\\nCharles Leonhardt.\\nGefirge W. Locke.\\nR. J. Long.\\nCharles L. Lukens.\\nJ. H. Lupton.\\nValentine Machemer.\\nEdward Macloskey.\\nEdward A. Martin.\\nWilliam P. Marsh.\\nJohn Mapcs.\\nWilliam Mead.\\nWilliam Metealf\\nE. A. Meyer.\\nC. Meyers.\\nGeorge Meilor.\\nC. A. Michener.\\nWilliam B. E. Miller.\\nJacob Miller.\\nW. D.Miller.\\nSamuel Mills.\\nWilliam W. Mines.\\nChristopher J. Mines.\\nGeorge Molesbury.\\nWilliam Moran.\\nEdward More.\\nRichard Morgan.\\nJolm F. Moore.\\nS. II. Moyer.\\nJacob L. Morton.\\nJohn Muir.\\nJohn J. Murphy.\\nIsaac Murray.\\nCharles Myers.\\nW. H. McAllister.\\nJames McCracken.\\nEdward C. McDowell.\\nHugh McGrogan.\\nH. M. Mcllvaine.\\nW.F.McKillip.\\nW.J. McNeir.\\nLewis McPhersoM.\\nR. McPherson.\\nJacob Naglee.\\nWilliam Kaphas.\\nAntonio Nosardi.\\nRobert O Keefe.\\nJohn S. Owens.\\nRobert Owens.\\nEdward H. Pancoast.\\nJames Pancoast.\\nRobert B. Patterson.\\nWilliam Patterson.\\nE. W. Pease.\\nJohn B. Pepper.\\nJoel Perrine.\\nJohn Peterson.\\nD. E. Peugh.\\nFrederick Phile.\\nSanuiel B.Pine.\\nWilliam M. Pine.\\nAdon Powell.\\nJohn Powell.\\nJohn Portz.\\nJ. B. Prucelle.\\nJohn Quick.\\nS. E. Radclifie.\\nI. C. Randolph.\\nJames A. Regens.\\nPhilip Reilly.\\nCharles P. Reynolds.\\nAlexander Rhodes.\\nBenjamin F. Richard.\\nAndrew Ridgway.\\nBenjamin Robbins.\\nEdward C. Roberts.\\nJames Roberts.\\nRichard J. Robertson.\\nWilliam B. Robertson.\\nIsaac Rogers.\\nJohn Rogers.\\nWilliam H. Rogers.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0225.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "174\\nHISTORY OF (JAMUEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY\\nThomas G. Rowand.\\nSebastian Schaub.\\nMaurice Schmidt.\\nChristian K. Schallers.\\nJames Schofield.\\nGeorge W. Scott.\\nJohn R. Scott.\\nJohn M.Sheraelia.\\nEdward M. Siemers.\\nJohn Simmons.\\nBenjamin F. Shinn.\\nThomas Sheeran.\\nJames Shiekl.\\nCharles Smith.\\nGeorge H. Smith.\\nWilliam W. Smith.\\nCharles S. Small.\\nAdolph Snow.\\nW. Souder.\\nFrancis Souders.\\nRobert Sjiarks.\\nDavid C. Sprowl.\\nAlfred L. Sparks.\\nAbraham Springer.\\nGeorge W. Ste\\\\Yart.\\nWilliam L.Stevenson.\\nThomas G. Stephenson.\\nSamuel R. Stockton.\\nThomas Stockton.\\nHenry Strick.\\nE. J. Strickland.\\nThomas H. Stone.\\nCharles Siring.\\nGeorge F. Stull.\\nGeorge W. Swaney.\\nCrosby Sweeten\\nWilliam A. Tatem.\\nWilliam F. Tarr.\\nThomas S. Tanier.\\nG. R. Tenner.\\nCharles L. Test.\\nLeonard Thomas.\\nBenjamin Thomas-\\nHenry C. Thomas.\\nThe Po.st meets every Thursday evening\\nin their own G. A. R. Hall, on Stevens\\nStreet, below Fifth Street.\\nColonel Willia,vi B. Hatch was the\\nson of the late William B. Hatcli, of Cam-\\nden. As a youth he developed a fondness\\nfor military life. After his father s death\\nhe visited Europe, and spent several months\\nin observation of the military systems of the\\nGeorge F. Thorne.\\nWesley Thorn.\\nThomas W. Thornely.\\nAlexander W. Titus.\\nJoseph Tompkins.\\nJ. E. Troth.\\nIsaac C Toone.\\nSamuel Tyler.\\nJacob M. Van Nest.\\nAlbert Vansciver.\\nJoseph Wakeman.\\nTheodore F. Walker.\\nLiharles Walton.\\nGeorge Walton.\\nJoseph Welsh.\\nDavid Watson.\\nGeorge W. Wentling.\\nEdward West.\\nElmer M. West.\\nGeorge Weyraan.\\nWilmer Whillden.\\nJames Whittaker.\\nSamuel Wickward.\\nAmos P. Wilson.\\nG. A. Wilson.\\nRichard Wilson.\\nD. H. Wilson.\\nCalvin T. Williams.\\nGeorge W. Williams.\\nWilliam H. Williams.\\nJohn Williams.\\nSamuel Winner,\\n(leorge Wispert.\\nJohn W. Wood.\\nJoseph Woodfield.\\nWalter Wolfkill.\\nE. W. Wolvertoii.\\nElijah Worthington.\\nC. M. Wright.\\nGeorge B. Wright.\\nHenry S. Wright.\\nWesley T. Wright.\\nWilliam Zane.\\nContinent. Upon the breaking out of the late\\nwar he was appointed adjutant of the Fourth\\nRegiment New Jersey Militia, under Colonel\\nMiller, and served with that regiment in\\nthe three months service. Upon the organ-\\nization of the Fourth New Jersey Volunteer\\nRegiment for the three years service he was\\noffered and accepted the commission of major\\nof the regiment, and very soon after was\\ncommissioned lieutenant-colonel. With the\\nFourth Regiment he .served under Generals\\nKearny and Taylor, and as a part of General\\nFranklin s division, Sedgewick s Sixth Army\\nCorps. He took an active part in the Peninsula\\ncampaign under General j\\\\[cCiellan. At the\\nbattle of Gaines Mills tlie Fourth Regiment\\nfought bravely for hours, but were finally\\nsurrounded and captured by the enemy, with\\nhis fellow-officers and companions. Colonel\\nHatch was carried a prisoner to Richmond,\\nwhere for many weeks he sustained the\\nhorrors of the rebel pri.son. After being\\nexchanged he rejoined his regiment, and soon\\nafter was (commissioned its colonel. His\\ncommissions date as follows Major of the\\nFourth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers,\\nAugu.st 17, 1861 lieutenant-colonel, Sep-\\ntember 7, 18(31 and colonel, August 28,\\n18(52. He participated with his regiment in\\nthe following engagements\\nWest Point, Va., May 7, 62 Gaines Mill, Va.,\\nJune 27, 62; Manassas, N a., AugiLst 27, 62;\\nChantilly, Va., September 1, 62; Cram pton s Pass,\\nMd., September 14, 62 Antietam, Md., Septem-\\nber 17, 62 Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 62.\\nIn this last battle he fell mortally wounded\\nat the head of his regiment, while leading\\nthem to the attack upon the enemy s works.\\nHe was conveyed to the field hospital near\\nFalmouth, Va., where his leg was ampu-\\ntated. He tiled two days later, on December\\n15, 1862, and his remains were returned to\\nCamden- and interred in the cemetery. To\\nsuch au extent had he gained the love and\\nappreciation of his command that they\\ncollected iu the field six hundred dollars, and", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0226.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOR THE UNION.\\n175\\n])urohasecl and presented to liim a heautitul\\ndapple gray horse called the Grey Warrior,\\nwhich afterwards became the property of\\nGeneral A. T. A. Torbert. This famou.s\\nhorse died at General Torbert s lionie in\\nDelaware in 1882.\\nThe Loyal Ladies League.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hatch\\nLeague, No. 2, L. L. L., auxiliary to Wil-\\nliam B. Hatch Post, No. .37, Grand Army of\\nthe Republic, was instituted in Camden in\\nJanuary, 1873, with forty-two chart(M- mem-\\nbers. The object of the association is to\\nunite in fraternal bonds the families of\\nhonorably discharged soldiers and sailors\\nwho served during the ivil War, to aid the\\nPost in whatever way assi.stance may be\\nneeded, and to aid in keeping sacred the\\nsolemnities of Decoration Day.\\nIn the interest of William B. Hatch Post\\nthe League has instituted and held three fairs,\\nfive bean suppers, one Japanese tea party, two\\ndairy-maid festivals, twelve sociables and\\ntwo fruit festivals. The proceeds of these\\nentertainments, amounting to three thousand\\nfive hundred and twenty-nine dollars, were\\n]iaid over to the Post by the finance com-\\nmitttee of the League. In addition to this,\\nthe League has presented the Post with a\\nlarge and valuable collection of relics from\\nthe battle-field of Gettysburg, and has\\nassisted in purchasing and furnishing the\\nPost hall, on Stevens Street, below Fifth.\\nThe following is a complete roster of the\\nLeague at this date (1886)\\nPresident, Emma L. Devinney S. V., Emeline\\nHowe; J. v., Mary A. Stockton; secretary, Mattie\\nH. CTarrison treasurer, Mary A. Guest; chaplain,\\nHarriet (i. Williams Conductress, Emma Rohr-\\nniiin Guard, Mary Ehvell.\\nMemhers.\\nIda L. Acheiibach. Lizzie Butcher.\\nLoui.sa Allen. Mary .lane Cooper.\\nTheresa Anderson. Elizabeth Cope.\\nKate Baker. Mary E.Corcoran.\\nFannie Bennett. Cornelia Co.\\\\.\\nEllen Biddle. Emma Dease.\\nRebecca Bovell. Rebecca Eldridge.\\nAmanda Butcher. Marv A. Elwell.\\nMary Fenton.\\nSusan Franks.\\nMattie B. Garrison.\\nEmma Gaskill.\\nEllen Gleason.\\nLaura McNeir.\\nElizabeth McLaughlin.\\nImogene Meyers.\\nAda Miller.\\nRav Milliette.\\nDilwinna Greenwood Mary E. MofBt.\\nAunaE. Grubb. Rebecca Nelson.\\nMary Guest. Mary Parsons.\\nAnuie M. Hagele. Mary Pine.\\nMary E. Hankinson. Elizabeth Portz.\\nSallie X. Hankinson. Anna M. Quick.\\nMary V. Hewitt. Ruth Ross.\\nKate Holt. Emma Rei^ens.\\nHenrietta Holland. Hannah Robinson.\\nHannah Horner. Lydia Roray.\\nEmeline C. Howe. Rachel Sinkinson.\\nSallie D. Hugg. Annie Smick.\\nEmma Ivins. .Teunie Smith.\\nHannah G. Ivins. Maria F.Smith.\\nElizabeth .lobes. Amanda Stratton.\\nCatherine .Johnson. Fannie Strickland.\\nPriscilla .Tohuson. Minnie T. Summers.\\nAnnie E. Johnson. Amanda Thomas.\\nEmily Kinsey. Ketnrah Tenner.\\nNellie Lane. Hannah Vanhart.\\n.\\\\nnie Lang. Sarah A. Wakinuiri.\\nArietta Lewis. Anna E. Walker.\\nMary E. Lupton. Ellen Walton.\\nAmanda Mason.\\nDepartment Otficers Mrs. Anna E. Grubb, depart-\\nment president; Mrs. Laura McNeir, department\\nsecretary.\\nPast Presidents: Mrs. Sarah D. Hugg, Mrs.\\nMattie B. Garrison.\\nThe League meets every Tuesdav evening\\nin (irand Army Hall, Stevens Street, below\\nFifth Street.\\nWilliam P. Roheson Po.st, No. 51, of\\nGamden (the first post in New Jersey com-\\nposed of colored soldiers), was instituted and\\norganized June 28, 1881, with twenty-five\\ncharter members.\\nThe following is a complete roster of the\\nPost at this date (1886) Past Commanders,\\nW. S. Darr and W. A. Drake Post Com-\\nmander, Miles Bishop Senior Vice, Chas.\\nJones Junior Vice, Ezekiel Jones Surgeon,\\nGeorge Lodine; Chaplain, August Westcott\\nAdjutant, Charles Accoo C)fficerof the Day,\\nAnthony Austin Officer of the Guard, George\\nBishop Quartermaster, John C. Richard-", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0227.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2176\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nson Quartermaster-Sergeant, Joseph Rice\\nSergeant-Major, George H. Watson. The\\nother members are Jas. Wiltbanks, Nathaniel\\nIngram, Wm. Ingram, Wm. INI. Butts, Wm.\\nSmith, Hezekiah Wreneh, Benj. Stewart,\\nElijah Hammitt, Chas. Barnes, Shepiierd\\nPitts, C has. AVoolford, Elijah l^ipiiiger,\\nThomas Ryan, George F. Johnson, Charles\\nFord.\\nThe Post meets in Lee s Hall, corner of\\nBroadway and Atlantic Avenue.\\nGenerai, Wieijam p. Robeson, Jr.,\\nenlisted early in 1861, and was enrolled with\\nthe first brigade of three years troops which\\nleft the State of New Jersey. On May 28,\\n1861, he was commissioned first lieutenant\\nof Company K., Third Regiment, New Jersey\\nVolunteers, General Kearny s First Brigade.\\nHe was promoted to captain of the same\\ncompany August 13, 186 2. Wiiile with the\\nThird Regiment he participated in the fol-\\nlowing engagements\\nFirst Bull Run, Va., July 21, 18( 1 Muiison s\\nHill, Va., August 31, 1801 West Point, Va., May\\n.7, 1862 Gaines Farm, Va., June 27, 1862 Charles\\nCity Cross-Roads, Va., June 30, 18(i2 Malvern\\nHill, Va., July 1, 1862; Manassas, Va., August\\n27, 1862; Chantilly, Va., September 1, 1862;\\nCrampton s Hill, Md., 8e|)teniber 14, 1862; Anlie-\\ntam, Md., .September 17, 1862 Fredericksburg,\\nVa., December 13 and 14, 1862 Second Fred-\\nericksburg, Va., May 3, 1863 Salem Heights, Va.,\\nMay 3 and 4, 1863 Gettysburg, Pa., July 2 and 3,\\n1863 Fairfield, Pa., July 5, 1863 Witliamspdrt,\\nMd., July 6, 1863 Fuuktown, Md., July 12, 1863\\nRapi ahannock Station, Va., October 12, 1863;\\nRappahannock Station, Va., November 7, 1863\\nMine Run, Va., November 30, 1863.\\nAfter the last-named battle he was pro-\\nmoted and corami.ssioned as niajor n{ I lie\\nThird New Jersey Cavalry, on nccenil)er \u00e2\u0096\u00a0_*8,\\n1863. He was promoted to lieuteuanl-\\ncolonel of the regiment September 23, 18(il,\\nand as colonel August 4, 1865, and received\\na eommi.ssion as brevet brigadier-general,\\ndating back to April I, 1865, for gallant and\\nmeritorious .services in the battles of Five\\nForks and South Side Ilailroad, Va. He re-\\nturned to his home in Camden after the war,\\nand became a member of William B. Hatch\\nPost, No. 37, G. A. R. He died August 18,\\n1881, and was buried at Belvidere, New\\nJersey.\\nJohn Wili.ian Post, No. 71, of Glou-\\ncester, was chartered November 8, 1882, with\\nthe following-named comrades\\nCharles F. Lindsay. Samuel English.\\nWilliam Butler. Aden W. Powell.\\nThomas Black. James JI. Chapman.\\nRichard R. Allen. John Harri.sou.\\nJ(din E. Jlillcr. William M. Lanagan.\\nFrederick Tyas. Benj, F. Upham.\\n.John Kochersperger. Lewis H. Riley.\\nJohn Lincoln. Wm. Hawkins.\\nKlwood Fisher. .lohn Dayton.\\nWalter W. Larkins. Stewart Harkins.\\nWilliam (kahili. John M. Rapp.\\nWilliam Green. Joseph Cheeseman.\\nArchibald Wallace. .lames Stitson.\\nJohn O. Hines. Franklin Adams.\\nThe officers were, Commander, Wm.\\nLanagan S. V. C, Stewart Hawkins J.\\nV. C, John Harrison Adjutant, John O.\\nHines, Surgeon, R. R. Allen Chaplain,\\nElvvood Fi.sher Q.-M., John Kocher-\\nsperger O. of D., James. M. Chapman\\nO. of G., Lewis H. Riley; Q.-M.-S., B. F.\\nUpham. The Past ommandcrs have been\\nWm. N. Lanagan, Wm. C. Hawkins,\\nArchibald Wallace, Walter W. Ijarkin and\\nthe corps of officers for 188(i C., K. R. Al-\\nlen S. V. C., Frederick Tyas J. V. C.,\\nMerrick C^ai-r A., Charles M. McCracken\\nQ.-M., B. F. Upham; Chaplain, Samuel\\nBarwis Surgeon, Wm. C. Hawkins; O. of\\nI)., Lewis H. Riley. This Post has twenty-\\ntwo members. It was named after Brevet-\\nGeneral .lolm W illian, who enlisted as\\nseeiiiid liculenant in the Sixtii New Jersey\\nVolnntcers in l.S(;i,and was [)ri motc(l for\\nmeritorious .service.\\nan Leer Post, No. 3(i, of (Jlouces-\\nter, was organized November 13, 1880, by\\nDepartment Commander Samuel Hufly.\\nThe original officers were: P. C., John P.\\nBooth S. V. C, John W. \\\\\\\\rigiit J. V.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0228.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "THE WAR FOE TflE UNION.\\nC, Frank W. Pike O. of D., Akxaiidur\\nHai-vf v Q. M., William C. Hawkins\\nAdjt., Benjamin Sands; O. of G., John\\nMcCormick. Tiie Past Commanders have\\nbeen Joim P. Booth, John W. Wrigiit,\\nAlexander Harvey, I^awrence Niitt, John\\nGraham, William Miller. The officers for\\n1886 are: C, Charles H. Barnard S. V.\\nC, James Cooney J. V. C, James McCaf-\\nferty Adjt., Benjamin Sands; C^. M., Wm.\\nMiller; of IX, William Gideon U. ofG.,\\nAlexander Fergasoii Chaplain, John Berg-\\nman Snrgeou, Christopher Ottinger.\\nThe Post was named after Colonel Joim\\nP. Van Leer, who was first lieutenant of a\\ncompany of three months men, enrolled in\\nGloucester three days after Fort Sumter was\\nfired- on, and on returning he was made ma-\\njor of the Sixth Regiment of the three years\\nmen, promoted lieutenant-colonel, and his\\ncommission as colonel was on its way to him\\nwhen he was killed at Williamsburg. Geo.\\nE. Wilson, of Camden, is an honorary mem-\\nber of this Po.st. He was captain in the com-\\npany with John P. Van I^eer, and was, like\\nhis comrade, consj)icuons for his bravery.\\nQuite a number of the comrades of Van\\nLeer Post rose from the ranks to positions of\\ntrust.\\nThomas H. Davis Post, No. 53, of\\nHaddonfield, received a charter July 16,\\n1882, and was organized a few days later,\\nwith twenty members, at Clement Hall, in\\ntiiat township. In the summer of 1884 the\\nPost purchased the Hillman School building\\non Chestnut Street, and fitted it for a hall,\\nand in November of that year occupied it as\\ntheir place of meeting.\\nThe officers at organization were,\\np. C, Henry D. Moore S. V. C, Richard E.\\nElwell; J. V. C, Henry McConnell Adjutunt,\\nWilliam F. Milliman (iiiartermsister, Walter\\nWayne Officer of Day, Peter K. Eldridge; Officer\\nof Guard, J. Collins Baker Surgeon, James P.\\nYoung; Chaplain, R. W. Budd.\\nThe Post Commanders who have served to\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J3\\nthe present time have been H.D. Moore, R. E.\\np]lwell and .lames M. Latimer. The mem-\\nbership is about fifty, and the present officers\\nare,\\nP. C, W. H. Oakley S. V. C. R. Wilkin.s Budd\\nJ. V. C, J. O. Lee; Adjutant, R. E. Elwell tiuarler-\\nuiaster, (tilbert L. Day; Officer of Day, Richard\\nPlum; Officer of Guard, Patrick Plaughey Chap-\\nlain, Samuel A. Bates; Surgeon, .Joseph P. Busha;\\n(iuariermaster-Sergeant, Alired Anderson.\\nThe biography and [)cirirail of oloncl\\nThomas H. Davis, after whom this Post was\\nnamed, will be found in the history of the\\nar titr the Union.\\nCoiiiradt\\nJacob Asay.\\nMiles Bates.\\nRobert Bales,\\n.r. C. Baker.\\nGeorge H. Backley.\\n.T. G. Bowker.\\nJohn William Boyd.\\nJosejdi Buzljy.\\nRichard Baxter.\\nRest jrc Crispin.\\nH. C. Cuthbert.\\nWilliam Cobb.\\nHenry Day.\\nJohn Dowdrick.\\nWilliam H. Fowler.\\nJosiah Fowler.\\nHiram Fish.\\n.Jacob Gehring.\\nGeorge Harley.\\nJ. K. Haines.\\nAlfred Hall.\\nThomas Caldwell.\\nWilliam R. Jones.\\nJames M. Latimer.\\nHenry D. Moore.\\nJacob R. Jliller.\\nDavis Marshall.\\nThoiiuis McManns.\\nEdward F. Magill.\\nG. Norton.\\n(JeorgeM. Newkirk.\\nIsaiah Kellum.\\nJoel S. Perkins.\\nWilliam Pittiuger.\\nW illiam F. Millinum.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lohn B. Rumt ord.\\nLewis Ivistine.\\nJulius Smith.\\nCharles H. Smith.\\nJ. R. Stevenson.\\nGeorge Sloan.\\n0. B. Tiffimy.\\nWalter Wayne.\\nWilliam Wagner.\\nDavid D. Winner.\\nThe Sons of Veterans is a .society com-\\nposed of descendants of soldiers of the late\\nwar. C^amp No. 1, Sons of Veterans, of\\nCamden, was organized with nineteen mem-\\nbers, December 21, 1881, by Comrade Rob-\\nert Crawford, first colonel of the New Jersey\\nDivision. The object of the association is\\nto keep ever fresh and green the memory of\\ntheir fathers sacrifice in the battles of the\\nCivil War.\\nThe following is a complete roster of the\\nofficers and members at this date (1886)", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0229.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "178\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nCaptain, Stacy Nevins First Lieutenant,\\nSamuel Galiaii Second Lieutenant, E. E. Kiger\\nQuartermaster, L. S. Jackson Ctiaplain, Albert\\nWolf; Orderly-Sergeant, Wui. Latt erty Color-\\nSergeant, George Nevins Sergeant of Guard, A.\\nR. Dease Corporal of Guard, F. Fernandes\\nCamp Guard, Harry Siberlist.\\nMembers.\\nWilliam D. Brown. E. E. Jefferics.\\nE. H. Bates. C. W. Jones.\\nJohn C. Cooper. C. R. McAdams,\\nHoward Cooper. James Myers.\\nRobert Crawford. A. PJiel.\\nFrederick Fenner. (xeorge Reigens.\\nH. Horton. Wm. Sheridan.\\nCliarles Walton, Jr.\\nThe Camp hold their meetings in G. A.\\nK. Hall of Colonel William B. Hatch Post.\\nSixth Rkgiment, National Guards.\\nIn 1869 there were but two military com-\\npanies connected with the State militia, one\\nin the city of Camden and one in Burlington.\\nBy an act of the Legislature, approved in\\nMarch, 1869, the old militia system of the\\nState was abolished and a new law passeil\\norganizing the National Guard. By an or-\\nder from headquarters the two companies\\nmentioned were constituted the Fifth Battal-\\nion of the Third Brigaile of the National\\nGuard of the State of New Jersey, and E.\\nJackson was commissioned as major and as-\\nsumed command of the battalion. In 1870\\nthree additional companies were immediately\\nformed and added to the ortrauizatiou, thus\\nconstituting it a full battalion, and the fol-\\nlowing staff officers were appointed Adju-\\ntant, Solon R. Haidxinson Paymaster, Wil-\\nliam B. Sexton (:iuarterniaster, Jacob Hill\\nSurgeon, H. Genet Taylor, M.D. Assistant-\\nSurgeon, J. Orlando White, M.D. and Chap-\\nlain, Rev. William H. Jefferys. Adjutant\\nIlankinson resigned, and in January, 1870,\\nDaniel B. Murphy was connuissioncd first\\nlieutenant and adjutant of the battalion.\\nIn August, 1870, another company was\\norganized at Atlantic City and added to the\\nbattalion, thus creating a necessity for a reg-\\nimental organization, and, accordingly, the\\nSixth Regiment was organized, and Colonel\\nJames M. Scovel, Lieutenant-Colonel Wil-\\nliam H. Hemsing and Major Richard H. Lee\\nwere elected field officers. The command-\\nants of the regiment have been Colonel Wil-\\nliam J. Sewell, elected 1873, and Colonel E.\\nBurd Grubb, 1877. The field officers elected\\nin 1882 were: Colonel, William H. Cooper;\\nLieutenant-Colonel, J. C. Lee and Major,\\nG. W. Smith. The regiment was called out\\nin August, 1877, to suppress the labor riots\\nat Phillip.sburg, N. J., and continued on duty\\nseventeen days. Company K, of Vineland,\\nbecame a part of this regiment March 14,\\n187(5, and Company E, of Woodbury, March\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a222, 1880.\\nThe headquarters of the regiujcnt is the\\nSixth Regiment jVrmory, corner of West\\nStreet and Mickle, formerly the opera-house\\nof Camden, which was bought by the regi-\\nment June 9, 1883, and for which they paid\\nthirty-five thousand dollars. All of the\\napartments of the armory arc complete, neat-\\nly arranged and handsomely furnished. The\\nfield and start officers a])pointed when the\\nregiment was first formeil, in 1.S70, were as\\nfollows\\nField Officers. Colonel, James M. Scovel Lieu-\\ntenant-Colonel, William H. Hemsing Major,\\nRichard H. Lee.\\nStaff Officers. .\\\\djutant, Daniel B. Murphy\\nQuartermaster, William M. P.dmer; Paymaster,\\nWilliam B. Sexton Surgeon, H. Genet Taylor,\\nM.D.; Assistant Surgeon, J. (Jrlando White, M.D.;\\nChaplain, Rev. William H. Jefferys.\\nThe field and start orticers for 188(j are,\\nFiclil Officers. Colonel, William H. Cooper\\nLieutenant-Colonel, George W. Smith Major, Wil-\\nliam H. Stansbury.\\n(S /(f// Officers. Adjutant, George S. Counter\\nQuartermaster, (Jeorge G. Felton Paymaster, Na-\\nthan Haines Surgeon, E. L. B. Godfrey, M.D.;\\nAssistant Surgeon, George T. Robinson, M.D.;\\nChai lain, Clarence A. Adams Judge Advocate,\\nFranklin C. Woolman Rifle-Practice Inspector,\\nDe Lancey G. Walker.\\nThe line ollicers of the three comj)anies of\\nCamden are,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0230.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "THE ERECTION OF CAMDEN COUNTY.\\n179\\nCnmpany B. Captain, Robert M. Hillmaii\\nFirst Lieutenant, Jesse H.Carey; Second Lieu-\\ntenant, William P. Mockett.\\nCompany C.~Qa.\\\\ita.m,\\\\\\\\. B. E. Miller; First\\nLieutenant, Charles C. Walz Second Lieuten-\\nant, John Miller.\\nCompany D. Captain, Charles S. Barnard First\\nLieutenant, George C. Randall Second Lieuten-\\nant, Charles H. Turner.\\nCiATLiNG Gttn CoMrANY B, of Caniden,\\nwa.sorganizetl in LSTS under tlie now law pro-\\nviding!; for the organization of two (;onij)anips\\nof infantry to be drilled in the use of Gatling\\nguns. C-aptain E. D. French was the prime\\nmover in its organization and the first com-\\nmandant. The membership was recruited\\nprincipally from old Battery B. The artil-\\nlery uniform was worn, and in addition to\\nthe Gatlings, the comjiany was ai-med with\\nrifles and sabres.\\nJohn H. Piatt was elected first lieutenant\\non .Inlv 24, 1879, and tiie first conspicuous\\npublic^ display made by the new company\\nwas at Grant s rece|)tion in Philadel])hia,\\nDecember IG, 1879. In 1880 the com])any\\n])artici])ated in the State G. A. R. encamj)-\\nment at Bonaparte Park, Bordentown, and\\ntook a prominent part in the sham battle with\\ntheir Gatling guns. Captain French resigned\\non Ai)ril 17, 1880, and Mr. Piatt was elected\\ncaptain and John J. Brown first lieutenant,\\nCieorgo G. Randall having been elected sec-\\nond lieutenant on January 18th. Mr. Ran-\\ndall resigned in June, 188], and Charles\\nSiiivers, Jr., was elected to his position Oc-\\ntober i;3th. Two weeks after this the com-\\n])auy turned out in the Bi-Ceutenuial mili-\\ntary arade with its Gatlings.\\nThis command is attached to the Second\\nBrigade under General William J. Scwell as\\nthe brigade commander. In September,\\n1883, Lieutenant Brown resigned and on\\nOctober l.st. Captain Piatt and Ijieutenant\\nShivers also resigned. Lieutenant-Colonel\\nD. B. Murphy was placed in command until\\nDecember 28, 1883, when its present efficient\\ncommandant. Captain Robert R. Kckeudorf,\\nwas elected. The company was then recruit-\\ned up to the legal standard.\\nGattliug Gun Company J o cnpies quar-\\nters in the new armory adjoining the G un-\\nden Battalion.\\nThe following are its officers and mem-\\nbers: Captain, R. R. Eckcndorf; Fii-st\\nI.iieutenant, John R. Jones SecHjnd Lieu-\\ntenant, G. Walter Garton First Sergeant,\\nOwen B. Jones; Se(^o.nd Sergeant, James\\nDuffy; Third Sergeant, Harry M. Dey\\nFourth Sergeant, Harry Nichuals Fifth\\nSergeant, Samuel Grovier First Corpoi al,\\nLouis B. Harris Second Corj)oral, Harry\\nTobin Third Corporal, Ulie J. Lee Musi-\\ncians, David Mead, Charles Mead Privates,\\nCharles M. Baldwin, Harry F. Cami)bell,\\nAlonzo W. Powers, John J. Chambers, Wil-\\nliam Grover, David Ewan, Earnest Haines,\\nLeander Hyatt, George H. Beard, Thomas\\nF. Miugen, Samuel C. Grover, John Mul-\\nholland, Harry G. Rathgeb, Charles Enger,\\nJacob Haines, Edwin Hillman, Webster Mc-\\nClellau, Charles A. Fowler, James J. Duffy,\\nCharles H. Jefferies, Frederick W. Kalt,\\nHarry D. Nichuals, William Lawler, Dal-\\ngren Albertsou, George Middleton, John E.\\nShannon, John Nixon, George H. Snowhill,\\nWilliam H. Adams, J. R. Smyth, Raljili\\nBond, Archie S. Royal, G. Parker Johnson,\\nFrank Smith, D. Harry CV)ndit, M. A. Cole,\\nFrank T. Hayes, Charles P. Householder,\\nSamuel Donaldson.\\nCHAPTER XL\\nTHE ERECTION OF CASfDEN OfNTY.\\nThe first official meeting of citizens in the\\ncounty of Glouee.ster having for its object\\nthe division of that county was held at the\\nhouse of John M. John.son, in the city of\\nC-amden, on the 16th day of l ebruary, 1837.\\nThe object of this meeting was to consider\\nthe propriety of petitioning the Ijcgislafure", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0231.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "180\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nto autliorize the erection of a new county to be\\ncomposed of the townships of Waterford,\\nCamden, Newton, Union and Gloucester and\\nto be called Delaware. The deliberations\\nof this meeting did not result in anything\\neffectual, but that agitation on the subject for\\nwhich it met was kept up, is evident from\\nthe decided stand shown in the resolutions\\npassed at a similar meeting held seven years\\nlater, on the 11th day of January, 1844, at\\nthe Friend.s school-house in Haddonfield,\\nwhere a large number of the citizens con-\\nvened in re,sponse to a notice. John Clement,\\nSr., was chosen chairman at this meeting\\nand Thomas Redman, Jr., secretary. Rich-\\nard W. Snowden, Jacob L. Rowand, and\\nDavid Roc were appointed a committee to\\ndraft a series of resolutions, which were\\nadopted and read as follows\\nResolved, that in the opinion of this meeting\\nthe contemplated division of the county is alto-\\ngether useless and unnecessary and would be\\nhighly oppressive, subjecting the inhabitants to a\\nheavy taxation on the one hand without any bene-\\nficial advantages on the other, the county being at\\npresent of a convenient size and form and the\\npublic building.s ah eady erected and in the centre\\nof population adequate to public accommodation.\\nThe meeting, in another resolution, recom-\\nmended a county (invention to be held at\\nthe Woodbury court-house on January 22,\\n1844. Notice was given to that effect and a\\nconvention was held on the day appointed,\\nJohn Clement, Sr., of Haddonfield, jiresid-\\ning. A .series of resolutions and a memorial\\ndeprecating the division were jire.sented and\\nadopted and a iiuimIxt of persons were np-\\npoiuted to attend the Legislature at Trenton\\nto present and support them.\\nThe movement for a division liad its friends,\\nwho were not meinliers of the convention\\nheld, and wiio were endeavoring to aecom-\\n])lisii th(; end desired. A bill was presented\\nto the Legislature, asking for the division of\\n(jloucester County by the erection of the\\ntownships of Ciiinden, Waterford, Newton,\\nL^nion, Delaware, Gloucester and Washing-\\nton into a county to l)e called Camden. On\\nthe tJth of March, 1844, seventeen petitions\\nsigned by three hundred and forty-two per-\\nsons and twenty remonstrances, signed by\\none thoiLsaud four hundred and si.xty-seven\\npersons, were presented, but the bill finally\\npassed both Houses and was approved by the\\nGovernor March 13, 1844, and Camden\\nCounty took its place with the counties of\\nthe State of New Jersey. In November,\\n1845, an effbrt was made, without succe.\u00c2\u00abs, to\\nreturn the townships of ^Yashington and\\nGloncester to Gloucester County. Later,\\nhowever, Wa.shington (then including the\\npresent township of Monroe) was returned\\nto Gloucester County. In December of the\\nyear 1845 an ineffectual attempt was made\\nto re-annex all of Camden County, except the\\ntownship of Camden and part of Delaware,\\nto Gloucester County, and in September,\\n1846, to erect the townships of Franklin,\\nWashington, (xlouccstcr and Winslow into\\na county to be called Washington. It\\nwill thus be seen that the erection of the\\nnew county of Camden caused considerable\\nagitation and discussion.\\nThe public buildings of the county at\\nGlou(\u00c2\u00abster (now Gloucester City), having\\nbeen destroyed by fire, an election was had\\nand the seat of justice was removed to\\nWoodbury in 1787. Pnblit^ buildings erec-\\nted at Woodbury, wliich, about 1819-20,\\nhaving l)ccome somewhat dilapidated, the\\nquestion of a change of location of the\\ncounty-seat to (iloucester again was agi-\\ntated among the ])copie. Meetings were\\nheld in tiie townshi|)s and in Woodbury\\nat different times. petition was pre-\\nsented to tin: Fjcgislaturc having this\\nchange in view, whereupon a large meeting\\nof citi/cMs convened at Woodbury January\\n17, 1.S20, at wiiicli remonstrances signed by\\nover one. thousand si.\\\\ hundred persons were\\nread, and James Matlack, Joseph V. Clark,\\nJoseph Rogers, I.saac Pine and John AT.\\nWiiite were chosen to visit the Legislature,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0232.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "THE ERECTION OF CAMDEN COUNTY.\\n181\\npresent remonstrances and take measures to\\nprevent the piussage of tiie hill. An influence\\nwas brought to bear upon the projectors of\\ntlie bill and they asked permission to with-\\ndraw theirpetition, which was granted, the agi-\\ntation ce;used, two buildings for county offices\\nwere erected at Woodbury, and necessary\\nrepairs made upon court-house and jail. Had\\nthis change of county-seat then been made it\\nis probable Camden County would nut have\\nbeen erected.\\nThe act under which the county of Cam-\\nden was formed provided that after one year\\nfrom date of erec^tion the locati(jn of county\\nbuildings shoidd be decided by a vote of\\nqualified electors in the county at such time\\nand places as the Board of Freeholders should\\nappoint. In accordance with this act, the\\nfreeholders, on April 7, 1845, set apart\\nAugust 12, 1845, as the day of election.\\nPrior to that time a county meeting was\\nheld at White Horse Tavern, in Glouces-\\nter township, for the purpose of selecting\\nand agreting upon some town most suitable\\nin whii h to erect the public buildings.\\nRichard Stafford was chosen president of\\nthe meeting; Evan C. Smith, of Delaware,\\nRichard Thomas, of Camden, Richard W.\\nSnowden, of Newton, Joshua Peacock, of\\nWaterford, Joseph Bndd, of Union, John\\nAlbertson, of Winslow, John North, of\\nGloucester, and Joel Steelman, of Washing-\\nton, vice-presidents; Jacob L. Rowand and\\nJames D. Dotterer, secretaries. In accor-\\nilance with a resolution, five persons were\\nchosen from each township as a committee\\naii l each t(nvnship to east one vote. This\\njoint committee was empowered to select\\nthe most desirable town for the location of\\nthe proposed buildings. Hie result of the\\nvote was nineteen for Haddonfield, ten for\\nLong-a-coming, and fewer votes for certain\\nother places. The meeting adjourned to\\nJuly 31st, of which meeting no account has\\nbeen obtained.\\nCoiNTV Bt ildinos. The act establish-\\ning the county pruvidrd (hat the courts of\\nthe coiuity should be held at Woodi)ury for a\\nyear, and that a seat of justice should be\\nchosen by a vote of the peo])le on t\\\\w 12th\\nof August, 184 and re(|uire(l a majority\\nof the total vote to establish the site. The\\nelection was held with this result: Camden,\\n1062; (Jloucester, 822; Haddonfield, 422;\\n]\\\\Iount K|)hraim, .3.3. There was no choice,\\nand then began a series of contests in the\\nBoard of Chosen Freeholders almost witiiout\\nparallel in the history of municipal bodies,\\nextending over a period of seven years, and\\ni-equiring the assistance of four elections by\\nthe people, two legislative bodies and three\\ncourts to bring it to a final result. There\\nwere seven townships and one city, each with\\ntwo rej)resentatives in the board. December\\n2, 1845, the board a])i)ointed Joseph Kay,\\nJoseph Porter and C lnrles Kaighn a com-\\nmittee to obtain an act of the Ijegislature\\nto autiiorize the holding of another election.\\nI his was done and the act called for two elec-\\ntions, at the first of which a majority was\\nrequisite, and, that failing, at the second a\\nplurality would suffice.\\nThe first was held April 28, 184(J, with\\nthe following vote Camden, 963 Mount\\nFphraim, 427; White Horse, 330; Chews\\nIvanding, 93 Haddonfield, 46. Thescatter-\\ning vote was sufficient to exceed C amden s\\nlead, and there being no choice, the second\\nelection was held June? 2d, with this result:\\nCamden, 1434 Long-a-Coming, 1498. This,\\nit was thought, would settle the controversy,\\nbut Abraham Browning and Captain John\\nW. Mickle were mendiers of the board,\\nwhile Thomas H. Dudley was clerk, and\\nthey were fertile in expedients. The board\\nmet at Long-a-Coming, .lunc 15th, and at\\nonce took steps to provide the necessars imild-\\nings at that place. A committee was ap-\\npointed, and at once reported ])lans for build-\\nings, and a site on lands of Jacob licac^h.\\nThe plans were, a court-house of stone,\\nforty-five by sixty-five feet, with offices on", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0233.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "182\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY,\\nthe first floor and court-room ou the second\\nfloor; the jail, also of stone, forty-two l y\\nforty-five feet, with five apartments or cells.\\nThe cost of both estimated at seventeen\\nthousand dollars.\\nAs they were about to adopt the plans and\\nadvertise for proposals, a writ of critiorari\\nwas served answerable to the Sujirenie Court.\\nThe decision of the court favored Long-a-\\nComiug, hut the proceedings caused delay,\\nand it was March 8, 1847, before further\\naction was taken. At that meeting, held at\\nLong-a-C-oming, a committee had been ap-\\npointed with instructions to purchase the\\nLeach property, and to advertise for propo-\\nsals for the construction of the buildings ()n\\nthe plans already adopted, when a prelimi-\\nnary injunction, from the chancellor, issued\\nat the instance of Richard Fetters and I r.\\nIsaac S. Mulford, was served. The nuijorily\\nappointed a committee to inquire into frauds\\nat the elections and to sue for damages, the\\nauthors of the vexatious suits but as the\\ninjunction was dissolved, no further steps\\nwere taken in that direction. Frequent\\nmeetings were held in out-of-the-way places:\\nEllisburg, Chews Landing, Cross Keys and\\nBlue Anchor, but seldom at Camden.\\nAnother meeting was held at Long-a-Coming\\nFebruary 12, 1848, when bids for the erec-\\ntion of the buildings at that place were open-\\ned as follows: Rush, \u00c2\u00a717,540 Joseph H.\\nCollins, 110,500; John K. Inskeep, $13,500\\nand the latter ac eptcd. It seemed inevitable\\nthat I jiing-a-Coming would become the county-\\nsciit, but the alert friends of Camden had\\nprocured an act from the Legislature calling\\nfor another election by the people, cuntain-\\ning this clause\\nTluit if at siii-li liM tii)n, no oiu City, Villasje\\nor Cro.s.s-roa ls shall have a majoiity of all the\\nvotes polled, thou L(iiii;-a-Ceiniiig shall bo the\\nseat ofjiislico.\\nThe editor of the HV.s/ Jrrsei/ 3/-?//, I liilip\\nJ. Grey, Ks(]., visited liie town of Long-a-\\nConiing with the Roard of Freeholders, and\\nin the next issue of his paper said: Our\\ntrip to Long-a-Coming on Monday, under\\nthe favorable auspices of pleasant weather,\\ngood roads and agreeable company, was not\\nbad to take, notwithstanding when we got\\nback in the evening we found a resting-place\\nquite as acceptable. This may be called the\\nsunny side of the picture, not to be looked\\nupon in a trip during either the November\\nor February term of the court. Indeed, we\\ncannot but think that our fine little county\\nhas been knocked into a cocked hat by\\nthis extraordinary freak of the popular will,\\nthe bitterest fruits of which are yet to be\\ntasted.\\nThe election was ordered for April 11th,\\nand the result was thus tabulated and re-\\njxirted to the board by Comity C lerk Thom-\\nas R. Wooil, at the meeting held May\\nloth,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nFor Cani.lcii, naiidoiifii.-ld. Long-a-Coniing.\\nCamden.NoithWanl, 144 5 6\\nMid.llo G7H (J 8\\nSouth 442 1(1\\nDelaware Township, 1911 IS. S\\nMonroe ]8i\u00c2\u00bb 149 3\\nGloucester 102 104 137\\nWashington SO 8 143\\nWaterford 41 (i3 172\\nWinslow 50 17 233\\nNewton 0 242\\nAbraham Browning offered a resolution to\\nap])oint a committee to select a site in the\\nCity of Camden, but it was voted down, and,\\ninstead, one was appoin ed to investigate\\nfrauds. This committee had a baffling expe-\\nrience. July 7th they reported that their\\ncounsel, James R. Dayton, advised them to\\ngo to the Legislature for redress, and, March\\nHt, 1849, they reported that the Jjcgislature\\nadvi.sed them to .seek redress in the Supreme\\nCourt and again, December 3d, they ad-\\nvised that th( inhabitants of Camden Coun-\\nty petition the Legislature to select a site for\\nthe |)ulilic buildings, in some suitable place,\\nat least five miles from the citv of Canideu.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0234.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "THE ERECTION OF CAMDEN COUNTY.\\n183\\nThe majority re.solveil, if possible, to pre-\\nvent the location of the public buiUliiigs iu\\nCaniden, and nothing definite was done until\\n^lay 14, 1851, when Abraham Browning s\\noft-repeated motion to appoint a eonunittee\\nto select a siiitjible site in Camden was voted\\ndown by the usual majority, yeas, five; nays,\\neleven, \u00e2\u0080\u0094whereupon Sherifi Garrett served a\\nwrit of alternate mandamus, requiring them\\nto show cause why they did uot provide build-\\nings for the use of the county, and iu Cam-\\nden, as directeil by the election of 1848.\\nThey answered the w rit of the Supreme\\nCourt by an adjournment. Meetings were\\nheld, but nothing was done in this matter\\nuntil December 1st, when Abraham Brown-\\ning s motion was bucked by a percmptDry\\nmandamus and was adopted. This ended\\nthe long struggle, with the exception of the\\neti ort of John W. Mickle to locate the\\ncourt-house at the Woodlands, instead of\\nSixth Street and Market, and the work of\\nproviding the necessary buildings went on.\\nFirst Court-House. At the meeting of\\nMay 3, 1852, plans prepared by Samuel Sloan\\nwere adopted, and, May 12th, proposals\\nfor the construction of the building were\\nopened. They were: Charles Wilson, \u00c2\u00a7-35,-\\n(100; Roberts Reeves, $2(j, 950 Daniel A.\\nHall, \u00c2\u00a726,800. The latter was acetpted, with\\nHenry Allen, Samuel D. Elfrcth and Joseph\\nWeatherly as bondsmen.\\nA plot of ground one hundred and ninety-\\neight feet on Market, one hunilreil antl eleven\\nfeet on Fetleral, three hundred and fifty-\\neight feet on Sixth Street and four hundred\\nand twenty-five on Broadway was purchased\\nof Abigail Cooper, for five thousand dollars,\\nand the building located mi(hvay between\\n]\\\\[arket and Federal, so that neither ferry\\nshould reap undue advantage. Abraham\\nBrowning, Samuel Norero.ss, John Wilkins,\\nJohn J. Githens, Joseph B. Tatem, Cooper\\nP. Browning, Benjamin Horner and Edmond\\nBrewer were the building committee, and,\\nMarch 19, 1855, they reported, Little re-\\nmains to be done excef)t the planting of trees\\nin and around the yard, and the j)aving of\\nthe walks from the strett.s to the building,\\nthe bricks for that purpo.se being on the\\nground.\\nThe final statement of tiieir operations was\\nvery full and clear, and gives the cost of tlii^\\nbuilding complete at .\u00c2\u00a7U),970.79, leaving cash\\niu their hands .^187.0. The building,\\nhowever, was com[)leteil many months be-\\nfore the first court was held iu it, being tlie\\nOctober Term, 185. and the first csise tried\\nin it was that of William Hope, the famous\\nferryman, charged wilh assault and battery,\\nand iu which Thomas H. Dudley appeared\\nfor the State, having been deputized to act\\nas prosecutor of the pleas.\\nThe building is of iirick, rough-cast, fifty\\nby one huudi ed and five feet in length and\\nwidth. The first design included a dome,\\nbut this was omitted in the building. The\\njail, containing twelve cells, is in the basement,\\nbelow the level of the streets. The county\\nofficers were on the first floor, the only ones\\nremaining being the .sheriff and county\\ncollector. The court-rooms are on the\\nsecond floor, while the third floor comprised\\napartments for the sherifl and family, who\\nformerly resided in the court-house. Here,\\nalso, is the celebrated iron cage, in which\\nalleged murderers are safely kept, before and\\nafter trial.\\nThe New Coriir-HousE. The want of\\nmore jail room led to the erection, in 1875,\\nof the one-story, fire-proof, brick building\\non Market Street, at a cost of seventeen\\nthou.saud dollars, and its u.se by the county\\nclerk, surrogate and register of deeds.\\nThe unhealthy location of the jail and its\\ncrowded condition caused jti otests and com-\\nplaints, and the project of a work-house out-\\nside the city was agitated. John H. Jone.s,\\nwhile a member of the Board of Freeholders,\\ngave the subject earnest attention. Nothing\\nW as done, however, until 1878.\\nThe board, in 1881, considered the ques-", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0235.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "184\\nHISTORY OF CA:\\\\rDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ntion of a work-house, but finally deci-\\nded to build a commodious jail, with all\\niiioderu improvements, on Federal Street.\\nArchitect Gendell, of Philadelphia, j)repared\\nthe plans, which embraced a grou]) of sand-\\nstone buildings, prison, court-house and\\ncounty offices, covering the entire plot of\\nground owned by the county the several\\ncompletition when there was a change in the\\nBoard of Chosen Freeholders, and with it a\\nchange of plans. It was determined to\\nchange the jail, upon which ninety thousand\\ndollars had been s])ent, and make of it a\\ncourt-house. Ruilolph U. Birdsell, James\\nDavis, Charles F. Adams, Wm. C. Clark, and\\nSamuel Wood were ajipointed the building\\nparts to be erected in detail as the demand committee, and thirty thousand dollars were\\narose and as a jail was an immediate neces- ap|)ropriated for the purpose. The altera-\\nsity, that was to be built by a tax levy of tious were maile and the first court was held\\nthere in May, 1885. The final re-\\nport of the committee was made May,\\n18S(), and the entire cost of the build-\\ning was found to be \u00c2\u00a7129,7(32.18.\\nThe design is to convert the old\\ncourt house into a jail.\\nTiiK County Ai.MsuotsE. The\\nfirst mention found on record relating\\nto the care of the poor of (ilouccster\\niiuntv is in the minutes of the pro-\\nceedings of the justices and freehold-\\ners, June 10,1765, when Wm. Hugg\\nand Samuel Harrison were allowed\\ni. ()2 Ki.s. 2 for repairs to the house.\\nIn 1770 repairs were ordered, but no\\niiiontion is made of the location and\\ncliaracter of the building. In 1799\\nSamuel Cooper, James Hopkins and\\nJames Stratton were directed to look\\nalter a site, but failing to report, the\\nl)oard of Freeholders, in August,\\ni SOO, apjwinted Samuel Cooper, Jas.\\nHurley, John Hider, Samuel W.\\nHarrison, Amos Cooj)er, Wm. Ford,\\nJas. Stratton, John Collins, Richard\\nWostcott and Elias Smith a com-\\nmittee to purchase a site. The committee se-\\nlected iwv. iinndred and twenty-five acres of\\nland on the south side of Timber Creek, in\\nDeplfonl township, belonging to Michael\\nFisher. The consideration was $;53;53 33i\\nand the deed conveying the land to the Board\\nof Chosen Freeholders of Gloucester Cdunty\\nwas dated December 12, 1800.\\nA building committee was appointed,\\nforty tiiousatid dnilars for two years, tlu\\nestimated cost being eighty thou.sand dollars.\\nIn May, 1882, the first levy of forty thou-\\n.sand dollars was made, and Fdwanl S. King,\\nJohn Day, Morris Hallock, Joseph L.\\nThackara and Thomas McDowell were con-\\nstituted the building committee. In 1883\\nthe second levy of forty thousand dollars\\nwas made and the building was ap|)roacliing", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0236.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0237.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "(7", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0238.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "THE ERECTION OF CAMDEN COUNTY.\\n185\\nS.imiiel trooper, Jaeob Stokes, John Brick,\\nAiujs C .)c)per, Saniuel P. Paul, Eaoeh Allen,\\nEqocIi Leeds, Tiiomas Somers, Elias Smith\\nand Isaac Tomliiison, who contracted with\\nEJmuDd Brewer aud John C. Morgan to\\nerect the aliushjuse for five thousand six\\nhundred dollars. In 1812 the freeholders\\npurchased two hundred aud forty-eight acres\\nof woodland, near Willianistowu, for the\\npurpose of .supplying the almshou.se with\\nfuel. When coal wa.s substituted and no use\\nof the woodland had been made for a number\\nof years, the ownership was forgotten, until\\n1882, when Timothy J. Middleton, theu\\nclerk of the board, called attention to the\\nfact. In 1822 the adjoining farm of Jedediah\\nMorgan, about one hundred aud sixty acres,\\nwas purchased. The aluishou.se was enlarged\\nfrom time to time as necessity demanded.\\nThe small building for the insane was built\\nin 1816.\\nUpon the erection of Camden County, in\\n1844, the two counties used the almshouse\\njointly under direction of a joint committee\\nuntil 1861, when, under an act of the Legis-\\nlature, the property was sold, and the present\\nfarm of one hundred and forty-four acres,\\ncontaining the buildings, together with the\\nwoodland, was bought by Camden County\\nfor \u00c2\u00a71 9,802.\\nTimber Creek is the dividing line between\\nthe two counties, but an act of the Legislature\\nrectified the line so as to place the almshouse\\nfarm in Camden County.\\nA new almshouse was built in 1864, which\\nwas enlarged in 1877 and again in 1881. In\\nthe latter a hospital ward was erected sep-\\narate from the main building, and so thus\\narranged, the Camden County Almshouse is\\nregarded as one of the most comj^lete in the\\nState. The farm and buildings, including\\nthe Insane Asylum, are valued at ninety\\nthousand dollars. In the fall of 1880 an\\nepidemic of ty[)h()id fever broke out in the\\ninstitution, decimating tiie ranks of the in-\\nmates, including the steward, Isaac P. Wil-\\n.son, who had filled the position from tli\u00c2\u00ab date\\nthat Camden County first took .sole po.sses-\\nsion. The stewards have been Isaac P.\\nWilson, 1861-81 Alfred Harris, 1881-86\\nand Charles F. Adams. The annual cost\\nis about one thousand eight hundred dollars.\\nThe County In.sane A.sylum. The\\nCounty Insane Asylum was built in 1877,\\nunder the law giving counties an allowance\\nfor the care of its indigent insane. It stands\\nnorth of the alrnshon.sc, on the county farm,\\nis of brick, three stories high, with all the\\nbest modern appliances for the care of the in-\\n.sane, in the protection and cure of whom the\\ninstitution has been very successful. It has\\nbeen enlarged and accommodates over ninety\\ninmates. It is in charge of a matron, under\\nthe supervision of a committee of the Board\\nof Freeholders. The net annual cost to the\\ncounty for maintenance is about ten thou-\\nsand dollars. The matrons have been 1877-\\n85, Adelaide Stiles; 1885, Jeunie Gardner;\\n1886, Mary Nichols.\\nRandal E. Morgan, whose life has\\nbeen marked by great activity, both in pub-\\nlic and private aifairs, was born November\\n6, 1824, near Black wood town, which was\\nnamed f r one of his ancestors. He was a\\nson of Randal W. aud Sarah (Eldridge)\\nMorgan. The former was the descendant of\\none of three brothers, of Welsh origin, who\\ncame to America some time between 1660\\nand 1670, one settling in New Jersey, one\\nin Connecticut and the third in Virginia.\\nOiu subject s mother was of an old family of\\nFriends, and thus his ancestry in America\\nhas been upon both sides (piite ancient.\\nMr. Morgan s youth was s])eut upon the\\nfarm where he was born, and his early edu-\\ncation received in the .schools of the neigh-\\nborhood, though he subsequently attended a\\nselect school at Woodbury. As he grew to\\nmanhood his industrious habits and good\\ncharacter were recognized, and he was grad-\\nually raised into prominence by his fellow-\\ncitizens. In 1855 he was elected a free-", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0241.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "186\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nholder, and at the same time held the offices\\nof trustee of the almshouse and treasurer of the\\nsame institution. After holding various minor\\noffices, he was elected treasurer of Camden\\nCounty, upon the Republican ticket, in 1861\\n(Washington township, the place of his resi-\\ndence, then being a part of Camden County,\\nthough subsequently returned to Gloucester\\nCounty). In 1864 he was re-elected, and\\nheld the office for another term of three\\nyears. During his six years occupancy of\\nthis position of responsibility and trust, cov-\\nering the period of the Civil War, over two\\nmillion dollars passed through his hands.\\nAt the same time he was a special collector\\nin his township of moneys needed for war\\npurposes, was on the committee to secure\\nsubstitutes, had several pi ivate estates to\\nsettle, and attended to his large personal bus-\\niness. In the fall of 1868 he was elected\\nsheriff, and re-elected in 1869 and 1870. He\\ndid all of the work of the office, with the\\na-ssistance of his sons, and discharged the du-\\nties incumbent upon him with the same fidel-\\nity and promptness which had characterized\\nhis administration as Camden County s\\ntreasurer. In addition to the labor devolv-\\ning upon him in this office, he served frequently\\nas deputy United States marshal, sometimes in\\nquite important matters. In 1875 he was\\nappointed by the Council as city treasurer, to\\nfill the unexpired term caused by the death\\nof Captain Hufty. Most of his time since\\n1871, however, has been employed in exten-\\nsive building operations, and he has erected\\nin Camden about two hundred buildings,\\nprincipally dwelling-houses. Of these he\\nhas sold the greater proportion. His ener-\\ngies have also found exercise in various other\\noccupations, and he has been constantly busy\\nin some line of enterprise. His career forms\\na remarkable illustration of what industry\\nand integrity may accomplish in private and\\npublic life.\\nMr. Morgan s religious affiliation is with\\nthe Presbyterian Church. He was chosen\\nan elder in his home church when only thir-\\nty-one years old retained the office until\\ncoming to Camden, and is now a trustee of\\nthe First Presbyterian Church of that city.\\nHe has been twice married. His first wife,\\nwith whom he was united June 10, 1847,\\nwas Mary Josephine Willard. She died\\nAugust 30, 1881, having been the mother of\\nseven children, five of whom survived her.\\nTliese were Randal AV., Eli B., Mary E.,\\nJoseph Willard, Sallie (died in infancy), Ella\\n(died in 1872, aged thirteen years) and Car-\\nrie W.\\nRandal W. Morgan, the eldest, was a mid-\\nshipman, but subsequently retired from the\\nservice, studied medicine, carried on a drug-\\nstore in Camden, was vaccine physician and\\ncounty physician. His health failed, and he\\nwent twice to Europe for its benefit, and\\ndied at sea on his retui-n voyage, October 20,\\n1884.\\nEli B. was a deputy in the sheriff s office,\\nunder his father, and subsequently under\\nother sheriffs then deputy clerk for five\\nyears, and since 1885 has been engaged in\\nbuilding operations.\\nJoseph Willard is a counselor-at-law, and\\nhas been city solicitor since the spring of\\n1884. He was elected immediately after\\nattaining his majority, and is the youngest\\nman who ever held the office.\\nMr. Morgan s second marriage, with Mi s.\\nMertie C. Webster, daughter of Rev. Wm.\\nP. ]\\\\Iaul, of Camden, occurred September\\n1, 1886.\\nCHAPTER XII.\\nCIVIL LIST.\\nThe following list shows, as far as the\\nrecords have been preserved, the principal\\nofficials of Camden County, the names of\\nSenators and Representatives in both Houses\\nof Congress, of State officials and of consuls", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0242.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "CIVIL LIST.\\n187\\nto foreign ports. The date of election or aj)-\\npoiutment is given where it could be ob-\\ntained.\\nDr. Marmaduke Burrough was appointed\\nUnited States consul to Vera Cruz, ^Mexico,\\nby President Andrew Jackson, in July,\\n1834.\\nGeorge M. Robeson was Secretary of the\\nNa\\\\-y in President Grant s Cabinet from the\\nresignation of Secretary Borie to the close of\\nGrant s administration, in 1877.\\nThoma.s H. Dudley was consul to the\\nport of Liverpool, appointed by President\\nLincoln, and served in the same position till\\nthe close of President Grant s administration,\\nin 1877.\\nGilbert Hannah was appointed by Presi-\\ndent Lincoln consul to Demerara, South\\nAmerica, and died a few months after arriv-\\ning at his post.\\nGeneral Vickers was consul to Chili, going\\nthere when General Kilpatrick was the Uni-\\nted States Minister.\\nThe attorneys-general of Xew Jersey from\\nCamden County were Abraham Browning,\\nfrom 1845 to 1850, and George M. Robeson,\\nfrom 1867 to the time of his appointment\\nas Secretary of the Xavy.\\nJohn Clement, in 1864, was appointed\\njudge of the Court of Errors and Appeals,\\nand continues to hold the same office, by vir-\\ntue of which he is a member of the State\\nBoard of Pardons.\\nThe Presidents of the State Senate from\\nCamden County were,\\nJames M. Scovel, 1866. Wm, J. Sewell, 1878-SO.\\nEdwanl Settle, 1871-72.\\nThe Secretaries of Senate from Camden\\nCounty were,\\nPhilip J. Grey, 1848-.iO. Morris R. Hamilton, 1862, 63.1\\nSpeakers of Assembly from Camden,\\nG. W. M. Custis, 1869. E. Armstrong, 188.3, 86.\\nClerks of the Assembly from Camden,\\nJohn P. Harlcer, 1859. Sinnickson Chew, 1872-74.\\nHamilton was appoints Stat*? Librarian 18S4-.\\nState Board of As.\u00c2\u00abessors,\\nEdward Settle. A. G. Cattell.\\nRev. Dr. Lsaac Wynn, in 1885, was ap-\\npointed a member of the State Board of Ed-\\nucation, and E. A. AruLstrong, by virtue of\\nhis office as Speaker of the Assembly, is a\\nmember of the same body.\\nHenry Fredericks, in 1884, was appointe l\\na member of the State Board of Char-\\nities and Correction for a term of four\\nyears.\\nDr. James M. Ridge, of Camden, served\\nas member of the State Board of Health.\\nRichard S. Jenkins served for a time as\\nState Commissioner of Fisheries.\\nRudolphus Bingham was Tru.stee of the\\nState Industrial School for Girls.\\nCharles Wilson was State Pri.son Keeper\\nfrom 187.3 to 1876.\\nJoseph Porter, of Waterford, was pres-\\nident of the Legislative Council.\\nJohn S. Read served for several years, un-\\ntil his death, as one of the commissioners of\\nthe Morris Plains Asylum, and also as State\\ndirector for the United Railroads of New\\nJersey.\\nCharles A. Butts is the present State di-\\nrector of the United Railroads of Xew Jersey.\\nIn the succeeding lists the names of all\\npersons who have resided within the present\\nlimits of Camden County, and who represente l\\nGloucester County in a national or State po-\\nsition, or who were elected or appointed to a\\ncounty office, are given, together with the date\\nof their election or appointment. Since the\\nerection of Camden County the complete roster\\nof the civil and political officers Ls furnished.\\nZ niied States Stn^Urrrs.\\nAlex. Cattell, 1866-72. Wm. J. Sewell, 1881-87.\\nBepreieHtatir^g in Congnsss,\\nJame6 Sloan, 1803-9. John F. Starr. 1863-67.\\nRichard JI. Cooper, 1823-33, Geo. M. Rolieson, 1879-81.\\nAndrew K. Hay, 16*9-51.\\nSOUe Senaiorit.\\nRichard W. Howell, 184*. Jamea SI. ScoTel, 1863.\\nJos. C. Stafford, 1845. Edward Bettle, 1866-69.\\nJohn Gill, 1818. Wm. J. SeweU, 1872, 75, 78.\\nThos. W. Mulford, 1851. Albert Merritt, 1881.\\nJohn K. Roberts, 18o4: 57. Richard N. Herring, 1884.\\nWm. P. Tatem, 1860.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0243.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "188\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nMembers of the Legislaiive Oiuncil.\\nJoseph Hugg, 1781.\\nElijah Clark, 1782-83.\\nElijah Clark, 178.5, 66.\\nJoseph Ellis, 1787-94.\\nJoseph Cooper, 1795-97.\\nThos. Clark, 1798-1802.\\nIsaac Mickle, 1803-6.\\nRichard M. Cooper, 1807-10.\\nIsaac Mickle, 1811.\\nSamuel VV. Harrison, 1814-16.\\nMembeTB\\nMembers from the surrender\\nof West Jersey,\\nJohn Kay, 1703.\\nJoseph Cooper, 1703.\\nJohn Hugg, Jr., 1703.\\nJohu Hugg, 1704.\\nJohn Kay, 1704.\\nThos. Lambert, 1704.\\nMembers from Gloucester an\\nJohu Kay, 1709-10.\\nJohn Kaighn, 1709-10.\\nKichard Bull, 1716.\\nSamuel Cole, 1721.\\nJohn Mickle, 1721.\\nJohu Mickle, 1727.\\nWm. Harrison, 1727.\\nWm. Harrison, 1730.\\nJoseph Cooper, 1730.\\nJoseph Cooper, 1738.44.\\nJohn Mickle, 1738-44.\\nJoseph Cooper, 174. i, 46.\\nEbenezer Hopkins, 174. 46.\\nJoseph Cooper, 1749.\\nJoseph Ellis, 1749.\\nSamuel Clement, 1754.\\nSamuel Clement, 1761.\\nRobert F. Price, 1769-72.\\nJohn llinchuiau, 1769-72.\\nRubert F. Price, 1776.\\nIsaac Mickle, 1776.\\nElijah Clark, 1777.\\nIsaac Toniliuson, 1777.\\nElijah Clark, 1778.\\nJoseph Ellis, 1778.\\nIniiBC Kay, 1780.\\nSanuii-1 Hugg, 1781-83.\\nJo8c|h Ellis, 1781-83.\\nJoseph Cooper, 1781-83.\\nJoseph Ellis, 1784-85.\\nJoseph Cooper, 1784-85.\\nThoniiis Clark, 1787-88.\\nJoseph Cooper, 1787-88.\\nJoseph Cooper, 1789.\\nAlKil Clement, 1789.\\nJoseph Cooper, 1790.\\nSamuel Hugg, 1790.\\nJoseph Cooper, 1791.\\nJohn Blackwood, 1791.\\nJoseph Cooper, 1792.\\nJohn Blackwood, 1792.\\nJoseph Cooper, 1793.\\nJohn Blackwood, 1793.\\nAbel Clement, 1793.\\nJohn Blackwood, 1794.\\nAbel Clement, 1795-96,\\nAbel Clement, 1797.\\nSaumcl IlarriBuu, 1798.\\nJoshua I.. Howell, 1799.\\nSamuel Harrison, 1799.\\nJohn Baxter, 1819-20.\\nJoseph Kaighn, 1823.\\nChris. Sickler. 1827.\\nJoseph Kaighn, 1829.\\nJohn W. Mickle, 1830.\\n.Toseph Kaighn, 1831, 32.\\nJohu W. Mickle, 1833-35.\\nJos. Porter, 1839, 40.\\nJoshua P. Browning, 1843.\\nof the ABitein})hf.\\nu 1702, who represented theprovii\\nJoshua Wright, 170-1.\\nJohn Willis, 1707.\\nJohn Kay, 1707.\\nHugh Sharp, 1708-9.\\nJohn Kay, 1708-9.\\nJohn Kaighn, 1708-9.\\nCamden Counties,\\nSamuel Harrison, ISOll.\\nAbel Cleincnt, 1800.\\nSamuel W. Harrison, 1801.\\nIsaac Mickle, 1801.\\nSamuel W. Harrison, 1802.\\nAbel Clement, 1802.\\nJiisepli Cooper, 1803-4.\\nSanjuel Champion, 180.5-6.\\nJacob lilover, 1807.\\nJacob Glover, 1808.\\nJoseph V. Clark, 1809.\\nJacob Glover, 1811.\\nJoseph C. Sweet, 1812.\\nCharles French, 1813.\\nCharles French, 1814.\\nSamuel L. Howell, 1818.\\nJoseph Kaighn, 1821.\\nIsaac Mickle, 1822.\\nJoseph Kaighn, 1822,\\nBenj. B. Cooper, 1824.\\nBenj. B. Cooper, 1825.\\nCharles French, 1S2.5.\\nJoseph Porter, 1827.\\nJohn W. Mickle, 1827.\\nJoseph Porter, 1828.\\nJohu W. Mickle, 1829.\\nJohn Gill, Jr., 1832.\\nJoseph Rogers, 1833.\\nJoseph Rogers, 1834.\\nSamuel B. Lippincott, 1834.\\nJoseph Rogers, 1836.\\nSamuel B. Lippincott, 1835.\\nJoseph W. Cooper, 1830.\\nJoseph Porter, 1837.\\nJ. W. Cooper, 1837.\\nJoseph Porter, 1838.\\nJ. W. Coojior, 1S3S.\\nElijah Bower, 1839.\\nRichard W. Snowden, 1839.\\nRichard W. Snowden, 1840.\\nRichard W. Snowden, 1842.\\nThonuis B. Wood, 1843.\\nJoseph Kay, Jr., 1844.\\nJohn Redliebl, 1844.\\nJoel G. ;iark, 1845.\\nGcn-ard Wood, 1845,\\nEdward Turner, 184\\nJoselih 1). Tateni, 1840,\\nJohn C. Shreeve. 1847.\\nJohn E. Marshall, 1847.\\nJacob Troth, 1848.\\nJoseph Wolohon, 1848.\\nChas. D. Hiueline, 1849-50.\\nThomas W. HnrlT, 1849-60.\\nJ. 0. Johnson, 1851-52.\\nJoseph Kay, 1851.\\nJonathan Day, 1851.\\nSamuel Lytic, 1852.\\nJohn K. Roberts, 1852-53.\\nSamuel S. Cake, 1853-54.\\nJames L. Hines, 18.53.\\nBeilley Barrett, 1854-55.\\nEvan C. Smith, 1855.\\nJohn P. Marker, 1855-56.\\nSamuel Scull, 1856, 67, 68.\\nJoseph M. Atkinson, 1856.\\nEdmund Hoffman, 1857.\\nSamuel M. Thorne, 1867-58.\\nZebedee Nicholson, 1858.\\nJohn R. Graham, 1869-60.\\nJoseph Stafford, Jr., 1869.\\nGeorge Brewer, 1859.\\nJoel P. Kirkbride, 1800-61.\\nJames L. Hines, 1860.\\nDaniel A. Hall, 1861.\\nEdwin J. Osier, 1861-62.\\nJames M. Scovel, 1862.\\nChalkley Albertson, 1862-63.\\nSamuel Tateni, 1863.\\nPhilander C. Brinck, 186.3-64.\\nIsaac W. Nicholson, 1804-65.\\nJohn F. Bodine, 1864.\\nGeorge W. N. Custis, 1865-66.\\nThomas H. Coles, 1865-66.\\nEdward Z. Collings, 1806.\\nJohn Hood, 1867.\\n,S\\nDaniel Reading, 168C.\\nJolin Hugg, Jr. {de|iuty), 1691.\\nThomas Sharp, 1692.\\nJoseph Tomlinson, 169.5-96.\\nMatthew .Medcalfe, 1700.\\nJosiah Kay, 1711.\\nSamuel Coles, 1713.\\nSamuel Harrison, 1714.\\nWm. Harrison, 1715.\\nJosiah Kay, 1719.\\nSamuel Coles, 1724.\\nJoseph Hugg. 1726.\\nSamuel Harrison, 1729.\\nJacob Medcalf, 173:1.\\nSamuel Harrison, 1742.\\nJoseph Blackwood, 1784.\\nJohn Blackwood, 1787.\\nJoseph Hugg, 1798.\\nJacob Glover, 181,3.\\nMark Ware was sheriff of Gloucester County when Camden County\\nwas formed, and by the provisions of the act erecting the county,\\njierfonned the duties of sheriff of the new county until the next elec-\\ntion, in November, 1844, when Arthur Brown was elected.\\nJames Wills, 1867.\\nChalkley Albertson, 1807.\\nHenry L. Bonsall, 1868-69.\\nWilliam C. Shinn, 1868-69.\\nThomas H. Coles, ISO S.\\nSamuel Warthman, 1869.\\nCharles Wilson, 1870.\\nIsaac W. Nicholson, 1870.\\nStevenson Leslie, 1870-71.\\nGeorge B. Carse, 1871-73.\\nIsaac Foreman, 1872.\\nWilliam H. Cole, 1872-73.\\nClialkley Albertson, 1873.\\nAlden C. Scovel, 1874-76.\\nRichard N. Herring, 1874-75.\\nHenry B. Wilson, 1874.\\nOliver Lund, 187.5-70.\\nSamuel T. Murphy. 1876.\\nIsaiah Woolston, 1877.\\nAlonzo D. Nichols, 1877-78.\\nAndrew J. Eider, 1877.\\nEdward Burrough, 1878-79,\\nRichard N. Herring, 1878-79.\\nHenry L. Bonsiill, 1879-80.\\nChris. J. Mines, 1880-81.\\nJohn H. McMurray, 1880-81.\\nRobert F. 8. Heath, 1881.\\nGeorge W. Bolton. 1882.\\nJohn Bamford, 1882.\\nClayton Stafford, 1882-83.\\nEdward A. Armstrong, 1883-85.\\nJohn \\\\V Branning, 1883.\\nBenj. M. Braker, 1884.\\nHenry M. Jewett, 1884-85.\\nGeorge Pfeiffer, Jr., 1885.\\nJohn Baxter, 1815.\\n.lohn Baxter, 1821.\\nJoshua P. Browning, 1835.\\nMark Ware, 1841.1\\nArthur Brown, 1844.\\nLevi C. Phifer, 1847.\\nCharles S. Garrett, 1850.\\nWm. P. Tatem, 1863.\\nEdmund Brewer, 1856.\\nCharles Wilson, 1859.\\nJohn Cain, 1862.\\nSamuel D. Sharp, 18C5.\\nRandal E. Morgan, 1868.\\nHenry Fredericks, 1871.\\nJacob C. Daubman, 1874.\\nWm. Calhoun, 1878.\\nTheo. B. Gibbs, 1881.\\nRichard F. .Smith, 18S4.\\nThomas Sharp. 1686.\\nJohn Reading, 1688.\\nRichard Bull, 1704.\\nThomas Shari), 1714.\\nVoxmiu Cl Tkn.\\nJoseph Hugg, 1776.\\nElijah Clark, 1781.\\nElisha Clark, 1785.\\nThomas B. Wood, 1844.\\n1 Under the constitution of 1844 the sheriffs were elected annually,\\nbut custom gave them three years, and the amended constitution of\\n1875 extended the term to three years. Jacob C. Daubman had\\nserved one year, when the change was made, and in 1876 was elected\\nfor tlie new term, making four years of continued service.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0244.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "CIVIL LIST.\\n189\\nB^nj, \\\\V. Browninsr, 181!1.\\n.li 6i-|ih Myers, 1880.\\nWill. P. Tiiteiii, 1880.1\\nGeorge Brewer, 1860.\\nThomas M. K. Lee, ISOS.\\nJacob fllover, 1823-24.\\nSiinmel P. Chew, 1S44.\\nIsuie H. Porter. 1849.\\nI,\\n(Tliis offlce was eslalilish\\nGeorge W. Gilbert, 1876.\\nJehu Evans, 1880.\\nO\\nJacob Clement, 171.\\nJolm Kay, 1717.\\nThomas Sharp, 1721.\\nJoseph Cooper, 1724.\\nEbenezer Hopkins, HiJO.\\nllavid Cooper, 1757.\\nSamuel Clement, Jr., 1704.\\nSaiiuicl Nicholson, 1844.\\nJacob L. Rownml, 1S45.\\nJohn Clement, Jr., 1.S48.\\nJ.ilin Cain, l. 7ll.\\n.loel Kilkbride, 187.\\n.lospph Holling^heail, 1S80.\\nJolm W. RrowDing, IS.S.I.\\nEdward Burrougli, ISSO.\\nBtirrogatfs.\\nMark Ware, 18, )4.\\nLsaac L. Lowe, 1S..0. 3\\nDavid B. Brown, 186C..\\nfili/ttrr of D*:i ih.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0d in 187.i)\\nRobert F.S. ll. alh, ISSS.\\nmilD Colteclort.\\nWm. P. Tatem, 184fl-. in.\\nAlbert W. Markley, 18.54.\\nRidinrd W. Siiowden, 18. ;7.\\nRandal E. Morgan, 1862.\\nIsaiah Woolston, 1868.\\nIsaiah Woolston, 1870.\\nEzra Stokes, 1871.\\nMorris Ilallock, 1882.\\nNathanii-I Biirlon, 188,5.\\nTlie presiding officers of the Board of\\nJu.stices and Freeholders, and afterwards of\\ntlic Board of Frecliolders, were,\\nElijah Clark, 17111.\\nSamuel Harrison, 1800.\\nSamuel W. Harrison, 18t)4.\\nSamuel W. Harrison, 1807.\\nWni Zane, 1809.\\nJoseph Rogers, 1811.\\nJames Matlack, 1815.\\nJacob Glover, 1823.\\nSaDiuel B. Lippincott, 1831.\\nJacob Glover, 1 832.\\nJames Matlack, 1838.\\nJohu Clement, Jr., 1844.\\nJoseph Kay, 1845.\\nJacob Troth, 1840.\\nRichard W. Stafford, 1S47-53.\\nJohn D. Glover, 1864-55.\\nRichard W. Snowden, 1851!.\\nChiks iif the Bm\\nThomas Sharp, 1715.\\nWm. Harrison, 1723.\\nJohn Kay, 1725..\\nSamuel Spicer, 1740.\\nJoseph Kaighn, 1748.\\nJoseph Harrison, 1751).\\nSamuel Clement, Jr., 1704.\\nJoseph Hugg, 1705.\\nIsaac Mickle, 1700.\\nSamuel HalTison, 1708.\\nSamuefSpicer, 1773.\\nJoseph Hugg, 1775.\\nJoseph L. Tharkara, 1867.\\nThomas McKeen, 1858.\\nJoseph Porter, 1869-60.\\nThoni.Ts McKeen, 1801.\\nJohn S. Read, 1802.\\nCharles Watson, 18i;3-n6.\\nJoseph L. Thackara, 1800-07.\\nJohn J. Lawrence, 1808.\\nCharles Watson, 1809.\\nSamuel S. Cake, 1870-71.\\nIsaac W. Nicholson, 1872-80.\\nMorris Hallock, 1881-82.\\nJoseph L. Thackara, 1883.\\nSamuel Wood, 1HS4.\\nJ. Grilflth Howard, 18S5.\\nSamuel Wood, 1880.\\nrd uf FnehuMng.\\nSamuel Harrison, 1783.\\nJohu Blackwood, 1792.\\nSamuel W. Harrison, 1798.\\nRichard Snowdon, 1808.\\nJacob (ilover, 1818.\\nThomas II. Dudley, 1844-47.\\nThomas W. Mulford, 1848.\\nJames B. Dayton, 1849 53.\\nR. Gniliam Clark. I8. i4-50.\\nAlden C. Scovel, 1857-65.\\nAlfred Hugg, 1806-08,\\nJoshua L. Howell, 1809-73.\\n1 Joseph Myer.-* died in June, 1800, and William P. Tatem was ap-\\npointed to act until the next election, when George Brewer was\\nchostiii.\\n2 The Governor commissioned John W. Browning, but the Su-\\npreme Court ruled the oftice to Edward Burroiigh, who received his\\ncommission February 20, 1886.\\n3 Isaac L. Lowe was elected in 1804 for five years. lie died in\\nMarch, 1800, and D. B. Brown was appointed until the election, in\\nNovember, when he was elected, and re.^lected in 1871, 70 81.\\nJ. Kiiscnc Troth, 1874-79.\\nJohn K. U. Hewitt, 1S.S0.\\nJ. Eugene Troth, 1881.\\nJacob Jennings, 188.\\nThe following is\\nwlio represented the\\nFie\\nJ.)hn W. Mickle, 1844.\\nJohn R. Cowperthwaito, 1844.\\nCharles Kaighn, 1845.\\n.iohn R. Thompson, 1845.\\nJohu W. Mickle, 1840.\\nf harles Sexton, 1840.\\nJohn W. Mickle, 1847.\\nUichard Kettere, 1847.\\nCharles .Sexton, 1818.\\nSamuel Liimmis, 1848.\\nJohn Mickle, 1849.\\nThomas B. Atkinson, 1849.\\nJohn W. MicUlo, 1850.\\nJohn Sands, 1860.\\nOne from each of\\nSamuel Andrews, 1859.\\nJosiah D. Rogers, 1859.\\nAugustus Stutzer, 1859.\\nJohn S. Read, 1800.\\nJo.siah D. Rogers, 1800.\\nAugustus Stutzer, 1800.\\nThos. McKeen, 1801.\\nSamuel H. Morton, 1801.\\nAugustus Stutzer, ISol.\\nJohu S. Read, 1802.\\nSamuel H. Morton, 1802.\\nJohn W. Stutzer. 18C2.\\nCharles Watsou, 1803-04.\\nHenry Curls, 1803-04.\\nChris, .r. Mines, lS0;}-04.\\nTimolh.v J. Middlelou, 1.882-83.\\nSaniiKd 1). Bergen, 1884.\\nJonas S. Jliller, 1885.\\nJohn Harris, ISSO.\\nI list of the freeholder\\ncity of Camden\\neh-Mir\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0John W. Mickle, 1851-. .2.\\nAbraham Browning, 1851-62.\\nJohn W. Mickle, 1853.\\nCharles Sexton, 1853.\\nCharles Sexton, 1854.\\nFlorance M. Bingham, 1.S54.\\nJames W. Shroff, 1855.\\nJoseph T. Rowand, 1855.\\nJohn W. Mickle, 1S.50.\\nWm. W. Cooper, ISofi.\\nThomas McKeen, 18.57.\\nJos. C. De La Cour, 18.57.\\nThomas McKeen, IS5S,\\nJames Carman, 1858.\\nthe three wards,\\nCharles Watson, 1806.\\nGeorge Brewer, I8G5.\\nChris. J. Mines, 1805.\\nharles Watson, 1800-07.\\nIsaiah Woolston, 1800-07.\\nChris. J. Mines, 1800-07.\\nCharles Watson, 1808.\\nAlex. A. Hammell, 1868.\\nJohn Goldstlio-.jie, 1808.\\nCharles Watson, 1809.\\nAimer Sparks, 1809.\\nJames Deno, 1809.\\nCharles Watson, 1870.\\nJames W. Wroth, 1870.\\nJohn Dovle, 1870.\\nOne member from each of the eight wards\\nCharles Watson, 1871.\\nCooper B. Browning, 1S71.\\nJames Elwell, 1871.\\nWm. Scudder, 1871.\\nJames Deno, 1871.\\nWallace Cook, 1871.\\nJohn H. Jones, 1871.\\nFrancis Boggs, 1871.\\nSamuel B. Garrison, 1872.\\nEilmund E. Read, 1872.\\nJames Elwell, 1872.\\nChris. Sickler, 1872.\\nJames Deno, 1872.\\nAllen C. Wood, 1872.\\nJohn 11. Jones, 1872.\\nWm. C. Clarko, 1872.\\nSamuel B. Garrison, 1873.\\nRandal E. Morgan. 1873.\\n.lames Elwell, 1873.\\nWm. Severns, 1873.\\nJames Deuo, 1873.\\nAllen C. Wood, 1873.\\nJohn H. Jones, 1873.\\nWm. 0. Clarke, 1873.\\nSamuel B. Garrison, 1874.\\nHenry C. Gibson, 1871.\\nJames Elwell, 1874.\\nWm. Severns. 1874.\\nDavid B. Kaighn, 1874.\\nEvan Miller, 1874.\\nWm. Crossley, 1874.\\nWm. Thompson, 1874.\\nDavid Baird, 1876.\\nHenry 0. Gibson, 1875.\\nJames Elwell, 1875.\\nWm. Severns, 1876.\\nThomas A. Wilson, 1875.\\nEvan Miller, 1875.\\nWm. Crossley, 1875.\\nWill. C. Clarke, 1875.\\nDavid Baird, 1870.\\nJohn S. Read, 1870.\\nJames Elwell, 1870.\\nWm. Severns, 1876.\\nThos. A. Wilson, 1870.\\nEvan Miller, 1870.\\nWm. Crossley, 1870.\\nBonj. H, Thomas, 1870.\\nDavid Baird, 1877.\\nWill. U. Colo, 1877.\\nAbner Sparks, 1877.\\nWm. Severns, 1877.\\nCharles C. Moffctt, 1877.\\nEvan Miller, 1877.\\nThos. .Sotbern, 1877.\\nlieiij. H. Thomas, 1877.\\nDavid Baird, 1878.\\nMorris Hallock, 1878.\\nJames Elwell, 1878.\\nWm. Seierns, 1878.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0245.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "190\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nCharles C. Moffett, 1878.\\nEvan Miller, 1878.\\nJoseph M. Eo88, 1878.\\nBonJ. H. Thomas, 1S78.\\nDavid Baird, 1870.\\nMorris Hallock, 1879.\\nAbner Sparks, 1879.\\nWm. Severns, 1879.\\nRobert C. HiUman, 1879.\\nJohn Guthridge, 1879.\\nWra. Simpson, 1879.\\nPeter Wise (Ist, colored), 1879.\\nLouis T. Derousse, 1881).\\nMorris Hallock, 1880.\\nAbner Sparks, 1880.\\nWra. Severns, 1880.\\nJohn W. BranninK, 1880.\\nJohn Guthridge, 188U.\\nJames Kennedy, 18S0.\\nHugh Greenan, 188\\nEdward S. King, 1881.\\nMorris Hallock, 1881.\\nJesse Turner, 1881.\\nTimothy J. Middleton, 1881.\\nJohn Day, 1881.\\nThomas McDowell, 1881.\\nJames Kennedy, 1881.\\nPeter Postels (colored), 1891.\\nEdward S. King, 1882.\\nMonis Hallock, 1882.\\nWm. H. Chandler, 1882.\\nJohn G. Miller, 1882.\\nJohn Day, 1882.\\nThomas McDowell, 1882.\\n.Tames Kennedy, 1882.\\nPeter Postels, 1882.\\nEdward S. King, 1883.\\nJohn C. Rogers, 1883.\\nWalter O. Wartman, 1883.\\nAugustus F. Richter, 1883.\\nJohn Day, 1883.\\nJames Mitchell, 1S83.\\nElwood Kemble, 1883.\\nJohn Schause, 1883.\\nCharles F. Adams, 1884.\\nJohn Wells, 1884.\\nAbner Sparks, 1884.\\nRudolph W. Birdsell, 1884.\\nJohn Day, 1884.\\nJames Mitchell, 1884.\\nJohn Blowe, 1884.\\nWm. C. Clarke, 1884.\\nJ. GrilHth Howard, 1885.\\nJohn Wells, 188.5.\\nEdward Mills, 1885.\\nCharles G. Barto, 1885.\\nThomas A. Wilson, 1885.\\nJames M. Fitzgerald, 1885.\\nRichard Hyde, 1385.\\nWra. C. Clarke, 1885.\\nJohn M. Powell, 1886.\\nAbram L. Thorn, 1886.\\nJoseph L. Moore, 1880.\\nCharles G. Barto, 1886.\\nThos. Gordon, 1880.\\nIsaac Sharp, 1880.\\nJoseph A. Starr, 1886.\\nWm. C. Clarke, 1880.\\nThe following is a list of the naiue.s of the\\nfreeholders of Newton townsliip fmni 1723\\nto 1821. There is no record prior to that\\ntime,\\nFree)toUer\u00c2\u00bb fy,\\nJoseph oopor, 1724.\\nThos. Sharp, 1724.\\nJohn Kay, 1725.\\nJohn Kaighne, 1725.\\nJohn Hinclinmn, 1726.\\nWm. Cooper, 1726.\\nJoseph Cooper, 1727.\\nJoseph Cooper, .Tr., 1727.\\nRobert Zaiie, 1728.\\nJohn Kaiglin, 1728.\\nWn). Cooper, 1729.\\nJohn Kaighn, 1720.\\nRobert Zane, 1730.\\nJohn Kaighn, 1730.\\nRobert Zane, 1731.\\nJohn Kaighn, 1731.\\nRobert Zane, 1732.\\nJohn Kaighn, 1732.\\nTobias Holloway, 1733.\\nJoseph Kaighn, 1733.\\nJames llinchman, 1734.\\nTimothy Matlack, 1734.\\n.loscph Kaighn, 1735.\\nIsJiac Cooper, 1735.\\nTimothy Matlack, 1736.\\nJoseph Kaighn, 1730.\\nTimothy Matlack, 1737.\\nJoseph.Kaighn, 1737.\\nTimothy Matlack, 1738.\\nJames Hinchman, 1738.\\n1742.\\n1743.\\n1743.\\n1 AVictoii Tomiship.\\nJoseph Kaighn, 1739.\\nJames Hindi ]nan, 1730.\\nTimothy Matlack, 1740.\\nRobert Hubbs, 1740.\\nIsaac Cooper, 1741.\\nEbenezer Hopkins, 1741.\\nRobert Stephens, 1742.\\nEbenezer Hopkii\\nRobert Stephc\\nKbenener Hopkii\\nTimothy Matlack, 1744.\\nJoseph Ellis, 1744.\\nTimothy Matlack, 1745.\\nSamuel Clement, 174.1.\\nSamuel Clement, 1746.\\nIsaac Smith, 1746.\\nRobert Stephens, 1747.\\nJoseph Ellis, 1747.\\nRobert Stephens, 1748.\\nSamuel Clement, 1748.\\nRobert Stephens, 1749.\\nKbenezer Hopkins, 1749.\\nEbenezer Hopkins, 17.50-51.\\nRobert Stephens, 1750-51.\\nKbenezer Hopkins, 1752.\\nIsiuic Albertson, 1752.\\nEbenezer Hopkins, 1753.\\nIsaac Cooper, 1763.\\nEbenezer Hopkins, 1754.\\nRobert Stephens, 17. i4.\\nEbenezer Hopkins, 1756-50.\\nIsaac Cooper, 1755-50.\\nJoseph Ellis, 1757.\\nArchibald Mickle, 1757.\\nIsaac Mickle, 1758-59.\\nJacob Clement, 1758-B9.\\nIsaac Mickle, 1760-61.\\nJohn Hopkins, 1700-01.\\nJohn Gill, 1762.\\nJoseph Cooper, 1702.\\nJohn Gill, 1763.\\nDavid Bronson, 1703.\\nIsaac Mickle, 1764-65.\\nSamuel Clement, Jr., 1704-05.\\nDavid Branson, 1706-76.\\nIsaac Meckle, 1766-76.\\nJohn Gill, 1777.\\nJohn E. Hopkins, 1777.\\nJohn Gill, 1778.\\nJacob Stokes, 1778.\\nJacob Stokes, 1770.\\nJoseph tboper, 1770.\\nIsaac Mickle, 1780.\\nJohn Litle, 1780.\\nIsaac .Mickle, 1781.\\nJohn Middleton, 1781.\\nJoseph Cooper, 1782-83.\\nJohn Middleton, 1782-83.\\nJohn Gill, 1784-85.\\nJohn Middleton, 1784-85.\\nJohn Gill, 1786.\\nJ. E. Hopkins, 1780.\\nJ hn Gill, 1787-88.\\nEdward Gibbs, 1787-88.\\nMarraaduke Cooper, 1789-01.\\nEdward Gibbs, 1789-91.\\nJames Sloan, 1701-93.\\nSamuel- Cooper, 1792-93.\\nJames Sloan, 1794.\\nJohn E. Hopkins, 1794.\\nJohn E. Hopkins, 1795-97.\\nJoseph Mickle, 1795-97.\\nJames Hopkins, 1798-99.\\nJacob Stokes, 1798-99.\\nJacob Stokes. 1800-2.\\nMarmaduke Burr, 1803.\\nJames Hurley, 1800-2.\\nJohn Ward, 1803.\\nJacob Stokes, 1804-6.\\nJames Hurley, 1804-0.\\nJames Hurley, 1807-10.\\nSamuel Clement, 1807-10.\\nJames Hurlej-, 1811-15.\\nJoseph Kaighn, 1811-15.\\nJoseph Kaighn, 1816.\\nWm. E. Roberts. 1810.\\nJoseph Kaighn, 1817-19.\\n.Tames Hurley, 1817-19.\\nJohn Roberts, 1820.\\nJames Cooper, 1820.\\nJoseph Kaighn, 1821.\\nJohn Roberta, 1821.\\nJesse W. Starr, 1857.\\nWilliant D. Rogers, 1857.\\nJesse W. Starr, 1858.\\nSamuel S. Willits, 1858.\\nSamuel S. Willits, 1859-05.\\nThe records of the township from 1821 to\\nabout 1870 are missing. The following are\\nthe names of the freeholders from 1844 to\\n18G5, when Haddoii township was erected\\nJohn Clement, 1S44-45.\\nSamuel M. Reeves, 1844-45.\\nSamuel M. Reeves, 1840-54.\\nJoseph B. Tatcm, 1840-54.\\nRichard W. Snowdon, 185.5-56.\\nSamuel M. Hinchman, 1855-56.\\nThe following persons re2)resented the re-\\nmaining part of Newton township until its\\nannexation to Camden, in 1871\\nHenry Davis, 1865. Henry Davis, 1867-08.\\nMichael Creely, 1866. Thomas Q. Moffett, 1860-70.\\nHaddon township was represented by\\nRichard Snowdon from its organization, in\\n1867, until his death, in January, 1883;\\nsince that time Samuel Wood has occupied\\nthe position.\\nJ^cehohlcm of Union Township.\\n1856 to 1800. \u00e2\u0080\u0094Benjamin S. Mc\\nCollister.\\n1856-57. Alexander McKenzie.\\n18.58.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Redlield.\\n1801.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel T. Murphy.\\n1S44.-JohnD. Glover.\\nAbraham Lippincott.\\n1845.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Edward C. Gibbs.\\nAbraham Lippincott.\\n1846.-Jonallian Williams\\nKdward C. Gibbs.\\n1847. Abraham Lippincott.\\n1848 to 1854.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John I). Glove:\\n1848, .Alexander McKenzie.\\n1849 to 1854\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Cooper P.Browning 1808.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Uallam.\\n1855 -Moses G. Boston, 1809.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel T. Mnvphy\\n.loci C. Reynolds.\\n1802 to 1865.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William S. McC\u00c2\u00abl-\\nlister.\\n1866.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuol Tatera.\\n1867. Benjamin S. McCollister.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0246.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "CIVIL LI8T.\\n1S7I1-71. luliu Sting.111.\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Emery.\\n1873-74.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Saiiiiul T. Murphy.\\n1875. Jolin C. Stinsoti.\\n1,S76.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel T. Muipby.\\n1877-79.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James C. Dobbs.\\n1879-80.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hugli J. Gorman.\\nil.T Cily.\\n18S1.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Patrick lli-aley.\\nFirat Waril, IHSi.-IIugb Mullia.\\nFirat Ward, 188:1-84.- Tlios. Moss.\\nFil-st Ward, lS8,i-Sli.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 David J.\\nDorau.\\nSecond Ward, ISSi to 188ii.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Pat-\\nrick Mealey.\\nFreehutdcrs from StocJitOH Totimship.\\nAsa P. Horner, 18i9.\\nJohn W. Potts, lSi;0-IV2.\\nWilliam Carter, 18G:l-U5.\\nJohn J. Lawrence, 180C-08.\\nJoel Horner, 1809-7:).\\nJohn W. Potts, 1871-76.\\nFreehuUersfroi\\nJohn I. Githens, 1850-54.\\nRichard Stafford, 1850-54.\\nJohn I. Githens, 1855-50.\\nJoseph L. Thackara, 1855-56.\\nNixon Davis, 1857.\\nJoseph L. Thackara, 1857.\\nJoel Clement, 1877.\\nJacob L. Gross. 1878-80.\\nJohn L. Smith, 1881.\\nAsa P. Horner, 1883.\\nJohn L. Smith, 188:i-S0.\\nI W:i.ter/\u00e2\u0080\u009erd Township.\\nJoel P. Kirkbride, 1868.\\nJoseph Porter, 1859-60.\\nJoseph L. Thackara, 1861-67.\\nSamuel S. Cake, 1808-72.\\nJoseph L. Thackara, 1879-84.\\nJames C. Bishop, 188,5-80.\\nFreeholders from Centre township,-\\nJohn D. Glover, 1855.\\nCooper P. Browning, 1855.\\nJohn P. Brick, 185G.\\nCharles L. Willits, 1856.\\nSamuel P. Lippincott, 1858.\\nZebedee Nicholson, 1858.\\nAbraham Itowand, 1860-62.\\nBenjamin Shivere, 1863.\\nAbraham Rowaud, 1864.\\nChalkly Glover, 1866-08.\\nJames Bell, 1870.\\nJos. M. Haines, 1872-74-76-\\nJohn Gill, Jr., 1880-81.\\nJames Davis, 1882-84.\\nJohn D. Glover, 1885-86.\\nFreeholders from Gloucester townsliip. The\\nearly township records being lost, only the\\nnames of freeholders elected in the township\\nsince 1863 could he obtained,\\nRichard F. Batten, isoii.\\nT. J. Wentz, 1804-65.\\nJoshua Sickler, 1806-07.\\nCharles Bucknian, 1808-05\\nDaniel Turner, 1871-72.\\nHiuch]uan Lippincott, 187\\nJos. C. Lippincott, 187. i-70.\\nEdward Union, 1877-78.\\nT. J. Wentz, 1879-80.\\nHenry Steward, 1881-80.\\nBenjamin Tomlinson, 1881-80.\\nGcorgo H. Higgins, 1881-S6.\\nMei chantville was not entitled to a free-\\nholder until 1 885, when a special act was passed\\nby tiie Legislature creating the office for that\\nborough. Charles B. Coles was elected in\\n1885 and Charles P. Spangler in 1886.\\nFreeholders from Delaware township,\\nJacob Troth, 1844.\\nJoseph Kay, Jr., 1844.\\nJohn M. Haino\u00c2\u00bb, 1847.\\nBenjamin W. Cooper, 18-\\nAbel Fowler, 1848.\\nAaron Moore, 1849.\\nJobB. Kay, 18.51.\\nBenjamin Horner, 1851.\\nAsa P. Horner, 1856.\\nIsaac Roberts, 1858.\\nRichard Shivers, 18li3.\\nIsuic W. Nicholson, 1S70.\\nHugh Sharp, 1881.\\nWilliam Gratr, 1884.\\nWilliam Graff, ISS5.\\nFreeholders from Winslow townsliip,\\nAndrew K. Hay.\\nJacob Ware, Sr.\\nCharles H. French.\\nMatthias S. Simmernian.\\nEzra Stokee.\\nSamuel Norcross.\\nJoseph Shreve.\\nJohn J. Sickler.\\nIsaac S. Peacock.\\nUzical Barefcird.\\nJohn Carroll.\\nI. F. Bodine.\\nGeorge R. Pl-att.\\nZiba Cain.\\nAndrew Ro.ss.\\nAndrew P. Ware\\nJohn R. Dublc.\\nCENSUS OF CAMDEN COUNTY.\\n1850\\n9,()18\\n2,421\\n3,378\\n3,284\\nCamden City\\nNewton township\\nHaddon township\\nGloucester township.\\nUnion township\\nCentre township\\nGloucester City\\nDelaware townsliiji\\nStockton township I\\nWaterfonl township 1,639\\nWinslow township 1,540\\nWashington township\\nMonroe township\\nMerchantville township\\n2,578\\nTotal\\n11,217\\n3,353\\n2,123\\n2,453\\n1,158\\n1,593\\n1,855\\n2,350\\n14,368\\n4,055\\n2,320\\n2,865\\n1,305\\n1,002\\n1,473\\n1,955\\n,800\\n1,307\\n1,417\\n25,422 29,160\\n34,457\\n1805\\n18,313\\n2,547\\n1,560\\n2,355\\n3,773\\n1,267\\n1,779\\n1,350\\n1,940\\n1,473\\n1,177\\n810\\n20,045\\n8,437\\n1,926\\n2,710\\n1,718\\n3,682\\n1,625\\n2,381\\n2,071\\n2,050\\n1,567\\n1,664\\n33,852\\n2,541\\n2,C01\\n1,261\\n5,105\\n1,358\\n2,106\\n2,003\\n1,887\\n41,569\\n2,551\\n2,527\\n1,538\\n5,347\\n1,481\\n3,093\\n2,145\\n2,158\\n52,884\\n3,270\\n2,542\\n1,723\\n5,966\\n1,572\\n3,709\\n2,098\\n2,180\\n7(i,685\\nHaddon township was formed from Newton; Centre from Union and Gloucester, in 1855;\\nGloucester City from Union, in 1868; Stockton from Delaware, in 1859; Washington and Monroe annexed\\nto Gloucester County Merchantville was erected from parts of Delaware and Stockton, and Newton was\\nannexed to Camden, in 1871.", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0247.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "192\\nIILSTURV OF CAMDEN COUNTS, NEW JERSEY.\\nCensus of Gloucester County 1732 to 1840\\n1737,3207; 1745, 3506; 1790, 13,363;\\n1800, 19,744.\\n1810\\n1820\\n1830\\n1840\\nEsg Harbor*\\nGalloway*\\nI8;iu\\n1048\\n10.5\\n1803\\nS77\\n781\\n3281\\n2099\\n1137\\n3113\\n2il0\\n29i;o\\n1424\\n1270\\n3S99\\n2657\\n1574\\n3033\\nWejmoutl.*\\nwin\\n2978\\n2sr,a\\n2570\\n2837\\nSous\\nvj:\\n2059\\n602\\n2497\\n2332\\n686\\n3298\\n2837\\n(iloiicetjter townnhip\\n1803\\n1074\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a02106\\n2417\\n3088\\n3467\\n19,189\\n23,089\\n28,431\\n25,445\\nStt off to Atlantic County, 1837.\\nDavid B. Brown, surrogate of Camden\\nCounty since 1866, was born in the village\\nof Blackwood, Camden county, on the 21st of\\nMarch, 1833. His grandfather, John Brown,\\nwas a shoemaker, and according to the custom\\nof his day, passed from house to house\\nthrough the southern part of the county, at-\\ntending to the duties of his trade.\\nGeorge Brown, the father of Surrogate\\nBrown, was married to Mary Beckley, whose\\nancestors were Germans. His trade was\\nthat of a wheelwright, though he spent much\\nof his time in shipping cord-wood to Phila-\\ndelphia and there selling it.\\nSurrogate Brown obtained his education in\\nthe schools of his native place, taught school\\nfor a short time, and then engaged in farm-\\nwork until he arrived at the age of twenty-\\neight years. In 1861, when the call for\\ntroops from the Northern States was made by\\nPresident Lincoln for the defense of the\\nUnion, Mr. Brown was one of those brave\\nspirits who was quick to respond. He went\\nto Trenton with a companion and was en-\\nlisted on May 21, 1861, as a private in Com-\\npany D of tlie Third llcgiinent of New Jer-\\nsey Infantry. He and his comrade were the\\nlast two needed to complete the company,\\nmost of whose members were; from Sussex\\nCdiiiitv and (lie northeastern counties of\\nPenn.sylvania. The regiment in which Mr.\\nBrown enlisted, together with the First,\\nSecond and Fourth, formed the Fir.st Bri-\\ngade of New Jersey Infantry in the three\\nyears service and vvas sent to the defense of\\nWashington, was within hearing distance of\\nthe first battle of Bull Run, though not\\nactively engaged. He participated with his\\nregiment in the Seven Days Battle and other\\nsevere engagements of the Peninsular Cam-\\npaign, under General McClellan was then\\ntransferred up the Potomac Hivcr to Alex-\\nandria, where it engaged in a skirmish, and\\nsubsequently, during the year 1862, the sec-\\nond battle of Bull Run, the first battle of\\nFredericksburg and the battle of Chantilly.\\nHe was promoted sergeant of his com-\\npany and in the severe engagement at Salem\\nChurch, near Fredericksburg, he was severely\\nwounded by a riflo-ball fracturing the ulna\\nbone of his right forearm. While making his\\nway to the rear of his regiment, after receiv-\\ning his wound, he unexpectedly fell into the\\nhands of the enemy, and placed in a Confed-\\nerate field hospital. While there his wound\\nwjis dressed, the ulna being removed by Dr.\\nTodd, of Georgia, a surgeon in the Southern\\narmy and a brother-in-law of President Lin-\\ncoln. At the expiration of eight days Ser-\\ngeant Brown was paroled and first sent to a\\nfield hospital, then to a ho.spital at Washing-\\nton and later to Chestnut Hill Hospital, near\\nPhiladelphia, where he filled out his term of\\nenlistment, and was discharged May 12,\\n18(!J. In the mean time, after his wound had\\npartially healed, he served on guard duty at\\nthe hospital.\\n(Jn May 5, 186(5, Mr. Brown was ap-\\npointed surrogate of Camden County by\\nGovernor Ward, to fill the unexpired term\\nof Isaac L. IjOwc, who died in office. He\\nwas elected to the office of surrogate in No-\\nvember, 1866, and re-elected in 1871, in\\n1876 and in 1881, having served continu-\\nously in the .same office for a period of twenty\\nvears, which in itself is a strikina; evidence", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0248.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "J%^ /T A\\nm lyo^i^", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0251.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0252.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0253.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0254.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "CIVIL LIST.\\n193\\not liis ability aud efficiency to perform its\\nonerous duties and of the confidence reposed\\nin him by his constituents.\\nMr. Brown was married, in ISfiS, to Mary\\nOliver, of Camden, though a native of Bur-\\nlington County, who died three years later,\\nfn 1873 he was married to Mary E. Haines,\\nof Burlington County, by whom he has two\\nchildren, Bes.sie and George S.\\nMr. Brown and his family are members of\\nthe Methodist Church, and he is a mcmi)er\\nof T. M. K. Lee Post, No. o, G. A. R., of\\nCamden.\\nRiniERT F. Stucktox Hkath was born\\nin the city of Philadelphia August 20, 1842,\\nand is a sou of the late Andrew Heath, well-\\nknown as one of the first conductors of the\\nCamden and Araboy Railroad. His prepar-\\natory education was acquired in the schools\\nof Philadelphia and Camden, and he then\\nentered the Philadelphia High School, from\\nwhich institution he was graduated. He\\nl egan business as an employee with the firm\\nof Thomas White Co., prominent mer-\\nchants of Philadelphia, engaged in the job-\\nbing millinery trade on Second Street, above\\nChestnut, and then the leading firm in the\\nUnited States dealing in that line of goods.\\nHe continued with this firm until the death\\nof Mr. White, when Lincoln, Wood\\nNichols became the successors, and removed\\nthe establishment to 725 Chestnut Street, and\\nMr. Heath was given charge of the manu-\\nfacturing department. Upon the dissolution\\nof this firm he became associated with P. A.\\nHarding in the same business, from ISfil to\\nISG- and then with Thomas Morgan Co.\\n(Mr. Heath being the company) until the\\ndeath of the senior partner.\\nIn 1875 he associated as co-partner in the\\nfirm of G. P. Muller Co., and engaged in\\nthe manufactin-e of straw goods at 513 and 530\\nArch Street, which firm dissolved by limita-\\ntion at the expiration of eight years, and Mr.\\nHeath, in 1 883, began and has since continued\\nthe manufacture of ladies straw goods at an\\nextensive establishment, ,tl5 l- illici-t Street, in\\nwhich he has about onr iiiiiKlrtd and thirty\\nworkmen constantly employed. He has fifty\\nsewing-machines running, liy which all vari-\\netiesofbraid arescwed lo the straw goods. The\\nsizing, blocking and finishing at his factory\\nare all done by steam-power, antl the color-\\ning and the pleating of the; goods are done in\\nthe works. A twelve horse-power engine\\nand a twenty horse-power boiler drive the\\nmachiuery, and long lines of shafting and\\nfloors are used for healing j)urpo.ses in the\\ndrying-rooms. The manufactured goods are\\n.sold in all the large cities of the Union\\nfrom the home office, through a branch house\\nin New York, and by resident salesmen in\\nPitt.sburgh, St. Louis anil Chicago. His\\nbusiness career has been marked by con-\\ntinued success, and as a manufacturer his ad-\\nvice and opinions are freciuently sought for\\nby others and his Judgment considered good.\\nIn 1881 Mr. Heath was elected by the\\nDemocratic party to rejiresent the First Dis-\\ntrict of Camden County in the State Legis-\\nlature, and after serving with ability aud\\ncredit for one term, was offered a re-election,\\nwhich, on account of the pressing duties of\\nhis own business affairs, he was compelled to\\ndecline. At the solicitation of members of\\nboth the dominant political j)arties, in 1885,\\nhe accepted the nomination and was elected\\nregister of deeds for Camden County, to\\nserve for a term of five years, a position\\nwhich he now (1886) fills with great ac-\\nceptance to his constituents.\\nIn 1864 Mr. Heath was married to\\nJosephine, the youngest daughter of Captain\\nConstant Waithmau. Their children are\\nEmma, Matilda (deceased) and Clara. The\\nentire family are members of St. Paul s Epis-\\ncopal (Jhurch, of Camden, of which Mr.\\nHeath is a vestryman. Pie is a prominent\\nmember of the IMasonic fraternity, and of\\nthe order of Odd-Fellows, and assisted in or-\\nganizing the Knights of Pythias in New Jer-\\nsey, being the first Grand Chancellor of that", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0257.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "194\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\norder in the State. ITiider tlie old militia\\nsystem he was captain of Company C, of the\\nSecond Battalion, under Col. McKeen, and\\nafterwards held the commission as captain of\\nComjjany B, of the Sixth Regiment, under\\nCol. W. J. Sewell.\\nEdward Burrough is a son of Joseph\\nA. and Mary H. Burrough, and was born\\nupon the farm where he now resides,\\nin Delaware township, midway between\\nMerchantville and Colestown, September\\n5, 1848. He is a member of the fifth gen-\\neration who have been in possession of that\\nfarm in continuous succession, and from reli-\\nable data is of the same family of Burroughs\\nthat Edward Burrough, the eminent minister\\nof the Society of Friends (contemporary with\\nGeorge Fox), came from. All of his ances-\\ntors on both sides were members of the\\nSociety of Friends, and although by a pecu-\\nliar decree of their Discipline he is not a\\nmember of it, yet iiis religious affiliations\\nremain with tiiat society, under which\\nhe was reared. He was given such advan-\\ntages for acfjuiring an education as the\\ndistrict schools of his youth afforded, going\\nto school during the winter months and\\nworking upon the farm during the other\\nportions of the year until he reached iiis\\nseventeenth year, when he was sent to the\\nFriends Academy, at Haddoufield, for two\\nwinters, and continued to work upon\\nthe farm during the summer months.\\nIn the fall of 1862 he entered Treemont\\nSeminary, at Norristown, Pa., and completed\\nhi.s .scholastic course in a five months term.\\nNotwithstanding his hap-hazard opportuni-\\nties, he has acquired a fair education, and he\\nstill continues Iiis studious habits. Mr.\\nBurrough was a strong Unionist during the\\nRebellion, having imbibed from his ancestors\\ntheir abolition principles. On July To, 18(54,\\nhe was one of the company of minute-men\\nwho left Camden for the defen.se of Baltimore\\nunder the command of Captain R. H. Lee,\\nand was mustered into the service of the\\nUnited SUites and assigned to duty at Fort\\nDix, near the Relay Hou.se, on the Baltimore\\nand Ohio Railroad they were attached to\\nthe First Separate Brigade, Eighth Army\\nCorp,s, under Major-Geueral Lew Wallace,\\nGeneral E. B. Tyler lieing their brigade-\\ncommander. At the expiration of their term\\nof .service they returned to Camden and were\\nregularly mustered out.\\nIn the spring of 1865 his father died, which\\nevent prevented his return to the army and\\ncompelled him to at ont^e begin the business\\nof farming, and altliough .scarcely twenty-one\\nyears of age, and loaded with heavy responsi-\\nbilities, he at once applied hi.s energies to\\nlightening his burden and securing him.self a\\nhome. Being imbued with the idea that\\nfanning in New Jersey was as honoralile a\\ncalling as any other pursuit, and that\\nfanners as a class should learn to honor their\\nbusiness, he took an active interest in\\norganizing the Farmers A.ssociation of\\nthis county in 1872, and has been an active\\nadvocate of the many reforms instituted and\\ncarried out by that association, among which\\nwas the removal of the calf and stock mar-\\nkets from Philadelphia to Camden, which\\nwas .soon followed by locating a hay and\\ncalibage market on this side of the river.\\nHe was also instrumental in bringing about\\nan amicable arrangement with the ferry\\ncompanies, whereby a reduction in the rates\\non teams was secured. His activity in\\nthese matters soon attracted the attention\\nof the farmers of Burlington County, and\\nagaiiLSt his wishes he was elected a director\\nof the Moorestown Agricultural Society, and\\n.soon after its vice-jinwident, a position he\\nresigned in the spring of 1886. He had\\nseveral years been a member of the execu-\\ntive committee of the State iioard of Agri-\\n(mlture, and in February, 1886, he was elected\\njiresident of the ]ioard, thus placing him at\\nthe head of the agricultural interests of the\\nState.\\nIn 1867 he was elected clerk of Delaware", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0258.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0261.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0262.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "CIVIL LIST.\\n195\\ntowiisliii), vvhieli pusitioii lu- lielil until tlie\\nfall of 1878, wheu he resigned upon reeeiving\\nthe uoniination for the Assembly, to which he\\nwas elected for two terms.\\nIn 1870 he was appointed an assistant mar-\\nshal to take the ninth United States census\\nof Delaware, Stockton and Haddon town-\\nships. When the State was redistricted, in\\ncoiifonnitv with the present j)iiblic school\\nlaws, he exerted himself to have proper\\nschool facilities afforded the neiglihorhood, in\\nwhich he lived, and succeeded in securing a\\ndistrict school, and was appointed a trustee\\nby the first county superintendent of Camden\\nand Burlington Counties (in which latter\\ncounty the school building is situated) this\\n]i sition he resigned at the annual meeting,\\nt)ut the ne.Ktyear, against his earnest protest,\\nhe was elected a trustee, and still continues\\nin that position, and for the last five years\\nhas been clerk of the district.\\nIn 1873 he was appointed chairman of the\\nCentennial Committee of the West Jersey\\nFarmers CJonference Club, which coiumittee\\nwas also appointed an auxiliary Board for\\nCamden and Burlington Counties by the\\nCentennial Bt)ard of Finance. This positi(^n\\nbrought him in accpiaintance witli those in\\ncharge of this department of the great\\nE.xposition and familiarized him with their\\narduous duties, and the efforts put forth\\nby the citizens of Philadelphia to com-\\nplete the buildings and make the Kxposition\\na suc(\u00c2\u00abss.\\nIn 1S78, he was solii^ited by his i)oliti( al\\nfriends to become a candidate for the Legis-\\nlature, and after considei-able hesitancy con-\\nsented, and received the nomination of his\\nparty in the first Assembly District, and was\\nelected by a majority of one thousand four\\nhundred and eighty-one, being the largest\\nmajority ever given to a member of the As-\\nsembly in New Jersey. A redistricting of\\nthe State followed his election, which |)laced\\nhim in the Second Assembly district. And\\nin the fall of 187 J he was again nominated by\\nthe l\\\\epublicans, and although a decided off\\nyear in politics, there being only his own and\\nthe county collector s name on the ticket (and\\nthe (!anvass consequently a very (juiet one),\\nhe was again elected by nearly four hundred\\nmajority. His career in the Legislature was\\nwithout spot or blemish, and proved very\\nsatisfactory to his constituents, and threw\\nhim into the acquaintance of the prominent\\nmen of the State of all parties, the respect of\\nwhom he ever after maintained. Never of\\nrobust health, lie yet po.sse.ssed a sort of\\nwiry constitution, which for twenty years\\nenabled him to [)erforrn the work of a much\\nstronger man. He eventually overrated his\\nstrength, which brought on a series of heart\\ntroubles that prevented him from performing\\nfurther manual labor. He became a candi-\\ndate for the ofiice of county clerk in the fall\\nof 1885. Always a Republican and an ac-\\ntive partisan, he yet never sought an office\\nuntil he asked the support of his friends for\\nthe position above-mentioned. He was sin-\\ngularly successful in his canvass for the nom-\\nination, and received the entire vote of the\\nconventiou. Owing to a combination of cir-\\ncumstances over which he had no control, the\\ncampaign was an apathetic one and the vote\\nof his party a very small one. He, however,\\nwas elected by a small majority, which led\\nhis opponents to perpetrate infamous frauds\\nto overcome his majority. Feeling confident\\nthat he was fairly and legally elected, he\\n])rocured able coiuisel and prosecuted the\\ncase to a successful termination, and on the\\nli5th day of February, 1880, he was didy\\ncommissioned and qualified as County Clerk\\nof the County of Camden, which position he\\nstill holds. He maintains his residence upon\\nhis farm, where it is his desire to end his\\nexistence.\\n(In every position that he held he always\\nrecognized the rights of all parties in his\\nofiicial acts, maintaining that a,s they were\\nalike expected to obey the laws, they were\\nequally entitled to l)c heard that as an", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0263.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "196\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\noffice-holder he was as much the servant of\\nthe minority as he was of the majority\\nbut upou strict party issues he was always a\\nfirm adherent to the party to which he was\\nallied.)\\nOn tiie 23rd of November, 1870, he mar-\\nried Emily Collins, only child of William\\nand Martha Collins, of Moorestown, Burling-\\nton County. No children have ever rewarded\\ntheir union, and they are obliged to remain\\nwithout the endearing prattle of childish\\nvoices ill their large country home. Edward\\nBurrough has but one sister, the wife of\\nthe present Deputy County Clerk, and slie,\\nlike himself, is childless.\\nCHAPTER XIII.\\nthe benf fi and bar of camdex cotnty.\\nOutline of Early Legal History of\\nNew Jersey. After tlie settlement of the\\ndispute between John Fenwick (who had ac-\\nquired of Lord John Berkley the undivided\\none-half of New Jersey) and the creditors of\\nEdward Byllynge (February 9, 1674), steps\\nwere taken by those interested to procure a\\ndivision of the territory. This was done by\\na quintipartite deed, dated July 1, 1G76,\\nmade between the proprietors of East New\\nJersey and the proi)rietors of West New\\nJersey, which fixed the boundary. This\\nmade two separate and distinct provinces of\\nthe original territory, each of which estal)-\\nlished a government of its own, with legis-\\nlative, judicial, and executive powers. The\\nproprietors and own(!rs of West New Jersey\\nissued (March 3, 167G) their concessions\\nand agreements in forty-four chapters,\\nsomewhat in the nature of a constitution, and\\nupon which all the laws ])assed by tiie legis-\\nlature should be based. These governments\\nwere separately maintained until 1702, when\\nthe inhal)itants of bolli nivinces joined in a\\npetition to Queen Anne ol England, to as-\\nsume the government. The surrender was\\nsigned April 15, 1702, and two days after\\nthe Queen accepted it, and November 14th,\\nin the same year, appointed Edward Lord\\nCornbury, Captain-General and Governor of\\nthe Province of Nova Ctesarea, or New Jer-\\nsey in America.\\nThis was the commencement of a new\\nepoch in the history of the courts of New\\nJersey and the commission and instructions\\ndelivered by Queen Anne to Lord Cornbury,\\nas the first Governor of the new colony,\\nwere, in fact, its second Constitution. In these\\ninstructions the attention of the Governor\\nwas especially called to the laws which he\\nmight find in existence, and concerning them\\nhe is enjoined as follows You are with all\\nconvenient speed to cause a collection to be\\nmade of all the Laws, Orders, Rules, or such\\nas have hitherto served or been reputed as\\nLaws amongst the Inhabitants of our said\\nProvince of Nova Oraarea or New Jersey,\\nand together with our aforesaid Council and\\nAssembly, von are to revise, correct and\\namend the same, as may be necessary.\\nConcerning the passage of laws by the\\nGeneral Assembly, it is remarkable that at\\nthat early period a ])nivisii)n should have\\nbeen tnade in this Constitution, the omission\\nof whiili in the Constitution of 1776 was so\\nseriously felt, that it was introduced into the\\nConstitution of 1844, and may now be found\\nin nearly all the Constitutions of the ditfer-\\neut States of tlie I nion. It is in regard to\\nthe intermixing of dillerent laws in one and\\nthe same act, and is as follows: You are\\nalso, as nuich as possible, to observe in the\\npassing of all Laws, that whatever may be\\nrequisite upon each ditftu cut matter, be ac-\\ncordingly ])rovided for l)y a diiferent Law\\nwithout intermixing in one and the same\\nAct such Tilings as have no proper Relation\\nto each other and you are especially to take\\ncare that no Clause or Clauses be inserted in\\nor annexed to any act which shall be foreign to\\nwhat the Title of such respective Act imports.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0264.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\n197\\nThe provi. ^ion ol the Constitution of 1844\\nis evidently taken from the foregoing. It\\nis in these words To avoid improper\\nintluenoes which may result from intermix-\\ning in one and the same aet such things as\\nhave DO relation to each other, every law\\nshall embrace but one object, and that shall\\nbe expressed in the title.\\nIn the matter of erecting courts or offices\\nof judicature, it is curious that the com-\\nmission of the Governor and his instructions\\nsiiould be so much at variance. In the\\ninstructions he is commanded as follows:\\nYou shall not erect any Court or Office of\\n.ludicature, not before erected or established,\\nwitliout our especial Order. In his com-\\nmission, on the other hand, we find as fol-\\nlows And do further give and grant unto\\nyou full Power and Authority, with the\\nAdvice and Con.sent of our said Council, to\\nerect, con.stitute and e.stabli.sh such and so\\nmany Courts of Judicature and Public Jus-\\ntice within our .said Province under your\\nGovernment as you and they shall think tit\\nand necessary for the hearing and determin-\\ning of all Causes as well Criminal as Civil,\\naccording to Law and Enuity, and for\\nawarding execution thereupon with all\\nreasonable and neces.sary Powers, Authorities,\\nFees, and Privileges belonging unto them.\\nBv virtue, then, of his commission, which\\nconferred upon him and his C ouncil powers\\nhitiierto enjoyed by the General AsKend)ly,\\nthe (lovernor promulgated in 1704 the first\\n)rdinancc of I jstablishing Courts of Judi-\\ncature, whiili really forms the foundation\\nof tlie wiiolc judicial system of New Jer.sey.\\nAll that has been done from tliat day to\\ntiiis, .says Judge Field in his discourse be-\\nfore mentioned, has been to fill up, as it\\nwere, the outlines which he sketched to add\\nsome additional apartments to the judicial\\nedifice which he constructed.\\nThis ordinance, which was, perhaps, un-\\nknown, certainly unnoticed, not only i)y the\\niiistorians of New Jersey, but by those who\\nhave written upon its courts of justice, is .so\\ninteresting that it is here given in full, as it\\nappears in the appendix to Judge Field s\\ndiscourse, where it was printed for the first\\ntime since its publication in 1704,\\nAn Ordinance for Establishino CoirRTs of\\nJudicature.\\nWhereaji, her most Sacred Majesty, Anne, by the\\nGrace of God, Queen of England, Scotland, France\\nand Ireland, Defender of the Faith, c., by her\\nRoyal Letters Patents, bearing date the fifth day of\\nDecember, in the first year of Her Majesty s\\nReign, did, among other things therein mentioned,\\ngive and grant unto his Excellency, Edward Vis-\\ncount Cornbury, Captain-General and Governour--\\nin-Chief in and over the Province of Nova C asarea,\\nor New Jersey, c., full Power and Authority,\\nwith the Advice and Consent of her Majesty s\\nCouncil of the said Province, to erect, constitute\\nand establish such and so m.any Courts of Judica-\\nture and public Justice within the said Province\\nand Territories depending thereon, as his said\\nExcellency and C ouncil shall think fit and neces-\\nsary, for the Hearing and Determining of all\\nCauses, as well Criminal as Civil, according to\\nLaw and Equity, and for awarding Execution\\nthereupon, with all necessary Powers, Authorities,\\nFees and Privileges belonging to them.\\nHis Excellency, the Governour, by and with\\nthe advice and Consent of her Majesty s Council,\\nand y Virtue of the Powers and Authorities\\nderived unto him by her said Majesty s Letters\\nPatents, doth by these Presents Ordain, and it i.i\\nhereby Ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That\\nevery Justice of the Peace that resides within any\\nTown or County within this Province, is by these\\nPresents fully empowered and authorized to have\\nCognizance of all Causes or Ca.ses of Debt and\\nTies|)asses, to the Value of Forty ^Shillings, or\\nunder which Causes or Cases of Debt and Tres-\\npasses, to the value of Forty Shillings or under,\\nshall and may be Heard, Try d and finally Deter-\\nmined without a Jury, by every .lustice of the\\nPeace residing, as aforesaid.\\nThe Process of Warning against a Free-holder or\\nluhabitant shall be by Summons under the Hand\\nof the Justice, directed to the Constable of the\\nTown or Precinct, or to any deputed by him, where\\nthe parly complained against docs live or reside;\\nwhich Summons being personally served or left at\\nthe Defendant s House, or his place of Abode, lour\\ndaysbefore the hearing of the Plaint, shall be sufli-\\ncient Authority to and for the said Justice to proceed", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0265.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "198\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nto hear such Cause or Causes and Determine the\\ngame in the Defendant s absence, and to grant\\nExecution thereupon against the Defendant s\\nPerson, or for want thereof, his Goods and Chatties,\\nwhich the Constable, or his Deputy, of that Town\\nor Precinct, shall and may serve, unless some\\nreasonable excuse for the Parties absence appear\\nto the Justice.\\nAnd the Process against an Itinerant Person,\\nInmate or Foreigntr shall be by Warrant from any\\none Justice of the Peace, to be served by any\\nConstable, or his Deputy, within that County,\\nwho shall by Virtue thereof arrest the Party, and\\nhim safely keep till he be carried before the said\\nJustice of the Peace, who shall and may imme-\\ndiately hear, try and finally determine of all such\\nCauses and Cases of Debt and Trespass, to the\\nValue of Forty Shillings, or under, by avvai-ding\\nJudgment and Execution and if payment be not\\nimmediately made, the Constable is to deliver tlie\\nParty to the Slierifi who is hereby required to\\ntake him into Custody, and him safely keep till\\npayment be made of the same, with charges\\nAlways Provided, That an Appeal to the Justices\\nat the next Court of Ses.sions held for this said\\nCounty, shall be allowed for any sum upwards of\\nTwenty Shillings.\\nAnd his said Excellency, by the advice and\\nconsent aforesaid, doth by these Presents further\\nOrdain, That there shall be kept and holden a\\nCourt of Common Pleas in each respective County\\nwithin this Province, which shall be holden in\\neach County at such place where the General\\nCourt of Sessions is usually held and kept, to\\nbegin immediately after the Sessions of the Peace\\ndoes end and terminate, and then to hold and con-\\ntinue as long as there is any business, not exceed-\\ning three days.\\nAnd the several and resjiective Courts of Pleas\\nhereby established shall have power and .Furisdic-\\ntion to hear, try and finally determine all actions,\\nand all Matters and Thing3^ Tryable at Common\\nLaw, of what nature or kind soever. Provided\\nalways, and it is hereby Ordained, That there may,\\nand shall be an Api)eal or Removal by /lalicas\\n(Jorpus, or any other lawful Writ, of any I er.son\\nor any Action or Suit depending, and of Judg-\\nment or Execution that shall be determined in\\nthe said respective Courts of Pleas, u|)wards of\\nTen Pounds, and of any Action or Suit wherein\\nthe Uiglit or Title of, in or to any Land, or any-\\nthing relating thereto, shall lie brought into Dis-\\npute upon Tryal.\\nAnd it is further Ordained by the Authority afore-\\nsaid, That the General Sessions of the Peace shall\\nbe held in each respective County within this\\nProvince, at the Times and Places hereafter\\nmentioned, that is to say:\\nFor the County of Middlesex-, at Amboy, the third\\nTuesdays in February, May and August; and the\\nfourth Tuesday in November.\\nFor the County of Bergen, at Bergen, the first\\nTuesdays in February, May and August nd the\\nsecond Tuesday in November.\\nFor the County of Essex, at Newark, the second\\nTuesdays of February, May and August and the\\nthird Tuesday in November.\\nFor the County of Monmouth, at Shrewsbury, the\\nfourth Tuesdays in February, May and August;\\nand the first Tuesday in December.\\nFor the County of Burlington, at Burlington,\\nthe first Tuesdays in March, June and September\\nand the second Tuesday in December.\\nFor the County of Gloucester, the second Tues-\\ndays in March, June and September and the third\\nTuesday in December.\\nFor the County of Salem, at Salem, the third\\nTuesdays in March, Jtine and September and the\\nfourth Tuesday in December.\\nFor the County of Cape May, at the house of\\nShamger Hand, the fourth Tuesdays in March,\\nJune and September, and the first Tuesday in Jan-\\nuary. Which General Sessions of the Peace in\\neach respective County aforesaid shall hold and\\ncontinue for any term not exceeding two days.\\nAnd be it further Ordained by the Authority afore-\\nsaid, That there shall be held and kept at the\\nCities or Towns of Perth Amboy and Burlington\\nalternately a Supream Court of Judicature, which\\nSupream Court is hereby fully impowered to\\nhave cognizance of all Pleas, Civil, Criminal\\nand Mixt as fully and amply, to all intents and\\npurposes whatsoever, as the Courts of (Queen s\\nflench. Common Pleas and Exchequer within her\\nMajesty s Kingdom of England have or ought to\\nhave, in and to which Supream Court all and\\nevery Per.son and Persons whatsoever shall and\\nmay, if they .see meet, commence any Action or\\nSuit, the Debt or Damage laid in such Action\\nor Suit being upwards of Ten Pounds, and shall\\nor may by Certiorari, Habeas Corpus, or any other\\nlawful Writ, remove out of any of the respective\\nCourts of Sessions of the Peace or Common Pleas,\\nany information or Indictment there depending,\\norjudgmi-nt thereupon given or to be given in any\\nCriminal Matter whatsoever cognizable before\\nthem, or any of them, as also all Actions, Pleas or\\nSuits, real, personal or mixt, depending in any of\\nthe said Courts, and all Judgments thereupon\\ngiven, or to be given. Provided Always, T^hat the", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0266.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\nAction, or Suit, depending, or Judgment given Ije\\nupwards of the Value of Ten Pounds, or that the\\nAction, or Suit, there depending or determined,\\nbe concerning the Eight or Title of any Free-hold.\\nAnd out of the ottice of which Siiprcam (hurl at\\nAmboy and Burlington all process shall issue,\\nunder the Test of the Chief Justice of the said\\nCourt; unto which Office all Returns shall be\\nmade. Which Sujircani Court shall be holden at\\nthe Cities of Amboy and Burlington alternately,\\nat Amboy on the first Tuesilai/ in Maij, and at Rur-\\nliiic/lon on the first Tue.iday in November, annually,\\nand every year; and each session of the said Court\\nshall continue for any Term not exceeding five\\ndays. And one of the Justices of the said Suprram\\nCourt shall once in every year, if need shall so\\nrequire, go the Circuit, and hold and keep the said\\nSiipream Court, for the County of Berr/ni at fter-\\nf/rii, on the third Tutsday in Ajiril. For the\\niiunty oi EMex at Newark, on the fourth Tuesday\\nin April. For the County of JMoiimoutli at\\nShrfwsbury, the second Tuesday in JIay. For\\nthe County of Glouceatrr at Gloufi ster, the thii d\\nTuesday in May. For the County of Salem at\\nSalem, the fourth Tuesday in May. For the\\nCounty of Cape May, at Shamger Hands, the first\\nTuesday in June. Which Justice, when he goes\\nthe Circuit, shall in each respective County be\\nassisted by two or more J ustices of the Peace dur-\\ning the time of two days, whilst the Court, in the\\nCircuit, is sitting, and no longer.\\nAnd His further Ordained by the Authority afore-\\n8aid, That all and every of the Justices or Judges of\\nthe several Courts afore-mentioned, be, and are\\nhereby sufficiently Impowered and Authorized to\\nmake, ordain and establish all such Rules and\\nOrders, for the more regular practising and pro-\\nceeding in the said Courts, as fully and amply, to\\nall intents and purposes whatsoever, as all or any\\nof the Judges of the several Courts, of the Quern s\\nBench, Common Pleas and E.rrhnjiirr, in Km/land,\\nlegally do.\\nAnd if iif further Ordained by the Authority afore-\\nsaid, that no Person s Right of Property shall be,\\nby any of the aforesaid Courts, Determined, ex-\\ncept where matters of Fact are either ac knowl-\\nedged by the Parties, or Judgment confessed, or\\npasselh, by the Defendant s fault for want of\\nPlea or Answer, unless the Fact be found by\\nVerdict of Twelve Men of that Neighbourhood, as\\nit ought to be done by Law.\\nCORNBURY.\\nA Cimrt of Chancery always existed in\\nthe State of New Jersey, although its powers\\nwere not at first vested in a single piM son.\\nDuring the pro[)rietary governtuent the\\nCourt of Common Rights exercised hancery\\npowers and was virtually the Court of\\nCiuuiceiy until KJitS. iSubsequi nt to that\\ntime, until 1705, this court was uinlouhtedly\\nheld by the Governor and ouncil, and after\\n1705 its authority was vesteil in llie (ioNci-\\nnor, or Lieutenant-Governor, and three\\nmembers of the (Council. In 17 IS Gov-\\nernor Hunter assumed the office of ciiau-\\n(iellor, and continued to exercise its authority\\nuntil his resignation, in 1720. Although\\nthis act of (iovernor Hunter was condi mned\\nby the people as an iniauthori/.ed assumption\\nof power, it received the approval of the\\nKing s government, and was adopted Ijy his\\nsuccessor, Governor Burnet, who took especial\\ndelight in his duties as chancellor. Three\\nvears after the advent of Governor Franklin\\nan effort was made by him (1768) to secure\\nsuch action on the part of the Council and\\nGeneral Assembly as would i)lace tlie Court\\nof Chancery on a better footing. He\\ncalled for a master of the rolls, a mas-\\nter in Chancery for one division of the\\nprovince, two Masters in Chancery for the\\nother division and a sergeant-at-arms in\\neach division. But the General Assembly\\ncaring little for the Court of Clianeery, paid\\nno further attention to the Governor s re-\\n(jUCSt.\\nTwo years afterwards the (iovernor took\\nihe matter in his own hands, and, by virtue\\nof the powers conferred iii)on him by his\\ncommi.ssiou, with the advice and consent of\\nthe Council, he adopted an ordinance c(jn-\\ncerning the Court of (Jhancery, by which he\\nappointed and commissioned such masters,\\nclerks, examiners, registers and other neces-\\nsary officers as were needed in the court.\\nThere were no essential changes made in the\\nprovisions of this ordinance, even by the Con-\\nstitution of July, 1776, which also united\\nthe offices of Governor and chancellor, and\\nthis union continued until the adoption of the", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0267.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "200\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\npresent Constitution, which separated these\\ntwo offices and allowed a (Jovernor to be\\nchosen from any of the professions or voca-\\ntions of life.\\nThere is no evidence tliat, [)rior to ilti\\nany previous term of study was re(|uired as a\\nqualification for admission to the bar. In\\nthat year, during the administration of Gov-\\nernor Cosby, it is said by Judge Field, in his\\nwork already (pioted, that it was provided by\\nan act of Assembly that no person should\\nbe permitted to practice as an attorney-at-\\nlaw but such as had served an ap})renticesliip\\nof at least seven years with some able attor-\\nney licensed to practice, or had ])ursued the\\nstudy of law for at least four years after com-\\ning of full age. If any such law was at\\nthat time passed it was no longer in force in\\n1752, as it does not appear in Nevill s\\nLaws, published in that year. The provis-\\nion referred to by Judge Field was probably\\ncontained in the act entitled, An Act for the\\nbetter Enforcing an Ordinance made for Fls-\\ntablishing of Fees and for Regulating the\\nPractice of the Law, which was disallowed\\nby the King in Council April :i, 1735.\\nWhatever has been ilone since that time to\\nkeep persons of mean parts and slender at-\\ntainments out of the profession has been\\ndone not by acts of the Legislature, but by\\nthe rules of the Supreme Court.\\nThe lawyers of New Jer.sey were the first\\namong all the inhabitants of the American\\ncolonics to resist systematically those oppres-\\nsive measures on the part of England which\\nled to the Declaration of Independence and\\nthe War of the Revolution. The first of the\\nmost odious of these measures was the Stamp\\nAct, which was passed by the British Parlia-\\nment March 22, ]7()5. Before the stamps\\nhad yet arrived from Kngland the members\\nof the bar, at the September lY-rni of the Su-\\npreme Court (17()5), held at Ainboy, met and\\nresolved inianimously that they would not\\nuse the stamps under any circumstances or\\nfor any purpose whatsoever. When, at\\nlength, the stamps arrived, the lawyers re-\\nfused to purchase them, and, as a matter of\\ncourse, the courts of justice were all closed\\nthroughout New Jersey, (treat inconven-\\nience and great dissatisfaction was the result,\\nnot only in New Jersey, but in other colonies\\nwhere the example of the Jersey lawyers had\\nbeen followed. The people c()mj)lained and\\nsocieties were everywhere organized under\\nthe name of S(ins of Lil)ertv, wlio urged\\nthe lawyers to go on with their business\\nwithout the use of stamps. )f the lawyers,\\nsome were in favor of so doing and others\\nwere o[)posed. A general meeting of the\\nbar was now called and held in New Bruns-\\nwick, February 13, 1766, and hundreds of\\nthe Sons of Liberty were present to encour-\\nage the lawyers to disregard this tyrannical\\nact of Parliament, and to have the courts of\\njustice once more opened. The result was\\nthat the meeting resolved that if the Stamp\\nAct was not repealed by the 1st of April\\nfollowing, they would resume their practice\\nas usual. The British government, not ig-\\nnorant of this bold stand taken by the law-\\nyers of New Jersey, repealed the odious act\\nbefore the day arrived when they would have\\nbid Parliament defiance.\\nChief Justices of the Colonial Su-\\npreme Court of New Jersey. Under the\\nfirst Constitution that is, during the provin-\\ncial period of our history no such office ex-\\nisted, nor wiis there any court corresponding\\nexactly with tiie Supreme Court erected\\ninidcr the ordinance promulgated by Lord\\nCornbury in 1704. It was under this ordi-\\nnance that the office was created, and the first\\nsession of the Supreme Court of New Jersey\\nwas held at Burlington on tiic 7th day of\\nNovember, 1740. On that day the first\\nchief justice of New Jersey, Roger Mom-\\npesson, took his seat upon the bench, with\\nWilliam Pinhorne beside him as associate\\njudge. Their commissions were read and\\nthe court then adjourned till the next dav,\\nwhen the sherilf of Burlington County re-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0268.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR\\n201\\nturned a grand jury, and a charge to them\\nwas delivered by the chief justice.\\nThe business of that session was, however,\\nvery light. Not even one indictment was\\nfound nor was there a single case ready for\\ntrial. Some gentlemen, nevertheless, had\\nthe courage to seek admission to the bar and\\nwere admitted. The court then adjourned to\\nthe first Tuesday of May succeeding.\\nChief Justices of New Jersey Durixg\\nAND After the Kevolution. After the\\nadoption of the Constitution of 1776 consid-\\nerable difficulty was experienced in organiz-\\ning the courts of the new State. The Leg-\\nislature, in joint meeting, elected Richard\\nStockton, an eminent lawyer and patriot, as\\nchief justice of the Supreme Court, but he\\ndeclined the appointment. A few days af-\\nterwards, September 4, 1776, the same body\\nelected John De Hart to that high office, and\\nalthough he accepted it, he finally declined\\nto enter upon its duties. On the same day\\nSamuel Tucker and Francis Hopkinson were\\nelected associate justices. Mr. Hopkinson,\\nwho was at the time a delegate to the Con-\\ntinental Congress, declined but Mr. Tucker\\naccepted, and taking the oath of office, held\\na term of court in November following. The\\nregular terms of the court just prior to this\\ntime having been interrupted, acts of Assem\\nbly were passed reviving and continuing the\\nprocess and [)roceedings depending therein.\\nMr. Tucker did not continue long upon the\\nbench. A difficulty arose between him and\\nGovernor liivingstone in regard to the dis-\\nappearance of a large amount of ))aper cur-\\nrency and other property in Mr. Tucker s\\ncustody a-s State treasurer. Mr. Tucker s\\nallegation that he had been robbed of it by\\na party of British horsemen, who had taken\\nhim prisoner, was disputed by (Jovernor Liv-\\ningstone and thereupon Mr. Tucker re-\\nsigned his commission.\\nAssociate Justices of tiik Supreme\\nCourt. The Constitution of New Jersey\\nadopted July 2, 1776, makes no mention of\\n26\\nthe Supreme Court except to declare that\\nThe Judge.s of the Supreme Court shall\\ncontinue in office for seven years. Who\\nthese judges might be, or how many, does\\nnot appear and is not provided for. It is\\ntrue that this Constitution provides Sec-\\ntion XXL That all the laws of this province\\ncontained in the edition lately published by\\nMr. Allison (January 1, 1776) shall be and\\nremain in full force, until altered by the Leg-\\nislature of this colony (such only excepted\\nas are incompatible with this charter), and\\nshall be, according as heretofore, regarded in\\nall respects by all civil officers and others,\\nthe good people of this province. What\\nappears to be the first act passed by tlie first\\nLegislature under the Constitution is as fol-\\nlows Be it therefore enacted by the Coun-\\ncil and General Assembly of this State,\\nand it is hereby enacted by the authority of\\nthe same, that the several Courts of Law\\nand Equity of this State shall be confirmed\\nand established and continued to be held\\nwith like powers under the present govern-\\nment as they were held at and before the Dec-\\nlaration of Independence lately made by the\\nhonorable the Continental Congress.\\nThere can be but little doubt that between\\nOctober 2, 1704, and November 6, 170n, the\\nSupreme Court was composed of a chief\\njustice and one associate justice, Mompes-\\nson and Pinhorne. Judge Field, in his\\nProvincial Courts of New Jersey, savs\\nthat they were the only judges during the\\nadministration of Lord Cornburv. These\\ntwo gentlemen were certainly on the bench\\nduring all that period, which terminated in\\n1708 but the records of the Supreme Court\\nshow that on November 6, 1705, two asso-\\nciate judges were appointed, and that on\\nNovember 6, 1706, another associate jus-\\ntice was appointed, showing that the luuidier\\nof justices was not confined to two. To what\\nnumber the judges composing the Supreme\\nCourt were limited does not appear in the\\nordinance of Cornburv of 1704, nor in the", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0269.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "202\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nordinance of Hunter, of 1714, nor in the\\nordinance of Burnet, of 1724, 172; and\\n1728. That this court was limited to a\\nchief justice and two associates until 1798\\ncannot be doubted. In that year it was made,\\nby an act of the General Assembly, to con-\\nsist of a chief justice and three associate\\njustices. On the 10th of March, 1806, this\\nact was repealed and the numlier of associate\\njustices was reduced to two. In 1838 the\\nnumber was increased to four, in 1855 it\\nwas increased to six, and in 1 875 to eight.\\nThe first division of the territory of West\\nNew Jersey was into that of two counties\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nSalem and Burlington, but the people about\\nArwamaumas (Gloucester) and the adjacent\\nterritory, feeling that the courts and offices\\nwere so far away, assembled themselves at\\nGloucester (May 28, 1686) and established\\nthe County of Gloucester, to consist of the\\nthird and fourth tenths, and extending from\\nPensaukin Creek to Oldmans Creek. In\\n1694 this action of the inhabitants received\\nlegislative sanction and the same boundaries\\nwere established. In 1844 the third tentli\\n(with the addition of Washington township)\\nwas erected into the County of Camden but\\nas the townships of Washington and Monroe\\nhave since been annexed to Gloucester County\\nthe third or Irish tenth now constitutes Cam-\\nden County.\\nThe Courts of Camden County. The\\nearly courts of old Gloucester County, which\\nof course had jurisdiction over the territory\\nnow included in Camden, are described on\\npage ,31, e sequiter, of this volume. The first\\ncourt held in amden County appears to\\nhave been the March Term of the Oyer and\\nTerminer, 1845, and the following is the first\\nentry upon the record\\nOamdeii Oyer Terminer, So:.\\nMarch Term, 1S4.\\nTuesday, March 25, Court met at 10 a.m.\\nPresent,\\nThe lion. Thomas P. Carpenter as judge, Isaac\\nCole, James W. Sloan, Joseph C. Collins, Joseph\\nC. Stafford, Nathan M. Lippincott, William Brown,\\nJoel Wood others, .Tudges.\\nAfter the usual proclamation court was\\nopened. The Grand jury being called, the follow-\\ning persons appeared and were duly qualitipd,\\nviz.\\nIsaac H. Porter. John Gill.\\nEdmund Brewer. Joshua P. Browning.\\nJames W. Lamb. Ebenezer Toole.\\nAlexander Cooper. Joseph J. Smallwood.\\n.Toel Bodine. Edward P. Andrews.\\nIsaac Adams. .lames Jennett.\\nGerrard Wood. David E. Marshall.\\nJohn M. Kaighn. Henry Allen.\\nJoseph G. Shinn. William Corkery.\\n.Tohn D. Glover. .lames D. Dotterer.\\n.Toseph H. Coles. Christopher Sickler.\\nAnd being charged by .Judge Carpenter, they\\nretired to their chamber with Samuel C. Fox\\nand John Lawrence, Constables, to attend them.\\nThe first cause tried in the Court of Oyer\\nand Terminer was The State Charles\\nMay, Benjamin Jenkins and Edward Jen-\\nkins, an indictment for a.\u00c2\u00absault and battery\\non Isaac Shrive. The attorney-general ap-\\npeared for the prosecution and Thomas W.\\nMulford for the defendants. Tlie suit re-\\nsulted in the conviction of the defendants.\\nThe jury in this case consisted of Mark Bur-\\nrough, Enoch Tomlin, James G. Capeweli,\\nJohn Stafford, Elias Campbell, Azall M.\\nRoberts, William J. Hatch, Josiah H. Tice,\\nAlexander Wolohon, Daniel Albertson,\\nAaron Middleton and Charles Wilson.\\nIn the Court of (.Quarter Sessions, the No-\\nvember Term, 184.5, was the fir.xt court\\nopened at half-past nine o clock on the lOtli\\nof the month present, Isaac Cole, presiding,\\nJames W. Sloan, Jo.seph C. (^ollins, ;atlian\\nM. Lippincott, Joel Wood, Joshua Sickler\\nand William Brown, lay judges. The first\\ncase brought was tlie State r.s. William Cox,\\nfor a.ssault and battery on William Hugg.\\nAbraham Browning Esq., appeared as attor-\\nney-general for the State and James B. Hay-\\nton, Esq., for the defendant. The jury was\\ncomj)osed of the following persons, viz.:\\nJoseph Warner, Isaac H. Tomlinsou, John\\nA. Ware, Joseph K. Rogers, Joseph Barrett,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0270.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "THK bp:xch and bar.\\n203\\nJolin Xewtoii, Jacob Haiiios, James Dobbs,\\nC lialkley Haines, Kaiidall Nicholson, Jacob\\nMiddleton, William Waiinan. They found\\nthe defendant not guilty.\\nThe records of the Circuit Court prior to\\n1852 have been lost, and hence the exact\\ndate of its first session cannot be given, but\\none was doubtless held in 1845.\\nTiie present Court of Errors and Appeals,\\nthe last resort in all causes in New Jersey,\\nwas created by the new Constitution in 1844.\\nIt is composed of the chancellor, the justices\\nof the Supreme Court an l six other judges\\nspecially appointed for that t ourt, who are\\nusually lavmen. John Clement, of Haddon-\\ntield, Camden County, has been a lay mem-\\nber of this (tourt since the year 18(34, when\\nhe was first appointed.\\nThe Supreme Court is composed of nine\\njustices, and the State is divided into the\\nsame number of judicial districts, allotted\\namong the several justices. Camden County\\nis in the Second District, at this time pre-\\nsided over by Justice Joel Parker. Each\\nSupreme Court justice is sole judge of the\\nCircuit Court and ex-officio presiding judge\\nof all the other County Courts in his dis-\\ntrict.\\nThe Inferior Court of Common Pleas is\\npresided over by the law judge appointetl\\nfor the county exclusive of the justices ot\\nthe Supreme Court. Prior to the adoption\\nof the new Constitution there was no limit\\nto the uiuuber of judges appointed for\\nthe C^ourt of Common Pleas, and in some\\ncounties they luunbered thirty or more\\njudges not learned in the law, any one\\nof whom alone could hold the court. But\\nSec. G of Art. VI of the new Constitution\\nprovided tliat there should be no more than\\nfive judges of this court, aud in 1855 the Leg-\\nislature fixed the number exclusive of the\\njustice of the Supreme Court at three.\\nThe Court of Oyer and Terminer is com-\\nposed of the justice of the Supreme Court\\nand one or more of the judges of the Court\\nof Common Pleas. It cannot be held with-\\nout the justice of the Supreme Court. The\\nCourt of General Quarter Sessions of the\\nI eace is composed of two or more of the\\njudges of the Court of Common Pleas and\\ndoes not require the presence of the Supreme\\nr\\\\nirt justice.\\nThe Orphans Court may be held by any\\ntwo judges of the C ourt of Common IMeas.\\nFormerly all the county judges, excepting\\nthe justices of the Su])reme Court, were lay-\\nmen, and it was then the practice of such\\njusticesto preside in all the County Courtsin\\nall cases except some of the least import-\\nance.\\nMarch 9, 18(39, the Legislature passed an\\nact entitled, An Act to facilitate Judicial\\nproceedings in the county of Camden, em-\\npowering any two judges of the Court of\\nCommon Pleas to try all persons charged\\nwith offenses (excepting a few of the highest)\\nwho were willing to forego the right of in-\\ndictment and trial by jury. At the time of\\nthe enactment Asa P. Horner, a farmer of\\nCamden County, was the .senior lay judge of\\nthe Court of Common Pleas of Camden\\nCounty, and to him fell the duty of com-\\nmencing the work of the special sessions\\nwithout the intervention of the jury, and for\\nseveral years a very brisk business was done\\nin the new special court which had do\\nregular terms, but was called to sit whenever\\nthe prosecutor of tlie pleas had enough per-\\nsons charged with offenses willing to be tried\\nby the court without a jury, to justify it,\\nwhich was quite frequent.\\nThe business of the several County Courts\\nincreased to such an extent that in 1872 a\\nsupplement was passed to the act of 1869,\\nproviding that one of the three judges of the\\nCourt of Common Pleas of Camden County\\nshould be a counselor-at-law, and since that\\ndate Camden County has had a special law\\njudge to preside in the Courts of Common\\nPleas, the Orphans Court aud the General\\nand Special Courts of (c^uarter Sessions of", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0271.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "204\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nthe Peace. And now the Supreme Court\\njustice seldom sits iu any Camden County\\ncourt except the Circuit Court and in the\\nCourt of Oyer and Terminer, in which he is\\nrequired to sit for the trial of treason and\\ncriminal homicide cases, which cannot be\\ntried in the Quarter Sessions.\\nThe District Court of the City of Camden\\nwas created by an act of the Legislature\\npas.sed March 9, 1877, entitled, An act for\\nconstituting courts in certain cities of this\\nState. This court was given exclusive jur-\\nisdiction in all civil causes prior to its crea-\\ntion cognizable before justices o{ the peace.\\nRichard T. Miller was appointed as the first\\njudge of this court and on the expiration of\\nthe first term was reappointed.\\nJUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT.\\nThomas P. Carpenter 1845-1852\\nStacy G. Potts 1852-1859\\nJohn Van Dyke 1859-1866\\nGeorge S. Woodhull 186C-1880\\nJoel Parker 1880-1887\\nPRESIDENT LAW JUDGES.\\nCharles P. Stratton 1872-1877\\nDavid J. Pancoast 1877-1882\\nCharles T. Reed 1882-1885\\nJohn W. Westcott 1885-\\nLay Judges. Following is a list of the\\nlay judges from the organization of the\\ncounty to 1886\\n1844.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Isaac Cole, Jauies W. Sloan, Joseph C.\\nCollings, Joseph C. Stafford, Nathan M. Lippin-\\ncott, William Brown, Joel Wood, John K. Cow-\\nperthwaite, Joel G. Clark, Joshua Sickler.\\n1846. Richard Stafford, Isaac Doughten, Philip\\nJ. Grey.\\n1847. Jesse Smith.\\n1848. Richard W. Suowden, Jesse Peter.sou,\\nCharles H. French.\\n1849.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James W. Lamb.\\n1850. Philip J. Grey, Benjamin W. Cooper,\\nRichard W. Suowden Jesse Peterson, James W.\\nLamb.\\n1851. Philip J. Grey, Richard W. Suowden,\\nJesse Peterson, Benjamin W. Cooper, John K.\\nCowperthwaite.\\n1852. Jesse Peterson, Philip J. Grey, Ben-\\njamin W. Cooper, John K. Cowperthwaite, William\\nBrown.\\n1853. Philip J. Grey, Benjamin W. Cooper,\\nJohn K. Cowperthwaite, William Brown, .loseph\\nC. Stafford.\\n1854. Philip J. Grey, John K. Cow|)erthwaite,\\nWilliam Brown, Joseph C. Stafford, .lohn Clem-\\nent, Jr.\\n1855. John K. Cowperthwaite, Joseph C. Staf-\\nford, John Clement, Jr.\\n1856. John K. Cowperthwaite, Joseph C. Staf-\\nford, John Clement, Jr.\\n1857. John K. Cowperthwaite, Joseph C. Staf-\\nford, John Clement, Jr.\\n1858. John K. Cowperthwaite, John Clement,\\nJr., James D. Dotterer.\\n1859. John K. Cowperthwaite, James D. Dot-\\nterer, Joseph B. Tatem.\\n1860. John K. Cowperthwaite, James D. Dot-\\nterer, Joseph B. Tatem.\\n1861. John K. Cowperthwaite, James D. Dot-\\nerer, John Clement.\\n1862. John K. Cowperthwaite, James D. Dot-\\nterer, John Clement.\\n1863.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John K. Cowperthwaite, James D. Dot-\\nterer, John Clement.\\n1864. John K. Cowperthwaite, James D. Dot-\\nterer, Joel Horner.\\n1865. John K. Cowperthwaite, James D. Dot-\\nterer, Joel Horner.\\n1866.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John K. Cowperthwaite, James D. Dot-\\nterer, Joel Horner.\\n1867. James D. Dotterer, Joel Horner, Ralph\\nLee.\\n1868-72.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joel Horner, Ralph Lee, Joshua\\nSickler.\\n1872. Joshua Sickler, Asa P. Horner.\\n1878-76.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Asa P. Horner, Joseph B. Tatem.\\n1877. Joseph B. Tatem, Joel Horner.\\n1878-84. Joel Horner, Isaiah Woolston.\\n1884-86.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Isaiah Woolston, John Gaunt.\\nPROSECUTORS OF THE PLEAS.\\nAbraham Browning 1844-1849\\nEdward N. Jeffers, 1849-1852\\nThomas W. Mulford 1854-1859\\nGeorge M. Robeson 1859-1864\\nRichard S. Jenkins 1864-1884\\nWilson H. Jenkins 1884-\\nI.IST OF ATTORNEYS.\\nOateij of adiuitHiou.\\nWilliam N. Jeffers November, 1814\\nThoma.s Clhapman November, 1815\\nJeremiah H. Sloan February, 1821\\nMorris Croxall September, 1821\\n1 EJivaid X. Jeltors died iu 1652, and the cuuutj waawilliuula\\nprosecutor uutil 1864.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0272.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND HAK.\\n205\\nRichard W. Howell September, 1827\\nRobert K. Matlaek November, 1827\\nAbraham Browning September, 1834\\nWilliam D. Cooper February, 1841\\nMorris R. Hamilton September, 1842\\nThomas W. Mulford November, 1843\\nJames B. Dayton September, 1844\\nThomas H. Dudley May, 184r.\\nIsaac Mickle May, 184r\\nCharles H. Hollinshead April, 184iJ\\nDaniel E. Hough July, 1849\\nAlfred Hugg October, 1849\\nCharles W. Kinsey October, 1849\\nIsaac W. Mickle.. January, 1850\\nPhilip H. Mulford January, 1851\\nPeter L. Voorhees November, 1851\\nCharles P. Stratton November, 1851\\nGeorge M. Robeson February, 1854\\nRichard S. Jenkins November, 1855\\nLindley H. Miller November, 1855\\nMarmaduke B. Taylor November, 185ti\\nJames M. Scovel November, 1856\\nAlden C. Scovel November, 1856\\nGilbert G. Hannah February, 1857\\nPhilip 8. Scovel February, 1857\\nSamuel H. Grey November, 1857\\nJacob Mulford June, 1858\\nJohn T. F. Peak November, 1861\\nCaleb D. Shreve November, 1861\\nBenjamin D. Shreve 1862\\nGeorge W. Gilbert February, 1863\\nSamuel C. Cooper February, 1863\\nJoshua L. Howell November, 1863\\nCharles T. Reed June, 1865\\nCharles S. Howell June, 1865\\nJ. Eugene Troth June, 1866\\nMartin V. Bergen November, 1866\\nChristopher A. Bergen November, 1866\\nGeorge F. Fort November, 1866\\nRobert M. Browning November, 1867\\nHoward M. Cooper November, 1867\\nRichard T. Miller November, 1867\\nDavid J. Pancoast November, 1868\\nSamuel Davies February, 1869\\nJames P. Young November, 1869\\nGeorge N. Con row November, 1870\\nAlfred Flanders February, 1871\\nHerbert A. Drake June, 1871\\nJames E. Hayes November, 1871\\nJohn W. Wright 1871\\nRobert F.Stockton, Jr February, 1872\\nJames H. Carpenter November, 1872\\nWilson H. Jenkins February, 1873\\nJohn H. Fort June, 1873\\nJohn F. Joline November, 1873\\nThomas B. Harned June,\\nC. V. D. Joline June,\\nEdward Dudley November,\\nAlexander Gray February,\\nJohn T. Woodhull February,\\nWilliam C. Dayton February,\\nThomas E. French February,\\nPeter V. Vorhees June,\\nJohn K. R. Hewitt June,\\nSamuel D. Bergen June,\\nAugustus F. Richter November,\\nJoseph W. Morgan November,\\nSamuel W. Sparks November,\\nJohn C. Ten Eyck, Jr June,\\nTimothy J. Middleton June,\\nLemuel J. Potts June,\\nJohn W. Westcott June,\\nCharles G. Garrison November,\\nWilliam S. Hotlman November,\\nHenry A. Scovel February,\\nWilliam S. Casselman June,\\nJonas S. Miller June,\\nFranklin C. Woolman June,\\nKarl Langlotz June,\\nEdward A. Armstrong February,\\nSamuel K. Robbins June,\\nJohn L. Semple November,\\nSamuel P. Jones November,\\nEdmund B. Leaming February,\\nJohn J. Crandall February,\\nFloranc F. Hogate February,\\nJohn J. Walsh June,\\nJohn Harris June,\\nHenry M. Snyder June,\\nBenjamin F. H. Shreve June,\\nCharles I. Wooster June,\\nWilliam W. Woodhull June,\\nAlfred L. Black November,\\nHoward J. Stanger June,\\nJohn W. Wartman June,\\nHoward Carrow June,\\nEdmund E. Read, Jr June,\\nSamuel W. Beldon June,\\nJohn F. Harned November,\\nEdward H. Saunders November,\\nJoseph R. Taylor November,\\nThomas P. Curley November,\\nRobert C. Hutchinson February,\\nWalter P. Blackwood February,\\nRichard S. Ridgway November,\\nIsrael Roberts November,\\nGeorge Reynolds February,\\nSamuel N. Shreve February,\\nUlysses G. Styron ..February,\\nL. D. Howard Gilmour February,\\n874\\n874\\n874\\n875\\n875\\n875\\n876\\n876\\n876\\n876\\n876\\n877\\n877\\n878\\n878\\n878\\n878\\n878\\n878\\n879\\n879\\n879\\n879\\n879\\n880\\n881\\n881\\n881\\n881\\n881\\n881\\n881\\n881\\n882\\n882\\n882\\n882\\n882\\n882\\n883\\n883\\n883\\n883\\n884", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0273.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "206\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY. NEAV JERSEY\\nGeorge A. Vroom June, 1885\\nJoshua E. Borton November, 1885\\nWilliam P. Fowler November, 1885\\nSchuyler C. Woodhull February, 1886\\nPennington T. Hildreth June, 1886\\nJUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT.\\nThomas Pastor Carpenter was a lin-\\neal desceiKlant of Samuel Carpenter, promi-\\nnent in the early history of Pennsylvania.\\nHe was born April 1 1804, at Glassboro\\nNew Jersey.\\nHis father, Edward Carpenter, was the\\nowner of the glass-works at that place\\nfor many years, which he and Colonel Hes-\\ntou, as the firm of Carpenter Hcston, es-\\ntablished. His mother was the daughter of\\nDr. James Stratton, a leading physician of\\nhis day at Swedesboro His father died\\nwhen he was quite young and he grew to\\nmanhood in tiie family of his grandfather, at\\nCarpenters Landing (now Mantua). After\\nobtaining a liberal education he studied law\\nunder the instruction of Judge White, of\\nWoodbury, and was admitted as an attorney\\nin September, 1830. On October 26, 1838,\\nhe was appointed prosecutor of tlie pleas of\\nGloucester County and took a prominent\\npart in several important trials.\\nHe soon won prominence at the bar and\\non February 5, 1845, he was appointed by\\nGovernor Stratton one of the associate jus-\\ntices of tlie Supreme C^ourt of New Jersey,\\nhis circuit comprising Camden, Burlington\\nand Gloucester Counties. On his retirement\\nfrom the judgeship, after serving a term of\\nseven years, he devoted himself to the prac-\\ntice of his profession, i)rincipally as a coun-\\nselor, and was eminently successful.\\nAt the breaking out of the Rebellion hr\\njoined the Union League of Philadelphia,\\nand daring the war was an ardent supporter\\nof the Union cause. In 1865 he was active\\nin promoting the success of the Sanitary Fair,\\noccupying as he did the position of president\\nof the New Jersey Department. Judge Car-\\npenter married Rebecca, daughter of Dr.\\nSamuel Hopkins, of Woodbury. He was an\\nearnest Christian and in the church always\\nheld an honored position, being for many\\nyears vestryman, warden and deputy to the\\nDiocesan and General Conventions of the\\nProtestant Episcopal Church.\\nHe was not only an able lawyer, but was\\nwell versed in the cla.ssics and in general lit-\\nerature. He M as greatly respected through-\\nout the State of New .Jersey, of which he\\nwas at the time of his death one of her best-\\nknown citizens. As a judge of the Supreme\\nCourt he was held in high esteem by his as-\\nsociates and by the bar of the State for his\\nability, learning and for the uniform good\\njudgment which he brought to the consider-\\nation of cases. In the counties where he\\npresided at circuits, and which he visited\\nduring his term of office at regular periods,\\nhis genial manners and kindly intercourse\\nwith the people made him very popular. He\\ndied at his home in Camden March 20, 1876.\\nBy his marriage with Rebecca Hopkins,\\nwho still survives, he had four children, viz.\\nSusan M. Carpenter, Anna Stratton Carpen-\\nter (who died in December, 1869), Thomas\\nPreston Carpenter (who died during infancy),\\nand James H. Carpenter, now a member of\\nthe Camden bar.\\nStacy Gardiner Potts was born in Har-\\nrisburg. Pa., November, 1799. He was the\\ngreat-grandson of Thomas Potts, a member\\nof the Society of Friends, who, with Maii-\\nlon Stacy and their kindred, emigrated from\\nEngland in 1678, and landed at Burlington,\\nN. J. The two families of Stacy and Potts\\nintermarried. Stacy Pott.s, the grandfather\\nof Judge Potts, was a tanner by trade and\\nwas engaged in that l)usiness at Trenton.\\nHis son removed to Harrisburg, and in\\nI 791 married Miss Gardiner. Judge Potts\\nentered the family of his grandfather in\\n1808, who was then mayor of Trenton. He\\nattended a Friends school and then learned\\nthe printer s trade. At twenty-one he began\\nto edit the Emporium, of Trenton. In 1827", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0274.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\n207\\nhe was admitted to tlie bar as an attfiriiey.\\nHe was elected to the Assembly in 1828 on\\nthe Jackson ticket, and was re-elected in\\n1829. In 1831 he was appointed clerk of\\nChancery, held the office for ten years, and\\nduring that time published his Precedents\\nin Chancery. He next visited Europe with\\nhis brother, the Rev. William S. Potts,\\nD. D., of St. Louis. In 1845 he served on a\\ncommission to revise the laws of the State.\\nIn 1847 he was appointed a manager of the\\nState Lunatic Asylum. In 18.52 he was\\nnominated by Governor Fort as a justice of\\nthe Supreme Court and was confirmed by the\\nSenate. His circuit comprised Camden,\\nBurlington, (lloucester and Ocean Counties.\\nHe served as judge one term of seven years\\nwith great acceptability and then retired to\\nprivate life. He was a conscientious judge\\nand a decidedly religious man, serving as a\\nruling elder in the Presljyteriau Church for\\nmany years. He died at his home in Tren-\\nton in 1865.\\nJohn Van Dyke was born in New Jer-\\nsey and obtained a thorough academical ed-\\nucation, studied law and was admitted to the\\nbar in 1836. He commenced practice in\\nNew Brunswick and at once gained promi-\\nnence in his profession. He was elected\\na Representative from New Jersey to the\\nThirtieth Congress in 1846 as a Whig,\\nagainst Kirkpatrick, the Demo Tatic oppo-\\nnent. He was re-elected to the Thirty-first\\n(^ongrcss, receiving seven thousand two hun-\\ndred and eighty-two votes against six thou-\\nsand six hundred and twenty-three for Bill-\\nian, Democrat, .serving in Congress from\\nPecember, 1S47, to March, 1851. He was\\nappointed judge of the Supreme Court of\\nNew Jersey by Governor \\\\\\\\Mlliam A. New-\\nell, and assigned to the district compo.sed\\nof Camden, (Jloucester and Burlington Coun-\\nties in February, 1859, and served one\\nterm of seven years, until I8(i(). He was a\\nman of fine legal attainments and was recog-\\nnized as a good judge.\\nGeorge Spofforp WooDHn.i., associate\\njudge of the Supreme Court of New Jersey\\nfrom 1866 to 1880, was born near Freehold,\\nMonmouth County, in 1816, and died at his\\nresidence. No. 104 Arch Street, Camden, in\\n1881. His grandfather, John Woodhull,\\nD.D., was pastor of a church at Freehold for\\na period of forty years, and was a man of\\nfine ability, excellent scholarship and noted\\npiety. His father, John T. Woodhull, M.D.,\\nwas a skillful physician of Monmouth\\nCounty, and well known throughout the\\nState. The early education of Judge Wood-\\nhull was obtained in the schools of his n.i-\\ntive place, and in 1830 he entered the Col-\\nlege of New Jersey, at Princeton. By a.ssid-\\nuous study and great natural endowments\\nhe completed the course in three years and\\nwas graduated in 1833. Desiring to take\\nup the study of law, he began a course of\\nreading under the direction of Ricliard S.\\nField, E.sq., of Princeton. In 1839 he was\\nadmitted to practice and three years later he\\nbec^ame a counselor. He practiced his pro-\\nfession at Freehold until 1850 when he re-\\nmoved to Mays Landing, and for fifteen\\nvears was prosecutor of the pleas of Atlantic\\nCounty. He has been credited with chang-\\ning the political complexion of Atlantic\\nCountv during his residence in it. For ten\\nvears of the time included above he was pros-\\necutor of the pleas of Cape May County. In\\n1866 he was appointed, by (xovernor Ward,\\nas an associate justice of the Supreme Court\\nof New Jer.sey, and was assigned to the Sec-\\nond District, comprising the counties of Cam-\\nden, Burlington and Gloucester. He soon\\ngained the re])utation of being a fearless, u))-\\nright and honest judge, and was (character-\\nized for superior legal attainments. He de-\\nveloped so much strength and popularity as\\na judicial officer that, in 1873, Hon. Joel\\nParker, then Governor of New Jersey,\\nthough differing from Ju.stice Woodhull in\\npolitics, appointed him assistant justice fi)r\\nanother term of seven years, and he continued", "height": "2963", "width": "1871", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0275.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "208\\nHTPTOEY OF CAMDE.V COUNTY. NEW JERSEY.\\non the bench until 18S0. Diirinji; his long\\nterm of service as a judicial officer his rleci.s-\\nions were characterized bv fairness and great\\nlegal ability.\\nUpon his retii enient from the bench he\\nresumed the practice of law in Camden,\\nwhich he continued until his death.\\nIn April, 1847, Judge Woodhull was\\nmarried to Caroline Mandiville Vroom, a\\nniece of ex-Governor Vroom, by whom he\\nhad five children. He was a man of excel-\\nlent standing in the State of New Jersey,\\npossessing an exemplary character, and was\\nhighly honored and respected by the mem-\\nbers of his profession as well as by all people\\nwith whom he was associated or by win mi\\nhe was known.\\nJoel Parker, now one of the justices of\\nthe Supreme Court of New Jersey, was born\\nNovember 24, 1816, near Freehold, Mon-\\nmouth County, N. J. Both his parents were\\nnatives of that county. His father, Charles\\nParker, was a man of excellent business ca-\\npacity, and, at the time his son was born, was\\nsheriff of the county, and subsequently he\\nwas a member of the Legislature, and in 1821\\nwas chosen treasurer of the State, an office\\nwhich he held for thirteen years, througli\\nannual appointments. In 1821 Charles\\nParker removed to Trenton with his family,\\nand in that city Joel, his son, passed most of\\nhis childhood and youth, attending school at\\nthe old Trenton Academy. In 1832 Joel\\nwas sent to Monmouth County, to manage a\\nfarm belonging to his father, where he re-\\nmained two years, doing all kinds of farming\\nwork and laying the foundation of a vigor-\\nous constitution, which, during a long life of\\nbusy toil, has enabled him to perform his\\nonerous duties. In 18;M he quit farmitig\\nand entered the Lawren(\u00c2\u00abville High School,\\nwhen! he remained two years. In 18;5() ho\\nentered Princeton College, whence he was\\ngraduated in 18;U), and then entered the law-\\noffice of Hon. Henry W. Green, a distin-\\nguisiied lawver in Trenton, afterwards chief\\njustice, and later chancellor of the State. In\\n184.3 Joel Parker, having been admitted to\\nthe bar, removed to Freehold and opened a\\nlaw-office. He has since maintained his resi-\\ndence there, and for forty years has lived in\\nthe same house. Within a year after he en-\\ntered on the practice of his profession he\\nmarried Maria M., eldest daughter of Samuel\\nR. Gummere, then of Trenton, but formerly\\nof Burlington, N. J.\\nJoel Parker has always been a member of\\nthe Democratic party. In 184(1 he cast his\\nfirst vote for Martin Van Buren for Presi-\\ndent. In 1844 he commenced his career as\\na political speaker, in the Presidential cam-\\npaign which resulted in the election of James\\nK. Polk. From that time till his appoint-\\nment as justice his services on the stump\\nwere sought and given, not only thi oughout\\nthis State, but in adjoining States. In 1847\\nhe was elected a member of the House of\\nAssembly. The Whig party iiad a large\\nmajority in the House. Being the otdy law-\\nyer on the Democratic side, he was forced\\ninto the leadership of the minority, espe-\\ncially on all subjects of a legal or political\\nbearing, and, although the youngest member\\nof the body, he sustained his position with\\ndiscretion and ability. He framed and intro-\\nduced a series of reform measures, the most\\nimportant of which was a bill to equalize tax-\\nation, by which, for the first time in the his-\\ntory of the Stiite, personalty such as notes,\\nbonds, mortgages and money were to be\\ntaxed. At that time taxes were assessed only\\non land and property, called certainties, such\\nas horses and (tattle, so that the farmers wei e\\npaying nearly all the faxes. This measure,\\nadvocated by Mr. Parker, was popular, and\\nwhen his speech on tiie subject was ])ublish-\\ned, public attention was attracted to him as a\\nrising man. .Vt the next gubernatorial elec-\\ntion, in 1850, George F. Fort was elected Jov-\\nernor by the Democrats on a platform whicii\\nhad adopted those reform measures. In the\\nfollowing; vear Mr. I arker declined being a", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0276.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0279.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0280.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAE.\\n209\\ncaudidate for State Senator (the nomination\\nto which he was solicited to accept), because\\nit would interfere with his law business,\\nwhich was increasing. Soon after the in-\\nauguration of Governor Fort he appointed\\nMr. Parker prosecutor of the pleas of the\\ncounty of Monmouth. His duties growing\\nout of this position brought him in contact\\nand conflict with some of the ablest lawyers\\nof the State. In the celebrated Donnelly\\ncase (which is the leading case on dying decla-\\nrations) he was assisted by the Hon. Wil-\\nliam L. Dayton, then attorney-general of the\\nState, while the prisoner was defended by\\nex-(TOvernor William Pennington and Jo-\\nseph P. Bradley, now a justice of the Su-\\npreme Court of the United States. In 18(i(\u00c2\u00bb\\nMr. Parker was chosen a Presidential elector,\\nand voted in the Electoral College for Ste-\\njihen A. Douglas.\\nFrom an early date he had taken an inter-\\nest in military matters. Several years liefore\\nthe Civil War he had been chosen by the\\nfield officers of the Monmouth and Ocean\\nBrigade a brigadier-general. Before hostili-\\nties began he had a fine brigade of uni-\\nformed men, and he was accustomed, at\\nstated periods, to drill them. After the com-\\nmencement of the war Governor Olden (Re-\\npublican) nominated General Parker to be\\ntile major-general of militia for the Second\\nMilitary District, composed of five counties.\\nHe was confirmed unanimously by the\\nSenate, accepted the appointment and assist-\\ned in raising men for United States service,\\nto put down the Rebellion. He aided ma-\\nterially in raising several regiments, princi-\\npally composed of men who had belonged to\\nhis brigade. In 1862 General Parker was\\nnominated by the Democratic Convention as\\nGovernor of the State, and was elected over a\\nvery popular opponent by nearly fifteen thou-\\nsand majority. He adhered, during his term,\\nto the principle of the platform on which he\\nwas elected, to wit, The suppression of the\\nRebellion bv all constitutional means.\\nHe was very active in obtaining volunteers\\nand in equipping them thoroughly for the\\nfield. By this promptness he won the good\\nopinion of all loyal men and was thanked\\nb} telegram from President Lincoln and Sec-\\nretary Stanton and Governor Curtin. In\\ncommendation of his course, he has received\\nthe appellation of War Governor of New\\nJersey. When the Confederate army invaded\\nPennsylvania in 1863, the national authori-\\nties and also Governor Curtin called on Gov-\\nernor Parker for troops to repel the invaders.\\nHe responded with such great alacrity as to\\nbring forth from the Federal authorities\\nthanks and commendation. (lovernor Cur-\\ntin wrote, Permit me to thank you for your\\nprompt attention, and again on the 24th\\nday of June, 1863, I cannot close this com-\\nmunication without expressing to you the\\nthanks of the people of Pennsylvania for\\nyour promptness in responding to our calls,\\nand on the 30th of the same month President\\nLincoln sent to Governor Parker the follow-\\ning telegram Please accept my sincere\\nthanks for what you have done and are doing\\nto get troops forwarded. The next year,\\nwhen the State of Maryland was invaded,\\n(xdvernor Parker acted in the same spirit of\\npromptness. The communication with Wash-\\nington was cut off by the enemy and a call\\ncould not officially be made upon him for\\ntroops, but he anticipated a call and sent\\ntroops forward in time to render valuable\\naid. At the close of his administration tlie\\nState Gazette, the central organ of the Re-\\npublican party in the State, used the follow-\\ning language, viz.: Of the retiring Gover-\\nnor it is proper to remark that in many re-\\nspects he has discharged his duties in a man-\\nner beyond censure. He was nominated on\\na platform that pledged sup|)ort to the Ignited\\nStates government in the war for the sup-\\npression of the Rebellion, and he was faithful\\nto the pledge he gave in acirepting the nomi-\\nnation, and in the same article efforts\\nwere made to induce him to resist the con-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0281.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "210\\nHISTORY OF CA:MDEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nscription; he steadily refused to do this, but,\\non the contrary, made use of every effort to\\nequip and send off the State s quota of troojis\\nat the earliest possible day we regard it as\\nfortunate that Mr. Parker was selected as the\\nDemocratic candidate for Governor in 1862.\\nHe was in office at the close of the war and\\nunder his guidance a hearty welcome, with a\\ngood dinner, was given to all returning regi-\\njnents by the State at the city of Trenton,\\nbefore mustered out, a fact which distin-\\nguishes New Jersey from all her sister States.\\nDuring the war the Governor had a large\\npatronage. He had the power of appoint-\\nment of all officers in New Jersey regiments\\nbelow the rank of general. These amounted\\nto many hundreds, for imttle and disease\\nmade dire havoc of the noble soldiers. In\\nall this vast patronage not an officer was ap-\\npointed or promoted for political reasons.\\nThe Governor acted on the principle that\\nwhen a man took up arms and risked his life\\nfor his country on the battle-field, if he had\\nearned and deserved promotion, he should be\\npromoted without regard to his party predi-\\nlection.\\nAt the close of his term of office Governor\\nParker resumed the practice of his profession,\\nand for the next six years enjoyed a lucrative\\nbusiness. He was engaged in most of the\\ncases of importance in Monmouth and the ad-\\njoining counties. In 1871 he was again\\nDominated by the Democratic Convention for\\nthe office of Governor by acclamation, and\\nwas elected b) a large majority, running sev-\\neral thousand votes ahead of his ticket. His\\nsecond term was a very busy one, and al-\\nthough not so eventful as the first, yet had\\nmuch to distinguish it. The militia of the\\nState were placed on a permanent basis and\\nvastly improved in discipline and efficiency.\\nThe General llailroad iiaw was passed, where-\\nby monopoly was abolished, and tiie amciid-\\nraents of the Constitution adopted.\\nIn 1868, Governor Parker received in the\\nNational Democratic Convention, held in\\nNew York, the unanimous vote of his State\\ndelegation for nomination a.s President of the\\nUnited States, also the vote of two States on\\nthe Pacific slope and again in 1876, at St.\\nLouis, he received the votes of the New Jer-\\nsey delegation. In the year last named he\\nwas i)laced at the head of the Democratic\\nelectoral ticket, was elected and voted for\\nSamuel J. Tilden in the Electoral College.\\nAt the close of his second term as (rovernor\\nhe was nominated by Governor Bedle (who\\nsucceeded him) as attorney general of the\\nState. This office at that time had not been\\nplaced upon a pecimiary basis, that justified\\nhis retaining it, and he found that it inter-\\nfered so nuK^li with his general business, that\\nin a few months he resigned.\\nIn 1880, (ileneral McClellan, then Gover-\\nnor of New Jersey, nominated ex-Governor\\nParker as a justice of the Supreme Court.\\nHe was confirmed, and in March of that year\\nentered upon the duties of the office. He\\nwas assigned to the Second Judicial District,\\ncomposed of the counties of Camden, Bur-\\nlington and Gloucester. The district is a\\nhard one, on account of the vast amount of\\nlegal business which i-equircs attention; but\\nJudge Parker, by industry and devotion to\\nbusiness, by fairness and impartiality in look-\\ning at both sides of every case, and by his\\ncourtesy of manner to the members of the\\nbar and to all who came in contact with him,\\nhas given great satisfaction and in his official\\nposition enjoyed the respect of the commu-\\nnity. While he has always been a consistent\\nDemocrat, Governor Parker has never been\\nan extreme partisan. In the various busi-\\nness boards, educational and otherwise, he\\nmade it a rule to appoint members of both\\npolitical parties. He is a believer in a non-\\npartisan judiciary and during his last gul)er-\\nnatorial term he nominated three Republican\\njustices to the Supreme Court and two He-\\npublican judges of the Court of Appeals,\\nleaving each court still with a majority of\\nDemocrats. His non-partisan appointments", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0282.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\n211\\ngave Governor Parker great popularity\\namong the better class of both parties. His\\nappointees to offiee have uniformly been men\\nof high character and ability. At the close\\nof his last term as Governor, out of fourteen\\njutlges of the Court of Errors and Appeals,\\nthen composing the court, ten had been origi-\\nnally appointed by Governor Parker.\\nIn ]irivate life Joel Parker is much es-\\nteemed as a neighbor and friend. He is a\\ngood citizen and among ilie first to espouse\\nany enterprise looking to the improvement\\nand advancement of the community where\\nhe resides. For the last few years he has re-\\nsided with his family during the winter either\\nat amden or Mt. Holly, in order to accom-\\nmodate the public and be nearer his work.\\nThe wife of the judge, a highly educated\\nand accomplished lady, is living. They have\\nhad four children who reached the age of\\nmajority, viz. Elizabeth, still living Charles,\\na lawyer and president of a bank at Mana-\\nsqnan Helen, who died of consumption in\\n1879; and Frcclerick, a lawyer, residing at\\nFreehold.\\nLAW JUDGES.\\nCharlks p. Stratton, the first presi-\\ndent law judge of the Court of Common\\nPleas of Camden County, was born at\\nBridgeton, Cumberland Countv, X. J., in\\n1827, and died of malarial fever in Camden\\nJuly 30, 1884, soon after his return from a\\ntrip to Europe. He was graduateil from the\\nCollege of New Jersey, at Princeton, in 1848,\\nand read law under the instruction of Hon.\\nL. Q. C. Elmer, and was admitted to the\\nbar as an attorney in January, 1851 was\\nmade a counselor in 1854, and the same year\\nremoved to Camden. He continued to prac-\\ntice his profession with great success iu\\nCamden County, and iu recognition of his\\nability as a lawyer, upon passage of a special\\nact of the Legislature creating tlie office of\\nlaw judge for Camden County, to take ef-\\nfect in 1872, he was appointed by (governor\\nMarcus L. Ward to fill that position for the\\nterm of five years. He performed the re-\\nsponsibilities incumbent upon him as a judge\\nuntil the expiration of his term and the ap-\\npointment of a successor, when he again re-\\nsumed the practice of law in Camden until\\nthe time of his death. He left a widow and\\nfour children.\\nHe served two years in the City Council, as\\na member from the First Ward, and was made\\none of the trustees of the Cooper Hospital\\nFund. He was also a director in the Cam-\\nden Safe Deposit and Trust Company, the\\nNew National Bank at Bridgeton, the West\\nJersey Railroad Company and the Camden\\nand Philadelphia Ferry Compauy. He was\\nby nature ada|)ted to the office of judge and\\npresided over the court with great accepta-\\nbility.\\nDavid J. Pancoast was born near\\nWoodbury, Gloucester County, N. J., Sep-\\ntember 21, 1843. His father, James Pajn-\\ncoast, who married Hope Lippincott, was a\\nfarmer by occupation, and the son spent his\\nearly years on the farm. At the age of thir-\\nteen he was sent to London Grove Friends\\nSchool, near Kennett Square, Chester Coun-\\nty, Pa., afterwards to Freeland Seminary, in\\nMontgomery County, and later to an acad-\\nemy at Carversville, Bucks County. He\\ncontinued his studies in the Pennsylvania\\nSt;ite Normal School, at Millersville, and iu\\n1 8(i4 entered the Law Department of HarvaVd\\nUniversity, at which institution he spent\\nnearly two years.\\nHe completed ids legal studies in the office\\nof James B. Daytou, of Camden, and was\\nadmitted to the bar as an attorney November\\n5, 18G8, and in 1871 was made a counselor.\\nWhen he first became a member of the Cam-\\ndeu bar his preceptor, Mr. Dayton, was pre-\\nparing to retire from an extended practice,\\nwhereupon he turned over to Mr. Pancoast\\nmuch of his litigated business.\\nC haucellor Runyon, on March 8, 1875,\\nappointed him special master iu (Jhancery,\\nand on April 1, 1877, he was elevated to the", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0283.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "212\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nbench, being appointed president judge of\\nthe Court of Common Pleas in Camden\\nCounty by Governor Joseph D. Bedle. He\\nfilled the term of five years with recognized\\nability. In 1873 Judge Pancoast was ad-\\nmitted to practice in the United States Court\\nof New Jersey, and also the United States\\nCircuit Court and the Supreme. Court uf the\\nUnited States.\\nCharles T. Reed, the third law judge\\nof the Camden County Courts, was born in\\nTrenton, N. J., in 1843. He obtained a\\npreparatory education at the Academy, the\\nHigh School and the Model School, of that\\ncity, and afterwards entered the Wesleyan\\nUniversity, at Middletown, Conn., from\\nwhich institution he was graduated. He\\nsoon thereafter entered the office of Hon.\\nThomas P. Carpenter, of Camden, as a stu-\\ndent-at-law, was admitted to the bar as an\\nattorney in 1865, and as a counselor in 1868.\\nHe practiced law with success until 1882,\\nduring which year.s he was appointed by\\nGovernor Ludlow, president law judge of\\nthe Court of Common Pleas of Camden\\nCounty. After .serving about three years of\\nhis term he died, at the early age of forty-\\ntwo, from a violent attack of typhoid fever,\\non Saturday evening, February 7, 1885.\\nJudge Reed was married to Miss Emma\\nCreft, of Philadelphia, who survived him.\\nHe left no descendants.\\nJohn W. Westcott was born at Water-\\nford, Camden County, and his early life was\\nspent in the glass factory in his native town.\\nHe attended a i)reparatory school in Massa-\\nchusetts, and went from thence to Yale\\nCollege. When he had comj)leted his Col-\\nlege course, he read law with the Honorable\\nDexter R. Wright, of New Haven, and then\\nentered his name in the office of Samuel H.\\nGrey, E.scj., of (Aunden, and was admitted to\\nthe New Jersey bar, as an attorney, in 1879,\\nand three years later admitted as a counselor-\\nat-law. At the death of Charles T. Reed,\\nPresiding-Judge of the Court of Common\\nPlea.s, of Camden County, Governor Abbett\\nappointed Mr. Westcott to the unexpired\\nterm of Judge Reed, a position he has since\\nfilled with ability. Twice Judge Westcott\\nhas been before the people as a candidate of\\nhis party, once as the nominee for the State\\nSenate in 1884, and in 1886 was made the\\nunanimous choice of his party as a candidate\\nfor Congress in the First Congressional Dis-\\ntrict.\\nLAY JUDUES.\\nJohn Clement, judge of the Court of\\nErrors and Appeals, .son of John and Han-\\nnah (Chew) Clement, was born November\\n8, A.D. 1818, in Haddonfield, New Jersey.\\nAt that time his father was in the midst of\\nan active business life, constantly engaged\\nin the surveying of laud, the settlement of\\ndisputed boundaries and the division of real\\nestate, and it is po.ssible that the subject of\\nthis sketch cannot remember when he first\\nheard questions discussed that were thus in-\\nvolved. It may be said that his education\\nas a surveyor, and his familiarity with mat-\\nters pertaining thereto, began in his infancy\\nand grew with him to manhood. As his\\nyears increased and the physical as well as\\nthe mental labor attendant upon the field-\\nwork of surveying became a tax upon his\\nstrength and endurance, the father gradually\\ngave place to the son, with the benefit of his\\nexperience, the use of his papers and the in-\\nfluence of his reputation. These were ad-\\nvantages not to be disregarded, and with the\\nintroduction of new and improved instru-\\nments, he filled the place thus left vacant,\\nand has pursued the same cidliug tor some\\nforty yeare. As the value of land increased\\nit was demanded that some evidence of the\\ntitle to real estate should be shown, which,\\nalthough it increased the labor and responsi-\\nbility of the conveyancer, yet were entirely\\nlegitimate and iinipiT ini|uiries to be an-\\nswered.\\nIn 1851, and upon his father s resignation,\\nhe was chosen a member of the Council of", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0284.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0287.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0288.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\n213\\nProprietors of W^est New Jersey, the duties\\nof wliifh, and the records there found, led\\nto mucli instruction in the history of titles to\\nland in the State. At the annual meeting of\\nthat body in 1885 he was elected president,\\nand has so acted since that time.\\nIn 1X54 he was appointed one of the as.so-\\nciate Judges of the several courts of amden\\nCounty, and reappointed in 1860. Many\\ninteresting (;ases were heard and disposed of\\nduring his term of office, from which he de-\\nrived much valuable information as applica-\\nble to his line of business. In 1864 he was\\nappointed by (Governor Joel Parker one of the\\nlay judges of the Court of Errors and Appeals\\nof the State of \\\\ew Jersey, sitting at Tren-\\nton. Being the court of last resort in all\\ncases, the most important ones only reacli\\nthat tribunal, and are there disposed of. The\\nCourt of Pardons, consi.sting of the Governor,\\nchancellor and the six lay judges of the Court\\nof Errors and Appeals, has many delicate\\nduties, involving care and |)rudenci in their\\ndischarge.\\nHaving, ijy this promotion, aci css to the\\nseveral otlices of i-ecord at the capital, a new\\nt]eld of research was opened, which heeagerlv\\nentered uj)on. Kxamining each book page\\nby page, a mine of historical knowledge\\nwas developed, which yielded ample reward\\nfor all the labor, and has proved invaluable\\nin establishing titles to laud, settling genea-\\nlogical questions and strengthening facts here-\\ntofore regarded as traditional.\\nIn 1(S77 John Clement was ai)poiiited bv\\nGovernor Joseph 1). Bedle one of three com-\\nmissioners to examine into the prison system\\nof the State and suggest any improvement in\\nthe same, and in 1879 was appointed by\\nGovernor George B. McClellan upon a com-\\nmission to prepare a system of general laws\\nfor the government of municipalities hei-eto-\\nfore or hereafter to lie incorporated in this\\nState.\\nAs a member of the Surveyors Associa-\\ntion of West New Jersey, which was organ-\\nized in 1 864, he has always been active from\\nits inception. This society has been a success\\nand accomplished its purposes fully. The\\nsocial intercourse and interchange of senti-\\nment and opinion among the members is of\\ngreat advantage and the valuable papers read\\nhave saved many points of history relating to\\nthe southern part of the State from loss.\\nHe is author of .several articles printed in\\nmagazines and newspapers relating to histor-\\nical subjects, and in 1877 published a volume\\nof five hundred and fifty pages, containing\\nsketches of the first settlers in his native\\ntownshij). Apart from the errors incident to\\nsuch work, it is found to be useful and of\\ninterest to such as are in search of their\\nancestors. In 1885, he was appointed by the\\nSupreme Court of New Jersey, as one of the\\ncoraml.ssioners to settle a disputed line between\\nthe counties of Burlington and Atlantic, which\\nwas accomplished the .same year.\\nJudge Clement has an extensive knowledge\\nof the early history of West New Jersey, and\\nhas been unceasing in his interest in the pre-\\nparation of the History t)f (!amden County\\nas embraced in this volume. Bv his wise\\ncounsel and efficient aid, the author and pub-\\nlishers of this History have been greatly en-\\nabled to furnish to the people of Camden\\nCounty the work in its |iresent exhaustive\\nand complete form.\\nJoHX Clement, Sr., was born in Haddon-\\nfield, N. J., on the 10th day of September.\\nA.I). 1769, and was the eldest of the two\\nchildren of Nathaniel and Abigail (Rowand)\\nClement. He had a distinct recollection of\\nmany incidents of the Revolutiouarv ar\\nthat occurred in his native town. His o[)-\\nportunities for education were limited, but\\nwith a fondness for study, the a.ssistance of\\nhis parents and diligent api)lication, he man-\\naged to overcome the primary branches and\\nobtain some knowledge of mathematics.\\nWhen quite a young man he fancied a .sea-\\nfaring life would suit him, but a trip from\\nPhiladelphia to the Lower Delaware Bay", "height": "2953", "width": "1905", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0289.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "214\\nHTSTOKY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nduring a severe wind-storm convinced him\\nthat he was not of those who go down to\\nthe sea in ships. The first public office\\nheld by John Clement was that of constable\\nfor the township of Newton, in Gloucester\\nCounty, and it was brought about in this\\nwise. At the town-meeting of March 19,\\n1790, the following entry was made:\\nIt being deemed by the town to be Nathaniel\\nClement s turn to serve as constable for the ensuing\\nyear, the meeting agreed that he shall have liberty\\nto propose a person to serve in said office in his\\nstead and the said Nathaniel producing to said\\nmeeting his son John Clement, it was agreed he\\nshall be appointed to said office.\\nThis appointment was made about six\\nmonths before he attained his majority, and\\nwas done to relieve his father of the duties\\nof the office. He was at various times free-\\nholder, committeeman and surveyor of high-\\nways, and claimed it was the duty of every\\ntax-payer to serve the township to prevent\\nthe waste of money. His military career ex-\\ntended through many years of his life.\\nFrom a private in one of the uniformed\\ncompanies of the county, he was in 1798\\nrecommended by Lieuteiiaut-Colonel Josliua\\nL. Howell, and appointed by the Governor\\n(Richard Howell) as adjutant of the Second\\nRegiment of the Gloucester Militia. In the\\nWar of 1812 he had a place on the stall of\\nGeneral Elmer, with rank of major, and was\\nemployed in laying out the camp at Billings-\\nport and opening roads to it.\\nHe also acted as paymaster, and ii|)( n tlic\\ndischarge of the troops went into each of tiie\\ncounties of West Jersey to pay the soldiers.\\nThe pay-rolls of the several companies show\\nthe signatures of cacli |)rivate upon the re-\\nceipt of his money. ilicsc papers, in good\\npreservation, are now in ])o.ssession of the\\nadjutant-general at Trenton, where they can\\nbe examined by those curious in sncii mat-\\nters. Very useful liiey have been to prove\\nthe service of many soldiers, whose ]ja))ers\\nhad been lost, when tiiey or their widows\\nmade application for pensions.\\nIn 1824 he was appointed colonel of the\\nSecond Regiment of the Gloucester Brigade,\\nand ranked as such officer until 1837, when\\nhe was advanced to the position of brigadier-\\ngeneral of the Gloucester Brigade, and took\\ntiie oath of office the same year. Upon the\\n.separation of Camden County from Old\\nGloucester, in 1844, he was continued in the\\nsame rank, but refused every position, civil\\nor military, under the new dispensation. He\\nbecome a practical surveyor when a young\\nman, and was so engaged the most of his\\nactive business life. His field-books, maps\\nand memoranda collected during that time\\nshow his care and industry. In 1809 he\\nbecome a memberof the Council of Proprietors\\nof West Jersey, which body .sat at Burling-\\nton four times each year. In 1813 he was\\nmade a deputy surveyor, and in 181G elected\\nvice-president of the board. In 1832, and\\nupon the death of William Irick, he was\\nchosen president of the Board of Proprietors,\\nand .so remained until his resignation as a\\nmember, in 1851.\\nIn 1799 lie was appointed collector of the\\nrevenue for the federal government in the\\ncounty of Gloucester, arising upon domestic\\ndistilled spirits and stills, upon sales at auc-\\ntion, upon carriages for the conveyance of\\npersons, upon licenses to retail wines and\\nforeign distilled spirits, upon snuff or snufl-\\nmills and upon refined sngar. This posi-\\ntion entailed upon him much labor and\\nresponsibility, the territory being large and\\nthe settlements in many parts long distances\\nfrom each other. How long he discharged\\nthe duties does not appear.\\nIn the same year (1799) he received his\\nfirst commission as justice of the peace, the\\nduties of which office he discharged until\\nhis advancing years induced him to relin-\\nquish it.\\nHe was the first postmaster in Haddon-\\nfield, his commission being dated March 22,\\n1803. This was the second year of the first\\nterm of Thomas Jefferson s administration as", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0290.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "^?y^?^^ ^^C^rz^^*.-^", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0293.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0294.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH ANP BAR.\\n215\\nPresident of the United States, and shadowH\\nhis political inclinations at that time.\\nIn 1 805 he was appointed one of the judges\\nof the several courts of (iloucester County.\\nHis punctuality in attendance and his busi-\\nness methods soon brought him into notice,\\nand in 1824 he become the presiding officer\\nof the court in the absence of the law judge.\\nAbout the year 1822 the subject was\\nagitated as to the building of a canal from\\nthe Delaware River at Eastoii to the Hudson\\nRiver at Jersey City. The enterprise was\\nat last commenced and much trouble arose\\nwith the land-owuers where it passed as to\\ndamage. April 15, 18. 50, Chief Justice\\nCharles Ewing appointed John Clement,\\nWilliam X. 8hinn and John Patterson com-\\nmissioners to settle these disputes. In the\\ndischarge of this duty they made a report\\nwhich was accepted by the court and was\\ngenerally satisfactory.\\nOf muscular frame, well-developed and\\nhealthy, his endurance was remarkable, and\\nhe preserved his strength and faculties to a\\nripe old age. Gradually yielding to the ea-\\ncroachment.s of an insidious disease and ad-\\nvancing years, he died on the evening of\\nJuly 4, 1855.\\nJohn K. Cowperthwaite, who was one\\nof the prominent lay judges of the courts of\\nf amden County, was born in 1787, in the\\nold frame house standing on the east bank of\\nCoopers Creek, between the Federal Street\\nand Pennsylvania Railroad bridges. He re-\\nmoved into the town of Camden in 1820,\\nand, uniting intelligence with integrity, he so\\nwon the confidence of the people, that they\\ntrusted him almost implicitly, and he was in\\noffice continuously during his life, frequently\\nholding several at the same time. He was a\\nmagistrate of the county, and, as such, a judge\\nof the County Court, and when justices of\\nthe peace ceased to be judges of the County\\nCourt he was appointed by the Legislature,\\nterm after term, almost without interruption\\nuntil his death. He was a member of the\\ntownship committee of Caindcn townsliiji\\nnearly the entire eigliteen years of its xi t-\\nence, and was also a nictnlx r of ihc IJoard of\\nC^hosen Freeholders. He took an aclivc part\\nin securing the city charter of 1.S2S, ami was\\nappointed recorder, serving for twelve years,\\nand served on most of the important com-\\nmittees in Camden City Council. When the\\nmayor was made elective by the people, in\\n1844, he was the clioice, serving one vear.\\nHe was a candidate for the office in 1854, but\\nwas defeated. In t lie efforts to increase the\\neducational facilities, in ]84. i, Judge Cow-\\nperthwaite took an active ])art and gave tlie\\ncause of educatit)n matei-ial assistance. He\\nearly attached himself to the Methodist\\nChurch and was one of its pillars, holding\\nvarious offices and exemplifying its princijiles\\nin his life. He was the confidant of manv,\\nwho sought his counsel, and while free in his\\ncharities, was unostentatious, and few, save\\nthe beneficiaries, knew, when he died, May\\n1873, how kindly a iieart had ceased to\\nbeat.\\nAsa p. Horner was a thrifty and pro-\\ngressive farmer of Stockton township, and\\nhad the confidence of his neighbors in hold-\\ning many local offices among them. He was\\ntwice appointed one of the judges of the\\nCamden County Courts, and discharged his\\nduties acceptably. He was a descendant of\\none of the old families on Pea Shore, from\\nwhence, in ancient times, Philadelphia was\\nsup])lied with early vegetables and like pro-\\nduce. The location and soil was adapted to\\nthis end, and he was but an indifferent farmer\\nwho did not make it profitable, fjiko other\\ni)ranches of agriculture, this has kept pace\\nwith the various improvements made, show-\\ning that a few acres well tilled is better than\\nmany poorly cultivated. The trucker of\\nfifty years ago would refuse; to l)e convinced\\nof any profit, if shown the cost of fertilizers)\\nand labor now put upon the land to force the\\ncro])s and increase the yield. He was an\\nOld-Line Whig until the defeat of Henrv", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0295.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "216\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY. NEW JERSEY.\\nClay for President, when he affiliated with\\nthe Deinocratir party and became a promi-\\nnent man in that (livi.siiin of national politics.\\nATTI )RXEYS-AT- LA W.\\nWilliam N. Jeffers was born in Salem\\nCounty and removed in his youth to Camden.\\nWhen he grew to manhood he was in stature\\ntall and finely formed, with the exquisite\\nmanners of the olden time. He was in poli-\\ntics an ardent apostle of the Democratic\\nfaith, and was sent by President -lackson as\\nthe American representative to one of the\\n.South American States, but he soon retiuned\\nand resumed the practice of the law.\\nMr. -letters brilliant qualities as a lawyer\\nwere recognized all over West Jersey, to\\nwhich his practice was chiefly confined. His\\nsecond wife outlived him, })ut he had no\\nchildren, and his estate descended to Com-\\nmander Jeffers, who distinguished himself as\\nan officer of the American navy during the\\nWar for the Union who has frequently\\nbeen presented with testimonials of great\\nvalue by other nations, and now lives, after\\na useful and gallant career, in Washington,\\nas a retired officer of the United States Navy,\\nThomas Chapman was born in Salem\\n(bounty, New Jersey, and from thence re-\\nmoved to Camden, locating his office in\\nSecond Street near J luni (now Arch Street),\\non propcily belonging to the late Dr. Tho-\\nmas W. Cullcn. Mr. Chapman was a lawyer\\nof solid attainments rather than of brilliant\\noratory. In fact, the great Judge Parsons,\\nof Massachusetts, said that mere oratory was\\na hindrance ratlu^r than a help to an axjtivc\\nand successful practitioner at the bar. Hu(\\nas a counselor, Mr. Chapman had no superior\\nin the scaled circle of lawyers who then\\nformed the bar of Camden County. Among\\nthese was the venerable .losiah Harris()n who,\\nlate in life, removed from Camden to Wood-\\nbury, where he died. Thomas Chapman was\\na laborious lawyer, faithful to the interests\\nof his clients. He was married happily, but\\nthe union was not blessed with children.\\n)ne morning, in summer, (Mr. Chapman\\nIteing nearly sixty years old), the door of the\\nlittle frame office on Second Street was found\\nopen, and Thomas Chapman lying dead a(\\nhis table, with his books open before him.\\nIt is suppo.sed he died of heart disease.\\nAmong the earliest resident lawyers of\\nC amden was Morris Croxall, who was ad-\\nmitted to practice in the Gloucester County\\ncourts in September, 1821. He died in\\nCamden, and although prominent in his dav,\\nno facts in regard to him, further than here\\npresented, can be procured.\\nJeremiah H. Sloan, admitted to the bar\\nin 1821, was a distinguislied lawyer, who was\\nten years older than Hon. Abraham Brown-\\ning, of Camden. He was the cotemporary of\\nSamuel h. Southard, William N. Jeffers and\\nJudge John Moore White, who died at Wood-\\nbury, N. J., at a good old age, full of vears\\nand of honor. Jeremiah Sloan was perhaps\\nthe most brilliant lawyer in West Jersey, keen\\nin his perceptions, never a very hard student,\\nbut gifted with magnetism of temperament\\nand elocpient in speech, and possessed of fine\\nsocial qualities whicii caused him to be\\nwarmly welcomed wherever he went.\\nHis professional services were sought for\\nfar and wide, and paid for by admii-ing\\nclients with liberality. Those who best re-\\nmember him say that he united the wit of\\nSheridan with the social graces of Charles\\nflames Fox, the celebrated English statesman.\\nHe was one of the most remarkable\\nmen who ever practiced at tlu; West Jersey\\nbar. His mind was alert, his forensic style\\nwitty, Jiumorons and argumentative. He was\\na (piick and accurate judge of character.\\nReady and skillf id in the examination of\\nwitnesses, eloipient, persuasive and con-\\nvinciing in addressing a jury, he was well\\nequipped with all the qualities necessary for\\nsuccess at the Nisi Prius bar, of which lie\\nwas in his day the accepted leader. I er-\\nsonallv he was n man of warm and irenerous", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0296.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR\\n217\\nimpulses, social, indeed convivial. He was\\nextremely popular and pleasing in manner,\\nand was equally at home at the convivial\\nassemblages of the lawyers, more common in\\nhis day than now, or in addressing a court\\nupon the dryest legal proposition. He died\\nat Mount Holly, broken in health and\\nfortune, leaving little behind him but the de-\\nlightful recollections of his friends and the\\ngeneral reputation of a brilliant character.\\nRichard W. Howell was l orii on a\\nplantation called Fancy Hill, in Glouces-\\nter County. His father and mother were\\nboth prominent during the Revolution of\\n1776, and many are the pleasing tales of\\ngenerous hospitality to the officers of the\\n|)atriot army, who were wont to pause at the\\nhome of Colonel Howell, and, amidst the\\njoys of an old-time welcome, forget for a day\\nthe great struggle for liberty.\\nMr. Howell married a sister of Hon.\\nThoma.s P. Carpenter, and she still survives\\nher husband and her brother. Richard W.\\nHowell s mother, like his father, was a re-\\nmarkable person, and when she found her-\\nself a widow, with a large family and an en-\\ncumbered property, she managed the Howell\\nestate, much of it lying along the Delaware\\nRiver and including the Howell fishery, so\\nthat in a few years it was clear of delH, and\\nat her death there was a handsome estate to\\ndivide among the heirs without iiirum-\\nbrance of any kind.\\nMr. Howell was early bfed to the law,\\nand made a careful, conscientious and suc-\\ncessful member of the profession. He was\\nadmitted to the New Jersey bar in Septem-\\nber, 1827. His office, which he occupied\\ntill his death, was a small, one-story room in\\nPlum Street (now Arch), in Camden, built\\nIty William N. Jeffers and now owned by\\n.ludgc Woodhull s estate.\\nRichard \\\\V. Howell was, like tiic rest of\\nthe Howell family, a gentleman of distin-\\nguished appearance. He was possessed of\\nrare] V courteous manners and was a laborious\\n28\\nlawyer. The ordinances of Camden City\\nCouncil bear the impress of his legal mind,\\nand he was frequently elected to the Council\\nchamber, and was once ruayor of the city.\\nNo man in the profession was more beloved\\nby his fellow-members of the bar.\\nHe left a large family, one of his sons be-\\ning a well-known physician in Philadelphia,\\nanother a successful lawyer, and still another\\ndied in battle at the head of his company in\\nthe War of the Rebellion.\\nRobert K. Matlock, who was a practi-\\ntioner at the Camden courts immediately after\\ntheir organization, was born at Woodbury,\\nGloucester County, January 22, 1804, and\\nwas the son of Hon. James Matlock, at one\\ntime a member of Congress, whose American\\nancestor, William Matlock, was among the\\nFriends who settled at Burlington, N. J.,\\nabout the year 1760. His law preceptor\\nwas harles Chauncey, Esq., of Philadelphia\\nwas admitted as attorney November 15,\\n1827, and as counselor September 6, 1833.\\nHe died April 27, 1877, at his home in\\nWoodbury.\\nAbraham Browning was born July 26,\\n1808, on his father s farm, in the vicinity of\\nCamden. The family to which he belongs\\nis one of the oldest in the State of New\\nJersey. The American founder, George\\nBrowning, came immediately from Holland,\\nalthough of ancient English lineage, about\\nthe year 1735, and settled near Pea Shore.\\nGeorge Browning s son Abraham followed\\nin his father s footsteps and became a farmer.\\nHe married Beulah Genge, who, like him-\\nself, was a native of New Jersey, but whose\\nparents were English, arriving in Americ^i\\nfrom London about the year 1760. From\\nthis marriage sprang the subject of this\\nsketch and a numerous progeny. Abraham\\nobtained his earliest education at the country\\nschools in the neighborhood of his home.\\nPossessed of a large capacity for accpiiring\\nknowledge, and gifted with a .studious tem-\\nperament, he made most effective use of all", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0297.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "218\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nhis opportunities, and laid a solid founda-\\ntion, broad and deep, for the superstructure\\nof after-years. After an elementary course\\nthus sati.sfactorily pursued, he was placed at\\nthe academy at Woodbury. From this he\\nwas transferred to the popular school of\\nJohn (Tummere, in Burlington. The en-\\nlarged advantages here offered Abraham\\nBrowning were industriously improved, and\\nhe obtained a good English and a limited\\nclassical education.\\nHe became a student in the law-offii^e of\\nHon. Samuel L. Southard, at Trenton, in\\n1830. At the expiration of a year passed\\nin preliminary study he entered the I^aw\\nSchool of Yale College, and, after remaining\\ntwo years, he entered the oflSee of tiie well-\\nknown Philadelphia lawyer, Charles Chaun-\\ncey. He was admitted to the bar in Septem-\\nber, 18. 54, and immediately thereafter began\\nto practice his profession in Camden, where\\nhe has ever since resided, laboring in his\\nchosen career. He early became noted for\\nthe care and ability with which the business\\nintrusted to his care was managed, and, as a\\nnatural consequence, he made steady and\\nrapid progress through the ranks. With\\nclear perception, a well-trained and well-\\nstored mind, to which constant study was\\never bringing valuable contributions, in-\\ndomitable industry aud never-tiring investi-\\ngation of detail, he obtained so thorough a\\nmastery over his cases as to be almost in-\\nvincible when he advised contest. Nowhere\\niu the ranks of the profession could a harder\\nstudent have been found not one among the\\naspirants to similar fame devoted more faithful\\nand painstaking labor to his client s inter-\\nests than he has done. His aid has been\\nsought in many important issues beyond the\\nborders of New Jersey, and his reputiition\\nis national. As a constitutional lawyer- lie\\nhas been a recognized authority, and his\\nopinion on points of constitutional issue car-\\nries great weight. In railroad cases, also, he\\nhas been rcigarded as especially strong, and\\nhe has been engaged in many important\\ncases, involving difficult and delicate points\\nof railroad law. His famous contest with\\nHon. Theodore Cuyler, the Pennsylvania\\nRailroad case, in 1871, will long be remem-\\nbered by members of the profe.ssion for the\\nprofound legal learning, easy mastery over\\nthe mazy difficulties of a peculiarly intricate\\nlitigation, readiness of resource, patient en-\\ndurance and overwhelming strengtii he man-\\nifested.\\nTo him, in part. New Jersey owes its\\npresent Constitution, inasmuch as he was an\\nactive and prominent member of the conven-\\ntion called in 1844 for the revision of the\\nthen existing instrument. He was also the\\nfirst attorney-general under the Constitution\\n.so revised, being appointed to that position\\nby Governor Charles C. Stratton in the .same\\nyear. This office he held during the regular\\nterm of five years.\\nHis succe.sses as a lawyer do not bound\\nhis career. He has stepped beyt)nd merely\\nprofessional boundaries in his studies aud\\nresearches, and in whatever direction his\\ntastes have led him, the same thoroughness\\nand success have marked his eflForts.\\nMr. Browning was married. May 23,\\n1842, to Pjlizabeth, daughter of Hon. James\\nMatlock, of Woodbury, N. J., whose Amer-\\nican ancestor, William ^Matlock, was among\\nthe (Quakers who .settled at Burlington, N. J.,\\nabout the year 1678.\\nWiLLi.VM Daniel Coopei: was a .son of\\nRichard IM. Cooper, late president of the\\nNational State Bank of Camden, and a lineal\\ndescendant in the .seventh generation of Wil-\\nliam and Margaret Cooper, who in l(i81 were\\nthe first settlers on the site of Camden. He\\nwas born in the homestead on Cooper Street the\\n30th day of August, 181(), being tlie twin\\nbrother of Dr. Riciiard M. Cooper, and after\\nobtaining a preparatory education entered the\\nUniversity of I eniisylvania, from wiiii^h in-\\nstitution he wa.s graduated in 183(i. He\\nstudied law in the office of the Hon. Wil-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0298.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "-XCc.-v^ ^Oo-f^", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0301.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0302.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\n219\\nliam M. Meredith, of Pliiladelpliia. llv was\\nadmitted a member of the Phihidelpiiia bar\\nill 1841 and the same year was admitted to\\npractice in the courts of New Jersey. Upon\\nthe death of his father, in 1844, lie became\\ntiie manager of his estate, which embraced\\nhinds now covered by much of tiic most at-\\ntractively built-up iK rtion of the city of\\nCamden. This gave him an extt iisive busi-\\nness as a real estate lawyer, and he managed\\nthe large interest included with judicious\\ncare and characteristic ability. By laying\\noff in lots much of tiie lands previously\\nowned by his father, he greatly enhanced the\\nvalue of the property in North Camden and\\nvery materially increased the amount of the\\nestate placed under his special care and direc-\\ntion. His experience as a real estate lawyer\\nand counselor gave liiiu an extended office\\nj)ractice and he seldom appeared in court in\\nthe trial of causes. He contributed much to\\nthe growth and development of the city of\\nCamden, and was constantly studying how\\nbest to advance the material welfare of the\\ncommunity. He was kind-hearted, benevo-\\nlent and philanthropic. Feeling the need of\\na hospital in West .Jersey, he and his brother,\\nDr. Richard M. Cooper, turned their atten-\\ntion toward establishing one in Camden.\\nBoth died betbi e the reali/.ation of their\\n])laiis for the erection of such a building.\\nTheir sisters Sarah W. and Elizabeth B.\\nCooper, in accordance with the wishes of\\ntheir deceased brothers, generously donated\\ntwo hundred thousand dollars for the estab-\\nlishment and endowment of the Cooper Hos-\\npital, and with their brother, Alexander\\nCooper, conveyed a large tract of land elig-\\nibly located in Camden, upon which to erect\\na building for that purpose. The manage-\\nment of this noble charity (a history of\\nwhich is given in the Medical Chapter of\\nthis work), was placed in the hands of a\\nboard of trustees created under an act of\\nincorporation by the State Legislature March\\n24th, 1875.\\nMr. Cooper was for a time president of\\nthe Gas Company, a director in the National\\nState Bank and for a time counsel for the\\nsame institution. In politics he was origi-\\nnally a Whig in the days of that party and\\nafterwards an ardent Republican. Early\\nin its history he became a member of the\\nUnion League of Philadelphia. He devoted\\nmuch of his time to reading and was well\\nversed in general literature. In religion he\\nwas a believer in the faith of his ancestor\\nand was a member of the Society of Friends.\\nMorris R. HA riLTox was admitted to\\nthe bar in September, 1842, after preparing\\nfor his jjrofession in the office of his father.\\nGeneral Samuel R. Hamilton, of Trenton.\\nHe located in Caniden in November of the\\nsame year of his admission and continued a\\nmember of the Camden County bar for two\\nyears, at the expiration of which time he re-\\nmoved to Philadelphia and practiced chiefly\\nin Kensington and Spring Garden in partner-\\nship with the late Laban Burkhardt. In\\n184!) he went to Trenton to become the edi-\\ntor of a paper which his father had purchased\\nand \\\\vhich was tlien changed to the Daily\\nTrue American, the Democratic orgau of the\\nState capital, which position he held until\\n1853. He has since edited a number of in-\\nfluential journals and is now the efficient\\nState librarian at Trenton.\\nThomas W. MtiLFoRU, with three\\nbrothers, came from Salem Countv and set-\\ntled in Camden County in the year 1852.\\nThomas W. Mulfbrd, being a leading and in-\\nfluential member of the Democratic party,\\nwas soon appointed by the Governor as pros-\\n(U utor of the leas of Camden County, a\\nposition he filled with great credit to himself\\nand to the county for many years. Mr.\\nMulford was a fluent, eloquent and able\\ns|K aker, and his voice was always welcomed\\nby his party adherents, who nominated him\\nfor Congress in the First District, now repre-\\nsented by George Hires. He was also twice\\na member of the Legislature of New Jersey,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0303.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "220\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nwhere his wise and discriminating statesman-\\nship made him a valuable member, much re-\\nspected by both parties. Mr. Mulford s\\nhealth failed him and he died in Salem\\nCounty on his farm, leaving a family and a\\nlarge circle of friends. He was a relative by\\nmarriage of the late United States Senator\\nHon. A. G. Cattell, of Merchantville, N. J.;\\nPhilip H. Mujford, one of the brothers of\\nthe prosecutor of the pleas, was deputy prose-\\ncutor of the pleas for Camden County then\\nassociated with General Wright, of Hoboken,\\nN. J., in the practice of the law, and in 1860\\nwent to California, where he died.\\nJames B. Dayton was born January 27,\\n1822, at Basking Ridge, Somerset County,\\nN. J. He was a son of Joel Dayton and\\nlineal descendant of Ralph Dayton, who em-\\nigrated from Yorkshire, England, in 1639\\nand settled at Boston, one of whose descend-\\nants, Jonathan Dayton, located at Elizabeth-\\ntown about 1725, and was the progenitor of\\nthe Dayton family in New Jersey. His son,\\nElias Dayton, was a brigadier-general in the\\npatriot army of the Revolution, command-\\ning the New Jersey Brigade, and member of\\nCongress in 1778 and 1779. His son Jona-\\nthan was a member of the convention which\\nframed the Constitution of the United States,\\nspeaker of the Fourth and Fifth Congresses,\\nand United States Senator from 1799 to 1805.\\nWilliam L. Dayton, a brother of James B.\\nDayton, after filling with honor the most im-\\nportant positions in New Jersey, was a Sena-_\\ntor of the United States from 1842 to 1851,\\nRepublican candidate for Vice-President in\\n1856, and minister to France from 1861 un-\\ntil his death, shortly before the close of the\\nWar of the Rebellion.\\nJames B. Dayton graduated from Prince-\\nton College in 1841, studied law with his\\nbrother, William L. Dayton, became an at-\\ntorney in 1844, and counselor-at-law in 1847.\\nHe settled at Camden and very soon became\\none of the leading advocates of the New\\nJersey bar. His practice was large, his con-\\nquests brilliant, and he was acknowledged to\\nbe one of the most eloquent lawyers in South-\\nern New Jersey. He became the legal ad-\\nviser of the Board of Freeholders, city so-\\nlicitor, city treasurer and one of the fir.st\\nboard of Ri])arian Commi.ssions. He was a\\nman of vig(jrous mind but delicate physique,\\nwhich cau.sed him in later life to forego the\\ntriumphs of the court and devote his entire\\nenergies to the less exciting duties of an office\\npractice, and ultimately to retire wholly from\\nthe law and also t(^ renounce all aspirations\\nfor political life.\\nHe was married, in 1848, to Louisa, daugh-\\nter of William M. Clarke, of Philadelphia\\nher death occurred in 1856, leaving two chil-\\ndren surviving William C, a member of\\nthe Camden bar, and Louisa, now wife of\\nPeter V. Voorhees, a lawyer in Camden.\\nIn 1859 he married Sadie, daughter of Judge\\nAlexander Thomson, of Franklin County,\\na celebrated jurist of Pennsylvania.\\nBeing compelled to give up the practice\\nof his profession, he turned his attention to\\ncorporate interests. He was president of the\\nWest Jersey Ferry Company for over six-\\nteen years, giving prosperity to the company\\nand satisfaction to its patrons president of\\nthe Camden Safe Deposit and Trust Com-\\npany, which, under his management, became\\none of the most successful banking institu-\\ntions of the State chairman of the execu-\\ntive committee of the board of directors of\\nthe Camden and Atlantic Railroad Com-\\npany, which he materially aided in raising\\nfrom insolvency to affluence. He was also,\\nfrom its inception, chairman of the board of\\ndirectors of the Sea View Hotel Company,\\na very successful corporation. He was a man\\nof sound judgment, kindly impulses and\\ngentle disposition, and his death from pro-\\ngressive paralysis, March 9, 1886, caused uni-\\nversal sorrow.\\nThoma.s H. Dudley was born in Eves-\\nham township, Burlington County, New\\nJersey, October 9, 1819, being the descend-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0304.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\n221\\naut of an English family resident in this\\ncoiintty since the latter part of the seven-\\nteenth century. His early education was ob-\\ntained in the schools near the vicinity of iiis\\nbirth, and he grew to niauhood on his father s\\niliriu. Determining upon law as a profes-\\nsion, he entered the office of the late William\\nN. Jeffers, in Camden, and in 1845 was ad-\\nmitted to the New Jersey bar. From the\\noutset of his legal life he held a conspicuous\\nplace in his profession, his sound training in\\nthe principles and the practice of law uniting\\nto make him successful. Until the dissolu-\\ntion of the Whig party he was one of its\\nstauchest members. Since that event he has\\nbeen a no less earnest Republican. Elected\\nin 1860 a delegate at large to the Chicago\\nConvention, he occupied a prominent position\\nin it and was greatly instrumental through\\nhis energy and tact, in the committee on\\ndoubtful States, in securing the nomination\\nof Abraliam Lincoln for President. In 18(J1\\nMr. Dudley went to Europe, and returned\\nin the fall of the same year, and soon there-\\nafter was appointed by Mr. Lincoln as con-\\nsul to Liverpool. The j)ositiou of our con-\\nsul at this port then was one of great conse-\\n(.(uence and of the greatest delicacy, for from\\nthis centre radiated the substantial aid ten-\\ndered to the Confederates by their British\\nsupporters. In his efforts to enforce the\\nmaintenance of the neutrality professed by\\nthe government to which he was accredited,\\nthe utmost diplomacy was necessary to avoid\\nbringing to open war the expressed hostility\\nbetween the two countries. Everywhere his\\nendeavor to check the flow of supplies to the\\nConfederacy met with a determined resist-\\nance. With a force of one hundred men he\\npoliced the ship-yards of England and Scot-\\nland, he himself incognito, constantly visit-\\ning every shipping centre and registering\\nevery keel laid down upon the books of the\\nLiverpool consulate. Nor was his zeal un-\\nattended with danger. Again and again lie\\nreceived anonymous letters warning him that\\nunle.ss he ceased his opposition to the exten-\\nsion of assistance to the Confederate govern-\\nment, that his life would be taken, and if\\nfbuml in certain designated spots he would\\nbe shot on sight. But the.se threats had small\\neffects upon his stern nature. He had been\\ncharged with a high duty and tiiat duty he\\nfulfilled with a calm determination. He re-\\nmained at his post until November, 18(J8,\\nwhen he returned to the United States f()r a\\nbrief visit. He resumed his duties in Liver-\\npool, and three yeai-s later he again returned\\nto America, and, wearied by his decade of ar-\\nduous official life, tendered his resignation of\\nhis consulate. The government, however,\\nrequested his services in the case of the\\nUnited States to be laid before the Joint\\nHigh Commission at Geneva, and he assisted\\nin the compilation of the case to go before\\nthe Geneva tribunal, .supplying the material\\nupon which the judgment in favor of the\\nUnited States was rendered. In 1872 he again\\nreturned to the United States and tendered\\nhis resignation, to take effect upon the ap\\npointment of his succe.ssoi-.\\nSince his return to .\\\\merica Mr. Dudley\\nhas been engaged in the practice of his pro-\\nfession in Camden, New Jersey, residing up-\\non his beautiful country-seat, three miles\\nfrom the city. He has been president of\\nthe Pittsburgh, Titusville and Buffalo Railroad\\nCompany, and of the New Jersey Mining\\nCompany, besides being a member of the\\nboards of direction of the Camden and Atlan-\\ntic Railroad Company, West Jersey Railroad\\nCompany, Camden and Philadelphia Ferry\\nCompany and People s Gas Light Company,\\nof Jersey City.\\nIsaac Mickle was one of the most re-\\nmarkable men in the early history of Camden\\nCounty. His grandfather was Lsaac Mickle,\\nfarmer, who married Sarah Wilkins, and\\nfrom that marriage four children were born,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094John W. Mickle, Rachel Mickle (who\\nmarried Isaac S. Mulford, M.l).,) and Mary\\nMickle, who married Samuel Haines, of Bur-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0305.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "222\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nlingtoD County, a well-knowu sheriff of tliat\\nbailiwick, and Isaac Mickle, who married\\nRebecca Morgan, from whicli alliance sprang\\nIsaac Mickle who, as soon, and even before\\nhe reached man s estate, became a central and\\ncontrolling figure in the affairs of his native\\nCounty. He began the study of law with\\nColonel Page. Isaac Mickle, who was the\\nonly child of his parents, was also, presuma-\\nbly, the heir of his uncle, John W. Mickle,\\nwho had ac(|uired by descent and purchase,\\nnearly all the land on either side of the\\nturnpike, between Camden and Gloucester\\nCity. Isaac Mickle was a boon companion\\nof T. Buchanan Read, the artist and poet,\\nand author of Sheridan s Ride.\\nW liile studying with Colonel Page, and\\nmastering the mysteries of his chosen profes-\\nsion, he became acquainted with Clara Tyn-\\ndale, the sister of (xeneral Hector Tymlale.\\nwho was once elected mayor of Philadclpiiia.\\nMrs. Tyndale, the mother of Clara, was,\\nherself, a woman of talent, and with Haw-\\nthorn, George William Curtis and other\\nlights of science and literature, became a\\nmember of the famous comnumity at Brook\\nFarm.\\nIsaac Mickle married Miss Tyndale and\\ntwo children resulted from this union, one of\\nwhom is now living. The subject of our\\nsketch early displayed a very decided pen-\\nchant for literature, and became the author\\nof a volume called Recollections of Old\\nGloucester, which, besides being admirably\\nwritten!, (contains a fund of information about\\nthe early history of Camden County and\\nWest Jersey nowhere else to be found. He\\nbecame a well-known political writer, and\\nfor some years conducted the Camden Demo-\\ncrat. He died when under thirty years of\\nage.\\nDaniel K. Hoidii was colemporary witii\\nHugg and Kinsey, was admitted to the bar\\nin July, 1849, and was for a time in the of-\\nfice of Thomas H. Dudley. He was a promi-\\nnent lawyer, but his services were lost at this\\nbar, for, some years prior to the war, he went\\nWest, and, subsequently enlisting in an Illi-\\nnois regiment, was killed in battle.\\nAlfred Hugg was born in Camden,\\nN. J., August 26, 1826, and educated in the\\ncity of Philadelphia. He studied law with\\nWilliam N. Jeffers, of Camden, and was ad-\\nmitted to practice as an attorney in October,\\n1849, and as a counselor three years after.\\nHe settled in Camden and has since been\\nengaged in active practice. Mr. Hugg has\\nbeen city solicitor of Camden, as also city\\nclerk and city treasurer. He was formerly\\nprosecutor of the pleas for Atlantic County.\\nChaklks W. Kinsey was in the same\\nclass as Alfred Hugg, and was admitted to\\nthe Camden bar in October, 1849. He prac-\\nticed considerably in the courts of the\\ncounty, but was a resident of Burlington and\\ndied there.\\nCaptain Isaa(^ W. Mickle, who was\\nadmitted to the bar in .Tauuary, 18-30, died\\nsuddenly at Camp Ely, Virginia, on Satur-\\nday, March 22, 1862. During the Mexican\\nWar he served as captain of Company A of\\nthe New Jersey Battalion. He enlisted in the\\nsame capacity in Comi)any F of the Fourth\\nNew Jersey Regiment during the three montlis\\n.service, and at the time of iiis death was in\\ncommand of Company A of the Tenth New\\nJersey Regiment. During the administra-\\ntion of James Buchanan he was collector of\\nthe port of Camden. He was at the saraetin)e\\none of the proprietors of the Camden Demo-\\ncrat, and took sides against the administra-\\ntion of Bu(thanan on the Kansas-Neln-aska\\nBill. He was a nephew of John W. Mickle,\\nmany years a leading director of the Camden\\nand Amboy Railroad Company. He left a\\nwidowed mother and child. Captain Mickle\\nwas active in [)olitical and military affairs,\\ngenial in disposition and liberal in his vi(!ws.\\nPei er L. Voorhees was born at Blaw-\\nenburgh, Somerset County, N. J., July 12,\\n1825, and is a member of a fiimily who trace\\ntheir line of descent from Coert Albert van", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0306.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0309.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0310.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\n223\\nvoor Hees, who lived prior to 100(1, in front\\nof the village of Hees, near Ruinen, Drenthe,\\nHolland. The derivation of the name may\\nbe understood when it is stated that the pre-\\nfix voor is the Dutch equivalent of he-\\nfore, or in front of Steven Coerte, son\\nof Coert Albert, emigrated from Holland in\\nApril, 1660, and settled at Flatlands, Long\\nIsland, on an estate the extent of which is\\nindicated by the fact that he paid for it the\\nlurge sum of three thousand guilders, in itself\\na fortune in those days. The great-grandson\\nof Steven Coerte was Peter (ierritse Van\\nVoorhees, who left Long Island in 1720 to\\nescape from the payment of tithes to the Eng-\\nlish Church, which was enforced by the colo-\\nnial government, and established a new home\\non land which he bought at Blawenburgh.\\nOne of his descendants was Peter Van Voor-\\nhees, who gave his land to his grandson Peter,\\nand ordered his slaves to be emancipated.\\nThis Peter, whose father, jNIartin, di-o])ped\\nthe prefix Van from the family name.\\nHe was born May 27, 1787, and married,\\nMarch 2, 1809, Jane, daughter of Captain\\nJohn Scheuck, who, in r)ecember, 1 778, with\\na few of his neighbors and a very scanty\\nsupply of ammunition, ambuscaded the\\nBritish advance guard at Ringoes, and drove\\nit back upon the main column.\\nPeter L. Voorhees was the second son.\\nThe years preceding his majority he spent\\nupon the homestead, and in the acquirement\\nof a common-school education, and in his\\ntwenty-first year he selected the law for his\\nl)rofession. First entering the office of Rich-\\nard S. Field, at Princeton, as a student, he\\nalso studied at the Law School formerly con-\\nnected with the College of New Jersey, from\\nwhich he received the degrees of LL.B. and\\nA.M. In November, 1851, he was admitted\\nto the bar, and in the next year he removed\\nto Camden, with many of whose most im-\\n)K)rtant interests he has since been identified.\\nThe main characteristic of his professional\\neminence is his thorough knowledge of the\\nlaw. Profoundly versed in its principles and\\nj)ractice, his mind is a store-iiouseof informa-\\ntion upon its most complicated and abstruse\\nquestions. The diligenic with which he\\nmasters every point in a litigated case is as-\\nsisted to success by a wonderfully retentive\\nmemory and a remarkable jxiwer of ajjplica-\\ntiou. He is an autlwrity upon the difficult\\nand doubtful intricacies of laud titles, and\\nsome of his most creditable victories before\\nthe courts have been won in such cases. He\\nis also considered an indisputable authority\\nupon the finely discriminating ([uestions of\\npractice. He was opposed to the Pennsyl-\\nvania Company in the memorable suit of\\nBlack vs. the Delaware and Raritan Canal\\nCompany, in which was involved the control\\nof the New Jersey railways now 0})erated by\\nthe former corporation, and was so successful\\nin court that it was compelled to procure\\nspecial legislation to effect its purpose. Since\\nthat time he has become counsel for the\\nPennsylvania interest, embracing the Cam-\\nden and Amixpy, the West Jersey and the\\nCamden and Atlantic Railroads. The Mickle\\nwill case was another celeltrated litigation\\nwhich he carried for his clients to a successful\\nissue.\\nMr. Voorhees is president of the Camden\\nSafe Deposit and Trust Company, director\\nof the West Jersey Ferry Company and di-\\nrector of the Camden Hospital. In politics\\nhe is a conservative Republican, but has al-\\nways refused to become a candidate for any\\noffice, except that for one year he filled the\\nposition of city solicitor of Caiuden, being\\nelected by the Republicans and Democrats,\\nas opposed to the Native Americans.\\nIn the matter of religious education and\\nexperience, our subject, it niay not be im-\\nproper to add, has not been lacking. He was\\nbrought up in the Dutch Reformed Church,\\nbut since 1853 has affiliated with the Presby-\\nterians, and has been remarkably active in\\nthe First Church of Camden, for many years\\ntaking particular interest in the Sunday-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0311.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "226\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nRemoving to Camden in 1874, lie formed a\\nlaw partnership witli his brother, Alden\\nScovel.\\nSamuel H. Grey is the son of the late\\nPhilip J. Grey and Sarah W. Grey, his\\nwife.and was born in the city of Camden April\\n6, 1836. His early education was received\\nin the schools of his native town. His choice\\ntended strongly to the profession of the law,\\nand at the age of seventeen years he was\\nentered as a student in the office of Abraham\\nBrowning, who, still living at an advanced\\nage, was at that time easily the leading law-\\nyer and advocate iu the southern section of\\nNew Jersey. After the usual course of study\\nMr. Grey was admitted to the bar of the\\nSupreme Court as an attorney-at-law at the\\nNovember Term, 1857, and as a counselor-at-\\nlaw at the February Term, 1861. His suc-\\ncess in his profession was immediate and sat-\\nisfactory. Such was his prominence that in\\nApril, 1866, he was appointed prosecutor of\\nthe pleas for the county of Cape May, and\\nperformed the duties of that office until\\nApril, 1873, serving, by successive appoint-\\nments of the court, two years under the ad-\\nministration of (lovernor Joel Parker, after\\nthe expiration of the regular terra of the\\noffice.\\nAs a leading lawyer, Mr. Grey, in 1873,\\nwas appointed by Governor Parker one of a\\ncommission of fourteen, selected pursuant to\\na joint resolution of the Legislature, to sug-\\ngest and frame amendments to the Constitu-\\ntion of the State, and was actively engaged\\nin all the transactions of the commission.\\nThe amendments thus framed were after-\\nwards, in due form of law, incorporated with,\\nand now form a part of, the Constitution of\\nNew Jersey.\\nIn the quarter of a century which has\\nelapsed since his admission to the bar Mr.\\n(xrey has never permitted himself to be\\ndiverted from his chosen profession, but has\\ndevoted to its .study and pursuit his entire\\ntime, and the energy and ability with whicii\\nhe is endowed. These riginti annorum lucu-\\nhrafiones (to use the vigorous words of Lord\\nBacon), these years of study, have brought\\nwith them their appropriate reward. The\\npractice of Mr. Grey is large, lucrative\\nand embraces a wide class of important\\ncau.ses, beginning with the ca.se of McKnight\\nr.s. Hay, tried in 1866, at the Atlantic Cir-\\ncuit, in which Messrs. Peter L. Voorhees and\\n(teorge M. Robeson appeared for the plaintiff\\nand Messrs. Joseph P. Bradley (now of the\\nSupreme Court of the ITnited States), Abra-\\nham Browning and Mr. (xrey appeared for\\nthe defendant, and of which Judge Elmer\\nspeaks in his reminiscences as the most\\nromantic case he had ever known. Mr. Grey\\nhas been engaged in very many of the lead-\\ning causes arising in the .southern counties\\nof the State. In April, 1886, Mr. Grey was\\nselected by the managers appointed to conduct\\nthe impeachment of Patrick H. Laverty,\\nkeeper of the State Prison, as the leading\\ncounsel for the prosecution, and as such con-\\nducted the trial of a month, before the State\\nSenate, to a successful conclusion, evincing\\nskill, ability and eloquence of a high order.\\nThe succe-ss of Mr. Grey has resulted, not\\nfrom study and experience alone, but largely\\nfrom his natural mental powers. His\\ncapacity for quick, intense and accurate\\nthought is unusual and striking. His judg-\\nment reaches a conclusion, not by careful\\nand laborious plodding, nor yet by intuition,\\nbut rather, /ler saltum, by a leap over a long\\npathway iif thought. This faculty enables\\nhim very quickly to perceive and grasp the\\ncontrolling points of a group of complicated\\nfacts, and to determine at once those upon\\nwhich his cause turns. His vocabulary is\\nfluent, generally accurate, often graceful and\\nhappy, sometimes eloquent. He has a keen\\nsense of humor, and nature has giveu him a\\npowerful and musical voice, a pleasing pres-\\nence and a mental and physical constitution\\nsufficiently robust to endure the .shocks and\\nfatigues of jury trials. These are all (juali-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0312.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "/^7^", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0315.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0316.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\n227\\nties whicli are necessary to the ecjuipnieiit of\\na leading and accomplished advocate, and\\nsuch Mr. Grey is beyond qnestion. As was\\nremarked of General Sheridan duriug the\\nwar, no situation was thrust upon him which\\nhe has not developed capacity to meet. Mr.\\nGrey practices in all of the courts of this\\nState and is constantly retained in important\\ncauses before the several superior courts sit-\\nting at Trenton, where his reputation is\\ndeservedly high.\\nIn politics Mr. Grey has been an earnest\\nand consistent Republican, practically from\\nthe organization of that party. From 1868\\nto 1871 he was an active member of the Re-\\npublican State Executive Committee of New\\n.lersey. In 1872 he was chosen as an elector\\nupon the Grant ticket, and as such voted for\\nGeneral Grant in the only Republican Elec-\\ntoral College ctinvened in this State. In the\\nsame year he declined to accept the Republi-\\ncan nomination for State Senator from the\\ncounty of Camden. In 1874, though\\nstrongly importuned, he declined to permit\\nhis name to be presented for the nomination\\nas a member of the House of Representatives\\nof the Congress of the United Slates, in\\n1880 he received a large vote in the Repub-\\nlican State Convention as a delegate-at-large\\nto the National Convention which met in\\nthat year at Chicago. .\\\\t tiie recjuest of\\nmany Republicans during the present year,\\nhe has permitted himself to be named for\\nthe office of Senator of the Fnited States.\\nMr. (irey was married September 25, 18t!2,\\nin (Jhrist Church, Philadelphia, to Julia\\nHubley, only daughter of Charles C. Potts,\\nEsq., of Philadelphia. He has four daugh-\\nters, Julia Ridgway, Mary Joy, Ethel and\\nAlice Croasdale Grey. Au only son, Charles\\nPhilip Grey, died in 1868 an infant.\\nCaleb I). Shreve was born May 9,\\n1833, and educated at Princeton College,\\nfrom which he was graduated in 1851. He\\nbegan the study of law with Honorable J.\\nL. N. Stratton, of Mt. Holly, and was ad-\\nmitted as an attorney at the November Term,\\n1861, and afterwards an a counselor.\\nBE^.IA^[IN D. Shreve, bom August,\\n1835, at Medford, Burlington County, N. J.,\\nwas graduated from Princeton College in\\n1856. He studied law with Peter L. Voor-\\nhees, of Camden, was admitted in 1862 as\\nau attorney and as counselor in 1865. He\\nhas since practiced in Camden.\\nGeorge W. Gilbert was born September\\n21, 1834, in Philadelphia, and educated at\\nthe public schools of Camden, to which city\\nhe removed in 1843. He began the study\\nof law with Honorable Thomas H. Dudley,\\nof Camden, and concluded with Honorable\\nGeorge S. Woodhull. He was admitted to\\nthe bar in February, 1863. Mr. Gilbert wa.s\\nmade deputy county clerk in 1865, and held\\nthe office for ten years, after which he was\\nelected register of deeds for the term ex-\\ntending from 1875 to 1880. He has since\\npracticed his profession in Camden.\\nSamuel C. Cooper was born in Camden\\nin 1840, and is the son of Joseph W. Cooper.\\nHe received his primary education at the\\nGrover School, in Camden, and entered Hav-\\nerford College in 1855. In 1859, he entered\\nthe law office of Richard W. Howell, remained\\nwith him until his death, and then entered\\nthe office of the Honrable Thomas H. Dud-\\nley, and when Mr. Dudley was appointed\\nconsul to Liverpool he entered the office of\\nJudge Woodhull. He was adndtted at the\\nFebruary term of court, 1863.\\nJ. Eugene Troth was born in Newcastle\\nCounty, Delaware, January 14, 1845; re-\\nceived his education at the select and public\\nschools and at the Delaware College, situated\\nat Newark, Delaware. He began the study\\nof law with James B. Dayton, of Camden\\nwas admitted as an attorne} in 1866, and\\nthree years after as counselor. He was for\\nseven years solicitor of the county of Camden\\nand clerk of the Board of Chosen Free-\\nholders.\\nMartin Voorhees Bergen and his", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0317.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "228\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nbrother Christopher A. (of whom a sketch\\nfollows) are descendants of an old and promi-\\nnent family, after whom Bergen County,\\nN. J., was named, and they are representa-\\ntives of the eighth generation in this country.\\nThe common ancestor of the family of\\nLong Island, New Jersey and adjacent re-\\ngions was Hans Hansen Bergen, of Bergen,\\nin Norway, who removed from there to Hol-\\nland, and thence, in 1633, to New Amsterdam\\n(now New York). Some of his descendants\\nsettled in what is now Bergen County about\\nfifty years later.\\nSamuel Disbrow Bergen, of the seventh\\ngeneration in America, and his wife, Charity\\n(daughter of Judge Peter Voorhees, of\\nBlawenburgh, Somerset County), were resi-\\ndents early in the present century of Mid-\\ndlesex County, N. J., near Cranberry, and\\nlived at what was known as the Bergen\\nFarm or Homestead. Their son Martin V.\\nwas born there Fel)ruary 12, 1839. He\\nprepared for college at Edge Hill School and\\nentered the sophomore class at Princeton in\\nSeptember, 18t!(). Graduating from the col-\\nlege in 1863, he commenced the study of\\nlaw the same year in the office of Peter L.\\nVoorhees, of Camden, where he continued\\nuntil he graduated in November, 1866, as\\nan attorney -at-law. He was licensed as a\\ncounselor-at-law in November, 1869. He\\nopened an office in the fall of 1866 at 119\\nMarket Street, Camden, and continued to\\npractice there until he formed a partnership\\nwith his brother and removed to 110 Market\\nStreet. He has been twice elected superin-\\ndent of the Camden City schools and now\\nholds that position. He was married, in\\nFebruary, 1880, to Mary Atkinson, of Mer-\\nchantville, N. J.\\nChristopheu a. Bercjen, Esy., whose\\nancestry and parentage are given in the sketch\\nof his brother, was born at Bridge Point,\\nSomerset County, N. J., August 2, 1841.\\nHe obtained his preparatory education at\\nEdge Hill Classical School, Princeton, and\\nentered Princeton College in the fall of\\n1860, graduating therefrom, with his broth-\\ner, in the class of 1863. Afterwards he\\ntaught school, first a country .school at Hope-\\nwell, N. J., and later a private classical\\nschool of his own at Princeton, pursuing at\\nthe same time law studies under the direction\\nof Peter L. Voorhees, Esq., of Camden. In\\nNovember, 1866, he was licensed as an at-\\ntorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court,\\nand in the fall of 1869 as counselor-atlaw\\nby the same court. Mr. Bergen s mental ac-\\ntivity, onerous as are his professional duties,\\nis by no means confined to them. He is a\\nstudent of general literature, keeps fully\\nabreast of the times in political, philosophical\\nand popular scientific information and con-\\ntinues his classical studies, reading exten-\\nsively in Latin and Greek.\\nChristopher A. Bergen has been twice\\nmarried. He was united with his first wife,\\nHarriet, daughter of Thomas D. and Au-\\ngusta S. James, Augusts, 1869. Two sons\\nwere the offspring of this union. His sec-\\nond wife, to whom he was united January\\n26, 1886, was Fannie C, daughter of Wil-\\nliam L. and Adele C. Hirst, of Philadel-\\nphia.\\nThe fii m of Bergen Bergen (M. V.\\nC. A.) has been quite uniformly and steadily\\nsuccessful, and probably has as large and as\\nwidespread a clientage and correspondence as\\nany law firm in Camden. They iiave been\\nfrequently opposed by the best legal talent in\\nthe county and State, and have fully as often\\nbeen victors as vanquished, and enjoy a high\\nreputation. Two of the most notable cases\\nin which they have won success were those\\n(jf the Marshall estate, and the Jesse W.\\nStarr Camden Iron-Works case in bank-\\nruptcy. The former, which aroused much\\ninterest in the southern part of the county,\\nwas an action charging breach of trust\\non the part of the executors, and involved\\nthe title to five farms and a large part of\\nthe village of Blackwood. Bergen Bergen", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0318.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "^AMiUzt^ uysu^^cA^", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0321.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0322.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0323.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0324.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\n229\\nappeared tor the creditors agaiu.st the execu-\\ntors, who were rej)resented by S. H. Grey,\\nand Peter L. Voorhees, Esqs. In the bank-\\nruptcy suit against Jesse W. Starr, above\\nalhided to, in which about three hundred\\nthousand dollars were involved, Bergen\\nBrothers were also successful in forcing the\\ncreditors of Mr. Starr, to terms. Chris-\\ntopher A. Bergen, as a rule, attends to the\\ncourt business and Martin V. devotes his at-\\ntention more parti ulariy to that department\\nof practice which is the function of the\\ncounsel, though he also appears frequently in\\ncourt. Both are well-read lawyers and able\\nadvocates.\\nBoth of the brothers are pronounced Re-\\npublicans, though neither is an active poli-\\ntician. Christopher A. in 1884 was the\\nchoice of a large section of his party for tlie\\nposition of State Senator, but declined mak-\\ning any etfort to secure the nomination. He\\nwas elected president of the Camden County\\nRepublican Club in 1886. Martin V. Ber-\\ngen has also been named as a candidate for\\nlegislative honors, but has held no offices of\\nconsequence other than the .school superin-\\ntendency.\\nGeorge F. Fokt was born at Absecom,\\nAtlantic County, N. J., November 20, 1843,\\nand received an academic education, which\\nwas completed at the university in Heidel-\\nberg, (jcrmany. He began the study of law\\nunder Abraham Browning, of Camden was\\nadmitted as an attorney in 18G(j and as a\\ncounselor in 1869. Mr. Fort is well known\\nas an author, his more prominent books l)eing\\n\\\\u Historical Treatise on Early Builders\\nWorks, Fort s Mediaeval Builders,\\nMedical Economy during the INIiddle Ages\\nand Fjarly Hist()ry and Antiquities of Ma-\\nsonry.\\nRobert M. Brow.nino, wh(j was a native\\nof Camden, born in 1844, read law with his\\ntatiier, Hon. Abraham Browning, and was\\nadmitted to practice in November, 1867. He\\nfollowed his profession until his death, in 1875.\\nHoward M. Cooi KU was born June 24,\\n1844, at Kaighns Point in the city of Cam-\\nden, graduated from Haverford College,\\nPennsylvania, in 1864, studied law under\\nL eter L. Voorhees, Esq., and was admitted\\nto the bar as an attorney at the November\\nterm of the Supreme Court, 1870. He has\\nsince followed his profession in Camden, and\\nin addition to the usual occupation of a law-\\nyer, he is a director and the solicitor of the\\nCamden National Bank, a director of the\\nC amden Lighting and Heating Company, and\\npresident and solicitor of the est Jersey\\nOrphanage tor Destitute Colored Children.\\nRichard T. Miller is a native of Cape\\nMay City, N. J., where he was born Decem-\\nber 16, 1845, and received his early education\\nat Pottstown Academy and at Easton, Conn.\\nHe then entered the West Jersey Academy\\nand completed his studies under a private\\ntutor. He was for two years connected with\\na corps of engineers engaged on the Peuu-\\nsyivania Railroad, and in 1863 entered the\\noffice of Judge Thomas P. Carpenter, of Cam-\\nden. He was admitted as an attorney in\\nNovember, 1867, and as counselor in 1870.\\nJudge Miller began practice in Camden, and,\\nMarch 30, 1877, was appointed judge of the\\nDistrict Court of Camden, to which office he\\nwas appointed live years later.\\nJajies p. YoiTNo was born in Camden\\nCounty, in 1842, was educated in tiie schools\\nof that county and at the Philadelpliia Higli\\nSchool. He read law in the office of Hon.\\nThomas P. Carpenter, and was admitted to\\ntiie bar in 1869. He was a comrade of Tiio-\\nmas H. Davis Post, G. A. R., No. 53, of\\nHaddonfield, and for three years served in\\nCompany G., Sixth New Jersey Regiment.\\nHe practiced in Camden for fifteen years,\\nand was accidentally drowned in the Dela-\\nware River.\\nGeorge N. Coxrow was born in Bur-\\nlington County, but during his youth went\\nWest and received his litei ary education at\\nEarlham College, Richmond, Indiana. Re-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0327.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "230\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY. NEW .JERSEY.\\nturning East, lie read law with Hon. Tiionias\\nP. Carpenter, of Camden, was admitted to\\nthe bar at the November Term of court, 1870,\\nand became counselor in 1873. He had\\noffices in Camden and Moorestowu, and prac-\\nticed actively until his death -a period of\\nabout eight years.\\nAlfred Flanders was born in Phila-\\ndelphia January 6, 1830, received his early\\neducatiou through private tutors, aud grad-\\nuated at Yale College in 1850. He read\\nlaw with Simp.son T. Vau Sant, of Philadel-\\nphia, and was admitted to the bar of tiiat\\ncity in March, 1801, having meanwhile been\\nidentified with the Kensington Bank as\\nclerk and teller. Having practiced for\\na while in Philadelphia, he settled in Bur-\\nlington, N. J., in 1866, and was admitted to\\nthe New Jersey bar the same year. He\\npracticed in Mount Holly until 1883, at\\nwhich date Mr. Flanders opened an office in\\nCamden.\\nHkrbkrt a. Drake was born Jidy 2,\\n1845, in Hopewell township, Mercer Couuty,\\nN. J., and remained a pupil of the public\\nschools until 1862, when he became a student\\nof the Lawrenceville Higli School, and two\\nyears later of Rutgers College, from which\\ninstitution he was graduated in June, 1868.\\nHe entered upon the study of law with\\nPeter L. Voorhees, of Camden, was made an\\nattorney in June, 1871, and a counselor at\\nthe June Term, 1874.\\nJame.s E. Haves was born near Burling-\\nton, N. J., Febiuary 18, 1844, aud after a\\npreliminary training at the Hightstown in-\\nstitution, graduated from the University of\\nPennsylvania. He entered the law-office of\\nRobeson Scovcl in 1867, was admitted as\\nan attorney in 1871 and as counselor in\\n1877. He was made city .solicitor of Cam-\\nden in 1878, and corporation coun.sel of\\nGloucester City in 1883. His law co-part-\\nnershij) with (ieorge M. Robeson began in\\nA|)ril, 188.3.\\nJou-N W. Wriuiit, son of Richard an l\\nAbigail M. Wright, and grandson of Ricii-\\nard M. Cooper, was born in Philadelphia,\\nAugust 21, 1847. He entered the Univer-\\nsity of Penn.sylvania and was graduated from\\nthe Department of Arts of that institution in\\nthe class of 1867. He became a studeut-at-\\nlaw in the office of E. Spencer Miller, Esq.,\\nof Philadelphia, and after graduating from\\nthe Law Department of the University of\\nPennsylvania in 1870, he was admitted to the\\nbar in 1871. Since the death of his uncle,\\nWilliam D. Cooper, in 1875, he has been\\nexecutor, tyustee and attorney for the estates\\nof a large branch of the Cooper family, com-\\nprising much of the central portion of Cam-\\nden.\\nJame.s H. Carpenter, sou of the Hon.\\nThomas P. Carpenter, was born in Wood-\\nbury, N. J., November 18, 1849, and in\\nearly youth moved with his parents to Cam-\\nden. He I eceived his education at the\\nschool of William Fewsmith, in Philadel-\\nphia, and at the University of Peun.sylvania,\\ngraduating from the latter in 1869. Immedi-\\nately thereafter he entered his father s office\\nas a student-at-law, and was admitted to\\npractice November, 1872, and as a coun- J\\nselor in 1875. He was made a master in I\\nChancery in 1875, and admitted to practice\\nin the United States Court in 1883.\\nWilson H. Jenkins was born Xovem- J\\nber 6, 1846, at Fenwick, South Carolina, aud\\neducated at the Citadel, at Charleston, aud at\\nthe .Vrseual, at Columbia, South Carolina.\\nRemoving to Camden in 1865, he entered J\\nthe University of Pennsylvauia, and began\\nthe study of law with Richard S. Jenkins, of\\nCamden, in 1869; was admitted as an at-\\ntorney in 1873, and as a counselor in I.S75.\\nMr. Jenkins was appointed pi osecutor of tin-\\npleas for Camden County in 1884.\\nJohn H. Fort was born on Staten Island,\\nN. Y., January 10, 1851, and educated at\\nthe pul)lic schools, at Lawrenceville Academy\\nand at Pennington, N. J. He studied law\\nwith Maruiaduke B. Tavlor, of Canidcu,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0328.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "THE BExVCH ANT BAR.\\n231\\nw,is aLlmitted a au attorney in .hme, 1873,\\nand as counselor iu November, 1881. He\\nis a master and examiner in Chancerv. Mr.\\nFort lias devotp l mueli of his time to edito-\\nrial work.\\n.ToHX F. .JoiJNE was born in Princeton,\\nN. J., February 4, 1850, aud pursued his\\nearly studies at Treuton, N. J. He began\\nhis law studies with James Wilson, and con-\\ncluded them with Peter L. Voorhees, of\\nCamden was admitted as an attorney in\\n1873, and as counselor some years later.\\nHe was also made a member of the Philadel-\\nphia bar in 1882. Mr. Joline was clerk of the\\nNew Jersey House of Assembly in 1871-72,\\nand is secretary and treasurer uf tlie West\\nJersey Ferry Company.\\nThoma.s B. Harned is a native of the\\ncity of Philadelphia, where he was born\\nMarch 15, 1851, and received his early edu-\\ncation at the common schools, after which he\\nentered the Cohansey Glass Works, at Bridge-\\nton, N. J. At the age of nineteen he began\\nthe study of law with Hon. Charles T. Reed,\\nof Camden, and graduated from the Ijaw\\nDepartment of the University of Pennsyl-\\nvania. He was admitted to practice during\\ntiie June Term of 1874, and was made a\\ncounselor in 1X77. He speedily established\\na large criminal practice. Mr. Harned was\\na delegate to the Chicago Convention which\\nnominated James (i. Blaine for the Presi-\\ndency in 1884.\\nChari.es Van Dyke Joline was born\\nAugust 7, 1851, and educated at the Academy\\nand the State Model School, Trenton, N. J.\\nHe entered Princeton College in September,\\n18()8, andwas graduated from that institu-\\ntion in June, 1871. He began the study of\\nlaw with Peter L. A^oorhees, of Camden,\\nwas made an attorney in 1874 and a coun-\\nselor iu 1877. Mr. Joline is one of the in-\\ncorporators, and has been since its organiza-\\ntion secretary, of the Camden County Bar\\nAssociation.\\nKitWAiiD Dt DLEY was ijorn .lanuary 17,\\n1849, in Camden, where his early .studies\\nwere pursued. Accompanying hi.^ father to\\nEngland, he became a pupil of the Royal In-\\nstitution School, in Liverpool. He returtied\\nto America in 18( 6 and entered Harvard\\nCollege, from which he was graduated in\\n1870. Mr. Dudley then made an extended\\nforeign tour, and was soon after appointed\\nUnited States vice-counsul and acted as\\nconsul at Liverpool. He thus officiated\\nuntil his return to Camden, in January, 1873,\\nwhen, entering the office of Peter L. Voor-\\nhees as a .student of law, he was admitted as\\nan attorney in November, 1874, and as a\\ncouuiselor in 1877. He is a director and\\n.solicitor of the National State Rank of\\nCamden.\\nAlexander Gray was born in Wilkes-\\nBarre, Pa., February 5, 1834, and received\\nhis education at the common schools. He\\nengaged for several years in business in his\\nnative city, and followed mechanical engi-\\nneering and mining until 1866. In 1870 he\\nbegan the .study of law with G. Lytel, Esq.,\\nof Princeton, N. J.; was admitted as an attor-\\nney in 1875, and as counselor iu 1878. He\\npracticoid in Mercer ounty until his removal\\nto Camden, in 1880.\\nJdhn T. Woodhuel was born July 12,\\n1850, at Mays Landing, Atlantic County,\\nN. J. He was educated at home, at Free-\\nhold and in Philadelphia began the study\\nof law in 1869 with Aldeu C. Scovel, of\\nCamden, and spent one year at the Harvard\\nLaw School. He was admitted February,\\n1875, and has since practiced in Camden.\\nWiEr.iAur C. Day-ton was born in July,\\n1851, in Camden, and received his academic\\neducation at the West Jersey Academy,\\nBridgeton, N. J., and in Philadelphia. He\\nafterward entered Princeton College and be-\\ngan the study of law with his father, James\\nB. Dayton, of Camden, was admitted as an\\nattorney in February, 1875, and as a coun-\\nselor in February, 1878. He is a director\\nof the Camden Safe Deposit and Trust Com-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0329.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "23?\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\npauy and of the Canidfu and Atlantic Rail-\\nroad.\\nThomas E. French was born in Bur-\\nlington County, N. J., Jartuary 5, 1855, and\\neducated at the select and common schools of\\nthat county. He, in April, 1870, entered the\\nlaw-office of B. D. Shreve, of Camden was\\nadmitted as an attorney in February, 1876,\\nand as a counselor February, 1879. He\\nbegan practice in Camden, formed a co-part-\\nnership with William S. Ca.sselman, whicli\\nHrm was succeeded by Garrison, French\\nCasselman, and later by Garrison French.\\nPeter V. Voorhees was born in Mid-\\ndlesex County June 18, 1852, and took his\\npreparatory course at the Rutgers College\\nGrammar School, New Brunswick, from\\nwhence he entered college in 1869, and grad-\\nuated in 1873. He began his law studies\\nwith Peter L. Voorhees, of Camden, was\\nadmitted as an attorney in 1876, and three\\nyears after as counselor. He is associated\\nwith Peter I i. Voorhees in the practice of his\\nprofession.\\nJohn K. R. Hewitt was born in Cam-\\nden January 29, 1855, and pursued his early\\nstudies at home and at the public schools.\\nHe then engaged in business and began the\\nstudy of law some years later. He was made\\nan attorney in June, 1876, and a counselor\\nin 1880. He was elected, in 1878, solicitor\\nfor Gloucester City, and was clerk and solic-\\nitor for the Board of Chcsen Freeholders of\\nCamden County from May, 1880 to 1881.\\nSamuel D. Bergen, brother of Martin\\nV. and Christopher A., was born April 9,\\n1852, at Harlingeu, Somerset CJounty, New\\nJersey received his early education at Edge\\nHill School entered Princeton College in\\nSeptember, 1868, joining the class of 1872.\\nOn leaving college in 1872 he commenced the\\nstudy of law with his brothers at Camden,\\nand graduated as an attorney-at-law in June,\\n1876. He was admitted as coun.selor-at-law\\nin November, 1879, and has perhaps more\\nreputation from the suit of the Freeholders\\nIS. Alfred Haines, steward of the almshouse,\\nthan in any other one cause. He carried this\\nsuit through five trials or phases, being suc-\\ncessful in each one and secured a final decis-\\nion in favor of the plaintiffs. He married\\nEliza F., daughter of Genge Browning.\\nAugust F. Richter is a native of Phila-\\ndelphia, where he was born September 10,\\n1855. He was educated at La Salle College\\nand at Bryant Stratton s Business College,\\nPhiladelphia, and began his law studies in\\n1871 with Marmaduke B. Taylor, of Cam-\\nden. The.se studies were continued at the\\nLaw Department of the University of Penn-\\n.sylvania, after which he was admitted to\\npractice at the November Term in 1876.\\nHe was, three years later, made a counselor.\\nJoseph Willard Morgan was born\\nJuly 6, 1854, on a farm near Blackwood,\\nnow (Tloucester, then C amden, County, N. J.,\\nand educated at the common schools in\\nhis native county and in Philadelphia. He\\nbegan the study of law with Honorable\\nCharles P. Stratton, of Camden was admit-\\nted as an attorney in February, 1877, and as\\na counselor in February, 1881. He was ap-\\npointed to fill a vacancy in the City Council\\nof Camden soon after reaching his majority,\\nlater elected for three years and subsequently\\nre-elected. He has been for several years\\nUnited States commissioner and is now city\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0solicitor for the city of Camden.\\nSamitei- W. Sparks is a native of Wil-\\nliamstown, N. J., where he was born Decem-\\nber 0, 1855. He was educated at Absecom,\\nAtlantic County, N. J., and afterward learned\\nthe trade of a pri.nter, which he followed for\\nfour years. He began the study of law with\\nAlden C. Scovel, of Camden, and was ad-\\nmitted to practice in 1877. He is master and\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0solicitor in Chancery, and has also been ad-\\nmitted to practice in the State of Iowa.\\nTimothy J. Middleton w;ts born Octo-\\nber 15, 1855, and educated in the city of\\nCamden. He entered the office of Thomas\\nB. Harncd in June, 1874 was admitted as", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0330.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\n233\\nan attorney in 187S and as counsellor in\\n18S1. He lias for several years been solicitor\\nfor the Board of Education of Camden, was\\nin 1881 elected chosen freeholder and in\\n1S82 clerk and solicitor for the Board of\\nChosen Freeholders.\\nLemuel J. Potts, a native of Camden,\\nwas born March 17, 1843, and educated at\\nthe public schools as also by private tutors.\\nRemoving to Illinois, he engaged in business,\\nand (HI his return from the West Ijegan the\\nstudy of law with Alden Scovel, of Cam-\\nden. He was admitted to the bar in 1878,\\nand three years later was made a counselor.\\nCharles G. Garkison, M.D., is a native\\nof Swedesboro N. J. His education was re-\\nceived at the Edge Hill School, Princeton,\\nat the Episcopal Academy, Philadelphia, and\\nat the University of Pennsylvania. He\\ngraduated in 1872 from the Medical Depart-\\nment of that institution, and until 187()\\npracticed medicine in Swedesboro N. J. He\\nthen entered the office of Samuel H. Grey,\\nof Camden, and was admitted to the bar in\\n1878. He began practice in Camden as a\\nmember of the firm of Garrison French.\\nMr. Garrison was made judge advocate-gen-\\neral of the National Guard of New Jersey\\nin 1884 and chancellor of the Southern Dio-\\ncese of the Protestant E[)iscopal Church of\\nNew Jersey in 1.S82.\\nWilliam S. H(JFFman is a native of Phil-\\nadelphia and was born February 2, 1857.\\nHis education was received in the public\\nschools of that city and in New York. He\\nbegan the study of law in Camden with Al-\\nfred Hugg, Es([.; was admitted as an attorney\\nin November, 1878, and as a counselor in\\nNovember, 1881. He has received the ap-\\npointment of master and examiner in Chan-\\ncery.\\nHenry A. Scovel, a native of Camden,\\nN. J., was born February 25, 1858, and\\nattended the school of Charles F. Woodhull,\\nfrom whence he entered the Hyatt Military\\nAcademy, at Chester, I a. He was admittetl\\n29.1\\nas an attorney Feliruary 2(i, 1879, and as a\\ncoun.^elor at the June Term, 1SS4.\\nW.M. S. C.\\\\s.SELMAN was burn December\\n5, 1854, in Pliiiadelphia, and coming to\\namden quite young, was educated in the\\npublic schools read law with Judge (Iharles\\nP. Stratton was ailmitted to the bar as au at-\\ntorney in June, 1879, and as a counselor in\\nJune, 1883.\\nJoNA.s S. Miller was born at Cape May\\nCity and educated at the West .Jersey\\nAcademy, at Bridgeton. He served an ap-\\nprenticeship as a printer, and followed the\\ntrade until 1875, when, entering ujxin the\\nstudy of law, he became a student in the\\noffice of his brother, Hon. Richard T. Miller,\\nof Camden. He was made an attorney in\\n1879, and a counselor in 1883. During the\\nlatter year he was appointed prosecutor of\\nthe pleas for Cape May C ounty, N. J., and\\nstill fills the office.\\nFranklin C. A\\\\ ik)LM.\\\\x was born Octo-\\nber 11, 1855, in Burlington, N. J. He was\\neducated in Philadelphia ami later entered\\nPrinceton College. He l)egan the study of law\\nin 1875, in the office of Hon. David J. I an-\\ncoast, of Camden, and graduated from the\\nLaw Department of the Uuiversity of Penn-\\nsvlvania in 1877. Mr. Woolman was ad-\\nmitted to the bar as an attorney in 1879, and\\nas coun.sclor in 1883.\\nEdward Ajubler ARMSTR()X(i was l)orn\\nin Woodstown, Salem County, N. J., De-\\ncendier 28, 1858, and educatei^l in the\\nWoodstown Academy and the Millville\\nHigh School. In 1876 he entered the law-\\noffice of George N. Conrow, and, upon the\\ndeath of the latter, finished his studies with\\nBenjamin D. Shreve, of Camden. He was\\nadmitted to the bar at the February Term of\\n1880. In 1883 he was elected to the As-\\nsembly from the First District of Camden\\nCounty, and upon his re-election, in 1884,\\nwas made Speaker of the House at the age of\\ntwenty-six years, being the youngest man\\nwho has occupied the position. He was", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0331.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "234\\nHISTOKY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nelertcd for tlu; tliiril teriii in IS80, ami was\\nre-elected Speaker, l)eiiig by virtue of that\\noffice a trustee of the State School Board and\\na member of the State Board of Education.\\nSamimu, K. RouniNS was born in Mount\\nHolly, N. J., May 9, 1853, and after a |)rc-\\nparatory course, grailuated at Princeton Col-\\nlege in 1874. In 1877 he began the study\\nof law with Charles E. Hendrickson, of\\nMount Holly; was admitted June, 1880, and\\nas a counsellor in 1884. He is the present\\nprosecutor of the pleas for the county of\\nBurlington. Mr. Iiol)bins also has an office\\nin Moorestown, N. J.\\nSamtel p. Joxks was born in Kent\\nCounty, Delaware, and educated principally\\nin Burlington County, N. J., and Camden.\\nHe began the study of law in 1876, and was\\nadmitted to the bar in 1880. He has since\\nbeen engaged in practice in Camden.\\nEdmund B. Leaminc; was born at South\\nSeaville, Cape May County, N. J., May 27,\\n1857, and educated by his father. He grad-\\nuated at the Capital City Commercial Col-\\nlege, Trenton began the study of law with\\nJudge James Buchanan, of Trenton, in 1877\\nwas admitted in February, 1881, and made\\na counselor tiire(M cars after. He is a mem-\\nber of the firm of Ijcaming, ]51ack iV: Klioads,\\nof C^amden.\\nJohn J. Cuandau, was born in Tioga\\nCounty, N. Y., Novemi)er 8, 18. and edu-\\ncated at the academy in Oswego, N. Y.\\nHe entered the law-offi of Thomas Far-\\nrington, of thesanje town, and continued his\\nstudies at Troy, Pa,, while princi])al of liie\\nTroy Academy. lie was admitted to prac-\\ntice in the courts of Michigan in 18r)(), wliei o\\nhe pursued his profession until 1870. Re-\\nmoving to New Jersey, he was admitfcHl to\\nthe Camden County bar at the June Term of\\n1880, and as counselor in 188. 3.\\nFi.oitANc F. HooATE, a native of (ilou-\\nccster County, N. J., w-as born March 15,\\n1858, and educated at Bridgeton, in the com-\\nmon schools and at the West Jersey Acad-\\nemy. He entered the office of M. B. Taylor,\\nEsq., as a student was admitted to the bar\\nat the February Term, 1881, and at once\\nbegan practice in Camden. He is officially\\nconnected with several important corporations\\nin the State.\\nJohn Harris was born in IJurliiigtou\\nounty, N. J., May U), 18(j0, and in youth\\nattended the common schools. He entered\\nthe law-office of Messrs. Jenkins Jenkins,\\nin Camden, and was admitted as an attt)rncy\\nin June, 1881 three years later he was made\\na counselor. He was elected clerk of the\\nJioard of Chosen Freeholders in May, 1886.\\nHe is a member of the law-firni of Scovel\\nHarris.\\nHknry M. Snvdkh, Jr., was born Feb-\\nruary 15, 1857, in Philadelphia, and educated\\nat the public schools. He read law with\\nPeter L. Voorhees, of Camden; was admitted\\nas an attorney in 1881, and as counselor in\\n1884. He is, for the second term, a member\\nof the Camden City Council.\\nB. F. H. Shreve was born at Mount\\nIIollv, and graduated at Trinity College,\\nHartford, Conn. He began the study of law\\nwith B. I). Shreve, and was admitted as an\\nattorney in 188. He is located in Camden.\\nCharles 1. Wooster was born in llain-\\nmonton, X. J., March 25, 184ti, anti received\\nhis preliminary education at the public schools\\nof Camden County. He was afterward made\\nde[)uty county clerk and under-sheriff of the\\ncounty. He entered the law-office of Messrs.\\nIJergen Bei-gen, attorneys, as a student,\\nan l began practice in June, 1881, when he\\nwas admitted.\\nWlEI.IAM W. WOODHITI,!,, Jr., was boru\\nJuly 12, 1858, at May s Landing, New Jer-\\nsey, and received his early education in private\\nschools of Camden. He began the study of\\nlaw, October 3, 187(5, in the office of Peter\\nL. Voorhees, and was admitted to practice\\nat the June term of court, 1881. He was\\nfor something over a year in the office of\\nColonel Isaac Buckalew, then suitei-iutendeMt", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0332.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "THE BENCH AND BAR.\\n235\\nof the Amboy Division of the Peuusylvania\\nRailroad, as private secretary. He dieil\\nFcl)ruary 9, 1882, just as lie was about enter-\\ning upon tlie practice of law. He was a\\nyoung man of remarkable promise.\\nAlfkei) L. Br.ACK, Jr., was oorn No-\\nvember 1(3, 1858, in Chesterfieiil township,\\nBurlington County, N. J. After attemling\\na private school in Ocean County, N. J., he\\nentered the sophomore class at Princeton\\nand graduated June 20, 1878. He begau\\nthe study of law with James Wilson, Es([.,\\nof Trenton, X. .1.; was admitted in Novem-\\nber, ISSl, and made a counselor in 1881.\\nHe began practice in Camden in 1881 as one\\not the firm of Learning A: Black (now\\nLeaming, Black tt Khoads). The firm are\\ncity solicitors for Cape May, Sea Isle City,\\nAnglesea, Ocean City and South Atlantic\\nCity.\\nH()WAF!i) .1. SxANciEK, a native of Cam-\\nden, was l)orn in Camden County, N. J.,\\nDe ember 211, 1857, and educated principally\\nby private tutors. He entered upon the\\nstudy of law in the s])ring of 1878 with\\nHon. Charles T. Keed, of Camden; was\\nmade an attorney at the June Term of 1882,\\nand a counselor in June, 1885. He is a\\nmaster, examiner and solicitor in Chancery.\\nJuiix W. W.\\\\KTM.\\\\.v was born in Camden,\\nN. J., December 1(1, 1857, and educated at\\nthe |)ublic schools. He began the study of\\nlaw with Thomas J5. Harned, June 1, 1878\\nwas admitted to practice iu June, 1882, and\\nas counselor in June, 1885. He had been\\nfor three years a member of the City Coun-\\ncil ol Camden.\\nI lowARO Carik w was born September 30,\\n18(10, in Camden, Delaware, and educated at\\nBridgeton and in Philadi Iphia. He began\\nthe study of law with Thomas B. Harned, of\\nCamden, and was admitted in June, 1882.\\nThree years later he was madi; a counselor.\\nHe was also, in 1 882, admitted as member of\\nthe United States Coiu-t.\\nEdmund E. Rkad, Jk., .son of John S.\\nRead, was boiii in auiden, August 7, 1859.\\nHe obtained a preparatory education in the\\nschool of William Fewsmith,at 1(\u00c2\u00bb()8 Chest-\\nnut Street, Philadelphia, and then entered\\nth(^ I Diversity of i ennsyl vania, from which\\ninstitution he was graduated with the degree\\nof A. B., in the yc^ar I87;t. Studied law in\\nthe otiiee of I eler L. N oorhee.s, and was\\nadmitted to the bar in .lune, |8i;2, and has\\nsince practiced in Camden. He is a director\\nof the Camden Fire 1 nsni-ance A.ssociation\\nsecretary of the I i ankliii, Peo|)le s and ity\\nBuilding Associations, and secretary of the\\n(iloucester Turnpike Company.\\nSamitkl W. Beldivn was born in Bor-\\ndentown, X. J., April 4, 18(51, and graduated\\nat the New Jersey ollegiate Institute\\nin 187(). He began the study of law\\nwith ex-.ludge James Buchanan in 1878,\\nwas admitted to the bar as an attorney in\\nIS.S2, and as counselor in 1885. He entered\\ninto partnership with Judge Buchanan in\\n1882, and two years later became a member\\nof the firm of Hutchinson it Beldon, of\\nCamden and Bordentowii.\\nJohn V. Harned was born March 28,\\n1856, in Camden, and e(lucated at the public\\nschools. He actpiired the trade of a printer,\\nfollowed it for six years and began the study\\nof law in 1878 with M. B. Taylor, Es(|., of\\nCamden. He was admitted to the bar during\\nthe fall term of 1882, and as a cwun.selor in\\nNovember, 1885. He has since practiced in\\nCamden.\\nEdwai;i) H. SAiNDEiis, son of the sur-\\nveyor of the same name, was born in am-\\nden, read law with Howard M. Cooper, was\\nailnutted to practice in Novendjer, 1882, and\\ndied about two years later.\\nThomas P. Curley, a native of Camdeu,\\nwas born Se[)tend)er 19, 18()l,and received\\nhis education in the arochial schools con-\\nnected with the Church of the Immaculate\\nConception and the I^a Salle College, I hila-\\ndel[)hia. He clio.sc the law as a profession\\nwas admitted as an attorney November, 1882,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0333.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "236\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nand made a lua^^tur in C hauceryin February,\\n1883.\\nRobert C. Hutchinsdn was lioiii in\\nYardville, Mercer County, N. J., December\\n14, 1859, and educated at the Lawrenceville\\nHigh Scliool and at Harvard College. He\\nentered the Harvard Law School, continued\\nhis studies with the late Alden C. Scovel, of\\nCamden, and admitted to the bar in 1883. He\\nhas offices in Camden and Bordentown, and is\\na member of the firm of Hutchinson Belden.\\nWalter P. Blackwood was born at\\nMoorestown, N. J., November 26, 1861, and\\neducated in the public schools of Camden.\\nHe adopted the law as a profession in 1878,\\nstudied with J. Willard Morgan, and was\\nadmitted in February, 1883.\\nRichard S. Ridgway Avas born in Cam-\\nden August 7, 1859, and received his edm-a-\\ntion at the public schools. He entered liie\\nlaw-office of Alfred Hugg in 1879, and was\\nmade an attorney in 1883.\\nIsrael Roberts was born in Burlington\\nCounty, N. J., June 19, 1858, received his\\nearly education at private schools, and gradu-\\nated from Swarthmore College, Pa., in 1878.\\nHe entered the office of Thomas H. Dudley\\nSon as a student of the law in Sejitembcr,\\n1880, and wa.s admitted to the bar as an at-\\ntorney in 1883.\\nGeorge Reynolds was born in Philadel-\\nphia, Jan. 30, 1859, and educated at the Bur-\\nlington (N. J.) public schools. He studied law\\nwith Hon. Richard T. Miller, of Camden, and\\nwas made an attorni^y in February, 1884.\\nSamhet, N. SiiRF.VE was born Sept. HI,\\n1860, at Mount Laurel, Burlington Co., N. J.,\\nand finished his academic studies at tiic West-\\ntown Boarding-Scliool, Chester Co., I a. He\\nchose the law as a profession, and, entering the\\noffice of lienjamin 1). Slircvc, of Camden,\\nwas admitted at the February Tern), 1884.\\nUlysses G. Styron was born at Cape\\nHatteras, N. C, September 3, 18()3,and pur-\\nsued his studies at the common schools of iiis\\ncounty, in May, 187- he canu; to Camden,\\nand entered the office of Hon. E. A. Armstrong\\nas a student Jan. 1, 1881. He was admitted\\nto practice at the February Term, 1 885.\\nL. D. H. GiLMOUR was born October 27,\\n1860, at Cape May City and educated at the\\nSouth Jer.sev Institute, Bridgeton. He became\\na student in law-office of H. M. ooper in 1 881\\nand was made an attorney in 1885. He is also\\nassociated with the Pennsylvania Railroad.\\nGeorge A. Vkoom was born Oct. 21, 1861\\nin New Brunswick, N. J., and received his\\neducation at Rutgers College. He began the\\nstudy of law witii John T. Woodhull, Esq., of\\namdeii, and was admitted to the Camden\\nCounty bar at the June term of 1885, after\\nwhich he began practice in Camden.\\nJosHi A E. Borton was born November\\n16, 1861, in Mount Laurel, Burlington\\nouutv. New Jersey, and educated at the\\npublic schools at Bordentown and in C liester\\nCounty, Pa. He beaime a student of the\\nlaw in November, 1880, under the precep-\\ntorship of Messrs. Jenkins t*i: Jenkins, of Cam-\\nden, and was admitted in November, 1884.\\nWilliam P. Fowler, born in Philadel-\\n|ihia Octol)er 7, 1857, was educated at the\\nSouth .lersey Institute, Bridgeport, N. J.,\\ni-cad law with Judge David J. Pancoast and\\nMarmaduke B. Taylor, Esip, of Camden, and\\nwas admitted to the bar November 6, 1884.\\nSchuyler C. Woodhull was born Oct.\\n22, 1863, in Camden and was educated by a\\nprivate tutor. He began the study of law w^itli\\nhis brother, Hon. Geo. S. Woodhull, in 1881,\\nand concluded with Judge David J. l*ancoast,\\nafter which he was admitted in Feb., 1886.\\nI e.wnington T. HiLitUHi ii was Ixn-n at\\nC a[)e May Conrt-Housc and educiited at\\niVnnington, X. J. He began his legal\\nstudies in 1882 with John B. Hott man, Es(p,\\nand concluded tlicm with Judge David J.\\nPancoast, of Camden. He was made an at-\\ntorney at the June Term of 1886.\\nThe Camden C\\\\)t NTY Bar Assoclv-\\nTKiN was incorporated \\\\\\\\m\\\\ 16, 1881, by\\nAl)raliaiii Browning, Thomas Jl. Dudley,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0334.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL MEN.\\n237\\nPeter L. Vi)orliees, Benjamin D. Shreve,\\nC!hristoplier A. Bergen, Richard T. Miller,\\nHoward M. Cooper, David J. Pancoast, Her-\\nbert A. Drake, William C. Dayton, Peter Y.\\nVoorhees, Charles V. D. Joline. Its ob-\\njects were To maintain the honor and dig-\\nnity of the profession, to cultivate social re-\\nlations among its members, to promote and\\nencourage the more profound study of the\\nlaw, the due administration of justice and re-\\nform in the law and to establish and maintain\\nan efficient lawlibrary in the City of Camden.\\nMeets first Monday of every month at its\\nlibrary, 106 Market Street, Camden. Annua!\\nmeeting, first Monday of May each yeai-.\\nThere are about forty -three members. TJie\\npresent officers are, President, Abraham\\nBrowning 1st Vice President, Thomas H.\\nDudley 2d Vice President, Peter L. Voor-\\niiees Treasurer, Howard M. Cooper Secre-\\ntary, Charles V. D. Joline. Managers, C. A.\\nBergen, chairman B. D. Shreve, C. D. Shreve,\\nR. T. Miller, H. A. Drake, P. V. Vooihees,\\nVV. S. Casseiman. There are also the follow-\\ning committees; Admission, grievances, pro-\\nsecutions, amendment of the law.\\nThe association maintains a library that is\\nconstantly growing in size and value. Its\\nrooms are on the third floor of 106 Market\\nStreet, adjoining the chambers of the Court\\nof Chancery, and are complete in every re-\\nspect as a place for lawyers to retire and\\nwork up a difficult case. Among the books\\nare the English Common Ijaw and Equity\\nReports and the Reports of the United\\nStates Supreme Court. Reports of the States\\nof Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New\\nYork, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, )hio,\\nMichigan, California, besides a large number\\nof digests, commentaries, statutes, etc.\\nThe association h;us taken a great interest\\nin legislation, and every winter since its or-\\nganization it has introduced bills looking to\\nthe improvement of local measures and sent\\na committee to the Legislature to effect their\\npassage.\\n30\\nC H A P T E R XIV.\\nA HISTORY OF MKDICIXE AND MEDICAL\\nMEN.\\nBY JOHN R. STEVENSON, .\\\\.M., M.D.\\nAt the annual meeting of the Camden Connty\\nMedical Society, held at Gloucester City on May 11,\\n1880, on motion it was Resolved, that Dr. John R.\\nStevenson, of Haddonfield, be appointed a (Committee\\nof one to prepare a History of Medicine and Medical\\nMen in Camden County and report the same at the\\nnext semi-annual meeting in November.\\nTwo hundred years ago, in 1686, seven\\nyears after the first .settlement in what is now\\nCamden County, there was ni)t a medical\\nman in it. The few settlers were lottated\\nalong the shore of the Delaware River, and\\non Coopers, Newton and Little Timber\\nCreeks, where the water formed the only\\nmeans of easy communication with each otliei\\nThere were no roads, no bridges to cross the\\nstreams, and the trail of the Indian was the\\nonly route through the wilderness. A few-\\nmedicinal herbs brought from home had\\nbeen transplanted into the gardens. With\\nthe virtues of these they were familiar. The\\nnew country abounded in native plants,\\nwho.se healing powers had been for ages\\ntested by the aborigines, and a knowledge of\\nwhose properties they conveyed to their white\\nneighbors. Each autumn the careful house-\\nwife collected the horehound, boneset, penny-\\nroyal, sassafras and other herlis to dry for\\nfuture use. This custom is still pursued in\\nthe remote parts of the county, and to-day a\\nvisit to the garrets of many farm-houses will\\nreveal the bunches of drietl herbs, a knowl-\\nedge of whose merits has been handed down\\nfrom generation to generation, -a knowledge\\nthat has spread beyond its neigliborhood, and\\nhas been incorporated in our Pharmacopieias\\nand Dispensatories.\\nIn each settlement there was some elderly\\nmatron of superior skill and experience in\\nmidwifery wlio kindly volunteered her ser-\\nvice in presiding at the birth of a new colonist.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0335.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "238\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nI II tlie hark canoe arouud by the water-way,\\nor seated on a pillion strapped behind the\\nsaddle of the j)atient s messenger, riding double\\nthrough the woods, this obstetrician would be\\nconveyed from her own home to that of her\\nsuffering neighbor. When a wound was\\nreceived or a bone broken, there was no\\nsurgeon to dress the former or set the latter.\\nThe wound, bound up as best it might be,\\nwas left for the cool water of the brook or\\nspring to allay the pain and inflammation. The\\nbroken bone was placed at rest in that posi-\\ntion least painful to the patient, to await the\\nprocess of nature to make an indifferent cure.\\nAs soon as Philadelphia had grown sufficient-\\nly to attract physicians, one was called from\\nthere to attend important cases of surgical\\ninjurie,s, and as highways were opened and\\nthe settlers increa.sed in wealth, the most\\nthriving of them would send for the city\\ndoctor in other .serious illness. This practice\\nhas continued even to our time.\\nAN OLD-TIME DOCTOK.\\nSuch were tJie primitive means and\\nmethods of medication in Camden County at\\nthe beginning of the eighteenth century,\\nwhen John Estaugh, arriving from England,\\nmarried, in 1702, Elizabeth Haddon, the\\nfounder of Haddon field. Although not a\\nphysician, he had some skill in chemistry\\nand medicine, and made himself useful in\\nhis neighborhood, especially by his attend-\\nance upon the poor. His first residence\\nwas upon the south side of Coopers Creek,\\nabout four miles from Camden, but in 1713\\nhe removed to the vicinity of Haddonfield,\\nwhere he died in 1 742.\\nThe jiermission to practice medicine was a\\nprerogative that belonged to the crown, under\\nEnglish law, and when a charter was granted\\nin 1664, to the Duke of York for the prov-\\nince of New Jersey, this prerogative, im-\\nplied or expressed, was granted to him and to\\nhis successors in the persons of the Gover-\\nnors. On March 5, 1706, Governor Richard\\nIngolsby, at Burlington, i.ssued the following\\nliceu.se: To Richard Smith, Gentleman,\\ngreeting; Being well informed of your knowl-\\nedge, skill and judgment in the practice of\\nchirurgeryand phesig, I do hereby license and\\nauthorize you to practice the said sciences of\\nchirurgery and phesig within this her Maje.s-\\ntys province of New Jersey, for and during\\npleasure. On May 24, 1706, a similar\\nlicense was granted to Nathaniel Wade.\\nIn 1772 the New Jersey State Medical\\nSociety procured the passage of an act, limit-\\ned to five years, which provided that all\\napplicants to practice medicine in the State\\nshall be examined by two judges of the\\nSupreme Court (they calling to their assistance\\nany skilled physician or surgeon), to whom\\nthey may issue a certificate. This law was\\nre-enacted in 1784, and continued in force\\nuntil 1816, when a new charter granted to\\nthe State society transferred the power of\\nlicensure to it.\\nThe first record of a physician in the\\ncounty is in the Town-Book of Newton\\ntownship, among the minutes of a meeting\\nheld on September 29, 1731. The record\\nsays, and to pay themselves ye sum of\\nfour pounds twelve shillings and two pence\\nbeing due to them from the township upon\\nacct. of the poor, and to pay Doctr. Kersay\\nfor administg physic to sd. Hart. The\\nperson referred to here was one of the I)rs.\\nKearsley, of Philadelphia. The elder, r)r.\\nJohn Kearsley, was a native of England, and\\nHon. Jolin Clement s MSS.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0336.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEniCINE AND MEDICAL MEN.\\n239\\ncame to this country in 1711. He was tlie\\nthird j)hysician to settle and practice medi-\\ncine in Philadelphia, and was a prominent\\nand able man, botli as a practitioner and a\\ncitizen. He was a member of the Colonial\\nAssembly and a popular orator. He died in\\n1732. There was a younger Dr. Kearsley,\\na nephew of the first-named, who succeeded\\nto his uncle s practice. He espoused the\\ncause of the proprietors and crown against\\nthe rights of colonists, a proceeding that\\nmadehiin very unpopular, and caused him to\\nbe subjected to such gross indignities as to\\ninduce chronic insanity. As Newton town-\\nsliip then embraced the territory bordering\\non the river-shore opposite to Philad\u00c2\u00ab^lphia,\\nit is probable that the practice of both these\\nl)hysicians extended across the river into this\\ncounty.\\nThe next notice of a physician in Camden\\nCounty is to be found in the Registry of\\nWills, at Trenton. Under tiie date of 1 748\\nis recorded the will of John Craig, Doctor\\nof Piiysick, of Haddonfield. He evidently\\nhad practiced medicine there, but whence he\\ncame or how long he lived there cannot now\\nbe ascertained. There is no positive record\\nof what were the prevalent diseases in early\\ntimes in Camden County. Small-pox pre-\\nvailed occasionally, and, after tlie discovery\\nof inoculation in 1721, was combated by\\nthat method of treatment. Inflammatory\\ndiseases were common among a po])ulation\\nexposed to the vicissitudes of an unaci us-\\ntomed climate. Dysentery occurred in July\\nand August. Although all the houses in\\nearly days were built on the streams, there is\\ncircumstantial evidence to show that malarial\\nfevers were at first infrecpient nor did tiiey\\nbecome prevalent until considerable extent\\nof forest had been cleared away, and the\\nsoil of much new ground upturned by the\\nplough. The first information on this sub-\\nject from a professional source is furnished\\nby Peter Kalm,a professor in the University\\nof Arbo, iu Sweden, who, by order of the\\nSwedish government, visited, among other\\nplaces, filoucester County between 1747 and\\n1749. At Raccoon (Swedesboro he found\\nthat fever and ague was more common than\\nother dis(\u00c2\u00bbases. It showed tlie same charac-\\nteristics as are found to-day. It was quotid-\\nian, tertian and quartan, and prevailed iu\\nautuuui and wiutei-, and in low places more\\nthan in high ones some years it was preva-\\nlent throughout the coimty (Camden County\\nwas then included iu it), wiiile iu others\\nthere would be but very few (wses. The\\nremedies then employed to overcome it were\\nJesuit s (Peruvian) bark, bark of the yellow\\npoplar and root of the dog-wood. Pleurisy\\nwas also very common, and was fatal with\\nold peo])le. Under this name were classed\\nmany cases of pneumonia, a disease not then\\nwell understood.\\nIn 1771 Kesiah Tonkins, widow of Joseph,\\nwho died in 17G5, lived on a farm between\\nC amden and Gloucester City, known as the\\nMickle estate. Betsveen that date and\\n1776 she married Dr. Benjamin Vanleer,\\nwho lived with her on this place. She was\\nthe daughtei of Joseph Ellis, of Newton\\ntownship. It is supposed tiiat Dr. Vanleer\\npracticed in the surrounding country, as he\\ntook an active part in the affairs of the peo-\\nple, being one of a Committee of Corre-\\nspondence for Gloucester County in the year\\n1775, in relation to the troubles between\\nthe colonies and the mother government.\\nHe was a man of fashion, dressed in the\\nContinental style, with kuee-lireeches, and\\nwas proud of his handsome leg. He did\\nnot remain long in New Jersey. A Dr.\\nBenjamin Vanleer residing, iu 178. i, on\\nWater Street, between Race and Vine, I hil-\\nadelphia, is supposed to be the same persou.\\nAlthough this history is confined to that\\nportion of Gloucester which is now Camden\\nC ounty, yet Dr. Thomjis Hendry, of Wood-\\nbury, ought to be classed among its physi-\\ncians, because his field of practice included\\nthis section, aud for tiie reason that his de-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0337.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "240\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nscendants became practitioners in it. He\\nwas born in 1747, in Burlington County, of\\nEnglish parentage, his mother s name being\\nBowman, from whom her sou received his\\nsurname. He served in the Revolutionary\\nWar, being commissioned superintendent of\\nhospital April 3, 1777; surgeon Third Bat-\\ntalion, Gloucester. Testimonials from Gen-\\neral Dickinson and General Heard, certifying\\nthat Dr. Hendry had served as a surgeon to\\na brigade of militia, that he had acted as a\\ndirector and superintendent of a hospital, and\\nrecommending that he should be allowed a\\ncompensation adequate to such extraordinary\\nservices, was read and referred to the hon\\nble Congress. He took an active part in\\npolitical affairs, and was once clerk of the\\ncounty. He died September 12, 1822.\\nThe next physician in Camden County\\nwas Dr. Benjamin H. Tallman, who prac-\\nticetl in Haddonfield. He probably located\\nthere about 1786, the year in which he was\\nlicensed to practice in New Jersey. From\\nthe year 1788 to 1793 he was the township\\nphysician, as it appears that in each of tlio.se\\nyears he was paid by it for his services in\\nattending tlie poor. He was elected a mem-\\nber of the Friendship Fire Company of\\nHaddonfield, September (J, 1792. On\\nOctober 4, 1791, he read a paper before the\\nCollege of Physicians of Philadelphia, on\\nthe sudden effects of an effusion of cold\\nwater in a case of tetanus. He died about\\n1796.\\nCotemporary with the above-named phy-\\nsician was Dr. Evan Clement. He was the\\nson of Samuel Clement, who married Beulah\\nEvans in 1758. They had two children,\\nSamuel and Evan. The latter was born in\\nHaddonfield, but the exact date is not known,\\nneither is there any record of when or where\\nhe studied medicine. He married, A()ril 8,\\n1 795, Anna, daugiiter of James and Kliza-\\nbeth Wills, and lived in the biick iiouse at\\nHon. John Clement s .MSS.\\nthe corner of Main and Ellis Street,s, re-\\ncently purchased and taken down by Alfred\\nW. Clement. Dr. Clement was in practice\\nthere in 1794, and died in 1798. He was\\nthe first native of the county to adopt the\\nprofession of medicine and practice it in his\\nnative place.\\nIt is a noteworthy circumstance that ibr a\\nhundred years after the settlement of the\\ncounty no one born in it had studied medi-\\ncine. The poorer classes were unable to\\nprocure the means for acquiring the requisite\\neducation, while the wealthier ones altogether\\nneglected it. It is true that prior to the foinid-\\ning of the University of Pennsylvania, in 1765,\\nthe only means of obtaining a knowledge of\\nmedicine was either to pursue a course ot\\nstudy under some competent physician, wliere\\nthe student was apt to be considered half a\\nservant, or else by attendance at a medical\\nschool in England. The prospects of pro-\\nfessional or pecuniary succe.ss in the county\\nwere not flattering. But in addition to this,\\nthere was a sentiment in this community\\nunfriendly to the medical profession as a\\ncalling. In sickness the ministrations of\\nfriends and relatives, with their teas and\\npotions, and the quack remedies of popular\\ncharlatans, who flourished then as well as\\nnow, were deemed sufficient. If, after this\\nmedication, the patient died, it was attributed\\nto a wise dispensation of Providence. The\\nmidwives were considered to be adequate to\\nmanage ob.stetrical cases. There .still lingered\\namong the people the tradition of their\\nEnglish ancestors, that tlie red and white\\nstriped pole was the sign of the combined\\noffice of barber and surgeon. These preju-\\ndices fi)und ex|)ression in two diametrically\\nopposite opinions. Tiie stout, robust farmer\\nand the active and alert merchant and me-\\nchanic looked with contempt upon a yoiilli\\nwho had aspirations for the life of a i)hysi-\\ncian as one who was too lazy to work. The\\nwomen, whose remembrances of the midnight\\nride of the doctor through rains and snow", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0338.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF .MEDICINE AND MEDICAL MEN.\\n241\\nami cliilliug winds, thought the liard.ships\\nand exposure too great for their brothers and\\nsous. Tiiese prejudices passed away but\\nslowly.\\nDr. John Blackwood, who began his pro-\\nfessional career in Haddontield, became the\\nsuccessor of Dr. Evan Clement, not only by\\nsucceeding to his practice, but by marrying\\nhis widow in 1799. He was the sou of\\nJoseph and Rebecca Blackwood, and wa*\\nborn at Black woodtown, July 28, 1772. His\\nwife was a member of Friends Meeting, but\\nwas di.sowned for marrying out of it. Dr.\\nBlackwood remained but a short time in\\nHaddonKchl. He removed to Mount Holly,\\nwhere he became prominent in public affairs,\\nserving at one time as postmaster and also as\\njudge of the Court of Common Pleas and\\nOrphans Court of Burlington County. He\\ndied in Mount Holly March 16, 1840.\\nUp to the close of the eighteenth century\\nHaddonfield may be considered as having\\nbeen the medical centre of the territory of\\nCamden County. It was not only the oldest\\ntown in it, but it was the third oUlest in the\\nState. All the physicians who had practiced\\nwithin the limits of the county had either\\nlived in Haddonfield or Newton township,\\nof which it was the seat of authority. J or\\nnearly half a century later it still retained\\nits pre-eminence, until the growth of Cam-\\nden, and its becoming the seat of justice ibr\\nthe county, transferred the supremacy to the\\nlatter.\\nIn more recent times Haddonfield has had\\nthe doubtful honor of being the seat of one\\nof the notorious John Buchanan s (of Phila-\\ndelphia) bogus medical colleges. Between\\n1870 and 1880 the doctor owned a farm on\\nthe Clement s Bridge road, about four miles\\nfrom the place, upon which he spent a por-\\ntion of his time. During this period diplo-\\nmas of the mythical Univ(n-sitv of Medi-\\ncine and Surgery of Haddonfield, N. J.,\\nS. Wickes History of Medicine in .New Jersey.\\nwere oti cred for sale by his agents in Eu-\\nrope.\\nThe period now being considered was a\\ntransition one for the uation, which was tiien\\nbeing developed from the former colonies,\\nthrough a confederation of independent\\nStates, into a great empire. The science and\\npractice of medicine here participated in this\\nchange. At this time there appeared in\\nCamden County a physician, who was des-\\ntined to be its Hi[)po( rates for forty years,\\nand whose memory, though dead for half a\\ncentury, is still preserved green in the farm-\\nhou.ses and hamlets of this county. This\\nwas Dr. Bowman Hendry, son of Dr. Thos.\\nHendry, of oodbury.\\nDr. Bowman Hendry was born October 1\\n177o. He was educated at the Woodbury\\nAcademy, pursuing his studies under a Mr.\\nHunter, a classical scholar and a man of\\nhigh literary attainments. At the age of\\nseventeen he commenced the study of medi-\\ncine, under the preceptorship of his father,\\nand then attended lectures at the University\\n(if Pennfsylvania, residing, as a pupil, in the\\nhouse of Dr. Duftield. When about twenty\\nyears of age, and .still a student, the Whiskey\\nInsurrection broke out in Penn.sylvania, and\\ntroops being called out for its suppression,\\nyoung Hendry joined the ranks as a private\\nsoldier, and marched with them to Lancas-\\nter. The influence of his father, with Pro-\\nfessor James, the surgeon of the troops, se-\\ncured his release from the ranks, a prema-\\nture e.xamination at the University, whitth he\\nsuccessfully pa.s.sed, and his appointment as\\nassistant surgeon of the troops. This was a\\nbloodless war, and soon ended. Dr. Hendry\\nnow began to look around for a field for\\npractice, finally .selecting Haddonfield. He\\nliegan his active life as a physician in 1794,\\nand upon the death of Doctors Tallman and\\nClement, and the removal of Dr. Blackwood\\nto Mount Holly, he became the only doctor\\nin the place. His practice now increased\\nvery rapidly, and stretched over a large ex-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0339.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "242\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ntent of territon exteiuling from the Dela-\\nware liiver to the sea-sliore, a distance of\\nsixty miles. He was a man of indefatigable\\nindustry and indomitable perseverance in the\\n])iirsuit of his calling. Kind-hearted and gen-\\nerous, lie possessed that suamter in re which\\nwon the affection of his patrons. Many ai e\\nthe anecdotes that are recorded of him.\\nFor fifteen years he made his visits on\\nhorseback, having no carriage. At length\\nhe procured at a vendue an old sulky, wiiich\\nwas only an ordinary chair placed upon\\nwooden springs, without a top to protect him\\nfrom the sun or rain. The price [)aid for the\\nvehicle and harness was thirty dollars. An\\nold Friend witnessing this extravagance,\\nremarked, Doctor, I fear thee is too fast in\\nmaking this purchase. Thee will not be\\nable to stand it, and make thy income meet\\nthy expenses. This gives us an idea of the\\nlife of a physician in those days, and of the\\nvalue of his services in the public estima-\\ntion. In his journeys through the Pines\\non the Atlantic slope he would sotuetimes\\nbecome lost at night, and be cunipelled to\\nsleep in tlie woods, tying his horse to a tree.\\nHe was always prompt to answer every call,\\nno matter whether the patient was rich or\\npoor, and being a furious driver, he had been\\nknown, in cases of emergency, to break down\\na good horse in his hurry to quickly reacli\\nthe bedside, and that, too, in a case where he\\nknew that he would not receive any pay for\\nhis services. It iias been estimated thai, in\\nthe course of forty years, he wore out over\\ntwo hundred horses. He risked his lite and\\ngave his services in all cases. A family of\\nnegroes, living seven miles from Haddon-\\nfield, were attended by him for typhus fever,\\nand, although warned that they were vaga-\\nbonds, thieves and utterly worthless, yet he\\nnot only continued his visits, but gave them\\nmedicine and sent them |(rovisions from a\\nneighboring store.\\nNotwithstanding the arduous duties of\\nsuch an extensive jsrivate practice, Dr. Hen-\\ndry found time to attend to public duties.\\nFor many years he had charge of the Glou-\\ncester County Almshouse. He served as\\nsurgeon of Captain J. B. Cooper s volunteer\\ncavalry in 1805, formed from the young men\\nof Haddonfield and Woodbury. He took\\nail active part in religious affairs. He was a\\nmember and vestryman of St. Mary s Pro-\\ntestant Episcopal C^hurch, Colestown, until\\nitj congregation was drawn away from it by\\ntiie building of new churches in the growing\\ntowns of Moorestown and Camden. Dr.\\nHendry was one of the originators of St.\\nPaul s Protestant Episcopal Church in Cam-\\nden, and was chairman of the first meeting\\nheld in the city hall, in that city, March 12,\\n18;30, whereat the organization of this ciiurch\\nwas completed. At this meeting he was\\nelected one of its vestrymen.\\nDr. Hendry was a physician of gi eat abil-\\nity, and one who kept pace with the growth\\nof knowledge in his profession. He stood\\npre-eminent in this county, both as a physi-\\ncian and surgeon, and his services as a con-\\nsultant were in frequent request. He pos-\\nsessed tho.se magnetic personal attributes\\nwhich endeared him to the people to such an\\nextent, that when his barn, hor.ses and equip-\\nments were destroyed by an incendiary fire,\\nthey raised a sni). cription for him and\\nf[uickly relniilt the building and replaced the\\ndestroyed personal property. With these he\\ncombined the .sterling qualities of the true\\nphysician. No doctor in this county has\\ndone more to elevate the practice of meilicine\\nfrom a trade to a profession. By his exam-\\nple he taught this community that there was\\nattachetl to it a philanthropy and a benevo-\\nlence that widely separates it from other oc-\\ncupations, and, by dying a poor man, when\\nso many opportunities offered to secure gain,\\nhe illustrated the fact that the services of\\nsuch men cannot be measured by money.\\nDr. Hendry married, June 7, 1798, ICliz-\\nal)cth, daughter of Dr. Charles Duffield, of\\nPhiladelphia, and had seven daughters and", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0340.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEPICIXE AND MEDICAL :MEi\\\\.\\n243\\ntwo sons, Charles H.aiid Bowman ilt iulry,\\nl)oth physicians in Camden oiiiity.\\nCoteuiporary with the early portion of I r.\\nHendry s (career, and located at Colestown,\\nthree miles distant from him, was Dr. Sam-\\nuel Iiloointield, who lived in ii .small hi])-roof\\nframe house on the road from Haddonfieid\\nto Mooresfown, just north of the (thurcii.\\nThis house was torn down a few years since.\\nDr. Bloomfield, horn in 1756, was the second\\n.son of Dr. Mo.ses Bloomfield, of Woodl)ridt;e,\\nX. J., and younger hrother of Joseph, who\\nbecame (to vernor of New Jer.sey. In 17!l(\\nthe doctor applied for admission to the State\\nSociety, but did not press his application,\\nand his name was dropped. It is not known\\nhow long he followed his profession here,\\nbut his practice must have been limited in\\ncon.sequence of his convivial habits, and the\\ngreat popularity of his competitor. lie died\\nin 1806, and was buried in St. Marv s\\nChurchyard, now Colestown (Jemetery.\\nTwo of his .sons who survived him fell in\\nthe War of 1812.\\nThere is no record of any piiysician hav-\\ning settled in Camden jtrior to the nineteenth\\ncentury. Its proximity to Philadelphia\\n.seems to have made the village dependent\\nupon its neighbor for its medical attendance.\\nIt is probable that some (k)ctor may have\\nattempted to practice there for a short time,\\nbut, not succeeding, moved away, leaving no\\ntrace behind him, not even as much as did a\\nDr. Ellis, who, in 1800, had an otlico on\\nMarket Street, above Second. The only fact\\npreserved of him is that in this year he\\ndressed the wounded forearm of a child, but\\nfirst bled the patient in the other arm before\\nbinding up the wound, yet the child recovered.\\nDr. Samuel Harris was the first physician\\nto .settle permanently in Camden. As he\\nwas the connecting link between the old-\\nfashioned practitioners of the la.st century and\\nthe a-ssociation known as the Camden County\\nMedical Society he is worthy of especial\\nconsideration. His father was Dr. Isaac\\nHarris, born in 1741, who studied medicine\\nand practiced near iuii)l)leti)wn, i iscatawav\\ntownship, Middlesex County, N. J. From\\nthere he removed to Pittsgrovc, Salem\\nCounty, about 1771. Here he pursued his\\nprofession successfully for many years, and\\ndied in 1808. He jios.ses.sed a good medical\\nlibrary. While a resident in Middlesex he\\nwas one of the pioneers in tiie oT ganization\\nof the .\\\\ew .Ici-.sey State Medical Socjetv,\\nixiug the sixth signer to the Instruments\\nof As.sociatiou, and beitame its ])residt Ml in\\n1792. In the ilevolutionary W ai- he was\\ncommissioned surgeon of (ieneral Niw-\\ncombe s brigade. His brother. Dr. Ja ob\\nHarris, also a surgeon in I lie .same arniv,\\ndressed the wounds of ouiit Donop, the\\nHessian commander, who was ilefeated and\\nmortally wounded at the battle of Red Bank,\\nand who ilied in an adjacc^nt farm-house.^\\nAnother brother. Dr. Benjamin Harris,\\npracticed anil died in Bittsgrove. Dr. Isaac\\nHarris had two wives. The first was Mar-\\ngaret Pierson, of Morris or Esse.x County\\nthe second, Anna, daughter of Alexander\\nMoore, of Bridgeton, Cumberland County.\\nBy the first he had four children one, Isaac\\nJr., studied medicine and practiced in Sa-\\nlem County. By the second wife he had nine\\nchildren, one of whom, Samui l, is now nndi r\\nconsideration.\\nDr. Samuel Harris was born Januarv t!,\\n17S1. He stuilied medicine with his father.\\nIt is said that he attended medical lectures\\nat the University of Pennsylvania, but his\\nname does not appear in the list of graduates\\nof that institution. He began the practice\\nof medicine in Philadelphia, at the north(!ast\\ncorner of Fourth Street and Willing s Alley,\\nbut indorsing for a relative, he lost all his\\nproperty. He then determined to settle in\\nCamden, and grow up with the place. He\\nlion. John Clement s MSS.\\nWicke a History of Medicine in New Jersey.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0341.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "2U\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nlocated in 1811 in the old brick building on\\nCooper Street, above Front. While he prac-\\nticed medicine in Camden he still retained\\nsome of his patients in Philadelphia, and to\\nvisit them was compelled to crass the river\\nin a row-boat, the only means of crossing at\\nthat time. In 1825 he purchased the large\\nrough-cast house at the southeast corner of\\nSecond and Cooper Streets, which had been\\nbuilt by Edward Sharp. Here he kept his\\noffice and a small stock of drugs, it being at\\nthat time the only place in Camden where\\nmedicine could be purchased. Dr. Harris\\nwas a polished gentleman and a man of\\nability, and had a large practice in the town\\nand in the surrounding country. He held\\nto the religious faith of the Protestant Ej)is-\\ncopal Church, and was one of the founders\\nof St. Paul s Church in 1830, and was a\\nvestryman in it until his death. Dr. Harris\\nmarried Anna, daughter of John and Kcziah\\nKay, and granddaughter of Captain Jo.seph\\nThorne, of the army of the Revolution.\\nHe died November 25, 1843, and is buried\\nin Newtown Cemetery. His widow died\\nJuly 16, 1868. He had no children. He\\nbequeathed his e.state, which was large, to his\\nadopted daughter and wife s niece, Miriam\\nKay Clement (now wife of Dr. Charles D.\\nMaxwell, United States Navy), to niece\\nHarriet (wife of Colonel Robert M. Arm-\\nstrong), to niece Anna M. (wife of Richard\\nWells) and to niece Eli/.a T. (wife of Rev.\\nThomas Ammerman).\\nIn 1812 Dr. Francis Hover settled in\\nCamden, but remained only a short time.\\nHe was a native of Salem County and\\nreceived his license to practice medicine June\\n4, 1794. He began his professional career\\nin his native town from thence he removed\\nto near Swedesboro and then to Camden.\\nFrom the latter place he returnetl to Swedes-\\nboro In 1821 he changed his residence to\\nSmyrna, Kent County, Del., where he died\\nMay 29, 1832.\\nS. Wickes History of .Medicine in New Jersey.\\nFor a few years Dr. John A. Elkinton was\\na co-laborer with Dr. Bowman Hendry in\\nHaddonfield. He was a native of Port\\nElizabeth, Cumberland County, N. J., born\\nOctober 19, 1801, and was the son of John\\nand Rhoda Elkinton. Selecting the pro-\\nfession of medicine, he attended lectures at\\nthe University of Penn.sylvania, from which\\nhe graduated in 1822. He commenced the\\npractice of medicine in Haddonfield, where\\nhe remained until 1828. Being an energetic\\nand active man, this country place did not\\noffer a wide enough field for him, .so he\\nremoved to Manayunk, a suburb of Philadel-\\nphia, where he resided for a short time.\\nIn the same year he moved into the city,\\nwhere he continued in his profession. In\\nthe year 1832 he took an active part in\\ncombating the epidemic of cholera. He like-\\nwise became interested in puijlic affairs. For\\nmany years he was a member of the Phila-\\ndelphia Board of Health. In 1838 he was\\nthe projector of the Monument Cemetery in\\nthat city, and owned the ground upon which\\nit was laid out. Afterward he was elected\\nan alderman, when he gradually relinquished\\nthe practice of medicine. On October 5,\\n1830, he married Ann De Ijaniater. He died,\\nDecember 15, 1853.\\nDr. Edward Edwards Gough practiced\\nmedicine in Tansboro between 1826 and\\n1835. He was a native of Shropshire, Eng-\\nland, in which country he acquired some\\nknowledge of medicine. In 1824 he lived in\\nPhiladelphia, and there he married his wife,\\nElizabeth Dick, In 182(i he .settled in\\nTansboro and commenced the practice of\\nmedicine, his visits extending throughout the\\nsurrounding coiuitry. While living there he\\nattended medical lectures at the Jefferson\\nMedical College, but he never graduated.\\nHe died in Tansboro in lS-35. His widow\\nis still living, in Indiana.\\nCamden County Medic.vl Society.\\nBetween the years 1844 and ?.846 the phy-\\nsicians of Camden County began to feel the", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0342.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "A HISTOEY OF MEDICINE ANP MEPICAL MEN.\\n245\\nneed of a closer union. Scattered as they\\nwere, they but occasionally met sometimes\\nthey would pass each other on the road\\nsometimes, where their practices overlapped,\\ntliev would meet each other at a patient s\\nhouse in mutual consultation. To accc^m-\\n|)lish this desired object, a petition was drawn\\nup and signed by the legal practitioners in\\nthe county for presentation to the New Jer-\\nsey State Medical Society, asking for author-\\nity to organize a society. As the law then\\nstood, no one was legally qualitied to practice\\nmedicine, or caj)ab]e of joining a medical so-\\nciety in New Jersey, unless he iiad passed an\\nexamination before a board of censors of the\\nState Society, and received a license signed by\\nthe board.\\nIn the year 1846 the State Society met at\\nNew Brunswick. The petition of the phy-\\nsicians in f amden ounty being laid before\\nit, they issued a commission, dated May 12,\\n1846, authorizing the following legally (jual-\\nitied persons to form a society, namely: Drs.\\nJacob P. Thornton and Charles D. Hendry,\\nof Haddonfield Dr. James C. Risley, of\\nBerlin and Prs. Richard M. Cooper, )th-\\nniel H. Tavlor and Isaac S. Mulford, of\\namden. In accordance with this authority,\\nthe above-named gentlemen, with the excep-\\ntion of Dr. Midford, who was detained by\\nsickness, met at the hotel of Joseph C\\\\\\nShivers, in Haddonfield, on August II,\\n1846, and organized a society under the\\ntitle of The District Medical Society of the\\nCounty of Camden, in the State of Xcw\\nJersey. Dr. James C. Risley was eli ctid\\npresident Dr. Othniel H. Taylor, vice-pres-\\nident Dr. Richard M. ooper, secretary, and\\nDr. Jacob P, Thornton, treasurer. A con-\\nstitution and by-laws wereadoj)ted similar to\\nthose of the .State Society. At this meeting\\nI)rs. Thornton, Hendry, Taylor and Cooper\\nwere elected delegates to th(^ State Society.\\nnotice of the formation of the .society was\\nI Dr. R. M. Cooper s XISS., History of Camtlen County\\nSociety.\\n31\\nordered to be published in the county news-\\npapers.\\nHaddonfield was thus honored by having\\nthe first medicfll .society in the county organ-\\nized within its limits. Tlic nilcs of tlie\\nState Society directed that county .societies\\nshould hold their meetings at the county-seat,\\nyet Haddonfield was not the .seat of justice.\\nThe county of Camden had, in 1844, been\\nset off from Gloucester County, and the\\ncourts of law were held in Camden, and the\\npublic records kept there, but the county-\\ntown had not been selected. The Legisla-\\nture had authorized an election to decide\\nupon a permanent place for the public build-\\nings. The people were divided upon the\\nsubject. A most violent opposition had\\nsprung up in the townships against their\\nlocation in Camden, the majority of the\\njieople of the former desiring them to be\\nbuilt at FiOng-a-coming (now Berlin). It\\nwas during this contest that the society or-\\nganized, and Drs. Hendry and Risley, who\\nhad charge of the petition, had inserted in\\nthe commission the name of Haddonfield.\\nThe second meeting, which had been left\\nsubject to the call of the president, was also\\nheld in Haddonfield on March M), 1847. At\\nthis meeting Dr. Mulford raised the question\\nof the legality of the place of meeting, and\\na committee was thereupon appointed to lay\\nthe matter before the State Society, who de-\\ncided that the.se meetings, although irregular,\\nwere not illegal, as the county-seat had not\\nyet been definitely fixed) but directed that\\nhereafter the meetings should be held in Cam-\\nden.\\nThe third meeting of the .society was a\\nspecial one, called by the president, and was\\nheld on June 1.5, 1847, at English s Hotel,\\nwhich was situated at the northeast corner of\\nCooper iuid Point Streets, a building which\\nhas since been torn down and dwellings\\nenacted upon the site. At this time it was\\nde ided to hold .semi-aimual meetings: the\\namiual one on the third Tuesday in June,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0343.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "246\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nand the serai-aiiruial on the tliirfl Tuesday\\nin Decern her. These were always punctually\\nheld until 1852, when, upon the motion of\\nDr. A. I). Woodruff, of Haddonfield, the\\nsemiannual meeting in December was dis-\\ncontinued. On June 18, 1867, Dr. R. M.\\nCooper, chairman of the committee on by-\\nlaws, reported that the State Society having\\nchanged their day of assembling from Jan-\\nuary to the third Tuesday in May, it would\\nnecessitate the election of delegates to that\\nsociety eleven months before it met. The\\nCamden County Society then changed the\\ntime of the animal meeting from June to the\\nsecond Tuesday in May, and this rule still\\ncontinues. For twenty years the semi-annual\\nmeetings had been discontinued, when, in\\nMay, 1878, Dr. N. B. Jennings, of Had-\\ndonfield, moved that they should be resumed.\\nThis was approved, and the .second Tuesday\\nin November named as the time for holding\\nthem. As the society increased in numbers\\nand its proceedings became more interesting,\\nthe propriety of holding more frequent meet-\\nings began to be discu.ssed, until, in 1884,\\nDr. E. L. B. (xodfrey, of Camden, proposed\\na third meeting, on the second Tuesday in\\nFebruary of each year. This was adopted\\nin the succeeding year.\\nAt this, the third stated meeting of the\\nsociety, in 1847, a resolution was passed that\\ncaused great excutement in the city and coun-\\nty of C-amden. It read as follows\\nResolved, That the names of all the regularly\\nlicensed practitioners in Camden County be pub-\\nlished in one of the papers of the county, to-\\ngether with the twelfth section of the law incor-\\nporating tlie Medical Society of New Jersey.\\nThis law imposed a fine and imprison-\\nment upon any one practicing medicine in\\nthe State without a license from the State\\nSociety. The insertion of this in a county\\npaper caused the gravest anxiety among the\\nfew irregular practitioners and their pati ons,\\nand pi ovoked from Dr. Lorenzo F. Fisler a\\nlonj; communication in the Camden Deino-\\nocrat. Dr. Fisler, who had been ])racticing\\nmedicine in Camden since 1837, had not\\njoined in organizing the County Medical\\nSociety, nor had he taken any part in it. He\\nwas a man of more than ordinary ability,\\nactive in public affairs and was at one time\\nmayor of the city. He was a writer of\\nconsiderable force. He took umbrage at be-\\ning inferentially placed in the illegal class,\\nclaiming that he had passed his examination\\nl)efore the board of cen.sors of Salem County\\nin 1825, and had received their certificate\\ntherefor, but had never presented it to the\\nState Society for a license, and that the doc-\\nument had been mislaid or lost. Upon this\\nthe Camden County Society made inquiry of\\nDr. Charles Hannah, of the board of censors\\nof Salem County. He replied that he lia l\\nbeen a member of every board that had ever\\nmet in the county, and that Dr. Fisler had\\nnever received a license from it. The latter\\nimmediately went down to Port Elizabeth,\\nCumberland C^ounty, his native place, and\\namong some old papers of his father s found\\nthe missing certificate, with Dr. Hannah s\\nname among the signatures. After the dis-\\ncovery of this document the society held a\\nspecial meeting on September 2, 1847, anil\\nprepared an address to the public, explaining\\ntheir reasons for falling into the error, and\\ndis laiming any unfriendly feeling towards\\nDr. Fisler. .Vlthough the doctor obtained\\nthe required license from the State So(^iety,\\nhe ever after held aloof from it, and never\\njoined the Camden County Medical Society.\\nIn the year 181(5 the New Jersey State\\nMedical Society had obtained from the State\\na new charter, which gave them exclusive\\njurisdiction over the medical profession in it,\\nwith a power of license which alone qualified\\na person to legally practice medicine. In ac-\\ncordance with this enactment, the State So-\\nciety aj })()intc(l boards of censors for differ-\\nM)r. H. M. Cooper s M8S History Cam Jen County\\nMedical Society.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0344.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL MEN.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Malt\\n[Mil.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0llldlot-\\n[Wlttb\\nii jiiirv III\\ni mm\\nijil\\n.I Bdf\\nent districts. It was tlie liity of tlicst\\nboards to examine all applications for mem-\\nbership in the society, and also to examine\\nany one desiring a license to practice, as to\\nhis professional qnalifications, and if he\\npassed successfully to issue to him a certificate.\\nNo one, not even graduates of medical col-\\nleges, was exempt from this examination, un-\\ntil the year 1851, when the Legislature\\npassed an amendment to the act of 1816,\\nautliori/.ing the graduates of certain colleges,\\nwhich were named, to practice medicine in\\nNew Jersey by merely exhibiting their\\ndiplomas to the j)resident of the State Society,\\nwho thereupon was directed to give them a\\nlicense, which was complete upoli its being\\nrecorded in the clerk s office of the county\\nwherein the recipient intended to ])ractice, and\\nupon the payment of a feeof fivedollars. I )u-\\nring the period between the organization of\\nthe Camden County Medical Society and the\\npassage of this law its board of censors ex-\\namined thirteen physicians, some of whom\\nwere t i practii e elsewhere in New Jersey.\\nTiieir nanu s were,\\nE\\\\;iuiinyil. NiiuiP. T-iu;ition.\\n1848. Dr. Bowman Hendry, CamiUn County.\\n1848. Dr. A. Dickinson Woodrutt Camden County.\\n1848. Dr. Daniel M. Stout, Camden County.\\n1848. Dr. William Elmer, CumUerland County.\\n1848. Dr. T. Barron Potter, Cumberland County.\\n1848. Dr. Theophilus Patterson, Salem County.\\n1848. Dr. Edward J. Record, Camden County.\\n1849. Dr. Theodore Varrick, Hud.son County.\\nlS4il. l r. .I..hri ,1. JesMUji, Atlantic County.\\n1849. Dr. .luhn W. Snowden, Camden County.\\n1850. Dr. Thomas F. CuUen, Camden County.\\n1850. Dr. Sylvester Birdsell, Camden County.\\n1850. Dr. .lacob Grigg, Camden County.\\nAnotiier amendment was enacted by the\\nLegislature in 1854, which permitted a grad-\\nuate of any medical college to practice medi-\\ncine in the State by merely filing his diplo-\\nma in the clerk s office of the county in\\nwhich he located. Upon the passage of this\\nlaw the Camden County Society required, as an\\neligibility to meud)ership, that the applicant\\nshould procure a diploma from the State So-\\nciety. This rule continued in force\\n1860, the centennial aniversary of th\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\\nsociety, which had the year previous i-\\ndered its old charter and obtained a nc\\nwhich relinquished all powers of lice\\nSince then and up to the pre.senf tin;\\nphysician, a resident in the county ow\\nmay apply for membership in the C\\nCounty Medical Society. His applica\\nreferred to the board of censors, who\\nat the next meeting. If he is found\\nof good moral character and posses.s\\nprofessional qualifications required 1\\nAmerican Medical Association, he is i\\nmended for election.\\nThe constitution of the society pn\\nthat the officers should be elected am\\nIt was intended to re-elect yearly thos\\nwere first placed in office. Dr. Kislt\\ncontinued as president until a special\\ning in 1849, when his office was declar\\ncant in consequence of a tardiness in s\\nhis financial accounts with the society\\nthough these were afterwards .satisfii\\nadjusted, he withdrew from it, and I)r\\nS. Mulford was elected to fill the vi\\nDr. O. H. Taylor, who was the first\\npresident, and Dr. R. M. Cooper, tl\\nsecretary, were continued until 1850\\nJacob P. Thornton was tlie first tri\\nl)ut he does not a[)pear to have attenc\\nmeetings regularly, and in 1848 Dr.\\nwas elected to fill his place. At the n\\nheld in June, 1850, Dr. Bowman V\\nmoved that the president and vice-pr\\nbe eligible for election for only two y(\\n.succession and the by-laws were so am\\nIn June, 1854, the words two (2) y\\nsuccession were erased and one\\nsubstituted. This was done to open\\nfices to new and younger members\\nquently, since that date these two\\nhave held their position for one year,\\nthat has proved to be satisfactory ai\\ncontinues. Dr. Cooper, the first se\\nand treasurer, held these offices unti\\nrj^^- j^mT", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0345.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "24S\\nHISTOKY OF CAMDKN COIJNTV, SKW JERSEY.\\nwhen he wa.s succeeded by Dr. Thomas F.\\nCulleu, who occupied them for two years\\nthen Dr. Richard C. Dean filled them from\\n1855 to 1857 Dr. John V. Schenck, in 1858\\nand Dr. Henry Ackley from the latter date\\nuntil 1861. At this time the society had be-\\ncome a permanent institution. It had never\\nfailed to hold a meeting at the appointed\\ntime. aluable medical and historical pa-\\npers were accumulating and the want of a\\nsuitable person who would permanently take\\ncare of them was keeidy felt. It was there-\\nfore determined that while under the consti-\\ntution the secretary must be elected annually,\\nit would be well to re-elect him so long as\\nhe should satisfactorily perform his duties\\nand would accept the office. Dr. H. Genet\\nTaylor, a young graduate in medicine, who\\nhad joined the society the year previous, was\\nelected, and has been continuously re-elected,\\nfaithfully performing the duties of his office\\nfor twenty-five years up to the present time.\\nDuring the Civil War he was absent serving\\nhis country as surgeon in the Army of the\\nPotomac in the years 1862 and 1863, and in\\n1865 he was president of the society, when\\nhis duties were performed by a secretary pro\\ntempore. Dr. Taylor was treasurer as well\\nas secretary until 1874, when the two offices\\nwere separated and Dr. Isaac B. Mulforil\\nwas made treasurer. This he held until his\\ndeath, in 1882, when Dr. Alexander Mecray,\\nthe present incumbent, was elected to fill the\\nvacancy.\\nIn a few years after the formation ol the\\nsociety there arose a need of collecting each\\nyear the medical history of the people and\\nthe hygienic condition of the county. At a\\nmeeting held June 18, 1852, Dr. Edward J.\\nRecord made a motion that a committee of\\nthree be appointed to report of the diseases\\nincident in the county and also interesting\\ncases that may come under their notice.\\nThe committee were Drs. O. H. Taylor, A.\\nD. Woodruff and E. J. Record. At the\\nnext meeting, in 1853, the name of Stand-\\ning Committee was given to it and each\\nmember was requested to transmit to the\\nchairman of it any interesting cases occurring\\nin his practice. Dr. O. H. Taylor was its\\nfirst chairman. The members of this com-\\nmittee were frequently changed, its number\\nremaining the same until 1875, wiien it\\nwas increased to five members. In 1878\\nDr. John W. Snowden was elected chair-\\nman and has been continued until now.\\nThe Camden County Medical Society is\\nentitled to representiition in the State Society\\nby delegates to the number of three at large,\\nand one additional for every ten members.\\nIt also sends delegates to the American Med-\\nical Association and to the neighboring dis-\\ntrict societies in this State.\\nOne of the most interesting proceedings ot\\nthe early days of the society was the ordering,\\nin 1851, of an enumeration of all the physi-\\ncians practicing in the county. The com-\\nmittee appointed for that pur))ose reported at\\nthe meeting held June 15, 1852, that the\\ntotal number was twenty-seven. Of these,\\none was a botanical, or herb doctor, who was\\nnot entitled to, nor did he claim, the privi-\\nleges of an educated physician. Two were\\nhomteopaths, one of whom was a graduate of\\na regular college, and was a licentiate under\\nthe law of 1851. The remaining twenty-\\nfour were graduates of accepted medical col-\\nleges, twenty-two of them holding licenses\\nfrom the State Society, altliough five had ne-\\nglected to register their names in the clerk s\\noffice, in accordance with the provisions of\\nthe new law. The names of all these doctors\\nhave not been preserved. In the year 1872\\nanother census of the county was taken by\\ndirection of the society. A report made to\\nit at the annual meeting held on the 14th of\\nMay, in that year, stated that the total num-\\nber of practicing ])hysicians was fifty-three.\\nOf this number, thirty-three were regular\\ngraduates, practicing as such, one regular,\\nbut practicing homceopathy at times. There\\n\\\\yere thirteen professed homtjeopaths and five", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0346.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF .MEDICINE AND MEDICAIi MEN.\\n24!)\\neclectics. The regular j)liy.sieian.s were lo-\\ncated as follows: Tvveiity-oue in Camden\\nCity, four in Haddonfield, three in I laek-\\nwood, three in Gloucester City, one near\\nWaterford and cue in Berlin.\\nThe Camden County Medieal Society has\\nalways taken an active interest in sucli jnih-\\nlic affairs as legitimately came within its\\npi oviuce, and were calculated to be of l)enc-\\ntit to the county or State, and has never\\nfailed to throw its influence in hehalf of\\nwhatever might conduce to the |iul)lic wel-\\ntlirc. As early as 185-t Dr. John W. Snow-\\nden introduced into the society a resolution\\nthat the delegates of this society are hereby\\ninstructed to suggest at the next meeting of\\nthe State Society the propriety of an appli-\\ncation to the next Legislature for such mod-\\nification of the present law as shall enforce\\nthe registration of all the marriages, births\\nand deaths occurring in the State. Tliis\\nmeasure has since that time Ijeen acted upon\\nbv the Legislature of New Jersey, and nn\\nefficient system of recording these data is now\\nin o[)eratiou.\\nThe next public event that aroused the\\nsociety was the breaking out of the great\\nRebellion in 1861, and the calling for troops\\nby the government. To this call the response\\nwas prompt. Uf the eighteen physicians\\nwhose names were registered on the roll of\\nits members at the close of the Civil War, five\\nhad enlisted in the service of their country\\nDoctors Richard C. Dean and Henry Ackley\\nhad entered the navy, Doctors IL (Jenet\\nTaylor and Bowman Hendry in the army,\\nand Dr. John R. Stevenson, in the Provost\\nMarshal General s Department, all as sur-\\ngeons. The two in the navy were still on\\nits rolls, having engaged for a life-service.\\nThe three who had been in the volunteer\\nservice all had honorable discharges.\\nThe society keeps a careful guardianship over\\nits county interests. It having been reported,\\nin 1879, that the Board of Chosen Freehold-\\ners had inadvertently appointed an incompe-\\ntent man as resident physician of the County\\nInsane Asylum, at a meeting held May 12th,\\nof that year, Dr. James M. Ridge moved\\nthe appointment of a committee to report\\nwhat action is, in their opinion, advisable for\\nthis society to take in reference to the ap-\\n])ointment. Doctors James M. Ridge,\\nAlexander Marcy, N. B. Jennings, I). Beu-\\njauiin, E. B. Woolston, D. l*. Rancoast and\\nH. Genet Taylor were appointed. At the\\nnext meeting of the society, held November\\n11th, of that year, the committee reported\\nthat they had held a meeting upon June 4th,\\nand had appointed a sub-committee, consist-\\ning (jf Doctors D. Benjamin and B. Gross,\\nto attend the meeting of the committee of the\\nBoard of Freeholders at Blackwood, and\\nthat the latter had superseded the late medi-\\ncal incumbent, and had appointed Dr. Jona\\nJ. Comfort, a former member of the society,\\nas resident physician of the Insane Asylum.\\nIt also recommended that a number of jiln-\\nsicians, members of the society, be appointeil\\nto visit the asylum, in order that it might be\\nmore properly under their inspection. A\\nvote of thanks was tendered to Director Isaac\\nNicholson, of the Board of Freeholders, and\\nto the members connected with him, for their\\nassistance in procuring the desired change.\\nDr. Henry E. Branin, of Blackwood, at\\npresent has charge of the County Asylum\\nand Almshouse.\\nA notable feature of the meetings of the\\nC amden County Medical Society is the social\\ngathering which accompanies them. The\\nhour of assembling was, at one time, twelve\\no clock, noon, l)ut now it is eleven a.m. After\\nthe business is disposed of, a collation is par-\\ntaken of, at the expense of the society. It\\nis the custom to Invite to these a number of\\ndistinguished physicians from other places,\\nwho have previously joined in the discussions\\nupon .scientific and medical subjects, and have\\ngiven the members thebeuefit of their knowl-\\nedge and experience. The meetings have\\nalways been held at hotels, where suitable ae-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0347.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "250\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nconimodations could bo obtained. As was\\npreviously stated, the first two were held at\\nthe house of Joseph C. Shivers, in Haddon-\\nfield. The next meeting was held at the\\nhotel of Israel English, at the foot of Coop-\\ner Street, aud when Mr. English became the\\nlandlord of the West Jersey Hotel, the so-\\nciety followed him to it. Between 1855 and\\n1857, inclusive, they were transferred to the\\nhotel of James Elwell, at the foot of Bridge\\nAvenue. This building has been demolished,\\nand the site is no\\\\\\\\ ()ccuj)ied by the otlices of\\nthe Peiuisylvania Railroad CVunpany. The\\nannual meeting of June 21, 185!(, was held\\nat the hotel at Ellisburg, then kept by Stacy\\nStockton. Iteturning to the West Jersey\\nHotel, this continued to be the favorite place\\nuutil the retirement of Mr. ICnglish as ho.st.\\nMr. Samuel Archer, who then kept the old\\nhouse at Cooper s Point, having offered to\\nprovide a suitable entertainment, and the\\nCamden and Atlantic Railroad Company\\nproffering the use of their rooms adjoining,\\nfor meeting purposes, the society met there\\nfrom 1873 to 1880. Since then the meetings\\nhave been held three times at Gloucester\\n(Buena Vista House and Thompson s Ho-\\ntel), but otherwise at the West Jersey\\nHotel.\\nThe expenses incuri ed by the society were\\nmet by an as.sessment upon each member for\\na pro-rata share of them, until the death of\\nDr. E. M. Cooper, in 1874. In his will,\\nwhich was dated .-^pril 28, 1874, and j)n)-\\nbated June 4th, of the same year, was the\\nfollowing clause, I give and bequeath to\\nthe Camden County District Medical Society,\\nof which I have been a member since its\\ncommencement, the sum of three thou.sand\\ndollars, to be invested by the said Society in\\nthe loans of the United States, the State of\\nNew Jersey, or the City and County of Cam-\\nden or some other public loan, and the in-\\nterest of said sum to be used by the said So-\\nciety in the payment of the expenses ordina-\\nrily incurred by the said Society. In case\\nmy executors should think proper to pay\\nsaid legacy in any securities belonging to my\\nestate, bearing interest at their market value,\\nI do authorize and direct them to pay said\\nlegacy in such securities instead of cash.\\nTo accept of this legacy, the society, at a\\nmeeting held May 10, 1875, determined to\\nappoint two trustees, one for one year and\\none for two years, who, with the treasurer,\\nshould constitute a board of finance. These\\nwere elected the succeeding year, and were\\nDr. John V. Schenck for two years. Dr.\\nThomas F. Cullen for one year, and Dr.\\nIsaac B. Mulford, treasurer. Dr. Cooper s\\nexecutors set aside three one thousand dollar\\nseven per cent, bonds of the West Jersey\\nRailroad Company, which were left with,\\nand are still in the possession of John W.\\nWright, who is one of them, who pays the\\ninterest as it becomes (hie.\\nThe New Jersey State Medical Society has\\nthree times met as the guests of the Camden\\nCounty Society. The first time in 1 849, when\\nthe semi-annual meeting of the former society\\nconvened at Elwell s Hotel, on November\\n13th of that year. The annual meeting, in\\nJanuary, 1864, was held in Camden, at Mor-\\ngan s Hall, on the corner of Fourth and Mar-\\nket Streets, f he reception committee were\\nDrs. R. M. Cooper, T. F. Cullen, J. V.\\nSchenck, O. H. Taylor and A. D. Woodruff.\\nThey found great difficulty in finding hiitel\\naccommodations for members, some of whom\\nhad to go to Philadelphia to secure them.\\nThe expenses incurred by the committee were\\npaid by Dr. R. M. Cooper out of his private\\nfunds.\\nIn the year 1874 Atlantic City had become\\na favorite seaside resort, with several hotels\\neach large enough to accommodate the whole\\nState Society. There being no medical soci-\\nety in Atlantic County, it was determined by\\nthe Camden County Society to invite the\\nfirst-named society to hold their next annual\\nmeeting there. A committee, consisting of\\nDrs. J. W. Snovvden, J. V. Schenck, J. Or-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0348.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OP MEDICINE AND MEDICAL MEN.\\n251\\nlancio White, I. B. Heulings, J. R. Stevenson\\nand T. F. Cullen, was ap[)ointe(l to make\\npreparations. The meeting was held May\\n25, 1875. It was memorable for .several rea-\\nsons. It was tile first time a county society\\nhad ever selected a place outside of its own\\njurisdiction to entertain its parent society.\\nThe Camden and Atlantic Railroad oiupany\\nprovided, free of expense, a special train to\\nconvey delegates and invited guests both ways,\\nissuing tickets good for three days, on any\\ntrain.\\nAs tiir as is known, this was the first\\ninstance in the United States where a railroad\\nhad offered such a courtesy to any body of\\nraedical men. For several years a few of the\\nmembers had been accompanied by their\\nwives and daughters to these meetings of the\\nState Society, which hold for two days. As\\nthe families of physicians enjoy but few op-\\n]M)rtunities to join them in a linlid;iy excur-\\nsion, it was tietermined hv I he r niittce to\\noffer the greatest inducements fur the ladies\\nto accompany the delegates to Atlantic Citv.\\nInvitations were issued for them to attend\\nand to partake of a ban(|uet, which the Cam-\\nden County Society had ordered for the eve-\\nning, and the minutest details of thi^ shortest\\nroute to Camden and thence to the seaside\\nwere furnished them. The attendance, es-\\npecially of ladies, was larger than it had ever\\nbeen at any j)revious meeting. The State\\nSociety, however, passed a resolution iirohil)-\\niting any cf)nnty society from jjroviding any\\nbanquet in the future, becau.se of the burden\\nit would entail on poorer societies. ^Plie cit-\\nizens of Atlantic City did all in their [lower\\nto give pleasure to their guests.\\nMembers of the Camden Comity Medical\\nSociety since its organization,\\nDate of\\nH liiii\u00c2\u00bb^ion.\\nName.\\nYear of\\ngraduation.\\nColfege where graduated.\\nReniarlts.\\n1846\\n1828\\n1839\\n1844\\n1832\\n1825\\n1822\\n1844\\n1846\\n1847\\n1828\\n1847\\n1848\\n1844\\n1848\\n1849\\n1843\\n1844\\n1848\\n1843\\n1852\\n1853\\n1854\\n1856\\n1854\\n1858\\n1860\\n1858\\n1862\\n1863\\n1861\\n1845\\n1852\\n1859\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nJetierson Medical College\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nUniversitv of Pennsylvania\\nJefferson Medical College\\nJetferson Jledical College\\nJetferson Medical College\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nUniversity of Penn.sylvania\\nJefferson Jledical College\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\n1846\\nDied Mav 24 1874\\n1846\\nDied Nov 21), 1866.\\n1846\\nCliarles I). Hen lrv\\nDied April 29, 1869.\\nDied Sept. 5, 1869.\\nDied Feb. 17 1873.\\n1846\\nOthniel H. Tavlor\\n^184(i\\n1847\\nA. D. Woodruff.\\nDied Jan. 1881.\\n1847\\nDied June 8, 1868.\\n1847\\nDaniel M. iStout\\n1847\\n1848\\nBenj. W. Blackwood\\nDied Jan. 19, 1866.\\nDied July 25, 1882.\\nExpelled.\\n1848\\n1849\\n1849\\nJohn J. Jessup\\nRobt. M. Smallwood\\nDied 1852.\\n1849\\n1850\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nJefferson Medical College\\nJetferson Me.lieal College\\nJefferson Medical College\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nJetierson Medical College\\nJefferson Medical College\\nPennsylvania Medical College\\nJefferson Medical College\\nUniversity of Penn.sylvania\\nJefferson Medical College\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nUniversity of Penn.sylvania\\nJefferson Medical College\\nDied Feb. 8, 1856.\\n1850\\nThos. F. Cullen\\nDied Nov. 21, 1878.\\n1850\\nDied Mav 2it, 1883.\\n1851\\nRemoved West.\\n1852\\n1854\\nExpelled.\\nHonorary member.\\nDied April 17, 1885.\\nDied Aug. 17, 1858.\\nDied Dee. 1, 1865.\\n1854\\n1857\\n1857\\nW. G. Thomas\\n1859\\n1860\\nH. Cenet Tavlor\\nPresent memlicr.\\n1860\\n1863\\nHonorary member.\\n1863\\n1864\\nPresent member.\\n8()6\\nHonorary member.\\n1866\\nPresent member.\\n1866\\nJonathan J. Comfort\\nRemoved.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0349.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "252\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY. NEW JERSEY.\\nDate of\\nadmission.\\nName.\\nYear of\\ngraduation.\\nCollege wliere graduated.\\nRemarke.\\n1867\\n1860\\n1864\\n1863\\n1867\\n1866\\n1858\\n1868\\n1869\\n1870\\n1860\\n1861\\n1859\\n1870\\n1871\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nDied March 12, 1885.\\n1867\\nH A M. Smith\\n1867\\n^Alex. M. Mecray\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\n1867\\nDied.\\n1867\\nT. J. Smith\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nRemoved in 1868.\\n1867\\n1868\\n1870\\nJ. Orlando White\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nPresent member.\\nHonorary member.\\nD.ed )ct. 20, 1884.\\nDied .March i, 1881.\\n1870\\n1871\\nRandall W. Morgan\\nJ. W. McCnlloiigh\\nJohn R. Haney\\nD. ParrishPancoast\\nR. B.Okie\\nIsaac B. Multbrd\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\n1871\\n1871\\n1871\\n1871\\n1871\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nPresent member.\\nPresent member.\\nRemoved to Penna.\\nDied Nov. 21, 1882.\\nResigned.\\nPresent member.\\n1871\\n1871\\nW. H. Ireland\\n18(57\\n1863\\n1872\\n1873\\n1875\\n1854\\n1875\\n1876\\n1861\\n1850\\n1874\\n1876\\n1876\\n1877\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nJefferson Medical College\\n1872\\n1873\\nC. H. Shivers\\n1875\\n1875\\n1876\\nMaximillian West\\nE. B. Woolston\\nE. L. B. Godfrey\\nW. P. Melcher\\nJames A. Armstrong\\nThomas G. Rowand\\nE. J. Snitfher\\nI). W. Blake\\nW. A. Davis\\nUniversiiy of Pennsylvania\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nRem. to .Atlantic City.\\nPresent member.\\n1876\\n1876\\n1876\\nUniversity of Penn.sylvania\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nRem. to Burlington Co.\\nDied Oct. .30, 1885.\\n1876\\n1876\\n1877\\n1877\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nPresent member.\\n1877\\nJohn S. Miller\\n1878\\nJ. F.Walsh\\n1876\\n1844\\n1870\\n1878\\n1878\\n1866\\n1879\\n1879\\n1872\\n1870\\n1881\\n1863\\n1882\\n1882\\n1876\\n1877\\n1880\\n1880\\n1884\\n1878\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\n1878\\nS. B. Irwin\\nW. H.Iszard\\n1879\\n1879\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nPresent member.\\n1879\\n1880\\n1881\\nJarae.s H. Wroth\\nJ. W. Donges\\nC. M. Schellinger\\nH. H. Davis\\nC. G. Garrison\\nW. A. Hamilton\\nRem. to New Mexico.\\nPresent member.\\n1881\\n1881\\n1882\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nHonorary member.\\n1883\\nH. F Palm\\nJelbT-on Mrdi.-al C.illege\\n1883\\nE. P. Townsend\\nConrad G. Hoel!\\nA. T. Dobson, Jr\\nP. W. BeaJe\\nJeHerson Medical College\\n1884\\n1884\\n1884\\nUniversity of I enn.sylvania\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nPresent member.\\nPresent member.\\n1885\\n1885\\n1885\\n1886\\nJoseph H. Wills\\nWm. Warnock\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\\nJefferson Medical College\\nJefferson Medical College\\nPresent member.\\nPresent member.\\n1886\\nJames A. Wamsley\\nPresent member.\\n.laities V. Risley, 1840-47.\\nIsaac S. Milford, 1848-61.\\nf harles D. Hendry, 18.52-.5r!.\\nA. Dickinsoti WoodrulT. 1S. .-I.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lohn W. Suowdun, ISS.\\nOthoicl II. Taylor, 18.56.\\nThomaB K. Cullen, 18.57.\\nSylvester Birdsell, 1858.\\n.lohu V. Schcilck, I85!1-7:i.\\nHownian Hendry, 18)10.\\nNapoleon It. Jennings, 18i;l.\\nHeurv E. Braiiin, lS(i2.\\nCOrNTV MEllICAT, SOCIETY.\\n.lames M. Ridge, 18C7.\\n.Touathan J. Comfort, 1SI 8.\\n.MexanderM. -Mecray, 18(KI.\\n.1. Orlando White, 18711.\\nRichard M. Cooper, 1S71-71.\\nIsaac \\\\V. Heulings, 1872.\\nEdwin ronilinson, 1877.\\nIt. A, M. Smith, 1878.\\nD. Parish Paneoaat, 187i\u00c2\u00bb.\\nC. H. Shivers, 1880.\\nIsaac U. Mulford, 1881.\\nK. I,. H. Codfroy, 1882.\\nJ. Gilbert Young, 1S63. .lohn R. Haney, 1883.\\n.Tohn K. Stevenson, WCA. Dowling Benjamin, 1884.\\nH. Cenct Taylor, lsi;,5. E. B. Woolslon, 188.5.\\nAle.xaMder Marey. 18i;il-7(i. W.H.Ireland, lS8f..\\nDisKASKi? .\\\\Ni) TiiKiit Rkmi .diks. There\\nis hut little iiiforiuation concerning thediseases\\nthat prevailed in Camden C\\\\)iinty prior to\\ntlie formation of its Medie.il Society. The\\nlimited number of physicians who prai ticcd\\nin it between 1730 and 1846 had but little", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0350.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL MEN.\\n253\\ntime to write any account of their observa-\\ntiousand experience, and still less opportunity\\nto publish them. It is, therefore, from\\ntraditions that have been well preserved in\\nthis section, compared with the accounts of\\ndiseases and epidemics in t)ther parts of this\\nand adjacent colonies, that a knowledge of\\nthem can be best obtained.\\nTliere is a widespread belief that the\\nclimate of this section has changed, and that\\ndiseases now are very different from what\\nthey were in early times. A hundred years\\nago the old were wont to lament the change\\nand deterioration of the seasons, since the\\ndays of their youth, in the same strain as their\\ndescendants do now. A careful examination\\nof weather notes shows that there has been\\nno climatic variation since the early settle-\\nment of the county. There were then, as\\nnow, cycles of hot and dry summers, alter-\\nnatiug with cool and moist ones cold, bleak\\nwinters witli warm and wet ones. There was\\nthe chilly spring and the mild autumn. With\\nthe exception of a few maladies, like cholera,\\nthat have been imported from countries with\\nwhich, in former times, there was only in-\\nfrequent and slow communication, there is\\nno evidence that there are any diseases now\\nthat did not occur in early days. Their\\nsym[)toms and courses have been greatly\\nmodified by a change in the habits and cus-\\ntoms of the people, and by improved medi-\\ncation and sanitation.\\nIn colonial times the houses were nearly\\nall built of wood, a few were log, but most\\nof tiiem were constructed of rough sawed\\nboards, with board partitions, and without\\njilastcr. There were no carpets on the Hoor.\\nTlie only mode of heating them was by a\\nwood fire in an open fire-place, by which the\\nfamily sat in the Arctic cold of winter, one\\nside of the body alternately chilled and\\nwarmed as it was turned to or from the\\nblazing logs. Their clothing was of home-\\nspun wool only on ceremonial displays did\\nthe well-to-do wear linen or silk shirts or\\n32\\nstockings. Underclothing was not worn\\nuntil the present century, even after cottt)n\\ncloth had been substituted for woolen stuff s.\\nOvercoats were a rare luxury, but a few of\\nthe wealthier men possessed them. Bangups\\nthey were called, made of good imported\\nclotii they were reserved for state occasions\\nthey were expected to last a life-time, and\\nsometimes descended as an heirloom to the\\nson. Rubber over-shoes and clothing were\\nnever dreamed of until within the present\\ngeneration. Tlie only mode of traveling was\\nin the open boat or on horseback exposed to\\nthe weather.\\nTheir diet did not compare any more\\nfavorably with that of modern times than\\ndid their clothing. Vegetables were plentiful\\nin the summer, but there was no method of\\npreserving the perishable ones through tiie\\nother nine months of the year. Their bread\\nwas made from rye, wheat having come into\\ngeneral use only within the last fifty years.\\nThe staple meats were salt pork and ham.\\nIn the earlier period of the settlement this\\nwas relieved by game, but as the country\\nfilled up, it became scarce and had a mercan-\\ntile price then it was sold. Mutton was but\\nlittle eaten. Prior to the Revolution sheep\\nwere so valuable that in old wills bequests\\nare left to daughters of a ewe-lamb and\\nfeather-bed in lieu of any real estate. After\\nthe embargo laid upon wool during the war\\nit became unpatriotic and disreputable to eat\\nmutton, and this sentiment continued to pro-\\nhibit its use long after the reason for it had\\nbeen forgotten. It was only in the winter\\nthat they had fresh meat. When they wanted\\nbeef they fatted the oldest and most worthless\\ncow on the farm, and when cold weather set\\nin they killed it, and after the meat had beeu\\ncooked to the indigestibility of leather, tliey\\nate it three times a day until putrefaction\\ncommenced. It is not surprising (hat ix ef\\nwas not considered a wholesome food. One\\nsuj)erlative article of food they possessed in\\nabundance, whose value as a substitute for", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0351.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "254\\nHISTOBY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nanv deficieucy in a diet is UDsurpassed, but\\nwliieh has not been ap}3reciated by either\\ntiie medical profession or the laity, until\\nrecently. That was milk. This was not a\\nsalable commodity, and that is, perhaps, the\\nreason why it was considered to be a plebeian\\ndrink. The dividing line between gentility\\nand common people %vas milk. To have\\noffered an invited gue.st at the table\\na glass of it would have been an un-\\njiardonable offence. The family, including\\nthe children, at the first table had their tea\\nand coffee the bound boy at the second table\\nhad an unstinted supply of milk. The result\\nwas that a quarter of a century afterwards\\nthe bound boy owned the farm.\\nAlcoiiolic drinks were freely u.sed. Apple-\\nwhiskey was in every one s house. Imported\\nwines and brandies purchased by the wealthier\\npeople were reserved for special occasions. It\\nwas customary to take a drink of spirits be-\\nfore breakfast to counteract the deleterious\\neffects of fog and dampness. Ifaneighl)or\\nwas visited, or the visit returned, the de-\\ncanter was set out as a mark of hospitality.\\nIt was not believed that any excessive labor,\\nlike haying and harvesting, could be done\\nwithout it. The jug was taken to the mea-\\ndow or field along with the water-bucket, and\\nwhen the men had cut a number of swaths\\nacross the grass or grain, a halt was made to\\ntake a draught of the liquor. At social\\ngatherings, at weddings, at funerals, and even\\nat cliild-birtlis the flowing bowl was passed\\naround.\\nThe contrast between these early habits\\nand customs and those of to-day is most\\nmarked. Without enumerating them, it will\\nsuffice to state that a temperance man in the\\neighteenth century was one who never got\\nintoxicated now he is a total abstainer from\\nalcoholic beverages. Now the well-filled de-\\ncanter is not only ke[)t out of sight, but it is\\nbanished from the house. One townsiiip in\\nthis county has for fifteen years prohibited\\nthe sale of liquor within its limits.\\nAs might be expected, inflammatory dis-\\neases were formerly very frequent, and their\\n.symptoms violent. Pleurisy, bronchitis,\\npneumonia and rheumatism prevailed exten-\\nsively, especially in years in which the\\nthermometric changes favored their develop-\\nment. They were much oftener fatal than\\nthey are now. Cholera-morbus, dysentery\\nand diarrhrea, which are rarely fatal now,\\nthen caused the death of many. Scarlet\\nfever, measles and whooping-cough, which\\nare the bane of childhood, exhibited the same\\ninfantile violence as the di.seases of adult life.\\nSickness, especially epidemics, as far back as\\n1726, are noted as having been sthenic or\\nasthenic, but there is no record of that\\npopular word typhoid, as applied to depressed\\nforms of illness, having been used in this\\ncounty until 1855, when Dr. T. F. CuUen\\nreported that malarious diseases had that year\\nassumed a typhoid form. These facts would\\nindicate that the changes in the mode of liv-\\ning of the people, wliich had been gradually\\nimproving up to the discovery of gold in\\nCalifornia in 1848, and very rapidly since\\nthen, had produceil a moiety of people of\\nweak constitution, wlio, under the surround-\\nings of earlier days, invariably died young.\\nIntermittent and remittent fevers were\\ncommon on the Delaware slope of the county.\\nIn 1798 there is a record that they were\\nprevalent on the high ground, while yellow\\nbilious fever attacked tho.se along the river-\\n.shore. In 1823 Dr. Charles F. Clarke, of\\nWoodbury, in his notes, says that bilious\\nfevers were epidemic, and so numerous were\\nthe cases, that as he rode along at night,\\nfarmers would keep a light burning as a\\nsignal for him that there was sickne.ss in the\\nhouse. The reports made to the Camden\\nCounty Medical Society state that malarial\\nfevers prevailed along the streams in 1848.\\nAfter this little is said about them until 1856,\\nwhen they again became frequent, and con-\\ntinued to increase until 18G2, when they were\\ndeclared to be epidemic. Then they began", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0352.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL MEN.\\n255\\nto decline, until in 1867, and for five years\\n;i fterwards, they had so diminished that the\\nphysicians congratulated themselves that these\\ndiseases were finally disappearing. In 1873\\nthey reapi^eared, steadily increasing in num-\\nher and severity until 1877, when they were\\nagain pronounced to be epidemic since then\\nthey have been declining, and at present\\n(1880) are quite infrequent. Professor Kalni,\\nreporting to the Swedish government in 1748,\\nconcerning Gloucester (Camden included)\\nCounty, says fevers and agues were more\\ncommon than any other disease. In some\\nyears they ravaged the whole county, in\\n(itliers scarcely a single person was taken\\nill.\\nAt the time that Kalm wrote, the Atlantic\\n.\u00c2\u00ablope of the county, called the Pines, was\\nnot inhabited, except by a few wood-chop-\\njiers. From the earliest times this section\\nhas been popularly credited with great ex-\\nemption from pulmonary and miasmatic dis-\\neases. More recently Dr. John W. Snowden,\\nwho has practiced medicine in that section\\nfor foi ty years, and who is the able chairman\\nthe Standing Committee and reporter of\\ntlie Camden County Medical Society, states\\nthat he never saw a case of intermittent or\\nremittent fever originate there. He also\\ni onfirms its reputation for freedom from pul-\\nmonary aifections.\\nTyphoid fever was not known as a distinct\\ndisease until it was investigated and de-\\nscribed by Louis, a French physician, in the\\nearly part of the present century. There is\\nno doubt but that cases of it occurred here so\\n.soon as the concretions from filth were suffi-\\ncient to form a nidus for its growth. The\\nmilder forms of it were classed with obsti-\\nnate remittent fever, and helped to swell its\\nmortality list. In the tradition that has\\ncome down to us of the dreaded and fatal\\nnervous fever, as it was called, may be found\\na description of a severe case of tyjjhoid fever\\nwhere the cerebral symptoms were promi-\\nnent. In the reports of the medical society\\nthis disease is noted as occurring more or less\\nthroughout the county every year, although\\nin some seasons it is more freijuent than iu\\nothers, especially in Camden. Haddonfield\\nseems to have had great immunity from it,\\nas there is no record of any case happening\\nthere that, was not contracted elsewhere.\\nTyphus fever has been an infrequent dis-\\nease during the history of the county.\\nThere was an epidemic of it in Camden in\\n1812, in which a number lost their lives, but\\notherwise that city has been remarkably free\\nfrom it. Dr. Bowman Hendry had some\\ncases of it adjacent to the almshouse at\\nBlackwood. At this institution it is occa-\\nsionally introduced by vagrants, and in 1881\\nit became epidemic, there having been one\\nhundred and three cases and thirty-three\\ndeaths from it. Dr. McCullough, one of\\nthe attending physicians, fell a victim to the\\ndisease.\\nTiie proximity of Camden County to the\\nport of I liiladelphia has made it liable to be\\ninvaded by yellow fever. There is no record\\nof its having become located within the\\ncounty limits, although the lower end of\\n(xloucester County, from which it was set off,\\nhas been charged with having reproduced it\\nalong the river-shore in 1747 and 1798.\\nThere were epidemics of yellow fever in\\nPhiladelphia in 1762; between the years\\n1793 and 1798 between 1802 and 1805 and\\nin the years 1819 and 1820. At these peri-\\nods there were isolated cases contracted by\\nvisits to infected districts of that city. Dur-\\ning the epidemic of 1853 there does not ap-\\npear to have been any deaths from it in\\nCamden County. In 1854 there was one\\ncase of yellow fever in Camden in the person\\nof a sailor who, two days previous to his\\nattack, had landed from a steamer sixty hours\\nfrom Savannah, Ga.\\nThe insidious and obscure diseases of the\\nkidneys observed and described by Dr.\\nBright, of England, in 1828, and after whom\\nthey are named, were not diagnosed by phy-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0353.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "256\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nsicians until chemistry and microscopy liad\\nadvanced to such a state of progress as to\\noffer the only means of detecting them. The\\nfirst application of these sciences in Camden\\nCounty for this purpose was made by a mem-\\nber of its Medical Society in 1865. Since\\nthat date Bright s disease is known to be the\\ncause of a limited number of deaths here an-\\nnually. Fatal results from some formerly\\nobscure cases of dropsy are now known to be\\ncaused by this disease. There are some fam-\\nilies ^vho have noticed that for two or three\\ngenerations a number of their members have\\ndied of dropsy. Some of these deaths within\\nthe last twenty years have been the sequelae\\nof Bright s disease. The inference is, there-\\nfore, that the dropsy of former generations\\nwas produced by the same cause, and that,\\nto a limited extent, Bright s disease is heredi-\\ntary.\\nIn 1735-36 a terrible epidemic swept over\\nthe colonies, called the throat distemper.\\nIn the accounts of it that have come down to\\nus, and in the traditions of a not infrequent\\ndisease called, in this county, putrid sore\\nthroat, may be discerned the modern diph-\\ntheria. Under tiie latter name the malady\\nis but little mentioned in the records of the\\nMedical Society until 1862, when Dr. Cullen\\nreported that it had been seen occasionally\\nduring the year, but that he did not believe\\nthat it had ever been epidemic in Camden\\nCity. Since that date it has appeared more\\nor less every year throughout the county, but\\nnot to any great extent.\\nSmall pox was a much dreaded disease iu\\ncolonial times. The introduction of inocula-\\ntion here, about 1750, robbed it of some of\\nits terrors, and the discovery of vaccination,\\nby Jenner, at the close of the last centur}-,\\nmade it still more harmless. Yet it still\\nlingers, and at times becomes epidemic. The\\nCamden County Medical Society reported it\\nto be so in Camden City in 1856, 1864, 1871\\nand 1880. In the latter year there were six\\nhundred and eighty-eight cases and one\\nhundred and thirty-four deaths from it. The\\nnumber of gratuitous vaccinations made to\\ncheck the disease was about eight thousand.\\nAsiatic cholera is an imported disease in-\\ndigenous to Southern Asia. Its first appear-\\nance in Camden County was in 1832. The\\naccounts of its ravages then are verv meagre.\\nDr. Isaac S. Mulford, writing in 1855, says\\nthat it was not so violent as were the subse-\\nquent epidemics of 1849 and 1854, all of\\nwhich he witnessed. He also says that in the\\nfirst-named year it possessed a sthenic char-\\nacter. Among the papers of the late Dr.\\nCharles F. Clarke, of Woodburv, is one\\nstating that the people were greatly afraid of\\nit, believing it to be contagious, and that he\\nhad helped to bury the bodies of the dead,\\nwhich the people in their terror had thrown\\nupon the river-shore.\\nIts second appearance was in 1849, the\\nfirst case occurring in Camden in the middle,\\nof June. At that time the city had a popu-\\nlation of nine thousand people, many of\\nwhom fled yet between its advent and the\\ncommencement of cold weather, when it\\nceased, there were one hundred and nineteen\\ncases and fifty deaths. In Winslow there\\nwere a number of deaths from cholera, but\\nno account of them has been preserved.\\nThere were also a few isolated cases in the\\nother townships. Camden was next visited\\nby this disease in 1854, when the first person\\nattacked died from it on June 25th. It did\\nnot assume an epidemic form until October,\\nand ceased on November 23d. In this year\\nthere were ninety-four cases and fifty-seven\\ndeaths. During its continuance the Camden\\nCity Medical Society held several special\\nmeetings to consult about it, and the mem-\\nbers exerted themselves to the utmost to\\ncheck its ravages. In Haddoufield there was\\na single case that had been contracted iu\\nCamden. The susceptibility of the latter\\ncity to become a cholera centre, the virulence\\nand the fatality of the scourge there, gave it a\\nreputation for unhealthfulness that seriously", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0354.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL MEN.\\n257\\ncliecked its growth, so tlmt between 1849 and\\n1866 its population only increased from nine\\nthousand to eighteen thousand.\\nWhen it was reported, in 1865, that\\ncholera was approaching the United States,\\nthe Camden City IMedical Society, alert to the\\ndangers to be apj)reheuded from another\\nvisitation, at their stated meeting held Sep-\\ntember 7th of that year, appointed Drs. John\\nR. Stevenson, Isaac S. Mulford, Alexander\\nMarcy and Thomas F. CuUen a committee\\nto adopt measures to prevent an anticipated\\ninvasion of cholera. Their final report states\\nthat upon inspection they found Camden to\\nbe as filthy as any city of its size in the\\nUnion. The drainage was superficial and\\nimperfect garbage and coal ashes were\\nthrown into the streets, but few of which\\nwere paved the cesspools, shallow in depth,\\nwere in many places overflowing upon the\\nground, and pig sties had been allowed to be\\nerected in the yards of the poorer classes.\\nThe committee consulted with the City\\nCouncil, who courteously received their sug-\\ngestions, and through their sanitary commit-\\ntee, of which John S. Lee was chairman and\\nColonel Joseph C. Nichols the efficient execu-\\ntive officer, put in force the ordinances which\\nwere plenary. Before the summer of 1866\\nthey had cleansed the city and abated all\\nnuisances. In this year the first case of\\ncholera occurred on June 25th, when the\\ncity authorities, having previously provided\\na stock of disinfectants, as recommended by\\nthe medical committee, virtually transferred\\nthe direction of sanitary measures to the\\nlatter, who investigated each case of the dis-\\nease, and had the premises and clothing of\\nthe sick promj)tly disinfected. There were\\nin this year thirty-nine cases of cholera and\\nthirty deaths. It did not become epidemic,\\nas it only became located in two places, in\\n,both of wdiich it was stamped out within\\nthirty-six hours. Just beyond the city limits,\\nin Newton township, there were twenty-seven\\ncases, and twenty-five deaths in a negro\\nhamlet. With the exception of one at\\nWinslow, there were no others in Camden\\nCounty. In the year 1873 there were three\\nreported instances of cholera in Camden\\nCity, and in one person it proved fatal.\\nThe experience of 1866 in Camden and\\nelsewhere demonstrated the power and effi-\\nciency of well-directed sanitary measures in\\npreventing the spread of infectious and con-\\ntagious diseases, and subsequent observation\\nconfirmed it.\\nIn the year 1880 the Legislature of New\\nJersey passed an act creating a State Board\\nof Health of nine members, which enact-\\nment provided that every city, town or\\nborough shall have a Board of Health of not\\nless than five nor more than seven members,\\nof which the recorder of vital statistics, one\\ncity physician and the city health inspector\\nshall be members. In each township, the\\ntownship committee, the assessor and town-\\nship physician compose the Board of Health.\\nAny city, borough or township which had a\\nlocal Board of Health at the time of the\\npassage of this act was exempt from its pro-\\nvisions. Camden was one of those exempted\\nand did not accept the provisions of the\\nhealth law until 1885. During the years\\n1884 and 1885, Dr. O. B. Gross acted as\\nspecial inspector of that city for the State\\nBoard of Health.\\nThe use of herbs as remedies has already\\nbeen described. Cider, although a beverage,\\nmay be classed as a medicine. In former\\ntimes it was drank hot at night as a cure for\\ncolds. The ground Jesuit s bark was mixed\\nin it to make the dose more palatable, and it\\nhad the popular reputation of being good\\nfor the liver. Every large fanner had his\\ncider-mill, where he made his own cider, and\\nwhich he loaned for the use of his less fortu-\\nnate neighbors. Scattered at convenient\\npoints throughout the district were farmers\\nwho added a still to their cider-mill, and who\\ndistilled the cider of their friends into apple\\nwhiskey on shares. At the present time there", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0355.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "2J8\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nare only a few cider-presses, and but two\\nwhiskey stills in the county. One still is\\nowned by Joshua Peacock, near Haddonfield\\nthe other by Hugh Sharp, adjacent toMarlton.\\nAn early industry was the distillation of the\\nessential oils of sassafras, pennyroyal, horse-\\nmint, winter-green, spearmint, etc., from\\nindigenous plants that were once very abun-\\ndant. Their product was sold locally for\\nuse as liniments and rubefacients, and the\\nsurplus sent to the Philadelphia market.\\nThese oil-stills gradually fell into the hands\\nof the negroes. Between 1840 and 1850\\noue was operated in Jordantowu by a colored\\nman, Stephen Polk, and by his sou Elzey.\\nThe last one in the county was owned by a\\ncolored man styled Dr. Thomas, residing\\nnear Marlton. This was abandoned about\\ntwenty years ago.\\nAbout the year 1822, Nathan Willets be-\\ngan the cultivation of the castor beau on the\\nfarm where he resided, on the Haddonfield\\nand Clements Bridge road, two miles from\\nHaddonfield. He also prepared the oil for\\nmarket. He continued the business for\\nsome twenty years.\\nUntil the beginning of the present century\\nphysicians made their visits on horseback\\nwith a saddle-bag attached to it, in which\\nwere carried their medicines and the few in-\\nstruments they used. They prepared their\\nown pills and potions. Among their prep-\\narations were those of mercury, a very an-\\ncient remedy, which had been always in mod-\\nerate use. Calomel came into repute in\\n1736 as au application for the throat dis-\\ntemper, but mercurials were not pushed to\\nsalivation until within the present century.\\nThis mode of medication continued up to\\n1850. Since then mercury has fallen into\\ndisuse by the medical profession, but wiien\\nthe great increase in the consumption of offic-\\ninal and patent pills, most of which contain\\nsome compound of this metal, is taken into\\nconsideration, it is doubtful if any less of it\\nis taken by the people now than formerly,\\nonly the manner of administration has\\nchanged.\\nVenesection began to be employed about\\n1750 and became so popular with physicians\\nthat it was employed in all cases, the lancet\\nbeing their invariable accompaniment. Now,\\nso completely has it fallen into discredit that\\nbut few of the present members of the Cam-\\nden County Medical Society have ever bled\\na patient.\\nBoerhaave, elected professor at Leydeu in\\n1701, announced the doctrine that all dis-\\neases were the result of humors in the blood.\\nThis was accepted by ])hysiciaus everywhere,\\nwho, in accordance with it, prohibited the use\\nof cold drinks in sickness, but made their\\npatients drink hot teas, keep the window\\nclosed to prevent the ingress of fresh air,\\nand plied them with bed-covers to induce\\nperspiration. There are old residents here\\nwho well remember the discomforts and mis-\\nery of such treatment.\\nA few of the best-known old standard\\ndrugs and some popular nostrums were early\\nsold by the country merchants. They are at\\nthis day to be found in the stock of the\\ncross-roads stores in this section. The first\\ndrug store in Camden County was opened\\nby Thomas Redman in November, 1735.\\nHe was the son of Dr. Thomas Redman, of\\nPhiladelphia, and was born March 31, 1714.\\nHe was educated au apothecary, and, having\\nremoved to Haddonfield, commenced busi-\\nness where now stands the dwelling of the\\nlate Samuel C. Smith. In addition to drugs\\nhe kept other merchandise, but the former\\nwas a special department, where prescriptions\\nwere compounded. This business and the\\nknowledge of the preparation of medicines\\nwas transmitted to his son and grandson,\\nwho continued the same occupation in the\\nsame place until 1846. Charles S. Braddock,\\na graduate of the Philadelphia College of\\nPharmacy in the class of 1851, opened the\\nfirst store in Haddonfield for the exclusive\\nsale of drugs in the year 1853. This is still", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0356.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OP MEDICINE AND MEDICAL MEN.\\n259\\ncontinued bv his \u00e2\u0080\u00a2sou. R. Willard is the\\nproprietor of the other store in this towu.\\nIn Camden, Dr. Samuel Harris, in 1811,\\nsold some medicines from his office. Be-\\ntween the years 1812 and 1821, Freedom L.\\nShinn kept a drug store at the northeast\\ncorner of Second and Plum (Arch) Streets.\\nAfter that there was no place other than at\\nDr. Harris office where medicines could be\\npurchased until 1832, when Dr. Sickler\\nopened a drug store on Federal Street uear\\nthe ferry. According to cliarges on his\\nbooks, opium was worth fifty cents an ounce,\\nand seven and one-half ounces of essence of\\npeppermint eighty-seven and one-half cents.\\nHe also sold paints and oils. Paint oil was\\nworth one dollar and ten cents per gallon\\nputty seven cents a pound, and a light of\\nglass, ten by twelve, cost seven cents. This\\nstore was discontinued in 1834. In the lat-\\nter year Drs. Joseph Kaiu and David Smith\\nstarted a store of the same kind at the north-\\neast corner of Third and Plum (Arch)\\nStreets. Early in the year 1835, Dr. Smith\\nretired and moved away. Shortly afterwards,\\nin March of the same year, James Rol)erts,\\nof Philadelphia, purchased the store from\\nDr. Smitii, and six months subsequently sold\\nit to Joseph C. Delacour, who still continues\\nthe business, but he has removed his estab-\\nlishment to the southwest corner of the same\\nstreets. The medical directory for 1885\\nenumerates thirty-six druggists in Camden.\\nAbout the year 1855, Thomas Hallam\\nadded a drug department to his store in\\nGloucester City, where he compounded phy-\\nsicians prescriptions. This was the com-\\nmencement of the apothecary business in\\nthat place, in which, at present, there are five\\npharmacies. One was opened in Merchant-\\nville in 1881 by C. H. Jennings, and another\\nin Blackwood by Dr. J. E. Hurff in 1884.\\nCamden City Medical Society. The\\nCamden City Medical Society was organized\\nin the city of Camden, June 21, 1853, by\\nDrs. L. F. Fisler, I. S. ]\\\\Iulford, O. H.Tay-\\nlor, S. Birdsell, T. F. Cullen and J.\\nSchenck. At this meeting a committee of\\nthree, consisting of Drs. O. H. Taylor, Bird-\\nsell and Fisler, was appointed to draught a\\nsuitable constitution and by-law s. This\\nmeeting then adjourned to the 16th instant,\\nwhen a constitution and by-laws were adopted\\nand an organization effected by the election\\nof Dr. Isaac S. Mulford, president; Dr. L. F.\\nFisler, vice-president Dr. J. V. Schenck,\\nsecretary and treasurer and a standing com-\\nmittee composed of Drs. Cooper, Birdsdl and\\nCullen. The officers are elected yearly, at\\nthe annual meeting in September.\\nThe society is in effect, although not in\\nfact, a subdivision of the County Society,\\ncomposed of those members of the latter who\\npractice medicine in the city of Camden. In\\nthe list of its members from the organization\\nto the present time there are but seven who\\nwere not members of the other society. Their\\nnames are,\\nIt meets quarterly, in the evening, gener-\\nally at the house of one its members, but\\nsince the establishment of the Dispensary it\\noccasionally meets there. Its meetings have\\nnever been discontinued, but sometimes have\\nlapsed for want of a quorum. It has a super-\\nvision over all medical matters that belong\\nexclusively to Camden City, and which are\\nnot of special interest to the townships out-\\nside of it. Reports made to it of the health\\nof the city, of epidemics, of medical and other\\ncases of special importance, are brought to the\\nattention of the standing committee of the\\nCounty Medical Society. Therefore, the\\ntransactions of the City Society, as far as re-\\nlates to disease and its treatment, have already\\nbeen given in the history of the former .society.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0357.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "260\\nHISTOKY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JEESEY.\\nFormerly a subject of frequent discussion\\nin tlieir meetings was the fee-bill or the rates\\nto be charged for professional visits and cases\\nof surgical injuries, it being desirable that a\\nuniform price should be fixed upon by all its\\nmembers for similar attendance upon the\\nsick.\\nThe City Medical Society has always taken\\nan active interest in all public measui es that\\nconcerned the health or bodily welfare of the\\ncitizens of Camden. In 1857, at the request\\nof the Philadelphia Board of Health, it ap-\\npointed delegates to meet in that city with\\nthose of similar societies on May 13th. for\\nconference in relation to the establishment of\\na uniform system of quarantine laws. In\\nthe succeeding year another delegation was\\nelected to attend a like convention in Balti-\\nmore.\\nAt the meeting held July 3, 1858, a com-\\nmittee composed of Drs. Mulford, O. H.\\nTaylor and Cullen was appointed to investi-\\ngate and report upon the filthy condition of\\nthe hydrant water. The paper which they\\nprepared condemned the management of the\\nwater-works. It was read at the next meet-\\ning of the society, and a synopsis of it was\\nsent to the Public Ledger and to the directors\\nof the company who then controlled the\\nwater supply of Camden.\\nIn 1859 a resolution was introduced into\\nthe society looking to the establishment of a\\nDi.spensary in Camden. This will be more\\nfully described in the history of that institu-\\ntion. In 1865 a committee was appointed to\\nrecommend measures for the prevention of\\nan invasion of the city by cholera, an account\\nof whose work is given in the sketch of\\ncholera in Camden. This committee, in ad-\\ndition to the duty assigned to it, was, at a\\nmeeting held August 9, 1866, requested to\\nmake intpiiry as to the mode of registering\\ndeaths in Philadelphia, which having been\\ndone, the lan M as recommended to City\\nCouncil, with the request that they pass a\\nsimilar ordinance.\\nAt the meeting held March 4, 1876, the\\nfamily of the late Dr. Richard M. Cooper\\npresented his library of medical works to the\\nCamden City Medical Society. A committee\\nwas appointed to prepare an appropriate place\\nfor it, and to arrange a catalogue of it. The\\nDispensary was selected as a suitable building\\nin which to deposit it.\\nThere never had been any coroner s physi-\\ncian for Camden County. In case of sudden\\ndeath, where the coroner desired an investiga-\\ntion of its cause by a physician, he could call\\nupon any one convenient to the inquest. The\\ndoctor s services were paid for in each indi-\\nvidual ease. There having arisen some dis-\\npute between the officials and the members of\\nthe Camden County Medical Society as to\\nthe value of the services rendered, a fee-bill\\nwas drawn up by the society and laid before\\nthe proper authorities. At the meeting held\\nDecember 2, 1869, Dr. Thomas F. Cullen\\nmoved, That members of the Camden City\\nSociety refuse to make or assist at any post-\\nmortem examination as directed by the cor-\\noner or coroners of Camden County, or by any\\ncourt or courts of said county, until the fee-\\nbill as already presented to the Board of\\nChosen Freeholders, as agreed upon by this\\nsociety, shall be accepted and agreed upon by\\nthem, and the Board of Chosen Freeholders\\nbe notified by the secretary of this society of\\nthe same. This resolution was adopted and\\ncopies were ordered to be sent to the Board\\nof Freeholders and to the managers of the\\nDispensary.\\nBy this time it became apparent that the\\ngrowth of population, with its increasing\\nwants, demanded a jihysician clothed with the\\nproper authority, and sufficiently remunerated\\nto take charge of the physical interests of the\\npublic departments. The society having\\nthis object in view, at its meeting in March,\\n1874, adopted a motion, made by Dr. James\\nM. Ridge, that a committee should be ap-\\npointed to confer with the relief committee\\nof City Council upon the appointment of a", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0358.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OP MEDICINE AND MEDICAL MEN.\\n261\\ncity physician. Tiie result of these repeated\\nefforts of the profession to arouse the atten-\\ntion of the officials to the needs of tiie com-\\nnninity was the appointment of a county\\nphysician.\\nThe Legislature of New Jersey,, by an act\\napproved April 21, 1876, created the office\\nof county physician. The laws thus enacted\\nand in force give the county physician pre-\\ncedence and authority in all coroner s cases\\nuntil he has given orders for a view or in-\\nquest to a coroner or justice of the peace.\\nHe is obliged to assume the responsibility of\\nall coroner s work. Besides this, he furnishes\\nmedical attendance and gives medicines to\\nthe inmates of the county jail. His salary\\nis eight hundred dollars per annum, in lieu\\nof all fees.\\nDr. Randall W. Morgan was county\\nphysician from 1876 to 1881 Dr. Wm. H.\\nIreland, from 1881 to 1884; and Dr. Gro.ss,\\nthe present incumbent, since the latter date.\\nPexsion Board. In June, 1884, a\\nUnited States Pension Board of Examining\\nSurgeons was established in Camden. It is\\none of three assigned to New Jersey, the\\nother two being respectively at Newark and\\nTrenton. It was composed as follows, viz.:\\nDr. H. Genet Tayloi president Dr. James\\nA. Armstrong, treasurer Dr. Onan B.\\nGross, secretary. Upon the change of ad-\\nministration of the government, the board\\nwas reorganized in July, 1885, by the ap-\\npointment of Dr. James M. Eidge, president\\nDr. John V^\\\\ Donges, treasurer; and Dr.\\nOnan B. Gross, secretary. The board meets\\nevery Wednesday at the Dispensary for the\\npurpose of examining applications for pen-\\nsions.\\nCamden City Dispexsary. The first\\nmovement towards establishing a Dispensary\\nin Camden was made in 1859. Dr. O. H.\\nTaylor, when a young graduate in medicine,\\nhad been a visiting physician for the Phila-\\ndelphia Dispensary, and was impressed with\\nthe usefulness and the beneficent charitv of\\nsuch an institution in a young city. At the\\nmeeting of the Camden City Medical Society\\nheld March 3d, in that year, he brought to\\nits attention the propriety of petitioning City\\nCouncil for the establishment of a Dispen.sary.\\nThis was discussed and laid over until the\\nnext meeting, on June 2d, when a committee\\nof three, composed of Drs. O. H. Taylor, R.\\nM. Cooper and L. F. Fisler, M as appointed\\nto frame a memorial to the City Council of\\nCamden, in order to co-operate with the City\\nMedical Society in the establishment of a City\\nDispensary. At the Deceml)er meeting the\\ncommittee read a report, and after considera-\\nble debate in regard to the encouragement\\nlikely to be extended by those appealed to for\\naid, the subject was indefinitely postponed.\\nAfter the call of President Lincoln for\\nthree hundred thousand men was made, De-\\ncember 19, 1864, it became evident that\\nanother conscrijrtion for troops would be en-\\nforced in Camden. A number of men formed an\\nassociation called The North Ward Bounty\\nAssociation, to insure such of its members\\nas might be drafted against enforced mili-\\ntary duty, by paying a bounty to volunteers\\nto fill the places of those whose names might\\nbe drawn from the wheel. The drawing\\nhad been made in Camden, and part of its\\nquota had been filled, when the surrender of\\nLee at Appomattox closed the war and\\nstopped recruiting. During this month the\\nmembers of the North Ward Bounty Associ-\\nation held a meeting and passed a resolution\\nappropriating the sum left in the hands of\\nThomas McKean, treasurer, amounting to\\n$3956.96, to charitable purposes. After\\nconsultation with Dr. Taylor and other\\nmembers of the City Medical Society, Mr.\\nMcKean determined, with the committee\\nof the association, to appropriate it toward\\nthe founding of a Dispensary. He and\\nSamuel B. Garrison were selected as a com-\\nmittee to make inquiries as to the manner\\nand jiracticability of establishing thesame. On\\nMay 4, 1865, a special meeting of the Med-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0359.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "262\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nical Society was convened for the purpose of\\ntaking action in reference to a resolution\\npassed at the last meeting of the North Ward\\nBounty Association, devoting funds ou hand\\nto the establishment of a Dispensary in the\\nCity of Camden. A committee was then\\nappointed to confer with the above-named\\ngentlemen, consisting of Drs. O. H. Taylor,\\nFisier, Cooper, Schenck and Cullen.\\nSubsequently a minority of the members of\\nthe Bounty Fund Association became dissat-\\nisfied with the disposition that had been\\nmade of the funds, and they held a meeting\\non May 24, 1865, and passed a resolution, ad-\\ndressed to Messrs. McKean and Garrison, to\\ndistribute the money among the contributors\\nand drafted men. This action caused some\\nlitigation, which was decided by the court in\\nfavor of the Dispensary. At a meeting of\\nthe society held in December of the same year\\nthe committee on Dispensary reported that\\nnegotiations were in progress for the purchase\\nof the Perseverance Hose-House, and that a\\ngentleman had purchased twelve cots, which\\nhe designed presenting to the institution-. At\\nthe next meeting, in March, 1X66, it was\\nreported that the hose-house on Third Street,\\nbelow Market, had been purchased, and that\\na room was being fitted up for the meetings\\nof the society, and that A. Browning, Esq.,\\nhad offered his services gratuitously for pro-\\ncuring a charter for a corporate body. Tiie\\ncommittee were instructed to organize the\\nDispensary in conjunction with such citizens\\nas may be appointed to act with them, and\\nthe plan of organization drawn up by the\\nsociety in 1859 was reported and accepted.\\nSubscription books were ordered to be pre-\\npared for each member, for druggists and\\nother citizens. On March 17th the keys of the\\nDispensary were handed to the society, w ith\\ntlie request that it should carry on the insti-\\ntution until a charter could be obtained from\\nthe next Legislature authorizing a board of\\nmanagers. On March 21st the following\\nvisiting physicians were appointed North\\nWard, Dr. H. Genet Taylor Middle Ward,\\nDr. John R. Stevenson and South Ward, Dr.\\nA. Marcy. O. G. Taylor was elected druggist\\nand superintendent. The consulting physi-\\ncians, who were appointed at the next stated\\nmeeting in June, were Drs. R. M. Cooper, L.\\nF. Fisier and Thomas F. Cullen.\\nThe Dispensary was opened immediately\\nand managed by the medical committee until\\nthe procurement of the charter, approved\\nFebruary 5, 1867, in which Drs. Isaac S.\\nMulford, O. H. Taylor, Richard M. Cooper,\\nLorenzo F. Fisier, Thomas F. Cullen, John\\nV. Schenck, William S. Bishop, Bowman\\nHendry, James M. Ridge, H. Genet Taylor\\nand John R. Stevenson were named as cor-\\nporators. Under this charter an organization\\nwas effected March 7, 1867, by the election\\nof Dr. Isaac S. Mulford, president Dr. L. F.\\nFisier, vice-president Dr. J. R. Stevenson,\\nsecretary and Dr. R. M. Cooper, treasurer.\\nOn the 12th of December of the same year\\nthe Perseverance Hose-House was conveyed\\nto the corporation, the consideration being\\ntwo thousand dollars. The first annual meet-\\ning of the corporators and contributors, as pro-\\nvided by the constitution and by-laws which\\nhad been adopted the 18th of April of the year\\nprevious, was held January 14, 1868, at which\\nit was reported that the net amount received\\nfrom the draft fund had been $3776.94, of\\nwhich $2128.03 had been expended, leaving\\na balance on hand of $1648.91. Since the\\nopening of the institution the cash contri-\\nbutions were one thousand one hundred and\\ntwenty-seven dollars, besides donations of\\nvarious articles to the value of sixty dol-\\nlars. Of this there was a balance of $3.33\\non hand. The total number of patients pre-\\nscribed for had been six hundred and eighty-\\ntwo, and the total number of prescriptions\\ncompounded, two thousand and twenty-three.\\nOn the 2 1 St of January the reorganization of\\nthe Dispensary under the new charter took\\nplace, at which Drs. Thomas F. Cullen was\\nelected president John V. Schenck, vice-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0360.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL MEN.\\n263\\npresident R. M. C ooper, secretary and treas-\\nurer. Dr. Culleu served as president until\\n1870, when Thomas A. Wilson was elected.\\nHe was succeeded in 1874 by John Morgan,\\nwho continued in office until his death, in\\n1881. The next president was Thomas Mc-\\nKeen, who died in 1884, when Dr. Alexan-\\ndei Marcy, the present incumbent, was elected\\nto fill the vacancy. Dr. John V. Schenck\\ncontinued to be vice-president until his death,\\nin 1883, when Dr. Alexander Marcy became\\nvice-president, who, upon his election to be\\npresident in 1884, was succeeded by the pres-\\nent official, Maurice Browning. Upon the\\nresignation and removal from the city of the\\nsecretary, Dr. John R. Stevenson, in 18G7,\\nDr. R. M. Cooper was appointed to tiie va-\\ncancy, holding the comlnned office of secre-\\ntary and treasurer until his death, in 1874,\\nwhen Dr. H. Genet Taylor was elected secre-\\ntary, a position he still holds, and Joseph B.\\nC ooptr became treasurer, but resigned in\\n1882. The present treasurer, R. H. Reeve,\\nsucceeded him. O. G. Taylor, the druggist\\nand superintendent, elected March 21, 1865,\\nserved continuously for nearly twenty years,\\nduring which time he never made a mistake.\\nHis iiealth failing, so that he was unable to\\nperform his duties, he resigned January 10,\\n1886, and died shortly afterwards in the same\\nyear. Dr. H. F. Palm now fills the post.\\nIn the year 1868 City Council appropri-\\nated three hundred dollars a year to the Dis-\\npensary, in consideration of the services it\\nrendered to the poor of the city. This ap-\\npropriation continued until the _year 1879,\\nwhen an ordinance was passed authorizing\\nits sanitary committee to divide the city into\\nthree districts and make a contract M ith the\\nboard of managers of the Dispensary to fur-\\nnish medical attendance and medicines to the\\npoor of the city for the sum of sixteen hun-\\ndred dollars per annum. This agreement\\nwas ratified on June 1st of that year, and\\nthe following phy.sicians were elected by the\\nboard of mauagers, viz.: For the First District,\\nDr. O. B. Gross Second District, Dr. C. ]\\\\I\\nSchellinger; Third District, Dr. M. West\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nwith a salary of two hundred dollars a year\\nfor each. Prior to this time all the physi-\\ncians who had attended to the Dispensary had\\ngiven their services gratuitously. The younger\\nmembers of the society had each, in their\\nturn, filled the.se positions, serving until a\\nnew member usually a young graduate in\\nmedicine would relieve them from this duty.\\nThese physicians had been elected by the C ity\\nMedical Society and were accountable to it,\\nbut when the officers became salaried, then\\ntheir selection was transferred to the board of\\nmanagers of the Dispensary. This contract\\nwith the city was renewed annually at the\\nsame price, until 1885, when the latter opened\\nit to the lowest bidder. The board offered to\\nrenew it at sixteen hundred dollars, which\\nwas not accepted consequently the election\\nof the district physicians was abandoned, and\\nthe Medical Society again resumed its free\\nattendance.\\nWhen the Dispensary Iniildiug was fitted\\nup, the first floor was divided into two rooms,\\nthe front one being used as a pharmacy and\\nthe rear one as an office in which to examine\\npatients. Meetings were also held here.\\nDuring the winter of 1866 and 1867 a\\ncourse of gratuitous medical lectures was de-\\nlivered hei e to the students of Rev. T.\\nReilly s Theological School. Dr. John R.\\nStevenson lectured on materia medica and\\npractice of medicine, and Dr. H. Genet Tay-\\nlor on anatomy and surgery to these young\\nmen, who were preparing themselves for mis-\\nsionary work in the Territories. In the year\\n1884 an additional room was built in the\\nrear, to be used for holding consultations.\\nAt first the second floor was filled with hos-\\npital cots for the i-eception of persons who\\nmight receive accidental injuries but as suffi-\\ncient means could not be raised to provide\\nnurses and open a culinary department, the\\nproject was abandoned, and the beds were\\nsold in 1869. In l.s68this room was rented", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0361.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "264\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nto Dr. Reynell Coates for five dollars a\\nmonth, who lived iu it until 1877. The\\nMicroscopical Society occupied it after 1878.\\nThe Board of Pension Examining Sur-\\ngeons rented it in 1885. When unoccupied\\nit is used for .holding special meetings of\\nboth the City and County Medical Societies.\\nMiss Elizabeth Cooper, who died in 1884,\\nleft a bequest to the Dispensary of one thou-\\nsand dollars.\\nof establishing a hospital in West Jersey\\nhad been for some time contemplated by\\nthe brothers William D. and Dr. Richard\\nM. Cooper, descendants of William Cooper,\\nthe first settler at Coopers Point, but dur-\\ning their lifetime they had taten no active\\nsteps iu tliat direction. William D. Cooper,\\nshortly before his death, which occurred in\\n1875, expressed a wish that fifty thousand\\ndollars should be set apart from his estate\\n\\\\-tAl llo.-l I lAL,\\nDuring the year 1885 the attending physi-\\ncian had treated one thousand one hundred\\nand forty-seven medical and surgical cases,\\nand four thousand two hundred and ninety-\\nfive prescriptions had been compounded.\\nThe cost of this was $1335.34, which left a\\nbalance of $242.80 out of receipts amounting\\nto $1578.14.\\nThe Cooper Hospital. The project\\nand used for hospital purposes. The devisees\\nof his estate, who were his sisters Sarah W.\\nand f^lizabeth B. Cooper, in accordance with\\ntheir brother s wish, took the matter into\\nconsideration, and deeming fifty thousand\\ndollars insufficient for the erection and main-\\ntenance of such an institution, generously\\ndecided to contribute two hundred thousand\\ndollars for that purpose. In addition to this,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0362.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL .MEN.\\n265\\nthey also, with their brother, Alexander Coo-\\nper, conveyed the plot of ground on wliich\\nthe hospital now stands. The ground extends\\nnorth and south from Mickle to Ben.son\\nStreets and east and west from Sixth to\\nSeventh Streets, and is valued at about fifty\\nthousand dollars, making the total amount\\ntwo hundred and fifty thousand dollars. In\\naccordance with the desire of the donors\\na charter was obtained and the act of in-\\ncorporation provided that the corporators\\nshould constitute the board of managers, and\\nthat they should have exclusive control of\\nthe funds as set forth in the act, and in ac-\\ncordance therewith, the two hundred thousand\\ndollars was placed in their hands.\\nThe act provided for the construction of\\nsuitable buildings for hospital purposes on\\nthe grounds above mentioned, and also con-\\ntains the following The olyect of said cor-\\nporation shall be to aiford gratuitous medical\\nand surgical aid, advice, remedies and care to\\nsuch invalid or needy persons as under the\\nrules and by-laws of said corporation shall be\\nentitled to the same. The board of mana-\\ngers commenced work on the erection of the\\nhospital building in the latter part of 1875,\\nbut during the progress of the work many\\nimprovements not at first contemplated were\\nmade, so that when the structure was com-\\npleted, in 1877, the entire cost including\\nlaying out of the grounds had amounted to\\nninety-five thousand dollars, a much larger\\nsum than was at first estimated would be\\nrequired. This left a balance of one hun-\\ndred and five thousand dollars for the pur-\\npose of an endowment fund, which was\\ninvested in New Jersey mortgages bearing\\nseven per cent, interest. In 1878 the legal\\nrate of interest was reduced to six per cent.,\\nwhich materially lessened the income to be\\nused in defraying the operating ex})enses\\nof the hospital, and the board of mana-\\ngers, after taking into consideration the in-\\ncome thus unexpectedly reduced, concluded\\nthat the amount was not sufficient to main-\\ntain tiie hospital as at first projected, and\\ndeemed it advisable to add the yearly income\\nto the endowment fund until a sufficient sura\\nwas invested to guarantee the income neces-\\nsary to support the institution. The man-\\nagers believed that the delay in the opening\\nthus caused would result to the benefit of the\\npublic in the larger accommodations which\\nthe increased fund would permanently secure.\\nThe sum now invested (1886) the board of\\nmanagers consider sufficient to warrant the\\nopening of the institution.\\nThe building is constructed of Leiperville\\ngray stone, with hollow walls lined with\\nbrick, three stories high. The entire depth\\nis two hundred and twenty-four feet by an\\naverage width of forty-six feet. The front,\\nor administration building, is fifty-six feet\\nby forty-six feet, and contains rooms for\\noffices, managers, physicians, matrons, apoth-\\necary and operating rooms, stores, etc., and\\nis connected with the hospital by a corridor\\ntwenty feet by fourteen, on each side of\\nwhich are linen rooms for the use of the\\nhospital.\\nThei c is a male and female ward, each\\nthirty-one by seventy-seven feet, connecting\\nwith sitting-rooms thirty by thirty-one feet.\\nAdjoining and connected with these wards,\\nare four small wards, each twelve by twenty-\\ntwo feet there are also four wards in the\\nadministration building, each sixteen by\\neighteen feet the cubic air space is about\\ntwo thousand four hundred feet, and the\\nfloor space about one hundred and seventy\\nfeet to each patient. The basement of the\\nhospital building contains the dining-rooms\\nand apartments for servants. Particular at-\\ntention has been paid to the sanitary arrange-\\nments of the hospital. It is heated through-\\nout with steam, besides having open fire-\\nplaces in most of the wards and rooms\\nthe ventilation is effected by means of steam\\ncoils placed in two large aspirating shafts,\\nconnected with which are flues opening into\\nthe wards fresh air is supplied from ajier-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0363.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "266\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUiSfTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ntures in the ceilings leading outside. The\\nboiler and laundry rooms are located in a\\nseparate building connected with the main\\nbuilding by an under-ground passage. The\\nJiospital will be opened at first with about\\nfifteen beds. Under the rules contemplated\\nthe medical staff will consist of consulting,\\nvisiting and resident physicians and surgeons.\\nThe board of managers are, President, Alex-\\nander Cooper; Secretary and Treasurer, John\\nW. Wright Peter L. Voorhees, Rodolphus\\nJjinghani, Joseph B. Cooper, Augustus Reeve,\\nWilliam B. Cooper and Richard H. Reeve.\\nBIOGRAPHIES OF PHYSICIAN.S\\nWho priu-ticed Medicine in Camden County since the or-\\nymizalion of the Camden County Medical Society\\nin 1846, who are deceased or have removed\\nIs.AAC Skillman Mi LFORD was the son\\nof Henry and Sarah Mulford, and was born\\nat Alloway s Creek, Salem County, N. J., on\\nDecember 31, 1799. Selecting the profes-\\nsion of medicine, he entered the office of Dr.\\nJoseph Parrish, of Philadelphia, as a student\\nin 1819, and in the same year he attended\\nmedical lectures at the University of Penn-\\nsylvania, from which institution he grad-\\nuated in 1822. He served for one year as\\nresident physician in the Pennsylvania Hos-\\npital and in 1823 began the practice of med-\\nicine in Camden, then a mere village, popu-\\nlarly known as the Ferry, in which, at\\nthat date, Dr. Samuel Harris was the only\\nphysician. His practice grew as Camden in-\\ncreased in population until he became a lead-\\ning physician, a position he retained for the\\nwhole of his career of fifty years of profes-\\nsional labor. He was noted for his skill in\\nthe diagnosis of disease, a faculty that seemed\\nto be intuitive with him.\\nDr. Mulford was a pioneer in the organi-\\nzation of Camden County and City Medical\\nSocieties and City Dispensary, and he served\\nas president of all of them. His keen insight\\ninto the needs of the people and his accurate\\nTransactions New .Jersey State Medical Society,\\n1885.\\njudgment and precision in all technical de-\\ntails were valuable aids in laying the firm\\nfoundations upon which those superstructures\\nwere erected. He attained an enviable pre-\\neminence in the community for the honesty,\\nthe firmness and the correctness of his convic-\\ntit)ns, both in professional and secular affairs.\\nAlthough never an office-seeker, such was\\nthe confidence of his iellow-citizens in his\\npatriotism and public spirit that, when meet-\\nings were held upon any important civic oc-\\ncasions, such as the firing upon Fort Sumter\\nat the commencement of the Rebellion, he\\nwould be called upon to preside over\\nand to address them. His speeches were\\ndelivered with a logical force that was\\nconvincing, and with a rhetoric that rose\\nat times into eloquence. He was greatly\\ninterested in the establishment of the pub-\\nlic-school system in New Jersey and his ser-\\nvices in its behalf .were rewarded by the Ex-\\necutive of the State by an appointment after\\nits adoption as a member of the State School\\nBoard of Education. He was frecjuently\\nelected a member of the School Board in\\nCamden. He was also one of the visitors of\\nthe State Insane Asylimi. He was an occa-\\nsional lecturer upon medical and .scientific\\nsubjects and was also the author of a number\\nof papers upon them published in the medi-\\ncal journals. In the year 1848 he issued\\nfrom the press the Civil and Political His-\\ntory of New Jersey, a work which has be-\\ncome a standard book of reference.\\nDr. Mulford inarried, in 1830, Rachel,\\ndaughter of Isaac and Sarah Mickle, of\\nGloucester (now Camden) County. Shortly\\nafterwards he joined the Society of Friends\\nand became a prominent member of the New-\\ntown Meeting, of which he wqs an elder un-\\ntil his decease. His residence was upon the\\nsouth side of Federal Street, between Second\\nand Third, in the building now occupied by\\nthe Camden Safe Deposit and Trust Com-\\nj)any. He died February 10, 1873, and is\\nburied in Newtown Cemetery. He left three", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0364.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0365.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r^^", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0366.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL iMEN.\\n267\\ndaughters still surviving Emma, who mar-\\nried Henry Palmer Mary, the wifeof Colonel\\nJames M. Scovel; and Anna, wife of Dr.\\nRichard C. Dean, United States Navy.\\nBexjamin Whitall Blackwood was a\\ndescendant of John Blackwood, the fjuuder\\nof the town of Blackwood, in this county.\\nHis father, John Blackwood, who atone time\\nwas associate judge of the Gloucester Coun-\\nty Court, married Ann Mickle. Dr. Black-\\nwood was born January 1(3, 1800, on a tarni\\non the north side of Newtown Creek, about\\na mile from its mouth. He studied medicine\\nunder Dr. Samuel Howell, of Woodbury, af-\\nterwards of Princeton, N. J., and graduated\\nfrom the University of Pennsylvania March\\n27, 1828. He began the practice of medi-\\ncine in Haddontield in that year, but did not\\n})rocure his license f]-om the New Jersey\\nState Medical Society until June 12, 1830.\\nHe left Haddonfield, and for a short time\\nj)racticed in Philadelphia, but soon returned\\nto his former residence. He joined the Cam-\\nden County Medical Society in 1847, but re-\\nsigned June 18, 1853, in consequence of his\\naffiliation with homoeopathy, which was con-\\ntrary to the code of ethics of the society.\\nHe married Mary Ann Hopkins, of Had-\\ndonfield, November 24, 1824, and died Jan-\\nuaiy 19, 18G6. His widow survived him\\nsix years. He had six children, three of\\nwhom are living two daughters still live\\nin his residence, which he built about 1846.\\nDr. Blackwood was a member of the Society\\nof Friends and a man of exemplary life.\\nJacob P. Thorxton was a native of\\nBucks County, in Pennsylvania, and his early\\nlife was spent on the farm of his parents. In\\n1828 he graduated in the Medical Depart-\\nment of the University of Pennsylvania and\\nlocated in Haddonfield, N. J., in the same\\nyear. He obtained considerable practice and\\nremained there until 1849. He was one of\\nthe corporators of the Medical Society of\\nCamden County in 184(3 and acted as the\\nfirst treasurer for two years.\\nAt the meeting of the society January 1(3,\\n1849, he resigned his membership on ac-\\ncount of the expense attending the meetings.\\nHe soon after removed to the State of\\nOhio, where he is still living. His practice\\nhere covered a large extent of territory and\\nin many instances with indiiferent pay. His\\nattendance on his patients was faithful and\\nconscientious, always discharging that duty\\nto the best of his ability.\\nHe was cotemporary with Dr. Charles D.\\nHendry and their professional intercourse was\\nalways pleasant, his senior extending to him\\nthe assistance and advice arising therefrom.\\nCharles D. Hexdky was the descend-\\nant of physicians on both the maternal and\\npaternal line, and if particular characteristics\\nbe transmitted from father to son, then he\\nhad the advantage of two generations on\\neither side to strengthen and (jualify him for\\nthe healing art.\\nHe w as the son of Dr. Bowman Hendry,\\nof Haddonfield, who was a son of Dr.\\nThomas Hendry, of Woodbury, both j)rac-\\nticing and successful physicians. His mother\\nwas Elizabeth Duffield, a daughter of Dr.\\nCharles Duffield, who was a son of Dr.\\nDuffield, both of Philadelphia, whose lives\\nwere spent in the practice of medicine.\\nHe was born in Haddonfield May 8, 1809,\\nwhere his parents then resided and where\\nhis father was in active practice. From his\\nearliest recollection he was familiar with his\\nfather s laboratory and, no doubt, often kept\\nhis father busy answering questions relating\\nto the use and application of medicines. The\\nskeletons there standing had no terror for\\nhim as a boy, but he then saw the anatomy\\nof the human system, of so much use to him\\nin after-years. The diagnosis of difficult\\ncases he often heard discussed when studying\\nhis lessons for school, and in his youth there\\nwas instilled into his mind things that he\\nfound advantageous in his profession.\\nBy Hon. John Clement.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0369.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "268\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nTo slioxv that his father intended he should\\nfollow him, at the age of sixteen he was\\nplaced in a drug store in Philadelphia, and\\ngraduated in pharmacy in 1830. He then\\ntook his place in the classes of the Univer-\\nsity of Penusylvauia and wou his diploma in\\n18.32.\\nHe had scarcely attained his majority be-\\nfore his father required him to ride and see\\nhis patients, and kept him under his personal\\nsupervision for several years. As the prac-\\ntice of medicine was at that time undergoing\\nmany changes, the father differed widely\\nfrom the notions of the son in adopting the\\nnew ideas. Many amusing anecdotes were\\nrelated by Dr. Charles of the the persistency\\nof Dr. Bowman for the old practice.\\nOn several occasions when Charles was\\nsent to see patients, and had packed his rem-\\nedies in his pocket, his father would put his\\nman on a horse with the traditional medicine-\\nchest to follow him, supposing he had for-\\ngotten the ever needful attendants of a prac-\\ntitioner of the old school. The old gentle-\\nman would often insist on certain rules being\\nfollowed as only conducive to success, and\\nassure his son that he would lose his cases\\naud position if he departed from them. M ^ith\\nall due respect for his experience, old theories\\ngradually passed away, and at his death\\n(April 23, 1838) Charles had succeeded to\\nthe practice with advanced and popular ideas.\\nFollowing the religious views of his fam-\\nily, he did much toward the building of an\\nEpiscopal Church in Haddoiifield, aud was\\nelected one of the vestrymen April 20, 1843,\\nand SI) remained until his death.\\nBelieving that much advantage would be\\nderived from more frequent intercourse among\\nphysicians in the county, and after consider-\\nable eif(n-t on his part, the Camden County\\nMedical Society was organized August 14,\\n1846. This was nuitually beneficial, and\\nsoon became very popular in the profession.\\nIn 1849 he was selected to represent the\\nsociety in the American Medical Association,\\nwhich sat at Boston, Mass., showing that his\\nstanding as a practitioner was appreciated\\namong his constituents. He acted as presi-\\ndent of the county society in 1852 and 1853,\\nbut in 1865 he removed to Philadelphia,\\nand in that year (June 20th) resigned his\\nmembership. He practiced medicine in his\\nnative town and neigliborhood for about\\nthirty -three years, associated with others who\\nsettled there as the increase of population\\nwarranted it. In the early part of his ser-\\nvice the work was exposing and laborious,\\npresenting to him diseases in every phase\\nand under every condition. Being of an\\naffable and pleasant address, and generally\\nreaching a correct diagnosis of the case\\nbefore him, he soon became popular, and\\nsecured the confidence of the comnuinity.\\nHis care of and attention to his jjatients was\\nproverbial, and he seldom allowed stormy\\nweather, bad roads or dark nights to break\\niu upon this rule. His operations in surgery\\nwere limited, and in difficult cases he always\\nobtained the assistance of experts.\\nHe gave considerable attention to climatic\\nchanges aud miasmatic influences as control-\\nling the health of the neighborhood, and\\ndrawing the attention of his associates to\\nthese important, but then little understood,\\nsubjects.\\nBeing the victim of hereditary gout, aggra-\\nvated by his frequent exposure to storms aud\\ncold, his health gradually declined, and in\\n1865 he abandoned his practice and removed\\nto Philadelphia. He afterwards returned to\\nCamden, and was often consulted by those\\nwho regarded his experience and skill as\\nsuperior to all others. He died April 25,\\n1869, and lies buried in the cemetery at\\nColestown, beside the remains of his ances-\\ntors.\\nJohn Rowan Sicklek. Tiicre were sev-\\neral physicians who practiced witliin the\\nterritory of Camden County who never\\nwere members of its medical society. One\\nof the most prominent of these was Dr..", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0370.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND IMEDICAL MEN.\\n269\\nJohn E. Sickler. He was a native of the\\nconuty, having been born at Chews Land-\\ning September 20, 1800. He was the son\\nof Christopher and Sarah Sickler. At the\\nage of eighteen he entered the office of Ben-\\njamin B. Cooper to learn surveying and con-\\nveyancing, an occupation he followed for\\nseveral years. Having a natural fondness\\nfor the profession of medicine, he, when\\ntwenty-six years of age, entered the office of\\nDr. McClellan, father of (general Geo. B.\\nMcClellan, as a student, and graduated at the\\nJeffiirson Medical College March 18, 1829.\\nThe next day, at his home in Chews Lauding,\\nhe paid his first professional visit to James\\nD. Dotterer. He continued in pi actice here\\nfor four years, a place where, according to the\\ndoctor s books, the people were remarkable for\\nbeing good pay. On the 25th of Mai-ch, 18-32,\\nhe removed to Camden and opened a drug-store\\non Federal Street, near the ferry, in which\\nhe sold a general assortment of drugs, in-\\ncluding paints and oils. It was tiie only\\nstore of the kind then in that city. Dr.\\nSickler still retained part of his county prac-\\ntice. After living in Camden a little over\\ntwo years, and his health failing, he relin-\\nquished his drug business, and on April 14,\\n1834, returned to Chews Landing. On No-\\nvember I3th of the same year he moved\\nto Woodbury. Here he remained until\\nMarch 25, 1836, when he located at Car-\\npenters Lauding (now Mantua) where he\\nspent the remainder of his days. He took an\\nactive part in public affairs. In 1825 he was\\na justice of the peace for Gloucester township,\\nand between 1828 and 1865 he was associate\\njudge of the Courts of Common Pleas of Glou-\\ncester County, which, up to 1844, included in\\nit Camden County. In the latter year he\\nwas a member of the Constitutional Conven-\\ntion of the State. He was a member of the\\nBoard of Chosen Freeholders of Gloucester\\nfrom 1859 to 1871. Several times he was a\\nschool trustee. He was one of the building\\ncommittee that erected the Gloucester County\\n33\\nAlmshouse, and was its first treasurer. Be-\\nsides attending to these official duties, he\\njoined in the State, county and district con-\\nventions of the Democratic party, of which\\nhe was a member. During all these years of\\npublic life he pursued the practice of medi-\\ncine with skill and success. He took much\\ninterest in the Gloucaster County ^Medical\\nand State Medical Societies, being a member\\nof both, and at one time president of the\\nlatter. In the year 1876, when seventy-six\\nyears old, he retired from business. He\\ndied April 11, 1886.\\nMyles and Martin Stnott were broth-\\ners. Their father was Irish and their mother\\nAmerican. They were natives of ilays\\nLanding. The elder brother, Myles, was\\nborn in 1806, and the younger, Martin, April\\n8, 1812. The former studied with Dr. Ja-\\ncob Fisler, who afterward married the Drs.\\nSynott s mother. He graduated at the Jef-\\nferson Medical College in 1831 and com-\\nmenced the practice of medicine in Chews\\nLanding in 1833. He remained here until\\n1841, when he removed to Glassboro Glou-\\ncester County, where he died February 9,\\n1867. He was noted for his wit. He was\\nvery strict concerning his instructions to his\\n2\u00c2\u00abtients, and once blistered a man s feet be-\\ncause he refused to stay in the house when\\nordered to do so.^ He married Harriet\\nWhitney, of Glassboro in 1843, and left\\nthree children, still living.\\nDr. Martin Synott studied medicine with\\nhis brother and graduated at the Jefferson\\nMedical College in 1839. He also located\\nat Chews Landing, where he practiced until\\n1845, when he removed to Blackwood, where\\nhe died April 8, 1877. He was a man of\\ntact and skill in his profession. He married\\nRebecca Jaggard, February 12, 1844. Two\\ndaughters survive him.\\nJoseph Anderson Stout, was the son of\\nBenjamin and Grace Stout, of Attleborough\\n1 Dr. Somers Medical History of Atlantic County.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0371.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "270\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\n(Langhorne), Bucks CVninty, Pa., wliere he\\nwas boru in 1807. He studied medicine\\nunder Dr. Boil, and graduated in New York\\nin 1831. Some time afterwards he located in\\nLoug-a-Coming (now Berlin), Camden Coun-\\nty, his practice extending to Winslow, Water-\\nford and the surrounding country. lu 1838\\nhe removed to Tuckahoe, Cape May County.\\nFrom thence he went to Somers Point, At-\\nlantic County, succeeding Dr. Lewis S.\\nSomers, who had removed to Philadelphia.\\nWhile in Tuckahoe lie married, in 1839,\\nMiss M. S. Godfrey, a sister of Hon. John\\nGodfrey, who, after the death of Dr. Stout,\\nmarried a Mr. Ogden. Dr. Stout died at\\nSomers Point April 11, 1848, and was\\nburied in Zion Churchyard, at Bargaintown.\\nHe was a believer in the faith of universal\\nsalvation. He left four sons, but one of\\nwhom is living.\\nLorenzo F. Fisler was born on a farm\\nin the upper end of Cumberland County,\\nnear Fislerville, on the 20th of April, 1797.\\nHe was the son of Dr. Benjamin and Catha-\\nrine Fisler. He studied medicine with his\\nfather, who then practiced medicine in Port\\nElizabeth, and as early as 1815 he assisted\\nthe latter in his profession. Dr. Fisler at-\\ntended lectures at the University of Penn-\\nsylvania and graduated therefrom in 1819.\\nHe had two brothers, physicians, Samuel,\\nhis twin brother, and Jacob who practiced in\\nMays Landing, Atlantic County. Dr. Lo-\\nrenzo F. Fisler began his professional career\\nwith his brother Benjamin in the latter place,\\nwhere, being a good speaker, he occasionally\\npreached in the Methodist Church. He re-\\nmained here only a short time. He removed\\nto Woodstown, in Salem County, and in 1825\\nhe passed his examination before the board\\nof censors of that county. In 1832 he re-\\nturned to Port Elizabeth, and in 1836 he lo-\\ncated in Camden, his ofHce being on Second\\nStreet below INIarkct. In this city he soon\\nDr. Somers Meiiical History of Atlantic County.\\nsecured a good practice, at the same time\\njoining actively in public affairs. He was\\nmayor of the city seven times. Dr. Fisler\\nwas a clear and logical writer, and was the\\nauthor of a pamphlet history of Camden,\\njHiblished in 1858. As a public lecturer he\\nwas noted for his pleasing address and hu-\\nmorous satire, and he was frequently invited\\nto deliver addresses before associations of a\\nbenevolent or charitable character. He never\\njoined either the State or Cuinity Medical So-\\ncieties, but he was one of the organizers and\\na most efficient member of the Camden City\\nMedical Society. Dr. Fisler died in Cam-\\nden, March 31, 1871. He married Anna\\nMaria, daughter of Richard Somers and\\nRachael Risley, of Woodstown, who, with\\nfive children, are still living.\\nWilliam Parham was one of the physi-\\ncians in Camden County who never joined\\nits medical society. He was born in 1803,\\nin Jerusalem, Va. He studied medicine in\\nLexington, Ky., and began its practice in\\nAlabama. From there he went to Central\\nAmerica and was a surgeon in a battle in\\nYucatan. After that he returned to the\\nUnited States, and remained for a time in\\nPhiladelphia. He then selected Tom s River,\\nin Ocean County, N. J., as a field for\\npractice, but in 1836 he removed to Tansboro\\nin Camden County, from which place his\\nprofessional visits extended to the adjacent\\ntowns of Waterford and AVinslow. In a few\\nyears Dr. Parham removed to Williamstown,\\nand thence in 1846 to Blackwood. He con-\\ntinued to practice medicine here until his\\ndeath, which occurred April 2, 1855. He\\nmarried, at Barnegat, Ocean County, Febru-\\nary 28, 1833, Juliana, daughter of Dr.\\nBugbee, who was a native of Vermont. They\\nhad no children.\\nGeorge Barrows was an Englishman\\nand received his medical education in his\\nnative country. With a wife and one child\\nhe landed penniless in New York in 1836.\\nAccidentally meeting in that city with Sooy", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0372.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0373.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "^l~", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0374.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL .MEN.\\n271\\nThompson, of Plea.sant ]Mills, Atlantic\\nCouutv, N. J., he was induceil by liim to\\nsettle in the latter place, where he boarded\\nwith !Mr. Thompson until he could procure\\na home for himself. Here he diligently ap-\\nplied himself to the practice of his profession.\\nBetween the years 1840 and 1844 he i-e-\\nmoved to Tansboro in Camden C ouuty. At a\\nmeeting of the Camden County Medical Society\\nheld December 21, 1847, a committee was ap-\\npointed to investigate the credentials of Dr.\\nBarrows. They reported that there was on\\nfile in the clerk s office a certified copy of a\\ndijtloma granted to him in 183(3 by Dr.\\nHenry Vanderveer, president of the New\\nJersey State Medical Society. It does not\\nappear that he ever applied for admission to\\nmembership in the County ^Medical Society.\\nHe removed to Philadelphia, where he died\\nin 1852.\\nRn HARD Matlack Cooper. William\\nCooper, of Coleshill, England, located laud\\nat Burliugton, N. J., in 1678. On June\\n12, 1G82, he had surveyed to him the\\nland at Pyne, now Coopers Point, Cam-\\nden, to which he then removed. Daniel\\nCooper, the youngest son of William, mar-\\nried twice. By the first wife he had one\\nchild, William, from whom is descended\\nthe family which by inheritance and pur-\\nchase acquired a large part of what is now\\nthe city of Camdeu, much of it still being\\niu their possession.\\nOf this family was Dr. Richard M.\\nCooper, the sou of Richard M. and Mary\\nC ooper, l)orn iu Camden August 30, 1816.\\nHis fathei who was a man of distinc-\\ntion, gave his sou a liberal education. After\\na course of study at a preparatory school\\nhe entered the Department of Arts of the\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania in 1832, and\\ngraduated from it iu 1836. Heat once com-\\nmenced the study of medicine with Professor\\nGeorge B.Wood, of the Medical Department\\nDr. Somers Medical History of Atlantic County.\\nof the .same University, and after attending\\nthree courses of lectures there, received from\\nit his degree of M.D. iu 1839.\\nAt this date the lower part of Ciuuden,\\ncalled South Camden, was being settled by\\nnegroes and poor whites. Among these Dr.\\nCooper began the practice of his profession,\\ngratuitously dispensing uecessary medicines.\\nHis colleagues in the profession were Drs.\\nSamuel Harris, Isaac S. Mulford and Loren-\\nzo F. Fisler, all men of ability and exper-\\nience, with whom he soon took an equal rank\\nas a skilful practitioner.\\nDr. Cooper took an active interest in the\\norganization of the Camdeu County Medical\\nSociety in 1846, being one of its corpora-\\ntors, its first secretary and subsequently its\\ntreasurer. He was a member of its board of\\ncensors from the time of their appointment,\\nin 1847, until 1851, and as such it was his\\nduty to examine into the qualifications of all\\nI)hysicians desiring to practice medicine iu\\nthe district.\\nProfessionally, Dr. Cooper appears to have\\nattained almost the station of the ideal phy-\\nsician, for he had a broad love for humanity\\nas well as an enthusitasm for the healing art.\\nHe was distinguished, says one who knew\\nhim, for that gentle and cheerful demeanor\\nin a sick-room which not only in.spired faith\\nin his patient, but assuaged the pangs of\\nmany an aching heart. Such was the esteem\\nin which he was held, that many seemed to\\nbelieve that his presence in a sick-room\\nwoukl relieve the sufferer. His skill aud\\nconstant studious research in his profession,\\nhowever, gave him a success which inspired\\nthis confidence and practicing, because he\\nloved to practice, gave him an experience\\nwhich increased his knowledge. A man\\ncast in such a mold would naturally find\\npleasure in forwarding works of charity and\\nbenevolence. It was so in this case.\\nOne of Doctor Cooper s characteristics was\\nhis modesty. He would not permit his name\\nto be proposed for jiresident of the County", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0377.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "272\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY. NEW JERSEY.\\nMedical Society uutil 1871, because he was\\nunwilliug to stand in the way of the promo-\\ntion of its younger members. For the same\\nreason he accepted tiie appointment of dele-\\ngate to tlie American Medical Association\\nonly when its meetings were held at a dis-\\ntance, because he could spare the time occu-\\npied, and the expense incurred in its attend-\\nance, better than his fellow-members. In\\n1871 he read before the Society a history of\\nit from its incorporation, the MSS. of which\\nare preserved in the archives. He was fre-\\nquently chairman of the standing committee,\\nand wrote the medical reports made to the\\nNew Jersey State Medical Society, which\\nwere marked by a comprehensive knowledge\\nof the diseases of his native county. He be-\\ncame president of the latter society in 1856.\\nEngrossed, as Dr. Cooper was, by the on-\\nerous duties of an exacting profession, which\\nwere discharged with a fidelity, skill and self-\\nabnegation worthy of the man, he found\\ntime, amid all these, to intimately acquaint\\nhimself with what was passing in the busy\\nworld around him. There seemed to be no\\nsubject, national, state, county or municipal,\\nthat escaped his notice, or that he did not ex-\\nercise his impartial judgment in properly\\nconsidering and criticising. Those measures\\nwhich involved the vital concerns of the\\ncountry, when torn asunder for the time\\nby fratricidal strife, awakened his deepest\\nthought, and when drawn out, he would\\ndiscuss them with that unconscious ability\\ncharacteristic of the man. He displayed\\nthe same cogent reasoning and methods of\\nthought in reaching satisfactory conclusions\\nwhen giving expression to his views in regard\\nto the more intimate concerns of his State.\\nLaws affecting its policy or the interests of\\nthe people seldom escaped his observation,\\nor failed to provoke his favorable or ad-\\nverse criticism, and no one could listen\\nwithout being instructed as well as sur-\\nprised at the large fund of general infor-\\nmation always at hand to draw from in illus-\\ntrating a point or in enforcing an argument.\\nBut it was in home affairs that Dr. Cooper\\nshowed his greatest interest and his thorough\\nacquaintance with everything connected with\\nthe public welfare. He scrutinized with the\\ngreatest care every action of the local author-\\nities involving the city s welfare, never\\nwithholding his approval where the step\\nto be taken was warranted by the city s\\nfinances and demanded for the public good.\\nDr. Cooper was never indifferent to his\\nresponsibility as a citizen, and it was\\nthis that led those who knew him best to\\nseek his advice and counsel when matters of\\npublic interest required the mature delibera-\\ntion of one so prudent, unselfish and dis-\\ncriminating.\\nDr. Cooper was one of the originators of\\nthe Camden City Medical Society, and was\\na most efficient member. He was a corpor-\\nator of the Camden City Dispensary, and its\\ntreasurer from its incorporation until his\\ndeath.\\nThe Cooper Hospital, described elsewhere,\\nwas a project of his, in conjunction with his\\nbrother, Wm. D. Cooper, which, although not\\ncommenced in the lifetime of the projectors\\nwas, after their decease, established and en-\\ndowed by their sisters Sarah W. and Eliza-\\nbeth B. Cooper, who with their brother,\\nAlexander Cooper, also conveyed the land\\nupon which the buildings are located.\\nFor many years Dr. Cooper was a sufferer\\nfrom hereditary gout, from the consequences\\nof which, superadded to the labors of a very\\nextensive practice, he died May 24, 1874,\\nwhile, for a second time, president of his\\nfavorite, the Camden County Medical Society,\\nto which he bequeathed, in his will, the sum\\nof three thousand dollars, the interest of\\nwhich was to be used in defraying its ex-\\njienses. He was a member of the Society of\\nFriends, whose faith had been the religion of\\nhis ancestors. He was never married.\\nEzKKiEi. Cooper Cheav commenced the\\nstudy of medicine with Dr. Bowman Hendry,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0378.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0379.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "w^^/^\\nV5^", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0380.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINE ANT) MEDICAL MEN.\\n273\\nof Iladdonfiekl, and completed his education\\nat the Jefferson Medical College in 1843. He\\n\\\\\\\\a. 5 the son of Nathaniel and Mary Chew, of\\nGreenwich (now Mantua) township, Glouces-\\nter County, and was born January 17, 1822.\\nHe first engaged in the practice of medicine\\nin Blackwood, and joined the Camden\\nCounty iMedical Society in 1851. He had\\nbeen a member about two years, when he left\\ntliis county and removed to Iowa, and sub-\\nsequently settled in Indiana, where he was\\nstill living three years ago. Dr. Chew was a\\nman of commanding appearance and had a\\nfine physique. He married Miss Caroline\\nBi.shop Woolston, of Vincentown, Burlington\\nCounty, N. J., and had fourteen children, of\\nwhom seven sons and three daughters are\\nliving, and four sons are dead.\\nOtiixiel Hart Taylor was born in\\nPhiladelphia :May 4, 1803. His father was\\nAVilliam Taylor, Jr., who married Mary E.\\nGazzam, both of Cambridge, England,\\nwlience they removed to Philadeljiiiia, in\\nwhich city Mr. Taylor was engaged in an ex-\\ntensive mercantile business for more than\\nforty years.\\nThe early life of his son (Jthniel was occu-\\npied mainly in attendance upon schools of\\nelementary instruction in Philadelphia and\\nHolmesburg, Pa., and in Baskenridgc, X. J.\\nIn 1818 he entered the Literary Department\\nof the University of Pennsylvania, and in\\n1820 he became a medical student in the of-\\nfice of that distinguished physician and sur-\\ngeon, Thomas T. Hewson, M.D., at the same\\ntime attending a course of medical instruction\\nin the University of Penn.sylvania. He com-\\npleted his studies there in 1820 and grad-\\nuated with the class of that year. After his\\ngraduation. Dr. Taylor entered upon the\\npractice of medicine in the city of Philadel-\\njiiiia, where he was very soon appointed one\\nof the physicians to the City Dispensary, in\\nwhich capacity he served many years, and\\nal out the same time he was elected out-door\\nphysician to the Pennsylvania Hospital, a\\nposition he held for eight years. During the\\nyear 1832 the Asiatic cholera made its first\\nappearance in this continent, and Dr. Taylor\\ndistinguished himself by volunteering to\\nserve in the city hospitals which were estab-\\nlished in the emergency by the municipal au-\\nthorities, while he was at the same time act-\\ning as one of the Committee of Physicians\\nappointed by the City Councils as consulting\\nphysicians to their sanitary board.\\nThe hospital which was especially in his\\ncharge was known as St. Augustine Ho.s-\\npital, in Crown Street, and the number of\\ncholera patients reported by him as under\\ntreatment in that hospital was five hundred\\nantl twelve. He was also elected as one of\\na commission of medical men who were sent\\nto Montreal, in Canada, to study the charac-\\nter and treatment of cholera on its out-\\nbreak in that city, and before its appearance\\nin our cities but being unable to accompany\\nthe commission, he declined in favor of Dr.\\nCharles D. Meigs, who, with Drs. Richard\\nHarlan and Sanniel Jackson, made the visit\\nand rejiort. U|)un the closing of the hospi-\\ntals aftei the (li.sappearance of the cholera.\\nDr. Taylor, with seven other physicians who\\nhad been in charge of cholera hospitals, re-\\nceived, by vote of the City Council, a testi-\\nmonial of their appreciation of the services\\nwhich they had rendered to the city, each of\\nthem being presented with a service of silver\\nbearing inscription that it was given as a\\ntoken of regard for intrepid and disinterested\\nservices.\\nIn consequence of impaired health. Dr.\\nTaylor, in 1838, relinquished the practice of\\nmedicine in Philadelphia and removed to\\nAbington, Pa. thence he went, in 1841, to\\nCaldwell, I ^ssex County, N. J., and in 1844\\nhe located himself in Camden, continuing\\nactively in the practice of medicine there\\nduring the remainder of his life\\nDr. Taylor was one of the three })hysicians\\n1 Transactions New Jersey .State Medical Society,\\n1870.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0383.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "274\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nof Camdeu City whose names appear in the\\nlist of corporators of the Camden County\\nMedical Society in 1846, and he was its first\\nvice-president, holding the office for four\\nyears. In 1856 he became its president.\\nFor twenty-three years he was one of its\\nmost attentive, active and efficient members,\\nhis learning and experience rendering his ser-\\nvices invaluable in committee work. He\\nwas elected vice-president of the State Medi-\\ncal Society successively in 1849, 1850 and\\n1851, and president of that society in 1852.\\nHe was one of the organizers of the City\\nMedical Society and had filled its most im-\\nportant offices and he introduced into it the\\nresolution for the founding of a City Dispen-\\nsary, of which, when eventually it was estab-\\nlished, he was one of the corporators and a\\nmanager until ill health compelled his retire-\\nment.\\nDr. Taylor was the author of quite a num-\\nber of valuable articles and addresses upon\\nmedicine and related subjects which were\\npublished in the medical and other journals.\\nIn addition to this, he was frequently a lec-\\nturer before lyceums and other societies, and\\nthis contributed much to the intellectual de-\\nvelopment of Camden. He was a member\\nof the Protestant Episcopal Church and in\\n1847 he was elected a warden of St. Paul s\\nCiiurch, Camden, and at the time of his\\ndeath he was senior warden of that parish.\\nIn 1832, Dr. Taylor married Evelina C,\\ndaughter of Jehu and Anna Burrough, of\\nGloucester (now Camden County). During\\nhis residence in Camden he lived in the house\\non Market vStreet, above Third, built by Mrs.\\nBurrough in 1809, where tiie doctor died of\\npneumonic phthisis September 5, 1869. His\\nwidow survived until September 18, 1878,\\nleaving three sons Dr. H. Genet Taylor,\\nMarmadake B. Taylor (a laAvyer in Camden)\\nand G. Taylor (deceased), who for nearly\\ntwenty years was apothecary and superinten-\\ndent of the Camden Dispensary.\\nWilliam C. Mulfohd was a pioneer\\nphysician in Gloucester City, having re-\\nmoved to it from Pittsgrove, Salem County,\\nin 1845, soon after the first mill was erected\\nin the former place. He was the son of\\nAVilliam and Ann iCulford, and was born\\nJuly 17, 1808, in Salem City. Commencing\\nthe study of medicine under Dr. Beasley, he\\nattended medical lectures at the Jefferson\\nMedical College, and graduated in 1830.\\nHe practiced medicine in Pittsgrove, Salem\\nCounty, where he married his wife, Emily\\nDare, on March 28, 1833. Upon his re-\\nmoval to Gloucester City he was appointed\\nits first postmaster, the post-office being in a\\ncorner room of the factory. Dr. Mulford\\ncontinued practicing his profession here\\nuntil 1862, when he was commissioned an\\nassistant surgeon in the Third New York\\nCavalry, serving with it for six months,\\nwhen he was detailed for hospital duty in\\nRhode Island, and then in Washington.\\nHe was on duty at and witnessed the execu-\\ntion of Mrs. Surratt. He was honorably\\ndischarged from the service in April, 1866\u00c2\u00bb\\nwhen he recommenced the practice of medi-\\ncine in Gloucester City, and continued there\\nuntil 1870. In that year he removed to a\\nfarm he had purchased in Charles City\\nCounty, Va., where he died December 3,\\n1 878. He never joined either of the medical\\nsocieties.\\nKeynell Coaxes moved to C^amdcn in\\n1845, where he attended an occasional pa-\\ntient during the earlier years of his residence\\nin it. He belonged to an old Philadelphia\\nfamily, and was born in tliat city Decem-\\nber 10, 1802. His father, Samuel Coates,\\nsent him to the well-known Friends School\\nat Westtown. Afterwards he attended med-\\nical lectures at the University of Penn-\\nsylvania, where he graduated in 1823. Dr.\\nCoates was a man of the most brilliant and\\nerratic genius, and a poet of consideralde\\nreputation. He was a well-known author\\nupon medical, scientific and political sub-\\njects, and some of his works have been", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0384.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL .^lEN.\\n275\\ntranslated into other languages; a list of them\\nmay be found in Allibone s Dictionary of\\nAuthors. He likewise for a time took an\\nactive part in politics, and in 1852 was the\\ncandidate for Vice President on the Native\\nAmerican ticket. Before he came to Cam-\\nden he had separated from his wife, with\\nwhom he had lived but one year. In this\\ncity he was very poor at times and depend-\\nent upon the assistance of his relatives in\\nPhiladelphia. Sometimes he boarded, but\\nfrequently he lived entirely alone, doing his\\nown cooking. In, 1807 he was elected a\\nmember of the Camden City ^Medical So-\\nciety. Dr. Coates was the anonymous author\\nof a biography of Dr. Bowman Hendry, of\\nHaddonfield, published in pamphlet form\\nin 1848. He died in Camden April 27, 188G.\\nAarox Dk KInsos Woodrufk was the\\nfirst member to join the Camden County\\nMedical Society after its incorporation, \\\\vhich\\nhe did in 1847. His grandfather, A.\\nI). Woodruff, was attorney-general of New\\nJersey from 1800 to 1818. Dr. Woodruff\\nwas the son of Elias Decou Woodruff and\\nAbigail Ellis Whitall, and was born in\\nWoodbury, N. J., May 4, 1818. Upon the\\ndeath of his father, in 1824, his mother re-\\nmoved to Georgetown, D. C, and thence, in\\n182SI, to Philadelphia. Dr. Woodruff was\\neducated at the academy of Samuel Jones.\\nAt sixteen he entered the drug store of\\nCharles Ellis, and graduated at the College\\nof Pharmacy in 1838. In 1840 he went to\\nWoodville, Miss., to take charge of a drug\\nstore, but commencing the study of medicine,\\nhe returned, in 1842, to Philadelphia, and\\npursued his studies under Dr. Thomas Mut-\\nter, professor of surgery in the Jefferson\\nMedical College, from which school he grad-\\nuated in 1844. He spent a few months in\\nthe Pennsylvania Hospital, and then com-\\nmenced the practice of medicine in Haddon-\\nfield, where he soon won the confidence of\\nthe people and secured an extensive practice.\\nIn 1805, in consequence of impaired health\\nfrom overwork, Dr. Woodruff retired from\\npractice and removed to Philadelphia. He\\nresigned from the Medical Society in 1871,\\nupon his removal to his farm in Princess\\nAnne, IMd., but was elected an honorary\\nmember of it. He died in Philadelphia in\\nJanuary, 1881. He was an elder in the\\nPresbyterian Church. Dr. Woodruff mar-\\nried Miss Anne Davidson, of Georgetown,\\nD. C, but left no issue.\\nJames C Risley was one of the corpor-\\nators and first president of the Camden\\nCounty Medical Society, being at that time\\na practitioner of medicine at Long-a-Coming\\n(Berlin), where he remained until 184!l. He\\nwas the son of Judge James Risley, of\\nWoodstown, Salem County, born in June,\\n1817. He studied medicine with Dr. J.\\nHunt, and was licensed by the board of\\ncensors of the New Jersey State Medical\\nSociety in June, 1838, but he did not attend\\nmedical lectures until some years later, finally\\ngraduating in 1844 at the Jefferson Medical\\nCollege. In the mean time he had practiced\\nmedicine at Port Elizabeth until 1842, when\\nhe returned to Woodstown. After his gradu-\\nation he located in Camden County. From\\nhere, in 1849, he went to Columbia, Pa., and\\nremained there until 1850, when he removed\\nto Muscatine, Iowa. He returned to Penn-\\nsylvania in 1861, and opened an office at\\nNesv Brighton, continuing here until 1864,\\nwhen, his health being impaired, he went back\\nto his home in Woodstown, where he died\\nNovember 21, 1866. Dr. Risley was a man\\nof commanding appearance and pleasing ad-\\ndress, with colloquial powers that won for\\nhim a quick appreciation from his patrons.\\nHe married Miss Caroline Crompton, of Port\\nElizabeth, who survived him.\\nBdwmax Hendry, Jr., was the son ot\\nDr. Bowman Hendry, and was born in Had-\\ndonfield May 4, 1820. His father dying\\nwhen his son was a youth, young Hendry\\nTransactions New .Jersey State [e lical Society,\\n1867.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0385.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "276\\nHISTOKY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nstudied luediciue witli liis brother Charles, aud\\ngraduated from the Jeffersou College in 1846.\\nFor a few mouths he jiracticed medicine iu\\niladdonfield, and then removed to Gloucester\\nCity, a place that had just been started as a\\nmanufacturing town. After the outbreak of\\nthe Civil War Dr. Hendry entered the army\\nand was appointed assistant surgeon of the\\nSixth New Jersey Regiment, and continued\\nwith it until the regiment was mustered out\\nof service, September 7, 1864. Next he was\\nattached to the Mower Hospital, at German-\\ntown, Pa., where he remained until the close\\nof the war. He then located in Camden\\nCity, where he practiced medicine until his\\ndeath, June 8, 1868. Dr. Hendry was a\\nmember of the Camden City and Camden\\nCounty Medical Societies, having joined the\\nlatter in 1847, and was its president in 1860.\\nHe took an active part iu both, and I ead before\\nthe City Society a valuable paper upon the\\nMower Hospital. He married, February\\n24, 1850, Helen A. Sarchet, of Gloucester\\nCity, who, M ith one daughter, resides in\\nCamden.\\nCharles W. Sartori was born in Tren-\\nton, N. J., September 6, 1806. His father,\\nJohn Baptiste Sartori, a native of Rome,\\nItaly, came to the United States in 1701.\\nHe returned to Rome as United States con-\\nsul from 1795 to 1800, when he came back\\nto the United States as consul for the Papal\\nStates. Dr. Sartori s mother was Henrietta,\\ndaughter of Chevalier De Woopoin, a French\\nofficer, who acquired large estates in San\\nDomingo, but was killed in the negro in-\\nsurrection in that island. Dr. Sartori was\\neducated at Georgetown, D. C. He studied\\nmedicine and graduated at the Jetferson\\nMedical College in 1829. Commencing the\\npractice of medicine in Port Rejiublic, .\\\\t-\\nlantic County, he remained there until 18. 5!t,\\nwhen he removed to Tuckerton, Burlington\\nCouuty, and practiced there until 184-3. Be-\\ntween this date and 1849 he was again in At-\\nlantic County, at Pleasant Mills, Atsion,\\nBatsto, aud in the latter year located at Black-\\nwood, Camden County, where he stayed only\\na short time, removing from thence to Cam-\\nden. He never practiced medicine in Cam-\\nden, although it was his residence until his\\ndeath, on October 4, 1875. On May 10,\\n1861, he was appointed acting assistant sur-\\ngeon in the United States Navy, and was\\nassigned to the United States steamer\\nFlag, his brother, Louis C. Sartori, now\\ncommodore on the retired list United States\\nNavy, being commander of that vessel. In\\n1863 he was transferred to the United States\\nsteamer Wyalusing, from which vessel he\\nresigned July 19, 1864. In 1833 Dr. Sartori\\nmarried Ann L., widow of Captain Robert\\nD. Giberson, of Port Republic. He was\\nnever a member of either of the Medical\\nSocieties in Camden County.\\nJohn Voorhees Schenck belonged to\\nan old East Jersey family, who have had a\\nnumber of representatives in the medical\\nprofession. He was the son of Dr. Ferdi-\\nnand S. and Leah Voorhees Schenck, and\\nwas born in Somerset County, N. J., Novem-\\nber 17, 1824. The elder Dr. Schenck\\nrepresented his district in Congress for four\\nyears, and between 1845 and 1851 he was\\none of the judges of the Court of Errors and\\nAppeals. Dr. John V. Schenck received his\\nacademical education at Rutgers College,\\nfrom which he obtained his diploma in 1844.\\nThen he attended medical lectures at the Uni-\\nversity of Pennsylvania, where he graduated\\nin 1847. At first he assisted his father in\\nhis practice in his nativ e place, but soon re-\\nmoved to Monmouth County, where he re-\\nmained but a short time. In 1848 he located\\nin Camden and gradually secured probably\\nthe most extensive practice, especially in\\nobstetrics, of any physician who ever prac-\\nticed there. He was the eleventh member\\nadmitted (1848) to the Camden County Med-\\nical Society, and liecame its secretary and\\ntreasurer in 1856, and its president in 1859.\\nHe Avas one of the orsjanizers of the Camden", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0386.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "A HISTOKY OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL ^lEN.\\n277\\nCity Medical Society, and a corpoi ator of the\\nCamden City Dispensary, and was secretary\\nof the former from its commeucement until\\n1859. He was also a member of the New\\nJersey State Medical Society and its presi-\\ndent in 1876. His health becomino- iinpaire l\\nby overwork, he visited Europe for a few\\nmonths. Returning somewhat benefited, lie\\nI esnmed the practice of medicine. He died\\nJuly 25, 1882, while on a short sojourn at\\nAtlantic City. He was a member of the\\nFirst Presbyterian Church. Dr. Scheuck\\nmarried Martha ^NIcLeod, daughter of Henry\\nMcKeen, of Philadelphia. He left a widow\\nand two daughters, one of whom is the wife\\nof Major Franklin C. Woolman, of Camden.\\nDr. Peter Voorhees Schenck was a\\nyounger brother of Dr. J. V. Schenck and\\nwas born May 23,18-38. He was a student\\nat Princeton College, but retired in conse-\\nquence of impaired health. Upon his recov-\\nery he matriculated in medicine at the Uni-\\nversity of Pennsylvania, from which he\\ngraduated in 1860. He began the practice\\nof his profession in West PJiiladelphia, but\\nupon the breaking out of the Civil War, in\\n1861, he entered the regular army and\\nserved until the close of the war, when he\\nresigned. In 1867 he joined his brother in\\nCamden and was admitted a member of both\\nof the medical societies. In the succeeding\\nyear he removed to St. Louis, Mo., and en-\\ngaged in the practice of medicine. He was\\nat one time the health officer of St. Louis\\nand pliysician-in-chief of the female depart-\\nment of the City Hospital. He married Rutli\\nAnna, daughter of John and Ruth Anna\\nMcCune, of St. Louis. He died March 12,\\n1885, leaving a widow and four children.\\nThomas F. Cullen was one of the few\\nmembers of the Camden County Medical So-\\nciety who passed an examination before its\\nboard of censors, receiving his license June\\n18, 1850. He was elected a member of the\\nsociety in the following December. He was\\nthe son of Captain Thomas Culleu, of tlie\\nPhiladelphia merchant marine, and was born\\nin that city September 3, 1822. He received\\nhis scholastic education in Mount Holly, N.\\nJ., to which place his parents had removed.\\nDr. Cullen studied medicine with Dr. Heber\\nChase, a surgeon of Piiiladelphia,and gradu-\\nated at the University of Pennsylvania in\\n1844. His first field of practice was in New-\\nark, Delaware, but in 1849 he removed to\\nCamden. Here his great natural abilities and\\ncareful training brought him prominently\\nforward, especially as a surgeon, in which\\nbranch of the profession he became so skilled\\nand successful that for the first time in its\\nhistory Camden became independent of its\\nneighbor across the Delaware for the per-\\nformance of a capital surgical operation. He\\nwas an active member of the medical socie-\\nties, serving as president ofthe city and county\\nsocieties, and of the State society in 1869.\\nM liile a member ofthe former two, no com-\\nmittee was complete without him. He was\\none of tlie corporators of the Camden Dis-\\npensary and Cooper Hospital. Ofthe former,\\nhe was two years its president, and a director\\nof the latter until his death. He died No-\\nvember 21, 1877. He left no issue.\\nJacob GiUGft is of English descent. His\\ngrandfather, Rev. Jacob Grigg, was a Baptist\\nmissionary, sent from England to Sierra\\nLeone, Africa, but his health tailing, he sailed\\nfor America. His son. Dr. John R. Grigg,\\nthe father of Dr. Jacob Cirigg, practiced med-\\nicine at White Marsh, Pennsylvania, where\\nthe latter was born, June 23, 1821. He read\\nmedicine with his father, and received his\\ndiploma from the University of Penn.sylva-\\nnia in 1843. In the same year he married\\nMary, daughter of John Bruner, of Mont-\\ngomery County, in that State, in the mean-\\nwhile practicing medicine in conjunction with\\nhis father. In 1 844 Dr. Jacob Grigg removed\\nto Bucks County, and from thence, in 1849,\\nto Blackwood, in Camden County, New Jer-\\nsey. On June 18, 1849, the board of censors\\nof the Camden County Medical Society re-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0387.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "278\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nported that Dr. Grigg had passed a successful\\nexamiuation and had received a license to\\npractice in the State. At the semi-annual\\nmeeting of the society, held December 19th\\nof that year, he was elected a member. He\\nwas burned out in 1852 and removed to\\nPennsylvania, at which time his name was\\ndropped froiu the roll of the society. Re-\\nturuing in a few months to Camden County,\\nhe remained until 1857, when he left this\\ncounty and settled in the adjoining one\\nof Burlington. His present residence is Mt.\\nHolly.\\nRobert M. Smallwood belouged to an\\nold Gloucester County family. He was the\\nson of John C. and Mary Smallwood, of\\nWoodbury, and was born August 20, 1827.\\nAdopting the profession of medicine, he en-\\ntered the University of Pennsylvania, where\\nhe graduated in 1849. He at once located in\\nChews Landing and continued i n practice there\\nfor two years. He joined the Camden County\\nMedical Society June 19, 1849. In the\\nyear 1851 he entered the United StatesNavy,\\nand iu 1852 was assigned to duty u})on the\\nship I.ievant and sailed for the Mediterra-\\nnean. While upon this cruise his health\\nfailed him, and returning home, he died of\\nphthisis, February 8, 1856. He married Mrs.\\nMary A. F. Gest in 1850, and had four\\nchildren.\\nJohn I. Jessup. At a meeting of tiie\\nCamden County Medical Society held at\\nCamden, June 19, 1849, the society adjourned\\nfor a few hours to give the board of censors\\nan opportunity to examine candidates for a\\nlicense to practice medicine in the State. At\\nhalf-past two o clock Dr. Isaac S. Mulford,\\nj)resident of the board, reported tiuit after a\\nsatisfactory examination they had granted\\nlicenses to Dr. Theodore H. Varick, of\\nHudson County Dr. John I. Jessuj), of At-\\nlantic County and Dr. John W. Snowden,\\nof Camden County. At the semi-annual\\nmeeting, held on December IStli, nf tliis\\nyear, Dr. Jessup was elected a member of tlie\\nsociety. He was a grandsonofJosiah Albert-\\nson, who kept the old hotel in Blue Anchor\\nfrom 1812 until the Camden and Atlantic\\nRailroad was built, in 1852.\\nDr. Jessup graduated at the Jefferson Med-\\nical College iu 1848, and seems to have prac-\\nticed for a short time in Camden County.\\nSoon after joining its society he removed to\\nSomers Point, in Atlantic County. In 1852\\nhe became prostrated by phthisis, which\\ncaused him to return to Blue Anchor, where\\nhe soon afterwards died.^\\nSylvester Birpsei.l s parentage was of\\nPennsylvania origin. His father, James\\nBirdsell, married Mary Pyle, both of Ches-\\nter County, in that State. Their son Syl-\\nvester was, however, born in Baltimore, Md.,\\nAugust 21, 1824. He was of a studious\\nturn of mind, and taught school while at-\\ntending medical lectures at the Jefferson\\nMedical College, from which he graduated\\nin 1848. Dr. Birdsell commenced the prac-\\ntice of medicine at Point Pleasant, Bucks\\nCounty, Pa. In 1850 he moved to what was\\nthen known as South Camden, N. J., where\\nhe opened a drug store and began practicing\\nmedicine. In the same year he joined the\\nCounty Medical Society, becoming its pi esi-\\ndent in 1858. He was one of the organizers\\nof the city society. His knowledge and\\nability secured for him a professorship in the\\nWoman s Medical College of Philadel-\\nphia, a position he held for some time. Dr.\\nBirdsell married Jane B. Laird, whose death\\npreceded by several years his own, which oc-\\ncurred ]\\\\Iay 29, 1883. He was buried in\\nEvergreen Cemetery. He left two daugh-\\nters and one son, Rudolph W. Birdsell, wiio\\nfor a long time has been connected with the\\nCamden Fii-e Insurance Association.\\nWiLLiAJr G. TuoirAs was born in Phila-\\ndelphia, January Kj, 1826. He was the son\\nof SteiJien and Sallie Thomas. He com-\\nmenced the study of medicine in Columbia,\\nSomers Medical History of Atlantic County.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0388.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OP MEDICINE AND MEDICAL MEN.\\n279\\nTjiincaster County, Pa., under Dr. Filbert, of\\nthat place, and attended medical lectures at\\ntlie Pennsylvania Medical College, in Phila-\\ndelphia, from which he graduated in 1854.\\nAlthough the law did not then require it, he\\npassed an examination before the board of\\ncensors of the New Jersey State Medical\\nSociety, at Trenton, on May 14, 1854, and\\nthen began the practice of medicine in Cam-\\nden. He became a member of the Camden\\nCounty Medical Society in 1857. He had\\njoined the city society upon his locarion in\\nCamden and had taken an active interest in its\\nproceedings. Dr. Thomas died of dysen-\\ntery August 17, 1858. He had a hard strug-\\ngle during his short professional career in\\nCamden and after his death the city society\\npaid his funeral expenses. He married,\\nFebruary 7, 1854, Margaret Cramsie, of Phil-\\nadelphia, and left one child.\\nThe three following physicians all practiced\\nin Blackwood, but none of them were ever\\nconnected with either the Camden County\\nor City Medical Societies. Dr. AViLLiA t\\nHolmes located there between 1845 and\\n1847. Although he is said to have graduated\\nat the University of Pennsylvania, his name\\nis not in the list of graduates of that institution.\\nHe removed to Greenwich, N. J. Dr. F.\\nRiDGELEY Graham was a physician in the\\nsame town between 1850 and 1858. He was\\na native of Chillicothe, O., M here he began\\nthe study of medicine, completing hiseducation\\nat the Jefferson Medical College, from which\\nhe graduated in 1850. He removed to Ches-\\nter, Pa. The third one was Dr. Alex-\\nander J. McKelway, son of Dr. John\\nMcKelway, of Trenton, N. J., who was born\\nin Scotland December 6, 1813. He graduat-\\ned at the Jefferson Medical College in 1834.\\nBetween the years 1858 and 1861 he pursued\\nhis profession in Blackwood. On September\\n14th of the latter year he entered the volun-\\nteer service as surgeon of the Eighth New\\nJersey Regiment and continued with it until\\nApril 7, 1864, when lie resigned. He died\\nat Williamstown, Gloucester County, N. J.,\\nNovember 8, 1885.\\nWithin the same decade Dr. Jesse S. Zane\\nSellers, son of Jesse and Rebecca Sellers, of\\nPhiladelphia, opened an office in Camden.\\nHe had received his medical education at the\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania, from which\\ninstitution he graduated in 1852. He Ik\\ncame a member of the Camden City jMedical\\nSociety in September, 1854, and faithfully\\nserved through the cholera epidemic of that\\nautumn. Soon afterward he removed to\\nMinnesota and engaged iu mining. He lived\\nonly a few years after his removal to the\\nWest.\\nNapoleon Bonaparte Jennings was\\ntwenty-eight years a member of the Camden\\nCounty Medical Society and was its president\\nin 1861. He died of phthisis at Haddon-\\nfield, April 17, 1885. Tiie doctor was the\\nsou of Stacy and Sarah Jennings, and was\\nborn at Manahawkin, N. J., April 22, 1831.\\nHe was educated at the Woodstock Academy,\\nConnecticut, and then entered the office of\\nDr. Budd, of Medford, N. J., to pursue the\\nstudy of medicine, and graduated at the Jef-\\nferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, in\\n1856. He immediately entered upon the\\npractice of medicine in Haddonfield, where\\nhe soon gained the confidence of the com-\\nmunity by his professional attainments and\\nhis excellent social qualities. He was pos-\\nsessed of a singularly genial nature, which\\noverflowed in kindness to all and gained for\\nhim the universal good will of the communi-\\nty in which he lived and practiced for nearly\\nthirty years, and attained for him one of the\\nlargest practices ever secured by a physician\\nin West Jersey.\\nHe married Mary, daughter of Joshua P.\\nand Amelia Browning, of Haddonfield, who\\nsurvives him with a family of seven children.\\nHe was a consistent member of the Protest-\\nant Episcopal Church.\\nHenry Ackley virtually belonged to\\nCamden, although born in Philadelphia, Jan-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0389.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "280\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\niiarv 2! 1837. Hi.s graiidtather, Thomas\\nAckley, as early as 1800, kept the old store\\nat the foot of Federal Street, which was\\ndemolished a few years ago. His mother, nee\\nBarclay, the Mndow of Lieutenant-Comman-\\nder McC auley, United States Navy, married\\nThomas Ackley, cashier of the State Bank\\nat Camden. Dr. Ackley received a liberal\\neducation, and studied medicine with Pro-\\nfessors E. Wallace and William Keating, of\\nPhiladelphia, and graduated at the Jefferson\\nMedical College in 1858. He began prac-\\ntice in Camden and joined the county and\\ncity societies, and was secretary of the former\\niu 1859 and 1860. At the commencement\\nof the Civil War he entered the United States\\nNavy, as surgeon, on July 20, 1861, and\\nwas assigned to duty in the Philadelphia\\nNavy-Yard. Towards the close of the year\\nhe was ordered to the United States ship\\nWissahickon, of the East Gulf Blockad-\\ning Squadron, and served under Admiral\\nPorter in the capture of New Orleans and\\nin the campaign against Vicksburg. In\\n1863 he was transferred to the fiag-sliip\\nSan Jacinto, and was acting surgeon-in-\\nchief of the squadron. While on this vessel\\nlie was attacked with yellow fever, which so\\nimpaired his naturally feeble constitution\\nthat he was ordered to the United States\\nreceiving ship Vermont, at New York,\\nin 1864. He died in Camden, of phthisis,\\nDecember 1, 1865. The year previous he\\nmarried Sallie, daughter of Hon. Richard\\nWilkins, of Camden. He left one son, who\\ndied in infancy.\\nWilliam S. Bishop, surgeon of the\\nUnited States Navy, an honorary member of\\nthe Camden County Medical Society, died De-\\ncember 28, 1868. Dr. Bishop was connected\\nwith tlie navy from an early period of his\\nprofessional life. He had seen service in\\nmost parts of the globe. Several years ago,\\nwhile on duty with the squadron on the\\ncoast of Africa, he suffered from a severe at-\\ntack of coast fever, from tlie effects of wiiich\\nhe never entirely recovered. He was pro\\nnounced by a medical commission unfit for\\nfurther sea service, but was employed on\\nshoi C duty at the various naval stations. At\\nthe breaking out of the Rebellion Dr. Bishop\\nwas on duty at the navy-yard at Pensacola,\\nFla., where, in common with the other naval\\nofficers, he was obliged to give his jjarole not\\nto engage in service against the Confederacy\\nbefore he was permitted to return North.\\nWhen not employed in service, he resided in\\nCamden for a number of years previous to\\nhis death. Shortly after his return to the\\nlatter place he was ordered to the navy-yard\\nat Mare Island, in California, where he re-\\nmained during the whole period of the war.\\nHe came home much impaired in health, but\\nwas employed again on naval medical com-\\nmissions of great x esponsibility he was\\nfinally ordered to the United States Naval\\nAsylum, at Philadelphia, as chief surgeon, at\\nwhich post he died on December 28, 18G8, of\\na complication of diseases, ending in general\\ndropsy. Dr. Bishop was a member of the\\nCamden City Society as well as the County\\nSociety.\\nThomas J. Smith became a member of\\nthe Camden County Medical Society on June\\n18, 1867. He was born iu Salem, N. J.,\\nApril 21, 1841, and is the son of Peter and\\nElizabeth Smith. He was educated at\\nWilliams College, Massachusetts, graduating\\nin 1862. He attended medical lectures in the\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania, and received his\\ndegree of M.D. in March, 1866. He began\\nthe practice of medicine in Camden. He\\njoined the Camden City Medical Society in\\nMarch, 1867, and became its secretary the\\nsame year, continuing in office until his re-\\nmoval to Bridgeton, early in the year 1868.\\nDr. Smith is a member of the New Jersey\\nState Medical Society and is chairman of its\\nstanding committee. He married, March 28,\\n1871, iNIary L., daughter of Rev. f^lisha V.\\nTransactions of New Jersey State Medical Society,\\n1869.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0390.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF :\\\\IEr)ICIx\\\\E xVND MEDICAL MEN.\\n281\\nand Matilda B. Glover, of Haddoufiyld. Dr.\\nSmith is a promiuent practitioner in Bridge-\\nton.\\nJoseph W. McCullough fell a victim\\nto the severest epidemic of typhus fever that\\never attacked the almshouse in Blackwood,\\nCamden County, literally dying at his jjost\\nof duty, of that disease, March 15, 1881,\\nafter a service of nine years as attending\\nphysician at that institution. He was the\\nson of Andrew and Eunice McCullough, and\\nwas born in Wilmington, Del., August 12,\\n1837. He studied medicine with Dr. Chand-\\nler, of that city, and graduated at the Jeffer-\\nson ]\\\\Iedical College in 1860. When the\\nCivil War bi-oke out, in 1861, he was one of\\nthe first to offer his services to the govern-\\nment, and was appointed surgeon of the First\\nDelaware Regiment. After the close of the\\nwar he joined the regular army, and was\\nsent to New Orleans, and thence to Alabama.\\nIn consequence of impaired health he resign-\\ned, and in 1866 located as a practitioner of\\nmedicine at Blackwood. In 1880 lie and Dr.\\nBranniu, his co-laborer, were appointed phy-\\nsicians to the County Insane Asylum. Dr.\\nMcCullough joined the Camden County\\nMedical Society in 1871. He married,\\nMarch 9, 1876, Sarah E., only daughter of\\nRichard C. Stevenson, of Blackwood. His\\nwidow and two children survive him.\\nCharles F. Clarke practiced medicine\\nfor over forty years in Gloucester County.\\nHe retired in 1868 and moved to Camden,\\nbecoming an honorary member of the City\\nSociety in 1869 and continuiug his connec-\\ntion with it until his death, in 1875. He was\\nborn near Paulsboro Gloucester County,\\nN. J., August 12, 1800. He was educated\\nat Woodbury and at Burlington, and then\\nentered the counting-room of Mr. Hollings-\\nhead, in Philadelphia. In the year 1820,\\nbeing in poor health, he went as supercargo\\nto the West Indies returning, he commenced\\nthe study of medicine and graduated at the\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania in 1823. In\\nconnection with his cousiu, Dr. John Y.\\nClarke, of Philadelphia, he opened a drug\\nstore at the corner of Fifth and Race Streets,\\nin that city. This he soon abandoned, and\\nthen began the practice of medicine in\\nClarksboro Gloucester County, N. J., thence\\nhe went to Paulsboro and in 1835 to Wood-\\nbury, in the same county, where he lived for\\nthirty-two years and attended to the largest\\npractice iu that section of the county. Dr.\\nClarke accumulated a considerable fortune.\\nOne of his daughters, Eva C, married Dr.\\nRandall W. Moi gan. His son, Dr. Henry\\nC. Clarke, succeeded to his father s practice\\nand is one of the leading physicians in\\nGloucester County.\\nRandal W. Morgan was born near\\nBlack wood town, Camden County, June 5,\\n1848, and was a son of Randal E. and Mary\\nillard) Morgan. He attended the West\\nJersey Academy, at Bridgeton, and later the\\nUniversity of Lewisburgh, Pa. In 1864 he\\nwas appointed midshipman at the Naval\\nAcademy at Annapolis, which position he\\nwas obliged to resign because of an attack of\\ntyphoid fever, from which he never fully re-\\ncovered. Shortly afterward he commenced\\nhis medical studies under Dr. Brannin, of\\nBlackwoodtown, continuing them at the\\nUniversity of Penu.sylvania, and graduating\\nfrona that institution in 1870. Two years\\nlater he took the degree of Doctor of Phil-\\nosophy. In 1877 he was elected county\\nphysician, an office he held for five years.\\nDuring the small-pox epidemic, in 1872, he\\nhad charge of the small-pox hospital, and\\nlabored unselfishly among the victims of that\\ndisea.se. In 1881, much broken iu health,\\nhe sailed for Europe, and was much benefited\\nby his sojourn there but upon returning to\\npractice soon succumbed again to ill health,\\nand in August, 1883, was obliged to re-\\nlinquish the duties of his profession. He\\nsailed again for Europe in 1884, intending,\\nwhile there, to visit some of the hospitals in\\nthe cholera-infested portions of France and", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0391.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "282\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nItaly, but, owing to aggravation of his mala-\\ndies, abandoned the project, and sailing for\\nhome, died when three days out from Liver-\\npool, October 20, 1884.\\nDr. Morgan was a vevy active man, dili-\\ngent in the practice of his profession,\\nstudious and quite siiCL^e.ssful. Speaking of his\\n.skillful management of the sinall-pox hos-\\npital, heretofore alluded to, Dr. R. M.\\nCooper, in his report to the New Jersey State\\nMedical Society, said We have obtained\\n(from Dr. Morgan) some valuable .statistics\\nin regard to the disease and its mode of\\ntreatment and it is but just to him to state\\ntiiat the ratio of mortality of the cases under\\nhis care compare very favorably with other\\nsmall-pox hospitals.\\nHe carried on for several years a drug-\\nstore, and was a member of both the Camden\\nCounty and Camden City Medical Societies.\\nHe was married January 15, 1876, to Eva,\\ndaughter of Dr. Charles F. Clarke, late of\\nCamden, who survives him.\\nJames A. Armstrong was bora in Phila-\\ndelphia, June 12, 1835, and was the son of\\nJames and Mary Armstrong. He was edu-\\ncated in the public schools, and graduated\\nfrom the Philadelphia High School. He\\nengaged in the drug business and obtained a\\ndiploma from the Philadelphia College of\\nPharmacy in 1855, and then purchased a\\ndrug store at the corner of Fourth and\\nThompson Streets, in his native city. Subse-\\nquently he studied medicine, graduating from\\nthe University of Peun.sylvania in 1861. In\\nSeptember of the latter year Dr. Armstrong\\nwas appointed assistant surgeon in a Penn-\\nsylvania regiment, and was assigned to the\\nArmy of the Potomac, in Virginia. After\\nthree years of military duty in the field he\\nreturned home, and was attached to the\\nSatterlee Hospital until the close of the war.\\nHe then removed to Camden, and purchased\\na drug store on Federal Street, above Third,\\nwhich he afterwards moved to Market, above\\nthe .same street. In a few years he relin-\\nquished the drug busine.ss, began the practice\\nof medicine and joined the Camden County\\nMedical Society in 1876. He was surgical\\nexaminer for pensions in Camden since the\\nclos(! of the war, and when the United States\\nBoard of Pensions was established in that\\ncity, in 1884, he was appointed one of its\\nthree members. In 1871 he was coroner of\\nCamden City. Dr. Armstrong was an elder\\nin the Presbyterian Church. He died of\\napoplexy on October 30, 1885, leaving a\\nwidow and three daughters.\\nJ. Newton Achuff was a native of\\nGermautown, Pa. He commenced his medi-\\ncal education with Dr. Lemuel J. Deal, of\\nPhiladelphia, and completed it at the Jeffer-\\nst)n Medical College, graduating in 1867.\\nHe at once commenced the practice of his\\nprofession in South Camden, and in the same\\nyear (1867) joined both the Camden City and\\nCounty Societies. He was at once appointed\\na visiting physician of the Camden City Dis-\\npensary. In the year 1869 he left Camden\\nand entered the service of the government as\\na contract surgeon, and was assigned to duty\\nin Alaska, and subsequently in California, in\\nwhich State he died about 1872.\\njA.NtES H. Wroth is the .son of the late\\nJames W. Wroth, of Camden, whose widow\\nand her family have removed from the city.\\nDr. Wroth obtained his medical education at\\nthe University of Pennsylvania, where he\\ngraduated in 1878. He commenced the\\npractice of medicine in Camden, and in\\n1879 attached himself to both the Camden\\nCity and County Societies. While an interne\\nof the Camden City Dispen.sary the small-\\npox epidemic of 1880 occurred in that city,\\nduring which Dr. Wroth distinguished him-\\nself by his attendance upon the sick (poor)\\nwith that disease. He is now a resident of\\nNew Mexico.\\nIsaac B. Mulford belonged to an old\\nand influential family in South Jersey. He\\nwas born in Millville, N. J., in 1843. He\\nwas educated at the West Jersey Academy,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0392.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY. OF MEDICINE AND BIEDICAL MEN.\\n283\\nat Iji-itluetoii, at Monticello Seminary, New\\nYork, and at Princeton College, from which\\nhe graduated with honor in the class of 18(35.\\nHe studied medicine witii Dr. William Hunt,\\nof Philadel])hia, and attended lectures at tiie\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania. His studies\\nbeing interrupted by severe illness, he could\\nnot receive his degree of Doctor of iNIedicine\\nuntil 1S71. He began the practice of medi-\\ncine in Camden, and became a member of\\nbiith the Camden County and Camdeu City\\nIMedical Societies, and was elected treasurer of\\nthe former in 1874, and president in 1881.\\nFor several years prior to his death he was\\nsurgeon of the Sixth Regiment National\\nGuards of New Jersey. He was also phy-\\nsician of the West Jersey Orphanage, a meni-\\nbei- of the New Jersey Sanitary Association\\nand the Camden jNIicroscopical Society.\\nDr. Mulford and the Rev. Joseph F. Garri-\\n.sou, honorary member of the Camden County\\nSociety, were the only resident physicians in\\nthe county who were ever graduates of the\\nCollege of New Jersey. Dr. Mulford died\\nin Camden, November 21, 1882. He left a\\nfine lil)rary of medical works to the Camden\\nCity Dispensary.\\nWiLLiA.M G. Taylor, a former mem-\\nber of the Camden City Medical Society,\\nwas the son of Dr. R. G. and Eleonora Tay-\\nlor, of Camden. He was born in Philadel-\\n])hia, July 20, 1851, and was educated in the\\npublic schools in Camden. At the age of\\nseventeen he entered the drug-store of Jo-\\nseph Riley and attended two courses of lec-\\ntures at the Philadelphia College of Phar-\\nmacy. He then commenced the study of\\nmedicine and graduated at the Jefferson\\n^ledieal College in 1873. For a short time\\nhe was one of the visiting physicians for the\\nDispen,sary, but he had been preparing for\\nthe work of a missionary under the auspices\\nof the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis-\\nsions. On June 11, 1873, he sailed from\\n1 Transactions New Jersey State Medical Society,\\n1883.\\nNew York for Africa. His .-station was Ga-\\nboon, on the west coast, and his duty was to\\nvisit monthly, or oftener if called ujion, the\\nstations between it and Benita, a point one\\nhundred miles north. The mode of travel-\\nling was by sea in an open boat, five and\\none-half feet wide by twenty-six feet long.\\nThis exposed life and rei)eated attacks of Af-\\nrican fever broke down his health, and after\\ntwo years labor there he returned home, and\\ndied April 8, 1877. He was buried in Ever-\\ngreen Cemetery.\\nLIVING PHY.SICIAXS.\\n[T/ie remainder of the Medical Chapter was prepared\\nby the Publishers.]\\nJohn W. Snowden is the oldest living\\nmember of the Camden County Medical\\nSociety in continuous attendance, having\\njoined it in 1849. He is a native of Phila-\\ndeljihia, and graduated in the Medical De-\\npartment of the University of Pennsylvania\\nin April, 1844. His health being precarious,\\nhe selected the Pines of New Jersey as\\nhis field of practice, and located near Water-\\nford, in Camden County, in May, 1846. He\\nwas one of the few physicians who passed an\\nexamination before the board of censors of the\\nCamden County Medical Society for a license\\nto practice medicine in New Jersey. In 1855\\nhe was elected president of this society, and\\nin the year 1878 he M as appointed to be its\\nreporter and chairman of its mo.st important\\ncommittee, the Standing Committee, a\\nposition he still holds. He is a member of\\nthe New Jersey State Medical Society, and\\nwas its president in 1882-83. His residence\\nwas at Ancora, between Waterford and Win-\\nslow, until 1884, when he removed to Ham-\\nmontou, a rapidly-growing town, six miles\\ndistant, and just beyond the boundary line\\nbetween Camden and Atlantic Counties.\\nDuring a practice of forty years he has seen\\nhis section of the State emerge from a wilder-\\nness into a series of towns, containing an in-\\ntelligent, thrifty and progressive people.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0393.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "284\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nJames M. Ridge, now one of the leading;\\npliysicians and surgeons of West Jersey, is a\\nson of Moses and Sarah (McFarlaud)\\nRidge, and was horn in Tinicum township,\\nBuciis County, Pa., October 6, 1826. His\\nfather was an intelligent and prosperous\\nfarmer, under whose watchful care as an in-\\nstructor the rudimentary education of the\\nsou was obtained. The grandmother of Dr.\\nRidge, on his father s side, was a daughter of\\nEdward Marshall, a lineal descendant of\\na family prominent in the annals of Penn-\\nsylvania His father died in the year\\n1860, and his mother several years earlier.\\nIn 1847, after receiving a ^preparatory in-\\ntellectual training at homo and in the schools\\nof his uative township, he entered a boarding-\\nschool taught by Solomon Wright, at Bridge-\\nton, Pa., and in 1849 Dr. Ridge became the\\nteacher of the school. In the fall of the same\\nyear he determined to take up the study\\nof medicine, and thereupon entered the office\\nof Dr. William S. Hendrie, of Doylestown,\\nPa., as a student, and remained in this re-\\nlation until his graduation from the Medical\\nDepartment of the University of Pennsyl-\\nvania, April 2, 1852. Upon receiving\\nhis degree and diploma he began the prac-\\ntice of medicine in his native township,\\ncontinuing there until the year 1856, when\\nhe removed to Camden, in which city he has\\ngained an enviable reputation as a surgeon, and\\na successful practitioner of medicine. He is\\nwell versed in the science and literature of his\\nchosen profession. Dr. Ridge has been promi-\\nnently identified with various medical societies,\\nand has always taken an active part in the\\ndiscussions of topics at their deliberations.\\nIn 1876 he represented the First Congressional\\nDistrict of New Jersey in the International\\nMedical Congress, which met in Philadelphia,\\nand took an active part in its discussions. He\\nWas a member of the Bucks County Medi-\\ncal Society, the Pathological Society of Phila-\\ndelphia and the Camden County Medical\\nSociety, and has served as president of the last-\\nnamed society at various times. As a mem-\\nber of the State Board of Health he served\\ntwo years, and then resigned in order to give\\nmore direct attention to his practice at\\nhome.\\nIn politics Dr. Ridge was a Whig during\\nthe days of that party, and since has been\\nidentified with the Democratic party. He\\nserved as a member of the City School Board\\nfor a period of sixteen years, in which position\\nhe always showed an active interest in the\\ncause of education. Since 1885 he has served\\nas president of the County Board of Ex-\\namining Surgeons for Pensions. The doctor\\nis a constant reader, not only of works pertain-\\ning to his own profession, but of general\\nliterature. He has devoted much of his\\nleisure time to the study of the classics and\\nthe most abstruse questions of philosophy\\nand the physicial sciences.\\nIn 1850 Dr. Ridge was married to Saraii,\\ndaughter of William B. Warford, by whom\\nhe has had three children. Josephine, the\\neldest, is married to A. G. Wilson, of Brook-\\nlyn, N. Y., and son of a British officer of\\nrank. They have one child, William. Moses\\nM. Ridge, the only son of the doctor, resides\\nin Chester County, Pa; He is married to\\nRebecca Chew, of New Jersey, and has two\\nchildren, Lucretia and Edna. William\\nRidge, the youngest son, died at the age of\\nthree years.\\nDaniel M. Stout was born in Cicrman-\\ntown Pa., November 4, 1826 studied medi-\\ncine under the instruction of Dr. Charles D.\\nHendry in 1844 he matriculated at Jeffer-\\nson Medical College, from which he obtained\\nthe degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1847,\\nafter which he began practice at Berlin and\\nin its vicinity, and still continues, being the\\noldest practitioner in that region.\\nRichard Craxe Deax was born at Har-\\nrisburg. Pa., May 26, 1836. His father.\\nDr. Alexander T. Dean, was a leading phy-\\nsician in that town. Dr. R. C. Dean receiv-\\ned his education in the preparatory schools", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0394.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0397.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0398.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0399.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "e ^/^Z^^^(^", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0400.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL MEN.\\n285\\nof his native place and then entered Yale\\nCollege, from which institution he graduated\\nand received his degree of A.M. He then\\nattended lectures at the Jefferson Medical\\nCollege and received from it his diploma in\\n1854. He located in Camden and practiced\\nhis professiou until 1856, when heenteredthe\\nUnited States Navy as assistant surgeon.\\nHe had joined both the Camden County\\nand City Medical Societies and was secretary\\nof the former in 1855. After his appoint-\\nment as a naval surgeon he was made an hon-\\norary member of them.\\nDr. Dean was rapidly promoted in the\\nmedical corps of the navy. Six years after\\nhis entrance into it he was appointed past\\nassistant surgeon, and in 1862 he was commis-\\n.sioned surgeon. He served during the Civil\\nar as surgeon and fleet surgeon of the At-\\nlantic and other squadrons of the navy. lu\\n1883 he was made a medical director, a posi-\\ntion he now holds. He is at present on duty\\nat the Naval College at Newport, R. I., as\\nprofessor of hygiene, and is also a member of\\nthe Naval Examining Board at Washington,\\nD. C. In 1856 he married Anna, daughter\\nof Dr. Isaac S. Mulford, of Camden.\\nHenry E. Branin was born January\\n8, 1836, and obtained his general education\\nat the West Jersey Collegiate School at\\nMount Holly, N. J., and at the New York\\nConference Seminary, located at Charlottes-\\nville, N. Y. He read medicine with Dr. A.\\nE. Budd, of Medford, N. J., commencing in\\n1855, and graduated from the Jefferson Med-\\nical College, Philadelphia, in the year 1.S58.\\nHe began practice in the spring of that year\\nat Blackwood and has remained there ever\\nsince.\\nDr. Branin became a member of the\\nCamden County and the New Jersey State\\nMedical Societies in 1860 and was elected\\npresident of the former in 1862. In the\\nyear 1879 he was appointed attending physi-\\ncian in charge of the Camden County Insane\\nAsylum and Almsht)use, a position he still\\n34\\nretains. In 1881 a severe epidemic of ty-\\nphus fever broke out in the Almshouse, dur-\\ning the continuance of which Dr. Branin\\ndisplayed .so much courage, intrepidity and\\nprofessional skill, that the Camden County\\nMedical Society pas.sed a series of resolutions\\nof approval of his .services, which were\\nhand.somely engro.ssed and presented to him.\\nHexry Genet Taylor was born July\\n6, 1837, at Charmanto, Rensselaer County,\\nnear Troy, N. Y., at the residence of his\\nuncle, General Henry James Genet, the eld-\\nest son of Citizen Genet, the first ambas-\\nsador of France to the United States, and\\nwho married the daughter of Governor\\nGeorge Clinton, of New York. The biog-\\nraphy of Dr. H. Genet Taylor s father. Dr.\\nOthniel H. Taylor, has been given previous-\\nly. His mother, Evelina C. Burrough, be-\\nlonged to an old Gloucester (now Camden)\\nCounty family, whose ancestors came from\\nEngland to Long Island and from thence to\\nWest Jersey as early as 1693. After her\\nhusband, Dr. O. H. Taylor, had located in\\nCamden, in 1844, Mrs. Taylor, by her pol-\\nished manners, refined hospitality and Chris-\\ntian virtues, contributed much to favorably\\nmould for good the character of the cosmo-\\npolitan population that were rapidly devel-\\noping the town into a citj\\nDr. Taylor, after attending preliminary\\nschools, completed his education at the Prot-\\nestant Episcopal Academy in Philadelphia,\\nand commenced the study of medicine under\\nhis father. He attended medical lectures at\\nthe University of Pennsylvania, from which\\nin.stitution he graduated in 1860. He joined\\nthe Camden County Medical Society in the\\nsame year and in 1861 he was elected its sec-\\nretary, an office he still continues to hold,\\ntemporarily vacating it in 1865 to become\\npresident of the society.\\nUpon the outbreak of the Civil War he\\njoined the army and was commissioned Sep-\\ntember 14, 1861, assistant surgeon of the\\nEighth Regiment of New Jersey Volunteers,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0403.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "286\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nwhich was assigned to the Army of tlie Po-\\ntoraac. During the Peninsular campaign he\\nwas the only medical officer in his regiment\\non field duty. After the battle of Second\\nBull RuD he remained for ten days within\\nthe Confederate lines and brought his wound-\\ned safely into Washington. Subsequent to\\nthe battle of Antietam he was detailed to the\\nartillery brigade of the Third Corps and\\nheld the position of brigade-surgeon of the\\nartillery on the staffs respectively of Major-\\nGenerals Hooker, French and Sickles, and\\ncontinued to fill this position until March 15,\\n1864, when he resigned in consequence of\\nthe serious illness of his father. While in\\nthe army he was present at and rendered\\nprofessional services in twenty five battles\\nand minor engagements.\\nUpon his return home, Dr. Taylor re-\\nsumed the practice of medicine in Camden.\\nThe first draft in Camden under the Con-\\nscription Act was ordered in June, 1864, and\\nDr. Taylor was appointed assistant surgeon,\\nof the Board of Enrollment of the First Con-\\ngressional District of New Jersey, to assist\\nin examining recruits and drafted men for\\nthe army. This office he held until the close\\nof the war, in 1865.\\nWhen the National Guard of New Jersey\\nwas organized, the headquarters of the Sixth\\nRegiment was assigned to Camden; and in\\nthe year 1869, Dr. Taylor was commissioned\\nsurgeon of that regiment, a position he filled\\nuntil June, 1882, when he resigned. In the\\nyear 1877 occurred the riots caused by the\\nstrike of the railroad employes, when part\\nof the National Guard of New Jersey were\\nordered to Phillipsburg, N. J., to protect the\\nproperty there Dr. Taylor was then appoint-\\ned surgeon of the Provisional Brigade, upon\\nthe staff of Major-General William J. Sew-\\nell, commanding the brigade.\\nDr. Taylor is a member of the Camden\\nCounty and City Medical Societies. He\\nwas one of the corporators of the Camden\\nCity Dispensary and has been its secretary\\nsince 1874. He is a member of the New\\nJersey State Medical Society and is its sec-\\nond vice-president. He is also a member of\\nthe American Medical Association, Pennsyl-\\nvania Historical Society. New Jersey Sani-\\ntary Society and New Jersey Academy of\\nMedicine. He was president of the Board\\nof Pension Examining Surgeons, established\\nin Camden in 1884, and continued so until\\na change in administration caused its reor-\\nganization. He is physician-in-chief of the\\nCamden Home for Friendless Children.\\nDr. Taylor married, on October 23, 1879,\\nHelen, daughter of Alexander and Hannah\\nC. Cooper, of Haddonfield, and granddaugh-\\nter of the late Captain James B. Cooper,\\nUnited States Navy.\\nJ. Gilbert Young, son of the late Rev.\\nRobert F. Young, of Haddonfield, was born\\nat Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia County,\\nPa., June 21, 1840. He was educated\\nprincipally in the schools of his native\\ncity, graduating both at the Central High\\nSchool and the University of Pennsylvania.\\nIn the former institution he was at the head\\nof his class. He practiced medicine first\\nat South Camden, then at Gloucester City,\\nand subsequently at Haddonfield, where his\\nfamily resided. In 1866 he moved to Phila-\\ndelphia, where he has since resided and prac-\\nticed. The doctor became a member of the\\nCamden County Medical and New Jersey\\nState Medical Societies in 1863, and still re-\\ntains an honorary membership therein. He\\nis also a member of the Philadelphia County\\nMedical Society and of the American Acad-\\nemy of Medicine.\\nAlexander Marcy was born at Cape\\nMay, N. J., April 16, 18-38; studied medi-\\ncine in 1858 with his father. Dr. S. S.\\nMarcy, and entered the Medical Department\\nof the University of Pennsylvania, from\\nwhich he was graduated in March, 1861.\\nHe at once began to practice in Camden,\\nwhere he has since continued in his profes-\\nsion with great success. Of the physicians", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0404.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0405.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "cr:^^", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0406.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND ^lEDK AL MEN.\\n287\\nin Camdeu in 1861, he and Dr. Ridge are\\nthe only ones now practicing in the city.\\nDr. Marcy became a lueniher of the Cam-\\nden County Medical Society in 1864 and its\\npresident in 1866. He is also a member of\\nthe Camden City and State Medical Societies.\\nHe was one of the corporators of tiie City Dis-\\npensary and at present is president of its\\nboard of nianagei-s.\\nAlexander M. Mecray was born at\\nCape May, N. J., October 3, 1839. He\\nstudied medicine with Dr. Alexander ^Nlarey,\\nof Camden, and in 1861 entered the Medical\\nDepartment of the University of Pennsylva-\\nnia, from which he was graduated in March,\\n1863. He began practice in Cape May\\nCourt-House, and in 1865 removed to Cam-\\nden, where he has since continuously prac-\\nticed his profession. He first located in\\nSouth Camden, but in a few years removed\\nto his present residence in North Camden.\\nIn 1867 he became a member of the Camden\\nCounty Medical Society, having previously\\njoined the City Medical Society, and was\\nelected president of the former in 1869 and\\nits treasurer in 1883, a position he still liolds.\\nHe is also a member of tlie State [Medical\\nSociety.\\nJohn II. Stevenson. Cotemporary with\\nthe arrival in West Jersey of the early emi-\\ngrants from Europe, there was a migration of\\nFriends of English descent from Long Island\\nto the former. Among these settlers were\\nthe Stevensons, whose ancestor, Thomas Ste-\\nvenson, of London, England, had settled at\\nSouthold, L. I., as early as 1644. His\\ngrandchildren for the most part removed to\\nWest Jersey, the first one locating at Bur-\\nlington in 1699. They became large land-\\nowners, both in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.\\nThe unique circumstance that three of the\\ngrandsons, brothers, married three sisters,\\nonly children of Samuel Jenings, a man of\\ndistinction, and the first Governor of West\\nJersey, together with the fact that some of\\nthem became active in public aifairs, one of\\nthem being a member of the first General\\nAssembly, has identified the name with the\\nearly history of the State.\\nThe connection of Dr. Stevenson s family\\nwith the history of Camden County began\\nwith his grandfather, Thomas Stevenson, who\\nwas born September 6, 1765, at Amwell,\\nHunterdon County, whose paternal grand-\\nfather had lived on the Jenings homestead,\\nnear Burlington (still in possession of the\\nStevensons) but, inheriting property in Hun-\\nterdon County, had removed to Amwell.\\nAbout 1790 Thomas Stevenson moved to\\nHaddonfield, and some years subsequently\\npurchased the farm and flour-mill property,\\nbetween Haddonfield and Ellisburg, known\\nas Stevenson s Mill, recently purchased\\nby the Haddonfield Electric Light and Water\\nCompany from which to supply Haddon-\\nfield with pure spring water. In 1795 Thomas\\nStevenson married Rebecca, daughter of\\nCaptain Joseph Thorne, who resided in Had-\\ndonfield, and had commanded the Second\\nBattalion of Gloucester County Volunteers\\n(Camden and Gloucester were then one) in\\nthe Army of the Revolution. Thomas Ste-\\nvenson died at Stevenson s Mill Decem-\\nber 2, 1852.\\nSumnei Stevenson, second son of Thomas,\\nborn April 20,1803, married, May 16, 1833,\\nAnna, daughter of John Rudderow, of what\\nis now the borough of Merchantville. The\\nlatter gentleman was not of full military age\\nat the time of the Revolution, but he served\\nin the home guards, organized to protect\\nthe county from the incursions of the British\\nduring their occupation of Philadelphia.\\nSamuel Stevenson died at his residence in\\nHaddonfield July 23, 1835, leaving two\\nsons, one the subject of this sketch, and the\\nother Thomas Stevenson, born May 12, 1835,\\nwho, on the outbreak of the Civil War, was\\na resident of Camden, and engaged in the\\nwholesale drug business in Philadelphia.\\nRelinquishing his business, he entered the\\narmy as second lieutenant in the Eighth New", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0409.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "288\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nJersey Regiment. He served in the Army\\nof the Potomac through tiie Peninsular cam-\\npaign, and was engaged in the battles of\\nFredericksburg and Second Bull Run. He\\nrose to the rank of captain, but was killed\\nat the battle of Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863,\\nand was buried on the field of battle.\\nDr. .John R. Stevenson was born February\\n12, 1834. He and his brother Thomas were\\neducated in Philadelphia, graduating from\\nthe High School. Both of them received\\nfrom it the two degrees of Bachelor and\\nMaster of Arts. John R. Stevenson,\\nselecting the profession of medicine, entered\\nthe office of Dr. O. H. Tayloi-, of Camden,\\nas a student, and graduated at the University\\nof Pennsylvania in March, 1863. He imme-\\ndiately commenced the practice of medicine\\nin Camden.\\nUpon the passage of the Conscription\\nAct by Congress, he was appointed by\\nPresident Lincoln, May 2, 1863, surgeon of\\nthe Board of Enrollment of the First Congres-\\nsional District of New Jersej^, then embracing\\nthe six counties of Camden, Atlantic, Glouces-\\nter, Salem, Cumberland and Cape May. This\\noffice he held until the close of the war, in\\n1S65. Dr. Stevenson, while a practitioner\\nin Camden, was a member of the Camden\\nCit} Medical Society and was its secretary\\nfor two years, until his removal from the\\ncity, in 1867. He was one of the corporators\\nof the Camden City Dispensary and ^\\\\as its\\nfirst secretary. In 1866 he was chairman of\\nthe Medical Sanitary Committee, which suc-\\ncessfully resisted the last invasion of cholera\\ninto Camden. Subsequently, in consecpience\\nof impaired health, he removed to Haddou-\\nfield, his present residence.\\nDr. Stevenson is a member of the Camden\\nCounty Medical Society, New Jersey State\\nMedical Society, New Jersey Historical Soci-\\nety and is a correspondent of the New York\\nGenealogical and Biographical Society. He\\nis a contributor to the publications of these\\nsocieties, to the press and to some of the\\nmedical journals. He married Frances Strat-\\nton, daughter of Hon. Charles Reeves, who\\nrepresented Camden and Gloucester Coun-\\nties for nine years in the New .Jersey Ijegis-\\nlature.\\nJ. Orlando White was born in Atlan-\\ntic County, N. J., May 4, 1847 studied\\nmedicine with Dr. Richard M. Cooper, of\\nCamden, in 1864, and was the only student\\nthe doctor ever received in his office the\\nnext year he entered the Medical Department\\nof the University of Pennsylvania, from\\nwhich he graduated in March, 1868, since\\nwhich time he has engaged in his profession\\nin Camden.\\nDr. White joined the Camden County\\nMedical Society in 1870, and was elected its\\npresident in the same year. He is also a mem-\\nber of the State Medical Society and of the\\nCamden City Society. He was one of the\\nvisiting physicians for the City Dispensary\\nduring the earlier years of his practice in\\nCamden.\\nHenry A. M. Smith was born in Doyles-\\ntown. Pa., July 30, 1839, and received his\\nacademic education at private schools in his\\nnative county. He began the study of medi-\\ncine with Dr. A. N. Cooper, of Bucks\\nCounty, Pa., and graduated at the Jefferson\\nMedical College, Philadelphia, in March,\\n1864.\\nDr. Smith was in the United States service\\nfor thirteen months, as acting assistant sur-\\ngeon, connected with hospital duty, and in\\n1865 removed to Gloucester, where he has\\nsince been actively engaged in practice. He\\nis a member of the District Medical Society\\nof the county of Camden.\\nJohn R. Haney was born at Riegels-\\nville, Bucks County, Pa,, November 3, 1833.\\nHe was sent to school at Bath, Northampton\\nCounty, and then to the Tuscarora Seminary,\\nat Academia, Juniata County, leaving which,\\nat seventeen years of age, he studied medi-\\ncine with Dr. S. Rosenberger, of French-\\ntown, N. J., and entered Jefferson Medi-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0410.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL :\\\\IEN.\\n289\\ncal College, Philadelphia, attending one\\ncourse, when he entered the Medical Depart-\\nment of the University of Pennsylvania,\\ngraduating in March, 1861. He practiced\\nat Ervenna, Pa., until 1870, when he came\\nto Camden. Dr. Haney has served as presi-\\ndent of the Camden County Medical Society.\\nDiLWYX P. Paxcoast was born at Mnl-\\nlica Hill, N. J., March 11, 1836. He pur-\\nsued his medical studies under Dr. Alfred\\nSmith, of Yardleyville, one year, and enter-\\ned the Medical Department of the Univer-\\nsity of Pennsylvania, from which he was\\ngraduated in March, 1859, having graduated\\niu pharmacy the year previous. He began\\nhis practice at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia,\\nand, in 1863, entered into army service,\\nfrom whioh he retired in December, 1865;\\n])racticed in Philadelphia until 186 J, when\\nhe moved to Camden, and now practices his\\nprofession and also owns a drug-store.\\nWilson H. Ireland was born in Atlan-\\ntic County July 27, 1845; studied medicine\\nwith Dr. E. B. Eichmond, of Millville, iu\\n1863, and in 1864 became a student in the\\nMedical Department of the University of\\nPennsylvania and was graduated in 1867,\\nafter which he practiced in Millville and Di-\\nviding Creek, and in the fall of 1870 moved\\nto Camden.\\nHe became connected with the Camden\\nCounty and City Medical Societies in the\\nsame year, and at present he is president of\\nthe former. He is also a member of the\\nState Medical Society.\\nEdwin Tomlinson was born in Had-\\ndonfield, Camden County, N. J., on the 13tli\\nof March, 1840. In 1858 he entered a drug-\\nstore in Wilmington, Del., as clerk, and, in\\n1861, accepted the same position iu the store\\nof H. C. Blair, of Philadelphia, graduating\\nat the School of Pharmacy in 1863. After\\na brief interval in the West, he, in 1866,\\ncame to Gloucester and engaged in the drug\\nbusiness. He entered Jefferson Medical\\nCollege in 1870, and received his diploma\\nfrom that institution in 1S72. He is a mem-\\nber of the District Medical Society of the\\nCounty of Camden, and has tilled the office\\nof president of that body.\\nCharles Hendry Shivers was born in\\nHaddonfield April 5, 1848. He was edu-\\ncated at the classical school of P)-ofessor AVil-\\nliam Fewsmith, iu Philadelphia, and at the\\nUniversity of Lewisburgli, Pa. He was\\na student of medicine, under the iustruetion\\nof Dr. N. B. Jennings aud Dr. L. J. Deal.\\nIn 1809 he entered Jefferson Medical Col-\\nlege, from which he was graduated M.D.\\nin March, 1872, and at once began to prac-\\ntice in Haddonfield. In the succeeding year\\nhe joined the Camden JNIcdical Society, and\\nwas elected its president in 1880. He is also\\na member of the New Jersey State ]\\\\Iedical\\nSociety. Dr. Shivers is an occasional writer\\nfor the papers and magazines, some of his\\npoems having been published in them. He\\nhas an extensive practice in his section of\\ncountry.\\nElijah B. Woolston belongs to an old\\nBurlington County family. He is the son of\\nDr. Samuel and Ann Read Woolston, and\\nwas born at Vinceutowu, N. J., August 20,\\n1833. His mother was a daughter of Sam-\\nuel and Sylpha (.Irnold) Read, and her\\nmother was a sister of the late David Lau-\\ndreth s (David Laudreth, of Phila lelpliia)\\nmother. The doctor was educated at tlie\\nacademy iu Pottsville, Pa., studied medicine\\nwith his father, and graduated at the Uni-\\nversity of Pennsylvania in 1854, from which\\ninstitution the latter had received his med-\\nical degree in 1827. After he had assisted\\nhis father in his practice for two years in his\\nnative place, he moved to Iowa and settled just\\nacross the river from Omaha, Neb., aud was\\nappointed by Governor Cummings, of the\\nlatter Territory, surgeon of a brigade of\\nmilitia enlisted for service against the Indians.\\nIn 1859 he located at Marlton, New Jersey,\\nand resumed his practice there. On Novem-\\nber 14, 1860, he was commissioned by Gov-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0411.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "290\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nenior )l(1en surgeou of the First Division\\nBrigade of New Jersey militia. Wlien the\\ncall for three mouths troops was made by\\nthe President, iu 1861, he accompanied the\\nFirst Brigade, as surgeon of the Fourth Reg-\\niment, to Virginia, and remained with it un-\\ntil the expiration of its term of service. In\\n1862 he passed an examination before the\\nSpecial United States Medical Examining\\nBoard in Philadelphia, and was assigned to\\nthe United States Hospital, in Beverly, X. J.\\nSoon afterwards he was promoted to be its\\npost-surgeon, a position he retained until the\\nclose of the war.\\nHe performed there successfulh- many dif-\\nficult operations in surgery, which won for\\nhim recognition as an unusually skillful man\\nin his profession. That the patients under\\nhis care were dee])ly grateful to him for his\\nattention and appreciated his many kind-\\nnesses, as well as his professional ability, was\\nattested by their presenting him with a very\\nhandsome case of instruments, which he\\nhighly ])rizes.\\nIn 1875 he removed to Delaware town-\\nship, Camden County, and in the same year\\njoined its medical societ} becoming its pres-\\nident in 1885.\\nThe doctor s activity is by no means con-\\nfined to his profession. He has taken a\\ngreat interest in the public schools, held the\\noffice of township superintendent for many\\nyears and since its abolishment has been a\\ntrustee of the Marlton public schools. In\\naccordance with that public spirit which has\\never characterized him, he was one of the\\noriginators and incorporators of the Phila-\\ndelphia, Marlton and Medford Railroad\\nCom])any.\\nDr. Woolstou was united iu marriage,\\nJanuary 14, 1869, with Miss Rachael Ins-\\nkeep Haines, daughter of Joshua S. and\\nElizabeth Haines, a graduate of the Lewis-\\nburgh (Pa.) Seminary. Two children were\\nthe offspring of this union, viz. Mary E.,\\nwho graduated in 1886 fi-om the Abbotsford\\nSeminary, Philadelphia, Pa., and J. Preston\\nWoolston.\\nEdmund Ia B. Godfrey was born at\\nTuckahoe, Cape May County, N. J., Febru-\\nary 21, 1850, and was a son of Judge H. W.\\nGodfrey. He took the degree of Ph.B. at\\nthe New Jersey Institute (Hightstown) in\\n1872. Shortly afterwards he began to read\\nmedicine with Dr. E. L. B. Wales, of Cape\\nMay, and graduated as an M.D. from Jeffer-\\nson Medical College in 1875. He served as\\nhouse physician and house surgeon at the\\nPresl)yterian Hospital, Philadelphia, and at\\nthe Rhode Island Hospital, at Providence.\\nIn 1876 he began the practice of his profes-\\nsion in Camden and has followed it uninter-\\nruptedly since. He is .surgeon of the Cam-\\nden and Atlantic Railroad and of the Sixth\\nRegiment National Guards, a member of the\\nBoard of Charities and of the Camden Dis-\\npensar} Board, vice-president of the New\\nJersey Sanitary Association, a member of the\\nState Medical Society and of the City and\\nCounty Medical Societies, also of the Amer-\\nican Medical Association and of the Inter-\\nnational Congress (section of hygiene). He\\nhas published a number of valuable articles\\non the science of medicine, among which is\\nthe Discovery of Vaccination by Dr. Jeu-\\nner.\\nThomas G. Rowand was born at Car-\\npenters Landing (now Mantua), N. J., April\\n27, 1829. He began the study of medicine\\nwith Pi ofessor J. McClintock, and at the\\nsame time entered the Philadelphia College\\nof Medicine, from which he graduated July\\n18, 1850. He practiced in several places\\nuntil 1852, when he located in Camden. In\\n1862 he was appointed assistant surgeon of\\nthe Twenty-fourth Regiment (New Jersey),\\nand served about a year. Upon his return\\nhe resumed practice, and, in 1872, opened\\nthe drug-store in Camden which he still\\nowns.\\nOxAX Bowman Gross was born at Eph-\\nrata, Tjancaster County, Pa., February 19,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0412.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "^^C^a.^", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0415.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0416.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND ^[EDICAL MEN.\\n291\\n1851, and is a liueal descendant, in tlie fifth\\ngeneration, of George Gross, \u00e2\u0096\u00a0who, about\\n1747, emigrated from Germany to North\\nCarolina. Daring the Revolution he moved\\nto Pennsylvania and settled at Ephrata, and\\ntliere founded a family, which has since be-\\ncome prominent and influential in Lancaster\\nCounty. John Gross, l)orn 1778, in 1803\\nmarried Polly AVright, born 1784, daughter\\nof John Wright, %yho was the only one of\\nthe doctor s ancestors not Germans. He\\nwas from Ireland, and, coming to America\\nsonic time prior to the Revolution (prob-\\nablv about 17(30), served through that\\nwar as a Continental .soldier and came\\nout as colonel. He was the great-grandfather\\nof our subject. Jacob L. Gross, the father\\nof the doctor, born in 1825, and now a resi-\\ndent of Camden, was admitted a member of\\nthe Lancaster County l)ar, practiced the pro-\\nfession of the law foi- a number of years at\\nI^anca.ster, and, during the years 1854-55,\\nwas a member of the Pennsylvania TiOgisla-\\nture, and for a time brigadier-general of the\\nmilitia of the counties of Lancaster aiul\\nChester. He was married, in 1849, to\\nHannah B. Bowman, of Ephrata, born in\\n1825, a representative of a prominent family\\nwho belong to the German Baptist denomi-\\nnation of Christians, and who are highly\\nhonored and respected for their indu.stry and\\nintegrity. Daniel Bowman, the pioneer of\\nthe family in America, came from Germany\\nin 1738 and settled at P^phrata, Lanca.ster\\nCounty, Pa.\\nDr. O. B.Gross spent the time of childhood\\nand youth in the vicinity of his birth-\\nplace attended the Ephrata Academy until\\nthe age of seventeen years he was then\\nthrown upon his own resources and was in-\\nvited to learn the carpenter s trade. Having\\ncompleted the term of apprenticeship, he con-\\ntinued his avocation five years as a journey-\\nman, during which time, by strict economy\\nand judicious care, he earned sufficient money\\nto ))ay the college fees, and, therefore, in\\n1875, entered the Medical Department of\\nthe LTniversity of Pennsylvania, and was\\ngraduated from that institution in 1878, after\\na full three years course. His preceptors,\\nduring his attendance on the lectures, were\\nDrs. Reynell Coates and Professor Henry\\nC. Chapman. During the years from Sep-\\ntember, 1876, to March, 1878, he held the\\nposition of assistant demonstrator of anat-\\nomy in the university, being the only medi-\\ncal student at that time awarded with such\\nan honor. This position gave him excellent\\nadvantages, which have been of invaluable\\nservice to him in the regular practice\\nof his profe.ssion. On March 5, 1878, he\\nreceived a handsome gold medal, being the\\nH. Lenox Hodge prize, awarded him for\\nskill in dissecting and for anatomical demon-\\nstration.\\nImmediately after completing his medical\\ncourse at the university. Dr. Gross located in\\nCamden, at 407 Arch (Street, where he has\\nsince met with excellent success in general\\npractice, and at times devoting special atten-\\ntion to surgery. In 1884, under the Arthur\\nadministration, he wasappointeda member of\\nthe United States Pension Examining Board\\nof Surgeons, and continues in that position\\nunder the Cleveland admini.stration. He is\\na member of the Pathological Society of\\nPhiladelphia, of the American Medical Asso-\\nciation, of the New Jersey State Medical So-\\nciety, and of the Camden District Medical\\nSociety, and a member of the board of\\nmanagers of Camden City Dispensary is\\nexamining surgeon for Enterprise Lodge,\\nNo. 12, Ancient Order of United Work-\\nmen, and during the years 1883-84 was\\nspecial district sanitary inspector of the\\nState Board of Health. In 1884 he was\\nelected by the Camden Board of Freeholders\\ncounty physician for a term of three years.\\nDr. Gross was married, in 1877, to Miss\\nFannie A. Coates, daughter of John\\nand Rebecca Coates, of Cannlen. They\\nhave one living child, Marion, born in 1884,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0417.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "292\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ntheir first-born, twiu-boys, and a subse-\\nquent child, also a boy, having died as in-\\nfants.\\nE. J. Snitciier was born near Saleni, Sa-\\nlem County, N. J., August 1, 1849, and in\\n1872-73-74 studied medicine with Dr. N. S.\\nDavis, of Chicago; during the same time was\\na student in the Chicago Medical College,\\nfrom which he was graduated in March,\\n1874, after which he located in Camden. He\\njoined the Camden County and New Jersey\\nState Medical Societies in 1876.\\nD. W. BLake is a native of Philadelphia.\\nHe was educated at the academy of Professor\\nTerrill, in Maryland, and began the study of\\nmedicine with Dr. Stuart, of Philadelphia.\\nHe graduated at the Jefferson Medical Col-\\nlege in March, 1876, and settled at Glouces-\\nter in the practice of his profession. He is\\nalso engaged in the drug business at this\\npoint. The doctor is a member of the\\nDistrict Medical Society of the County of\\nCamden.\\nWilliam A. Davis M as born in Frederica,\\nKent County, Delaware, December 7, 1850.\\nHe began the study of medicine in 1872 under\\nDr. John R. Haney, of Camden. After com-\\npleting his preparatory studies he entered the\\nMedical Department of the University of\\nPennsylvaniaand was graduated March, 1876,\\nand then began to practice in Camden. He\\nlater entered Jefferson Medical College, and\\nwas graduated in March, 1882.\\nDowLiNG Ben.tamin is a native of Balti-\\nmore, Md., where he was born January 23,\\n1849. He began the study of pharmacy in\\nChester, Pa., in 1867, and in 1872, as a med-\\nical student, entered the office of Dr. J. H.\\nJamar, of Port Deposit, Md., and in the\\nspring of 1874 he became a student of Dr.\\nJ. M. Ridge, of Camden. In October fol-\\nlowing he entered the Medical Department\\nof the University of Pennsylvania, and was\\ngraduated with the highest honors March 12,\\n1877.\\nIn 1876 he was chosen delegate from the\\nCamden Pharmaceutical Society to the Amer-\\nican Association, and has represented this\\ncouuty society in State, national and inter-\\nnational societies. On August 27, 1879, he\\nwas elected a member of the Academy of Nat-\\nural Sciences. After his graduation, in 1877,\\nhe began to practice medicine in Camden.\\nHe has also conducted a drug-store for a num-\\nber of yeai s.\\nJ. Francis Walsh was born of American\\nparents in Florence, Italy, April 22, 1855.\\nHe began the study of medicine, in 1872,\\nwith Dr. W. W. Keen, of Philadelphia, and\\nat the same time entered the Medical Depart-\\nment of the University of Pennsylvania, and\\nwas graduated in March, 1876. For a year\\nand a half he served in the hospitals and dis-\\npensaries of Philadelphia, and in November,\\n1878, moved to Camden.\\nSamuel B. Irwin was born at the Pleas-\\nant Grove Iron Works, New London town-\\nship, Chester County, Pa., November 7, 1821.\\nHe began the study of medicine, in 1841,\\nwith Dr. D. Hayes Agnew. In 1842 he\\ncame to Philadelphia and entered Jefferson\\nMedical College, under Professor Joseph\\nPancoast, from which he was graduated\\nMarch 2, 1844. He attended the first course\\nof lectures of the Philadelphia Medical As-\\nsociation in 1843. He began practice, in 1849,\\nat the Rising Sun, Montgomery Couuty, Pa-,\\nand, in 1866, moved to Burlington County,\\nN. J., where he continued in practice until\\n1872, when he was placed in charge of the\\nGovernment Mercantile Marine Service, and\\nserved until the spring of 1876. The same\\nyear he removed to Camden, where he has\\nsince practiced.\\nWiLLiA^r H. IszARD was boiMi in Clay-\\nton, Gloucester Couuty, N. J., April 27, 1842.\\nHe enlisted in the service of the United States\\nas a medical cadet in 1862, and was stationed\\nat the hospital on Broad Street, Philadelphia.\\nIn the fall of 1863 he entered Jefferson Med-\\nical College, and after taking two courses of\\nlectures he witiidrew on account of ill health.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0418.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0419.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0420.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF JIEDICINE AND MEDICAL MEN.\\n293\\nUpon recoveriug, lie coutiiuied liis studies,\\nand obtained his medical degree in March,\\n1870, and then began to practice in Elmer,\\nSalem County, N. J. In 1877 he removed\\nto Camden. He is an ex-president of the\\nGloucester County Medical Society, and is\\nnow district sanitary inspector fur the State\\nBoard of Health.\\nC. M. SoHELLiNfJER was born at Cape\\nMay November 14, 1848. He studied med-\\nicine under the instruction of Dr. Alexander\\nM. Mecray, of Camden, and in 1876 entered\\nJefferson Medical College, from whicii he\\nwas graduated in March, 1879, since which\\ntime he has practiced in Camden. In 1881\\nhe joined the Camden County and City Med-\\nical Societies, and also the New Jersey State\\nMedical Society.\\nHenry H. Davis was born at Cro.sswicks,\\nN. J., August 16, 1848. He became a stu-\\ndent of medicine in the office of Dr. Alex-\\nander Mecray in 1867; entered Jefferson\\nMedical College the fall of the same year,\\nand from which he was graduated in March,\\n1869. He completed a course in pharmacy\\nat the same time, and began the jiractice of\\nmedicine in Camden. In 1874 he opened a\\ndrug-store, and has conducted it in connection\\nwith his profession. In 1881 he joined the\\nCamden County and City Medical Societies,\\nand also the State Medical Society.\\nJohn W. Donges, druggist, physician\\nand surgeon, of Camden, was born at\\nStouchsburg, Berks County, Pa., September\\n18, 1844. His grandfather, Jacob Donges,\\nemigrated from Germany shortly after the\\nRevolutionary War, and .settled in Berks\\nCounty. His father, whc)se name was also\\nJacob, was married to Sarah Burkholder, and\\nibr many years carried on the shoemaking\\nbusiness in Stouchsburg, employing a num-\\nber of workmen, and also conducting a shoe-\\nstore. The childhood and youth of Doctor\\nDonges were spent in the village where he\\nwas born. He first attended a private school,\\ntaught by his sisters, and afterwards spent\\nabout three years as a student in tlie Stouchs-\\nburg Academy, then taught by Mr. Thomas\\nS. Searle. At the age of fourteen years he\\nsecured a position as clerk in a drug-store at\\nMinersville, Schuylkill County, Pa. When\\n.seventeen years of age he enlisted in Com-\\npany H, of the One Hundred and Twenty-\\nninth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers,\\nin the nine months service, and, with liis\\nregiment, was assigned to the Army of the\\nPotomac, under General McClelJan. His\\nregiment was present at the battle of Antie-\\ntam only a few weeks after enlistment, but\\nwas not drawn actively into the engagement.\\nIn the battle of Fredericksburg, in the early\\npart of December, 1862, the One Hundred\\nand Twenty-ninth Regiment was brought\\ninto the thickest of the fight, and, whiUt\\ncharging the enemy. Dr. Donges received a\\ndangerous wound by the explosion of a shell,\\ncausing a compound fracture of the skull.\\nHe was then sent to the hospital for surgical\\nti-eatment, and, owing to entire disability for\\nfurther military duty, caused by the wound,\\nwas discharged from the service on January\\n8, 1863. He soon afterward returned to\\nMinersville, where he resumed his former\\noccupation in the drug business. While here\\nhe began the study of medicine under Dr.\\nTheodore Helwig, a prominent physician of\\nMinersville. After a year he returned to\\nhis home in Stouchsburg, and there continued\\nhis studies under Dr. James A. Fisher. In\\n1864 he entered the Medical Department of\\nthe University of Pennsylvania, and was\\ngraduated with the class of 1866. In the\\nfollowing August he began the practice of\\nmedicine at Donaldson, Schuylkill County,\\nPa., and continued it uninterruptedly for\\nnine years, having there acquired a large\\npractice. Ill health, caused by over-work,\\ninduced him to think of discontinuing active\\npractice and engage in the drug business.\\nIn 1875 he purchased the drug-store, which\\nhe has since owned and conducted, at the cor-\\nner of Broadway and Ferry Avenue, in", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0423.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "294\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nCamdeu, wliere lie now has a large and in-\\ncreasing practice.\\nDr. Donges is a member of the Schuylkill\\nCounty Medical Society, the Camden City\\nand County Medical Society, the New Jersey\\nState Medical Society and the American\\nMedical Association.\\nIn 1878 Dr. Donges was elected a member\\nof the City Council from the Eighth Ward,\\nwhich, at the general elections, is strongly\\nRepublican. On this occasion, however, it\\ngave the doctor a handsome majority as the\\nDemocratic candidate, and he served six years\\nconsecutively as a member of Council, and was\\npresident of that body during the year 1883.\\nDuring the year 1879, when the small-pox\\nprevailed to an alarming extent in Camden,\\nhe was a member of the sanitary committee.\\nFor his efficiency as an executive officer and\\nas attending physician free of chai ge when\\nthe unfortunate people were stricken witii\\nthat loathsome disease, the City Council unan-\\nimously passed the following resolutions\\nCouncil Chamber, City Hall.\\nCamden, April 28, 1881.\\nAt a stated meeting of City Council, held on the\\nabove date,- it was unanimously\\nRexohy d, Th:it a coniinittee of three be ap-\\npointed to draft suitable re.solutions conveying the\\nthanks of this body to J. W. Donges, M.D., for\\nspecial services rendered as a member of the Cam-\\nden Board of Health, during the prevalence of\\nsmall-pox in our city in the fall of 1879-80.\\nThe committee reported the following, which\\nwas unanimously adopted:\\nW/ii reas, The citizens of this community,\\nthrough their representatives, having expressed an\\nearnest desire that a token of public appreciation\\nshould be extended to J. W. Donges, M.D for the\\nfearless and faithful discharge of his duties as a\\nmember of the board of Health, be it therefore\\nResolved, That the sincere and heartfelt thanks\\nof this body and community are hereby extended\\nto J. W. Donges, M.D.. member of City Council\\nfrom the Eighth Ward, and member of the Board\\nof Heal h, for his indefatigable, self-sacrificing and\\nsuccessful efforts to obliterate the loathsome dis-\\nease that infested our city.\\nRe.iolned, That to his vakialile assistance and\\nwise professional judgment is due the successful\\nefforts of the board in preventing a wide-spread\\nepidemic, and placing practical safeguards against\\na recurrence of the disease for years to come.\\nResolved, That his exceptional care and pro-\\nvision for the comfort of the public patients com-\\nmands their gratitude in a manner that words are\\ninadequate to express.\\nJ. P. MiCHELLON,\\nPresident City Council.\\nFrank F. Michellon,\\nClerk City Council.\\nAlex. J. Milliette, 1\\nH. T. Rose, Commit/ee.\\nT. P. Pfeiffee, I\\nOn December 22, 1866, Dr. Donges was\\nmarried to Miss Rose Renoud, of Philadel-\\nphia. Dr. and Mrs. Donges have five chil-\\ndren, ]\\\\Iiriam E., Clarence B., Raymond\\nR., Evelyn L. and Ralph W. E.\\nEllis P. Townsend was born at Kennett,\\nChester County, Pa., May 27, 1835. He\\nwas a student of medicine under his father.\\nDr. W. W. Townsend, and in 1860 entered\\nJeiferson INIedical College, and was graduated\\nin March, 1863. He served one year in the\\narmy as assistant surgeon, after which he\\npracticed medicine in Beverly, N. J., from\\n1864 until September, 1883, when he came\\nto Camdeu. While a practitioner in the\\nformer place, he published the County Prac-\\ntitioner, a medical journal, that was afterward\\ndiscontinued. He was formerly a member of\\nthe Burlington County Medical Society, but\\ntransferred his membership to the Camden\\nCounty Society in 1883.\\nHrnvARD F. Palm is a native of Orwigs-\\nburg, Pa., where he wiis born March 22,\\n1855. He studied medicine with his father,\\nDr. J. P. Palm, and entered Jefferson Medi-\\ncal College in 1879; was graduated March\\n12, 1881, and March 31, 1881, from the\\nPhiladelphia School of Anatomy, and then\\nlocated as a practitioner in Camdeu.\\nConrad G. Hoell was born in Camden\\nMay 25, 1860. After obtaining a prepara-\\ntory education, he entered the College of\\nPharmacy, in Philadelphia, graduating in\\n1880. Tn tlie same rear he became a medi-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0424.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0425.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0426.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL MEN.\\n295\\ncal student iu the office of Dr. J. M. Ridge,\\nand in the spring of 1881 entered tiie Med-\\nical Department of the University of Penn-\\nsylvania, and was gradnated iu March, 1882.\\nHe tlien located in Camden, and soon after-\\nward purcliased a drug-store on Federal\\nStreet, which he now conducts in connection\\nwith his medical practice. He became a\\nmember of the Camden County Medical So-\\nciety in 1884.\\nA. T. Di^BSON, Jr., was born at Cape\\nMay, N. J., July 7, 1858; entered the Medi-\\ncal Department of the University of Penn-\\nsylvania as a student in 1879, and was grad-\\nuated in March, 1882. Alter eight months\\npractice in Luzerne County, Pa., he removed\\nto and located in Camden. In the year 1S84\\nhe joined the Camden City and County and\\nState jMedical Societies.\\nP. W. Bkale was born on the banks of the\\nWissahickon, Pa., May 23, 1855. In 1872-\\n73 he studied medicine under Professor E. L.\\nWallace, and from 1873 to 1876 he studied\\nunder Professor John Brinton, and at the\\nsame time was a .student in Jefferson Medical\\nCollege, from which he was gradnated in\\nMarch, 1876. He practiced in the iiospitals\\nf(ir a year, and in the city of Pliiladclphia\\nfour years, and in the spring of 1881 located\\nin Camden. He was elected coroner in 1884.\\nHe became a member of the Camden County\\nMedical Society in 1884.\\nDaniel Stkock was born in Fleniington,\\nX. J., on September 6, 1851. He began tlie\\n.study of medicine, in 1874, under Dr. Charles\\n(ieissler, of Philadelphia, and at the same\\ntime entered Jefferson IMedical College, from\\nwhich he was graduated in March, 1877. He\\n])racticed in Philadelphia until October, 1880,\\nwhen he came to Camden.\\nJoseph H. Wills was born near Mount\\nHolly, N. J., March 13, 1844. He studied\\nmedicine with Dr. Samuel Ashhurst, of Pliila-\\ndclphia, and attended lectures in the jNIedi-\\ncal Department of the University of Penn-\\nsylvania in 1877, and was (rraduated in\\nMarch, 1880, after which he was engaged\\nin the Orthop:edic and Pennsylvania Ho.s-\\npitals until November 1, 1S8: when he\\nlocated in Camden.\\nWiLLrA:M WARN( (K,a native of Burling-\\nton, N. J., was born June 29, 1858. He\\nstudied pharmacy for a term of three years,\\nand in 1877 entered the Medical Department\\nof the University of Pennsylvania, from which\\nhe was graduated in March, 1880. He was\\nengaged one year as physician in the Penn-\\nsylvania Hospital, and was surgeon two years\\nfor the Red Star Line of ocean steamers.\\nIn August, 1883, he located to practice his\\nprofession in Camden.\\nJames A. Wamsley was born in Glou-\\ncester County, N. J., on 19th of April, 1851.\\nHe received his education at the neighbor-\\ning schools, and entered Jefferson Medical\\nCollege in the fall of 1876, graduating in\\n1878. He first located at Alloway, Salem\\nCounty, N. J., and remained two years, re-\\nmoving from thence to Southwestern Illinois.\\nDr. Wamsley made Gloucester his home in\\n1877, where he has since been engaged in\\nactive practice, as al.so in the management of\\na drug-store. He has for .seven consecutive\\nyears filled the office of city physician of\\nGloucester.\\nD. Hedding Bartixe, is of Huguenot\\ndescent, and the great-grandson of Jean\\nBartine, who, after his emigration from\\nFrance to HcJland, came to America, settled\\nin New Rochelle and became Governor of\\nthe province. Among his children was a\\nson, David, who became noted as a minister\\nof unusual classical attainments, who mar-\\nried a Miss Newell, to whom was horn a\\nson, David W., at the old homestead, Prince-\\nton, N. J.\\nHe attained distinction, both as a doctor\\nof divinity and doctor of medicine. By his\\nmarriage to Amelia, daughter of Richard\\nStout, of Ocean County, X. J., the following\\nchildren were born Richard S., Helen\\n(late ]\\\\Irs. George Batchelder), Louisa (wife", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0429.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "296\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nof Dr. Lewis Redding, of Trenton), S.\\nHedding, Amelia (late Mrs. Charles Hall),\\nAnna (deceased), Laura (wife of the late\\nLieutenant Slack, United States Navy), Jen-\\nnie (now Mrs. James Macnider, of Brook-\\nlyn) and Joseph.\\nDavid Hedding Bartine, the second son,\\nwas born November 7, 1841, at Morristown,\\nN. J., and, after an academic course at Har-\\nrisburg and Lancaster, Pa., removed to\\nPhiladelphia, entering the L^niversity of\\nPennsylvania in the autumn of 1859.\\nHe graduated in 1862, and, subsequently\\njoining the staiF of St. Joseph s Hospital, i-e-\\nmained at that institution for six months. He\\nthen entered the army as assistant surgeon of\\nthe One Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Pennsylvania Volunteers, or Collis Zouaves.\\nAfter an active service of one year and nine\\nmonths, he was detached and assigned to\\nduty at General Meade s headquarters, Army\\nof the Potomac, as attending surgeon. In\\nAugust, 1864, he was promoted to the full\\nrank of major, and assigned to duty as sur-\\ngeon of the Second Veteran Artillery, Penn-\\nsylvania Volunteers. On the surrender of\\nGeneral Lee, Dr. Bartine was placed as sur-\\ngeon in charge of the Fair-Ground United\\nStates General Hospital, at Petersburg,\\nVa., and remained on duty until he was dis-\\ncharged, February 18, 1866. He then re-\\nsumed the life of a civilian, locating in\\nMerchantville, N. J., and engaged in the\\npursuit of his profession. His practice,\\nwhich is of a general character, is not con-\\nfined to the immediate locality of his resi-\\ndence, but extends to Camden and Philadel-\\nphia. He has devoted much attention to\\ndiseases of the throat, and his skill in that\\nbranch of practice, with his thorough knowl-\\nedge of the profession as a whole, have\\nplaced him in the leading rank among the\\nphysicians of the county.\\nDr. Bartine is jjrominently identified with\\nthe public interests of the county, especially\\nthose pertaining to its sanitary condition.\\nHe is president of the Board of Health of\\nthe borough of Merchantville and an active\\nOdd-Fellow, being a member of Amity\\nLodge, No. 166, of Merchantville.\\nDr. Bartine was married, February 21,\\n1865, to Miss Clementine, daughter of the\\nlate John Hanna, Esq., one of the oldest\\nmembers of the Philadelphia bar. May H.\\nis their only child.\\nLouis Hatton was born of Friends\\n(Quaker) parentage, in Delaware County,\\nPa., in the year 1 834. He received his pre-\\nliminary education in the schools of that\\ncounty remained on his father s farm, with\\nbis parents, until 1850. He was jjlaced by\\nhis father as an apprentice to learn the car-\\npenter trade, under the care, instruction and\\nguardianship of George Chandler, of Phila-\\ndelphia, an exemplary member of the Society\\nof Friends. He completed his apprentice-\\nship in 1854 continued to work at the car-\\npenter business, and by industry, frugality\\nand close study of the preliminary branches\\nof medical education during hours of work\\nat the bench, and at other times, succeeded in\\naccumulating sufficieut pecuniary means and\\nmedical knowledge to commence the regular\\nstudy of medicine, under the tuition of Isaac\\nLee, M.D., of Westchester, Pa., in 1857\\ncontinued to study under Mr. Lee until 1859\\nmatriculated in thePenn Medical College, of\\nPhiladelphia, Pa., and graduated in 1861\\ncommenced the practice of medicine in Cam-\\nden in that year. He married Anna F.\\nSharp, daughter of Jacob ^y. Sharp, of\\nCamden, in 1863 lost his wife, by consump-\\ntion, in 1864 married Laura V. Foulks,\\ndaughter of Rev. William Foulks (1868), by\\nwhom two children have been born, Carrie\\nand Horace.\\nJoseph E. Hurff was born September 14,\\n1856, at Turuerville, N. J.; obtained his pre-\\nparatory education in the schools of his native\\ntown and at the Blackwood Academy he\\nthen for three years attended Pierce s Busi-\\nness College, in Philadelphia. In 1875 he", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0430.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND MEDK AT. MEN.\\n297\\nbecame a studeut of medicine under the in-\\nstruction of Dr. Henry E. FJranniu, of Biacic-\\nwood, entered Jefferson Medical College in\\n1879, was graduated in 1 S81, and immedi-\\nately thereafter established himself in the\\npractice of his profession in Blackwood.\\nJames H. Stanton was born in the State\\nof Maryland July 9, 1837. After obtaining\\na preparatory education, he began the study\\nof medicine under the instruction of his uncle,\\nDr. W. E. Bonwill. Entering the Medical\\nDepartment of the University of Pennsyl-\\nvania, he completed the course and was grad-\\nuated in the year 1869. He established liini-\\n.self in practice in Philadelphia immediately\\nafter graduation, and continued in his pro-\\nfession there until 188-3, when he located in\\nCamden, and has since followed his profession\\nin that city.\\nJames G. Stanton, son of Dr. James H.\\nStanton, was born in Delaware April 15,\\ni860; studied medicine with liis father, en-\\ntered Jefferson ]\\\\Iedical College, and after\\nhis graduation, in March, 1881, he began to\\njiractice in Camden.\\nHoWAP.!) G. Bonwill was born near\\niViver, Kent County, Del., in 1862. He\\nstudied medicine witli Dr. J. H. Stanton,\\nand entered Jefferson Medical College, from\\nwhich he was graduated in April, 1886, and\\nthen began to practice in C amden.\\nSamuel T. Banes was born in South-\\nampton ville, Bucks County, Pa., April 16,\\n1846. He studied medicine in 1867, under\\nthe direction of Dr. Charles T. Seary, of\\nPhiladelphia, and the three succeeding years\\nin the office of Dr. Gordon, of the same city.\\nHe completed his studies at the Medical De-\\npartment of the University of Pennsylvania,\\nand was graduated M.D. in March, 1872.\\nIn 1873 he located in the city of Camden,\\nwhere he has since practiced.\\nIsaac N. Hugg was born August 24,\\n1840, on Timber Creek, Gloucester County.\\nHe was educated in the public schools, and\\non the breaking out of the Civil War, en-\\ntered the Union army as lieutenant, was\\npromoted to captain, and served to the close\\nin the Thirty-fourth Regiment New Jersey\\nA^olunteers. In 1867 he turned his atten-\\ntion to medicine, with Washington J. Duffy,\\nM.D., of Philadelphia, as preceptor, and en-\\ntered the Philadelphia University of Medi-\\ncine and Surgery and graduated in 1869, and\\nin July of that year came to Camden, where\\nhe has since practiced his profession.\\nJohn Stkadley was born iu Frederica,\\nDel., December 3, 1828, and was educated at\\nthe schools near his home. He began the\\nstudy of medicine with Dr. Alliert Whiteley, of\\nthe same place, and graduated from the Ver-\\nmont Medical College, at Woodstock, Vt., in\\n1852. He then acted as surgeon on board\\na vessel running to Liverpool, and also made\\na voyage to Australia in the same capacity.\\nIn 1862 Dr. Stradley engaged in practice\\nand opened a drug-store in Philadelphia. In\\n1874 he removed to Gloucester, resumed his\\nbusiness as a druggist and began an- office\\npractice, since abandoned.\\nEzra Comly was born at Byberry Sep-\\ntember 17, 1840; studied mediciue with his\\nfather. Dr. Isaac Comly, entered the Medical\\nDepartmeut of the University of Penn.sylva-\\nnia, and was graduated therefrom in March,\\n1862. He practiced in his native place until\\nNovember, 1885, when he removed to Cam-\\nden.\\nH. H. Sherk, a native of Lebanon, Pa.,\\nestablished a drug-store in Wrightsville in\\n1876, and in 1884 entered Jefiersou Medical\\nCollege and graduiited in May, 1886. He\\nnow conducts the drug-store and follows his\\nprofession.\\nGeo. H. Jones, u native of Philadelphia,\\nwas born February 2, 1830. He was grad-\\nuated from the Medical Department of the\\nUniversity of the City of New York in\\nMarch, 1870. After practice in several\\nplaces, he located in Camden in February,\\n1883.\\nMrs. Jennie Rickards was boru at Ja-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0431.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "298\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nmaica, L. I., March 23, 1850, and began\\nthe study of medicine under Dr. Joseph\\nHearn, of Philadelphia, in 1876 entered\\nthe Woman s Medical College of Pennsylva-\\nnia, in Philadelphia, in 1878, when, after two\\nyears study, in 1880, she entered the Eclectic\\nMedical Collage of Philadelphia, and was\\ngraduated in March, 1882. She practiced\\nmedicine under Dr. Hearn before graduation,\\nand since then has practiced medicine in\\nCamden.\\nMrs. Sophia Presley is a native of Ire-\\nland, came to this countiy when a child,\\nwith her parents, and in 1876 became a stu-\\ndent in the Women s Medical College of\\nPennsylvania, in Philadelphia, and was\\ngraduated in 1879; practiced one year in the\\nHospital for Women and Children, and in\\n1881 located in Camden. She was appointed\\ninstructor of surgery in the Women s Hos-\\npital in 1880 and held the position three\\nyears, and from 1881 to 1884 was clinic\\nphysieian. Since the death of Dr. I. Mul-\\nford she has been physician in charge of the\\nAVest Jersey Orphanage for coloied chil-\\ndren.\\nWilliam Shafer, a native of Leesburg,\\nVa., was born February 14, 1853, and stud-\\nied medicine in his native place with Dr. E.\\nH. ^Slott. He entered Jefferson Medical\\nCollege in the fall of 1881, from which he\\nwas graduated in March, 1884. He com-\\npleted a course of pharmacy in 1880, and\\nthen established himself in the drug busi-\\nness in Camden.\\nWilliam R. Powell was born in Eng-\\nland April 22, 1855 studied medicine in\\nCanada and engaged in the drug business in\\nthat pi ovince. In 1874 he came to Philadel-\\nphia and entered the Philadelphia College of\\nPharmacy and Jefferson Medical College.\\nHe was graduated from the former in Mai ch,\\n1875, and from the latter in March, 1877.\\nHe began practice in I hiladelphia aud re-\\nmoved to Camden in January, 1886. He\\nwas appointed assistant of the Out- Patient\\nMedical Department of Jefferson Medical\\nCollege Hospital May 28, 1886.\\nAViLLiAM S. Jones was born at Elmer,\\nSalem County, N. J., January 16, 1856. He\\nbegan his medical studies under J. S. Whita-\\nker, of Millville, N. J., in 1875, aud the\\nnext year entered Jefferson Medical College,\\nfrom which he was graduated Doctor of Medi-\\ncine in March, 1878, and practiced in Mill-\\nville until the fall of 1885, when he moved\\nto Camden, where he now resides. He is\\nalso assistant physician of the Laryngologi-\\ncal Department of JeiFerson Medical College\\nHospital.\\nLawrence L. Glover was born in Cam-\\nden. He studied medicine under Dr. T.\\nJ. Smith, of Bridgeton, and Prof. Wallace,\\nof Philadelphia, and entered Jefferson Medi-\\ncal College in the fall of 1879, from which\\nhe was graduated in May, 1882. He began\\npi actice in Salem, and in April, 1885, re-\\nmoved to Haddoufield, where he is now in\\npractice.\\nE. E. Smiley was born in the city of\\nPhiladelphia, having descended from a\\nfamily of physicians, being a grandson of the\\nwell-known Dr. Thomas Smiley, of Phila-\\ndelphia. He was graduated from the Phila-\\ndelphia High School and entered the drug-\\n.store of P. S. Eeed, in West Philadelphia, in\\n1868, graduating in pharmacy. He entered\\nJefferson Medical College in 1874, from which\\nhe was graduated in 1880, taking a prize for\\nan essay on obstetrics, which branch of the\\nprofession he now practices as a specialty.\\nAfter graduating, he came to Camden, and\\nentered into a partnership with Dr. W. A.\\nDavis, in the drug business, and in 1885 he\\nestablished a drug-store.\\nN. Davis, a native of Kent County, Del.,\\nwas graduated from the Philadelphia College\\nof Pharmacy in 1878, aud in 1882 opened a\\ndrug-store in Camden. In 1883 he entered\\nthe office of Dr. W. A. Davis as a medical\\nstudent, and in the fall of the same year en-\\ntered Jefferson Medical College, and after", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0432.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF 3IEPICINE AND MEDICAL MEN.\\n299\\ngraduating in 1886 has coudueteil both the\\ndrug-store and his medical practice.\\nJohn H. Sutton was bom in iNewtou,\\nN. J., March 23,1856, and in 1873 began\\ntiie study of medicine with Dr. Jonathan\\nHoven, in his native place. In 1874 he\\nentered the College of Physicians and Sur-\\ngeons in New York City, from which he\\nwas graduated in 1877, and began practice\\nin Newark, N. J., and continued there until\\n1880, when he removed to Camden.\\nWilliam C. Raughley, a native of Kent\\nCounty, Del., was born November 21, 1857.\\nHe studied medicine with Dr. A. H. Bishop,\\nof Dover, Del., and entered the Medical De-\\npartment of the University of Pennsylvania,\\nfrom which he wa-s graduated in May, 1884,\\nand then began practice in Berlin.\\nGuilford Guxter was born in Fred-\\nerickton, N. B., March 22, 1858 studied\\nmedicine in Canada entered the jNIedical\\nDepartment of the University of Pennsyl-\\nvania in 1878, and from that institution re-\\nceived his medical degree in 1880. He en-\\ntered upon the practice of his profession in\\nBerlin, and in 1884 removed to Camden.\\nGeokue W. Henry was born in Camden\\nNovember 19, 1858. He entered the Phila-\\ndelphia College of Pharmacy in 1875, and\\ngratluated in March, 1879 studied medicine\\nwith Dr. D. Benjamin, and entered Jefl erson\\nMedical College in the fall of 1880, taking\\nthe degree of Doctor of Medicine, and in\\nApril following began practice in Camden,\\nwiiich, in connection with a drug-store, he\\ncontinues.\\nW. S. Long was born in Chester County,\\nPa., November 25, 1855. He studied medi-\\ncine with his father, Dr. M. A. Long, and in\\nthe fall of 1875 entered the Medical Depart-\\nment of the University of Pennsylvania,\\nand graduated therefrom March 11, 1878.\\nHe practiced one year as resident pliysiciau\\nof the Pennsylvania Hospital, was in charge\\none year, under Dr. Charles K. Mills, of the\\nNervous Dispensary, four years in Philadel-\\nphia, and in April, 1885, moved to Haddon-\\nfield, where he is now in practice.\\nRobert CAsrERHON is a native of St.\\nLouis, Mo., born November 23, 1859. He be-\\ncame a student in 1 881 under Professor W. H.\\nPancoast, and in the meantime for two years\\nattended lectures at Jefferson Medical Col-\\nlege. In 1883 he visited the hospitals of\\nLondon and Paris, and on his return resumed\\nhis study at the same institution and was\\ngraduated in March, 1884. He practiced in\\nPhiladelphia one yeai and in June, 1886,\\nremoved to Camden.\\nWilliam A. Westc ott was born in\\nWaterford October 15, 1857 studied medi-\\ncine with Dr. Jennings, of Camden entered\\nJefferson Medical College, and was graduated\\nin April, 1883. He also took a post-graduate\\ncourse in the Pennsylvania School of Anatomy\\nand Surgery, in operative surgery with tlie\\nphysicians and surgeons of Philadelpiiia\\nHospital, in obstetrics at the Philadelphia\\nLying-in Charity Hospital. After finishing\\nthese studies at the institutions mentioned he\\nbegan the active duties of his profession in\\nBerlin, where he still resides and practices.\\nGeorge T. Robison was born in AVash-\\nington, D. C, March 15, 1861. After com-\\npleting the medical course at the University\\nof Pennsylvania, he was graduated March 5,\\n1882, and immediately began the active\\nduties of his profession in Camden.\\nR. W. Richie, is a graduate of Jefferson\\nMedical College in 1852, and after practicing\\nmedicine several years in Philadelphia, in\\n1885 he removed to Camden and engaged in\\nthe drug business and continued Ids medical\\nprofession.\\nRobert Givin Taylor was born in the\\ncounty of Antrim, Ireland, April 28, 1820.\\nHe emigrated to this country in 1845, and\\nin 1858 began the study of medicine under\\nthe instruction of Dr. John Hurst, of Phil-\\nadelphia. After spending the required time\\nas a student in the Jefferson Medical College,\\nhe was graduated M. D. in 1861, and immedi-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0433.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "300\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nately established himself as a physician iu\\nthe city of Camden. In 1873 he tooii charge\\nof a drug-store previously conducted by his\\nson, Dr. William Taylor, which he has since\\ncontinued in connection with his professional\\nduties.\\nAlexander McAlliston was born in\\nPaterson, N. J., May 5, 18(52. He entered\\nthe Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and\\nwas graduated iu 1882, and the same year\\nentered the Medical Department of the\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania, and was grad-\\nuated from that institution in May, 1885,\\nand then began practice in Camden.\\nFrank G. Stroud was born at Moores-\\ntown, N. J., October 30, 1862, and studied\\nmedicine with his father, Dr. J. C. Stroud.\\nIn 1880 he entered Jeifersou Medical Col-\\nlege, and was graduated April 2, 1882. He\\nbegan practice in his native place and con-\\ntinued until December 10, 1885, when he\\nlocated. He is also iu the Laryngological\\nDepartment on the staff of Jefferson Medical\\nCollege Hospital.\\nHOMCEOPATHY.\\nThe founder of homoeopathy, Samuel\\nHahnemann, was born April 10, 1755, at\\nMeissen, in Cur-Saxony, one of the regions in\\nGermany. He passed several years at the\\nStadtschule, and at the age of sixteen he\\nbegan to attend the Furstenschule, of Meissen,\\nwhere he remained eight years. His parents\\nwere poor, but his inherent thirst for knowl-\\nedge induced his instructors to give him the\\nadvantages of an education without paying\\nthe usual tuition fees. In 1775 he entered\\nthe University of Leipsig,. where he raised\\nenough money to spend two years in study,\\nby giving lessons as a tutor and making\\ntranslations into German. He took his de-\\ngree of Doctor of Medicine at Erlangen\\nAugust 10, 1779. He spent ten years in\\nthe practice of his profession at difl erent\\nplaces, and in 1789 returned to Leipsig,\\nwhere he soon became favorably known for\\nhis knowledge of medicine, chemistry, min-\\neralogy and the kindred sciences, and for\\nmany important discoveries which gave him\\na wide-spread reputation. In pursuing his\\ninvestigations he became dissatisfied with\\nthe state of medical science around him.\\nHe claimed that it was imperfect, and then\\nbegan to elaborate a new system of medicine\\nwhich he termed homceopathia, which is\\nderived from the two Greek words, homoios\\n(similar) and jxtthos (feeling or suffering).\\nHe tested the use of a number of drugs, con-\\nvinced himself and advanced it as a theory,\\nthat a remedy which would cure a certain\\ndisease would also produce a di.sorder very\\nsimilar to that disea.se in a healthy person,\\nand that the converse was equally true, i. e.,\\nthat a drug which produced a certain disease\\nin a healthy body would cure it in a sick\\none. He tested the drug on his own person,\\ncarefully noting the minutest effects produced\\nand comparing them with the symptoms of\\nwell-known disea.ses. He induced some of\\nhis friends to join him in the.se tests or prov-\\nings, and, by mutually comparing notes, cer-\\ntain positive facts and a code were established.\\nThis was the oi igin of the famous axiom,\\nsimilia similibus curaiitur. Many German\\nphysicians tested the principles of Hahne-\\nmann, and afterwards advocated them. The\\nfounder of this new system of medicine, after\\nhe had attained the age of forty-five years,\\nlived in a complete self-abnegation and\\nendangered his own physical constitution in\\ntesting the system he was promulgating.\\nIn the mean time he wrote ten volumes of\\nthe Materia Medica Pura, and effected\\ncures on persons of eminence in promulgat-\\ning the theory of minimum doses. His\\ngreatest work is entitled the Organon of\\nRational Medicine, which has always been,\\nand doubtless will continue to be, a text-\\nbook of the homceopatiiic profession In 1805\\nhe published a little work on the Positive\\nEffects of Medicine. In 1831 he rendered\\nefficient service during the time the cholera", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0434.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0435.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "i^^^-e^c^", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0436.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "A Hlf^TORY OF MEDICIXE AND rEDICAL MEN.\\n301\\nraged so violently in Eastern K)urope. In\\n1836 he left Leipsig and resided for fifteen\\nyears with the Duke at Coethen, perfecting\\nhis system by experiments and in the treat-\\nment of the sick of many fiimilies of tiie\\nnobility.\\nDuring his residence at Coethen, when\\nin his eightieth year, he married Made-\\nmoiselle D Hervilly (lohier, a member of\\none of the prominent families of F rance.\\nShe had been cured by him of a dangerous\\nmalady. The marriage was somewiiat ro-\\nmantic, inasmuch as she was forty-five years\\nhis junior. Soon after this event he and his\\nwife removed to Paris, where he spent the\\nremainder of his years, and died July 2,\\n1844, at the advanced age of eiglity-ninc\\nyears. He was of slender form and diminu-\\ntive stature. His head was large and his\\nforehead well-proportioned. lie was known\\nbv his contemporaries as a man of fine intel-\\n\\\\vct.\\nHomipopathy was introduced in Camden\\nCounty by the physicians of Philadelphia.\\nIn 1838 the Family Guide, translated and\\ncompiled by C. Hering, M.D., was published\\nin Camden and aided greatly in spreading\\ntlie knowledge of homoeopathy, inducing many\\nto test it. The way was thus prepared for a\\nphysician of this school, and in 1841 J. R.\\nAndrews, M.D., a graduate of Jefferson Medi-\\ncal College, Pliiladelphia, began the practice\\nof houKeopathy here. He was faithfully sup-\\nported by a few warm friends, but being a\\nyoung man and the opposition proving very\\nstrong, after two years of struggling he re-\\nmoved to Wilmington, Del. He remained\\nthere only a short time, being induced to re-\\nturn by the earnest solicitation of former\\npatrons. After his return his practice grew\\nrapidly, and he continued in extensive busi-\\nness until his sudden death, in 18()4, from\\ncerebro-spinal meningitis.\\nA family by the name of Reese, living on\\nCooper Street, above Third, was ])robal)ly the\\nfirst in Camden to receive honio opathic treat-\\nment, being visited by Dr. Schomlie, of\\nPhiladelphia. Through the head of this\\nfamily, Dr. Andrews, who was then sick, was\\ninduced to try homfeopathic treatment, and it\\nresidted as successfully in his case as in the\\nReese family. It was this circumstance,\\nundoubtedly, which gave the initial impulse\\nto his career.\\nDr. J. Richardson Andrews here allud-\\ned to as the pioneer of hom ieopathy in Camden,\\nwas born in the city September 21, 1818, and\\nwas a son of Richardson Andrews, a lumber\\nmerchant. He read medicine with Dr. Wil-\\nliam Schomlie, of Philadelphia, and gradu-\\nated from Jefferson Medical College in 1841.\\nHe married Catharine, daughter of Captain\\nWarrington, of Pennsylvania, by whom he had\\nfour chiklren, William, Richardson, Kate\\nand P. W. Andrews, now a physician. Dr.\\nAndrews died in 1864, as heretofore men-\\ntioned. He was universally esteemed as an\\neminent and skillful physician, and a man of\\nirreproachable character.\\nSamukl Carles was among the first\\npractitioners of homieopathy in Camden\\nCounty. He was born in Philadelphia\\nMay 11, 1817. He began the study of\\nmedicine with Dr. George jMcClellan,\\nof Philadelphia, and soon ;ifter entered\\nJefferson Medical College and received the\\ndegree of JNI.D. in March, 1839. He\\njtracticed medicine a few years in Phila-\\ndelphia, and in 18 )4 read medicine under Dr.\\nJohn Anderson, a prominent lionKeopathist\\nof Camden, and in 1855 was graduated from\\nHahnemann Medical College and then began\\npracticing in Camden, in accordance with\\nthe teaching of Hahnemann, many years\\nwith marked success. He still resides in\\nCamden.\\nBowman H. Shivers was born in Had-\\ndonfield July 7, 1836. He studied medicine\\nwith Dr. Julius Holtenpolf, of Iladdonfield,\\nand in the fall of 1855 entered Pennsylvania\\nMedical University, in Philadelphia, from\\nwhich he was graduated in April, 1858. He", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0439.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "302\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nthen began to practice his profession in\\nMarhon and continued until 1862 resided\\nin Philadelphia two years and in 1864 began\\nthe practice of homreopatiiy in his native\\ntown.\\nJ. Kemper Bryamt was born in Phila-\\ndelphia December 18, 1832. He studied\\nmedicine with Dr. J. G. Howard, of Phila-\\ndelphia, in 1852, and entered Hahnemann\\nMedical College, from which he was grad-\\nuated in March, 1856. He practiced in New-\\nark, Delaware, until 1864, when he moved\\nto Camden and has since pursued his profes-\\nsion in that city.\\nH. F. Hunt was born in Providence,\\nR. I., March 29, 1838. His ancestors are\\namong the earliest settlers of the State. His\\ngreat-grandfather was a colonel in the Revo-\\nlutionary War, and his descendants have con-\\ntinued to occupy prominent political positions.\\nDr. Hunt passed through the graded schools\\nin Providence, and, at iifteen years of age,\\nentered Greenwich Seminary, taking a three\\nyears college course. His health failing, he\\ndid not enter Brown University, as intended,\\nat the expiration of the three years, but had\\nto relinquish study. He managed a cotton-\\nfactory for his father until the spring of\\n1860, when he decided to go West. He be-\\ncame a teacher in Aurora Seminary at Auro-\\nra, 111., and also commenced the study of\\nmedicine with Dr. Howell, an allopathic\\nphysician. He remained there two years and\\nthen returned East and took a course of lec-\\ntures at Bellevue Hospital Medical College,\\nNew York. While studying with Dr. Howell\\na severe epidemic of diphtheria prevailed, and\\nthinking that the homceopathic treatment was\\nmore successful, he was induced to investigate\\nthat treatment. After leaving New Jersey he\\nreturned to Providence and entered the office\\nof Dr. A. H. Okie. He remained with him\\ntwo years. He graduated from the Homeo-\\npathic Medical College of Pennsylvania in\\nthe spring of 1864. Dr. J. R. Andrews\\ndied at that time and he was invited to suc-\\nceed him in Camden. This gave him at once\\na large and lucrative practice. He was soon\\ncompelled to relinquish all country practice.\\nThe idea was conceived of organizing the\\nhomceopathic medical men of South Jersey,\\nand the result was the establishment of the\\nWest Jersey Homceopathic Medical Society,\\nof which Dr. Hunt was elected president.\\nHe also helped to organize the State Society,\\nand was elected its president in 1876, and\\nwas also appointed a delegate to the World s\\nConvention, which assembled in Philadelphia\\nthat year.\\nP. W. Andrews, son of Dr. J. R. An-\\ndrews, the first resident hom(?bopathist iu\\nCamden County, was born in Camden.\\nHe attended the Friends Central School, in\\nPhiladelphia, and afterwards jiursued the\\nstudy of the classics under the instruction of\\nProfessor Hutchinson, of Camden. He read\\nmedicine in the office of his father until the\\ntime of the latter s death, and then became a\\nstudent with Dr. H. F. Hunt. He attended\\nmedical lectures for two years at Long Island\\nCollege Hospital, and then entered the Ho-\\nmceopathic Medical College of Philadelphia,\\nand was graduated from that institution. He\\nhas since practiced in Camden.\\nMelbourne F. MiDDiiEXON was born\\nin the city of Camden on the 21st day\\nof January, 1842. His father, Timothy\\nMiddleton, his grandfather, Amos A. Mid-\\ndleton, and his great-grandfather, Timothy\\nMiddleton, were all born here. In these\\nearly days, reaching back to Revolutionary\\ntimes, Camden was but a very small village.\\nTimothy Middleton, the father of the doc-\\ntor, was born January 21, 1817, and died\\nApril 15, 1867. He was an active, intelli-\\ngent and successful farmer, but exchanged\\nthat occupation in his later years for city life,\\nand, becoming interested in local affiiirs, was\\nelected and served one term as mayor of the\\ncity of Camden. He was married, on the\\n19th of November, 1840, to He.ster A. R.\\nJenkins, an estimable lady, and the follow-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0440.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "^4xO /^^^C4^ ^^^^^^A 2^", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0443.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0444.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL MEN.\\n303\\ning children were born to them Melbourne\\nF., Malinda E., Amos A., Elizabeth S. and\\nTimothy J. Dr. Melbourne F. Middieton,\\nthe eldest and the subject of this biography,\\nobtained his preparatory education in the\\npublic schools of C-amden and Philadelphia.\\nAfter leaving school he returned to his\\nfather s farm, near Camden, where he spent\\nabout four years in the healthy occupation of\\na farmer. During this time and after leav-\\ning the farm (his father returning to Cam-\\nden) he pursued special branches of study to\\nfit himself more fully for active business\\nlife. We next find him engaged for a short\\ntime as a grocer s clerk; then as a salesman\\nin a cloth-house in Philadelphia then as an\\nassistant book-keeper in the office of Dr. D.\\nJayne Son, of Philadelphia, where he was\\nsoon advanced to the position of general cor-\\nrespondent. The duties were arduous, in-\\nvolving a list of correspondents to the num-\\nber of ten thousand. After being in the\\nofiice about two years, and his health failing,\\nthe firm kindly gave him their power of at-\\ntorney, and sent him out traveling in their\\ninterests, which position he held nearly two\\nyears, after which he returned, with renewed\\nhealth and an invaluable experience, which\\nhad broadened his view of men and things,\\nto enter upon the fulfillment of hopes that\\nhad been cheri. hed from early childhood,\\nand towards which every previous move-\\nment of his life- had been a stepping stone\\nthe study of medicine. During the time he\\nwas in the office of Dr. D. Jayne Son he\\nmatriculated, and each winter attended lec-\\ntures on single branches of medicine, and,\\nwhile traveling, continued study so far as his\\nduties and health would permit. In the fall\\nof 1866 he entered the Hahnemann Medical\\nCollege, of Philadelphia, for the full course\\nof lectures, and graduated with the degree of\\nDoctor of Medicine on March 4, 1868, and\\nimmediately commenced the practice of med-\\nicine in the city of Camden, where he still\\ncontinues au earnest and successful physi-\\ncian. He is a member of the West Jersey\\nHomoeopathic Medical Society, The New\\nJersey State Homoeopathic Medical Society,\\nThe American Institute of Homoeopathy,\\nand the Camden Microscopical Society. He\\nis one of the originators of the Camden Ho-\\nmceopathic Hospital and Dispensary Associa-\\ntion, and, in 1880, through his influence,\\nthe practice of homreopathy was introduced\\ninto the C amden County Asylum for the\\nInsane. He was for eight years a member\\nof the Board of Education of the City of\\nCamden, is also a member of Camden\\nLodge, No. 15, F. A. M, and is connected\\nby membership with the Third Street Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church, of which his parents\\nwere among the early members.\\nDr. Middieton was married, on the 16th\\nday of March, 1871, to Miss Emily M.\\nKing, youngest daughter of Captain Henry\\nKing, one of the oldest and a highly re-\\nspected citizen of Camden. They have four\\nchildren, Bessie K., Melbourne F., Arthur\\nL. and Timothy G.\\nThomas R. Blackwood was born in\\nMoorestown, N. J., July 21, 1834. He en-\\ntered the office of Dr. Clay, of that town, as\\na medical student, in 1867, and soon after\\nentered Hahnemann Medical College, from\\nwhich he obtained his medical degree in 1880.\\nImmediately after graduating he established\\nhimself in practice in Camden, and has since\\ncontinued it.\\nC. J. Cooper was born in Langhorne,\\nBucks County, Pa., October 14, 1843. He\\nbegan the study of medicine with Dr. H. F.\\nHunt, entered Hahnemann Medical College\\nin 1866,, was graduated in 1868, began prac-\\ntice in Salem, N. J., and in the fall of 1869\\nmoved to Camden, where he has since prac-\\nticed with success.\\nTheodore S. Williams, a native of\\nBrewer, Me., was born November 27, 1815;\\nstudied medicine with Dr. Caleb Swan, of\\nEaston, Mass. attended medical lectures at\\nDartmouth College in 1840, under Dr. O.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0445.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "304\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nW. Holmes, and Professor Benjamiu Silli-\\nnian, the next year, at Bowdoiu College, in\\nMaine. After a few years of travel he took\\nhis medical degree, and in July, 1844, located\\nin Germantown, Pa., and in 1850 entered\\nHahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia,\\nand from that time was a follower of the\\nHahnemann school of medicine, and prac-\\nticed in Germantown from 1844 to 1870, and\\nthen retired from regular practice and re-\\nmoved to Haddonfield, where he still lives.\\nHis sou, Franklin E., was born at German-\\ntown May 2, 1857. He entered tlie Uuivei-sity\\nof Penn.sylvania in June, 1873. After two\\nyears course in the Scientific Department he\\nentered the Medical Dej)artment and received\\nhis degree in March, 1878. In the same\\nyear he took a post-graduate course at\\nHahnemann Medical College of Philadel-\\nphia, and was graduated in March, 1879.\\nHe began and has since practiced in Had-\\ndonfield.\\nJ. D. Lecknek was born in Philadelphia\\nMay 9, 1853; studied medicine with Dr.\\nHenry N. Martin, entered Hahnemann Med-\\nical College in 1871, and completed the\\ncourse, receiving his degree in March, 1873;\\nbegan practice in Philadelphia, and, in 1876,\\ncame to Camden. He is president of the\\nBoard of Health of the city of Camden, and\\none of the stalf of the Homix opathic Hospital\\nof Camden.\\nAnna E. GrviFFiTii was born in 1830 in\\nElizabeth, N. J.; studied medicine with Dr.\\niS. A. Burnett, of New York City, and, in\\n1871, entered the Women s Medical College\\nof New York Hty, a homoeopathic in.stitutiou\\nwas graduated in March, 1874; practiced in\\nNew York City one year, and then removed\\nto Camden to continue in her profession.\\nWiijjs H. Hi XT, a native of Providence,\\nRhode Island, and brother of H. F. Hunt, of\\nCamden, was born April 19, 1855. He be-\\ngan the study of medicine with Dr. Elmer\\nEddy, of Providence, and, in 1874, entered\\nJIarvard Medical School, and was graduated\\nin June, 1877, with a view of following the\\npractice of the allopathic school of medicine.\\nIn the fall of 1877 he came to Philadelphia,\\nentered Hahnemann Medical College and\\nstudied one year, and, by reason of ill health,\\nwithdrew. In 1879 he began practice in\\nCamden, and still continues.\\nEdgar B. Sharp was born at Long-a-\\nComing (now Berlin), Camden County, N. J.,\\nOctober 21, 1855 was a student with Pro-\\nfes.sor A. R. Thomas, of Philadelphia at-\\ntended tiie lectures of Hahnemann ]\\\\Iedical\\nCollege, of Philadelphia, graduated March\\n9, 1870 now practicing at Westmont,\\nCamden County, N. J.\\nE. M. Howard, is a native of Barry,\\nMass., where he was born September 11,\\n1848. He began the study of medicine at\\nhome, in 1868, with Dr. A. E. Kemp, and\\nin 1870 entered Cornell University, Ithaca,\\nN. Y., and took a special preparative couree\\nin comparative anatomy, under Professor\\nBurt (J. Wilder; was graduated in 1873, and\\nill 1874 entered Hahnemann Medical Col-\\nlege, Philadelphia, from which he obtained\\nhis medical degree in 1877, and then located\\nin Camden. He was appointed lecturer on\\nbotany in the Hahnemann Medical College\\nin 1878, on pharmacy in 1881 and on toxi-\\ncology in 1886, and still continues in these\\ndepartments.\\nEli Tullis was born in Cumberland\\nCounty, N. J., April 10, 1838. He entered\\nHalmemann Medical College in the fall of\\n1875, and was graduated in March, 1879,\\nand began practice in Camden.\\nWilliam G. DrBois was born in Clayton\\ntownship, Gloucester County, N. J., August\\n17, 1858, and received his preliminary edu-\\ncation under private tutors at home. He\\nbegan the study of medicine under Dr. Wal-\\nlace McGeorge, of Woodbury, and entered\\nthe Hahnemann Medical College, Philadel-\\nphia, from which he was graduated in I88t1.\\nHe has since been engaged in the practice of\\nhis protession in Gloucester.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0446.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL MEN.\\n305\\nSilas H. Quint was born in Philadelpliia\\nDecember -i, 1S49 began the study of lued-\\nicine in 1870 witii Dr. Samuel Carles, and\\nentered Hahnemann Medical College, grad-\\nuating March 10, 1873. In 1874 he opened\\nan office in Camden. He is secretary of the\\nboard of directors of the Homceopathic Hos-\\npital and Dispensary of Camden.\\nR. H. Peacock was born in Camden Feb-\\nruary 5, 1858 studied medicine with Dr. M.\\nF. Middleton, and, iu 1878, entered Hahne-\\nmann Medical C/oUege, from which he was\\ngraduated in March, 1881. He began prac-\\ntice in Camden, and in April, 1883, removed\\nto Berlin, wliere he is now in practice.\\nGeoroe D. AVoodwari), a native of Cam-\\nden, was born May 28, 1860. He began the\\nstudy of medicine with Dr. H. F. Hunt in\\n1881, and the same year entered Hahnemann\\nMedical College, and was graduated in March,\\n1884. He began practice in Belair, Harford\\nCounty, Md., and removed to Camden April\\n1, 1886.\\nT. Walter Gardiner is a native of Phil-\\nadelphia, where he was born October 20, 1 8/34.\\nHe attended the school at A\\\\ ^oodl)ury and the\\nSouth Jersey In.stitute, at Bridgeton, N.J. He\\nbegan his medical studies in Philadelphia and\\nentered the Hahnemann Medical College in\\n1871, from which institution he was gradu-\\nated in 1875. Dr. Gardiner first settled iu\\nUlster County, N. Y., remaining there for\\nfive yciirs, when he removed to Pottstown.\\nIn December, 1883, he came to Gloucester\\nCity, where he is now engaged in practice.\\nGeor(;e S. F. Pfeipfer, a native of\\nWorms, Germany, was born September 9,\\n1806. He studied medicine under Baron\\nVon Liebig and Von Ritger, in Strasburg\\nand Giessen, after which he entered the Hol-\\nland navy as assistant surgeon. He was\\ncaptured oiFthe coast of ^Vlgiers and retained\\na prisoner, and he was in charge of the\\ngrounds and gardens of the Sultan of Tui--\\nkey, and there introduced many new plants.\\nHe was liberated by the French about 1830,\\nand returned to Germany. His long absence\\nprevented his return to the practice of his\\nprofession without a thorough study and ex-\\namination, according to German, and he came\\nto America in 1833, where he formed the\\nacquaintance with Dr. C. F. Herring and\\nothers of the Hahnemann .school of practice.\\nIn 1834 he began honKeopathic practice, first\\nin Baltimore, later iu Adams C^ounty, Pa.,\\n(iermantown and Philadelphia. In 1854 he\\nmoved to Camden, where he remained until\\n1862, during a part of which time he was a\\nprofessor in the Penn Medical College. He\\nthen entered the regular army and remained\\nin its service until 1868, and returned to\\nCamden, resumed practice and continued un-\\ntil his death, November 29, 1883.\\nFrederick P. Pfeiffer, .son of Dr.\\nGeorge S. F. Pfeiffer, was born in Philadel-\\nphia June 25, 1841. He studied medicine\\nwith his father, and in 1861 entered the Penn\\nMedical University, from which he was grad-\\nuated in March, 1863. While engaged in\\nhis studies he entered the United States\\narmy as a medical cadet, and was stationed\\niu a hospital in West Philadelphia. After\\nhis graduation he was ajjpointed as.sistant\\nmedical director under Frederick G. Snell-\\ning. In 1864 he was transferred to the\\nhospital, and later to Louisiana, and on May\\n31, 1865, left the service and came to Cam-\\nden and began the practice in which he is\\nnow engaged. On the Pith of April, 1870,\\nhe became a member of the New Jersey State\\nHom(eopathic Medical Society.\\nGeorge R. Fortiner, a native of Cam-\\nden, was born November 14, 1842; studied\\nmedicine with Dr. A. C. Haines, of Colum-\\ni)us, N. J., and in the fall of 1876 entered\\nPenn Medical University, at Philadelphia,\\nfrom which he was graduated in March, 1879.\\nMrs. Ida Fortiner, his wife, was born De-\\ncember 28, 1848, at Columbus, and studied\\nmedicine with her father, entered college with\\nher husband and graduated at the same time.\\nThey settled, alter graduating, at Camden,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0447.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "306\\nHISTORY OF 0AMDP:N COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nwhere they yet reside aud practice. He is a\\nmember of the Eclectic State Society of New\\nJersey. They practice largely in accordance\\nwith the principle of homreopathy.\\nWest Jersey Homieopathic Medicai,\\nSociety. Pursuant to a call issued by Wal-\\nlace McGeorge, M.D., of Hightstown Hen-\\nry F. Hunt, M.D., of Camden; N. Kirk-\\npatrick, jNI.D., of Burlington R. M. Wilk-\\ninson, M.D., of Trenton and W. Ward,\\nM.D., of Mount Holly, the honid opathic phy-\\nsicians of South and West Jersey met in\\nCamden, on May 19, 1869, and organized the\\nWestern District Homa?opathic Medical So-\\nciety of New Jersey. The following officers\\nwere elected, and bureaus appointed Presi-\\ndent, D. R. Gardiner, M.D., Woodbury\\nVice-President, R. M. Wilkinson, M.D.,\\nTrenton; Secretary, Wallace McGeorge, M.D.,\\nHightstown and Treasurer, J. G. Streets,\\nM.D., Bridgeton Censors, Drs. Hunt, Ma-\\nlin and Cooper Bureau of 01)stetrics, Drs.\\nWilkinson, Malin and Bancroft Surgery,\\nDrs. ]\\\\Iiddleton, Cooper and Austin; Prac-\\ntice, Drs. Hunt, Brown aud Streets ^Materia\\nMedica, Drs. Kilpatrick, Allen aud Phillips.\\nThe society meets quarterly in Camden, and\\nduring the second year changed its name to\\nWest Jersey Hom i opathic Medical Society,\\nunder which name it still works. The West\\nJersey Society has been a useful adjunct to\\nthe State Society, and has held its meetings\\nregularly in Camden since its organization.\\nDrs. D. R. Gardiner, R. M. Wilkinson, H.\\nF. Hunt, D. E. Gardiner, E. R. Tuller, N.\\nKirkpatrick, M. B. Tuller and Isaac Cooper\\nhave been president at diiferent times, and\\nnot a meeting has elapsed in all this time in\\nwhich one or moi e papers have not been pre-\\nsented and read before the society.\\nDr. McGeorge served as secretary in 1869.\\nHe was followed in 1870 by Dr. Isaac\\nCooper, of Trenton. Dr. McGeorge was\\nre-elected in 1871 and served until 1876,\\nwhen M. B. Fuller, of Vineland, was elect-\\ned. Dr. McGeorge was re-elected in 1877\\nand served continuously until 1880, when\\nDr. H. S. Quint, of Camden, was chosen.\\nIn 1881 R. H. Peacock was made secretary,\\nserving until May, 1884, when he was fol-\\nlowed by E. M. Howard, of Camden, who\\nhas held the position till the present time.\\nThe secretary s report for 1886 gave the\\nmembership of the society as forty-two. Three\\nnew members have since been added, making\\nthe present membership forty-five. Average\\nattendance at each meeting, fourteen and\\nthree-(piarters (1885-86). The tangible re-\\nsult of the work of the society is the yearly\\nproduction of from ten to fifteen scientific\\npapers, most of which are eagerly sought for\\npublication in the medical journals. The\\nsociety has always taken the keenest interest\\nin all questions of public hygiene and sani-\\ntation, and has taken pains to have import-\\nant papers upon such subjects printed in\\nsuitable form, generally in local papers, and\\npaid for their wide distribution among the\\nclasses most needing education on such sub-\\njects, in the city and county.\\nThe physicians of Camden were the most\\nactive in organizing the New Jersey State\\nHomoeopathic Society and in securing a lib-\\neral charter, granting to honKPopathic physi-\\ncians all rights and privileges of other schools\\nof medicine. This has proven to be of im-\\nraen.se value to physicians of all parts of the\\nState, securing them proper recognition be-\\nfore the laws of the State. Dr. H. F. Hunt,\\nof Camden, was elected president in 1876.\\nThe physicians of Camden have always been\\nready to contribute valuable papers on medi-\\ncal subjects at the meetings of the society,\\nand they are justly esteemed and appreciated\\nfor their energy in advancing the interests of\\nhomojopathy. Dr. E. M. Howard, of Cam-\\nden, was elected president of the society in\\n1885.\\nFollowing are the officers of the society\\nfor 1886-87\\nPresident, Isaac Cooper, M.D., of Trenton.\\nice-President, Eli Tullis, M.D., of Camden.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0448.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "A HISTORY OF MEDICINP] Ai\\\\P MEDTPAL MEN.\\n307\\nTreasurer, Anna E. Griffith, M.D., of Cam-\\nden. Secretary, E. M. Howard, M.D., of\\nCamden. Board of Censors J. G. Streets,\\nM.D., of Bridgeton P. W. Andrews, M.D.,\\nof Camden; F. E. Williams, M.D., of\\nHaddonfield. Executive Committee: W. Mc-\\nGeorge, M.D., of Woodbury J. G. Streets,\\nM.D., of Bridgeton E. M. Howartl, M.D.,\\nof Camden.\\nCamden HoMa:oPATHi( Hosimtal and\\nDlspexsary. The great need of a hospital\\nin the city led the homoeopathic physicians\\nand the adherents of that school of practice\\nto unite in organizing for that purpose.\\nSeveral preliminary meetings were held, and\\non January .30, 1885, at a meeting held in\\nAssociation Hall, au organization was per-\\nfected by the adoption of a constitution and\\nthe election of officers, as follows Presi-\\ndent, E. A. Armstrong First Vice-Presi-\\ndent, James M. Stradling; Second Vice-\\nPresident, B. F. Sutton Secretary, S. H.\\n(r^uint; Treasurer, Charles Watson.\\nApplication was made for a charter, which\\nwas granted and approved by the Governor\\nFebruary 5, 1885. The building on the\\nnortheast corner of Fourth and Arch was\\nrented and fitted for hospital purposes, witli\\ntwo wards (male and female), with two beds\\neach, and the hospital and dispensary was\\nopened for use on the 2d of March, 1885.\\nThe dispensary is open twice a day (except\\nSundays), and is attended by the lionKcopathic\\nphysicians of Camden. The report of the\\nhospital and dispensary from March 2, 1885,\\nto December 131st, of the same year, shows\\nthat in the dispensary one thousand three\\nhundred and twenty-one new cases were\\ntreated, sixteen hundred and seventy-seven\\npersons renewed prescriptions, and in the\\nhospital one hundred and four surgical and\\nten medical patients have been received and\\ncared for, and forty surgical ojjerations have\\nbeen performed. The institution is depend-\\nent entirely upon voluntary subscription\\nfor support. It is under the care of thirty\\ndirectors, and a board of thii-ty lady man-\\nagers, of whom Mrs. Northrup is president.\\nThis institution, being tiie only place at pre-\\nsent open, in Camden for the care of the sick\\nand injured, has been crowded from its start.\\nIts management has been obliged to refuse so\\nmany applicatii)us for aid, that for the past\\nyear they have been seriously considering the\\nquestion of the erection of a large and suit-\\nable building.\\nThe following is the medical staff of the\\nhospital for the year 188(j Surgeons, E. M.\\nHf)ward, M.D., M. F. Middleton, M.D.,\\nS. H. Quint, M.I)., I. I). Leckner, M.D.,\\n(t. D. Woodward, M.I)., each serving one\\nmonth at a time in rotation; Consulting Sur-\\ngeon, W. H. Van Lennep, M.I). Physicians,\\nJ. K. Bryant, Anna E. (Griffith, P. W. An-\\ndrews, Eli Tullis, J. R. Blackwood, serving\\nalso in rotation one month each Matron,\\nMrs. W. H. Wheaton.\\nThe dispensary work is done by different\\nphysicians voluntarily agreeing to fill cer-\\ntain hours for a month at a time.\\nDENTliSTKY.\\nProbably no other profession has made such\\nrapid progress during the last half-century\\nas dentistry. Prior to that period the study\\nand care of the teeth were limited to those\\nwho made the study of anatomy and physi-\\nology a specialty, and to the members of the\\nmedical profession, very much as blood-let-\\nting and tooth-drawing were once included\\namong the duties of the barber. Many per-\\nsons are still living who can distinctly re-\\nmember when the scalpel and forceps were\\nas necessary instruments in a barber-shop as\\na pair of shears or a razor.\\nThe first dental college in the world was\\nestablished at Baltimore in the year 1839.\\nSince that time dentistry has been studied as\\na science and practiced as au art, and has de-\\nveloped until it now ranks among the most\\nuseful of the professions. It includes within\\nits ranks representative men of education.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0449.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "308\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nculture and high social .staudiug. The de-\\nvelopment of tlie science has been rapid, and\\na profession that is the offspring of the\\nnineteentii century has not proven tenacious\\nof old ideas, nor unfitted itself for growth\\nand improvement by a blind devotion to the\\nerrors of tlie past.\\nThe most rapid improvement has been\\nmade in operative dentistry, of which there\\nhas been almost an entire revolution. The\\nhighest point at first attainable was to fill\\nsuch teeth as were slightly decayed, whereas,\\nby the aid of the various improved dental\\ninstruraents, together with the medicinal\\ntreatment of the teeth, the profession is not\\nonly enabled to preserve teeth slightly de-\\ncayed, but to restore aud protect them for\\nmany years. The early practice advocated\\nsmooth-pointed instruments for tilling, and\\nnon-cohesive gold, whereas .serrated instru-\\nments and cohesive gold are now I ecognized\\nas most expedient.\\nArtificial teeth were in use as early as\\nWashington s time, and he himself is alleged\\nto have worn them but at that early day\\nthey were either carved out of solid pieces of\\nivory, which involved great labor and ex-\\npense, or were human teeth attached to gold\\nplates. Aaron Burr is said to have worn\\nteeth of the kind last mentioned. The later\\nimprovements made in this direction, and\\ntheir introduction into general use, have\\nadded largely to both the attractions and\\ndifficulties of the profession, aud drawn to it\\nmany possessed of superior mechanical skill.\\nFormerly the plates in which the teeth are\\nset were made only of gold and silver or\\ncarved out of ivory, which necessarily made\\nthem both heavy and costly, whereas now,\\nplates are made not only of gold and silver,\\nbut also of platinum, rubber and celluloid.\\nRubber plates were not introduced until\\nabout 1854, and celluloid much more recently.\\nThe filling of artificial teeth is also a leading\\nbranch of the art, requiring both skill, judg-\\nment and delicacy, when jiroperly done.\\nThe dentists of the city and county of\\nCamden are representative men of their pro-\\nfession, and tho.se who have a reputation, even\\nbeyond the limits of the county, are the fol-\\nlowing:\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lohn B. Wood.i\\nHenry F. Chew.\\nHoward A. Miner.\\nWilliam Blanc.\\nAlphonso Irwin,\\n.lames Jennett.\\nWm. W. Morgan.\\nA. E. Street.\\nAlexander H. Titus.\\nCharles P. Tuttle.\\nStephen G. Wallace.\\nBarzillai R. We.st.\\nCHAPTER XV.\\nEDUCATION.\\nI!Y r. i;. BRACE, COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.\\nEarly Schools and Teachers. The\\nhistory of education in Camden County com-\\nmences with its first permanent settlement,\\nmade by a company of Irish Friends in the\\nyear 1682. Among these settlers was Thomas\\nSharp, a young mau who was a surveyor and\\nconveyancer. The tract was surveyed and\\nseveral acres were set apart for a meeting-\\nhouse and school-house, which was soon af-\\nterwards built, thus securing the permanency\\naud good character of the community.\\nThomas Sharp was chosen the first teacher\\nin this new .settlement. He was a man of\\ngood education, well versed in arithmetic,\\nsurveying, astronomy and literature. He\\ncalculated the phases of the moon and the\\ntides for the little community and made an\\nalmanac. Besides this, he was something of\\na poet and, in 1719, wrote a description of\\nthe settlement and its progress in verse.\\nThe original copy in his handwriting is in\\nthe possession of Judge Clement, of Haddon-\\nfield, to whom the writer is greatly indebted\\nfor much valuable information herein given.\\nThomas Sharp, the first teacher in what is\\nnow Camden County, was a man of culture\\nand influence, and as such, helped to form a\\ncharacter for diligence, love of knowledge\\nand lofty attainments on the part of his pu-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0450.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "EDUCATION.\\n309\\npils. He was the first clerk nl Old Newton\\ntownship and was a member of the Legisla-\\nture in 1685, and was appointed Judge of the\\ncourts in 1700. He was clerk of the\\nYearly Meeting of Friends at the time of\\nthe dispute between George Keith and the\\nFriends in Xew Jersey, about 1(391, and in\\n1686 he laid out the city of Gloucester. He\\ndied in 1729.\\nThe school-house was built near the Old\\nNewton Meeting-house, opposite the present\\nChampion School-house, in Disti ict No. 10.\\nIt was constructed of logs, was quite small\\nand low and had a clay floor. Most likely\\nit had only one window, containing four\\nlights, bull s-eye glass. Here was the begin-\\nning of the educational work in C amden\\nCounty. Although the house and appli-\\nances were rough and very humble, the work\\ndone was good. The truth was taught then\\nthat it is not beautiful and costly buildings,\\nsupplied with the very best appliances, that\\nproduce the best results, but the living, earn-\\nest man that presides there.\\nWe cannot but admire the spirit of these\\nearly settlers, who, in the very beginning of\\ntheir settlement, while they were engaged in\\nthe hard work of subduing the forest and\\nbreaking up the virgin soil, gave earnest atten-\\ntion to necessary provision both for religion\\nand education.\\nIn 1715 the second school was commenced\\nnear Haddonfield, in the home of Jonathan\\nBolton and Hannah, his wife. In this year\\nRobert ^Lontgomery and Sarah, his wife, a\\ndaughter of Henry Stacy, removed from\\nMonmouth County to a tract of land about\\none mile west of Haddonfield, owned i)y\\nSarah s father, and settled thereon.\\nIn the same year they conveyed to Jona-\\nthan Bolton and Hannah, his wife, forty\\nacres of land during their lives and the life\\nof the survivor, in consideration of their pay-\\ning one ear of Indian corn annually, and\\nthat the said Hannah would teach, or cause\\nto be taught, the children of the said Robert\\n36\\nand Sarah, or any other child that may hap-\\npen in their family, to read English and do\\nseamstry work. These forty acres were on\\nor near the farm now owned by William H.\\nNicholson, and here was the second institu-\\ntion of learning in Camden County.\\nAbout 1720 the Friends built a meeting-\\nhouse at Haddonfield, and established a\\nschool there which has been maintained with\\nvaried success ever since. In 1750 a school-\\nhouse, sixteen feet square, was built of cedar\\nlogs at Ellisburg. The building, slightly\\naltered, is still standing. In 1776 it was\\nweather-boarded up and down and plastered\\ninside. Nothing is known of the first teach-\\ners of this place.\\nAbout 1750, or earlier, a school was es-\\ntablished in Blackwood. A large settlement\\nof Scotch-Irish Presbyterians had been made\\nin the vicinity, and a fulling-mill erected\\nabout 1720. A tombstone in the old grave-\\nyard near the town has a record of the death\\nof David Wainwright, February 11, 1720.\\nThe first school-house was standing in 1800,\\nnear the Presbyterian Church, which was\\nbuilt in 1751. The custom of Presbyterians,\\nas well as Friends, was to put up houses of\\nworship and school-houses as soon as they\\nsettled in any locality, and this accounts for\\nthe prosperity and permanency of the settle-\\nments founded by them.\\nThe early teachers of whom informa-\\ntion can be obtained were Joseph Thack-\\nara, John C. Thackara, Thomas Thackara\\nand Isaac Hiuchman. The Thackaras were\\nthe descendants of that Thomas Thackara\\nwho belonged to the original company that\\nsettled on the banks of Newton Creek. Thus\\nthe Presbyterians seemed to have gone to the\\nFriends for instructors. John Dunlevy\\ntaught here in the beginning of this century.\\nHe was the first teacher in several other dis-\\ntricts, and was said to have been a man of\\ngood education. The school in winter-time\\nwas only for large scholars, and in suninicr-\\ntime for small ones.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0451.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "310\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nIn 1762 (April 15th) Rev. John Erainerd,\\nof missionary fame, one of the trustees of\\nPrinceton College, who lived at Brotherton,\\nan Indian village in Burlington County,\\nrode seventeen miles from his home to a\\nsmall village, then called Long-a-Coming, now\\nBerlin, and took up a subscription to build a\\nmeeting-hou.se for the Presbyterian congre-\\ngation, which was erected in the fall of the\\nyear. This was near the head of the Great\\nEgg Harbor River, on the ground where\\nwhat was called the Thorn School-house (now\\na chapel for the Berlin Cemetery) stood.\\nNear this meeting-house a school-house was\\nbuilt, but it was removed about 1800, as up\\nto 1833 the old church building was u.sed for\\nchurch and school. The deed of the lot,\\ncontaining four acres, on which the church\\nhad already been built, was given by Samuel\\nScull and Ruth, his wife, September 18, 1766,\\nto Michael Fisher, David Roe, Peter Chees-\\nman, Northrop Marple and Henry Thorn.\\nIn 1771 the people near New Freedom\\nestablished a school in a log building twenty\\nby sixteen feet, and Thomas Shinn was the\\nfir.st teacher.\\nGloucester City must have had a school-\\nhou.se before the year 1700, inasmuch as it\\nwas the county-seat of Gloucester County\\nfrom 1689 to 1787, but we have no account\\nof it, unless an old school-house of cedar\\nlogs, sixteen feet square, located below Mar-\\nket Street, near the present line of the West\\nJersey Railroad, was the first one. The first\\nteacher known was a man called Master\\nJohnson, a graduate of one of the English\\nuniversities. So well were the people pleased\\nwith him that they gave him a year s board\\ngratis to induce him to remain. Another nf\\nthe early teachers in Gloucester was Richard\\nSnowdon, an Englishman, born at Poule-\\nfract, Yorkshire, April 1.5, 1753, who came\\nto America with his parents and settled in\\nBurlington, in this State. He was first a\\ntutor in the family of John Hoskins, at Bur-\\nlington, and then a tutor in the family of\\nJoseph Roberts, near Haddonfield. About\\n1 780 he took charge of the Friends school\\nat Haddonfield, and taught there until about\\n1792, when he established a school at\\nGloucester. How long he remained at\\nGloucester is not known. While there he\\nwrote a History of the American Revolu-\\ntion in the style of the holy Scriptures. In\\n1795 he published The Coiumbiad, a\\npoem, upon the same subject. In 1805 he\\nwrote a History of America, from its dis-\\ncovery to the death of General Washington.\\nHe died in Philadelphia March 31, 1825.\\nIn 1782 an acre of land, as a site for a\\nschool-house, was .sold by John I]staugh\\nHopkins, of Haddonfield, to John (Jill,\\n.Jacob Clement, Edward Gibbs, Jo.seph Lip-\\npincott, John Clement and Thomas Redman,\\nof the Society of Friends.\\nAt a se.ssion of a meeting of Friends, held\\nat Salem, with which Haddonfield Meet-\\ning was connected, in the year 1790, the\\n17th day of the Fifth Month, a committee,\\nappointed at a previous meeting, reported\\nthat it would be well to raise funds in the\\nrespective Monthly Meetings, to be put out at\\ninterest, and the interest to be applied, under\\nthe care of judicious trustees, for the school-\\ning of poor children of white and of colored\\nparents.\\n(^uitea large amcjunt was given by the\\nliberal Friends of Haddonfield and vicinity\\nfor this object, six hundred and thirty-five\\npounds, six shillings, equal to two thousaud\\nfive hundred and forty-one dollars. Among\\nthe donors are the names of men whose de-\\nscendants occupy prominent and honorable\\npositions in Camden County to-day Gill,\\nBurrongh, Glover, Stokes, Hopkins, Clem-\\nent, Tomlinsou, Thorn, Githens, Lippincott,\\nAlbert.son, Hillman, Nicholson, Jennings,\\nRedman, Mickle, Kaighn and Thonip.son.\\nThe school thus sustained, to whose begin-\\nning reference has been already made, has\\ncontinued to be an active force in educa-\\ntional work in Haddonfield.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0452.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "EDUCATION.\\n311\\nTlie people of Union District, No. 3, be-\\ngan their educational work in 17!)5. A lot\\nwas sold by Thomas Burrougii to Thomas\\nBurrough, Isaac Fish and Isaac Morgan, in\\ntrust for school purposes, on which a stone\\nschool-house, twenty-eight feet long by twen-\\nty-four feet wide, was built. It was one\\nstory high and was used as a school-house\\nuntil replaced by anew one, in 1871. The\\nmoney to build the house was raised by sub\\nscriptiou and amounted to \u00c2\u00a3238 8s. -ihd. One\\nof the items of expense was one and one-half\\ngallons of rum. On account of the depreci-\\nation of the colonial notes, the shilling was\\nworth thirteen and one-third cents in New\\nJersey, and the pound two and two-thirds\\ndollars. The first teacher in this school was\\nJohn Dunlevy, a native of Ireland and a\\nman of culture, who continued in the profes-\\nsion until about 1830. His successor was\\nJohn Ward, an American, also a ripe scholar.\\nHe published Tiie Farmers Almanac,\\nwhich was much sought after. The floor of\\nthe old school-house was terraced, there be-\\ning three terraces, the first, about twelve feet\\nfrom the dooi-, being raised nine inches, and\\neach succeeding one raised about the .same\\nheight. At the back of the room, where the\\nlarger scholars stood, their heads were very\\nclose to the ceiling. This description will\\nalso serve for the old Greenville school-house,\\non the Marlton turnpike, about two and a\\nhalf miles from Camden.\\nPrior to 1800 a school was kept at Chews\\nLanding, in a log dwelling-house in a field\\nopposite the tavern, where John Connor\\ntaught for many years. He was well edu-\\ncated, a first-class teacher and was considered\\none of the be.st penmen in his day. He was\\nalso a surveyor, but he indulged in strong-\\ndrink and finally became worthless. He\\nwas the first teacher in a frame school-house\\nbuilt by Friends, in Chews Landing, near\\nwhat is called the Floodgates, on the\\nnorth branch of Timber Creek, in 1804. The\\nsize of the house was thirty-six by twenty-\\nfour feet. It was destroyed by fire in 1818.\\nAbout 1800 the Friends put up a frame\\nbuilding near a .settlement called New Hope-\\nwell, on tiie old Egg Harbor road, about\\ntwo miles south of New Freedom, accommo-\\ndating the children in the districts now\\ncalled Tansboro and Pump Branch. Its\\nsize was thirty-six by eighteen feet. The\\nfirst teacher was John Shinn, a preacher in\\nthe Society of Friends.\\nThe history of education down to the present\\ncentury has thus tar been traced. The work\\ndone by the first settlers is worthy of the highest\\npraise. While they were clearing oifthe land\\nand getting it ready for cultivation, even before\\nit was in a condition to support them, they\\nbuilt houses of worship and school-houses,\\nknowing that it was only by the maintenance\\nof religion and education that true prosjierity\\nand real permanence could be given to the\\ncommunity. The best educated men were\\nselected to teach, and the land on which the\\nschool-houses were built was given for a\\nnominal consideration. Early settlers per-\\nceived that their property would be greatly\\nincreased in value on account of the prox-\\nimity of a school.\\nThe credit of commencing and continuing\\nthe schools is due mainly to the Friends.\\nWhat education is able to accomplish may be\\nlearned from them. It has made them a\\ncla.ss of influential and worthy citizens. No\\nclass of people has been or is better educated\\nthan the Friends, and no class is mo)-e\\nearnest and indu.strious, hard-working citi-\\nzens. It can be said that they have no poor,\\nat least no paupers. The same can be .said\\nof every well educated community in this\\ncountry and in Europe.\\nWherever members of the Presbyterian\\nChurch settled, there also the church and the\\nschool-house were erected, and very gener-\\nally the mini.ster acted as .school-teacher, be-\\nsides attending to his ministerial duties.\\nThe schools mentioned, except that of the\\nFriends at Haddoufield, were pay schools.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0453.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "312\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nThe population of the territory now em-\\nbraced in Camden County in 1800 was\\nabout four thousand, and the proportion of\\nschools to the population was one to every\\nfour hundred inhabitants. If the number of\\nchildren was one-fourth the population, then\\nthere was a school for every one hundred\\nchildren of school age, about the same pro-\\nportion as at the present time.\\nIn 1803, in Greenville District, No. 6,\\nJoseph Morgan, for five shillings, sold one-\\nhalf acre to Joseph Champion, Esq., Isaac\\nThorn, Elizabeth Kay, Benjamin Morgan,\\nJoseph Burrough, Jr., Marmaduke Shivers,\\nNathaniel Barton, Jolni Rudderow, Thomas\\nCurtis, Jacob Evaul, Frederic Plum and\\nBenjamin Archer. On this land a school-\\nhouse was built, twenty-seven feet by twenty\\nfeet, M ith the ceiling twelve feet high. It\\nwas used seventy-two years. In 1810 a\\nschool-house was built in Horner District,\\nNo. 9, near the road leading from Haddon-\\nfield to Glendalc, on land owned by Jacob\\nHorner. The frame was oak and weather-\\nboards cedar. It was twenty-two by eighteen\\nfeet, with a ceiling eight feet high, and the\\nsides were lined with bricks. It had six\\nwindows, each containing twelve panes of\\nglass, eight by ten inches. The first teacher\\nwas John C. Thackara; the next, John Dun-\\nlevy John Stafford, a native of England,\\nalso taught here. He was one of Washing-\\nton s body-guard during the Revolution,\\nand at the battle of Germantown was thrown\\nfrom his horse and seriously injured. He\\nrecovered from his injury and lived to be a\\nvery old man. In 1872 the house was re-\\nbuilt on a lot purchased of Montgomery\\nStafford.\\nIn 1809 the first public school-house was\\nbuilt in Haddonfield. William Estaugh\\nHopkins gave twenty-seven hundredths of\\nan acre to John Clement, Bowman Hendry,\\nJohn Roberts, Turner Risdon, Joseph C.\\nElfreth and John Thompson, trustees of\\nHaddonfield Grove School for the purpose\\nof building a school-house, which wiis also\\nused as a place of religious worship. In this\\nbuilding the Baptist, the Methodist Episco-\\npal, the Protestant Episcopal and the Pres-\\nbyterian churches of the town originated.\\nIt has been in constant use since it was built.\\nSince the erection of the beautiful and com-\\nmodious school-house, situated on Chestnut\\nStreet, the old house has been used by the\\nschool for colored children.\\nPrior to 1811 a frame school-house was\\nbuilt in Clementon District, of which no\\nrecords could be found. It stood on what is\\ncalled the Stafford road, and was torn down\\nin 1811. Another one was built on the road\\nleading from White Horse (now Kirkwood)\\nto Clementon the same year. Its size was\\nthirty feet long and twenty-two wide, the\\nceiling thirteen feet high. It still does ser-\\nvice in the cause of education. The ground\\non which it stands, consisting of one acre\\nand one rod, was given by Thomas Bran-\\nson to William Rudderow, Joseph Crawford,\\nSamuel Chambers, Ephraim Hillman, Joseph\\nDill, Benjamin Tomlinson, John Thorn and\\nWilliam Branson as trustees for the nominal\\nsum of one dollar. The first teachers in this\\nschool-hou.se were John Stafford and William\\nThorn. The inhabitants in the vicinity of\\nRosendale, living along the Burlington\\nturnpike, two miles from Camden, about\\n1816, built a log house twenty- four by\\ntwenty-two feet, with the ceiling seven feet\\nhigh. It stood in the grove opposite the\\njiresent school-house and was called the Bald-\\nwin School. The teachers were a woman and\\nher daughter from Philadeljihia, who made\\nthe school-house their home. In this house\\nAbel Curtis and Edward Ewbanks taught.\\nIn 1827 the building fell down and there\\nwas no school in the district until 1838 the\\nchildren in the mean time went to Greenville\\nSchool. In 1820 a little square school-house\\nwas built in Pump Branch District, No. 37,\\nnear Blue Anchor, which was used until 1874,\\nwhen another and a very superior hou.se was", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0454.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "EDUCATION.\\n313\\nbuilt about three-quarters of a mile from the\\nold site. In 1825 the first school-house was\\nbuilt at Mount Ephraiin. It was a frame\\nbuilding about twenty feet square. Mickle\\nClement was the first teacher. School was held\\nin it until 1859, when the present building was\\nput up. The people of Rowandtowu bought\\nhalf an acre for one dollar from Jacob Cle-\\nment, in 1828, on the Haddonfield and Cam-\\nden road, about two miles from Haddonfield.\\nIt was a frame building, the sides lined with\\nbrick and plastered, and ceiled above. It\\nwas twenty-four by twenty feet, the ceiling\\neight and a half feet high. It was used forty-\\nfour years, although the number of children\\nin the district had increased daring that time\\nto one hundred and forty. For many years\\nit was the custom to have a male teacher in\\nthe winter and a female in the summer. This\\nhad become a very general practice about\\nthat time, and was continued until about\\n1870 in many of the districts, to the very\\ngreat injury of the schools. Dayton Du-\\nvall was the first male teacher and Ann\\nBassett the first female teacher. A brick\\nschool-house, octagonal in shape, was built\\nin Westville District, No. 14, since set\\nover to Gloucester County and another\\nhouse built. School had been held in a\\nlog tenant-house before this, about three\\nmonths each winter. The octagonal building\\nstood until 1873, when it was demolished,\\nand a neat two-story frame building erected\\non its site.\\nThe first school in Winslow District was\\ncommenced in 1831 in a log house. The\\nnext year a frame house was built for the\\njoint use of the Methodist Church and the\\nschool. The same building, enlarged, is .still\\nused as a school-house. Deborah Hunt was\\nthe first teacher. In 1806, a school-house\\nwas built at Ellisburg, by subscription, and\\nin 1831 Joseph Ellis gave half an acre to\\nthe inhabitants of the town of Waterford for\\nthe establishment of a good school for tiie edu-\\ncation of the children of the inhabitants of\\nEllisburg and vicinity with competent teach-\\ners. The school was to be for the im-\\nprovement of the moral and literary character\\nof the youth and the more general diffusion\\nof science. On this lot a brick house was\\nbuilt and used both as a school-house and\\nhall for elections and town-meetings. An-\\nother story has been added to it. Near Ellis-\\nburg, there stood in former years a house\\nknown as Murrell s Scliool-hou. ^e, but the\\nexact site is not known.\\nThe inhabitants of Jackson District built\\ntheir first .school-hou,se in 1833, on the road\\nleading from Jackson to Hay s mill, but in\\n1865 they moved it to the village of Jackson\\nand rebuilt it. In 1838 two .school-houses\\nwere built, one in Gibbsboro District and\\nthe other at Sicklerville. One acre at Gibbs-\\nboro was conveyed by William Wharton to\\nAhab Fowler, Jo.seph Graisbury and Wash-\\nington Schlosser for school purposes. It was\\nmade a present to the district by Mr. Whar-\\nton. Eliza Ann Dillon was the first teacher.\\nThe people of Sicklerville erected their school-\\nhouse near where the Methodist Church now\\nstauds, but afterwards removed it to near the\\nsite of the present school-house, built in 1867.\\nPaul H. Sickler was the first teacher.\\nIn 184:0 the inhabitants of Spring Mills,\\nthinking that the Blackwoodtown school was\\ntoo far from them, determined to have one\\nfor themselves. A frame house was built\\nfor that purpose by the liberality of the pi-o-\\nprietors of Spring Mills Fork Work.s, and\\nAmanda Stevens was employed as the first\\nteacher. So good was the school that many\\nof the children in Blackwoodtown walked to\\nit, a distance of one and a half miles. In\\n1844 three school-houses were opened for\\ntheir appropriate work, one in Laurel Mill\\nDistrict, one in Mechanicsville, No. 20, and\\none in Glendale, No. 26. John P. Harker\\nwas the first teacher. When the house was\\nbuilt, doubtless by the liberality of Ephraim\\nTomlinson, it was sold to the district by Mr.\\nTomlinson in 1874, when it was repaired. A", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0455.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "314\\nHISTOEY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nframe school-house was built in Mechanics-\\nville District, on the Blackwoodtown turn-\\npike, which was used until 1850, when another\\none, twenty-three feet long by seventeen feet\\nwide, was erected on the road leading to Al-\\nmonessen. Rev. R. J. Burt, a graduate of\\nPrinceton College, was the first teacher. A\\nsmall frame building was put up in Glendale\\nDistrict, near Ashland Station, and was used\\nuntil 1855, when the Methodists built a\\nchurch at Glendale village, and the inhabi-\\ntants contributed towards it* erection, with\\nthe understanding that the basement should\\nbe used for school purposes. It has so V)een\\nused since it was built.\\nDuring the period from 1800 to 1846\\nthere seems to have been a decline in the\\ncharacter of the schools. While some of the\\nteachers employed were capable men and\\nwomen, most of them were able to give in-\\nstruction only in the merest elements of the\\nordinary branches. As a general thing, the\\nonly branches taught were spelling, reading,\\nwriting and arithmetic. The text-books\\nmost in use were Comly s Spelling-Book, tlie\\nIntroduction to the English Reader, the Eng-\\nlish Reader and Sequel, and Pike s or Rose s\\nArithmetic. Any one who went as far as\\nthe rule of three in arithmetic was con-\\nsidered a well-educated man. This continued\\nthe standard in many of the districts until\\nabout 1870.\\nThe pupils in the schools in those days\\nwere not classified except in reading and in\\nspelling, and the classes in i-eading were so\\nnumerous that almost the whole forenoon was\\noccupied in hearing them. The schools were\\nkept open three months in some places\\nand the whole year in others, the average time\\nbeing about six months. All the schools\\nwere pay-schools, and this feature necessarily\\nprevented poor people from sending their\\nchildren. The cost was about three cents\\nper day for each pupil. The mode of cor-\\nrection was universally with the rod. Reg-\\nular fights would sometimes take place when\\nthe teacher would undertake to flog a boy as\\nlarge as himself. In one instance, a young\\ngirl about seventeen years old was beaten so\\nhard on the hand that she had to stay home\\nfor several weeks because she was so crippled\\nthat she could not use her hand. The\\nschool-houses and school furniture had re-\\nmained unimproved for over one hundred\\nyears. The houses were all of the primitive\\ntype, small parallelograms, built about large\\nenough to stow away forty or fifty children in,\\nwithout much regard to health or comfort and\\nnone as to ventilation. The furniture consisted\\nof desks teu or twelve feet long, and benches\\nthe same length, without any backs and so\\nhigh that the feet of the little children could\\nnot reach the floor. There were no black-\\nboards nor apparatus of any kind. While\\nprivate dwellings were improving in size,\\nshape and internal arrangements, better\\nand more comfortably shaped furniture was\\nplaced within them; while everything per-\\ntaining to agriculture,, manufactures, me^\\nchanics, etc., was being improved, school-\\nhouses, school furniture and school apparatus\\nwere about the same as they were a century\\nbefore.\\nNew School Law. An important epoch\\nin the history of education in New Jersey\\nbegan with the passage by the Legislature ot\\nthe act that authorized, empowered and re-\\nquired the inhabitants of the several town-\\nships, at their annual town-meetings, to raise\\nby tax or otherwise, in addition to the amount\\napportioned by the State to their use, such\\nfurther sum or sums of money as they may\\ndeem proper for the support of public schools,\\nat least equal to and not more than double\\nthe amount of such appoi tioument. This\\nwas brought about by a spirit of dissatisfaction\\nwith the then existing condition of education.\\nIn many parts of the State an agitation was\\ngoing on lor something better and in Glou-\\ncester County, in 1842, which at that time\\nincluded Camden County, a very import-\\nant meeting; was held in accordance with the", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0456.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "EDUCATION.\\n315\\nfollowing notice to the school committee of\\nGloucester County, for a convention to be held\\nat the court-house November 19, 1842, to\\ntake into consideration the state of public\\neducation and suggest such alteration and\\namendments as may be deemed necessary in\\nthe State laws respecting public schools.\\nThe following-named persons represented\\nthe districts indicated Waterford township,\\nBenjamin W. Cooper, Joseph Porter, Ricii-\\nard Stafford Xewton township, John M.\\nKaighn, Jacob L. Rowand, Thomas Redman,\\nJr.; the city of Camden, Richard Fetters,\\nThomas Chapman, Joseph W. Cooper.\\nA public school meeting of inhabitants of\\n(jiloucester County was held pursuant to the\\nabove notice, 19th November, 1842, at the\\ncourt-house in Woodbury. Charles Reeves\\n\\\\va3 chosen chairman and Thomas Redman\\nsecretary. Waterford, Newton, Deptford,\\nGreenwich and (xloucester were represented.\\nJohn B. Harrison, Thos. P. Carpenter and\\nCharles Knight were appointed a committee\\nto make a report at next meeting as to best\\nmeans of improving schools. Adjourned to\\nDeceml er 15, 1842, when another meeting\\nwas held and the report read. Dr. I. S.\\nMulford and John B. Harrison were chosen\\nto embody the views into a memorial to pre-\\nsent to the Legislature and to get signers.\\nThis gave a great impetus to the cause of\\ngeneral education. In a short time all the\\ntownships began to raise the necessary sums\\nof money and a system of partially free\\nschools was inaugurated. An additional im-\\npetus was given by the act of 1851, when\\nthe townships were permitted to raise three\\ndollars per scholar.\\nIn the Hillman District a school-house was\\nl uilt by the Friends in 18;5(i, and one in\\nWaterford in 1835.\\nBefore 1846 twenty-seven scliools iiad\\nbeen established in the county outside of Cam-\\nden City, with an equal number of dejwrt-\\nments and teachers. Since then nineteen ad-\\nditional schools have been opened and the\\nnumber of departments and teachers has\\nincreased to sixty-six, the greatest increase\\nhaving taken place in 18()().\\nIn 1848 a new school-house of stone was\\nbuilt in Blackwoodtown, the old one which\\nstood for aliout half a century having been\\nburned. An academy was opened in that\\nvillage, in which boys were prepared for\\nbusiness or for college. It was sustained\\nimtil 1870, when a two-story public school-\\nhouse was built. The school was put on\\nsuch a basis that the children could receive\\nas good an education as at the academy, ex-\\ncept that Latin and Greek were not taught.\\nIn 1853 a frame school-house was built at\\nIrish Hill, in Centre township, and was occu-\\npied until 1881, when a very fine, commodious\\nand well equipped house was built. In 1853\\nthe people of Berlin built a school-house,\\nwhich did good service until 1874, when the\\npresent beautiful and commodious structure\\nwas erected, one of the very best .school-houses\\nin Camden County. In 1855 a school-house\\nat (Jreenland, No. 15, was ijuilt on a lot do-\\nnated by Charles L. Willits and was u.sed\\nuntil 1882, when another of those neat\\nstructures that are now found in almost every\\nschool district was built. The people in Dis-\\ntrict No. 15 have done nobly in erecting for\\nthe colored people the finest school-house for\\ncolored children in any country district in\\nSouth Jersey. It is a two-story frame build-\\ning, forty feet long and thirty-six feet wide.\\nDuring the year 1855 the peoj)le in Chees-\\nman District put up a school building. It\\nwas located in the woods, more than half a\\nmile from any public road, but has been re-\\nmoved to a more suitable location and the\\ndistrict has been divided.\\nAs Hammonton, in Atlantic County, newly\\nsettled in 1859, began to grow and extend\\ninto Camden County, the people who settled\\nat North Hammonton (now called Elm),\\nbeing mostly of New England stock, a\\nschool-house was erected in 1861, and a\\ngood school has been maintained there ever", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0457.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "316\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nsince. In 1864 Tansboro District was divided\\ninto two districts, a serious mistake, and in\\nthe northern one, called Tansboro North, No.\\n34, a school-house was built. A house was\\nalso built in 1858. In 1865 a school was\\nopened in a little building in Milford Dis-\\ntrict, No. 28, belonging to the German\\nChurch, and held there until 1884, when a\\npublic school-house was erected. In 1867\\nthe settlement at Atco by New England\\npeople built a school-house. In 1868 a good\\nbuilding was put up in Bates Mill District,\\nand in 1869 an equally good one was erected\\nin Ancora District. This same year a small\\nhouse was built in Davisville District, No.\\n23. During this year the beautiful stone\\nstructure that graces the borough of Haddon-\\ntield was built, one of the most substantial\\nand elegant school-houses in the State. It\\nhas four school-rooms, besides other rooms\\nfor class recitations or study purposes. In\\n1870 Merchantville built its first public\\nschool-house, with two rooms. It is quite an\\nornament to the borough. In 1875 a portion\\nof VVatorford District was added to Park\\nDistrict, iu Atlantic County, and was called\\nParkdale District, No. 42. A site was secured\\nin this county and a school-house built.\\nWrightsville District, No. 43, was set off\\nfrom Rosendale in 1877, and soon after a.\\none-story building, capable of accommodating\\nseventy children, was built. In a few years\\nanother story was added, giving accommo-\\ndations for one hundred and twenty children.\\nIn 1877 an additional building was erect-\\ned in Cheesman District, No. 25, because of\\nthe size of the territory, and afterwards a\\nnew district was formed, with this school-\\nhouse as the centre, and called Union Valley,\\nNo. 44. To accommodate the increased\\nnumber of scholars in Rosendale, Champion,\\nHaddonfield and Union Districts, new school\\nbuildings have been put up since 1880. In\\n1882, in Rosendale District, a two-roomed,\\none-story building was erected, and in Had-\\ndonfield, a two-story building, both of them\\nadapted for their work in size, construction,\\nmethods of ventilation, furniture and appli-\\nances. In 1883 a very neat, one-story house\\nwas built in Champion, and in 1885, one in\\nUnion. Portions of the county, especially\\nthose lying nearest Camden and the boroughs\\nof Haddonfield and Merchantville, are grow-\\ning with such rapidity that the accommoda-\\ntions for pupils must be increased every few\\nyears.\\nThe Present Schooi, System. The\\nprogress of education is pretty clearly indi-\\ncated by the progress in the building of\\nsuitable school-houses. The two have gone\\nalong together and show a wonderful ad-\\nvance. Nearly every old .school-house, with\\nits very limited space, its low ceiling, its\\nsmall windows, its backless benches, has di.s-\\nappeared, only oue of such school-houses\\nbeing left and the old furniture is nowhere\\nto be seen. The old curriculum of studies\\nhas given place to another and a broader one,\\nwith very much improved methods in teach-\\ning the different branches. The greatest im-\\nprovement has taken place since 1867, when\\nthe present admirable school law took effect,\\nand the supervision of all the schools in the\\ncounty was placed in the hands of a competent\\nman and the licensing of teachers was con-\\nfided to a competent board. Rev. Alexander\\nGil more was appointed the first county super-\\nintendent in 1867. He was succeeded by\\nthe present incumbent, Rev. F. R. Brace, in\\n1870. Intelligent friends of education felt\\nthe necessity of such action years befor.e the\\nnew law was enacted. Dr. John Snowdon,\\nwho was superintendent of Winslow town-\\nship schools in 1866, said: I would most\\nemphatically urge the abolition of the power\\nto license teachers, vested in the town super-\\nintendents, so as to place it beyond the con-\\ntrol of local influences. The majority of the\\napplicants for licenses to teach have either a\\nrelative or particular friend iu the board of\\ntrustees, and if they are not licen.sed by tne\\nsuperintendent, a great deal of bad feeling", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0458.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "EDUCATION.\\n317\\nis excited against the latter officer. [ndecd,\\neven siiiee the new order of things, oeeasion-\\nally an influence, thoiigii iinsuece.sstiil, lia.s\\nbeen brought to bear upon superintendent\\nand upon examiners to allow incompetent\\npersons to obtain certificates of license to\\nteach; but the great majority, at least ninety-\\nnine per cent of the whole, approve, indorse\\nand rejoice in the new order of things.\\nAs a result of having a head to the educa-\\ntional interest.* of the county, a system of\\ninstruction was soon devised for all the\\nschools in the county. There was no system\\nbefore 1871. Each teacher marked out his\\nown course of study. In t)r(ler that accurate\\nknowledge of the wtirk done in tiie schools\\nmight be reached, circulars were seut to all\\nthe teachers in the county, retpiesting them\\nto .send on prepared blanks their schedides of\\nstudies for each day, with the time devoted to\\neach recitation. From these it was learned\\nthat the time devoted to reading in the differ-\\nent schools varied from forty-eight minutes\\nto two hours and thirty-nine minutes\\nto .spelling, from eighteen minutes to two\\nhours and twenty minutes to penmanshij),\\nfrom nine minutes to thirty to geography,\\nfrom live minutes to one hour to arithmetic,\\nfrom thirty minutes to two hours and nine\\nminutes to grammar, from no minutes to\\none hour and twenty minutes. Twelve had\\ntiie highest classes in geography studying in\\nan intermediate geography. The highest\\nclasses in arithmetic in seventeen were in\\nfractions, and the highest in grammar in\\nten were in etymology. Only in ten schools\\nwas natural philo.sophy .studied in six,\\nphysiology; in four, algebra; in six, bt)ok-\\nkeeping in seventeen. United States His-\\ntory and in one, drawing. A convention\\nof teachers and tru.stees was called in the\\nmonth of June, 1872. It was very largely\\nattended and a most earnest and enthusiastic\\nspirit shown. After thoroughly considering\\nthe whole matter, a course of .study was\\nmarked out for all the schools in the county\\n37\\nand a .schedule of recitations ado{)ted as a\\nguide for all the teachers. The good accom-\\nplished by this systematic course of study for\\nall the schools in the county was incidculable.\\nA new spirit was infused into the teaciier.s.\\nThey felt that they had something definite\\nand clear to mark out their pathway. This\\nwas, however, not fully satisfactory to the\\nsuperintendent, and .so in 1875 he presented\\nto l)oth trustees and teachers a better sys-\\ntematized course of study, together with a\\nrecommendation that an examination of all\\nthe scholars be held in connection therewith,\\nand that tho.se pupils who should complete\\nthe course of study and pass a ,satisfai;tory ex-\\namination therein, should receive a certificate\\nor diploma as a recognition of the fact. This\\nwas unanimously adopted, but on account of\\nthe shortness of time and the great amount\\nof work to be done fi)r the Centennial Expo-\\nsition in Philadelphia, the regular examina-\\ntion could not be attemjited that year, and\\nwas therefore deferred to the succeeding\\nyear. In the spring of 1877 the first\\nregular examination of the schools was held,\\nthe examination in each branch taking place\\nthe .same day in every school in the county,\\nand the .same set of questions, prepared by\\nthe county .superintendent, being used. The\\npapers of the pupils were examined by a\\ncommittee of teachers, each member of the\\ncommittee having, as a rule, only the papers\\nin one branch, to prevent anything like\\npartiality being shown. Twenty-two pupils\\npa.ssed the required examination and received\\ntheir diplomas. This was the culmination of\\nthe county course of study, adopted in 1872.\\nSince then nearly every county in this Stiite\\nand numerous counties in other States have\\nadopted our Camden County system and with\\nthe happiest results. A healthful rivalry has\\nbeen created among the schools, which brings\\nevery teacher up to his best work, and incites\\npupils to more thorough and faithful study,\\nboth teachers and pupils l einganxious to have\\ntheir schools stand in the front rank. Strange", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0459.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "318\\nHISTORY OF CA^IDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nto say, some of the best results liave been\\nseen in the one department sebools, wlien\\nevery few years there are successful pupils to\\ntake their diplomas. There are no ungraded\\nschools in the county. The one department\\nschools are all graded. So well has this\\ncounty system worked that the faculty of the\\nState Normal School adopted a resolution\\nto admit pupils who possessed a county\\ndiploma to that in.stitution without further\\nexamination. It seemed to some that a still\\nhigher step could be taken from a few years\\nworkjng of this system, and so it was taken\\na little while afterwards and called an ad-\\nvanced course. This almost prepares boys\\nfor the Scientific Department of college.\\nWe can look back with .satisfaction upon\\nthe great advance made during the last six-\\nteen years. No influence has been greater in\\nhelping along this advance than the State\\nNormal School. It has done this not only\\nby .sending out from its halls teachers, fully\\nprepared, well-trained and eager for the\\nwork, but by stimulating others, who could\\nnot, by reason of pecuniary inability, attend\\nthat institution, to study and work and make\\nthemselves equal in every direction, superior,\\nif possible, to Normal School graduates.\\nThe motto of this county is still Forward.\\nThe best has not yet b^en reached, but every\\nday is seeing some progress in that direction.\\nRev. F. R. Brack was born in the prov-\\nince of Newfoundland, B. N. A., in 1832,\\nand was the son of Richard Brace, who was\\nfor over twenty years keeper of the prison\\neither in the Northern District of the island\\nor in the Central Di.strict.\\nHe acquired the principal part of his edu-\\ncation in the grammar school at Harbor\\n(rrace, and was there fitted for college, al-\\nthough he never entered. At the age of six-\\nteen he entered the store of a book-seller in\\nSt. John s and remained there two years.\\nHe there, having associated himself with\\nhis elder brother, William H., commenced\\nbusiness in Harbor Grace, but gave it up in\\ntwo years. He left Newfoundland No-\\nvember, 185.3, and came to Trenton, N. J.,\\nand there taught .school in Morrisville, Pa.,\\nopposite Trenton, one year, and the next year\\ntaught the public schools at Ewing and\\nMillham, near Trenton. In 1855 he was\\nelected assistant teacher of languages and\\nmathematics in Trenton Academy.\\nIn the spring of 1856 he was married to\\nEmma, daughter of Whilldin Foster, of\\nTrenton, N. J. He was elected principal of\\nNew Paltz Academy, New York State,\\nMarch, 1857, and remained there two years.\\nThe honorary degree of A.M. was conferred\\nupon him by Princeton College July, 1857.\\nFeeling that he was called to preach as\\nwell as to teach, he commenced his studies\\nfor the ministry, teaching by day and study-\\ning in the evenings. He removed to East\\nMillstone, N. J., July, 1859, and opened\\na .select school, classical and mathematical.\\nWhile there he still pursued his theological\\nstudies and after an examination in both col-\\nlegiate and theological studies by the Classis\\nof New Brunswick, connected with the Re-\\nformed Church of the United States, he was\\nlicensed to preach by that body.\\nHe removed to Elwood in June, 1861, to\\ntake charge of a large missionary field in\\nAtlantic County, preaching at Elwood, Ham-\\nmonton, Pleasant Mills and Atlantic City.\\nIn October of this year he was ordained by\\nthe Presbytery of West Jersey. In 1862 he\\nwas elected township superintendent of pub-\\nlic schools in Mullica township, Atlantic\\nCounty, and filled that office three years. In\\n1865 he was elected one of the county ex-\\naminers of Atlantic County. He removed,\\nin March, 1867, from Hammonton to Black-\\nwood, to take charge of the Presbyterian\\nChurch there, and has remained its pastor\\nuntil the present time.\\nHe has been active in Bible and Sunday-\\nschool work and was three years in succe.s.siou\\npresident of the County Sunday-school A.s-\\nsociation. In 1868 he was elected one of", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0460.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "THE PRESS.\\n319\\nthe trustees of the public school in Black-\\nwood, and iu 1870 was appointed county\\nsuperintendent of Camden County, which\\nposition he still holds. In 1874 he was\\nelected for that year, president of the State\\nTeachers Association. He is now a member\\nof the State Board of Control of the Teachers\\nReading Circle. He is the originator of the\\ngraded course of study for all schools in the\\ncounty, having put it into operation in the\\ncounty in 1872.\\nMr. Brace has two brothers teaching\\nWilliam H., principal of the High School,\\nTrenton, and Alfred S., professor of music in\\nthe State Normal School, Trenton. He has\\nfive children living, two of whom are teach-\\ning Mary B. Clayton, in the High School,\\nNew Brunswick, and Ada Brace, at Chews\\nLanding, in this county.\\nSome years ago he was urgently pressed to\\ntake charge of the West Jersey Academy,\\nBridgeton. He has received invitations to\\ntake the pastoral charge of several churclies\\nin South Jersey and Pennsylvania, but has\\ndeclined them all, feeling that his work was\\nin Camden County and in the quiet and\\nbeautiful little village of Blackwood.\\nCHAPTER XVI.\\nTHE PRESS.\\nThe press in America is one of the most\\npotent factors in the education of the masses,\\nand its power and influence cannot be over-\\nestimated. The number of journals pub-\\nlished in this country to-day is simply wonder-\\nful, and they circulate throughout the\\nlength and breadth of the land. The im-\\nprovements in use in the art of printing now,\\nin comparison to the time Benjamin Franklin\\nstarted his historic journal in Philadelphia,\\nis one of the wonders of this age of civiliza-\\ntion and enlightenment.\\nIf it were possible to give in this chapter\\nthe number of individual copies of news-\\npapers, of all kinds, taken and read by the en-\\ntire population of Camden City and County,\\nvery few readers M ould credit the statement.\\nThere are editors now living in Camden who\\nremember when there were but four or five\\npapers puljlislied in M est Jersey south of\\nBurlington there are now a hundred or more.\\nThe proximity of Camden to the city of\\nPhiladelphia, and the circulation of the jour-\\nnals of that city in Camden and vicinity,\\ndoubtless prevented the establishment of\\npapers here before 1820. The influential\\nPhiladelphia journals, for many years past,\\nhave each had corres])ondents in Camden\\nCounty, who regularly have collected and\\n])repared the local news of the day, and their\\ninteresting communications can be found in\\ntiie files of those papers. The city and county\\nof Camden, since the date of the establish-\\nment of the first paper here, have been\\nwell supplied with local journals, some of\\nwhich have had a phenomenal existence\\nand otliers a checkered history. There are\\nthose which have been, and still are, enter-\\nprising and influential journals, ably edited,\\nvigorous exponents of public opinion, and\\nneat in typographical api:)earance. In the\\nsucceeding pages of this chapter it is de-\\nsigned to give an accurate history of journal-\\nism in the county, together with a few prefa-\\ntory notes relating to early newspapers of\\nthe vicinity.\\nThe first newspaper published in West\\nJersey, south of Burlington, was the Bridgeton\\nArgus, of which James D. Westcott was edi-\\ntor and proprietor. It was started in 1794,\\nctmtinued two years, and, by a change of\\nname, was published by John Westcott, a\\nbrother of the proprietor of the Argus, until\\n1805. Peter Hay, in 1815, started, at\\nBridgeton, the Washington Whig, the second\\npa})er in West Jersey. It was the organ of\\nthe Jeflerson Democrats. It was a prosper-\\nous journal, but, after many changes of own-\\nership, ceased publication in 1837. In 1818", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0461.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "320\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nJohn A. Crane established, at Woodbury, the\\nGloucester Fanner. This was the third\\npaper iu West Jersey. He continued to\\npublisli at that place until 1820, when he re-\\nmoved presses and material to C amden, and\\nthus it became the first paper ever issued in\\nCamden County. The files of this paper\\nare in the possession of Samuel H. Grey,\\nEsq., whose father, the veteran editor, in\\n1819, commenced, at Woodbury, the publi-\\ncation of the Village Record, and soon there-\\nafter removed to C-amden, and there pur-\\nchased, of John A. Crane, the GlouceMer\\nFarmer.\\nSamuel Ellis, a well-known school-teacher\\nof his day, on December 29, 1824, began, in\\nCamden, the publication of the American\\nStar and Rural Record. This office was on\\nthe west side of Front Street, between Cooper\\nand Plum (Arch). This luminary, under\\nthe control of Master Ellis, did not shine\\nvery brilliantly, and, after continuing it two\\nyears, he sold it to Israel Porter and J. Wollo-\\nhon, who had been apprentices in the .same\\noffice. The new proprietors changed the\\nname to the Caiitdeu Mail, and the office was\\nmoved to the southwest corner of Second\\nStreet and ^larket. Dr. John R. Sickler after-\\nwards bought it, and moved the office to the\\nwest side of Second Street, above Taylor s\\nAvenue. Dr. Sickler disposed of the paper\\nto a Mr. Ham, and he, on April 2, 18.34,\\nsold it to Philip J. Grey, Esq. The print-\\ning-office was then at the .south we.st corner\\nof Second and Arch price of sheet, two\\ndollars per year. In September, 1834, the of-\\nfice was removed to a building near Toy s\\nFerry, and, on September 3, 1835, the name\\nWent Jerseyman was adapted. It was then\\nnext to the largest paper in West Jersey,\\nand, under the management of Mr. Grey,\\nwas an influential and popular journal. The\\nname of this successful exponent of public\\nopinion, under the ownership of Judge Grey,\\nwas changed to the Went Jerseyman. It was\\nabiv edited and obtained a large circulation.\\nIt was enlarged at difterent times. The com-\\nplete files of the Mail and the West Jersey-\\nman were carefully preserved and are now\\nowned by Samuel H. Grey, Esq., of Cam-\\nden, through whose kindness and courtesy\\nthe use of them was allowed the author in\\nthe preparation of this history and from\\nwhich much valuable information relating to\\nCamden County was obtained.\\nPhilip James Grey, Esq., was the second\\nson of Martin and Eliza Derhara Grey and\\nwas born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1798. His\\nfather, participating in the political move-\\nments then agitating Dublin, was obliged to\\nseek safety in flight, and came to this country\\nin the early jiart of this century. Dying\\nsuddenly in 1804, his estate was lost in an\\nunfortunate bu.siness enterprise in which he\\nhad invested it, and his widow was left in\\nvery straitened circumstances. Philip J.\\nGrey, the subject of this sketch, was, at the\\ninstance of the late Matthew Carey, Esq.,\\n])laced in the establishment of Mr. Maccul-\\nloch, a printer and bookseller, with whom he\\nremained until he had grown to manhood.\\nUpon the death of Mr. Macculloeh, who had\\nbequeathed to him a sum sufficient to pur-\\nchase an outfit for a printing-office, Mr. Grey\\nremoved from Philadelphia in the summer\\nof 1819 to Woodbury, N. J., where he estab-\\nlished himself in the printing business as ed-\\nitor and publisher of the Columbian Herald,\\nthe first number of which was published Sep-\\ntember 23, 1819. He continued at Wood-\\nbury, where, in 1824, he was po.stmaster,\\ntalking a prominent part in public affairs\\nuntil 830, when he removed to Blackwood-\\ntown and entered into business with John C.\\nSmallwood, late of Woodbury. From Blaek-\\nwoodtown he went, at the instance of his\\nfriends, Hon. Samuel L. Southard and Gen-\\neral Zachariah Kossell, to Trenton, where he\\nestablished a Whig newspaper, Tlie Union.\\nLeaving Trenton, Mr. Grey entered into the\\nbusiness of bookselling aud publishing in\\nPhiladelphia. While so I ugaged he caused", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0462.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0465.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0466.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "THE PRESS.\\n321\\nto be reported and afterward published the\\nproceedings in the case of De Con i-s. Hen-\\ndrickson, which involved the settlement of\\nthe property rights of the Society of Friends,\\nthen at difference among themselves upon\\nthe orthodoxy of the teachings of Elias\\nHicks. Returning to his earlier employment,\\nMr. Grey came to Camden in IS .l, where\\nhe bought the Camden Mail and published it\\nuntil March, 1849, when the paper was en-\\nlarged and its name changed to The West\\nJcrseyman, under which title it was published\\nby Mr. Grey until January 1, 1860, when he\\nretirwl from journalism. The Camden Daily\\nwas published by Mr. Grey from January 4,\\n1858, to JNlarch 6, 1858, when its publication\\nwas discontinued for lack of public supi)ort.\\nMr. Grey was a man of marked individu-\\nality, independence and firmness of character.\\nHe was of a generous, enthusiastic and sympa-\\nthetic nature, and for many years he was a\\nprominent and influential man in Southern\\nNew Jersey. In his political opinions he\\nwas a Whig. After the defeat of General\\nScott, in 1852, and the consequent disinte-\\ngration of the Whig party, Mr. Grey identi-\\nfied himself with those who opposed the ex-\\ntension of slavery into the Territories of\\nKansas and Nebraska. He was a leader and\\nbecame at an early period actively interested\\nin the formation of the Rej)ublican party.\\nThe first meeting in Camden of those in sym-\\npathy with that orgauizatiou was held at his\\nresidence, No. 709 Market Street. He helil\\nat different times several important and re-\\nsponsible offices. He was secretary of the\\nNew Jersey Senate and for many years col-\\nlector of the port of Camden. For fifteen\\nyears he was one of the judges of the Court\\nof Common Pleas of Camden County, and\\nduring a large part of that time the presiding\\njudge. He was for a long period a vestry-\\nman, and at the time of his death a warden\\nof St. Paul s parish, Camden. He was twice\\nmarried, first at Woodlnuy, in 1822, to\\nRachel, daughter of Jacol) Glover, Escj., for-\\nmerly surrogate of Gloucester County. Af-\\nter the death of his first wife he married, in\\n1834, Sarah Woolston, daughter of Isaac\\nStephens, Esq. His surviving children are\\ntwo sons Samuel H. (rrey, Estp, of Cam-\\nden, and Martin P. Grey, Esq., of Salem,\\nN. J. and two daughters, Mary G. Grey\\nand Anne Grey. He died at his residence,\\nNo. 709 Market Street, Camden, on the\\nmoruing of January 8, 1875, in the seventy-\\nseventh year of his age.\\nAbout 183() Josiah Harrison, of Camden\\nCity, issued a small sheet called the Republi-\\ncan, which was continued by him for several\\nyears, after which time Franklin Ferguson\\nbecame its proprietor.\\nIn 1840 a new jxiper made its appearance,\\ncalled the American J Jayle. It was published\\nby Charles D. Hineline, who had his office\\nin a frame building on Bridge Avenue, next\\nto Elwell s Hotel. This building was after-\\nwards removed. Mr. Hineline connected\\nwith him in its publication Henry Curts,\\nand afterwards sold out his interest to a man\\nby the name of Bossee, and went in the\\nWest. Bossee sold his interest to Mr. Curts,\\nwho was quite a facetious writer. The paper,\\nwhich was the organ of the American party,\\nwas eventually changed to the Phanlx and\\nafter a checkered history ceased publication.\\nThe Camden Journal, a vigorous organ of\\nthe American party, was established aud\\nconducted by David W. Belisle, who after-\\nward became mayor of Atlantic City. It\\nwas continued for quite a time. Mr. Belisle\\nbecame the New Jersey correspondent of the\\nPublic Ledger of Philadelphia, aud after a\\nlong career as a journalist died in Camden\\nduring the year 188G.\\nThe New Republic, a weekly journal. Re-\\npublican in politics, was started in LSfit! by\\nHenry L. Bonsall and James M. Scovel.\\nIt soou gained influence aud popularity and\\nsecured a large circulation, being ably edited\\nand neat in typographical appearance. Mr.\\nScovel, at the expiration of nine years, re-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0467.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "322\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ntired from the paper. Henry L. Bonsall and\\nT. M. K. Lee, Jr., continued its publication\\nuntil a joint-stock company, composed of H.\\nL. Bonsall, ({eorge W. (Gilbert, John S. Lee,\\nT. M. K. Lee, Jr. and James Warrington\\ntook charge of it. Eventually the paper\\ncame into the possession of Bonsall Carse,\\nsoon after which the senior proprietor retii ed\\nto start the Daily Post. John H. Fort was\\nthe last owner of the New Republic.\\nThe Argu.s was a Sunday paper, owned\\nand edited by John H. Fort.\\nThe Jersey Blue was an interesting family\\nnewspaper, and was started about 1858 by\\nCharles N. Pine, who continued its publication\\nfor several years, and its editor afterward be-\\ncame connected with the Philadelphia Day and\\nsubsequently the Pecord. He was an able\\njournalist.\\nThe West Jersey Pkess is the sole sur-\\nvivor of several newspaper enterprises started\\nin Camden since 1820, and is the legitimate\\noffspring of the Camden Mail, and subse-\\n([uently of the West Jerscyman, both of which\\nwere the property of the late Philip J. Crey,\\nthe former being first published in the city\\nApril 7, 1834.\\nThe We. it Jersey Press was bought by the\\npresent owner, Sinnicksou Chew, in April,\\n1862, the negotiations for the purchase being\\nconducted by the late Charles P. Smith, clerk\\nof the New Jersey Supreme Court, and a\\nbrother-in-law of the then owner. Colonel\\nS. C. Harbert, who was at that lime a pay-\\nmaster in the army. Colonel Harbert en-\\ntered the editorial field well equipped for its\\nduties by a long and active participation in\\nState and national politics, but whose connec-\\ntion with the army rendered his retirement\\nfrom newspaper work, in his judgment, im-\\nperative. The fir.st number under the pres-\\nent ownership was issued May 7, 18() 2. The\\nottice was at that time equipped with a Wash-\\nington hand-press and an antiquated Ruggles\\npre.ss, they constituting the entire printing-\\nmachinery of the establishment. The new\\nproprietor met with a generous support from\\nthe beginning, which has continued and in-\\ncreased until the present time, and until he\\nhas been compelled to enlarge his equipment\\nby the addition of six of the latest improved\\nprinting presses, with other material to cor-\\nrespond in the various departments, making\\nthe West Jcrsei/ Printing House one of the\\nlargest establishments of the kind in the\\nState. In 1870 the building, fifty by ninety,\\nwas erected, the entire third floor being used\\nfor newspaper, book and job printing, while\\nthe corner room on the first floor is used as a\\nstationery store and business department.\\nEvery expense incurred or improvement\\nadded to meet the wants of a growing city,\\nhave met with popular approval, as has been\\nshown by a marked and permanent increase\\nof business. The We.d Jersey Press has al-\\nways been a stanch and outspoken advocate\\nof Republican ])rinciples and a firm supporter\\nof the Republican j arty, its long and con-\\nsistent career having obtained for it a wide\\ninfluence in political circles. Its original size\\nwas twenty-four by thirty eight inches, but\\nit has been successively enlarged until now it\\nis a thirty-six-column sheet, thirty by forty-\\nsix the third largest paper in the Stsite.\\nIts circulation was never so large as at\\npresent.\\nSiNNicKSON Chew was born January 27,\\n1830, in Manuingtou township, Salem\\nCounty, N. J., where his parents then re-\\nsided. His Christian name indicates his\\nancestry as being of the Swedes, M ho settled\\nalong the shores of the Delaware River as\\nearly as 1638, long before the English or\\nDutch saw the land. Among those who\\nreceived deeds from John Fenwick to con-\\nfirm their title, the names of Sinuic, Sinuica\\nand Siunicker occur, and the records of Up-\\nland Court (on the opposite side of the river),\\nwhich date back to 1676, show this name\\namong the litigants before that tribunal.\\nThe blood of the e;irly comers was diffused\\namong the English familie.s, and as a conse-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0468.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "^/^^-f-x, ^a^^z.-e^c,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0471.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0472.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "THE PRESS.\\n323\\nqiiencc the namv fdlKiwcd tlie line of rela-\\ntionship and was gradually changed to the\\n|iresent sjielling. The direct and collateral\\ni)ranches of the family have always been,\\nprominent in the affairs of church and State\\nand still have a tirm hold upon the confi-\\ndence and good opinion of the people in\\nSouthern Jersey. Ecpiipped with such edu-\\ncation as could be gathered there from the\\ncountry schools and fancying the business of\\na printer, Sinnickson Chew, in 1845, entered\\nthe office of the Constifiition, published at\\nWoodbury, N. J., by A. S. liarber. Here\\nhe soon mastered the art and mystery,\\nand in due time became the post boy to\\nthe office. With a horse and sulky he rode\\nthe length and breadth of the counties of\\nCamden and Gloucester, distributing the\\nnews of the week at every store and cn^ss-\\nroads, where he was a welcome visitt)r. Per-\\nhaps the poet can better describe him as he\\nWho whistles as he goes, light-hearted wrett h,\\nCold, and yet cheerful, messenger of grief\\nPerhaps to thousands, and of joy to some\\nTo him indifferent whether grief or joy.\\nIn I80I he left his master s employ and\\nwent to Philadelphia, in the composing de-\\npartment of the type foundry of L. Johnson\\nCo., but the same year he became connected\\nwith the National Standard, of Salem, N. J.,\\nCharles P. Smith, editor. In a short time,\\nassociated with William S. Sharp, he pur-\\nchased this paper and continued its publication,\\nunder the firm-name of Sharp Chew, until\\n1862, when he made overtures for the pur-\\nchase of the State Gazette, at Trenton, N. J.\\nIn this he was defeated by Jacob R. Free.se,\\nat that time the lessee, and soon after (May,\\n1862) he bought the entire intere.st of the\\nWest Jersey Fres-s, of Camden, and became its\\neditor and publisher. He soon infused new\\nlife into this journal and made it the leading\\niiepublican paper in the western part of the\\nState. Although a forcible writer, and firm\\nin his political convictions, yet he concedes\\nto his opponents the right to their own line\\nof thought. He never loses sight of the\\ngreat moral necessities of the times, nor will\\nhe sacrifice them even when a political ad-\\nvantage is at stake. His paper is always a\\nmcan.s to discuss local or general topics, but\\nnot open to personalities or questionable cor-\\nrespondence. With such a reputation, the\\nWest Jersey Press is regarded as a safe me-\\ndium of county news, and is read by all who\\nare in full faith with its political notion.s,\\nand by many who neither think nor vote as\\nthe editor would advise.\\nFor three years, from 1872, he was con-\\nsecutively elected by the House of Assembly\\nof New Jersey to the responsible position of\\nclerk of that body, and was conceded by his\\npolitical opponents to have been courteous\\nand polite to all. His fidelity to his political\\nfriends is strong and lasting, and his devotion\\nto the principles of the political party of\\nwhich he is an honored member, is well\\nknown throughout his native state. His\\ntact and energy are evitlenced in the erection\\nof the Press building, where he conducts\\nan active business, giving personal attention\\nto the details of the various kinds of work,\\nand not neglecting improvements that aid so\\nmuch in speed and finish.\\nAs one of the active members of the Edi-\\ntorial Association of New Jersey, Mr. Chew\\nhas brought about many improvements in\\nthe working of that body. The business\\nmeetings bring the members into closer in-\\ntercourse, and the annual excursions are pop-\\nular and make friendships where otherwise\\nnone would exist. On May 8, 1860, Mr.\\nChew married Sarah A., daughter of Samuel\\nW. Miller, then sheriff of Salem County.\\nHis surviving children are, Lillie M., the\\nwife of Oliver Smith, Jr., and William H.\\nand Eddie H.\\nThe Camden DEMoortAT. The first\\nnumber of the Camden Democrat, under that\\nname, was ])ublished Saturday, January\\n1846, by Charles D. Hineline. It was a\\nwell-printed, carefully-edited four-page pa-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0473.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "324\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COTTNTY, NP]W JERSEY.\\nper of twenty-eight columns. Its office of\\npublication was the second story of a frame\\nbuilding (since destroyed by fire), which\\nstood at tlie southeast corner of Second and\\nFederal Streets. Hineline was a man of\\nconsiderable ability, as handsome as he was\\nable, and the Democrat, under his adminis-\\ntration, soon took front rank among the\\nnewspapers of the day. Mr. Hineline con-\\ntinued as publisher of the paper until 1853,\\nwhen he disposed of his interest to Colonel\\nIsaac Mickle, who held the editorial reins of\\nthe publication until iiis death, in 1855,\\nwhen it passed into tlie hands of his cousin,\\nIsaac W. Mickle. Colonel Mickle was per-\\nhaps the brainiest of the many able men\\nwhose intellects have illumined the pages of\\nthe Democrat during its forty years of life.\\nHe was a lawyer of iicknowledged ability,\\nbut a reformer for all that. He was also\\nknown to have been the author of several\\nwell-written dramas, wliich, however, his\\ninnate modesty prevented from appearing on\\nthe stage, and this same trait, or lack of self-\\nassertion, is shown in his Reminiscences of\\nOld Gloucester, an invaluable contribution\\nto the historical ilata of West Jersey, in\\nwhich the name of Mickle does not appear,\\nalthough his ancestor, Archibald Mickle,\\nwas one of the first settlers, and contem-\\nporaneous with William Cooper, William\\nRoyden and John Kaighn. His successor\\nwas familiarly known as Captain Ike and\\nGeneral Ike, lK)tli titles being his of right\\nthat of captain not for service in the Mex-\\nican War which he rendered, but from his\\nbeing the commandant of the Camden Light\\nArtillery, a crack military organization of a\\ngeneration ago, and also because of his ser-\\nvice as a coni[)any commandant in the War\\nof the Rebellion. His title of general\\ncame with the Governor s commission ap-\\npointing him brigadier-general of the militia\\nof (Camden County. Captain Mickle was a\\nwell-educated lawyer, of more than ordinary\\nmerit, but he cared nothing for literary work,\\nand under his management the Democrnl lost\\nground. Twelve months later James M.\\nCassady became possessed of an interest, and,\\nunder his aggressive direction, would have\\nsoon retrieved its declining fortunes, but\\nother arrangements interfered, and he, in\\nturn, made way for John Hood, who became,\\nin 1858, the sole proprietor of the paper.\\nThe period was a fiiteful one to Democratic\\nnewspapers.\\nThe all-absorbing Kansas-Nebraska contro-\\nversy, disintegrating the party, made it diffi-\\ncult to steer clear of the many reefs protru-\\nding above the surface of the political waters,\\nand Mr. Hood s case was not an exception to\\nthe rule. But the Democrat, however it may\\nhave erred in opinion, was never a cowardly\\nneutral on any question, and, amid the\\ncross-seas of those troublous times, the helm\\nwas set hai d a- port, and the colors of the\\nliittle Giant Stephen A. Douglas\\nwere floated to the breeze. This led to a\\nrupture witli some of the Democratic leaders,\\nand, although Hood was fully able to take\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2are of himself, he cared little for fraternal\\nstrife, and was induced to relinquish the\\nproperty to parties in the interest of Colonel\\nMorris R. Hamilton, the present State libra-\\nrian. Colonel Hamilton assumed charge of\\nthe Democrat in 1860, but only for a short\\ntime, being offered a more responsible posi-\\ntion on the Newark Journal.\\nThe Democrat! s next editor was harles\\nN. Pine. He was a brilliant writer, but his\\nstay was brief, and for years thereafter the\\ncareer of the paper was of varied and gloomy\\nuncertainty. William Zane was, for a time,\\nits foreman and business manager, and, un-\\nder his care, the mental pabulum of the in-\\nstitution was supplied by a multitude of vol-\\nunteers, and yet it managed to survive. In\\n18(57 Colonel Alexander Douelson, formerly\\nof the Somerset Messenger, took editorial\\ncharge, but he died a few months afterwards,\\nand the veteran Zane again found himself\\nde[)eiulent for editorial matter upon volun-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0474.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "THE PRESS.\\n325\\nteens, whose offerings were in too nuiny eases\\nworth no more than they eost.\\nIn 1870 a company was formed as the\\nCamden Democratic Co-Operative Associa-\\ntion, the incorporators being Thomas Mc-\\nKeen, Isaiah Woolstou, James M. Cassady,\\nChalkley Albertson, Cooper P. Browning,\\nJohn Clement, William Sexton, Richard S.\\nJenkins, Henry Fredericks and James S.\\nHenry. John H. Jones, editor of the\\nAmerican Banner, the organ of Native Amer-\\nicanism in Philadelphia, was appointed ed-\\nitor, and Lyman B. Cole, manager. Finan-\\ncially, the business of the office was not a\\nsuccess, but Jones was a man of unpolished\\npower, talking to the people in language and\\nof subjects they understood, and with an\\nearnestness which carried conviction to those\\nappealed to. He was a large-hearted man,\\nand an earnest advocate of the cause of the\\nlaboring classes. Under his regime the\\nDemocrat became quite popular, and wielded\\nits old-time influence in the community. In\\n1874 Jones was elected mayor, but did not\\nlive to serve his term out, his death taking\\nplace in 1876. The paper was then con-\\nducted for a time by Dr. Thomas Westcott\\nand Charles G. Dickinson, stock-owners in the\\ncompany, and, in 1878, was sold to Messrs.\\nWills Semple, the former at that time as now\\npublisher of the Mount Holly Herald. Mr.\\nSemple assumed editorial control, and con-\\ntinued to direct the fortunes of the paper un-\\ntil June, 1884, when Mr. Wills purchased\\nhis interest. The following Jaiuiary the\\npaper passed into the hands of Messrs.\\nCourier Carpenter, who, in turn, six\\nmonths later, transferred the property to C.\\nS. Magrath, who, for fourteen years, had\\ncontrolled the interests of the Cape Mai/\\nWave. Under his management the Deiiio-\\ncrat was enlarged to a thirty-six-cohnnn\\nfolio.\\nThe first attempt to pul)lish a daily in\\nCamden was made by ,Tudg(! (Jrey. The\\nname of this sprightly little journal was\\n38\\nthe Camden Dai/;/, and the name was soon\\nchanged to the Camden Evening Daily. It\\nwas started January 4, 1858, and continued\\nuntil March 6th of the same year.\\nThe Trihtxe was a daily paper started in\\nSeptember, 1875. It continued to be pub-\\nlished for two short weeks and then collapsed,\\nits effects having fallen a prey to an officer of\\nthe law. It gently succumbed and never\\nrecovered from the disaster that so defiantly\\ncaused its untimely death and burial.\\nThe Post, the first daily of Camden that\\nsucceeded and became a permanently estab-\\nlished journal, was founded on October 2,\\n1875, by Henry L. Bou.sall, Bartram L.\\nBonsall and Jacob C. Mayhcw. It was first\\nissued as an indei endent daily and sold at\\ntwo cents a copy. Its office was originally\\nat 205 Federal Street, where the type was\\nset, and the paper was run off at the Camden\\nDemocrat office.\\nThe edition for the first year was small,\\nand the patronage was not very encouraging.\\nThe enterprising i)ublishers, however, held\\nthat if they could continue the publication\\nof the paper one year, the public would con-\\nclude that it had come to stay. The office\\nwas moved to 1 1 6 Federal Street and a new\\npress purchased. At the close of the first\\nyear the circulation was not more than three\\nhundred. Tlie price was reduced to one\\ncent per copy and the patronage was thus\\ngreatly increased. Jacob C. Mayhew retired\\nfrom his connection with the paper, and\\nCharles Whitecar and W. E. Schoch, now\\neditor of the Woodhunj Liberal Pres. i, be-\\ncame members of the firm. The Bonsalls\\nsoon afterward became sole projirietors.\\nThe determined policy of the Fost, in bold\\nand defiant attacks upon public wrong-doing,\\ngave it prestige and popularity and won\\nfor it many firm friends. It became an\\nIndependent Republican paper and has\\nmaintained that policy to date, being recog-\\nnized as a fearless advocate of the rights\\nof the people and a faithful chronicler of", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0475.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "326\\nHISTORY OF CAMPEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nthe news of the day. When the office\\nwas removed to its present location, the pro-\\nprietors purchased new printing material, a\\ndouble cylinder Hoe press, and the size of\\nthe paper was enlarged.\\nAugust 1, 1883, the one-half interest of\\nHenry L. Bonsall was sold to his son, who\\nbecame the sole owner and who retained in-\\ndividual control for three years, when, on July\\n14, 1886, the business was merged into\\nthe Camden Post Printing and Publishing\\nCompany, purchasers of it. Improvements\\nwere added, and upon the occasion of the\\neleventh anniversary, October 2, 1886, the\\npaper appeared enlarged from twenty-four to\\nthirty-two columns, in a very handsome new\\ndress.\\nThe paper is well printed and contains a\\ngreat variety of local and general news.\\nHenry L. Boxsall, of the Post, was\\nborn in Philadelphia December 24, 18-34,\\nof Quaker stock, whose ancestors came to the\\ncountry with Penn. Coming to Camden\\nunder six years of age, he has made it his\\npermanent residence ever since.\\nHis introduction to the printing busi-\\nness was in the office of Judge P. J. Grev s\\nWest Jerseyman, where, as a boy of twelve,\\nhe made his mark with composition rollers\\na different kind of composition from that\\nsubsequently- used in the profession, with\\nwhich he has always been connected. Fol-\\nlowing this experience on the weekly, a\\nfew years exercise on the Camden Democrat,\\nunder Charles D. Hiueline, the Mickles, (rar-\\nren Figner, John Hood, Morris R. Ham-\\nilton and others, a position of responsibilit_v\\non the Camden Daily finished the educa-\\ntion of the then young man, albeit, not yet\\nin his majority. (Joing to Philadelphia, he\\nedited and conducted a workingman s join-nal.\\nThe American Mechanic, for Hineline tt\\nVan Nortwick, following Hineline s check-\\nered fortunes to Plarrisburg, where, the\\nprincipal being ill, he managed Governor\\nPacker s organ, the Pennsylvania State Senti-\\nnel, the demise of which was ((uicklv fol-\\nlowed by the death of Hineline.\\nMr. Bonsall then established in Philadel-\\nphia and removed to New York, an influential\\ntrades union paper, the United States Me-\\nchanics Own, taking into its conduct Wm.\\nH. Sylvis and Isaac S. Ca.ssin. At the out-\\nbreak of the war this paper had a circulati(m\\nof twelve thousand, extending all over the\\ncountry, but its editor and proprietor could\\nnot resist the impulse t(i go to the front,\\nwhere he pursued his vocation as army cor-\\nrespondent for several metropolitan journals\\nfor three or four years. After a short rest\\nas an attache of the House of Representa-\\ntives he returned to Camden, established the\\nNew Republic and managed it with success\\nstill remembered, until, after varying for-\\ntunes, in connection with Jas. M. Scovel,\\nThos. M. K. Lee, an association composed of\\nGeo. W. Gilbert, John S. Lee and James\\nWarrington, afterwards succeeded by Bonsall\\nCarse, it went the way of all mismanaged\\nconcerns after Mr. Bonsall s withdrawal, hav-\\ning experienced the height and depth of\\nnewspaper prosperity and decadence in an\\nexistence of ten or twelve years.\\nThen came The Post, a daily journal,\\nunder the control and sole ownership of H.\\nL. Bonsall Son, passing into the hands of\\nthe latter, Bartram L. Bonsall, who merged\\nit into an association, of which he holds the\\ncontrolling stock interest. The history of\\nThe Post is part of the history of Camden\\nfor a dozen years past, and needs no further\\nmention in this regard than that the subject\\nof this sketch is still its editor, with what\\nacceptance its large constituency in its en-\\nlarged and improved form can judge of.\\nDuring his newspaper career Mr. Bon-\\nsall, always active in politics and pnblic af-\\nfairs, as capable journalists must be to a\\ngreater or less extent, has held two public\\ntrusts, having been sent to the State Legisla-\\nture four times and held the office of\\nsuperintendent of education in Camden City", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0476.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "THE PKESS.\\n327\\nfor ten years. He now occupies the post of\\nhonor, the private station, devoting all his\\nmatured energies to The Post.\\nThe Camden County Courier was the\\noutgrowth of a small weekly paper originally\\npublished at Haddonfield, the plant being\\nmoved to Camden City in May, 1880, and\\nthe ownership vested in ex-SheriiF Calhoun,\\nfrom whom the present owners purchased it\\nthe following September, and on the 1st\\nday of June, 1882, commenced the publica-\\ntion of the Daily Courier, both editions hav-\\ning been regularly published since, with iMr.\\nF. F. Patterson as the editor, and his son,\\nTheodore N. Patterson, as business manager.\\nThe daily and weekly Courier, although\\nboth have been established but a few years,\\nhave wielded an important influence in the\\njournalism of Camden County. The enter-\\n])rise and euergy brought to bear upon them\\nby their experienced editor and his assistants\\nhave made them justly popular among their\\nnumerous patrons, and the influence of these\\njournals as family newspapers and vigorous\\nexponents of public opinion is constantly in-\\ncreasing. They contain an excellent selec-\\ntion of news, vigorous editorial matter and a\\ngreat variety of local news carefully collect-\\ned by a corps of trained reporters and cor-\\nrespondents. This paper is another evi-\\ntlence of the success and growth of the profes-\\nsion of journalism in the State of New Jer-\\nsey. In politics it is an ardent advocate of\\nthe principles of the Republican party.\\nF. F. Patterson was born near Swedes-\\nboro in Gloucester County, in 1834, two years\\nbefore Camden and Atlantic Counties were cut\\noff from it, and boasts of being the only news-\\npaper man in the State who can claim a\\nbirth-right in three counties of the twenty-\\none into which Xew Jersey is now divided.\\nIn 1848 he entered the office of the Con-\\nstitution at Woodbury, as an apprentice, to\\nlearn the art and mystery of printing. After\\nAve years of service, of which two days in\\neach week for three years were given to the\\nriding of a post-route, or delivery of the\\npajjers through the counties of Gloucester and\\nCamden, with a horse and sulky, and some-\\ntimes in the saddle, when the roads were\\nparticularly bad from snow or mud, he next\\nwent to New York and held a responsible\\nposition on the New York Times for two\\nyears, and on the day he was twenty-one\\nyears of age, purchased the Bridgeton Chroni-\\ncle, the oldest paper in South Jersey, and at\\nthat time the official or legal paper for both\\nCumberland and Cape May Counties, only one\\nother paper being printed in both counties at\\nthat time, and but four in the six lower\\ncounties of New Jersey outside of Camden.\\nIn 1857 he was elected engrossing clerk\\nof the New Jersey Senate, a position he has\\nsince held three other terms. Selling the\\nChronicle, he purchased the Trenton True\\nJ)emocrat, publishing it as a daily and weekly,\\nthe latter being more a campaign sheet in the\\ninterest of the election of Hon. John T. Nixon,\\nnow judge of the United States District\\nCourt, and of Hon. John L. N. Stratton to\\nCongress from the First and Second Districts.\\nBoth were elected after one of the most des-\\nperate contests ever known in the State.\\nDisposing of the True Democrat, he was, for\\na brief period, connected with the Salem\\nStandard but the owners being unwilling to\\nd ispose of the paper i n whole or i n part, he went\\nto Newark, in June, 1866, and established the\\nNewark Evening Courier, which he success-\\nfully conducted for nearly eight years. He\\ndisposed of the Courier to give attention to\\nlarge real-estate interests during the panic\\ncaused by the failure of Jay Cooke Co. He\\nsubsequently established the Newark Sunday\\nCall, liut owing to the death of his wife, re-\\nmoved back to South Jersey, and was con-\\nnected with the Philadelphia Press for some\\ntime previous to his purchase of the Camden\\nCounty Courier, in 1880, and on the 1st day\\nof June, in 1882, established the Camden\\nDaily Courier.\\nThe EvENiN(i Telegram was flrst issued", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0477.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "328\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nFebruary 24, 1886, by James M. Fitzgerald\\natul Al vah M. Smith. The paper is Democratic\\nin politics. A feature of the enterprise was the\\nconstruction of a telegraph line from the\\noffice, 95 Federal Street, to Coopers Point,\\nwhere connection was made with the Balti-\\nmore and Ohio cables. By this means the\\njournal secured, in fact, became a part of, the\\neastern circuit of the United Press system,\\nand by locating an operator in their office,\\nreceived dispatches direct. It is the only\\njournal in the State having a direct tele-\\ngraphic news service. On September 16th,\\nMr. Fitzgerald purchased the one-third in-\\nterest of Mr. Smith, and the latter retired\\nfrom the busine.ss.\\nThe New Jersey Temperance Gazette\\nwas established in 1869 at Vinelaud, as a\\nmonthly publication, under the name of the\\nNew Jersey Good Templar, N. P. Potter,\\neditor. With varied success and failure, the\\npaper continued to be published under the\\nabove name until 1875, when it was pur-\\nchased by J. B. Graw, and its name changed\\nto the New Jersey Good Templar and Tem-\\nperance Gazette; its place of publication was\\nchanged frona \\\\^ineland to Toms River. In\\n1881 the paper was moved to Camden and\\nits name changed to the New Jersey Temper-\\nance Gazette. From 1881 to 1883 it was\\npublished as an Independent Prohibition\\nnewspaper. In 1883 it began to advocate\\nthe principles of the Prohibition party and\\nsupported Rev. Solomon Parsons for Gov-\\nernor of New Jersey. From that time on-\\nward it advocated and defended the princi-\\nples of the Prohibition party. In 1884\\nA. C. Graw was admitted as a partner, and\\nthe Gazette is now published by J. B. Graw\\nSon, at 131 Federal Street, Camden.\\nRev. J. B. (iRAW, D.D., editor of the\\nTemperance Gazette, was born in Rah way,\\nN. J., October 24, 1832, and was educated\\nat Rahway and Bloomfield Seminaries, and\\nin New York High School. He was ad-\\nmitted into the New Jersey Annual Confer-\\nence in 1855. He entered the United Stiites\\nservice as chaplain in September, 1861,\\nhaving taken a prominent part in organizing\\na company of volunteers. For a few months,\\nwhile in the service, he had command of a\\nregiment. He has taken a deep interest in\\nthe temperance cause, assisting in the State\\norganization in 1867, and occupying one of\\nthe highest positions for five years. He\\nrepresented the State organization in various\\nplaces in the United States, and was sent to\\nLondon as a delegate in 1873. He also\\nedited the New Jersey Gazette for .several\\nyears. He was a delegate to the General\\nC Onference of 1872 and 1876, and has been\\na member of the book committee since 1875.\\nHe has served as trustee of Pennington\\nSeminary and as a trustee of Dickinson Col-\\nlege. He has also been presiding elder on\\nthe Burlington and New Brunswick Districts.\\nThe Camden County Journal is a\\nweekly, printed in German, and was established\\nby Alexander Schlesinger, in March, 1883, as\\nthe first newspaper published in that lan-\\nguage in Southwestern New Jersey. The\\npublisher, who had thirteen years experience\\nas a managing editor, both in the Fatherland\\nand in this country, moved from Philadelphia\\nto Camden, for the purpose of giving the\\nGerman citizens of this district an organ\\nprinted in their own language. It was first\\nissued as a four-page six-column sheet. It\\nseemed, indeed, to meet a long-felt want, for\\nfifteen weeks later it came out regularly with\\na supplement of the same size. After four more\\nmonths it was enlarged to eight column.s,\\nand after an existence of eleven months it\\ngreeted its readers as a nine-column sheet.\\nThe paper gained popularity when it en-\\ncouraged the Germans in America to cele-\\nbrate the 6th day of October, 1883, the bi-\\ncentennial of the foundation of Germantown,\\nand advocated German emigration to this\\ncountry. Tlie German citizens, aided by the\\nmayor, the police ai d the Fire Department,\\nturned out a splendid section to the parade", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0478.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "THE PRESS.\\n329\\nheld in I liiladelpliia under the auspices of\\nthe German-American Bi-Centennial Exec-\\nutive Committee. Since 1884 the pai er has\\nbeen the main instrument to build up a Ger-\\nman settlement in the so-called Ijiberty Park,\\nin the Eighth Ward of Camden. The paper\\nis Independent-Democratic in politics.\\nAi.EXANDER Sc Hi.ESixaER was boru at\\nBreslau, Germany, in 1853 was educated in\\nschools of his native city, and studied politi-\\ncal economy in the University of Berlin.\\nHe was next employed as a clerk in Paris,\\nand was also a newspaper correspondent.\\nHe tlien returned to Breslau, where he was a\\nreporter on the Wahrheit, and afterward\\neditor on the daily Freie Pre.sse of Magde-\\nburg. In 1878 he came to America and be-\\ncame a corres{)ondent of a New York Ger-\\nman newspaper, and in 1879 came to Phila-\\ndelphia as the editor of the Tageblatt of that\\ncity.\\nThe New Jersey Coast Pilot was\\nfirst issued in 1882, T. F. Hose as editor and\\nmanager. It is published weekly. It is de-\\nvoted to the development of the coast interest\\nits circulation is confined principally to its\\npatrons along the coast of New Jersey.\\nIts present editor and proprietor is G. W.\\nMarshall.\\nThe Methodist Herald, publishetl in\\nthe interest of the Methodist Episcu|)al\\nChurch in New Jersey, was established Jan-\\nuary 1, 188G, by the i)resent editor and\\npublisher, Rev. Robert J. Andrews. It\\nissues mtmthly at fifty cents a year, and is a\\nfolio, twenty by twenty-four inches, six\\ncolumns to the page.\\nGloucester hiis had two newspapers, the\\nGloucester City Reporter and the Gloucester\\nCity Weekly Tribune. There have been others\\npublished elsewhere which sought a circula-\\ntion in Gloucester, but their stay was short.\\nThe Reporter was published by a company,\\nof which James P. Michellon, Frederick P.\\nPfeiffer and James E. Hayes were the\\nprincipal stockholders. The paper was pub-\\nlished weekly, and the first number was\\nissued November 1.5, 1874. The office was\\nover the bank building at the corner of\\nMonmouth and King Streets, afterwards re-\\nmoved to King Street, above Hudson, and\\nin 1885 to Camden. The Reporter at one\\ntime exercised considerable influence, and its\\nviews on the questions of the day were quoted\\nand discussed throughout the State. In 1886\\nit was purchased by Sickler Rose, of the\\nNew Jersey Coast Pilot, and by them sold to\\nJames M. Fitzgerald, of the Camden Even-\\ning Telegram; from that office it is now pub-\\nlished. The editors and managers, while it\\nwas owned by the Printing and Publishing\\nComj)any, were Professor William Burns,\\nJohn T. Brautigam, Thomas R. Hamilton,\\nJohn H. McMurray, Benjamin M. Braker\\nand Frederick H. Antrina.\\nThe Weekly Tribune, of Gloucester, was\\n|)ul lished by Thos. R. Hamilton and John H.\\nMcMurray. The first number was issued in\\nApril, 1882. On the 1st of January, 1883,\\nthey sold out to A. Aden Powell, who pub-\\nlished it until May, 1884, when it was united\\nwith the Reporter.\\nWilliam Taylor started a pajier in Had-\\ndonfield and continued it for a year or more.\\nCharles Whiteciir also published a paper for\\na time in that interesting town.\\nSoiTTH Jersey News, of Haddonfield,\\nfirst saw light on February 2, 1882. Its\\noriginal name was Tlie iJirectory, and was\\nfountled by its present owner, H. D. Speak-\\nman, who was an invalid yet possessing\\nplenty of enterprise, presented to the people\\nof his town a little seven and three-fourths\\nby eleven-inch sheet, three columns to a page\\nand two pages. He printed and gratuitously\\ndistributed ime thousand copies per week,\\nthus establishing a good circulation. The\\nproprietor kept on increasing the size, and,\\nin a few months, commenced a subscription\\nprice of fifty cents per year. This was cheer-\\nfully responded to by the people and the\\nname was altered to the present one. The", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0479.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "330\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ncirculation lias steadily iucreased. The News,\\nfrom a small begiuniug, has grown to be\\nquite a good-sized paper.\\nThe Chesiliiurst Tribune was founded\\nin August, 1885, by the Chesilhurst Tri-\\nbune Company, of which W. G. Taylor be-\\ncame the manager and editor of the paper,\\nand so continues. The Tribune is a neat,\\nsix-column quarto, devoted to local matters\\nand the dissemination of Democratic princi-\\nples. It is printed at Philadelphia, but\\nmailed from an office in the Richter block, at\\nChesilhurst, through the Waterford Works\\npost-office.\\nThe Atco Argus was founded October\\n1, 1878, by W. D. Siegfried, and published\\nby him as a seven-columu folio. After a\\nfew months H. Y. Smith purchased a half-\\ninterest, and the paper was consolidated with\\nthe WdUamstown Advocate, the paper being\\nthen publisiied with a dual head in the in-\\nterest of both villages. In May, 1880,\\nSmith sold out his interest to M. J. Skinner\\nand removed his ])ress to Berlin, where he\\npublished, for a short time, a paper devoted\\nto the interests of Sabbath-schools. The\\nArgus and Advocate was continued until\\nFebruary 4, 1881, when M. J. Skinner\\nchanged tiie name of the paper to the Herald\\nand Times, and has since continued its pub-\\nlication. It is an eight-column folio, local\\nin its purposes and independent in politics.\\nCHAPTER XVII.\\nAUTHORS AND SCIENTISTS.\\nThe city and county of Camden have\\nproduced or had living within their bounds\\na number of men who have contributed val-\\nuable works to literature or devoted careful\\nattention to the study of science. Biograph-\\nical sketches of the leading ones are here\\ngiven.\\nMaster Evelyn, one of the members of\\nthe English colony under Sir Edmund\\nPloyden, at Fort Eriwomac, in what is now\\nStockton township, returned to England in\\n1(5.37, and wrote a history of the newly-dis-\\ncovered region, in which he graphically de-\\nscribed the country, and urged Earl Ployden\\nto come to America and look after his pos-\\nsessions.\\nThomas Sharp, the master-spirit of the\\nNewton colony, was a man of fine intelli-\\ngence. In 1718, thirty-.seven years after the\\nfirst settlement at Newton, he wrote a Me-\\nmorial of the First Settlers, giving much\\nintere.sting personal history of the various\\nmembers of the settlement, as well as their\\nproceedings after arriving in the new country.\\nIt is on record at Trenton, and, being of es-\\n])ecial historic interest, appears in full in the\\nhistory of Haddon township, in this book.\\nHe also wrote some poetry, and was the first\\nteacher in what is now Camden County.\\nNathaniel Evans, a native of Eng-\\nland, born 1742, was a young man who had\\nan excellent classical education and pos.sessed\\ngreat talent. He was admitted to Holy\\nOrders in London, came to America, and\\nwas chosen missionary to the Protestant Epis-\\ncopal Churches at Colestown and Gloucester\\nby the Society for the Propagation of the\\nGospel in Foreign Parts, and served six\\nyears in that position. He died October,\\n1767, at the early age of twenty-five year.s,\\nand his remains were interred at Christ\\nChurch, Philadelphia. At the time of his\\ndeath he left, in manu.script form, a collec-\\ntion of poems, most of which were descrip-\\ntive of local scenes and incidents, and of the\\nbeauties of the landscape scenery of the Del-\\naware and vicinity. These poems .show that\\nthe author had real poetic ability, and was a\\nman of superior classical culture. They\\nwere published in book-form many years\\nafter his death, a copy of M hich may be\\nfound in the Franklin Library, Philadelphia.\\nThe book was sold by subscription, and the\\nnames of the subscribers appear in it.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0480.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "AUTHORS ANP SCIENTISTS.\\n331\\nRf;v. Dm. Robkrt Blackvvkt.l, live\\nyears after the death of Nathaniel Evan.s,\\ncame to New York under the authority of\\nthe Society for the Propagation of the\\nGospel in Foreign Parts, and, on tlie Iftth\\nof November, 1772, took charge of the\\nEpiscopal Churches in this region of country\\nSt. Mary s, at ole-stown St. John s, at\\nGloucester; and St. Peter s, at (ireenwich.\\nHe resided at Haddonfield, on the site of\\nthe dwelling on Main Street, next below the\\nnew Baptist Churcli, now occupied by the\\nMisses Kirby. The breaking out of the\\nRevolutiouary War distracted the mission\\nwork, and Mr. Blackwell, in 1777, became\\nchaplain of the First Pennsylvania Brigade,\\nand surgeon of the regiments under General\\nAnthony Wayne, and was at Valley Forge\\nin 1778. At the close of the war he was\\ncalled as assistant minister under Bishop\\nWiiite, and served thirty years in charge of\\nCiirist and St. Peter s Churches, Philadel-\\nphia. While in Haddonfield he married\\nRebecca, daughter of Joseph Harrison, of\\nGloucester. She died a few years after,\\nleaving a daughter, who become the wife of\\n(Tcorge Willing, Esq., of Philadelphia. Rev.\\nBlackwell married, as a second wife, the\\ndaughter of William Bingham, and sister\\nof the William Bingham, the United States\\nSenator. He was a member of the Amer-\\nican Philo.sophical Society, trustee of the\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania and of the\\nE[)iscopal Academy, and acted in many ca-\\npacities in the church of which he was an\\nactive and leading member. He died at\\nPhiladelphia in February, 18. 51.\\nRichard Sxowdox, a son of Leonard\\nand Jane Suowdon, was born in Pontefract,\\nYorkshire, Englaud, April 15, 1753. He\\nwas of one of the old families of York-\\nshire, where he was educated. He came to\\nAmerica with his father wlien a young man,\\nand after visiting various places, settled at\\nBurlington, N. J., and from thence made his\\nresidence a short distiince from Haddonfield,\\nin (Jloucester ounty. lie iiad been liber-\\nally educated and was employed as a teacher,\\nin which he was successful.\\nIn 179. he published a History of the\\nRevolutionary War, written after the style of\\nthe Scriptures\u00e2\u0080\u0094 in two volumes which at-\\ntracted much attention. Two years later he\\npublished The Columbiad, a poem relating\\nto the .same period. A second edition of this\\nwork was printed in Baltimore. In 1805 he\\npublished his History of Nortli and South\\nAmerica from the time of their discovery to\\nthe death of Washington. It is a valuable\\nand reliable work.\\nIn 1807 he removed to Woodi ury, and in\\nconnection with teaching school became a\\nconveyancer, and having been appointed a\\nmaster in the Court of Chancery, became a\\nuseful citizen. He was public-spirited and\\ntook much interest in the improvements of\\nhis adopted country. At the Friends Meet-\\ning in Haddonfield he was married to Sarah\\nBrown in 1779, by whom he had several\\nchildren. He died at the residence of his\\nson in Philadelphia, March 21, 1825. His\\npublished works at this day are much sought\\nafter, especially his History of the Revolu-\\ntionary War, which is curious and uni(pie.\\nRichard Jordax, one of the prominent\\nministers of the Society of Friends iu Amer-\\nica, for many years resided in Camden\\nComity. He was born at Elizabeth, Norfolk\\nCounty, Va., December 19, 1756. When he\\nattained his manhood he becanie a forcible and\\nearnest speaker, traveled extensively in the\\nUnited States and in Europe, and visited\\nmany Friends Meetings, earnestly engaged Iti\\nthe work of the ministry. In 1809 he set-\\ntled among the Friends of Newton Meeting,\\nand in October of that year, after a pleasant\\njourney from Rhode Island, arrived at Sam-\\nuel Cooper s, near the place of his intended\\nresidence, and met with a kind reception\\nfrom that amiable family. He .settled on a\\nfarm within a mile of the Newton Meeting.\\nHis Journal, written between the years", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0481.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "332\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\n17(33 anil 1826, was published in book-foriu\\n(luring the last-mentioned year, in an octavo\\nvolume of one hundred and seventy-two\\npages. It is a very readable book, is well\\nwritten and illustrates that he was an earnest\\nand fiiitht ul worker to advance the truth of\\nthe Gospel and the interest of his religious\\nsociety.\\nHe died near Camden on the lotii day of\\nOctober, 1826, in the seventieth year of his\\nage, having been a minister over forty years.\\nHis Journal was ])ublished under the auspi\\nces of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting, which\\npaid a glowing tribute to his memory.\\nDr. Isaac S. Mulford, of Camden (a\\nbiography of whom will be found in the\\nmedical chapter of this work), was a lec-\\nturer on medical and scientific subjects,\\nand was the author of a number of arti-\\ncles which appeared in medical journals.\\nIn 1848 he published a work of five hun-\\ndred pages, entitled a Civil and Political\\nHistory of New Jersey. It is written in\\nelegant English, and is recognized as a work\\nof historic merit.\\nIsAAi Mickle, who.se biography will be\\nfound on page 221, obtained a liberal educ^i-\\ntion, with a view to the practice of the law,\\nand was granted an attorney s license in 1 845.\\nHis tastes, however, were more for literature\\nand antiquarian research, and in the course\\nof his short life collected much valuable\\nmaterial in that direction. He became editor\\nof the Camden Democrat and managed that\\npaper with ability for several years. He\\nwas author of the Reminiscences of Old\\nGloucester, in which work his indu.stry and\\ngood judgment are manifest, .saving from loss\\nmany facts and incidents relating to the first\\nsetttlemcuts along the Delaware River.\\nDr. L. F. Fi.si.eu, whose biography will\\nbe found in the medieval chapter of this work,\\nin 1858 wrote and published a local history\\nof Camden, a carefully-prepared little vol-\\nume of sixty-two pages, containing much\\ninteresting information.\\nJohn Clement, who, since 1864, has been\\nlay judge of the Court of Errors and Ap-\\npeals, has turned much of his time to anti-\\nquarian literature and the examination of\\noriginal documents. This line of study and\\ninvestigation led him to prepare a very val-\\nuable book, entitled The First Settlers of\\nNewton, containing four hundred and forty-\\ntwo pages, published in 1877. Judge Clem-\\nent later wrote and published the Re-\\nminiscences of Old Gloucester County in the\\nRevolution and The West New Jersey\\nSociety, and has contributed numerous ar-\\nticles on historical subjects to the current\\nmagazines and the local newspapers.\\nWalt Whitman was born at West Hills.\\nHuntington, Suffolk County, State of New\\nYork, May 31, 1819 father, a farmer and\\ncarpenter, descended from early English\\nimmigration mother s maiden-name. Van\\nVelsor, of Holland-Dutch stock was\\nbrought up in Brooklyn and New York\\nCities and went to the public schools as a\\nyoung man, worked at type-setting and writ-\\ning in printing-offices has traveled and lived\\nin all parts of the United States, from Canada\\nto Texas, inclusive began his book of\\npoems Leaves of Grass in 1855, and\\ncompleted it in 1881, when, after six or\\nseven .stages, the final edition was issued.\\nMr. Whitman is also author of a prose book,\\nSpecimen Days and Collect, publish-\\ned in 1883. During 1863, 64 and 65, he was\\nactively occupied in the army hospitals and\\non the battle-fields of the Secession War, as\\ncare-taker for the worst cases of the wounded\\nand sick of both armies. A little while af-\\nter the close of the war, he had a severe para-\\nlytic stroke, from which he has never since\\nentirely recovered lives in partial seclusion\\nin Camden, N. J.; calls himself a half-\\nparalytic still writes and lectures occasion-\\nally.\\nThe foregoing paragraph (from a late\\nbook, by Allen Thorndike Rice) gives a con-\\ndensed but correct statement of the life of Mr.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0482.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "AUTHORS AND SCIENTISTS.\\n333\\nWliitmsu), who has been a resident (iF Cam-\\nden for over thirteen years, since 187. In\\naddition to the two volumes mcMitioned\\nabove, must be named a third oue, No-\\nvember Boughs, now about appearing, and\\nwhich will, probably, complete the author s\\nutterances. One of Whitman s critics says\\nHe is the greatest optimist that ever lived,\\nand believes that America leads the world.\\nAt the present date (November, 188G) he\\nis dwelling in a little cottage of his own,\\n;5 28 Mickle Street, Camden, not far from the\\nDelaware River. In person he is large,\\nruddy-faced, white-haired, long-bearded,\\nstout and tall, and weighs two hundred\\npounds his mental powers clear as ever,\\nbut his body disabled in movement, the\\nlegs almost entirely. He is unmarried and\\nlives in a very plain and democratic manner.\\nHis books yield a narrow income. In a late\\nnotice, by one of his friends, it is said the\\nolder he grows, the more gay-hearted Walt\\nWhitman becomes. His works are, prob-\\nably, moi e read in Europe, especially the\\nBritish Islands, than in America.\\nDr. Reynei.l Coates, a sketch of whom\\nwill be found on page 247, possessed one of\\nthe most brilliant intellects of the State of\\nNew Jei sey. He was well-educated in the\\nclassics, in the natural sciences and in general\\nliterature. Altliough a physician by pro-\\nfession, he devoted most of his time to liter-\\nary pursuits. In 1852 he was nominated\\nfor Vice-President on the Native American\\nticket, with Daniel Webster for President.\\nHe moved to Camden about 1850. He was\\nthe author of Leaflets of Memory,\\nSchool of Physiology, Domestic Prac-\\ntice and other well-known works. He de-\\nlivered a lecture, in 1836, before tiie Phila-\\ndelphia County Medical Society, on the\\nNecessity for the Imj)rovement and Ad-\\nvancement of Medical Education, and\\ndelivered a series of very successful lectures\\nin Boston and elsewhere. He was a power-\\nful and logical speaker, having a fine phys-\\ni (ue, commanding presence and graceful\\ndelivery, while his mental grasp of Ids\\nsul)ject, whether purely professional, politi-\\ncal, philosophical or literary, carried convic-\\ntion with it and made him one of the men\\nof mark of his day. He was intimately\\nassociated with Poe, Willis, Griswold and\\nother literary lights. It always annoyed him\\nto think that of all his literary productions,\\nthe one holding the most prominent place,\\nand yet popular, is The Gambler s Wife,\\nwhich lie always contended was marred bv\\nan addition for stage effects.\\nEinVATU) D. Co.PE, the distinguished\\nscholar and scientist, resided for a number of\\nyears in the village of Haddonfield, where he\\nperformed a considerable portion of the sci-\\nentific investigations which have made his\\nname famous. He was born in Philadelphia\\nin 1840. In early life he manifested an es-\\npecial predilection for the .study of the nat-\\nural sciences, and while a mere youth had\\nmastered the more complex aspects which a\\nclose investigation of the anatomy and mor-\\nphology of animal life revealed. He received\\nhis first systematic training in the Acad-\\nemy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,\\ntowards the extension of who.se vast collec-\\ntions he sub.sequently very materially assisted.\\nHis earliest published contributions to .science\\nwere in the departments of herpetology and\\nichthyology, in lioth of which fields he be-\\ncame a recognized authority. He next ex-\\nplored the fields of vertebrate paleontology,\\nand now probably has no peer in this de-\\npartment of scientific knowledge, his discov-\\neries being made principally in the Western\\nTerritories. The repeated annual expeditions\\nto the region of the Rocky Mountains, partlv\\nin conjunction with the explorations of the\\nUnited States Geological Survey, but dur-\\ning the past few years conducted at his\\nown individual expense, have brought forth\\na wealth of departed animal forms, bewild-\\nering in the manifold types of structure\\nwhich they embody. These, which are to be", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0483.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "334\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JEESEY.\\ncounted by hundredsof species, fishes, ampliib-\\nious reptiles and mammals, throw surpris-\\ning light on the evolution or genesis of life-\\nforms, and render comprehensible the com-\\nplexities of type structure which we find rep-\\nresented in the living fauna of the present\\nday. Professor Cojie is a firm upholder of\\nthe doctrine of evolution, but inclines to the\\nLamarckian hy])othesis of transformism, or\\nto that explanation of the phenomena of var-\\niation which involves the assistance of the\\nimmediate mechanical law, rather than to\\npure Darwinism.\\nHis paleontological e. jploratious were prin-\\ncipally among the Permian deposits of Texas\\nand New Mexico, the Cretaceous deposits of\\nNew Jersey greensands and the West,\\nthe Laramie beds and the Tertiaries of the\\nCentral Basin, but his excursions are also in\\ngreat measure extra-liinital, embracing Mex-\\nico, South America, etc., etc. His observa-\\ntions are embodied in several ponderous vol-\\numes, published under the authority of the\\nUnited Stales Geological Survey, in greater\\npart contributions to the Hayden series of\\nreports, and in many papers published iu\\nthe American Naturalist (of which he is the\\nresponsible editor), the Proceedings and Jour-\\nnal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, and\\nthe Transactions of the American Philosoph-\\nical Society. Professor Cope is a member\\nof numerous scientific associations of this\\ncountry and Europe, and was the recipient of\\nthe Bigsby gold medal of the Geological So-\\nciety of London in 1879. The University\\nof Heidelberg conferred upon him its doc-\\ntorate in 188(), and distinguished honors have\\nbeen placed upon him by many of the learn-\\ned societies of the world.\\nCHARiiKS F. Pakkbr, a well-known bota-\\nnist, and for a number of years, and up to the\\ntime of his death, curator-in-chargc of the\\nAcademy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia,\\nwas born in that city November 9, 1820,\\nand died iu Camden September 7, 1883,\\nwhere he had resided since 1853. He was a\\nbook-binder by trade, but was much interested\\nin the natural sciences, and had made collec-\\ntions of plants, shells, insects and minerals.\\nHis herbarium, purchased immediately after\\nhis death by Princeton College, was partic-\\nularly rich in the flora of New Jersey. No\\nother botanist had made so many visits to\\nthe vast pine barrens and swamps of the\\nState, or had collected so extensively and\\nthis collection is one of the finest and most\\njDerfect in existence, a monument of his skill,\\nenergy and patience. Before he became a\\nmember of the academy, in 1865, he was well-\\nknown to Gray, Torrey, Watson and other\\ndistinguished botanists. Many of his speci-\\nmens to-day enrich the herbariums of\\nscientists and institutions both in Europe and\\nAmerica. At the desire of Dacwin, he made\\nfor him a collection of American insect-eat-\\ning plants. He was one of the first to dis-\\ncover that the ballast deposits in and around\\nPhiladelphia and Camden afforded a new\\nfield for botanical study. His conchological\\nknowledge frequently enabled him to de-\\ntermine, from occasional fragments of shells,\\nthe jiart of the world from which the strange\\nplants found in these deposits had oome.\\nBorn a naturalist, he had an innate faculty\\nfor classifying, selecting and arranging, com-\\nbined with nice tactual and great manual\\ndexterity. Prof. Grey said his mounted\\nspecimens were unrivaled. A great part of\\nthe academy s collection, so diverse and so\\nextensive, bears evidence of his skill, labor,\\ntaste and pains. During the ten years of\\nhis administration as curator-in-charge the\\nactual manual work of arrangement, as well\\nas the general scientific determination of\\nmuch of the material added during that time,\\nbesides much that was on hand, but still\\nunclassified, was performed by himself.\\nSoon after becoming a member he devoted\\nall the time he could spare from his bindery,\\nand, with Messrs. Durand, Meeliau, Burke\\nand Redfield, rearranged the academy s her-\\nbarium. Tliere, alone, he spent all liis leisure", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0484.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "AUTHORS AND SCIENTISTS\\n335\\nfor several years in the ^ysteiimtic urraiige-\\niiieiit of the conchologieal collection, prepar-\\ning and mounting in his own superior style\\nover one hundred thousand specimens. Dur-\\ning his curatoi ship he mounted between\\nthirty and forty thousand additional speci-\\nmens, all outside of the time for which he\\nwas employed. His skill was so well known\\nthat he was asked to arrange and classify the\\nollections of some of our colleges. His own\\nshells, after his decease, were accepted at the\\n|)rice named by a gentleman in the West.\\nIn the preliminary catalogue of the tiora\\nof New Jersey, printed under the auspices of\\nthe State Geological Survey, he gave con-\\nsiderable time.\\nHe left no public writings, and had lie left\\nno collections, his volunteer labors alone\\n(^wiiich were una})proached by that of any\\nother member), in arranging and better adapt-\\ning the academy s invaluable museum for\\nscientific study, would have been no mean\\ncontribution to the promotion of knowledge.\\nJames S. Lippincott, a resident of Had-\\nlonfield, N. J., for several years before his\\ndeath, was a man of good literary and scien-\\ntific attainments. He contributed many\\narticles to scientific magazines and assisted\\nthe Agricultural Department at Washington\\nin making its annual report relial)le and\\nattractive.\\nHe edited an American edition of Cham-\\nbers Encyclopaedia, and did much work on\\nLippincott s Biographical Dictionary.\\nHe was a close observer of the weather, and\\nhis notes of climatic changes and influences\\nan. valuable additions to that branch of\\nknowledge. His industry and perseverance\\nare shown in the general and exhaustive index\\nlie made of the Friend, a religious journal,\\nand devoted to the interests of that society,\\nextending through forty volumes.\\nHe twice visited Europe-, and traveled ex-\\ntensively there, making notes of the people,\\ntlie country and resources, which he put in\\nthe shape of letters to the press and to his\\nfViends. He colh- cted much genealogical\\ndata relating to both branches of his family,\\nLippincott and Starr, but his enfeebled health\\nprevented his arranging it before his death.\\nHis library was large and select, containing\\nvolumes entirely out of print, and but seldom\\nmet with. Any ])urpose that advanced knowl-\\nedge, or developed any particular branch of\\nscience, he was in sympathy with. His\\nmanuscripts are extensive and will increase\\nin value, making it desiratde that they be\\nkept together, where they could be consulted\\nby those of like tastes and in search of like\\nknowledge. He was a devoted student and\\ngenial companion, always familiar with the\\nliterature of the day and ready with good-\\nnatured criticism. He was twice married,\\nbut left no children. He died March 17,\\n1S.S5, in the sixty-fifth year of his age, to be\\nnuich missed by his friends and associates.\\n\\\\ViLi,iAM Fewsmith, author of the well-\\nknown Fewsmith s English Grammars, was\\nborn in Philadelphia in tlie year 1826, and\\nis a son of Joseph Fewsmith. When he\\nwas six years old his parents removed to the\\nvicinity of Haddonfield. He obtained a pre-\\n])aratory education in the schools of that\\nvillage and in Franklin Park Boarding-\\nSchool, ncnir Burlington. After spendingthree\\nyears in an academy at Colchester, Conn.,\\nhe entered Western Reserve College, in Ohio,\\nand there passed the freshman year. At the\\nexpiration of this time he went to Yale Col-\\nlege, and was graduated from that institution\\nin 1844, with a class of one hundred and\\nsix, of whom about thirty-five are now living.\\nWhile in college Mr. Fewsmith was recog-\\nnized as the best Latin and (jreek scholar in\\nhis class, and took several prizes for his pro-\\nficiency in reading those languages at sight.\\nFrom 1844 to 1857 he was teacher of ancient\\nlanguages and English grammar in a private\\nacademy in Philadelphia. He then opened\\na .school himself at Tenth Street and Arch, in\\nthat city, continued it there until 18(i0, when\\nhe removed to 1008 Chestnnt Street, and has", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0485.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "336\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nsince conducted the well-known Few.sniitli\\nClassical and Mathematical School at that\\nplace, with gratifying success to himself and\\nwith satisfaction to its numerous patrons.\\nSin(\u00c2\u00ab he entered the professiou of teaching, in\\n1844, he has trained more than one thousand\\ndifferent pupils, many of whom have since\\ngained prominence in law, medicine and\\ntheology. His influence as an instructor of\\nthe young has been productive of much good.\\nIn 1867 he was elected superintendent of the\\nschools of Camden and did efficient work in re-\\norganizing and grading them. He filled this\\nposition for several years, and in the mean\\ntime continued his school in Philadelphia.\\nIn 1867 the firm of Sower, Potts Co., of\\nPhihidel})hia, published his Grammar of the\\nEnglish Language and Elementary Gram-\\nmar, both of which have had a wide cir-\\nculation and extensive sale in the schools of\\nthis country.\\nJoseph F. Garrison, M.D., D.D., for\\ntwenty-nine years rector of St. Paul s Epis-\\ncopal Church, Camden, was the only son of\\nDr. Charles Garrison, of Deerfield, Cumber-\\nland County, N. J., and was bom in Fairton,\\nin that same county, on January 20, 1823.\\nHis father removed to Swede.sboro Glouces-\\nter County, N. J., in the latter part of this\\nyear, where he became one of the most prom-\\ninent physicians in New Jersey, and prac-\\nticed medicine for over fifty years.\\nJ. F. Garrison entered the sophomore class\\nin Princeton College in 1839, and -was grad-\\nuated, third in his class, in 1842. He at\\nonce began the study of medicine in the\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania, and was an of-\\nfice .student of Dr. Edward Peai ce and Dr.\\nWilliam Pepper, the latter being the father\\nof the present distinguished professor and\\nprovost of the University of Pennsylvania.\\nDr. Garrison received his diploma in medi-\\ncine in 1845, and settled in Swedesboro\\nwhere he practiced in connection with his\\nfather until 1855, when he entered the min-\\nistry of the Ej)iscopal Church. He was or-\\ndained deacon by JJishop Doane on .June 3,\\n1855, in Trinity Church, Swedesboro and\\nwas almost immediately invited to take\\ncharge of St. Paul s Church, Camden, which\\nhad been vacant for some months after the\\ndeath of Rev. Joseph Lybrand. Dr. Garri-\\nson entered on the duties of minister in this\\n[)arish in September, 1855.\\nIn 1879 Dr. Garrison received the honorary\\ndegree of D.D., from his old college, Prince-\\nton, N. J., and in June, 1884, he was elected\\nprofessor of liturgies, canon law and eccle-\\nsiastical polity, on the Moorhead founda-\\ntion, in the Episcopal Divinity School of\\nPhiladelphia. Having decided to accept this\\nappointment. Dr. Garrison resigned the rec-\\ntorship of St. Paul s from September 1, 1884,\\nand immediately entered on the duties of the\\nchair entrusted to him.\\nFrom the beginning of his connection with\\nthe ministry of the church Dr. Garrison was\\nactive in the general affairs of the Diocese of\\nNew Jersey. He was dean of the Convoca-\\ntion of Burlington for a considerable period\\nan examining chaplain to the bishop for\\nmore than twenty-five years one of the\\ndeputies to the General Convention from\\n1874 a member, and subsequently president,\\nof the standing committee of the diocese,\\nand was for some time a diocesan trustee of\\nthe General Theological Seminary, in New\\nYork. He has also been appointed as the\\nBohlen lecturer for the year 1887. The\\npublished writings of Dr. Garrison have\\nbeen a considerable number of articles in the\\nChurch Review and elsewhere, and several\\nsermons, the most important of the latter\\nbeing The Centennial Discourse, delivered\\nin New Brunswick, N. J., at the request of\\nthe bishop of the old diocese in tlie State on\\nMay 5, 1885, upon the occasion of the cele-\\nbration of the one hundredth anniversary\\nof the organization of the Episcopal Church\\nin the State of New Jersey. The sermon is\\nan extended account of the character of the\\nColonial Church, and of the events connected", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0486.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0487.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "^zWSJ", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0488.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "AUTHORS AND SCIENTISTS.\\n837\\nwitli its .s( [);iratioii tVuiii tlu mother churoti\\nin England, and the beginnings, in the same\\nyear, of the General Conventions of the\\nChurch in the United States and the Diocesan\\nConventions of New Jersey.\\nIsaac C. Martindale was born in By-\\nberry, Philadelphia County, Pa., July 15,\\n1842. His parents were members of the\\nSociety of Friends, and his early education\\nVv as acquired chiefly at schools under the\\ncontrol of P riends. His father was a de-\\nscendant from John Martindell, who, early in\\nthe history of the country, settled in Bucks\\nCounty, Pa. Many of the family name\\nhave become prominent in the history of that\\npart of Pennsylvania, and of late years we\\nfind them scattered all over the country.\\nSome remarkable instances of longevity are\\nnoted in different branches of the family.\\nHis mother was the daughter of Jo.seph\\nComly, a brother of John Comly, an eminent\\nmini.ster of the Society of Friends, the au-\\nthor of Comly s Spelling-book, Coml3 s\\nGrammar, etc., and who, with another\\nbrother, Isaac Comly, edited Friends 3Iiseel-\\nlany and other periodicals. The literary\\nability thus conspicuously marked can Ije\\ntraced backward through several generations,\\nand the subject of this sketch, whose portrait\\nis herewith given, has inherited it in a good\\ndegree.\\nWhile living on his father s farm he took\\nup the study of natural history, and, not-\\nwithstanding his scanty supply of books, he\\nearly became possessed of considerable scien-\\ntific knowledge. The geology and mineral-\\nogy of the neighborhood were especially stud-\\nied. Ornithology received much attention,\\ntill he became (|uite familiar with the names\\nand habits of most of the birds that belong\\nto that part of the country. He, too, was quite\\nfamiliar with astronomy and meteorology, and\\nwas one of the appointed meteorological ob-\\nservers of the Smithsonian Institution at\\nWashington for a number of years.\\nHis favorite study, however, was botany,\\nwiiicli he began soon after leaving school\\nand has continued it ever since, so that he\\nranks among the noted botani.sts of the\\ncountry he has contributed largely to scien-\\ntific periodicals on this subject and has ae-\\nennudated a collection of specimens in the\\nform of a herbarium, the finest in New Jer-\\nse} with but few in the country snrpa.ssing\\nit, embracing tens of thousands of species\\nfrom various parts of the world, the flora of\\nNorth America, including Mexico, being very\\nI ully represented, as well as that of Great\\nliritain, France, Germany, Russia, Palestine,\\nArabia, Australia, New Zealand and other\\nislands of the Pacific Ocean. This depait-\\nment of study has brought him in intimate\\nassociation with the eminent scientists of the\\nday. He is a member of many of the learned\\nsocieties of the country, and has done much\\nto encourage and foster the study of scientific\\nsubjects in Camden (Jounty by his identity\\nwith and aid to local institutions.\\nIn 1867 Mr. Martiudale left the farm to\\naccept a position as clerk in the National\\nState Bank of Camden, of which Jesse\\nTownsend, also a native of Byberry, Pa., was\\ncashier. By diligent attention he became so\\nfamiliar with all the details of the banking\\nbusiness that at the death of Jesse Townsend,\\nin 1871, he was elected ca.shier. In April,\\n1874, the sudden death of his wife occurred\\nwhile in attendance at a religious meeting at\\nFifteenth and Race Streets, Philadelphia\\n(she was Hannah Ann Kirk, daughter of\\nSamuel Kirk, of Byberry, Pa.). In the\\nmonth of June of the same year, in order to\\nrecuperate his health, which had become im-\\npaired, he took a trip to Europe and traveled\\nthrough Scotland, England, Germany, Switz-\\nerland and France. Pie visited many mu-\\nseums and scientific collections both in Eng-\\nland and on the Continent, and also made a\\ncollection of several hundreds of specimens\\nof the Alpine flora of the country. He re-\\nturned in the autumn of 1874, resuming\\nhis position as cashier, which he retained till", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0491.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "338\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nFebruary, 1885, wheu lie resigned. He then\\nl)ecame interested witli others in the estab-\\nlishment of a bank in South Camden, and\\nsoon had in operation the Camden National\\nBank, of which he is now cashier. The\\nliterary ability which he inherited led him to\\nbecome quite a contributor to magazines and\\ni)ther periodicals, and while his articles are\\nlargely on scientific subjects, others are often\\n(i)und, even the poetic vein not being omitted,\\nlie has taken much interest in local histories;\\nwas engaged for several years in collecting\\nmaterial for a history of the townships of\\nIJyberry and Moreland, Philadelphia County,\\nPa., which was afterwards published by his\\nhi other, Joseph C. Martiudale, M.D.\\nSoon after coming to Camden he i)repared\\nand published in the West Jersey Press a\\nseries of Objects of Interest in and around\\namden, which have been very serviceable\\nin the preparation of this history. His con-\\nnection with various literary societies has\\nmade him quite au earnest public speaker.\\nIn recent years he has become quite prominent\\nin the meetings of the Society of Friends, of\\nwhich he is a member.\\nHe married Lizzie Ball, daughter (_ f John\\nBall, a native of Quakertown, Bucks Couu-\\nty, Pa., a few years ago, and now resides in\\nCamden he has a family of two sons\\nVV^allace S. and Charles B. and one daugh-\\nter, Emma K., by his first wife.\\nGeoffrey Buckwalteu, principal of the\\nFirst School District of Camden, is an\\noccasional coutributor to the periotlical liter-\\nature of the day, and the author of a Pri-\\nmary and a Comprehensive Spelling-\\nHook and A Practical System of Penman-\\nsiiip, consisting of two series of copy-books.\\nThe spelling-books were published by Porter\\ntt Coates in 1879, and the copy-books by the\\nsame firm, in 1884 and 1885.\\nBarteam L. Bonsall, for several years\\njnist theenterprising proprietorof the Canuleii\\nPost,, which influential journal was estab-\\nlished greatly through his energy, in 1882\\nwrote and published a work of one hundred\\nand ninety-four pages, entitled Cash or.\\nPractical Hints from Practical People. The\\nbook contains interesting instruction and\\nvaluable information.\\nDr. J. Dunbar Hylton, of Palmyra,\\nis the author of Betrayed A Northern\\nTale in seven parts. One volume, two hun-\\ndred and eighty-eight pages. The Bride of\\n(xettysburg. An Episode of 186.3. One\\nvolume, one hundred and seventy-two pages.\\nAbove the Grave and thePnesidicide, etc.\\nOne volume, two hundred and twenty-eight\\npages. The Heir of Lyolynn. A tale of\\nSea and Land, in seven parts Lays of An-\\ncient Times Song of the Engineer to his\\nEngine while conveying President Garfield\\nfrom Washington to Long Branch and nu-\\nmerous Charades and Riddles. One volume,\\nfive hundred and forty pages. Above the\\nGrave of John Odenswurge.\\nGeorge F. Fort, a member of the Cam-\\nden County bar, is the author of an Historical\\nTreatise on Early Builders Works, ]Medi-\\neval Builders, Medical Economy during the\\nMiddle Ages and Early History and An-\\ntiquities of Masonry.\\nBotanists. The opportunities afforded\\nfor the study of botany, led many persons\\ninto it, but no society was organized to\\nthat especial end till 1870, when a scien-\\ntific circle of the Camden Literary and I^i-\\nbrary Association was established, Isaac C.\\nMartiudale being the prime mover therein.\\nThe purpose was to have the different de-\\npartments of natural science repi-esented,\\nwhenever persons thus interested should call\\nup the various subjects but the botanictd\\ncircle was the only one regularly organ-\\nized. Mr. Martiudale was elected its presi-\\ndent Reynell Coates, M.D., vice-president\\nand Mrs. Mary L. (iilbert, secretary. The\\nmeetings were held at the library-room. No.\\nlot) Market Street, Camden. The exer-\\ncises consisted of hn tures, ])rcsentation of\\nspecimens, descriptions of rare localities, etc.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0492.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "AUTHORS AND SCIENTISTS.\\n339\\nBefsides the officers above rneutioned, those\\nwlio took an active part at the meetings were\\nRudolphus Bingham, Miss Carrie A. Boyce,\\nMrs. Harriet M. Harned, John F. Harncd,\\nFrederick Bouri|uiu, Thomas Gilbert, Mrs.\\nVirginia R. Naisby, Charles F. Parker,\\nWallace M. Smith, S. D. Button, Miss E. J.\\nBurnside, ]\\\\I.D., Frank Harned, J. T. Penny-\\npacker, y. W. Cochran, Heury Harned, U.\\nF. Richards, W. S. Johnson, Miss Lizzie A.\\nSanders, M.D., Mrs. Dr. Pratt, Carrie Titus,\\nLillie Titus, Clara Titus, Minnie Titus, Mi.ss\\nSalina A. Rule, Charles P. Burrough and\\nMr. and Mrs. J. Hugill. Mr. Martindale\\ngave a series of illustrated lectures on tiic\\nadopted classification of the animal, vegetable\\nand mineral kingdoms. Mr. Bourquiu dis-\\ncoursed on ferns and mosses, his especial study,\\nand also on the culture of roses. Dr. Coates\\ngave a number of di,scour.ses on natural .sci-\\nence, relating his experience as a naturalist\\nwhile attached to exploring expeditions in\\nformer year.s. Rudolphus Bingham, with\\nhis fund of information, became a very active\\nand influential member. The meetings were\\ncontinued several yeare, adjourning usually\\nin the summer season. After their final dis-\\ncontinuance, among all the lovers of botany\\nin Camden, who continued active as botanists,\\nwe find only the names of Isaac C. Marti ti-\\ndale, Charles F. Parker and Carrie A. Boice,\\nprobably because many had removed to other\\nlocalities, some had died and others became\\nengro.ssed with manifold duties and respon-\\nsibilities tiiat left little time tor .scientific\\nstudy.\\nThe Mickoscopicvl Society of Ca.m-\\nDEX was formed November 7, 1878, by a\\nfew gentlemen desirous of improving them-\\nselves in microscopical investigation. The\\noriginal members were Jo.seph C. De la Cour,\\nAlbert P. Brown, Ph.D., Joseph L. De la\\nCour, Samuel W. Cochran, M. F. Middleton,\\nM.D., William D. Clark, Harry S. Fortiner,\\nI. Harvey Wroth, M.rX, Alfred W. Test an i\\nC. Henry Kain. The first president of the\\nsociety, Albert P. Brown, occupies the posi-\\ntion of microscopical preceptor in the Phila-\\ndelphia College of Piiarmacy, Philadelphia,\\nand has been in.strumental in advancing the\\nuse of the microscope in that institution,\\nMr. Brown was succeeded by Isaac C.\\nMartindale, whose botanical knowledge is\\ntoo well appreciated to call for more than in-\\ncidental mention.\\nThe present chief officer, C. Henry Kaiu,\\nhas devoted his time and labor to the study\\nof the diatomacete, on which subject he is an\\nacknowledged authority. He is at present\\nengaged in preparing a list of the diatoms of\\nNew Jersey, which, when completed, will be\\na valuable contribution to the literature of\\ntiiat order.\\nV^arious papers of scientific interest have\\nbeen read at the meetings of the society, and\\nan effort is made to have, during the winter\\nof each year, an exhibition at .some public\\nplace of the work of the season. These\\nsnirefis are always largely attended, and have\\nhad the effect of increasing the membership.\\nThe present membership is about thirty.\\n)f the originators, but five are now connected\\nwith the society.\\nThe following is a jiartial list of members\\n(if this society, together witii the subjects\\nupon which they are specialists\\nA. P. Brown, Ph.D., chemical microscopy and urinary depu8it^-\\nG. G. Browning, general microscopy, adulteration of drugs.\\nRudolphus Bingham, botany, effects of alcohol.\\nJames Buckle, occult science.\\n.lohn B. Betts, entomology, desiuidacsa-.\\nI. S. Cheney, choice mounting, section preparation.\\nJ, Loriot De la Cour, entomology, chemical microscopy.\\nLouis T. Derousse, entomology, general microscopy.\\nJohn H. Dialogue, Jr., general microscopy.\\nSamuel Hufty, general microscopy.\\nE. M. Howard, M.D., bacteria, goneiul microscopy, histology.\\nCharles A. Hotchkiss, diatomacese, general microscopy.\\nHenry Harned, general science.\\nC. Heury Kain, diatomacea), special preparation of sliiles.\\nIsaac C. Martindale, botany, general microscopy.\\nM. F. Middleton, M.D., clinical microscopy, liistoU {^-y.\\nE. F, Moody, engineering, physicB.\\nA. A. Moss, general science.\\nEdwin Morgan, general science.\\nGeorge T. Robinson, electricity, microscopy, fungi.\\nE. E. Reed, general microscopy, adulteration of foods\\nS. Howard Troth, general micrcscopy.\\n.\\\\aron Van Gelder, general microscopy.\\nI. Francis Walsh, clinical microscopy.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0493.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "340\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nCHAPTEH XVIII.\\nI UHLIC INTERNAL IMrR( )VEMf: rs.\\nIndian Trails and Early Roads.\\nColonel Thomas H. Benton once said that the\\nbuffalo established the courses and positions\\nof the great highways aci oss the continent,\\nwhich, in a broad sense, is true but in the\\nEastern States it is more exact to say that the\\npresent routes of travel by land were first in-\\ndicated by the aborigines.\\nIn almost any given region of territory it\\nwill be found that the centres or chief seats\\nof the past and present populations have\\noccupied practically the same ground, and so\\ngeneral is this rule that where a marked ex-\\nception has occurred, peculiar aud potent\\ncauses may be looked for as its explanation.\\nAs a natural se(juence to this truth that the\\ncentres of population of successive races have\\nbeen generally one and the same, it follows\\nthat the highways of travel in the past and in\\nthe present must similarly coincide or ap-\\n))roximate. The lines along which, with roar\\naud rumble, the locomotive now rushes with\\nits mighty load, making an old-time day s\\njourney in sixty minutes, are almost exactly\\ncoincident with the first rude wagon-roads of\\nthe pioneers of two centuries ago, and also\\nwith the paths or trails along the water-\\ncourses and through the easiest mountain\\nj)asses trodden froia time immemorial by the\\ninoccasined foot of the red man. In one re-\\nspect, then, it is literally true that civilization\\nhas followed in tiie footsteps of barbarism\\nthat the skilled surveyor and engineer has\\nfollowed with scientific instruments where the\\nignorant savage first went, guided only by\\nthe instincts of woodcraft. The difference\\nbetween the new and the old is far less in the\\ndirection or lines of communication than in\\ntiio method of travel, and the moderns, with\\nall of tlieir wisdom and knowledge, have\\ndone little besides making grand improve-\\nments on old routes l uil(liug with stone\\nand iron aud steel, it is true, but, nevertheless,\\nalong the course of the old, narrow, leaf-\\nstrewn path that the Indian first found out\\nwas the most direct and practicable line of\\ncommunication between two given points.\\nThe Indian trail which led from Perth\\nAmboy to Salem, where in early times\\nM-as an Indian village, was one of the ear-\\nliest routes used by the whites at the time\\nof their first explorations in New Jersey. It\\npassed through Haddoufield, at which place\\nwas an Indian village and considerable\\ncleared land, which later was known as the\\n(Ireat Field. George Fox, during his\\ntravels in America in 1672, in his journey\\nirom Maryland to New York, passed along\\nthis trail through West Jersey. In his\\njournal he says We came one night to an\\nIndian town aud lay all night at the King s\\nhouse, who was a very pretty man. Both he\\nand his wife received us very lovingly, and\\nhis attendants (such as they were) were very\\nrespectful to us. They laid mats for us to lie\\non, but provisions were very short with them,\\nhaving caught but little that day.\\nSoon after West Jersey was vested in the\\nproprietors, they felt the importance of open-\\ning a highway between the towns of Bur-\\nlington and Salem, these being the only\\ntowns in West Jersey prior to 1682, and also\\nthe county-seats of Burlington and Salem\\nCounties. Accordingly, on the 12th of No-\\nvember, 1681, the Legislature of New Jer-\\nsey passed au act authorizing the laying out\\nof a highway between the two towns. The\\nact provided for the appointment of twenty\\nmen ten from Burlington and ten from Sa-\\nlem County wlio were to carry out its pro-\\nvisions. At that time there were no white\\nsettlers within the limits of Camden County,\\nexcept possibly a few families of Swedes,\\nwho formerly lived on the site of Fort Ara-\\nwomac, at the mouth of Pensauken Creek.\\nThe road then laid out followed the old\\nIndian trail, which led from the site of Pertli\\nAmboy through the .site of Burlington to Sa-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0494.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "PUBLIC INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.\\n341\\nleiu, where was formerly an Indian village.\\nIt crossed the streams near their sources,\\nwhere they were easily forded. The ford\\nthrough Coopers Creek at first was a short\\ndistance above Haddonfield, at a place later\\nIvnown as Uxbridge. This road was merely\\na bridle-path, and very crooked. As the\\namount of travel increased, the road v as\\nstraightened and widened but as for many\\nyears the early settlers traveled on horseback\\nonly, it was not until about 1730 tliat car-\\nriages of any kind were introduced. The\\nHrst .settlers usually located on land along the\\nstreams, aud small boats were used on them\\nto convey produce and merchandise.\\nWhen towns were laid out along the line\\n(if tliis road, which was known as the Kings\\nHighway, the roadway through the town\\nwas increased to one hundred feet in width.\\nIt is quite evident that the line of the road\\nwhere it passed over Coopers Creek was\\nchanged quite early, a.s, the 13th of March,\\n1744, the town-meeting of Newton agreed\\nthat ye Mill hill near Lsaac Kays, in the\\nroad to Burlington, be mended.\\nA bridge was built over Timber Creek\\n(called also, in the early records, Gloucester\\nRiver) as early as 1687, an account of which\\nwill be found in the article on Creeks and\\nBridges.\\nThe aborigines fixed the pathways from\\ntlie Atlantic Ocean to the Delaware River,\\naci-oss the State of New Jersey, aud long\\nlicfore the white men attempted to explore\\ntiie forests, the lines of travel through the\\ncountry had become plain and beaten paths.\\nFor many years after the first settlements\\non the ocean and the river the only track\\nbetween them was along these Indian trails.\\nSeveral of these were through Atlantic aud\\nCamden Counties; one began at Soniers\\n1 Isaac Kay owned at that time the mill property now\\nin possession of Joseph G. Evans. The mill was on\\nthe south side of Coopers Creek, and in the limits of\\nthe present mill pond, and the hill was evidently the\\none in front of the Mann property in Haddonfield.\\n40\\nPoint and extended along the east side of\\nGreat Egg Harbor River, so as to ])ass\\nto the north of the heads of the branches\\nof Babcocks Creek, over the low lands to the\\ntributaries of Little Egg Harbor River, called\\nthe Locks, by the Blue Anchor tavern,\\ncrossed the head of Great Egg Harbor River\\nat Long a-Con)ing (Berlin), pas.sed a short\\ndistance south of Haddonfield, over the mid-\\ndie branch of Newton Creek at Atmores\\nDam, and thence to Coopers Ferry. This\\ntrail was used as a road many years, and as\\nearly as 1691) was known as the Pliiladclphia\\nand Egg Harbor road. It was not laid\\nout according to law, and has been aban-\\niloned. It may be described in this county\\nas lying between tlie road from Camden to\\nBerlin, by way of Kirkwood and the\\nroad from Cainden to Berlin, by way of\\nHaddonfield. There were three noted taverns\\non the route, one at Atmores Dam, which\\nwas built and kept by John Willis, then\\nkept by Joseph Kiulee, and after 1718 by\\nThomas Atmore, and it being at the head of\\nnavigation of the stream, considerable ship-\\nping was carried on from this place.\\nInside the low ceilings and ill-arrangetl rooms\\ntold that ventilation and convenience were not\\nregarded yet the well-sauded floors and the hright\\npewter dishe.? betrayed the good housewife and\\nthrifty matron. The bar-room opened by a double\\ndoor, cut horizontally, and within might be seen\\nthe crib which .screened the liquors and protected\\nthe dealer. Tlie immense o|ien firephice, arranged\\nwith a bench on each side, made sitting room for\\nguests by day and beds for dogs at night to say\\nnothing of the straight-backed slat-bottomed\\nchairs that stood around the walls. The visitors\\nwere mostly rude, uneducated people, unused to\\nthe refinements of society and contending with ad-\\nversity in its many shapes.\\nAt this old tavern might occasionally be seen\\na party of hunters, pledging their good opinion of\\neach other in a bowl of whiskey-punch or stone\\nfence, and enjoying, in their peculiar way, the\\nlast of a successful cha.se. Wrestling, running and\\njumping were indulged in when a few of the neigh-\\nbors met, aud every man that participated was\\nsoon graded as to his ability in each. The fare", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0495.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "342\\nHISTOEY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nwas abundant, and such, as the epicure of the\\npresent day would revel in. It was dried venison,\\nbear s meat, f re h fish and wild fowl, with corn-\\nbread or hoe-cake well prepared, and made invit-\\ning by the tidy appearance of the surroundings.\\nThe liquors also, although drawn from wooden\\ncasks and drank from horn tumblers, imparted an\\ninvigorating, healthy effect, and, when evaporated\\nby a good night s sleep, left no suspicious feelings\\nafter them.\\nlu later year.s elections and public meet-\\nings were held at this old tavern. The Blue\\nAnchor Tavern as early as 1740 was kept by\\nJohn Hider. It became a central point on\\nthe route and retained its irapoi tance until\\nthe railroad passed through that region. An-\\nother tavern was kept at Loug-a-Coming\\nbefore 1760 by Samuel Scull. Three roads\\njoined the main line or trail the first left\\nthe mouth of Little Egg Harbor in a west-\\nerly direction and joined the trail near the\\nhead of Landing Creek, one of the branches\\nof Little Egg Harbor River. The second\\nbegan near Mullica s plantatiou, a short dis-\\ntance from Batsto, and going westerly be-\\ntween the streams, joined the main trail near\\nthe old Beebe place, about one mile south of\\nWinslow. This is known as the old Fork\\nroad. The third was known as the old\\nC^ape road, and started in Cape May County.\\nIt crossed Tuckahoe River northerly to\\nHospitality stream below C oles Mill, thence\\nto Inskeepsford, and joined the main road at\\nthe Blue Anchor.\\nAt the June Session of Gloucester County\\nCourt in 1696, John Hugg, Ji Thomas\\nSharp and Thomas Gardiner were commis-\\nsioned to mend and mark for about ten miles\\nof the road leading o;it of (Gloucester to-\\nward Egg Harbor, and James Steelman was\\nelected overseer of highways to mark and\\nmake the road from Egg Harbor towards\\nGloucester. Just one year afterward the court\\ninstructed Andrew Robeson, Thomas Sharp\\nand William Dalboe to open a road from\\nOidmans Creek to the mouth of (tIouccs-\\nter River (Timber Ci-eek), and so from\\nElias Hugg s up to ye old Road and in\\nSeptember a speedy repair was ordered of\\nthe log bridge on the northerly branch of\\nGloucester River.\\nThe place known as Cooper s Ferries (now\\nCamden), within a few years after the settle-\\nment of the whites, became noted as the great\\ncrossing-jjlace to the town of Philadeljjhia,\\nwhich was the largest town in the region,\\nand a more direct route was needed to the\\nferries than by the King s Highway, which\\npassed about seven miles east of the ferries.\\nCoopers Creek was navigable from Axford s\\nLanding, from whence passage was down\\nthe stream. A bridle-path was also on the\\nsouth side of the creek, which later became\\nknown as the Ferry Road. As early as\\n1702 a more direct route was made lower\\ndown, in what is now Delaware township,\\nand crossing the creek on what is now the\\nBarton farm. In the account of the Creeks,\\nFerries and Bridges will be found the com-\\nplaint of John Champion, who lived at that\\nplace, that many people were calling upon\\nhim to carry them over the creek, and asking\\nfor a license for a ferry, which was granted.\\nThis route was evidently used as late as 1733,\\nand perhaps a few years later, as in that year\\nHumphrey Day kept at the place a ferry and\\na tavern. About 1736 a still shorter route\\nwas made lower down, and on the line\\nof the road now known as the Burlington\\nPike, which crossed Coopers Creek at the\\nresidence of Samuel Spicer, who established\\na ferry at the place and continued it until\\n1762, when a bridge at the j)lace was com-\\npleted. On the 19th of January, 1748, by\\nact of Legislature, commissioners were ap-\\npointed to lay out a more direct road from\\nCoopers Ferry to Burlington and to build a\\ndraw-bridge at Spicer s Ferry. On the same\\ndate an act passed allowing the inhabitants\\nin the vicinity to raise funds by subscription\\nto build the bridge but it does not appear that\\nany action was taken under the authority of\\nthese acts, and tlie sid)ject was not again", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0496.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "PUBLTf INTKIINAL T.M PKOVK.MK.NTS.\\nliroiighl U[i until iNoveuiIxT 28, J 7(1(1, wlicji\\nthe Legislature passed an act authorizing tiic\\nerection of a bridge at Spicer s Ferry and the\\nhiving out of the road to Burlington, in a\\nmore direct course. Coiuuiissioners were ap-\\npointed and authority given to raise hy tax\\nand subscription the amount of money needed\\nto complete the work.\\nThe road was shortened and improved, and\\nin 17(3l! it is mentioned in a deed as The\\nGreat Koad to the Ferry, and in ]7()4 au-\\ni)ther road also was laid out from the bridge\\nto the ferry. This, in 1769, is mentioned in\\nrecords as The new road from ]5enjaniin\\nCooper s ferry to the new bridge over Coopers\\nCreek. In 1773 Jacob Cooper laid out the\\ntown of Camden and established Cooper\\nStreet, and in 1774 Market Street was estab-\\nlished and by act of Assembly June 20, 17()r),\\nthe road and bridges from Cooper s Ferries\\nto !Mount Holly were placed under the care\\nI )f commissioners.\\nOne of the first roads that bei/ame a\\nnecessity, after the Kings Highway, was\\nfrom Kay s mill, then on south side of\\n!oopers Creek, near Haddonfield, to the\\nHoyden and Cooper Ferries. A bridle-path\\nwas made along the south side of the creek\\nvery early, and on the 8tli of December,\\n17( James Bloom, John (Jill, John Hinch-\\nnian, Joshua Stokes, John Hider and John\\nollins, surveyors of highways, under in-\\ns; mictions laid out a road, four poles in width,\\nalong the general route of the old bridle-\\n|iati!, beginning at the corner of William\\n(Jriscom s shop, on the King s Highway\\n(now Braddock s drug store), to Coopers\\nFerry, it being six miles aud twenty-six\\npi rches.\\n()n the 8th of March, 1762, the survey-\\nors of highways laid out a road from the\\nsoutheast branch of Pensauken Creek to-\\nwards the new bridge erected from\\nSamuel Spicers Landing across Coopers\\nreek, to begin at a bridge erected by\\nSamuel Burroughs, across the southeast\\nbranch of l ensaid en Creek, and at his grist-\\nmill. This road was laid out four rods wide\\nand passed through the east end of Thomas\\nSpicer s land, over the head of Henry Woods\\nCreek, and to the liurlington New Boad.\\nOn the 24th of March, 1762, a road was\\nlaid from Long-a-Coming (Berlin) to Cheese-\\nmans or Webers Landing, on the northerly\\nbranch of Great Timber Creek, past Andrew\\nNewman s mill and over Ephraims Hill.\\nThis road intersected with a road previously\\nlaid out from John Hillman s mill to (iab-\\nriel Davis house.\\nOn December 7, 176. an act was passed\\nby the Assembly for laying out a more di-\\nrect road from Timber Creek, over Newton\\nCreek, near the mouth thereof, to Coopers\\nJ ^erries, and for erecting a bridge over New-\\nton Creek, which was subsequently made\\na toll-bridge. Isaac Cooper, John Bu/.by,\\n.lames Whitall, John Sparks, Joshua Lord\\nand James Hinchman were appointed to lay\\nout the road and build the bridge.\\nOn the 8th of December, 1766, commission-\\ners ajipointed for the piu pose laid out a road,\\nfour rods wide, from the division line of\\nBurlington and Gloucester Counties, at Eves\\nBridge, in the township of Evesham, to the\\ngreat road from Burlington to Salem, between\\nlands of Simeon Ellis and William Ellis,\\nnow EUisburg.\\nIn the year 17()7 the surveyors of\\nhighways for the townships of Waterford,\\nNewton and Gloucester were Josiah Shivers,\\nAbraham Iimskeep, Waterford Isaac Kay\\naud Edward Gibbs, Newton William Hugg\\nand John Griffith, Gloucester. On the 2d of\\nMarch in that year they laid out a road from\\nthe mansion-house of Thomas Ellis, at his\\ngrist-mill, to the new road lately laid out\\nand leading from Burlington to Coopers\\nFerry. On the 26th of May following,\\nthey laid out a road from the north end of\\nNewton Meeting-house grounds, through\\nlands of Stephen Thackray, Richartl Collins\\nand Jacob Stokes, to the great road leading", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0497.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "344\\nHISTOKY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JEKSEY.\\nto Haddoiifield. This is evidently tlie present\\nCollings Avenue.\\nMay 16, 1769, a road was laid out from\\nthe gate on Joseph Morgan s plantation, at\\nthe mouth of Pensauken Creek, to the great\\nroad that leads from Burlington to Coopers\\nFerries.\\nOn the l. ^th of November, 1770, a road\\nwas laid out from the new bridge erected\\nover Great Timber Ci eek from the meadow-\\nground of Jacob Clement to the lands of\\nGeorge Marple, deceased, at a place formerly\\ncalled Ashbrooke s Landing, to a road tbr-\\nmerly laid out. The bridge here mentioned\\nis now known as Clements Bridge.\\nApril 18, 1775, a road was laid from Eves\\nBridge, through lands of Daniel Lippincott,\\nCharles French and David Davis, past lands\\nof Francis Kay, Samuel Murrell and Samuel\\nEastlack, to the road from Moorestown to\\nHaddonlield, at Murrell s school-house.\\nApril 14, 1775, the surveyors laid out a\\nroad from the Burlington County line, at a\\nbridge near Samuel Collins house, through\\nlands owned by him, by John Morton, Ezek-\\niel Liuilsay, and on the line of lands of Kin-\\ndall Cole and late John Cowperthwait to the\\nroad from Moorestown to Haddonfield.\\nOn the 27th of May, the next year, they\\nalso laid out a road from the corner of land\\nof Jacob Stokes, at the north side of At-\\nmores Dam, along the line of land of Dav-\\nid Branson and Caleb Atmore, through land\\nof John Redman to the King s Highway\\nfrom Burlington to Salem.\\nMarch 23, 1783, the surveyors laid out a\\nroad from John Barton s grist-mill to the\\nbridge between Samuel Lippincott stwo plan-\\ntations thence to cross at the head of a\\nbranch by James Inskeep thence in a direct\\ncourse through William Bates land to Punch\\nBridge thence along the old road to the\\nschool-house upon William Bates land\\nthence along the old road through Nathaniel\\nLippincott s land to Naomy Jones, so over\\nthe bridge between the said Jones and the\\nplace formerly William Shuster, so along the\\nroad as it now lieth through Jonathan Ellis\\nlaud thence along the old road through\\nIsaac Kay s land to an old field formerly\\ncalled Joshua Kay s field then leaving the\\nold road on the right hand aud then on a di-\\nrect course thi ough Kay s land, fronting\\nIsaac Kay s old brick-yard then upon\\na short turn to the old cross-road thence\\nalong the old road down to Kay s mill\\nbridge thence over the bridge along by the\\nmill thence between the orchard and the\\nmeadow, so into the King s Koad.\\nA road was laid out Two poles or perches\\nwide, April 12, 1786, to lead from a gate at\\nthe outside of Benjamin Morgan s land to\\nthe great road by John Burrough, Jr s., land\\nand at the school-house on his land. (Ben-\\njamin Morgan then resided in the house now\\noccupied by John D. Hylton).\\nMarch 5, 1788, a road was laid out from\\nNewton Meeting-house to the toll-bridge road\\nwhich then crossed Newton Creek from Glou-\\ncester to Camden. This route was changed\\nApril 15, 1795, and terminated at the toll-\\nbridge road where the Ditch that vents the\\npond by Joseph Kaighn s house crosses the\\nsame.\\nAugust 9, 1789, a road was laid out from\\nnear Blackwood Meeting-house to the road\\nover Chews Bridge, now Chews Landing.\\nA struggle began October 19, 1793, for a\\nroad from Ciiews Bridge (now Chews Land-\\niug) to Cooj)ers Ferries, which lasted several\\nyears. It was laid out at the date above\\nmentioned and passed Newton Meeting-house.\\nCaveat was entered, and it was set aside by\\nthe court December 24, 1793; again laid\\nout Ai)ril 8, 1794, its terminus being at the\\nHaddonfield road, near Marmaduke Cooper s-\\nCaveat was again entered, and it was va-\\ncated by the court December 27, 1794. A\\nfew years later it was opened on the present\\nline, and is now in use.\\nOctober 29, 1799, a road was laid out from\\nLong-a Coming to the Blue Anchor tavern,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0498.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "PUBLIC INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.\\n345\\nnearly on tlie line, bnl Kustwardly, of an old\\nload and Indian trail of which mention lias\\nl eeu made.\\nOn the 28th of July, 1807, a road was\\nlaid out from the place where William\\nVansciver keeps tavern, on the road from\\nBurlington to Coopers Ferry, along the same\\nand partly on a vacated road laid out in 1803,\\nto tiie bridge over Coopers Creek. The tav-\\nern of William Vansciver was the old Sorrel\\nHorse tavern. The road follows a route that\\nhad been used over forty years.\\nOctober 5, 1808, a road was laid out from\\nEve s Causeway to Clements Bridge over\\nTimber Creek, now known as Spark s ^lill\\nroad.\\nApril 27, 1809, the road known as the\\nChurch road was laid out from the Mount\\nHolly stage-road, where the Cove road inter-\\nsects, to the Moorestown and Haddontield\\nroad, near Colestown Church.\\nThe French, or Sorrel Horse road, as it\\nwas early known, which ran from the Sorrel\\nHorse tavern to Haddonfield, was laid out\\nbetween 1805 and 1810.\\nOther roads were laid out as the country\\nbecame more thickly settled, and the old ones\\nwere shortened and improved and placed\\nunder the care of overseers of highways.\\nTurnpikes. The Haddonfield and Cam-\\nden turnpike was first a bridle-path, and, in\\n1792, regularly laid out, became the great\\nhighway from Haddonfield to Cooper s Fer-\\nries. In 1820 suKscriptions were obtained\\nfrom those interested, and, under charge of\\nJohn Roberts, John Gill and John Clement,\\nit was graveled its entire length. The first\\neffort to build a turnpike in Camden County\\nwas over this route, and on the 9th of March,\\n1839, an act of the Legislature was passed,\\nwhich provided for the incorporation of the\\nHaildonfield and Camden Turnpike Com-\\npany, when five hundred shares of the stock\\nwere subscribed. The company was author-\\nized to hold twenty thousand dollars as capi-\\ntal stock, with privilege to increase to fifty\\nthousand dollars, the par value of a share to\\nbe twenty-five dollars. Thomas Redman,\\nJohn Gill, Sauuiel Nicholson, Jo.seph W.\\nCooper and Abraham Browning were a])-\\n[)ointed t(j open l)ooks and receive subscrip-\\ntions. The act provided that the road be\\nfour rods in width, and thirty two feet to be\\narched and drained, and to be fifteen inches\\nhigher in the centre than at the sides.\\nFor some reason the company was not or-\\nganized under this charter, and, on the 20tli\\nof September, 1844, a meeting was held in\\nthe Friends School-house, at Haddonfield, to\\nji.i -I ai.j: uach.\\ntake into consideration the subject of improv-\\ning the road. Jacob L. Rowand was ap-\\npointed chairman and Thomas Redman,\\nsecretary. A committee was appointed to\\nascertain the best place to obtain gravel and\\nthe probable cost of improvement. Another\\nmeetingwas heklNovember 21, 184G, to con-\\nsider the utility of macadamizing or turnpik-\\ning the road and of incorporating the same.\\nJacob L. Rowand, Charles L. Willitts, Dr.\\nCharles D. Hendry, Charles H. Shinn, Joseph\\nL. Shivers and John Clement, Jr., were ap-\\npointed to ascertain the amount of money that\\ncould be raised and the probable cost of build-\\ning and the right-of-w ay. An act was passed\\nby the Legislature, March 2, 1847, incorpo-\\nrating the company and appointing as com-\\nmissioners, to receive subscriptions, Joseph\\nPorter, John Gill, Samuel Nicholson, Joseph\\nW. Cooper and Joshua P. Browning, or any\\nthree of them. The capital stock was placed\\nat twenty thousand dollars, in eight hundred\\nshares of twenty-five dollars each books", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0499.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "34(j\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nwurc Ojieiied at tliu luitel ui Tlioiuas A.\\nI earce, in Haddoiilickl, Thomas P. Clement,\\nCamden, and Jacob Leach, at Long-a-Coraing\\nBerlin). Commissioners Nicholson, Brown-\\ning and Gill were in attendance, and in a\\nshort time eleven tlioiisand dollars was sub-\\nscribed.\\nOu August 11, 1.S47, the following j)ersons\\nwere chosen directors, viz. John drill, Joseph\\nPorter, Johu Clement, Jr., Richard W. Snow-\\ndon, Edward Browning, Samuel Nicholson,\\nJosiah B. Evans, John E. Hopkins and\\nDaniel Conard. The board organized the\\nsame day by the election of Samuel Nichol-\\nson as president and Jacob. L. Rowand as\\nsecretary and treasurer.\\nA contract was made with James Tuthill\\nit Co. to construct the road, which was soon\\nbegun and finished in due season. The turn-\\npike was to be built from Haddoufield tn\\nCamden, terminating at the latter place,\\nat the junction of the old road with\\nthe Chews Landing road. A supplement to\\nthe original act authorized the company to\\nextend their road along the public road in\\nCamden to Federal Street, and thence by\\nway of Seventh Street to Market Street.\\nThe turnpike, under the act of 1847, was to\\ni)e made thirty-two feet in width, arched and\\nilrained, and sixteen feet of it to be com-\\n])actly bedded with stone or gravel.\\nIt has been kept in good repair from that\\ntime to the present, and, on July 1, 1886,\\ndeclared its seventy -third dividend. Richard\\nW. Snowdon was elected president in 184!)\\nand served until his death, in 1868. Samuel\\nNicholson was chosen to succeed him and\\nserved until 1881, when the present presi-\\ndent John H. Lippincott was elected.\\nJacob L. Rowand was chosen secretary and\\ntreasurer at tlie organization and served until\\nhis death, September 14, 188. 5, immediately\\nafter which his son, J. Lewis Rowand, was\\nelected to fill the vacancy.\\nBefore the completion of the turnpike\\nabove mentioned the people of the county\\nbecame nnicli interested in the sulijccl, and\\npetitions were .sent to the Assembly, asking\\nfor the incorporation of several companies\\ndesiring to build turnpikes in the limits of\\nCamden County. On the 28th of February,\\n1849, the following companies were incor-\\nporated Moorestown and Camden, Camden,\\nKllisburg and Marlton, Woodbury and C.am-\\nden, Westfield and Camden and Williams-\\ntown and Camden. The routes over which\\nthe companies were desirous of building\\nj)ikes were, in all cases, old-established roads,\\nand the acts of incorporation provided that\\nthe road-beds should be at least thirty-two\\nfeet in width, arched and drained, and six-\\nteen feet thereof should be made of stone,\\ngravel, or plank, the bridges to be from\\neleven to twenty feet in width.\\nThe Moorestown and Camden, Camden,\\nElli.sburg and Marlton, and the Westfield\\nand Camden Companies were all chartered\\nFebruary 28, 1849, and the southern ter-\\nminus was at the Truss Bridge, over Coopers\\nCreek, in Camden. From the point of\\njunction the three companies united in build-\\ning the turnpike to the bridge. The excessive\\ntravel upon this part of the road in later\\nyears required a more substantial road, and\\nit has been laid with rubble, which has since\\nbeen relaid. The companies were not or-\\nganized at once, as some time was required\\nto obtain subscriptions. They were, however,\\nbuilt between 1852 and 1855.\\nIn 1840 the attention of the people living\\nalong the line of the Moorestown and Cam-\\nden road was called to the necessity of turn-\\npiking or graveling the heavy and sandy\\nparts of the road. The question was agi-\\ntated, and, on the 16th of January, 1841, a\\nmeeting was held at Daniel Bennett s hotel,\\nin Moorestown, at which three persons were\\nselected to report at a future meeting the\\nmost desirable way of improving the road,\\nand Richard M. Hugg, William Collins and\\nSamuel Church were appointed to solicit\\nsubscriptions for the purpose. At a meeting", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0500.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "PUBLIC INTERNAL IMPKOVEMENTS.\\n347\\nheld Fi^liruaiy 8, 1841, the committee re-\\nported tlie cost at two thousand dollars per\\nmile. Subscriptions were obtained, and,\\nthree years later, on the l- )th (jf August,\\n1844, a meeting of subscribi rs was held, to\\ntake measures to gravel the road. Ikit little\\nmore was done until 1849, when the Moores-\\ntown and Camden Company was chartered.\\nAmos Stiles, Elisha Hunt, Allen Jones,\\nLevi Barton, Joseph A. Burrough and Ben-\\njamin W. Cooper were authorized to open\\nbooks for subscription to the amount of\\nfifty thousand dollars. An amount was sub-\\nscribed, in course of tiiue, sutficieiit to per-\\nfect an organization, and Edward Harris was\\nchosen i)resident and Dr. J. J. S|)encer, trea-\\nsurer.\\nThe road was built of gravel, as specitied\\nin the act. Two toll-gates were erected. On\\nthe ITth of I ^ebruary, 1853, the company, by\\nact of Assembly, was authorized to construct\\na road to connect with the Mount Holly and\\nMoorestown turnpike, and on February IL!,\\n1800, to connect with the Fellowship and\\nChurch roads in Burlington County. The\\ncon)})any have united with the WestfieUl and\\nCamden turnpike tn build a macadamized\\nroad, eighteen feet in width, from the point\\nof junction with that road to the point of\\njunction with the Camden, Ellisburg and\\nMarlton turnpike.\\nUpon the death of Mr. Harris, Richard\\nM. Hugg, was chosen president, and was\\nsucceeded l)y Emmor Robert, who is still\\npresident. Dr. J. J. Spencer, as treasurer,\\nwas succeeded by the present incuad)eut,\\nIsrael Hewlings. John S. Collins is the\\npresent secretary.\\nThe Westfield and Camilen Turnpike Com-\\nauy was incorjiorated by an act of the Leg-\\nislature, which authorized Samuel R. Lippin-\\ncatt, Nathaniel N. Stokes, John 8. Hylton,\\nWilliam Folwell, Chalkley Gillingham, Jos.\\nR. Weatherby and Nathan H. Conrow to\\no|)en books for subscriptions. Tlie capital\\nstock was placed at seven thousand dollars.\\nwith privilege to raise to fourteen thousand\\nd(Jlars. The road was to be built from\\nthe bridge over Pensauken Creek along\\nthe old Burlington road, to near the Truss\\nBridge over Coopers Creek. The road-\\nbed was made of gravel, and in use until\\n188tJ, when arrangements were made to mac-\\nadamize the road from the point of inter-\\nsection with the Moorestown and Camden\\nturnpike to Pensauken Creek, at a cost of\\nseven thousand dollars per mile, which is now\\nbeing done. The company united with the\\nMoorestown and Camden Turnj)ike Compain\\nto macadamize the I oad eighteen feet in\\nwidth, from the point of intersection to the\\nintersection with the Camden, Ellisburg and\\nMarlton pike. Upon the organization of the\\ncomjjany Ezra Evans was cliosen president.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1853, the company\\nwas authorized to construct a road from Pen-\\nsauken Creek to connect with the Beverly\\nand Mount Holly plank-road, which was\\ndone. The present officers are Heuling\\nLippincott (president) and Clayton Conrow\\n(set retary and treasurer).\\nThe first effort at making turnpike im-\\nprovement on the route of the Camden,\\nEllisburg and Marlton turnpike was at a\\nmeeting held at the hou.se of Joseph Elllis,\\nat Ellisburg, on the 26th of September, 1 S44.\\nThe object of the meeting was to make ar-\\nrangements to gravel the sandy jiarts of the\\nroad leading from Medford through Marlton\\nto its junction with the Moorestown road near\\nCamden. A committee was appointed to so-\\nlicit subscriptions and ascertain the cost ol\\nthe work pi oposed. But little was done until\\nthe act of incorporation was obtained, in\\n1 849.\\nThe Camden, Ellisburg and 3Iarlton Turn-\\npike Company had its origin in an act desig\\nnatiug as commissioners to solicit sul)S( rip\\ntions to the capital stock (thirty tlmusand\\ndollars, with privilege of increasing to fitt\\\\\\nthousand dollars) Thomas Evans. l ]zra\\nEvans, Joseph II. Coles, hailc Knight,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0501.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "348\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nEdwiird Browning and Jacob Troth. The\\nroad-bed was Jaid witli gravel, and with re-\\nl)airs, is kept in good condition. On the 24th\\nof March, 1852, the company was authorized\\nto extend tiie road to Medford, and March\\n14, 1856, from the Point House, in Delaware\\ntownship, to Green Tree tavern, in Burling-\\nton County. By act of April 12, 1876, that\\npart of the pike from Medford to Darnell s\\nCorner was abandoned because of the de-\\ncrease of receipts after the completion of the\\nrailroad. The first president of the company\\nwas Ezra Evans. The present officers are\\nFreedom W. Lippincott (president) and Wil-\\nliam J. Evaus (secretary and treasurer).\\nThe Woodbury and Camden turnpike was\\nchartered the same day as the preceding com-\\npanies, February 28,1849, Robert K. Mat-\\nlack, Benjamin Tatem, John B. Harrison,\\nJohn R. Sickler, John Gaunt, Nathan T.\\nStratton, Charles F. Clark, John W. Hazel-\\nton, John Duell, Thomas H. Whitney, John\\nW. Mickle, Charles Kaighu and Abraham\\nBrowning being appointed commissioners.\\nTiie company was authorized to raise capital\\nstock to the amount of thirty thousand dol-\\nlars, with privilege to increase to fifty thou-\\nsand dollars. A supplement to the act of in-\\ncorporation was passed March 26, 1852,\\nauthorizing the company to construct a turn-\\npike or plank-road from Pine Grove tavern\\nto some point in Camden, and Abraham\\nBrowning, John W. Mickle, Charles Kaighu,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Tohn K. Cowperthwait and Stephen Craven\\nwere appointed commissioners.\\nThe Mullica Hill and Woodbury Turn-\\npike Company, incorporated at the same time\\nas the other, was, by act of Assembly, March\\n1, 1849, consolidated with the Woodbury and\\nCamden, and assumed the name of Mullica\\nMill and Camden Turnpike Company. On\\nthe .3d of March, 1853, an act was passed\\nauthorizing the name of the Woodbury and\\nCamden Turnpike Company to be changed\\nto Camden and Gloucester City Turnpike\\nCompany. An act passed March 14, 1870,\\nauthorized the abandonment of that part of\\nthe pike from Pine Grove to Camden, and\\nthe remainder is still in use.\\nThe Gloucester turnpike is a gravel road\\nbuilt on the line of an old plank-road, and\\nextends from Gloucester City to Woodbury,\\na distance of four and a half miles. The\\nact of Assembly granting the charter was ap-\\nproved by the Governor of New Jersey\\nMarch 5, 1850. The incorporators, who al-\\nso became the first board of directors, were\\nThomas S. Ridgeway, Benjamin T. IMcMur-\\ntrie. Cooper B. Browning, Joshua P. Brown-\\ning and Wm. S. Doughten. The first presi-\\ndent of this company after its organization\\nwas Benjamin McMurtrie, and the first sec-\\nretary and treasurer was Charles Hay. The\\nofficers for 1886 are Joseph Hatch, presi-\\ndent J. Lynn Truscott, treasurer and\\nEdmund E. Read, Jr., secretary wlio, to-\\ngether with Henry C. Clark and Samuel P.\\nLippincott, constitute the board of directors\\nof the company.\\nThe Williamstown and Camden Turnpike\\nCompany, ciiartered Februar) 28, 1849, was\\nautiiorized to raise stock to the amount of\\nfifty thousand dollars and to construct a\\nturnpike of .stone, gravel or plank between\\nthe points named in its title. Joel Bodine,\\nWilliam Corkney, Edward Brewer, Hiram\\n.Morgan, John AV. Mickle, Edward Brown-\\ning and David E. Marshall were appointed\\ncommi.ssioners to solicit sub.scriptions. The\\ncon.struction of the railroad led to the aban-\\ndonment of part of the road, and on the\\n24th of March, 1S52, the Williamstown and\\nGood Intent Turnpike Company was char-\\ntered, with John Bo line, David E. Marsliall,\\nRichard H. Tice, Samuel liommel, John F.\\nBodine, Jo.seph Nicholson, William Taylor,\\nWilliam Tweed and Samuel D. Sharp as\\ncommissioners. The road, was built from\\nBlackwood to Williamstown and is now iu\\noperation.\\nThe Stockton and Newton Turnpike Com-\\npany was chartered March 18, 1859, with", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0502.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "PUBLIC INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.\\n349\\nJuhn M. Kaighn, Joseph M. Cooper, Charles\\nKaiojhu, Henry B. Wilson and William\\nS. Doughten conimissiouers, with power to\\nbnikl a turujjike from Kaighn Point through\\nStockton to the Haddonfiekl turnpike, and\\nfrom the city on the straight road, being a\\ncontinuation of Market Street, to an intersec-\\ntion with the Haddonfield turnpike.\\nThe Camden and Blackwoodtown Turn-\\npike Company became an incorporated body\\nby an act of the Assembly jNIarch 24, 1855,\\nto construct and operate a turnpike between\\nthe points named in the title of the bill.\\nThe capital stock was fixed at twelve thou-\\nsand dollars, with the privilege of increasing\\nthe same to twenty-five thousand dollars, the\\n{)ar value of each share to be twenty-five dol-\\nlars. John W. Mickle, John M. Kaighn, John\\nD. Glover, Arthur Brown, Abraham Brown-\\ning, Joshua Sickler, Charles S. (jarrett, John\\nNorth and Isaac W. Mickle were designated\\nas commissioners to open books and receive\\nsubscriptions. Soon after the road was con-\\nstructed through Mount Ephraim and Chews\\nLanding to the present village of Blackwood,\\na distance of ten miles, where it connected\\nwith the Good Intent and Williamstown\\nturnpike. A grade of thirty feet width was\\nestablished and a good road-bed secured,\\nwhich has since been improved to an excel-\\nlent condition. The office of the company is\\nat Mount Ephraim. The officers for 1886\\nare William Nicholson, president; Josejih\\nM. Haines, treasurer Benjamin Tomlinson,\\nsecretary. John Shubert, Samuel C. Cooper,\\nThomas Scott and John T). Glover, with the\\nofficers named, form the directory. The ex-\\necutive committee of the company is com-\\nposed of Joseph M. Haines, John D. Glover\\nand Benjamin Tomlinson, who have personal\\nsupervision of the road, which is well patron-\\nized.\\nThe White Horse Turnpike Company\\nwas incorporated January 27, 1854, having\\nauthority to build a pike on the White Horse\\nroad from the junction of Haddonfield and\\n41\\nCamden turnpike to where it crosses the\\nroad leading from Haddonfield to Clem-\\nents Bridge. On the 17th of March, 1855,\\nauthority was given the company to extend\\nthe pike from its termination, along the\\nWhite Horse road, to the White Horse tav-\\nern, and March (i, 1857, to Long-a-Coming\\n(Berlin). The corporators of the road were\\nJohn W. Mickle, John Gill, Samuel Nichol-\\nson, Josejih B. Tatum, Isaac Z. Collings,\\nSamuel S. Willits and Joseph B. Cooper.\\nThe Camden and Atlantic Turnpike Com-\\npany was incorporated March 25, 1852, with\\nan authorized capital of fifty thousand dol-\\nlars, and privilege of building a turnpike or\\nplank-road from Haddonfield, through Long-\\na-Coming, Tansboro Blue Anchor and Wins-\\nlow, in Camden County, and Weymouth and\\nJ^mmelville to Hamilton Bridge, in Atlantic\\nCounty, but it was inopei ative.\\nThe Berlin and Haddonfield Turnpike\\nCompany, incorporated in 1875, was also in-\\noperative.\\nijailroads.\\nThe Camdex and Ajusoy Railroad\\nAND Transportation Company, which\\nwas the fir.st built of all the railroads in\\nWest Jersey, was iucoi porated by act of the\\nLegislature February 4, 18;50, with a ca2)ital\\nstock of one million dollars, in shares of one\\nhundi ed dollars each, the company having\\nthe privilege to increase it to one million five\\nhundred thousand dollars. The president\\nwas John Stevens, who had projected the first\\nrailroad from Philadelphia to Columbia, Pa.\\nTraffic arrangements were made with the\\nlines of stages and steamboats crossing the\\nState between New York and Philadelphia\\nand Mr. Stevens, with the aid of steam on\\nthe railway, said that a speed of fifteen miles\\nan hour might be s;ifely reached, and the\\njourney from one city to tlie other made in\\nsix hours, which he considered would be\\nfound to be sufficiently rapid for all practical\\npurposes. The charter provided that the\\nState might subscribe to one-fi)urth of the", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0503.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "350\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nstock on or before January 1, 1831, but this\\nriglit was never exerciser). The company\\nwas emjjowered to build from Camden to\\nsome point on Earitan Bay, the road-bed to\\nbe not more than one hundred feet wide,\\nwith as many tracks as might be needed.\\nThe charges were limited to ten cents per\\nmile for each passenger, and eight cents per\\nton per mile for transportation of freight.\\nThe company was exempted from State tax-\\nation, in lieu of which it was required to pay\\nto the State ten cents for each passenger and\\nfifteen cents for each ton of freight carried.\\nIt was also stipulated that if the Legislature\\nshould authorize the construction of any\\notiier railroad across New Jersey, from New\\nYork to Philadelphia, which road should\\ncommence and terminate within three miles\\nof the terminals of the Camden and Amboy,\\nthen these head and tonnage dues should\\ncease, and the other road should be liable to\\nthe State for a tax not less in amount than\\nthe sura payable by this company. Suitable\\nsteam or other vessels were required to be\\nprovided at each terminus to make connec-\\ntions with New York and Philadelphia.\\nThe road was to be begun within two and\\ncompleted within nine years, and the State\\nreserved the right to purchase it after the\\nexpiration of thirty years, at a valuation to\\nbe fixed by law. By an act passed February\\n4, 1831, the State agreed to take and pay\\nthe installments upon a thousand shares of\\nthe stock and appoint a director but if an-\\nother railway was constructed between Phil-\\nadelphia and New York, the shares were to\\nrevert to the company, and the State was to\\nreceive no more dividends from them. To\\nfurther shield the road from competition, it\\nwas stipulated that it should not be lawful\\nto construct another railroad across New\\nJersey, within three miles of the Camden and\\nAmboy, until after the nine years allowed for\\nthe completion of the latter.\\nOn February 15, 1831, this company and\\ntlie Delaware and Paritan Canal omjiany\\nwere consolidated by an act of the Legisla-\\nture they were made jointly liable for con-\\ntracts entered into by either, and were for-\\nbidden to charge more than three dollars\\npassenger fare between Philadelphia and\\nNew York it was required that both rail-\\nway and canal should be completed within\\nthe nine years, and if one was finished before\\nthe other, the finished work was to be for-\\nfeited to the State. By an act of March 2,\\n1832, the State accepted one thousand shares\\nof the joint capital stock, and tlie companies\\ncontracted that if within a year after the\\ncompletion of the road from Bordentown to\\nAmboy, the transit duties and the dividends\\non these shares did not amount to thirty\\nthousand dollars, they would pay the defi-\\nciency to the State, and so annually thereafter.\\nThey determined to build a railroad from\\nSpottswood to New Brunswick as soon as a\\nline united New Brunswick with the Hud-\\nson River, and the State bound itself not to\\ngrant a franchise to any competing road\\nwithout the assent of the consolidated com-\\npanies. This complicated legislation grew\\nout of tlie desire of the State to make the\\nrailroad projectors pay well for their monop-\\noly, while the latter purposed to shut out\\nany rivalry and to make it the interest of the\\nState to vest in their hands the control of all\\nrapid transit between the two principal cities\\nof the country. But there was so little con-\\nfidence in the feasibility of railroads at the\\ntime the first began to be constructed, that\\nthe Legislature of New Jersey inserted in the\\ncharter a provision that it should be annulled\\nif the company abandoned the road or failed\\nto keep it in repair for three successive years.\\nIn February, 1833, thirty-five miles of\\ntrack had been laid between South Amboy\\nand Bordentown, at a maximum cost of\\neighteeu thousand dollars per mile, and pas-\\nsengers and freight were transported in car-\\nriages drawn by horses. The rails were of\\ncast-iron, laid upon blocks of stone or wooden\\nsleej^ers, three feet apart. According to Gor-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0504.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "PUBLIC INTERNAL IMPROVEiMENTS.\\n351\\n(Ion s Gazetteer oi that year Tlie remainder\\nof the road, from Bordentown to Camden, is\\nin ])rogress, and is being constructed of wood\\nfaced witli iron bars, it being supposed tiiat\\nit will not be employed more than two or\\nthree months in the year, and will therefore\\nnot require the strength of the portion be-\\ntween Bordentown and New York. A first\\ntrain passed over the entire length of the road\\nin October, 1834. It was drawn by the engine\\nJohn Bull, which had been built in 1831\\nfor the company by George and Robert Stev-\\nenson, at Newcastle-upon-Tyue, England.\\nThe dimensions of this first locomotive\\nwhich crossed the bounds of old Glou-\\ncester County were as follows Cylinders,\\nnine inches diameter, twenty inches stroke\\none pair driving-wheels, four feet, six inches\\ndiameter one pair front wheels of same\\ndiameter. The hubs were of cast-iron, the\\nspokes and rims of wood, and the tires of\\nwrought-iron weight of eugine, about ten\\ntons. The builders landed it at Philadel-\\nphia in August, 1831, from whence it was\\ntaken to Bordentown in sections on a sloop.\\nThere it was put together on a piece of track\\nthree-quarters of a mile long, which was all\\nthat the company had then permanently laid\\ndown. A tender and water-tank was con-\\nstructed by mounting a whiskey hogshead\\nupon a four-wheeled platform car, and the\\nconnection between the pumps and the tank\\nwas made by a leather hose supplied by a\\nBordentown shoemaker. Steam was raised\\non September 1 5th, and, in the presence of the\\nofficers of the road, the engine was run over\\nthe bit of track. On November 12th the\\nengine was given a public trial, the members\\nof the New Jersey Legislature and promi-\\nnent railroad men and engineers being in-\\nvited to witness it. Isaac Dripps was en-\\ngineer, Benjamin Higgins did the firing and\\nRobert L. Stevens supervised affairs. Then\\nthe eugine was retired until brought into ac-\\ntive service on the completion of the line, in\\n1814, and for thirty-tlirce years afterward it\\ndid regular duty. In 187(5 the historic en-\\ngine was exhibited at the Centennial.\\nIt is interesting to observe the ideas and\\nexperiments of early inventors concerning\\nlocomotives, steamboats and traction engines\\nwhen compared with the perfection reached\\nin this direction to-day. We noticethat Oliver\\nEvans, about the year 1804, constructed\\nwhat he called a steam-carriage, which cor-\\nres]5onded in many respects to the John\\nBull engine above-named. This some-\\nwhat novel carriage was exhibited on tlie\\nroads near Philadelphia, and propelled for\\na short distance amid much enthusiasm.\\nThe total cost of the sixty-four miles of\\nthe Camden and Amboy road was eleven\\nmillion two hundred and twenty-one thou-\\nsand six hundred and ninety-si.x dollars,\\nand it was finished in 1837 through to the\\nCamden water-front at Broadway. The sur-\\nveys had been begun on June 16, 1830, by\\nMajor John Wilson and his assistant engi-\\nneers, and in the middle of January, 1833\\npassengers passed between Bordentown and\\nAraboy by train, and between Bordentown\\nand Philadelphia in the steamer Trenton.\\nA year afterward the rails had been laid to\\nwithin eleven miles of Camden, with whicii\\nconnection was made by horse-power. The\\nUnited States mail was sent for the first\\ntime from the Philadelphia post-office to\\nCamden, to be sent to New York, on Decem-\\nber 29, 1834. The entire track from Cam-\\nden to Amboy was in full use by the early\\nspring of 1835, and a newspaper noted it as\\none of the most extraordinary instances of\\nrapid traveling on record, that passengers\\nwere taken from Philadelphia to New York,\\ndistance computed to be ninety-four miles, in\\nfour and three-quarters hours, including the\\nland and water transportation.\\nThis was the great route of travel between\\nPhiladelphia and New York until the con-\\nstruction of the more direct line via Trenton\\nand Jersey City. By an agreement made in\\n.Tanuary, ]8()7, the ITnited C()m])anies, the", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0505.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "352\\nHISTOKY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nPhiladelphia and Treuton Railroad Com-\\npany and the New Jersey Railroad and\\nTransportation Company, which owned the\\nline between New Brunswick and Jersey\\nCity, were consolidated as the United Rail-\\nroad and Canal Companies of New Jersey, on\\nthe basis of an equal division of profits be-\\ntween the three railroads and the Delaware\\nand Raritau Canal Company. In May,\\n1871, all these properties were leased for\\nnine hundred and ninety-nine years to the\\nPennsylvania Railroad Company under a\\nguarantee of dividends of ten per cent, upon\\nthe capital stock, and, after a long and bitter\\nresistance in the courts, the lease was con-\\nfirmed by an act of tlie New Jersey Legisla-\\nture approved March 27, 1873.\\nAndrew Heath, one of the first con-\\nductors on the Camden and Amboy Rail-\\nroad, and for many years captain of the\\nferry-boat for the same company, during a\\nperiod of more than a quarter of a century,\\nwas familiarly known to thousands of trav-\\nelers who passed between the cities of New\\nYork and Philadelphia. He was born in\\n1812 in Germantown, Pa., and was a son of\\nCharles Heath and Amy Pedrick, his wife,\\nboth of whom were prominent members of\\nthe Society of Friends. Andrew Heath,\\nafter obtaining his education in the Friend.s\\nSeliool of his native town, learned the tan-\\nner s trade with his father, and followed that\\noccupation until he attained his majority.\\nHe then, upon the completion of the Camden\\nand Amboy Railroad, became one of its first\\nconductors, moved to Camden, where he\\nresided the remainder of his life, and contin-\\nued in the employ of the comjDany until his\\ndeath. After retiring from the position of\\nrailroad conductor he was made captain of\\nthe steamboat Washington, belonging to\\nthe railroad company, which conveyed its\\npassengers from Walnut Street wharf, Phila-\\ndelphia, to Tacouy, carrying the passengers\\nof tlic Camden and Amboy and Philadelphia\\nand Trentdn Railroads. After tiic companies\\nabandoned that route of travel across the\\nDelaware River, and constructed the bridge\\nat Trenton, Captain Heath, in the same em-\\nploy, conveyed passengers in his boat, which\\nplied between Philadelphia and Camden.\\nThe State Rights, a large steamer, was\\nplaced on this line Mr. Heath became its\\ncaptain, and held that position until his\\ndeath, on August 23, 1871. His gentle-\\nmanly and courteous manners made him very\\npopular with the travelers and highly ap-\\npreciated by the officers of the company. In\\n1838 he was married to Matilda Pike, of\\nBerks County, Pa., by whom he had seven\\nchildren, of whom Charles, Amy, Edwin\\nand Andrew died within a period of three\\ndays of diphtheria, during the prevalence\\nof that disease in Camden.\\nRobert F., the second son, is now register\\nof Camden County and also extensively en-\\ngaged in the manufacture of straw goods in\\nPhiladelphia. Matilda is married to James\\nB. Boyer, of C amden, and they now reside\\nin New York City. John, the youngest sur-\\nviving son, was married to Jennie Thistle,\\nof Philadelpliia, and now is an employee of\\nthe Pennsylvania Railroad Company at\\ntheir office in Fourth Street, Philadelphia.\\nProjects that Came to Naught.\\nAfter the Camden and Amboy Railroad was\\nbuilt, a desire began to grow among tlie\\npeople for a railroad connecting Camden with\\nthe Atlantic coast, and on March 10, 1836,\\nan act was passed which granted a charter to\\nthe Camden and Egg Harbor Railroad\\nCompany, with an authorized capital of\\ntwo hundred thousand dollars. The corpo-\\nrators were Jesse Richards, Samuel B. Finch,\\nTimothy Pharo, Ebenezer Tucker and Wil-\\nliam McCarty. The route was to be from\\nCamden to Quaker Bridge, in Burlington\\nCounty, thence to McCartyville or Wading\\nRiver, thence to or near Tuckerton. The\\ncompany was authorized to build a branch to\\nGreat Egg Harbor Bay. This road was\\nnever built. Four years later a noti K!of ap-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0506.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "PUBLIC INTERNAL i:\\\\IPRUYKMENTS.\\n352\\nplication to tiie Legislature of New Jei sey\\nwas made, December 1 1 ^40, for an act to\\nincorporate a company under tiie name of\\nThe People s Railroad Company, with a\\ncapital of one million dollars, and power to\\nconstruct a railroad from some point on the\\nDelaware at or near Camden, or between\\nTrenton or Camden, to the city of New\\nBrunswick. In the case of this application no\\ncharter was granted, but in a few years after\\ncharters were granted and roads were built.\\nThe Camden and Atlantic; Rail-\\nEOAD, extending from Coopers Point, Cam-\\nden, to Atlantic City, a distance of fifty-eight\\nand three-fourths miles, was chartered by the\\nNew Jersey Legislature March 19, 1852.\\nThe incorporators as named in the charter\\nwere John W. Mickle, Abraham Browning,\\nJoseph Porter, Andrew K. Hay, John H.\\nCoffin, John Stanger, Jesse Richards, Thos.\\nH. Richards, Edmund Taylor, Joseph\\nThompson, Robert Risley, Enoch Doughty\\nand Jonathan Pitney, who were empowered to\\noi)en books and receive subscriptions to stock.\\nA meeting for that purpose was held at\\nthe Arch Street House, Philadelphia, then\\nkept by Thompson Newkirk, on the 24th\\nday of June, 1852. After the entire amount\\nof five hundred thousand dollars, in ten thou-\\nsand shares, was subscribed, the stockholders\\nelected the following-named persons as di-\\nrectors: Wm. Coffin, Joseph Porter, Andrew\\nK. Hay, Thos. H. Richards, Enoch Doughty,\\nJonathan I itney, Stephen Colwell, Samuel\\nRichards and Wm. Fleming. The board or-\\nganized by electing Alexander K. Hay,\\npresident, and Samuel Richards, secretary\\nand treasurer, as temjjorary officers. Richard\\nB. Osborne was engaged as the engineer.\\nHe made the survey and the work of con-\\nstructing the road was immediately com-\\nmenced. On November 19, 1852, the ferry\\njjroperty at Coopers Point, the western ter-\\nminus of the projected road, was purchased\\nof William Cooper for forty thousand dol-\\nlars. Hon. Thomas P. Carpenter was chosen\\n(counsel for tiie company. In October, 185.\\nthe road was formally opened from Coopers\\nI oint through Haddonfield to Long-a-Com-\\ning (now Berlin), a distance of sixteen and\\na half miles, and on July 4, 1854, the entire\\nroad was completed to the ocean and the\\nfirst trains ran over the route on that day.\\nSoon after the completion of the railroad\\na telegraph line was extended by the company\\nalong the entire route. In 1865 this line was\\nleased by the American Telegraph Company\\nand subsequently by its successors, the West-\\nern Union Telegraph Comjiany.\\nThe Camden and Atlantic Railroad, as\\ncompleted in 1854, was the first railroad to\\nbe constructed across the State of New Jersey\\nto the ocean, and thus became an influential\\nfactor in developing the internal resources of\\nthe State.\\nThis enterprise in its inception was by\\ncapitalists and business men regarded as ex-\\ntra hazardous. The applicants for the\\ncharter met with no opposition before the\\nLegislature, for no one suspected the road\\nwould be built. There were no towns of\\nany size on the proposed line, but few manu-\\nfacturers, and absolutely nothing at the east-\\nern terminus, save the broad expanse of the\\nAtlantic Ocean.\\nThe arguments that a railroad would bring\\nthe extensive tracts of waste land into market\\nat last induced the owners of these lands to\\nmove in the matter and after many consulta-\\ntions the work was begun. The opposition\\nand annoyances that follow all such under-\\ntakings were attendant on this, and often\\nthe projectors saw nothing short of insolven-\\ncy and individual ruin surrounding them.\\nAs any town was reached, a line of passen-\\nger cars would be put on, which produced\\nsome revenue and encouraged the stockhold-\\ners. Occasionally rumors were afloat that\\nthe work would be abandoned and the slow\\nmanner in which the grading and track-laying\\neast of Winslow was conducted seemed to\\nconfirm this story. At last the meadows", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0507.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "354\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nwere crossed and the terminal point on Abse-\\nom beach was reached. Visitors looked out\\nu[)on the ocean. They were surrounded Iw\\na barren but a high beach, wiiere tlic bathing-\\nwas all til at could be asked.\\nOut of the sand, the sedge and the slashes\\nnrose a town filled with a permanent, as well\\nas a transient population, seeking after\\niiealth, recreation and fortune.\\nThe line of the road is now crowded with\\ntowns immediate and towns prospective, with\\nliirms and factories where hundreds of people\\nare employed and obtain a comfortable live-\\nlihood. On either side the soil has been\\ncleared and found suitable for all the crops\\nadapted to the climate. Abandoned water-\\npowers are utilized cither for cranl)erry-\\ngrowing or manufacturing. Grapes and all\\ntlie small fruits grow luxuriantly and make\\na pi ofitable yield to the growers, thus main-\\ntaining a population on the soil where noth-\\ning had before been produced.\\nDividends upon the stock of the Camden\\nand Atlantic Railroad Company have been\\npaid as fol lows\\nOctober 1, 1872, three and one-half per cent, on\\nthe preferred stock November 15, 1873, three and\\none-half percent, on the preferred stock October\\n1, 1874, seven per cent, on the preferred stock and\\nthree and one-half per cent, on the common stock\\nMay 1, 1875, three and one-half per cent. Octo-\\nber 1, 1875, three and one-half per cent.; January\\n15, 1876, two per cent. April 15, 1876, two per\\ncent. July 15, 1876, two per cent. October 16,\\n1876, two per cent., all on the preferred, and Jan-\\nuary 15, 1877, two per cent, on common stock No-\\nvember 1, 1879, three and one-half per cent, on\\nthe preferred stock; April 19, 1880, three and one-\\nhalf per cent, on the preferred and common stock,\\n|)ayable in preferred stock-scrip November 15,\\n1882, four per cent, on the preferred stock Feb-\\nruary 1, 1884, seven per cent, on the preferred\\nstock.\\nThe dates of election and terms of office\\nof the several presidents have been as fol-\\nlows\\nAndrew K. H.ay, June 24, 1852, until April 1,\\n1853 John C. Da Costa, April 1, 1853, until April\\n6, 1855 George W. Eichards, April 6, 1855, un-\\ntil July 13, 18.37; Jidin Brodhead, July 13, 1857,\\nuntil October 22, 1863; Joseph W. Cooper, Octo-\\nber 22 to December 18, 18G3 Robert Frazer, De-\\ncember 18, 1863, until October 23, 1873; Andrew\\nK. Hay, October 23, 1873, until March 16, 1876\\nWilliam Massey, president o icm., November 18,\\n1875, until March 16, 1876; John Lucas, March\\n16, 1876, until October 25, 1877 Charles D. Free-\\nman, October 25, 1877, until February 22, 1883;\\nWilliam L. Elkins, February 22, 1883, and Wil-\\nliam J. Sewell, vice-president, March 3, 1883, until\\nthe present time.\\nThe several secretaries and treasurers have\\nbeen elected as follows\\niSamuel Richards, secretary pro tern., June 24,\\n1 852 J. Engle Negus, secretary and treasurer,\\nAugust 25, 1852; Samuel Richards, secretary /jj-o\\niem., September 28, 1852 Robert Frazer, secretary\\nand treasurer, November 5, 1852 Horace White-\\nman, secretary and treasurer, December 18, 1863\\nDaniel M. Zimmerman, secretary and treasurer,\\nDecember 21, 1871 Daniel M. Zimmerman, sec-\\nretary, February 22, 1883, until the present time\\nWilliam Taylor, treasurer, February 22, 1883, un-\\ntil the present time.\\nThe officers of this road are\\nPresident, William L. Elkins Vice-president,\\nWilliam J. Sewell Secretary, Daniel M. Zim-\\nmerman Treasurer, William Taylor. Directors:\\nM illiam L. Elkins, James B. Dayton, Frank\\nThomson, Richard D. Barclay, Thomas H. Dudley,\\nJoseph N. Du Barry, William C. Houston, Ed-\\nmund E. Re.ad, Henry D. Welsh, William Bettle,\\nJohn B. Hay, Enoch A. Doughty, Crawford Miller.\\nThe West Jersey R.\\\\ilroad was in-\\ncorporated February 5, 185.3, by an act of\\nthe Legislature, which authorized the. con-\\nstruction of a road from Camden City, through\\nGloucester, Salem, Cum])er]and and Cape\\nMay Counties, to a terminus at or near Cape\\nIsland, in the last-named county.\\nThe incorporators were Thomas H. Whit-\\nney, Lewis Mulford, John W. Mickle,\\nGeorge M. Ward, Samuel S. Movey, David\\nPotter, E. L. B. Wales, Richard P. Thomp-\\nson, Charles E. Elmer, Richard C. Holmes,\\nNewcomb J. Thompson, Francis N. Buck,\\nBenjamin F. Lee, Samuel J. Reeves, Abra-\\nham Browning, John A. Elkiuton, Joshua\\nSwain, Jr., Richard D. Wood, Benjamin Ac-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0508.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "PUBLIC INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.\\n355\\ntoil, Jr., Thomas j\\\\Iills, Tliomas Jones\\nYorke, Saiiiiiel A. Whitney, Mark Deviue\\nand Daniel E. EstelL\\nBooks were opened tor receiving stock\\nsubscriptions, but, althongii great elibrts\\nwere made by the coramissiouers, or incorpo-\\nrators, to interest the public, very few people\\ncame forward to lend financial aid to the en-\\nterprise, and it appeared as if failure was in-\\nevitable. It was then, when only five hun-\\ndred and twenty-five shares had been taken,\\nall told, that Commodore Robert F. Stock-\\nton exhibited his faith in the ultimate success\\nof the project by subscribing for four thou-\\nsand shares, which amounted to two hundred\\nthousand dollars. This encouraged others,\\nand the affairs of the West Jersey Railroad\\nCompany were in a promising and constantly\\nimproving condition.\\nOn the 3d of May, IH^ A, a Itoard of thir-\\nteen directors was organized, consisting of\\nRobert F. Stockton, Edwin A. Stevens,\\nRobert L. Stevens, John P. Stockton, John\\nW. Mickle, Thomas H. Whitney, John G.\\nRosenijaum, Thomas Jones Yorke, Richard\\nP. Thompson, George M. Ward, David Por-\\nter, Samuel J. Bayard and Joshua Swain, Jr.\\nThe first meeting of the board was lield on\\nthe 9th of May, when Commodore Robert\\nF. Stockton was elected president, Thomas\\nJones Yorke .seci etary, and General William\\nCook chief engineer.\\nPrior to the organization of the company,\\nand following the decline of the Camden and\\nWoodbury Railroad, which had been opened\\nsince 1837, the question of a railroad leading\\nsoutherly had been uuich agitated, and early\\nin 1852 General Cook made preliminary\\nsurveys over three routes, and in his rejiort\\nmentioned the distance over each and the\\ncomparative cost. The first route, via Wood-\\nbury, Glassboro and Millville, seventy-\\neight miles estimated cost, seven hundretl\\nand seventy-five thousand two hundred and\\neighty dollars. The second and still more\\neligible route, vui Woodbury, Glassboro\\nand Millville, eighty-five miles estimated\\ncost, eight hundred and eighty thousand dol-\\nlars. The third and longest route, by way\\nof Salem, with an estimated cost of one mil-\\nlion one hundred and eighty-one thousand\\neight hundred and forty dollars. The esti-\\nmated cost of engines, cars, depots, tanks,\\nstations, etc., was one hundred and twenty\\nthousand dollars.\\nAfter the granting of the charter and valu-\\nation of the route, .ground ^vas broken on\\nSeventh Street, in Camden, by Thomas\\nJcmes Yorke, who threw the first spadeful ol\\neartli, and the work of laying the rails began\\nat the north end in July, LSo. and tlie\\nsection, between Camden and Woodbury,\\nwas completed in August, 1850, and, April\\n15, 1857, regular trains for passengers and\\ntraffic began to run.\\nIn 1862 it was finished to Bridgeton, and\\nfrom Glassboro reaches Cape May by connec-\\ntions with the Millville and Glassboro and\\nCape May and Millville Railroads. The line\\nfrom Glassboro to Millville was built under\\na separate charter, and opened in April, LSIJU.\\nIn 1868 a consolidation took place, which is\\nthus described in the preamble to the act,\\nW/icreas, the West Jersey Railroad connects di-\\nrectly with the Millville and Glassboro Railroads,\\nand by means of tlie latter with the Cape May and\\nMillville Railroad, and also connected directly with\\nthe Salem Railroad, forming altogether one entire\\nsystem of railroads, which can be operatnl with\\ngreater economy under one management and\\nwhereas the West Jersey Railroad Company and\\nthe Millville and Glassboro Railroad Company\\nhave entered into an agreement, bearing date\\nof October 12, l.%7, providing for a consoli-\\ndation of the two companies, so that all their cor-\\nporate powers and franchises shall be merged into,\\nand all their corporate property owned by, the\\nWest Jersey Railroad Company therefore, be it\\nenacted, etc.\\nThe com[)any then leased the Salem Rail-\\nroad, and has since added to its leased lines\\nthe Swedesboro Railroad, the Woodstowu\\nand Swedesboro Railroad and the est Jer-\\nsey and Atlantic Railroad, which latter ex-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0509.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "356\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ntfiuls from Newfield to Atlantic City, was\\nopened in 1881 and includes the Somers\\nPoint Branch. Besides its Bridg;etou Branch,\\nthe West Jersey owns branches to Ocean City,\\nSea Isle City and Townsend s Inlet. It\\nowns one hundred and nineteen miles of road\\nand leases eighty-one. Its capital stock is\\none million four hundred and eighty-four\\nthousand dollars and its funded debt two\\nmillion seven hundred and fifty-two thousand\\ndollars, of which two million dollars is in\\nbonds, guaranteed by the Camden and Amboy\\nRailroad Company, which furnished most\\nof the money for the construction of the\\noriginal line. The West Jersey was in-\\ncluded in the lease of the United Lines to the\\nPennsylvania Railroad and has since been\\noperated by that corporation. The officers of\\nthe road are George B. Roberts, president;\\nWilliam J. Sewell, vice-president William\\nTaylor, secretary and treasurer. The direct-\\nors are George B. Roberts, Coleman F.\\nLeaming, Charles E. Elmer, John M. Moore,\\nThomas H. Dudley, George Wood, J. N.\\nDuBarry, N. Parker Shortridge, Edmund\\nSmith, Henry D. Welsh, Benjamin F. Lee,\\nJames H. Nixon and William J. Sewell.\\nGeneral William J. Sewell was\\nborn in Ireland in 1835. Left an orphan\\nat an early age, he came to the United States\\nin 1851 to join his brother, Mr. Robert\\nSewell, now a prominent lawyer in New\\nYork, who had preceded him. He engaged\\nin business in New York City, and subse-\\nquently, entering the mercantile marine ser-\\nvice, visited all parts of the Eastern world,\\nand the west coast of North and South Amer-\\nica, and became at an early age an officer of\\noue of the American clipper ship fleet of\\nthose days.\\nOn his return from one of his voyages he\\nvisited C hicago, settled there and engaged in\\nmercantile business. On the breaking out\\nof the war he came to New Jersey, where he\\nwas offered a commission as captain of the\\nFifth New Jersey Volunteers, accepted the\\nsame, and jjarticipated in all of the great bat-\\ntles of the Army of the Potomac. General\\nSewell was twice wounded during the war,\\nat Chancellorsville and at Gettysburg, and\\nwas promoted, step by step, until he reached\\nthe colonelcy of his regiment.\\nHe led the celebrated charge at Chancel-\\nlorsville of the Second New Jersey Brigade,\\nwhich he commanded, capturing nine stand\\nof colors from the enem3\\\\ At the close of\\nthe war he was mustered out of service as a\\nbrevet major-general, his brevet reading for\\ndistinguished gallantry on the field of Chan-\\ncellorsville. Returning home to New Jer-\\nsey, he took charge of the business of the\\nCamden and Amboy Railroad Company at\\nCamden, and was in a short time transferred\\nto the superintendency of the West Jersey\\nRailroad Company, from which he was pro-\\nmoted to the office of vice-president of that\\nroad. He has also been aj)pointed president\\nof the Long Beach Railroad Company, of\\nthe Salem Railroad Company and the\\nWoodstown and Swedesboro Railroad Com-\\npany also vice-president of the West Jersey\\nand Atlantic and the Camden and Atlantic\\nRailroad tJompanies, and a director in several\\nother railroad companies. General Sewell\\nwas the originator of one of the most flour-\\nishing banking institutions of the State, that\\nof the Camden Safe Deposit and Trust Com-\\npany. Early seeing the want of a savings\\nbank for the accommodation of the mass of\\nthe people, he obtained a charter from the\\nLegislature, and, with some friends, started\\nthis bank, which has met a want long felt in\\nCamden, and the success of which has ex-\\nceeded the anticipations of its promoters. He\\nis also director of the C^amden Iron Works,\\nwhich he helped to start up after a long\\nperiod of idleness and depression.\\nThe political career of General Sewell\\nshows the manner in which his business\\n(jualifications, his untiring energy and fealty\\nto his party and the best interests of the\\nState are appreciated i)y the people of his", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0510.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "PUBLIC INTERNAL IMPJIOVEMENTS.\\n357\\nhomo, and, in fact, of tlie whole State. He\\nwas elected as State Senator from Camden\\nCounty in 1872, re-elected in 1875 and\\nagain in 1878, and for three years was presi-\\ndent of the State Senate. He also represented\\nthe party as delegate-at-large to the National\\nRepublican Conventions of 187G, 1880 and\\n1884, on each of which occasions he was\\ncomj^limented by being made cliairmau of\\nthe State delegation. During his long service\\nin the Senate of New Jersey, General Sewell\\ntook a leading part in all the important leg-\\nislation of that time, which included the\\nchange in the State Constitution, the ado])tion\\nof general laws and the passage of the (gen-\\neral Railroad Law. He was made United\\nStates Senator in 1881, succeeding Mr.\\nTheodore F. Randolph, which position he\\noccupies at the jDresent time. One of the\\nlast acts of the late session of Congress was\\na recognition by that body of General Sew-\\nell s services in the field, by electing him one\\nof the managers of the National Home for\\nDisabled A- ^oluntcer Soldiers, as the successor\\nof General McClellan.\\nThe Camden and Woodbury Rail-\\nroad AND Transportation Company was\\nchartered on the 1st of March, 18.36, with\\nan authorized capital of one hundred thou-\\nsand dollars, in shares of fifty dollars each.\\nIt was authorized to build a road not exceed-\\ning sixty-six feet in width from Camden to\\nWoodbury, a distance of eight miles. The\\npei sons named as corporators were James\\nMatlack, Joseph Ogden, Robert L. Arm-\\nstrong, Jesse Smith, Joseph Fithian, Joseph\\nFranklin, John M. Watson, Charles F. Clark,\\nJoseph Saunders, John C. Smallwood, Sam-\\nuel Webster and others.\\nThe road was built and operated. A sup-\\nplement to the original act was passed in tlie\\nwinter of 1837-38, authorizing branches to\\nbe built to Gloucester Point Ferry, to\\nKaighns Point Ferry and to Haddonfield,\\nbut they were never constru(rted and Mai cli\\n1, 1839, a supplement also was jjassed,\\n42\\nauthorizing the extension from tlie southern\\nend of the road to some point on Delaware\\nBay between the mouth of Stow Creek and\\nthe light-house on Cape May. Soon after\\nthis time the road passed into the possession\\nof Henry R. Campbell, who associated with\\nhim his brother, John D. t ampbell, who\\nadvertised April 1, 1840, that they were run-\\nning steam-cars on the road. Benjamin\\nWilkins was superintendent of the road. In\\nFebruary, 1847, the Campbells petitioned the\\nLegislature for a charter for the Camden\\nand Woodbury Railroad Company, to in-\\nclude all the rights and privileges of the\\nCamden and Woodbury Railroad and Trans-\\njiortation CVimpany, now greatly dilajiidat-\\ned, and also asked authority to extend the road\\nfrom Woodbury to Carpenters Landing.\\nThe petition was granted and an act was\\npassed February 24, 1847. The road was\\nrepaired and partially reconstructed and run\\nfor a time, but business was not sufficient to\\nsustain it and it was sold to Amos Campbell,\\nwho replaced the steam-cars with horses\\nand operated it for a time, when it was aban-\\ndoned and the tracks torn up. The line is\\npractically that of the present West Jersey\\nRailroad.\\nThe Camden and Burlington Coun-\\nty Railroad extends from C;uuden to\\nPemberton, twenty-two and one-half miles,\\nand from Burlington to Mount Holly, seven\\nand one-(juarter miles. It was leased to the\\nCamdeu and Amboy Railroad Com])any\\nJune 1, 1868, and sub-leased in 1871 to the\\nPennsylvania Railroad Company. It cost\\nto build seven hundred and thirty-one thou-\\nsand nine hundred and twenty-five dollars,\\nwhich is represented by three hundred and\\neighty-one thousand nine hundred and twen-\\nty-five dollars in capital stock and three hun-\\ndred and fifty thousand dollars in bonds.\\nThis road embodies the franchises and work\\nof four companies which j)receded it and\\nwere finally merged with it.\\nThe fii st of these was The Mount Holly", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0511.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "358\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nand Camden llailroad Company, whicli was\\nchark i ed March 4, 1830, and re-chartered\\nFebruary 11, 1848, and subseqnently united\\nwith the Camden, Moorestown, Hainesport\\nand Mount Holly Horse-Car Railroad Com-\\npany, which was chartered March 15, 1859,\\nand which, notwithstanding its title, had\\nauthority to use steam, and was built as a\\nsteam road.\\nThe Burlington and Mount Holly Rail-\\nroad and Transportation Company was char-\\ntered February 11, 1848, and by the act of\\nMarch 20, 1857, its name was changed to the\\nBurlington County Railroad Company.\\nOn the 28th of July, 1854, the Camden\\nand Pemberton Agricultural Railroad Com-\\npany was chartered, with authority to build\\na railroad from .some point in Camden\\nthi ough Camden and Burlington Counties\\nto some point in the borough of Pemberton.\\nOn the 1st of June following, the stockliold-\\ners met at the hotel of James Elwell, in\\nCamden, to elect nine directors. In the No-\\nvember following a route was surveyed from\\nCamden to Freehold and right of way ob-\\ntained. The route was through Mount Holly\\nand Moorestown, thence to Pemberton, where\\nit branched, the north branch leading to\\nSouth Amboy and the south branch to Toms\\nRiver. This road was completed, and in\\ntime merged with the others.\\nFinally, by an act passed February 6,\\n1866, the Burlington County and the Cam-\\nden, Moorestown, Hainesport and Mount\\nHolly Company were permitted to consoli-\\ndate as the Camden and Burlington County\\nRailroad and to connect with the Camden\\nand Amboy outside of Camden.\\nThe New Jersey Southern Railhoad,\\nwhich extends from Port Monmouth to Atco,\\nCamden County, was chartered March 3,\\n1854, as the Raritan and Delaware Bay\\nRailroad C Ompany, and was finished in 1863.\\nIn 1867 it fell into the hands of a receiver,\\nwas sold September 19, 1869, and reorgan-\\nized un ler its present name. March 31,\\n1879, it was again sold under a second fore-\\nclosure, the first mortgage bondholders buy-\\ning it for seven hundred and fifty-two thou-\\nsand dollars. It was then leased to the Cen-\\ntral Railroad of New Jersey, and thus passed\\nto the control of the Philadelphia and Read-\\ning Company, which guaranteed the interest\\non the bonds. The capital stock is one mil-\\nlion five hundred and ninety thou-sand six\\nhundred dollars, and its bonded debt one\\nmillion seven hundred and ninety thousand\\nsix hundred dollars.\\nThe Williamstowu Railroad is a branch of\\nthe New Jersey Southern, and extends from\\nAtco to Williamstowu.\\nThe Camden and Haddonfield Pas-\\nsenger Railroad Company was chartered\\nMarch 4, 1859, with an authorized capital of\\nfifty thousand dollars, twenty-five dollars per\\nshare. As projected, the line was to begin\\nat the foot of Market Street, pass through\\nMarket and Federal Streets and near the\\nHaddonfield turnjiike to the village of Had-\\ndonfield, but it was not built.\\nThe Camden, Gloucester and Mount\\nEphraim Railroad was built, in 1875,\\nfrom Camden to Gloucester, by an incorpo-\\nrated company, but was, in fact, the individ-\\nual enterprise of David S. Brown, who\\nbought the great majority of the stock and\\nfurnished most of the money for its construc-\\ntion, in order that he might have steam trans-\\nportation between his extensive cotton mills\\nand bleacheries at Gloucester, and the railroad\\nand ferry facilities at Camden and Philadel-\\nphia. In 1878 it was extended to Mount\\nEphraim, but worked only as a local I oad. It\\nwas built as a narrow gauge, the width be-\\ntween rails being but two and a half feet,\\nthe narrowest at that time of all the roads\\nin the eastern part of the United States. In\\n1884 it was bought by the Philadelphia and\\nReading Railroad Company as the South Cam-\\nden iinktothesystem which it was endeavoring\\nto perfect in South Jersey through the Phila-\\ndelphia and Atlantic City, the Jersey Southern", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0512.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "I UP.LIC INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.S,\\n359\\niiiul the Vinekiud liaii roads. Tliis purchase\\nnecessitated a change to the standard gauge,\\nand in May, 1885, the alteration was made,\\nand a connection with the Philadelpliia and\\nAtlantic City Road accordingly established.\\nJames P. Michelon has been president since\\n1879, W. Bertolet is secretary, and the other\\nofficials are those of the Pliiladelphia and\\nReading Company.\\nThe Philadelphia and Atlantu\\nCity Railway Company was chartered\\nMarch 24, 1876, and on July 1, 1877, the\\nfirst train was run through from Camden to\\nAtlantic City, which by this line is a distance\\nof fifty-four and a half miles. It passed into\\nthe hands of a receiver, and on September\\n2i), 1883, the road was sold under foreclosure\\nand reorganized witii the word railway\\nin its title changed to railroad. The\\nauthorized capital stock of the new company\\nis one million two hundred thousand dollars.\\nIt was originally constructed as a narrow-\\ngauge road, which, after the company s re-\\norganization, was changed to the standard\\ngauge. It has been associated with the\\nPhiladelphia and Reading Railroad Com-\\npany, whose officers control it through the\\nownership of a majority of its stock. The\\nroad is now well patronized and is in ex-\\ncellent condition.\\nThe Philadelphia, Marlton and\\nMedfoed Railroad Company was organ-\\nnized January 7, 1880, for the purpo.se of\\nl)nilding a railroad between the city of\\nPliiladelphia and Medford, by way of Had-\\ndonfield and Marlton, a distance of about\\neighteen miles. Previous to this undertaking\\na line had been built between Medford and\\nMount Holly, but did not accommodate those\\nwishing to go to Philadelphia, and a line of\\nrailroad was contemplated between Keyport,\\non Raritan Bay, in Monmouth County, and\\nPhiladelphia, partly graded and then aban-\\ndoned. This was intended to pass through\\nMedford, Marlton and Ellisburg to Kaiglnis\\nPoint, Camden.\\nIn view of these failures, a few gentlemen\\nabout Medford and Marlton soliiutcd the\\ndirectors of the Camden and Atlantic Rail-\\nroad to assist in building a line of railroad\\nfrom their road at Haddonfield to Medford\\nand after the route had been adopted and\\nthe approximate cost ascertained, they con-\\nsented to do so, and the work was commenced\\nthe same year (1880). The first board of\\nofficers were, President, Charles D. Free-\\nman Secretary and Treasurer, Daniel M.\\nZimmerman Directors, Charles D. Free-\\nman, Benjamin Cooper, George T. Da Costa,\\nElijah B. Woolston, John Lucas, Henry W.\\nWills, Samuel C. Cooper, Elwood Evans,\\nWilliam C. Houston, Joseph Evans, Enoch\\nA. Doughty and Edmund E. Read.\\nJ. Lewis Rowaud was appointed chief\\nengineer, and the line first run by him was,\\nafter considerable discussion, adopted and the\\nroad built thereon, and with the ordinary\\nhinderances, the work progressed and was\\nfinished in 1881, and ready for use. This\\nroad opened one of the best agricultural dis-\\ntricts in the State, and was at once patronized\\nby the people of the towns along and near the\\nroute and the thrifty farmers in that region,\\nthey well understanding the diiference be-\\ntween the speed and comforts of transporta-\\ntion on a railroad and that of bad highways\\nand jaded teams for such long distances.\\nThe connection made at Medfonl with the\\nMount Holly Branch completes the line be-\\ntween Philadelphia and that point, with con-\\ntinuous lines to various important connections\\nin other places. The Camden and Atlantic\\nRailroad having come under the government\\nof the Penusylvania Railroad system, this road\\nis now likewise controlled. Its officers are\\nWilliam L. Elkins, president; D. M. Zimmer-\\nman, secretary; and William Taylor, treasurer.\\nDirectors: William L. Elkins, Daniel M. Zimmer-\\nman, Edmund E. Read, William C. Houston, Ben-\\njamin Cooper, Ellwood Evans, Elijah B. Woolston,\\n.Toseph Evans, Joshua S. Wills, Crawford Miller,\\nCharles J. Walton, Sr., Job Br.addock, David D.\\nGriscom.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0513.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "360\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nCHAPTER XIX.\\nnavigation a.\\\\d ship-building.\\nNavigation on the Delaware.\\nIn 1786 Camden was not much more than\\na scattering of ferrymen s houses on the shore,\\nand farm mansions a little farther back but\\nsuch members of its scanty population as\\nwere on the river-front on the \u00e2\u0096\u00a020th of July\\nof that year joined with the spectators from\\nthe Philadelphia side in witnessing the first\\nattempt made anywhere in the world, there\\nis reason to believe, to jiropel a boat by means\\nof a steam-engine. The inventor and exper-\\nimenter was John Fitch, born in Connecticut\\nin January, 1743, a clock-maker by trade,\\nwho, after failing as a potash manufacturer,\\narmorer to the State of New Jersey, sutler\\nin VVashington s army, land sjteculator in\\nKentucky and surveyor in Pennsylvania,\\nconceived the notion of driving a wagon on\\nland or a boat on the water by steam, although\\nat that time, April, 1785, he knew nothing\\nof the invention of the steam-engine, but\\nliad noticed the expansive power of steam.\\nHe was then living in Bucks County, Pa.,\\nand made a model with brass machinery,\\nwhich worked so well when he tried it on a\\nsmall stream on Joseph Longstreth s farm, in\\nSouthampton township, that iu August he\\nbrought it to Philadelijhia, where ex-Con-\\ngressman William C. Houston, of New Jer-\\nsey, and Provost John Ewing, of the Uni-\\nversity of Pennsylvania, saw it and were\\nconvinced of its practicability. Fitch sought\\nencouragement from Congress and from the\\nIjegislatures of New Jersey, Pennsylvania\\nand Maryland, all of which refused him\\nany money but New Jersey generously\\ngranted him for fourteen years the exclusive\\nright of making and using every kind of\\nboat or water-craft which might be urged or\\npropelled by the force of fire or steam in the\\nwaters of tiie Stat\\nHowever, he persuaded twenty men,\\namong whom was liiehard Stockton, to take\\na share each in a stock company which he\\nformed, each subscriber paying about twenty\\ndollars down, and with this fund he started\\nto build a steam-boat, having first engaged as\\nassistant machinist Henry Voight, a Phila-\\ndelphia clock-maker, who was willing to ac-\\ncept .stock in payment of his services. At\\ntheir second attempt they turned out an en-\\ngine with a cylinder three inches in diameter,\\nand placing it in a small skitf, they went\\nout on July 20, 1786, to navigate the Dela-\\nware.\\nFITCH S FIEST STEAMBOAT.\\nThe diminutive craft was tried with pad-\\ndles fitted on an endless chain, with what\\nFitch called in his journal a screw of pad-\\ndles, with a screw propeller and with side-\\nwheels turned by the chain, but it would not\\nrespond to any of these devices satisfactorily,\\nand this experiment was a failure. That\\nnight he thought of substituting a crank for\\nthe (ihain movement applied to the oars or\\npaddles. On July 27th the skiff was moved\\nwith this mechanism, and Fitch s financial\\nbackers were sufficiently assured of the suc-\\ncess of his invention, that during the winter\\nof 1786-87 they provided him with the\\nmeans for building an engine with a twelve-\\ninch cylinder and a boat forty-five feet long\\nand twelve feet beam. August 22, 1787,\\nsaw the fruition of his labors, for then the\\nboat steamed along the river-front in the\\njiresence of many members of the convention\\nwhich fi amed the Federal Constitution, and\\nwitliin a siiort tinu^ (Jovernor Randolph,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0514.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "NAVIGATION AND SIIll -BUILDlXC!.\\n3G1\\nDavid Ilittenhouse. Dr. Jtdm Ewiiig and\\nAndrew Ellicott attested over their sigua-\\ntures his success, Rittenhouse writing that\\nlie had been on board wiieu the boat was\\nworked against both wind and tide, with\\nconsiderable velocity, by tlu force of steam\\nonly.\\nFitch had to defend his rights against the\\nclaims of James Ramsey, of Virginia, to\\npriority of invention of the steamboat, but\\non April 23, 1791, he was granted his patent.\\nMeanwhile he fixed his old machinery in a\\nboat eight feet beam and sixty feet kmg, and\\nchanged his paddles from the sides to the\\nstern of the boat, and in July, 1798, set out\\nfor Burlington. After making that port the\\nboiler leaked so that no steam could be raised,\\nand the boat was suffered to drift back with\\nthe tide. On October 12th the boat ran to\\nBurlington, twenty-three miles distant, in\\nthree hours and ten minutes, with thirty pas-\\nsengers and against a tide setting two miles\\nan hour. In March, 1789, Fitch built an\\nND -TEAMBO VT\\nengine with an eighteen-iuch cylinder, and\\nwith a new boat the run to Trenton was\\nmade at a speed of eight miles an hour on\\nMay 11, 1790. On June 14th the steam-\\nboat was advei-tised as ready to take pas-\\nsengers from Ai ch Street ferry every Monday,\\nWednesday and Friday for Burlington,\\nBristol, Bordentown and Trenton, to return\\non Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.\\nPrice for passage, 2s. 6(/., to Iiurlington and\\nBri.stol s. dd. to Bordentown 5,s. to Tren-\\nton. Trips were also made across to Cam-\\nden during the summei-, and to the Schuyl-\\nkill, Chester and Wilmington. A still larger\\nboat, to be called the Perseverance, was\\nplanned, l)ut was destroyed by a storm before\\ncom] letion, and Fitch, becoming involved in\\npecuniary troubles, left this neighborhood,\\ngoing to Kentucky, where he had purchased\\nlauds. His death occurred at Bardstown,\\nKy., July 2, 1798.\\nThe next steamer was seen on the Dela-\\nware in the summer of 1797. The engine\\nwas built near Bordentown by Sam. Morey,\\nof Connecticut, and the boat had paddle-\\nwheels at the sides. In 1804 Oliver Evans,\\nthe Philadelphia inventor, constructed a ma-\\nchine for cleaning docks at his shops in that\\ncity, placed it upon wheels connected with\\nthe engine, propelled it to the Schuylkill,\\nthere attached a stern-wheel, launched it and\\nsteamed around to the Delaware and up to\\nBeverly, returning to the city the next day.\\nIn 1807 Robert L. Stevens brought around\\nb sea the steamboat Phoenix, which had\\nliKU built at Hoboken by John C. Stevens,\\nmd in 1809 this boat was making regulaj.\\nti ips to Bordentown, in charge of Cai taiu\\njNIoses Rodgers. New York passengers were\\nI dvcn by stage from Bordentown to Washing-\\nI )n, N. J., and thence to New York by boat.\\nV steamboat called the New Jersey was\\npi iced on the river during the summer of\\n1S12, making regular trips to Whitehill, the\\nlanding next below Bordentown. The\\nEagle, built at Kensington by Moses\\nRodgers, began running to Burlington in\\nJune, 1813, and from thence onward the fleet\\nincreased, the business of most of the vessels\\nbeing, besides accommodating the local\\ntravel, to connect with the stage-lines across\\nN(!W Jersey and with the railroads when they\\nsuperseded the older method of land travel.\\nPassengers from C amdcn crossed the rivcu- by\\nthe ferries to reach the steamers, as they have", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0515.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "362\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSJEY.\\nto (lu at present, no lines ever having been\\nestablished from Camden.\\nFerries on tue Delaware. ^llapid\\nsettling upon either bank of a great tidal\\nriver and upon the shores of its numerous\\nnavigable affluents, and prompted by busi-\\nness and social intercourse to frequent com-\\nmunication, public ferries became a necessity\\nto the Swedish and English colonists as soon\\nas they produced anything for barter or sale.\\nThe people of each nationality included men\\nwho, coming from the seaports of the old\\ncountries, were skilled in the construction\\nand handling of small boats, and none gifted\\nwith the slightest prescience could have failed\\nto foresee that in supplying the j^opular want\\nof transportation across the streams there was\\nto be a lucrative business done. It is likely\\nenough that before the advent of the Friends,\\nthe Swedes had some system of ferriage be-\\ntween their settlements in West Jersey and\\nthose on the other side of the Delaware, but\\nthere is nothing in any of the records to show\\nfor it or to give names and locations. But\\nwhen the English Friends, witii their clearer\\nideas of accommodating trade and travel, and\\ntheir habit of placing public enterprises un-\\nder the sanction of the law, took possession\\nof the land, they recognized the occupation\\nof the ferryman as one to be encouraged and\\nregulated, and the requisite facilities for its\\nconduct were soon provided.\\nIt has been taken for granted by certain\\nhistorians of the locality that anterior to 1687\\nthere was no ferry on the Delaware below\\nthat by which the first road between New\\nYork and Philadeljihia crossed the river at\\nthe falls but in Clement s First Settlers in\\nNewton Township thei-e is specific mention\\nmade of a feriy previously in existence, be-\\ntween the Indian settlements on the opposite\\nside of the river which was continued by\\nthe early English settlers of AVest Jersey,\\nand lends force to the theory that one of\\ntheir primary undertdvings was to provide\\ntransit between the eastern and western\\nshores. This ferry ran between Siiack-\\namaxon, the place of Penn s treaty, and\\nthe present Coopers Point, on the property\\nconveyed to William Cooper, the survey of\\nwhich is dated June 12, 1682. The latter\\nnamed this estate Pyne Point, because of\\nthe heavy growth of the conifer-bearing trees\\nupon it and it is one of the curious coinci-\\ndences with which history is so plentifully\\npointed that this ancient ferry had its eastern\\nterminus upon the land of the founder in\\nAmerica of the family which, in succeeding\\ngenerations, so deeply engaged in the business\\nof transportation across the Delaware. The\\norigin of this ferry is not known, but as in\\n1682 a business meeting of Friends was held\\nalternately at Thomas Fairman s house, on the\\nPhiladelphia side, and William Cooper s, on\\nthe Jersey shore, it is a sound conclusion that\\nsome occasional means of conveyance across the\\nriver had already been furnished. It is equal-\\nly probable that Cooper had some supervi-\\nsion of this ferry, and that it bore some rela-\\ntion to the controversy between William Poy-\\ndon and himself concerning the boundaries of\\ntheir lands. Before the Pyne Point prop-\\nerty of William Cooper was surveyed, Roy-\\ndon had made a survey lower down the river,\\nwith which the Cooper tract was found to\\ninterfere, and the dispute was not quieted\\nuntil the second William Cooper, grandson of\\nthe first settler, purchased the larger part of\\nthe Roydou survey, in 1723. Roydon how-\\never appears to have been the first to estab-\\nlish a constant means of communication and\\nin 1687 to have obtain a legalized monopoly\\nof Delaware ferriage by himself, by the fol-\\nlowing proceedings\\nWliereas, At a court held at Gloucester upon ye\\nfirst day of ye first month in ye year 1G88, it was\\npresented to ye bench that a constant and com-\\nmon ferry was very useful! aud much wanted from\\nJersey to Philadelphia, aud also that William\\nRoydon s house was judged a place convouieiil,\\nand ye said William Roydon a person suitable for\\nthat employ and therefore an order from ye court\\nwas then (granted for yo cstablishnient and fixiiij;", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0516.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "NAVIGATION AND SHIP-BUILDING.\\n363\\nof ye sume. Whereto ye bench did theu mid there\\nassent, and reft erred to ye Grand Jury ye methodiz-\\ning of ye same and to fix ye rates thereof, whicli\\nwas by them agreed and concluded upon as here-\\nunder follows\\nTherefore we permit and appoint that a com-\\nmon passage or ferry for man and beast be pro-\\nvided, fixed and settled in some convenient and\\nproper place between ye mouths or entrances of\\nCoopers Creek and Newton Creek, and that ye\\ngovernment, managing and keeping of ye same be\\ncommitted to ye said William Roydon and his\\nassigns, who are hereby empowered and appointed\\nto establish, fix and settle ye same within ye lim-\\nits aforesaid, wherein all other persons are desired\\nand requested to keep no other common or public\\npassage or ferry.\\nAnd ye said William Eoydon shall prepare\\nand provide good and sufficient boats, with other\\nconveniences suitable to ye said employ, to be in\\nreadiness at all times to accommodate people s\\nactions, and shall take no more than six pence per\\nhead for such persons as shall be by him ferried\\nover ye River and not more than twelve pence for\\nman and horse or other beast, and so not exceed-\\ning twelve pence per head for any sort of beast\\nso ferried over, as above said except swine, calves\\nand sheep, which shall pay only six pence per head\\nand no more.\\nThese proceeding.^ are signed by Frauci.\\nCollins, Andrew Robeson, John Wood,\\nChristopher Watkins and Samuel Spicer,\\nand on the 24th of April, 1689, the order\\nwas entered, examined and recorded l)y\\nJohn Reading, recorder.\\nRoydon s ferry ran from Camden to Pliil-\\nadelphia, and there was a wide margin al-\\nlowed as to its terminal points on either side\\nof the river. He does not appear to have\\nmade a success of it, and in a few years sold\\nit to the first William Cooper, who gave it in\\n1(J95 to his son Daniel, who the same year,\\nobtained license from the Gloucester County\\nCourt for keepiug a ferry over the river to\\nPhiladelphia at the prices following\\nFor a man and horse, one shilling and six\\npence; for a single horse or cow, one .shilling and\\nthree pence for a single man, ten pence and\\nwhen ten or more, six pence per head and six\\npence per head for sheeps, calfs or hoggs.\\nWhen Daniel Cooper died, in 171 5, the ap-\\npraisement of ills pergonal property included\\ntwo terry-boats, showing that he resided at\\nthe ferry and was its proprietor at the time\\nof his death. In 1730 his son, the second\\nWilliam, petitioned Governor John Mont-\\ngomerie for a license to keep a ferry whei-e\\none had been kept for more than forty\\nyears, which license was granted with the\\nexclusive right of ferry for two miles above\\nand two miles below, so long as he accommo-\\ndated the people, upon the payment of one\\nshilling yearly on the feast day of St. Mich-\\nael the Archangel. This charter not only\\ncovered the middle ferry and the Coopers\\nPoint privileges, but it also extended below\\nKaighns Point, and as the first William\\nCooper had forty-five years before bought\\nthe Roydon ferry, the probability is that the\\nCoopers in 1730 owned all the ferry rights\\nexcept that of John Reading, who, on June\\n1, 1()95, had been empowered by the court\\nto keep a ferry over Gloucester River (Tim-\\nber Creek), and from Gloucester to Wickaeci\\nfor a single man and horse two shillings and\\nsix pence; and four shillings per head for\\nmore than one horse and cow and one shil-\\nling and six pence for a single man and one\\nshilling per head when more than one from\\nGloucester to Wickaco and five pence per\\niiead for horses, cows, c.; and two pence jjer\\nhead for mau without horses or cattell over\\nGloucester River. Thus Reading had come\\ninto possession of a ferry ijetween Gloucester\\nPoint and the former Swauson lands at the\\nlower end of Philadelphia, while the Coopers\\nowned and ran the ferries higher up the\\nstream. As roads were straightened and im-\\nproved, bridges built and the country more\\nthickly settled. Cooper s ferries had the pref-\\nerence with travelers, since the distance across\\nthe river was much shortened, with less\\nrisk and much greater speed. The later his-\\ntory of the Gloucester ferries will be found\\nfarther on in this chapter. Tlu; amount\\nof business done at these ferries may b(^\\ninferred from the numlxr of inhaliitauts in", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0517.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "86i\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ntliis region in those days. The ceusus of\\nGloucester County taken in 1737 shows a\\npopuhition of three tliousand two hundred\\nand sixty-seven, including one hundred and\\ntwenty-two slaves. A large proportion of\\ntliese lived near some navigable stream, de-\\npending upon boats as a means of travel,\\nand in going to Philadelphia they would use\\ntheir own transportation and not cross either\\nat Gloucester or Coopers ferry. Also it has\\nbeen seen that in 1715 Daniel Cooper had\\nbut two ferry-boats, no doubt of ordinary\\nsize and without capacity for carrying aiany\\npeople, which kind of evidence goes very far\\nto prove that the means, though scanty, were\\nsufficient for the wants of the public.\\nNew Jersey and Pennsylvania legislation\\nregarding the ferries between the two prov-\\ninces was not always cotemporaneous, but in\\nthe main the acts of each were in harmony.\\nIn 1700 Pennsylvania ordered that no ferry-\\nman be permitted to ply the river Delaware\\nin this government without first giving\\nbond that they shall not carry out of or\\ninto this province any strangers that may be\\nsuspected of piracy or being criminals or run-\\naways. In 1718 the second William\\nCooper obtained from the Pennsylvania As-\\nsembly a confirmation of the franchises which\\nhe enjoyed in New Jersey, the Assembly, on\\nFebruary 22d of that year, passing an act for\\nerecting a ferry at or neiu- the laud of Dan-\\niel Coojjer, deceased, and also to Glouces-\\nter in the AVestern division, N. J. On\\nAugust 18, 1727, another act was passed\\nfor establishing a ferry from the city of\\nPhiladelphia to the lauding at or near the\\nhouse of Willian\\\\ Cooper, and another from\\nor neiir the city bounds to Gloucester, in\\nNew Jersey.\\nThe landings on tlu; Pliiladcljihia side are\\nsaid to have been at Market (then High) Street\\nand below it, except the one known as the\\nOld Ferry, which was between Market\\nand Arch Ktreets. The Penn.sylvania act of\\n1727 conferred the ti rry jurisdiction upon\\nthe Common Council of Philadelphia, which\\nit exercised by appointing Sylvanus Smout\\nas ferryman, with a lease of one year, termin-\\nating in September, 1728. Smout worked\\nin conjunction with the Coopers, and in 1735\\nthe Penns confirmed the right of the muni-\\ncipal corporation to make grants of ferry\\nprivileges from Cohoeksink Creek to beyond\\nthe south bounds of the (;ity. After Smout,\\nWilliam Rawle, brother-in-law of William\\nCoojier, was appointed ferryman on the\\nPennsylvania side, with a seven years lease,\\nfor which he paid thirty pounds per annum.\\nHe died before February 24, 1748, as on\\nthat date Cooper, who was one of his execu-\\ntors, applied for a new lease in his own name,\\nto run until Francis Rawle, son of William,\\nshould attain his majority and be able to un-\\ndertake the business for himself. The\\nyounger Rawle got the lease for himself in\\n1755, and as he was also dead at its expira-\\ntion, in 1763, it was awarded to his widow,\\nRebecca Rawle, and his executors paid the\\nrental up to March, 1769.\\nWilliam Cooper, son of Daniel and grand-\\nson of William, in 1723 came into posses-\\nsion of all the Roydon lands, and in 1744\\nconveyed to his son Daniel one hundred acres\\nof land, including the site of the Federal\\nStreet ferry. The site of the old ferry was\\na little south of the foot of Cooper Street,\\nand was probably abandoned about 1755 or\\n1760, as it was not mentioned even in the\\ndeed from William Cooper to his son Jacob\\nin 1764, which conveyed to him the property\\non the river between a point a short distance\\nnorth of Cooper Street, south to near Arch\\nStreet. The history of the ferries will be\\ngiven under their diiJerent names.\\nThe primitive boats of the settlers were\\nsmall skiffs, but as the demands of transpor-\\ntation increased, they were succeeded by the\\nwherries. These were capital craft and most\\nadmirably ada])ted to their work. They\\nwere from twenty-five to forty feet long, with\\n;i l)eani of one-tliinl their length, were clink-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0518.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "NAVIGATION AND SHIP-BUILDING.\\n365\\ner-built, and their long, sharp prows were\\nshod with iron, which protected them from\\nbeing cut through when they were driven\\nagainst the floating ice in tiie winter passages.\\nIf the river was hard frozen, they were placed\\nupon runners and dragged across by hand.\\nWomen and children were then allowed to\\nremain in the boats, but the able-bodied\\nmen were expected to work their passage at\\ntlie ropes. For the ferriage of horses, cattle,\\nvehicles, etc., there were the horse-boats,\\nhuge, flat-bottomed scows, propelled by enor-\\nmous sweeps, that under opposing conditions\\nof tides might take an hour to make the\\ncrossing. The immediate forerunner of\\nsteam was the marvelous construction known\\nas a team-boat, which had wheels upon\\nits sides, the motive-power of which was\\nfurnished by horses working on some boats\\nin the fashion of a treadmill and on another\\npattern traveling in a circle at the ends of\\niiorizontal arms which had a cogged gearing\\nto the shaft. Eight, nine or ten horses were\\nemployed in a boat of this class, which was\\na vast improvement upon manuallabor atthe\\noars and no mean approximation to steam-\\npower. The year was divided by the ferry-\\nman into summer and winter seasons, one\\nextending from March to December, and the\\nother from December to March. After the\\nRevolutionary War the business became sys-\\ntematized and by general consent the ferry-\\nmen establislied a uniform scale of summer\\nprices For each passenger, twelve and a half\\ncents for wagon and horses, one dollar and\\na half; for man and horse, fifty cents, and for\\ncattle per head, fifty cents. lu the winter\\ntliis tariff was doubled, and the senior ferry-\\nmaster decided when the advance was to be\\nmade. He gave the signal for the double\\ntolls by ordering the horse-boats from their\\nanchorage in the river to the wharves. Dr.\\nFisler gives these names of some of the team-\\nboats: The Ridgway, built by Benjamin\\nReeves, whicli ran from the foot of Cooper\\nStreet the Washington, whirli i)licd be-\\ntween Market Street, Oatndcn, and Market\\nStreet, Philadelpliia the PIkcuIx,\\nMoses Lancaster, Constitution and\\nIndependence.\\nSteam was first used in 1810, but to a lim-\\nited extent, and often a return was made to\\nthe team-boats. The first steam ferry-boat\\nwas built in 1810 by James Bispham and was\\ncommanded by Captain Ziba Kellum, and\\nran from Camden to Market Street. It is\\nan unsettled question whether this boat ran\\nfrom Kaighns Point or Cooper Street ferry.\\nShortly after James Springer built one. In\\n1813 William Cooper built the Rebecca\\nIt was not until the ferry companies were or-\\nganized that ferry-boats were fitted for run-\\nning through ice and making regular trips\\nin tiie winter.\\nMessrs. Toy and Reeves, of Federal Street\\nFeny, in 1835, at the request of many citi-\\nzens, tried the experiment of running a\\nnight boat, but were obliged to abandon the\\nentei prise for want of support. The ferry\\ncompanies being better able to sustain loss\\nthan individuals, later began night trips and\\ncontinued them. The Camden and Philadel-\\nphia Ferry Company put on the first night\\nboat July 4, 1842; the last boat left Camden\\nat nine o clock and Philadelphia at half-past\\nnine p.m.\\nThe steam ferry-boat State Rights,\\nbuilt in 1835, was the first boat furnished\\nwith cabins. The necessity of life-saving\\nappliances was not apparent until the disas-\\nter occurred to the ferry-boat New Jersey,\\nMarch 1 5, 1855. From that time, ferrj -boats\\nwere fitted with life-preservers, cork cushions\\nand other appliances not only for saving life\\nbut for extinguishing fire.\\nIn 1828 there were twelve steam ferry-\\nboats in service between Philadelphia and\\nCamden, among them being the William\\nWray, the Pliiladelphia and the Min-\\nette, alias the Dandy, which took passen-\\ngers to and from Joseph Laterno s A^auxhall\\nGarden, Market and Fourth Streets, Cam-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0519.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "366\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nden. In 1843 there were fourteen steamboats,\\ncosting seventy thousand dollars, two from\\nCoopers Point to Arch Street and Kensing-\\nton (or Shackamasou), two from English s\\n(Cooper Street) to Arch Street, three from\\nlower side of Market Street (one of\\nwhich connected with Callowhill), two\\nfrom Cake s (u]iper side of Market\\nStreet), two from Ellwell s (Federal Street) to\\nfoot of Walnut Street, two from Kaighus\\nPoint to foot of South Street and one be-\\ntween Gloucester and Greenwich.\\nCoopers Point Ferry, now the Cam-\\nden and Atlantic Ferry, is the oldest in the\\ncounty to continue. The Point was the prop-\\nerty of William Cooper, who settled upon it\\nin 1680, and doubtless operated a ferry dur-\\ning the summer of 1682, when the Friends\\nwere holding a six weeks business meeting\\nat Shackamaxon and his place. The precise\\ntime the ferry was regularly established is\\nnot known, but that it was in operation be-\\nfore 1708 is ascertained from the deed of\\nWilliam Cooper to his son Joseph, dated\\nFebruary 18th, in that year, to whom he\\nconvoys two hundred and twelve acres, in-\\ncluding the ferry at Coojjers Point. Joseph\\nCooper conveyed one hundred and twenty-\\ntwo acres of the tract of two hundred\\nand twelve to his son Benjamin, including\\nthe ferry, May 2, 1728, who operated it\\nuntil July 1, 1762, when he conveyed it\\nto his son Samuel, who soon after built\\nthe ferry-house now standing and used in\\npart as the office of the Camden and Atlan-\\ntic Railroatl Company. The ferry was con-\\nducted by him many years. About 1800 it\\npassed to his son William, who conducted\\nit until his death, in 1849. William Cooper\\nhad, in 1813, built the steam ferry-boat\\nRebecca (named after his wife), it being\\nthe first steamboat used at that ferry and\\nthe third on the river. The Rebecca\\nalso became known as the Aunt JJecky.\\nA peculiarity of this steamer was the boiler,\\nthe shell of which was of wood clamped\\nwith iron bands. Her single wheel was at\\nher stern, and being the first vessel of the\\nkind on the stream she got a second nick-\\nname The Wheelbarrow. She was com-\\nmanded by Captain Lannery and Captain\\nFred. Rotii. She was succeeded by the\\nCitizen, The Old Coopers Point, and\\nthe Kensington, M hich ran to Poplar\\nStreet. In 1855 the Leo was put on and\\nran to Vine Street Tallacca Arasapha,\\nbuilt in 1861 and which was the first iron\\nferry-boat with beam engine on the Dela-\\nware; Old Atlantic, in 1865; and Coopers\\nPoint, in 1879.\\nIn 1849, the Coopers Point Ferry passed\\nto Joseph W. Cooper, son of William,\\nwho ran it until 1854, when he sold it to the\\nCamden and Atlantic Railroad Company,\\nwho owned it one year, when it again came\\ninto the possession of Joseph W. Cooper, who\\nformed a company and applied to the Legis-\\nlature for a charter for The Coopers Point\\nand Philadelphia Ferry Company, whicii\\nwas granted and approved Fcl)rnary 20,\\n1856. The corporators named in the act\\nwere Joseph W. Cooper, Samuel R. Lippin-\\ncott, John C. Dacosta, Joseph Ellis, Walter\\nD. Bell, Isaac H. Wood, Benjamin W.\\nCooper, who were also named as directors.\\nThe company operated the ferry from that\\ntime until January 24, 1872, when the Cam-\\nden and Atlantic Railroad Company pur-\\nchased the property and have since operated\\nit in connection with their railroad. They\\niiave at present three boats, the New At-\\nlantic, Arasapha, and Coopers Point\\nllint run to Vine Street, Philadelphia.\\nSanniel C. Cooper served as manager for\\nthe ferry company for ten years preceding\\nits sale to the railroad company.\\nThe Kensington and New Jersey Ferry\\nompany, incorporated about fifteen years\\nago, extends from Coopers Point to Ken-\\nsington (Shackamaxon Street, Philadelphia).\\nThis iiu ry is now under the control of the\\nCamden and Atlantic Railroad Company,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0520.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "NAVKiATION AM) SIIIP-BUILD[N(i.\\n367\\n;um1 on it the stfamlxiat Slini kiimaxon is\\nrun.\\nThe Federal Street Feri;y. Tlie\\nsite of the Federal Street Ferry was granted,\\nwith one hundred acres of land, to Daniel\\nCooper in 1744, who, a few years later, doubt-\\nless established a ferry at that place. In\\n17(54 he erected a mansion known after-\\nwards as Parson s Hotel, and inserted a slab\\nwith the letters D. M. C, 1764, which\\nwere for Daniel and Mary (West) Cooper.\\nJoshua Cooper, son of Daniel, took charge of\\nthe ferry and conducted it until 1803. It\\nwas left to bim by will from his father,\\ndated in 1 76S, although he did not possess\\ntill property until several years later. In\\n1790 it was connect cd with the main roads\\nfrom Burlington by a road along the river,\\nintersecting the Cooper Street Ferry, then\\nowned by Daniel Cooper, his nephew. Joshua\\nCooper, in 180.3, leased the Federal Street\\nFerry to Richard Thome for a term of eight\\nyears. Its ownership passed from Joshua\\nCooper to his brother James, who, before\\n1820, sold it to John Wessels, who also in\\nthat year kept a store at the foot of the street\\nwest of the Ferry House, and who ran the\\nferry many years, and at his death, in 1830,\\nloft it to his son, Samuel D., who, in 1832,\\nsold it to Jacob Ridgway. Boats ran to Arch\\nStreet and to Market Street, Philadelphia.\\nAt the former point Ridgway owned the\\nArch Street House, and at Market Street he\\nremoved the old ferry hotel and built the\\nKidgway House in 1837. The ferry prop-\\nerty in Camden embraced all the laud, witli\\nthe improvements thereon, between Arch and\\nFederal, west of Second Street, with much\\nground south of Federal, j)leasure gardens\\ntaking up much of the latter. Ridgway en-\\nlarged the Ferry House by building a wing on\\nFederal Street, built a row of frame liou^^es on\\nArch Street, and made many other improve-\\nments, all of which, together with two hotels\\nin Philadelphia, he sold in 1838 to the Cam-\\nden and Philadelphia Steamboat Ferry Co.\\nIn Decembor, 1780, .Joseph Wright, of\\ni hiladclphia, established the Lower Ferry,\\nwhich also landed at J Vderal Street, starting\\non the western side from Robert Wain s\\nwharf, below tiie drawbridge. It touched at\\nWindmill Island, where Wright erected a\\nhalf-way house and announced that passeu-\\ng(trs woidd always meet with hearty welcome\\nand a liospital)le fire in the cold season to\\nwarm and rei resh themselves while waiting\\nfir an t)pportunity of evading those large\\nfields of ice which generally float up and\\ndown with the tide and obstruct the j)assage\\nduring winter.\\nWright s enterprise of the half-way house\\nwas the seed of an ambitious project\\nthat sprouted in the minds of some citizens\\nof Camden, the most prominent of whom\\nwas Edward Sharp. They conceived, about\\nthe year 1818, the notion of building a bridge\\nbetween Camden and Windmill Island,\\nfrom which access to Philadelphia by a short\\nferry would be easy. A bridge company\\nwas incorporated by the New Jersey Legis-\\nture, and iu order to accommodate the\\nexpected travel, Sharp laid out Bridge Ave-\\nnue in Camden, in 1820, but the scheme fell\\ndead because of the lack of investors in the\\nstock of the company.\\nUnder the Wessel ownership of this ferry,\\nJoseph Wilds and Benjamin Reeves were\\nferry-masters. From 1825 to 1835 Reeves\\nand Isaiah Toy were partners, the former\\nkeeping the ferry-house at the foot of jMarket\\nStreet, I liiladeljihia, and the latter the ferry-\\nhouse at the foot of Federal Street, in Cam-\\nden. Following Toy was John Kinsell, and\\nwith him ends the list of private managers.\\nNeither Joshua Cooper of 1769, Richard\\nThorneof 1811, nor even John Kinsell of 1840\\nwould know the Federal Street Ferry were\\nthey now living to take a survey of it. As\\nlate as 1850 the ferry slips were as far east\\nas Delaware Street, and the process of filling\\nup and moving the landing westward had\\nbeen going on for more than half a century.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0521.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "368\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nIn the earlier years, save the ferry-houses or\\nhotels, there was no shelter for waiting pas-\\nsengers, while now commodious saloons\\ndiscard the necessity for hotels. On April\\n1, 1841, R. C. Cake leased the old ferry-\\nhouse at Federal Street and continued there\\nuntil 1850. He was succeeded by John\\nWoolston, and, in November, 1854, Stephen\\nParsons took the house and kept it until\\nJune, 1882. In 1883 the old house, after\\none hundred and nineteen years of service,\\nwas torn down.\\nCamden and Philadelphia Steam-\\nboat Ferry Company. This company\\nwas incorporated March 5, 1836, with an\\nauthorized capital of one hundred thousand\\ndollars, and the right to purchase, build or\\nlease wharves, slips, piers and buildings to\\nbuild steamboats, vessels and ferry-boats and\\nto arrange a schedule of fares. The following\\npersons were named in the act of incorpora-\\ntion as directors Joseph Ivaighn, Samuel\\nLanning, Gideon V. Stivers, John W.\\nMickle, Richard Fetters, Samuel Harris,\\nIsaac Vansciver, Isaac Cole and William\\nCarman. Joseph Kaighn was chosen presi-\\ndent, and John VV. Mickle secretary and\\ntreasurer.\\nIn the fall of 1837 the company purchased\\nthe Federal Street Ferry of Jacob Ridgway\\nand at once fitted it up, not only for ordinary\\npassenger traffic, but to run in connection\\nwith the Camden and Amboy Railroad. The\\nfirst boat under their charge began its trips\\non the 18th of April in 1838. The company\\nerected a large brick hotel near the ferry-\\nhouse, which was opened by James Elwell\\nand was known as the Railroad Hotel. It\\nwas destroyed by fire April 1, 1842, and re-\\nbuilt as a four-story brick and again occupied\\nby James Elwell. It was eventually torn\\ndown.\\nThe company was infiuential in obtain-\\ning a charter ibr the canal through Wind-\\nmill Island, from the Pennsylvania Legis-\\nlature in February, 1838, and which was\\nso far completed as to be used in 1840.\\nBenjamin Farrow, now living, was placed in\\ncharge of the station on the island and con-\\ntinued sixteen years, when the special privi-\\nleges granted to the company were abandoned.\\nJoseph Kaighn, the president, died in\\n1841, and Samuel Harris was elected in his\\nplace, filling the position until 1844, when\\nJohn W. Mickle was made president and re-\\nmained .such until his death, and William H.\\nGatzmer was made secretary and treasurer, a\\nposition he holds to this day.\\nWhen the ferry company purchased, in\\n1838, John W. Mickle assumed control and\\nmanaged for several years, when, in 1846,\\nJohn J. Benson was appointed superintendent\\nand was followed by Henry Fredericks for\\none year and then by David Craven. In\\nDecember, 1855, the present superintendent,\\nAndrew B. Frazee, was apjiointed, and for\\nnearly thirty-one years he has conducted the\\nferry with rare tact and success. About four\\nmouths after he took charge the terrible\\ndisaster to the New Jersey, which was\\nburned with a loss of sixty of her passengers,\\nalthough no fault of his, so daunted the\\nyoung official that he tendered his resignation,\\nwhicli the directors wisely refu.sed to accept,\\nand his long and useful career, which has\\nwon for him their confidence and the esteem\\nof the community, prove that the officers of\\n1856 knew what they were doing.\\nThe ferry-boat New Jersey, of the Cam-\\nden and Philadelphia Steamboat Ferry Com-\\npany, was burned Saturday evening, March 15,\\n1856, with one hundred passengers on board.\\nIt left the dock, at the foot of Walnut Street,\\nPhiladelphia, between eight and nine o clock,\\nfor Camden, and headed for the canal, which\\nwas found so full of ice that the boat turned\\nnorthward so as to cross the bar above the\\nisland. AVhen nearly opposite Arch Street\\nwharf the boat was discovered to be on fire^\\nnear the smoke-stack. The captain directed\\nthe ])ilot to steer direct for the Arch Street\\nwharf, which was done. The fire spread", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0522.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "NAVIGATIOx\\\\ AND SHIP-BUILDING.\\n369\\nwitli groat rajiiility, and soon tlie pilot aiul\\nengineer were driven from tlieir positions\\nand the boat was nnmanageable. When\\nwitliin thirty feet from tlie wharf the pilot-\\nhouse fell. A flood-tide was setting up the\\nriver at the time, and the boat steered from\\nthe wharf towards the island. Many pas-\\nsengers jumped when near the wharf, and\\nforty-seven were saved. The boat floated\\ntoward the island and lodged on the ice. She\\nwas later towed to the Jersey shore, where\\nshe sank.\\nOf the boats used at this ferry during the\\nfirst quarter of the present century little is\\ncertainly known. The ferry-masters kept\\nfew records and memory dies with he owner.\\nThe first authentic account of a steamboat at\\nFederal Street was the Franklin, in 1820.\\nShe was in command of Captain Richard\\nFetters, and was built by Benjamin Reeves, to\\nrun from Market Street, and transferred to the\\nFederal Street Ferry when he changed his\\nbase. Team-boats propelled by horses mov-\\ning in a circle were used even after steam had\\nbeen tried. From 1820 to 1830 team boats\\nwere used at this ferry. The William\\nWray and Philadelphia were built by\\nToy Reeves in 1828. They were steam-\\nboats, and were in use twenty years after-\\nwards. The Philly, as she was familiarly\\ncalled, was a favorite excursion boat, and was\\nfrequently used on Sunday-school picnics.\\nWhen the Ferry Company came into pos-\\nsession they found on their hands the )ld\\nPhilly, Billy Wray and State Rights.\\nThese came with the ari angements made\\nbetween the ferry company and the railroad\\ncompany in relation to the transfer of pas-\\nsengers across the river to Walnut Street.\\nIn 1835 the Camden and Amboy Railroad\\nCompany built the States Rights, a very\\nlarge and powerful boat which came to be\\ncalled the Ice Breaker, because its size and\\npower fitted it for keeping the channel open\\nin winter. The name was changed to United\\nStates Rights, as the war peri(xl approached\\nand the original title was loinid to he sym-\\nbolical of political (loclriiics niipiipiilar in\\nthis section.\\nFor many years the Camden and Amboy\\nCompany ran a ferry from Bridge Avenue to\\nWalnut Street, and tlie boats of the two com-\\npanies sometimes interchanged positions. The\\nJohn Fitch and New Jersey were added\\nto the fleet. The latter was built ftir the Glou-\\ncester ferry. The Mary followed, and in\\n1852 the Dido. The latter was an iron\\nboat, low in the water, very sharp, of great\\npower and speed, making her way through\\nice that wholly checked the progress of other\\nboats. She was the universal favorite, and\\nif the Kaighns Pointers vowed by the\\nChampion, all others swore by the Dido.\\nAfter A. B. Frazee became superintendent\\nthe Delaware, Camden and Philadel-\\nphia were built. These were wooden boats,\\nbut superior in size, power and accommoda-\\ntion, to any preceding them. They have been\\ndisposed of in various ways. In 1874 the\\nPennsylvania was built. She is of iron,\\nwith iron wheels, the first so constructed, but\\ngenerally copied after since. In 1882 the\\nWenonah and Beverly were con-\\nstructed. They are copied after the Penn-\\nsylvania, but are larger, stronger and more\\npowerful, and stand for the highest type of\\nferry-boats designed for Delaware River\\nferrying. Six million passengers crossed\\nthe ferry in 1886.\\nWith the exception of the New Jersey\\ncatastrophe, this ferry has had no serious\\nmishap. From the first the relations be-\\ntween the ferry and railroad companies were\\nof the most friendly character, and since the\\nlease of the Camden and Amboy Railroad by\\nthe Pennsylvania Company, the latter has\\nassumed control, and although two in law, in\\ntheir workings they are one. The following\\nare the officers and directors, Edmund Smith\\n(president), William H. Gatzraer (secretary\\nand treasurer), John C. Bullitt, William J.\\nSewell, J. Morris Dorraiice, William N.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0523.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "370\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nBannard, JJciijamin F. Archer, John W.\\nMcKniglit, Tliomas H. Dudley; Superin-\\nteiident; A. M. Frazee; Carpenter, Thomas\\nJones; Chief Engineer, Daniel Situpkins.\\nWilliam H. Gatzmer, well and famil-\\niarly known to the active business world as\\nan energetic and leading spirit in the early\\ndevelopment and subsequently successful op-\\neration of the Camden and Araboy Railroad,\\nwas born near Somerville, Somerset County,\\nN. J., July 22, 1807. He is descended on\\ntiie paternal side from German ancestry, his\\nfather having sailed from Coburg to this\\ncountry in 1794, and made his home in Bus-\\ntieton, Pa., near Philadeljjhia. He after-\\nwards removed to Somerset County, N. J.,\\nat which point he became identified with the\\nmilling interests of that section.\\nThe youthful years of William H. Gatz-\\nmer were not unlike those of most boys of\\nhis day, when limited means and scanty\\neducational advantages threw him uponjiis\\nown resources, the early development of\\nwhich contributed greatly to his successful\\nbusiness life in after-years. Such opportu-\\nnities for acquiring an education as were af-\\nforded by the country village in which he\\nlived were well improved, and, at the age of\\ntwelve, he was sufficiently advanced in his\\nstudies to fill a position as clerk in a country\\nstore. A year later he entered a more ex-\\ntensive establishment at Somerville, and at\\nthis place remained nearly five years. His\\nclose attention to the details and requirements\\nof the business won for him the confidence\\nand esteem of his employers, and in appre-\\nciation of his ability a partnership was pro-\\nposed but the lack of capital, together with\\nthe belief that the knowledge of some trade\\nwould render him more sure of success in\\nlife, led him to decline the offer. He then\\nentered a printing-office in the same town.\\nHere, the ambition of the youth became ap-\\nparent he not only quickly became master\\nof all tiie details of this new avocation, but\\ndevoted his leisure hours to the study of\\nscience and literature. Always active, and\\npossessing an energetic spirit, he sought for\\nadvancement, and in 1830 made successful\\napplication to one of the largest steamboat\\ncom])anies of New York City the Stevens\\nBrothers by whom he was made chief clerk\\non the steamer North America. This\\ncompany was constructing, at that time, the\\nCamden and Amboy Railroad. Three years\\nlater, they having completed the eastern sec-\\ntion of this line, Mr. Gatzmer was transfer-\\nred to the steamboat route between New York\\nCity and South Amboy, where he also spent\\nthree years.\\nAfter the completion of the road he en-\\ntered the Philadelphia office, where he dis-\\n])]ayed marked executive ability to such an\\nextent that upon the resignation of Edwin\\nA. Stevens from the presidency of the Cam-\\nden and Amboy Railroad Company, iu 1867,\\nhe was by unanimous consent elected to fill\\nthe vacancy. This substantial recognition of\\nMr. Gatzmer s worth was but justly his due\\nin return for thirty-seven years of faithful\\nand uninterrupted service. This position he\\ncontinued to hold until May, 1872, when the\\nroad was finally leased to the Pennsylvania\\nRailroad Company. jNIr. Gatzmer was\\nidentified with the Lehigh Valley Railroad\\nCompany as early as 185-3 as a director,\\nwhich relation he sustained until 1872, when\\nhe also became consulting manager, and\\nfilled both positions until 1880.\\nThe success of the Camden and Amboy\\nRailroad stimulated the construction of\\nrailroads elsewhere, and the great principle\\ninvolved iu the proper management of rail-\\nroads, approved by him, have been univer-\\nsally adopted, to a greater or less extent, by\\nother railroad companies. He may be justly\\nstyled the railroad Nestor, for we know-\\nof no other gentleman who for so Ljng a pe-\\nriod has maintained the position of the chief\\nmanager of one of the most wealthy and im-\\nportant railroads on this continent.\\nThroughout his active business life his", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0524.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0527.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0528.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "NAVIGATION AND SHIP-BUILDING.\\n371\\n(lispii.sitioii was ever most genial and cordial,\\nand, notwithstanding the pi essiug demands\\nupon iiis time, and the many cares and re-\\nsponsibilities resting upon iiini, he was at all\\ntimes approachable alike to friends and\\nsubordinates. In him are happily blended\\nthe most amiable and courteous manners,\\nwith a firm and resolute decision of charac-\\nter, to which are mainly due his great influ-\\nence in the New Jersey Railroad system and\\nhis universal popularity with the public.\\nMr. Gatzmer, at the age of twenty-two\\nyears, was united iu marriage with Eliza\\nA. Campbell, of New York City. At the\\npresent time Mr. Gatzmer has but two sons\\nliving, William C. and Robert, both of whom\\nare actively engaged iu business, and pos-\\nsess many of the qualifications and charac-\\nteristics which renderetl their father so suc-\\ncessful and popular. The other children were\\nEdwin, Eliza, Henry S. and Ann. Edwin\\ndied July 25, 1S83, and Henry S., February\\n9, 1886.\\nCai Tain Axdkew Blair Frazee, who\\nfor thirty-one years has been the active and\\nefficient superintendent of the Camden and\\nPhiladelphia Steamboat Ferry Comjiany, was\\nborn iu the city of New Brunswick, N. J.,\\non the 2gth day of August, 1820. His\\ngrandfather, Henry Frazee, emigrated from\\nFrance and settled in the State of New Jer-\\nsey. In 1794 he formed a military company\\nand marched with it into Western Pennsyl-\\nvania to aid in quelling the Whiskey Insurrec-\\ntion iu that State. He never returned\\nfrom this expedition, and uothing is known\\nof his futui e history.\\nHenry Frazee, his son, and the father of\\nCaptain Frazee, was married to Jane Fisher,\\nof Middlesex County, and was long a resident\\nof New Brunswick, in which city he died at\\nthe age of seventy-six years. The grand-\\nmother of the captain on his mother s side,\\nwho.se name was Mary E. Blair, emigrated\\nfrom Ireland when quite young.\\nCaptain Frazee obtained his education in\\ntlie schools of iiis native i)lace and early in\\nlife entered upon an active career, which he\\nhas regularly continued to this timc^. Iu\\nMarch, 18. )3, he became an employee on the\\nsteamboat Napoleou, owned by the New\\nBrunswick Steamboat Company, controlled\\nby the Camden and Amboy Railroad, and was\\nafterward transferred to the steamboat Rar-\\nitan, owned by the .same company, until\\n1842. Robert L. and Edwin A. Stevens,\\nwell-known individuals in the history of\\ntransportation in America, then appointed\\nhim captain of the Joseph Belknap, one\\nof their boats plying between Amboy and\\nNew York City. Recognizing his efficiency\\nand ability, in 1851 they seut him for one\\nyear to Wilmington, Del., to superintend the\\nconstruction of the Richard Stockton, a\\nhandsome steamer, which, when completed,\\nran between Philadelphia and Bordentown,\\nwhich, with the Amboy Railroad from Bor-\\ndeutown and the Joseph Belknap from Am-\\nboy, completed the line of transportation\\nfrom Philadelphia to New York City, and\\nCaptain Fraz(!e again became commander of\\nthe last-named boat.\\nIn October, 1855, he was ordered bv the\\nanrden and Amboy Railroad Company, with\\nthe Joseph liulknap, to Philadelphia, and\\nin November of the same year was ap|)oiiited\\nsuperintendent of the Camden and I hiladel-\\nphia Steamboat Ferry Company, which po-\\nsition he has since held and is therefore, in\\nterm of service, the oldest employee of the\\nold Camden and Amboy Railroad Comj)any.\\nIn the position of superintendent of the ferrv\\nhe has shown rare executive ability and ren-\\ndered very efficient service in making needed\\nimprovements and building up the interestsof\\nthe company under whose emplov he has\\nbeen so long engaged. He sujjerintended the\\nconstruction of the Camden, Delaware,\\nPhiladelpliii, Pennsylvania and the\\nI cmodeled Delaware, tlie Beverly and\\nthe Wenonah, well-known ferry-boats of\\nthis company.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0529.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "372\\nHISTOKY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nCaptain Frazee was married, Septeml)er\\n3, 1844, to Siisau A^anhook Voorhees, daugh-\\nter of Peter Voorhees, of New Brunswick, a\\ndescendant of one of the early Dutch families\\nof New Jersey. She died in 1871, leaving\\none child, Jane F. Frazee, who is married to\\nRichard F. Smith, the present sheriff of Cam-\\nden County. By his second marriage, with\\nMary Emily Young, of Philadelphia, Octo-\\nber 27, 1873, Captain Frazee has three chil-\\ndren, Andrew B., William H. and Susan\\nEmily.\\nCaptiiin Frazee has taken an active interest\\nin the Masonic Order, haviug long been a\\nmember. He was made a Master Mason in\\n1866 a Eoyal Arch Mason and a Knight\\nTemplar in 1868; was Eminent Commander\\nof Cyrene Commaudery No. 7, of Camden, in\\n1869 and 1870, and was elected Grand Com-\\nmander of Knights Templar of the State in\\n1880. He has taken all the degrees up to and\\nincluding the thirty-third, which was con-\\nferred upon him at Boston by a session of\\nthe Supreme Council on September 19, 1882,\\nmaking him an honorary member of that\\nbody, and in September 27, 1883, he was made\\nan active member. On September 16, 1885,\\nhe was elected deputy of the Supreme Coun-\\ncil for the State of New Jersey. There are\\nuow only two active members in the State.\\nHe has been a member of the Odd Fellows\\nsince 1842.\\nCooper Street Ferry. The history of\\nthe Roydon Ferry, afterwards known as the\\nCooper Street Ferry, has already been given\\nin the beginning of this chapter up to about\\n1767, when it passed, by will, with tlie\\nproperty on the north side of Cooper Street,\\nand to Pearl Street, from William Coop(;r,\\nof Philadeli)hia, to his grandson, William,\\nson of Daniel. The ferry at the foot of the\\nstreet was established before the Revolution,\\nas mention is made of the Middle Ferry. It\\npa.ssed from William C!ooper to his son Dan-\\niel, who operated it in 1796. Daniel died\\nabout 1804, and in IS] 7 his property was\\ndivided between his three daughters, Mary\\nAnn (Carman), Abigail and Esther L. The\\nferry property came to Abigail, by whom it\\nwas retained until her death, in 1868.\\nThe ferry, after the death of Daniel\\nCooper, was operated by one Collins, later\\nby Joseph Bispham, and in 1810 and later\\nby Benjamin Reeves. In 1814 Benjamin\\nReeves built, for Richard M. Cooper (who,\\nfrom this time, owned the ferry-boats), the\\nCamden, a steam ferry-boat. Later the\\nVigilant was built, and burned at the\\nilock a few weeks after it was completed.\\nThe Delaware was then built, and is said\\nto have bsen the first ferry-boat with a verti-\\ncal cylinder. She ran several years, and, on\\nthe 31st of October, 1827, the boiler burst\\nwhile lying at the dock, killing the engineer,\\nJohn Thorne, Ledden Davis and injuring\\nothers.\\nIn 1824 the ferry was conducted by Eben-\\nezer Toole, who, in 1828, purchased the\\nKaighns Point Ferry. He was succeeded in\\nthe Cooper Street Ferry by Joseph English,\\nwho conducted it until his death, and was\\nsucceeded by his son Israel, who continued\\nuntil its abandonment, early in 1850. The\\nproperty did not pass from the Coopers from\\nits establishment to its close. The English\\nFerry-House, as it was known, stood on the\\nsite of the new block of buildings, corner of\\nFront and Cooper Streets, well back from\\ni)oth streets. The site of the slip, where the\\nferry-boats landed, is now occupied by the\\nDerby Wetherby machine-shoj). In\\n1849 the stables of the ferry were burned\\nand the ferry was abandoned, and in 1850\\nIsrael English moved to the West Jersey\\nHotel, and the old house ceased to be a ho-\\ntel, but was kept for years in connection\\nwith the garden, and was torn down upon\\nthe erection of the present brick block.\\nKaighns Point Ferry was established\\nby Joseph Kaigiui in the autumn of 1809.\\nIt was located at tlie foot of Ferry Str(H;t,\\na narrow tlmrouiihfiire ruiniinii off from", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0530.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "Cl^^ y^^Ae^^.^ /0,\\nes", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0533.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0534.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "NAVIGATION AND SHIP-BUILDING.\\nB73\\nKaiglin Avenue, below Second Street, the\\nc;wteru end beino; vacated, while the portion\\nwest of Front Street is now used by the\\nCamden, (xloucester and Mount Ephraim\\nRailroad. Until recently the remnants of a\\ngrove of large willow trees that shaded the\\napproach to the ferry were standing.\\nChristopher Madara, who came from Salem\\nCounty, leased the Kaighn Feri-y prop-\\nerty and operated the ferry which hinded\\nat Queen- Street, Southwark, until 1815,\\nwhen the property Nvas leased to the Penn-\\nsylvania and New Jersey Steamboat Ferry\\nCompany for ninety-nine years. Robert\\nFulton, Robert Livingston and John Stevens\\nat that time claimed the sole right of running\\nsteamboats in the United States, and this\\ncompany bought from them the exclusive\\nprivilege for the Delaware River within five\\nmiles north and south of Kaighns Point.\\nThus the other companies were restricted to\\nthe use of the old team-boats, until the\\nUnited States Supreme Court decided against\\nFulton s claim and threw steam open to the\\nworld. The conditions of the lease were\\nthat, under penalty of forfeiture, the company\\nshould at all times maintain a good ferry.\\nThe Pennsylvania and New Jersey Com-\\npany put upon the river, in 181 o, the largest\\nand finest boat before seen in these waters,\\nthe Union, the hull of which was built at\\nKensington by Nicholas Vandusen, and the\\nengine at Hobokeu by Robert L. Stevens.\\nThe company spent so much money in the con-\\nstruction of boats and the building of wharves\\nat Kaighns Point and at Washington and\\nSouth Streets, on the Philadelphia side, that\\nit fell into bankruptcy. Yet it continued to\\nrun a little steamer called the Norristown,\\nbut when that was burned it was forced to\\nsuspend. In 1816 Madara gave up the\\nKaighns Point Hotel to George W. Hugg,\\nand June 21, 1821, Kaighn sold the whole\\n})roperty to the widow of Clement Reeves,\\nwho brought suit against the company for\\nforfeiture of its charter and won her case.\\n4-)\\n^Irs. Reeves and her sons, Israel and Jo-\\nsop,h, conducted the ferry with success, and\\nbuilt the Southwark and the New Jersey,\\nthe latter a safe boat, suited for the business,\\nbut was so exceedingly slow as to earu the\\nsobriquet of Scrubbing Brush and The\\nTurtle.\\nMrs. Reeves died in 1827. Israel Reeves,\\nher executor, sold the property to Ebenezer\\nToole, by deed bearing date January 3, 1828.\\nThe price paid was thirteen thousand five\\nhundred dollars, and the assessed value of\\nthe jjroperty in 1834 was nineteen thousand\\ntwo hundred and fifty dollars.\\nWilliam Champion became associated with\\nToole in the ferry business, and the two con-\\nducted the enterprise for over twenty years,\\ntheir western terminus being at the foot of\\nSouth Street, where Champion kept the hotel\\nknown as the Champion House. They built\\nthe Southwark Kaighns Point and\\nWilliam Charapiou ferry-boats. The first\\nwas worn out prior to 1850, the second was in\\nservice until 1853, while the Champion\\ndid full duty until 18G6. She was accounted\\na superior boat in her day, and the Kaighns\\nPointers of the foi ties and early\\nfifties made their vows by the Billy\\nChampion. Ebenezer Toole, dying in 1850,\\nhis heirs, January 22, 1852, conveyed the\\nproperty to the South Camden Ferry Com-\\npany, which was incorporated May 14, 1851,\\nof which Charles Kaighn, Joseph M. Cooper\\nand William Griffith were members.\\nThe company, by the act of incorporation,\\nestablished the ferry at the old place, the\\nfoot of Feriy Street, and on the 24th of Feb-\\nruary, 1853, procured an ameudmeut to the\\ncharter which authorized a change of loca-\\ntion to the foot of Kaighn Avenue, which\\nwas done, and extensive improvements were\\nmade in filling up the low ground almost to\\nthe present western limits and at the foot of\\nthe avenue. James Tuttle was made super-\\nintendent of the company, and was succeeded\\nby Joseph M. Cooper. The steam ferry-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0535.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "374\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nboat, Stephen Girard, a swift, stanch\\nboat, was built and run in connection with\\nthe William Champion. The best facilities\\nattainable were secured, but the company\\novertaxed its financial strength, and in 1858,\\nHenry B. Wilson took charge of and man-\\naged the ferry in the interests of Samuel M.\\nMerritt, trustees of the second mortgage\\nbondholders. In 1862 Zophar C. Howell,\\nWilliam Griffith, Charles Kaighn, John D.\\nJones, Joseph Iszard, John Cooper, James\\nC. Finn, Henry E. Wilson, Abraham Brown-\\ning and others, as the Kaighns Point and\\nPhiladelphia Ferry Company, incorporated\\nMarch 15, 1859 (Z. C. Howell, president,\\nand H. B. Wilson, secretary), secured the\\n])roperty, with William Griffith, superintend-\\nent.\\nThe Rebecca Howell and Agnes,\\nwooden boats, were built. The Rebecca\\nHowell was in service until 1876, and the\\nAgnes has a present prospect of several\\nyears of usefulness. In September, 18 73, Gen-\\neral John S. Schultze, president of the Man-\\nchester Railroad, organized in 1869, having\\nsecured the right of way, with the design of\\nmaking Kaighns Point a terminus, purchased\\na controlling interest in the ferry company,\\nand October 17, 1873, Charles B. Coles was\\nmade superintendent. The railroad scheme\\nfailed to mature, but August 1, 1874, Her-\\nbert C. Felton, secretary and treasurer, be-\\ncame the superintendent, and the ferry be-\\ncame an assured success.\\nIn 1875 the General J. S. Schultze,\\nand in 1883 the Colorado, both large and\\npowerful iron boats, were built, the former by\\nJohn H. Dialogue, and with the Agnes,\\nproviding sure and frecpient means for cross-\\ning the river, making trips at intervals of\\nfifteen minutes until late in the evening, and\\nhalf-hour trips later.\\nIn 1880 the company removed the old\\nferry-houses at Kaighns Point, replacing\\nthem with a structure more in accordance\\nwith the largely-increased business, and in\\n1885 the process was repeatoil at the Phila-\\ndelphia terminus.\\nWith the opening of Kaighn Avenue,\\neast of Haddon Avenue, the travel at\\nKaighns Point will increase. The officers\\nof the company at present (1886) are the fol-\\nlowing: Directors, Z. C. Howell, (president),\\nJohn S. Schultze, Wm. Griffith, John Cooper,\\nBenj. D. Shreeve, Z. R. Wills, William R.\\nSchultz Herbert C. Felton, secretary, treas-\\nurer and superintendent.\\nThe West Jersey, familiarly known as\\nThe Market Street Ferry, extends from\\nMarket Street, Camden, to Market Street,\\nPhiladelphia, and is now, and has long been,\\none of the leading lines of transportation\\nacross the Delaware between the two cities.\\nThis ferry was established about 1800 by\\nAbraham Browning, Sr., an intelligent and\\nenterprising farmer of the territory now em-\\nbraced in Stockton township. His father-\\nin-law, George Genge, at that time had a\\nboard-yard at the foot of the street. Abra-\\nham Browning built a ferry-house on the\\nsouth side of Market Street, on the site of\\nthe large stoi e building of Taylor Brothers,\\non the corner of Market Street and Second.\\nHe also put up stables for the reception of\\nhorses and vehicles, as the boats at that time\\nused on this ferry, as on all others on the\\nDelaware, were small row-boats or wherries,\\nand of insufficient size and capacity for the\\nconveyance of market teams. Sails were\\nused to propel the wherries when the wind\\nwas fair, and in the absence of wind, oars\\nwere applied l)ut if tiie winds were adverse\\nand strong, the boats awaited until the Fates\\nwere more propitious. Farmers usually un-\\nloaded their produce and left their teams on\\nthe east side of the river, while they went to\\nmarket or attended toother business in Phila-\\ndelphia. Abraham Browning improved the\\naccommodations ibr landing by adding suf-\\nficient wharfing. The original place of land-\\ning of his boats at the times of high tide,\\nhowever, was near the site of his ferry-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0536.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "NAVICrATION AND SHIP-BUILDING.\\n375\\nhouse, a longdistance inland from the present\\nlanding-place, all the land intervening being\\nmade ground, in the language of the com-\\nmon populace. When he completed the\\nerection of his ferry-house, Mr. Browning\\nmoved from his farm into it, and operated\\nhis ferry for about one year. Disliking the\\nbusiness, he had either as lessees or superin-\\ntendents various parties, among whom were\\nJames Springer, Peter Farrovv, Benjamin\\nSpringer, Wm. S. Paul and Edward Brown-\\ning. He continued to be the owner of this\\nferry until the time of his death, in 183(5.\\nIt then pa.ssed into the po.ssession of hi.s\\nheirs, who conducted it as their property until\\n1849. It was long known as the Brown-\\ning Ferry. In 1849 a charter was obtained,\\nas is evidenced by the following\\nWhereas, Abraham Browning, Maurice Brown-\\ning, Charles Browning, Edward Browning, Eleanor\\nBrowning and Catliarine Browning now own tlie\\nferries between Market Street, in the city of Cam-\\nden, and the city of Philadelphia, with the real\\nestate, boats, ships and appendages belonging there-\\nto, which property not being in its nature suscep-\\nble of division without great prejudice, and liable\\nto embarrassment or inconvenience by death or\\nother misfortune while thus jointly held, the said\\nowners desire to be incorporated, that they may,\\nwith greater security to themselves and advantage\\nto the. public, improve said ferries.\\nThe name was the West Jersey Ferry\\nCompany, and Abraham Genge, Maurice,\\nCharles and Edward Browning were made\\ndirectors by the act, to serve assuch until Oc-\\ntober following, when others were to be\\nelected and the number of directors increased\\nto nine. This was the second of the ferries to\\npass into the hands of an incorporated com-\\npany, the Federal Street Ferry having passed\\ninto the hands of the Camden and Philadel-\\nphia Ferry Company nine years before and\\nthe Kaighns Point Ferry to the South Cam-\\nden Ferry Company three years later.\\nThe presidents of the company have been\\nJoseph Porter, William Clark and James B.\\nDayton secretaries and treasurers, Edward\\nBrowning, Isaac Porter, Amos Rudderow.\\nBenjamin Sutton, was the first superintendent,\\ntaking charge in 1849, followed by Daniel\\nBishop, and in 1852 by Wm. Morrell, who re-\\nmained until January, 1857, when John G.\\nHutchinson, who had been master-mechanic,\\nwas appointed and has since continuously\\nheld the position.\\nWhen James Springer conducted the Ferry,\\nin 1809, the boats landed within a short\\ndistance of the hotel on Front Street, but\\nwhen the Browning heirs took charge, thirty\\nyears later, the shore was moved westward\\nby wharfing, extending the slips and filling\\nup the low ground until the site of the ter-\\nminus of the old ferry is many hundred\\nfeet inland, and the timbers of the Mar-\\niner, William Penn and Southwark\\nlie buried under Delaware Street, where they\\nwere moored when no longer serviceable.\\nIn 1849 the company built the West Jer-\\nsey Hotel, a large, handsome building, of\\nwhich Israel English sometime afterwards\\ntook and retained charge until his death.\\nWhen the company was incorporated there\\nwere three boats connected with the ferry,\\nFarmer, Southwark and William\\nPenn. The first two were replaced that\\nyear by the Mariner and the Merchant,\\nmuch larger boats. The William Penn\\nwas rebuilt in 1857. The Mechanic was\\nbuilt in 185G by John Bender. The Amer-\\nica was built in 1867. The next boat was\\nthe Columbia, an iron boat, built in 1877,\\nwith iron wheel-houses, gallies, frames and\\nengine-house, the first ferry-boat on this river\\nso completely fire-proof. The Arctic, in\\n1879, and Baltic in 1884, followed.\\nThese are almost twin boats, with improve-\\nments upon the Columbia and larger, the\\ndimensions of the Baltic being Length\\nof keel, one hundred and forty-five feet of\\ndeck, one hundred and fifty-seven feet beam,\\nthirty feet over all, fifty-four feet with en-\\ngines of forty-inch cylinder and ten feet\\nstroke. They are all powerful boats and", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0537.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "376\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ncrunch ice of formidable tliickness. Tiiere\\nhas been no mishap causing loss of life on\\nthis ferry since its establishment. In 1883\\nthe Pennsylvania Railroad Company bought\\na majority of the stock and that corporation\\nnow controls the ferry. James B. Dayton\\nwas president for many years. The present\\nboard of directors is composed of Edmund\\nSmith, president William J. Sewell, Wilbur\\nF. Rose, Wistar Morris, Maurice Browning,\\nPeter L. Voorhees, John F. Starr, Edward\\nRoberts, Henry D. Welsh. John F. Joline\\nis secretary and ti-easurer, and John G. Hut-\\nchinson is superintendent.\\nThe Gloucester Ferries. -The first\\nferry established at Gloucester Point was\\nunder a license granted to John Reading,\\nin June, 1695. Boats were to ply between\\nGloucester and Wickaco (now Swedes\\nChurch), Philadelphia. The ferry was con-\\nducted by him until 1707, when he sold to\\nJohn Spey, who also kejit a tavern. Spey\\nsold the ferry, in 1 722, to Josepii Hugg, who\\nconducted it for eight years and sold to Rich-\\nard Weldon, who, in 1735, sold to John Ladd.\\nThe distance from Gloucester to Philadel-\\nphia was so great, and Cooper s Ferries so\\nmuch nearer, that the ferries at Gloucester\\nbecame, for a time, of minor importance.\\nJohn Reading about the year 1 693, established\\na ferry over Gloucester River (Timber\\nCreek), but it was little used, and a bridge\\nwas built over that stream at a later day.\\nThe first ferry to Wickaco was continued and\\nagain came into the possession of the Huggs,\\nwho also conducted the Ferry tavern.\\nLeaving the intervening events to obliv-\\nion, and coming down to matters within the\\nmemory of the living (seventy years ago),\\nRobert Wharton, one time mayor of Phila-\\ndelphia, is found running a ferry between\\nthe Broad Seal and Keystone States, the\\nwestern landing being at Greenwich Point of\\nto-day, and the eastern landing at the Old\\nBrick, the only hotel then in Gloucester.\\nThe boats used by Mavor Wharton, as\\nthe people called him, and by his son-in-law,\\nSamuel Shoemaker, who succeeded him, were\\nflats, propelled by horses, in some cases\\nwalking in a circle, turning a windlass; in\\nothers, walking in a tread-mill. One of the\\nlatter, arranged for six horses, was deemed a\\nwonder in its way, but a northwester was\\nsufficient to keep it in the dock until the\\nwind abated. No regular trips were made.\\nWhen a boat was landed on the Pennsylvania\\nshore the men would throw themselves on\\nthe grass, in the shade, until a return load\\nwould come along, or the tolling of the bell,\\non the other side, notified them of a fare\\nwaiting to cross.\\nIn 1835 Shoemaker became financially em-\\nbarrassed, and the ferry, with many acres of\\nland a hundred or more was bought by\\nRobert Wharton Sykes, a Philadelphiau\\nlawyer, nephew of Mayor Wharton, for five\\nthousand dollars. This land, with its im-\\nprovements, is now worth a million, while\\nthe ferry property alone could hardly be pur-\\nchased for one fourth of that sum.\\nSykes was the first to use steam here, but not\\nat once. The following notice, posted on the\\nboats in 1837, explains the character of the\\naccommodations\\nNOTICE.\\nNo .smoking. No smoking of cigars or tobacco\\nis allowed on this boat, as, from the size and con-\\nstruction of the boat, it is impossible to assign any\\ndistinct part for smoking.\\nSykes built the steamboats Robert Whar-\\nton and New Jersey, the latter made\\nmemorable in 1856, twenty years afterwards,\\nwhen she was destroyed by fire, losing sixty\\nof her passengers, while making a trip from\\nPhiladelphia to CauKlen, the Camden and\\nPhiladelphia Ferry Company having pur-\\nchased the boat from Captain T^oper, who\\nfound her too small for the Gloucester\\nbusiness.\\nUntil 1845 the boats only ran to Green-\\nwich Point, excepting on Sundays, when\\ntrips were made to l liiladcl|iliia but about", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0538.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": "NAVIGATION AND SHIP-BUILDING.\\n37\\nthat time, or a little later, Captain Richard\\nF. Loper, of propeller fame, obtained con-\\ntrol of the ferry, on terms requii iug boats to\\nrun to Greenwich Point, which not being\\ndone as stipulated, led to opposition between\\nthe two, Loper s boats running to Almond\\nStreet, Philadelphia. The number of passen-\\ngers rapidly increased, requiring larger\\nboats, and, in 1846, the Stockton was\\nbuilt; in 1847, the Fashion; in 1848, the\\nPeytona and the Eclipse, named after\\ncelebrated race-horses of the time, and re-\\nsembling thera only in name. Among the\\ncaptains and pilots of these years were Peter\\nBender and George Bender, now filling like\\npositions on the Kaighns Point Ferry. Alex-\\nander A. Powell, the oldest living native of\\nGloucester, piloted the New Jersey at one\\ntime. Captains Manley Smallwood and\\nAndrew Midler were noted men under Shoe-\\nmaker and Sykes. The latter is still enjoy-\\ning a green old age, near Blackwood, living\\non a well-earned competence.\\nIn 1850 the Philadelphia Ferry Company\\nwas incorporated to run a ferry from Glou-\\ncester Point. William ]M. Baird an l Benja-\\nmin F. McMurtrie werei associated with\\nLoper as the company, McMurtrie being\\nsuperintendent, and the ferry was removed\\nto its present site. This company managed\\nthe ferrj for a time, when it was leased to\\nCharles Stewai t, and subsequently the com-\\npany was Stewart Shaler. The Curlew\\nand Eagle were added to the fleet, and\\nstill their capacity was unequal to the crowds\\nthat flocked to Gloucester Point. Loper, to\\nsecure himself from loss, was compelled to\\nresume control, and in 1863 Wilmon Whill-\\ndin, the noted river steamboat man, became\\nassociated with him. In 1865 Loper sold\\nout to A. Heckman, who had been his right-\\nhand man from the first. Whilldin and\\nHeckman ran the ferry until the death of\\nthe former, in 1869, when his son-in-law,\\nWilliam M. Fa rr, succeeded to his share, and\\nsince that time Farr and Heckman have been\\nsole owners, with Captain Heckman as su-\\nperintendent and Frank B. Hcckinaii assist-\\nant.\\nThe travel to Gloucester Point had largely\\nincreased and for twenty years had been of\\nenormous proportions, taxing to the utmost\\nthe carrying capacity of the boats. A better\\nclass of accommodations were provided in\\nthe way of commodious sitting-rooms at the\\ntermini. Two large boats the Fulton\\nand Exchange were put on, and two of\\nthe most spacious ferry-boats on the river were\\nbuilt\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the Peerless in 1872 and the\\nDauntless in 1876. These boats having\\na capacity for carrying from fifteen imn-\\ndred to two thousand persons, are crowded at\\ntimes, but all are secure and comfortable.\\nAmong the names familiar to the ferries are\\nSamuel Tatcm, superintendent, with Sykes\\nin the forties and with Whilldin twenty\\nyears later, and a member of Assembly in\\n1864 Edmund Hotfman, many years col-\\nlector at the ferry, three times president of\\nCity Council and a member of Assembly in\\n1858; John Gourley, a well-known ferry-\\nman, was a member of City Council and did\\nmuch to promote the Ijuilding of the water-\\nworks by the city.\\nIn 1852 Captain William Albertson,\\nbacked by David S. Brown, started an oppo-\\nsition boat to Philadelphia, using the steamer\\nKent for the purpose, and the next year\\nthe Suu was added. Ex-Mayor William\\nH. Banks was captain of the Kent,\\nwhich was burned and the opposition ended.\\nPhiladelphia and Camden Bridge\\nCoMi ANV. A second effort was made to\\nbuild a bridge across the Delaware River in\\n1869, and on the 9th of March in that year\\nan act was passed by the Legislature of New\\n.lersey, by wh ich a company was incorporated\\nand authorized to raise stock of two million\\ndollars. The bridge was to be not less thati\\nthirty feet in width. On tiic 5th of March,\\n1872, the time allowed for beginning the\\nbridge was extended two years and for com-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0539.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "380\\nHLSTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nwhich provided for the laying out of a road\\nfrom Timber Creek over Newton Creek, near\\nit^ mouth to Coopers Ferries, authority\\nwas granted to erect a toll bridge over New-\\nton Creek. It was soon after erected, and\\nJune 24, 1767, the county of Gloucester\\nconveyed the bridge and its rights to William\\nGarrard, and his heirs and assigns, with\\npower to build a house within the bounds of\\nthe road, for more convenience in receiving\\ntoll\\nIn 1813 the freeholders of .the county were\\nauthorized to pun^hase the bridge the act\\nwas amended in 1815 and the bridge soon\\nafter purchased, since which time it has been\\nfree.\\nThe first bridge over Coopers Creek was\\nundoubtedly constructed on the Kings High-\\nway, near Haddonfield, under action of the\\ngrand jury on the complaint made to them, in\\n1687, of lack of sufficient bridges on that\\nroad. In 1769 Jacob Clement was employed\\nby the township of Newton to repair this\\nbridge. The present stone bridge was erected\\nin 1845.\\nOn the 28th of November, 1760, an act\\nof Legislature was passed authorizing the\\nlaying out of a more direct road to Burling-\\nton, and the erection of a bridge over Coopers\\nCreek at the place commonly called Spicers\\nFerry, of sufficient height above high water\\nto allow such boats as usually ply the creek\\nto pass under loaded or unloaded without\\ntheir masts. The act appointed as commis-\\nsioners to attend to its erection William Fos-\\nter, Joshua Bispham, Esquires, Edmund\\nHollinshead, John Atkinson, John Hoskins,\\nJoseph Morgan, John Lippincott, John Cox,\\nDaniel Cooper and Benjamin Cooper, Jr.\\nThe act also provided that the owners of\\nGarrard was keejiing a ferry at some place within\\nthe limits of Gloucester County in 1733, as in that year\\nhe was taxed on a ferry seven shillings. Tatems, Tay-\\nlors and Medcalfs I uiries were also taxed in that year.\\nMedcalfs Ferry was at Gloucester, and it is probable\\nthat the others were then keeping the Cooper Terries, as\\nthe names of the Coopers do not appear i:i the list.\\nthe ferries should pay twenty per cent, of the\\namount needed, that voluntary subscription\\nshould be received for six months. The\\npeople residing between the Salem road and\\nthe Delaware River, in Waterford township,\\nand upon Coopers Ferries should pay by tax\\nsixteen per cent, of the amount required,\\nafter which the balance of the amount was\\nto be assessed upon Burlington County, ex-\\ncept the townships of Egg Harbor and Not-\\ntingham. The road was straightened, and\\nin 1762 the bridge was completed. It was\\nkept in repair, and in 1833 was rebuilt as a\\ntruss bridge.\\nOn January 19, 1748, an act was passed\\nallowing the inhabitants to build a bridge\\nover Pensaukin Creek, probably on what is\\nnow the Westfield and Camden turnpike,\\nbut it was not then built. A bridge was\\nprobably erected there, not far from 17()4,\\nwhen the Spicer Bridge was erected, but no\\naccount of it has been obtained. The bridge\\nover the Pensaukin on the river road was\\nerected in 1883.\\nOn the 7th of March, 1850, the Board of\\nFreeholders of Camden County were author-\\nized to erect the bridge known as the\\nBrowning Bridge. It seems not to have\\nbeen built at the time, as an act passed the\\nLegislature, January 25, 1855, authorizing\\nthe erection of a bridge at the same place,\\nwhere was a new road recently laid out,\\nto connect the Moorestown and the Haddon-\\nfield and Camden turnpikes. The bridge\\nwas built soon after.\\nThe State Street Bridge, in Camden, was\\nbuilt in 1856, under an act passed March 6th\\nin that year, which required that the bridge\\nshould be provided with a draw forty feet\\nlong.\\nNavigatio.v of Coopers Creek. This\\ncreek, like other streams, was used as a high-\\nway in theeariy settlement, and as early as 1 749\\nboats and flats were deemed of sufficient im-\\nportance to render them liable for taxation,\\nand from tliat year they were taxed, lioats", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0540.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "NAVIGATION AND SHIP-BUILDING.\\n381\\nloaded with produce from the various hmding.s\\nalong the stream were floated down to the\\ntown of Philadelphia and loaded with\\nmerchandise for return trip. That vessels of\\nconsiderable size were in use with masts\\nbefore 1751 is evident, as the act of Legis-\\nlature passed October I M in that year pro-\\nvided for a draw or swinging bridge. It\\nwas not built at the time, and an act having\\nthe same purpose, pas.sed November 28, 1760,\\nprovided that a bridge at Spicers Ferry be\\nbuilt high enough to allow all boats that\\nusually ply the stream to pass under. Boats\\nwere built at all landings up the stream as\\nhigh as Oxfords Lauding, having capacity of\\nforty-five tons and less. In later years the\\nlandings along the creek, from Jonathan\\nAtniores Landing, which was the head of nav-\\nigation, were those of Benjamin ]i. CoojM r,\\nPhi lip Stoy, Josiah E. Cole, Jac( ib Troth, John\\nTanzey and Champions to Spicers Bridge.\\nVbout 1837 Josiah Cole built at Coles Laud-\\ning tlie Caroline, a ve.ssel of forty-five\\ntons burden, which in 1839 ^^as sent by him,\\nin charge of his son, Jacob Stokes Cole, to\\nPort Clinton, on the Schuylkill, for a load\\nI if coal forty tons were purchased and\\niirought to the landing. It was the first\\ncoal brought to the place in (juautity arid\\nretailed at seven dollars per ton.\\nMany of the vessels built on the stream\\nwere later, when rendered useless, sunk at C)r\\nnear the landings, and u.sed to extend the\\nwharves, and their hulks are still to be seen at\\nthe old landings along the stream. Coopers\\nCreek at present is navigable only for flat-\\nboats and vessels of light draft.\\nShip-Building. Gabriel Thomas, in his\\nHi.story of West Jersey, speaks of a ship\\nhaving been built upon Gloucester River\\n(Timber Creek) for Governor Cox, and his\\nlanguage is such as to indicate that this was\\na sea-going vessel of a size that must have\\nbeen turned out from a principal yard of the\\nold country. It is a natui al sM])position,\\nliirrcforc, lli;i( tiic first luiglish .sclliors, wiio\\niHimbered several shipwriglit.s, built other\\nlarge craft, for they would not have gone to\\nthe expense of providing the costly appur-\\ntenances of shiu-building merely to send out\\none vessel but to Thomas alone can we turn\\nfi)r any record of their work, and he took\\nnote of nothing but the craft (constructed for\\nthe (Jovernor. After the founding of Phila-\\ndelphia, with its superior advantages of popu-\\nlation, skilled industry and capital, the busi-\\nness inevitably passed over to that side of\\nthe river, wliere Jersey artisans, in this\\nspecial line, went to find employment. It is\\nwithin the past (juarter of a century that\\nship-building has originated in (Jamden, but\\nit now contains yards that are putting afloat\\nves.sels which are a credit to their designers\\nand builders.\\nSloops and vessels of from t^ enty to forty-\\nfive tons burden were in use on Coopers Creek\\nlong before 1800, but they were probably\\nbuilt in Philadel^jhia, and in later years,\\nfrom 1800 to 1840, were built at the mouth\\nof the creek and on the creek as far up as\\nColes Landing. The Lady Adams, a sloop\\nowned by Captain J. H. Dougherty, was re-\\nported in the American Record for 1882 as\\nl uilt at Coopers Point in 1828, by whom is\\nnot known.\\nBurton Davis were the earliest ship-\\nbuilders at Coopers Point of whom any-\\nthing definite is now known. They also had a\\nmarine railway. Their yard was near the\\nVine Street Ferry. Macy Mathis also had\\na ship-yard at the foot of York Street in 1852.\\nIn that year David Corson, with his brothers,\\nAndrew and George, ship-builders at Mill-\\nville, came to Camden and opened a yard\\nthat then extended nearly from Shackamaxon\\nFerry to the rolling-mill. He remained\\nin the business until 1868, when he sold\\nto Bartlett Tilton. It later became D.\\nS. Risley Co., and is now carried on by\\nS. W. Tilton. Jo.seph Taylor and his son\\nDavid early began a ship-yard below the old\\n.McKeoii mill, iieai- the foul of i cnii Street,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0541.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "382\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nwhere they also had a railway. Later, David\\nTaylor and a gentleman by the name of Brown\\nstarted a ship-yard on tiie site of Morris\\nMatiiis present yard. About 1(S55 Chalkley\\nMathis became interested with David Taylor\\nand they continued until 1877, when they\\nwere succeeded by Morris Mathis. Joseijh\\nDay and his son Benjamin also opened a yard\\nfor building and repairing vessels on the east\\nend of Tilton s present yard. The business\\npassed through the following changes Tice\\nCarter, Day, Carter Day, Day Carter,\\nCarter Peale, Shoe, Chard Chard. The\\nlatter, in 1855, .sold to S. W. Tilton, who\\nembraced it in his old yard.\\nIn 1853 John Mattox began building\\nvessels, and in time was a partner of D. S.\\nRisley ct Co. At Kaighns Point John Kaighn\\nbuilt small vessels.\\nIn 1845 John R. Thompson established a\\nship-yard on the river-front above Kaighns\\nPoint, and for a time did an extensive busi-\\nness in the construction of wooden vessels,\\nlaunching as many as seven in a season,\\ni-anging in size from sixty to three hundred\\ntons; and during the ten years of its exist-\\nence over forty vessels were built in the\\nyard; sloops, schooners, barques and tarns.\\nThe proprietor was an enterprising man and\\nactive in the municipal affairs of Camden.\\nHe was chosen president of the City Council\\nin 1863, which honor was repeated in 1864 by\\na unanimous vote. He was born near Stoys\\nLanding, on Coopers Creek, in Waterford\\n(now Delaware) township, in 1816, and came\\nto Camden in 18. 6.\\nTilton s sliip-yard comprises four acres of\\nground, bounded by Front, Point and Erie\\nStreets, Coopers Point, and is the senior es-\\ntablishment of the kind in continuous exist-\\nence in the city. It was begun by Corson\\nCo., from whom it was purchased, in 1 860, by\\nSamuel W. Tilton, who much enlarged it,\\nadding two marine railways to the single one\\nwith which it was furnished when he took\\npossession. A vessel of tliiiteun hundred tons\\nImrden can be constructed in these yards,\\nand several of that size have been sent oat\\nfrom them. Mr. Tilton builds mainly for\\nthe coasting trade, with which he has exten-\\nsive connections along the Atlantic seaboard.\\nThe usual force of employees is about one\\nhundred.\\nOne of the principal ship-building firms\\nin Camden is that of Morris Mathis, whose\\nyards are at the corner of Point and Erie\\nStreets, Coopers Point. The business was\\nbegun in 1855 by Taylor Mathi.s, who\\nsold out in 1877 to Jo.sepli J. Morris and J.\\nS. Mathis. The yards and houses cover threi-\\nacres of ground, and are fully equipped for\\nthe con.struction of sailing vessels of any size\\nfrom a .sloop up to a shijD of one thousand\\ntons. Most of the work of the firm has been\\ndone in coasters, and they have quite recently\\nbuilt a three-masted schooner of seven hun-\\ndred and fifty tons, a type of craft in the con-\\n.struction of which they have been very suc-\\ncessful, and have also repaired the ferry-boat\\nShackamaxon for the Vine Street Ferry.\\nThey employ from seventy-five to one lum-\\ndred workmen, and the pay-roll averages fif-\\nteen hundred dollars weekly.\\nB. G. Hillman Co. established a ship-\\nyard in 1880 at Coopers Point, between\\nFront and Second Street. They build tugs,\\nas well as wooden vessels, for the river and\\ncoastwise trade, and employ a numerous force\\nof workmen. They constructed for Warner\\net Merritt, to be used in llie fruit trade, the\\nsteamer Ethel, which the Haytien gov-\\nernment bought and ttn-ned into a gunboat,\\nand which has since figured conspicuously in\\nthe almost unceasing revolutions and civil\\nwars of tlie Black Republic.\\nJ. Vanaman Brother have their ship-\\nyard on Delaware Avenue above Arch Street.\\nThe business was established in 1880 by John\\nL. Vanaman, his brother Joseph H. Vana-\\nman, and Mr. IJurton, as the firm of Vana-\\nman Burton.\\nIn 1882 Mr. Iliii-tun willidri w from (lie", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0542.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": "NAVIGATION AND SHIP-BUILDINMJ.\\n383\\nHnu ;iii(l i)avi(l V;uiaiii;in, the I atlier of the\\nN anamaii brothers, became associated with\\nthem under the name of D. Vanaman\\nSons. lu March, 1884, the business came\\ninto the hands of the brothers by tlie with-\\ndrawal of the father, since whicii time the\\nbusiness has been conducted under the pre-\\nsent name, Vanaman Brother. The yard\\nhas one hundred feet front by six hundred\\nfeet deep to the riparian line. Tiie dry dock-\\nis one hundred and fifteen feet long by thirty\\nfeet wide. With ample appliances, the yartl\\nis fitted for the construction and repair of tiie\\nvarious kind of vessels for river and coast\\ntrade. Thirty, workmen are employed.\\nJoseph Burk s ship-yard is at the foot of\\nCooper Street and it has been in operation\\nsince 1880, when it was started by the pre-\\nsent proprietor. The yard occupies an\\narea of one iiundred and sixty by five hun-\\ndred feet, and extends to low water mark.\\nThe docks are convenient, and the yard is\\neijuipped with the neces.sary appliances for\\nbuilding and repairing vessels engaged in the\\nriver and coasting trade. Forty \\\\vorkmen\\nare employed.\\nDialogue s Siiip-Yaeps. John H. Dia-\\nlogue, the proprietor of the extensive ship-\\nyards in South Camden, began business in the\\ncity of Camden in J 850, at Second Street\\nand Bridge Avenue, on the premises pre-\\nviously occupied by J. W. John F. Starr.\\nHe was first engaged in doing general repair\\nwork of locomotives for the Caradeu and Am-\\nl)oy Railroad Company, also the steamers of\\ntiie Camden and Philadelphia and West Jer-\\nsey Ferry Companies. At that time the\\nrailroad company had their shops at Borden-\\ntown,and Mr. Dialogue did the work at this\\nend of the line, thus giving employment to\\nabout one hundred men. In 1854 he moved\\nto the southwest corner of Second and Stevens\\nStreets, liaving purchased the foundry then\\nowned by Elias Kaighn at that point, to\\nwhich he made large additions, and there\\ncontinued to do iieneral machine-work :uid\\ntiie repairing of river steamers. A l(litions\\nwere made to the works, a large supply of\\nnew machinery was obtained, and in ISoO\\nthe construction of tiie celebrated Corliss\\nstationary engines was begun by Mr. Dia-\\nlogue under a license from tlie inventor,\\nGeorge H. Corliss, of Providence, liliode\\nIsland. In l S.i8 he began the erection of\\nthe present large works at Kaighns Point,\\nand after their completion, in 1850, removed\\nto them, and. with enlarged facilities, con-\\ntinned the manufacture of Corliss engines\\nand did some marine work. In 1870 the\\nname of the establishment was changed to\\ntlie River Iron Works, with Dialogue A\\nW Dod as proprietors, who then engaged in\\nthe iron ship-building business. In 1871\\nthe United States steamship Colfax was\\nbuilt at these works. This was one of the\\nfirst iron vessels which the Revenue Marine\\nDepartment of the government had ordered.\\nTiie same year Mr. Dialogue constructed for\\nthe United States Coast Survey the iron\\nsteamer Hassler, with a compound surface\\ncondensing engine, which was used for the\\n]nirpose of taking Professor Louis Agassiz,\\nthe great American naturalist, on his South\\nAmerican Scientific Expedition, and fi om\\nthence to San Francisco, where the vessel is\\nnow in service. In 187. j he built the large\\niron double-engine steamer for the city of\\nPhiladelphia, styled No. used for break-\\ning the ice on the Delaware. It was then\\nthe most powerful steamboat that had been\\nbuilt on the Delaware River. Continuing the\\nconstruction of large and small river craft,\\nboth of wood and iron, in 1874 he built the\\nfirst compound-engine tug-boat, named the\\nGeorge W. Chi Ids, that ever was success-\\ntully used on the Delaware, and then added\\nthe building of compound engines at his\\nworks as a leading branch of his business.\\nIn 1876 Mr. Dialogue received the contract\\nfrom the government to reconstruct the\\nUnited States frigate Constitution, familiar\\nto the annals of American historv, and in", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0543.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "384\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY. NEW JERSEY.\\n1884 t)iiilt tlie United States steamer Mad-\\nrono for tlie Light-House Board, for ser-\\nvice at San Francisco. In the mean time he\\nbuilt a number of smaller ves.sels, mostly of\\niron, for Mexico, South America and various\\ncities of the Union. His build of vessels may\\nbe seen in the harbors of Galveston, New\\nOrleans, Mobile, Pensacola, Charleston, Bal-\\ntimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and\\nPortland.\\nThe number of men emjjloyed at these\\nworks varies from two hundred to eight\\nhundred. The entire area of the ship-yards\\nis thirty-four acres, with two thousand feet\\nof river-front and twenty-eight feet depth of\\nwater at the wharf. The large business here\\ndone required the erection of costly buildings,\\nwharfing and filling in of the river-front,\\ntogether with the outlay of many thousands\\nof dollars in the purchase of machinery.\\nThe various departments are the main build-\\ning, used as the engine machine shop and\\nboiler works, four hundred and fifty feet in\\nlength the foundry, eighty-four by one\\nhundred feet the steam forge, one hundred\\nby sixty feet the iron ship yard shojj, two\\nhundred and sixty by fifty feet (destroyed by\\nthe cyclone in 1885 and the same year re-\\nbuilt) the joiner shoj), sixty by forty-five\\nfeet, and two stories high pattern shop, sixty\\nby thirty-five feet, and two stories high the\\nmould loft building, one hundred and sixty\\nby forty feet, and two stoi ies high and the\\noffice, forty feet square.\\nJohn H. Dialogue, the originator and pro-\\nprietor of so valuable an industiy to the city\\nof Camden, was born in Philadelphia May\\n13, 1828, and is of French-German ances-\\ntry. His father, Adam Dialogue, was the\\ninventor and first manufacturer of the leath-\\ner-riveted hose used for extinguishing fires.\\nHe had his factory in North Street, between\\nFifth and Sixth, Philadelphia, and there did\\na flourishing business until his death, in\\n1840, when it was continued by a brother.\\nThe son, John II. nialoffue, who lost his\\nmother when he was eight ^X ars old and his\\nfiither when but twelve, lived ufterwanl with\\nhis uncle. He attended the Central High\\nSchool of Philadelphia, then held in a build-\\ning on the site of John Wanamaker s large\\nstore on Market Street, under the principal-\\nship of the learned educator, Alexander Dal-\\nlas Bache, and was graduated in 1846, after\\npursuing a four years course. Having then\\nobtained a good education, he learned the\\ntrade of a machinist with his uncle. During\\nthe spare hours of the evening he educated\\nhimself as a draughtsman, and in 1850, when\\nbut twenty-two years old, moved to Camden\\nand then began his prosperous business ca-\\nreer. Mr. Dialogue is a gentleman of plain\\nand unassuming manners, and social in his\\nrelations with his fellow-men, and careful and\\nthorough in his business relation. He won\\nhis success by his own inherent energy, close\\napplication and undaunted perseverance. Be-\\ning a ship-builder and the proprietor of one\\nof the four largest ship-building establish-\\nments in America engaged in the construc-\\ntion of iron ships, and the only one in the\\nState of New Jersey, he has made the subject\\nof American commerce and our ship-building\\ninterests a careful study. He has broad and\\nliberal views on national questions, is ojjposed\\nto free ships and free trade, but persistent in\\nadvocating the American policy of protection,\\nand at this time, when foreign powers are\\nlargely in possession of the carrying trade, is\\nfirm iu the opposition to the free ship policy\\nof some of our American statesmen.\\nDuring his long residence in Camden, Mr.\\nDialogue has always manifested a great inter-\\nest iu the growth and development of the\\ncity and has fre(|ueutly been elected to offi-\\ncial positions. In 1875 he was elected a\\nmember of the Board of Education from the\\nSixth Ward of Camden, and was twice re-\\nelected, serving three consecutive terms of\\ntwo yeiu s each. While a member of that\\nbody he showed great practical forethought\\nby advocating the erection of two-story", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0544.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "I\\n4II\\\\\\nA\\n^n^\\nWu^Mz.^tim.cjO", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0547.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0548.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "AGRIL ULTi;ilK.\\n385\\nl)uil(lini\u00c2\u00abs for school piir|ifiscs iiistoiul oi liigh-\\ner ones, and was cliairnian of a coinniittce\\nwhile superintending the erection of three\\nsufh buildings. In 1878, while yet a nieni-\\nher of the Board of Education, he was elect-\\ned to the City Council, was re-elected in\\n1881 and 1884, and, during the year 188:^,,\\nwas president of that body. In every posi-\\ntion he thus filled he has been an energetic ad-\\nvocate of all laudable and economical meas-\\nures.\\nIn politics he is a Democrat, and in 1880\\nwas chosen by the Democratic party one of\\nthe electors-at-large on tlie Hancock and\\nEnglish Presidential ticket, and at the meet-\\ning iu Trenton he was chosen president of\\nthe Electoral College. In 1881 he was nomi-\\nnated as the Democratic candidate for State\\nSenator for the Camden County District,\\nwhich, though largely Republican, gave him\\nan encouraging vote. Mr. Dialogue was\\nmarried, in the year 1850, to jNIary Easby, of\\nPhiladelphia, who died in 1882. He has\\none son John H. engaged with his father\\nin business, and three daughters Adelaide,\\nStella and Lillie.\\nPort of Camden. The Port of Camden\\nwas established in 18;!4 and was attached\\nto the Eridgeton Collection District, with a\\nsurveyor residing at Camden. Morris -rox-\\nall, the lawyer, and afterwards prosecutor of\\nthe pleas, was the first surveyor, and had\\nhis office on Arch Street, above Second. He\\nheld the j)osition but a year, when he was\\nsucceeded by Isaac Bullock, the noted school-\\nteacher, who filled a term of four years,\\nwhen Morris Croxall was again appointed\\nand acted for two years. Philip J. Grey, the\\njournalist, was made surveyor under Presi-\\ndent Harrison, attending to the duties in the\\noffice of his paper, the West Jersei/man, but\\nonly for two years, when he was succeeded by\\nCharles S. Garrett, afterwards sheriff He\\nwas a harness-maker and the surveyor s of-\\nfice was at his store, on Federal Street, be-\\nlow Second.\\nPhilip J. Grey was again nuule surveyor\\nof the j)ort, under President Taylor, for foiir\\nyears, Isaac W. Mickle, the ilexican A\\\\ ar\\nveteran, being his successor, and the oflice,\\nlor a portion of his five years service, was\\niu the Ciiindrn Democrat office. Thomas\\nI Atkinson, the builder, who was after-\\nwards mayor, was appointed in 1858, and\\nheld the office until S^dvester Bird.sell was\\nappointed, in 18(31, by Prcsid( nt Ijincolii,\\nand located the office at I ourth and W abiul\\nStreets.\\nIn 1867 Camden was taken from the\\nBridgeton District and attached to the Phila-\\ndelphia District, with Philip J. Grey as as-\\nsistant collector. He held the position until\\nhis death, in 187 when William P. Robe-\\nson, brother of Hon. George il. Robeson,\\nthen Secretary of the Navy, was appointed,\\nand, upon his death, in 1881, David S.\\nHeyl succeeded. Hon. George D. Borton,\\nthe present incumbent, received his commis-\\nsion in 1886. The office, i or many years,\\nhas been at 211 J Market Street.\\nThese have been surveyors of the port,\\n1834. Morris Croxall. 1849. Philip J. Grey.\\n1835. Isaac Bullock. 1853. Isaac W. Miclilc.\\n1839. Morris Croxall. 1858. T. B. .\\\\tkin.soii.\\n1841. Philip J. Grey. 18(!1. Sylv. Birdsell.\\n1843. Chas. S. Garrett.\\nASSISTANT COLI.r.CTORS.\\n18(57. Philip J. Grey. 1881. David S. Heyl.\\n1875. W. B. Robeson. 18S(). Geo. B. Borton.\\nThe last two incund:)ents are the only sur-\\nvivors.\\nCHAPTER XX\\nAGRTCtjr;n RE.\\nAgriculture, as understood and practiced\\nby the old folks hereabouts, woidd, in the\\npresent time of progress and improvement,\\nbe looked upon as one of the lost arts. Ro-\\ntation iu crops was the rule, that being rye\\nand corn and corn and rye. When the", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0549.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "386\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2strt iigtli of the soil was nearly exhausted by\\nmany crops, another field would be cleared of\\nthe timber and on it the same rotation re-\\npeated. The farmer who planted more than\\nhalf an acre of potatoes or raised more than\\na small patch of cabbage was sure one-half\\nhis crop would go to waste. Meadow land\\nwas depended on for hay and the swamps\\nlooked to for pasture. Shelter and warmth\\nwere not thought of for stock and the cattle\\nwere dwarfed, poor and breachy. In good\\nold times farmers had much leisure and the\\nwinters were spent iu fox-hunting, sleigh-\\nliding and visiting friends. The spring\\n(U ops did not hurry them and for the autumn\\nwork they made no haste. The forest and\\nstreams furnished much of the food, the tim-\\nber the home supplies, and what care had\\nthey for the future. The use of fertilizers\\nwas not thought of, booic farming was a re-\\nproach and the use of machinery laughed at.\\nAs time progressed, Philadelphia began to\\nassume the jJroportions of a city and required\\nincreased supplies to feed its inhabitants\\nfarmers then obtained some profits coming\\nout of the soil. Although the number of\\nacres of tillable land was not materially in-\\ncreased, yet crops were made more productive\\nby more care in farming and the application\\nof manures to the land. The progress \\\\vas\\nslow and it was necessity or accident that in-\\nduced advancement iu modes of agriculture.\\nThe following story will illustrate this\\nstatement Anthony Warrich, a former near\\nChews Lauding, owned large tracts of timber\\nlaud and sent cord-wood and lumber to the\\nI hiladelphia market from his landing at the\\nhead of navigation on the north branch of\\nTimber Creek. A brickmaker of the city,\\nwith whom he dealt, oflPered to load, free of\\ncost, one of his vessels with wood ashes if the\\nfarmer would take them away from incum-\\nbrancing his brick yard. The farmer finally\\nconsented and the ashes were landed on his\\nwharf, and his sons hauled this valuable\\nfertilizer to a field where it was spread on\\nland on wliicii corn was to be planted. The\\neffect it produced on the crop was magical\\nand people came from far and near to see the\\nresult; for as much corn was raised by that\\nprocess on five acres thus fertilized as prev-\\niously had grown on twenty acres of the\\nsame kind of laud. The brick-makers,\\nbrewers and foundry men had no trouble\\nthereafter in disposing of this heretofoi e\\ntroublesoraecommodity, and, in fact, soon be-\\ngan to reap a revenue from it.\\nThis is but one of the many traditions\\nhanging about this important industry of\\nearly days, and fairly illustrates the hesitancy\\nwith which this class of men moved. Wood-\\neu plows and brush harrows, with clumsy\\nand ill-contrived tools, were put in the hands\\nof laborers. But little care was taken in re-\\nlation to seeds, and choice fruits or vegetables\\nwere seldom to be seen.\\nThe discovery and use of marl as a fertil-\\nizer certainly advanced husbandry in New-\\nJersey more than any other means of im-\\njiroving the soil. Inexpensive and simple in\\nits use, it came within the reach of all. If\\nspread upon the most impoverished land,\\nwiiiteclover will follow Indian grass and the\\nproduct of an ordinary pasture will be large-\\nIv increased where it is used. It is suitable\\nto almost any crop and adapted to almost\\nevery kind of land. It needs no preparation,\\nbut can be taken from the j^it and applied at\\nonce, and when these advantages appeared,\\nfarmers found winter work for their men and\\nteams. The immediate outlay of money is\\nso small and the return so quick that the\\nlaud within and near the marl belt of New\\nJersey soon increased in value and product-\\niveness.\\nOf later years farmers are of opinion that\\nits good effect is partially lost by continued\\nuse and in some sections much less is applied\\nthan formerly. The use of stone, oyster-\\nshell and gas lime has been of great advant-\\nage and are extensively used as fertilizers.\\nThe opportunities for obtaining these have .so", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0550.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "AGRICULTURE.\\n387\\nniiieh improved of late years that nuioligreater\\n(jiiautities are used tliau formerly. Patent\\nfertilizers, like patent medicines, have found\\npurchasers iu all section of the country and\\nmany people have been defrauded thereby.\\nSome are of much value, but the State Experi-\\nmental Commission, which now makes a\\nthttrough analysis of such articles upon the\\nmarket, publishes quarterly reports of tiie\\nsame. Credulous persons will, however, be\\nfound iu every community and generally fall\\nvictims to such frauds, however mucli they\\nmay be cautioned against them.\\nThe necessity for using meadow or tide\\nmarsh land to procure hay is shown in the\\nlocation of one hundred acres at the mouth\\nof Little Newton Creek (Kaighn Run) by\\nthe settlers at jSewton, immediately upon\\ntheir arrival. This was divided among them,\\nand ]Marcii 11, 1714, the Legislature passed\\nan act to enable the owners of the meadow-\\nadjoining to the lands of Sarah ^lickle, John\\nDale, John Kaighn and Tobias Griscom, ad-\\njacent to the Delaware River in the townshij)\\nof Newton, to stop the tide from overflowing.\\nThis act was to allow a dam, with tide sluices\\nand gates, to be built at the mouth of Kaighn\\nRun, the better to protect the meadow and\\ngrass crop from the tide, and was the first law\\nmade to tiiat end in this part of New Jersey.\\nThe navigable streams were banked along\\nthe sides with tide sluices and gates at proper\\nintervals, with large cppen ditches leading to\\nthem.\\nDecember o, 17 iO, an act was passed to\\nenable the owners of meadow on IJttle\\nTimber Creek to support a l)auk nv dam,\\nlately erected across the creek in order ti)\\nprevent the tide from overflowing, etc.\\nMarch 10, 1762, an act was passed for the\\nrelief of meadow owners on a branch of\\nNewton Creek, called Back Creek (in New-\\nton township), and June 20, 1765, an act was\\npassed to allow the owners of meadows at the\\nhead of Newton Creek to maintain a bank\\nand other water-works hcretofdre erected and\\nmade across tiie creek (Atmore s Dam), each\\nof which laws were to protect the owners of\\nmeadow or grass lands.\\nDecember 21, 1771, an act was passed to\\nraise and keep the road across Newton Creek\\nmeadows from William Garrard s toll-house\\nto Keziah Tomkius fast lands. This was\\ndone on petition of Thomas Atmore, Isaac\\nBurroughs, Benjamin Thackara, Jacob Stokes,\\nHannah Cooper, Keziah Tomkins, Elizabeth\\nThackara and Job Haines, who were the\\nowners of meadow on the easti^rly side of the\\ncreek.\\nAfter some effort an act was ])assed, No-\\nvember 20, 1786, allowing the owners ot\\nmeadow on Newton Creek and its several\\nbrandies to erect and maintain a dam and\\nwater-works across the mouth of the same at\\nthe river. This avt)ided the expense attendant\\non keeping up the several dams before named,\\nand secured all the marsh land on the creek\\nfrom the overflow of the tide. April 6, 1807,\\na sujjplemcnt was passed to enable owners of\\nmeadow on that stream to improve the same.\\nThis did not accomplish the purposes intended,\\nand March 27, 1872, another amendment was\\npassed allowing the dam to be cut and tiie\\ntides to ebb and flow. Some defect in the\\njiosition of the sluices and gates prevented\\nthe outflow of the water from the inside, which\\naccumulated from the springs and rains, and\\nwhich made the neighborhood unhealthy and\\naffected the value of real estate. A dam was\\nei ected across the mouth of the south branch\\nof Pensaukin Creek by act of December 6,\\n1775, for the purposes before named. Great\\nTimber Creek being a navigable stream, was\\nbanked on both sides, from the moutli\\nnearly to the head of navigation on eacii\\nbranch, but this appears to have been done\\nby individual shore-owners and without any\\nenabling act.\\nThe owners of marsh on Coo[)ers Creek,\\nit being a navigable stream, also reclaimed it\\nin the same manner, and much valual)ie pas-\\nture land on each of these streams is still", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0551.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "388\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nprotected from the tide. This proves con-\\nclusively that no attention had been paid,\\nuntil near the close of the last century, to\\nthe cultivation of the upland or artificial\\ngrasses, and that all depended upon the marsh\\nlands within reach of the tide for their hay.\\nFarmers, long distances from their meadows,\\nand at great cost and labor, thus obtained\\ntheir winter supply, which at best was scanty\\nand often of poor quality. The growers of\\nearly vegetables for the Philadelphia markets,\\nand who utilized the light sandy soil, were\\nnot slow to notice the advantage of manures\\nin forwarding their crops, and soon grew ex-\\ntravagant in their use, but made it profitable.\\nAbout the beginning of the present century\\nnotice was taken of marl and land plaster, and\\nsome farmers ventured to sow snaall breadths\\nof clover, herd-grass and timothy seed.\\nThis was watched with much interest liy\\nall neighboring agriculturists, with the hope\\nthat their cattle could be fed at much less\\ncost and trouble than attended the securing of\\nthe meadow crop. John Gill, Joseph M.\\nHinchmau, Joseph Kay, Samuel Nicholson\\nand a few others made this risk, but the ex-\\nperiment at once dissolved all doubt in this\\ndirection, and meadow land began to lose its\\nimportance and decrease in value.\\nAt once the benefit was recognized and the\\nnext year every farmer except those whose\\nmeadow land adjoined their farms sowed\\ngrass .seed with his winter grain.\\nAbout this time an attempt was made to\\nutilize iron instead of wood for ploNvs. It\\nwas a crude idea, for the land side mould-\\nboard and shear were cast in a solid piece,\\nmaking it so heavy it could not be handled.\\nIt went, however, to prove one thing that\\nthe clay soils slipped from it much better\\nthan from wood. Soon the pieces were cast\\nseparately and the Peacock plow was the\\nfirst iron one that found favor among the\\nfarmers. Improvements in other like im-\\nplements followed, and cultivators, spike-hai\\nrows and irantf-plows caiiic into use.\\nThe iiarvest in the olden time was the\\nevent of the agricultural year, and brought\\ntogether nearly all the able-bodied men and\\nboys and apprentices of the neighborhood.\\nThe sickle was the only implement used and\\nall were expected to know how to reap and\\nbind, that the grain in sheaves might be\\nready for the carriers and shockers. One of\\nthe oldest and steadiest of the men would be\\nselected as leader and his orders were ob-\\nserved. Young men would sometimes wish\\nto test their skill and speed, and would not\\ncut in ahead of the man on the lead, but\\nif the work was badly done or disputes arose\\nas to place, a word from the leader settled all.\\nSometimes among the farmers twenty or\\nthii ty reapers could be .seen cro.ssing a field\\nof rijiened grain and each carrying his\\nridge which was an attractive sight.\\nAbout ten o clock the good wife and her\\n(laughters could be seen waiting under some\\nconvenient shade to dispense the lunch of hot\\nbiscuits and cool drink which was enjoyed\\nby all. Dinner would be announced by the\\ntin horn or conch-shell, which was always a\\ngood meal with an hour s rest thereafter.\\nFour o clock brought another lunch like that\\nof the morning and was acceptable to the\\nnow weary harvestei s, and as a day s work\\nwas from sun to sun, there were several\\nhours yet before the task was ended. Sujiper\\nover, the traditional darkey fiddler would\\nbe pi essed into service, the barn-floor cleared\\nand straight fours, hornpipes and double\\nsluiffles indulged in, much to the pleasure of\\nthe lads and lassies who joined the dance.\\nThe indentured apprentices, who, by thcii\\npapers, were entitled to two week s harvest\\nwere always largely represented on these oc-\\ncasions, and made for themselves pocket-\\nnioney for the coming year. Nearly all the\\nmechanical operations in the villages would\\nbe suspended for this week, and the man who\\nwanted his horse shod, his wagon mended or\\nids shoe jiatched nuist ask it as a favor and\\nnut dcniiuid it as a rii^ht. Tlic cradlo u;i adii-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0552.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "AGRICULTURE.\\n389\\nally took the place of the sickle as a more\\nrapid ineau.s of cutting the graiu, and at last\\ntiie occupation of the reaper was gone and\\ntlie days of the harvest, with its jokes, its\\nlunch and its dance, were almost forgotten.\\nThe wooden flail for threshing grain held\\nits place for many years and niade winter\\nwork for the man who looked after the cattle\\nand did chores for the famil} and our\\ngrandfathers winnowed the graiu by the use\\nof a barn shovel and trusted to a favorable\\nbreeze to carry away the chaff, which re-\\nquired both patience and endurance to ac-\\ncomplish. At last rude fan-mills made their\\nappearance and one of these would accommo-\\ndate a neighborhood. Now the steam thresher\\ndoes it all and the sound of the flail may\\nnever again be heard.\\nThe grass was cut with scythes, spread\\nwith forks and gathered with rakes, taking\\nabout two days to prepare it for the mow.\\nThe whole process was by hand, and if the\\ncrop was clover and it happened to rain,\\nthere was little but stems when in the barn,\\nfor the frequent handling wasted the head\\nand blossom. The first break in this system\\n^\\\\\u00e2\u0080\u00a2as the revolving horsc-rake. Farmers were\\nslow to accept its use or acknowledge its mer-\\nits. It picks up all the sticks and stones\\nwitli the grass and I don t want it, says an\\nold farmer sitting on the fence watching it\\nwork. It rolls and wads the hay so you\\ncan t get it apart, says another near by and\\nwho refused to be convinced. These and\\nother objections were lost sight of when its\\nlabor-saving advantages were considered, and\\nsoon one, if not tw^o, of them could be .seen\\non every plantation.\\nThe grain and see l-drill has sup[)lanted\\nthe sower, the plow and the harrow, the com-\\nbined reaper and binder, the mower, rake and\\nfork each worked by horses have crowded\\nout the primitive appliances formerly used.\\nAnd the farmer s wife is entitled to a place\\nhere as well. With everything as primitive\\nas the inijilcmcnts of her husband, her brain\\n46\\nand energies were often sa lly taxed as to how\\nshe could get on with her work. The kitchen\\nwas the largest apartment in the house, and\\nused for an eating, sitting, and cooking-room.\\nThe broad, open flre-phice was where she was\\nexposed to the heat, and also the strong cur-\\nrent of cold air con.stantly rushing up the\\nchimney, when preparing meals. The (;rane,\\nthe tranunels, the huge pots and the griddle\\nand gridiron were ever present, testing her\\nstrength aiul patience at i^very step. The\\narray of pewter plates, buwls and mugs that\\nadorned the dresser or high wooden mantel\\n(being part of her wedding outfit) had to be\\ncleaned and burnished as occasion re((uired,\\nwhile the uncarpeted floors and unpainted\\nchairs and tables must receive a certain\\namount of labor each w eek to make them\\npresentable to her family and neighbors.\\nThe care of the dairy and its products, as\\nwell as the poultry, fell to the females. The\\nwashing, ironing and mending for the family\\n(the hired help included) was a weekly or-\\ndeal not to mention the baking, sw eeping\\nand scrubbing,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 -all this without cook-stoves\\nor ranges, without washing-machines or\\nwringers, without patent churns, butter-trays\\nor any other labor-saving appliances. The\\nflax was to be broken and swingled the wool\\nwas to be cleaned, carded and prepared for\\nthe loom, and the hum of the wheel told\\nthat the motiier and daughters were bu.sy\\nduring the long winter evenings, and doing\\ntheir work by the light of the pine-knots\\nburning on the hearth. This picture is with-\\nout romance or coloring, and she who took\\nupon herself the duties of matron accepted a\\nsituation unknown in these days of the di-\\nvisions of labor and the intelligent applica-\\ntion of machinery.\\nIt is needless to speculate as to the devel-\\nopment of fruit and berry-growing in this\\nsection. With hundnnls ofacresyet untouched,\\nso well adapted to these purposes, a few more\\ndecades, and that which is now forest and\\nswamp may be made to yield its abundance,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0553.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "390\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nthrough the industry of a teeming popula-\\ntion. Many can remember when strawber-\\nries wei-e a garden luxury, and the brier-hook\\nof the farmer was ever ready to destroy the\\nblackberry and dewberry vines that crowded\\nhis fences, when cranberry culture had not\\nbeen thought of, and many other like growths\\nreceived no attention.\\nDevelopments are constantly being made\\nin our country which aid the farmer in selling\\nthe produce of his land, and invite him to in-\\ncrease his acres of cultivated soil. They give\\nemployment to people in manufacturing, min-\\ning and transportation, the building of rail-\\nroads and canals, and the increase of foreign\\ntrade by shipping. None of the people .so em-\\nployed produce anything for themselves or\\ntheir families to eat; hence the earth with the\\nfullness thereof, through the industry of the\\nhusbandman, supi)lics their wants. The im-\\nprovement in the breed of horses, of cattle, of\\nswine and of poultry has not been overlooked,\\nand he is the exception who has no Jersey\\ncattle in his pastures, no Chester Whites or\\nJersey Reds in his pens, no choice stock of\\ncolts in his stalls nor any Plymouth Rocks\\nor Wyandotts in his hennery.\\nAnd other things have kept in the line of\\nimprovements. Dwellings are more conve-\\nnient and comfortable, barns are lai ger and\\nbetter arranged, and labor-saving utensils\\nmay be found in every department.\\nThe Federal and State governments have\\ncome to appreciate agriculture. Chemistry\\nhas been invoked and attention given to the\\nbest means of increasing crops. The State\\nBoard of Agriculture annually brings togeth-\\ner the progressive farmers, and the Legislature,\\nwith commendable liberality, seconds every\\neffort to advance these objects. The husl)and-\\nman has now taken his true ])ositi()U in the\\ncommunity he knows that tiie wealth of the\\nnations comes out of the land, and that ho con-\\ntributes largely to that end that his calling\\ncommands respect and that the jjrodnce of his\\nbroad acres finds a [)lace in every family.\\nA New Era.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The greatest stride in\\nagricultural advancement has probably been\\ndeveloped within the last quarter of a cen-\\ntury not alone in improved implements\\nof husbandry, but in the variety and methods\\nof cultivating the crops. The outbreak of\\nthe War of the Rebellion cut off all coin-\\npetition from the South, and the result of\\nthis and the demands of an enormous army\\nstinudat( (l tlic prices of farm products in\\nthis county to a wonderful extent potatoes\\nsold readily at a dollar per five-eighths\\nbushel. Corn brought from eigiity cents\\nto one dollar and a half per bushel, oats\\neighty cents to one dollar per bushel, rye\\nan equal price, and wheat, about the close\\nof the war, brought three dollars per bushel.\\nStrawberries sold at from ten to thirty cents\\nper quart, blackberries twelve to fifteen cents\\nperquart, raspberries eight to ten cents per pint,\\ngrapes eigiit to ten cents per pound, and all\\nother products at equally ronjunerative prices,\\nand as a result, farm land rai)id]y increased in\\nvalue, the be.st lands readily selling at from\\none hundred and fifty to two hundred dollars\\nper acre. The value of all kinds of fertilizers\\ncorrespondingly iucreased; stable manure in\\nPhiladelphia sold on the wharves at one d i]-\\nlar and fifty cents per small cart-load. It\\nwas loaded upon canal-boats, flats and schoon-\\ners and .sent up all the navigable streams to\\nvarious landings. Farmers increased their\\nareas of cultivated land, and applied manures\\nand fertilizers unsparingly. Peruvian guano,\\nbeing considered the best commercial fertil-\\nizer, sold at one hundred dollars per tmi.\\nHay and straw brought prices varying from\\none dollar to two dollars and a half per hun-\\ndred-weight. During .such a jieriod farmers\\nbecame wide awake and progressive. \\\\ew\\nfruits were ra])idly intriidnced. The first\\ngreat ac(]uisition was the llovey strawberry\\nintroduced by C. M. Hovey, of Boston, and\\nwas the pioneer of the strawberry culture of\\nto-dav this was rapidly followiul by oilier\\nvarieties, until the varieties are now over one", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0554.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "AGRICULTURE.\\n391\\nliiiii(lrccl, ami onibrace all kinds and sliapcs\\nof berries. Tliose varieties most popular at\\npresent are the Siuirpless, Crescent, Miners,\\nDowuinjj and Mount Vernon, altliouirli many\\nothers are eultivated profitably. The season\\nof 188(! has been one unusually favorable\\nto the growth of the strawberry, and large\\ncrops have been gathered. IVobably the\\nlargest crop by an individual grower in this\\ncounty was a yield of sixty-eight thousand\\n({uarts on fourteen acres, grown by JCzra\\nBell, of Mount Kphraim. This yield has fre-\\nquently been excelled by growers of one or t w(\\nacres, and Friend Bell has exceeded it on ten\\nacres two years previously. The large cro|) of\\nthis fruit caused a series of extremely low prices,\\nthousands of quarts selling below the cost of\\nl)icking, wiiich fact has discouraged many\\ngrowers to abandon their plants and turn\\ntheir attention to other crops. The cultiva-\\ntion of the blackberry began to assume im-\\nportance about the same time as the straw-\\nberry, and ac(|uired considerable success,\\nand is still cultivated, but is not as profitable\\nas fornieily, the Wilson Early being the most\\nnoteworthy. The best yiehl in the county\\nwas that rai.sed by John S. Collins, on the\\nBenjamin Horner farm, a little north of and\\nadjoining the borough of Merchantville, in\\nthe year 1872; he raised and sold one hun-\\ndred and ninety-two thousand (juarts on sev-\\nenty-five acres, which were sold for the sum\\nof twenty-two thousand one hundred and two\\ndollars. The variety was the Wilson Early.\\nRasjibcrries also came into profitable cul-\\ntivation, the Philadelphia being the mo.st\\nprofitable, although its honors have been\\nclosely contested by the Braudywine, Cuth-\\nbert or Queen of the Market, Early Prolific,\\nReliance and others. Joshua Barton, of\\nBerlin, in 1884, raised on two acres threi\\nthousand two luindred and fortv-one and\\na half quarts of Queen of the Market rasji-\\nbcrries, not including those consnme l at\\nhome. Grapes also attracted their full share\\nof attention, and many large yields and profit-\\nable returns have been obtained. In IS8.5\\nthe crop of John W. Potts, of Stockton\\ntown.ship, a little northeast of Merchantville\\nborough, on five acres was a little over\\nfifteen tons of grapi^s. While these results\\nin small fruits were obtained, the gi ain and\\ntruck farmers were not idle. Large crops of\\nall kinds of vegetables are yearly reporte l.\\nJoel Clement, of Stockton, rai.sed twelve\\nhundred and eighty-five baskets (five-eighths\\nbushel) of jteppers on one acre, which sold\\nfor two hundred and twenty-fiv dollars.\\nJesse L. Ander.son, of Ellisburg, a few ycai s\\nago had a remarkable yield of sweet potatoes.\\nDavid Roe, of Haddonfield, has at different\\ntimes rai.sed very productive ciojis of cab-\\nl ages.\\nEdward W Coffin, 188. on two and\\nsoven-eiglith acres raised three ^hou.sand\\nbushels of tomatoes of five-(Mglith bushel\\neach and weighing thirty-nine pounds per\\nbasket, equal to forty thou.sand six hundred\\nand ninety-six pounds pev acre, lie also\\nrai.sed on four and seven-eighth acres thirty-\\nnine thousand six hundred pounds of hay.\\nJoseph Errick.son, of Delaware townshi]),\\nraised in 1885 eight hundred and forty bush(;ls\\nof tomatoes on one acre John D. Glover, of\\nMount Ephraim, four hundred and eighty-\\nsix bushels of wheat on seventeen acres\\nJoseph C. Hollinshead, of lladdon township,\\nraised twenty-five tons of mangel-wurzel\\nbeets on one and a half acres. Joel Clement,\\nof Stockton township, near the Bethel Church,\\nraised in 1885, on a little less than a quarter of\\nan acre, eleven hundred baskets (five-eighths\\nbushel) of squashes, which sold for one hun-\\ndred and eighty-five dollars and from a little\\nless than oneand one-half acres of cabbage two\\nhundred and three dollars was realized from\\none and a half acres of late tomatoes two hun-\\ndred and twelve dollars was realized. ]\\\\Iany\\nof these yields and prices have no doubl been\\nexceeded, but enough has been mentioned to\\ngive an idea of the crops produced under the\\nadvanced .system of agriculture.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0555.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "392\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nWhile these changes have heeu going on\\nin the rotation of crops and the cultivation\\nof the soil, the condition of the agriculturist\\nhas also assumed a more elevated position\\niu all that concerns the conveniences of\\nhusbandry and the drudgery of the formers\\nwives, although the relief of the latter has\\nnot reached that position to which she is\\njustly entitled.. It is true that the spinning-\\nwheel and distaif have been discarded, and\\nthe huge fire-places, with their cumbersome\\ncrane and pots and kettles, have been suc-\\nceeded by the cook-stove and range, the bare\\nfloors are carpeted, and the plumber s art\\nfrequently called in to locate the bath-tub,\\nand hot and cold water arrangements, the\\ndairyman succeeds the dairy-maid with the\\nmilk pail, the washing, ironing and mend-\\ning for the hired men employed on the farm\\nis a thing of the past, the sitting-room and\\nparlor are furnished in the latest styles of\\nfurniture, and adorned with many handsome\\nornaments, and frequently the chandelier is\\nfound in its graceful proportions hanging\\nfrom the ceiling, yet the system of farmers\\nboarding and lodging their field hands is still\\nin vogue, although the practice of providing\\nconvenient and comfortable residences for\\nthe employees of the farm, and the men board-\\ning themselves, is being successfully tried\\namong the more affluent farmers. The\\nsystem is far from being general, although\\nit is not venturing much to say that within\\nthe next score of years it will be as un-\\ncommon an occurrence to find a farmer board-\\ning his help as it is to-day to find one wash-\\ning and mending for them. The day is also\\nnot far distant when butter-making, except\\nin large dairies, will also be seldom done\\nupon the farm. The milk or cream will be\\nsent to a creamery and the farmer charged a\\npercentage for the manufacture of the pro-\\nduct into butter. But to forecast the events\\nthat are sure to supplant the methods of\\nto-day is to venture on unknown grounds.\\nCertain it is, however, that tlu, wife of the\\nagriculturist of Camden County is destined to\\nbe relieved from much of the slavery that now\\nbesets her life, and to enjoy an existence as\\nfree from vexatious toil as her city neighbor.\\nAfter reviewing the past and noting the\\ncontinued advance in agricultui al pursuits, it\\nis impossible to predict the future of the\\nhusbandman of this county.\\nThe importance of a unity of action in\\nmany cases necessitated the formation of a\\nFarmers Association, which was first organ-\\nized at Ellisburg in 1872, and afterwards\\nremoved to Haddonfield, where it entered on\\na quiet but steady career of usefulness, the\\nelFects and advantages of which are manifold.\\nAside from the discussions at the meeting.s,\\nmany important actions were taken to relieve\\nthe farmers of impositions practiced upon\\nthem. For several years exhibitions of\\ncereal products and poultry were yearly held\\nin the Town Hall at Haddonfield, where\\npoultry for breeding purposes was sold and\\nexchanged. The energies of the association\\nwere largely curtailed Ijy the (Jrange move-\\nment, which reached this county in 1S74.\\nYet, notwithstanding the absorption of its\\nmembers in the Grange organizations, the\\nassociation maintained its organization and\\nmembership in tlie State Board, and, aided\\nlargely by its influence, is reorganizing the\\nState Board of Agriculture, and placing\\nthat body upon its present influential posi-\\ntion. )ne of the original members of the\\nassociation is at this time president of the\\nNew Jersey State Board of Agriculture.\\nThe officers of the association are as follows\\nPresident, Edward Burrough Vice-Presi-\\ndent, Edward S. Huston Recording Secre-\\ntary, George T. Haines; Corresponding Secre-\\ntary, Edward Bui-rough Treasurer and\\nLibrarian, Jacob 8. Coles; Executive Com-\\nmittee, Isaac W. Coles, Ezra C. Bell, Rich-\\nard Levis Shivers, Nathaniel Barton and\\nSamuel Wood.\\nIn accordance with the provisions of the\\nlaw authorizing; the creation of County Boards", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0556.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0557.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "S.A^M/M", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0558.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "A(iRI( ULTIll?K.\\n393\\nof Agriculture, tlie C aiiKlcii Couuty I xianl of\\nAgrieulturu was formed, and althougli yet iu\\nits iufancy, gives promise of being a useful\\nelement, tiirough which the fanners of the\\ncounty can unite uj)on any measure tending\\nto advance their interest. The present offi-\\ncers areas follows: President, Ezra C. Bell;\\nVice-President, Edward S. Huston Record-\\ning Secretary, George T. Haines Correspond-\\ning Secretary, Nathaniel Barton Treasurer,\\nJacol) Stokes Coles Directors, Theodore\\nHeider, Edward Burrough and Amos Ebert\\nDelegates to the State Board of Agriculture,\\nEdward Burrough and Edward S. Huston.\\nCamden County Pomona Gkanoe.\\nThis organization was estahlislied Septem-\\nber 6, 1877, in Clement s Hall, at Haddon-\\nfield, by the action of the Union Grange, at\\nMechanicsville, Haddon Grange, of Haddon-\\ntield, Blackwood Grange, of Blackwood, au l\\nHammonton Grange, of Atlantic ounty.\\nMeetings are held at the hall of Haddon\\nGrange, Haddoufield. Isaac Nicholson was\\nelected Master, and served until 18.S0, when\\nhe was succeeded by Theodore Hyder, of\\nBlackwood, who still presides. R. J. Bynes\\nwas chosen secretary at the organization and\\nserved until 1880, when he was succeeded by\\nR. L. Shivers, who served one year and was\\nfollowed by the present secretary, George T.\\nHaines.\\nEzR.\\\\ C. Bell, one of the successful ag-\\nriculturists of Camden County, is a descend-\\nant of Henry Bell, one of the Friends who\\ncame to Montgomery County, Pa., in the\\nlast decade of the seventeenth century, and\\nsettled on lands he purchased of William\\nPenn. His .sou John, born in 1721, mar-\\nried Hannah Reese, and to them there was a\\nson born in 1749, whom they named Jona-\\nthan. This son married Mary Stroud, and\\nhad two children, James and Isaiah, the\\nlast-named of whom married Catharine\\nHughes, and died in 1849, aged seventy-\\neight years, having nine children, the\\nsecond child, named Hughes, marrying Sarah\\nComfort, daughter of l zra and Margaret\\n(Shomaker) Comfort. Hughes Hell for nine\\nyears managed the farm attached to the\\nWesttown Boarding-School of Friends, and\\nin 1847 j urchased two hundred and forty\\nacres of land iu Union (now Centre) town-\\nship, Camden County. This was formerly\\nknown as the Jo.seph Tomlinson property,\\noriginally located by Joseph Hugg. Part of\\nthis land was in timber and the remainder\\nin an impoverished and much neglected farm,\\nand, but for a tract of banked meadow on\\nGreat Timber Creek, there would have been\\nno hay for winter s use. At that time his fam-\\nily consisted of his wife and five children,\\nChalkley, Charles, Mary, Ezra C, and James.\\nSoon a change was ajiparent, and by judicious\\ncropping the soil advanced rapidly iu tertility.\\nHughes Bell was among the first in this\\nsection to cut and stack his corn before husk-\\ning, thus saving the fodder from winds and\\nrain. The objection of costing too much,\\nas argued among farmers, soon vanished and\\nthe system was in a few years almost uni-\\nversally adopted. His sons used the first\\nmowing-machine hereabouts, and although\\ncumbersome and defective in many parts,\\nwas the beginning of a new era iu hay-mak-\\ning for all. Hughes Bell died iu 1857 and\\nhis sons became the po.ssessors of his landed\\nestate and jjursued the .same intelligent .system\\nof agriculture, taking advantage of the use\\nof machinery and the application of fertilizers.\\nThe land which came to Ezra C. Bell was\\ntlu jiurchased tract of seventy-one acres and\\npart of the original tract. Much of this\\nland was yet unbroken and some of it\\ndifficult to clear. In utilizing a bed of\\nclay on the premises for brick and the man-\\nufacture of tile, of which his present residence\\nwas built in 185(3, with which the farm is\\nunderlaid, gradual inroads were made upon\\nthe brush and stumps until .some of the best\\nland was exposed to the sun and made ready\\nfor u.se. The miles of tile which underlay\\nthe soil render it now one of the most pro-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0561.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "394\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\n(luftivf and easily Wdi-ked farms to be found\\nin this county. Some of the moist soils are\\nespecially adapted to the growth of stravv-\\nben ies and other small fruits, and have been\\ntaken advantage of for such purposes. With\\nconstant changes as to selected varieties,\\nseasonable care in tillage, the use of jjroper\\nstimulants and a near market, he has shown\\nwhat can be done in this direction, which has\\ninduced others to the same endeavor.\\nWith seven acres under strawberries in\\n1883, the yield was about fifty thousand\\nquarts, and gave employment to sixty pickers.\\nThis is the result of experiment, observation\\nand experience, the selection of soil, of situ-\\nation and of other minor details needful to\\nsuccess. With the same attention given to\\nother crops, like results follow the farmer\\nrepaid and the products of the earth increa.sed.\\nEzra C. Bell is of that class of men who\\nstrive to emulate each other in a friendly\\nway, and assemble themselves together to\\ntalk over their los.ses as well as their gains,\\nwho regard education as applicable to farm-\\ning as to mechanics, to merchandising as\\nto the arts or to the sciences that, although\\nthe cold, the heat, the drought and the rains\\nhave much to do with the success in crojis,\\nyet good farming in its broadest sense, in a\\nmeasure, overcomes all these, and is sure to\\nyield its reward.\\nIn 1856 he married J]sther K., datigliter\\nof lleuben and Rachel Roberts. Their chil-\\ndren are John H., Edwin R., Margaret C.\\nand Caroline R. Bell. Esther deceased in\\n1877, and in 188;5 he married Priscilla\\nEvans, widow of Joseph B. Evans, and\\ndaughter of Zebedee and Elizabeth Haines.\\nLike his ancestors, he adheres to the religious\\nfaith and doctrines of George Fox, and is a\\nuseful man in his day and generation. Without\\nbeing a politician, he is a firm adherent to his\\npolicy of what is best for the people, and he\\ndoes not avoid his duty as a good citizen, by\\ni-efusing to participate in township or county\\naflFairs.\\nJdiin Ri DDEROW was a leading agricul-\\nturist within the present limits of Stockton\\ntownship for half a century after the Revolu-\\ntionary A\\\\ ^ar. He was the great-grands(jn of\\nJoiin Rudderow, an Engli.sh lawyer, crown\\nsurveyor and adherent of the Established\\nChurch. In 1(380 he settled in Chester town-\\nship, Burlington C-ounty, N. J., on a tract\\nof land he had located between the north and\\nsouth branches of Pen.saukin Creek. He\\nwas active in the affairs of the township, and\\nwas known in the colony as a man of edu-\\ncation. He was contemporary with Geoi ge\\nKeith, and influential among his adherents\\nin organizing St. Mary s Church at Coles-\\nt nvn. The great-grandson, John, was born\\nat the old homestead February 17, 1759, but\\nhis maternal grandfather, Thomas Spicer,\\ndying during his infancy, entailed him the\\nS])icer tract, where Merchantvillc now\\nstands. His parents William and Abigail\\n(Spicer) Rudderow removed to what was\\nthen, and for many years after, known as the\\nCherry-tree Tavern, which stood by the\\nroad gi ing from Burlington to Coopers Point,\\nnear Merchantvillc. John Rudderow devoted\\nhimself to agriculture, and was among the\\nfirst to introduce the culture of the peach and\\ntomato into West Jersey. In 1804 he l)uilt\\nhis residence where is now the centre of\\njNIerchantville, and resided there for many\\nyears. November 16, 1812, Governor Aaron\\nOgdeu tendered him the appointment of\\na.ssociate judge of the several courts of Glou-\\ncester County, which he declined. His father\\nhad been a warden of St. Mary s Church, at\\nColestown, from its organization, in 1752,\\nand was succeeded by his son John, who held\\nthe office until his death. He died May 1,\\n1840, leaving a large estate.\\nEdward Z. Collinos, one of the success-\\nful cranberry growers of West Jersey, is a li nea I\\ndescendant of Richard C ollings, who married\\nEsther, daughter of Joseph, a grandson of\\nRobert Zanc, Joseph Zane died in 1759,\\nand left the estate to his daughters Esther", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0562.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "r)", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0565.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0566.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "OLD ftRAVE-YARDS.\\n395\\nami Rhoda the last-named sold her interest\\nU) Kieiiard Collings in 17(52, whi) then be-\\ncame the owner of the original Robert Zane\\nsurvey. Riehard Collings, who married\\nEsther Zane, had by her seven children,\\nAbigail, Esther, Mary, Lydia, Richard, P^d-\\nward Z. and Joseph (who were twins). Ed-\\nward Z. was married to Sarah Thomas, of\\nHhiladelpiiia. Their cliildren were Rebecca,\\nwlio married Jonathan, father of E. C.\\nKniglit Elizabeth, who married John\\nThackara, of Salem, N. J. Sarah, wiio i)e-\\nI ame the wife of Levi Judson, of New York\\nLsaac, who died young; Edward Z. and\\nJoseph C\\nE. Z. Collings was married to Elizabeth\\nIT., daughter of Amos and Ann Cox, wlio\\n\\\\v:us the daughter of William Zane, of Chews\\nLanding. His family were Rachel (wife of\\nElwood) and Ann (wife of Charles Braddock,\\nof Haddontield, N. J.), Rit^hard S. (who died\\nin infancy) and Edward Z.\\nEdward Zane Collings was horn in New-\\nton township January Iti, 18? 7, on the old\\nhomestead property. This farm was situated\\non tlie Gloucester road, leading to Haddon-\\ntield from Gloucester, and now comprises the\\nlarger part of the tract set apart by its owner,\\nE. C. Knight, for a park. His father died\\nfive months before his birth, and to his\\nmother was left the care of three children.\\nShe was a woman of great force of character,\\nand in order to keep the family together, car-\\nried to the city market the farm products, and\\nsold them, as was the (custom then. She was\\nfaithful at home, and guided and educated\\nlier children by her example and per.soual in-\\nlluence. The subject of this biography\\nworked uj)on the farm until he was sixteen\\nyears old, in the mean time attending the\\nChampion School, going also to Fellowship\\nBoarding-School, kept by Samuel Smith, for\\ntwo years, and completing his education by\\na year s course at Bridgeton West Jersey\\nAcademy. At the age of twenty he taught\\nthe Horner School, near Glendale. Becoming\\nof age, he took charge of tlie farm, which he\\nmanaged successfully for four years in the\\nmean time lie ptirrliased a farm in Salem\\nComity, planting and suc(;essfully raising\\nfruit on it. When the war broke out, in 1861,\\nMr. Collings became the sutler of the Thirty-\\nsecond Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer\\nInfantry (afterward Ninety-ninth Regi-\\nment). He also received a commission as\\nmilitary store-keeper from Hon. Simon\\nCameron. He was in the service three years,\\ntaking vessel-loads of goods to sutlers at the\\nfront, disposing of the same at a handsome\\nprofit. At one time he was too far in advance\\nand was nearly made a prisoner at anotlier\\nColonel Mosby cut the train in two, captur-\\ning many wagons, but the property of Mr.\\noil ings escaped til rough good fortune. After\\nthe war he purchased a farm in IVContgomerj\\nCounty, Pa., and engaged in the dairy busi-\\nness, and now devotes much of his time to the\\ncultivation of cranberries on his property in\\nthe lower part of New Jersey, and is reaping\\nlarge profits on his investments. In 18()(j\\nhe was elected to the Legislature from the\\nSecond District on the Republican ticket, and\\nby his vote aided in making Hon. T. F.\\nFreylinghuysen (Tnited States Senator. His\\nchildren are William T., Edward Z., Sallie\\nF., Annie Z. and Francis F. His two oldest\\nsons are engaged in cattle-raising in Nebraska,\\nhave large ranches and are prospering. Mr.\\nCollings is now a resident of Camden.\\nCH A PTER N XI.\\noi,i) (;r;AVE-YAKi)s.\\nMany of these places of burial were re-\\nganled as family yards, and nearly every\\nlarge laud-owner had his own, yet members\\nof other families were interred there. These\\nwere no doubt in many instances beside the\\nphices already selected by the Indians, and\\nhad been so used for many years before the", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0567.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "396\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nemigrants settled here. These the aborig-\\nines always held sacred, and made visits to\\nthem long after they had abandoned the ter-\\nritory and left the soil. Many, unfortu-\\nnately, are at this time lost sight of and for-\\ngotten, while others are neglected and with-\\nout any inclosure about them. Monuments\\nwere seldom placed to the graves, save, per-\\nhaps, a rough native stone, with the initials\\nof the interred j)erson s name rudely cut\\nthereon and without date.\\nThe oldest burial-place in the county is\\nthe old Newton yard, situated in Haddon\\ntownship, about midway between Haddon-\\nfield and Camden. It was established by\\nthe first persons who transported themselves\\ninto this part of the territory, in 1681. Here,\\nfor many years, were all the deceased per-\\nsons interred, the funerals often coming in\\nboats to the yard. The site was badly\\nchosen, for the ground is low, and often\\nfilled with water nearly to the surface.\\nIf it had been consistent with the rules of\\nthe Society of Friends that small, unpretend-\\ning monuments had been allowed from\\nthe beginning, how much of history and\\ninformation might be gathered therefrom at\\nthe present time. Yet a visit there is with-\\nout results, and no one can discover wiiere\\nhis or her ancestors lie. This is a universal\\nregret, for so much is lost that might in this\\nsimple way have come down to tiiis genera-\\ntion.\\nNext in order of time is the Henry Wood\\ngrave-yard, on the farm now or lately owned\\nby Lemuel Horner, antl near the site of the\\nCamden City Water- Works. The lew tlun-\\nilies settled about the mouth of Coopers\\nCreek and on the river-shore used this place.\\nThe Woods, the Spicers, the Nicholsons, tiie\\nWillards and Days, and, later, a few of tiie\\nCowperthwaites, Folwells and other families,\\nwere buried there. It was aliandoned for\\nthat purpose many years since, and is now\\nscarcely known.\\nGloucester was laiil out in lots in 1()S(;\\nbut had been occupied before that date by a\\nfew settlers, and a place of burial selected.\\nThomas Bull, in his will (1722), makes men-\\ntion of a grave-yard at that place, but\\nnothing is now known of its locality or who\\nlie interred there. It may be in one of the\\nmost traveled thoroughfares, or covered by\\nsome dwelling or factory so numerous there.\\nIn it probably rest the remains of parts of the\\nReading, the Hajrison, the Hugg and Bull\\nfamilies some of the pioneers who first ad-\\nventured into this region of country.\\nThe Watson grave-yard dates back for\\nmany years. It is situated in Winslcw\\ntownship, near the road going from Blue\\nAnchor to May s Landing, about one mile\\nsouth of Wiuslow. As early as the year\\n171(J Daniel Coxe made a survey of one\\nhundred acres at that place, and tradition had\\nit that a house was built and a tavern kept\\nthere. Although in the depths of the forest,\\nit was a comparatively public place, for here\\ncrossed the two Indian trails the one going\\nfrom Egg Harbor to the Delaware River,\\nand the other from Burlington County\\ntowards Cape May. The first of these was\\nthe road traveled by the Indians in their\\ncxcursious to procure fish and clams for th(;ir\\nwinter use, and the other by the Atsionk and\\nTuckahoe Indians in their friendly visits to\\neach other. On these same paths the settlers\\nmade their first roads, and gradually the\\nimportance of the old hostelry increased.\\nThis may account for and fix the date of tiie\\nbeginning of this burial-i)lace, and may have\\nbeen where the Indians buricul their dead\\nwho died on these long journeys. It took\\nits name from Benjamin Watson, who, after\\ntlu^ tavern-keeper and his lamily, was the\\nfirst white person settled there. He pur-\\nchased a largo tract of land, cleared several\\nacres about iiis house, and reaped some ben-\\nefit from tlie soil. Himself and wife and\\nsome of ills family are buried there, and also\\n)liver Bcebe and wife and funily, some of\\nJolm Camel s family, and a lew others ol", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0568.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "OLD GRAVE-YARPS.\\n397\\nthat region. Years ago there stood several\\nmarked stones, and a few graves could be\\nseen, but since then all have been renioveil,\\nand nothing remains to siiow the spot.\\nWhat was known as the Graysbury grave-\\nyard was a short distance west of the White\\nHorse and Camden turnpike road, on a farm\\nftirmerly the (Traysburys, but later owned by\\n.loscph Fewsmith, and now by William\\nKettle, Jr. Simeon Breach, Joseph J^ow\\nand Caleb Spraguo, who were the first\\nsettlers in that section, and their families are\\nburied there, and later the (Traysburys and\\nHinchmans, and some other families. This\\nyard is entirely lost sight of, and the Phila-\\ndel]ihia and Atlantic City Railroad passes\\nthrough it.\\nThe grave-yard at Blue Anchor was one\\nof some pretensions and among the oldest in\\ntlie county. In 1740 the tavern was estab-\\nlished there and a lew dwellings sprang up\\naround it, and this place of burial may date\\nfrom that time. About I80O a new yard\\nwas opened near by and no more interments\\nwere made in the old one. In former days\\nit had many lettered head-stones at the\\ngi aves, but the inclosing fence was removed\\nand cattle allowed to trespass thereon and de-\\nstroy the monuments. Here were buried the\\nfamilies of John Hider, John Bryant, Kobert\\njMattox, Thomas Fry, the oldest settlers there;\\nlater, the Albertsons, the Beebes, the Sicklers\\nand others were brought there and laid away.\\nNow it is fiirmed over, and the spot is\\nscarcely to l)e recognized. It was on the high\\nground a short distance west of the hotel and\\nfrequently visited by relatives and friends of\\npersons lying there.\\nWoos burial-place, about one mile south\\nof Waterford and near where Shane s C astle\\nformerly stood, dates back to the middle of\\nthe last century. It is where the Indian\\ntrail crosses Clark s Branch, and is possibly\\nwhere the aborigines of that section buried\\ntheir dead.\\nZabastian Woos and his brothers settled\\n47\\nthere, followed by their descendants, who\\nkept a fence about it and placed several tomb-\\nstones in the inclosure. But li w are interred\\nthere now.\\nThere is a small yard at Bates Mill, about\\none mile south of Waterford, in Winslow\\ntow-nship. It was Hrst opened when Thomas\\nCole built the saw-mill, about the middle of\\nthe last century. Some of the Cole family,\\nthe Bates family, the Kellum family and\\nothers are buried there. Care is taken of\\nthis s])ot, the fence kept up and the few\\nstones are cared for. Benjamin Bates, who\\nwas an officer in the New Jersey Line during\\nthe Revolutionary War, and did much active\\nservice, lies there in a neglecte l grave. He\\nwas especially useful in watching the refu-\\ngees, to prevent their stealing horses and cat-\\ntle from the people along the coast. These\\nmarauders were the terror of the inhabitants,\\ngenerally going at night on their expeditions\\nbut when they found that Captain Bates was\\non their track, took to the timber and\\nAvon Id be seen no more for some time.\\nThe Hopewell grave-yard was probably\\nfoini led by Friends, as a meeting-house owned\\nIjy that denomination formerly stood there.\\nIt is on the old Fgg Harbor road, about two\\nmiles southwest from Tansboro in Winslow\\ntownship. The fence about it is still kept in\\nrejiiiir and care taken of the graves and\\nstones. The house was erected about the\\nmiddle of the last century, and the beginning\\nof the burials may date from that time. Here\\nwere interred the heads of the meeting John\\nShinn, Uriah Norcross, Joseph Peacock, Jo-\\nseph Boulton and many others but their\\nchildren removing from that region found\\nother places of sepulture.\\nThe cemetery at Berlin (Long-a-Coming)\\nhas been in use for many years, and may !)e\\ndated back to near 1714, when the place was\\nnameil Long-a-Coming, with a tavern and a\\nfew dwellings. In 17(i5 Samuel Scull kept\\nan inn at that place, where the Presby-\\nterians erected a small meeting-house on the", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0569.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": "398\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nground now used for burial lots, and attached\\nto the cemetery. Although the meeting-\\nhouse Ibll into decay and was taken down,\\nyet the interest in the yard was kept up and\\nsufficient fence always kept around it to pre-\\nvent cattle trespassing to the injury of the\\ngraves and grave-stones. As the neighborhood\\nimproved and became more thickly settled and\\nno other burial-place cstal)lished, the grounds\\nwere enlarged from time to time and laid out\\nwith avenues and lots. Some few stones may\\nbe seen in the old parts, where lie buried the\\nScull, the Budd, the Bodine, the Zigler,\\nthe Rogers and other old families. Under\\nthe present management there is no danger of\\nneglect, much to the credit of those in-\\nterested.\\nBurden s grave- yard was on the brow of a\\nhill near where the turnpike road from Ber-\\nlin falls into the Clementon and White Horse\\nroad, in Gloucester township, and is now en-\\ntirely overgrown with tiudjcr. It was prob-\\nably founded by riibnias Webster, who\\nowned the land in 1742, and who, with part\\nof his family, were buried there. He had\\ntwo sons, Ijawrence and Samuel, but they re-\\nmoved to other parts. Richard Burden be-\\ncame owner of (he soil in 1789, hence the\\nname as known in modern times. Daviil\\nHurley s and Joab Hillman s families may\\nbe there, as they owned land and lived near\\nby. Andrew Newman owned the land in\\n17 42 where the Clementon Mills stand\\nand built the first mil] there, about one mile\\nfrom the yard in (piestion, and it may be that\\nhe and his family rest there, and his brother\\nJohn and family and Benjamin Richards and\\nHenry Lake as well, with their families\\nand later, Moses Branson and Richard Bur-\\nden and their families.\\nIf tills be so, then this forgotten s])ot was\\nonce an important place and (^immandcnl the\\ncare, the respect and the jirotection of those\\nabout them, where now no vestige of a stone\\nor grave can be seen.\\nBut a single grave and grave-stone is\\nleft to show where the people about Clemen-\\nton buried their dead. It is on a hill not far\\nfrom the railroad station, in Gloucester town-\\nship, and will in a few years be lost sight of.\\nIt was established when the glass-works were\\nbuilt there, which brought together many\\nworkmen and tlieir families.\\nOn the tarm of Alexander Cooper, Esq.,\\nin Delaware township, near Glendale, is a\\nsmall inclosed spot in one of the fields known\\nas Matlack s grave-yard. It contains but few\\nbodies, yet they are the ancestors of the pres-\\nent owner in tiie maternal line. The fence\\nis carefully maintained and it is contemplated\\nto erect there a marble tablet to commemo-\\nrate the place and secure it from encnjach-\\nments or neglect.\\nTomlinson s grave-yard, near Laurel Mills,\\nin Gloucester township, is strictly a family\\nyard. Many of the ancestors of the family\\nlie buried tliere and interments occasionally\\ntake place. It is well cared for, but, belong-\\ning to a Friend s tiimily, but few monuments\\ncan be seen, its origin runs back many\\nyears, for Jose[ih Tonilinson settled in that\\nsection as early as 1690, he being the first\\nemigrant of that name.\\nWhat is generally known as tiie Zane s\\ngrave-yard is in Gloucester township, near\\nClements Bridge, and was established l)y the\\nKrst George Marple, who settled there about\\n1740, and it was one of the largest in this\\nsection of country. Many of the neighbor-\\ning families buried there and many stones\\nwitii names and dates stood there. No in-\\nterments have been made there for many\\nyears. The Marples, the Zancs, the Troths,\\nthe Chews, tiie Hillmans and others liveil\\nill tliat region. Tiie estate having jiassed in-\\nto the liands of strangers, it has been much\\nneglected of late years. It has no inclosiire\\nabout it and many of the graves are leveled\\nwith the ground anti tiie stones defaced or\\nremoved. Tiie remains of Colonel Isaiah\\nMar|)lo are internnl at this spot, the grave\\nbeing shown by a plain marble slab. He", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0570.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "OI.D GRAVE-YARDS.\\n399\\nwas an officor in tlie New Jersey Line dnring\\nthe Kevolntionary War and rendered inneli\\nservice in tiiat memorable struggle. The re-\\nmains of a few Hessian soldiers may res!\\nhere, as the troops crossed Great Timber\\nCreek at this point on their going to and re-\\ntnrning fjom the battle of Red Bank. In\\nthe retreat there was mueh tronble in trans-\\nporting tiieir wounded, not having means to\\nthat end, and some were left by the way to\\ndie or to be cared for by the inhabitants. The\\narmy was completely demoralized, its ooni-\\nmandiug officer being in the hands of the\\nenemy and others lying dead upon the fii id.\\nIn the hasty retreat tradition says two brass\\nHeld-pieces were thrown into tiie creek and\\nthere remain to the present.\\nSloan s burial-place is a neglected spot on\\nthe south side of Irish Hill, in Union town-\\nship, and a short distance east from the\\nBlaekwoodtown and Camden turn] ike road.\\nThere is no fence about it and it is entirely\\ncovered with timber and underbrush. Jo-\\nseph Sloan intended it for his family alone,\\nbntotiiers are buried there. It is j)ossil)]e\\nthat John Stafford was buried tliere, he being\\nconnected with the family by marriage. He\\nwas a soldier in Washington s body-guard\\nand was wounded at the battle of (Jerman-\\ntown while serving in the artillery, after\\nwliich he retired from the .service. John\\nWare, Jolin Batt, Jacob Bendler and others\\nlived near tliis place, and tiiemselves or part\\nof their families may lie there.\\nThe few graves that formerly apjieared by\\nthe road leading through Guineatown iVom\\nSnow Hill to Gloucester, in Centre township,\\nis the restiug-place of many of the slaves of\\ntiie Hiiggs, the Glovers, the Harrisons and\\nothers, who, after they were free, builtHiouses\\nand settled them at this place. No vestige\\nof the graves or stones is left.\\nThe law required that they should not l)e-\\ncome a connty charge hence this means wa^^\\ntaken to keep them from want when too old\\nto work. There is a like place, known as\\nHurley s grounds, on the farm now owned\\nby Benjamin and Joseph Li])pincott, a short\\ndistance ea.st from the Mount Epiiraim\\nroad. This was tli(, burial-place of the\\nHinchman slaves and their descendants, and\\nwas used until within a few years.\\nJohn Mapes grave-yai d joins tiio liouse\\nwhere he lived, and is where himself and his\\nfamily lie bm-ied. Jt fronts the turnj)ike\\nroad leading from Camden to Kirkwood, in\\nCentre township, and contains but few\\ngraves. John Mapes was a soldier in tiie\\npartisan corps of Colonel Menry Lee, and\\ndid the enemy much hurt and misciiief in\\nthat memorable conflict. JIc imd great ad-\\nmiration for his commander, Light Horse\\nHarry, and loved to recount their many\\nadventures in watching the movements of the\\nBritish army. Nothing but a plain nuuiile\\nslab marks the place of his burial.\\nOn the south side of and near the road\\nfrom Mount Ephraim to \\\\\\\\^)odi)ni v, in\\nCentre township, formerly stood a large\\nhv n-k farm-house, which was taken ilown by\\nJesse W. Starr, Esq., while he owned the\\nfarm. Near the house, and in part of the\\ngarden, were a few graves, with head and\\nfoot-stones indicating that a branch of the\\nHarrison family was Imried tliere. Saiimel\\nW. Harrison at one time was the owner of\\nthe estate, and a prominent and representa-\\ntive man in Gloucester County affairs during\\nhis active life. He was descended from the\\nHarrisons, who settled at (iloucester in the\\nlieginning, and whose names niav be found\\namong the leading men of the conntv and\\nState for several generations. Samuel \\\\V\\nHarrison, his family an l some of iiis ances-\\ntors lie in this spot, but no man can now find\\nthe |)lace of their sepulchre. A branch of the\\nEllis family had a small buria .-phice on part\\nof the estate near where Samuel Heulings re-\\nsides, a short distance east of the Iladdonfield\\nand Moorestown road, in Delaware township.\\nNo care has been tidcen of it for many years\\nand the graves are scarcely noticeable.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0571.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "400\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COTTNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nOu tlie farm now owned by Joshua Pea-\\ncock, in Delaware townsliip, and on the east\\nside of the Haddoufield and Berlin road,\\nand ck)se beside the old Egg Harbor road,\\nis said to have been an Indian burial-place.\\nThere is no doubt that a large settlement of\\naborigines was near by, which gives color to\\nthe tradition. The Kays, the Bateses and\\nthe Matlaeks owned the lands adjacent, and\\nthere may have been some of these interred\\nthere. No trace of the graves can now be\\nseen.\\nWithin the bounds of Camden City were\\ntwo or three grave-yards, now entirely lost\\nsight of. The progress of improvement\\ncrowded tliem out several years since, and\\nbut few of this generation can point out their\\nlocality. Some bodies were removed, but\\nmany, whose friends had left the neighbor-\\nliood, still remain. Streets and buildings\\nnow cover these burial-places, and but few\\nyears will pass away when not a tradition\\nwill be I emembered by the oldest inhabitant\\nof their locality, or who was there buried.\\nThe aggressive and uneasy spirit of the\\nAmerican people allows nothing to hinder its\\nadvancement, not even those aasociations and\\nmemories that may surround the graves of\\nour ancestors.\\nOn a farm in Delaware township, and near\\nthe county line between Camden and Burling-\\nton, are a few graves with luonumeuts, known\\nas the Inskeep grave-yard. The estate was\\nformerly owned in part l)y Abraham Inskeep,\\none of that family, and where some of them\\nand others of the ncighliorhood were Ijuried.\\nIt is inclosed and is well cared for.\\nIn early times the luskeeps, the Hootens,\\nthe Wills, the Kves and the Evanses inhal)ited\\nthat region, and their dead may have been\\nburied tliere. Under the regulation in tiie\\nSociety of Friends regarding graye-stones,\\ngraves and even family rows were event-\\nually lost sight of\\nOwing to some neigiiborhood difficulty\\nabout burials in the old yard not necessarx\\nto be recounted here, Jauies Sloan founded a\\nburial-yard in 1790 adjoining the old New-\\nton gra\\\\ e-yard. It has many graves and\\ngrave-stones within the walls, but much\\nneglected, and the gates i)eing broken, is open\\nto cattle and other marauders. Portions of\\nthe Shivers, the Ilinehman, the Eastlack,\\ntlie Heritage, the Collings, the Coojier and\\nother families lie buried there.\\nAbout the year 1793 John Iludderow es-\\ntablished a burial-place on his own land and\\nnear his house in Stockton (then Waterford)\\ntownsliip, and where the Church road comes\\ninto the Camden and Moorestown turnpike,\\nat Merchantville. The interments were con-\\nfined strictly to his own family, but after his\\ndeath no more burials were made there.\\nWithin a few years all the graves were\\noj)ened and the bodies removed to the old\\nKudderow lot at Colestown. Since then th\\nland has been used for agricultural ])urposes,\\nand, in the extension of the thrifty town of\\nMerchantvilie, will snon be built ujioii and\\nlost sight of.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0572.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "HISTORY\\nCITIES, BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS\\nCAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0573.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0574.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0575.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0576.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\nf H A P T E R I.\\nEAELY HISTORY OF THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\nIntroductiou Early Settlonieuts aucl Subsequent Transfers of Land\\non the Site of Camden\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Early SetHements and Transfers of Land\\non the Site of Sonth Camden \u00e2\u0080\u0094Firm Town Ptan of Camden\\nCoopers Hill Tlie Kalghn Estate Fettc-rsvijle -Sturkton\\nKaighnsville.\\nDuring the last decade the manufacturing and\\nbusiness interests of Camden have very largely\\nincreased and developed. Many new industries\\nhave lately been established, until now the full\\nforce of its life is i)lainly observable to many of\\nthe older inhabitants, who remember Camden as a\\nsmall village.\\nCould the first settlers upon the site of the city\\nIntroduction.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A little more than two centu- now look upon the industry and energy that have\\nries ago the fertile lands now covered by the beau- asserted their power in the rumble of ponderous\\ntiful and prosperous city of Camden were lirst machinery, the whistle of the high-spirited iron\\npermanently occupied by white settlers. During horse, the hum and whir of revolving wheels, the\\nthe century succeeding this event, New Jersey, as stately magnificence of some of the public institu-\\nwell as all the other American colonies, was under tions, the comfortable homes and beautiful streets\\nthe control of the English government. About and the improvement in the modes of life and liv-\\nthe time the great struggle between the colonies i\u00e2\u0080\u009eg, they would feel gratified that their children s\\nand their mother country began, an enterprising grandchildren and those cotemporary with them\\nand progressive descendant of one of the first are so bountifully favored in this land of freedom\\nsettlers conceived the idea of planning a town on and independence, of which they were the hardy\\nthe east bank of the Delaware, opjjosite what was pioneers.\\nthen the largest city on the American continent, The census table below was prepared from ofti-\\nand now its greatest manufacturing centre. Im- cial reports, and will enable the reader to observe\\nbucd with the same patriotic spirit as his friends and the changes in the population of the city of Cam-\\nassociates, he named his new town Camden, in den at the dates given. The increase during the\\nhonor of Charles Pratt, Earl of Camden, a dis- hist decade has been truly wonderful. With the\\ntinguished lawyer and statesman. Lord Chancellor healthful situation, beautiful surroundings, prox-\\nof England in ITIit?, and President of the Council jmity to Philadelphia, rapid development of the\\nin 1782. The Earl of Camden was the firm and manufacturing interests, well-managed ferries, ex-\\nliberal friend of the American colonies during the cellent schools, fine churches, an enterprising press,\\nwhole period of their struggle for independence. and intelligent and cultured society, Camden gives\\nHe boldly opposed the policy of the King and his promise, within the next half century, to many\\nministers, and openly expressed his sympathy for times double its present population, and hold high\\nthe Americans. rank among the leading cities of the Union.\\nThe growth of Camden during the first eighty\\nyears of its history was slow but sure, like that of js.jj jj.,\\nthe century plant. It existed for a long period as i\u00c2\u00bb3o 1,987\\na small collection of houses near theferries, toward\\nwhich most of the travel of West Jersey was then ^[y_ ,j ,,j\\ndirected on its way to the city of Philadelphia. issa 11,217\\nISOli 14,^(1)8\\n1865 18,315\\n187U \u00c2\u00bb.0,0-15\\n1875 33,852\\n1880.... 41,109\\n1885... 52i884\\n403", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0579.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "404\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nCITY OF CAMDEN\\n1850 I 1855\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iV20 2463\\n2S5I1 426r,\\n4242, 4489\\n1860\\n1865\\n1870\\nNorth Warrt\\n4141 1 6396\\n5051: 5545\\n5176 7372\\n6666\\n6684\\n6695\\nTotal\\n96)8 11,217\\n14,36818,313\\n20,045\\nFirst Ward\\niSecond Ward\\nThird Ward\\nFourth Ward...\\nFifth Ward\\nSixth Ward\\nSeventh Wartl..\\nEighth Ward....\\nTotal..\\n.5932\\n3946\\n3031\\n6261\\n5267\\n3480\\n3760\\n53,8\\nThe Early .Settlements and Transfers or\\nLand on the Site of North Camden. The\\nfirst known settlements on the Delaware River\\nwithin the limits of Camden were made by Rich-\\nard Arnold and William Cooper, before the land\\nthey located had been surveyed to them and be-\\nfore the Dublin colony, composed mostly of Eng-\\nlish Friends who had fled from England to Dub-\\nlin to avoid persecution, had located inland from\\nthe river, between Newton and Coopers Creeks.\\nIt would appear from the order given below that\\nthe number of Friends living along the river was\\nsufficient to warrant the yearly meeting held at\\nThomas Gardiner s house, in Burlington, the. ith ol\\nSeventh Month (September), 1681, to grant per-\\nmission, as follows\\nOrdered that Friends of Pyne Point have a\\nmeeting on every Fourth day, and to begin at the\\nSecond hour, at Richard Arnold s House. The\\nRichard Arnold here mentioned lived on the river-\\nbank, a short distance above the mouth of Newton\\nCreek, although he did not receive title until\\nMarch 1, 1702, when two hundred acres were sur-\\nveyed to him. His house is marked on the map\\nmade by Thomas Sharp in 1700. He sold this\\nbuilding the same year to Martin Jarvis, who had\\npurchased the year previous two hundred and\\ntwenty-two acres of the adjoining land bounding on\\nCoopers Creek. The name of Arnold disappcai-s\\nfrom this time in the history of the territory now\\nCamden County.\\nThe next resident on the site of Camden, .so far\\nas known, was William (!ooper. He was born in\\nEngland in lti32, and for many years prior to his\\nemigration had resided at Coleshill, in the parish\\nof Araer. ^ham, county of Hertford, where, early in\\nthe history of the Society of Friends, he became a\\nconvinced member of that religious body. He is\\nstyled in various deeds and in his will as Yeo-\\nman. Upperside Monthly Meeting, to which he\\nbelonged, contained within its limits the home of\\nWilliam Penn, whose projects for a settlement on\\nthe Delaware thus became well known to its mem-\\nbers, and William Cooper, attracted by the pros-\\npects, and wearied by religious persecution at\\nhome, concluded to emigrate thither in the early\\npart of 1679, with his wife, Margaret, and five chil-\\ndren. He brought with him a certificate from Up-\\nperside Monthly Meeting, setting forth that the\\nsaid William Cooper and Margaret, his wife, hav-\\ning lived in these parts for many years, ever since\\nthe first of their convincement, have walked con-\\nscientiously and honorably amongst us, agreeably\\nto the profession and testimony of truth, according\\nto the best of our observation and knowledge of\\nth^m.\\nHe arrived at Burlington in the spring or sum-\\nmer of 1679, and soon after located fifty acres of\\nland within the town limits, and had the same\\nsurveyed and returned to himself by deed dated\\nOctober T), 1680. On this land he built his first\\nhome and temporarily settled his family. During\\nthe same year, no doubt conversant with the pro-\\nject of planting a city near Shackama.xon (now\\nKensington, Philadelphia), he located a tract of\\nthree hundred acres immediately opposite, at the\\njunction of the Delaware with Aroches Creek,\\nwhich now bears his name, and obtained a certi-\\nficate for the same from the commissioners June\\n12,1682. He built his second house and estab-\\nlished his family on a high bank above Coopers\\nPoint, called by him Pyne Point, from a dense pine\\nforest which then grew there. This site is now\\nwashed away and is near where Fifth Street\\ntouches the river. The remains of this house,\\nsays Mickle, writing in 1844, were visible a few\\nyears ago. It was bnili, according to reliable\\nfamily tradition, of brown sand-stone, which, nn\\ndoubt, was quarried at Pea Shore, north of the\\ncreek. It had a stone portico, and a door opened\\nout from the second story hall to the roof of the\\nportico. Benjamin Franklin, who was a guest\\nthere nearly a century after it was built, styles it\\na large house. His son .Joseph, a few years later,\\nliuilt a h((Use a short distance east of his father s,\\non the blutl near the creek, and that, too, has dis-\\nai)pcared.\\nOn his arrival the lace he selected was occupied\\nby a small band of friendlylndians, under a chief\\nnamed Arasapha. The title to the hind on the\\nDelaware between Oldmans Creek and Rancocas\\nCreek had been purchased of the Indians in 1677,", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0580.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n405\\nbut William Cooper extinguislied what rights they\\nstill might possess at Pyne Point by a conveyance\\nfrom the chief Arasapha. This deed was a few\\nyears ago in the possessinu of Joseph VI. Cooper,\\nbut is now unfortunately lost. Intercourse be-\\ntween Shackamaxon, wheret he pioneers of Penn s\\ncolony, under Fairman, the surveyor, and Mark-\\nham, the deputy-governor, and Pyne Point had\\nlong been established by canoe ferry between the\\nIndian settlements at those places, and the settlers\\n(in both sides of the river could therefore well\\nmeet together for religious worship.\\nAt a Yearly Meeting of Friends held at Salem,\\nSecond Month 11, 1682, for both Jersies and Penn-\\nsylvania, it was therefore ordered that the\\nFriends at (Pyne Point) and those at Shakomaxin\\ndo meet together once a month on the 2 and 4 day\\nin every month, the first meeting to beheld at Wil-\\nliam Cooper s, at Pyne Point, the 2 and 4 day of\\nthe 3 month next, and the next meeting to be at\\nThomas Fairman s, at Shakomaxin, and so in\\ncourse. This meeting was alternately held at\\nCooper s house until the arrival of Penn, when it\\nwas removed to Philadelphia. There was also a\\ngathering for worship at the house of Mark New-\\nbie, on Newton- Creek, of which Thomsis Sharp, in\\nhis narrative of the establishment of the Newton\\nMeeting, says Immediately there was a meeting\\nsett up and kept at the house of Mark Newbie,\\nand in a sliort time it grew and increased, unto\\nwhich William Cooper and family, that live at the\\nI cjint, resorted, and sometimes the meeting was\\nkept at his housse, who had been settled sometime\\nbefore. When the meeting-house was built, in\\n1(184, at Newton, William Cooper was appointed\\none of the trustees, and they continued the trust\\nto Joseph Cooper, his son, and others in 1708. It\\nwas built on the land of Thomas Thackara, be-\\ntween the houses of Zane and Thackara, and stood\\nuntil destroyed by fire, December 22,1817.\\nWilliam Cooper was present at the treaty of\\nI cnn with the Indians in 1682 at Shackamaxon,\\nopiiosite his house. He was chosen one of the\\nmembers of Assembly from the Third or Irish\\nTenth in 1682-83 and also in 1685. In 1687 he\\nwas appointed by the Assembly of the province\\none of the Council of Proprietors. He was a com-\\nmissioner for the division of lands, and in an indi-\\nvidual capacity, also acted as attorney for many\\nFriends in England and Ireland in the purchase\\nand location of land. In 1694 he was appointed\\njudge of the County Court of Gloucester and con-\\ntinued in that capacity several years. His position\\namong Friends is set forth in the testimony issued\\nby the meeting after his death as having been\\n48\\nraised to his gift of exhortation in Hartfordshire,\\nEngland, and lived here in Godly conversation,\\nexercising his gift in the meeting at Newton,\\nwhereunto he belonged, to the betictit of God s\\npeople until it pleased (iod to remove him. As he\\nlived so he died in unity with Friends and in full\\nassurance of his eternal well-being. In 1685 he\\nhad located four hundred and twenty-nine acres of\\nland on the north side of Coopers Creek, in Water-\\nford (now Delaware) township, where he erected a\\nhouse and out-buildings and having removed thither\\nabout 1708, died there on the 11th day of First\\nMonth (March) 1710. His will bears date March\\n7, 1709, and was probated March 20, 1710, twenty-\\none days later (the first of the year at that time be-\\nginning March 25th). The history of the early\\nsettlement of Camden is so interwoven with the\\nacquisition and transfer of land within its limits,\\nlargely made by William Coojjer and his descend-\\nants, that a skeleton genealogical chart of the first\\nfour generations is given on page 406 to elucidate\\nthe descriptions in this article.\\nThe land on which Camden is situated was origi-\\nnally surveyed in several large tracts, as follows\\n(given in order ;is they lie contiguous on the river\\nand creek-fronts). The tract of three hundred acres\\nr ir which William Cooper obtained title on the\\n12th June, 1682, was situated on the Delaware and\\nCoopers Creek, and includes what has since been\\ndistinctively known as Coopers Point. Next be-\\nlow on the Delaware was a tract of four hundred\\nandfifty acres which extended eastward to Coopers\\nCreek and had been surveyed, September 20, 1681,\\nto William Roydon, a citizen and groier of Lon-\\ndon, who came to this country some time after\\nthe London and Yorkshire commissioners, and upon\\nthis land the nrigiuLd town of Camden was subse-\\nquently laid out.\\nWilliam Cooper s tract had not tlu n been stir-\\nveyed, but application therefor had doubtless been\\nmade, for when the lines of his survey were fixed,\\nJune 12, 1682, he made complaint that Roydon s\\nsurvey extended upon his land. This was [irobably\\nwhen Roydon was absent in England, as he visited\\nthere several times within a few years, and u[ion\\nhis return refused to accept any change.\\nOn June 26, 1688, Roydon sold three hundred\\nacres of his survey to Zachariah Whitpaine, it\\nbeing on the north side, and the north line he made\\nto conform to his original survey. Whitpaine\\ngave a mortgage for the original purcluusc money,\\nand as he did not meet his payments it w:is for-\\nfeited to Roydon, who, April 1, 1692, sold the same\\nto John Tysack, who sold it, December 25, lti97,\\nto Anna Nore, whose heirs, January 24, 1720, con-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0581.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": "I siiiii\\nill allili |i-s\\nioShJSSSH\\nO a g\\n5 5;\\n5 o|s\\nwH e a.\\niJ ol\\nI sell g\\n\u00c2\u00a3f:-S 3rc\u00c2\u00ab-a cog s I |s\\nlO 3 5 0*5 ffl S W 2 p ^^i\\na", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0582.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n407\\nvcyed to Jonathan Dickinson. lie died in 1722,\\nand it passed to his son, Jonatlian Diclvinson,\\\\vho\\nJanuary 17, 1723, sold it to William Cooper, son\\nof Daniel and grandson of William, to whom had\\nilcscended his grandfather s title to the adjoining\\nland and thus ended the dispute on tlie boundary\\nlietween the Roydim and Cooper surveys.\\n)n November 9, 16S1, Roydon sold fifty aci es\\nof his tract, on the lower side reaching to the\\nriver, to Kichard Watt. The north line of this\\nfifty acres afterward became the boundary line of\\nthe Cooper and Kaighn estates, and is now known\\nas Line Street in the city of Camden. On the 1st\\nday of First Month, 1688, Roydon was granted a\\nlicense to keej) a ferry from Philadelphia to the\\nJersey shore, where he had built a house, it having\\ni)een judged that William Roydon s house was\\nconvenient and ye said William Roydon a person\\nsuitable for that employ. After his sale of land to\\nTysack, in 1092, he returned to England and died\\nthere the same year.\\nLying between tlie larger tracts of Cooper and\\nRoydon was a small wedge-shaped piece of lan l\\nof twenty-eight acres, with its base resting on the\\nDelaware, which was surveyed to John White,\\nNovember, 1G83. On the south of the Roydon\\njiurchase, and lying on the river, was a large tract\\nof five hundred acres which was located by Wil-\\nliam Cooper as the attorney for Samuel Norris, to\\nwhom it was surveyed in May, 1(385, and extended\\nsouthward along the river and then from the river-\\nfront* eastward to Little Newton Creek, or Kaighn s\\nRun, with its northeast angle nearly t(mching\\nCoopers Creek.\\nNext below the Norris tract was one hundred\\nacres of meadow land, on both sides of Kaighn s\\nRun, which was located March 9, 1(381, by the\\nDublin emigrants who settled at Newton. East of\\nKaighn s Run, and reaching down to the river, on\\ntlie south side of the Newton meadow land, was lo-\\ncated five hundred acres, by Robert Turner, May,\\n1685. Next below was the two hundred acre tract of\\nRichard Arnold, before mentioned, on which he\\nlived, probably as early as 1080. The next survey on\\n(he river, and extending up Newton Creek to the\\nmouth of its north branch and along that branch,\\ncontained two hundred and twenty acres, and was\\nalso made by Robert Turner, Twelfth Month 27,\\n1().H7. Farther up the north branch of Newton\\nCreek, and east of the Turner survey, was a tract f)f\\nthree hundred and fifty acres, surveyed, March 6,\\n1682, to Mark Newbie, a part of which is now in\\nthe cast part of the city limits. North and east of\\nthe Newbie, Turner and Norris tracts, and bor-\\ndering on Coopers Creek, lay a tract of five hun-\\ndred acres which w;is surveyed to Robert Tunier\\nin July, 1088.\\nOf those who, as above stated, originally located\\nthe land, William Cooper was the only one who\\nmade substantial improvements, and with bis\\nfamily settled and retained permanent ownership.\\nIn addition to his survey of three hundred acres at\\nthe Poynt, he aciiuired title, January S, 1089,\\nto the twenty-eight acres located by John Winter,\\nlying .south of his tract and on the river. This\\nwedge-shaped piece of land had jiassed from White\\nto John Langhurst, and later to Roydon, who sold\\nto Cooper on the date mentioned. William\\nCooper also obtained, through several conveyan-\\nces, the fifty acres fronting on the river adjoin-\\ning his other land, wdiich Roydon had sold to\\nSamuel Carpeuter, April 20, 1689. He disposed of\\nall his real estate at the point between the river\\nand creek, by various deeds of gift, before his\\ndeath, to his children and grandchildren, the last\\ngift being a small tract of thirty-eight acres on\\nCoopers Creek, adjoining Roydon s survey, wdiich\\nhe granted to his grandsons John (son of\\nWilliam) and Joseph, Jr. (son of Joseph)\u00e2\u0080\u0094 as joint\\ntenants, and they, in 1715, sold and conveyed the\\nsame to their cousin William, son of Daniel. His\\nland, with the house thereon, in Burlington, he\\npresented by deed to his daughter Hannah, wife\\nof John Woolston, Sr.\\nWilliam Cooper, Jr. (born 1660, died 1091), the\\neldest son of William the emigrant, married, in\\n1082, Mary, the daughter of Edward and Mary\\nBradway, of Salem, and the young couple settled\\nin that town. He died in 1091, leaving three\\nchildren, John, Hannah and Mary. His widow\\nintermarried the next year with William Kenton,\\nof Choptank Meeting, Maryland, and the three\\nchildren were fostered and cared for by their\\ngrandfather Cooper at the Poynt. John was\\nprovided with a farm, as above stated, and did not\\nchange his residence until after his grandfather s\\ndeath. He mai ried, at Chesterfield Meeting, Anne\\nClarke in 1712, and settled in Deptford township.\\nOld (iloucester County. Hannah married, in\\n1704, at her grandfather s house at the Poynt,\\nJohn, the eldest son of Archibald Mickle, and they\\nsettled on Newton Creek, within the town bounds of\\nGloucester. Mary appears to have accompanied her\\ngrandfather when he removed to his farm at Cooper-\\ntown, on the Waterford side of the creek, where he\\ndied, for she was married, 1707, at the house of her\\ntestamentary guardian, John Kay, near EUi.sburg,\\nto lienjamin, son and heir of Thomas Thackara, of\\nNewton, the pioneer. They resided on the Thackara\\nproperty on the middle hranili of Newton Creek.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0583.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "408\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COITXTY, NEW JBRSKY.\\nJosepli Cooper (born l iCi, died ]7P 1), second\\nson of William, the emigrant, married, 1688,\\nLydia Riggs, a member of the Philadelphia Meet-\\ning of Friends. They resided on Coopers Creek,\\njust east of the residence of his father. They had\\nseven children, Elizabeth, who married Samuel\\nMickle and died without issue; Joseph, Jr., who\\nmarried, first, Mary Hudson, and, second, Han-\\nnah Dent Lydia, who married John Cox and\\ndied without issue Hannah, who married Alex-\\nander Morgan Benjamin, who was three times\\nmarried first to Rachel Mickle, secondly to Han-\\nnah Carlisle (a widow ji^c Clarke), .ind thirdly to\\nElizabeth Burcham (a widow nee Cole); Sarah, who\\nmarried Joshua Raper; and Isaac, who married\\nHannah Coates.\\nThe first purchase of land made by Joseph\\nCooper, son of William, of which we have record,\\nwas effected June 12, 1G97, when .loshua and\\nAbraham Carpenter conveyed to him the tract con-\\ntaining four hundred and twenty-three acres, be-\\ning the greater part of the Turner survey, located\\nin .luly, 1685, lying on the south side of Coopers\\nCreek, and deeded by Turner, December 30, 1693,\\nto the Carpenters, a tract still locally known as\\nthe Carpenter tract. The remainder of the Turner\\nsurvey Joseph had purchased a short time before\\nof John Colk-y,and on the 13th of December, 1702,\\nhe purchased ten acres adjoining this land of\\nArchibald Mickle. These three pieces of land,\\npurchased of Carpenter, Colley and Mickle, as\\nstated, Joseph Cooper conveyed to his son Joseph,\\nJr., by deed dated June 16, 1714.\\nJoseph Cooper, Jr. (born 1691, died 1749),\\nmarried, 1713, Mary Hudson, daughter of William\\nand Hannah, of Philadelphia. She died 1728,\\nleaving him one child, Mary, who married, 1737,\\nJacob Howell, Jr. Mary Howelldiedbeforeherhus-\\nband, leaving to his care three daughters Lydia,\\nwho married John Wharton Hannah, who died\\nunmarried; and Mary, who married Benjamin\\nSwett. In his will Joseph, Jr., directed that a\\ntract of five hundred acres, on the north side of\\nthe south branch of Coopers Creek, which came to\\nhim from his grandfather, William, the emigrant,\\nshould be divided into three jnirts for the use and\\nbenefit of his three granddaughters. By his sec-\\nond wife, Hannah Dent, there was no issue. The\\nlarge tract of four hundred and thirty acres, on\\nsouth side of Coopers Creek, deeded to him by his\\nfather in 1714, passed under his will to his younger\\nbrother, Isaac Cooper and the same has since passed\\nthrough an heir, female, to the descendants of Israel\\nCope, of Philadelphia. Joseph Coojjer, Jr., rep-\\nresented his district in the State Ijcgislature for\\nnineteen years, and held other important oflicial\\nand religious trusts. He died Eighth Month 1,\\n1749.\\nJoseph Cooper, Sr., son of William, purchased\\none hundred and sixty-seven acres of land (ad-\\njoining the Turner .survey) and other lands of Jo-\\nseph Dole, November 19, 1723, and conveyed the\\nsame, January 27, 1728, to his son, Isaac Cooper,\\nwho, by will d.ated in 1765, devised it to his son\\nMarmaduke, who, upon obtaining po.sse.ssion, built\\nthe two-story and attic brick building, with exten-\\nsion. This residence still stands on the Haddon\\npike, near Coopers Creek and west of the Harleigh\\nCemetery. These lands have also passed to the\\nname Cope.\\nMarmaduke Cooper, the only son of Isaac and\\nHannah (Coates) Cooper, married Mary Jones,\\ndaughter of Aquila and Elizabeth Jones, and had\\nLydia, who died 1817, aged twenty-nine, unmar-\\nried Hannah, who died 1851, aged seventy-one,\\nunmarried Margaret, born 1781, who married\\nIsrael Cope, of Philadelphia; Isaac, born 1785,\\ndied 1844, unmarried Elizabeth, who died 1811,\\naged twenty-one, unmarried Ann, who died in\\n1816, aged twenty-four, unmarried; and Joseph,\\nborn 1794, who died in his minority and unmar-\\nried. Marmaduke, by will, October 21, 1795, de-\\nvised all of his lands in Newton township to his\\nson Joseph (born 1794), who died in his minority\\nand unmarried, when it passed to Isaac (born\\n1785), who died in 1844, also unmarried, when the\\ns.ame fell by inheritance to Hannah, the surviving\\nsister of Isaac, and to the children of his deceased\\nsister, Margaret Cope. Israel and Margaret\\n(Cooper) Cope had five children Mary Ann, who\\nmarried Stephen P. Morris and died without issue;\\nMarmaduke C, who married Sarah Wistar Eme-\\ntine, who died unmarried; Elizabeth C, who\\nmarried William M. Collins; and Lydia, who\\ndied unmarried.\\nJoseph Cooper, Sr., received from his father,\\nWilliam, the first settler, by deed dated August\\n24, 1700, a tract of land of one hundred and sixty-\\nfour acres and his house in which he liveth, on\\nCoopers Creek, being part of the original survey,\\nand on the 18th of February, 1708, his father con-\\nveyed to him two hundred and twelve acres of\\nland at Coopers Point, being the remainder of the\\noriginal survey, together with all appurtenances,\\netc., and oii the 2d of May, 1728, Joseph Cooper,\\nSr., conveyed the last- mentioned tract of two hun-\\ndred and twelve acres to his son, Benjamin Cooper.\\nBenjamin Cooper, son of Josci)li, Sr., was three\\ntimes married, as heretofore stated. By his first\\nwife (Rachel Mickle) he had two daughters, both", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0584.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n409\\nof whom married Woods, of Philadeli)hia. J?y\\nhis second wife (Haniiali) there was no issue, and\\nit was during this marriage, or in contemplation\\nof this marriage with Hannah Carlisle, that he\\nerected the brick mansion at the Point, which\\nbears on its gable end the legend, B. H. C,\\n1734. By his third wife (Elizabeth Cole) he had\\nseven children Joseph, of Newton, born 1735,\\nmarried Elizabeth Haines and died childless;\\nBenjamin, of Haddonfield, born 1737, married\\nPrudence Barton James, of Philadelphia, born\\n17311, married Sarah Erwin, and, secondly, Han-\\nnah Saunders; Samuel, of Newton, born 1744,\\nmarried Prudence Brown; William, of Waterford,\\nl orn 174( married Ann Folwell Isaac, of Phila-\\ndelphia, born 1751, married Elizabeth Lippincott;\\nand Elizabeth, born 1750, married George Budd.\\nThe old dwelling-house of Benjamin Cooper,\\nmentioned above, still standing near the corner of\\nPoint and Erie Streets, being surrounded by a gar-\\nden of several acres, was in later years used as a\\npleasure resort by the old residents of Camden Vil-\\nlage, Kaighnton, Dogwoodtown, Fettersville and\\nCoopers Ferry. Many of the old trees and a por-\\ntion of the shrubbery of this garden may yet be\\nseen, but are now on the property of house-owners\\nin the vicinity. The mansion is birilt of stone, has\\ntwo stories and attic, with hip-roof and dormer-\\nwindows. The dimensions are twenty-four by for-\\nty-five feet, with L extension of stone and brick\\ntwenty-four by twenty-seven feet, and on the front\\nand river-side are wide piazzas. There are fifteen\\nlarge rooms in the mansion. It was used in 1778\\nby the British General Abercrombie as his head-\\nquarters, and when not occupied by their forces,\\nwas a favorite target for the practice of the Eng-\\nlish cannoneers from the Pennsylvania side of the\\nriver. In the attic is a red-oak girder cut and\\nsplintered by a twelve-pound shot which entered\\nthe roof, struck the girder and fell to the floor.\\nThis shot is in possession of Samuel C. Cooper, of\\nState Street. This mansion was long the residence\\nof Joseph and Elizabeth (Haines) Cooper, he be-\\ning the eldest son of Benjamin.\\nThe two hundred and twelve acres of land which\\nBenjamin obtained from his father, Joseph, Sr.,\\nwas conveyed by him to his sons Joseph and Sam-\\nuel, the bulk of the property, one hundred and\\ntwenty-two acres, going to Josei^h, by deed dated\\nJuly 31, 1762, but Samuel, in 1G69, received in ad-\\ndition forty-four acres, at and near the ferry, to-\\ngether with all ferry rights and privileges, and the\\nnext year he built the brick ferry-house, which\\nbearsin its gable-walls the initials S. -f- P. C, 1770,\\nwhich stands for Samuel and Prudence Cooper.\\n.losepli Cooper, son of Benjamin, built upon his\\none hundred and twenty-two acres, at the Point,\\nthe brick house near the river at the head of Third\\nStreet. It is constructed of English brick, alter-\\nnately red and white, and has two stories and an\\nattic, thirty-six by eighteen feet, and contains\\nnine rooms. A lean-to at the rear is fourteen by\\neighteen and one story high. It contains the re-\\nmains of the old Dutch bake-oven of the period\\nwhen the house was built. On the north end, work-\\ned in black bricks, is seen the inscription,\\nC which, interjjreted, means Jo.seph and Eliz-\\nI E abeth (Haines) Cooper. The house is pop-\\n17SS ularly known as the ICE-house, and is now\\ndilapidated and unoccupied. Joseph Coop-\\ner, by deeil dated November 17, 1817, devised the\\nsaid one hundred and twenty-two acres to his\\ngrand-nephew, Joseph W. Cooper, son of William,\\nson of Samuel.\\nThe house built by Samuel Cooper was the sec-\\nond ferry-house built at the Point. It has two\\nstories and an attic, with dormer-windows, built of\\nold English red and black brick, and has a front\\nof sixty-three feet on State Street, with an L ex-\\ntension on the side next to the river, making the\\nentire length seventy-five feet. There are twenty-\\nfour large rooms in this mansion, which is still in\\ngood condition, has been known as Coopers Point\\nHotel, and in part is now used as offices of the\\nCamden and Atlantic Railroad Company.\\nSamuel Cooper, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth\\n(Cole) Cooper, was born Ninth Month 25, 1744,\\nand died Sixth Month 25, 1812. He married, .at\\nEvesham Meeting, in 17()6, Prudence, daughter of\\nWilliam and Elizabeth (Haines) Brown, of Notting-\\nham, Pa. His wife. Prudence, survived him,\\nand died Eighth Month 14, 1822. For many\\nyears they had resided on his farm called Plea-\\nsant View, now Pavonia, in Stockton town-\\nship. They had children, Joseph, born 17G7,\\nmarried Sarah P. Buckley, of New York Wil-\\nliam, married Rebecca Wills Mary, born 1700,\\nmarried Richard M. Cooper, of Camden Sarah,\\nmarried Henry Hull, a minister, of New Y ork\\nBenjamin, born 1775, married Elizabeth Wills;\\nand Elizabeth, who died unmarried. When Sam-\\nuel withdrew from business, about 1790, and re-\\ntired to Pleasant View, he turned over the con-\\ntrol and management of the upper ferry and the\\nferry property to his son William, and during the\\nsame period the lower ferry, at Cooper Street,\\nwas owned and managed by a cousin bearing the\\nsame name, William, the son of Daniel.\\nWilliam, the manager of the upper ferry, at the\\nPoint, was an active business man, and kept pace", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0585.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "410\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nwith tlie progress of the times in all things that\\npertained to and facilitated ferrying. In later years\\nhe leased the ferry and the ferry-house, and re-\\nsided in the old brick house on State Street, built\\nin 17cS9, and now occupied by Mrs. Sarah Gaskill\\nand Rachel Cooper, his daughters. The ferry and\\nthe ferry property eventually passed to Joseph W.\\nCooper, son of the last-named William, who con-\\ntinued it until the property was obtained and in-\\ncorporated by the Coopers Point Ferry Company.\\nThe land lying along the south side of the ferry\\nproperty was left by William Cooper (son of Sam-\\nuel), of the upper ferry, to his two grandsons, Wil-\\nliam and Samuel, the sons of Samuel H. Cooper,\\nwho married Hannah Wood, and deceased in year\\n1827, and before his father, William, who died\\nNinth Month 27, 1849.\\nThe title to the bulk of the property h ing north\\nof Birch and Pearl Streets and west of the Isaac\\nCooper estate, has passed through, or is still re-\\ntained in, the following lines, descending from the\\nabove Samuel and Prudence Cooper\\nFirst line. Joseph and Sarah P. (Buckley)\\nCooper, had one posthumnns child, .Tnseph 15.\\n(born 1794, died 1802), who married Hannah Wills\\nand left two sons (1) Charles M., (2) Joseph B.\\nSecond line. William and Rebecca (Wills)\\nCooper had eight children I. Samuel H. (born\\n1797, died 1827), who married Hannah Wood and\\nleft two sons (1) William, (2) Samuel II. Joseph\\nW. (born 1799, died 1871), who married Rebecca\\nF. Champion and had eight children (1) Joseph,\\n(2) Elizabeth C, (3) Samuel C, (4) Anna M., (5)\\nMary, (6) Joseph W., (7) Ellen C. and (8) Walter\\nM. III. Mary W., who married William F.\\nReeve; IV. Hannah, died unmarried; V. Eliza-\\nbeth H., who married Isaac H. Wood VI. Sarah,\\nwho married Charles C. Gaskill VII. Rachel\\nVIII. Prudence B., who married Emmor Reeve.\\nThird line. Benjamin (born 1775, died 1842),\\nwho married Elizabeth Wills and had six children\\nI. Samuel, who died unmarried; II. Rebecca W.,\\nwho married John M.Kaighn III. Prudence, who\\ndied unmarried IV. Benjamin W., who married\\nLydia Lippincott and had (1) Samuel, (2) Benja-\\nmin, (3) Clayton, (4) Anna V. William B., who\\nmarried Phebe Mendenhall, nee Emlen.\\nSamuel C. Coo])cr, lawyer, of State Street, is\\nthe son of Joseph W.Cooper, deceased, who was\\nthe devisee of his great uncle, Josejih Cooper.\\nThe lands at the Point, north of I earl Street, were\\nlaid out in town lots in 1852 by the heirs of William\\nCooper, and by Joseph W. Cooper. The property\\nlying east of the Joseph W. Cooper tract is hehl by\\nthe heirs of Isaac Cooper, son of Jo.seph, Sr.\\nDaniel Cooper, the youngest son of William\\nCooper, the first settler, was about seven years of\\nage when he came with his parents to this county.\\nWhen twenty years of age, and in 1693, he married\\nAbigail, daughter of Henry Wood, who then re-\\nsided on the north side of Coopers Creek, near the\\nhome of Lemuel Horner. On March 16, 1095,\\nWilliam conveyed to his son Daniel, in consider-\\nation of y natural love and affection which I have\\nand bear toward my son Daniel Cooper, and for\\nand towards y preferring and advancement of him\\nin y world, c., all that dwelling-house upon Del-\\naware River wherein my said son now dwelleth,\\ntogether with 114 acres of land thereto adjoining,\\nwhich said premises were by me formerly pur-\\nchiused of William Roydon. This passed the ferry\\nrights and privileges which had been granted to\\nRoydon by the Gloucester County Court in 1088,\\nthe franchise extending from Coopers Creek to\\nNewton Creek. In 1717 the Legislature of Penn-\\nsylvania passed an act establishing a ferry to\\nDaniel Cooper s landing, and January 21, 1739,\\nall of these rights were confirmed by royal jiatent\\nto William Cooper, son of Daniel, and a monojioly\\nthereby created giving the exclusive right of ferry\\nfor two miles above and two miles below, without\\nlimit of time add for a nominal tax. The above-\\nmentioned conveyance of William Cooper to his\\nson Daniel also included four separate parcels of\\nland situated on Coopers Creek, Timber Creek,\\nand the Delaware River, amounting together to\\nabout one thousand acres.\\nAbigail, the wife of Daniel Cooper, died the\\nnext year after marriage, leaving one child,\\nWilliam, who became the heir of his father s\\nestate, and from whom all the Coopers in this\\nline living in this vicinity descend. In 1695\\nDaniel married Sarah Spiccr, the daughter of\\nSamuel, who lived on the north side of Coopers\\nCreek, adjoining Henry Wood. By her he had\\ntwo children, Samuel and Daniel, and died in\\n1715 intestate, his eldest son, William, by the\\nEnglish law of primogeniture, inheriting his es-\\ntate, which had been kept intact as conveyed to\\nhim by his father, the first William, in 1095.\\nPrompted by a sense of fairness, William conveyed\\nof his inheritance to his half-brothers, Sanuiel\\nand William respectively, two hundred and\\ntwenty-seven acres in Waterford townshij) and\\na large tract on the head-waters of the north\\nbranch of Coopers Creek. On March 20, 1715,\\nthe year of his father s death William purchased\\nthirty-eight acres fronting on Coopers Creek. In\\n1722 he bought out and obtained relesises from the\\nresiduarv devisees of all interests and claims on the", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0586.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n411\\nestate of their grandfather William, the first settler,\\nand in 1723, as mentioned above, the three hun-\\ndred acres of the Roydou survey, thus vesting in\\nhimself nearly five hundred acres of tlic valuable\\nDelaware River front lying between the present\\nLine and Birch Streets, together with the ferry\\nprivileges originally obtained by Roydon in 1688.\\nIn 1744 he conveyed to his son Daniel one hundred\\nacres, comprising land mostly below or south of\\nPlum (now Arch) Street, and in 1764 one hundred\\nacres lying between Plum and Cooper Streets to his\\nsou Jacob, who, in 1773, laid out forty acres of the\\nsame into a town i)lot and gave it the luime of\\nCamden.\\nWilliam Cooper (born 1694, died 1767), son of\\nDaniel, had by his first wife, Deborah Medcalf, five\\nchildren, Daniel married Mary West, Jacob mar-\\nried Mary Corker, Abigail married William Fisher,\\nDeborah married Restore Lip|iincott and Mary\\nmarried Jonathan Lynn, and by a second wife\\nMary Rawle, he had one child, Rebecca, who died\\nunmarried.\\nDuring the latter part of his life he resided in\\nPhiladelphia, where he owned considerable real\\nestate. By his will the balance of his Delaware\\nfront estate, lying north of Cooper Street to Pearl\\nStreet and from the river to Seventh Street, passed\\nto his grandson, William, the eldest sou of his son\\nDaniel.\\nDaniel Cooper, who, as above mentioned, re-\\nceived one hundred acres from his father, William,\\nin 1744, built the large brick house lately known\\nas Parson s Hotel, now d emolished, near the cor-\\nner of Front and Federal Streets, where lie re-\\nsided. On its gable was inscribed the initials, D.\\nC. M., 1764, i. e. Daniel and Mary Cooper.\\nDaniel Cooper, son of William, married Mary,\\ndaughter of Charles and Sarah (Parsons) West, of\\nPhiladelphia, and had three sons, William, who\\nmarried Abigail Matlaek James, who married\\nPriscilla Burrough and Joshua, who married Abi-\\ngail Stokes.\\nHis son William (born 1740, died 1787), who\\nmarried Abigail Matlaek, daughter of Richard and\\nMary (Wood) Matlaek, had five children, to wit\\n(1) Daniel (born 1766, died 1804), who married\\nfirst Elizabeth Rogers, and secondly Deborah\\nMiddleton (2) Richard Matlaek Cooper (born\\n1768, died 1844), who married Mary Cooper; (3)\\nCharles W., who married Su.san Flemming, and\\ndied without issue (4) Mary, who married Sam-\\nuel Volans of Philadelphia and (5) Sarah W.,\\nwho married Samuel W. Fisher, of Philadelphia.\\nBy will dated February 15, 1768, Daniel Cooper\\ndevised the ferry (iroperty and adjacent land to his\\nsons, William and Joshua. Daniel married Mary\\nWest, daughter of Charles West, of Philadelphia,\\naiul died in 177(), leaving three sons, William,\\nJames and Joshua. Jacob Cooper, who received\\none hundred acres from his father, William, in 1764,\\nafter laying out the town plot of Camden, as men-\\ntioned above, sold the remainder of his holding\\nOctober 10, 1781, to his nephew, William Cooper,\\nthe son of his brother Daniel. This remainder\\nlay mainly south of Federal Street to Line, and east\\nof VVest Street, toward.i Coopers Creek, and is\\nknown as Coopers Hill, a name applied to that\\nground rising from the marsh west of Fourth\\nStreet, and south of Bridge Avenue, forming a\\nknoll then covered with stately oak and pine-trees\\nand having on the eastern slope a magnificent\\napple orchard. Upon this hill stands the City\\nHall, the Cooper Hospital, the Haddon Avenue\\nStation and many fine private residences. In 1776\\nJacob Cooper gave to five trustees and their suc-\\ncessors the lots on Plum (now Arch) Street, at the\\ncorner of Fifth and Sixth Streets, in trust to erect a\\nplace of worship and make a grave-yard. Joshua\\nCooper, the youngest son of Daniel, and grandson\\nof Wm. Cooper, of Philadelphia, inherited fr(rai his\\nfather a portion of his land south from Plum\\nStreet (now Arch Street,) and in 1803 laid out a\\ntown plot adjoining that of his uncle Jacobs town\\nof Camden. He established the ferry at the foot of\\nFederal Street, and placed it under the manage-\\nment of his son William, but fiually sold it to John\\n1). Wessels. In 1818 Jo.shua conveyed to Edward\\nSharp ninety-eight acres of land lying along the\\nriver and south of F^ederal Street, which termi-\\nnated his interest in this locality. He built and\\nresided in the house No. 224 Federal Street, now\\noccupied by the Camden Safe Deposit Company\\nafterward removed with his family to New Albany,\\nInd. Wm. Cooper, the eldest son of Daniel, in-\\nherit,ed fromhis grandfather, Wm. Cooper, of Phila-\\ndelphia, the plantation called Cooper s Ferry,\\nwherein my son Daniel now dwells, which, with\\nother lands purchased from his uncle, Jacob\\nCooper, comprised the large territory extending\\nfrom the Delaware River to Sixth Street, between\\nCoojier and Pearl Streets, and from West Street to\\nCoopers Creek, between Federal and Line Streets.\\nHe died in 1787, and by will divided the bulk of\\nhis real estate between his sons, Daniel and Rich-\\nard M. Cooper, the land at the foot of Cooper\\nStreet, to which belonged the ferry franchise, pjvss-\\ning to Daniel, who died intestate in 1804, leaving\\nthree daughters,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mary Ann, who afterwards mar-\\nried William Carman, Abigail and Esther L.,\\nwhose shares in their father s estate were set off to", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0587.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": "412\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nthem in severalty iu 1820, with the excei)tioii of\\nthe share of Mary Ann Carman, which was divided\\namong and sold by her heirs. The remainder of\\nWm. Cooper s estate vesting in Richard M. Cooper\\nand his nieces, Abigail and Esther L. Cooper, has\\nbeen kept intact and managed as one property for\\ntheir mutual benefit, first by Richard M. Cooper\\nand after his death, in 1844, by his son, William\\nD. Cooper, who had, in 184:2, laid out into town\\nlots the land between West Street, Broadway, Pine\\nStreet and nearly to Benson Street, known as\\nCooper s Hill. The Cooper Street Ferry, after\\nvarying fortunes, with team and steamboats, wiis\\nfinally discontinued soon after the establishment of\\nthe West Jersey Ferry at the foot of Market Street,\\nhaving been for many years an unprofitable asset\\nof Abigail Cooper s share.\\nThe lands lying north of Cooper Street, between\\nthat street and Pearl Street, and eastward as far\\nas Sixth Street, were laid out into town lots before\\n1852, and mainly by Wm. D. Cooper.\\nRichard M. Cooper (born 1768, died 1844) mar-\\nried Mary, daughter of Samuel and Prudence\\n(Brown) Cooper, of Coopers Point, and they had\\nchildren, (1) Sarah West Cooper, who died 1880,\\nunmarried (2) Elizabeth Brown Cooper (3)\\nCaroline Cooper, who married John C. Hull, of\\nNew York City (4) Abigail Matlack Cooper, who\\nmarried Richard Wright, of Philadelphia (.5)\\nAlexander Cooper, who married first, Hannah\\nCooper, and secondly, Mary H. Kay, (wet- Lippin-\\ncott) Mary Volans Cooper, who died 1855,\\nunmarried (7 and 8) Richard Matlack Cooper and\\nWilliam Daniel Cooper, twins, who both died\\nunmarried, Richard M. in 1874, and William D.\\nin 1875.\\nJohn Cooper and his Sons.^ John Cooper,\\nthe only son of William Cooper, eldest son of\\nWilliam and Margaret Cooper, of Coopers Point,\\nwas born at Salem, Ninth Month 22, 1683. His\\nfather died in his thirty-second year, in 1691,\\nleaving him to the fostering care of his grand-\\nfather Cooper.\\nJohn Cooper and his cousin, Joseph Cooper, Jr.,\\nreceived ;is joint tenants from their grandfather\\nWilliam in his lifetime, a large improved tract on\\ntiie creek, near its mouth, which had been surveyed\\nto him as an overplus of the original survey.\\nThis land they sold and conveyed, in 1715, to\\ntheir cousin William, son and heir of Daniel. By\\nhis grandfather s will he received a handsome leg-\\nacy, and he and his cousin, Jonathan Woolstone,\\nwere made tenants iu common of all land belong-\\ning to him as the third dividend out of the one-\\neighth part and one-twentieth part of a Propriety.\\nIn addition to this, John was the heir to three\\nhundred acras on a stream called Coopers Creek,\\nthe largest branch of AUoways Creek, deeded to\\nhis mother, Mary, by her father, Edward Bradway.\\nWith this liberal start in life, John Cooper mar-\\nried, Eleventh Month 1, 1711-12, in Chesterfield\\nMeeting, Anne Clarke, and soon after settled per-\\nmanently in Deptford township, Gloucester\\nCounty.\\nHe was early called to the services in the meeting\\nin 1711, and meetings for worship were for some\\ntime held at his house and together with his cousin\\nJoseph, Jr., and William Evans, acted as the first\\nthree trustees of Haddonfield Meeting in 1721,\\nand was soon appointed to the station of an elder,\\nfor which his religious experience and a divine\\ngift had qualified him. He was a public friend\\nof much weight, and frequently traveled in the\\nministry. A memorial was issued by the Glouces-\\nter and Salem Quarterly Meeting, held at Had-\\ndonfield in 1756, in which the above and the fol-\\nlowing clear testimony is borne He was often\\nconcerned for the well ordering of the church in\\nits several branches, careful to demean himself as\\nbecame an humble follower of the Lamb, show-\\ning it clearly by his good example among men\\nand in a particular manner before his own family.\\nHe departed this life the 22nd day of 9th\\nmo. 1730, in the 48th year of his age. His widow,\\nAnne, died Twelfth Month 17, 176G. They had three\\nsons, James and David who were distinguished\\nas ministers among Friends, and John, provided\\nfor iu his father s will as a child unborn, was\\nprominent as a delegate to the First Continental\\nCongress in 1776. The testimony from Woodbury\\nMonthly Meeting concerning James Cooper sets\\nforth that In the 41st year of his age he appear-\\ned in the ministry, in the exercise of which he\\nwas diffident and cautious. As he grew in\\nyears he increased in the gift of the ministry,\\nwhich was sound and edifying. He had a\\ncompassionate feeling for the poor and needy, be-\\nstowing his goods cheerfully to them, and wa-s lib-\\neral in entertaining friends, his heart and home\\nbeing open for that purpose. He died at Wood-\\nbury Eighth Month 3, 1798, in his seventy-first year.\\nHis brother, David Cooi)er, also a minister, died\\nICleventli .Month 5, 1795, in his seventy-second year,\\nand the memorial published by the same meeting\\non occasion of his death, bears testimony that He\\nwas endowed with superior talents, was a u.scful\\nmember in the community, in religious meetings\\nhe was solid and weighty, sound in judgment and\\nclear in expression. He was a firm advocate for\\nthe liberty of the black people and a liberal pro-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0588.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n413\\nraoter of schools. David Cooper was tlie author\\nof Thoughts on Death, and of Counsel and\\nInstruction to his Grandcliildren. In 17Gi lie\\nrepresented his county in the General Assembly.\\nIn the Pemberton letters, 1764, it appears that\\nDavid was interested in the Moravian Indians as\\ntheir friend and protector.\\nJohn Cooi EK, the third son, was born Jan-\\nuary 5, 1720, in De| tford township, Ciloucester\\nCounty, about one mile below Woodbury. Some\\ntime prior to the Revolution he built and moved\\ninto the tine old-fasliioned brick house in Wood-\\nbury, opposite the county clerk s office, where\\nhe lived the remainder of his life a bachelor. At\\nthe outset of the Revolution he embraced the\\ncause of the colonies with fervor, and when the Com-\\nmittee of Correspondence for Gloucester County\\nwas formed, on May o, 177o, he was chosen one of\\ntlie members. Thenceforth until his death lie was,\\nwith hardly an intermission, continuously called\\nto fill important public offices of trust and respon-\\nsibility. He was elected to the Second Provincial\\nCongress that met at Trenton, May 23, 1775, and\\nre-elected to the Third.\\nOn the last day of the first session of the latter\\nhe w;is appointed treasurer for the Western Divi-\\nsion of New Jersey, and at the second session was,\\non February 14, 1776, chosen a delegate to the\\nContinental Congress, his associates being William\\nLivingston, John De Hart, Richard Smith and\\nJonatliau Dickinson Seargeaut. His name does\\nnot appear on the published minutes of this Con-\\ngress and it is uncertain whether he attended or not.\\nIt is certain that he did not attend after the\\nmeeting of the Fourth Provincial Congress, to\\nwhich he had been again chosen, and where he\\nwas in daily attendance frcm its opening, on the\\n10th of June, 1776, to the 15th of July, when he\\nwas compelled to leave, it is said, from sickness.\\nWhile there he took a prominent and decided part\\nin its proceedings, being appointed one of the coui-\\nniittee to draft a Constitution for the new States,\\nand chairman of the committee to prepare a bill\\nregulating the first election under that Constitution,\\nand voting on the 21st of June to establish an in-\\ndependent government for the colony, and on\\nTuesday, July 2d, for the adoption of the new\\nConstitution he had heli)ed to draft.\\nAt the first election held under the new Consti-\\ntution he was chosen by the people of Gloucester\\nCounty to represent them in the Legislative Coun-\\ncil. He and Richard Smith, who were the only\\nmembers who took the affirmation of Friends, were\\nappointed by the Council its representatives on the\\njoint committee to form the Great Seal of the State.\\n49\\nThus publicly assuming his share of the respon-\\nsibilities of the American cause, he had become so\\nmarked a rebel that in the winter of 1777, when\\nthe Britisli army was foraging in Gloucester\\nCounty, he was compelled to flee from his house,\\nwhich Lord Cornwallis seized and occupied as\\nheadquarters during the stay of his army in the\\nneighborhood of Woodbury, the s(ddiers prying\\nopen the doors and cupboards with their bayonets,\\nleaving marks that can still be seen.\\nHe was continued by successive elections a mem-\\nber of C(mncil for each year until 1782, being a\\ndiligent and leading member, rarely absent from\\nhis seat. There is scarcely a day when his name\\ndoes not appear on the minutes in active participa-\\ntion in the busy and ditficult attairs of the times\\nno member being oftener appointed on prominent\\ncommittees and none reporting more important\\nmeasures for the carrying on of the government\\nthan he.\\nDuring the recess of the Legislature in 177\\nn;oved by the great suftering of the otficers and\\ntroops of the Jersey brigade stationed at Eliza-\\nbethtown for the want of sufficient clothing, he\\njoined with Governor Livingston and seven others\\nin a request to the treasurer to furnish clothing to\\nthe army in any amount not exceeding seven\\nthousand pounds, agreeing to return that sum of\\nmoney to the treasury if the Legislature should\\nmake no provision therefor. Upon this guarantee\\nthe clothing was furnished and the Legislature, at\\nits ne.xt sitting, sanctioned it. He was chosen a\\nmember of the Council for Safety for the year\\n1778. At the election by the Legislature in 1783\\nhe was the candidate for Governor in opposition\\nto Livingston, who was elected.\\nTo him belongs the credit of taking, while the\\ncontest of the colonies for their freedom was yet\\nundecided, the first step ever taken in the Legis-\\nlature of New Jer.sey for the freeing of the slaves.\\nOn September 21, 1780, he introduced a bill enti-\\ntled, An act to abolish slave-keeping, wliich, on\\nits second reading, after considerable debate, was,\\non account of the near close of the session, post-\\nponed for the consideration of the next Legisla-\\nture. Early in the next session he was careful to\\ncall the subject to the attention of his fellow-mem-\\nbers liy moving for leave to bring in a bill entitled,\\nAn act to abolisli slavery throughout this State.\\nBut this was a philanthropic move too far in ad-\\nvance of the times to be adopted by the Council,\\nand it was lost. Firm, however, in his anti-slavery\\nconvictions, he did not abandon the subject, but\\nwaited until tlie colonies had won their independ-\\nence before he again urged it in the Legislature.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0589.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "414\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nHe was not a member of Council in 1782 or 1783,\\nbut was once more chosen in 1784 and on Novem-\\nber 4th he renewed his efforts to make New Jersey\\na free State indeed by moving for the appointment\\nof a joint committee to enter into a a free con-\\nference on (among other things) tlie subject of\\nthe gradual abolition of slavery within this State.\\nBut the Council was still not ready for so advanced\\na step and it was again lost.\\nAt the joint session held at Mount Holly in\\nDecember, 1779, he was elected prpsident, or as it\\nwas then called, first judge of the Court of Com-\\nmon Pleas of Gloucester County for the full term\\nof five years. The court minutes show that not-\\nwithstanding the claim upon his time the frequent\\nsessions of the Legislature caused, he was regularly\\nin attendance at every term of the court. On De-\\ncember 21, 1784, he was re-elected first judge and\\nsat at the term commencing on the third Tuesday\\nin March, 1785, between which time and the 11th\\nday of April, when his will was proven, he died.\\nThe exact date is unknown.\\nJo.SEPH Cooper, Jk., of Newton township, Old\\nGloucester County, born in KiSIl, was eldest son of\\nJoseph and Lydia (Riggs) Cooper, and grandson\\nof William and Margaret, the emigrants.\\nJoseph, Jr., was in many respects a remark-\\nable man and his memory is well worthy of perpet-\\nuation. He was early called to places of honor\\nand trust, and was continued in them during life,\\nbeing emphatically a man of action and affairs.\\nFor nineteen consecutive years he represented his\\ncounty in the State Legislature, in a manner sat-\\nisfactory and acceptable, and, says Judge Clem-\\nent, the historiographer of Newton, no like con-\\nfidence has been extended to any representative\\nof the constituency of this region. Smith, the\\nhistorian, who knew him well, tells us that he had\\nsteady principles and a nobility of disposition and\\nfortitude superior to many, and relates, that at one\\nof the tedious sessions in Governor Morris times,\\nwhen contrariety of sentiments had long impeded\\nbusiness, the Governor, casually meeting the repre-\\nsentative in the street, said Cooper, I wish you\\nwould go home and send your wife. I will,\\nanswered Cooper, if the Governor will do the\\nsameby his, an anecdote illustrative of the polit-\\nical antagonism of the men, as well as deservedly\\nexpressive, says Smith, of the estimation, placed\\nupon the mental capacity of their respective wives.\\nCooper was also treasurer of his town and judge\\nof the Gloucester County Court. He and his cousin,\\nJohn Cooper, of Deptford, a minister, with Wm.\\nEvans, were the first trustees of Haddonfield\\nMeeting in 1721, in which meeting he was an elder.\\nbeing called to the service in 1723. He resided on\\na farm deeded to him by his father in 1714, of four\\nhundred and thirty acres of land on the south side\\nof Coopers Creek, and his house stands near the\\njunction of the present Haddon and Kaighn Ave-\\nnues, within the city limits.\\nThis plantation passed under his will, by rever-\\nsion and remainder, to his younger brother Isaac,\\nand has since passed by heir female to the Cope fam-\\nily. He died Eighth Month 1, 1749, having surviv-\\ned all of his descendants except three granddaugh-\\nters. A plantation of six hundred acres on the\\nsouth side of the south branch of Coopers Creek,\\nwhich came to him from his grandfather William,\\nthe patriarch, he directed should be divided into\\nthree farms for his granddaughters. The farm-\\nhouse on this tract was built before 1726, and\\nstands near Peterson s mill, not far from Ashland\\nStation. The Haddonfield Monthly Meeting, in\\ntheir testimonial published on the occasion of his\\ndeath, have placed on record ample evidence of\\nthe high estimation in which he was held by the\\nSociety of Friends.\\nJoseph and Samuel Cooper, of TjrE Point.\\nJos. Cooper, born atCoopers Point, Twelfth Month\\n1, 1735, a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Cole)\\nCooper, was fourth in descent from the emigrants,\\nAVilliam and Margaret Cooper. He married\\nElizabeth Haines, and occupied the brick home-\\nstead house, a portion of which yet stands on the\\ncorner of Point and Erie Streets, bearing on one of\\nits gables the legend B. H. C, 1734, being the\\ninitials of his father, Benjamin, and his second\\nwife, Hannah, who died without issue. In 1788\\nJoseph built the brick home at the Point, in the\\ngal le of which is set in l)lack brick the initials\\nI K\\n17SS.\\nTliey lived in this house to an advanced .-ijri and\\ndied without issue.\\nMr. Coojier was a moilel farmer gentleman.\\nPossessed of an independent fortune and cultivat-\\ning a highly improved plantation, he devoted his\\ntime and means to the advancementof inij)rove-\\nments in agriculture and general farming. His\\norchards and grapery were most productive, and\\njirobably were in a higher state of cultivation than\\nany in West Jersey; he was also the successful\\nintroducer of fruits and vegetables not indigenous\\nto the soil of New Jersey. Dr. Pickering said of\\nhim that he was the shrewdest man he ever\\nknew, and possessed of the strongest mind.\\nHis ability was fully recognized by his neighbors\\nand he was much employed in the church afiiiirs", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0590.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF rA:\\\\ir\u00c2\u00bbEN.\\n415\\nof the Society of Friends. He and his wile,\\n!Clizal)eth, were widely known for their unfailing\\nhospitality and were greatly respected in the com-\\nmunity at large. He and his brother Samuel\\n(l)orn Sixth Month 25, 1744) were stanch Whigs and\\njnitriots. They were both imprisoned by the Brit-\\nish and their property burnt, destroyed or appro-\\npriated. Their lands were lield by the enemy as\\nan outpost to tlie army of occupation in Philadel-\\n|ihia. The English General Abercrombie occupied\\nthe farm-house of Joseph as headquarters, while the\\nHessians and Scotch were quartered ou the property\\nof his brother Samuel at tlie ferry, wlio was kindly\\nallotted the use of his own kitchen for the shelter of\\nhis family. Samuel, writing at this dismal period\\n(Jlay, 1778), says I can stand and see them cut,\\npull down, burn and destroy all before them and\\nnot think more of it than 1 used to think of see-\\ning a shingle burnt. When they (his Tory neigh-\\nbors) tell me they will ruin me, I tell them I\\nshall be able to buy one-half of them in seven\\nyears, a prediction literally fulfilled. In the\\nsame year Samuel was betrayed to the enemy by\\none of his domestics, and seized as a spy, was sent\\nto Philadeljjhia. Escaping from his guard through\\nthe influence of a friend, he obtained a pass from\\nthe general commanding, saved his neck and re-\\njoined his family, as he quaintly tells us, to the\\ngreat mortification of a great many of my old\\nfriends and new enemies, who stood in clusters\\nand pointed at me as I was going to the General s,\\nand followed me to see me go to Goal, (jail) where\\nmany of them said I should have been long ago\\nbut alas they were all disappointed.\\nThe substantial brick building at the ferry,\\nmarked on the gable with S. -j- P. C, 1770, was\\nthe early home ofSamuel and Prudence Cooper. It\\nis now known as Coopers Point Hotel, and a por-\\ntion is used as offices of the Camden and Atlantic\\nRailroad Company. The later years of his life\\nwere passed on his farm of three hundred and\\nforty-three acres, called Pleasant View (now\\nPavonia), in Stockton township, where he died in\\n1812. John Hunt, a minister of note, made the\\nliillowing entry in his journal\\nNinth Month 22, 1812. Heard of the death\\nof Samuel Cooper, aged about seventy, an old\\nschoolmate. He owned the ferry opposite Phila-\\ndelphia, and although he had great possessions\\nand was counted rich, yet he retired from busi-\\nness, obtained a right among Friends, became a\\nmuch approved man, and was very useful in the\\nSociety, and also open-hearted and kind in en-\\ntertaining Friends, so that he will be very much\\nmissed in the neighborhood and in society.\\nSamuel and Prudence had li.ad children, Joseph,\\nWilliam, Benjamin, Mary, Sarali and Elizabeth.\\nJoseph and Samuel had a brother Benjamin, of\\nHaddonfield, who, by his first wife. Prudence Barton,\\nliad an only son, James B. Cooper, born March fi,\\n175;5, soldier andsailor, who served on land and sea,\\nfilling honorable and responsible positions in army\\nand navy during two wars 1770 and 1S12. He\\nserved with distinction in the War of 7(), under\\nLee and Marion, and his services in the navy\\nduring the War of 1812 were especially recognized\\nand honored by the President. Commander\\nCooper died at Haddonfield, in the ninety-third\\nyear of his age, being the last survivor of Lee s\\nLegion and the senior commander in the United\\nStates navy. (See page 60.)\\nJoseph Cooper, one of the subjects of this sketch\\nbeing childless, named in his will a grand-nephew,\\nJoseph W. Cooper (son of William), born Seventh\\nMonth 22, 1799, as the chief beneficiary under\\nthat instrument, devising to him the lands in Cam-\\nden lying near the Upper Ferry, the same being a\\nlarge part of the original survey made by William\\nCooper in 1680.\\nSamuel Champion Cooper, of Coopers Point,\\ncounselor-at-law, son of Joseph W. Cooper, is the\\nrepresentative of this branch, and the able and ex-\\nperienced manager of their large estates.\\nEarly Settlements and Land Trans-\\nfees ON THE Site of Sodth Camden. The\\nforegoing, in its large divisions, comprise the orig-\\ninal Cooper and Roydon surveys. Below the\\ntract on the river was the tract surveyed to Samuel\\nNorris, in May, 1685. He bought a share of Pro-\\npriety of the trustees of Edward Byllynge, in 1678,\\nand located several tracts of land in different parts\\nof West Jersey, of which this was one. On\\nOctober 12th following he leased twenty\u00c2\u00bbacres\\nof this survey to John Ashton, who built a house\\nupon it, and sold the remainder of the survey to\\nRobert Turner, September 21, 1686, and who\\nbought the lease of Ashton, May 5, 1689. The\\nmeadow lots, which lay on both sides of Little\\nNewton Creek (Kaighns Run), and had been divided\\nbetween the settlers at Newton, part were sold as\\nfollows: No. 1 was sold by Stephen Newbie, son of\\nMark, to John Kaighn, July 20, 1699. No. 2 was\\nsold by Thomas Thackara, June 16, 169:?, to John\\nBurrough, who conveyed to Robert Turner, July\\n6, 1696, and he to John Kaighn, Tenth Month (Jan-\\nuary) 14, 1696. No. 3 William Bates conveyed\\nto his son Jeremiah, November 10, 1693, who sold\\nto John Kaighn, March 1, 1697. No. 4 Thomas\\nSharp sold to Robert Turner, April 12, 1693, who\\nsold to John Kaighn, Tenth Month 14, 1096_", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0591.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "416\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTS, NEW JERSEY.\\nNo. 5 Robert Zane left, by will, twenty-four and\\nthree-fourths acres, also fronting on the river\\nEleventh Month 27, 1694, to his three sons,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nNathaniel, Elnathan and Robert. This was sold\\nto John Kaighn, Eleventh Month G, 1G98, and\\nTenth Month 1, 1702. No. 6, originally laid\\nout to Turner, was sold to John Kaighn, Tenth\\nMonth 14, 1696. All these lots lay on the north\\nside of the stream. On the same date the last was\\npurchased, and by the same deed Robert Turner also\\nsold to John Kaighn four hundred and fifty-five\\nacres, lying north of the meadow-lands and Kaighns\\nRun, embracing part of the Norris survey and ex-\\ntending from Line Street to Little Newton Creek.\\nJohn Kaighn was evidently a native of the Isle\\nof Man. He was a carpenter and came to By-\\nberry about 1690. In 1693 he married Ann For-\\nrest, widow of William Forrest and daughter of\\nWilliam Albertson, of Newton township. A\\ndaughter was born to them, June 24, 1694, who\\nwas named Ann. The mother died July 6th fol-\\nlowing, and the daughter died, unmarried, in 1715.\\nJohn Kaighn purchased of Robert Turner four\\nhundred and fifty-five acres of land, as above\\nstated, and part of the remainder of the meadow\\nlots within a few years. In the same year (1696)\\nhe married, as a second wife, Sarah, the widow of\\nAndrew Griscom and sister of John Dole, who\\nthen lived in Newton township. Andrew Griscom,\\nthe first husband of Sarah (Dole), was the owner\\nof a tract of land adjoining that lately bought by\\nJohn Kaighn, and it was also a part of the Norris\\nsurvey. The title to the tract is not known, but\\nin 1723 it was the property of John Kaighn.\\nAndrew Griscom had two children by his wife,\\nTobias and Sarah. From Tobias the family name is\\nstill known in this region. William Griscom (of\\nHaddonfield before and during the Revolution) was\\nhis son. Another son, Samuel, was a carpenter,\\nlived in Philadelphia and assisted in building In-\\ndependence Hall.\\nJohn Kaighn, after his purchase of land in\\nNewton township (now Camden), settled upon it\\nand built the house now owned by Charles Mc-\\nAlister. By his second wife he had two sons,\\nJohn, born December .30, 1700, and Joseph, born\\nDecember 4, 1702. His wife died soon after the\\nbirth of Joseph. Jane Kaighn, mother of John,\\nthen living at Kirk on the Isle of Man, addressed\\na letter, dated August 26, 1702, To John Kaighn,\\nLinener, in West New .Tersey, nigh on Delaware\\nriver side, opposite to Philadelphia city, America,\\nin wliich she informed him of the death of his\\nfather and other family news. On the same sheet\\nJohn Kaighn wrote an unfinished letter to his\\nmother, without date, in which he said that he\\nhad lost two good and loveing wives in a few\\nyears time, and left alone with young babes, the\\nyoungest still at nurse. He married, in 1710,\\nas a third wife, Elizabeth Hill, of Burlington.\\nIn 1699 John Kaighn was chosen as one of the\\njudges of Gloucester County, and served three\\nyears. In 1708 he became one of the trustees of\\nNewton Meeting, and, in 1710, represented Glou-\\ncester County in the Legislature. He died in\\n1724 and his will was proved June 12th, in that\\nyear, by which he left a house and lot in Philadel-\\nphia to his wife, Elizabeth, and his real estate in\\nNewton township to his two sons, .lohn and\\nJoseph.\\nAbout 1726 John conveyed his interest in the\\nhome property to his brother, Joseph Kaighn, who\\nheld it until his death, in 1749. He (Joseph) in\\n1727 married IMary, daughter of James Estaugh,\\nof Phil.adeliihia, and niece of John Estaugh, of\\nHaddonfield, by whom he had five children,-^\\nJoseph, John (who became a physician, and died\\nunmarried), Isaac (who died in his minority),\\nJames and Elizabeth.\\nIn 1732 John Kaighn, Jr., the eldest son of lohn\\nKaighn, and brother of Joseph, married Abigail\\nHinchman, and as a blacksmith followed his busi\\nness at Haddonfield for several years, and removed\\nto a farm on Newton Creek, where he died in 1749,\\nand was buried in the old Newton grave-yard.\\nHis children were Sarah, Elizabeth, Samuel,\\nJohn and Ann. His widow, Abigail, about 1750,\\nmarried Samuel Harrison, of Gloucester. She sur-\\nvived her second husband, and died in 1795, at. the\\nhouse of her son-in-law, Richard Edwards, at\\nTauutou Iron- Works.\\nThe family of Kaighns and the Kaighn estate\\ncame down through the line of Joseph and Mary.\\nJoseph in his will, dated May 7, 1749, says, in de-\\nfining a boundary between part of his lands, Be-\\nginning at the Delaware River, thence east up the\\nmiddle of the lane. This lane was afterwards ex-\\ntended, and is now Kaighn Avenue.\\nThe children of Jos. Kaighn and Mary Estaugh\\nKaighn, who succeeded to the estate, were Joseph,\\nJames, .lohu, Isaac and Elizabeth. To James was\\nleft part of the estate south of the lane (Kaighn\\nAvenue), to Joseph part of the land south and to\\nJohn, Isaac and Elizabeth, the land north of the\\nlane. Elizabeth married Donaldson. Joseph,\\nthe eldest son of Joseph, upon receiving the\\nland on the south .side from his father, in 1749,\\nbuilt, a few years later, the house long known as\\nthe Ferry House, yet standing, but is now de-\\nvoted to other uses. He married Prudence Butcher,", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0592.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OP CAMDEN.\\n417\\nby whom he had four children, but one of whom,\\nJoseph, arrived at maturity, and in 179 m.arried\\nSarah Mickle, a daughter of Joseph Mickle. A\\nman of ability and positive couvictions he early\\nbecame a jjrominent citizen, being frequently\\nelected by the Whig party, to which he belonged,\\nto the State Legislature, both to the house of As-\\nsembly and to the Council. He was one of the\\nsmall band of far-seeing people who believed in\\nthe feasibility, as well as the desirability, of a rail-\\nroad between Philadelphia and New York, and in\\nthe Legislature became a most earnest advocate\\nof the granting of the charter for The Camden and\\nAmboy Kail Road, and largely through his efforts\\nits i)assage was secured, he being one of the in-\\ncorporators and a director till his death, and one\\nof the party who first went over the proposed\\nroute of the road. AVhile in the Legislature he\\nwas an influential member of the committee that\\nbuilt the State prison at Trenton. Early interested\\nin ferries he was prominent in the establishment\\nof the first steamboat running from Kaighns Point\\nto Philadelphia, and was a director in the Federal\\nStreet ferry from its organization until his death.\\nThroughout his life he was a most publics-pirited\\nman and widely known throughout the State. He\\ndied February 23d, 1841, his wife surviving him\\nuntil 1842. Their children were John M., who\\nmarried Rebecca, daughter of Benjamin Cooper\\nCharles, married to Mary Cooper, of Woodbury\\nWilliam R., married Rachel Cole (Burrough),\\nwidow and Mary, who married John Cooper, of\\nWoodbury. The children of James were Isaac\\nMary, died young John, married Elizabeth\\nBartram Elizabeth, married Jonathan Knight;\\nJames Hannah, married Benjamin Dugdale\\nSarah; Mary; Ann, who died in 1880, aged eighty-\\neight years and Charity and Grace (twins), both\\nnow deceased. The lands of James that lay north\\nof the dividing line and on the river, were laid\\nout into lots in 1812, and from that time to the\\npresent, adjoining lands have been gradually laid\\nout and built upon until the entire Kaighn estate\\nis now laid out into streets and lots.\\nThe land now in the city of Camden, lying south\\nand east of Kaighns Run and to Newton Creek, was\\nlocated by Robert Turner, of whom an account\\nwill be found in the history of Haddon township;\\nfour hundred and twenty acres adjoining Newton\\nCreek, and two hundred acres on the river were\\nlocated by Richard Arnold, which was surveyed\\nMarch 1, 1700. He sold it to Martin Jarvis, who, in\\nthe same year, sold two hundred and eight acres to\\nJohn Wright, who sold to John Champion the rest\\nof the tract passed to Jacob Colling. In 1790 the\\ngreater part of the land became the estate of Isaac\\nMickle, Jr. A portion of the land lying on the\\nDelaware River, south and west of Kaighns Run,\\nwas sold by Turner to Archibald Mickle, then of\\nPhiladelphia. He wasa nativeof Lisburn,atownin\\nthe county Antrim, Ireland, and a member of the\\nSociety of Friends. With many others of the same\\nfeith, he left his native land and came to this\\ncountry and landed in Philadelphia August 2, 1(382.\\nHe was by trade a cooper, and probably remained\\nin that city several years, as coopers were in con-\\nsiderable demand along the sea-coast. In 108G ho\\nmarried Sarah Watts, in the Philadelphia Meeting,\\nof which he was a member.\\nIn 1690 he purchased two hundred and fifty\\nacres of land in Newton township of Robert Tur-\\nner. It was near the head of the south branch of\\nNewton Creek, adjoining land of Francis Collins.\\nIt afterward passed to Joseph Lowe, who settled\\nupon it. The meadow lands on Kaighns Run\\nj)a.ssed from the original proprietor to others, and\\nthat on the south side of the run was conveyed\\nwith other lands to Robert Turner, at one time\\nthe largest land-owner in Newton township. On\\nthe IGth of May, 1697, Archibald Mickle pur-\\nchased of Robert Turner four hundred and seventy-\\nsix acres of land and thirty-two acres of the mea-\\ndow lands. The purchase fronted on the Delaware\\n.and extended along Kaighns Run. A house occu-\\njiied by Thomas Sjjearman was on the land at the\\ntime of purchase and it is shown on the Thomas\\nSharp map of 1700 as being on the bank of the\\nriver between the meadow lots and the south line,\\nand where the old Isaac Mickle house is situated.\\nAt this place Isaac Mickle resided until his death,\\nin 1706. By his will the estate was left to his\\nwidow, Sarah, and to his children Samuel,\\nDaniel, Archibald, Joseph, James, Sarah (wife of\\nEzekiel Siddons), Mary (wife of Arthur Powell)\\nand Rachael (wife of Benjamin Cooper). The\\nwidow bought the rights of Samuel, Daniel, Sarah,\\nMary and Rachel, and upon her death, in October,\\n1718, the real estate, by her will, was devised to\\nArchibald, James and Joseph, who, by quit-claim\\ndated March 20, 1727, conveyed to each other\\nthese lands in severalty in equal division. The\\neldest son (John) of Archibald married Hannah,\\nthe daughter of Wni. Cooper (2d), and in 1703\\nsettled in Gloucester township, where he died in\\n1744. He was appointed judge of Gloucester\\nCounty in 1733, and served several years.\\nOf the lands now in Camden City, the portion\\ninherited by Joseph passed to the Kaighn family,\\nand the land of Archibald and James in later\\nyears came to Isaac Mickle, Sr., a grandson of Ar-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0593.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "418\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nchibiild and Sarah, who married Sarah Burroughs\\nand in 1780 conveyed the land to his nephew,\\nIsaac Mickle, Jr.\\nThis last-mentioned property remained in the\\nMickle family many years and is now the southern\\nportion of the city, and laid out in avenues and\\ntown lots.\\nIsaac Mickle, author of Reminiscences of Old\\nGloucester, was a descendant of the family.\\nThe fisheries along the Mickle lands were in\\n1818 conducted by John W. Mickle, one of the de-\\nscendants.\\nMartin Jarvis, of whom mention is made, was a\\nson of John Jarvis, of Roscoe, Kings County, Ire-\\nland, and a Friend, who, in 1088, with his son\\nMartin, came to New Jersey to avoid the persecu-\\ntion of the Papists. They first stopped at the\\nhouse of George Goldsmith, in Newton township,\\nbut in 1691 the father settled in Cape May County\\nand in 1701 returned to Ireland, and JIartin jjur-\\nchased land on Newton Creek, as mentioned. In\\n1705 he bought a house and lot in Philadelphia, on\\nthe west side of Second Street, between Market and\\nChestnut, where he resided until his death in 1742,\\naged sixty-seven years. He married Mary Cham-\\npion, a daughter of John, who settled on Coopers\\nCreek.\\nPrior to 1701 the only roads that led to Coopers\\nFerries were mere bridle-paths, but on the 8th of\\nJune in that year commissioners laid out on the\\nline of Cooper Street a road from the King s High-\\nway leading from Haddonfield, four poles wide, to\\nCooper s Ferry it being the old Roydon ferry near\\nthe foot of Cooper St., then kept by Daniel Cooper,\\nson of William, the grandson of Wm. Cooper, the\\nfirst settler. In the next year the bridge was built\\nacross Coopers Creek at the eastern end of Federal\\nStreet and the road widened and improved to the\\nCooper Street Ferry. This was the Great Road\\nto Burlington. In the same year Benjamin Cooper\\nlaid out a road from his ferry, now the Camden and\\nAtlantic Ferry, to the new bridge over Coopers\\nCreek. That road was later Main Street and is\\nnow mostly occupied by the track of the Camden\\nand Atlantic Railroad. The Haddonfield road\\njoined the road from Coopers Creek bridge to the\\nferry at what is now Fifth Street. On December\\n7, 17G3, a road was laid from Coopers Point to\\nthe bridge over Timber Creek. It left the ferry\\nroad below Front Street and near the old Ferry\\nHouse. Federal Street was laid out a\u00c2\u00bb a road about\\n17U4 (when the ferry was established), Plum Street\\nin 1803 all converging towards Coopers Creek\\nbridge.\\nJacob Cooper, in his town lan of 1778, laid out\\nas the north line the old Ferry Road and called it\\nCooper Street, and also laid out Market Street.\\nThese streets extended from the river to Pine or\\nSixth Street. The Chews Landing road was\\nlaid about 1800, and the Kaighns Point road\\nabout 1810, soon after the ferry was established at\\nthat place.\\nWhen the town was incorporated as a city, in\\n1828, all the old streets, Cooper, Market, Plum\\n(now Arch), and Federal Streets centred on the old\\nroad to the ferry at Twelfth Street. Several of\\nthese early roads within the bounds of the city have\\nbeen vacated and entirely lost sight of.\\nFirst Town Plan of CAJtDEN. Jacob Cooper,\\na son of William and Deborah (Medcalf) Cooper,\\nwas a merchant in Philadelphia, and conceiving\\nthe idea that at a future day the great crossing-\\nplace on the Delaware known as Cooper s Ferries\\nwould be a town of considerable importance,\\nobtained of his fatlier, April 23, 1704, one hundred\\nacres of land lying on the river north of a tract of\\none hundred acres owned by his brother Daniel.\\nThe north line of the tract was the old bridle-path\\nto the ferries, and which, in 1761, was laid out as\\npart of the road from Haddonfield to the ferry,\\nthen at the foot of Cooper Street.\\nIn the year 1773 he laid out forty acres of this\\ntract into streets and lots, and named it after the\\nEarl of Camden, who was a firm friend and ally\\nof Lord Chatham in the struggle for constitutional\\nliberty in the colonies. The old road on the north\\nside he named Cooper Street. Market Street was\\nalso by him laid out from the river to what is now\\nSixth Street. The south line of the plot was mid-\\nway between Market Street and Plum (now Arch).\\nStreets were laid out from Cooper Street eastward\\nas follows: King (now Front), Queen (now Se-\\ncond),Whitehall (now Third), Cherry (now Fourth),\\nCedar (now Fifth) and Pine (now Sixth). The\\nnames were changed to the present at the incor-\\nporation of the city, in 1828. The Public Square\\nlocated at the intersection of Market and Third\\nStreets, was at the same time laid out. The lots were\\none hundred and sixty in number. The first eight\\nlots fronted on the river and extended back to\\nFront Street. No. 1 was on Cooper Street. One\\nhundred and twenty-six of these lots, with the\\nexceptions of Nos. 24, 80 and 32, were sold by\\n.lacob Cooper. The names of purchasers, with\\nnumber of lot, are here given\\n1 Lyon and Falconer.\\n2. Kobort Parrish.\\nAndrew Koreyth.\\n4. Uoboil Panish.\\nr Iwiac Ooates.\\n6. Thouinjj Millliu.\\n7. A. Todd and J. Hartley.\\n8. ilarzilla l.ippincott.\\n9. Lyon and Falconer.\\n10. Lyon and Falconer.\\n11. William Moulder.\\n12-13-14. Samuel Noble.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0594.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0595.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "Plan of the Town of Camden, in the Township of Newton,\\nin the County of Gloucester, in the State of New Jersey, as\\nlaid out by Jacob Cooper, 1773, and also an addition of\\ntwenty-nine lots by Joshua Cooper, in the year 1803.\\nSTREET 1\\ni ,5,\\nae\\n1^9\\n,sr\\n,K\\n5\\n,M\\nS SI\\n/5JU i\\n.6-,\\nt SI\\n.64\\n:C\\n,e^\\nn H3\\ni 4?\\n!r7 a\\nCANIDEN VILLAGE.\\nLaid off by Edward Sharp, April 10th,\\n1820, from a part of the Estate of Joshua\\nCooper, adjoining Camden, on both sides\\nof Bridge Ave., Gloucester County, N. J.\\nRecorded, July 3d, 1820.\\nLiber FF, folio 289, Ac.\\n1 CEDAR\\n5 ,c-\\nHO i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i ct\\ni c-7\\n1,1.\\ni\\n,n i\\n-cs\\ni\\nHi 4\\nus i\\ni -\u00e2\u0096\u00a0K\\n.,c -1\\nM-\\nX :j\\nra.\\nX ,1.1\\nI;\\nX izc\\nit\\ni\\ni,io\\n8\\nCHERRY\\nS j\\nsi. i\\nS\\n6\u00c2\u00bb\\n5?\\nS\\n4 s\\nJJ S\\nt\\nS7 i\\ni\\ns|\\nIt\\nSTR EET\\n0^30-^5\\n^1\\nU\\n3U-\\n5\\nt u\\n3 31\\n1\\n4\\n4 0\\n1;\\n|5 s,\\ns\\n-1 il\\nV 4.\u00c2\u00ab\\n5\\nJ\\n*s\\ns s\\n-t^\\nU\\nss\\n-A\\no\\n\u00c2\u00abl\\nsf t\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ti.\\nsr\\nS\\n\\\\i, ss\\n\u00c2\u00ab4\\nVH\\nS\\n3 6i.\\ni\\n1\u00c2\u00a3\\nS9\\nS\\ns$\\n4 -s\\n4\\n8\\nq\\nueE^\\na.\\nJ\\n3 if\\ni\\ni^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0n\\n.1\\nIS ^r\\nli\\n3}\\n41\\nJ JS\\n5\\ni 54-\\n1\\n0\\ni\\nl\u00c2\u00a3\\n.4\\nDoDi vti) leih July, 1603, bj\\nThe lota North and East of the (lotted line, were laid\\nout by Jacob Cooper, in 1773.\\nThe lots included within the dotted line, were laid\\nout by .Joshua Cooper, in 1803.\\nThe lots South and West of the dotted line were laid\\nout by Edward Sharp, In 1820.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0596.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n419\\n56. .John Kearslt y.\\n58. Moses Bartrani.\\n)9. George Bartrani.\\nGO. Barzilla Lippimult.\\n61-62. James Cuuner.\\nG3. Johu Eldridge.\\n04. Samuel Miles.\\n65. James Coffe.\\n68. John Beeiile.\\n71. John Beedlo.\\n73. George Bartrani.\\n74. Moses Bartrani.\\n75. John Brown.\\n76. Joseph Brown.\\n77. George Naper.\\n78. Samuel Powell.\\n711. Thomas Lewis.\\n81-83. William Bigden.\\n83. Samuel Powell.\\n84. George Hopper.\\n85. Joseph Brow u.\\n86. John Brown.\\n8S. William Brown.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.)1. John Eldridge.\\n.t 2. James Keeves.\\n93 to 98. John U.-iItiiell.\\n101. John Haltzell.\\n102-103. Beiyamin Horner.\\nlO.s-lOO. Edward Gibbs.\\n110-111-112. Samuel Hopkii\\n115-110. Martin Fisher.\\n120. Richard Townseiul.\\n121. John Eldridge.\\n122. Mathias Gilbert.\\n126. John Haltzell.\\n127. For public u.se.\\n15. William Wane.\\n16. James Ark.\\n17. David Dominick.\\n18. Samuel Miles,\\n19. Thomas Mifflin.\\n20. Nicholas Hicks,\\n21. Isaac Coates,\\n22. Israel Cas.seU and Jon. Davis.\\n23. Allen Cathcart and Henry\\nCasdrope.\\n25. Isaac Micklo (bought after\\nJacob Cooper s death).\\n20. William Adams.\\n27. Vincent Mari Polnsi,\\n28. Nicholas Hicks.\\n29. Jonathan Shoemaker.\\n30. V. M. Polosi.\\n31. Christopher Perkius.\\n32. V, M, Polosi.\\n;i3. William Adams.\\n34. Samuel Noble,\\n35-36. Aquilla Jones.\\n37. Samuel Bryan.\\n39. Jacob Speeder.\\n42. James Cooper.\\n43. Samuel Kobins.\\n44. Joseph Budd.\\n45. James Cliaunell.\\n40. John Porter.\\n47. John Kearsley.\\n48. Andrew Burkhart.\\n49. John Fcnton.\\n50-51. William Itusli.\\n.52. Boiyamin Town.\\n53. John Porter.\\n54. John Keai-sley,\\n65, John Shoemaker,\\nLot No. 127, Oil the corner of Plum (now Arch)\\nStreet and Fifth Street, was reserved for public use,\\nand on the 2 2d of April, 1776, Jacob Cooper con-\\nveyed it to Charles Lyon, Nathaniel Falconer,\\nWilliam Moulder and Nichola. i Hicks, in trust for\\nthe iuliabitants to erect a house of worship ami\\nmake a burial-place. The north part of the lot\\nwas made a burial-place and a school-house in\\nlater years was erected upon the south part. It\\nis now and has been for many years occupied by\\nan engine-house under the charge of the Fire De-\\npartment. The most of the persons named in the\\nlist before given resided in Philadelphia. But\\nlittle information is obtained of the progress of the\\ntown before 1800. In the year 1803 Joshua Cooper,\\nson of Daniel, deriving the land from his father,\\nlaid out a street from the river to Sixth Street,\\nwhich he named Plum. On the north side of\\nPlum Street he laid out twenty-nine lots and on\\nthe south side twenty-four lots.\\nViLLAOE OF Camden. Edward Sliarji, in 1S12,\\nbuilt the rough-cast house now standing on the\\nsoutheast corner of Cooper and Second Streets (lot\\n42 in Jacob Cooper s town plot), long known as the\\nDr. Harris house. On the 8th of June, 1818, he\\nbought of Joshua Cooper ninety-eight acres of\\nland lying on the river and south of the Lower\\nFerry road or Federal Street. In 1820 he laid out\\na part of this into streets and lots, and named it\\nCamden Village.\\nEdward Sharp had for .some years been agitating\\nthe building a bridge across the Delaware River\\nto Windmill Island, and after the purchase of this\\nland, and iu 1820, laid out the land from the river\\nto Cedar or Fifth Street, with a broad street\\nthrough the centre, which was named Bridge Ave-\\nnue, now the line of the Camden and Amboy\\nrailroad. The only buildings on this terri-\\ntory at that time were the stables of John 1).\\nWessels, at the corner of Federal and Front\\nStreets, and then near the bank of the river. Ed-\\nward Sharp presented a petition to the Legislature\\nasking for authority to build a bridge across the\\nDelaware. A newspaper of that day says: The\\nWindmill Island Bridge Bill passed the Senate\\nJanuary 22, 1820, and the House February 18th\\nfollowing.\\nThe eastern end of this bridge was to be at the\\nfoot of Bridge Avenue, and, although the bill au-\\nthorizing its construction passed, yet the bridge\\nwas never built. Lots were sold as follows be-\\ntween the river-front and Queen Street (now Sec-\\nond) Nos. 1 and 2, to Samuel Lanning; lots 3 to\\n7 and lot A, to Johu D. Wessels; lot 16, southwest\\ncorner of Federal and White Hall (uow Third)\\nStreets, to Daniel Ireland lot 28, southwest corner\\nof Federal and Cherry Streets, to Keuben Ludlam.\\nOn Queen Street, north of Bridge Avenue and the\\nalley, were six lots marked B, C, D, E, F\\\\ F- they\\nwere sold as follows B, to William Butler C, to\\nSamuel Smith; D, to Isaac Sims; E, to James\\nRead and F and F to David and Dorcas Sims.\\nFinancial reverses soon overtook Edward Sharp,\\nand his land was sold by the sheriff, July 13, 1822,\\nto Elihu Chauncey and James Lyle, who, on the\\n22d of July the next year, 1823, sold to Henry\\nChester. Part of this land, July 18, 1833, and Au-\\ngust 31, 1836, came to Esther Nunes, who laid out\\none hundred and forty lots, the greater part of\\nthem water lots, and on the river-flats.\\nCooper s Hii.l. That part of Camden known as\\nCooper s Hill as applied to the ground then, rising\\nfrom a marsh west of Fourth Street and south of\\nBridge Avenue, forming a knoll covered in part\\nwith stately oak and pine-trees and on the eastern\\npart, beyond Broadway, was a magnificent a) ple\\norchard. It lielonged to Richard M. Cooper,\\npresident of the State Bank at Camden, and shortly\\nafter his death his son, William I). Cooper, in\\n1842, sold the timber, cut down the ap|)le-trccs\\nand laid out the ground in one hundred town lots,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0597.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "420\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nwhich, Decembers, 1842, he offered for sale. They\\nsold rapidly and at good prices, for the high\\nground made the locality desirable as a place of\\nresidence, and it now forms the bulk of the Fourth\\nWard, the most populous in the city, containing\\nwithin its limits the City Hall, Cooper Hospital,\\nthree public school-houses, five churches with\\ntwo thousand members, and ten thousand people.\\nWilliam D. Cooper made sale to Joab Scull\\nof the lot on the northeast corner of West and\\nBerkley Streets, upon which the latter built the first\\nhouse in the new settlement. The only house on\\nthe tract, before Scull built, was the one Richard\\nM. Cooper built in 1820, on the east side of the\\nWoodbury and Camden Academy road, and which\\nwas removed to make room for the row of three-\\nstory bricks on Broadway, south of Berkley.\\nWithin the limits of what is known as Cooper s\\nHill were formerly ponds, of which Micklo,\\nwriting in 1845, says: There was in the olden\\ntime a i)ond about half a mile southeast of the\\nCourt-House in the City of Camden, which was\\nmuch frequented by wild geese and ducks. Al-\\nthough the bed of the pond is now cultivated,\\nthere are th(jse who remember when it contained\\nseveral feet of water throughout the year. It was\\ncalled by the Camden boys the Play Pond.\\nThis pond is said, by one of the boys who used\\nto play there, Benjamin Farrow, to be where now\\nstand the dwellings of the late John H. Jones and\\nJesse W. Starr. He says there were two ponds,\\none called the wet pond and the other the dry\\npond, and that they were made in the time of the\\nKevolution by the erection of redoubts.\\nThe land on the north side of Cooper Street, and\\nnorth of Birch, which was left to William Cooper\\nby his grandfather, William, was devised to his\\nsons, Daniel and Richard M. Cooper. The former\\ndying intestate, his share descended to his three\\ndaughters, Mary Ann (who married William\\nCarman), Abigail and Esther L. Cooper, and in\\nthe ])artition of his estate, which followed his\\ndeath, the land mentioned was divided into alter-\\nnate portiofis between these daughters by their\\nuncle, Richard M. Cooper, and about 1842 laid\\nout by William D. Cooper and sold.\\nOn the 7th of February, 1853, Rachel Cooper,\\ndaughter of William Cooj)er (of the uj)per ferry),\\nsold the land lying between Market and Federal\\nStreets, above Eighth, to Charles Fockler, who laid\\nit out into fifty-nine lots.\\nThat part of the city north of Birch Street and\\nto Main Street was laid out with streets and in\\ntwo hundred and forty-five lots in 1852, by the\\nheirs of William Cooper, and in January of the\\nsame year Joseph W. Coojjer laid out one hundred\\nand seventy-two lots north of Main Street, and ad-\\nvertised them for public sale February 5, 1852.\\nThese tracts comprise the plans and additions to\\nthe city on the old Cooper lands.\\nThe KAUiHN Estate. The Kaighn estate,\\nwhich was left by Joseph Kaighn by will, in 174 J,\\nto Joseph and James, John, Isaac and Elizabeth,\\nextended from Line Street to Kaighn Run. The\\nlane, now Kaighn Avenue, was the dividing line\\nof part of the property left to Joseph and John,\\nthe former inheriting the south side and the latter\\nthe north side, including the old mansion built\\nabout 1696 by his grandfather, John Kaighn. Jo-\\nsejjh built a house on the south side, known in later\\nyears as the Ferry House. After the death of\\nJames, in 1812, his property was divided by parti-\\ntion, and the lots at the foot of Kaighn Avenue\\nwere soon after sold.\\nThere are a number of houses standing which\\nwere built by the Kaighns. The oldest of these\\nis the one built by John Kaighn, the first settler,\\nwho, soon after his coming, in 1696, erected a one-\\nstory house of brick, on the river-shore, now on the\\nsoutheast corner of Second and Sycamore Streets,\\na thousand feet from tide-water. It became the\\nproperty of James, the grandson of John Kaighn,\\nand on his death, in 1811, came through one of his\\nchildren to Mrs. Hutchinson, a granddaughter,\\nwho, in 1864, sold it to Charles McAllister, who,\\nusing the old walls, made of it two three-story\\nhouses, in one of which he resides. Elizabeth\\nHaddon, in 1721, presented John Kaighn with\\ntwo box and two yew-trees, which he planted in\\nfront of his house. The yew-trees are still stand-\\ning, having a girth of six feet, but the box-tre s\\ndecayed and disappeared, the last in 1874.\\nThe Ferry House, at the southeast corner of\\nFront Street and Kaighn Avenue, was built by\\nJoseph Kaighn, grandson of the first settler, be-\\ntween 1755 and 1760. Joseph Kaighn died in\\n1792, when his son Joseph, then residing in the\\nfarm-house on Quaker Lane, opposite Newton\\nMeeting-house, moved into the homestead and oc-\\ncupied it until 1809, when, having built the spa-\\ncious mansion on the south side of Kaighn Ave-\\nnue, above Second Street, which afterward became\\nthe property of his son Charles, he removed there\\nand made it his home until 1831, when he built the\\nbrick house at the southwest corner of Third and\\nKaighn Avenue, and moved there, where he lived\\nuntil his death, in 1841, when it became the Inime\\nof his daugiiter Mary, afterwards the wife ol John\\nCooper.\\nThe house at Front and Kaighn Avenue was", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0598.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n421\\nleased as a ferry-house to Christopher Madara, and\\nill 1816 to George W. Hiigg. In 1821 Joseph\\nKaighn sold the house, with the ferry, to Sarah,\\nwidow of Thomas Reeves, and after her death it\\nwas purchased by Ebenezer Toole. It is now the\\njiroperty of Edward Shuster. During the Revolu-\\ntion the house served as a target for gunuers on\\nBritish ships lying in the river, and the late\\nCharles Kaighn had in his possession a spent can-\\nnon-ball which came down the chimney while his\\ngrandfather, Joseph Kaighn, and family were tak-\\ning supper.\\nAnother old house, built before 1800, is on the\\nnorth side of Kaighn Avenue, below Locust Street.\\nIt belonged to John, son of James Kaighn, who\\ndied in 1811. In 1842 it became a part of the\\nCapewell glass-works property and was used as a\\nfinishing and packing-house. After the closing of\\nthe glass-works it was fitted up and divided into\\nthree dwellings, Nos. 239, 241 and 243 Kaighn\\nAvenue. On the northeast corner of Front Street\\nand Mechanic is a large three-story brick house.\\nIt was built in 1824 by Joseph Mickle, who intend-\\ned it for his residence, but he died before it was\\nfinished and it became the home of his widowed\\ndaughter, Priscilla Matlack, who married James\\nW. Sloan, a leading man in municipal matters.\\nNear the above, on Front Street, is the house\\nbuilt by Frederick Plummer, the Baptist jjreacher,\\nin 1820, in which he used the brick composing the\\nprison built at Gloucester in 171G.\\nThe Little Newton Creek Meadow Company was\\norganized to preserve the river-banks below\\nKaighns Point. In 1(3% John Kaighn bought\\nfour hundred and fifty-five acres of land from\\nRobert Turner, lying between Line Ditch and Line\\nStreet, and Archibald Mickle about the same time\\nbought to the south. To construct a bank to re-\\nclaim the large expanse of low land lying between\\nthem was the joint work of the Mickles and\\nKaighns at a very early day, there being but a\\nsingle owner on the north and on the south of the\\nsmall stream that forming the dividing line, the\\nmaintenance of the bank was a simple matter;\\nbut when Joseph Kaighn died, in 1841, and his\\nland on the north became divided among several\\nheirs, while the same process was going on with the\\nMickle land, on the south, complications took\\nplace, and in 1844 the Little Newton Creek\\nMeadow Company was organized, with William\\nMitchell, president, and John Cooper, secretary\\nand treasurer. The company found the banks in\\nneed of repairs, which were made at a cost of three\\nthousand dollars. The company performed its\\nduty well until 1874, when the numerous new\\n50\\nowners, ousted the old officers, and the new ones\\nneglected their duty, and, when, the great storm\\nof October 24, 1878, broke the bank and flooded\\nthe lower part of the city, Council was compelled\\nto repair the damages.\\nFettersville. In 1833 Richard Fetters, a\\nprominent citizen of Camden, purchased of Charity\\nand Grace Kaighn a number of tracts of land be-\\ntween Line and Cherry Streets and between Third\\nStreet and the river. This land was laid out into\\nlots, and offered for sale at low rates and easy terms,\\nwhich attracted many purchasers, a large propor-\\ntion of them colored persons, a number of whom\\nare still among the most respected residents.\\nBenjamin Wilson was one of the first. He was a\\nlocal preacher, and built a house a few doors\\nbelow the Macedonian Church. George Johnson,\\nwho, in 1835, bought a lot and built the humble\\nhome which now sheltere him, was born in 1802.\\nHe has clear recollections of the events of nearly\\neighty years ago. His brother, Jacob Johnson, at\\nthe same time bought and built on the northwest\\ncorner of Third Street and Cherry, where, in com-\\nfort, he is spending the remainder of a useful life.\\nAt 247 Spruce Street reside Mary E. S. and\\nNeolus Peterson, educated and refined women, who\\nfor many years were school-teachers. Their father\\nwas Daniel Peterson, a Methodist preacher of\\nability, and their mother, Mary, was a daughter of\\nJonathan Truitt.a noted colored divine of Philadel-\\nphia. The Petersons settled in Fettersville in 1835\\nand built the house where the daughters now reside.\\nBoth were pious and educated, and did much to\\npromote religion and education among their peo-\\nple. They were active in the organization of the\\nMacedonian Church. Daniel died in 1857, and\\nMary in 1865. In 1838 Jacob Ham bought and\\nbuilt on the west side of Second, above Spruce,\\nwhere there was a cluster of large willow-trees,\\nwhich furnished shade, while from the river came\\ncool breezes, making it a favorite trysting-place for\\nthe people in warm weather. It has been called\\nHam Shore ever since Jacob Ham built his\\nhouse there. In the days of slavery there were\\nmany scenes of capture and rescue of alleged fugi-\\ntive slaves in Fettersville. Opposite the church,\\nshortly after it was built, lived a colored man\\nnamed John Collins, whom the officers claimed as\\na fugitive, and one night sought to capture, but\\nthe women, armed with clubs and pokers, drove\\nthem away. Collins, for greater security, removed\\nto Westfield. On another occasion, the officers\\nhaving captured a fugitive in the county, put him\\nin a wagon, and were driving towards the ferry,\\npassing by the Macedonian Church while a prayer-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0599.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "422\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nmeeting was in progress. When opposite, the\\nprisoner raised a lusty cry of liidnappers, which,\\nin a few moments, emptied the church of wor-\\nshippers and surrounded the wagon with rescuers\\nWhile they were parleying, Hannah Bowen cut\\nthe traces, and the horse, minus the wagon, was\\ndriven away, while the officers were glad to ex-\\nchange their prize for personal safety.\\nThe colored settlement at Fettersville grew\\nrapidly, and at one time figured largely in the\\ncensus table, the colored population of the South\\nWard, in 1850 reaching nearly one-fourth of the\\nentire population of the ward but the proportion\\nhas since decreased, being slightly in excess of\\nseven per cent, in 1885. The actual number in\\n1850 was seven hundred and twenty-five, and in\\n1885 it was seven lumdred and ninety-one, while\\nthe total population in the former year was four\\nthousand one hundred and twelve, and in the latter\\nyear eleven thousand and sixty-four.\\nIn 1835 Richard Fetters bought other lands of\\nCharity Kaighn and her sister, Grace Kaighn, east\\nof liis first purchase and extending south to Mount\\nVernon, or Jordan Street. His first sales from\\nthis venture were to Jo.scph P. Hillman, Joseph\\nSharp, Aaron Bozarth, Josiah Sawn and Adam\\nWatson, on the east side of Fifth Street, from\\nDivision Street to Spruce. This was in 1836, and\\nthe price was one hundred and twenty-five dollars\\nfor a lot forty feet front and one hundred feet deep.\\nFetters plan placed all the fronts on the streets\\nrunning east and west, under the impression that\\nthe travel would be in those directions, and\\nin this he would have been correct, had his\\ndesign for a ferry at the foot of Spruce Street, for\\nwhich he procured a charter, been realized. All\\nof the plots above-mentioned were in the terri-\\ntory embraced in Camden at the time of its\\nincorporation, in 1828. In 1815 there was but\\none house between Kaighnton and Camden, and\\nthat was the farm-house of Isaac Kaighn, a son of\\nJames, and which was on the old Woodbury road,\\nnear the river.\\nCamden, although laid out in 1773, was a town\\nonly in name until about 1815. The dwellings\\nclustering around the ferries retained the names by\\nwhich it had been known for over a century The\\nFerries, or Cooper s Ferries. A few lots had\\nbeen sold and houses built, a post-office had been\\nestablished, a store opened, but the main bu.siness\\ngrew out of the ferries. A stage line was estab-\\nlished to Burlington, to Leeds Point, in Atlantic\\nCounty, to Salem, Bridgeton and Cape May. At\\nthe beginning of the century there was not a house\\nof worship in the area now embraced within the\\ncity, and but one school-house, which stood a dis-\\ntance out from the settlements on the Haddonfield\\nroad, and on the land of Marmaduke Cooper, now\\nowned by Marmaduke C. Cope.\\nRichard Fetters, who was in his day and gen-\\neration one of the most prominent men of the city,\\nthe proprietor of that part of Camden known as\\nFettersville, a leading spirit in almost every large en-\\nterprise, a member of almost every corporation board\\norganized during his business life and the holder\\nof many public offices, was born January 19, 1791,\\nof parents who resided at Coopers Point. His\\nearly life was spent for the most part in New\\nJersey. He removed to Camden in 1826 and\\nopened a store at Third and Market Streets. It\\nwas not long afterwards that he laid out Fetters-\\nville, and entered upon land operations in North\\nCamden. Almost from the start he held a position\\nof prominence, being elected to the Council in\\n1S28, and thus beginning a long and active public\\ncareer. He was a lifelong Democrat of a pro-\\nnounced type. He died July 3, 1863, after a short\\nillness. The editor of one of the Camden jour-\\nnals, a short time before his death, in connection\\nwith an announcement of his dangerous condition,\\nspoke of his character and usefulness as follows\\nMr. Fetters is one of the pioneers of this city and\\nhas probably done more for the advancement and\\nimprovement of the place than any other single\\ngentleman. Always active, and possessing an ener-\\ngetic spirit, he made himself foremost in all enter-\\nprises conducive to the growth and prosperity of\\nCamden, and took the initiative in all matters of\\nessential public improvements. The conception\\nand gradual increase of the advantages of our fer-\\nries was one of his practical theories, and from the\\nfirst he was closely connected with them. His\\nenergy of character also infused life and spirit\\ninto the project of erecting works to supply the\\ncity with water, and, in fact, no enterprises of truly\\nbeneficial bearings have been started in Camden\\nthat have not received his fostering care and ap-\\njiroval. He has held several important public po-\\nsitions and through indomitable energy and perse-\\nverance he acquired a competency\\nMr. Fetters was three times married. His first\\nwife, with whom he was united January 20, 1817,\\nand who was the mother of all of his children,\\nwas Hope Stone, born April 27, 1797, and died\\nDecember 18, 1889. His second wife, to whom he\\nwas married November 8, 1841, was Sarah L. Lam-\\nborn, and the third, with whom he wius joined\\nMarch 21, 1860, was Ellen B. Marter.\\nThe children of Richard and Hope (Stone) Fet-\\nters were Elizabeth, Evaline, Hannah (deceased)", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0600.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "1 C^^", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0603.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0604.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": "THE CTTY OP CAMDEN.\\n423\\nand Caroline. Elizabeth married the late Jesse\\nSmith, of Woodbury, by whom she had two chil-\\ndren\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Charlena F., born November 29, 1S41 (died\\nill infancy), and Kichard F. Smith, ibrracrly city\\ntreasurer and now sheritt of Camden County.\\nEvaline married the late Richard S. Humphreys.\\nThey had two children Richard F. (who died in\\ninfancy) and Harry, born March 2, 1855, now a\\nlumber merchant in Philadelphia. Caroline mar-\\nried Charles S. Humphreys, an artist of Camden,\\nnow deceased. They had five children, viz.,\\nCharles F. (deceased), was married to Ella Corson\\nof Camden, Evaline L. (deceased), George W., an\\nattorney, married to Mary Coy of Palmyra, and\\nLouis B., a real estate dealer, was married to Jen-\\nnie McM. Strong, daughter of the late Nathan\\nStrong, one of the first attorneys of Philadelphia.\\nGeorge W. and Louis B. are both of Camden. Ella\\nF. (Mrs. Dr. Pemberton), now of Long Branch, N.J.\\nStockton. In the year 184;i James D. Crowley,\\nThomas Phillips, George F. Jliller and William\\nJones, as the Kaighus Point Land Company, pur-\\nchased of Dr. Isaac S. Mulford a tract of land east\\nof the West Jersey Railroad, for which they paid\\ntwo hundred and twenty-five dollars an acre. In\\nthe two succeeding years they purchased of Colonel\\nIsaac W. Mickle and other Mickle heirs the land\\nlying between Ferry Avenue and Jackson Street,\\nto within a short distance of Evergreen Cemetery.\\nThis laud was part of the large tract purchased\\nby Archibald Mickle about 1696, and which ex-\\ntended from Kaighns Run, or Line Ditch, to\\nNewton Creek.\\nThe Land Company laid out the land in build-\\ning lots, and named the settlement Centrcville,\\nwhich was subsequently changed to Stockton.\\nMost of the tract was a corn-field and on it were\\ntwo tenant-hou.ses, both on Central Avenue, one at\\nthe corner of Master and the other on Phillip Street.\\nSouth of Ferry Avenue was a forest of oak-trees,\\nand north of Stockton was a dense thicket, where\\nrabbits, quail and smaller game were sought after,\\nand not in vain. The lots were sold on easy terms\\nand the sales were rapid until the burning of the\\nferry-boat New Jersey, in 1856 (a history of which\\nis given on page 369), checked the inflow of lumie-\\nseekers from the western shore of the Delaware.\\nThe company donated land for school anil church\\npurposes. That was the gift to the Stockton Bap-\\ntist Society, on Vanhook Street, near Si.xth. When\\nWilliam Jones built the Flat Iron, at the junc-\\ntion of Ferry Avenue and Broadway, and applied\\nfor a license to sell liquor, the society remonstrated,\\nfor which he sought to take away the ground given\\nthem by the company, but was prevented by Mr.\\nCrowley. In 1871 Stockton, f(u-ming a jiart of\\nNewton township, was annexed to Camden as a\\nportion of the Eighth Ward, when its growth re-\\nceived an impetus that still continues. The intro-\\nduction of gas and water, with other advantages\\nincident to city rule, led to the establishment of a\\nnumber of manufactories, and these increase yearly,\\nowing to the comparatively low price of land_\\nWith these advantages, this section of the city is\\nrapidly increasing in population.\\nKakjhn.sville was a settlement of colored per-\\nsons, east of Seventh and south of Chestnut Street.\\nBenjamin Vandyke was the first settler, an ex-\\nemplary man, who built the small house now\\nstanding at Ann Street and Kaiglin Avenue in\\n1838. There was no house near, and the lot upon\\nwhich he built was part of John Kaighn s corn-\\nfield. Shortly afterwards Daniel Wilkins bought\\nthe land bounded by Seventh Street, Ann, Syca-\\nmore and Kaighn Avenue, selling portions to\\nDempsey D. Butler, who, coming from the South\\nbuilt on Kaighn Avenue, and to Daniel Sullivan^\\nwho built the house on the southeast corner of Sev-\\nenth and Sycamore, now used as a store by Francis\\nCrossley.\\nAnthony Colding built No. 736 Chestnut Street\\nin 1848, and about that time Joshua Martin, Luke\\nDerrickson, Henry Mackey, Charles Sobers, Shep-\\npard Sample, the school-master, Harriet Gibbs,\\nJames Mosely, William Evermau and other well-\\nknown colored people settled in the neighbor-\\nhood, built churches and established schools. In\\n1854 a conflagration destroyed almost the entire\\nseltlement from Seventh to Ann, and Chestnut to\\nKaighn Avenue, but it was speedily rebuilt. In\\n1871 it was taken into the city, with part of Newton\\ntownship, and forms a part of the Seventh Ward,\\nthe population of which was, in 1875: White, 3001\\ncolored, 758 and in 1885, white, 4663 colored,\\n1142. The colored people of the Seventh Ward\\n(formerly Kaighnsville) support three Methodist\\nand one Baptist Church, and recently a colored\\nPresbyterian Church has been added to the\\nnumber.\\nIn the early days of the settlement a meeting\\nwas held to select a name, an l Vandykesville was\\nproposed, after Benjamin Vandyke, tlie first settler,\\nbut tliat worthy man would not liave it so, and\\nthe name of Kaighnsville was adopted.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0605.jp2"}, "522": {"fulltext": "AUTOGKAPHS OF SETTLERS ON AND AROUND THE SITE OP CAMDEN, IN OLD\\nNEWTON TOWNSHIP.\\nMM^omQ ^.Stj^a^^\\nm^^\\nA first settler. Died 1710. Had sons\\nWilliam, Joseph and Daniel.\\nA first settler. Died 1706. Had sons John\\nSamuel, Daniel, Archibald, Isaac,\\nJoseph and James.\\nA first settler. Died 1724. Had sons John and\\nJosejjh.\\nA first settler and wealthy operator in lands.\\nSold to Kaighn, Mickle and others.\\nrjydt At^ ^07m^J^^^\\nA first settler. Made the survey 1681, after\\npurchased by Cooper. Died in\\nLondon.\\nThe surveyor and chronicle of the first settlers.\\nDied 1729. Had sons Thomas, Isaac\\nand John.\\nA^ ^^^n^ c57S-\u00c2\u00ab*//^-^?^a.\\nA first settler. Died 1694. Had sons Nathaniel,\\nRobert, Elnathan and Simeon.\\nSecond son of William the emigrant.\\nDied 1731. Had sons Joseph,\\nBenjamin and Isaac.\\nA first settler. Died 1702, and left sons, Benja-\\nmin and Thomas.\\nYoungest son of William the emigrant. Died 171;\\nHad sons William, Samuel and\\nDaniel.\\n(jojap^^^afi^ ^cc^m rruc^t^\\nSecond sou of Jolin the emigrant. Died 1749. Had\\nsons Joseph, John and James.\\nSon of Archibald the emigrant. Died 1785,\\nleaving one son, Jacob.\\n(i^o^^t T^ cJ^ r be/n^su^ ^W\u00c2\u00a3^\\nSon of Archibald the emigrant. Died 1744. Had\\nsons William, John and Samuel\\nSon of Nathaniel and grandson of Robert the\\nemigrant.\\nSon of Mark the emigrant. Dicil 1706,\\nleaving a son, Mark.\\ng^\\nUo tJi^-^rivi^\\nA first settler in 1681, with the Dublin\\nemigrants.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0606.jp2"}, "523": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n425\\nCHAPTEEII.\\nMDNICIPAL HISTOEY.\\nIncorporation\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Supplements to Charter\u00e2\u0080\u0094 New Charter\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Firet\\nCity Hall\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The New City Hall\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Civil I,ist\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Water Department-\\nFire Department.\\nIncorporation. Camden was iucorpnrated as\\na city under a charter granted by the General As-\\nsembly February 14, 1828, the bounds being thus\\ndescribed\\nThat such parts of the Township of Newton as aro contained\\nwithin the following limits beginning at the Pennsylvania line, in\\nthe river Delaware, opposite the mouth of a small run of water be-\\nlow Kaighnton, which run is the line between lands late of Isaac\\nMickle, deceased, and Joseph Kaighn, and running thence east to\\nthe mouth of said run, and thence up the same, tlio several courses\\nthereof, crossing the public road leading to Woodbury from the\\nCamden Academy; thence northerly along the east side of said road,\\nto the road leading from Kaighnton to Coopers Creek Bridge\\nthence along the eastwardly side of said last-mentioned road, and\\nthe southwardly side of the causeway and bridge to the middle of\\nCoopers Creek thence down the middle thereof to the river Dela-\\nware thence due north to the middle of the channel between Pettys\\nIsland and the Jersey fast land, or shore thence down said channel\\nand river to the nearest point on the line established between the\\nStates of Pennsylvani* and New Jersey thence down said line to\\nthe place of beginning, shall, and the same are hereby erected\\ninto a City, which shall henceforth be called and known by the\\nname of the City of Camden.\\nThese bounds above described contained three\\nand nine-tenths square miles, or two thousand four\\nhundred and ninety-six acres, of fast land, and a\\npopulation of eleven hundred and fortyrthree,\\nseparated into five groups or villages, eacli with\\none or more appellation applied to it. Coopers\\nPoint was known as William Cooper s Ferry,\\nKaighus Point as Kaighnton. Pinchtown\\nwas the term applied to Edward Sharp s settle-\\nment, on the river-shore, south of Federal Street.\\nDogvvoodtown was the term applied to a clus-\\nter of houses near Isaac Vansciver s carriage fac-\\ntory, at Tenth Street and Federal, the name com-\\ning from the fact that many dogwood trees grew in\\ntlie large grove in that locality. Camden was the\\ntitle of that portion of the present city lying be-\\ntween the river and Sixth Street and between\\nCooper Street and a line between Market Street\\nand Arch. This last was the most considerable\\nand contained a population greater than all the\\nothers combined. Outside these villages all was\\nfarm land and woodland. Extending from the\\nmouth of Coopers Creek in a southwest direction to\\nFourth Street and Line, was a fine grove of oaks\\nand pines, many of them of large size. Tlie re-\\nmains of this grove are yet to be seen at the Dia-\\nmond Cottage. It was a mile from Kaighnton to\\nPinchtown, and in summer corn-fields covered the\\ninterval. With sucli rural belongings there seemed\\nlittle in the conditions surrounding these eleven\\nhundred and forty-three people demanding muni-\\ncipal government, more than had existed during\\nthe one hundred and forty-six years that had\\nelapsed since William Cooper s first talk with\\nArasapha at Coopers Point, in 1G82, soon atter set-\\ntling there on his arrival from Burlington. Nor,\\nindeed, was it for the purpose of laying out and\\nimproving the roads through the fields, orchards\\nand forests covering most of the surface within the\\nlimits of the city that a charter was desirable. The\\ntownship committee could mend and make roads\\nas well and as cheaply as a committee of the City\\nCouncil and the township government was not\\nsuperseded by the charter. Yet it was because of\\nthese very conditions that a city government be-\\ncame a necessity. The woods and orchards lured\\nmultitudes of Philadelphiaus to these shores in\\nsearch of shade, air and recreation, and the police\\nforce of a township aftbrded little restraint upon\\nthose inclined to turbulence, and there were many\\nsuch. Besides the Vauxhall Garden and the Co-\\nlumbia Garden, every ferry had itsjileasure garden,\\nthe profits of which arose largely from the sale of\\napple brandy and other intoxicants, which caused\\nfrolics and disturbances, and life and property be-\\ncame insecure. It wiis to suppress these troubles\\nthat led to the incorporation, with the belief that\\nthe police protection provided by a city government\\nwould accomplish the object desired. John Law-\\nrence, Eichard Fetters, John K. Cowperthwaite\\nand other large property-owners interested in the\\nrule of order and quiet, sought for and, in defiance\\nof strenuous opposition on the part of ferry-mas-\\nters, succeeded in procuring a charter providing\\nfor the election of a mayor and other ofiicials to\\nrestrain and arrest, and a Court of Quarter Sessions\\nto convict and punish the unruly within the city s\\nbounds. It was a police government, little else\\nwas sought after, and that was secured. The Quar-\\nter Sessions Court under the city charter did very\\neft ective work but a certain authority says It\\ntook thirty years before turbulence in Camden\\nsuccumbed to the authority of the law.\\nThe provisions of the charter of February, 1828,\\nwere few and simple. With the supplement of\\nMarch 1st of the same year, it provided for the\\nelection of one recorder and five aldermen at a\\njoint meeting of the Legislature, and the election\\nof five Common Councilmeu by the people, who,\\nwith a mayor elected by the Common Council,\\n.shall be one body politic, in deed, in fact, name\\nand law, by the name, style and title of The\\nMayor, Aldermen and Common Council of the\\nCity of Camden. The mayor and recorder pre-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0607.jp2"}, "524": {"fulltext": "426\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nsided at the meetings, the latter in the absence of\\nthe former, and both voted on all questions, but\\nwere without veto power.\\nAs thus constituted, the Common Council was\\nempowered\\nTo make such by-laws, Ordinances aud regulations, in writing,\\nnot repngnant to the Constitution and lawn of the State of New Jer\\nsey or of the United States, and the same to enforce, revoke, alter or\\namend, as to theni shall appear necessary for the well ordering and\\ngoverning of the said City and its inhabitants; to appoint a City\\nTreasurer, Marshall and such other subordinate officers as they may\\nthink necessary for the good government of the said City.\\nSection 8 provided that Common Council\\nShall have the sole and exclusive right of licensing and assessing\\nevery inn-keeper and retailer of sijirituous liquors residing within\\nthe City.\\nThese provisions embrace all the powers ex-\\npressly granted, and, as will be seen, were i)olice\\npowers merely. Although a city, Camden was un-\\nder the jurisdiction of Newton township, and so\\ncontinued until 1831, when it was erected into a\\ntownship called Camden township, thus presenting\\nthe peculiarity of a dual government, city and town-\\nship, each competent to exercise prerogatives both\\nattempted to assume, the conflict of seeming\\nauthority leading at times to confusion, the same\\nmen sometmies acting in two bodies, the Common\\nCouncil and the township committee, both of\\nwhich were trying to mend the same piece of road,\\nand both city and township levying a tax to raise\\nmoney for the same purpose. The authority to\\nlevy taxes was not vested in the City Council, and\\nthat body never exercised such power until author-\\nized by the charter of 18r)l. The tax levy was\\nfixed at the town-meeting, when city and township\\nofficers were elected, and the Council acted as the\\ndisbursing agent merely yet in the first year of\\nits existence that body built the City Hall, and\\nborrowed two thousand five hundred dollars of Ja-\\ncob Evaul to pay for it. The only sure income of\\nthe city was derived from tavern licenses, and these\\ntaxed at rates ranging from ten to twenty-five dol-\\nlars each, amounted to one hundred and eighty-\\ntwo dollars in 1829.\\nSnppLEMENT.s TO CHARTER. Various supple-\\nments to the charter were passed by the Legisla-\\nture. Those of 1833 and 1837 were unimportant,\\nwhile that of IS-W (the year Camden County was\\nerected), in addition to the provision making the\\nmayor elective liy a direct vote of the people, gave\\nthe Council the exclusive authority to grade, curb\\nand macadamize the streets, and to compel owners\\nto pave their sidewalks.\\nThe supplement of 1848 divided the city into\\nthree wards that portion lying north of Arch\\nStreet aud Federal to be called the North Ward\\nthe district between the above-named streets and\\nLine Street to be called the Middle Ward and all\\nsouth of Line Street to be called the South Ward.\\nEach ward was entitled to elect two Councilmen\\nand one chosen freeholder. These six Councilmen\\nthe five aldermen provided for in the charter of\\n1828, with the mayor and recorder, constituted the\\nCommon Council, with little increase of power\\nover that conferred by the act of incorporation of\\ntwenty years before. There was no authority to\\nsurvey and regulate the grades of the city. Houses\\nwere built in swamps and on hilltops, each side-\\nwalk had an altitude of its own, and adjoining\\npavements would vary in height. The city was\\nlaid out in sections. Jacob Cooper laid out the\\ntown of Camden, in 1773, on a regular plan, which,\\nif it had been followed, would have resulted in\\nsome ai)proach to uniformity, but, unfortunately,\\nthe city was planned in sections, each regular with-\\nin itself, but irregular in relation to the others.\\nJoseph Kaighn laid out Kaighnton, and Richard\\nFetters planned Fettersville. Robert Stevens\\nmade his plat, south of Bridge Av.pnue and west of\\nFourth Street, to correspond with Jacob Cooper s\\noriginal jjlan of a town, but the streets running\\nsouth from Camden, and the streets running north\\nfrom Kaighnton, reached Line Street two hundred\\nfeet apart. William D. Cooper laid out Coopers\\nHill into lots without regard to any of the .streets\\nto the north, south or west. The result is that Sec-\\nond Street is the only street west of Eighth con-\\ntinuous in its course from the northern to the\\nsouthern bounds of the city. The Council had no\\npower to prevent such an untoward state of aflairs.\\nThe city was growing rajiidly, with a population\\nof nearly ten thousand. The old charter, intended\\nonly to confer police powers, was inadequate to\\npresent needs, which required prerogatives of a\\nmore enlarged character.\\nNew Charter. A new act of incorporation,\\nwhich should cover present and future require-\\nments, was dratted, which served its purpose, witli\\na few simple modifications, for twenty-one years,\\nand until the population had increased three-fold.\\nThis was known as the Dudley charter, being\\ndrawn up by Thomas H. Dudley, and was pa.ssed\\nby the Legislature at the session of 1850. The\\nbounds of the city, under this charter, were left\\nunchanged, and the division into North, Jlid-\\ndle and South Wards was maintained. The ofli-\\ncers were a mayor, a recorder, six aldermen, six\\nCouncilmen, a clerk, a treasurer and a marshal,\\nbesides ward officers. The mayor and Councilmen\\nwere elected annually, the recorder and aldermen\\ntriennially. The mayor, aldermen and Councilmen,", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0608.jp2"}, "525": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n427\\nor a majority of them, constituted the City Council\\nof the city of Camden. The mayor or, in his ab-\\nsence, one of the aldermen presided, but the mayor\\nliad no vote save when there was a tie. By the\\nsupplement of 1851 the mayor and aldermen were\\neliminated, and each ward elected six Councilmen\\nfor three years, two each year, and the Council\\nthus constituted elected a president from their own\\nnumber to preside. Among the new and essential\\npowers granted by the new charter to the City\\nCouncil were these, To cause the city to be sur-\\nveyed and majjped, and compel persons opening\\nstreets to open them in accordance with the sur-\\nvey to regulate the erection of buildings and pre-\\nscribe their character to raise by tax money for\\nmunicipal purposes, and also for school purposes\\nto appoint police officers to regulate the water\\nsupply, appoint fire wardens and regulate firemen.\\nThe power to raise money for school purposes was\\ntransferred to the school trustees by the supple-\\nment of 1853. Under the charter of 1828 farm\\nlands and improvements were not taxable for city\\npurposes, but it was to be assessed at its true\\nvalue, and taxed for all purposes. The authority\\nto grant liquor licenses was omitted, but the omis-\\nsion was supplied by the supplement of 1852,\\nwhich also enlarged the powers concerning the\\nconstruction of houses, and authorized the appoint-\\nment of building inspectors. Other supplements\\nto the charter were made from time to time, as\\nnew wants, suited to the new conditions attending\\nrapid growth, made it necessary. One, in 1860,\\nconveyed authority to construct culverts and abate\\nnuisances, while that of 1866 divided the city into\\nculvert districts, and, under its provisions, more\\ndrainage has been accomplished than in most cities\\nof the size, and the cost so distributed as to be\\nscarcely felt. In 1864 power was given to build a\\nwork-house and to borrow money, limiting the sum\\nto not more than one hundred and fifty thousand\\ndollars, and not more than twenty-five thousand\\ndollars in any one year. The same act jirovided\\nfor the election, by the people, of a city treasurer,\\ncity surveyor and a city solicitor for terms of two\\nyears. They had been elected annually by the\\nCity Council.\\nThese comprise the principal amendments to the\\nDudley charter of 1850, which had served its pur-\\npose well and under it the city hail made phe-\\nnomenal advances, but in 1870, with a population\\nof over twenty thousand and over eight thousand\\njieople in Stockton and other contiguous settle-\\nments, whose wants were identical with those with-\\nin the corporate limits, it was deemed wise to\\nextend the borders, and so enlarge the prerogatives\\nof the city government as to enable it to meet\\nexigencies sure to arise and increase with its\\ngrowth.\\nAlden C. Scovel was city solicitor, and to him\\nwas assigned the task of preparing a fundamental\\nlaw broad enough to provide for the present and\\nfuture requirements of the metropolis of West\\nJersey. The result was An act to revise and\\namend the charter of the city of Camden Ap-\\nproved February 14, 1871, precisely forty-three\\nyears after the first charter was granted, in which\\ntime the population had increased over seventeen-\\nfold, or, including the annexed suburbs, twenty-\\nfive-fold.\\nThe revised charter extinguished the ancient\\ntownship of Newton. Camden was taken from it\\nin 1831, Haddon township in 1865 and what re-\\nmained was annexed to Camden in 1871. The\\nnew bounds of the city are thus given in the\\ncharter,\\nBeginuiug at a point in the river Delaware, as far westerly as\\nthe jurisdictiouof the State of New Jersey extends, opposite to the\\nmouth of a stream of water called Newton Creek thonco running\\neasterly to the mouth of said Newton Creek, and thence up the\\ncentre of said creek, the several courses thereof, to the North branch\\nof said Newton Creek thence following the centre of said North\\nbranch of said Newton Creek, its several courses thereof,to^the middle\\nof the Mount Ephraim turnpike road thence in a northwesterly\\ncourse along the middle of said Mount Ephraim turnpike road to\\nthe intersection of said Mount Ephraim turnpike road and the\\nStockton and Newtown turnpike road, also known as Kaighns Point\\nferry road thence along the middle of the said Stockton and New-\\ntown turnpike road, in a northeasterly direction, to the middle of the\\nWhite Horse turnpike road thence northeasterly along the middle\\nof the said Stockton and Newtown turnpike road to the middle of\\nthe Haddonfield turnpike road thence, in a nol theasterly direction\\nin a straight line with the middle lino of the said Stockton and\\nNewtown turnpike road to the middle of Coopers Creek thence\\ndown the middle of said creek in a northwesterly direction along the\\nseveral courses thereof to the river Delaware thence due north to\\nthe middle of the channel between I etty s Island and the Jei-sey\\nfast land or shore thence due west to a point as far west as the jur-\\nisdiction of the State of New Jersey extends thence down the Dela-\\nware river on aline as far westerly a* the jurisdiction extends to the\\nplace of beginning.\\nThe area within these bounds was six and a half\\nsquare miles, and the population in 1870, 28,482.\\nThat census shows a remarkable similarity in the\\njiopulation of the three old divisions of the city\\nNorth Ward, 6666; Middle Ward, 6684; South\\nWard, (;695.\\nThe city was divided into eight wards, Fourth\\nStreet serving for the north and south line between\\nthe three North, Middle anil South wards, and\\nforming of North Ward, the First and Second of\\nMiddle Ward, the Third and Fourth and of\\nSouth Ward, the Fifth and Sixth Wards while\\nKaighn Avenue, extended in a straight line to\\nCoopers Creek, forms the division line between the\\nSeventh and Eighth Wards.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0609.jp2"}, "526": {"fulltext": "428\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nEach ward, besides ward officers, an assessor,\\nconstable, overseer of the poor, ward clerk, com-\\nmissioners of appeal and election officers, was en-\\ntitled to elect one chosen freeholder, one alderman,\\ntwo members of the Board of Education and three\\nCouncilmen.\\nThe mayor, recorder, city treasurer, receiver of\\ntaxes, aldermen and councilmen were made elec-\\ntive by the people for three years, and members of\\nthe Board of Education for two years. The City\\nCouncil was empowered to appoint a city clerk,\\ncity surveyor, building inspector, city solicitor,\\nsealer of weights and measures and such other\\nofficers as might be deemed necessary for the\\nproper conduct of the affairs of the city. Under\\nthis provision, the Council has established the\\noffices of superintendent of the water-works, clerk\\nof the Water Department, chief of the Fire Depart-\\nment, supervisor of highways, city controller and\\nsubordinate offices in these various departments.\\nThe appointment and control of the police and a\\nchief of police was with the Council, but was trans-\\nferred to the mayor by a supplement in 1872. By\\na supplement passed in 1874, provision was made\\nfor the election of three city assessors, who shall\\nhave sole charge of the valuation of property for\\ntaxing purposes, and the ward assessors, who pre-\\nviously performed that duty, all of whom were\\nconstituted a court of appeal from unjust taxation.\\nThe ward offic e of judicious freeholders or com-\\nmissioners of appeal, was abolished.\\nIn the spring of 1872 there was a deadlock in\\nthe City Council on the election of a president,\\nand the Legislature passed a supplement, provid-\\ning for the election of a Councilman-at-large, mak-\\ning the number of Councilmen twenty-five.\\nBy the supplement of March 12, 1873, the city\\ndebt was limited to one million dollars, and loans\\nfor any one year should not exceed twenty-five\\nthousand dollars. Statutes have since been enac-\\nted enlarging these limitations.\\nIn 1876 an act was passed amending the charter\\nby transferring the power to grant tavern licenses\\nfrom the City Council to the Court of Common\\nPleas, on an appeal to the Supreme Court, the\\nact was declared to be unconstitutional, because\\nspecial, and therefore, void.\\nThe revision of 1871 was an amplification of the\\ncharter of 1850, enlarging the powers of the City\\nCouncil in some cases and making them plainer in\\nothers, and is sufficiently elastic, while stringent,\\nto secure good government under good manage-\\nment.\\nThe enlargement of the city bounds included a\\nlarge amount of farm land, chiefly in the Eighth\\nWard, the owners of which objected to paying a\\ntax-rate demanded by urban improvements, and\\ndesired to sever the connection. To this end an act\\nwas pa.ssed by the Legislature setting off that por-\\ntion of the ward lying east of a line running from\\nTenth Street and Kaighn Avenue, south to Vanhook\\nStreet, east to the west line of Evergreen Cemetery,\\nand south to the north branch of Newton Creek, to\\nHaddon Avenue. The terms of the act were that\\nthe set off portion should pay a pro rata share, esti-\\nmated by assessed values of the city debt incurred\\nand unpaid subsequent to the annexation of New-\\nton townshijJ in 1871 three of the Haddon town-\\nship committee and three citizens of Camden ap-\\npointed for the purpose, to ascertain and report,\\nand if the amount apportioned was not paid with-\\nin three months after such report was made, the\\nact was to be null and void. The assessment was\\nmade and the report rendered, but the residents\\nfailing to pay within the time specified, the trans-\\nfer failed.\\nThe First City Hall. The charter incorporat-\\ning the town of Camden into a city was obtained\\nin 1828. After the election of members to form the\\nCouncil of the new city had taken place, they met\\nfor the first time and organized in a building used\\nfor the meeting of various societies within the\\nlimits of what was long known as the Vauxhall\\nGarden. Soon thereafter a room on the second\\nstory of Richard Fetters store, at the southeast\\ncorner of Third Street and Market, was rented as a\\nCouncil-room and Court Hall. This place was\\nused but a short time. On May 14th of the same\\nyear three lots were purchased on the south side of\\nFederal Street, and the building committee, com-\\nposed of .lohn K. Cowperthwaite, Samuel Laning\\nand Richard F etters, was empowered to borrow\\ntwo thousand five hundred dollars on the credit of\\nthe city, with which to erect an appropriate City\\nHall, Court-House and Jail. The money was\\nobtained from Jacob Evaul, a well-to-do farmer,\\nwho lived a short distance from town. The build-\\ning then erected was of stone, with a brick front of\\nforty feet on Federal Street, and two stories high,\\nwith an attic. It was completed by the early part\\nof 1829. Gideon V. Stivers was the carpenter;\\nWilliam Fortiuer, the mason David R. Lock,\\nnow (1886) engaged in the produce business in the\\nmarket on the site of the old City Hall, was\\none of the workmen employed by the master car-\\n])enter. The basement of the building contained\\nthe prison. The court-room, used also for the\\nsessions of the Council, and for public meetings,\\nwas in the second story, and the attic served the\\npurpose of a jury-room. A broad stairway on the", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0610.jp2"}, "527": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n429\\noutside led to the second slorv, wlirre an entiaiiee\\nwas gained through a doubK; door. The third\\nstory was let to Camden Lodge, No. 45, at twenty\\ndollars per year, but if the Council saw fit to put in\\nDorniand windows, the lodge was to pay I cnr\\ndollars additional, and the Council was to have\\nthe use of the mom on said third story at all the\\nCourts of (.Quarter Sessions. This unpretentious\\nstructure served the purpose for which it was de-\\nsigned during a period of hal fa century, undergoing,\\nbut few cluuiires. Abnnt Ihirtv years after it was\\nscenes and ini idents that tool phu c wilhiii its\\nwalls bel ore its ileuiolition, il would ha\\\\e furnislicd\\nnuich that is interesting.\\nThe New City Hali This nuissive structure\\n(if imposing appearance is the second building\\nwhich (!am len lias owne l and used for the trans-\\naction of municipal affairs and I or keeping the\\nrecords of the city. It is constructed of a fine\\nquality of brick, is trimmed in brown-stone and\\nhas large, airy and onvenient apartments. Its\\nsituation is on an elevation and from its summit is\\nI 111 M w (in II u I\\nerected, a one-story building was added on either\\nside of the front stairway. One was used as an\\noffice for the mayor, and the other for the clerk. Tl i is\\nhistoric old building, in which the city fathers\\ndiscussed the great questions pertaining to the\\nIHiblic good and the successful growth and devel-\\nopment of the city and her people, served its pur-\\npose for a period of half a century. In 1877 it gave\\nplace to the market-honse then erected on the\\nsame site. Could the old hall of justice and legis-\\nlation have told its own history, and described the\\n51\\nalfor\\nlip :i\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2d a line view of the two cities, of the scenery\\nI down the noble Delaware and a large area\\n(if the suiidiinding country. The original hall\\nwas iiisiidicient for the demands of a rajiidly-grow-\\ning and i)rosper(ins city, wliich, after the annexa-\\ntion of the township of Newton, had a popnlalion\\nof nearly thirty thousand. The demands I or a\\nlU W city hall became urgent. An act of the Leg-\\nislature was passed giving the city authorities\\npower to issue and dispose of bonds to the\\namount of seventv-five thousand dollars, and in", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0611.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "430\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\n1871, Jesse W. Starr offered to donate four and\\none-half acres of land upon which to construct\\nthe building. After considerable discussion, re-\\nsulting from the location of the land which was\\nthen and is yet without the limits of the built-up\\nportion of the city, the generous offer wiis not ac-\\ncepted until 1874. Frederick Bourquin, Claudius\\nW. Bradshaw, James S. Henry, Charles S. MoH clt,\\nJohn S. Read, William C. Figner, Joseph H.\\nHall, Augustus J. Fulnier, Charles 8. Archer,\\nWilliam T. I .ailey and James A. Parsons were ap-\\npointed a building committee. The plans and\\nspecifications of the building were prepared by\\nArchitect Samuel D. Button, of Camden, and the\\ncontract for the construction of the building was\\ngiven to E. Allen Ward for the sum of one hun-\\ndred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Prepara-\\ntious were immediately made and the work of\\nerection progressed ra])idlyand soon after the com-\\npletion of the building the first session of the City\\nCouncil was held in it during the month of De-\\ncember, 1875. Of the exact cost of this building\\nthe truthful historian sayctli not. A committee\\nappointed to inquire into the subject in 1883 esti-\\nmated the cost at one hundred and forty thousand\\ndollars. This estimate included the cost of con-\\n.structiou only and not the internal fixings re([uired\\nto fit up and furnish the apartments within the\\nbuilding. The increase of the cost above the\\namount originally reported was caused by changes\\nbeing made in the plans during the time the luiiid-\\ning was in the course of erection.\\nMayors ov Camhen. The following is a com-\\nplete list of the mayors of Camden with the terms\\nof their services. Following this list are bio-\\ngraphical sketches of each of them\\n18 j8-30, Samuel Laning.\\n1830-38. Gideon V. Stivera.\\n1838-4(1. Elias Kaighn.\\n1840-44. Loroiizo F. Fislor.\\n1857-58. BBUJauiiu A. Hai\\n1858-60. CMaytou Truax.\\n1860-02. Tbiimaa B. Atkii\\n1802-03. I aul O. BuiU.\\n1844-45. John K. Cowpellhwuite. 1803-1)4. Timothy Middleton.\\n1815-40. Ohailes Kaigliu. 1SG4-07. Paul Build.\\n1840-18. Tlionias B. W.io.l. 1807-71. Charles CJox.\\n1848-49, Benjamin A. Hamraell. 1871-74. Samuel M. Gaul.\\n1849-51. Charles SoxUui. 1874-70. John H. Jones.\\n1851-52. Lorenzo K. Fisler. 1870-77. John Morgan.\\n1852-5;). Charles D. Ilineline. 1877-So. James \\\\V. Ayers.\\n1853-. i5. Lorenzo V. Kisler. 1880-80. Claudius W. Bradshuw.\\n1855-50. .Samuel Scull. IRSli. .lesse PniU.\\n1860-.57. James W. .SlirotV.\\nSamuel Laninii, llic first mayor of amden,\\nwas elected by the Council in 1828 and 1829, re-\\nsigning in February, \\\\S M, a few weeks before the\\ne.xpiration of his term. He was long a prominent\\nmun in public aflairs, a builder by occupation, su-\\n1 Richard W. Howell\\ndoclined to serve.\\nelected for the term beginniui; 1845 but\\npervising the erection of the old City Hall, on Fed-\\neral Street, in 1828. In 1840 he built the row of\\nthree-story brick houses on the south side of Fed-\\neral Street below Second, then regarded as an im-\\nortant improvement. For several years he and\\nhis son Paul conducted a livery stable at Front\\nStreet and Federal. He was an alderman for a\\nnumber of years.\\n(iiDEON V. Stivers, elected by the C uincil in\\n1830, and each succeeding year until 1837, inclu-\\nsive, was born in Bellville, Essex County, in 17S(i,\\nand learned his trade of carpenter in New York\\nCity. When free he followed his trade in Newark\\nfor a short time and then came to Camden. The first\\nhouse he built in this city, was for Edward Sharp,\\nin 1810, Silas Willilts doing the mason work. The\\nhouse still stands on the southeast corner of Second\\nand Cooper. He also built St. Paul s Church and\\nmany other buildings. His shop was on Fourth\\nStreet below Market. After he came to Camden\\nhe turned his attention to bridge-building, his\\nfirst effort in that line being the bridge over the\\nDelaware between Lambertville and New Hope.\\nDavid Locks and Benjamin M, Farrow, now resid-\\ning in Camden, worked for him, the latter as an\\napprentice. In 1838 he removed to Philadelphia,\\nreturning to Camden in 1800. In 18ii9 he was the\\nDemocratic candidate for mayor, but was defeated.\\nIn 1865 he again removed to Philadelphia, where\\nhe died February 2G, 1.S70.\\nKlias Kaiohn, the third mayor, elected by\\nthe Council in 1838 and re-elected in 1839, was\\nborn September 23, 1799, atClarksboro Gloucester\\nCounty, and when of age came to Camden, locating\\nat Kaighns Point, where he engaged in industrial\\npursuits. He was made an alderman and as such\\ntook his seat in the Council in 1835 and many sub-\\nsequent years, being elected by the people in 1841,\\nwhen his commission had expired, but resuming\\nhis office as an alderman the following year. He\\nwas elected a member of the City Council by the\\nDemocrats of the .South Ward in 1853 fi)r three\\nyears. He was also a member of the Camden\\ntownship committee and of the Board of Chosen\\nKreeholders. He \\\\v.as a member of the .Melht.dist\\nt!hurch when located at Fourth and Federal, and\\nwas one of the organizers of the Ihiion Metliodist\\nEpiscopal Church, Fifth and .Mount Vernon, with\\nwhich he remained until his death, holding various\\nofficial positions, as steward and class-leader, being\\nas energetic in his religious life as in his business\\nenterprises. He died November 4, 1804.\\nLorenzo F. Fisi.er, M.D., was elected mayor\\nby Council in 1840 and re-elected in 1841-42 and\\n43, he being one of the aldermen of the city and", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0612.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n431\\nas such taking his seat in the Council in 1839. He\\nwas a candidate for mayor on the Wliig ticlcet in\\n184S, but was defeated by Benjamin A. Hainiucll,\\nAmerican. The vote was, Haiiimcll, 2(111 Fislcr,\\n243; Jonathan Burr, Democrat, 249.\\nIn 1851 he was elected as the American candi-\\ndate, receiving 440 votes to 345 votes for John\\nSands, Democrat, and 135 for Dr. Othniel H.\\nTaylor, Whig. In 1852 he was defeated by Charles\\nD. Hineline, Democrat, the vote being, Hineline,\\n514; Fisler, 512; Walter Patton, Whig, GO.\\nHe was the Whig and American candidate in\\n1853, and was elected, his vote being 649 to 477 for\\nAlbert W. Markley, Democrat, and was re-elected\\nin 1854 as the American and anti-Nebraska nomi-\\nnee, receiving 833 votes to 450 for John K. Cow-\\nperthwaite. He was the Republican candidate in\\n1859, but was defeated, as he was in 18GG and 1869,\\nwhen on the Democratic ticket. He was born in\\nCumberland County in 1797, came to Camden in\\n183G and died in 1871.\\n(For sketch of Judge John K. Cowperthwaite,\\nthe fifth mayor, see page 215, and for sketch of\\nRichard W. Howell, Esq., a i)romincnt lawyer, see\\npage 217.\\nCharles Kaighx was the sixth mayor. Rich-\\nard W. Howell was elected by the people in Jlarch,\\n1845, but refused to serve, and City Council elected\\nChas. Kaighn. He was born June 30, 1806, in the\\nFerry House, Front and Kaighn Avenue, and was\\nthe great-grandson of John Kaighn, the first set.\\ntier at Kaighns Point. In the division of the\\nestate of his father, Joseph Kaighn, his share in-\\ncluded the lands lying east on Locust Street, and\\nthis he sought to improve by wharfing the river-\\nfront, where the ship-yard now is, providing better\\nferry facilities and filling up the low grounds, and\\nit was to aid the last improvement that he pro-\\njected a railroad upon which to haul earth from\\ntlic high lands, the road-bed of which, along At-\\nlantic Avenue, is used by the Gloucester Railroad-\\nHe was member of City Council, townshii) com-\\nmittees and Board of Chosen Freeholders. He\\nwas a stanch advocate of education, a friend to\\nthe poor and a philanthropist. He removed to\\nI liiladelpliia. He wassecretary of the Camden Gas-\\nLight Company when he died, February 19, 1868.\\nThomas B. Wood, elected mayor in 1846 and re-\\nelected in 1847, was born at AUowaystown, Salem\\nCounty, and worked on a farm until he removed\\nto Willianistown, Gloucester County, where he\\nwas employed in a store and afterwards kept one\\nof the hotels in that village. In 1843 he was\\nelected to the State Assembly by the Democrats.\\nDuring the session of 1844 the county of Camden\\nwas set off from Glouce.-;ter. and Willianistown, in-\\ncluded in Washington township was embraced\\nwithin the limits of the new county, of which\\nWood was appointed the county clerk, when here-\\nmoved to Camden and was made mayor. When\\nhis terra as clerk expired in 1849, he engaged in\\nbusiness at the foot of Cooper Street, and after-\\nwards kept a store on Pine Street below Fourth,\\nwhere he died.\\nBexjamix a. Hammell was may(n- twice: In\\n1848, when, as the Native American candidate, he\\nreceived 269 votes to 259 for Jonathan Burr, Dem-\\nocrat, and Lorenzo F. Fisler, Whig, and in 1857,\\nwhen, as a Democrat, he received 576 votes to 529\\nfor Joseph J. Moore, American, and 295 for Charles\\nReeves, Republican. He was a member of Council\\nin 1845 and in 1851; was a member for three years\\nfor the Middle Ward. He was engaged in the\\nsausage business, and died August 26, 1869.\\nCharles Sexton was born near Jacobstown,\\nBurlington County, and came to Camden in 1824.\\nHe worked for Isaac Cole as a coach-trimmer, and\\nlater was in the employ of the Camden and Am-\\nboy Railroad Company, at the shops at Borden-\\ntown. He was an ordained Baptist minister. Al-\\nthough never settled as a pastor, he preached in\\nmany of the pulpits in this section of the State,\\nand assisted in establishing several churches. He\\nbecame a man of influence, and was well known\\nfor his exemplary life. He was elected to the City\\nCouncil in 1845, and was elected mayor, as Uie\\nWhig and American candidate, in 1849, receiving\\n421 votes to 376 for Charles D. Hineline, Democrat.\\nHe was re-elected in 1850, by a vote of 477 to\\n349 votes for George Smith, Democrat. He died\\nin 1883, at an advanced age.\\nCharles D. Hineline, elected in 1852, was\\nan erratic but brilliant man. He was born in\\nNorthampton County, Pennsylvania, and learned\\nthe trade of a printer in Philadelphia. He came\\nto Camden in 1842, and purchased the Tribune,\\na weekly paper, of Harrison Ferguson took in\\nwith him as partner Henry Curtz, now of 413\\nFederal Street, and changed the name to the\\nAmerican Star. In a few months he sold out his\\ninterest to a man named Crane, and went West.\\nReturning in 1845, in the following year he estab-\\nlished the Camden Democrat, which he conducted\\nwith success until 1853, when he sold it to Isaac\\nMickle, the lawyer and historian, and returned to\\nhis birth-place, in Northampton County, where\\nhe kept store and engaged in the liquor business.\\nIll success attended him, and in 1855 he again came\\nto Camden and established a weekly paper called\\nthe Spirit o/ 76, which, in a lew months, was merged", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0613.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "432\\nHISTOKY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ninto the Camden Democrat. Shortly afterwards be,\\nwith Henry L. Bonsall and William Van Nortwick,\\nestablished the Mechanics Own, a labor paper, in\\nPhiladelphia, and a few years later Charles D.\\nHineline died. He represented Camden County\\nin the Assembly in 1850 and 1851, and was largely\\ninstrumental in securing the passage of the law\\nlimiting the hours of labor to ten each day.\\nHe was an earnest advocate of the rights of the\\nworkingman, and with voice and pen advocated\\nlaws calculated to lighten the exhaustiveness of\\nlabor.\\nSamuel Scull was elected mayor by the Amer-\\nican party in 1855, by a vote of 641 to 544 votes\\nfor Thomas B. Atkinson. He was born in Camden\\nin 1816, and worked for a time at carriage-making,\\nhis father, Samuel Scull, being one of the earliest\\nand most extensive carriage-makers of the city.\\nHe afterwards engaged in the sausage business, his\\nfactory being on the .southeast corner of Locust\\nand Kaighn Avenue. He was elected to Council\\nin 1851, and re-elected in 1854 and 1856, and served\\nthree terms in the Assembly. He was one of the\\npillars of the Union Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nHe died January 4, 1864.\\nJames W. Shroff, mayor in 1856, was elected\\nby the Democrats, his vote being 752, to 730 for\\nJoseph Myers, American and Anti-Nebraska. He\\nwas a carpenter and builder, and for many years\\nhad cliarge of the moulding loft at Starr s Iron\\nWorks. He died in 1864.\\nClayton Teuax, the thirteenth mayor, was\\nborn in Gloucester City December 11, 1814, and\\ncame to Camden in 1883, when eighteen years old, to\\nlearn the trade of shoemaking with Reilly Barrett,\\nwhich avocation he followed with success for many\\nyears, his shop and store being on Arch Street,\\nbelow Fourth. In 1855 he was elected to repre-\\nsent the Middle Ward in the City Council, and in\\n1860, having served as mayor, was again elected to\\nCouncil, and re-elected in 1863, making nine years\\nof service, during which time he was a leading\\nand influential member.\\nIn 1858 he was the candidate of the American\\nparty for mayor, receiving also the support of the\\nRepublicans, and was elected by a vote of 879, to\\n768 for Samuel Doughty, the Democratic nominee.\\nHe was re-elected in 1859, having as competitors\\nGideon V. Stivers, Democrat, and Dr. Lorenzo F.\\nFisler, Republican. The vote was, Truax, 863;\\nStivers, 353 Fisler, 374. He died July 19, 1876,\\nand was the first public man in whose honor the\\nnew city hall bell was tolled.\\nThomas B. Atkinson was elected to Council\\nfrom the Middle Ward in 1853, and recorder in\\n1856, as a Democrat, his vote being 777 to 647 for\\nWilliam J. Miller, American. He was defeated\\nfor mayor in 1855 by Samuel Scull, and in 1867\\nand 1869 by Charles Cox, but was elected in 18611,\\nreceiving 608 votes to 578 for Paul C.Budd, Ameri-\\ncan, and 547 for William F. Colbert, Republican\\nin 1861, the vote being, Atkinson, 904; Budd,\\n634; Samuel Hufty, 480.\\nMr. Atkinson was born in Camden in 1815,\\nand was a son of Josiah Atkinson, a prominent\\ncitizen and a magistrate of the county. He was a\\ncarpenter and builder, and a number of large\\nbuildings in the city were the result of his handi-\\nwork among them, the Third Street Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, Third and Bridge Avenue. He\\nbecame connected with the church during the\\ngreat revival of 1837-38, and to the end remained\\na consistent member. He died January 3, 1886.\\nPaul C. Budd was born in Philadelphia in\\n1804, and came to Camden twenty years afterward,\\nwhere he worked for Isaac Vansciver, the carriage-\\nmaker, as a coach-painter. House-painting was\\nalso in his line, and he worked at it for many\\nyears. In 1852 he was elected justice of the peace\\nin the North Ward, and re-elected five successive\\ntimes, making a total service of thirty years. He\\nwas appointed crier of the county courts in 1859,\\nand held the position until within a short time of\\nhis death, a period of nearly twenty-two years. He\\nwas seven times a candidate for mayor, being de-\\nfeated three times in 1860 and 1861 by Thomas\\nB. Atkinson, and in 1863 by Timothy Middle-\\nton.\\nThe following is the vote cast when he was\\nelected mayor 1862 P. C. Budd, American-Re-\\npublican, 987; James M. Cassady, Democrat, 716.\\n1864\u00e2\u0080\u0094 P. C. Budd, Republican, 1169; Timothy\\nMiddleton, Democrat, 868. 1865\u00e2\u0080\u0094 P. C. Budd, Re-\\npublican, 1126; Wesley P. Murray, Democrat,\\n857; 1866, P. C. Budd, Republican, 1304; Lorenzo\\nF. Fisler, Democrat, 1188.\\nIn 1874 he was elected city recorder for three\\nyears. During his term (1876), John H. Jones,\\nthe mayor, died, but before Recorder Budd could\\ntake po.ssession, by virtue of his office of recorder,\\nthe City Council held a special meeting and elected\\nJohn Morgan to fill the vacancy. Paul C. Budd\\ndied in 1881.\\nTimothy Mipdleton, elected mayor in 1863\\nover Paul C. Budd, Rejiublican, by a vote of 958\\nto 948, was born January 21, 1817, in the stone\\nhouse, on the Kaighn farm, now standing on Sixth\\nStreet, north of Kaighn Avenue. His father,\\nAmos A. Middleton, worked some of the Kaighn\\nland and afterwards the AVilliam Cooper farm, and", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0614.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n433\\nwas a member of the City Council for ten consecu-\\ntive years, 1838 to 1848. Ontliese farms young\\nMiddleton was brought up, obtaining bis education\\nin slack seasons at the Camden Academy, or in\\nthe Hatch school-house. On November 19, 1840,\\nhe married Hester A. R. Jenkins, daughter of\\nAndrew Jenkins, and rented the Johnson farm at\\nPea Shore, and then the Johnson fiirm at Glouces-\\nter City. He removed to Camden in 1857. In\\n1.%1 he was elected city marshal by the Demo-\\ncrats, and, in 1863, mayor. He was a candidate\\nfor the latter office in 1864, but was defeated by\\nPaul C. Budd. He was of kindly disposition and\\ngenerally loved and respected. He died April 15,\\n1867.\\nCharles Cox was elected mayor in 1S67, on the\\nRepublican ticket, by a vote of 1173 to 1107 for\\nThomas B. Atkinson, re-elected in 1868 by 1408 to\\n1289 for Dr. Lorenzo F. Fisler, in 1869 by 1575 to\\n1280 for Thomas B. Atkinson and in 1870 by a\\nvote of 1640 to 1575 for William H. Jeffreys. In\\n1871 he was the Republican candidate for city re-\\ncorder, and was elected by a vote of 2420 to 2221\\nvotes for John Goldthorpe.\\nCharles Cox was born at White Horse, Camden\\nCounty, February 15, 1820, and worked at farming\\nuntil fifteen years of age, when he was apprenticed\\nto Jacob Shaffer to learn the painters trade, which\\nhe pursued when he came to Camden, in 1839, and\\nfollowed for twenty years afterwards. He then\\nengaged in the milk business, with his depot on\\nBridge Avenue, below Fourth Street, at the house\\nhe built for his residence many years before. When\\nhis term as recorder expired, in 1884, he opened a\\nmagistrate s office, associating with it the real es-\\ntate business. He was elected assessor of the city\\nin 1844 as a Whig. He has been a consistent mem-\\nber of the Methodist Episcopal Church for years.\\nSamuel M. Gaul, elected mayor in 1871 by a\\nvote of 2415 to 2297 for William H. Jeffreys, Dem-\\nocrat, is a native of Philadelphia, where he was\\nborn June 2, 1822. He learned shoemakiug,\\ncame to Camden in 1858, and in 1861 enlisted in\\nthe army as first lieutenant of Company G, Fourth\\nNew Jersey Volunteers served through the war\\nand won the captaincy of Company F, same regi-\\nment. The only other political office he has held\\nwas that of assessor of the South Ward, to which he\\nwas elected by the Republicans in 1870.\\nJohn H. Joxes was elected mayor in 1874, by\\nthe Democrats, over Henry L. Bonsall, Republi-\\ncan, the vote being, Jones, 2789; Bonsall, 2748.\\nHe died before the completion of his term. He\\nwas born in Queen Anne s County, Md., in 1809,\\nand, at the age of fourteen, went to Phihulelphia,\\nbecame a book and jol) printer, and later published\\nthe Daihj Sun, a Native American organ. lie\\nafterwards published the American Banner, a\\nweekly advocate of Native American principles,\\nand which found extensive patronage in West\\nJersey. He came to Camden and assumed the\\nleadership of the American party, which, for sev-\\neral years, was dominant in the city and strong\\nthroughout this section of the State. In 1858 he\\nwas the nominee of a section of the party in the\\nFirst District for Congress, but was dei cated, and,\\nin 1859, was the unsuccessful candidate of that\\nparty for sheriff of Camden County. He served in\\nthe Board of Chosen Freeholders from the Seventh\\nWard, and there, as elsewhere, was progressive in\\nhis views. In 1870, when the Camden Demoa at\\nwas struggling for life, Mr. Jones was given charge\\nof it and his vim and ability soon placed it in the\\nvan of influential journals in this part of the State.\\nAs a politician and journalist, he advocated the\\nrights of the working men, and, as an employer,\\npracticed his precepts, always paying high wages.\\nHe was childless, but no waif was turned from his\\ndoor, and there were always happy children in his\\nhouse. He left the mayor s office on the evening of\\nOctober 27, 1876, and went to his home at Seventh\\nStreet and Pine, and, shortly after entering, died\\nwithout a word.\\nJohn Morgan was appointed mayor by the\\nCity Council to serve the unexpired term of John\\nH. Jones upon his death, October 27, 1876, and he\\nfilled the office until the following March, when,\\nas the Democratic candidate, he was defeated by\\nJames W. Ayers. He was a silver-plater, born in\\nPhiladelphia, and, coming to Camden in 1841, he\\ncarried on an extensive business in his line. He\\ndied some years ago.\\nJames W. Ayers, elected mayor on the Repub-\\nlican ticket in 1877, over John Morgan, by a vote\\nof 3907 to 3030, was born in New York City, No-\\nvember 24, 1822, of New Jersey parents, and,\\nwhen ten years of age was apjjrenticed to the\\nhair cloth and curled hair trade, serving six years.\\nAt sixteen he was employed as a journeyman. In\\n1841 he came to Camden, and, for sixteen years\\nworked for Samuel Ross, the hair cloth manufac-\\nturer, at Fourth and Federal. He was on the po-\\nlice force in 1861, and again, from 1864 to 1874\\nunder Mayors Budd, Cox and Gaul. When not on\\nthe police force, he was employed by the Pennsyl-\\nvania Railroad in various capacities, as also since\\nthe expiration of his term as mayor, in 1880. He\\nwas chief engineer of the Volunteer Fire Depart-\\nment, and was elected a member of coiuirjl from\\nthe Middle Ward in 1859.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0615.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "434\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nCLAUinrs W. Bradshaw was born in Sbeffield,\\nEngland, October 29, 1835 came to America with\\nIlls parents in 1840, who located in West Philadel-\\nphia, and in 184:i removed to Camden, where,\\nafter obtaining his education, the son learned the\\ntrade of a wood-turner. He worked at this busi-\\nness for many years in the meantime was an\\nactive member of the Independence Fire Company.\\nIn 1870 he was elected city marshal by the Demo-\\ncrats, and in 1872, at a special election, he was\\nelected Councilman-at-large, and broke the dead-\\nlock in the Council, which had continued for sev-\\neral weeks. In 1876 he was appointed chief of the\\nFire Department by the City Council. In 1880 the\\nDemocrats elected him mayor by a vote of 3511\\nto 3470 for Benjamin F. Archer, Republican, and\\nre-elected him in 1883 by a vote of 4317 to 3342\\nfor Henry H. Davis, Republican. He was again a\\ncandidate in 1886, when Mayor Pratt was elected.\\nJesse Pratt, the present mayor, who illustrates\\nin his success what can be accomplished in even a\\nshort career, was born at Blackwood, Camden\\nCounty, March 27, 1848, and was a son of William\\nand Deborah Pratt. He obtained his education\\nat the public schools of his native village, and\\nworked as a farmer near by until he became of age.\\nIn November, 1860, he opened a store in Stockton\\n(now the Eighth Ward of Camden), and, after doing\\nbusiness there six years, went to Lower Providence,\\nin Montgomery County, Pa., where he engaged in\\nfarming. In February, 1876, he returned to Cam-\\nden and entered the provision business at his\\npresent store, 122 North Third Street, and took u[)\\nhis residence in the Eighth Ward. In 1883 Mr.\\nPratt was elected to the City Council. He had\\nalways entertained pronounced temperance views,\\nand he voted against license in the municipal body\\nto which he was chosen hence it was not unnat-\\nural that upon the expiration of his term, in 1886,\\nhe was elected mayor as the Prohibition-Republican\\ncandidate. He received five thousand seven hun-\\ndred and fifty-eight votes, to the three thousand\\nnine hundred and ninety cast for Claudius W.\\nBradshaw, Democrat.\\nMr. Pratt was married, November 28, 1868, to\\nJane, daughter of John and Ann Thornton, of\\nRoxborough, Philadelphia. Their children are\\nWilliam Henry, Walter T., Edna, Thomas B. and\\nByron B. Pratt.\\nTun City Council. The following are those\\nwho, as aldermen, acted as members of Council\\nfrom 1828 until 1851, when aldermen ceased to be\\nCouncilmen\\n1S29. Isiaac Smith.\\n183. Joseph W. Cooper.\\n1834. Robert W. Ogden.\\nRichard Fetters.\\n183.5. EliasKaighn.\\n1837. Isaiic Wilkins.\\n1838. Isaiah Toy.\\n18311. Will. J. Hatch.\\nLoren7.o f. Fieler.\\nCOMMON OUNCI\\n1 S2S. Ebenezer Toole,\\nRicliard Fetters.\\nJohn Lawrence.\\nEdward Daugherty.\\nWilliam Ridgway.\\n1820. Ebenezer Poole.\\nEdward Daugherty.\\nIsaac Wilkins.\\nJohn Lawrence.\\n.Toseph W. Cooper.\\n1830 Charles U. Ellis.\\nEbenezer Toole.\\nJohn Lawrence.\\nRichard Fettei-s.\\nCharles Stokes.\\n1831. John Lawrence.\\nRichard Fetters.\\nCharles H Ellis.\\nEbenezer Toole.\\nJoseph W. Cooper.\\n1832. Joseph W. Cooper.\\nIsaiah Toy.\\nEbenezer Toole.\\nRichard W. Uowell.\\nRobert W. Ogden.\\n1833. Isaiah Toy.\\nRichard Fettere.\\nWilliam Ridgway.\\nEbenezer Poole.\\n1834. Isaiah Toy.\\nRichard W. Howell.\\nIsaac Vansciver.\\nJoshua Burrongh.\\nJohn Thome.\\n1835. Isaac Vansciver.\\nJohn W. Mickle.\\nIsaac Wilkins.\\nWilliam Ridgway.\\nIsiuic M. Everly.\\n18.30. Isaac Vansciver.\\nJohn \\\\V. Mickle.\\nIsaac Wilkins.\\nIsaac M. Everly.\\nBenjamin Burrongh.\\n1837. John W. Mickle.\\nIsaac Vansciver.\\nIsaac Wilkins.\\nPeter R. Walker.\\nBei;jamin Burrongh.\\n1S44. Charles Kaighn.\\n1840. Thomas B. Wood.\\n1848, Philip J. Grey.\\nEdward Browning.\\n1849. Aula McAlla.\\nEllis B. Hall.\\n18. i0. Charles Sexton,\\n.lames W. Shroft\\nN (ek.\\n1838,\\ncted annually).\\nIsaac W ilkins.\\nIsaac Vansciver.\\nJohn W. Mickle.\\nBenjamin Springer.\\nAmos A. Middleton.\\nRichard Fetters,\\nIsaac Vansciver.\\nls:iac Wilkins.\\nAnios A. Middleton.\\nBenjamin Springer.\\nSeth Matlack.\\nIsaac Wilkins.\\nAmos A. Middleton.\\nBeiyamin .Springer.\\nRichard Fetters.\\nAmos A. Middleton.\\nElias Kaighn.\\nJoab Scull.\\nCharles S. Garrett.\\nGideon V Stivers.\\nRichard Fetters.\\nAinos A. Middleton.\\nCharles S. Garrett.\\nJoseph Sharp.\\nBenjamin Springer.\\nAmos A. Middleton,\\nIsaac Cole.\\nJoab Scull.\\nCharles S. Garrett.\\nIsaac Cole.\\nJohn L. Rheese.\\nAmos A. Middleton.\\nCharles S. Garrett.\\nClayton Truax.\\nCharles J. HoUis.\\nBenjamin A. Ilainmell.\\nCharles Sexton.\\nAmos A. Bliddleton.\\nJacob W. Sharp.\\nCharles S. Garrett.\\nJohn Thome.\\nIsaac Cole.\\nJohn K. Thompson.\\n.\\\\niosA. Middleton.\\nIsaac Mickle.\\nJoseph P. Huyck.\\nJohn Thorne.\\nCharles S. Lewis.\\nAmos A, MiddleUm.\\n(In 1848 a change in the charter divided the city\\ninto North, Middle an l South Wards, each to elect\\nsix Councilmen).\\n1828. Samuel. Laning.\\nJohn K. Cowpertln\\nJames W. Sloan.\\nGideon V. Stivers,\\n1848, Richard W. Howell.\\nCharles S. Lewis.\\nCharles S. Garrett.\\nMatthew Miller, Jr.\\nJotin U. Thompson.\\nWilliam B. Mulfurd.\\nFloranco M. Binghi\\nJohn Sands.\\nWm. D. Hicks,\\nJames W, Shroff,\\nJoseph Sharp,\\nJoseph J, Moore,", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0616.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "CL\\n^e^", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0619.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0620.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0621.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0622.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDKN.\\n435\\n1851). Kichiird Fottere. Win. Lore.\\nJoshua J. Buiisiiii. .loBiali Sawu.\\nWill. D. Hicks. George F. Ross.\\n(The new charter of 1851 dispensed with the\\nmayor, recorder and aldermen as municipiil legis-\\nhitors, and confined them to the duty of adminis-\\ntering the law as magistrates, and judges of the\\ncity sessions of court. It continued the division\\ninto three wards, and made the council consist of\\neighteen members,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 six from each ward, elected\\nfor three years, two from each ward annually, and,\\ninstead of the mayor or recorder, Council elected\\na president).\\n1851. Richard W. Howoll.\\nAula McAlla.\\nJoseph W. Coo()er.\\nSaintiel Ltiinmis.\\nRalph Lee.\\nSanuiel Andersen.\\nWm. H. Hood.\\nBenjamin A. Ilaninn\\nWill. Pinyard.\\nJoseph N. Kmery.\\nWm. Lore.\\nCharles Surtora.\\nJosiah Sawn.\\nRobert Y. Bannin.\\nSamuel Scull.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Lambert Beatty.\\nWalter Naugle.\\nBenjamin G. Teclt.\\nlS. i2. Samuel Andrews,\\nWm. D. Hicks.\\nSamuel Lytic.\\nJohn K. Thompson.\\nGeorge W. Watson.\\nRobert Fohvell.\u00c2\u00bb\\n1853, Joseph W. Coojior.\\nAndrew W. Adams.\\nMatthew Miller.\\nThomas B. Atkinson\\nThomas A. Wilson.\\nEliae Kaighu.\\n18J4. Jesse Townsend.\\nGrundy Hindle.\\nEllwood K. Fortner.\\nWm. Lore.\\nSamuel Scull.\\nWm. J. Miller.\\n1855. Samuel Andrews.\\nWm. J. Hatch.\\nClayton Truax.\\nEdmund E. Road.\\nGeorge W. Watson.\\nJohn G. Hutchinson\\n185G. Benjamin Browuiug.\\nDavid Coi son.\\nAbraham W. Nash.\\nJesse E. Huston.\\nJosiah D. Rogers.^\\nJosiah F. Dorman.\\nWilliam Sharp.\\n1857. Joseph Trimble.\\nJohn Ambruster.\\nIsaac W, Micklr,\\nSamuel Lytle.\\nSamuel Scull.\\nJoseph H. Peck.\\n1858. Samuel Andrews.\\nJoseph R. Hamell.\\nJoshua M. Lindale.\\nSamuel McLain.\\nGeorge W. Watson.\\nWm. F.Colbert.\\n185D. Charles P.Stratton.\\nRalph Lee.\\nJoshua W. Roberts.\\nJames W. .\\\\yers.\\nMark B. Willni.\\nChristopher J. Mines.\\nCharles Sharp.s\\nISGO. Jacob H. Sides.\\nAlden C. Scovel.\\nClayton Truax.\\nJames H. Stevens.\\nJohn R. Thompson.\\nWm. Sharp.\\n1801. Aaron Ward.\\nDavid M. Chambers.\\nJesse E. Huston.\\nSamuel McLaiu.\\nJohn W. Stutzer.\\nJohn G. Neff.\\nMH ,2. Ralph Lee.\\nSamuel C. Cooper.\\nJames Elwell.\\nJohn T. Davis.\\nMark B. Wills.\\nGeorge W. Watson.\\n18G3. John S. Read.\\nAlexander T. Wilson,\\nHenry M. Innis.\\nClayton Truax.\\nJohn R. Thoninson,\\nThomas Shields.\\n1SC,4. David L. Taylor.\\nJohn Betiary.\\nSamuel McLain.\\nGrundy Kindle.\\nHenry B. Wilson.\\nJesse HaU.\\n18G5. Samuel C. Cooper.\\nBenjamin F. Archer.\\nJohn S. Lee.\\nWilson Fitzgerald.\\nCharles B. Coles.\\nLi vi B. Newton.\\nAlexander T. Wilson.\\nHenry L. Moulton.\\n.b.lm Hood.\\nJames Elwell.\\nHenry Piersun.\\nThomas Merryweatlu\\nWilliam Stiles.\\nThomas C. Knight.\\nEbenezpr Wescott.\\nJohn Fine.\\nJohn Goldthorpe.\\nMayberry E. Harden\\nJob Channel,^\\nWilson Fitzgerald,\\nWilliam H. Cole.\\nGeorge W. Watson.\\nCharles W. Sutterly.\\nThomas McI owell.\\nHenry B. Wilson,\\niMl i. William Calhoun.\\nSamuel C. Harbert.\\nJonathan Kirkbride.\\nSamuel Is/.ard.\\nRichard Porks.\\nJohn Osier,\\n1870, David H. Muuday.\\nJoliu S. Read.\\n.Tosiali S. Hackctt.\\nCharles Pine.\\nJohn Goldthorpe.\\nAlonzo B. Johnson.\\n(The revised charter of 1871 divided the city into\\neight wards, each ward haviui^ three elected for\\nthree years, each ward electing one every year).\\n1871. Charles A. Sparks,\\nWilliam Stiles.\\nWilliam H, Cole.6\\nCharles Mayhew.\\nFrederick Bourquiut\\nJacob C. Daubman.\\nCharles C. Moffett,^\\nHorace Hammell.\\nThomas H. Albright,\\nJames Kennedy.\\nAnthony VoU.\\nAndrew Cunningham\\nEllis Boggs.\\nJohn Dobbins.\\n1872. William T. Bailey.\\nJames A, Parsons.\\nAugustus J. Fulmer.\\nSamuel E, Radcliff.\\nCharles C. Motfett.\\nAlfred H. Mead,\\nThomas McDowell,\\nJames S, Henry.\\nJosepli H. Hall.\\nJnhn Dobbins.^\\n187:5. William S. Scull.\\nJohn S. Read.\\nJosiah S. Hackett.\\nGeorge Johnson.\\nWilliam W, Mines.\\nWilliam C. Figuer.\\nEdward Martin.\\nJohnM. Harden.\\n1874, Charles S. Ridgway.\\nJohn T. Bottomley.\\nCharloB H. Ricoman.\\nFrederick Bourquiu.\\nJacob C, Daubman.\\n,Iohn Guthridgo.\\nCaleb F. Rogers.\\nThomas B. Wood.\\nWm. D. Middleton.9\\nEmmor D. French.\\nJames A, Parsons,\\nAugustus J. Fulmer,\\nThomas J. Mason,\\nEdward Lewis,\\nlleury B, Francis,\\nJamesS, Henry.\\nWinfield S. Plank.\\nE, D. French.\\nJames P. Michellon.\\nJosiah S. Hackett.\\nGeorge Johnson.\\nSamuel P, Dubois.i\\nWilliam Evans.\\nAlonzo D. Nichols.\\nJosepli Smith.\\nJohn Heim.\\nCharles P. Stratton.\\nJohn T. Bottomley,\\nFrederick P. Pfeiffer.\\nCharles N. Pelouze.\\nHenry B. Wilson.\\nThomaa Fields.\\nJohn Stone.\\nJoseph H. Hall.\\nRichard Perks.\\nWilliam Abies.\\nJ. Willard Morgan.\\nAngut} B. Cameron.\\nCrawford BHUer,\\nEdward D. Knight,\\n.John H. Dialogue.\\nElwood W, Kcnible,\\nJohn W. Dongos.\\n.bi.seph McAllister,\\n.laiues P. Michellon,\\nAndrew Rabeau.\\nAlexander J, Milliette\\nHenry B. Francis.\\n1 Vii\\nF. Beatty, resigned. yicc Wm. Lore\\nVice J. H. Peck, resigned.\\n^Vic\u00e2\u0082\u00ac S. C. Harbert, removed.\\n5 Vke R. Perks, removed.\\n6(!onte8ted and was given Mead s seat, i\\nelected I ice Hammell, resigned.\\nWaa elected vice Boggs, resigned. Clai\\nelected councilman-at-large under asup|de\\nAt large.\\n^(nintested and was given the scat.\\n10 At large.\\nContested and won the scat.\\nul Josiah Matlack\\nW. linidshaw", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0625.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": "436\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nEdward J. Dougherty.\\nJames A. Worrell.\\nBoiijaniin H. Smith.\\n1880. Daniel K. Smith.\\nWilbur F. Uose.\\nFrederick P. rfoill er.\\nWilliam T. Mead.\\nLewis Holl.\\nWilliam y. Sloan.\\nJames S. Henry.\\nJohn Stflne.*\\nJohn Heim.\\n1881. Johu W. Branning.=\\nCharles F. Hollinshead.\\nFrederick A. Rex.\\n.\\\\nguH B. Cameron.\\nGoldson Test.\\nKobert C. Baker.\\nJohn H. Dialogue.\\nJames S. Henry.\\nJohn W. Donges.\\n18.S2. Joseph McAllister.\\nJames M. Stradling.3\\nJohn Campbell.\\nJohn W. Wartman.\\nD. Cooper Carman.\\nFrederick Bourquin.^\\nGeorge Harneff.\\nB. Franklin Bailey.5\\nEdward J. Dougherty.\\nJohn Hughes.\\nWilliam W. Smith.\\n1883. Frank A. Kendall.\\nJ. Willard Morgan.\\nPresidents of City Council. Previous to 1851 tb j\\nmayor or recorder presided over tlie deliberations\\nof City Council, and since then the Council elected\\na jiresident annually.\\n1873. John S. Read.\\n1S74. William C. Figner.\\n1876. Charles S. Kidgway.\\n1877. John T. Bottomley.\\n1880. William Abies.\\n1881. James P. Michellon.\\n1882. John W. Donges.\\n1883. John H. Dialogue.\\n1884. James M. Stradling.\\n1885. Frederick A. Kex.\\n1886. Jonathan Duffleld.\\n1851. Richard W. Howell.\\n1854. Samuel Andrews.\\n1859. Samuel Scull.\\n1800. Samuel Andrews.\\n1803. John B. Thompson.\\n1806. Jesse Hall.\\n1807. Benjamin F. Archer,\\n1868. Thomas C. Knight.\\n1870. Henry B. Wilson.\\n1871. Samuel Iszard.\\n1872. Josiah S. Hackott.\\nCeorge H. James.\\nWilliam T. Mead.\\nMaurice A. Rogers.\\nGeorge Pfeiffer, Jr.\\nDavid T. Campbell.\\nFrancis F. Souders.\\nJesse Pratt.\\n1884. William B. E. Miller.:\\n.Tames M. Stradling.\\nFrederick A. Rex.\\nSamuel A. Murray.\\nJonathan Duffield.\\nHenry C. Moffett.\\nJohn H. Dialogue,\\nJohn Stone.\\nThomas Harman.\\n1885. George Barrett.\\nJohn Campbell.\\nHenry 31. Snyder.s\\nWilliam Myers.\\nMahlou T. Ivins.\\nJohn D. Leckner.\\nDavid T. Campbell.\\nJames Godfrey.\\nCharles II. Helmbold.\\nIsaac C. Githens.\\nHenry M. Snyder.\\nRobert M Barber.\\nGeorge S. West.\\nMaurice A. Rogers.\\nDavid C. Vannote.\\nJoseph R. Ross.\\nWilliam Dorell.\\n18.S0.\\nCity Recorders. Until 1850 the recorder was\\nchosen by the Legislature, since then by the\\npeople,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1828. John K. Cowperthwaite.\\n1840. James W. Sloan.\\n1848. Philip J. Grey.\\n1850. Jonathan Burr.\\n1853. Wm. D. Hicks.\\nIS- iC. Thomas B. Atkinson.\\n1859. EleazerJ. Toram.\\n1862. Joseph J. Moore.\\n1865. Isaac L. Lowe.\\n1860. Robert Folwoll.\\n1808. Levi B. Newton.\\n1871. Charles Cox.\\n1874. Paul C. liudd.\\n1877-86. Benj. M. Brake\\n1 At large.\\n3 Elected vice Hollinshead, resigned.\\n3 Contested and attained the seat, holding it until ousted hy\\nSupreme Court, a short time before the term expired.\\nKlected vice Baker, deceased,\\nf* Elected vice Dougherty, resigned.\\nAt Large.\\nElected vice J. W. Morgan, resigned.\\nVice C. B. Cole, resigned.\\nCity Clerks.\\n1828.\\nSamuel Ellis.\\n18,58.\\nAlexander A. Hammell.\\n1829.\\nWilliam W. Butler.\\n1859.\\nSamuel W. Thoman.\\n1831.\\nThomas Green.\\n1866.\\nJoseph C. Nichols.\\n1S32.\\nJosiah Harrison,\\n1872.\\nFrederick W. Tarr.\\n1843.\\nThomas H. Dudley.\\n1873.\\nJoseph C. Nichols.\\n1844.\\nThomas W. Mulford.\\n1874.\\nJoseph Bontemps.\\n1850.\\nAlfred Hugg,\\n1876.\\nFrederick W. Tarr.\\n1851.\\nJoseph Myers.\\n1877,\\nFrank F. Michellon.\\n1856.\\nAlfred Hugg.\\n1882.\\nRichard C. Thompson.\\n1857.\\nWilliam J. Miller,\\n1884.\\nD. Cofiper Carman.\\nCity Treasurers were appointed by Council an-\\nnually until 1866, when they were made elective\\nby the people for terms of two years, changed to\\nthree years in 1871,\\n1828.\\nReuben Ludlum,\\n1858.\\nCharles S. Garrett.\\n1829-38.\\nIsaac Smith.\\n1839,\\nBeilly Barrett.\\n1838-42.\\nJosiah Harrison,\\n1800.\\nIsaac H. Porter.\\n1843.\\nThomas H, Dudley.\\n1801-63.\\nEeilly Barrett.\\n1844.\\nThomas W. Mulford.\\n1804-65.\\nAbner Sparks.\\n1845.\\nJesse Smith.\\n1806-74.\\nSamuel Hufty.\\n1846-50.\\nThomas W. Slulford.\\n1874.\\nRandal E. Slorgan.^\\n1851.\\nThomas H. Dudley.\\n1875.\\nJames W. Wroth.\\n1852-53.\\nAlfred Hugg.\\n1878.\\nJoseph A. Porter.\\n1854-55.\\nIsaac H. Porter.\\n1881.\\nRichard F, Smith.\\n1856.\\nJames B. Dayton.\\n1884.\\nFrank F. Michellon.\\n1857.\\nIsaac H. Porter,\\nFrank F. Michellon, present city tretisurer\\nwas born in Philadelphia November 7, 1844, and\\nwas the son of Anthony and Elizabeth (Dorr)\\nMichellon, both of old families in this country,\\nthat of the former originally from France, and\\nthat of the latter from Germany, and long settled\\nin Lancaster County, Pa. The ftimily removed to\\nCamden in 1848, and the father was for many\\nyears cashier of the old Kaighns Point and Phila-\\ndelphia Ferry Company. Young Michellon, after\\nleaving school, became a clerk in the hardware store\\nof Henry B. Wilson, and, later, was in the office\\nof Peter L. Voorhees, Esq. In 1862 he entered the\\noffice of Benjamin F. Glenn, a real estate agent\\nand conveyancer of Philadelphia, and there learned\\nconveyancing. He constantly maintained his re-\\nsidence in Camden, and, in 1877, was elected city\\nclerk and clerk of Council, which office he held for\\nfive years. In 1884 he was elected on the Rejiub-\\nlican ticket to the more responsible |)osition ot\\ncity treasurer, for the duties of which his services\\nin the lesser place had indicated his fitness. Mr.\\nMichellon was united in marriage, May 4, 1881, to\\nElizabeth L. (daughter of Alfred and Catharine)\\nVandegrift, of an old Bucks County, Pa., family.\\nReceivers of Taxes. Prior to 1871 taxes were\\ngathered by the ward collectors, but the charter of\\nthat year abolished the office of ward collector\\nSamu.-: Ilufty died in 1.S74, and lliu City Council appointed Ran.\\ndal K. Slorgan to .ict until the election, in 1875.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0626.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0629.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0630.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0631.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0632.jp2"}, "543": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n437\\nand provided tor the eleftion of a receiverof taxes\\nIjy the peoide for terras of three years,\\nlsTl-77. A. Clifford Jacksou. 1883-80. William H. Itiglitliiire.\\n1S77-83. George M. Thrasher.\\nWilliam H. Riuhtmire is of Holhind extrac-\\ntion, being a grandson of James Rightmiro, who\\nresided in Middlesex County, X. J., where he was\\nboth a farmer and a school-teacher. Among his\\nsix children was Jacob V., born March 4, ISOO,\\nwho also resided in Middlesex County, where he\\ntilled the double role of farmer and merchant.\\nHe married Isabella Franks and had twelve chil-\\ndren nine sons and three daughters all of whom\\nreached mature years. The death of Mr. Right-\\nmire occurred in October, 1880. He was in his\\npolitical predictions a Whig, and later a Republi-\\ncan. Though averse to office, he was the recipient\\nof many distinctions conferred by citizens irre-\\nspective of party. A man of public spirit, he was\\nliberal with his means in enterprises [lertaining\\nto both church and state. His son, William H.\\nRightmire, was born May 19, 184.5, in Middlesex\\nCounty, X. J., where his youth was spent. At the\\nage of seventeen he entered the army as a soldier\\nin the Twenty-eighth Regiment New Jersey Vol-\\nunteers, and remained in service ten montlis. He\\nwas taken prisoner at Chancellorsville and con-\\nfined for three months at Belle Isle, opposite Rich-\\nmond, enduring meanwhile many privations.\\nHaving effected an exchange, he was sent to the\\nconvalescent camp at Annapolis, Md., and soon\\nafter returned to his home. On recovering, he\\nremoved to South Amboy, and later came to Cam-\\nden as an employee of the Camden and Amboy\\nRailroad. He subsequently entered and was\\ngraduated from the Eastman s Commercial College,\\nPoughkeepsie, when, having made Jersey City his\\nresidence, he remained for four years a.ssociated\\nwith the Jersey City and Bergen Railroad. Mr.\\nRightmire then returned to Camden and embarked\\nin the marble business. In 1883 he was elected\\nreceiver of taxes for Camden for a term of three\\nyears, and re-elected in 1886 by the largest majority\\never given in Camden, his support not being con-\\nfined to the Republican party, whose principles he\\nespouses. He is a member of T. M. K. Lee Post,\\nNo. .5, Department of New Jersey, Grand Army of\\nthe Republic. Mr. Rightmire is a supporter of the\\nBaptist Church, of which his wife is a member.\\nHe was, on the 9th of June, 18G9, married to\\nMiss Lydia A., daughter of Augustus Vausciver, of\\nCamden, whose mother, Mrs. Rebecca Stow, grand-\\ndaughter of Stow, a member of the firm of\\nPercival Stow, who cast the Independence bell.\\nThe Stows came originally from Edinburgh, Scot-\\nland. Their children are Maud and Harry K.\\nFkaxk S. Joxe.s is of Welsh desceiit. His great-\\ngrandfather was Nathaniel Jones, who, on his emi-\\ngration, settled in Kalamazoo, Mich. His children\\nwere seven sons, among whom was Theophilus,\\nborn in Michigan, who married a descendant of\\nGeneral Israel Putnam, of Revolutionary fjime.\\nTheir children were seven sons, among whom was\\nWilliam D., born in Utica, N. Y., where he fol-\\nlowed the trade of a painter. He later removed to\\nPhiladelphia, and there conducted business for\\nseveral years. In 1855 he located in Camden,\\nwhere his death occurred in 1862. He married\\nElizabeth D., seventh daughterof Benjamin Grover,\\na tanner of Salem, Mass. His children were seven\\nsons, Philip H., Benjamin D., Charles, Marcus T.,\\nJohn W., Charles P. and Frank S. The last-\\nnamed, and only survivor, was born in Philadel-\\nphia, May 21, 1845, and spent his youth in that\\ncity, whence he removed to Camden in 1855. His\\nearly education was received at the Southeast\\nGrammar School, Philadelphia, and he afterward\\nentered the Northwest Grammar School, in the\\nsame city. In August, 1861, he enlisted in the\\nFourth New Jersey Regiment, and remained in\\nthe service until May, 1862, the date of his dis-\\ncharge as a consequence of a wound received at\\nAnnandale, Va. In 1863 he re-enlisted in the\\nTwelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, was\\nwounded a second time, and, being discharged\\nafter one year of service, returned to Camden.\\nMr. Jones then resumed his trade that of a\\npainter. He was, in 1876, employed by the gov-\\nernment in the clothing department of the Schuyl-\\nkill Arsenal, Philadelphia, and, in 1S,S4, appointed\\nby the Board of Assessors of Camden, as clerk\\nof the board. He was, in 1876, elected justice\\nof the peace, which office he holds for the third\\nterm, and alderman, in which capacity he is serv-\\ning his second term. He was appointed, in 1886,\\na.ssistant receiver of taxes for the term of three\\nyears, and is now filling that office. As a Repub-\\nlican, Mr. Jones has been actively engaged in\\npolitics. He is a comrade of T. M. K. Lee Post,\\nNo. 5, G. A. R., and held for three years the\\noffice of adjutant. He is secretary of the Veteran\\nCharitable Association, of Camden, and a member\\nof the Improved Order of Red Men, and of the\\nHeptisophs. He was appointed by Governor Lud-\\nlow, in March, 1881, notary public. Mr. Jones\\nworships with the congregation of the Protestant\\nEpiscopal Church, of which he is a supporter. He\\nwas, on September 12, 1870, married to Mrs. Han-\\nnah S. Pierce, daughter of John W. Sapp, of Cam-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0635.jp2"}, "544": {"fulltext": "438\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ndeii. Their only surviving child is a son, William\\nH. Jones.\\nCity Assessors. Ward assessors were continued\\nunik-r the charter of 1871 until 1874, when an\\namendment called for the election of three asses-\\nsors for the city at large, whose duties are to make\\nthe assessments, while the duty of the ward asses-\\nsors is to sit as a court of appeal in cases of unjust\\na.ssessments. The city assessors are elected for\\nthree years, and the first elected drew lots for the\\none, two and three year terms.\\n1874. Edw. H. Bolgiana, 2 years. 1874. E. .\\\\lliin W.irJ, :i yeara.\\nM. E. Harden, 1 year.\\n187.5. Chaa. S. Simmerman. 1882. Charles Janney.\\n1877-79. B. H. Balgiana. 1883-86. Alien C. Wood.\\n1877. Charles W. Johnson. 1884. .lohn Corliett.\\n1878-81. Reuben B. Cole. 188.5. William Thompson.\\n1880. John B. Grubb.\\nCiiy Solicitors were appointed annually by the\\nCouncil from 1851 to 1864, when they were made\\nelective by the i)eo]ile for terms of two years.\\nUnder the revised charter of 1871 the duty of\\nselection was made to rest with the City Council,\\n1851-54. James B. Dayton. 1804-66. George M. Robeson.\\n18:55. Thomas P. Carpenter. 1868-70. Alden C. Scovel.\\n1856-57. Thomas H. Dudley. 1872-75. Alfred Hugg.\\n1858. Peter L. Voorbeee. 1878-81. James E. Hayes.\\n1859-03. George M. Robeson. 1884. J. Willard Morgan.\\nCity Surveyors were chosen by the City Council\\nuntil 1870, when they were elected by the people\\nfor two years. The charter of 1871 restored the\\npower to Council. Edward H. Saunders was elected\\ncity surveyor in 1851, and re-elected annually\\nuntil his death, in May, 1869, when Jacob H.\\nYocum was appointed until the election in March,\\nwhen he was elected for two years, and on the ex-\\npiration of his term, 1872, was elected by the\\nCouncil for three years, and re-elected in 1875. In\\n1878 John S. Shults was elected, re-elected in\\n1881, and again in 1884.\\nJohn S. Shults.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 When Charles Shults, the\\nprogenitor of the family in America, arrived in\\nNew York, in 1750, he brought with him a wife\\nand three children. He died two weeks after his\\narrival, which caused the separation of the family.\\nHis children were Charles, Richard and Anna.\\nCharles moved to Philadelphia, where he was em-\\nployed in a bakery situated on Arch Street, above\\nFront. On one of his daily trips to the public\\npump he met a young lady of his own name, and\\nupon inquiry he was astonished to know she was\\nhis sister, lost when a child, and from her he\\nlearned that his mother, who was then dead, had\\naccompanied Richard to North Carolina where he\\nhad married and at his death had a large family.\\nCharles was married to a Miss Kelly, by whom he\\nhad two children, Charles and Sarah. A few\\nyears after the death of his first wife he was mar-\\nried to Mrs. Richmond, of Salem County, N. J.,\\nand two children were born to them, Nancy and\\nRebecca. His son Charles became a prominent\\ncitizen of Philadelphia; was a supervisor of\\nstreets and highways and one of those who as-\\nsisted in laying out Washington Square. He was\\nmarried to Anna M. Bussier, of Huguenot ances-\\ntry. Her father. Dr. Bussier, graduated in Paris\\nand fled from France on account of his religious\\nconvictions. On the passage he met Miss Rey-\\nbold, a Swiss lady, to whom he was married on\\nhis arrival in this country. He served in the\\nRevolution in 1776 with distinction. The chil-\\ndren of Charles and Anna M. Shults were Charles,\\nRichard, Philip M., Jane, Rebecca, Eliza, Susan-\\nna and Maria. The eldest of these children,\\nCharles, was married to Charlotte Spangenberg,\\ndaughter of John and Charlotte Spangenberg,\\nwho were natives of Philadelphia, but whose pa-\\nrents came from Germany. They had eleven chil-\\ndren, Charles, Alfred, Leonard (who died an in-\\nfant), John, Anna M., Mary S., Charlotte K.,\\nTheodore B. and Sarah C. About 1832 Charles\\nmoved to Berks County, Pa., where, as a clergy-\\nman in the German Reformed Church (English\\nbranch), he preached for a number of years and\\nthen removed to Reading. He lived in that city\\nuntil 1857 and then removed to Atlantic County,\\nN. J., near Absecom, and from thence to Camden\\nin 18G0.\\nJohn S. Shults was born in Reading, October\\n27, 1836, and has made Camden his home since\\n1860. Upon coming to Camden he taught school\\nin the country until the winter of 1861, when he\\nwa.s appointed a clerk in the (juartermaster s de-\\npartment in Alexandria, Va. Sickness compelled\\nhim to return home, but the next year he was at-\\ntached to the Sanitary Commission and moved\\nwith the Army of the Potomac till the war closed,\\nwhen he returned to his Camden home. About this\\ntime Mr. Shults entered the office of Ed. H. Saun-\\nders, where he studied surveying. During the\\nwinter he taught school. Mr. Saunders died in\\n1869 and he was succeeded by Jacob H. Yocum,\\nwho held the oflice for six years and for whom\\nMr. Shults was assistant. At the expiration of his\\nterm Jlr. Shults was elected city surveyor and is\\nnow serving his third term.\\nBy his efficient and faithful discharge of duty\\nhe has won and retained the confidence and re-\\nspect of his fellow-citizens. In politics Mr.\\nShults is an ardent Republican. He is a member\\nof the Pine Street Pre.sbvterian Church, of Camden.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0636.jp2"}, "545": {"fulltext": "xf ^^^^,(^fA.c", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0639.jp2"}, "546": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0640.jp2"}, "547": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n439\\nBuilding InnpecUtrs are ap|)ointe(l by urdiiiancc\\nnf City Council for such terra as tlie ordinance may\\nspecify,\\nISTl. William W. Mines\\n1S7-J. Tllomas li. Atkins.\\nls-4. Christopher J. Mil\\niss:!. Jolin K.\\n188li. Willium\\nCilii Marshah acted as cliiels of police luuler the\\ncharter of lSr l, and were elected annually liy the\\nple,-\\nIS. il. Jolin W. Potts.\\n1S.V2. .lames H. Lowery.\\n1S53. Peters. Elliott.\\n18. i4-5n. Henry Belsterliag.\\nlS. -,7-fi8. John Y. Hoaglanil.\\nI.s.^i .Klu. Edmund Shaw.\\nIHOl-Ci Timothy Middhtt\\n180;l. Samuel Conrow.\\nlSii4-l)l). .lohn W. Caraijhc\\nlSil7-r J. Kelly lirovvn.\\n18711. ClamliiiaW. liia.l\\nThe Chief of Police is appointed by the mayor,\\nand holds office during the pleasure of that officer\\nunder the charter of 1S71,\\n1880. Josiah JMatludi.\\nlasii. Harry II. Frank\\n1S71. Daniel W. Curliss.\\n1874. William H. Heinsing.\\n1877. Charles F. Daubraan.\\nSurveyors of ITighioai/K. This office was estab-\\nlished in 1871, and the incumbents have been\\nLeonard Repsher, Jonathan Kirkbride, Alonzo B.\\nJohnson, Benjamin F. Sweeten, William H. Shear-\\nman, Richard C. Thompson.\\nEngineers of Water- Works. Jacob H. Yocum.\\nWm. F. Moody, William Calhoun, Robert Dunham.\\nIn 1X77 the office of engineer was abolished and\\nthat of superintendent substituted. These have\\nbeen superintendents, William D. Middleton,\\nHarry Stetson, William W. Mines.\\nThe Water Department. The Camden Wa-\\nter Works Company was chartered April 2, 1840.\\nThe names of the incorporators were Isaac Cole,\\nBenj. W. Cooper, Charles Kaighn, Henry Allen,\\nWm. Folwell, Nathan Davis, Benj. T. Davis, John\\nW. Mickle, who were authorized and empowered\\nto introduce into and supply the city of Camden\\nwith pure water under such terms and conditions\\nas the City Council shall ordain and establish.\\nThe original capital stock of the company was\\nlifty thousand dollars, divided into shares of one\\nhundred dollars each, of which Isaac Cole, Henry\\nAllen, Wm. Folwell and Nathan Davis each took\\none hundred shares, Wm. N. Jeffries eighty, Chas.\\nKaighn ten, and James Elwell and Jasjier Harding\\neach five shares.\\nOn June 2d the company was organized by elect-\\ning Isaac Cole, Henry Allen, Wm. Folwell, Nathan\\nDavis and Wm. N. Jetl ries directors, who selected\\nIsaac Cole to serve as president, Henry Allen\\ntreasurer and Wm. Folwell secretary. A lot of\\nground, thirty by ninety feet, at the foot of Cooper\\nStreet, on the site of the Esterbrook Steel Pen\\nWorks, was purchased of Wm. D. Cooper for four\\nhundred didlars, and Isaac Cole, Nathan Davis,\\nHenry Allen and Wm. Folwell were appointed to\\nprocure a draft and plan of the intended building,\\nwhich, when completed, was thirty Ijy forty-eight\\nfeet in dimensions.\\nWith the increase in the growth of the city, anil\\nthe erection of a large number of factories within\\nits limits, the amount of water furnished by the\\ncompany was found insufficient. To i)rovide for\\na better arrangement, a supiilement to the original\\ncharter was passed on the i(th of February, 1804.\\nHence the company secured an eligible location\\nat Pavonia, near the city, as under the original\\ncharter it could not hold real estate in Camden.\\nThe capital stock under the supplement to the\\ncharter was authorized to be increased to a sum\\nnot exceeding one hundred thousand dollars.\\nAt a meeting held on the 24th of April, 1854,\\nthree hundred and sixty-five shares were subscribed\\nas follows: Henry Allen, two hundred and sixty-\\none shares Richard Fetters, twenty shares\\nNathan Davis, eleven shares: Jesse Smith, Benj.\\nHammell, Joel Bodine and Joseph Fifield, each\\nten shares Charles S. Garrett, nine shares James\\nElwell and Wm, P. Tatem each six shares James\\nMcCloskey and Isaiah Bryan, each five shares;\\nand Ralph Lee, two shares.\\nIn 1854 the water works were completed and put\\ninto operation at Pavojiia, on the Delaware River\\nfront. They are now owned and controlled by the\\ncity authorities. The engine-house is two stories\\nhigh with mansard roof, built substantially of\\nbrown stone and thirty by forty feet in dimensions.\\nThe engine-house is fitted up with two pumps,\\none being a Blake pump of five million five hun-\\ndred thousand gallons capacity daily the other, a\\nCornish bull pump, capable of pumping two mil-\\nlion five hundred thousand gallons of water daily.\\nThe boiler-house is supplied with four return tu-\\nbular boilers eighteen feet long and fifty-six inches\\nin diameter, making two complete sets, each set be-\\ning capable of running either engine, and when\\nall are fired up and both engines running, has a\\ncapacity of nine million gallons of water daily.\\nThe water works wharf is eighty feet wide and ex-\\ntends seven hundred and fifty feet into the river\\nfrom the meatiow banks. The suiiply-pipe is\\nthirty inches in diameter, leading to the foreliay\\nunder the pumps and in the basement of the en-\\ngine-house. Before entering the ftirebay the wa-\\nter ])asses through three screens and filters, and\\nfrom the bay is pumped by the engines and forced\\ninto the stand-pipe upon the engine-hoiise, which\\nis made of boiler iron, is five feet in diameter :iiid", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0641.jp2"}, "548": {"fulltext": "440\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\none liundi-ed and twenty feet high. When forced\\nabove the level of the reservoir the water flows by\\na discharge pipe, thirty inches in diameter, into\\nthe biisin.\\nThe reservoir is built upon the highest ground\\nin Pavonia, which is forty-seven feet higher than\\nthe level of the city of Camden, and is three hun-\\ndred and forty-four feet long by one hundred and\\neighty feet wide and twenty-one feet deep, with\\nsloping sides at an angle of one to one and a half\\ndegrees, and when filled, contains eight million\\ngallons of water. In 1885 the greatest amount of\\nwater pumped in one day was four millions eight\\nhundred and seven thousand one hundred and\\nforty gallons in 1886, five millions one hundred\\nand fifty-seven thousand and forty-eight gallons.\\nBefore these works were purchased by the city the\\npumping and distributing mains were twelve inches\\nin diameter, but now have a diameter of thirty\\ninches. Forty-six and one-half miles of water-\\npipe are now in position within the city limits,\\nand three hundred and twenty-two fire-plugs for\\nthe use of the Fire Department are located at the\\nmost desirable points in the city. The collections\\nof the Water Department for rents and permits\\nfor the year 1885 amounted to seventy-eight thou-\\nsand six hundred and fifty-nine dollars.\\nFIRE COJIP-iNIES AND FIREMEN.\\nUntil 1810 wells, pumps and buckets were the\\nonly appliances Camden had for the e.xtinguish-\\nment of fires. On March 15th of that year the\\nPerseverance Fire Company was organized. Thirty\\nyears later the Fairmount, afterwards named the\\nNiagara, and, later still, the Weccacoe, was formed.\\nIn case of fire, the water used to extinguish it was\\nobtained from wells by means of buckets filled with\\nit and passed from hand to hand. When the en-\\ngine was reached and its well received the water,\\nthe bucket was returned for a fresh supply. Mean-\\nwhile a number of strong men grasped the lever-\\narms and worked them up and down, thus forcing\\nthe water upon the flames. To fight a fire was the\\nwork of the entire community a half-century ago.\\nAn alarm was followed by a general turn-out of\\nthe people old and young, of both sexes\u00e2\u0080\u0094 each\\nsecured a bucket, and, when the scene of action\\nwas reached, long lines of people were formed\\nbetween the engine and the nearest well. The\\nempty buckets were moved toward the wells along\\none line and the full ones toward.s the engine on\\nanother.\\nA fully-equipped fire company possessed an en-\\ngine and a cart to carry buckets, and householders\\nwere expected to keep a supply of buckets on\\nhand. Wells and pumjis were equally essential,\\nhence the City Council encouraged the digging\\nof wells and the placing of pumps in public places\\nby paying part of the cost. In 1834 Joseph\\nKaighn was paid sixteen dollars as part cost of\\nplacing a pump in a well he had dug on Kaighn\\nAvenue, and George Genge s bill for a pump on\\nMarket Street was also paid, while Abraham\\nBrowning was allowed part cost of enlarging a well\\nnear Front Street and Market. Richard Fetters,\\nRichard W. Howell and Auley McAlla pre-\\nsented a bill of fifty dollars at a Council meeting,\\nheld August 27, 1830, for a fire-engine purchased\\nof the Fairmount Company, of Philadelphia. It\\nwiis but five feet high, and eight men could barely\\nget hold of the levers. In 1835 this engine was\\nrepaired, and its name changed from Fairmount to\\nNiagara. In 1848 it was bought by the Weccacoe,\\nand in 1851 came into possession of the reorgan-\\nized Fairmount Company. It was eventually,\\nafter long usage, stored away until 1864, when\\nRobert S. Bender purchased it for twenty dollars,\\nand sold it in Woodbury for fifty dollars. It was\\naccidentally burned soon afterward.\\nIn 1834 the city was divided into three fire dis-\\ntricts. Cooper Street and Line Street being the di-\\nviding lines. There was virtually no Fire De-\\npartment, however, for several years later. In\\n1848, after the erection of water-works, a better\\nfire system was put into effect. The Council ap-\\npointed a committee on fire apparatus, who exer-\\ncised supervision over the companies, which, by\\nthe year 1851, had increased in number to six.\\nIn 1864 the Independence procured the first steam\\nfire-engine the Weccacoe, the Shifller and the\\nWeccacoe Hose Company also soon after purchased\\nsteam-engines. More prompt, daring and efficient\\nfiremen than those of Camden were hard to find,\\nbut each company was independent of the others,\\nand misdirection often caused loss of property, to\\nremedy which the City Council, 1866, reorganized\\nthe system, and, by an ordinance, provided for the\\nselection, subject to its ajjproval, of a chief mar-\\nshal, by the companies. James W. Ayers, of the\\nWeccacoe Engine Company, was elected and served\\ntwo years, when, in 1868, he was succeeded by\\nWesley P. Murray, of the Weccacoe Hose. Both\\nwere popular men and good organizers, but the vol-\\nunteer system, with its rivalry and frequent insub-\\nordination, was sup|)lanted in I860 by the Paid Fire\\nDepartment under an ordinance jjassed Scptend)er\\n2, 186il, which provided for the appointment, annu-\\nally, of five fire commissioners, one fire marshal, and\\ntwo assistant fire marshals. The coniniissiiiners\\nwere empowered to appoint tin; finnicn. and the", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0642.jp2"}, "549": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF OAMPEN.\\n441\\ncity was divided into two districts. For tlie First\\nDistrict the city purchased tlie three-story building\\nof the Indeiieiidence Fire Company, at Fourth\\nStreet and Pine, and for the Second District erected\\na two-story liriclc building at Fifth Street and\\nArch. Each station was supplied with afire-engine\\nand all necessary apparatus, at an entire cost of\\nthirty thousand dollars. William Abies was ap-\\npointed fire marshal William W. Mines assistantfor\\nthe First, and William H. Shearman assistant forthe\\nSecond District. The organization has since been\\nmodified. The department is now under the con-\\ntrol of five members of the City Council, called\\nThe Committee on Fire Apparatus, who are\\nappointed annually by the president of the Coun-\\ncil, with a cliief and an assistant engineer each\\nappointed for three years by the Council. In 1874\\nthe department purchased the Independence fire-\\nengine, and now (1886), owns three steam fire-\\nengines, two hose -carriages, one hook-and-ladder\\ntruck, one supply-wagon, nine horses, three thou-\\nsand two hundred feet of serviceable hose, twenty-\\none fire-alarm boxes, with twelve miles of wire, a\\nconnecting electric battery, with eighty-one gallon\\njars to create power necessary for long distance\\nalarms, striking the gongs, lighting gas-jets, un-\\nhitching the horses in the stalls and stopping the\\nclock.\\nThe department consists of one chief engineer,\\nat a salary of one thousand dollars per annum, one\\nassistant engineer, seven hundred and twenty dol-\\nlars per annum, eighteen regular men and twelve\\ncall-men. The regular men devote their whole\\ntime to the service. The engineers receive sixty\\ndollars per month, and the hosemen, tillermen and\\nladdermen each fifty dollars per month. The call-\\nmen pursue their regular vocation, but are required\\nto be present at every fire, to assist, for which they\\nare paid seventy-five dollars per year. A full\\nrecord is kept of all fires, with time, duration, lo-\\ncation, owner of property, occupant, business,\\nvalue of real and personal property, insurance, and\\nwith whom, cause of fire, etc. The department is\\nin a high state of efficiency, and the expenditure\\nsixteen thousand dollars per annum.\\nThe Camden Hook-and-Ladder Company,\\nNo. 1, with headquarters at N. W. corner of Fifth\\nStreet and Arch, was organized in 18li9, and is\\nconnected with Camden Engine Company, No. 2.\\nThe building is a two-story brick, twenty-four by\\nfifty-five feet, adjoining the building of the engine\\ncompany. The company is equipped with one\\nladder-truck (forty-five feet long, mounting nine\\nladders, one being an extension ladder, of the\\nLeverich Patent, sixty -three feet in length), one\\nbattering ram, two fire extinguishers, four buckets\\ntwo axes, four pitchforks, one crowbar, four lamps,\\netc. In the stables arc two large and well-trained\\nhorses. The roster of the company is as follows\\nTillerman, Amedy Aliddleton Driver, Benjamin\\nL. Kelluni Laddermen, Thomas Walton and J(din\\nW. Toy Cell-men, William Doughten, Peter S.\\nGray, John Gray and Charles A. Todd.\\nThe Camden Steam Fire- Engine Company,\\nNo. 1, was organized in 18(1!). Their building, on\\nPine Street, near Fourth, is a three-story brick,\\ntwenty by ninety-four feet in dimensions, and was\\nformerly used by the Independence, but is now\\nowned by the city. The equipments consist of one\\nsecond-class steam fire-engine, made by the Amos-\\nkeag Manufacturing Company, of Manchester, New\\nHampshire; one hose-cart, made by the Silsby\\nCompany, of Seneca Falls, N. Y. three horses,\\nsixteen hundred feetof good hose, axes, lamps, etc.\\nThe third story of the building is used as a lodge-\\nroom, and the second story used by the company,\\nwith sitting-room, bunk-room, etc. The roster of\\nthe company for 188G isas follows: Foreman, John\\nA. Stockton; Engineer, G. Rudolph Tenner;\\nDriver, William Deno Stoker, William \\\\V. Laird\\nHosemen, Wilson Bromley and Jacob F. Nessen\\nCall-men, William Deith, Andrew Miller, William\\nBogia and W. Elwood Campbell.\\nCamden Steam Fire- Engine Company, No. 2,\\nis located at the corner of Fifth Street and Arch, the\\nhead-quarters of the Paid Fire Departmeut. The\\nbuilding is a two-story brick, twenty-four by seventy\\nfeet. The ground floor has two connections with the\\nhook-and-ladder building. The outfit consists of\\none steam fire-engine, second-class, made by the\\nGould Machine Company, of Newark, N. J., one\\nNo. 2 Amoskeag steam fire-engine, one carriage\\nand a supply-wagon. In the second story is a\\nlarge reception-room, a sleeping-room with thirteen\\nbeds, and a battery-room. The Gould steam fire-\\nengine is only used on extra occasions, or when\\nthe urgency of the case demands. The tbllowing\\nis a complete roster of officers and men at head-\\nquarters\\nChief Engineer, Samuels. Elfreth AssistantEn-\\ngineer, Samuel S. Buzine Extra Engineer, Jacob\\nW. Kellum; Foreman, Harry C. Grosscup; En-\\ngineer, William Morris Driver of Engine, C. B.\\nHarvey; Stoker, Frank Turner Hosemen, has.\\nRobinson, Isaac Shreeves; Call-men, James (^arcy,\\nLogan Bates, William Lyons, Howard Currie.\\nThe chiefs of the Paid Fire Department have been\\nWilliam Abies, Robert S. Bender (.second term),\\nRobt. S. Bender, Claudius W. Bradshaw, Henry F.\\nSurault, Samuel S. Elfreth, Daniel A. Carter,Samuel", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0643.jp2"}, "550": {"fulltext": "442\\nriIST(H!V OF CAMDKN COUNTV, NEW JE118EY.\\nS. Elfreth (2(1 term). The committee on fire ap-\\nparatus for 1880 are Chairman, Saml. R. Murray\\nWm. B. E. Miller, Geo. S. West, David B. Camp-\\nbell, James Godfrey; Clerk, D. Cooper Carman.\\nVolunteer Companies. Tke Pencverance was\\norganized March 15, 1810, and was composed of\\nleading citizens. A hand-engine, made by Pat.\\nLyons, of Philadelphia, was bought and placed in\\na building on Front Street, above Market, sub-\\nsequently removing to a frame, one-story house on\\nSecond Street, adjoining the State Bank, where it\\nremained until the company erected the two-story\\nbrick building on the east side of Third Street,\\nbelow Market. The oldest living member of the\\ncompany is Samuel Elfreth, father of the present\\nefficient chief of the Fire Department. On March\\n15, 1832, the company was incorporated; the\\nnames appearing in the charter are Nathan Davis,\\nGideon V. Stivers, Jeremiah H. Sloan, John\\nLawrence, Samuel D. Wcssels, Isaac Cole, Ledden\\nDavis, John Browning, .Toab Scull, Rii hard W.\\nHowell, Auley McAlla, Dr. Thomas Lee, William\\nH. Ogden, Richard Fetters, Abraham Browning\\nand other prominent citizens.\\nThe charter of 1832 having expired, a new one\\nwas obtained in 1852, with the following-named\\npersons as incorporators: James C. Morgan, Wil-\\nliam E. Gilmore, Samuel Hauna, William Ilanna,\\nLewis P. Thompson, Joseph D. Folwell, Pancoast\\nRoberts, Alfred Hugg, Richard H. Lee, William\\nMatlack, Alfred Wood, Frederick Benedict, Wil-\\nliam Hugg, Amos Stiles, Jr., Samuel Cooper,\\nNathan Davis, Jr., Samuel Ashurst, Andrew Zim-\\nmerman, David Sheppard, John W. Carter, Henry\\nKesler, John Warner, John Ross, Charles A. Gar-\\nrot, Thomas Sulger. The company prospered until\\nthe breaking out of the war, in 1801, when most of\\nthe able-bodied members enlisted in the company\\ncommanded by Captain Richard H. Lee.\\nThe Fairmount Fire Company was organized\\nOctober 7, 1830, and purchased an engine of the\\nFairmount Fire Company, of Philadelphia. The\\nname Fairmount was painted on the sides of the\\nengine, and it was then the Camden company de-\\ncided to assume the same appellation, which was\\ncontinued until 1835, when the word Fairmount\\non the engine became dim and needed repainting,\\nwhich would coat as much as to have something\\nelse painted, and they changed the name to Niag-\\nara. By this name the company was known until\\nit was reorganized as the Weccacoe, in 1848. In\\n1845 the headquarters was moved to the City Hall\\nlot, on Federal Street. John Laning, Josiah At-\\nkinson and Samuel Jenkins were among the orig-\\ninal members of the F.MiniKiunt. William Hariria\\njoined in 1835, James M. Cassady in 1838 and\\nJames W. Ayers (afterwards fire marshal) in 1843.\\nThe Weccacoe Fire Comjiany No. 2, Wiis the\\nresult of the reorganization of the Niagara in\\n1848. At a meeting of the City Council, Septem-\\nber 1, 1848, Richard Fetters presented the names of\\nEdward Steer and thirty-two other persons who\\nhad organized as a fire company, with a constitu-\\ntion and by-laws. The Council then recognized\\nthem and gave them the old Niagara fire-engine,\\nwhich was used for a few months, when the com-\\npany was supplied with a better one in 1850, when\\na second-hand one was bought of the Southwark\\ncommissioners for seven hundred and fifty dollars\\nand was rebuilt, in 1853, by John Agnew at a cost\\nof eight hundred and fifty dollars. A steam-en-\\ngine was procured in 1804. At the headquarters\\nof the Weccacoe, between a pair of high poles,\\nwas hung a bell weighing thirteen hundred pounds\\nwhich served to alarm the town in case of fire.\\nThe house used as the headquarters was enlarged,\\nbut, after several incendiary attempts, the building\\nwas burned February 17, 1854. In 1850 the com-\\npany moved into their two-story brick house, on\\nthe site of the old Columbia Garden, on Arch\\nStreet, above Fifth. In 1852 the company wa.s\\nincorporated as the Weccacoe Fire Company, No.\\n2, by John Laning, James M- Cassady, James W.\\nAyers, Isaac Shreeve, Weslev P. Murray, Joseph\\nF. Murray, Joshua S. Porter, Daniel B. McCully,\\nRichard G. Camp, James Doughteu, Stone H.\\nStow, Charles H. Thome, Matthew Miller, Jr.\\nJames W. Ayers was made president of the Niagara\\nin 1845, continued as such under the reorganiza-\\ntion, and, except in 1854, when he was absent from\\nthe city, held the office until the company was dis-\\nbanded. Richard G. Camp was the secretary and\\nCharles Thompson treasurer until 1854, and Joseph\\nL. Bright was his successor until the end. Effi-\\nciency and good order were the characteristics of\\nthe Weccacoe from the beginning to the ending of\\ntheir career as firemen.\\nThe Mohawk Fire Company was formed in the\\nspring of 1849. It had a short and turbulent\\nlife, and in the confusion the record of its birth\\nwas lost. The meeting-place of the company was\\nin the three-story building northeast corner of\\nThird Street and Cherry. Lambert F. Beatty was\\npresident and William S. Frazer secretary. The\\nconqiany was strong in numbers and contained\\nmany excellent men, giving promise of a career of\\nusefulness, but a lawless element gained admission,\\nafter a time, and brawls, riots and, it was feared,\\nincendiarism, resulted. On April 23, 1851, it was\\ndeti rmiiK d to disliand.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0644.jp2"}, "551": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n443\\nTlie Imlejinidence Fire Company No. i, or-\\nganized with Lambert F. Beatty, president;\\nWilliam S. Frazer, secretary and Joseph Wagner,\\ntreasurer. Among the early members were Jacob\\nPrettyman, David Page, Thomas Stites, Andrew\\nStilwell, Francis E. Harpel, Restore Cook, John\\nWallace, Claudius W. Bradshaw, William H.\\nilawkins, Christopher.!. Mines, Henry Bradshaw,\\nWilliam E. Walls, William Howard, Albert Den-\\nnis, Elwood Bounds, Samuel H. Stilwell, Albert\\nV. Mills, Robert S. Bender, Lewis Yeager, Thomas\\nMcCowan and William W. Mines. The company\\nmet in a building at Third Street and Cherry for\\na year, when it was burned.- Lewis Yeager gave\\nthe company free use of a lot on Third Street,\\nabove Cherry, where an engine-house of slabs,\\ndonated by Charles Stockham, was built. In 1853\\na lot on Cherry Street, above Third, was purchased\\nand on it a frame house was built. This was\\nused until 1859, when, owing to a defect in the ti-\\ntle, the sheriff advertised the property for sale.\\nWhen he reached the ground on the day of the\\nsale he found the house, with its contents, and a\\nnundicr of the members of the company, on an ad-\\njoining lot belonging to James B. Dayton, who\\npermitted the action. The following year, ISOO,\\nthey bought and built, on the north side of Pine\\nStreet, above Fourth, a three-story brick, then the\\nmost complete fire-engine house in Camden, and\\nwhich was sold for four thousand five hundred dol-\\nlars to the city. The Independence was a hoso\\ncompany until .lune 4, 18(34, when they secured an\\nAmoskeag engine, being the first fire-engine in\\nuse by the fire companies of Camden. Early in\\nISliy they purchased a larger engine and when\\nthe volunteer firemen were scattered, in the latter\\npart of that year, they sold the Amoskeag to Mill-\\nville, and the later purchase was kept until 1874,\\nwhen it was sold to the city. Lambert F. Beatty\\nand Timothy C. Moore were presidents of the\\niMoiiawk, and L. F. Beatty, John Wallace, Wil-\\nliam H. Hawkins, J. Kelly Brown, W. W jMines\\nand Edward Gilbert were presidents of the Inde-\\npendence, while its secretaries have been Wil-\\nliam L. Frazer, William W. Mines, Mortimer C.\\nWilson and Thomas McCowan and the treasur-\\ners Joseph Wagner and Robert S. Bender, who,\\nelected in 1854, served until October 13, 1874,\\nwhen, with a roll of sixty members, they met.\\nPresident Gilbert in the chair, paid all claims\\nagainst them and formally disbanded.\\nThe Shiffler Hose Company No. 1, was or-\\nganized March 7, 1849, and recoganized l)y the\\nCity Council August 30th of the same year. The\\noriginal members of the company were George W.\\nThompson, president George F. Ross, secretary\\nJoseph Brown, W. W. Burt, Charles Cheesenum,\\nRobert Maguire, Samuel Brown, John G. Hutch-\\ninson, Armstrong Sapp, Richard Cheeseman, Al-\\nbert Robinson, George F. Ross, William Wallace.\\nA fine hose-carriage was obtained from the Shiffler\\nHose Company, of Philadelphia, for the nominal\\nsum of ten dollars It was placed in a carpenter\\nshop on Sycamore Street, below Third, and that\\nremained the headquarters of the company until\\nthe two-story brick house on Fourth Street, behjw\\nWalnut, was built. In March, 1852, the company\\nwas incorporated by William W. Burt, Armstrong\\nSapp, George W. Thompson, Robert Maguire,\\nJames Sherman, William Wallace, John G. Hutch-\\ninson, Samuel Brown and William Plarris. John\\nG. Hutchinson became president, and in 1857 was\\nsucceeded by Jacob C. Daubman, whe held the\\nposition during the continuance of the company.\\nOn March 29, 18t;4, a new charter was obtained\\nunder the name of the Shiffler Hose and Steam\\nFire-Engine Company. A steam-engine was pur-\\nchased, and the company maintained a high state\\nof efficiency until disbanded, in 18ti9.\\nT]ie New Jerxeij Fire Covipany was orgiin-\\nized May 1, 1851, by James Carr, Samuel Ames,\\nThomas Butcher, Aaron Giles, John W^ood, David\\nH. Sparks, William Garwood, E. B. Turner, Wil-\\nliam Woodruff, Henry Coombs, Adam Newman\\nand Caleb Clark. Henry Coombs was elected\\npresident and David H. Sparks secretary. On\\nJuly 21, 1851, the company secured the engine\\nwhich previously belonged to the Mohawk, and\\nplaced it in a stable near Broadway and Spruce\\nStreet, where it remained a considerable time, un-\\ntil better accommodations were secured on Wal-\\nnut Street, above Fourth. A lot was subsc(|Ucnt-\\nly bought on the south side of Chestnut Street,\\nabove Fourth, where a two-story, brick engine-\\nhouse was built. The company wa-s incorporated\\nin 185-1 and ceased to exist as an organization\\ntwelve years later. The presidents of this I om-\\npany in order of succession were Henry Coombs,\\nJames Carr, John Crowley, Joshua L. Melvin,\\nSamuel Hickman, ,Iohn Warrington, Jeremiah\\nBrannon, Richard C. Mason, C. De Grasse Hogan.\\nFairmount United States. On July 4, 1852,\\nthe Fairmount Fire Company was organized by\\nWilliam C. Figner (president), William J. Miller\\n(secretary), Frederick Breyer (treasurer), William\\nH. Hawkins, John W. Hoey, Henry A. Breyer and\\nAlfred H. Breyer. They rented a one-story frame\\nbuilding on Pine Street, below Third, which the\\nShinier had vacated, and the City Council gave\\nthem the old Fairmount engine. George W. Wat-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0645.jp2"}, "552": {"fulltext": "444\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nson, Anthony R. Joline, Thomas Francis, John L.\\nAmes, George W. Howard, William F. Colbert,\\nFrancis FuUerton, John S. Eoss, Joshua Spencer,\\nLawrence Breyer, William H. Lane and James\\nScout were enrolled as additional members. On\\nFebruary 17, 1853, a charter of incorporation was\\nobtained, and on February 10, 1854, the name of\\nthe company was changed to United States Fire\\nCompany, No. 5. James Scout was chosen presi-\\ndent, and George Deal, secretary. They secured\\na first-class engine, bought ground and built a com-\\nmodious two-story frame house at No. 231) Pine\\nStreet, which continued to be the headquarters of\\nthe company until it disbanded, with the other\\nvolunteer fire companies, in 1869.\\nThe Weccacoe Hose Company JS o. 2, was or-\\nganized on March 15, 1858, by Allan Ward, Ed-\\nward T. James, Edward J. Steer, John W. Gar-\\nwood, George W. Thomas, Simeon H. Pine,\\nThomas C. Barrett, Thomas Ellis, John Thornton,\\nand the following officers were elected Thomas\\nD. Laverty (president), Allan Ward (vice-presi-\\ndent), Edward T. James (secretary) and E. J. Steer\\n(treasurer). The headquarters of the company\\nwere with the Weccacoe Fire Company for nearly\\ntwo years, and they removed to a stable belonging\\nto Isaac Shreeve, near Hudson and Bridge Ave-\\nnues, and later to De La Cour s laboratory, on\\nFront, near Arch. In 1863 they bought ground on\\nBenson, above Fifth, at a cost of four hundred and\\nfifty dollars, and erected a two-story building of\\nbrick, costing two thousand two hundred dollars.\\nOn February 2, 1860, the company was incorporated.\\nIn 1868 the company purchased a steam fire-engine\\nat a cost of five thousand eight hundred dollars,\\nwhich they expected to pay, by subscription, but\\nthe agitation of the question of a paid department\\nprevented the collection of the money, and when\\nthey went out of service, in 1869, they were five\\nthousand dollars in debt. Instead of disbanding,\\nthey resolved to maintain the organization until\\nevery obligation was licjuidated and the honor of\\nthe company sustained. To do this they utilized\\ntheir assets, met regularly and contributed as if in\\nactive service, and after fourteen years of honest\\neflbrt, September 8, 1883, they met, and after pay-\\ning the last claims against them, amounting to\\n$14.25, adjourned.\\nCHAPTER III.\\nEARLY BU.SINESS INTERESTS OF t AMDEN.\\nCamden in 1815~Camdeii in 182-4 ABseasiaeut of 1834 Manu-\\nfacturing ludiiBtries and Interesting Facta Pleasure Gardens\\nSausage Weaving.\\nCamden in 1815. The Cooper mansions were\\nnot in the town plan made by Jacob Cooper. In\\nthe list of names of those who became pur-\\nchasers of lots will be found that of Vincent\\nMari Pilosi. He was an Italian and a merchant\\nin Philadelphia. The lots he purchased were\\nNos. 24, 30 and 32. The last two were purchased\\nafter the death of Jacob Cooper. No. 24 fronted\\non C()0])er Street and No. 30 was directly south,\\nadjoining, and fronted on Market Street. No. 32\\nwas the lot on the corner of Market and Second,\\nwhere the present National State Bank now stands.\\nIn the year 1780 Mr. Pilosi built a large mansion-\\nhouse, sixty-six by twenty-two feet, three stories\\nhigh, of English brick, alternately red and white,\\nupon the lots on Cooper Street, a part of which is\\nnow No. 122. The lots, with others, were made into\\na large garden. Mr. Pilosi died of yellow fever in\\n1793, and wjis buried in his garden. His widow\\nafterwards married a Mr. Tiffin and in 1815 died\\nand was buried by the side of her first husband.\\nIn later years the remains of Mr. Pilosi and his\\nwife were taken up and removed to the Camden\\nCemetery. The garden was used as a lumber-yard\\nfor many years afterward and eventually laid out\\ninto lots. A portion of the old mansion was used for\\nfive years as the soup-house of the Dorcas So-\\nciety and is now used as a carpenter shop. Years\\nago thirty-six feet of the front wall on the west\\nend were taken down and the double brick build-\\ning was erected on its site. Probably the oldest per-\\nson living born in Camden and now a resident is\\nBenjamin Farrow. He was born October 12, 1804,\\nin the two-story brick house built by hi.s father,\\nPeter Farrow, in 1802, which stood on the site of\\nthe State Bank, and purchased by that institution\\nin 1812. His father was a shoemaker and carried\\non an extensive business by whipping the cat,\\nwhich means that he visited the farmers, engaged\\nwork and sent his journeymen with their kits to\\nthe several ])lacts, who made the shoes for the\\nfamilies, the farmers finding the leather. About\\n1810 Peter Farrow bought the time of a young\\nDutch redemptioncr, who, after a few week.s ser-\\nvice, oflered for liis time to make for his son, Ben-\\njamin a pair of boots seamed in the side, they hav-\\ning been made prior with the scam at the back.\\nThis oll cr Farrow accepted, and the young Ben-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0646.jp2"}, "553": {"fulltext": "TIIH CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n445\\njaniin trod the streets of Camden, proud of his\\nnew boots, and became a walking advertisement\\nand gained for his father much trade.\\nIJenjamin Farrow, in 1820, was apprenticed to\\nGideon Stivers for five years, and continued with\\nhim until 1839, and helped to build Coopers Creek\\nbridge, St. Paul s Episcopal Church and other\\nbuildings. From 1840 to IS. iU he was in the\\nempli)y of the Camden and Amboy Railroad\\nCompany and was stationed on Wind-Mill Islaml\\nto light lamps, ring the fog bell and kept the\\nregister of boats passing through the canal. He\\nhandled the rope the night the New Jersey\\nwas burned (see page 3(58), and helped swing her\\nround to start for the bar. After service with the\\ncompany, he was sixteen years with Gilbert Balson\\nin the produce business, making a term of fifty-\\none years in the employ of but three persons or\\nfirms. He now resides at 256 Sycamore Street.\\nHis memory of the early days is excellent.\\nIn 1815, he states, on Cooper Street there was a\\ngroup of houses at the ferry, the Pilosi house de-\\nscribed above and then occupied by Mr. and Mrs.\\nTittin a frame house on the corner of Third and\\nCooper, occupied by Isaac Wilkins, and who later\\nkept a lumber-yard extending from the bank to\\nwhere the Wat Jersey Press building now stands;\\nand the brick rough-cast house of Edward Sharp,\\nlong known as the Dr. Harris house, on the corner\\nof Second and Cooper.\\nJoshua Cooper s brick house was built in 1810,\\nand was later owned by Dr. Isaac S. Mulford, and\\nnow by the Safe Deposit Company. Joshua\\nCooper was an ardent Federalist, and about 1803\\nnamed the road that extended down to his ferry\\nFederal Street, hence the origin of the name.\\nNearly opposite Joshua Cooper s farm-house, and\\nwhere S. S. E. Cowperth wait s stfire now stands, was\\na frame house. On the corner of Second and Fed-\\neral was a frame house, occupied by Henry Chew,\\na sea-captain. On Fourth and Federal stood the\\nMethodist Church, erected in 1809, and on Fed-\\neral, near Fiftli Street, was a frame house, occu-\\npied by Frank Peters.\\nPlum Street was laid out in 1803, and the name\\nchanged to Arch by action of the Common Council\\n.Tune 26, 1873. On the north side of Plum, above\\nThird Street, in 1815 were two one-story and two\\ntwo-story frame buildings. On the northwest cor-\\nner of Fourth and Plum was a frame building\\nowned by Sylvanus Shepherd, and on the northeast\\ncorner a two-story brick building owned by Isaac\\nSmith. Next above was a frame building owned\\nby Captain Manley Smallwood; above were two\\nor three frame buildings owned by Amos Middle-\\n53\\nton, father of ex-Mayor Timothy Middleton. Ed-\\nward Daughcrty made sausages in a two-story\\nframe building above Sylvanus Shepherd s.\\nThomas Smith lived on the southeast corner of\\nFourth and Plum. His widow, a few years later,\\nerected the building on the northeast corner of\\nFourth and Federal. On the south side of Plum\\nStreet, below Fourth, were three frame buildings\\nowned by John Warren. Below was a two-story\\nframe house built in 1810 by Mrs. Peter P arrow,\\nbelow which, in the same block, were two frame\\nhouses and two brick houses owned by Daniel\\nSwim.\\nOn Market Street wore the ferry-hou.ses. On the\\nsouth side, below Second Street, was a frame build-\\ning put up in 1810 by Thomas Wright, and now\\nused as a saloon, and a brick bank building corner\\nof Second and Market, the brick dwelling-house of\\nGeorge Genge, still standing on the southeast cor-\\nner of Second and Market. On Market, above\\nThird, the brick building now .standing, long the\\nresidence of Dr. O. G. Taylor. There were no other\\nhouses on Market Street, except the academy, on\\nthe corner of Sixth and Market Streets.\\nThe Friends Meeting-house, built in 1801, stood\\nat the intersection of Mount Ephraini road and\\nMount Vernon Streets, and near it was the resi-\\ndence of Richard Jordan, a prominent minister\\namong the Friends, a sketch of whom will be\\nfound on page 331.\\nAt Coopers Point was the ferry-house, built in\\n1770, the dwelling-house above (now occupied by\\nMrs. Sarah (Cooper) Gaskill), built iu 1789, and a\\nfew other smaller dwellings the old Benjamin\\nCooper house, built in 1734, the I. C. E. hou^e,\\nbuilt in 1788, and the Cope house, built in 1766,\\nall still standing.\\nAt Kaighns Point was the old mansion-house of\\nJohn Kaighn, built in 1696, with its yew and\\nbox-trees in front, and the house built by Joseph\\nKaighn, about 1750, then used as a ferry-house\\nand standing on the bank of the river, but now\\nseveral blocks away, and a few other dwellings and\\nout-houses.\\nBetween the Federal Street Ferry and the\\nKaighns Point Ferry was the farm-house of\\nIsaac Kaighn, occupied by Thomas, the father of\\nJoseph Githens, now the oldest living ferryman\\non the river. Below Kaighns Run were the his-\\ntoric old Mickle residences.\\nIn 1815 Randall Sparks was keeping a ferry.\\nSoon after this time the question of extending\\nslavery into the Wastcrn States and Territories\\nwas being agitated throughout the North, and a\\npublic meeting of the citizens of Gloucester was", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0647.jp2"}, "554": {"fulltext": "446\\nIIISTOKY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ncalled to meet at tbe house of Randall Sparks, iu\\nCamden, on the 10th of December, 1819, for the\\npurpose of taking into consideration the subject of\\nslavery and to express their sentiments and opin-\\nions on the propriety of limiting its extension and\\nprohibiting its introduction into new States here-\\nafter to be admitted into the Union.\\nAt this meeting Edward Sharp was appointed\\nchairman and J. J. Foster secretary. A committee\\nwas appointed consisting of the Rev. Samuel Wil-\\nmer, Svvedesboro John Tatem, Jr., Deptford\\nJohn Firth, Gloucester Edward Sharp, Camden\\nJohn Clement and J. J. Foster, Haddoniield and\\nDaniel Lake, of Egg Harbor to draft resolutions,\\nexpressive of their sentiments and to prepare a\\nmemorial for signatures deprecating the admission\\nof new States and Territories upon the terms pro-\\nposed.\\nThe ferries constituted the leading business of\\nCamden in 1800. In addition, there were several\\ntanneries, one of which was conducted by a Mr.\\nHaines. It was near Coopers Point, north of Vine\\nand west of Point Street. He was succeeded by\\nCharles Stokes, who sold to Captain William\\nNewton, wbo continued until his death, when the\\nbusiness was abandoned.\\nA tannery also wasin operation between Market\\nand Arch Streets, below Front. It was abandoned\\nabout 1822.\\nBenjamin Allen, before 1810, established a tan-\\nnery west of Second Street and north of Kaighn\\nAvenue. It was continued until 1838, and at one\\ntime had forty vats.\\nWilliam Williams, an enterprising resident of\\nCamden, as early as 1816, constructed a large bath-\\nhouse, which in the warm season he moored\\non the west side of the bar above Wind-Mill Is-\\nland, and running row-boats to Market Street,\\nPhiladelphia, for passengers, secured a good pat-\\nronage and made money. When his house was\\nworn out, however, he quit the business. In 1835\\nsimilar boat-houses on the river excited the ire of\\nCity Council, and a committee was appointed to\\ninduce the Philadelphia authorities to suppress the\\nannoyance to the modest who crossed the river on\\nthe ferry-boats.\\nCamden in 1824.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 About 1800 William Bates,\\na blacksmith, opened a shop on the east side of\\nFront Street, above Market, and on the site of\\nJoseph Z. Collings present coach factory. A few\\nyears later he sold to Thomas L. Rowand, who\\nconducted the business several years and sold to\\nSamuel Foreman, who had been his apprentice,\\nand continued many years, and in 1841 the busi-\\nness was sold to Samuel D. EUVeth, who, in 1848,\\nmoved to the site of the Electric Light Company s\\nworks and continued as a machinist, repairing ferry-\\nboats until 18G3, when be sold to Derby Weath-\\nerby, who then began their present business. Sam-\\nuel D. Elfretb was apprenticed by his father, Joseph\\nElfreth, of Haddonfield, in 1824, to Samuel Fore-\\nman, the blacksmith, in Camden. In April of that\\nyear, when fourteen years of age, he came to\\nCamden and began his apprenticeship. He de-\\nscribes the busine.-s interests of the place at that\\ntime as follows Foreman s blacksmith shop and\\nSamuel Glover s carriage shop were on the site of\\nJ. Z. Collings present coach factory; Samuel Scull\\nhad formerly occupied the place of Glover, but was\\nthen carrying on the same business at the corner\\nof Arch and Front Streets. He died a few years\\nlater.\\nWilliam Carman, who married Mary, the daugh-\\nter of Daniel Cooper, removed to Camden about\\n1820, and in 1823 built the large brick house stand-\\ning on the northeast corner of Broadway and Bridge\\nAvenue, where he resided. By his marriage he\\ncame into posses-ion of considerable land lying\\nbetween Federal Street and Washington, and made\\nmany improvements. In 1830 he built the large\\nframe bouse on the southwest corner of Broadway\\nand Federal Streets. He carried on the lumber\\nbusiness and saw-mill at Coopers Point many\\nyears and was active in city affairs.\\nOn the southwest corner of Front and Cooper\\nstood a livery stable, occupied by Joshua Porter\\nand John Thorn. A tannery had formerly stood\\nui)on its site. On the west side of Front Street,\\njoining the livery stable, was the printing-office\\nconducted by Samuel Ellis, who then published\\nthe American Star and Rural Uecord.\\nOn the corner of Front and Market was Brown-\\ning s Ferry House, leased then to Benjamin Springer\\nwho ran the Market Street Ferry with a nine-horse\\nteam-boat. Between Market and Plum and on\\nFront Street stood the carriage fiictory and black-\\nsmith shop of Isaac Vansciver. It was destroyed by\\nfire Nov. 24, 1834, with a large amount of stock,\\nalso his dwelling-house adjoining. The buildings\\nin the vicinity were much endangered, and the\\nprogress of the fire was stopped by fire companies\\nof Philadelphia that crossed the ferry. The build-\\nings belonged to Abraham Browning, Sr., who\\npromptly rebuilt on the site three brick buildings,\\nand Vansciver again took possession. The citizens\\nof Camden met at Isaiah Toy s Ferry House and\\npassed resolutions recognizing the efficient ser-\\nvices of twelve fire companies and ten hose com-\\npanies of Philadelphia. On the 18th of January,\\n1842, Vansciver s coach factory was again de-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0648.jp2"}, "555": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n447\\nstroyed by fire, and rebuilt by Mr. Browning, and\\nagain on the 19th of May, 185(), a fire occurred at\\nthe phice and destroyed one of the buildings in\\nwhich was a barrel and keg factory on the first\\nfloor and a soap factory on the second floor.\\nThomas Rogers, whose house was on the north-\\neast corner of Second and Market, was a brass\\nfounder, and had a shop to the rear of his resi-\\ndence. This section of the town was very swampy,\\nand an elevated walk was built from his house to\\nthe shop. To the rear of the shop was a large\\npond, where the boys of the neighborhood sought\\ncat-fish and eels, with which it was plentifully\\nstocked.\\nSamuel Cake, in 1824, kept the Federal Street\\nFerry House, and ran a stage from the ferry to\\nLeeds Point, Atlantic County. In a slack time of\\nbusiness, between 1820 and 1825, Benjamin Farrow,\\napprentice to Gideon Stivers, drove a stage a\\nshort time over this route, leaving the ferry at six\\no clock A.M., and reaching the terminus at four\\no clock P.M., making six miles an hour, and car-\\nried the mail in his pocket. Stages also ran from\\nthe same ferry to Cape May and Tuckerton, under\\ncharge of Joel Bedine; to Woodbury, under John\\nN. Watson; and to Bridgeton, under John Parvin.\\nOn the south side of Federal Street, at the ferry,\\nwere the livery stables of Samuel Laning and the\\nhay-scales and grocery of John Wessels.\\nThe bank was then in operation on the corner\\nof Second and Market Streets, the building having\\nbeen formerly used as a dwelling and shoe-shop of\\nPeter Farrow. Richard M. Cooper kejit a store at\\nCooper Street Ferry and also the post-oflice.\\nNathan Davis was for many years his deputy, and\\nfinally succeeded him in the post-ofiice. A cigar-\\nbox was the receptacle of all the letters brought\\nby one mail then. William Cooper kept the\\nCoopers Point Ferry and Ferry House. A store\\nwas kept at that place by John Wood.\\nWhere the Camden and Amboy Railroad track\\ncrosses Market Street, Isaac McCully had a black-\\nsmith shop, William Cafl rey soon after opened a\\nwheelwright shop, and around these shops grew\\nup Dogwoodtown in later days, and the shops\\ndeveloped into the establishment of Charles Caf-\\nfray.\\nAt the head of Market, on north side, above\\nf^ifth Street, and the upper end of the town plot,\\nin 1824 Jacob Lehr built a large candle factory,\\ntwenty by fifty feet, with a capacity of making at\\none time one thousand two hundred candles daily.\\nIt was continued by him until 1840, and was later\\nused by Frederick Fearing, who manufactured\\npiano-s in the building until about 1854. The\\ndrug store of Charles Stejtheiisnu occupies part of\\nthe site.\\nBenjamin Allen was running a tannery with\\nforty vats at Kaighns Point, west of Second Street,\\nand north of Kaighn Avenue. It had been in\\noperation many years.\\nElias Kaighn had established, at Kaighns Point,\\nan edge tool and carriage spring nuinufactory,\\nwhich he enlarged and added thereto a foundry.\\nHe also had a foundry in Camden about 1835 to\\n1840, which, in the latter year, he leased and con-\\ntinued at Kaighns Point. In 1834 he opened a\\ncoal-yard at Kaighns Point, and kept the Lehigh\\nand Schuylkill coal. His foundry and shops were\\ncontinued many years.\\nThe Ferry House and ferry at Kaighns Point\\nwere kept by Ebenezer Toole.\\nAssessments of 1834.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 1834 Isaac H. Porter\\nwas assessor, Caleb Roberts, collector, and John\\nK. Cowperthwaite, treasurer of Camden township,\\nwith Nathan Davis, Gideon V. Stivers and Isaac\\nVansciver, commissioners of appeal. The tax re-\\nquired was,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 For State, $158.90 county, $470.25\\npoor, $235; town ship, $600,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 total, $1463.15. The\\ntax-rate was 25 cents on the $100; householders, 45\\ncents; single men, $1.65; horses and mules, 40 cents;\\ncattle, 18 cents; gigs and chairs (pleasure carriages),\\n28 cents; common wagons and dearborns, 40 cents;\\nj.ack-wagons (leather springs), 80 cents .sulkies, 21\\ncents. There were 561 ratables, of whom 440\\nwere householders and 121 single men. The tax\\nduplicate footed up $2153, less $74.50 dog tax.\\nThe dog tax was 50 cents. The following, taken\\nfrom the assessments of that year, will give an\\nidea of the possessions of the leading property-\\nholders of that day\\nMrs. Ann Andrews was taxed $4 for a lumber-\\nyard. Josiah Atkinson was assessed at $1000. Ben-\\njamin Allen, the tanner, for forty vats, $1300\\nmortgages and $1900 real estate. Atwood Caw-\\ncey, five lots on Market Street, $1300. Ann Bur-\\nrough, for the Taylor property on Market, above\\nThird, was assessed $300, and $2000 for other\\nproperty. William Bates, house and lot, southeast\\ncorner Fifth and Market, $1500; five lots on Fifth,\\nbelow Market, $300, and lands, $600. Abraham\\nBrowning, Sr., store and lot. Second and Market,\\n$1000 livery stable, $500 other property, $1500.\\nRichard M. Cooper, property, $12,200; lands,\\n$1500 his tax was $39.40. William Carman s\\nproperty was assessed at $18,800 one lot, $300\\nand his saw-mill was taxed $4. Daniel S. Carter,\\nassessed at $800 and Edward Dougherty at $700.\\nElizabeth Heyle was assessed at S7000, besides\\ntwenty-three lots at $900. Hugh Hatch, assessed", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0649.jp2"}, "556": {"fulltext": "448\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nat $15,100 tax, $47. Joseph Kaighn s assessments\\nwere, three lots. $4.50; three lots, $150 a store,\\n$400 bonds and mortgages, $47,985; other prop-\\nerty, S4400,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 total, $53,385; his tax was $136.60.\\nCharles Kaighn was assessed at $2900 and taxed\\n$1 for a lumber-yard. Charity, Urace and Ann\\nKaighn were assessed $1700, $1100, and .$3200, re-\\nspectively. John Kaighn, real property, $4. )00\\nlands and mortgages, $5000. Ebenezer Levicki\\nthe tanner, was taxed for forty vats, and Aiiley\\nMcAlla, long cashier of the Statej Bank, was\\nassessed for $2000 of property. Dr. Isaac Miil-\\nford was assessed at $4300. William Fortner\\nwaa assessed at $2100, and for a lot and shop\\nhe bought of Caleb Roberts, next to the south-\\nwest corner of Second Street and Federal, $200.\\nRichard Fetter s 48i Fettersville lots were as-\\nsessed at $50 each. The frame two-story house\\nwhich he used for a store, and an upper room of\\nwhich he rented for Council meetings in 1828, for\\n$12 per year, on Third below Market, where As-\\nsociation Hall now stands, was assessed at $400.\\nHis other property was assessed at $11,485, besides\\n$4655 in lands and mortgages and $100 for the\\nShivers lot, total, 119,080. This tax was $47.62i.\\nEllen Genge, real property, $7300 personal, $4,-\\n000. Her tax was $28.55. Frederick Rath, the\\nveteran ferryman, was assessed at $2200. Collector\\nCaleb Roberts was taxed 63 cents. John Sisty, the\\nBaptist preacher, was assessed at $5800, besides\\n$3900 in the name of Sisty Richards, partners\\nin real estate transactions. Isaac Smith s property\\nwas assessed at $8600, and bonds at $400. Joab\\nScull was assessed at $1200, and taxed $4 for his\\nstore at Second and Federal.\\nGideon V. Stivers was assessed at $9400, besides\\n$350 for his carpenter shop, which stood on Fourth\\nStreet, adjoining the First Baptist Church on the\\nnorth. He was also assessed $150 for Stokes\\nshop. Ebenezer Toole, of the Kaighns Point\\nFerry, was assessed at $19,250 also $900 for 3J lots\\nand $50 for a lot. His tax was $50.25. Isaac Van-\\nsciver s carriage factory, Front and Arch, was as-\\nsessed at $1200, and his other property at $5000.\\nJoseph Weatherby built and opened the Railroad\\nHotel, Second and Bridge Avenue, when the Cam-\\nden and Amboy Railroad was built, and was as-\\nsessed at $600. David Read, grandfather of Joseph\\nJ., Edmund E. and the late John S. Read, was\\nassessed at $2000, besides a lot at iOO.\\nThe legal fee of the assessor was eight cents j)er\\nname, but the economic voters of that day devised\\na plan to save by voting for the candidate who\\noffered to do the work for the lowest price. Thus\\nDaniel S. Carter, at the sprins eleclion in 1S3.S,\\noffered to assess for four cents, and being the low-\\nest bidder, got the votes and the job, but when he\\nasked for eight cents a name he received it, for\\nthe law was on his side. When, however, at the\\nnext town-meeting, he made a similar offer, the\\nvoters preferred the bid of Caleb Roberts for four\\ncents and made him assessor, with Isaac H. Porter\\ncollector on the same terms. The emoluments of\\nthe offices that year were, Roberts, assessor, $34.-\\n02 Porter, collector, $35.52 while Josiah Shi-\\nvers, assessor in 18.35, received $59.73 for his ser-\\nvices, his popularity, or, maybe, absence of compe-\\ntition, securing him the contract at six cents a.\\nname.\\nIntekestinCt Facts and Incidents. Joseph\\nEdwards, in the year 1826, erected a distillery\\nfor the distilling of spirits of turpentine, on the\\nwest side of Front Street, south of the old print-\\ning-office. Rosin was brought from North Car-\\nolina, and for several years he carried on an\\nextensive business, and until distilleries began to\\nbe erected nearer the supply of rosin. About 1833\\nhe sold to Benjamin F. Davis, who turned his\\nattention to the preparation of camphine, burning-\\nfluid and other illuminators. He did a large busi-\\nness and made money. Several disastrous fires\\noccurred at his works, and Council passed an\\nordinance restricting the boiling or distilling of\\noil or turpentine within the city limits. With the\\nadvent of coal oil, Davis occupation vanished.\\nCharles Freeman, about 1833, established a fac-\\ntory at the foot of what is now Penn Street, on the\\nnorth side, for the manufacture of leather and fur\\ncaps. Women were mostly employed. His works\\nwere removed a short time after to near the centre\\nof the square bounded by Front, Second, Market\\nand Cooper Streets, where he added the manufac-\\nture of oil-cloth. This establishment was destroyed\\nby fire January 18, 1844.\\nAfter Charles Freeman removed his cap factory\\nfrom the foot of Penn Street, Flannigan Carpen-\\nter fitted up the building for a grist-mill, which\\nthey continued for several years and sold to Bing-\\nham McKeen. The mill was in operation until\\nit was destroyed by fire. Above the grist-mill of\\nFlannigan Carpenter, Joseph Jones also erected\\na grist-null, which was in operation several years.\\nJacob Sawn, in June, 1834, began the manufac-\\nture of cedar-ware on Second Street, five doors\\nbelow Federal. Jacob Ludlam, who had kept\\nstore for several years on Federal Street, opposite\\nthe town-house, sold his grocery, April 15, 1834,\\nto Aniasa Armstrong. Josiah S. Stevenson, April\\n15, 1834, opened a flour, feed and grocery store on\\nthe corner of Market and Second Streets, opposite", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0650.jp2"}, "557": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n449\\nthe bank. John R. Sickler, former editor of the\\nCamden Mail, in 1834 opened h drug and medi-\\ncine store at his residence, on Market Street, be-\\ntween Third and Fourth.\\nAbout 1830 Robert Smith ftarted a pottery,\\nusini; a portion of Benjamin Allen s premi-ses at\\nKaighns Point. He took in partnership with him\\nhis brother, George H. Smith. The product was\\nglazed earthenware. The industry continued for\\na number of years. George H. Smith was a har-\\nness-maker and a prominent politician.\\nBenjamin Dugdale, a son-in-law of James\\nKaighn, about 1830 established a tannery at the\\nloot of Cooper Street, on the site of Esterbrook s\\npen factory, which in 1834 had ibrty vats and was\\nconducted by Ebenezer Levick. The site was\\nlater used by Joseph Myers for a livery stable, and\\nuntil the Camden Water- Works Company erected\\nthe brick building now part of the pen factory.\\nSmith Kane, in May, 1834, opened a Drug\\nand Medicine Store on the northwest corner of\\nPlum and Third Streets, and in May, 183.5, dis-\\nsolved partnership. Daniel S. Smith continued\\nthe business and soon after sold to Dr. J. Roberts.\\nJ. C. De La Cour became a partner and on October\\n19, 1836, the latter was alone in the Drug and\\nChemical Store, and is now (188()) in the same\\nbusiness. Browning Morgan had been for many\\nyears engaged in the sale of drugs and medicine.\\nLedden Davis, after conducting the dry-goods\\nand grocery business for many years, sold out in\\nJune, 1834. A few years later he went to Chicago.\\nHis store was on the north side of Plum Street,\\ntwo doors below PViurth.\\nNorcross. Reeves, Toy Co. advertised, Octo-\\nber 23, 1834, that in addition to their old estab-\\nlished mail-stage, they would begin to run a new\\naccommodation stage, to leave Good Intent every\\nmorning, Sundays excepted, and pass through\\nBlackwoodto\u00c2\u00abn, Chews Landing, Mount Ephraim,\\nand returning leave Toy s Ferry, Camden, at 2.30\\nP..M.\\nJohn Brock and Jonathan Pitney, M.D., (the\\nlatter of whom became the projector of the Cam-\\nden and Atlantic Railroad), in this year (1834)\\n(lisjiosed of their line of stages running between\\nPhiladelphia, Absecom and Somers Point, consist-\\ning of twelve horses, two stages and mail contract.\\nDr. Lee advertised that he had paid consider-\\nable attention to the practice of dentistry, such as\\ntilling, plugging and extracting teeth, and asked\\nthe patronage of the people of Camden.\\nPhilip J. Grey, then editor of the West Jer-\\nsey Mail, says, in this year (1834), that Camden\\nsends off two or three coaches daily to the South.\\nMr. Cole has a four-story shop with one hundred\\nwindows. Richards CVdlins and T. R. S.\\nHumphreys each had shops. Isaac Vansciver was\\nalso the proprietor of a large establishment.\\nDavy Crockett, the celebrated frontiersman,\\nstopped in Camden on the 14th of May, 1834,\\nwhile on his way to Washington from Boston. He\\nwas then a representative in Congress from the\\nState of Kentucky. He also stopped at Jersey\\nCity on his way to Camden, and at a shooting-\\nmatch there he gave splendid evidences of his\\nskill as a marksman, hitting a silver quarter of a\\ndollar at a distance of forty yards. While visiting\\nCamden he was the guest of Isaiah Toy, at his\\nFerry Hotel, now at the foot of Fedei-al Street.\\nAfter attending a banquet given by Mr. Toy, in\\nhis honor, he participated in a shooting-match,\\nbut before he had an opportunity to sustain his\\nfame as a marksman, some of the light-fingered\\ngentry, always present at such places, stole from\\nhim the sum of one hundred and sixty dollars,\\nwhich very much discomfited the humorist Con-\\ngressman. Other unwary persons present met a\\nsimilar misfortune at this shooting-match.\\nBy an act of Congress in 1834, the city of Cam-\\nden became a port of entry, and Morris Croxall\\nbecame surveyor and inspector.\\nAugust 25, 1834, George Elliot, an aeronaut,\\nmade an ascension from Camden in his balloon\\nLafayette.\\nDaniel S. Southard and Abraham Browning in\\nthis year associated themselves together to prac-\\ntice law and opened an office in a building adjoin-\\ning Toy s Hotel.\\nIn 183.5 there were two thou.sand people and\\nfour hundred houses in Camden the latter were\\nall occupied and there was a great demand for\\nmore.\\nBenjamin Burrough, who for many years had\\nkept a livery stable at Coopers Point, advertised\\nfor sale in May, 1834 Bradford Stratton, of the\\nsame place, advertised his livery stable for sale\\nSeptember 30, 1835.\\nJacob S. Collings, before 1835, had a coach man-\\nufactory, which turns coaches, dear-borns and\\nvehicles of various descriptions.\\nIn August, 1835, William Korcross Co., of\\nBlackwood, advertised a new and superior line of\\nstages leaving Reeves Ferry, Market Street, Phil-\\nadelphia, and Toy s Ferry, Camden, passing\\nthrough Mount Ephraim, Chews Landing, Black-\\nwood, Cross Keys, Squankum, Free Will, Blue\\nAnchor, Winslow, Mays Landing and Somers\\nPoint to Absecom, where there are superior ad-\\nvantages for sea-bathing.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0651.jp2"}, "558": {"fulltext": "450\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nIn 1835 Hannah Clement was keeping a dry-\\ngoods store on Federal Street, below Third. She\\nadvertised a full supply of all kinds of goods.\\nMrs. Vaughn, in 183.5, owned a bakery on the\\ncorner of Third and Market, and in December c)f\\nthat year sold to E. D. Wessels.\\nIn 1836 William J. Hatch was keeping a store\\non the corner of Market and Third Streets.\\nWilliam Morris, in 1836, carried on the watch\\nand clock-making business near the corner of\\nThird and Plum.\\nOn Monday evening, April 4, 1836, at early\\ncaudle-light, a temperance meeting convened in\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church. An address w.is\\ndelivered by William Kee, chairman of the State\\nTemperance Society. Jacob S. Collings was chair-\\nman of ihe meeting. A committee was appointed\\nto draft a constitution for a Camden society. The\\ncommittee reported and a ccmstitution was read\\nand adopted and a society formed.\\nMark Burrough, in 1836, established the busi-\\nness of weaving on Plum Street, between Third\\nand Fourth Streets.\\nJoseph C. Morgan, in June, 1836, advertised for\\nsale his grocery store at Paul s Ferry, Camden.\\nJ. C. Burrough established a tailor shop on the\\ncorner of Second and Federal Streets March 1,\\n1837.\\nThe new burial-ground was opened in May,\\n1837, and the first sale of lots was made on the 29th\\nof the month.\\nCharles Bontemps opened a gunsmith-shop op-\\nposite the bank July 12, 1837. He continued\\nmany years and later was postmaster.\\nCaleb Roberts opened a cabinet-shop on Third\\nStreet, opposite the Methodist Church, in 1837.\\nWilliam Wannon, in February, 1839, established\\na book-bindery in Fettersville, which continued\\nmany years.\\nD. Dickinson, a portrait and miniature painter,\\nopened a studio in Camden August 19, 1840.\\nHoratio Shepherd and Andrew Wilson for sev-\\neral years liad conducted pump-making between\\nClement s and English s Ferries, and August 7,\\n1840, dissolved partnership and Wilson contin-\\nued.\\nDr. Richard M. Cooper opened an office between\\nFront and Second, on Cooper Street, August 26,\\n1840. The upper part of the Baptist Church was\\ndedicated January 3, 1841 N. B. Tindall was then\\npastor. On the 5th of July, 1840, J. Coffee opened\\n11 public-house called Coffee s Woodlands. Seven\\nacres of woodland were fitted up for the public.\\nIt was ten minutes walk from the ferries, and on\\nSunday afternoons an omnibus was in waiting at\\nWalnut Street Ferry to conduct visitors to the\\ngarden. Judge J. K. Cowperthwait opened a store\\nin January, 1841, on the northeast corner of Sec-\\nond and Federal Streets. Charles B. Mench was\\nupholstering in a shop on Plum Street, six doors\\nabove Second Street.\\nJ. H. Chapman, tin plate and sheet-iron\\nworkers, had a shop in 1841 on Market Street be-\\ntween Second and Third- John Ross established\\na tailor shop in May, 1841, in No. 4 Lanning s\\nRow, opposite Cake s Hotel (Toy s Ferry House).\\nJohn B. Richardson advertised to furnish Camden\\nwith Schuylkill coal, from August 12, 1840. Sep-\\ntember 16th, the same year. Cole Ell reth also\\nhad coal for sale. Their office was on Front Street,\\nbetween Market aiid Plum. William Carman, who\\nhad kept both Lehigh and Schuylkill coal since\\n1835, advertised to deliver it from his mill at $4.50\\nper ton. In 1841 Richard Fetters advertised two\\nhundred and eight lots for sale, parts of and addi-\\ntions to his plct, which derived the name of Fet-\\ntersville. On the 8th of June, 1840, George G.\\nHatch advertised to open a milk route and to\\nsupply Camden with pure, good milk and cream,\\nand solicited patronage. This does not appear to\\nbe the first attempt to open a milk route, as in\\n1825 William Carman built a two-story brick house\\non the east side of Newton Avenue, south of Bridge\\nAvenue, for his tenant, Witten Richmond, who\\nfarmed the land and managed the dairy, the\\nCoopers Creek meadows providing the pasture.\\nHe was the first to serve customers by going from\\nhou.se to house. The dairy farm was continued a-s\\nlate as 1859.\\nIn 1842 John James G. Capewell established\\nworks for the manufacture of flint glassware at\\nKaighns Point. They were located in the block\\nbounded by Kaighn Avenue and Sycamore, Sec-\\nond and Locust. The Capewells were masters of\\nthe craft, and putting on the market a superior ar-\\nticle, established a large and lucrative trade, and\\ngave employment to twenty-five skilled mechanics,\\nbesides other help. The works flourished until\\ncrippled by the financial crisis and industrial de-\\npression of 1857, and after a struggle of two years,\\nwere finally closed in 1859.\\nS. W. Trotter, in May, 1842, was kee])ing an\\niron store next to R. W. Cake s Hotel and ferry.\\nR. W. Howell opened a law-office at the foot of\\nMarket Street in 1841, and in May, 1842, moved\\nto building adjoining Cake s Hotel. A Union\\nTemperance Beneficial Society of Camden was or-\\nganized in January, 1842, under an act of Leg-\\nislature, with Samuel H. Davis as secretary.\\nClement Cresson, a druggist at No. A, south side", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0652.jp2"}, "559": {"fulltext": "THK CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n4r)l\\nof Market Street, sold to Edward Cole in Feb-\\nruary, 1843. William Carman built at Coopers\\nPoint a large ice-house in the fall of 1.S42, wbieh\\nheld oO.OOO bushels of ice.\\nJoseph C. Shivers, the proprietor of the old es-\\ntablished line of stages to Haddonficld, sold the\\nbusiness, in October, 1843, to Benjamin M. Rob-\\nerts. Evans Brink, who owned a wharf on the\\nriver-bank, in August, 1843, opened also a coal-\\nyard, where they kept for sale I.iehigh, Beaver\\nMeadow, Peach Orchard, Sugar Loaf, Hazleton\\nand Schuylkill coal for sale. Dr. G. Schwartz,\\nwho had been practicing homreopathy for nine\\nyears, July 23, 1845, advertised that he intended\\nto locate permanently in Camden, and was daily\\nat Mr. Fearing s house, on Market Street near\\nSixth. R. J. Ward opened a new store, corner of\\nFederal and Third Streets, in January, 1844. Ed-\\nward Browning Brothers erected a steam jjlaster-\\nmill on the river s edge and JIarket Street, in\\nMarch, 1846.\\nJesse W. Starr, the proprietor of the West Jer-\\nsey Iron Foundry, opened a hardware store on\\nBridge Avenue, below Second Street, in 184G.\\nIn the year of 1845 great additions were made\\nto the town by extensive building of rows of brick\\nhcjuses in South Camden. Three large brick\\nhouses by Mr. Fearing one large brick dwelling,\\ncorner of Market and Second, by Edward Smith\\nfive-story brick buildingon site of ihe late fire;\\nthree-story elegant brick dwelling, on Cooper\\nStreet, by William Lavvi-ence; Collins Carman,\\ntwo large brick coach-shops, and many other\\nsmaller buildings. Ralph Lee opened a coal-yard\\nat Kaighns Point in 1852. It had been sold three\\nyears before by Elias Kaighn.\\nIn 1852 Lefevre, Guthrie Co. were running\\nthe carriage factory established many years before\\nbv Isaac Cole. It was on the river at the foot of\\nPlum Street.\\nAbout 1845 Collins and the heirs of Marmaduke\\nC. Cope erected on the. Cope property a mill for\\nthe manufacture of paper. It was operated by\\nJames and Robert Greeuleaf; March 24, 1854,\\nthey made an assignment to P. J. Grey. At that\\ntime the mill had been lately repaired, and had a\\ncapacity of manufacturing forty-five tons of paper\\nper month, with ten rag-machines, one cylinder\\nand one Fourdrinier machine. The machine-shops\\nof M. Furbush Son now occupy the site.\\nThe Camden Literary and Library Association\\nwas organized January 23, 1852. A course of lec-\\ntures was conducted in 1853.\\nDr. G. S. Frederick Pfiefter, homreopathic i)hy-\\nsician, opened an office at No. 48 Stevens Street in\\n1854. The Free Reading- Room Association opened\\nrooms in the second story of Samuel Andrews\\nbuilding in Octolier, 1851. The corner-stone of\\nthe Methodist Church, on Coopers Hill, was laid\\nAugust 7, 1855; Bishop Janes and Rev. Mr. Bar-\\ntine conducted the services. The State Agricul-\\ntural Society held its fair at Camden September\\n18-21, 1855. The Washington Market-House Com-\\npany was organized April 17, 185C. Brink Dur-\\nviu, in 1854, erected a rolling-mill at (hoopers Point,\\nnear the head of Third Street, for the manufac-\\nture of bai -iron, and operated it for several years.\\nIt was afterwards bought by the firm of Noble,\\nHammett Co., of which Asa Packer was also\\na member. It was subsequently sold to A. T_\\nWilson Co., who did a large business, but\\neventually transferred it to the Camden RoUing-\\nMill Company, which was incorporated by Charles\\nGarrett, J. W. Middleton, Jacob Harned, William\\nDecou, Edward Middleton, Nathan Middleton,\\nAllen Middleton and David Longeneeker, w-ho\\ncontinued business for many years. A nail factory\\nfor the production of cut nails was built by A. T.\\nWilson Co., in 18G0, on Front Street, adjoining\\nthe rolling-mill. They employed four hundred\\nhands in the rolling-mill and nail factory.\\nA foundry was also built, on Second and Erie\\nStreets, by the Cainden Rolling-Mill Company\\nfor the manufacture of cast-iron pipe, and thirty\\nmoulders were employed in the foundry. The\\ncompany operated the foundry until 1869, when it\\nwas bought by Jes e W. Starr Son. The roll-\\ning-mill, nail-works and foundry have been out of\\nblast since 1870; a portion of the land occupied by\\nthem was bought and dwellings erected thereon.\\nThe first cobble pavement was laid in 1851 be-\\ntween Market and Arch. There are now (1S8G) 22\\nmiles of cobble pavement; -ijW miles of rubble pave-\\nment; 2xVii miles of asphalt pavement; 1%% miles\\nof Belgian blocks pavement; ,Vu- miles of Telford\\npavement.\\nThe first culvert was laid along Federal Street\\nin 1864. There was, up to 1886, twenty-eight miles\\nof culverting in the ^ity.\\nThe Pleasure Railway in the city of Cam-\\nden was built in May 1834. It was a circular\\ntrack on which two miniature cars were pro-\\npelled by an easy and healthful ap|)lication of\\npower in a beautiful grove at Coopers Point. It\\nafforded innocent amusement to the youths of that\\nday.\\nThere were no large shoe stores in the early\\ndays of Camden City. Slioes were made to order,\\nand in some cases the shoemaker would take his\\nkit of tools to the house of the patron, who furn-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0653.jp2"}, "560": {"fulltext": "452\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\niahed the leather, and make up a stock sutHcient\\nto hist for months. The leading shoemaker of\\nCamden, in 1828, was James Deur, or Uncle\\nJimmy as he was called. He resided at Coopers\\nPoint and was elected lo the first council to repre-\\nsent the village of William Cooper s Ferry, but\\ndeclined to serve. He was a good man, an active\\nMethodist and a Jack.son Democrat.\\nPleasure Gardens. -The memory of the old-\\nest inhabitant, recalling the scenes of the tir.-t\\nyears of the present century, represents the site of\\nCamden as very rural in its character. Corn-fields,\\npasture-lands, orchards and woods covered its\\nface, and the numerous tidal streams flowing into\\nthe Delaware afforded excellent sport for anglers,\\nand Philadelphians in large numbers, attracted by\\nthese conditions, made it a resort, and sought the\\nshade and pleasure it furnished. The people of\\nPluck-em-in (as Camden was sometimes called),\\nwith an eye to gain, encouraged these visitations\\nby establishing gardens, with seats for the weary,\\nviands for the hungry and drinks for the thirsty,\\nadding to 4;he attractions by providing merry-go-\\nrounds, shuffle-boards, nine-pins, swings and other\\nmeans of pleasure and recreation. Every ferry\\nhad a garden attached to it, and others were to be\\nfound in the oak and pine groves covering much\\nof the land. The Vauxhall Garden was the most\\nnoted of these in the olden time, on the east .side\\nof Fourth Street, between Market and Arch. It\\nwas first opened by Joseph Laturuo, a Frenchman,\\nwho ran the steamer Minette from Market\\nStreet for the accommodation of his patrons. This\\nwas in 1818. The garden was well patronized, but\\nLaturno soon left for Washington, taking the\\nMinette with him. John Johnson succeeded,\\nand was in the hey-dey of success when Camden\\nwas made a city. The first City Council met in\\nhis house. This garden was a great resort while\\nin Johnson s hand.s, and multitudes sought its\\nshades, the amusements it afforded and the ice-\\ncream and the rum toddies it suppliel. The\\nlatter were sometimes too strong for weak heads\\nand at times brawls, fights and even riots resulted\\nfrom too free indulgence. .lohnson was succeeded\\nby a German named Geyer, wiio was noted for\\nhis fondness for crows, which he shot and cooked\\nin a way of his own. This penchant for the sable\\ncroakers led a number of young men to go with a\\nwagon one night to the crow-roost or rookery in\\nthe woods, near the Catholic Cemetery, in Stock-\\nton township, where they secured a large number,\\nand in the morning dumped them before Geyer s\\ndoor, who, whether pleased or not, had the discre-\\ntion to ap.pear i leased, and requested a repetition\\nof the favor. With Geyer s departure, in 1835,\\nVauxhall ceased to be a i ublic resort.\\nThe Columbia Garden was started in 1824 by\\nSebastian Himel, the baker, in the grove between\\nMarket and Arch, above Fifth Street. On his\\ndeath his brother-in-law, Henry C. Heyle, con-\\nducted it, making sausage in winter and running the\\ngarden in summer. He lived there but a short time,\\nand, in 1828, the liquor license was granted to his\\nwidow, Elizabeth Heyle, who conducted it for a\\nnumber of years. It came into the possession of\\nGottlieb Zimmerman, well known to many of the\\npresent generation. He constructed a house in\\nthe form of an immense puncheon, from which the\\ngarden was thereafter known as the Tub. The\\nbar was on the ground floor, while, on the second\\nfloor, large parties enjoyed the pleasures of the\\ndance. The outside of this unique building was\\nkept in place by great bands of iron, similar to the\\nhoops on a barrel. Zimmerman was the last occu-\\npant of the Tub.\\nThe Diamond Cottage, situated north of Cooper\\nand east of Sixth Street, was opened by Joshua\\nVienson, and was a popular resort for many years.\\nIts proprietors after Benson were Gottlieb Zimmer-\\nman, Frank Richter and others. It was classed as\\na beer garden in 1875, and has since been the\\nmeeting-place of the Prohibitionists, who gather in\\nlarge numbers and listen to some of the best\\nspeakers in the land. It is asserted that near the\\nend of the grove, at Cojper Street, was the burial-\\nplace of many dead victims of the yellow fever ep-\\nidemic which visited Philadelphia in 1793, the\\nbodies being brought over the river and buried\\nthere. It was also the burial-place of unknown\\ndrowned persons. New Jersey State fair was held\\nhere in 1855.\\nThe Woodland Garden, along the Camden and\\nAmboy Railroad, northeast of Haddon Avenue,\\nwas opened by Joseph Maurer in 1857. This was\\npart of the Carman grove of oaks that formerly\\ncovered a large space of the centre of the city.\\nIt was popular in its time, and when Maurer died\\nothers succeeded him, but improvements en-\\ncroac-hed upon the grove, and the trees have been\\nsupplanted by brick houses.\\nThe Cave was an excavation in the bank facing\\nthe meadows on Coopers Creek, south of Federal\\nStreet, and was opened in 1855 by August Sand-\\nman and William Helmuth, whose drinking-places\\nwere clo.sed on Sundays by the vigilance of Mayor\\nSamuel Scull. It was not a garden, for there wjis\\nno shade, except that furnished by canvas, but it\\nwas outside the city limits, and tlierefcire beyond\\nthe mayor s juri-idiction, and to it the thirsty hied", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0654.jp2"}, "561": {"fulltext": "THH CITY OV CAMDEN.\\n453\\noil Sunday in large numbers. The Cave maiu-\\nt.ained its existence for several years, but few now\\nliving remember it.\\nCoopers Ferry Garden, situated on the north\\nside of Cooper Street, west of Front, was a noted\\nresort and was started by Joseph and Israel Eng-\\nlish, father and son, when they had charge of the\\nferry. The house was the one built by VV^illiam\\nCooper in 1769, and removed in 1883, the site being\\nwanted for improvements.\\nEnglish s Garden w;is on the south side of Market\\nStreet, below Front, and was first opened by\\nBenjamin Springer in 1818, and continued until\\nseveral years after the West Jersey Hotel was\\nopened by Israel English, in 1849. It was called\\nSpringer s Garden while he controlled it.\\nThe Round House, as the garden at the Federal\\nStreet Ferry was called, because of the circular\\ntwo-story brick house, built by Jacob Ridgway,\\nwas started by him in 1832. It was south of Fed-\\neral Street, the Fulmer building occupying part\\nof the site. The large willows, planted by Ridg-\\nway s orders, were cut down a few years ago.\\nToole s Garden, at Kaighns Point, was south\\nand east of the hotel at Front Street and Kaighn\\nAvenue. There was a small garden attached to\\nthe hotel below the ferry and both places had\\nmany visitors. Dr. L. F. Fisler says Kaighns\\nPoint at that day was a place of great resort for\\nthe citizens of Philadelphia during the summer\\nseason. It is said that Captain Watmough, of the\\nWashington Guards, and Captain James Page, of\\nthe State F encibles, often visited this cool and\\nshady retreat, accompanied by Frank Johnson s\\nrenowned Black Band. Then the music consisted\\nof national and patriotic airs and marches, instead\\nof so much of the spiritless pieces of the present\\nday.\\nThere was a garden at the Coopers Poiut Ferry,\\nand, in fact, every ferry had a garden, excc])! that\\non the upper side of Market Street.\\nSausage Weavisg was quite an industry\\nin Camden two and three generations ago, and\\nfarther back than that in all probability, but it is\\none of those trades of which no public record is\\nmade and hence dependence for information re-\\ngarding it falls upon the memory of the living.\\nAmong the oldest living of those who in times\\npiist regaled the taste of Philadelphia epicures\\nwith the well-seasoned, linked-up result of finely-\\nchopped corn-fed pork, named Jersey sausage, was\\nJoseph Sharp, of 830 South Fifth Street, where,\\nabout 1835, he built his house with all the essen-\\ntial appliances for successful trade. He had car-\\nried on for nearly ten years before in the upper\\npart of Philadelphia and found his patrons in the\\nSpring Garden Jlarkel.\\nWilliam Sharp, a brother, started a few years\\nlater, and was quite successful, amassing a compe-\\ntence which he is now enjoying. His establish-\\nment during the last years of his active business\\nlife was on Kaighn Avenue and his market was\\non Shippen Street. Early in the present century\\nDavid Read, grandfather of Joseph J. and Edmund\\nE. Read, of Camden, did a large business at sau-\\nsage weaving at his residence on Arch Street, be-\\nlow Third.\\nJames McGouigle carried on in the twenties,\\nat Fourth Street and Taylor s Avenue, and made\\nmoney.\\nPeter Bender began sausage weaving in 1826,\\non Arch Street, but removed to Coopers Hill. He\\ndied in 18 8.\\nThomas McDowell s factory Wiis at Xo. 825\\nSouth F^iftli and his brother Isaac was on Third\\nStreet, near Arch. They stood on Market Street,\\nbetween Front and Second Streets, Philadelphia,\\ncalled the Jersey Market, because so many of the\\nstalls were rented by Jerseymen. It was here\\nSamuel Scull, once mayor, once Assemblyman and\\noften Councilman, sold his sausage and Jersey\\ncured hams from his establishment on Kaighn\\nAvenue, near Locust.\\nThe earliest sausage weaver, of which tradition\\ngives notice, was Edward Daugherty, who was one\\nof the first Councilmen of the new city, and who\\nlong before there was an established church\\nin Camden, he a Methodist, with Edward Sharp,\\na Presbyterian, established a Sunday-school in the\\nold Camden Academy. Edward Daugherty was re-\\ngarded as one of the best men in the town and was\\nnoted for his integrity in business, in which he\\nsecured competence, if not great wealth. He began\\nbusiness on Federal Street, above Fourth, after-\\nwards building on the northwest corner of Third\\nand Bridge Avenue. He, too, stood in the\\nJersey Market, and, like many of his fellurt--\\ncraftsmen, could be seen early on market mornings\\ntrundlinga wheelbarrow, load with piles of sausage,\\non his way to the ferry aud to the Jersey Mar-\\nket.\\nIt was in this market that Reiley Barrett, a local\\npreacher, politician, shoemaker, city treasurer\\nand member of Assembly, sold his linked wares\\nfor a time, and for many years he dispensed his\\nsausage hot, with coffee and rolls, to his hungry\\nfellow- Jersey men.\\nThere w cre others in the trade in the earlier\\nyears of the century, among them William J.\\nHawk, on Kaighu Avenue, and Andrew Jenkins^", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0655.jp2"}, "562": {"fulltext": "454\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JilRSEY.\\nand all who did not waste, saved money, as for\\nlong years the rejiutation of Jersey Sausage\\nwas such that the demand was equal to the sup-\\nply and the price equal to the reputation. In ad-\\ndition to her duties as proprietress of the Columbia\\nGarden, Elizabeth Heyle did an extensive busi-\\nness in the winter season in sausage-making, as\\ndid her husband, Henry Heyle, many years before\\nhis death, in 1825.\\nCHAPTER IV.\\nBANKS AND BANKING.\\nThe First Bank in New Jersey\u00e2\u0080\u0094 State and National Laws Governing\\nthe Banking System\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The National State Bank of Camden\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The\\nFarmers and Mechanics Bank\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The First National Bank\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The\\nCamden Safe Deposit Company The Camden National Bank.\\nThe First Bank in New jERSEY.^The busi-\\nness of banking in the State of New Jersey origi-\\nnated within the present limits of Camden County,\\nin the year 1682, and its founder was Mark Newbie,\\none of the guiding spirits of the Newton colony,\\nwho located near the middle branch of Newton\\nCreek with the first settlers in 1081. He was a\\nman of considerable estate, and although he lived\\nbut a short time after his arrival in America, he\\nbecame the owner of several large tracts of land.\\nIn May, 1682, the Legislature of New Jersey, by\\nthe passage of the following act, created Mark\\nNewbie the first banker in the province\\nFor the convenient Payment of small sums, be it enacted that\\nMark Newbie s half-pence, from and after the Eighteenth instant,\\npass for half-pence current pay of the province, provided he, the\\nsaid Mark Newbie, give sufficient security to the Speaker of the\\nHouse for the use of the General Assembly from time to time, that\\nhe, the said QIark Newbie, his Executors and administrators, shall\\nand will change the said half-pence for pay equivalent upon de-\\nmand; and provided also that no person or persons be hereby obliged\\nto take more than hve shillings in one payment.\\nMark Newbie s bank had a short but interesting\\nhistory. He gave as security to the province, as re-\\nquired by the act, a tract of three hundred acres\\nof land in Newton township, and conveyed it to\\nSamuel Jennings and Thomas Budd as commis-\\nsioners.\\nThe half-penny, used as the circulating medium\\nby this pioneer banker, was a copper piece of\\nmouey coined by the Roman Catholics after the\\nmassacre of 1641, in Ireland, and was known as\\nSt. Patrick s half-penny. It had the words\\nFloreat Rex on the obverse, and Ecce Re.\\\\\\non the reverse. These coins were made in Ireland,\\nunder the authority of the law probably only to\\ncommemorate some event but never obtained\\ncirculation in that country. Through the rare\\nforesight of Mark Newbie, a large number of them\\nwas brought to West New Jersey, and made to\\nanswer the wants of the first settlers for several\\nyears as a medium of exchange under the author-\\nity of the legislative enactment given above. These\\ncoins are now very rare, and found only in the\\ncabinets of numismatists. It is not to be supposed\\nthat Mark Newbie had authority to make these\\ncoins in his small habitation in the new country,\\nbut he was careful to keep the amount circulated\\nwithin proper bounds with the supply he brought\\nwith him. Part of his property was pledged to\\nmake good any short-coming. The founder of this\\nfinancial institution died in 1683, and his bank, at\\nsome unknown period, soon after ceased to circu-\\nlate its coins.\\nState and National Laws Governing the\\nBanking System. The Legislature of New Jer-\\nsey established English shillings and New Eng-\\nland shillings before 1682, and in 1693 did the\\nsame thing in relation to Spanish coins, which\\ncame into circulation. For many years after the\\nfirst settlement in New Jersey there was much\\ntrouble concerning the standard value of various\\ncoins whose circulation was authorized by the\\ndift ercnt provinces. The first half-penny was\\nissued in New Jersey in 1709.\\nEarly in the history of the present century\\nstatutes of the different States allowed banks to be\\nestablished for the issue of notes payable in specie\\non demand. These banks were established by acts\\nof the local Legislature, which limited the liability\\nof the shareholders. Banking then was quite free,\\nand all individuals could carry it on, provided they\\npursued the requirements of the law. But under\\nthis system there svas great fluctuation in value,\\nwhich frequently produced bankruptcy and ruin.\\nBetween 1811 and 1820 a number of banks went\\nout of business. The inflation of the bank-notes\\nwas wonderful between 1830 and 1837. But just\\nas the amount had increased, it decreased corre-\\nspondingly during the following six years, till 1843,\\nand this caused the ruin of many financial institu-\\ntions. Among them was the Bank of the LTnited\\nStates, the renewal of whose charter had been de-\\nnied by President Jackson.\\nThe loss in the value of stocks and property of\\nall kinds was enormous. But, great as it was, it\\nwas trifling compared with the injury which re-\\nsulted to society in disturbing the elements of\\nsocial order, and in causing the utter demoraliza-\\ntion of men by the irresistible temptation to spec-\\nulation which it afforded, and by swindling to re-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0656.jp2"}, "563": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0657.jp2"}, "564": {"fulltext": "^?./^yLr-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0658.jp2"}, "565": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n455\\ntain riches dishonestly obtained, .\\\\nother crash\\ntook place in 1857.\\nAt the bcginuiug of the war the paper money in\\ncirculation amounted to two hundred million dol-\\nlars, of which three-fourths had been issued in the\\nNorthern States, and the coin amounted to two\\nhundred and seventy-five million dollars. The\\nearly necessities of the national treasury in this\\ntrying period compelled the government to borrow\\nmoney, and in this behalf, in February, 1802,\\nCongress authorized the issue of Treasury notes\\namounting to one hundred and fifty million dol-\\nlars, and declared them to be legal tender except\\nfor customs duties and for interest on the national\\ndebt. This action was taken after a full, if not a\\nbitter, discussion of the question. Its constitu-\\ntionality was contested vigorously, but unsuccess-\\nfully.\\nA premium on gold naturally followed, causing\\nit to be drawn entirely from circulation, and this\\nincreased as the Treasury notes multiplied. Then\\nthe national banking system was introduced to\\nsupply a circulating medium. This was created on\\nFebruary 25, 1863, and amended June 3, lSt)4,\\nwhereby a Buresrii and Comptroller of Currency\\nwere appointed in the Treasury Department, with\\npower to authorize banking associations, under\\ncertain provisions, for public security. The exist-\\ning State banks were rapidly transformed into\\nnational banks under this system, and their pre-\\nvious notes were withdrawn from circulation. The\\ncurrency of the country in this manner came to\\nconsist of Treasury demand notes, which, in 1865,\\namounted to four hundred and fifty million dol-\\nlars, and of national bank notes, which approached\\nthe limit of three hundred million dollars. The\\nlatter circulated as freely as the former, because\\ntheir ultimate redemption was assured by the de-\\nposit of an adequate amount in United States\\nbonds at the national treasury. This system was\\nfound superior in the protection against loss\\nwhich it atibrded, but it could not prevent a finan-\\ncial crisis from sweeping over the country, espe-\\ncially when other causes, such as excessive manu-\\nfactures and enormous losses from fire, contributed\\ngreatly towards the result.\\nCongress also authorized small notes for five,\\ntwenty-five and fifty cents to be issued for the pur-\\npose of supplying the loss of the small denomina-\\ntions of coin money from circulation. This was\\ncommonly known as currency. It was all re-\\ndeemed after the war.\\nDuring this period merchants at Camden, as\\nwell as other towns and cities, issued and circu-\\nlated for a time their own fractional demand notes\\nfor the purpose of encouraging trade amongst one\\nanother. But it was gradually redeemed as the\\nnational currency was supplied.\\nThe National State Bank of Camden.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nWhen Camden was but a small village, and at a pe-\\nriod in our national historj when the minds of the\\nmajority of American jieople were turned toward the\\nconflict of arms about to open between the United\\nStates and Great Britain, and when the financial\\naffairs of our country required the utmost care in\\ntheir management, the Legislature of New Jersey,\\nby an act approved January 28, 1812, authorized\\nthe establishment of State Banks at Camden,\\nTrenton, New Brunswick, Elizabeth, Newark and\\nMorris.\\nThe Bank of Camden was created a corporation,\\nunder the name of The President, Directors and\\nCompany of the State Bank at Camden, to con-\\ntinue twenty years from the first Monday in Feb-\\nruary, 1812.\\nThe capital stock was divided into sixteen thou-\\nsand shares of fifty dollars each, making eight\\nhundred thousand dollars, of which the State of\\nNew Jersey reserved the privilege of subscribing\\nto one-half. Joseph Cooper, Joseph Rogers, Azel\\nPierson, John Coulter and Joseph Sloan were ap-\\npointed commissioners to receive subscriptions to\\nthe stock. Books of subscription were accordingly\\nopened and eight thousand shares of fifty dollars\\neach were subscribed for, making a capital of four\\nhundred thousand dollars. Wm. Russell, Henry\\nChew, Richard M. Cooper, Thomas Jones, Jr.,\\nJames Matlack, Joseph Mcllvain, Jacob Glover,\\nRobert Newell, Samuel C. Champion, Maurice\\nWurts, John Coulter, John Warner, James Sloan,\\nJohn Rogers and Thomas Wright were appointed\\ndirectors by the said act of incorporation. Wm.\\nRossell was elected president and Richard M.\\nCooper appointed cashier. The business of bank-\\ning commenced on the 16th day of June, 1812.\\nThe following is a copy of an advertisement of\\nthis institution at the date given, being a short\\ntime after the opening of the bank for business:\\nSTATE BANK.\\nCamden, N. J.\\nNotice having been given that the State Bank of Camden has\\nbeen opened for the transaction of business, on the 15th instant.\\nThe directors days are Wednesday and Saturday of every weelt.\\nNotes intended for discount for the accommodation of citizens of\\nNew Jersey, must be presented at the Banlving House on Tuesday\\nor Friday at or before 2 o clock p.m. of each discount day all\\nnotes designed to be discounted must bo made payable at the State\\nBank of Camden, agreeably to the following form\\nDollars\\ndaifs after daU promise to\\npay to the order of at the State\\nliank of Camden tollai-s wUliout dit-\\ncount or defalcation for valtie received.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0661.jp2"}, "566": {"fulltext": "456\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nThe lioin-H for the transaction of liusineBS will l e from ten o clock\\nA.M. to four o clock r.M. every day in the week (Sundays ex-\\ncepted). NoteH inteniierl for diiicount for the accommodation of\\ncitizens of Philadelphia may Ije sent to the banking house or\\nleft at No. 34 Chnrch Alley, where a box is provided for the re-\\nception of the same, provided they are left at or before 2 o clock\\nof each di3tu)niit day. .\\\\ppliaiuts for discounts residing in Phil-\\nadelphia will receive answers in i#riting at their respect ive places\\nof business on tlie day following each discount day before 1\\no clock P.M.\\nBy order of the board of directors.\\nKiciiAHD M. Cooper, CanhU r.\\nCamden, .June 11, 181\\nOn the 19th of February, 1813, the right of the\\nState to subscribe to one-half the stock was trans-\\nferred by act of Assembly to John Moore White\\nand others. Subscriptions were accordingly re-\\nceived to the amount of two hundred thousand\\ndollars, thus raising the capital to six hundred\\ntliousand dollars. The remaining four thousand\\nshares were taken by the banks. By an act passed\\nFebruary 15, 1813, the number of directors was\\nfixed at twenty-one.\\nOn the 4th of October, 1822, a committee was\\nappointed by the directors to petition the Legisla-\\nture for a reduction of the capital of the bank, on\\nthe ground that the paid-in capital (six hundred\\nthousand dollars) was more than could be profita-\\nbly employed in the business of the bank, the\\nState tax thereon being burdensome and oppressive\\nto the stockholders. The petition was met by an\\nact empowering the stockholders to determine (at\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a08, general meeting to be convened according to the\\ncharter) the expediency of the proposed reduc-\\ntion. This meeting was called on the 7th day of\\nApril, 1823, and it was unanimously resolved by\\nthe stockholders that the capital stock should be\\nreduced to three hundred thousand dollars, and\\nthat the shares owned by the bank should be ex-\\ntinguished and never reissued, and that after the\\nist day of October, 1823, the number of directors\\nto be chosen should be thirteen instead of twenty-\\none.\\nThe Legislature, by an act passed February 19,\\n1829, extended the act ineorjmrating The Presi-\\ndent, Directors and Company of the State Bank of\\nCamden until the first Monday in February,\\nA.D. 1852. By a subsequent act, the capital stock\\nwas reduced to two hundred and sixty thousand\\ndollars, and by an act of the Legislature, approved\\nJanuary 2(ith A. D. 1849, the act incorporating\\nThe President, Directors and Company of the\\nState Bank of Camden was further extended and\\ncontinued for twenty years from the expiration of\\nits existing charter.\\nWith varied but continuing success this institu-\\ntion maintained its sphere of usofulnes.s up to the\\nperiod of its becoming a National Bank in place\\nof a State Bank, always supporting a character for\\nfair dealing and ever exerting itself to benefit the\\ncommunity in which its business is conducted.\\nThe Congress of the United States having\\npassed an act entitled An Act to provide a\\nNational Currency, secured by a pledge of the\\nUnited States bonds, and to provide for the circu-\\nlation and redemption thereof, approved February\\n25, 1863, and the State of New Jersey having passed\\nan act entitled An Act to enable the banks of the\\nState to become asssociations for the purpose of\\nbanking under the laws of the United States,\\nthe subject of converting this institution into a\\nnational banking association under said national\\nact was brought before the board of directors, then\\ncomposed of John Gill, Joseph W. Cooper, Samuel\\nR. Lippincott, Jonathan J.Spencer, Chas. Reeves,\\nThomas W. Davis, Israel W. Heulings, Joshua\\nLippincott. John D. Tustin, James W. Riddle,\\nJohn H. Stokes, Ephraim Tomlinson and Joseph\\nTrimble.\\nThe signatures of stockholders representing four\\nthousand seven hundred and two shares of stock,\\nequal to two hundred and thirty-five thousand one\\nhundred dollars of the capital, having been oh-\\ntained at various dates, from April 22d to May 6,\\n1865, a special meeting of the directors was held on\\nthe 9th day of May, 1865, when the articles of\\nassociation organization certificate and certifi-\\ncate to the Secretary of State of New Jersey were\\nduly executed, and on the 16th day of May, 1865,\\na majority of the directors were installed, and\\nelected John Gill president and Jesse Townsend\\ncashier, of the National Bank, and executed the\\ncertificate of officers and directors.\\nOn the 2d day of June the comptroller of the\\ncurrency issued to the bank his certificate of au-\\nthority to commence the business of banking under\\nthe national law, since which time it has had a\\nvery successful and prosperous history, being recog-\\nnized as one of the most substantial financial insti-\\ntutions in the State of New Jersey.\\nThe bank was started in a small frame building\\non the site of the present large, commodious and\\nconveniently arranged brick bankiugbuilding, dur-\\ning the erection of which the business was con-\\nducted in a dwelling-house at the southeast corner\\nof Second and Cooper Streets. In 1875 the build-\\ning was remodeled and enlarged to its present size\\nat a cost of thirty thousand dollars, including a\\nlarge vault, for which nine thousand dollars were\\npaid.\\nThe fiJlowing is a complete list of the officers of\\nthis bank, with their terms of service and the names", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0662.jp2"}, "567": {"fulltext": "^i/i^i^-\\nU.6L^", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0665.jp2"}, "568": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0666.jp2"}, "569": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0667.jp2"}, "570": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Jm^^^^\\n2/^^^^^", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0668.jp2"}, "571": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n457\\nof all of the directors with the dates of their elec-\\ntion\\nPBESIDENTS.\\nWilliaro Russell, June 10, 1812, to November 17, 1812.\\nJames Sloan, November 17, 1812, to November 9, 181.i.\\nRklinrtl M. Cooper, November 9, 1813, to November 8, 1842.\\nJohn Gill, November 8, 1842, lo December 4, 1884.\\niHrael Ueulings, January 15, 1884.\\nC.4S1I1F.BB.\\nRichard .M. Cooper, June IG, 1812, to November 9, 1813.\\nWilliam HillegaB, November 9, 1813, to June 8, 1827.\\nBi.bcrt W. Ogden, June 8, 1827, to April V 1843.\\nAuley SIcAlla, May 2, 1843, to April 11, 1850.\\nThoroaa Ackley, April 2, 1856, to April Hi, 18C3.\\nJeBSe Townseuil, April 27, 1803, to July 3, 1871.\\niBiiae C. Slartimlale, July 3, 1871, to February, 1885.\\nWilbur V. Rose, February 2, 1885.\\nDIRECTORS.\\nThe following-named persons compose the\\nboard of directors of this institution for the rear\\nISSC:\\nl.-il7.\\n1818.\\n1820,\\n1821,\\nWilliiini Russell.\\nIleury Chew.\\nRichard M. Cooper.\\nThontas Jones, Jr.\\nJames Matlack.\\nJoseph McIIvaiu.\\n.Jacob Glover.*\\nKobert Newell.\\nSamuel C. Champion.\\nManrice Wurla.\\nJohn Coulter.\\nJohn Warner.\\nJames Sloan.\\n.Tohn Rogers.\\nThomas Wright.\\nWilliam Newbold.\\nJohn Buck.\\nSamuel Spackmau.\\nWilliam Brown.\\nJoseph Rodgers.\\nE. Smith.\\nWilliam Flinthian.\\nWilliam Potts.\\nSamuel Whitall.\\nClement Acton.\\nJames B. Caldwell.\\nJoseph Falkenbarge.\\nH. F. Uollinshead.\\nL Humphreys.\\nMatlack.\\nIS Newbold.\\nnin B. Howell.\\nJoshua Longstreth.\\nBenjamin Masden.\\nWilliam Jlilner.\\nSamuel W. Harrison.\\nIsaac Wilkins.\\nMichael C. Fisher.\\nIsaac C. Jones.\\nThomas Fa.\u00c2\u00absett.\\nJoseph Lee.\\nJoseph C. Swett.\\nil. F. HoUingshead.\\nSanmel L Howell.\\nJohn Stoddart.\\nIsaac Heulings.\\nJohn Gill.\\nJoseph Ogden.\\nBowman Hendry.\\nSamuel C. Champion.\\nJames Saondei-s.\\nJoshua Lippiticott.\\nJames\\nBenja\\n1822. James Kitchen.\\n1824. Nathaniel Potts.\\n1825. Joseph W. Cooper.\\n1828. Thomas Dallett.\\nCharles Stokes.\\n1830. John Bnck.\\n1831. Batian Cooper.\\n1832. Elijah Dallett, Jr.\\nIsaac Lawrence.\\n18:i3. .Tames Lefevre.\\nJames Good.\\n1834. Benjamin Jones.\\n1835. John O. Boyd.\\n1837. John R. Perry.\\n1840. John N. Taylor.\\n1841. Robert K. Matlock.\\n1842. Samuel R. Lippincolt,\\n1843. Joseph Porter.\\nRichard Fetters.\\nCliarles C. Slratton.\\nGillies Dallett.\\n1846. Jonathan J. Spencer, J\\nCharles Reeves.\\n1847. John M. Kaighn.\\n1849. Samuel H. Jones.\\n1853. William P. Lawrence\\n1854. Daniel B. Cunmiins.\\n1855. Richard Jones.\\n1857. Israel W. Heulings.\\n1858. Thomas W. Davis.\\nJames W. Riddle.\\nJohn D. Tustin.\\n1801. Ephraim Tomlinson.\\n1SC3. Joseph Trimble.\\nJohn H. Stokes.\\n1806. William E. Lafferty.\\nEdward Beltle.\\n1868. Charles Haines.\\n1870. Joel P. Kirkbride.\\n1871. William Stiles.\\n1872. William H. Gill.\\n1873. Joshua W. Lipi)i\\n1874. Benjamin F. Archer.\\nJohn S. Bispham.\\nEmmor Roberts.\\n1876. Alden C. Scovel.\\nWilliam Watson.\\n1879. Heulings I.ippincott.\\n1882. Edward Dudley.\\n1886. Simeon J. Ringol.\\nJohn Gill.\\nJohn T. B .ttondov.\\n!Ott.\\nEnimor Roberts.\\nWilliam Watson.\\nHtnilings Lippincott.\\nEdward Dudley.\\nJohn Gill.\\nJohn T. Bottomley.\\nIsrael W. Heulings.\\nThomas W. Davis.\\nEdward Betlle.\\nJoel P. Kirkbride.\\nJoslina W. Lippincott.\\nBenjamin F. .\\\\rcher.\\nJohn S. Bispham.\\nThe following is the present clerical force\\nEdward C. Wclstcr Paying Teller at Bank\\nGoldson Test Paying Teller at Philadeli.hia Office\\nN. F. Cowan Receiving Teller at Bank\\nWilliam Bradway Receiving Teller at Philadelphia Office\\nA. J. String Note Clerk\\nJoseph B. Johnson General Book-keeper\\nA. B. Porter Discount Clerk\\nJohn T. Frazee Assistant Receiving Teller\\nII. M. Heulings Book-keeper\\nAlonzo Wood\\nH. B. Lippincott\\nD. J. Du Bois\\nWilliam O. Wolcott General Assistant\\nB. C. Markley Corresponding Clerk\\nA. D. Ambruster General Assistant\\nJoseph H. Shinn Runner\\nD. M. Davis, M.D Trust Officer\\nJames R. Caldwell Notary\\nThe following is the report of the condition of\\nthe National State Bank of Camden, N. J., at the\\nclose of business October 7, 1886:\\nJtesonrcfs\\nLoans and Discounts and Real Estate $1,924,611.93\\nUnited states Bonds to secure Circulation 260,000.00\\nDue from other National Banks 106,074.57\\nCurrent Expenses and Taxes paid .371.35\\nCash Kesene 348,575.00\\nLicdtilU\\nCapital Stock\\nSurplus and tJndivided Profits...\\nCirculation\\n699, 032. 85\\n$260,000.00\\n312,901.47\\n2-34,000.00\\nDeposits 1,892,071.38\\n$2,690,032.86\\nW. F. Rose, Cmhitr.\\nRichard M.a,tlack Cooper, banker, legislator\\nand judge, was born in the village of Coopers Fer-\\nries (now Camden Old Gloucester County, Febm-\\nary 29, 1768. He derived his descent, in the fifth\\nand sixth degrees, from the families of Cooper, of\\nPyne Point, Medcalf, of Gloucester, West, of\\nPhiladelphia, Parsons, of Frankford, Matlack, of\\nWaterford, Hancock, of Pensaukin, Wood, of\\nWaterford, and Kay, of Newton. The emigrant\\nancestors of these families were, without excep-\\ntion, all disciples of Fox, fellow-adventurers with\\nPenn, and settled and established themselves in\\nWest Jersey and Pennsylvania, in the last quarter\\nof the seventeenth century.\\nJudge Cooper was liberally educated and inher-\\nited a large landed estate. On May 4, 1798, he", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0671.jp2"}, "572": {"fulltext": "458\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nmarried Mary Cooper, the daughter of Samuel and\\nPrudence (Brown) Cooper, of Coopers Point, thus\\nuniting the older and younger branches of the\\nfamily. His social position, wealth and high per-\\nsonal character brought him early into the politi-\\ncal field, and he was a successful candidate in sev-\\neral elections for the Legislative Council of New\\nJersey. He sat many terms in the State General\\nAssembly, and was also elected State Senator. In\\n1813 he became president of the State Bank at Cam-\\nden, then recently chartered, and held that position,\\nby continuous annual elections, until a re-election\\nwas declined by him in 1842, the institution, mean-\\nwhile, proving itself one of the most prosperous in\\nthe State. In 1829 he was sent as representative to\\nthe National Congress, and he again filled that\\nhigh position in 1831. For many years he served\\nas presiding judge of the Gloucester County\\ncourts, and at various times filled other minor\\nlocal positions of trust and honor, securing, in\\nevery station, the confidence of all cla.sses by his\\ngood judgment, integrity and amiable deportment.\\nHe was a member of the Newton Meeting of\\nFriends. He died March 10, 1844.\\nJohn Gill was the son of John and Anne\\n(Smith) Gill, both of whom could trace their line-\\nage to the first English settlers in the province,\\nand some of whom were leading and influential\\ncitizens. He was born July 9, 1795. Reared on\\nthe homestead plantation as a farmer and fond of\\nhis occupation, he was always seeking for improve-\\nment in the means to increase the yield of the soil\\nand lessen labor by the application of machinery.\\nThe earth always responds to the liberality of\\nthe husbandman is a maxim that can be relied\\nupon, he would often repeat. In his younger\\ndays, and when the primitive forests extended\\nquite from the ocean to the river, he was fond of\\nhunting deer and chasing foxes. Being a good\\nhorseman and generally well mounted, he was but\\nseldom thrown out and went home without see-\\ning the close. The Gloucester Hunting Club gave\\nhim and his associates opportunity to show their\\nprowess and knowledge of woodcraft, and they\\noften led the city gentlemen where the latter hesi-\\ntated to follow.\\nThe advantage of the country riders over the\\nmembers of the club was, that they knew the lay\\nof the country, the courses of the streams and the\\noutcome of the woods roads, which saved their\\nhorses in the chase and kept them near the\\nhounds. Sometimes the fix would go away in\\na straight line lor many miles, gradually shaking\\noff his pursuers until only the toughest dogs and\\nbest horses would be left on the trail, and when\\nsundown would force a return which went far into\\nthe night. Many of those events John Gill would\\nrecount when surrounded by his friends, and tell\\nof his own mishaps as well as of those who ven-\\ntured but the once in this manly sport.\\nJohn Gill lived in one of the most interesting\\nand progressive eras of his native State. His early\\nmanhood was before agriculture or internal im-\\nprovements had received much attention. If an\\nindividual had stepped out of the beaten track or\\nadopted any new line of thought, which, when ap-\\nplied, might prove advantageous, he was regarded\\nas visionary. The use of fertilizers and the appli-\\ncation of steam grew up under his notice, and\\nboth developed into mighty powers before he died.\\nHe never tired of comparing the condition of\\nthe country and people of early times with the\\nimprovement and benefits to both at this day\\nOccasionally public enterprise outstripped his\\njudgment yet, when convinced of its feasibility,\\nhe would frankly acknowledge his error of\\nopinion and concede the merit where it was due.\\nAlthough nota politician, he took an interest in\\nthe affairs of the State and nation, and at different\\ntimes represented the people in the State Legis-\\nlature. Upon the death of his father, in 1839, he\\nremoved from his plantation to Haddonfield,\\nwhere he lived the remainder of his life.\\nIn 1842 he was elected president of the State\\nBank at Camden, an institution he lived to see\\ntake its place among the first in the country. He\\nwas always regarded as the friend of the small bor-\\nrower, especially if he be a farmer and needed a.s-\\nsistance until his crops could be harvested.\\nTo the manners of a gentleman was united a\\nsympathetic heart, thus insuring to those who had\\nbusiness with him a readiness to render them any\\nservice which was in his jwwer. A reliable friend,\\na thorough business man, an influential citizen and\\na person of enlarged and benevolent views, he was\\nbeloved and respected wherever known. He re-\\nmained at the head of the bank until the infirmi-\\nties of age prevented his attendance upon the\\ndutiesof president, and much longer, through the\\npersuasion of his friends, than he deemed proper\\nhe should fill so responsible a place. The com])li-\\nmentary resolutions passed by the board of direc-\\ntors of the bank, upon his retirement, which were\\nengrossed and presented to him, show the regard\\nhis associates bore towards him and his extended\\nusefulne-s in that institution. In his old age he\\nsuffered much from a complication of diseases and\\ndied December 4, 1884.\\nMr. Gill was married to Sarah Hopkins, of Had-\\ndonliclil. They had four children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rebecca M.,", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0672.jp2"}, "573": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0675.jp2"}, "574": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0676.jp2"}, "575": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0677.jp2"}, "576": {"fulltext": ",::7?-^ ^-T^i.^a^ \u00c2\u00b0ii^^-p-^-\u00c2\u00a3^t^^fZ", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0678.jp2"}, "577": {"fulltext": "TllK CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n459\\nwho became the wife of Samuel S. Willits Anna\\nS. John Gill, Jr., who has always resided on the\\nhomestead farm and is a director in the National\\nState Bank of Camden, and William II. (till, a\\nmerchant in Philadelphia.\\nIsrael \\\\V. Heulings, president of the National\\nState Bank, has long been identified with the in-\\nstitution, and is widely known in the business\\ncircles of Camden City and County, though he is\\na resident of Burlington County. The family is\\none of the oldest in West Jersey. His ancestors\\nwere from England, and his great-grandfather,\\nWilliam Heulings, with three brothers, were the\\nfirst representatives of the family in this county.\\nAll located within or near the boundaries of what\\nis now Burlington County. William s son Abra-\\nham had a son Isaac, who was the father of our\\nsubject. He married Susan W. Woodward, and\\nfrom this union Israel W. was born in Chester\\ntow nship, Burlington County, December 24, 1810.\\nThe youth and early manhood of Israel W.\\nHeulings were spent upon the farm which was\\nthe family-homestead, and after the death of his\\nparents, when he was thirty-two years of age, he\\nleaving the farm to his brother, removed to\\nMoorestown, and there engaged in the coal and\\nlumber business, which he tbllowed until its trans-\\nfer to his sons.\\nHis first identification with the bank of which\\nhe is now the head came about in 1842, when he\\ntook the stock which his father had formerly\\nowned. He was made a director in 1847, and\\nelected president on January 15, 1884, his asso-\\nciates being convinced through long acquaintance\\nof his eminent fitness for that responsible position.\\nHe has ever been regarded as a careful, conserva-\\ntive, thorough man of business, possessing absolute\\nintegrity.\\nIn politics he is and has always been a Republi-\\ncan, and, although not an office-seeker, the people\\nof his party in Burlington County, in recognition\\nof his pure character, sound common sense and\\nbusiness sagacity, during the war period elected\\nhim to the Legislature. He served with entire\\nsatisfaction to his constituents and credit to him-\\nself through the sessions of 1863, G4 and (Hj.\\nMr. Heulings, although a religious man, is not\\na member of any church. His mother was a mem-\\nber of the Society of Friends, and his father of the\\nEpiscopal Church, and it may, perhaps, not be\\namiss to say that the son s religious views contain\\nsomething of the characteristics of each of these\\nbodies, while not conforming to either.\\nMr. Heulings was married, November 10, ls;i(;,\\nto Sarah M., daughter of William and Sarah\\nHornor, born in Pemberton, N. J., in 1814. Six\\nchildren have been born to them, of whom five\\nare living. Susan W. was the eldest, and next, in\\nthe order named, were three sons, William H.,\\nAlbert C. and Isaac W.. the last named of whom\\nwas for several years a practitioner of medicine at\\nHaddonfield, before engaging with his brothers in\\nthe coal and lumber business which their father\\ntransferred to them, and of which the headquarters\\nare at Moorestown, Riverton and Hartford. Emily\\nJ., youngest daughter of Israel W. and Sarah M.\\nHeulings, is the wife of Dr. William Chamberlain,\\nof Mount Holly, and Henry C. died in infancy.\\nJoseph W. Cooper, who served nearly half a\\ncentury as one of the directors of the State Bank,\\nwas born in the Cooper mansion, at the fout of\\nState Street, Camden, in the year 1799, and died\\nOctober 2, 1871. He was the second son of Wil-\\nliam and Rebecca (Wills) Cooper. Before he\\nbecame of age he w-ent to live with his great-\\nuncle, Joseph Cooper, then residing in the old\\nCooper mansion built in 1734. and now standing\\nat the corner of Point and Erie Streets. He\\nassisted his uncle to attend to the duties of the\\nfarm, which is now covered by much of the at-\\ntractively built-up portion of North Camden. In\\nthe year 1818, at the death of his uncle, who had\\nno children, Joseph W. Cooper became chief heir\\nto his large estate, including the valuable lands\\nnear the Coopers Point Ferry, north of the Cam-\\nden and Atlantic Railroad and west of Sixth\\nStreet, and a part of the original survey to Wil-\\nliam Cooper, the emigrant, in 1680. He con-\\ntinued his occupation of a farmer after the death\\nof his uncle, was married to Rebecca F. Cham-\\npion, and resided in the house built in 1734 until\\n1855, when he erected the elegant mansion on\\nState Street, now owned and occupied by his son,\\nSamuel C. Cooper. In 1849 he became one of the\\nprincipal stockholders of the Coopers Point Ferry,\\nand conducted it until 1854, when it was sold to\\nthe Camden and Atlantic Railroad Company; but\\nthe next year again became the chief owner of the\\nsame ferry. In 1856 he formed a stock company\\na nd, with himself as president, managed the ferry\\nuntil the time of his death, in 1871.\\nMr. Cooper was actively interested in the\\nmunicipal affairs of Camden, being elected alder-\\nman, by virtue of which he became one of the\\nfirst Councilmen of Camden in 1828, and served\\nalmost continuously as a member of the City\\nCiouncil for twenty years. He was for a lime\\nl)resident of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad\\nand served many years as a director. During the\\nvears 1836-37-38 he was a member of the Legislature", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0681.jp2"}, "578": {"fulltext": "460\\nIIISTOKY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nof New Jersey. He was elected a director of the\\nState Bank of Camden in 1825, and served con-\\ntinuously until the time of his death, in 1871.\\nMr. Cooper possessed many sterling quiilities of\\nmind and heart, and was universally respected and\\nesteemed by the community in which he resided.\\nJoshua Lippiscott, who, for many years was\\none of the prominent directors of the National\\nState Bank of Camden, is a lineal descendant\\nof Richard Lippincott, the founder of the Lip-\\npincott family in America. Samuel Lippincott,\\nthe grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was\\na prosperous farmer and a native of Chester town-\\nship, Burlington County, New Jersey. He was mar-\\nried to Priacilla Briaut, by whom he had thirteen\\nchildren of this number, six sons lived to an ad-\\nvanced age. Joshua Lijjpincott, the eldest of these\\nsons, w;is born on the ISlh of March, 177G, and\\nbecame a prosperous farmer, owning and cul-\\ntivating with great succe. is the farm previously the\\nproperty of his paternal ancestors. He gave up\\nthis occupation while yet in middle life and removed\\nto the city of Philadelphia, where he spent the\\nremainder of his life in retirement and died, in\\n1855, at tlie advanced age of seventy-nine years.\\nBy his marriage with Mary Roberts, of Burlington\\nCounty, he had four children, who grew to an adult\\nage. Samuel R. Lippincott, the eldest child, suc-\\nceeded in the ownership of the paternal homestead,\\non which he resided until the time of his death,\\nat the age of seventy-six Hannah, the only daugh-\\nter, died in her seventy-eighth year; George, the\\nyoungest, came to Philadelphia when eighteen\\nyears old and engaged in mercantile business until\\nhis death, in 1861 Joshua Lippincott, the second\\nson, and the only member of this family who sur-\\nvives, was born iu Burlington County Decem-\\nber 4th, 1807. He obtained his education in the\\nschools of Westfield, and spent one session at a\\nschool at Moorestown. After leaving school, and\\nwhen but eighteen years old, he came to Philadel-\\nphia, and the four succeeding years was employed\\nas a clerk in a grocery store. He then entered into\\ncopartnership in the dry goods business in the same\\ncity with his cousin, Samuel Parry, under the firm-\\nname of Lippincott Parry. Their store, for sev-\\nenteen years, was on Second Street, above Arch,\\nand, at the expiration of that time, was moved to\\nthe southwest cortier of Market Street and there\\ncontinued until 1802, the two men being thus\\nassociated in a successful business for thirty-three\\nyears, during which long period they never had a\\nwritten agreement with each other. They were\\nengaged most of this time in the sale of cloths and\\ncassi meres.\\nJoshua Lippincott was married, in 1833, to Mar-\\ntha H. Sleeper, daughter of Jonathan Sleeper, a\\nmerchant, then doing business on Second Street,\\nPhiladelphia. She died about three years after\\ntheir marriage.\\nHis second marriage was with Elizabeth White,\\ndaughter of Joseph White, a merchant, on Market\\nStreet, Philadelphia. She died in 1878. Howard\\nW, Lippincott, their only child, was born in 1855,\\nand is now a stock-broker in his native city.\\nThomas Wilkins Davis, of Philadelphia,\\nand for many years a director in the National\\nState Bank of Camden, is a lineal descendant,\\nin the fifth generation, of John Davis, who\\nemigrated from Wales and first settled on Long\\nIsland. John Davis was a devoted and consistent\\nmember of the Society of Friends, to whose reli-\\ngious faith most of his numerous descendants in\\nthis country are adherents. His wife (Dorothea\\nHogbin) was an Englishwoman of large fortune.\\nIn 1705 they migrated to Salem County, New Jer-\\nsey, and settled near the site of Woodstown,\\nwhence some of their children had located before\\nthem. At that place he died at the advanced age\\nof one hundred years, leaving eight children.\\nDavid Davis, the third son, was ajustice of the\\npeace, one of the judges of the courts of Salem\\nCounty for a number of years, and in 1725 was one\\nof the four Friends who organized the Pilesgrove\\nMeeting. He owned and lived on a large tract of\\nland, on which he built a commodious brick house,\\nwhich is still standing. In it he lived until his\\ndeath, at the age of sixty years. His wife (Doro-\\nthea Cousins, a native of England) survived him\\nto the age of ninety-six years. They had seven\\nchildren, of whom Jacob, born Fourth Month\\n22, 1734, was the youngest. He was married. Fifth\\nMonth 21, 1761, at Woodstown, to Esther VVil.\\nkins, by whom he had seven children. He was a\\nman of pure and unblemished character and high-\\nly respected in the community in which he lived\\nat the time of his death, in 1820, at the age of\\neighty-six years. Thomas Davis, the father of\\nThomas W. Davis and third son of Jacob and Es-\\nther (Wilkins) Davis, was born Third Month 13,\\n1768, in Salem County, N. J. In 1796 he wiis\\nmarried to Esther Ogden, daughter of Samuel and\\nMary Ann Ogden, and resided near Swedeaboro\\nGloucester County.\\nThe grandfather and father of the present\\nThomas Wilkins Davis kept a general country\\nstore in the now borough of Woodstown, Salem\\nCounty, the subject of this sketch remaining with\\nhis father from youth to manhood and having the\\nactive supervision and control of the business for", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0682.jp2"}, "579": {"fulltext": "^i^v.\\nt^\\n:^7c^, C-^^z^^Li^^d^", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0685.jp2"}, "580": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0686.jp2"}, "581": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0687.jp2"}, "582": {"fulltext": "1^\\nr^j/^f^-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0688.jp2"}, "583": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n4(il\\nseveral years preceding the retirement of his\\nfUther, which took place in 1832. In that year\\nMr. Davis came to Philadelphia and entered the\\ndry -goods jobbing trade on Market Street, between\\nSecond and Third Streets, and so continued with\\nvarying success, but with the confidence and\\nfriendship of all the leading merchants up to 18()8,\\nat which date, through close application to busi-\\nness, he had acquired a large trade and had become\\nfile senior partner of the then well-known and\\nhighly respected house of Davis, Kempton Co.\\nHe then withdrew from the firm, altogether retir-\\ning from active business, and devoting his leisure\\nand a fair share of his means to the care of friends\\nand others whose circumstances rendered such aid\\ndesirable, in this way disposing of a considerable\\npart of the rewards which had come to him for\\nyears of unremitting labor.\\nMr. Davis was married, in 18.34, to Phoebe S.\\nTovvnsend, daughter of Joseph and Esther Town-\\nsend, of Baltimore, Md. His married life ex-\\ntended over forty-five years, Mrs. Davis dying in\\n1879, and having but one son surviving, Henry\\nWilkins Davis, who, in 1875, married Elizabeth (J.,\\ndaughter of William A. and Hannah R. Allen, of\\nNew York.\\nThe only financial institution oiher than the\\nNational State Bank of Camden, with which Mr.\\nDavis has been closely identified, is the Penu\\nMutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia,\\nof which he has been a trustee for upwards of\\ntwenty- five years. In this capacity he has borne\\nan active share of the labors and responsibilities of\\nits business and his counsel has at all times been\\ninfluential in aiding its progress and maintaining\\nits unquestioned reputation as a sound company.\\nWilbur F. Rose, the present cashier of the\\nNational State Bank, was born in Tuckerton,\\nBurlington County, New Jersey, February 11, 1838.\\nAt the age of four years he removed to Phila-\\ndelphia and obtained a preparatory education in\\nthe schools of that city, and graduated from the\\nCentral High School. Soon after his graduation\\nhe entered a broker s office on Third Street, and\\nin 18.54 was elected a clerk in the Bank of Penn-\\nsylvania, of the same city. In 1862 he was called\\nto a position in the National State Bank of Camden.\\nBy reason of his intelligence, long experience and\\nspecial fitness for the business of banking, he was\\npromoted from time to time, until, in recognition\\nof his merits and abilty as a financier, he was\\nelected cashier of that institution February 2,\\n1885, which position he now very ably and ac-\\nceptably fills.\\nIn addition to his business as a banker he\\n55\\nhas taken an active interest in the growth and\\ndevelopment of the city of Camden. He repre-\\nsented the Second Ward, of which he is a resident,\\nin the City Council for one term of three years,\\nbeing elected by the Republican party, and made\\nan efficient member. During his term as Council-\\nman he was chairman of the finance committee,\\nand illustrated his usefulness as well as his ability\\nas a financier, by funding the floating debt of the\\ncity, and abolishing the order system and estab-\\nlishing the present plan of cash payments.\\nMr. Rose was chosen a director in the West\\nJersey Ferry Company in 1885, and is now a\\nmember of the board. He was elected a member\\nof the Street Railway Company in 1874, and since\\n1883 has been secretary of the company. He is\\none of the charter members of Trimble Lodge, No.\\n117, Free and Accepted Masons, and has taken all\\nthe degrees of that order up to and including the\\nthirty-second degree. He has taken an active inter-\\nest in the religious and moral welfare of Camden\\nserved as president of the Y oung Men s Christian\\nAssociation of this city from 1881 to 1885, inclu-\\nsive; was for a time superintendent of the Sunday-\\nschool connected wilh Centenary Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church, of which he is a member and a\\ntrustee.\\nMr. Rose was married, in 18(19, to Mary C.\\nWhitlock, daughter of Friend Whitlock, Esq., a re-\\ntired lumbermerchant. They have two daughters,\\nElsie and Mary.\\nThe Farmers AND Mechanics Bank of Cam-\\nden was originated in the year 1855. After a few\\nyears existence it obtained a change in its cliarter,\\nand, under the authority of the United States gov-\\nernment, became the First National Bank of Cam-\\nden, now well known asoneof the most prosperous\\nfinancial institutions in West Jersey. An act of\\nthe Senate and General Assembly, approved\\nMarch 31, 1855, empowered Charles Kaighn,\\nCooper P. Browning, Albert W. Markley, Abraham\\nBrowning, Samuel J. Bayard and their associates\\nto engage in the general banking business. The\\ncapital stock of the institution was made three\\nhundred thousand dollars, with a paid-in capital\\nof one liundred thousand dollars in shares of one\\nhundred dollars each. After the stock was sub-\\nscribed and the necessary preliminary steps were\\ntaken, the following-named persons, on July 16,\\n1855, were elected as the first Board of Directors:\\nAlbert W. Markley, Abraham Browning, Richard\\nW. Howell, Charles S. Garrett, Maurice Browning,\\nWilliam P. Tatem, Benjamin P. Sisty, Nathaniel\\nN. Stokes, Ezra Evans, Benjamin Shreve, George\\nHaywood, Cooper P. Browning and William Busby,", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0691.jp2"}, "584": {"fulltext": "462\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nOn the same day the board elected Albert W.\\nMarkley president, and David R. Maddock cash-\\nier. The lot on the southeast corner of Front\\nStreet and Market was purchased by the Board\\nof Directors, and, on September 2, 1855, they en-\\ntered into a contract with Charles Wilson to erect\\na banking-house on this lot, at a cost of eighteen\\nthousand dollars. Before the completion of this buil-\\nding, a temporary oftice was secured on Market St.,\\nnear Third, and on January 2, 1856, the bank was\\nopened for business. James H. Stevens was elected\\nteller; William Wright, book-keeper Philip J.\\nGrey, notary public and Hugh H. Bates, runner\\nand watchman. Nathaniel N. Stokes was elected\\npresident April 14, 1857, and Benjamin P. Sisty\\ncashier on the 22d of the same month. On April\\n21, 1858, James H. Stevens was elected cashier.\\nThis institution, as the Farmers and Mechanics\\nBank of Camden, continued business as a bank of\\nissue, under the State system, with varying suc-\\ncess, until after the passage of the act of Congress,\\ncreating the present national banking system, soon\\nafter which event it fulfilled the requirements and\\naccepted the privileges of the new system, and\\nhas since met with unabated prosperity as\\nThe First National Bank of Camden.\\nThe Congress of the United States, in order toper-\\nfeet the system of national finances, passed an act\\nwhich was approved by President Lincoln, Febru-\\nary 25, 1863, to provide a national currency,\\nsecured by a pledge of United States bonds, and\\nprovide for the circulation and redemption there-\\nof. Recognizing the superiority of the national\\nsystem, in contrast with the State system, the di-\\nrectors of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of\\nCamden, together with other enterprising citizens\\nand financiers of the county and city, organized\\nthemselves into an association and resolved to ac-\\ncept the provisions of this act by having the insti-\\ntution changed into a national bank. The signa-\\ntures of stockholders, representing a capital of two\\nhundred thousand dollars, were obtained by the\\nlOtli of April, 1804; articles of association were\\nthen prepared and signed by John F. Starr, N. N.\\nStokes, Maurice Browning, Jonas Livermore,\\nGeorge L. Gillingham, Clayton Lippincott, and\\nJohn F. Bodine. The gentleman just named, to-\\ngether with William T. McCallister, became the\\nfirst Board of Directors and Peter L. Yoorhees\\nsolicitor. On April 30, 1864, the comptroller\\nof the currency is-sued his certificate of author-\\nity to this Board of Directors to commence the\\nbusiness of banking under the national law, as\\nThe First National Bank of Camden. N.N.\\nStokes was elected president, and James II. Stev-\\nens, cashier. On July 6, 1864, Jonas Livermore\\nwas chosen president to succeed N.N. Stokes, who\\nresigned, and on Thursday, September 1, 1864, the\\ninstitution commenced business as a national\\nbank. Hon. John F. Starr was elected president\\nApril 7, 1875, and has since continued to hold that\\nresponsible position. The first report of the bank\\nto the comptroller of the currency, under the pres-\\nidency of Mr. Starr, was made June 30, 1875. The\\nindividual deposits then were $167,802.60, and the\\nundivided profits $29,979.58. The report to the\\nsame authority, on October 7, 1886, showed the in-\\ndividual deposits to be f618,448.88, and the undi-\\nvided profits $111,974.47. These figures clearly\\nshow the substantial prosperity of this institution\\nand the success of its management. On April 17,\\n1875, C. C. Reeves was chosen cashier to succeed\\nJames H. Stevens, who resigned. Watson Depuy,\\nthe present efficient cashier, was elected assistant\\ncashier October 14, 1876, and on January 8, 1878,\\nsucceeded Mr. Reeves as cashier. Jonas Liver-\\nmore was elected vice-president January 9, 1883,\\na position which he continues to hold. William\\nS. McCallister died January 13, 1868, and D. T.\\nGage was elected director to fill the vacancy. E.\\nE. Read was elected January 9, 1875, in place of\\nC. A. Sparks.\\nOn January 11, 1876, the Board of Directors was\\nincreased from nine to thirteen members by the\\nelection of Henry Fredericks (elected to fill the\\nvacancy caused by the death of N. N. Stokes),\\nCharles Stockham, Genge Browning, M. A. Fur-\\nbush and John S. Read. March 4, 1876, Rene\\nGuillou was elected in place of Genge Browning.\\nJanuary 9, 1877, John A. J. Sheets was elected a\\ndirector to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-\\ntion of John S. Read, December 11,1880. William J.\\nEvans was appointed a director to fill the vacancy\\ncaused by the death of George L. Gillingham,\\nNovember 28, 1883, John F. Starr, Jr., was ap-\\npointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-\\ntion of Rene Guillou, and Clayton Conrow to fill\\nthat caused by the death of John F. Bodine. De-\\ncember 19, 1885, Alfred W. Clement, of Haddon-\\nfield, was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the\\nresignation of Maurice Browning.\\nThe following members compose the present\\nBoard of Directors John F. Starr, Jonas Liver-\\nmore, D. T. Gage, Clayton Lippincott, Edmund E.\\nRead, Henry Fredericks, Charles Stockham, M. A.\\nFurbush, J. A. J. Sheets, William J. Evans, Clay-\\nton Conrow, John F. Starr, Jr., and Alfred W.\\nClement. Peter L. Voorhees, solicitor Samuel T.\\nDavison is paying-teller of this bank Thomas S.\\nNekervis, agent at the Philadelphia otlice Harry", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0692.jp2"}, "585": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0693.jp2"}, "586": {"fulltext": "^^/V^^", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0694.jp2"}, "587": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n463\\nT. Nekervis, receiving-teller; Sanford Liveriuore,\\nbook-keeper; William S. Jones, general assistant;\\nJohn J. Pierson, messenger; and Francis N. Guise,\\nwatchman.\\nThe olHce at No. 21(! Market Street, Philadel-\\nphia, was opened on May 24, 1875, and has since\\nthat date been connected with this bank as a part\\nof its business interests.\\nJohn F. Starr was born in Philadelphia in\\n181S of Quaker parentage, who were descendants\\nof members of the Society of Friends of the same\\nname, who settled in America as early as 1710.\\nHe received a limited education in Friends school,\\nand at the age of fifteen years he went to learn\\nhis trade in the steam boiler-works of his father\\nand older brother where he was fitted for the\\nsuccessful business career which followed. In\\n1840 he became associated with his father and\\nbrother in the business and so continued until\\nabout 1843. In 1845 Mr. Starr removed to Cam-\\nden, N. J., where, in 1846, he built an iron foun-\\ndry on Bridge Avenue for the manufacture of gas\\nmachinerj street mains and other castings. These\\nworks he named the Camden Iron Works. The\\nyear following, he and his brother Jesse again en-\\ntered into copartnership. Finding their works on\\nBridge Avenue too limited for their rapidly-grow-\\ning business, they bought the land and removed\\ntheir plant to its present location on Cooper s\\nCreek. The Camden Iron Works were so enlarged\\nby important additions from time to time that they\\nbecame, through the energy and enterprise of the\\nfirm, the largest works of the kind in the country,\\nand enabled the Messrs. Starr to establish\\nan extensive and lucrative business by erectingthe\\ngas-works and supplying the gas machinery for\\nmost of the large cities in the United States as\\nwell as in Canada. In the prosecution of their\\nbusiness the services of from eight hundred to\\ntwelve hundred men were required. These works\\ngave a new life to the prosperity of Camden and\\ntheir erection did more to attract attention to Cam-\\nden as a manufacturing centre than all its other\\nindustries combined, and their influence had a\\nmarked and beneficial character upon the material\\ninterests of the city for years.\\nIn 18G0, when the Camden Iron Works were in\\nthe full tide of successful operation, the firing up-\\non Fort Sumter aroused the country, and scores of\\nthe workmen of Jesse W. John F. Starr left to\\nbattle with treason. Here was a supreme oppor-\\ntunity for the firm and they embraced it. The\\nwives and children of those who were at tlie front\\nBy;\\nwere bountifully cared for by the firm, who in this\\nand in other ways contributed thousands of dol-\\nlars for every worthy object looking to the sup-\\npression of the Rebellion.\\nIn 1862 Mr. Starr was elected to represent the\\nFirst District in the Thirty-eighth Congress of\\nthe United States, and he was again elected in\\n1S64. Mr. Starr entered Congress during the most\\ncritical and eventful period in the nation s history.\\nThe most gigantic rebellion the world ever saw\\nwas gatiiering strength to establish a rival govern-\\nment, the corner-stone of which, as declared by\\nits projectors, was to be human slavery, and there\\nnever was an hour in his Congressional career\\nwhen he did not aid, by his influence and vote,\\nevery measure calculated to place the country in\\na position to successfully confront and overcome\\nits foes. Courageous and unflinching, he did not\\nstop to dally with subjects of minor importance\\nso long as the lite of the republic hung in the\\nbalaTice. He discharged faithfully every duty\\nimposed upon him as a legislator and has a record\\nworthy of the State and the people. While a\\nmember of Congress, Mr. Starr served upon the\\ncommittee on manufactures, committee on terri-\\ntories, committee on public buildings and grounds\\nand was also a member of several special commit-\\ntees. He had the privilege and proud satisfaction\\nof supporting every measure looking to a vigorous\\nprosecution of the war against rebellion, as well as\\nthe distinguished honor of being the only mem-\\nber of the House from New Jersey who voted for\\nthe amendment to the Constitution abolishing sla-\\nvery in the United States, and for all the legisla-\\ntion required to give force and effect to that amend-\\nment. He was an ardent supporter of the national\\nbanking system and scrupulously maintained the\\ncredit of the nation. His successors have done\\nwell, but circumstances enabled Mr. Starr to do\\nmore for the perpetuity of the nation and free in-\\nstitutions than those who have followed him.\\nIn 1864 Mr. Starr was elected a director of The\\nFarmers and Mechanics Bank of Camden, which\\nwas .soon after changed, by virtue of the National\\nBanking Law, to The First National Bank of\\nCamden, and of which he has been a director\\nsince its organization. He was elected president\\nof the board of directors in 1875, which ortice he\\nnow holds (1886).\\nIn 1870 Mr. Starr disposed of his interest in and\\nsevered his connection with the Camden Inm\\nWorks, and has not been engaged in any continu-\\nous business since that time, but he has kept a\\nwatchful eye on the busy world and loaned his in-\\ntlucnce and material aid on frequent occnsions to", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0697.jp2"}, "588": {"fulltext": "464\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nprojects of pith and moment affecting this peo-\\nple. During his residence in Cumden he has been\\nand still is a director of the West Jersey Ferry\\nCompany, having served in that capacity for more\\nthan twenty years, during which time he gave the\\ncompany the benefit of his wise counsel and wide\\nbusiness experience. He also served as a director\\nof the Camden and Atlantic Railroad for several\\nyears, advancing from time to time his private\\nfunds to make improvements for the better conduct\\nof its business, and through which it was enabled\\nto multiply its facilities and give a new impetus to\\nAtlantic City.\\nHe took an active part in the organization of,\\nand was treasurer and director of, the first building\\nand loan association established in Camden.\\nMr. Starr has ever held to the motto that it is\\nnot enough to help his fellow-man up, but to sus-\\ntain him after, and never through his long resi-\\ndence in Camden has his purse been closed or his\\near deaf to the cause of the unfortunate and help-\\nless, as has been seen by his many and liberal gifts\\nto the churches, and the benevolent institutions,\\nin hundreds of instances as opportunities were af-\\nforded him. For these and other kindred acts he\\nneeds no other reward than an approving con-\\nscience.\\nWatson Depuy, the present cashier of the\\nFirst National Bank, has been engaged in the\\nbanking business since 1857. He was born in\\nPhiladelphia, Februaiy fi, 1834, and is the son of\\nJ. Stewart Depuy, for many years a merchant of\\nthat city. He attended the public schools of\\nPhiladelphia, and completed his education in the\\nFriends Central High School. In the year 1857\\nhe was given the position of book-keei)er in the\\nCommonwealth Bank, of Philadelphia, and, a few\\nyears later, was elected assist.ant cashier of the\\nsame institution, and continued there until 1872,\\nwhen he was elected and served for three years as\\ncashier of the old State Bank, of Philadelphia,\\nthen on the corner of Strawberry and Market\\nStreets, which institution paid off its depositors\\nMay 24, 1875 and retired from business. In 1785\\nMr. Depuy came to Camden as general assistant\\nin the Firet National Bank, and on October 11,\\n1876, the Board of Directors elected him assistant\\ncashier, and on the 8th of May 1878, he was elec-\\nted cashier, which position he has since held with\\ngreat acceptability to the authorities of that insti-\\ntution and its patrons.\\nJonas Liveumoiie. There came to Massa-\\nchusetts in the early partof the seveuteenlh century\\nsettlers named Livermore. They chose Worcester\\nCounty for their home and made tluir impress on\\nthe county and State. From them sprang the\\nvarious branches found in the East and West. In\\nMaine, as well as in Pennsylvania and California,\\nthe towns bearing their name-s were so called for\\nthem, and one of the family, a civil engineer by\\nprofession, was closely identified in building the\\ncanals running through Pennsylvania. In the\\nRevolution they were known for their activity in\\nthe service of the colonies and for their liberal\\nsupport of the government by their means.\\nJonas Livermore was born in Leicester, Mass.,\\nabout 1730. He was one of its prominent citizens\\nand a builder of repute. There were eight chil-\\ndren in his family\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jonas, Salem, Daniel (father\\nof present Jonas) and five daughters, one of whom,\\nSarah, was married to Wm. Upham, of Vermont,\\nand the mother of Wm. Upham, who was State s\\nattorney and afterwards became United Statea\\nSenator, dying in Washington during his term of\\noffice. Daniel was married to Elizabeth Parker,\\nof Leicester, Mass., daughter of Thos. Parker, by\\nwhom he had eight children Jonas, Lewis, Hor-\\nace, Daniel, Eliza, Cimentha, Mary and Dianetha.\\nLewis came to New Jersey and was connected with\\nJonas in the manufacture of woolens at Black-\\nwood until his death. Horace died young. Daniel\\nbecame a prominent minister in the Universalist\\nChurch in Massachusetts and at present resides at\\nMelrose. He was at one time editor and publisher\\nof the New Covenant at Chicago, and was\\ndistinguished for his learning and strength of\\ncharacter. He was married to Mary A. Rice, of\\nBoston, now so widely known, loved and respected\\nas Mary A. Livermore. Her devotion to the\\nsoldiers in the field, her unceasing labors in their\\nbehalf, her connection with the Sanitary Com-\\nmission Fair, in Chicago, will always be remem-\\nbered, and to-day she stands as one of the foremost\\nand ablest lecturers in the country.\\nJonas Livermore was born in Leicester, Mass.,\\nin 1802 and became early engaged in woolen manu-\\nfacture. In 18.30 he removed to Blackwood, N. J.,\\nand, in connection with Garrett Newkirk, estab-\\nlished the Good In ent Woolen-Mills, managing\\nthem successfully for thirty years. In 1858 he was\\nchosen a director of the Fanners and Mechanics\\nBank, of Camden, N. J. During that time, with\\nrare foresight, he with others so shaped the policy\\nof the old bank that in 18(14, it became the First\\nNational Bank, being among the first in the coun-\\ntry to get its charter, and he was made j)resident,\\nwhich position he held for eleven years, retiring\\nat his own request, but consenting to remain vice-\\npresident at the solicitation of the directors.\\nWhile !Mr. TJvermore was connected with tlie", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0698.jp2"}, "589": {"fulltext": "^y^^7 ^Ziy ^^iyrY^", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0701.jp2"}, "590": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0702.jp2"}, "591": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n465\\nbank a one-dollar note, issued by the Farmers\\nand Mechanics Bank, was returned to the bank\\nfor redemption, with the following remarks on a\\npaper pinned to it and preserved by him, viz.:\\nThis note has been in the wars. The owner,\\nof it was wounded at Bull Run, Aug. 30, 62, and\\nthrough the admirable arrangements of the TJ. S.\\nauthorities he was allowed to remain on the field\\nonly till Sept.Oth, one week then he was conveyed\\nto Washington Hospital. If he has proper atten-\\ntion he will recover. Strange to say, the rebels\\ndidn t rob the pocket containing his money purse.\\nIn 1827 Mr. Livermore was married to Louisa\\nGates, by whom he had four children Henry and\\nSanford, who served during the war in the Army\\nof the West, and Edwin, who, enlisting in the\\nSixth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, became an\\nofficer in the Ordnance Department. He fell dur-\\ning the Wilderness campaign, and his body, like\\nmany more of those gallant boys in blue, was\\nnever recovered it is among the mi.-ising, or per-\\nhaps lying beneath the simple slab bearing the in-\\nscription Unknown. The only daughter, Mary\\nA., is the wife of Wm. A. Wilcox, of Blackwood.\\nSanford is an officer in the First National Bank,\\nCamden. Henry resides in Blackwood.\\nMr. Livermore is a man of rare business talents,\\nand owing to his patient industry he has given val-\\nue to his banking interests, as well as those of\\nproperty in Blackwood, and at the age of eighty-four\\nis in vigorous manhood, still supervising personally\\nhis business. He married a second wife, Annie\\nMcElroy, daughter of Wra. and Elizabeth McEl-\\nroy, of Moorestown, N. J.; she is still living. In\\npolitics he is a pronounced Republican, and during\\nthe war was a stanch supporter of all government\\nmeasures in religion a Presbyterian and for\\nyear.s an elder in Blackwood Presbyterian Church.\\nIt can truly be said of him, as of another when\\nasked about the standing of a friend, he replied,\\nHe is religiously blue, jHilitically black and\\nfinancially O. K.\\nThe Camden Safe Deposit Cojipaxy is a\\nbanking institution whose charter was approved\\non the 4th day of April, 1873. The incorporators,\\nwho also became the first Board of Directors, were\\nJohn F. Starr, Samuel Davis, Eudolphus Bingham,\\nPatrick Byrne, William J. Sewell, Charles P.\\nStratton, John Hood, Thomas McKeen, Samuel\\nH. Grey and William S. Scull. Upon organiza-\\ntion, June 30, 1873, Jesse W. Starr w, s elected\\npresident, and Colonel Thomas McKeen treas-\\nurer. The residence at No. 224 Federal Street,\\nformerly the home of the late Dr. Isaac S. Mul-\\nford, was purchased and fittcil up as a banking\\nhouse and has since, with its delightful surround-\\nings, admirably served the purpose for which it\\nwas secured. The bank was opened for business\\non the 1st day of July, 1873, with a capital stock\\nof one hundred thousand dollars, in shares of\\ntwenty-five dollars each.\\nOn September 1, 1873, George Raphael resigned,\\nand, on the same day, Thomas H. Dudley was\\nelected vice-president. November 27, 1873, I.\\nWoolston resigned; William Moore, of Millville,\\nwas elected. November 27, 1873, Patrick Byrne\\nresigned as director, and James B. Dayton was\\nelected in his place. December 11, 1873, Thomas\\nA. Wilson resigned, and Albert W. Markley was\\nelected. December 11, 1873, Jesse W. Starr, presi-\\ndent, resigned, and .lames B. Dayton was elected\\npresident. December 12, 1873, Thomas McKeen\\nresigned as treasurer William Stiles was elected\\ntreasurer and entered upon his duties January 1,\\n1874. December 15th Benjamin Cooper was elected\\ndirector in place of Thomas McKeen, resigned.\\nAt the succeeding election, on July 1, 1875,\\nPeter L. Voorhees was elected a director. On July\\n22, 1876, by election, William C. Dayton, William\\nHardacre and Jeremiah Smith became directors,\\nand William Stiles was chosen a director on July 1,\\n1878, Benjamin C. Reeve was elected July 1, 1881,\\nand D. J. Pancoast July 2, 1885.\\nThis institution has continued to do a large and\\nprosperous business since the time of its organiza-\\ntion, and is recognized as a valuable accession to\\nthe financial interests of Camden. A general\\nbanking business is conducted, and interest is\\nallowed on time deposits. According to the last\\nreport, on July 1, 1886, the capital stock paid in\\nwiis $100,000; surplus, $100,000; amount of de-\\nposits, $1,193,069; amount of loans and discounts,\\n$776,962. The following are the present directors\\nWilliam J. Sewell, Sanmel H. Grey, William S.\\nScull, Peter L. Voorhees, William C. Dayton,\\nBenjamin D. Shreve, John C. Bullitt, William\\nHardacre, Jeremiah Sinith, Benjamin C. Reeve,\\nWilliam Stiles and D. J. Pancoast.\\nThe President, James B. Dayton, died JIarch 9,\\n1886, and on the loth of the same month Peter L.\\nVoorhees was chosen to succeed him. William\\nStiles has served as treasurer since January 1,\\n1874. Samuel H. Grey has been solicitor since the\\norganization of the bank. James M. Cassady is\\nthe notary. The paying-teller is J. Henry Hayes;\\nReceiving-teller, Conrad F. Austermuhl General\\nBook-keeper, Edward F. Moody Individual Book-\\nkeepers, B. M. Stiles and William Joyce Messen-\\nger, Thomas W. McCowan Watchmen, William\\nHawkins and Thomas Carson.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0703.jp2"}, "592": {"fulltext": "466\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUxVTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nWilliam Stiles, the present treasurer of this\\nfinancial institution and the son of Tliomas and\\nJudith Stiles, was born in Moorestown, Burlington\\nCounty, New Jersey, August 23, 1828. He obtained\\nhis education at the Friends School of his native\\ntown, at a school of the same religious society at\\nMount Laurel, and at the age of sixteen years\\nbecame a pupil in the boarding-school at Gwynedd,\\nPa. In 1854 he entered the State Bank at Camden\\nas a clerk, and subsequently, by promotion, occu-\\npied various positions in the clerical force of that\\nbank, and was also chosen one of its directors.\\nWhile serving in the capacity of receiving teller\\nof the National State Bank, in 1874, he was elected\\nto the position which he now very acceptably fills,\\nbeing at the same time one of the directors of the\\ninstitution.\\nThe Camden National Bank. A movement\\nwas made shortly after the passage of the National\\nBank Act toward establishing a bank in the\\nsouthern part of Camden, but the project was\\nabandoned. A few years later the Gloucester City\\nSavings Institution opened a branch ofliee on\\nKaighn Avenue, which it maintained till the time\\nof its failure, 1884. In 1885 the subject of estab-\\nlishing a National Bank on Kaighn Avenue was\\nagain discussed. Lsaac C. Martindale, who had\\nmany years experience in the banking business,\\nbecame interested in the movement, and Zophar\\nC. Howell, president of the Kaighns Point Ferry\\nCompany, and others gave the project encouraging\\nsupport. Application was made on May 30, 1885,\\nto the comptroller of the currency for authority to\\norganize and establish The Camden National\\nBank, with a capital of one hundred thousand\\ndollars, with the privilege of increasing it to two\\nhundred thousand dollars. The necessary permis-\\nsion having been received, a call for a public meet-\\ning to promote the enterprise, signed by John\\nCooper, Henry B. Wilson, Howard M. Cooper,\\nWilliam B. Mulford, Zophar C. Howell and Isaac\\nC. Martindale, w;is issued and the meeting held at\\nthe office of the Kaighns Point Ferry Company June\\n13, 1885, when more than one-fourth of the capital\\nstock was subscribed. A committee then appointed\\nto solicit further subscriptions reported, at a meet-\\ning held July 6th, that the full amount (8100,000),\\nhad been subscribed. The articles of association\\nand the organization certificate were signed and\\nexecuted, and a meeting of the stockholders held\\non July 20th, when the following-named persons\\nwere elected as the first Board of Directors: Zo-\\nphar C. Howell, Henry B Wilson, Charles B.\\nColes, James D.ivis, Isaac C. Toone, George W.\\nBailey, George T. Haines, Irvine C. Beatty, J.ihn\\nCooper, William B. Mulford, Philip H. Fowler,\\nCharles E. Thomas, Harry B. Anthony, Howard\\nM. Cooper, Zophar L. Howell, Herbert C. Felton,\\nRudolph W. Birdsell. William W. Price, is teller\\n.at Philadelphia ofliee; Charles P. Martindale,\\nreceiving teller at the bank; Lewis Mueller, book-\\nkeeper.\\nThey organized by electing Znphar C. Howell,\\npresident; John Cooper, vice-president; and Isaac\\nC. Martindale, cashier, who still continue in office.\\nHoward M. Cooper was chosen solicitor. No. 259\\nKaighn Avenue was selected and fitted up for a\\ntemporary banking-room. Authority to commence\\nbusiness was granted by the comptroller of the\\ncurrency on August Ist, and on August 13, 1885,\\nthe bank was opened for business.\\nThe first statement, on October 1st, after the\\nbank had been in operation six weeks, showed\\naggregate assets of $219,018.\\nOn March 20, 1886, the bank opened a special\\nline of accounts, on which interest is allowed, at\\nthe rate of three per cent, on all sums from one\\ndollar to five hundred dollars, and two per cent, on\\nall suras over five hundred dollars, such deposit to\\nbe drawn only after two weeks notice has been\\ngiven, the interest being credited to the account\\nevery six months.\\nThis bank has a branch office at the northwest\\ncorner of Secondand Walnut Streets, Philadelphia,\\nand arrangements have been perfected by which\\ndeposits are made at J. A. Warasley s drug-store,\\nin Gloucester City. The management of the\\nCamden National Bank lias been a success, and\\nthe institution has secured a good patronage.\\nJohn Cooper, who for more than forty years\\nhas been prominently identified with the business\\ninterests of the city of Camden, is a grandson of\\nJames Cooper, who resided near Woodbury, Glou-\\ncester County, and who became possessed of con-\\nsiderable property in that section, a portion of\\nwhich, still owned by John Cooper, is the only\\ntract that w;is thus originally purchased that has\\nremained ever since in the family name. His\\nfather, William Cooper, who married Sarah Mor-\\ngan, daughter of Joseph Morgan, of Delaware\\nCounty, Pa., was a prosperous farmer for the period\\niu which he lived. He died in 1850, at the ad-\\nvanced age of eighty years. His wife died about\\ntwo years earlier. They were earnest supporters\\nand consistent members of the Society of Friends,\\nand both occujiied the station of elders in the\\nFriends Meeting held at Woodbury. They had\\nsix children, Mary, the eldest, married Charles\\nKaighn, of Camden Ann married Joseph Tatum,\\nof tiloiu-ester Counlv .lames married I^ucvMid-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0704.jp2"}, "593": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0707.jp2"}, "594": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0708.jp2"}, "595": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n467\\nrlleton, of Burlington County, William E. married\\nElizabeth, daughter of Enoch Roberts, of Burling-\\nton County Joseph M., a twin brother of James,\\nwho died unmarried, in 1885, at the residence of\\nhis brother John, the subject of this sketch, born\\nin 1814.\\nIn 1S43 John Cooper married Mary iM. Kaiglin,\\ndaughter of Joseph and Sarah Kaighn, of Camden,\\nand soon after opened a grocery store on what was\\nthen known as Market Street (now Kaighn Avenue)\\nIt was the only store in that section of Camden. In-\\ndeed, there were but few houses there except those\\nin the immediate vicinity of the ferry. In 1845\\nhe opened a coal-yard, being the pioneer in that\\nbranch of trade, and the fir.st one to engage in that\\nbusiness in Camden, south of Federal Street. For\\nmore than forty years he has been active in business\\nin that part of the city, interested in the develop-\\nment of its mercantile interests, and has been a\\nsuccessful merchant. He has been a director of\\nthe Kaighns Point Ferry Company for many\\nyears and was one of the promoters of the Cam-\\nden National Bank, of which he is now vice-\\npresident. He is the head of the firm of Cooper,\\nStone Co., dealers in coal, wood and hardware,\\ndoing business at Front Street and Kaighn Ave-\\nnue. Both he and his wife, Mary M., were much\\ninterested on behalf of the colored population\\nof the city, were among the founders of the\\nWest Jersey Orphanage, a home for colored chil-\\ndren, and became very active in its management.\\nShe left a considerable sum of money to be paid\\nto it after her death. She died in 1880. They\\nh.id four children, Howard M., a prominent\\nmember of the bar; Sallie K., who married George\\nK.Johnson, Jr.; William J., who is now associated\\nwith his father in business and Ellen, who died\\nin early life. A few years ago Mr. Cooper pur-\\ncha-ied a lot of ground on Cooper Street, above\\nSeventh, and built thereon a fine residence. He\\nrecently married C. Louisa Gibberson, of Phila-\\ndelphia, and now lives in his Cooper Street man-\\nsion.\\nCHAPTEK V.\\nRELIGIOUS HISTORY OF CAMDES.\\nNewton Friends Meeting Methodist Churches Baptist Churches\\nProtestant Episcopal Churches Prest)yterian Churches Luth-\\neran Churches Churches of the United Brethren in Christ,\\nChurch of the Evangelical Association Young Men s Christian\\nAssociation Roman Catholic Churches.\\nNewton Friends Meeting. About the yi\\n1800, when the general opening of roads made\\n1 liy Uoward 51. Cooper.\\nar\\nno longer important to be on the water, Newton\\nFriends determined to move from their old meet-\\niiig-house on Newton Creek to a place more\\ncentral; and in Fourth Month, 1801, Joseph\\nKaighn gave them the lot of land at the corner of\\nthe Mount Ephraim road and Mount Vernon\\nStreet, in the present city of Camden, on which,\\nin the same year, they built the brick meeting-\\nhouse that now stands there. Here they continued\\nmeeting without dissension until the separation of\\n1827-28 occurred, when the Orthodox Friends\\nretained possession of the house and have occupied\\nit ever since.\\nFor several years before the separation Richard\\nJordan, a prominent minister, was a member of\\nthis meeting, and afterwards, being an Orthodox\\nFriend, continued to preach here until his death,\\noften drawing full houses. The present jiublic\\nFriend is Richard Esterbrook.\\nAt the separation the Hicksite Friends met a\\nshort time in the oldCamden Academy, that stood\\nwhere the George Genge Grammar School now is,\\nat the southwest corner of Sixth and Market\\nStreets. On Seventh Month 6, 1828, Joseph W.\\nCooper gave them a lot of ground on Cooper\\nStreet, above Seventh, on which, in that year, they\\nerected a frame meeting-house and have met there\\ncontinuously since. When the house was built,\\nit was in the midst of a woods, some of the old\\noak-trees of which are still standing in the meet-\\ning-house yard. In 1885 the house was enlarged\\nand greatly improved in appearance. Samuel J.\\nLevick, Rachel Wainwright and Sarah Hunt have\\nbeen ministers here in the past. At present the\\npublic Friends are Mary S. Lippincott, Isaac C.\\nMartindale and others.\\nThe Third Street Methodist Epi.scopal\\nChurch. Exactly when Methodist preachers, lo-\\ncal or itinerant, commenced preaching at Camden\\nis unknown, but in 1797, Rev. Benjamin Fisler,\\nM.D., of Port Elizabeth, N. J., preached here sev-\\neral times, and \\\\\\\\e find subsequently that local\\npreachers from St. George s ChurcJ!, in Philadel-\\nphia, made Camden one of their preaching-places.\\nIn 1808 the New Jersey District of the Philadel-\\nphia Conference was formed, with Joseph Totten\\npresiding elder, and an appointment called Glou-\\ncester Circuit created, which included what is\\nnow Camden. Revs. Richard Sneath and William\\nS. Fisher were appointed as preachers of the new\\ncircuit and the following year, 1809, Richard\\nSneath formed the first regular chtss in Camden,\\ncomposed of James and Elizabeth Duer, Henry\\nand Susannah Sawn, William and Jlartha Price\\nand Phebe Peters, of which James Duer was ap-", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0709.jp2"}, "596": {"fulltext": "468\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\npointed leader. Services by the circuit preachers\\nwere held once every two weeks, on Wednesday\\nevening, in the academy which formerly stood on\\nthe corner of Market Street and Sixtli. The same\\nyear, finding the academy insufficient lor their\\nwants, a regular church organization having been\\nformed in the meantime, it was determined to\\nerect a house of worship. A lot on the corner of\\nFourth Street and Federal was secured and a\\nboard of trustees elected, composed of James Duer,\\nJonathan Petherbridge, H nry Sawn and William\\nPrice, and the corporate name of The Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church of Camden given to the new\\norganization. James Duer and Jonathan Pether-\\nbridge were made a building committee. Before\\nthe building was completed, Thomas Dunn, one of\\nthe preachers on the Gloucester Circuit, preached\\nIHli D alKLLi MLlUOil i Li 1 OlAI tUlRtH\\nthe first sermon in it from the te.xt, Who com-\\nmanded you to build tills house and to make up\\nthese walls The church was dedicated on the\\n2.Jth of November, 1810, by Presiding Elder Jo-\\nseph Totten. This was the first house of worship\\nerected in the city of Camden and is slill standing\\nnear the original site, cor. Fourth and Federal Sts.\\nIn 1834, the congregation having so increased,\\nit was determined to erect a new builditig more in\\nkeeping with the importance of the society and\\nbetter adapted to its wants. During this time\\nCamden was connected with Gloucester or Bur-\\nlington Circuits, but it was then thought that it\\nshould become a station. Accordingly, a lot on\\nThird Street, between Bridge Avenue and Federal\\nStreet, was purchased, and on the Fourth of July,\\n1834, the corner-stone of a new church was laid\\nwith appropriate services. December I4th, follow-\\ning, the church was dedicated by Rev. Charles\\nPitman, assisted by the pastor, Rev. William\\nGranville. The new building cost about eight\\nthousand dollars. In this new building the soci-\\nety did its work for over thirty years, increasing in\\nnumbers rapidly, especially during the great revi-\\nval in 1837. The church building had been en-\\nlarged and improved to meet its increased wants,\\nat considerable expense, and it was a crushing\\nblow to the society when, on the 20th of Novem-\\nber, 1867, the building was totally destroyed by\\nfire, with but a slight insurance on it. But though\\nfor a moment paralyzed, the congregation soon re-\\ncovered itself and, with commendable energy, im-\\nmediately began the erection\\nz^f\\\\\\\\ of a new building, and appoint-\\nV9\\\\\\\\ ed Rev. Charles H. Whitecar,\\npastor, S. S. E. Cowperthwait,\\nThomas B. Atkinson, Morton\\nMills, E. S. Johnson and James\\nM. Cassady a building com-\\nmittee to superintend the work.\\nThe lots on Third and Mickle\\nStreets and Bridge Avenue\\nwere purchased, and the work\\nwas pushed forward with so\\nmuch energy that the present\\nbeautiful house of worship,\\nwith a seating capacity of about\\nfourteen hundred, and costing,\\nwith the lot, some sixty thou-\\nsand dollars, was dedicated on\\nSeptember 1, 1869, in the pre-\\nsence of an immense concourse\\nof people, by Bishop Simpson\\nand the pastor. Rev. C. H.\\nWhitecar.\\nIn all its history this church has been firm in\\nits adherence to the polity of the Methodist E|)is-\\ncopal Church, and in its support to the various\\nreligious work of the denomination.\\nEarly in the history of this society, vigorous\\nwork in the Sunday-school cause Avas commenced\\nand has been undagging in it ever since. The\\npresent Sunday-school numbers over six hundred\\nmembers, with sixty oflicers and teachers. Dr.\\nWilliam Shafer is its present superintendent.\\nThe church has had the following pastors\\n18011. Tlmiims Ilunii. 1811. John Woolaton.\\nChnrK 8 Kfuil. 1812. Jusopli Osburn.\\n1810. PettT VumieMt. John Woolston.\\nJoseph Osliorji. 1813. Goorgo Wooluy.\\nTholiuiH Duvis. John Price.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0710.jp2"}, "597": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n469\\n1814.\\nGeorge Wooley.\\n18.33.\\nEdward Page.\\nJoseph Lybmnd.\\nI). W. Bartine.\\n1815.\\n.Tolin Vail Schoick.\\n1834-\\n.;i5. William Granville.\\nJoseph lliisling.\\n1836.\\nThomas Neal.\\n1810.\\nJoh.i Vim Schoick.\\n18.37.\\nJames H. Dandy.\\nJohn Kox.\\n1838-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a030. Joseph Ashbrook.\\n1817.\\nJames Moore.\\n184(1.\\nJohn K. Shaw.\\nJoseph Lybrand.\\nWilliam A. Brooks.\\n1818.\\nSolomon Sharp.\\n1841.\\nJohn K. Shaw.\\nDavia Best.\\n1842.\\nJohn L. Lenhart.\\nISlil.\\nJohn Walker.\\n1843-44. Isaac Winner.\\nJames Long.\\n1845.\\nAbram K. Street.\\n1829.\\nJohn Walker.\\nElwood H. Stokes.\\nJohn Polls.\\n1846.\\n.\\\\bram K. Street.\\n1821.\\nJohn Potts.\\n1847.\\nDavid W. Bartine.\\nBenjamin Collins.\\nGeorge A. Iteybold.\\n1822.\\nSylvester G. Hill.\\n1848.\\nDavid W. Bartine.\\nWaters Burrows.\\nIsrael S. Corbit.\\n1823.\\nSylvester G. Hill.\\n1849.\\nCharles H. Whitecar.\\nJoseph Carey.\\nWilliam H. Jeffreys,\\n1824.\\nDavid Daily.\\n1850.\\nCharles H. Whitecar.\\nJoseph Osborn.\\n1851.\\nIsaac N. Felch.\\n182;).\\nJacob G ruber.\\n1852.\\nRichard W. Petherbridgo.\\nWesley Wallace.\\n1853-54. James 0. Rogers.\\n1826.\\nGeorge Wooley.\\n1855.\\nJohn W. McDougal.\\nRobert Gerry.\\n1856-57. William E. Perry.\\n1827.\\nGeorge Wooley.\\n1858-59. Elwood H. Stokes.\\nThomas Sovereign.\\n1860-61. Samuel T. Monroe.\\n1828.\\nHenry Boehm.\\n1862-63. Joseph B. Dobbins.\\nLevin M. Prettyman.\\n1864-05-66. Sanmel Vansant.\\n1820.\\nHenry Boehm.\\n1867-68-69. Charles H. Whitecar.\\nW. W. Foulks.\\n1870-\\n-71. John S. Heisler.\\nSamuel Throckmorton.\\n1872-\\n-73-74. Charles E, Hill.\\n1830.\\nWilliam W. Foulks.\\n1875-76-77. Charles R, Hartrauft.\\nJoseph Ash brook.\\nPennel Coombs.\\n1831,\\nJohn Walker.\\n1878.\\n-70-80. J. B. Graw.\\nJefferson Lewis.\\n1881-\\n-82-83. William W. Moffet.\\n1832.\\nJohn Walker.\\n1884-85-86. G. B. Wight.\\nSince its organization, in 1809, Third Street\\nChurch ha.s sent out the following church organi-\\nzations, all of them at present flourishing churches\\nin Camden, viz.: Union Church, Broadway\\nChurch, Tabernacle Church and Centenary\\nChurch.\\nUnion Methodist Episcopal Church is situa-\\nted on the corner ofFifth Street and Mount Vernon.\\nThis society was originated from a class-meeting\\nformed in 1838, in a school-house near Kaighna\\nPoint, by the Rev. Josejjh Ashbrook. Twenty-\\nthree persons joined this class, viz., Charles\\nllugg (leader), Sarah Hugg, Parmclia Gaunt,\\nDeborah Hawkc, Benjamin Sutton, A. Sutton,\\nWilliam Home, Sarah Home, Mary Surran, Elias\\nKaighii, Sarah Kaighn, Levi Brink, Deborah\\nBrink, Sarali A. Kaighn, Joshua Stone, Rebecca\\nStone, Mary Smallwood, Elijah W. Kaighn, Elijah\\nBurrough, Thomas Eeigh, Harriet C. Brink,\\nGeorge Hughes and William Perkins. Of the\\noriginal members, not one is connected with the\\npresent congregation. Fourteen of them were\\ndismissed by certificate and nine have since died.\\nA regular Sunday meeting was established in the\\nschool-house and much interest was manifested in\\nthe services, which resulted in a number of persons\\njoining the class. As no suitable site could be ob-\\ntained for a church .at Kaighns Point, Rev. Joseph\\nAshbrook, before leaving the charge, procured the\\ngift of a lot from Richard Fetters, in 1839.\\nThis lot, so kindly donated, was on the south-\\neast corner of Fifth Street and Mount Vernon,\\nand, iu 1840^1, a frame church building was\\nerected on it, at a cost of four hundred and eleven\\ndollars, under the supervision of Rev. J. R. Shaw,\\nwho succeeded Rev. Ashbrook.\\nIn 1845 Rev. L. B. Newioii became the class-\\nleader, and through his eflbrts many members\\nwere added to the church, and the Sunday-school\\nincreased to one hundred and eighty scholars.\\nThe Rev. John L. Lenhart was pastor in 1843-44,\\nRev. Isaac Winner in 1845-46, and Rev. A. K. Street\\nin 1847-48. In this last-named year the member-\\nship had so increased that the Third Street Quar-\\nterly Conference decided to build a church in\\nSouth Camden. The corner-stone was laid on\\nJune 8, 1848, and the church dedicated- on the\\n25th of December of that year. Rev. Charles Pit-\\nman, D.D., officiating. This church was forty by\\nfifty-five feet, and twenty feet high. In 1849 Rev.\\nCharles Whitecar and Rev. William H. Jeffries\\nwere sent to Camden. The cholera prevailed to an\\nalarming extent, and there were over fifty deaths\\nwithin this congregation.\\nIn 1850, under the direction of the Conference,\\nEnoch Shinn, Joseph Sharp, John S. Bundick,\\nThomas McDowell, Sr., Samuel Scull, Levi B.\\nNewton and Joseph Evans were chosen trustees\\nof this church. Rev. David Duffield became pas-\\ntor the same year, and during his ministry the\\nchurch was prosperous and free from debt. In\\n1854 and 1855, under the Rev. Philip Cline as pas-\\ntor, the church numbered three hundred and\\nforty-six members, and the chnrch Sunday-school,\\nwith the one connected with the church in Stock-\\nton, three hundred and ninety members. Rev. J.\\nW. Hickman was pastor during 1850 and 1857, and\\nRev. H. M. Brown in 1858 and 1859. Previous to\\nthis time it was called the Fifth Street Church,\\nbut now took the corporate name of the Union\\nChurch.\\nIn 1858 there were four schools connected with\\nthis charge, No. 1, in the church, Levi B.\\nNewton, superintendent No. 2, at Stockton,\\nSamuel Deval, superintendent No. 3, at Kaighns\\nPoint, William Hunt, superintendent; and No. 4,\\nat Eagle Hall, Jose|)h .lohnson, superintendent.\\nIn these schools were eighty-three officers and\\nteachers and five hundred scholars. In 1859 this\\nchurch, with William Peacock as contractor, built", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0711.jp2"}, "598": {"fulltext": "470\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\namission chapel at Stockton. There were no material\\nchanges in the church from this time until 1880.\\nThe pastors who officiated during these years were\\nKevs. Henry M. Beegle, 1860-62 Aaron E. Bal-\\nlard and Charles E. Hill, 1863-64; Samuel Parker,\\n1865-66; W. W. Christine, 1867-68; Garner R.\\nSnyder, 1869-71; George C. Maddock, 1871-74;\\nA. K. Street, 1874-77 and James Moore, 1877-80-\\nIn 1880 Rev. John S. Gaskill became pastor,\\nand through his efforts succeeded in having a new\\nchurch, which was dedicated in May, 1883. The\\nsame year Rev. G. Dobbins became pastor, and in\\n1886 the present pastor. Rev. A. Lawrence, was as-\\nsigned to the charge. The church has at this date\\n(1886) five hundred and thirty-two full members\\nand ten probationers. The Sunday-school has\\nsixty officers and teachers and six hundred and\\nforty-four pupils. Samuel C. Newton is the super-\\nintendent.\\nJohn S. Bundick, who died in 1884, was presi-\\ndent of the board of trustees for many years.\\nBroadway Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nAt the house of Cbas. Sloan a meeting of Metho-\\ndists was held on April 8, 1848, where, with Mr.\\nSloan as chairman and David Dufficld, Jr., secre-\\ntary, the Berkley Street Sabbath-school of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Chun-h of Camden, N. J., was\\norganized. Chaa. Sloan, David Duffield, Jr., Thos.\\nL. Smith, Philander C. Brink, Benj. A. Haminell,\\nLevi C. Phifer, Wm. Few, John Newton, Richard\\nJ. Sharp, L B. Reed, John B. Thompson, Eliza-\\nBvGi, i E. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rv, l,i: l)r.m.l\\\\viiy,C.iimli-ii.\\nbeth Middleton, Susan H. Scott, Mary Adams,\\nHarriet Davis, Mary Brooks, Hannah Souder,\\nMary Dunn and Sarah Cheeseman volunteered to\\nbecome teachers. Chas. Sloan was elected super-\\nintendent. A lot was purchased and a school-\\nhuuse built, which was dedicated April 15, 1849,\\nby Rev. Dr. Bartine. The school then had\\ntwelve teachers and sixty-three scholars, which\\ntwo years later was increased to one hundred and\\none scholars. A request was sent to Rev. Chas.\\nH. Whitecar, pastor of Third Street Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, to form a class, of which Isaac\\nB. Reed was appointed leader, and the other mem-\\nbers were Hannah Chambers, Abigail Bishop,\\nWm. Wood, Furman Sheldon, Priscilla Sheldon,\\nAchsa Sutton, Mary Button, Mary Brooks, Eliza-\\nbeth Bender, Ruthanna Bender, Charlotte Wilk-\\ninson, Wm. Patterson, Sister Patter-\\nson, Sister Severns, Rebecca Thomp-\\nson, Elizabeth Mclntyre, Hannah\\nA. Reed, Dan l Stephenson, Rachel\\nStephenson, Susan Thomas, Samuel\\nSeverns, Mary E. Maguire and Wm.\\nFew. At a meeting held in the Sun-\\nday-school room on Berkley Street,\\nMarch 10, 1854, and at a subsequent\\nmeeting, May 9th, a church society\\nwas organized largely from members\\nif the class above mentioned. Rev.\\nRalph S. Arndt was the first pastor.\\nForty certificates of membership\\nwere received, and John Lee, Isaac\\nB. Reed and Conklin Mayhew were\\nappointed class-leaders.\\nThe first board of stewards was\\ncomposed of John C. Clopper, Wal-\\nter Rink, John M. Pascall and Logan\\nII Alcott. May 30, 1854, the board of\\ntrustees elected were Daniel Bishop,\\nS. S.Cain, Wm. Severns, Conklin Mayhew, Furman\\nSlieldon, Logan Alcott and T. H. Stephens. At the\\nsame meeting the name of Broadway Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church of Camden, N. J., was selected\\nto designate the new society. Rev. J. H. Knowles\\nwas pastor from May, 1855, to the end of the pas-\\ntoral year and part of next year, which was finished\\nby Rev. J.J. Hanley, who remained to May, 1858.\\nIn February, 1856, John S. Newton, who after-\\nwards lost his life with the unfortunates in the\\nNew Jersey steamboat, was appointed leader of a\\nclass of young converts. The trustees purchased the\\nproperty corner of Broadway and Berkley Street,\\nin 1854, subject to a claim, and on November 14,\\n1854, they bought an adjoining lot. The basement\\nof the church was dedicated December 25, 1855,", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0712.jp2"}, "599": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n471\\nby Bishop Scott, and the main audionce-room\\ndedicated January 29, 1857, Isy Bishop .lanes.\\nRev. C. K. Fleming was pastor from 1S5S to\\n1860. There were then two hundred full mem.\\nbers and one hundred probationers. TheSunday-\\nschools under theircharge had, in 18G0, three hun-\\ndred and seventy-flve children.\\nP rom 1860 to 1872. inclusive, the successive\\npastors were C. W. Heisley, who went to the army\\nas chaplain, Robert Stratton, R. S. Harris, George\\nKitchens, Wm. Walton, R. A. Chalker and Geo.\\nHughes, and during this period the chui ch pros-\\npered greatly, so that it became necessary to en-\\nlarge the church building. The original building\\nW.1S forty-eight feet by sixty-five feet, and during\\nthe pastorate of Rev. JohnS. Phelps, 1873-74, an\\naddition of thirty feet was built to the rear. Rev. H.\\nH. Brown was pastor during 1875. The parsonage,\\nNo. 512 Broadway, was purchased for five thou-\\nsand dollars, April 20, 1873. Rev. Geo. Reed was\\npastor in 1876, and had two very successful years\\nin church work, making many conversions.\\nRev. Geo. B. Wight was pastor during 1878,\\n1879 and 1880. During this period a plan was\\nadopted to liquidate the debt on the church, which\\nwas then nine thousand dollars, and which has\\nbeen reduced to two thousand dollars. The new\\nMethodist hymnal was adopted by the church in\\nNovember, 1878. In 1879, December 31st, a new\\ndepartment in Sunday-school work, called the As-\\nsembly, was started under the leadership of Joseph\\nElverson, who has held that position ever since.\\nRev. Milton Relyea was pastor from 1881 to 188-1\\nduring this period there was a great revival\\nand a large number were added to the church.\\nMrs. Lizzie Smith did much earnest work at a re-\\nvival in 1881. At an afternoon meeting held that\\nyear, Mrs. Clayton, a member, died very sudileidy.\\nIn 1884 the church was newly frescoed, a pipe-organ\\nput in position, and shortly thereafter the Annual\\nConference was held in this church. In October,\\n1883, the Sunday-school numbered one thousand\\ntwo hundred and forty-seven scholars, and had\\neighty-nine officers and teachers. The Pine Street\\nMission, formerly under charge of Union Method-\\nist Episcopal Church, was transferred by mutual\\nconsent to the charge of Broadway Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, March, 1884 soon after, a\\nplot of ground ninety by one hundred and fifty\\nfeet, at Third Street and Beckett, was purchased by\\nthis church, on which to erect a chapel and re-\\nceive the Sunday-school and worshippers of Pine\\nStreet Mission. The old building on Pine Street\\nwas subsequently sold and the proceeds applied to\\nthe new building, which was dedicated in October,\\n1885. In 1885, under the preaching of Rev. D. B.\\nGreen, a great revival wiis held. In March, 1885,\\nthe Band of Hope passed into the charge of the\\nSunday-school Association, and in May, Emmor\\nApplegate was elected its superintendent. Rev.\\nWm. P. Davis, D.D., commenced his pastorate of\\nthis church March, 1884, since which time many\\nmembers have been added. The membership now\\n(1886) is nearly eight hundred, and about two\\nhundred probationers. The Sunday-school has\\nnearly one thousand two hundred members and\\nthe Mission school has about two hundred and\\nseventy members. Dr. A. E. Street is^the general\\nsuperintendent of the school.\\nTabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nIn ]856afew members of theThird StreetMeth-\\nodist Episcopal Church of Camden held devo-\\ntional meetings in a grove at Coojiers Point, and\\nthen organized the Tabernacle Methodist Episco-\\npal Church. In 1860 a chapel was built on Third\\nStreet, below Vine, in which regular meetings were\\nheld. A minister was appointed by the New Jer-\\nsey Conference. The society grew rapidly in\\nnumbers, and in 1867 the structure at the uortheast\\ncorner of Third Street and Pearl was built. The\\ndebt on the church for a time was a heavy load.\\nHowever, through perseverance and zealous work,\\nit was greatly diminished. In this church build-\\ning the societycontinuedto worship until Augusts,\\n1885. On that day the cyclone that did such a vast\\namount of damage in Camden and Port Richmond,\\nPhiladelphia, unroofed the church building and\\nweakened the walls. It was then decided to take\\ndown what remained of the old building and in its\\nplace construct a new one. John B. Betts, a\\nbuilder, began the work in September, under a\\ncontract to erect the present church with a seat-\\ning capacity of eleven hundred. The south and\\nwest sides are of stone and the north and e.ist sides\\nof brick, with the main audience-room on\\nsecond floor. The cost of the church and furniture\\nwas about thirty-two thousand dollars, and it is a\\nbeautiful and attractive building. It was dedicated\\nwith imposing ceremonies during the summer of\\n1886. The church membership numbers about\\nsix hundred. The Sunday-school, of which Wal-\\nter M. Patton has been superintendent for twelve\\nyears, has thirty-five teachers and six hundred\\nscholars. Tabernacle Church is the only Method-\\nist Episcopal Church in Camden north of Cooper\\nStreet, and is the only free-seating church of any\\ndenomination north of Bridge Avenue.\\nThe following is a list of the ministers who have\\nbeen stationed at this church by the New Jersey\\nConference since its organization Revs. W. S.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0713.jp2"}, "600": {"fulltext": "471\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nBarnart, L. La Rue, James White, J. H. Stock-\\nton, J. W. Hickman, S. E. Post, C. K. Fleming, G.\\nK. Morris, E. Hewett, G. S. Sykes, J. S. Heisler\\nand J. Y. Dobbins.\\nFlLLMOKE StEEET MeTHODIST EPISCOPAL\\nChurch. In 1856 a mission school, under the\\nauspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was\\norganized in the house of Jesse Perkins, No. 1722\\nBroadway, and was superintended by John Dob-\\nbins and Mrs. Shuttleworth. Soon after its organ-\\nization it was removed to the house of William\\nHammond, on Fillmore Street, opposite to the\\nsite of the present church, and Samuel Duval\\nbecame superintendent. The school was a suc-\\ncess, the number of scholars increased, and in\\n1858 the Fifth Street Methodist Episcopal Church\\nadopted measures to procure land and build a\\nchurch in that locality.\\nA one-story frame building, with a small chapel\\nto the rear, was built by Clayton Peacock in 1859,\\nand dedicated by Rev. William Brown. The\\nbuilding committee were William Room, William\\nHammond, John Dobbins, Thomas B. Jones, John\\nS. Bundick, Josiah Matlack and William Brown,\\nthe pastor. A large number of members joined\\nthe church at this time and the Sunday-school had\\neight teachers and sixty pupils. The pastors who\\nhave been assigned to this charge, from the time\\nof the organization to the present time, have been\\nGeorge W. Smith, J. T. Price, Joseph Hopkins, G.\\nH. Tullis, Lewis Atkinson, John Y. Dobbins,\\nDavid Stewart, Edward Messier, William Mitchell,\\nGeorge Musseroll, D. W. C. Mclntire and James\\nE. Diverty, the present pastor. The congregation\\nin the year 1886 built a new church, fifty-two\\nby eighty-two feet in size, of stone, with modern\\nimprovements and neatness of architectural de-\\nsign, at a cost of fifteen thousand dollars.\\nTwo large lots were donated by Mrs. John Dob-\\nbins for the site of the new church and a par-\\nsonage. These lots are on Broadway, corner of\\nVan Hook Street. The building committee, to\\ndraft the plans and superintend the building of the\\nnew church, is composed of John Dobbins, chair-\\nman Herman Helmbold, treasurer Benjamin\\nE. Mellor, secretary and Geo. W. Burroughs,\\nGeo. W. Lacomey, James O. Smith, Joseph Cline,\\nThomas Harman, G. W. Laird, Robert H. Comey,\\nFrederick Kift erlyand Henry Davi.s.\\nThe church at present (1886) has a membership\\nof one hundred and seventy-two communicants,\\nand in the Sunday-school there are two hundred\\nand eighty-nine pupils and teachers, with George\\nW. Burroughs as superintendent.\\nCentenary Methodist Episcopal Church\\nwas organized in 1865, by persons who were members\\nof the Third Street Methodist Episco])al Church.\\nThe Rev. J. B. Dobbins, D.D., was presiding elder\\nat that time. The persons most prominently iden-\\ntified with the organization of the church were\\nCharles Sloan, Joshua Peacock, Wm. D. Peacock,\\nNathan T. Mulliner, William W. Barlow, Charles\\nCox, Philander C. Brink, Benjamin H. Browning\\nand others.\\nThe original trustees were Wm. Barlow, Ralph\\nLee, Joseph C. De La Cour, H. F. Hunt, N. T.\\nMulliner, B. H. Browning and Thomas Cochran.\\nThe trustees for 1886 are B. F. Archer, C. S.\\nCrowell, W. F. Rose, Joseph H. Watson, Geo.\\nGerry White, L. Somers Risley and Wm. Post.\\nThe different preachers of Centenary Church, in\\norder of succession, have been as follows Revs.\\nHenry Baker, D.D., William V. Kelley, D.D.,\\nD. A. Schock, J. B. Dobbins, D.D., Thos. H.\\nStockton, John Y^. Dobbins, John E. Adams, I. L.\\nSooy and I. S. Heisler.\\nCentenary Methodist Episcopal Sabbath-school\\nwas organized April 8, 1866, in Morgan s Hall,\\nsoutheast corner of Fourth and Market Streets,\\nwith an attendance of eighteen ofiicers and teach-\\ners and sixty-eight scholars. Joshua Peacock was\\nelected superintendent, and Charles Sloan assist-\\nant superintendent.\\nAn infant department was formed April 22d,\\nwith thirteen scholars, under the direction of Mrs.\\nPetherbridge.\\nJoshua Peacock served as superintendent until\\nMay 4, 1873, when he was succeeded by Wm. T.\\nBailey, who has since filled the position, except\\nfrom November 16, 1884, t May 6, 1885, during\\nwhich time Wilbur F. Rose was superintendent.\\nThe school, in 1886, has three hundred and\\nforty-tliree scholars, and forty-five officers and\\nteachers. The present presiding officers are\\nWilliam T. Bailey, general superintendent Jo.shua\\nPeacock, assistant superintendent; Harris Graf-\\nfen, superintendent of the assembly Mrs. Ellen\\nB. G. Hammell, superintendent of primaiy depart-\\nment.\\nThe Eighth Street Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The history of the Eighth Street Church\\nbegins with a Mission Sunday-school under the\\ncare of the Broadway Church. This school, under\\nthe name of Paradise Mission, was organized in\\n1859 in a building on Mount Vernon Street, used\\nas a meat-shop and owned by John Paschal. At\\nthe time of the organization of the school John\\nCollins was elected superintendent John S. Long,\\nassistant and secretary Mr. Holmes, librarian\\nMittlin K. Long, treasurer, and Joseph HofHinger,", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0714.jp2"}, "601": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n473\\nJohn Paschal and Benjamin F. Long, teachers.\\nFifty children were immediately gathered into\\nthis school. The building had no chimney and\\nwas not plastered. The cold weather cmupelled\\nthe school to seek a more comfortable place, and\\nthe public school-bouse on Spruce Street was\\ngenerously granted and the school held in it for\\nseveral months. In 1860 a room or hall on Wal-\\nnut Street, to the rear of the present church, was\\nrented, and there the school convened until 1862,\\nwhen a frame chapel was built where the church\\nnow stands. Under the charge of the presiding\\nelder, A. K. Street, this chapel was dedicated by\\nKev. H. M. Brown, and the Sunday-school, then\\nnumbering one hundred members, moved into it.\\nDuring 1862 Rev. R. S. Harris, pastor of the\\nBroadway Methodist Episcopal Church, formed a\\nclass with John S.Long as leader, and thus ori-\\nginated the Eighth Street Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch.\\nRegular services were conducted every Sunday,\\nand during that winter extra meetings were held,\\nwhich resulted in bringing many persons within\\nthe fold of the church. Encouraged by this suc-\\ncess, in 1863 the Eighth Street Chapel, as it was\\nthen called, formed a mission in connection with\\nStockton and Newton, and the Conference appoint-\\ned Rev. Garner H. Tullis to take charge of this\\nmission. The first year of his ministry was a suc-\\ncessful one and brought eighty-three members,\\nforty probationers and two hundred and twenty\\nSunday-school children within the mission. The\\nEighth Street Chapel then filed a certificate of\\nincorporation, under the name of the Tullis\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, by which name it\\nhas ever since been known, though called in Con-\\nference minutes as the Eighth Street Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church of Camden. In 1865 Rev. Da-\\nvid McCurdy was appointed pastor and in 1866\\nRev. N. Walton succeeded him. In 1869 this\\nchurch, which had from the first been associated\\nwith Broadway Church, separated from it and be-\\ncame a station. In 1873 W. C. Stockton became\\npastor and the chapel was enlarged and greatly\\nimproved, at a cost of one thousand dollars,\\nthrough his exertions, and during the second year\\nof his pastorate the foundation of the present large\\nbrick church building was built up to the second\\nstory and a temporary roof placed over it. It was\\nnot completed until 1880, at which time the church\\nand grounds were valued at fifteen thousand dol-\\nlars. Since this congregation separated from the\\nBroadway Methodist Episcopal congregaiion the\\npastors who have served it were Revs. J. H. Nich-\\nols, J. I. Merrill, J. White, Jacob T. Price, W. C.\\nStockton, John R. Westwood, Willis Reeves,\\nCiarner H. Tullis, James H. Payson and William\\nWalton, the present pastor. The history of this\\nchurch has been promising from its first inception,\\nand its future prospects are brighter than ever.\\nWith an increasing population about it and\\na large membership of more uniform piety, it can-\\nnot fail to accomplish its great mission. The\\nmembership at this time (1886) is three hundred\\nand fifty-one, and the Sunday-school is in a fiour-\\nishing condition, having four hundred and fifty-\\none teachers and pupils, with E. S. Matlack as\\nsuperintendent.\\nKaighn Avenue Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch. The congregation that worships in\\nthis church is the outgrowth of a Mission Sunday-\\nschool started on Liberty Street, above Third, by\\nmembers of the Union Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch. The membership of this mission school\\nincreased to three hundred, and it was deemed\\nnecessary to seek larger and more comfortable\\nquarters. In 1879 a large blacksmith shop, on\\nFront Street, below Kaighn Avenue, was procured\\nand fitted up for Sunday-school purposes. Under\\nthe supervision of the Rev. William C. Stockton,\\na church society was formed, under the name of\\nthe Grace Methodist E|)iscopal Church, with thirty\\ncommunicants, and a Sunday-school started with\\ntwo hundred members, most of whom came from\\nthe mission school already mentioned. The\\nreligious services were held in the blacksmith-\\nshop for seventeen months, and during the heated\\nterm in the summer of 1879 the congregation wor-\\nshipped in a large tent on Kaighn Avenue, above\\nSecond Street. In 1880 Rev. John Boswell was\\nappointed to the charge. The member\u00c2\u00bbhi|) of\\nschool and church had greatly increased. A build-\\ning committee was appointed, and the same year the\\npresent church on Kaighn Avenue was commenced.\\nThe basement was built the same year, but the\\ncold weather prevented the completion of the\\nchurch, and a large frame pavilion, thirty by sixty\\nfeet, was put up within the walls and upon the\\nlower joists for a foundation. In this the congre-\\ngation woishipped until 1882, and in the mean\\ntime the work on the church progressed, the walls\\nand roof covering the pavilion completely before\\nit was taken down and removed. The congrega-\\ntion then worshipped in a large tent which was\\nput up at Third Street and Sycamore.\\nOn October 7, 1882, the church was dedicated by\\nBishop Hurst. The society had then two hundred\\nand forty communicant members and about five\\nhundred members in the Sunday-school. The\\nRev. B. C. Lippincott was the next minister, and", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0715.jp2"}, "602": {"fulltext": "474\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUxVTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nwas followed by the Rev. Charles F. Downs. In\\n1885 the Rev. James E. Lake assumerl the i:h irge\\nof the congregation, and the naraeof Kaighn Ave-\\nnue Methodist Episcopal Church was adopted.\\nAt this time there vva.s a large debt and they were\\nunable to meet the payments. The church was\\nthreatened with dissolution, but Rev. James E.\\nLake determined to avert the calamity, and\\nthrough his perseverance, by the large collections\\nwhich he raised from contributions in other\\nchurches and by contributing largely from his own\\npersonal effects, he succeeded in liquidating the\\nlargest portion of the indebtedness, leaving only a\\nsmall amount to be paid by the congregation. His\\nearnest efforts in the behalf of his congregation\\nhave proved very successful.\\nBethany Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nJanuary 9, 1881, in response to a call, about twenty\\npersons assembled in the basement of a one-story\\nbuilding situated on the south side of Federal\\nStreet, near the railroad, and organized as the\\nThird Street Mission. The first board of officers\\nwas composed of Lewis R. Wheaton, Asa R. Cox\\nand Charles Wentzell. The teachers appointed\\nwere Robert Miller and A. Busby. The accommo-\\ndations at this place were very meagre, a few\\nwooden benches without backs, a small number of\\nBibles and reading-books, but the untiring efforts of\\nthe members of this mission were rewarded by the\\nattendance of a large nu nber of scholars and ca-\\npable teachers. In 1882 the mission removed to a\\nroom on Ninth Street. It soon became necessary\\nto remove to a larger room or hall. The committee\\nsecured the old store-house on Federal Street, near\\nthe railroad, at a rental of eight dollars per month,\\nand fitted it up for services and Sunday-school\\npurposes. This change was beneficial and success-\\nful to the mission and also to the school, and gave\\nassured indication? of establishing a church. On\\nJune 11, 1884, the members who had attended\\nthese services separated from the Third Street\\nChurch and were organized into a church by Rev.\\nJ. B. Graw, D.D., and took the name of Bethany,\\nwhich was suggested by Mrs. S. Moslander, who\\nhad taken an active interest in the welfare of the\\nmission, and is at present a prominent member of\\nthe church. The Rev. J. D. Sleeper had been as-\\nsigned to the Camden mission, and it was believed\\nthat other missions would unite with them and\\nmiikc a fivir charge, but this could not be done, and\\nin consequence he devoted all his time to this new\\nchurch. In 1885 Rev. E. C. Hults was sent to\\nlook after the interests of Bethany, and before the\\nclose of the year a season of religious revival\\nadded a large number to the membership of the\\nchurch. In ISSG Rev. R. Harris was assigned to\\nthis charge. A lot, at the corner of Tenth Street and\\nCooper was secured and a neat one-story building\\nerected in 1880. The church membership is one\\nhundred and fifty and the Sunday-school has one\\nhundred and twenty-five scholars, under the care of\\nE. Butler as superintendent.\\nScott Methodist Episcopal Church is lo-\\ncated on Philip Street, above Ferry Avenue. The\\nnucleus of this church was eight members of the\\nold Wesley Church, who, in 1856, worshipped in\\nthe cellar of the hou-ic of Aaron Connor, on Kos-\\nsuth Street, for which they paid a rental of fifty\\ncents a month. The services were conducted by\\nRev. Peter Wise, of the John Wesley Church, of\\nPhiladelphia. In 1857 they worshipped in the\\nhouse of Mrs. Lyons, on Hooly Street (now\\nEighth). In 1858 a one-story frame church build-\\ning was erected on Eighth Street and paid for by\\nthe original eight members, who instituted a num-\\nber of camp-meetings, known as two days meetings\\nand also held entertainments. The church was\\nbuilt by James Peacock and finished in 1858; the\\nRev. Plenry A. Brown officiated at the dedicatory\\nservices. The pastors of this congregation, in\\norder of succession, have been Revs. Peter Wise,\\nIsaac Henson, Robert Robinson, Wilmer Elsey,\\nIsaiah Broughton, Stephen Johns, John Marshall,\\nPeter Burrough and John S. Holly. During the\\nfirst year of the ministry of Rev. J. S. Holly the\\ninitiatory steps were taken to build a larger church,\\nthe old one being too small to accommodate the con-\\ngregation and Sunday-school. In 1882 the present\\nbrick church was erected on Philip Street, above\\nFerry Avenue. This church is two stories in\\nheight, with basement rooms, large auditorium\\nin the second story and large gallery across the\\nfront, and cost six thousand five hundred dollars.\\nThe congregation has one hundred and thirty\\ncommunicants, the Sunday-school one hundred\\nmembers, of which Lawrence Rhoads is the super-\\nintendent. Rev. John Hubbard succeeded Rev.\\nJ. S. Holly and the present minister of the congre-\\ngation is Rev. John J. Campbell.\\nMacedonia Methodist Episcopal Church\\nof Camden is situated on Spruce Street, below\\nThird. In 1832 Mrs. Anna George, a resident of\\nSouth Camden, began a series of prayer-meetings\\nin different houses on Spruce Street, below Third,\\nand at the meeting in the house of Benjamin\\nWilson resolutions were adopted for the building\\nof a small church. In 1833 the corner-stone was\\nlaid, and the church, a one-story frame building,\\ntwenty by thirty feet, was completed and dedicated\\nwith ap])ropriate ceremonies by the Rev. .Toseph", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0716.jp2"}, "603": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n475\\nCaul. This church was the first one built by any\\ncongregation of colored people in Camden County.\\nHistoric as it was, for the reason first mentioned, it\\nwas destroyed by fire in 1837. A brick church,\\nthirty by forty feet, was then built on the site of\\nthe one destroyed, and finished in 1838. At this\\ntime there were thirty-four members of the church\\nand twenty-six children in the Sunday-school.\\nIn 1850 the church was rebuilt with larger di-\\nmensions to meet the wants of the increasing\\nmembership. Between 1850 and 1883 the congre-\\ngation enjoyed a prosperous and steady gain in\\nmembership. In 1882 the land adjoining the\\nchurch, thirty by one hundred feet, was purchased,\\nand in 1883 a two-story brick building, forty by\\nseventy-five feet, was built by James Aspen, con-\\ntractor, with basement auditorium and front\\ngallery. It has a seating capacity of eight hun-\\ndred persons. This church was dedicated by\\nBishop Campbell. There were then two hundred\\nand forty communicant members in the congrega-\\ntion and one hundred and fifty-five pupils in the\\nSunday-school, with William S. Darr as the\\nsuperintendent. The ministers of this church, in\\nsuccession have been as follows Revs. Richard\\nWilliams, John Cornish, Joshua Woodlin, John\\nBoggs, Israel Scott, George Grinley, Henry Davis,\\nAbraham Crippin, William D. Schureman, James\\nFuller, George W. Johnson, George E. Boyer,\\nTheophilus Stewart, Leonard Patterson, Frisby J.\\nCooper, Jeremiah Turpin, Michael F. Sluby,\\nRobert J. Long, John W. Cooper, P. L. Stanford,\\nWilliam H. Yocum and A. H. Newton, the present\\npastor.\\nAt this date (1886) the church has two hundred\\nand seventy-six members on its roll and there are\\none hundred and seventy-four members in the\\nSunday-school, under Samuel Hunt as superin-\\ntendent.\\nZioN Wesley Church is situated on the\\ncorner of Ann Street and Sycamore. It was\\nfirst known as the Wesley Church. The congre-\\ngation is the outgrowth of a number of prayer-\\nmeetings which were held in different houses in the\\nvicinity of the church in 1851 and 1852. The first\\nmeeting was held in the house of William Christo-\\npher, on Kaighn Avenue. The ministers who\\nofliciated at the original meetings were Revs.\\nGeorge Johnson and Mrs. Mary Adams. The\\nlatter had been a missionary to Africa for five\\nyears, took a great interest in the endeavor to\\norganize a church society and collected fuuds to\\npurchase a lot as a site for a church building. In\\n1853 funds had been raised to build a one-story\\nframe church, which was completed the same year\\nand dedicated by Bishop Clinton, of Philadelphia.\\nThirty-five [)ersons joined the church, and a Sun-\\nday-school was started with forty members in\\nattendance. The church was soon after rebuilt\\nwith greater dimensions, but as the church records\\nare incomplete, the exact date of rebuilding is\\nunknown. In 1880 the old church building was\\ntaken down and a large two-story brick one, forty\\nby seventy feet, with vestry rooms and gallery, was\\nbuilt, and dedicated with the present name of\\nZion Wesley Church. The congregation was then\\nunder the pastoral care of Rev. Joseph P. Thomp-\\nson. The ministers who have been assigned by\\nConference to this charge are Revs. Thomas\\nCastor, George Johnson, Arthur J. Scott, William\\nH. Blackston, George Hilton, George Bausley, J.\\nB. Truster, Joseph P.Thompson, Andrew Jackson,\\nAbraham Anderson and John H. White. The\\ncongregation in 188i) has one hundred and thirty\\nmembers. The Sunday-school has eighty pupils.\\nBethel Methodist Episcopal Church is\\nsituated on Maple Street, below Ferry Avenue.\\nThis congregation originated from a small Sunday-\\nschool and series of prayer-meetings which were\\nheld in the house of John Morris, on South Street,\\nin 18G3, and in a tent which was put up on the\\nsite where the present church has been built. In\\n1864 suflicient money was collected to enable the\\nyoung congregation to purchase this small lot and\\nbuild a one-story frame church. The builder,\\nAdam Sparrow, completed it in 1864. It was\\ndedicated the same year. Bishop Campbell of-\\nficiating at the dedicatory services. The Rev.\\nJohn Boyer was the first pastor, and the congre-\\ngation increased under his ministry, as also the\\nSunday-school under the superintendence of\\nJames Dicks. The ministers who have served\\nhere in succession since the time of organization\\nhave been Rev. John Boyer, Elders Watson,\\nCooper, Sluby, Garrison, Turner, William, Sturgis\\nand Mills, Rev. John Whitecar and Rev. Josiah\\nSmith, the present pastor. The church now has\\neighty communicants the Sunday-school has\\nforty-two members. Daniel Emmons is the super-\\nintendent.\\nUnion American Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, Chestnut Street, above Seventh, was\\nfounded by Rev. Peter Spencer, of Wilmington,\\nDel., and it is known as a branch of the African\\nUnion Church, of that city. In 1853 a series of\\nprayer-meetings were conducted in the house of\\nD. Butler, on Newton Street, also in the houses of\\nSarah Stewart and Sarah Wheeler, under the di-\\nrection of Rev. John Reed. In 1855 funds were\\ncollected, and a small frame house on Newton", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0717.jp2"}, "604": {"fulltext": "476\\nHISTOllY OF CAMDEN COUNTV, NEW JERSEY.\\nStreet, above Seventh, was purchased, and moved\\nto a site near the corner of Ann Street and Newton\\nStreet. It was then converted into a small church\\nby building an addition to the rear of it, and other\\nimprovements were added. A large number of\\ncommunicants were admitted to membership in the\\nnewly-formed society, and the Sunday-school grew\\nj nd prospered under the direction of Christopher\\nBerry. The original building in which these peo-\\nple worshipped was too small hence.in 1879, itwiis\\ndecided to build a larger and more convenient\\nchurch. Under the auspices of a building commit-\\ntee, the present large two-story brick church, forty\\nby seventy feet, was built in 1880 and dedicated by\\nBishop Ramsey, of Woodstown, N. J. The relig-\\nious services of this church are yet conducted in\\nthe large basement-room of the church building;\\nthe auditorium on the second floor, though, will\\nsoon be completed. The first pastor who minis-\\ntered to the wants of this congregation was the\\nRev. Henry Mood, who was followed by Rev. Isaac\\nWilliams, and he by the present pastor, Rev.\\nAsbury Smith. The church membership is about\\none hundred. In the Sunday-school, of which\\nWilliam Saunders is superintendent, there are\\neighty children. At the time of the dedication of\\nihe new church the name of the African Union\\nChurch was changed to Union American Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church.\\nMemorial Methodist Protestant Church\\nis situated on Liberty Street, above Third. Relig-\\nious services of this denomination were first held\\nweekly in Camden, in 1865, at the the house of Mrs.\\nRobinson and Mrs. Salinda Smith, on Kaighn\\nAvenue, which resulted in effecting an organiza-\\ntion, and during the fall of 1865 the newly-\\nformed society obtained the use of the second\\nstory of a frame building at Second Street and Pine,\\nowned by the City Fire Department. Rev. Frank\\nFletcher, the first pastor, by the end of the first\\nyear, had secured a church membership of ninety\\ncommunicants and established a Sunday-school in\\nconnection with the congregation. In 1866 a\\nchurch building, thirty-two by forty-eight feet,\\nwas erected on Broadway, below Kaighn Avenue,\\nand the Rev. Boston Corbett was chosen the second\\n2 astor.\\nIn 1867 Rev. William Staulcup became pastor,\\ncontinued until 1874 and was succeeded by Rev.\\nJ. K. Freed, during whose ministry a new brick\\nchurch, forty by sixty feet, was built upon the site\\nof the old one. In 1877 Rev. C. Applegate suc-\\n1 Sergeant Boston Corbett, above mentioned, ie the person who,\\nas a soldier, shut John Willies Booth, the osstusin of President\\nAbraham Lincoln.\\nceeded, and in 1879 the Rev. William Staulcup\\nwas returned to this congregation. At this period\\nan exchange of the original church building\\nwa-s made for a desirable church and grounds\\non Liberty Street, above Third. The building\\nthus obtained had previously been used by a\\nmission under the auspices of the Fifth Street\\nChurch. The exchange enabled the congregation\\nto cancel all indebtedness. In 1883 Rev. John\\nClark became pastor, but on account of his sickness\\nthe charge of the congregation was transferred\\nto his grandson, Rev. Robert Sinkinson, who served\\nuntil his grandfather s death, in 1885. Under\\nhis ministrations over one hundred members were\\nadded to the church, and the Sunday-school, under\\nthe care of Frank Fennimore as superintendent,\\nhad increased in number to three hundred mem-\\nbers. In January, 1886, Rev. Charles D. Sinkin-\\nson, brother of the previous pastor, was assigned to\\nthis pastoral charge. During the past year (1886)\\nthe church building was extended forty feet to the\\nrear, with a deep recess and an additional story\\nadded; when thus completed, it will have a seat-\\ning capacity for si.x hundred persons. The present\\nmembership is two hundred and forty, and the\\nSunday-school has three hundred and fifty mem-\\nbers, with Theodore Darnell as superintendent.\\nThe First Baptist Church of Camden.^\\nEarly in the present century a few Baptists from\\nCohansey settled in Camden. They promptly united\\nwith the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia,\\nand, notwithstanding the difficulties and dangers\\nof crossing the Delaware (with the rude facilities\\nof the time), regularly attended its services. But\\nprovision for their own spiritual needs did not ex-\\nhaust their sense of obligation. Loyalty to God\\nand His truth, and an ardent desire for the salva-\\ntion of men, demanded of them the preaching of\\nthe gospel to their own townsmen.\\nThe Village Academy, located at Sixth and\\nMarket Streets, was their first public meeting-place.\\nThere, under the occasional ministry of Rev. Henry\\nHalcomb, D.D., of Philadelphia, and others, be-\\ngan the work of the Baptist denomination in what\\nis now the city of Camden. Soon a strong oppo-\\nsition revealed itself, that closed the doors of the\\nAcademy against the little band, whose only of-\\nfense was faithful adherence to Scriptural teaching\\nand practice.\\nThough subjected to great inconvenience by\\nthis privation, they pushed forward the work to\\nwhich they believed God had called them with un-\\ndaunted purpose and unabated ardor. Private\\n2B}- Rev. I. C. Wynn, D.D.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0718.jp2"}, "605": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF f AMDKN.\\n477\\nhouses were opened, and in them the villagers\\nwere invited to meet for prayer and t otirerenee,\\nand to listen to the preaching of the gospel.\\n3 he first church organization was etl ected Feb-\\nruary 5, 1818. Its constituents were Silvaiius\\nSheppard, Phiebe Sheppaid, Richanl .Inlnison,\\nAnn Johnson, Isaac Smith, Hannah Ludlam ami\\nEleanor Sheppard. These all came by letters of\\ndismission from the First Church of Philadel|)hia.\\nAt the same time Silvanus Sheppard and liichard\\nJohnson were elected to the diaconate and or-\\ndained. Before the close of 1818, through the\\nself-saeriticing eflbrts of this heroic little band,\\nthe first modest meeting-house rose im the site\\nnow occupied bv the Fli; T iii Rrir.\\nI licyear 1842 witnessed the completion of a two-\\nstory brick building on the site of the modest struc-\\nture that for more than twenty years had been the\\nhome of the church; and the little company of\\nseven had grown to two hundred and ten. The\\n]iastorate of Kev. Thomas R.Taylor began in 1843\\nand continued tolS. )-t. It was a period of pros-\\nperity and growth to the church. Other pastor-\\nates had been efficient, considering their brevity.\\nMr. Taylor s incumbeney was the first that was\\nsufficiently protracted to establish wise methods of\\nwork in the church, or to measure the pastor s\\npersonal iulluence upon llic community.\\nIn 18-18 forty-four members were dismissed to\\nconstitute the Scccuul IJaptist Church of Cam-\\nFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.\\nAt this time the cause received valuable aid from\\nthe frequent visits and earnest labors of I!e,v..lobn\\nSisty, of Haddontield. In the early years of its\\nhistory the growth of the church was greatly hin-\\ndered by the frequent change of pastors, and by\\nlong pastorless periods. From the year of its con-\\nstitution (1818) to 1SI!2 it was identified with the\\nNew Jersey Baptist Association, and at tbc^ end\\nof that period reported a membership of thirty-\\nseven. The church then withdrew from the New\\nJersey Baptist A-ssociation and became a constitu-\\nent of the Central Union Association of I ennsyl-\\nvania, organized July 81, 1832. Inl83!)it relumed\\nto the association in New-Iersey, with a member-\\nship of one hundred and fifty-eight.\\n57\\nIn the twelve years from 1804 to I8()() five pas-\\nlorates were crowded. Notwithstanding the fre-\\ni|uent change of leaders, the church continued to\\nprosiier. In ISSi) it gave thirty-seven members to\\nconstitute the North Baptist Church. In 1861\\none hundred and lifly-Hve communicants withdrew\\nlo constitute the \u00e2\u0096\u00a0Tabernacle Baptist (^Ihurch.\\nIn 1S( 0 the seeond house was razed, and the pres-\\nent substantial and commodious building was\\ncompleted and dedicated in 18fi4.\\nIn 1871 a nundier of communicants withdrew\\nand constituted the Trinity Baptist Church,\\njierfccting their organization in 1872.\\nIn Aiiril, 1871, negotiations began looking to\\nthe union of the First and Tabernacle Churche-i.\\nThe latter, under the pastorates of Rev. A. Karl,\\nRiv. P. I,. I avis and Rev. I. C. Wynn, had en-\\njoy l leu years of harmonious and successful ac-\\n(ivily, and reijorted a niendiershi] of two hundred\\nand seventy-nine.\\nFending the final di-cisioji of an involved legal\\nissue and necessary legislation, the two congrega-\\ntions worshipped together in the house of the First\\nChurch from .Inne 4, 1871, lo April 1, 1872, when\\nthe union was consuniinaled, under the title of the\\nI ourth Street Baptist Church, of Camden, with\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ui aggregate membershi| of three hundred and\\nfifty-one. On the Kith of April, 1883, the corporate\\ntitle was ehanged to The First Maptist Church\\nof Camden, N.\\nThe biuiidicent influence of this union has been\\nfelt lieyond the limits of the resultant church. It\\nhas lessened necessary home expenses, and lib-\\nerated funds to be api)lied lo the mission work of\\nthe denomin. ition. Since the union the life of the\\ncluirch has been healthful and vigorous. Its finan-\\ncial iiilcrests havi been elKciently managed;\\n$iii!,202.73 have been I xpcudcd in the improve-\\nnu nt of the projicrty ui the churidi and in the", "height": "2983", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0719.jp2"}, "606": {"fulltext": "478\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nmaintenauce of its ministries at home, and\\n$y(;06.81 have heen devoted to the various forms\\nof benevolent activity abroad.\\nDuring the period from April 1, 1872, to July\\n31, 1886, the accessions to the membership have\\nbeen: By baptism, two hundred and sixty-seven\\nby letter, two hundred and seventy-one; by experi-\\nence, twenty-two; by restoration, sixteen, total,\\nfive hundred and seventy-six. The reductions\\nhave been: By death, ninety-eight; by letter, one\\nhundred and sixty-nine by erasure, thirty-four by\\nexclusion, sixty-six, total, three hundred and\\nsixty-seven. The net increase has been two hun-\\ndred and nine, giving a [iresent membership of\\nfive hundred and sixty.\\nThe church has given special emphasis to Bible\\nschool work, and in addition to its home school\\nhas, for the last five years, sustained a flourishing\\nmission in the southern part of the city. They\\nhave an enrollment of seventy otHcers and teach-\\ners, and six hundreil and thirty scholars.\\nDaniel James, May, 1818, to November. 1818.\\nJohn P. Cooper, December, 1818, to March, 1819.\\nThomas .1. Kitts, December, 1819, to March, 1822.\\nCharles J. Hopkius, March, 1823, to Jul.v, ISii.\\nRobert Comptoii, September, 18211, to September, 1832.\\nAmasa Smith, .lanuary, l\u00c2\u00ab:i3, to Sopteiuber, 1833.\\nWilliaui S. Hall, November, 1833, to May, 1834.\\nThoma 4 C. Teastiale, January, 1835, to October, 18;i5.\\nJoseph Sheppard, \\\\ngust, 183(5, to IMay, 1838.\\nN. B. Tindall, .\\\\neust, 1838, to September, 1841.\\nWilliam W. Smith, December, 1841, to September, 1812.\\nThomas K. Taylor, November, 1842, to January, Is. il.\\nJohn Duncjin, May, 1854, to 1857.\\nS. H. Mirick, December, 1857, to 1858.\\nGeorge R. Darrow, from 1S50 to 1860.\\nG. G. Ferguson, from 18\u00c2\u00ab(1 to 1862.\\nB. F. Hedden, from 1862 to 1866.\\nF. B. Hose, from 1866 to 1870.\\nI. 0. Wynn, from 1870.\\nPresent Ojticfrs: Pastor, Isaac O. Wynn, D.D.\\nDeacons, Adam Angel, David I^ack, Ellvvood\\nK. Fortiner, Stacy (^taunt, Charles PI Young,\\nE. M. Howard, M.D., Morris W. Hall; Trus-\\ntees, Yolney G. Bennett, E. A. Armstrong, A. t^.\\nINIorton, Edward H. Bryan, S. F. Rudderow, C.\\nK. Middleton, William C. Scudder Clerk, Charles\\nA. Morton Treasurer, Samuel 6. Rudderow.\\nRkv. Isaac Caldwkll Wynn, D.D., the second\\nson of Benjamin I. Wynn and Susan N. Ray\\nWynn, was liorn near Millvillc, Cumberland\\nCounty, N. J., on a farm, February 22, LS. W. His\\nearly education was principally obtained under\\nthe tutorship of his father, who, in the intervals of\\nbusiness, devoted his attention to the education of\\nhis children. He afterwards entered the univer-\\nsity at Lcwisbnrgh, Pa., and was graduated in\\n1858. For ten years after his graduation he was\\nengaged in teaching, a profession to which he\\nhad intended devoting his life and in which he was\\nvery successful. He occupied in this time Uie\\nchair of natural science* in the Upland Normal\\nSchool and was the principal of the classical\\nacademies at Lewisburgh and Danville, all in\\nPennsylvania. In 1868 he was regularly ordained\\na Baptist minister, and took charge as pastor of\\nthe Baptist Church at Hatboro Montgomery\\nCounty, Pa. He remained as paslor there until\\nJuly 1, 1S70, when he entered the pastorate of the\\nTabernacle Baptist Church in Camden, going with\\nit in its union with the First Baptist Church. He\\nreceived, in the year 1879, the degree of Doctor of\\nDivinity from the university at Lewisburgh. In\\n1885 the Legislature of New Jersey elected him\\none of the trustees of the State Normal School,\\nwhich made him rx-oj/irio a member of the State\\nBoard of Education. His services here have been\\ngreatly appreciated by his colleagues and by State\\nofficers. For his piety, his learning, his eloquence\\nas a preacher and the fraternal affection with\\nwhich he discharges the duties of his office as\\npastor, he has won the love of his entire church\\nand the respect and esteem of the whole com-\\nmunity. His pastorate is the longest continuous\\none in the West New .lersey Baptist Association.\\nDr. Wynn s wife is a daughter of the Rev. Wil-\\nliam P. Maul. They have no children.\\nThe Second Baptist Church was constituted\\nin 1848 with forty-six constituent members, mostly\\nfrom the First Baptist Church, Camden. Thomas\\nShields and Joseph Matlack were the first dea-\\ncons. The church built a two-story brick meeting-\\nhouse on the southeast corner of Fourth and Divi-\\nsion Streets, which they sold, in 18(57, to the Roman\\nCatholic Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, and\\nerected a meeting-house on the southwest corner\\nof Fourth and Mount Vernon, of brick, two stories\\nhigh and costing, with ground, eighteen thousand\\ndollars. This they still occui)y. When the loca-\\ntion was changed, in 18()7, a large number of the\\nmembers, including the pastor, Mark R. Watkin-\\nson, withdrew and formed the Broadway Baptist\\nChurch. The membership now numbers one hun-\\ndred and thirty. These have been pastoi-.s,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nMatthew M. Kemple, M.D., ThoniiUi C. Trotter,\\nAlexander Clark, Thomas Goodwin, Francis Cail-\\nhopper, .lohn C. Hyde, Mark R. Watkinson,\\nCharles W. Dcitz, Samuel Hughes, William W.\\nDalbey, Matthew AI. Finch, Frank B. Rose (sup-\\nl)ly), William Lawrence, John D. Flansburg.\\nTmuii Baptist CntutCH is situated on Broad-\\nway, above Vanhook Street. July 14, 1852, Jon-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0720.jp2"}, "607": {"fulltext": "THE PITY OP CAMDEN.\\n479\\nathan J. Cox, Harry Blaiiford, .loliii Sliill, .luliii\\nShield, Benjamin Muir, Benjamin BallanI, Aljiics\\nShill, Matilda Shill and Matilda Ballard, piinii-\\npally members of the Second Baptist Church of\\nCamden, and Rev. Thomas C. Trotter, the pastor,\\nmet at the house of John Shill, in Stockton, and\\nfdrrned The Baptist Society, of which Datus\\nDrury, B. Ballard aud T. C. Trotter were ap|)ointed\\na liuilding committee. August ISth, a Sunday -.school\\nw;i.s organized with J. J. Cok superintendent,\\nand Harry Blanford, Matilda Shill, l\\\\rr. and xMrs.\\nBa.sford and Lizzie Price as teachers. The school\\ncontinued to meet at the house of John Shill and\\nthe society at J.J. Cox s, on Ferry road, until\\n18r)4, when the meeting-house, on Vanhook Street,\\nnear Sixth, was completed. Among those who\\npreached for this society were Kevs. Thomas\\nTintter, Edward G. Taylor, David Spencer and\\nJohn Sisty. The society prospered, and resolving\\nto form a church, met Augu.st 1, 1805, and consti-\\ntuted the Stockton Baptist Church, composed\\nof the following-named members Jonathan Cox,\\nJohn C. Taylor, Harry Blanford, John Jones,\\nRebecca Fults, James Jones, Mary K. Cox, Mary\\nAnn Taylor, Matilda Blanford, Mary Jones, Mar-\\ngaret Ewell and Elizabeth Ewell. On August 6th\\nof the same year a council, with Rev. John Dun-\\ncan, D.D., of Camden, as moderator, was called, at\\nwhich the young church was recognized and ad-\\nmitted into the fellowship of the West New Jersey\\nBaptist Association. The church procui ed suji-\\nplies for nmny years, among whom were Revs.\\nWilliam James, John E. Barnes, Walter Patton\\nan l Adam Hayberry. In 1861 Rev. E. V. Glover,\\nwho had been serving the church, assumed the\\npastorate, and, by his earnestness and helpful ways,\\ndid much for his people during his stay of fifteen\\nyears. In 1863 the old meeting-house was sold to\\nthe Church of Our Saviour, aud a new one of\\nbrick, with a seating capacity of four hundred,\\nbuilt on the site now occupied. In 1S71 Stockton\\nwas annexed as the Eighth Ward of Camden, and\\nan act was obtained from the Legislature changing\\nthe name of this society to the Third Baptist\\nC hurch of Camden. Mr. Glover resigniritr in\\n1 876, Rev. George H. MacClelland filled the pulpit\\nuntil February, 1877, when Reece W. Perkins,\\nthen pursuing a post-graduate course in Crozer\\nTheological Seminary, accepted a call, and being\\nordained, became the pastor. In 1880 a large\\naddition of brick, twenty-five by sixty feet, placed\\ntransversely in the rear, for Sunday-school pur-\\njioses, was built and the main structure renovated,\\nchiefly under the direction of James F. Baird,\\nwho, one of the first, had also been one of the\\nmost helpful members. Iliuler the pastorate of\\nRev. Mr. Perkins, the church lias grown from a\\nweak, struggling interest, needing constant assist-\\nance, to a strong, self-reliant body, helping others.\\nIt has two promising young men studying for the\\nministry, JamesS. Braker, at lycwisburgh Univer-\\nsity, and Charles E. Woodrull son of the late\\nElmer C. R. Woodruff, who for many years was a\\nstanch pillar of the church. Under the efhcient\\nlabor of the present pastor, the lebt has been de-\\ncreased to a nominal amount, the contributions\\nhave tripled aud the membership more than dou-\\nliled, now numbering two hundred and twenty\\nwhile the Sunday-school, under the superintend-\\neucy of Theodore B. Davis, numbers three hun-\\ndred pupils, with twenty-five oflicers and teachers.\\nThe officers of the church are, Pastor, Rev. Reece\\nW. Perkins: Clerk, Charles E. Woodruff; Treas-\\nurer, Theodore B. Davis; Deacons, William\\nWright, William E. Gilling, T. I!. Da vi.s. George\\nT. Clarke; Trustees, William C. Clarke, Elmer E.\\nWright, Levi B. Jess, .\\\\rthur Cmuch, William H.\\nSmith, George J. Stites and .lohn W. Whitecar.\\nNorth Bai TIst CiiiKrii. In IS.m Rev. E. V.\\ntxlover and Sirs. H. P. Hale, members of the First\\nBaptist Church of (,!amden, began a series of meet-\\nings in private houses remote from thcchurch, de-\\nsigned for the benefit of infirm and indifferent mem-\\nbers whoseldom enjoyed the .services of the church.\\nIn the search for a suitable place for holding meet-\\nings in the vicinity of Coopers Point, a large popu-\\nlation was found destitute of both religious aud sec-\\nular instruction. In 18r)() an attempt to establish\\na Sunday-school failed for wantof a suitaldc room.\\nIn 1857 a large hall in the silk-factory on the\\nnorthwest corner of Front Street and Pearl was\\noffered gratuitously by the proprietor, German\\nFoss, in which to hold a Sunday-school. Sep-\\ntember 7, 1859, an organization was eflected by\\nchoosing Rev. E. V. Glover, superintendent\\nAdam Angell, assistant; Henry Samuel, secre-\\ntary and librarian Mrs. H. P. Hale, su) erinten-\\ndent of the infaut department. The following\\nwere appointed teachers: Joseph Whitman, Mrs.\\nLouisa Hindle, Mrs. Anna Briggs, Miss Louisa\\nWoolston, Mrs. H. Foss and Miss Addie MeCul-\\nly. The school began with eighty-eight scholars.\\nIt continued to meet in the silk-factory until\\nJanuary, 1859, when it was transferred to the fac-\\ntory of E. W. Williamson, corner of Second Street\\nand Birch, where it wjis held until July 31,\\n1859. The influence of the school made itself\\nmanifest aud the number of members rapidly\\nincreased.\\nBy Kev. W. 1 Hums.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0721.jp2"}, "608": {"fulltext": "480\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nAn equally imjiortaiit fUi-tor in the new enter-\\nprise was the meeting for adults begun on Sun-\\nday, October IS, 1857, and continued, on Sunday\\nat the hall and on Tuesday at the residence of Mr.\\nEllis, on Birch Street, until the removal to the\\nbuilding of Mr. Williamson.\\nThe need of larger and permanent quarters had\\nnow become so pressing that on January 2(1, IS\\nthe First Baptist Church appointed Rev. 10. V.\\nGlover, J. D. Tustin and J. S. Colliugs to take\\nproper steps to procure a suitable house. E. K.\\nFortiner was afterwards added to the number, and\\naided greatly in the erection of the new building,\\nwhich was situated on Elm Street, below Second,\\nand was dedicated July ai, 1859, On the iOth of\\nNovember, 1859, at the house of Kev. E. V.\\nGlover, a meeting was held, of which Rev. E. V.\\nGlover was chairman and J. D. Tustin clerk, for\\n,\\\\(M;rii KAi Tisr iiri Ri H.\\nIlu inirposeof orfjaniziniiu eburc-h. ft wns oiilci cd\\nby the vote of the meeting that steps be taken at\\nonce for forming a church that a council of\\nchurches be called for November 22d that the name\\nNorth Baptist Church of Camden, N. .1., be\\nadopted; that the articles of faith and church\\ncovenant as contained in the Baptist Church Man-\\nual, by Rev. J. Newton Brown, be adopted that\\nregular services be held on Sunday morning ami\\nevening and on Tuesday and Eriday evenings and\\nthat Bro. E. S. Read be employed to labor as a\\ncolporteur for one month from November 8th, at a\\nsalary of five dollars per week. The church thus\\norganized was recognized by a council of\\nchurches held Novenil)cr 29th, and the services in\\nrecognition of the new church were conducted at\\nthe First Baptist Church by Revs. G. G. Ferguson,\\nE. D. Fendall, J. E. Wilson, F. T. Cailhopper\\nand J. Hyatt Smith.\\nThe names of thirty-seven members thus recog-\\nnized as the North Baptist Church of Camden\\nare these,\\nElisha V. Glovor. Matilda 1!. Glover. Amelia M. Glovei-.\\nE. V. Glover, Jr. (Jeoruc Glover. .Joseph H. Kain.\\nCatherine Kain. Emeline Lewis. .loseph T. Rowand.\\nLydia Rowand. Mary E. Rowand.\\nAnnaM. liriggs. Margaiet Vanshan.\\n.lohn D. Tustiu. Susanna A. Tnslin.\\nEliza. E. TuBtin. Matilda Chism.\\nStacy Gaunt. V. P. Middletoii,\\nSusan Cowan. Poborah Cowan.\\nPeninali Nasti. Barbara Nasli.\\nWm. H. Tash. Agnes Nash.\\nAdalinc McCully. Anna Campbell.\\nGeorgianna Tice.\\nHarriet P. Hale.\\nEliza Vanshan.\\nMary E. Tustin.\\nEdwai d A. Miles.\\nAahly R. Lucas.\\n.1. Stokes Xa.sli.\\nSo]diia B. Xash.\\nEdward C. Hale.\\nMary Anna Ranger\\nOf these original thirty-seven, si.x aie still mem-\\nbers. The church began its history with a small\\nbody, but with a live root and this living root,\\nplanted in a favorable place, soon showed a vigor-\\nous growth. On December 2, 1859, Rev. R. S.\\nJames, D.D., was called to the pastorate, began\\nJanuary I, bSGO, and continued till the last Sunday\\nin 18(53, when the church, having decided on the\\nerection of a larger meeting-house, and Dr. James\\n.feeling his strength unequal to the extra labor\\ninvolved, resigned, and on January 12, 1804, Rev.\\nS. C. Dare, previously pastor of the church at\\nCureton, N. J., was chosen. During this pa.stor-\\nate the present church edifice, corner of Second\\nStreet and Pearl, was built at a cost of about\\nthirty-five thousand dollars and the church was\\nlargely prospered in spiritual as well as in tempo-\\nral matters. Mr. Dare resigned February ItJ, 18(18,\\nand on March 28, 1868, Rev. A. (i. Thomas, pas-\\ntor of the church at Mount Holly, was unani-\\nmously elected to til ejiastorate. His administration\\ncontinued until December 25, 1870, when, in con-\\nsequence of a serious affection of the throat, he re-\\nsigned. Kev. J. E. Chambles, of Baltimore, was\\ncalled to become pastor March S, 1871. He began\\nhis work the 1st of April ensuing and continued\\nuntil May 1, 1873. On July 9, 1873, a call was ex-\\ntended to Rev. R. G. Mo.ses, lately of Plymouth,\\nEngland. During this pastorate, which continued\\nfor eight ycar.s, one hundred and sixty-eight were\\nadded to the cluiich, a new mission building was\\nbuilt at a cost of four thousand dollars and large\\nimprovements were made in the meeting-house.\\nThis pastorate ended with the year 1881.\\nApril 4, 1882, a call wase.xtended to Kev. A. E.\\nRose, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Brad-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0722.jp2"}, "609": {"fulltext": "THK (MTV (IF CAMDEN.\\n4S1\\nfoni, i a. Mr. Rose bepm his pastorate A|iril .I,\\n1S82. The membership of thechureh was increased\\nliy an addition of one hundred and sixty one\\nluindred and twenty-four by baptism, thirty-tive\\nliy letter and one by experience. A new organ,\\ncosting two thousand doUars, was placed in the\\ngallery. Mr. Rose resigned his pastorate, to take\\nettcct August .5, 1883.\\nOn December 10, 1883, a call was extended to\\nRev. W. T. Burns, pastor of the First Bajitist\\nChurch of Lynn, Mass., which was accepted, and\\nAir. Burns began his pastorate February 1, 1884.\\nDuring this pastorate one hundred and sixty-eight\\nhave been added to the church. Of these, one\\nluindred and ten havejoined by baptism, forty -five by\\nletter, twelve by experience and one by restoration.\\n.\\\\m addition has been made to the property of a\\nbuilding for the primary department, costing three\\nthousand dollars; a church library of two thousand\\nvolumes, costing about two thousand dollars, and\\ninvolving alteratiwis costing one thousand dollars\\nmore, has been added. A library-.sustaining fund\\nof five huadred dollars a year, for five years to\\ncome, has (ISSti) been subscribed.\\nThe enlarged accommodations furnished the\\nSunday-school by the building of the annex for\\nthe primary department, have been taken uj) by the\\ngrowth of the school, the average attendance foi-\\nMay, 1886, showing an advance of twenty-one per\\ncent, over that of May, 1885. The growth of the\\nschool is largely due to the energy and faithful\\n[lersonal attention to its work of the superintend-\\nent, F. W. Ayer, seconded by a faithful and well-\\ndisciplined corps of teachers. In December, 188o,\\nletters were granted to fifty-three members of this\\nchurch for the purpose of uniting to organize the\\nLinden Baptist Church, to be situated at the cor-\\nner of Ninth Street and Linden. Notwitlistand-\\niiig this large subtraction from the ndl of the\\nchurch, the vacant places have been very rapidiv\\ntilled.\\nThe Broadway Baptist CHtiEcii was located\\nat Broadway and Cherry Street and was consti-\\ntuted in April, 1867, by Rev. Mark R. Watkinson,\\ntlie ])astor, and forty-seven members of the Second\\nI!:iptist (Jhurch, who, withdrawing therefrom,\\nformed the new church, with John B. Stygale,\\n.lohn (Jsler and Augustus M. Cris.sy, deacons. The\\nground on Broadway, below Spruce, was obtained,\\nand on the St. John Street front was erected a\\nlirick building, in which the society worshipped\\nuntil 1870, when a stone meeting-house was built\\non the Broadway end of the lot, at a cost of nearly\\neighteen thousand dollars. The jiastors who\\nserved this church were Revs. Mark R. Watkin-\\nson, K. I ;vere l Jones, Charles .lohnscin, Andrew\\nJ. Day, K. Dallas Stagers.\\nIn OctolH r, 1S77. the church disbanded, and the\\npastor, liev. I D. Stagers, with thirty-six of the\\nmemlx-rs, united and constituted the Tabernacle\\nBaptist Church.\\nTill-. TAHiciiXAci.i-. Bai tist Ciurch was con-\\nstituted in (Jetoher, 1877, when the pastor and\\nthirty-six of the members of the Tabernacle\\nChnrch met in a building on Stevens Street, below\\nFifth, now the projjerty of Hatcj) Post, No. 37, G.\\nA. R., and formed (he new organization. The\\noriginal members were Rev. E. Dallas Stagers,\\nWilliiim S. Kain, Rebecca A. Kain, William W.\\nKain, Isaac N. Hugg, M.D., Sallie D. Hugg, Re-\\nbecca S. Brooks, Harriet S. lirooks, Letitia R.\\nBrooks, Abigail hrooks, Sallie M. S. Brooks, El-\\nlen R. Brooks, Lavinia Brooks, Israel Pierson, Er-\\nmina Pierson, Martha Turner, Deborah Webster,\\nHannah Webster, Mary J. Cordrey, Mary V. S.\\nDrury, Nettie Drury, Stacy Doran, Caroline Do-\\nran, Mary Jones, Rachel (rritlin. Elizabeth Long-\\nhead, Amanda Letourneu, .lohn Miller, Nettie\\nMiller, Jane E. McCay, .Abigail PlatI, Emma\\nt-iuick, Anna (jnick, E. E. Wheeler, Emma Selah,\\nMary E. Fish.\\nRev. E. D. Stagers was chosen pastor, William\\nS. Kain and John Miller were elected deacons and\\nWilliam W. Kain church clerk.\\nThe church was recognized by a council of\\nBaptist Churches September 2, 1878, and remained\\nin their first location until 1880, when they rented\\nthe church ei ected by the Broadway (lUrurch in\\n1870. The church at this time numbered sixty-\\neight members. Mr. Stagers continued its jiastor\\nuntil April 4, 18S1, when he resigned and accepted\\na call to the Baptist hurch at Woodstowu, Salem\\nCounty, where, on Sumlay, Xovember 27. 18SI, as\\nhe finished his morning sermon, he was stricken\\nwith apoplexy and in a few moments died.\\nAfter Mr. Stagers left, the pulpit was supplied\\nby several persons until 1882, when Isaac W.\\nBaglcy, a student at Lewisburgh University and a\\nlicentiate of the Fourth Baptist (!hurcli, Philadel-\\nphia, accepted a call as stated supjily and began\\nhis labors at that time. The church was in a lan-\\nguishing condition and the membership so scat-\\ntered that le.ss than twenty were found under Mr.\\nBagley s ministry. However, the church revived\\nand the membershi|i increased.\\nApril 4, 1886, the church elected irnslees and\\nbecame iucor|)orated, having pHrchase l the build-\\ning (before that time rented) ami with subscription\\nlists sufficient to p.ay for it. Its seating capacity is\\nbetween live an l six hundreil and its value is fifteen", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0723.jp2"}, "610": {"fulltext": "4S2\\nHISTORY OP OAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEYS\\nthousand five Iniridrcil dollars. ;\\\\rr. liagley was\\nordained April 10. liSS; and became the pastor,\\nwhich cilice he has since filled.\\nDeacons: William S. Kain, .lohn Miller,* Datiis\\nDrury, Benjamin M. Denny, Thomas R. Arrison,\\nTheophiliis Fox, William Stout, Thomas T. Ellis,*\\nMark Bareford,* William T. Spiegle.*\\nClerks: William W. Kain, Leaman EldridL^e,\\nJesse C. Dresser, Thomas I. T)unla|i.*\\nTrea.surers: Isaac N. Husig, M.D.. .lohn Hoh-\\nson, Theophilus Fox, Thomas R. Arrismi. .lames\\nW. Eldridge, John Dalley.*\\nThe present officers, in ad litioii to those above-\\nmarked with an asterisk, are,\\nTrustees; George Leathwhite, J. Harry Knerr,\\nWilliam A. Taylor, John Dalbey, Robert H.\\nComey, (ieorge Loveweil, Thomas I. Dunlap\\nChorister, Walter F. Wolfkeil; Organist, Anna E.\\n(^uint; Superintendent Sun day -.school, John Dal-\\nbey Asst. Supt., P. W. I Harvey Secretary, Dal-\\nlis Cann Treasurer, T. I. Dunlap; Librarian,\\nOrme W. Horner Inlaiit School Superintendent,\\nVirginia Osier Organist, Anna Wolfkeil.\\nTiUNiTY Baptist Church of Carnden was\\norganized on theTth day of December, 1871, bythe\\nadoption of a church covenant and articles of faith\\nas recorded in Rev. T. Hiscox s Baptist Church\\nDirectory, pages 154 to 177, inclusive, and the fol-\\nlowing-named gentlemen were duly elected the\\nofficers thereof: For office of deacons, Thomas\\nPeak, J. D. Rogers and R. H. Morgan forchurcli\\nclerk, Thomiis W. Wilkinson and at a subsequent\\nmeeting held December 21, 1871, the following-\\nnamed gentlemen were elected trustees: Tsaiah\\nWoolston, E. E. Read, George E. Taylor, William\\nGroves, Alfred McCully, John Burr, William\\nScudder.\\nThe membership of the church numlicied about\\nninety-five. Amongst them, we may mention\\nDeacons Thonuis Peak and wife, J. D. Rogeis\\nand wife, R. H. Morgan and wife, Deacon Jacob S.\\nColiings, Rev. Charles Sexton and wife, Mrs. E.\\nWestcott, Mrs. Anna Davis and Mrs. Amy Andt-r-\\nsou. In a few days after the election of the tius-\\ntces, as above stated, they purchased the building\\nknown as. the Presbyterian Meeting-house, on\\nFifth Street, above MarketStreet, in Camden, which\\npurchase w:is ratified by the church December 28,\\n1871, and on the 7th day of .January, 1872, the\\nchurch held its first public service, Dr. Weston, of\\nCrozer University, preaching the sermon.\\nOn the 20th day of February the church received\\nrecognition in a public manner by pastors an l lay\\nmembers of a number of churches of the same\\nfaith and order, the Trinity Cliurch being re-\\nj)resen(ed by .1. I). Rogers. R. H. Morgan and\\nThomas W. Wilkinson. The recognition services\\nwere held in the meetinghouse purchased by the\\nchurch. Dr. Sanford, of Salem, preached the ser-\\nmon and Deacon Thomas Peak received the hand\\nof fellowship from the council by the hanil of Rev.\\nMr. Charables, ])astorof the North lUqitist Church\\nof Camden.\\nOn the 22d day of April, 1872, the churcdi, by a\\nunanimous vote, invited Rev. A. H. Lung, of Un-\\nmantown, Pa., to become its pastor.\\n.June 2, 1872, Rev. A. H. Lung entered upon\\nhis duty as pastor of the church, and after nine\\nand one-half years of faithful and successful labor\\nhe resigned on March 27, 1882, to accept a position\\nas general secretary of the Home Missionary So-\\nciety of the State of New York, since which time\\nthe clinreh has been very successful in her work\\nunder the leadership of Rev. C. A. Adams, who\\nresigned the i)astorate in June of the present\\nyear (1880).\\nSevknth Baptist Cikirch is situated on\\nKaighn Avenue. The society that owns and wor-\\nships in this church is composed of colored\\npeople. It was during the year 185 that a num-\\nber of colored citizens of Camden met at the house\\nof Mrs. Mary Colding, at No. 73G Chestnut Street,\\nunder the auspices of the Shiloh Baptist Church\\nof Philadelphia, and made prei)aratory arrange-\\nments toward forming a Baptist Church in Cam-\\nden. Rev. Sampson White conducted a series of\\nprayer-meetings, in the houses of different mem-\\nbers, for several months continuously, and organ-\\nized a Sunday-school. In 1857 the first public\\nservices were held in a blacksmith s shop, which\\nwas used until it was destroyed by fire, in 1858.\\nRev. David Evans, Abraham Fisher and Eliza-\\nl)eth Moses then took an active part in keeping\\nthe church together, and meetings were held in\\nthe houses of Rev. David Evans and Mrs. Moses.\\nIn 18( 7 Rev. J. M. Francis was called and dur-\\ning his pastorate a meeting-house was built. In\\n1873 Rev. Moses Wilcox was called to this charge,\\nand al orn i adopted measures to complete a two-\\nsl(iry brick church building, forty by sixty feet.\\nThe pool and auditorium were placed in the secoml\\nstory. It was then dedicated as the Seventh Bap-\\ntist Church of Camden. The membership increased\\nin numbers under its pastor, as well astheSumlay-\\nschool, with Abraham Fisher as superintendent.\\nIn 1884, through the instrumentality of ReT. Moses\\nWilcox, (he meeting-hou.se was enlarged and an\\nextension of twenty feet built to the rear pf it. .Vt\\npresent the ehurch has two hundred and sixty\\nmend)ers, and the Sundav-school has one hundred", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0724.jp2"}, "611": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF (WMDHN.\\n483\\n;uiil seventy-livf pupils and teachers, with .luhii\\nW. Sadiller as supfiiiitciulent. This e-hurcli has\\nalso organized a Mission 8unday-scliool at Broad-\\nway and Branch Street. Thirty chiUlren attend\\nthis mission, which is under the care of Mrs. Isa-\\nbelhi Shi])ley.\\nLinden Baptist Chliuch had its beginninj.;-\\nNovember 22, 1863, when Rev. R. S. James, pastor,\\nDavid S. Stackhouse, Joseph Truman and M. !S.\\nJames were appointed a committee of the North\\nBaptist Church to look after the religious needs\\nof the northeastern |)ortion of the city, and re-\\nported a dearth of and desire for religious privi-\\nleges, on the iKirt of the people of that section.\\nReligious services were held December 10th of the\\nyear named. Mr. James conducted the services\\nin the Paper-Mill School-house, and the owner,\\nJohn B. Thompson, granting its use for the pur-\\npose, a Sunday-school was organized December\\nIDth. The officers then chosen were, Superintend-\\nent, David T. Stackhouse Assistant Superintend-\\nent, Robert Charles; Secretary, Addie McCully\\nTreasurer, Mrs. S. A. Tustin Librarian, Edwin\\nB. Robbius. The work began December 27th, with\\nnine teachers and thirty-six pupils. In April,\\n18ti4, the school was removed to the office of Eur-\\nbush Gage s machinery factory, and from thence\\nto the house of Hiram McCoruiick, where it re-\\nmained until December 4th, when the new mission\\nbuilding at Tenth Street and Penn was first occu-\\npied. In 18()() J. H. Kain became superintendent,\\nand, October lit, 18(!i), was succeeded by John T.\\nBoltomley, who still fills the office. In 1872 J.\\nWillard Morgan was nia le secretary, and has since\\nperformed the duties of that position. Under this\\nmanagement the school jirospered, and through it\\nthe North Baptist Church received quite an ac-\\ncession to its meml)ership. lu 1880 ground was\\npurchased at Ninth and Linden, and a neat brick\\nchapel erected, with a seating capacity of two hun-\\ndred and fifty in the audience-room. This chajjcl\\nwas dedicated free of debt, October 2, 1881. The mis-\\nsion had now become strong enough to walk alone\\nand, December 17, 1885, the twenty-second anni-\\nversary of the mission, a meeting was field, at which\\nit was decided to constitute a church, to be called the\\nLinden Bapti.st Church. John T. Bottomley and li.\\nM. Denney were elected deacons Elmer E. Morton,\\nclerk; William Hall, treasurer and J. W. Mor-\\ngan, F. W. Cramer, William S. Moslander, William\\nHall, Mary B. Howard and Agnes Nash, trustees.\\n\\\\Villiam II. ieistweit accepted a call to the pas-\\ntorate, and was ordained January 25, 1880, by a\\ncouncil of Baptist Churches, which, at the same\\ntime, recognized the church, preliniinariy to its\\nadmission into the West New .lersey Bajitist As-\\nsociation.\\nSt. 1 .\\\\i 1, s lOriscoi Ai. iirjsrii. March 12,\\nIS;!((, a small compMuy of gentlemen met to\\nconsull on (he advisability of organizing an Epis-\\ncopal Church in the town of Camden. There had\\nbeen occasional services of the church held in\\nCamden, in the second story of the building known\\nas the City Hall, at the present site of Federal Street\\nMarket, for some time previous, by several clergy-\\nmen of I hiladelphia who had agreed among them-\\nselves to priMch licic in turn on Sunday after-\\nnoon, so that it should have, if possible, one ser-\\nvice of the church on every Sunday. In the first\\nreport made from the parish after its organization,\\nto the Diocesan Convention, tlie congregation\\ngave acknowledgments for services to Rt. Rev.\\nBishop Onderdonk, Rev. Dr. De Lancey, Rev.\\nMessrs. Bedell, Douglass, Mead, Rutlidge, Depuy,\\nHawks, Boyd, Van Pelt, Allen, Jaquette, Smith\\nand Tyng. After due consultation among those\\nassembled at this preliminary conference, it was\\nlirgrilced that the meelirig do now institute a\\nProtestant Episcopal Church in the city of (/am-\\nden, under the name of /ion (Church, the name\\nsuliject to be changed if deemed ailvisable at the\\nlime of incorporation.\\nOn .March 2ti, 18; 0, the parish was organized\\nand incorporated under the nameand title of The\\nRector, Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Paul s\\nChurch, Camden. The first wardens of the new\\nparish were .losiah Harrison and Isaac Welsh.\\nl he vestiymen were Dr. Bowman Hendry, Jere-\\nmiah li. Sloan, Richard W. Howell, (iideon V.\\nSli\\\\ers, Aliraham llrowniug, Sr., f ]benezer\\nToole. .fohn Browning, .\\\\uley McCalla, Dr. .^anuiel\\nHarris and Morris Cro.xall. Tlie deputies to ask\\nadmission to tlie convention were Josiah Harri-\\nson, Jeremiah H. Sloan and Richard W. Howell.\\nThe first convention after tlie accession of BLsli-\\nop Doanc to the episcopate, in 1832, was held in\\nCamden, and in the same unpretending upper\\nroom of the City Hall, which had been used for\\nthe services of the young congregation, and in\\nwhich the meetings for its organization and incor-\\npiiration had been held. In Sejjtember, 1833, the\\nRev. Samuel Starr, of Connecticut, was appointed\\nliy fjisliop Doane as a missionary to tlie chiircli\\nill Camden in connection with the old St. Mary s\\n(C(destowii) Parisli. Tlie records of the Camden\\nParish, sjieaking of this missionary, say He was\\na man of singular energy, and by his exertions in\\n(he ellbrt to erect a housrof worship in (his place,\\n1 (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.uupilcl from nil histc.riiiil suniiori liy tlie Ki,-v. Dr. Ourrison, in\\nitisn, tlio fiftieth annivorsiiry of tliii* imrii*li.", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0725.jp2"}, "612": {"fulltext": "484\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nwas an cntf,r|iiise ia wliiih the holilness was only\\neijualed by the success. On February -i, lSo4,\\nthe vestry, under his energetic influence, took\\n.steps toward the building of a church. The\\nparLsh rei ords state that The lot marked No. 121\\nin the Map of t amdeu, and situated on the south\\nside of Market Street, between Fourth and Fifth,\\nwas ])urchased for three hundred dollars, and\\nthe lot adjoining was obtained on a perpetual\\nlease on payment of twenty-five dollars per an-\\nnum ground-rent, February, 1834. The cor-\\nner-stone of the church building was laid by\\nBishop Doane on Tuesday, April 22, 1X34. The\\nvenerable Bishop White assi.sted Bishop Doane in\\nthe ceremonies. The basement-room was ready\\nfor use and services held in it early in 18.35. The\\nentire church was completed the same year.\\nOn June 1, 1835, the Rev. Mr. Starr, who, to\\nthis time, had been only a missionary to the par-\\nish, was elected to the rectorship,, and on the same\\nday the building was consecrated by Bishop\\nDoane and the benediction pronounced by Bisho])\\nWhite. The congregation at the end of the first\\nyear had twenty-one communicants, and a Sun-\\nday-school had been opened with one hundred\\nchildren in attendance. In May, 1836, the Rev.\\nMr. Starr resigned, and on July 25th, Rev. Francis\\nP. Lee became the second rector. The two\\nchurches of Camden and Colestown were, from the\\nbeginning of the former, a single charge. During\\nthe two years pastorate of Rev. Mr. Lee the num-\\nber of communicants at St. Paul s increased to\\nforty-one and the Sunday-school was in a prosper-\\nous condition. On his resignation, in 18C8, Rev.\\nHenry Burroughs was elected, and he entered on\\nthe joint charge of the two parishes of Camden\\nand Moorestown on November 20, 1838. He\\nretained this until March 7, 1840, when the church\\nin Moorestown severed its connection with Cam-\\nden, and Mr, Burroughs was left with the rector-\\nship of St. Paul s only. On July i\u00c2\u00bb, 1843, he\\nwrote to the vestry, My constitution is not\\nsuited to this part of the country, and I find myself\\nmost reluctantly compelled to resign the charge\\nof this parish.\\nOn .August 23, 1843, the Rev. .Joseph M. Ly-\\nbiaud was elected to the pastoral charge. Under\\nhis earnest labors the congregation grevv steadily.\\nThe church was constructed of unhewn stone, and\\nin 184() a resolution was passed that the unhewn\\nstone of the church be covered with rough casting,\\nafter the manner of the State House, in Trenton,\\nand sipiared, in imitation of stone.\\nAmong the earliest of the institutions for parish\\naid in this congregation, and one which did much\\ngood in pecuniary assistance to the church, was\\nthe Ladies Sewing Society, which was formed\\nin 1835. The object of this organization was to\\nassist in decreasing the debt of the church and\\nrender general aid. In 1836, according toa record,\\nthe vestry thanked the society for a splendid\\nservice of communion plate and set of lamps for\\nthe pulpit. The society ceased to exist in 18t)0.\\nAccording to its last report, it had raised for the\\nchurch over seven thousand dollars.\\nIn 1844 the church had seventy-two communi-\\ncants, and the contributions amounted to three\\nhundred and eighty dollars. In 1S47 the nunilier\\nwas ninety, and the contributions eight hundred\\nand thirty eight dollars. Rev. Lybrand had .served\\nas rector nearly twelve years duringa large portion\\nof that time he was an invalid, but his zeal\\nand interest in his work did not abate. He\\ndied on February 14, 1855. Bishop Doane\\nsaid I have known him long and well. I never\\nknew a better mau. He was modest, gentle and\\nquiet, yet firm, fearless and indomitable. He said\\nbut little, but always what was wise and good and\\ntrue. His character was beautiful and his serviced\\nexemplary.\\nThe vacancy was filled on July 8, 18.55, when it\\nwas Ei soloed that Rev. Dr. Joseph F. Garrison\\nbe invited to become the rector of this parish. He\\nentered upon his duties in September of that year,\\nhaving been ordained deacon on June 3, 1855. The\\nchurch then numbered seventy-five communicants,\\na number having joined the St. John s Mission.\\nThere were one hundred and HIty children in tlie\\nSunday-school, and the number of families in the\\nparish was about one hundred. In 185(5 the church\\nbuilding, which was then sixty-five by forty-three\\nfeet, was enlarged by adding a crucial transverse,\\nseventy by twenty-five feet, with a recess of ten\\nfeet behind for the chancel. On January 2i), 185!t,\\nthe church was re-opened, Bishoji Doane officiat-\\ning, and the Rev. Dr. Joseph V. (Jarrison was in-\\nstituted into the rectorship. The cost of the en-\\nlargement and repairs was ten thousand five hun-\\ndred dollars; all, excepting five hundred dollars,\\nwas contributed by the congregation. One of the\\ncauses which called for the election of a rector at\\nOhews Landing Mission was the necessity of Dr.\\nOarrison giving some time to the Cooper Street\\n-Mission. A Sunday-school had been taught thi re\\nby lay mcnd)ers of the parish. In 1877 ground\\nwas bought and a neat (tothic building of brown\\nstone was erected lor this mi.ssioii. In the new\\nbuilding this mission has been increasing under\\nI be lay reading of the superintendent, Charles\\nKl.lr. i, and later of .lo.-.eph Trimble, Jr., Rev.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0726.jp2"}, "613": {"fulltext": "THE CTTY OF CAMDEN.\\n485\\nHenry B. Bryand aad a committee of lay ri adrrs\\nfroni St. Paul s Guild.\\nThe history of St. Paul s Parish as a whole, is\\nthe record of a quiet growth, marked by no start-\\nliiif, changes nor checkered by thrilling incidents.\\nAlmost the only thing remarkable about it is the\\ngeneral character of uniformity which has per-\\nvaded its modes of work from the beginning. The\\nministerial changes in .St. Paul s Parish have been\\nfew. It has had but five ministers in fifty years,\\nand thirty-seven of these years are covered by the\\nrectorship of Revs. Joseph M. Lybrand and Josei^h\\nF. Garrison.\\nThe following summary from the parish register\\nshows the most important changes from 18. to\\n1880\\nCbui-ch WiirdfDS, Isaac Welsh and Josiab Harrison (ls:iU), ThoniaB\\nChapman (1841), Itichard \\\\V. Howell (lS4:i), Edwai-d W. Mumford\\n(1845), Dr. O. H. Taylor (1847), Thomivs P. Carpenter (1800), Philip\\nJ. Grey (1870), .Mden C. Scovel (1875), Abraham Browning (187f.),\\nManuaduke B. Taylor (1882).\\nBaptisms From 1630 to 185.5, 265 from 1853 to 1880, 5C2,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 total,\\n825. Confirmations: From 1830 to 1855, 158; from 18.55 to 1880,\\n372,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 total, 530. Marriages: From 1830 to 1855, 82 from 18.55 to\\n1882, 302,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 total, 281. Funerals From 1830 to 1855, 139 from\\n1855 to 1880, 294,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 total, 431. Communicants admitted From 1830\\nto 1855, 321; from I855tolS80, 720,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 total. 1041. Present number\\nof communicants on the register, 375. Total number of scholars\\niu Sunda.v -school, 4.50. Total nomber of ofticers and teacbei-s in\\nsame, 45.\\nThe rectorship of Rev. Dr. Garrison continued\\nuntil the end of August, 1884. He was elected\\nin June of that year to the Morehead Pro-\\nfessorship of Liturgies, Canon Law, and Eccle-\\nsiastical Polity in the Divinity School in Phila-\\ndelphia, and having accepted the position, resign-\\ned the parish to enter on its duties in the Septem-\\nber following.\\nIn December of this same year Rev. Thomas .V.\\nTidball, D.D., of Lexington, Ky., was elected as\\nhis successor, and on January 11, 1885, entered on\\nhis duties as the sixth rector of the parisli.\\nOn the accession of Dr. Tidball to the rector-\\nship, a vigorous move was made to improve or\\nincrease the church property, which move resulted\\nin the vestry authorizing (on July 22, 1885) the\\nerection of parish buildings in the rear of the\\nchurch, costing about ten thousand dollars, and\\nthe rebuilding of the church, at a cost of five\\nthousand dollars, fitted with memorial furni-\\nture costing one thousand dollars. Since then the\\nchurch building has been re-roofed and im|irovcdat\\nan expense of above sis or eight thousand dollars.\\nThis parish not only keeps up its missionary charge\\nof the chapel at Twefth and Cooper Streets, but is\\ncarrying ou a vigorous mission at Cramer s Hill,\\niu the neighborhood of the city.\\n58\\nThe officers of the parish for 188l), are Rector,\\nRev. Thomas A. Tidball, D.D. Wardens, Abra-\\nham l?rowniiig, ICs(|., IMarniaduke B. Taylor; Ves-\\ntrymen, Maurice Browning, William K. Lafi erty,\\nSamuel II. (irey, F.dward R. Shubrick, Joseph\\nFearon, William J. Sewell, Dr. H. Genet Taylor,\\nJames H. Carpenter, Henry .Mexander, Robert\\nF. S. Heath, Wilson H Jenkin.s, Nathan F. Cowan,\\nHarry Humphreys, Edward H. King; Treasurer,\\nWilliam E. Latterly; Secretary, .lanies H. Car-\\npenter.\\nSt. John s ICimscoi ai, nrRCH. St. John s\\nParish was incorporated January 7, 1852, having\\nlieeu in its inception a mission of St. Paul s Parish,\\nunder the Rev. Lybrand. He makes this firstmen-\\ntion of it in Jlay, 1847 Three young men of\\nthe congregation have devoted themselves and\\ntheir means to the service of the church, and\\nexpect soon to become candidates for Holy Orders.\\nWith their valuable co-operati(ju and with means\\nsupplied by a few friends in Philadelphia, I have\\nbeen able to rent, in the lower part of the city,\\nthree-fourths of a mile from the church, a school-\\nhouse, which will be used as a chapel for the\\nbenefit of a much-neglected, yet interesting and\\nrespectable, portion of our community. A fiour-\\nishing Sunday-school is already in operation, and\\nas soon as the arrangements are completed, I shall,\\nafter the two usual services at the church, hold\\nthere a third service at night. So rapidly is our\\npopulation increasing, and so cheering are the\\nprospects of the church, that I trust this little\\nchapel will prove the beginning of what, after a\\nfew years of fostering care will become a second\\nparish.\\nThe work was carried on regularly for two years,\\nafter which the absence of the candidates for\\nHoly Orders and the feeble health of the rector\\ncompelled an interruption. In the fall of 1851,\\nMr. Elvin K. Smith having taken Deacon s Or-\\nders, returned to the work, and organized the\\nparish, remaining with it until August, 1858.\\nBeginning iu November, 1851, services and Sun-\\nday-school were held iu a hall a( Fourth Street\\nand Spruce. In January, 1858, ground was\\njiurchased at Broadway and Roydon Street, and in\\nMarch the Floating Chapel of the Redeemer,\\nfor seamen of the port of Philadelphia, was\\nbought, removed from its base (two canal-boats\\nbraced together), and drawn across the open lots\\nto this site. The removed church, newly named\\nSt. John s, wiis re-occupied on the sixteenth Sun-\\nday after Trinity, September 11, 1853. The zeal\\nof the parish soon began to reach beyond its own\\nborders. Iu October, 1854, the pastor established", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0727.jp2"}, "614": {"fulltext": "486\\nHISTOKY OF CAMDEN COTTNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\na weekly cottage lecture in the village of Stockton,\\none mile south of the church, and this soon devel-\\noped into a Sunday afternoon service, with Sun-\\nday-school. Here was the first breaking of ground\\nfor the Church of Our Saviour.\\nST. JOHN S EPIsrOPAL THURfH.\\nThe following is a list of the .successive rectors\\nand clergy of St. John s Parish\\nKlvin K. Smith, .Tanuarj 6, 18.V2, tii Augii\u00c2\u00bbt:i, IR.iS.\\nThoiiliW .r. Taylor, Io,:iwi leimis.\\nWilliam Paesiuore, .tuly 1, 18.59, t\u00c2\u00ab May ir 186(1.\\nDr. Colhoun. toann /eiieiM.\\nCharlns H. Albert, ,\\\\ugiist7, ISfiO, to April 20, ISfit.\\nTheophilus M. Beill.Y, May 2. 1861, to May :i,18-n.\\nWilliam M. Rcilly, associate rertor Decomber 11, 1866; rfrtor,\\nJlay .3, 1870, to .Vilgust 1, 1870.\\n.lohn A. Goodfellow, deacon in charge.\\nAlexander Fnllerton, lormii truem, Octoher 11, 1871.\\nWilliam S. Koardnian, March 31, 187i, to August 1. 1874.\\n.Toseph P. Taylor, January 14, 1876, to July 26, 1880.\\nAlfred Tjouderbach, hcitm lem tin.\\n.lohn DowK nills, deacon in charge, December 12, 1880,\\nThe present rector, Rev. John Hardenbrook\\nTownsend, entered upon liis duties October I.S,\\n1881.\\nJust cleared of debt and renovated, the dearly-\\nloved building, thrice consecrated by formal act,\\nby a quarter-century of holy rites, by the toils\\nand tears for its redemption, the holy house acci-\\nilcnlally took fire on the morning of Christmas\\nday, l. ^yo, and in a short hour was a heaji of\\nsmoking ruins. Did it seem a wliole burnt-offering\\nunto the Lcjrd, devoting anew the hearts of His\\npeople to fresh ertbrls for their Zion? So we may\\nread the prompt resolution of the rector, wardens\\nand vestry to replace the old frame building by a\\nbeautiful stone Gothic structure. The corner-stone\\nwas laid on April 21st, and the build-\\ning 0|)eiied for worship Decembers,\\n1871. During the winter of 1884-85\\nthe parish building was built, and\\nthe interior decorated. On St.\\nGeorge s day, April 23, IXS. the\\nchurch was consecrated and the i)ar-\\nish building formally opened by the\\nbishop of the diocese. The erection\\nand enlargement of the parish build-\\ning has been naturally accompanied\\nby the formation of the parish guild,\\nwith its various au.xiliary societies,\\nand by the organization of St. John s\\n\\\\Vorkingmeu s Club and Institute.\\nBranch Sunday-schools have been\\nestablished at several points within\\nihe parish limits for the accommo-\\ndation of the increasing member-\\nshi,,.\\nTiiK Cm ncii or OiTi! S.wiOTR.\\nIn October, 1854, the Rev. Klvin\\nK.Smith, rector of St. John s Church\\nbegan a weekly cottage lecture at\\nthe village of Stockton, now known\\nas the Eighth Ward of Camden,\\nwhere there were a few families\\ndesirous of worshipping God after the manner of\\ntheir fathers. This service was maintained with\\nvarying degrees of regularity and success for sev-\\neral years.\\nIn September, 1857, Mr. Thomas I. vie, a candidate\\nfor Holy Orders, became Sunday lecturer, holding\\nservice every Sunday afternoon in an upper room,\\nspecially set apart and furnished for that purpose,\\nin the house of John Otten, the rector of St.\\nJohn s preaching once a month, and celebrating\\nthe communion once in two months. In Septem-\\nber, 1859, steps were taken to organize a parish, to\\nbe known as the Church of Our Saviour, Stockton,\\nand at a meeting held for this purpose the follow-\\ning were elected as wardens and vestrymen Senior\\nWarden, John Hare Otten; .Junior Warden,\\nHenry Davis; Vestrymen, Charles Drake, J.\\nSearch, Henry \\\\i. Wilson, Gabriel Johnson,\\nRichard Hunting and James Green. This organi-\\nzation, however, wasdissolved in 18(!4. On the 19th\\nof July, lS(i7, the parish was reorganized and,\\nafter various struggles, in the latter part of 187,\\nat the iiKstaiuc of the Rev. Dr. (iarri.son, dean of", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0728.jp2"}, "615": {"fulltext": "TIIK CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n487\\nllif convocation of Hni linj^lon, slcp.s were aj^ain\\ntaken to reorganize it. In l.%7, largely through\\nthe efforts of Mr. Patroni, a briek building situ-\\nat il on Van Hook* Street, near the West .ler.sey\\nkaili oail, wliichhad formerly been used as a Baptist\\nnu eting-house, was purchased, and services were\\nheld in it until a lot of ground, situated at the\\nsoutheast corner of Broadway and iola Street, was\\nleeiied by the Manufacturers I^and Iiniirovenient\\nCompany to the rector, wardens and veatry, and a\\nnew building ei eeted thereon. It was constructed\\nof stone donated by .lohn Towell, of Camden; the\\nother materials being supplied by members of the\\nparish and others interested in its welfare. The\\ncorner-stone was [daeed in, November, 18S0. fn\\nNovember, 1882, just about two years after the\\nlaying of the coruer-stone, the building, free from\\ndebt, was consecrated by the Right Rev. ,Uihn\\nScarborough, D.D., Bisho|i of New Jersey. From\\nthe last reorganization, in 187:^, until 1879 services\\nwere held ehietiy by the Rev. Rees C. Kvans, of\\n(Uoucester, and students from the West Philadel-\\nphia I- ivinity School, among whom were Messrs.\\nWinskill, Waller, Powell, Helt eru, Bagnall and\\nPost. In November, 1879, the Rev. P. U. Creve-\\nling, then a teacher in Mr. Reilly s school, in\\nBurlington, began, by appointment of the bishop,\\nto hold services. He continued a year and three\\nmonths. Shortly alter his withdrawal. Rev. J. L.\\nMcKim, of St. Mary s Hall, Burlington, assumed\\ncharge of the parish and held regular Sunday and\\noccasional week-day services until Advent, 1S82.\\nOn the first Sunday in .\\\\dvent of that year the\\nRev. Wni. B. Thorn cnt nil upon his duties as\\nrector of the parish. The officers at the present\\ntime (.\\\\ugust, 1880) are, Rector, Rev. Wm. B.\\nThorn; Senior Warden, A. A. Shull Junior\\nWanlen, Ja.s. F. Sharp; V^estrymen, Lewis K.\\nKinsell (secretary), John Cottrell, Richard Bunt-\\ning, Thos. iMcKenna, John Warnock, .Ir., BenJ.\\nThomas anil John W. Brooks.\\nThe Fiust Presbyterian Church. The\\nPresbytery of West Jersey organized a church in\\nCamden, September 27, 1840, which consisted of\\ntwelve members. The Rev. Alexander Heberton,\\nof Salem, N. J., was called to the p:i.storal charge.\\nIpon his declination of the call, the Rev. William\\nI.. McCalla was invited to become the stated sup-\\nply of the new church for a service of si.\\\\ months.\\nThis invitation was accepted by him. .\\\\n effort\\nwas made to erect a house of worship, a lot of\\nground having been given by Mrs. Alexander\\nHenry, of Philadelphia, and some eight hundred\\n1 By Rev. Marcus Brownson.\\ndollars having been sidiscribed, as the beginning\\nof a building fund. It was found impossible to ac-\\ncomplish the desired object. The enterprise was\\nabandoned, and, after a struggling existenceof one\\nyear and two months, the church was disl anded,\\non December 1, 1841.\\nOn tlu 2rith of Juno, 1S4(;, the present organi/a-\\ntion came into being, by act of the Presbytery of\\nWest Jersey. On the (1th of October, of the same\\nyear, the congregation presented a call to the Rev.\\n(iiles l \\\\Manwaring,of the Presbytery of New York,\\nand on the 13th of .April, of the following year,\\nhe was installccl pastor. William Howell was the\\nfirst elder. He w.is installed on the day of the\\norganization of the church, June 20, 184i). The\\nbeginnings of the church were small. Tw i I tes-\\nbyterian families were all of this persuasion\\nknown when Mr. Mauwaring conimeuce l bis work.\\nIn a scdiool-house in Third Street, between .Market\\nand Plum (now Arch), the congregation, varying\\nin size from eight persons to twenty-one, inclmling\\nchihlreu, worshipped for a few weeks. In .\\\\pril\\nof 184(; the City Hall, then on Federal Street,\\nabo\\\\e Fifth, was secured for a place of worship,\\nand this continued to be the sanctuary until the\\nrapidly-growing congregation made application to\\nthe Presbytery for an organization, whi(di was\\ngranted in June of I S4(i, as staled above. Iinnu\\ndiately after this it was resolved to erect a idiurch\\nbuilding. The lot of ground before donated by\\nMrs. Alexander Henry, and situated on Fifth\\nStreet, between Market and Cooper, was again\\nsecured through her gift. The corner-stone of\\nthe building was laid October 28, lS4t;. The\\nbuilding was completed eighteen months after-\\nward. Its cost was five thousand dollars. The\\nPresbyterian Churches of Bridgeton, Pittsgrove,\\nCedarville, Salem, Woodbury, Trenton, Paterson\\nand Burlington assisted in the forming o( a build-\\ning fund. Mr. Mauwaring resigned his charge\\nin 1848, leaving a churc h of fifty-three communi-\\ncant members. He died a few years after. A\\nboard of trustees was organized in 1848. Joseph\\nPogue was made president and Auley McCalla,\\nsecretary and treasurer.\\nRev. Robinson P. Dunn, D.D., the second pas-\\ntor, was installed on November 1, 184.S. He was a\\nscholarly |)reacher, and a cultivated Christian gen-\\ntlenum. During his ministry of two years and ten\\nmonths forty persons were added to the member-\\nship of the church. His resignation was ofl ered\\nand accepted April 24, 1851, when he became\\nprofessor of belles-lettres in Brown University,\\nProvidence, R, I. He has since passed from\\nearth. The Rev. Levi H. Christian was called to", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0729.jp2"}, "616": {"fulltext": "488\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nthe pastoral oliice in the same year, 1851 he\\nremained with the church for two years aiul five\\nm niths. During his ministry I orty-five persons\\nunited with the church.\\nRev. Daniel Stewart, D.D., hegan his labors as\\npa.stor of the cluirdi on A| ril 1, 1854.. Until this\\n1-lltf.I CKESllV I KKl.VN CHUHC H\\ntime, since the organization of the church, the\\nBoard of Home Missions had regularly, each year,\\nsupplied financial aid. Now the church became self-\\nsustaining. The church building was enlarged in\\n185(1, at a cost of two thousand seven hundred and\\nfifty dollars. Two years later, the Sabbath-school\\nrooms were re-furnished, tlie money necessary for\\nthe improvement having been secured through the\\nellbrts of the officers and teachers of the Sabbath-\\nschool.\\nThe Second Presbyterian Church was organized\\nby the Presbytery of Burlingto n on March 1, 18G0.\\nThe city of Camden and vicinity, by action of the\\nSynod of New Jer.sey, a short time before had been\\ntransferred from the Pres-\\nbytery of West Jersey to\\nthat of Burlington. Lsaac\\nVan Horn, an elder of the\\nFirst Church, was then\\ndismissed, at his own re-\\nquest, with fourteen other\\nmembers, to form the new\\norganization. The enter-\\nprise had the hearty co-\\noperation of the parent\\nchurch, and for some years\\nsubstantial aid wa.s given\\nto assure its success. Dr.\\nStewart resigned his charge\\nin 1801. He is now living\\nin the city of Minneapolis.\\nHe was a most faithful pas-\\ntor and a forcible preacher.\\nRev. Villeroy D. Reed,\\nD. D., became the pastor of\\nthe church in 1861, and\\nfor twenty-three years con-\\ntinued his labors. His\\nearnest preaching was fol-\\nlowed by nio.st blessed\\nspiritual results through\\nhis ministry here. There\\nwere constant additions to\\ntlie Mieniliership of the\\ncliurrli. Upon one occa-\\nsion thirty-two pereons\\nconfessed their faith in the\\nt hrist upon another forty-\\night persons entered the\\nchnrch by this method of\\nadmi.ssion. Through the\\ncourse of Dr. Reed s min-\\nistry three hundred and\\ntwenty-eight were received\\non profession of faith.\\nThe wlnde nund cr which have been added\\nin this manner and by letters of dismission from\\nither churches, is seven hundred and forty-seven.\\nThe Christ iim character of Dr. Reed and his faithful\\nwork will long be cherished. During his ministry\\nthe house of worship now occupied by the con-\\ngregation was erected. Its corner-stone was laid\\non the 22d of June, 1871. The building was com-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0730.jp2"}, "617": {"fulltext": "THE (!ITY OF CAMDEN.\\n489\\npleted and dedicated to the praise of tlu Triune\\n(led on the 1st day of Jnne, 187;^. Its entire eost,\\niuchiding the lot of ground on vvliich it stands, the\\nbuilding itself, the furniture of church and chapel,\\nthe organ and heating apparatus, was ninety-tive\\nthousand dollars. Mr. S. D. Button was the arch-\\nitect. The main building is sixty-five feet wide by\\none hundred and eight feet deep, and the tower is\\ntwenty feet square at the base, and, including the\\nspire, is one hundred and ninety-six feet high.\\nThe church is built of three shades of stone, viz.\\nConnecticut brownstone, West Chester greenstone\\nand Ohio bluestone, presenting an attractive ap-\\npearance. The chapel, corwiected with the main\\nbuilding, and built of the same material, is two\\nstories high and forty-one feet front by eighty-one\\nfeet deep. The style of architecture is Roman\\nand Gothic. The seating capacity of the church\\nis twelve hundred.\\nThe following-named gentlemen composed the\\nbuilding committee Albert W. Markley (chair-\\nman), John F. Starr, Peter L. Voorhees, Charles\\nStoekham, J. L. R. Campbell, John Morgan,\\nCharles A. Sparks.\\nThe committee on subscriptions was made up of\\nthe following-named gentlemen Joseph D. Rein-\\nboth (chairman), Wm. Fewsmith (secretary),\\nGerard R. Vogels, Wm. Curtiss, J. L. R. Camp-\\nbell, James H. Stevens, Thomas Fitzgerald, Chris-\\ntopher A. Bergen, Randal E. Morgan and Isaac\\nHackett.\\nThe jianic in the money market of I ST:! was fell\\nin the financial operations of the congregation.\\nThe result was a debt of forty five thousand five\\nhundred dollars. The interest on this indebted-\\nness was promptly paid each year when due, and\\nyear after year the obligation was reduced in\\namount. But it was not until the beginning of the\\nyear 188(1 that the mortgage upon the building was\\ncanceled. On January 20, 188 i, the indebtedness\\nwas found to be nineteen thousand dollars. It\\nwas determined by the congregation to remove\\nthis during that year; and on Sabbath morning,\\nDecember 27, 1885, the debt fund was completed.\\nThe gentlemen and ladies who composed the com-\\nmittee, by whose efforts the money was secured,\\nwere: Edward F. Nivin (chairman), Randal E.\\nMorgan (trustee), Frederick A. Rex (secretary),\\nWni. Fewsmith, Gerard R. Vogels, L. T. Oerousse,\\nL. H. Kellam, Charles Danenhower, S. T. Ringel,\\nThomas S. Collings, Frank H. Burdsall, Wm. M.\\nDavison, C M. Williams, R. P. Stewart, H. O.\\nHildebrand, G. H. Higbee, Mrs. F. C. Woolman,\\nMiss Annie M. Robeson, Mrs. John F. Starr, .Ir.,\\nMiss Belle Fitzgerald, Mrs. Frank Williams, Miss\\nLaura Vogels, Mrs. .lolin W. Veatts, Miss Hettie\\nPorter, Jlrs. G. Buckwaltcr, .Mrs. II. C. Fclton and\\nMrs. M. Hoflhian.\\nThe Rev. Marcus Brownson was installed\\npastor ol the chnrch .November IM, 1S84, and con-\\ntinues in the pastoral office. The (itber officers\\nare (issr,) as follows Elders, .lobn S. Chambers\\n(clerk ol session), Wm. Fewsnulh, Carlton M.\\nWilliams, William B. Robertson, H. Hilde-\\nbrand, Charles DaiU idiower, Gerard R. Vogels and\\nAndrew Abels.\\nThe following gentlemen have held the office of\\nelder in this church, naiiirly, Wililani Howell,\\nGeorge H. Van Gelder, lsaa :ui Horn, James\\nH. Stevens, William Hart, .lose|di 1). Reinboth,\\nJohn Aikman, George W. N. (Justis, Jacob H.\\nYocum, John F. Starr, .Fames A. Armstrong, M.D.,\\nAsa L. Curtis, Wm. HowanI Curtiss and Robert\\nP. Stewart.\\nDeaixmx, A. T. Dobson, M.D. (treasurer), Wm.\\n.T. Searle, Wm. G. (tarland, George W. Cole, and\\nWm. H. Hiinterson, Jr.\\nTrustees, John F. Starr (president), Wm. Few-\\nsmith (treasurer), Edward F. Nivin (secretary),\\nRandal E. Morgan, D. T. (iage and L. T. De-\\nrousse.\\nThe diaconate has been held also by .T. V.\\nSchenck, M.D., B. F. Davis, Thomas Fitzgerald\\nand James A- Armstrong, MD.\\nThe following have been mendjers of the board\\nof trustees, namely: .loseph Pogue, George W.\\nHelmbold, George W. Carpenter, Joseph Cas-\\nner, William Howell, A. i\\\\tcCalla, Jehu Osier, S.\\nL. Stinson, Thomas McKeen, J. V. Schenck, M.D.,\\nL, C. Cake, James Caldwell, John Morgan, Chas.\\nP. Stratton, Peter L. Voorhees, Leander N. Ott,\\nCharles J Hollis, Isaac Van Horn, E. R. Johnson,\\nJames H- Stevens, C. P. Vanderveer, A. W.\\nMarkley, H. Vanuxem, G. W. N. Custis, S. L.\\nDavis, Wm. Curtiss, John S. Chambers, Ch. A.\\nBergen, D. Caldwell, Jno. Stoekham, Ch. Stock-\\nham, M. McDonald, J. L. R. Campbell, A. J.\\nString and S. T. Ringel.\\nThe communicant niembcrsliit) of the cluirch is\\nfive hundred the congregatioTi numbers eight hun-\\ndred and fifty. The church and congregation are\\nenjoying great prosperity.\\nThe Sabbath-school had its beginning in the\\nyear 184(1. The basenu-nt of the building on\\nFifth Street from the time of its completion was\\ndevoted to this purpose. The first organization\\nwas very informal. S. D. Wyilh was the superin-\\ntendent for several ye;irs. In .lannary, 185.0, while\\nS. D. Wyeth was superintendent, the school was\\norganized with a constitution, since which time", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0731.jp2"}, "618": {"fulltext": "490\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nfull recurdsi have been kept. .1. 1). liiggins wii.s\\nelected superintendent, with William Fewsudth a.s\\nassistant, and Peter L. Voorhees, secretary and\\ntreasurer, at the first election under the constitu-\\ntion. May 1S55. Forty-six persons became mem-\\nbers of the Sabbath-school Association. Of these,\\nWm. Fewsmith, Peter L. Voorhees, Henry Van-\\nuxeni, B. F. Jaggers and Miss Cornelia Ackley are\\nstill active in the Saljbath-sehool work.\\nFrom 1855 til! the present time the following-\\nnamed persons have filled the office of superin-\\ntendent, J. D. Higgins, 1.S55; James H.Stevens,\\n1861; Peter L. Voorhee.s, 18ti8 J. D. Reinboth,\\n1868; James H. Stevens, 1871; Peter L. Voorhees,\\n1872; J. H. Yocum, 1873; Christopher A. Bergen,\\n1875; AsaL. Curtis, 1880; C. M. Williams, 188:1\\nLarge additions to the^membership of the church\\nhave been made from the Sabbath-school In\\n1860, thirty; in 1883, sixteen; in 1884, twenty-\\nthree; in 1885, thirty-three in 1886, forty-three;\\nand in other years smaller additions.\\nAbout two hundred and fifty scholars have\\nunited with the church since 1870, according to\\nthe record kept by the present secretary, Gerard\\nR. Vogels. One hundred and eighteen of the\\nscholars now in the school are members of the\\nchurch. The contributions of money, for the work\\nof the schools and for benevolent purposes, have\\naveraged more than four hundred dollare each year.\\nIn 1885 the school contributed one thousand and\\nthirty-two dollars, the most of which was applied\\ntoward the liquidation of a debt upon the church.\\nThe school has two maiu divisions, the Primary\\nand Intermediate Department, and the Adult De-\\npartment and Bible Chisses. In the former, one hun-\\ndred and fifty-five scholars are enrolled, in the latter\\nthere are thirty-one classes and two hundred and\\neighty-five scholars. The oflicers are as follows\\nGeneral Superintendent, Carlton M. Williams\\nAssistant, Robert P. Stewart; Superintendent of\\nPrimary and Intermediate, H. O. Hildebrand As-\\nsistant, .fob n W.Yeatts; Secretary and Treasurer,\\nGerard R. Vogels Assistant, Miss Kdith J. Sleep-\\ner Librarian, Benjamin F. Jaggers; Assistants,\\nJ. F. Sleeper, F. H. Reeder and Albert E. Clark\\nAssociate Librarian, W. H. Ilunterson, .Ir. As-\\nsistant, A. H. Allen Organists, Fred. T. Baker\\nand Mrs. H. O. Hildebrand.\\nThe Central Mission School was organized May\\n9, 1886, in No. 840 Federal Street, with sixty\\nscholars and the following officers: Superinten-\\ndent, Thomas S. Collings; Assistant, William .1,\\nSearle; Secretary and Treasurer, R. C. Jones;\\nLibrarian, Wm. C. Temple; Organist, Mrs. B. F.\\nStiles.\\nThi: Second Pi{i:si;yTi;mAN Chckcii was or-\\nganized on the 1st of March, 1860, and, to use the\\nlanguage of its first pastor, it was launched into\\nbeing under the fostering care of the First Pres-\\nbyterian Church, being born, not as new churches\\nsometimes are, out of disaffection or controversy,\\nbut out of love for the Master and for the exten-\\nsion of His kingdom.\\nThe Central Church, situated at the corner of\\nFourth Street and Hartmau, after a short and\\nprecarious existence, had quietly succumbed to the\\nforce of circumstances and had been dissolved by\\nthe New School Presbytery of I hiladelphia. For\\nseveral years after itj dissolution no attempt had\\nbeen made to reoccupy the field in which it had\\nstood. In 18.59, however, Rev. Dr. Daniel Stewart,\\npastor of the First Church, urged upon his people\\nthe importance of forming another Presbyterian\\nChurch. A meeting for this purpose was called\\nfor March 23, 1X511, at which a committee, com-\\nposed of Isaac Van Horn, Thoniijs McKeeu, James\\nH. Stevens, George W. Carpenter, Sr., and Gilbert\\nBulson, were appointed to seek out and secure\\none or more sites of church edifices iu suitable\\nlocation, and in the event of finding such loca-\\ntion, to erect a temporary edifice for the purpose\\nof worship and Sabbath-school instruction. This\\ncommittee, through the intluence of Mr. Van Horn,\\npurchased from E. A. Stevens, of Hoboken, N. J.,\\nfour lots of ground situated at the corner of Fourth\\nStreet and Washington, Mr. Stevens donating\\neight hundred dollars of the purchase money.\\nThese lots were afterwards exchanged for the lots\\nupon the upper side of the same square, at Fourth\\nStreet and Benson, the site of the present church,\\nwhere a chapel was built, at a cost of nineteen\\nhundred dollars, the money having been contrib-\\nuted mainly by members of the First Church,\\nwho, at their next congregational meeting, upon\\nrecommendation of the committee, deeded the\\nwhole property to the Trustees of the Si^eond\\nPresbyterian Church.\\nThe Presbytery of Burlington met in the chapel\\nMarch 1, 1860, and organized the church with a\\nmembership of twenty persons, viz. Robert Bar-\\nber, Thomas F. Lambson, Isaac Van Horn, James\\nGood, Thomas McKeen, Emily Barber, Sarah J.\\nMcKeen, JIary A. Turtelol, Mary A. Van Horn,\\nElizabeth Van Horn, Anne E. lark, Nancy A.\\nHoxie, Margaretta Lambson, Jane Marshall, Hen-\\nrietta Smith, Selina O. Turlelot and .\\\\nn K. Van\\nHorn. Upon the same day Mr. Lewis C. Baker\\nwas called, ordained and installed as jiastor of the\\nBy Kev, William lio.U.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0732.jp2"}, "619": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n491\\nchurch. Isaac Van Horn and Robert Barber were set\\napart to the office of the eldership, and Isaac Van\\nHorn, Thomas McKeen, Cyrus Kellog, James Good,\\nThomas F. Lambson, .Tames C. Wright and .1. L.\\nPrentiss were constituted the first board of trus-\\ntees.\\nThe wisdom of tlic new enterprise and the ad-\\nvantages of its bjcation soon evidenced themselves\\nill the rapid growth of the Sabbath-school and\\ncongregation. The chapel was often uncomfort-\\nably crowded, and the need of better accommoda-\\nii III I T niMi fj^\\nsi:(i)Nii i i;i;si;\\\\ ri .itiAN nii(ii\\ntion began to be more and more felt. To form\\nthe nucleus of anew building fund, Messrs. an\\nHorn and McKeen fenced in the square of ground\\nlying between Washington Street and Berkley\\nand Third and Fourth, and converted the in-\\nclosure into a skating park. P rom this novel\\nexpedient eighteen hundred dollars were realized,\\nwith which, as a basis, Mr. Baker, in 18ti4, agi-\\ntated the erection of a new church. A plan was\\naccordingly procured from S. D. Button, archi-\\ntect, and in April, ISliS, it was resolved to begin\\nthe work. Isaac Van Horn and Thomas McKeen\\nwere appointed a building committee, with the\\npastor as an advisory member. The sudden and\\nlamented death of Mr. Van Horn before the com-\\npletion id the building necessitated the addition\\nof bis son, F. Van Horn, and S. L. Stimson to\\nthe coniiiiittcc. I bc building was roofed in dur-\\ning the suuiiiicr nf ISii. ami upon the first Sabbath\\nid September, IStitl, was .solemnly set apart to the\\nservice of Almighty (lod. In the dedication ser-\\nvii c the First bnrcb united, its former pastor,\\nl r. Stewart, and W. (!attell, D.D., president of\\nLafayette (College, taking a prominent part. The\\ncost of the building was aliout nineteen thousand\\nchdiars.\\nThe history of the Second liiircli has been one\\nof cDustant, steady, healthy growth. Starting\\nwith but twenty persons, it n^ported to the last\\nticneral .\\\\ssembly a memliersbip of three hundred\\nand fifty-five. Its Sabbatli-S(-hool is large and\\nllourishing. A thriving mi.ssion is sustained in\\nIbe neat building recently erected at the corner of\\nr.rnaiiway and Atlantic .Avenue, and action will\\nsoon lie taken looking to the ercctioTi of a new and\\nMKire coniMiodions building upon the site of the\\npresent chapel on Fourth Street.\\nThe elders from the beginning have been Isaac\\nan Horn, Robert Barber, Solomon L. Stimson,\\n.lodge (iein-ge S. Woodbull, William Campbell,\\n.\\\\le.\\\\ander Marcy, AID., .lames Berry, Reuben F.\\nBancroft, John Callahan and Benjamin Titus;\\nits deacons have been (ieorge W. Cari)enter, Jr.,\\n(leorge E. Howes, Alhcd M. Heston, David B.\\nRiggs, Daniel Donehoo and Francis T. Lloyd;\\nand its Sabbalh-si hool superintendents, Judge\\noodhull, William Getty, .James Berry, S. Bryan\\nSmith, William H. Bancroft and John Callahan.\\nDuring the twenty-six years of its existence the\\nchurch has had but two pastors. For more than\\ntwenty-two years it enjoyed the ministrations of\\nMr. Baker. His long and faithful term of service\\nbad afi onled opi ortiinitics foripiickening the spir-\\nitual life of the jieople. which he had not failed to\\nimprove. Beloved both within and beyond the\\nbounds of his congregation, it was a matter of\\nwide-spread regret that retirement from the pulpit\\nof his church should have been accoraiianied by\\na change of residence. The relation which had\\nsubsisted between him and his first charge for\\nnearly a ipiarter of a century was, at his own\\nrecpiest, ilissolvcd Novendjer 1, l.S S^ He now\\nresides in Philadelphia, devoted to literary work,\\nand to suchiopportunities of preaching the iosjiel,\\nby tongue and prn, as Providence may present.\\nThe present jiastor, Mr. William Boyd, was in-\\nstalled May 2, I8S. 5. His ministry has been\\ngreatly blessed. Large accessions have licen made\\nto the membership of I he church, the iiroperly", "height": "2968", "width": "1941", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0733.jp2"}, "620": {"fulltext": "492\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nhas been modernized and improved and every de-\\n|)artniei)t of religions worlv has been snstained\\nwitli zeal and vigor.\\nThe oWieer.s of the church as at present consti-\\ntuted are, Polders, Reuben F. Bancroft, Alexan-\\nder Marcy, M.D., John Callahan, Benjamin O.\\nTitus, John Warnock, David B. Riggs and Daniel\\nDonehoo; Deacons, J. H. Troutman, S. H. Sar-\\ngent, Clarence Yardley, Valentine S. Campbell\\nand Edwin S. Titus; Trustees, Christopher Bergen\\n(president), John Warnock, John Callahan, Ben-\\njamin O. Titus, William T. Waters, David B.\\nRiggs, Theodore B. Culver, Lewis H. Archer, and\\nStephen A. Sargent (secretary.)\\nThe Presbyterian Mission, in Memorial\\nHall, Broadway, below Kaighn Avenue, is the\\nchild of the AVest Jersey Presbytery, and was or-\\nganized as a colored mission on the first Sunday in\\nAugust, 1886, and Rev. T. W. Davenport appointed\\nto the charge. A Sunday-school, with three\\nteachers and thirty pupils, was organized at the\\nsame time, with Theodore Henson as superin-\\ntendent.\\nTkinity German Evangelical Lutheran\\nChurch. An etfbrt was made in 1853 to organize\\na Lutheran Church in Camden. A lot was pur-\\nchased on Pine Street, west of Fourth, and the\\nfoundation laid for a church building. The min-\\nister was the Rev. Georgii, who soon afterward re-\\nturned to Switzerland, before a congregation was\\norganized or a building erected.\\nIn October, 1857, Rev. F. Herold arrived from\\nGermany. On his way west he stopped with rela-\\ntives in Camden, and on learning that a large\\nnumber of Germans livc l here, who desired to\\nhave a church and a jiastor of their own faith in\\ntheir midst, he concluded to .stay. Services were\\nheld in Reed s Hall, on Federal Street. An or-\\nganization was effected on December 22d of the\\nsame year. The congregation numbered seventy\\nmembers. The following were the first church\\ncouncil: John Hagcr, John D. Seybold, CUiarics\\nH. Fackler, John Beck, George Bauder, John Jl.\\nHcrtleiu, Philip Daucr, (ieorge F. Stephany,\\nEmanuel Schneider, .1. Sonmiers and F. Schilpp.\\nThe congregation ado|)ted a constitution and by-\\nlaws for its regulation. The principal points in it\\nare: The pastor is obligated to preach in the Ger-\\nman language, upon the foundations of the apos-\\ntles and prophets the unaltered Augsburg Con-\\nfession and Luther s (.!atechism, as the Confession\\nof Faith of our holy Lutheran Church, to be the\\nbasis of all the teachings. The name ado{)ted for\\nthe congregation was Trinity German Evangeli-\\ncal Lutheran.\\nThe church council in June, 1858, i)urchiised\\nthe lot on which the church stands. The funds\\navailable for building a church were very small,\\nas the majority of the members were people of\\nlimited means. The pastor visited a number of\\nthe congregations of the German Evangelical\\nLutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania, and solic-\\nited contributions. The members of the vestry\\nalso took their share of the responsibility and col-\\nlected from friends and business firms wherever an\\nopportunity offered, and in May, 1861, application\\nwas made to the Church Extension Society of the\\nGeneral Synod, and five hundred dollars secured.\\n^Vith this amount the work went on rapidly, and\\non October 6, 1861, the dedicatory services were\\nheld.\\nIn 1864 the school l)uilding at Sixth Street and\\nMarket was purchased, with its material, a build-\\ning, twenty by forty feet, erected to the rear of the\\nchurch, and the parochial school opened. In Au-\\ngust, 1865, Rev. F. Herold removed toMascoutah,\\n111., and the present pastor, Rev. J. C. Dizinger,\\naccepted the call of the congregation.\\nIn 1870 the lots on the east and west sides of the\\nchurch were purchased for fifteen hundred dollars.\\nGeorge Pfeiffer contributing one-third of the\\namount. In 1872 the church was repaired and\\nbeautified and the ground surrounding the church\\nimproved. In 1874 the school-house received an\\naddition of twenty feet in length and the latest im-\\nproved desks were obtained. In 1883 a large pipe-\\norgan was secured. It was used for the first time on\\nthe four hundredth anniversary of Luther s birth.\\nThe congregation mimbers at present (1886), three\\nhundred communicant members. It has a Sunday-\\nsi hool of three hundred members, a i)arochial\\nschool with two teachers and sixty pupils. A\\nFuneral Aid Society was organized in 1876, which\\nhas now seven hundred members. Thecongrcgatinn\\nis in connection with the Evangelical Lutheran\\n]Ministcrium of Penn.sylvania.\\nErlPHANY EvAN(iKLI(AL LUTHERAN liri; ll.\\nPrior to the year 1879 no English Lutheran\\ncongregation existed in Camden. At the fall\\nmeeting of the First District Conference of the\\nPennsylvania Synod, a committee was appnintcd\\nto canviiss the city for Lutherans. Scvi^al nucl-\\nings of interested i)ersons were held at the resi-\\ndence of Ctcorgc Shimcr, No. 503 Linden Street,\\nthe outcome of which was the organization of a\\ncongregation under the name of Epii)hany Evan-\\ngelical Lutheran (Church. The first service of\\nthe congregation was held Sunday evening, No-\\nvember 23, 1870, in Reed s Hall, at the corner of\\nThird and Federal Streets. Rev. William Schaef-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0734.jp2"}, "621": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n493\\nfer, of I hilaJelphia, coMiluLted the worshii) uiid\\npreached the sermon, lie had charge of tlic mis-\\nsion from that time until the closeof the following\\nsummer. }Ie was succeeded by Mr. S. L. Sibole,\\nthen -ii student in the Philadelphia Seminary. In\\n.Tune, 1881, this gentleman was ordained and reg-\\nularly installed as the tirst paster of the new con-\\ngregation. He served tlie mission until October,\\n1882, when he resigne l to accept a call to St.\\nLuke s Church, Philadelpliia. For four months\\nthe pulpit was vacant, when Mr. Clarence K. Bin-\\nder, of the senior class of the Theological Semi-\\nnary assumed charge, and was installed pastor June\\n10, 188:i.\\nUnder Rev. liirider s jiastorate the congregation\\nhas been steadily advancing. A fine building lot\\nhas been secured at the corner of Seventh Street\\nand Market, and it is the intention of the con-\\ngregation to erect a handsome chapel.\\nThe congregation hold services at present in the\\ncommodious hall at the southwest corner of Third\\nStreet and Market. The membership is about\\none hundred. A Sunday-school has been con-\\nnected with the congregation since its formation.\\nIt w as organized with eight pupils, which number\\nhas gradually increased until at the present time\\n(1886) there are over two hundred. The school is\\nunder the care of the pastor as superintendent,\\nand George Boyer as assistant.\\nEmanuhi^ United Brkthren Ohurih is sit-\\nuated on Line Street, above P ourth. In 1854 a\\nsmall number of the German jiopulation living in\\nthe southern part of Camden conceived the feasi-\\nbility of organizing a German Emanuel Church\\na little Sunday-school had been started, the meet-\\nings being held in the house of Mrs. Louisa\\nMoushe, on (Cherry Street, above Third. The par-\\nents of these children soon took an active interest\\nin the welfare of the school, and under the guid-\\nance of the Rev. Adam Hinkle, [)reacliing in the\\nGerman language and regular Sunday services\\nwere held at the above-mentioned house. The\\nmembership increased, the school prospered, but\\nthey were unable to build a place of worship. In\\n180.5 John Warner, a philanthropist of Philadel-\\nphia, and a warm friend of Adam Hinkle, con-\\ncluded to build a church for this congregation at\\nhis own expense, stipulating that the preaching\\nshould be in the German language, that the church\\nshould be free to all the poor eople of Camden,\\nand that the congregation should be under the\\npastoral care of the Rev. Adam Hinkle. In Jan-\\nuary, IS.M, the corner-stone of the present church\\nwas laid. The building is a one-story brick, thir-\\nty by fifty feet, and was dedicated in the same\\n511\\nyear. The Rev. .\\\\dani Hinkle served as pas-\\ntor for more than twenty years, and during seven\\nyears of that time he received no compensation.\\nWhen he was .seventy years old the Conference\\nsent him some assistance. In 187(i a paralytic\\nstroke lisabled him, luid lu^ never fully recovered\\nhis health. He (ii d in 1S81. Since his death\\nthe records of the cluircli are, in a mea.sure, in-\\ncomplel(% and the following names and data have\\nbeen furnished by Gasper Tenner, one of the\\nclnn h trustees, who has served continuously since\\nthe tinie(jf organization. The ministers in suc-\\ncession were Revs. Adam Hinkle, Christian Mey-\\ners, R. Deyshur, M. Staetzcl, Daniel Yengst, Henry\\nEarly, Nii holas Gabal and Joseph Stcltzer. Dur-\\ning the pastorate of Rev. Mr. Stcltzer there was a\\ndivision in the congregation, and a portion of it\\nformed another congregation. The original con-\\ngregation adopted the name of the United Breth-\\nren in Christ. Since this change the ministers\\nwho have officiated are David Hoffman, (iottlicb\\nMeyers, Frederick List, M. Muller, Frederick List,\\nH, E. Roediger and .1, H. Unger, whose term\\nclosed in 188o. At present there is no regular\\npastor, and services are conducted every Sunday\\nafternoon by Rev. John Light, of Philadelphia.\\nBethel Chi ikh of the United Brethren in\\nChrist is situated on Third Street, below Walnut.\\nDuring the summer of 1878 the Rev. William O.\\nShimp conducted open-air services under the au-\\nspices of this denomination at difii?rent points in\\nCamden. On the aiiproach of cold w-eather these\\nmeetings were held in the house of William (iod-\\nwin, on Third Street, below Line. A mission Sun-\\nday-school was also started at this house and con-\\ntinued for several months. There were only eight\\nmembers of the original congregation, and si.\\\\\\nchildren in the mission school. In 1879 the re-\\nligious services and the Sunday-school were re-\\nmoved to the house of Mrs. Hebler, onPiue Street,\\nbelow Fourth, and the same year a board of trus-\\ntees was chosen for the purpose of adopting meas-\\nures to build a church or rent a suitable hall in\\nwhich the congregation could worship. Tliis\\nboard, alter consideration, recommended the rent-\\ning of the present church, which is owned by Miss\\nSallie Stevens. It is a one-story frame building,\\nand was built for a mission school. It formerly\\nstood on Locust Street, but was removed to its\\npresent location. The congregation then wor-\\nshipped as Independent Wesleyau Methodists, l)ut\\ni n 1 880 the name was changed to The Methodists,\\nwith a Conference in Philadelphia, under the di-\\nrection of Rev. Dr. Kirby. In 1X82 a favorable\\no[)portunity was otlereil to this church to unite", "height": "2942", "width": "1863", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0735.jp2"}, "622": {"fulltext": "494\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nwith the Society of the Thiited Brethren in Christ,\\nand soon after the change was etfected. Since\\nthis date the congregation has greatly increased in\\nnumber, and fifty children have been added to the\\nSunday-school, which is now under the care of the\\npastor. Early in 1886 Rev. William O. Shimp\\nstarted a mission for services and Sunday-school\\nin the frame church on Eighth Street, above Ferry\\nAvenue, lately vacated by the Scott Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church. The Sunday-school connected\\nwith the mission has twenty-nine members, and\\nis superintended by William Stephenson.\\nZioN Church, on the corner of Berkley and\\nWilliam Street, is a branch of the Evangelical\\nAssociation of North America. The Camden con-\\ngregation originated in 18o4, when the Rev. An-\\ndrew Ziegenfus, a minister of the Evangelical As-\\nsociation of Southwark Mission, Philadelphia,\\ncame to Camden to officiate at the first meeting of\\nthis denomination held in this city, at the house\\nof Mrs. Louise Mousche, and for a number of\\nyears services were held in her house, and in the\\nlittle church on Line Street, above Fourth. During\\nthese years a number of ministers served the con-\\ngregation, among whom were the Rev. Adam\\nHinkle, Christian Meyers, Mr. Shimer, R. Dey-\\nshur, Henry Stetzel, Daniel Yengst, Henry P^arley,\\nNicholas Cabal, A. S. Steltz, Joseph Steltzer and\\nC. Philibar. Under the ministration of the last\\ntwo pastors the present church was built during\\nthe year 1878. It is a one-story brick building,\\nforty by sixty-five feet, with a large auditorium\\nand a gallery. The dedicatory services were per-\\nformed by Bishop Reuben Dubs, of Cleveland, O.\\nThe pastors who have since served the congrcga-\\ngation were C. Philibar, Antony Straub, C. B.\\nFliehr, A. S. Steltz, G. Redman, O. Arnold and\\nCeorge Hauser. The Sunday-school, which was\\norganized when the religious meetings were in-\\naugurated, had greatly increased in membershi]\\nwhen this church was dedicated, having si.xty\\nregular attendants, with Henry Daman as super-\\niritetident. At present (188 there are about one\\nhundred pupils and teachers, and Solomon Fliehr\\nis the superintendent. The church membership is\\nsixty-five communicants. This congregation is one\\nof the missions of the Atlantic Conference, which\\nis an exclusively German Conference, having its\\nwork in New York City, Long Island, New Jersey,\\nPennsylvania, Maryland and in several sea-board\\ncities. The ICvangclical Association lia.s at this\\npresent time twenty-four Conferences, which arc\\nlocated in the United States, Canada, (icrmany,\\nand Switzerland, as also a prosperous jnission in\\nJapan.\\nThe Youn\u00c2\u00ab Men .s Chiustiax AssofiATiox,\\nnext to the church, and therefore next to the\\nheart and head of all religious work, has made great\\nstrides forward during the past quarter of a cen-\\ntury. It was organized October ifi, 1878, at the\\nresidence of Samuel B. French, corner of Cooper\\nStreet and Front, by George H. Davis, W. Howard\\nCurtiss, Bartram L. Bonsall, Samuel B. French,\\nHoward Carrow and I. S. Conover. Mr. Davis\\nwas chosen chairman, and Mr. Conover secre-\\ntary. It was Resolved, That we, members of\\nthe church of Christ, and believers in Him, or-\\nganize ourselves into a Young Men s Chris-\\ntian Association, to be called The Young Men s\\nChristian As.sociation of Camden. W. H. Cur-\\ntiss, B. L. Bonsall and Fitch Taylor were ap-\\npointed a committee on organization. Another\\ncommittee was appointed to visit the pastors of the\\ncity with the view of obtaining their co-operation.\\nThe next meeting was held in the lecture-room of\\nTabernacle Baptist Church (now the hall of Wm.\\nB. Hatch Post, G. A. R.), on the \u00e2\u0096\u00a024th of the same\\nmonth. By-laws and a constitution were adopted,\\nand the officers elected were, President, George\\nH. Davis Yice-President, W. H. Bancroft {cor-\\nresponding Secretary, W. Howard Curti.ss; Re-\\ncording Secretary, George H. Higbee; Treasurer,\\nBartram L. Bonsall Directors, Samuel B. French,\\nFitch Taylor, E. Dallas Stager. H. L. Titus and\\nthe officers. The association continued to meet in\\nthe Tabernacle until the 2d of December follow-\\ning, when the first meeting was held in the second\\nstory front room of the house at 318 Federal\\nStreet, and here (he association remained during\\nthe year of lS7!t, growing in membership and in-\\nfluence, and carrying forward a good work at the\\nCamden jail, at the rooms and at open-air meet-\\nings.\\nWith the beginning of 188t the association oc-\\ncupied the desired second and third floors of the\\nhall now known as the A.ssociation Hall, at Third\\nStreet and Market. But, notwithstanding the\\nlimited quarters at 8IS Federal Street, the older\\nmembers still retain jilcasant memories of the year\\nspent there, and perhajis it would be entirely\\nproper to claim that in no year of its history was\\nthe devotional work of the association conducted\\nwith greater enthusiasm. In 18X1 Wilbur F. Rose\\nwas elected president, and he continued until\\nJanuary, 188. during which time the membership\\nincreased greatly, and W. Il.tieistweit and William\\n(retty successively filled the jnist of general secre-\\ntary. John J. Robinson became general secretary\\nafterward, and in the spring of 1880 George H.\\nBarker, general secretary of the Bordentown Asso-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0736.jp2"}, "623": {"fulltext": "TUK CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n495\\nliation, assumed the duties as general sei-relai y f\\nthe Camden organization and lias since done very\\nctl ective work. U|ion the retirement of Mr. liose\\nas jiresidfiit, at the close of the year 1884, Walter\\nM. I atton \\\\v;i.s elected president, and is now the\\nefiieient head of the association.\\nThe official minutes show the orticers of the as-\\nsociation, from its institution to this date, to have\\nlicen as follows:\\n1S7.S.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, (xeorge H. l)avis Vice I res-\\niilent, W. H. Bancroft, Corresponding Secretary,\\nW. Howard Curtiss; Recording Secretary, George\\nH. Higbee; Treasurer, Bartram L. Bonsall di-\\nrectors, Samuel B. French, Fitch Taylor, K. l)allas\\nSLager and Harry L. Titus.\\n1879. I resident, George H.Davis; Vice-1 res-\\nidcnt, William H. Bancroft; Corresponding Sec-\\nretary, W. H. Curtiss; Recording Secretary, Jos.\\nAlexander; Treasurer, B. L. Bon.sall; Directors,\\nCrowell S. Fewsmith, Fitch Taylor, .1. Kelley\\nBrown, Thomas S. Gonover.\\n1880.--President, George H.Davis; Vice-Pres-\\nident, Robert P. Stewart; General Secretary, W.\\nH. Curtiss Recording Secretary, Dilwy n C. Cliver\\nTreasurer, B. L. Bonsall Directors, James E.\\nLeadley, Samuel R. Murray, J. Kelley Brown, C.\\nS. Fewsmith, S. H. Higbee, Westcott Campbell,\\nThomas S. Conover, S. G. Wallace, Carlton M.\\nWilliams, Charles H. Armstrong.\\nISSl. President, Wilbur F.Rose; Vice-Pres-\\nident, Robert P.Stewart; General Secretary, W.\\nH.Curti,ss; Financial Secretary, Asa L. Curtis;\\nTreasurer, B. L. Bonsall; Directors, George H.\\nDavis, A. Leddeu Iszard, C. M. Williams, C. A.\\nHotchkiss, J. E. Leadley, S. G. Wallace, E. M.\\nHoward, M.D., G. H. Higbee, E. Shivers, E. H.\\nPiummer.\\n1882.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, Wilbur F. Rose; Vice-Presi-\\ndent, Robert P. Stewart General Secretary, Geo.\\nH. Davis; Recording Secretary, Clitlbrd W. Shinn\\nTreasurer, Bartram L. Bonsall Directors, Harris\\nGrafien, E. M. Howard, M.D., A. L. Iszard, Saml.\\nFinney, S. G. Wallace, C. A. Hotchkiss, E. H.\\nPiummer, Asa L. Curtis, G. H. Higbee, Carlton\\nM. Williams.\\n1883.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, Wilbur F.Rose; ice-Pres-\\nident, E. M. Howard, M.D.; General Secretary,\\nW. S. Geistweit; Recording Secretary, Harris\\nCiraft en Treasurer, George H. Higbee Directors,\\n.1. Lynn Truscott, Harry Humphreys, Carlton M.\\nWilliams, C. A. HotchkLss, S Bryan Smith, Robt.\\n1 Stewart, Samuel Finney, George H. Davis, F.\\nW. Ayer.\\n1884.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, Wilbur V. Rose; Vice-Pres-\\nident, E. M. Howard, M.D. Treasurer, G. H.\\nIHgbee; Recording Secretary, J. Eynn Truscott;\\nDirectors, E. H. Bryan, Samuel Russell, t!arlton\\nM. Williams, Walter M. Patton, Oscar C. Molan,\\nE. E. Read, Jr., J. T. Harker, Harry Humphreys,\\nE. A. Armstrong, Louis T. Derousse, Thomas H.\\nHarris, E. R. Smiley, M.D. George E. Taylor,\\nDavid M. Chambers, J. L. Truscott.\\n188. President, Wilbur F.Rose; Vice-Presi-\\ndent, E. JL Howard, M.D. Treasurer, Harry M.\\nAnderson; Directors, E. H. Bryan, C. Molan,\\nE. M. Howard, Sanniel Russell, Walter M. Patton,\\nHarry Humphreys, Carlton M. William.s, George\\nII. Higbee, R. P. Stewart, E. A. Armstrong, Bar-\\ntram L. Bonsall, Joim T. Seymour, S. G. Wallace,\\nE. H. Piummer, Charles Danenhower.\\n188(i.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 President, Walter M. Patton; Vice-Pres-\\nident, E. M. Howard, M.U.; Recording Secretary,\\nJohn F. Seymour Treasurer, Harry M. Anderson\\nDirectors, Carlton M. Williams, )scar C. Molan,\\nE. H. Bryan, E. A. Armstrong, S. G. Wallace, B.\\nL. Bonsall, W. F. Rose, J. E. Roberts, Charles L.\\nReeves, Christian Schrack, A. E. Street.\\nThe Ladies Auxiliary of the Young Men s\\nChristian Association, one of its noblest supports,\\nwas organized in the hall on the ir)th of January,\\n1883, a preliminary meeting having been held on\\nthe 10th. At the second meeting the following\\nofficials were chosen for the year President, Mrs.\\nH. L. Hotchkiss; Vice-President, Mrs. Wilbur F.\\nRose; Treasurer, Mrs. Harris Graften Secretary,\\nL. W. Hurlbut. The Auxiliary from that date\\nsteadily grew in power for good, and it is now a\\nmost etiective agency for the promotion of the ob-\\njects of the association.\\nChurch of the Im.macolate Conception.\\nThe few Catholics residing in C amden nearly forty\\nyears ago were content to attend divine service in a\\npoorly-furnished room in the old City Hall, which\\nstood on the south side of Federal Street, above\\nFourth, where the present market is located.\\nThere are not many now living who j articipated\\nin those services, but the few who still remain have\\nhad the satisfaction of .seeing the little mission\\ngrow to a congregation numbering four thousand\\nsouls, and possessing church property valued at\\ntwo hundred and fifty thousand dollars.\\nRev, E. J. Waldron, who was attached to the\\nCathedral Parish, Philadelphia, is the first priest\\nwho is known to have attended to the spiritual\\nwants of the Catholics of (Camden. He celebrated,\\non every other Sunday, the Holy Sacrifice of\\nthe Mass in the old City Hall for some time, but\\nit was deemed wise to select another place of wor-\\nship. The residence of the late Henry M. lunis,\\non the south side of Bridge Avenue, above Third", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0737.jp2"}, "624": {"fulltext": "^i^^", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0738.jp2"}, "625": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n497\\nDiime, Ind. They came to icsiile in tlie lioiise he\\nhail speeially built tor their use on the ehureh\\ngrounds, and have had charge of the boys sciiool\\nsince their arrival. By constant etlorts this prop-\\nerty has been improved and at this moment it is\\nacknowledged that no other congregation in this\\ncity possesses a church property equal to it in val-\\nue. The church members are not wealthy, but out\\nof their slender means they have paid oil a large\\ndebt and supported schools having an average at-\\ntendance of four hundred and fifty children.\\nRev. p. J. FiTzsiMMON.s, of this church, was\\nborn in the year 1840, near the town of Virginic,\\nCounty Cavan, Ireland, and received his early\\neducation at a national school in that town. At\\nthe age of sixteen he commenced his classical\\ncourse in Mr. O Reilly s school, and in 1S5 J\\nentered All Hallows College, Dublin, and after\\nthree years study there came to America, located\\nin Quebec, Canada, and entered the Grand Semi-\\nnary, where he was ordained to the priesthood in\\nDecember, 1853. His first mission was in King-\\nston, Ont., where he worked two years and began\\nhis useful career. He was then promoteil to th\\nparish of Centreville, in that diocese, where he\\nlabored with success but owing to ill health ami\\nthe severity of the climate, he was forced to seek\\nanother field of labor, and coming to New Jersey,\\nentered upon mission work in Mount Holly. After\\nsome months he was transferred to St. Joseph s\\nChurch, Jersey City, to assist the Rev. A. Venuta,\\nby Rt. Rev. Bishop Bayley. Two years later he\\nwas appointed to the parish of Dover, N. J., but\\nill health soon compelled him to go to Euro[)e,\\nwhere he remained nearly a year. After his return\\nhe went to St. John s Church, Trenton, and upon\\nthe death of Rev. John Mackin, the Rt. Rev.\\nBishop Corrigan appointed Rev. P. Byrne, rector\\n(if St. John s, and Father Fitzsimmons was trans-\\nferred in 18 to the Church of the Immaculate\\nConception, where he has since labored zealously\\nand effectively and done much to advance the\\ninterests of the parish, spiritually and materially.\\nSt. Peter s .\\\\nd St. Paul s German Catho-\\nlic Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 1867 a number of the German\\npeople of Camden, who had been worshipping in\\nthe Church of the Immaculate Conception, of this\\ncity, with a few persons who had been connected\\nwith other Roman Catholic Churches, met at the\\nhouse of Anthony Kobus, at No. 419 Spruce Street.\\nThis meeting was under the .supervision of\\nRev. Father Joseph Thurnes, of Egg Harbor, and\\nwas called for the purpose of appointing a commit-\\ntee to select and purchase a suitable location for\\nbuilding a church, or a suitable building already\\nerected, lor a place of worship. John Wel.-^li, al-\\nentine Voll, Anthony Kubus and Anthony N oll\\nwere appointed as a committee. Soon after, hear-\\ning that the church property of the Second Baptist\\nChurch, on Fourth Street, could be obtained, the\\ncommittee purchased it for the sum of four thou-\\nsand dollars, in January, 18(58. After a few alter-\\nations were made, the church was dedicated by\\nicar-General McC^uade, of the Diocese of New\\nJersey. Rev. Father Joseph Thurnes wiis placed\\nin charge, and in a short time seventy families\\nunited with the congregation. A Sunday-school\\nwas organized, which meets in the basement of the\\nchurch building. In 1869 the committee was au-\\nthorized to enlarge this building. An extension of\\ntwenty feet to the rear was built, and other altera-\\ntions and improvements were nuide the same year.\\nRev. Father Thurnes remained with the church\\nuntil 1833. Under his care and supervision a\\nparsonage, school-house and hall were built, and a\\nday-school established, in which English and Ger-\\nman were taught to a large number of pupils.\\nRev. Father Francis Neubauer and Rev. Father\\nPeter Scharoun, of the I rancisoan Order, then as-\\nsumed charge of the church, and under their care\\nthe congregation has prospered and increased, and\\nthe schools have gained in numbers. All indebt-\\nedness on the church has been canceled. About\\none thousand persons form the congregation, and\\nthree hundred children are taught in the Sunday-\\nschool and day-schools. The congregation is now\\npreparing to erect a large and commodious house\\nof worship.\\nCHAPTER VI.\\nTHE SCHOOLS.\\nEarly Sihools in Camden\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The I ublii-Scliool .Systeiu\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tlie New\\nKra\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Progress since 1879\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Newton Debating .Society\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tlie Wortli-\\nington Library Private Schools\u00e2\u0080\u0094 West Jer.scy Orphanage.\\nEarly Schools in Camden. It is impossible\\nto give an accurate history of the earliest schools\\nin Camden. The plan for the original town of\\nCamden provided a site for a school-house, which\\nwas built during the period of the Revolutionary\\nWar. Some of the churches in early days sup-\\nported schools, and the Friends at all times, and\\neven to-day, have supported excellently-managed\\nschools in connection with their Meetings.\\nThe old Camden Academy was the most prom-\\ninent educational institution in the city for half a\\ncentury. The building was erected in 1803, and\\nstood on the site of the Genge school building at", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0741.jp2"}, "626": {"fulltext": "498\\nIITSTOr.Y OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nthe corner of Sixtli and Market Streets. The Ian J\\nupon which it wa.s situated was given by George\\nGenge. The schools in it were conducted by a\\nnumber of teachers with varied success, frequent\\nchanges being made. Edward lUillock taught in\\nthis building for a time.\\nIn ISSf) John M. Souler took the upper room of\\nthe academy and taught all the English branches,\\nat $2.50 per quarter.\\nThe Hatch School-house was one of the early\\neducational institutions of (Camden. It was situ-\\nated near what is now the corner of Seventh and\\nPearl Streets, a short distance from the Diamond\\nCottage, and was the place where many of the\\nyouths of Camden and vicinity, half a century\\nor more ago, obtained the rudiments of an educa-\\ntion. The school-house was within a dense grove,\\nthrough which were paths leading to it. Among\\nthe prominent teachers of this school was Edward\\nButcher, who became postmaster of Camden in\\n1838. Benjamin F. Davis was another of the\\nteachers at this school.\\nIn 182 Jacob L. Rowan taught a school at the\\nsoutheast corner of Third and Market Streets.\\nBenjamin Ferris opened a singing-school in the\\nTown House, December 11, 1835. Oliver Cox,\\na graduate of Cambridge University, England, in\\nMarch, 183(J, opened the Camden Classical School,\\ndesigned to fit young men for college. The same\\nyear and month Sarah and Hannah Eastlack\\nopened a seminary for girls, on Cooper Street,\\nopposite the residence of Richard M. Cooper.\\nIra Bisbee, in 1835, advertised that he would\\nopen an English school, for both sexes, in the\\nbasement of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and\\nannounced that those who wished to attend to the\\nscience of Grammar could be taught in the eve-\\nning not parrotorically, but by Brown s American\\nSystem according to the constructive genius of\\nour language. Isaiah Toy, Edward D. Roe and\\nJohn K. Cowperthwait announced that the} as a\\ncommittee, had visited Mr. Bisbee s school and\\nwere highly pleased.\\nAt the general town-meeting, held March 10,\\n1835, the subject of the public schools was discussed,\\nand a committee to consider the matter was ap-\\npointed, John K. Cowperthwait, Richard Fetters,\\nJ. L. Reese, Isaiah Toy, Rev. S. Starr, Rev. Wil-\\nliam Granville, Rev. T. C. Teasdale, Benjamin\\nAllen, Charles Kaiglin, William Ridgeway and\\nJ. W. Cooper.\\nIn 1835 Rev. T. C. Teasdale opened a French\\nand English Boarding and Day-School, of which\\nDemorris was teacher of French and Musick.\\nIsaiah .fov in 1837 advertised for a teacher to\\nconduct a primary school in the l)ascment of the\\nMethodist Church.\\nRev. M. Shepherd conducted a Female Academy\\nin 1835, his daughter assisting him as a teacher.\\nThe Seminary of St. Paul s Church was con-\\nducted by Miss Mary M. Archer in 1837.\\nIn 1837 P. M. Gowen was principal of the\\nWriting, Mercantile and Mathenuitical School\\nin the Camden Academy. The same year Oliver\\nCox became principal of a school in the liase-\\nment of the Methodist Church.\\nA Select Classical and English Boarding-\\nSchool was started by W. S. Barton, September\\n19, 1838. In May, 1838, Camden was divided into\\ntwo school districts.\\nA school-house and house of worship was dedi-\\ncated in Fettersville in May, 1840. Miss Turner\\nhad a school near the Market in 1842. Mr.\\nHough had a classical and mathematical school,\\nwhich was afterwards conducted by Rev. F. Knigh-\\nton in 1845.\\nIn 1S52 F. H. R(jthpletz was priucijial of the\\nCamden Academy Miss Henrietta Rothpletz was\\nassistant.\\nThe Young Ladies Institute, with H. T. Tims-\\ndale as principal, was opened in 1852.\\nThe Camden High School for Boys was\\nopened by J. D. Higgins in 1854.\\nThe Camden Grove School, taught by Rev.\\nKnighton, was taken by Rev. Northrop in 1854.\\nLafayette and Talleyrand Grover, the former of\\nwhom became Governor of Oregon, and later\\nUnited States Senator from the same State, taught\\na select school in Camden for a number of years.\\nAt the request of State Superintendent Apgar,\\nin 1879, Henry L. Bonsall, who for several years\\nserved as city superintendent of schools, prepared\\nan historical sketch of the rise and progress of the\\npublic school system of Camden. Having very\\nkindly allowed the use of it, the information em-\\nbodied in the following pages, containing the his-\\ntory of the public schools to 1879, was mostly com-\\npiled from his work\\nThe Public School System.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first re-\\ncorded evidence of intention to better this con-\\ndition of things occurs in the minute of a meeting\\nof the School Trustees of the Township of\\nCamden, at the house of Dr. Isaac S. Mulford,\\nApril t), 1843, when Richard Fetters was ap-\\npointed chairman and treasurer, and B. A. Ham-\\nmell secretary. .1. C. De La Cour and the secre-\\ntary were appointe l to provide books for the\\nofficers, and Jesse Smith was employed to assess\\nthe number of children that may be eligible to the\\nschools. The schools were ordered to be opened", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0742.jp2"}, "627": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n499\\nabout the 11th of May, the yearly sahiry of the\\nmale teacher not to exceed six hundred dollars,\\nand of the female, four hundred dollars. Cobb s\\nschool-books were adopted. Messrs. De La Vinir\\nand Rhees were appointed to procure one hundred\\nand seventy-four large and seventy-four small\\nslates. Mr. Miller was chosen teacher, and Messrs.\\nCole, Cowperthwait and Rhees directed to inquire\\ninto character and qualifications.\\nOn the 26th -of April, 1843, it was ordered that\\na colored school be opened under the same regu-\\nlations as the white school, and George Shreeve\\nwas appointed its teacher at a salary of seventeen\\ndollars per month. On May 8th rooms in the\\nacademy were fitted up, and in it the first public\\nschool in Camden was inaugurated. This school\\ncontinued with varying success. In KS45, the\\ntrustees met at the Niagara Fire Company s engine-\\nhouse, with Dr. Isaac S. Mulford as president.\\nPhilander C. Brinck secretary, and J. C. I e La\\nCour treasurer.\\nThe trustees then went to work in earnest, and\\nthis is the point the progress of the schools |iroperly\\ndates from. The members of the Board of Educa-\\ntion then were Franklin Ferguson, Joseph C. De\\nLa Cour, Samuel H. Morton, Philander C. Brinck,\\nJesse Smith, Joseph Taylor, David Brown, Isaac\\nS. Mulford, and Thomas Chapman. David Brown\\nreported the census of children of school age in\\nCamden to be nine hundred and seventy-four\\nwhite and fifty-nine colored. An examination of\\nteachers was ordered to be held on the 14th of the\\nensuing month, the president of the board to con-\\nduct the same, when Messrs. English, I lotts and\\nHall and Miss Thomas were passed as candidates.\\nFollowing this report came a resolution of the\\nboard, which reads strangely in the light of this\\ngeneration Resolved, That the circumstance of\\nMr. English being a, foreigtier, we will decline ex-\\namining his papers or credcatials, the president\\nalone dissenting, when Mr. English, who passed\\nfirst, was ignored, and Conly Plotts was elected\\nprincipal of the first grammar school, at a salary\\nof four hundred and fifty dollars a year, Miss\\nThonuis being chosen for the primary school.\\nThis action concerning Mr. English was taken\\nwhen party spirit ran fiercely, about a year after\\nthe Philadelphia riots of 1844.\\nschool was now opened at Kaighns Point, and\\na lax of one dollar and a quarter levied on the\\nN(irth t amden grammar scholars, and seventy-\\nfive cents for the Nortli and the South Primary\\nSchools. The tax was to be paid in advance when\\nthe permits were given out, and as but seventy\\npermits were reported issued for the entire .juris-\\nliictiou, it shows that the lax did not work satis-\\nfactorily, not one-tenth of the eligibles attending\\nthe schools. As it kept children out who would\\notherwise have been in, alter a few years imposi-\\ntion, it was abandoiud. In 1847 the colored school\\ndesigned for South anidcn had not yet been estab-\\nlished, owing to the ditficulty of i)rocuring a room\\nat a moderate rent. Sarah Kaighn devised a lot\\nfor school purposes. In resjionse to repeated peti-\\ntions for the school, Ishmael Lack was appointed to\\ntake charge of and secure pupils at the rate of the\\naforesaid sum of seventy-five cents per capita, but\\none year thereafter the school was discontinued,\\nowing to the lack of funds, though shortly after\\nthis the treasurer s annual report showed three hun-\\ndred and seventy-eight dollars received from the\\nState and five hundred and fifty-four dollars from\\nthe county, which report, in the invariable phrase\\nof Ebenezer Nicholls, secretary, was excepted, his\\nsuccessor, F. Fleisner, crediting James Elwell for\\ncole. In 1850 the schools of North Camden\\nwere opened and Pardon Davis was elected the\\nmale and Harriet L. Hauiitman the female teacher\\nThe propriety and necessity of the City Council\\npaying to the board the amount of money due for\\nschool purposes was argued before that body by\\nthe committee, Isaac Porter, Thomas W. Mulford\\nand Matthew Miller, Jr., who also proposed a two\\nmill tax for the same purpose.\\nIn 1851 the board oj)eued a school tor female\\npupils at Washington Hall, South Camden, and\\none for male pupil s at Kaighns Point. H.\\nChadwick, M. E. Thomas. Pardon Davis, Eli/abeth\\nBrown, A. Rudderow, H. L. Haujitman, Harriet\\nN. King and E. A. vans were the eight teachers\\nthen employed in the city.\\nThe second census was taken in June, l, when\\nthere were in the Nortli Ward, helween the ages of\\nfive and eighteen years, tiriti pupils; Middle Ward,\\n8iMI outh Ward, 12(i2, and this increase, from\\nabout 1000 to nearly 3000, necessitated the discon-\\ntinuance of the renting of rooms, whereiii on a\\ncommittee was appointed to wait on the City Coun-\\ncil and ascertain whether that body woulil borrow\\nmoney for the jiurpose of building school-houses.\\nThe committee also reported that a building capa-\\nble of accommodating six hundred jiupils, includ-\\ning all necessary heating and ventilating appara-\\ntus, could be had for from six to seven th iusan l\\ndollars the size of such building would be nlioni\\nforty-five feet front by seventy-five leet deep. aii l\\ntwo stories high. The committee further suggested\\nthat application be made to the Council for such\\nloan, and in case of refusal, that the board apjily\\nto the Legislature for power to borrow. Isaac W.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0743.jp2"}, "628": {"fulltext": "500\\nHISTORY OF CA^MDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nMickle thereupon moved that the Legislature be\\nnotified of the intention of the Iward to draft a\\nbill modifying the school system of the city, which\\nwas the first intimation of a declaration of inde-\\npendence on the part of the board. Notice was\\nthen given of two acts: one to incorporate the\\nBoard of Education of the City of Camden, and\\nthe other to enable the City (Jouncil to borrow\\neight thousand dollars for the erection of the new\\nschool-house in the South Ward, a contract for\\nwhich had already been entered into by Mr. ShroH\\nwhich acts were subsequently granted, and the\\nboard became an independent body, from which\\ntime tlie progress of education kept pace with the\\nincrease of population. The Kaighn School,\\ncovered by the contract of Mr. Shrofl was the first\\nbuilding erected by the board, the land for which\\nwas donated by the Kaighn family giving rise to\\nthe reflection that while the Friends, or people\\ncalled Quakers prefer to educate their own chil-\\ndren rather than avail themselves of public tuition,\\nthey have nevertheless been liberal and zealous in\\npromoting the cause of public education, and their\\nnames live in the Kaighn School, the Cooper\\nSchool and the Mulford School.\\nThe New Era.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first meeting ot The\\nBoard of Education of the City of Camden waa\\nheld April 3, 1854. Messrs. Drury, of the former,\\nand De La Cour, of the newly-organized board,\\nwere enrolled, and Mr. Drury became principal\\nof Cooper Hill School. A census of the children\\nfor that year showed in the North Ward 816 pu-\\npils; Middle Ward, 1193; South Ward, 1559,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\ntotal, 3668. The Kaighn Schocd was finished and\\nopened with eight teachers, the only one of whom\\nremaining is the estimable and efficient principal\\nof Mulford Grammar and Kaighn Primary, Harriet\\nN. King. The Kaighn School building cost eight\\nthousand six hundred and eighty-eight dollars.\\nThe contractor was Mr. Shrofl\\nAt this period the board passed a resolution\\ndirecting principals to refrain from the use of the\\nrod as a means of correction, and if used at\\nall, that it be after school hours. Near the close\\nof the year Messrs. Ott, Trimble and Nicholls\\nwere appointed to consider the best arrangements\\nfor erecting a school in the North Ward, from\\nwhich, in due time, came the George Genge\\nSchool. Clayton Truax, treasurer, in his pub-\\nlished statement, on February 11th, credited him-\\nself with $16,142, as against $12,337 expended, and\\na balance of $3804, certified to by Joseph Trim-\\nble, Lewis Seal and Sylvester Burdsall. Twenty-\\ntwo years after (1876) the receipts were $152,626,\\nand the expenditures $120,485, twelve new school-\\nhouses having been erected in that time. In this\\nyear James M. Cassady commenced an active career\\nin the interests of public education. His first\\nmissionary labor was the finally successful attempt\\nto convert the City Council into a disposition to\\nhand over to the board the amount of two thousand\\nfour hundred and eighty-one dollars, which was\\nadju.sted by Benjamin Browning, Samuel Lytle\\nand William Sharpe, on the part of the Council,\\nand Messrs. Cassady, Dorinan N-icholls, repre-\\nsenting the board.\\nIn 18o8 Mr. De La Cour was elected president,\\nS. Burdsall secretary, and. Clayton Truax treas-\\nurer. Mr. Dorman reported the census of school\\nchildren to be 4005,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 North Ward, 1098 Middle\\nWard, 1325 South Ward, 1591. Kaighn School\\nbuilding was the only one owned by the board.\\nAt the November meeting Charles Cox was ap-\\npointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resig-\\nnation of Dr. Sartori, in Berkley Street School\\nand it is a noteworthy fact that many of the\\nearly principals afterwards occupied the foremost\\nsocial and political positions in the city.\\nIn 1859 Mr. Cassady was elected .secretary of\\nthe board, the old ofiicers, with this exception,\\nbeing re-elected. The number of school children\\nhad increased to four thousand three hundred and\\nseventy-four. Messrs. Dorman, Cassady and\\nSides, as a committee on qualifications, reported\\nthat very little can be accomplished without a\\nproper organization and classification of the\\nschools, and believing that much improvement\\ncan be made by a reorganization of the\\nschools of the Middle Ward, asked for author-\\nity for that purpose. The .same committee sub-\\nsequently reported Grammar, Secondary and Pri-\\nmary Departments as indispensable, the whole to\\nbe under the direct supervision of the male prin-\\ncipal. A system of examinations and promotions\\nwas also devised, and the first attempt at a more\\ncomplete and systematic arrangement inaugurated.\\nAt the end of the vacation Datus Drury resigned.\\nDavid W. Bartine was appointed to the North Ward\\nGrammar School Charles A. Singer, Jliddle\\nWard Grammar School Kate L. Rudderow, prin-\\ncipal of Berkley .Street Secondary and Anna M.\\nStack, Paper-Mill School. In .\\\\pril, I860, a com-\\nmittee was authorized to procure a room for a\\nPrimary School at Coopers Point, rent not to ex-\\nceed six dollars per month, and teacher, two hun-\\ndred and fifty dollars per annum the number of\\nscholars in room being limited to sixty-four. The\\nsubject of corporal punishment evidently bothered\\nthe board as much as it did the teachers, a\\nnumber of resolutions and suggestions being", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0744.jp2"}, "629": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n501\\ntabled by the adoptiuii of a motion of Mr. Morris,\\nthat it is inexpedient to enact any further laws\\non the subject, which conclusion, however, was\\nonly a temporary palliative to the opposition,\\nwhich lasted as long as the barbarous practice en-\\ndured.\\nOn motion of Thomas McKeen, Richard Fetters\\naddressed the board, in ]8fil, on the ropriety of\\nSelling Sixth and Plum lot and building at Fifth\\nand Plum. This is the last minute found relating\\nto Richard Fetters, who, next to Dr. Mulford and\\nthe members of the first board, was the oldest friend\\nof popular education.\\nDr. Ridge, in the spirit of inquiry, improvement\\nand innovation which characterized his efforts in\\nthe cause of education, succeeded, in 18G2, in\\nhaving the pantographic plan of teaching intro-\\nduced into some of the city schools. It appears\\nfrom the records of lS(i3 that the election for offi-\\ncers of the board was not contested with the same\\ndegree of interest which has marked subsequent\\nelections. Dr. Ridge and Dr. Birdsell having been\\nnominated for president, on motion of Dr. Ridge,\\nDr. Birdsell was elected by acclamation, Mr. Cas-\\nsady continuing as secretary, and Mr. Sides suc-\\nceeding Thomas A. Wilson as treasurer. James\\nM. Scovel seems to have exercised a potent influ-\\nence in changing the location of the Genge School,\\nthen in course of construction, to the centre of the\\ni lot at Sixth, Market and Arch. Severns AVard\\nwere the contractors for this second building,\\nwhich, in its day, was considered a model school\\nstructure, as was the Kaighn School, which, at the\\nsuggestion of Dr. Middloton, the oldest school in\\nthe city, became one of the best-lighted and\\nmost thoroughly ventilated of the modernized\\nbuildings. The number of school children had\\nincreased to 4773,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 North Ward, 1318; Middle\\nWard, 1545; South Ward, 1910,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 South Ward\\nthen, as since, having been more mindful of the\\ndivine injunction.\\nWilliam Fewsmith entered the board at this pe-\\nriod, and ever after, until his resignation, took an\\nactive and intelligent part in its deliberations.\\nAfterward, in assuming and discharging the duties\\nof the first superintendency of the same, he\\nmethodized and systematized the working of the\\ndaily growing to be more complicated machinery,\\nuntil the present admirable system was more\\nnearly perfected.\\nThe Genge School building being finished, the di-\\nvisions of the Berkley Street School were removed\\nto it, that building vacated and the schools con-\\nsolidated, while an examination was ordered for\\nteachers to take charge of the new divisions. The\\n60\\nteachers selected were E. A. Singer, principal as-\\nsistants, Sidney L. Anderson, Sallie G. Rudderow,\\nC. Callett, Ellie E. Fenton and Jennie James. In\\nthe Girls Department: Sallie Walker, principal;\\nKate L. Rudderow, Louisa Ash, Sallie T. Brown,\\nEdith Heany and Rachel Brevoort. A Teachers\\nAssociation was in operation at this period, which\\ndeveloped into -a Teachers Institute. A general\\nincrease in the inade(|uate salaries of teachers was\\nmade at this time. In 1866 the organization was\\neffected by the choice of Thomas G. Rowand,\\nM.D., as president, and the continuance of the\\nother officers, changes in these positions being\\nrarely made. Night-schools were first established\\nin December of this year; yet, although all the ap-\\npliances needed were furnished, they seem to have\\nbeen but indifferently successful. Edwin A.\\nStevens, of Hoboken, N. J., having donated the\\nlot on which the new Jfiddle Ward School was\\nbuilt in 1867, it was therefore called the Stevens\\nSchool. The donation of this lot was the last of\\nficial act of Mr. Stevens prior to his departure for\\nEurope, from which he never returned. William\\nB. Mulford was the contractor for the erection of\\nthis elegant school building, with fifteen divisions,\\naffording ro jms for the General Book Depository,\\nthe meeting-room of the board and the sessions of\\nthe Normal Glass.\\nOn the completion of the Stevens School, in 1868,\\nthe Plum and Elm Street rooms were vacated, the\\nscholars transferred, and W. L. Sayre was ap-\\npointed principal of the boys department, and\\nHope Anthony of the girls department of the new\\nschool; C. Henry Kain taking the principulship of\\nthe North Ward Boys and Kate L. Rudilerow of\\nthe Girls School while N. J. Morrison and Miss\\nE. J. Peddle were respectively appointed to the\\nSouth Ward School. The South Ward Colored\\nSchool was placed in charge of D. G. Harris, and\\nin 18(!! an additional colored school was estab-\\nlished at Third Street and Mount Vernon.\\nApril, 187(1, Dr. J. M. Ridge was elected presi-\\ndent, and Dr. Alexander Mecray superintendent,\\nthe other officers being re-elected.\\nThe census of school children was reported by\\nThomas McDowell to be five thousand two hun-\\ndred and ninety-one, and to provide for the pres-\\nsure, a house on Cooper Street and a portion of the\\nBaptist Church, Fourth and Mount Vernon, were\\nrented tor primary purposes. The salaries of the\\nthree male principals were fixed at fifteen hundred\\ndollars, and of the three fenuile principals at seven\\nhundred and fifty dollars each.\\nThe State Teachers Association meeting in Cam-\\nden in 1871, Mayor Charles Cox, Rudolphus", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0745.jp2"}, "630": {"fulltext": "502\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nBingham and Henry B. Wilson were appointed to\\nwelcome the educators of the State.\\nA revision of the Camden City Charter at this\\ntime annexed the suburbs of Newton township,\\ndividing the city into eight wards and giving two\\nmembers to the board from eacli ward.\\nThe propriety of teaching the elements of mu-\\nsic became so apparent in 1872 that Mr. England^\\nfrom the Special Committee on Music, report-\\ned in favor of the employment of E. F. Batch-\\nelor and the use of ])antographic charts in the ex-\\nemplitication of the Wilhelm Hulda System, which\\ncontinued three years. In the fall of the year C\\nHenry Kain succeeded Mr. Sayre as principal ot\\nStevens School William H. Samuel was assigned\\nto Genge School, Horatio Draper to Liberty and\\nGeoffrey Buckwalter to Central Avenue, the newer\\nteachers then, as since, taking the lower schools\\nand making their way up to the higher grade\\nschools as vacancies occurred.\\nThe school-house for colored children on Mount\\nVernon Street was finished and the Third and\\nMount Vernon school abandoned. William H. F.\\nArmstead was appointed principal, and Henry\\nBoyer placed in charge of the Ferry Road Colored\\nSchool these two schools providing ample accom-\\nmodation for all the colored children in the city.\\nThe Cooper School was built by the board in\\n1874, with Samuel Monroe as contractor, at a cost\\nof thirty thousand nine hundred and seventy-\\nthree dollars. It is pronounced one of the finest\\nschool buildings in the State, and was dedicated\\nin the presence of the State and county superin-\\ntendents and other dignitaries, Walt Whitman\\nreading the dedication poem, and addresses being\\ndelivered by the State, county and city superintend-\\nents, President Eittenhouse, Principal Samuels,\\nJ. M. Cassady and Controller Milligan, of Phila-\\ndelphia. The following is Walt Whitman s poem\\nOF SCILOOL.\\nAn old man s thought of school\\nAn old man, gathering youthful\\nit\u00c2\u00bbelf cannot.\\nNow only do I know you\\nO fair auroral skies m\\nng dew upon the grass\\nAnd these 1 see these sparkling eyes,\\nTiiese stores of mystic meaning these young lives,\\nBuilding, equipping, like a fleet of ships immortal ships\\nSoon to sail out over the measureless seas,\\nOn the Soul s voyage.\\nOnly a lot of boys and girls\\nOnly the tiresome spelling, writing, ciphering classes\\nOnly a Public School\\nAh more infinitely more\\n(As George Fox rais d his warning cry, Is it this pile of brick and\\nmortar these dead floors, windows, rails\u00e2\u0080\u0094 you call the church\\nWhy (his is not the church at all\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the Church is living, ever living\\nSoule.\\nAnd you America,\\nCast you the real reckoning for your present\\nThe lights and shadows of your future good or evil\\nTo girlhood, boyhood look the Teacher and the School.\\nApril, 1874, the new board organized with David\\nRittenhouse, president; J. L. De La Cour, treas-\\nurer; William C. Figner, secretary H. L. Bon-\\nsall, superintendent. This opened another new\\nera in the operations of the board in the regulation\\nof the educational system the old law, empower-\\ning the meiubers of the board to furnish supplies,\\netc., having been repealed, and all personal\\nmonetary interests being removed from its mem-\\nbership.\\nThe number of teachers was seventy-four the\\nnumber of scholars three thousand eight hundred\\nand nineteen. The school census reported over\\neight thousand children of school age, showing\\nthat about one-half the school ]\u00c2\u00bbopulation was then\\nengaged in work or pursuits disqualifying them\\nfrom public tuition, except as they are further\\nprovided for by a dozen excellent parochial and\\nprivate schools. Evidence of the thoroughness of\\nthe instruction in the schools is furnished in an\\nexamination report of this period, in which it is\\nshown that nearly all the candidates for teachers\\ncertificates were pupils of the grammar schools,\\nand while the requirements for qualification were\\nin no sense lowered, more than twenty of those\\npupils in the first division passed creditably.\\nMr. Kain, who afterwards became a member of\\nthe board, resigned in September, 1874, to take\\nthe Northwest Grammar School, Philadelphia\\nMr. Buckwalter was transferred to Stevens School,\\nthence to Cooper, exchanging places with Mr.\\nSamuel and Philip Cressman appointed to Cen-\\ntral Avenue, Mr. Fry going to the Liberty School.\\nThe Legislature, in 1875, gave authority to the\\nboard to borrow fifty thousand dollars three\\nbrown stone two-story school-houses were built in\\nthe lower section of the city, in the Eighth Ward\\nthe John W. Mickle School, and in the Fifth the\\nIsaac W. Mulford School and the Richard Fetters\\nSchool, each named after worthy citizens of Cam-\\nden who years ago took an active interest in the\\neducational welfare of the city. These buildings\\nwere erected by the contractor, M. E. Harden, a\\nformer member of the board, and are a credit to\\nthe foresight and intelligence of John H. Dialogue,\\nwho was instrumental in their construction. One\\nof the acquisitions to the board for a single term,\\nat this period, was William Curtiss, from the First\\nWard.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0746.jp2"}, "631": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n503\\nThe Centennial year energized educators, as it\\ndid everybody and everything else. The State\\nsuperintendent having notified the schools that\\nan educational exhibit would be expected from\\nNew Jersey, Camden contributed her quota to an\\naggregate otHcially pronounced in most resi)ects\\nfi|ual, and in several particulars superior, to the\\nexhibits of other States and countries. James M.\\nCassady was the Centennial president, and J. L.\\nDe La Cour, son of the first treasurer, succeeded\\nto the treasury so long guarded by the father. In\\n1877, B. Frank Sutton became president, William\\nT. Bailey treasurer, Charles W. Knight remaining\\nsecretary, having succeeded William C. Figner.\\nThe Stevens Primary School, built during the\\nCentennial year, is an admirable structure. The\\nold Kaighn School-house, under the supervision of\\nMessrs. Dialogue, Davis, Pierce, Middleton and\\nPerkins, was remodeled in 187G and made a most\\ndesirable school building, the work being done by\\nE. Allen Ward.\\nAfter several unsuccessful attempts to set up the\\nnew adjunct to the system, the Normal Class was\\nfinally established this year through the agency\\nof Messrs. Middleton, Cassady and Pierce, com-\\nmittee on teachers Philip Cressman being ap-\\npointed principal, and Charles K. Middleton filling\\nthe vacancy in the Mickle School occasioned by\\nthe transfer. The Normal Class was originally de-\\nsigned as a preparatory school for teachers, to su|i-\\nplement the policy of the board in selecting can-\\ndidates from its own schools. In June, 1878, its\\nfirst class was graduated. For some time previous\\nto this period the school census had increased to\\nmore than ten thousand, and the matter of provid-\\ning accommodations excited attention, being prin-\\ncipally urged by Messrs. Currie and Middleton, of\\nthe First District, and lots for a new school-house\\nwere secured. Temporary accommodation was af-\\nforded through rented rooms and the adoption of\\na half-day session.\\nAt the expiration of the school year of 1878,\\nWilliam H. Samuel, following the example of\\nMessrs. Bartine, Boyer, Sayre, Kain, Singer and\\nother efficient Camden ])rincipals, resigned the\\nprincipalshipof the Stevens ISchool to take a school\\nin the Thirty-first Section, Philadelphia, when\\nGeorge E. Fry was promoted to the Stevens School\\nand E. F. Way was appointed to the Liberty\\nSchool. At the next meeting of the board the\\nfirst formal visit of Philadelphia school officials\\ntook place, when addresses of mutual congratula-\\ntion were delivered.\\nThe Public Schools since 1879.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 For the\\nhistory of the public schools of Camden since\\n1879, acknowledgments are due Cieo. E. Fry, the\\neflicient princii)al of the Second School Distri(^tof\\nCamden.\\nThe important items of interest relating to the\\nschools for the year 1879 are as follows Officers of\\nthe school board elected B. Frank Sutton, presi-\\ndent Charles W. Knight, secretary William T.\\nBailey, treasurer Henry L. Bonsall, superin-\\ntendent. Drawing and theory of teaching were\\nadded to the branches required for teachers ex-\\naminations. Westlake s Spellers, Steel s Physics\\nand Kellogg s Language Lesson Books were adopted\\nfor use in the schools. The teachers committee\\nwas composed of Dr. M. F. Middleton, James M.\\nCassady, J. C. De La Cour and D. B. Litzenberg.\\nThe tax rate for school purposes was four and one-\\nhalf mills. The crowded primary schools were\\ngiven two classes of pupils, each class attending\\nschool one-half of the day; July 7th, the contract\\nfor constructing the Northeast School building\\ncorner of Seventh and Vine Streets, was awarded to\\nJoseph Butcher for eleven thousand three hundred\\nand forty-eight dollars; the building committee\\nwere Charles F. Curry, Joseph B. Fox, John H.\\nDialogue and Davis B. Litzenberg school popula-\\ntion in September was eleven thousand nine\\nhundred and seventy-eight; Buckwalter s S|)ellers\\nwere adopted for use in the schools.\\nIn January, 1880, the Northeast School building,\\nat Seventh and Vine Streets, was finished and\\naccepted by the board, and in February, Miss Mary\\nBurrough was appointed principal. In March the\\nboard passed a resolution granting third-class\\ncertificates to all teachers who held fourth class\\ncertificates, and had taught five years.\\nIn April Mr. B. F. Sutton retired from the\\npresidency of the board, which was then reorgan-\\nized by the election of Charles F. Curry to that\\noffice, and the choice of Charles W. Knight and\\nW. F. Bailey, respectively, as secretary and treas-\\nurer. H. L. Bonsall was elected city superintendent.\\nIn July a contract was let to Wni. T. Mead for\\nbuilding an addition of four rooms to the Liberty\\nSchool building, at Spruce and Eighth Streets,\\nmaking it atwelve-room building. The amount of\\ncontract was five thousand seven hundred dollars.\\nIn 1881 the first incident worthy of note was the\\nappointment of Messrs. Sutton, Davis, Cassady,\\nFox and Middleton, of the board, as a committee\\nto wait on the Legislature in the interest of the\\npublic schools of the city. On April 4th there\\nwas a spirited contest between Messrs. Sutton and\\nCurry for the presidency, and the former was\\nelected upon the forty-seventh ballot. The former,\\nsecretary and treasurer were re-elected. In De-", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0747.jp2"}, "632": {"fulltext": "504\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ncember the first action was taken toward the\\nintroduction of sewing in the schools.\\nIn 1882\u00e2\u0080\u0094 March Mr. J. B. Fox was elected\\npresident, and the former secretary and treasurer\\nof the board were re-elected. In June of this\\nyear the total number of children of school age\\nwas reported as twelve thousand eight hundred and\\nfifty-eight. On August 21st, Wm. H. F. Arnistead,\\nprincipal of the Mt. Vernon Colored School, re-\\nsigned his position and was succeeded by Wm. F.\\nPowell.\\nIn March, 1883, the board organized with Davis\\nB. Litzenberg, president Charles B. Capewell,\\nsecretary; and Wm. Calhoun, treasurer. Martin V.\\nBergen was elected city superintendent and T. J.\\nMiddleton, solicitor. The teachers committee\\nhaving for years past felt the importance of giving\\nthe principals a better opportunity for superintend-\\ning the various departments in their district, often\\ndiscussed the matter, but came to no definite con-\\nclusion until the meeting in April, when a member\\nof the committee presented a resolution making\\nthe male principals of the grammar schools district\\nprincipals and appointing an auxiliary in each\\ndistrict to assist the district principal. The resolu-\\ntion received favorable comment from other\\nprominent members of the teachers committee,\\nand was adopted by the board without a dissenting\\nvoice, and the plan having now been in successful\\noperation over three years, has proved to be one of\\nthe best moves made by the board to improve the\\nsystem of instruction in our public schools. Martin\\nV. Bergen, city superintendent, inhisreportin May,\\nas a summary of the reports from the district prin-\\ncipals viz.: Geoffrey Buckwalter, First District;\\nGeo. E. Fry, Second District Horatio Drai)er\\nThird District; Edwin F. Way, Fourth District J\\nChas. K. Middleton, Fifth District; and Wm. f!\\nPowell, Sixih District, reported enrolled six thou-\\nsand and forty scholars, with an average attendance\\nof three thousand nine hundred and ninety. Mr.\\nBergen, in his report, urged the board to make\\nsome provision whereby the colored teachers could\\nreceive instruction and receive the same advantages\\nas white teachers. Mr. Bergen also expressed his\\nsatisfaction with the good condition of the schools\\nand the elliciency of the teachers. The following\\nwere the first auxiliaries appointed under the new\\nsystem First District, Clara Shivers Second\\nDistrict, Laura B. Munyan Third District, Rosa\\nFlanegin Fourth District, May L. Shivers; Fifth\\nDistrict, Belle E. Forbes; Sixth District, Bella\\nDouglass. During the summer vacation Miss\\nHelen Smith, a faithful and devoted teacher, died\\nafter a very brief illness.\\nIn January, 1884, the superintendent reported\\nthe total enrollment, as furnished him by the\\ndistrict principals, six thousand six hundred and\\nforty-seven and average attendance of five thousand\\nand twenty-six.\\nIn January, 1884, there were enrolled in the\\nevening schools for colored applicants one hundred\\nand thirty-five scholars, with an average attendance\\nof eighty-two.\\nAt this meeting the John W. Mickle and Mount\\nVernon Schools were raised to the grade of gram-\\nmar schools. At the meeting in October, 1884,\\nthe advisory committee of the First District re-\\nported on the necessity of making provision for\\nmore school accommodation in that district, owing\\nto the overcrowded condition of the schools. It\\nwas ordered that the members of the First Dis-\\ntrict, as a committee, investigate the matter of se-\\ncuring a suitable site for a school building north\\nof the Camden and Atlantic Railroad and to\\nascertain the probable cost of a new building. A\\ngreat change was also made in the text-books\\nthis year. The total enrollment, as reported by\\nCity Superintendent Martin V. Bergen, was seven\\nthousand two hundred and eighty. A scholars\\nlibrary was started in the Second District with\\nforty-five volumes, and through the efforts of\\nteachers and pupils it has been increased to\\nninety-eight volumes. In November, 1884, a\\nnight-school of five divisions for boys was opened\\nin E. A. Stevens School, under the principal-\\nship of George E. Fry also in the Kaighn\\nSchool one of two divisions for girls, under the\\nprincipalship of Miss Anna Farrell and super-\\nvised by District Principal H. Draper.\\nMarch 16, 1885, the new board organized with\\nMaurice A.Rogers, president; Charles B. Cape-\\nwell, secretary William Calhoun, treasurer\\nHarry L. Bonaall, superintendent and Timothy\\nJ. Middleton, solicitor.\\nA careful and thorough revision of the limita-\\ntions of studies was effected during the summer\\nby city superintendent and district principals,\\nand adopted by the board. A more thorough\\ncourse of instruction was thus provided and the\\neducation of the children made more practical.\\nThe entire number of children of school age, as\\nreported by the census-takers June, 1885, was\\n14,973. The total appropriation for school pur-\\nposes for the school year beginning April, 1884,\\nwas ninety-seven thousand four hundred dollars,\\nand for the year beginning April, 1885, it was\\none hundred and seven thousand two hundred\\ndollars, which latter sum included ten thousand\\ndollars to be used in the building of the school-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0748.jp2"}, "633": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n505\\nhouse at Broadway and Clinton Strei ts. During\\nthe summer of 1885 the Cooper School building\\nwas so badly damaged by the cyclone that it cost\\ntwo thousand four hundred and seventy-seven\\ndollars to put it in proper repair.\\nNight-schools were opened by the board in the\\nwinter of 1885-86 for three months, in First,\\nSecond, Third and Sixth Districts, and placed in\\ncharge of the respective district principals. The\\nattendance throughout the term was good and\\ngreat interest was manifested.\\nThe new board for ]88(;-87 organized March\\n15, 1886, with James R. Carson, president; W. H.\\nSnyder, secretary; W. A. Calhoun, treasurer;\\nMartin V. Bergen, city superintendent; and J.\\nEugene Troth, solicitor. The new school-house\\nBroadway and Clinton Streets is being built by\\nJohn C. Rogers, for twenty-five thousand nine\\nhundred dollars. The building will be sixty by\\nninety feet, and contain twelve school-rooms, and\\non the third floor a board-room and two committee\\nrooms.\\nJune 8, 1886, City Superintendent Bergen re-\\nported having visited all the schools and found\\nthem in a good condition. The reports from\\ndistrict principals showed a total enrollment of\\n6498 pupils, with an average attendance of 4561.\\nOn September 6, 1886, the board re-graded the\\nteachers salaries.\\nThrough the efforts of the district principals,\\naided by their assistants and the female principals\\nand the support of the Board of Education, the\\nold plan of holding quarterly and semiannual\\nexaminations of pupils for promotion has given\\nplace to the superior and more acceptable plan\\nof monthly examinations, stimulating the pupils\\nto exertion and diligence throughout every part of\\nthe term.\\nThe Camden school system is on an excellent\\nbasis the city being divided into six districts, with\\nan average of about thirteen hundred pupils to a\\ndistrict and one grammar school in each, all other\\nbuildings feeding the grammar school conse-\\nquently, as the population increases and more\\nschool- houses are built, the grammar schools must\\nbecome stronger and better.\\nThe evening schools, a partial failure several\\nyears ago, have, during the last few years, through\\nthe determined efforts of the district principals,\\nassisted by the janitors and assistants and warmly\\nsupported by the board, proved a grand success\\nand have afforded very fine facilities for those who\\ncannot attend day-school.\\nThe steady advancement made in the Camden\\nschool system is another strong evidence of the\\nimportance of employing, as far as possible, princi-\\npals and teachers who make teaching a life pro-\\nfession, and therefore throw their energy into\\nthe work of doing the best for the education of\\nthe children.\\nAmong the oldest educators in point of time\\nare Messrs. Horatio Draper, Geoflrey Buekwalter\\nand George E. Fry among the males and the\\nMisses Harriet King, Anita Wright, M. Jennie\\nWood, Sallie T. Brown, Louisa Ash, Jennie James,\\nSidney L. Anderson, Sallie F,. Hall, Mary L. Mis-\\nkelly, Edith G. Heany, Minnie Titus, Nellie Or-\\ncutt. Belle Muyberry, Anna Wood, Mary M.\\nReeve and Anna P^arrell among the ladies.\\nThe full membership of the Board of Education\\nfor the year 1886, is as follows Stanley Musehamp,\\nJames R. Carson, Thomas W. Beattie, Irvine C.\\nBeatty, George W. Ealer, Charles S. Ackley, Wil-\\nliam Ireton, William A. Husted, George G. Bun-\\ndick, Ellis W. Woolve rton, A. S. N. Cowan, James\\nL. Johnson, Edward S. Matlack, Edward A. Mar-\\ntin, William Drake, James Ware, Jr.\\nThe Newton Juvenile Debating Society\\nwas organized January 24, 1807, by a number of\\nyoung men of Camden and its vicinity, and was\\nquite a flourishing society, particularly notable as\\nshowing the tone of popular feeling and taste\\namong the young men of the time. James Cooper\\nwas the first president and Joseph Mickle secre-\\ntary and treasurer. The original members were\\nIsaac Z. Collings, John Hinchman, Samuel Hen-\\ndry, Mason Ward, Jacob Evaul, George Stokes,\\nJoseph Thackara, John Brown, James Cooper,\\nJoseph Mickle, Samuel Eastlack, Samuel Sloan,\\nIsaac Stokes, Thomas Doughten, Joseph Cooper,\\nThomas Thackara, David Henry, Jr., John Sloan,\\nSamuel Knight, Samuel Blackwood, Jonathan\\nKnight, Samuel Barton and Isaac Comly.\\nThe object of the society was to discuss questions\\nbrought before them, and the president was au-\\nthorized to issue tickets of admission to the debates\\nto persons not members. The society assembled\\nat Newton Meeting School-house, Sloan s School-\\nhouse and at convenient places in and near the\\nthen small village of Camden quite regularly for\\na little over a year, and the society then passed\\nout of existence. It seems to have been the\\npioneer of a large number of debating and literary\\nsocieties, lyceums, etc., of varying degrees of ex-\\ncellence, but all quite ephemeral.\\nWoRTHlNGTON LIBRARY COMPANY. This com-\\npany was organized as early as February, 1838, and\\nin the winter of 1839-40 instituted a lecture course.\\nLectures were delivered in the lower room of the\\nBaptist Church. The first in the course was by", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0749.jp2"}, "634": {"fulltext": "506\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nDr. Isaac 8. Mulford, who was followed by Abra-\\nham Browning, Dr. Caldwell, Chauncey Bulkley,\\nWilliam J. AUinson, Samuel R.Gunnimere, James\\nWilson, Dr. Earle and J. R. Chandler. The course\\nof 1840-41 was delivered by David Paul Brown,\\nRev. George Chandler, E. Morris, John M. Reed,\\nChauncey Bulkley, William M. Jeffers, Job R.\\nTyson, Rev. P. E. Moriarty, J. T. S. Sullivan and\\nMorton McMichael.\\nThe trustees of the company for the year IS 10\\nwere E. Cole, R. W. Ogden, Jr., I. Mic kle, J. A.\\nBalantine, G. Stevcrs, Jr., J. Folwell and S. S. PI\\nCowperthwait. The course of lectures for 1841-42\\nwere delivered by the following gentlemen Hon.\\nSamuel L. Southard, David Paul Brown, Esq.,\\nPhiladelphia; Lucius Q. Elmer, Bridgeton Rev.\\nF. A. pAistis, Philadelphia; J. T. S. Sullivan\\nEsq., Philadelphia; Morton McMichael, Esq.,\\nPhiladelphia; William B. Kinney, Esq., editor\\nof the Newark Daily Advertiser; Richard P.\\nThompson, Salem, N. J.; James T. Sherman,\\nEsq., editor of the State Oazette, Trenton\\nWilliam D. Kelly, Esq., Philadelphia Stacy I).\\nPotts, Esq., Trenton Richard W. Howell, Esq.,\\nCamden; Henry S. Patterson, M.D., Philadelphia;\\nWilliam N. Jeft ers, Esq., Camden Isaac S. Mul-\\nford, M.D., Camden; and L. F. Fisler, M.D.,\\nmayor, Camden.\\nPrivate Schools. The school, conducted by\\nthe sisters, Miss Mary G. and Miss Annie Grey,\\nhas firmly established for itself, by over twenty\\nyears of success, an excellent reputation as a first-\\nclass seminary for young ladies and little girls.\\nOriginally occupying the school building con-\\nnected with the Friends Meeting-House, it was\\nlater removed to its present location, 709 Market\\nStreet, where the conveniences of commodious\\nschool and class-rooms were added to the advantages\\nresulting from faithful, conscientious teaching.\\nThe course of instruction comprises all the\\nbranches of a thorough English education also\\nFrench, Latin, German, drawing and music.\\nThe department of music, conducted by Miss\\nAnnie (irey, has for years furnished thorough in-\\nstruction to pupils seeking to perfect themselves\\nin a musical education.\\nThe Commercial Institute, at No. (3(IS Broad-\\nway, was established in 1882 by Charles M. Abra-\\nhamson. Both males and females are taught in\\nthis school. In 188. there were one hundred and\\nnine students admitted and instructed; the present\\nyear, 1881), there are forty-nine in attendance.\\nA Kindergarten School was kept for some years,\\nat No. 557 Mickle Street, by Miss Ida L. Warner,\\nbut, in July, 188t), was removed to Germantown.\\nMrs. S. A. Wescott was for four years the prin-\\ncipal of the Y^oung Ladies Seminary, at No. 312\\nCooper Street, but it has been discontinued since\\nthe close of the spring term of the present year,\\ni88(;.\\nThe excellent school of the Misses Northrop was\\nopened in 1879, as a Kindergarten School, and in\\n1885 became a graded school in which six teachers\\nare employed. During the year ]88(), a large\\nbuilding was erected on Penn Street, where the\\nschool is now conducted.\\nThe West Jersey Orphanage for colored\\nchildren is situated on the corner of Sixth and\\nMechanic Streets. This excellent institution owes\\nits origin largely to the eflbrts of Mrs. Martha M.\\nKaighn, Mrs. Mary E. S. Wood and Mrs. Rebecca\\nC. W. Reeve. The object of the Orphanage is to\\nafford a home for destitute colored children of\\nCamden County and neighboring counties, give\\nthem the rudiments of an education and train\\nthem to habits of industry. At a suitable age they\\nare indentured to respectable families. A charter\\nwas procured, February 17, 1874, and the institu-\\ntion organized by the selection of the following\\nboard of trustees\\n.IusT?ph M. Kaiglin, president.\\nEdw. Bettle, l8t vice-president.\\n.\\\\ugu3tua Reeves, 2d vire-prea.\\nJ. E. Atkiuaon, recd g aect y.\\nM, Jr.\\nWii\\nA. Fre\\nHoward M. Cooper,\\nJucul) J. Pitman.\\nJoseph M. Cooper.\\nJoliri Gill, Jr.\\nWni. Bettle.\\nGeo. K. Johnsf\\nJohn ooper.\\nDr. Isaac B. Mnlford, plij\\nHenry Fredericka.\\nJohn 0. Stoekham.\\n.\\\\3ahel Troth.\\nAlexander 0. Wood.\\nJoseph B. Cooper.\\nRichard H. Ree\\nThe members of the original board of managers\\nwere,\\nMartha M. Kaighi\\n11, president.\\nMary H. Pitman.\\nM. P. Bettle, lat\\nice-president.\\nEllen C. Cooper.\\nM. S. Troth, 2d\\nMary S. Bettle.\\nAnna Bnrroughs.\\ntreasurer.\\nRebecca C. W. Reev.\\nSusan S. Atkineon\\nrec g aect y.\\nMatilda Bnckius.\\nMary M. Mulford,\\ncor. aect y.\\nMary M. Cooper.\\nEdith E. Jaluea.\\nElizalieth T. Gill.\\nJane Bettle.\\nMary E. S. Wood.\\nAnnie S. Baker.\\nSallie K. Juhuaon.\\nElizabeth Cooper.\\nMary 0. Browning.\\nSurah Fredericka.\\ngallio C. Knighn.\\nJoseph M. Kaighn donated three lots of ground\\nat Oak and (Chestnut Streets, in the Seventh Ward\\nof Camden, and three ailjoining lots were pur-\\ncbiised, the intention being to locate the Orphan-\\nage there, but at a subsequent meeting it was de-\\ncided to purchase of .lames W. Purnell the two-\\nstory brick, built by Joseph Kaighn for a farm-\\nhouse at Sixth and Mechanic Streets, with a half-\\nacre of ground. A few necessary repairs and al-\\nterations were made, and on January 20, 1875, the", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0750.jp2"}, "635": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n507\\ninstitution was opened, with Mrs. Deborah Rieh-\\niirdson as Matron, and on the 29th of that month\\nthe fir.st child was admitted. Mrs. Richardson re-\\nmained in charge but a few months and her place\\nwas filled by Mrs. Jane Price as matron, and her\\ndaughter, Ida Price, as teacher. The children are\\ntaken at any age under twelve years if old enough\\nto walk, but an effort is made to find them homes\\nbefore they are eleven years of age. Of those who\\nhave gone out from the Orphanage very favorable\\nreports have been received. The Orphanage is\\nsupported solely by the free-will offerings of be-\\nnevolent persons. During the year 188G twenty-\\nfour children were cared for in it.\\nThe Board of Trustees for 188G are,\\nH. M. Cooper, president and solic- Dr. Wallace McGeorge.\\nItor. Jcseph H. Cooper.\\nDr. G., \\\\V. Bailey, firet vice-pres. Richard H. Reeve,\\nDaniel Thackara, second vice-pree. John Cooper.\\n.\\\\lexander C. Wo d, sec. and treas. Augustus Reeve.\\nWilliam Bettle. John Gill.\\nGeorge K. Johnson, Jr. E lward L. Farr.\\nWilliam B. Cooper. Thomas W. Synnotl.\\nWillian\\\\ J. Evans. Ben.iamiu C. Reeve.\\nWilliam J. Cooper. David E. Ckjoper.\\nThe board of managers are,\\nMary E. .S. Wood, president, Cin- Lizzie J. IMartindale.\\nSjillie K. Johnson, finst vice-pre\\ndent.\\nMary S. Bettle, second vice-prei\\ndent.\\nRebecca C. W. Reeve, treasurer.\\nHannah F. Carter, recording st\\nretary.\\nSusan S. Wood, corresponding se\\nretary.\\n.Sophia Presley, M.D., physiclar\\nAnna S. Stark.\\nMary L. Troth.\\nIlettie G. Evans.\\nMaria M. Clement.\\nAnne J. Stokes.\\nMartha C, Stokes.\\nElizabeth C. Reeve\\nHannah H. Stokes.\\nMary E. Eyre.\\nAbbie B. Warringt\\nRebecca C. Reeve.\\nAnna E. Fouler.\\nLucy S. Cooper.\\nLaura W. Scull.\\nCaroline Bettle.\\nCHAPTER VII.\\nTHE MANTJFACTUEING INDUSTRIES.\\nIrou Works Lumber interests of Camden Oil Cloth Manufactories\\nWoolen and Worsted Mills Miscellaneous Industries Car-\\nriage Making\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Shoe and Morocco Factories.\\nThe proximity to Philadelphia the greatest\\nmanufacturing city in the Union the superior local\\nresources, the many eligible sites, and the situa-\\ntion, being near the great marts of trade and com-\\nmerce of the seaboard Stales, have been the causes\\nof Camden developing into a manufacturing city\\nof great importance and influence. The substan-\\ntial prosperity of Camden within the lastdecade has\\nbeen largely due to the establishment of manufac-\\nturing industries which have given employment to\\nmany persons who found homes in the growing\\ncity. A sketch of many of the minor indu.stries\\nwhich e.Kisted at a former day is given in the early\\nhistory of Camden. A description and a history of\\nthose now flourishing, given in the succeeding\\npages, will furnish a valuable chapter to the\\nHistory of Camden County.\\nIRON WORKS.\\nThe Camden Iron Works. In 1845 John F.\\nStarr, who had leased the irou foundry of Elias\\nKaighn, at the foot of Stevens Street, built the\\nCamden Iron Works, on the north side of Bridge\\nAvenue, above Third Street, for the manufacture\\nof gas works machinery and steam-pipes. He\\nhad previously been associated with his father,\\nMoses Starr, and brother, Jesse W. Starr, in build-\\ning iron steamboats the Conestoga, Inde-\\npendence and Ida, and for a time at Hobo-\\nken, N. J., where he built the iron steamboat John\\nStevens. His Camden enterprise was a .success,\\nand, in 1846, Jesse W. Starr, taking an interest in\\nthe works, another foundry amd machine shop was\\nstarted on Bridge Avenue, below Second Street,\\nwhere Jesse W. Starr erecte l the large three-\\nstory brick building, long known as Starr s Hall,\\nand which was used as a hardware store. The firm\\nthen employed a hundred men, but orders exceeded\\ntheir facilities, and in 1847 the ground was bought\\non Cooper s Creek, anil then was laid the founda-\\ntion for the e.Ktensive establishment known as the\\nCamden Iron Works, now one of the most ex-\\ntensive manufacturing indu,stries in West Jersey.\\nIn 1883 the works were purchased by a stock\\ncompany, in which R. D. Wood Co., of Phila-\\ndelphia, are largely interested. The works had not\\nbeen in operation for nearly two years previous to\\nthis purchase, but were successfully started again\\nin the fall of 1883, after some needed improve-\\nments had been made. Early in 1884 the entire\\nworks were in full operation, and since that time\\nhave been steadily running to their full capacity.\\nThe buildings in which the different branches of\\nthe l)usiness are carried on, cover an area of twenty\\nacres, with an additional tractof twenty-one acres,\\nused for storing material and manufactured pro-\\nducts. The buildings include six large foundries\\nfor the manufacture of cast-iron pipes, machinery\\nfor gas works, water works plants and other heavy\\nmachinery, one large machine shop, two boiler\\nshops, carpenter and pattern shops, blacksmith\\nshops, store-houses, offices and stables. The^c are\\nall conveniently located on the grounds. Five\\npowerful steam-engines supply the motive-power\\nof the many and varied patterns of improved and\\nautomatic machinerv used in the merhaiiical de-", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0751.jp2"}, "636": {"fulltext": "508\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\npartment of the works. Two large duplex puinping\\nengines furnisli the water supply for fire protection\\nand general purposes. Coopers Creek, which is\\nnavigable some distance above tlie works, gives the\\ncompany excellent facilities for water transporta-\\ntion, and several branch tracks of the Camden and\\nAmboy Railroad enter the works at various points.\\nAbout eight hundred men are employed in the\\ndifferent departments. The products of the Cam-\\nden Iron Works have acquired a great reputation\\nfor excellence of manufacture. They are shipped\\nand supplied to all parts of the United States.\\nR. D. Wood Co. now operate the works. Walter\\nWood, of Philadelphia, is president, and John\\nGraham, Jr., also of Philadelphia, is the general\\nmanager.\\nThe M. a. Fuebush Son Machine .Co. own\\nextensive machine-shops at the corner of Twelfth\\nStreet and Market. It is one of the most prom-\\ninent manufacturing enterprises in the city of Cam-\\nden, and gives regular employment to about three\\nhundred workmen. A great variety of machinery\\nfor woolen-mills is here manufactured. The works\\nwere erected and the business originally established\\nin 863, by the firm of Furbush Gage. In 1869\\nMr. Gage retired from the firm, and Merrill A. Fur-\\nbush, in partnerahip with Charles A. Furbush, his\\nson, continued the business, under the firm-name\\nof M. A. Furbush Son, until January, 1884,\\nwhen a charter of incorporation was obtained as\\nthe M. A. Furbush Son Machine Company.\\nThe business has gradually increased, and is now\\na very productive industry. The machinery made\\nat these works is sold throughout the United\\nStates, Canada and South America. An area of\\ntwelve acres, surrounded by Market and Twelfth\\nStreets, the Pennsylvania Railroad and Coopers\\nCreek, is owned and occupied by this company,\\nand several large brick buildings, covering four\\nacres of this tract, constitute the shops where this\\nextensive business is done. The machinery of the\\nworks is driven by a one hundred and fifty horse-\\npower engine, supplied by three huge boilers.\\nThe Camden Tool and Tdbe Works. This\\nlarge manufacturing establishment, located at the\\ncorner of Second Street and Stevens, is a branch of\\nthe Reading, Pa., Iron Works. The large, three-\\nstory brick building, whose dimensions are one\\nhundred by one hundred and fifty feet, was built by\\nJohn Kaighn, and originally used by him for the\\nmanufacture of agricultural imi)lements. It was af-\\nterwards used by John II. Dialogue, the ship-build-\\ner, as a machine and boiler-shop, and also for a\\nfoundry. Previous to 1864 it was known as Griffith s\\nPipe-Finishing Mill. In 1864 the Reading Iron\\nWorks purchased the entire property, introduced\\nnew machinery, made other improvements and\\nbegan the manufacture of wrought-iron tubes,\\nhand and power screw-cutting machines, screwing-\\nstocks and dies, drill-stocks, dies, taps, reamers,\\ntongs and other tools used by gas-fitters and\\nplumbers. A twenty-five horse-power engine\\ndrives the machinery of the works. Fifty work-\\nmen are regularly employed. The location of the\\nworks, near the Delaware River, and near the ter-\\nminus of the Camden and Amboy, Camden and\\nNew York, New Jersey Southern, and Central\\nRailroads, afi ords easy and quick access to the sea-\\nboard and inland towns and cities, where the pro-\\nducts of manufacture are sent. The superintend-\\nent of these works is C. W. Thompson.\\nThe Coopers Point Iron Works were estab-\\nlished in 1867 by Fullerton Hollingshead, who\\ncontinued to operate them until 1879, when Charles\\nF. Hollingshead became the sole proprietor. The\\nlarge, three-story brick building, one hundred by\\none hundred and twenty feet, is fitted throughout\\nwith improved machinery for the production of\\nfinished work in the two departments of general\\nmachinery and of iron railing. In the first depart-\\nment steam-engines, boilers, pulleys, shafting and\\nmill-gearing are manutactured. In the second\\ndepartment all kinds of plain and ornamental iron\\nrailing and fencing, awning- frames, window-guards,\\nlot-inclosures, fire-escapes, iron roofing, trusses,\\netc., are made. The machinery is driven by an en-\\ngine of fifty horse-power. A_large force of work-\\nmen is employed in the diflerent departments.\\nPearl Street Iron Foundry, at the foot of\\nPearl Street, is owned and operated by Johnson\\nHolt, who are engaged in the general iron\\nfoundry business. In 1881 this firm established\\nthe foundry for the manufacture of gray iron cast-\\nings of various kinds desired by the trade. The\\nmain foundry building is one hundred by fifty feet,\\nand adjoiningit are several smaller structures used\\nfor cleaning, polishing and shipping the products\\nof manufacture. The foundry in all its departments\\nis furnished with ample motive-power and the\\npresent demand for this class of iron castings from\\nthis foundry gives employment to thirty-five\\nworkmen. The trade is mostly local, but is grad-\\nually extending to several adjacent States. Nelson\\nW. Johnson and Benj. Holt are the co-partners\\nand have built works at the foot of Elm Street,\\nwith more extended facilities of manufacture than\\nthe place now operated.\\nCamden Machine Works are situated at the\\nfoot of Cooper Street. The site on which they are\\nbuilt is a water lot which was purchased in 1878 by", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0752.jp2"}, "637": {"fulltext": "THK CITY OF CAMDEN.\\nn i j\\nCharles E. Derby and Joseph P. Weutherby, who\\nlor fifteen years previously had been proprietors of\\nthe machine works on Nortli Front Street, under\\nthe firm-name of Derby Weatherby. The place\\noriginally not being suited for the wants of this\\nincreased business, the large two-story brick factory\\nbuilding, fifty by one hundred and fifty feet, now\\noccupied, was built. It was then fitted with suit-\\nable machinery for the manufacture of appliances\\nfor hoisting apparatus, dredging machines, engines\\nand for repairing machinery of different kinds.\\nThe wharf property extends one hundred and sixty\\nfeet on Delaware Avenue and continues westward\\nto the riparian or port warden line, with an open\\nspace to form two landings, the water dock, eighty\\nby seven hundred feet, being between. This dock\\nis for the accommodation of tug-boats and steamers\\nneeding rejjairs and it also offers facilities for un-\\nloading cargoes from vessels, and for shipment.\\nNearly every manufactory from the lower end of\\nKaighns Point to the upper end of Coopers Point,\\nas also all the ferry companies, have their machin-\\nery made or repaired by this firm. Thirty work-\\nmen are employed, and the trade extends to many\\nlocalities in the adjacent States.\\nMachine Tool Manufactory. Tlie manu-\\nfacture of machinists tools in their various forms\\nis an industry of considerable importance to Cam-\\nden as a manufacturing city. In 1881, J. F. Blair\\nstarted an establishment for this purpose at the\\ncorner of Point and Pearl Streets, and in 1882 ad-\\nmitted J. G. Gage as a partner. The business was\\nextended to include the manufacture of engine\\nlathes and special machinery In 1883 the interest\\nof J. G. Gage was transferred to D. T. Gage, and the\\nfirm is now known as J. F. Blair Co. A large\\nand increasing business is done not only in the\\nmanufacture, but also in the repairing of machiue\\ntools for saw-mills, planing-mills and grist-mills in\\nthe surrounding country. From twenty-five to\\nthirty workmen are employed. The business office\\nof this establishment is at No. 118 Market Street,\\nPhiladelphia.\\nThe Standard Machine Works, at Nos. 117,\\n119 and 121 North Front Street, occupy a large\\nportion of a square. This productive industry is\\nowned by Samuel N. Shreve, Esq., who in 188-1\\nconducted a manufactory of similar kind at the\\ncorner of Second Street and Stevens. In the de-\\nstructive cyclone of August 3, 1885, this establish-\\nment was blown down and he at once resumed\\nbusiness at the present location. The ample\\nequipments of these works in improved machinery\\nare adapted to the production of machine work of\\nvarious kinds and mill repairs. In connection with\\nthis industry a large number of workmen are em-\\nployed in the manufacture of Gray s patent revolv-\\ning screw machine, and the Londerback combi-\\nnation tool. Of the latter specialty one thousand\\nand five hundred pairs are made weekly. Forty-\\nfive workmen are constantly employed.\\nThe Camden Aiichitectural Iron Works,\\nat Nos. Ill, 113 and 115 North Front Street, were\\nestablished in 1870 by John F. Starr, Jr., who\\noperated them until 1882, when James A. Carrand\\nAdam C. Smith bought his interest and the ma-\\nchinery, and under the firm-name of Carr Smith\\nhave since operated them. A considerable business\\nhas been done in the manufacture of heaters and\\nranges. Galvanized iron cornices, window caps\\ndormer windows, building trimmings, tin, slate and\\ncorrugated iron roofing, awnings and weather vanes\\nare made at these works. This firm has the exclu-\\nsive right for the man facture of Starr s ImprovedEx-\\npanding Water Conductor or rain spouts of eight\\nfeetinlength, without a cross seam, andmadeofgal-\\nvanized iron. Filty-seven workmen are employed\\nand the manufactured products are shipped over a\\nlarge area of the United States. The firm is pre-\\nparing to build an extensive addition to the\\nestablishment, especially for facilitating the pro-\\nduction of galvanized architectural designs.\\nThe American Nickel Work.s are situated\\non the east side of Tenth Street, extending to\\nCoopers Creek, south of State Street. This estab-\\nlishment, covering au area of two and a half acres,\\noccupies the site of a smaller one commenced in\\n1840, and which was rebuilt in 1862 by the present\\nowner and proprietor on an enlarged scale. In\\n1872 the works were destroyed by fire, and soon\\nafter rebuilt and greatly improved. The works are\\nspecially designed for the manufacture of nickel,\\ncobalt oxides, blue vitriol, copperas, nickel salts,\\netc., from the ores of the Gap nickel mines, in Lan-\\ncaster County, Pa., which, with the works, are\\nowned and conducted by the general manager,\\nJoseph Whai ton. No other nickel or cobalt works\\nexist in this country, though ores of these metals\\noccur in many places. Three large engines are\\nrequired as a motive-power for the machinery and\\nfrom sixty to eighty hands are constantly employed.\\nThe Esteebrook Steel Pen Company.\\nThe manufacture of steel pens is comparatively\\na new industry. The establishment engaged in\\nthe production of them in Camden is the oldest\\nand by far the most extensive one in the United\\nStates, there being Imt two or three others in this\\ncountry. The early history of steel pen making is\\nherein briefly given\\nA Roman metal pen is said to have been found", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0753.jp2"}, "638": {"fulltext": "510\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nat Aosta, not a mere stylus, but a bronze pen slit,\\nand there is some evidence of a pen or reed of\\nbronze nearly as early as the invention of printing\\nin the fifteenth century. A hundred years ago\\nsotne steel pens were made in Birmingham by Mr.\\nHarrison for Dr. Priestly, and some of these passed\\ninto the hands of Sir Joseph Mason in his early\\ndays with Mr. Harrison, but all seem to be lost.\\nThe first pen of metal of a definite date, beyond all\\nquestion, is one in a Dutch i)atent-book of 1717.\\nAt the same time a polite ode of Pope refers to a\\nsteel and gold pen, but these were evidently lux-\\nuries only. It was about 1823 or 1824 that the\\ngreat revolution came by which pens were made\\nby a cheaper process the hand-screw press, which\\npierced the pens from sheet steel. Previously, pens\\nhad been made from steel rolled into tube fashion,\\nand the joint formed the slit; but these required\\nconsiderable labor to shape them into pen-form.\\nThe use of the screw-press belongs to the period of\\nJohn Mitchell, Joseph Gillott and Josiah Mason\\nbut on a careful review of the facts, it seems to be\\nclear that John Mitchell has the best claim to be\\nconsidered as the introducer of press-made pens.\\nSkinner, of Sheffield, England, was apparently one\\nof the first to cheapen steel pens, but his produc-\\ntions were soon surpassed when the sorew-pre.ss\\nwas introduced.\\nThe Esterbrook steel pen factory, the first one of\\nits kind in America, was established in 1860 by\\nthe present head of the company, Richard Ester-\\nbrook, and his son, who came from England. The\\nbusiness was started on the site now occupied, in\\na small building, with ten employees, and ten vari-\\neties of pens were made. Since that time extensive\\nimprovements and additions have been made. The\\nmain building is a large four-story structure, con-\\ntaining conveniently-arranged apartments, and\\nsupplied with the best improved engines, machin-\\nery and other appliances needed. There are now\\nabout fifty men and two hundred and fifty women\\nregularly employed, and four hundred styles of\\nsteel pens are made. Many kinds and styles of\\npens are here manufactured for other firms, whose\\nnames are placed on the pens and thus sold to the\\ntrade, but the Esterbrook pens are known to nearly\\nevery school-boy, school-girl and accountant in\\nthe land. They have been largely sold in Canada,\\nEngland, Germany, Cuba and South America.\\nThere is probably no other establishment operated\\nwith better system than this one. Some of the\\nemployees have been continuously engaged for a\\nperiod of twenty or more years, and are therefore\\nskilled workmen. When new employees enter a\\ncertain department they are continued there, and\\nthus by long experience become experts in that\\ndepartment. They are paid in accordance with\\nthe amount of work performed.\\nThe manufacture begins with the steel, shipped\\nfrom Sheffield, England, which, after going through\\nvarious transformations and interesting processes,\\neventually comes out the delicately-formed and\\nserviceable steel pen, now the necessary property\\nof every intelligent individual.\\nFew persons without careful observation of the\\nminute details of steel pen making will compre-\\nhend how much care and delicate workmanship is\\nrequired in the manufiictureof the finished article.\\nThe business of this establishment was conducted\\nby Esterbrook Son for a few years, when an\\nincorporated company was formed. The present\\nofficers of the company, under whose management\\nit is now successfully conducted, are President,\\nRichard Esterbrook Treasurer, Alexander Wood\\nand Secretary, Francis Wood.\\nLumber Interests of Camden.\\nEarly in the history of Camden, the large flats\\non the river-shore, from Market St. to Coopers\\nPoint, and also down to Kaighns Point, during\\nthe rafting season, was covered with lumber of\\nsuch kinds and qualities as were calculated to\\nmeet the demands of the trade. The shore-line\\nof Philadelphia being such as to prevent the stor-\\ning of lumber there, of necessity more eligible lo-\\ncations were sought, which eventuated in the Cam-\\nden side being early selected, not only to supply\\nthe local trade, but for the general and wholesale\\ntrade and for ship-building purposes. The busi-\\nness has been the most extensively carried on\\nin Camden since 1850, since which time thousands\\nof rafts along the river have been brought here\\nfrom the lumber districts in Central and Northern\\nPennsylvania, and from the head-waters of the\\nDelaware, in Northern Pennsylvania and Southern\\nNew York. The great distributing point for the\\nPennsylvania white-pine lumber for more than\\nhalf a century, and, to a considerable extent yet,\\nis at Port Deposit, Md., the head of tidewater,\\nnear the mouth of the Susquehanna. To this point,\\nfrom up the river, thousands of rafts were, and still\\nare, floated annually. The Camden lumber deal-\\ners went there during the rafting season in the\\nspring of the year, purchased large raits, separated\\nthem in parts, and, either by floating them on the\\nwater, or by loading them on schooners, brought\\nthem through the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal\\nand up the Delaware to Camden. Sometimes rafts\\nwere bought by Camden dealers at Marietta, on\\nthe Susquehanna, in Pennsylvania, which for more", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0754.jp2"}, "639": {"fulltext": "THP] CITY OF CAMDP:N.\\n511\\nthan halfa century was a great market for the pine\\nand oak timber brought thei e (Voin the head-wa-\\nters of the Susquehanna.\\nMuch of the lumber of the present day is shipped\\nhere by rail, in the form of boards and manufac-\\ntured lumber in various shapes, from the great lum-\\nber centres of the West, and Central Pennsylvania.\\nAmong the first lumber dealers in Camden was\\nCharles Ellis, who, in 1820 and later, was engaged\\nin the business, and also kept store on the south-\\nwest corner of Second Street and Market, and\\nEichardson Andrews, about the same time, had a\\nlumber-yard on the corner of Third and Cooper\\nAndrews had a lumber-yard on Market above\\nFourth, where he made shingles. The shav-\\nings were put upon the street and it was known as\\nShingle-Shaving Hill. This was the term ap-\\nplied to the locality on the east side of Fourth\\nStreet north and south of Market. There was a\\nlarge pond extending north from the Baptist\\nChurch, and into this Richardson Andrews and\\nIsaac AVilkins dumped their shingle-shavings, until\\nthe mound served the boys of 1815-20 for coasting\\n])urposes in the winter season. Andrews was the\\nfather of Samuel and Edward P. Andrews. He\\nlived at the southeast corner of Third Street and\\nCooper, and his lumber-yard and shingle-shop was\\nto the east. Isaac Wilkins lumber and shingle-\\nyard was at Front and Market, extending as far\\neast as the State Bank.\\nGideon Stivers, a bridge-builder and carpenter,\\nwas a resident of Camden from about 1811), and\\nlater he had a shop on the corner of Fourth and\\nMarket, on the site of Odd-Fellows Hall. Stivers\\nwas a builder of considerable note and erected\\nCoopers Creek Bridge, the bridge at the Falls of\\nSchuylkill and St. Paul s Episcopal Church, Cam-\\nden- He continued in business in Camden until\\nafter 1840. In the year 1827 James Broraall, as-\\nsisted by Joseph Edwards, proprietor of the distil-\\nlery on Front Street, erected a saw-mill on William\\nCarman s land, between Coopers Point Ferry and\\nCooper Street Ferry. This soon after was owned\\nand operated by William Carman, and was con-\\ntinued until July 8, 1835, when it was destroyed\\nby fire, with large piles of lumber adjacent. Fire\\ncompanies from Philadelphia and Camden were\\nat the place and assisted in extingiahing the flames,\\nuntil the Philadelphia companies were summoned\\nto return by the old State House bell announcing\\na fire in that city. Mr. Carman at once began the\\nconstruction of a larger mill upon the premises, and\\nin November following a main building, forty-four\\nby eighty feet, and a fire-proof engine-house,\\ntwenty by thirty-six feet, were erected and fitted\\nwith a twenty horse-power engine, two large saws\\nand a circular saw. He also erected a range of\\nbuildings for employees. In addition to the manu-\\nfacturing of lumber, Lehigh and Schuylkill coal\\nwas kept for sale. This mill was again destroyed\\non the night of June 7, 1845, and another saw -mill\\nbelonging to him, on the 5th of November the\\nsame year. They were both rebuilt and the busi-\\nness was conducted many years. The mills on the\\nsite are now owned by George Barrett Co. In\\n1840 and before. Carpenter Flannigan owned a\\nsaw-mill and lumber-yard, and a flouring-mill\\nalong the Delaware River, north of Penn Street.\\nThey did a good business, supplying, many large\\ncontracts, and prospered in their occupation. In\\n1854, or thereabouts, McKeen Bi ngham succeeded\\nthem in the ownership of this yard and ran the\\nsaw-mill, but after continuing for a few years with\\nsuccess, the entire interest was destroyed by fire.\\nAs they did not own the land upon which the\\nyard and mills were situated, the business, after\\nthe fire, was discontinued at this point. Ackley\\nWharton, and afterwards Abraham Ackley alone,\\nfor many years owned a lumber-yard which was\\nsituated on Front Street, below Market. In order\\nto better his location hesecured a more eligiblespot\\nand moved his yard down to the corner of Second\\nStreet and Stevens, where Joseph Cooper became\\nassociated with him in the business, under the firm-\\nname of Ackley Cooper. In 1820 Isaac Smith\\nwas one of the first lumber dealers in Camden, and\\nalso owned a large grocery store. He was suc-\\nceeded by John Browning, who was the owner\\nof a lumber-yard above Market Street, and also\\nsold lime.\\nWilliam Carman, who started in the lumber\\nbusiness at the foot of Linden Street, and on\\nPearl Street, erected a steam saw-mill, as above\\nmentioned, and enjoyed a large trade, the man-\\nagement of which was under the control of George\\nStockham, the eldest brother of Charles Stockham,\\nthe well-known lumber merchant, whose yard and\\nmill are at the foot of Vine Street. In 1852 Wil-\\nliam S. Doughten and Henry B. Wilson, under the\\nfirm-name of Doughten Wilson, engaged in the\\nlumber business at Kaighns Point and were the\\npioneers in the business in the lower part of the\\ncity. Their yard was situated on Front Street, be-\\ntween Kaighn Avenue and Chestnut Street. They\\ndid a general lumber business together until 1859.\\nMr. Wilson then opened a lumber-yard in Glouces-\\nter. He is now the well-known coal dealer, with\\nhis yard at Kaighn Avenue. Mr. Doughten built\\na planing-mill and afterwards became a partner\\nwith Charles B. Coles in the same business. Nor-", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0755.jp2"}, "640": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0759.jp2"}, "641": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0760.jp2"}, "642": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n513\\neral Robert Toombs, of Georgia, and Hon. Jacob\\nTome, of Maryland, with a slight change in the\\nspelling, are representatives. Her lather, George\\nTomb, who married Jane Humes, of Milton, Pa., was\\na native of Lycoming County, Pa. He was largely\\nengaged in the general merchandising, farming and\\nlumber business of tliat section, and was a director\\nand stockholder in the Williamsport Bank, but\\nspent most of his time as a practical civil engineer\\nand general contractor of large enterprises. He su-\\nperintended the construction of the dam and bridge\\nacross the Susquehanna River, at Columbia, Pa.,\\nwhere the Tide- Water Canal crosses that stream.\\nHe also entered into a contract and made the Kana-\\nwha River, in West Virginia, navigable for steam-\\nboats. Mr. Tomb died at the age of seventy-seven\\nyears, his widow still surviving him. The chihlren\\nof Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stockham are Laura (mar-\\nried to Richard Pancoast, of Camden, with whom\\nshe has two sons, Charles and Richard) George T.\\nengaged in the commission business in Philadelphia;\\nEdward, who, in 1885, entered the United States\\nMilitary Academy, at West Point, where he has\\ngained prominence for proficiency in his studies;\\nand Mary H. Stockham, the youngest daughter,\\nwho is at home.\\nScudder s Steam Planing -Mill, at Front\\nStreet and Arch, has been in constant operation\\nsince 1866, and was established by John B.Thomp-\\nson for the manufacture of doors, sash, blinds,\\nshutters, mouldings, scroll work and other kinds\\nof builders material. In 1868 W. C. Scudder and\\nRobert C. Cook bought the mill and operated it,\\ntrading as Scudder Cook. In 1871 they built\\na large addition to the mill, and made improve-\\nments which greatly increased the capacity. In\\nMay, 1874, W. C. Scudder bought the interest of\\nRobert C. Cook, and continued the business alone\\nuntil 1883, when his son, Reuben G. Scudder was\\nadmitted as a partner. An eighty horse-power\\nengine is used sixty hands are employed a large\\nlumber-yard covering three acres is also owned by\\nthis firm. A prosperous business is done.\\nGeorge Barrett Co. own and carry on one\\nof the largest saw-mills in Camden, which has been\\nin operation for more than fifty years. It was run\\nby different owners until 1878, when George Bar-\\nrett and Aaron W. Patchin, trading under the\\nfirm-name of George Barrett Co., bought the en tire\\nplant. There are seven buildings on the grounds,\\nwhich include sixteen acres, between Pearl Street\\nand Penn, and extend one thousand four hundred\\nand forty-seven feet westwardly to the riparian\\nline of the river. These buildings include the mill\\nproper, three dwelling-houses, office, stables and\\nsheds. The saw-mill is one hundred and twenty-\\nfive by one hundred and forty-nine feet, is\\narranged with three sets of gang-saws, four eircular-\\nsaw-s, one lath-saw and two large planing-machines,\\nand has been specially designed for the sawing of\\nship, wharf and bridge timbers, large girders, derrick\\nframes, and is the only mill in Camden cutting\\ncurved timber for street railways. About twenty-\\nfive hands are employed. An extensive business\\nis done. This firm recently constructed a wharf\\neight hundred feet long by ninety feet in width,\\nfrom high-water line into the river, which gives\\nimproved facilities for shipping the products of the\\nmills.\\nHenry Fredericks, for many years one of the\\nmost enterprising, successful and favorably-known\\nbusiness men of the city of Camden, was born at\\nHackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey, July 25,\\n1825, and obtained his education in the schools of\\nhis native town. When aboutsixteen years of age\\nhe left his home and entered a wholesale and retail\\ngrocery store in Hoboken, and there, by his faith-\\nfulness to duty, won the ajiprobation of his em-\\nployer and laid for himself the foundation for a\\ncareer of prosperity and usefulness. He remained\\nin the Hoboken store, and also acted as assistant\\npostmaster, for a term of four years, and, at the\\nexpiration of that time, moved to Camden, in\\nwhich city he has since resided. Here he first en-\\ngaged as superintendent and general manager of\\nthe business of James Elwell, who was then post-\\nmaster of the city and proprietor of the Railroad\\nHotel. In the mean time Mr. Fredericks sold the\\ntickets for the Camden and Philadelphia Ferry\\nCompany. In this new field of labor he was com-\\nparatively a stranger, but his gentlemanly deport-\\nment, accommodating manners and aptitude to\\nthe position soon won him many firm friends.\\nSeven years of service under this employer gave\\nhim an intelligent knowledge of business, and fitted\\nhim for still more onerous duties. He was next\\nchosen, in 1852, superintending clerk in the office\\nof the ferry company, for which he had sold tick-\\nets in connection with his other business, and re-\\nmained in that position for a period of six years.\\nUpon the death of Mr. John J. Benson, the super-\\nintendent of the ferry, he was elected to that posi-\\ntion and most acceptably filled it for a term of one\\nyear, when he declined re-election, but subsequently\\nserved as an employee of the ferry company for a\\nconsiderable time and then resigned. Determining\\nto establish himself in business, he opened a hard-\\nware store at Fourth and Federal Streets. By un-\\ndaunted energy and rare executive ability he\\ngradually increased his trade, and was thus neces-", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0761.jp2"}, "643": {"fulltext": "514\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nsitated to make additions and improvements to his\\nstore in order to meet the demands. After remain-\\ning at that place for several years, and having\\nbuilt up a large and profitable business with the\\nbuilders and dealers in the surrounding country\\nas well as the city, John 8. Read erected for him\\na large and commodious store building at Third\\nand Federal Streets, into which he removed and\\nconnected with the hardware trade the sale of\\nwindow-sash, blinds and doors. As his business\\ncontinued to grow and prosper, he erected for him-\\nself a building in which to conduct his store, on\\nFederal Street, below Second, and moved into it\\nin 1864. He has there regularly continued to en-\\njoy a large trade for nearly a quarter of a century.\\nIn May, 1884, he built a store of brick, twenty by\\nninety feet, and three stories high, for the recep-\\ntion of sash, doors, blinds, etc., his other building\\nnot being large enough to meet the increased de-\\nmands of his business.\\nSheritr Fredericks, the name by which he is best\\nknown, was obtained through his election to the\\noffice of sheriff of Camden County by the Democ-\\nracy, to whose principles and party he has always\\nbeen a devoted adherent. He first served in otticial\\nposition in 185G, as tax collector for the Middle\\nWard of Camden, and the next year and in 18G0\\nwas the Democratic nominee for the oflice of coun-\\nty clerk and received more than the party vote.\\nHis election to the office of sheriff, in 1870, by a\\nmajority of over two hundred, in a county which\\nfor the head of the ticket at the same time gave a\\nlarge Republican majority, was a signal triumph\\nfor him, no other Democratic candidate having been\\nelected for a period of twenty-three years previous-\\nly. He administered the duties of the office of\\nsheriff greatly to the satisfaction of his constitu-\\nents. It was during his term, and by his special\\nact, that the noted criminal, John Ware, was\\nbrought to justice and hanged for the murder of\\nhis father, it being the first execution in Camden\\nCounty.\\nSince the year 187C Mr. P redericks has served\\nas a director in the First National Bank of Cam-\\nden. In 1884 he was appointed by Governor Leon\\nAbbett, for a term of four years, a member of the\\nCouncil of State Charities and Correction. This\\nbody is composed of seven members, of which the\\nGovernor is president. Mr. Fredericks was first\\nmarried to Judith Ann Horner, daughter of John\\nand Elizabeth Horner, and to this union were\\nborn four children, Lizzie (deceased), William\\nH., Henry F. and Lewis C. (deceased). By his\\nsecond marriage he has had three children, Elias\\nM., Howard P. (deceased) and Josiah Wallace.\\nWilliam H. Fredericks, the eldest son by the\\nfirst marriage, was born in 1854, and was educated\\nin the public schools of Camden, Pennington\\nSeminary and William Fewsmith s Select School,\\nin Philadelphia. In 1872 he entered his father s\\nstore as assistant book-keeper. During the past\\neight years he has had the superintending charge\\nof the extensive business interests of his father,\\nand in this position has shown rare executive and\\nadministrative abilities. He was married, in De-\\ncember, 1884, to Clara R. Rotan, of Philadelphia,\\nPa. They have one child, Edna R. Henry Fra-\\nzee, the second son, is a clerk in the wood depart-\\nment of the store; Elias Morgan, the third son, is\\na clerk in the hardware store; Josiah Wallace,\\nthe youngest son, is a student at Chester Military\\nAcademy.\\nGeorge A. Munger Bro. are manufacturers\\nand wholesale dealers in North Carolina pine\\nlumber. Their planing-mill in Camden is on\\nNorth Delaware Avenue. George A. and Chauncey\\nW. Munger, the members of this firm, began, in\\n1883, the business of planing and preparing North\\nCarolina pine lumber for the market. They ship\\ntheir lumber direct from their own mills in that\\nState, one of the brothers being constantly engaged\\nin manufacturing and shipping the same to their\\nyards in Camden and large wharves on the river.\\nThe planing-mill is thoroughly equipped with\\nfive new machines for the preparation of their\\nlumber for the trade, and the planers are of their\\nown design, and patented. The machinery is\\ndriven by a forty horse-power engine. Twenty\\nhands are constantly employed. The firm do a\\nlarge wholesale business principally with the\\nPennsylvania and New Jersey trade.\\nThe Builders Mill, on Cherry Street, owned\\nby William H. Wilkins Co., has a front of sixty\\nfeet, and a depth of eighty-eight feet, and was\\nbuilt in 1882 by James F. Davis, for the produc-\\ntion of finished material used in his business as\\ncontractor and builder, and who still occupies a\\nportion of the building. In March, 1886, he leased\\nthe mill to the present proprietors, William H.\\nand E. A. Wilkins, who are at present engaged in\\nthe manufacture of builders mill work, such as\\nsash, doors, blinds, etc. Various improved and\\npatented machines for the production of window-\\nframes and inside blinds are driven by an engine\\nof thirty-five horse-power, with forty horse-power\\nboilers. The comiiany is jweparing to build on their\\nground, oppo.site the mill, a large warehouse for\\nthe storing of builders material to supply the trade.\\nThe Planing-Mill, on Second Street, below\\nRoydon, was built in 1882 by Wilson Ernst, a", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0762.jp2"}, "644": {"fulltext": "1\\ntAiiift^OJucliiidfe", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0765.jp2"}, "645": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0766.jp2"}, "646": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0767.jp2"}, "647": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0768.jp2"}, "648": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n515\\nprominent biiilJer of Camden, for the manufacture\\nof door and window-frames, sash, blinds and build-\\ners material, used in his business. For several\\nyears prior to the building of this mill he had con-\\nducted a similar one on Seventh Street, above\\nRoydon. The mill he now owns is fitted up with\\nplaners, moulders, and mortising machinery for\\nrapid production of finished work, and which is\\nrun by a steam-engine of fifteen horse-power.\\nTwenty-five hands are employed, and the products\\nare used in the buildings which the proprietor has\\nin course of construction in Camden.\\nC. B. Coles Planing-Mill, corner of Front\\nand Liberty Streets, is owned by Charles B. Coles,\\nwho, in 1864, in connection with William S.\\nDoughten, started the business on Front Street,\\ncorner of Chestnut, the firm-name being Doughten\\nColes. They continued in partnership until\\n1870, when they dissolved, and Charles B. Coles\\nbuilt his own mill at the present location. The\\nmill is two stories in height and one hundred feet\\nsquare and is equipped with all improved machin-\\nery for dressing timber, scroll and other kinds of\\nsawing, and for the manufacture of doors, sash,\\nblinds and builders materials of various kinds.\\nA large space is set apart as a box manufactory,\\nwhere boxes of all kinds, from the smallest size tea-\\nbox to the largest size packing-boxes, are made to\\norder. Soon after the erection of the mill his\\nbusiness had so greatly increased that he found it\\nnecessary to purchase ground along the entire\\nriver-front in the rear of his mill for the storing\\nof lumber. The manufactured products were also\\nin great demand and to keep up a lot of seasoned\\ngoods in this line, he had erected a three-story\\nbrick oflice and a large store-house at No. 14\\nKaighn Avenue, where the goods were stored and\\nprimed. The local trade is large, and contractors\\nfrom Cape May, Atlantic City, Delaware and\\nMaryland are supplied from this mill. Since the\\nimprovements made by the Reading Railroad\\nCompany he has his timber shipped direct from the\\nWest, while his facilities for shipping are unsur-\\npassed. From seventy-five to one hundred hands\\nare employed. This industry is one of the most\\nimportant in South Camden and the business is of\\nverj large proportions.\\nCHARLE.S B. Coles, who is prominently identi-\\nfied with the business interests of the city and\\ncounty of Camden, is a lineal descendant of Sam-\\nuel and Elizabeth Coles, who emigrated from\\nColes Hill, Hertfordshire, England, and landed on\\nthe Jersey shore of the Delaware River a few\\nmiles above the site of Philadelphia, before that\\ncitv was founded. Samuel Coles was a hatter in\\nhis native country, and doubtless plied his trade\\namong the few settlers here in the primitive forests\\nof New Jersey when he first arrived. He built a\\nhouse near the spot where he landed, but soon\\nafterward moved farther eastward, and on the l. Uh\\nday of the Third Month, 1682, obtained a right of\\nsurvey for five hundred acres of land on the north\\nside of the mouth of Coopers Creek and fronting\\non the river. His nearest neighbor, William\\nCooper, about the same time settled on the oppo-\\nsite side of the creek, in the midst of an Indian\\nvillage of Shackomaxin. Samuel Coles sold part\\nof his land to Henry Wood and purchased five\\nhundred acres on the south side of Pemisaukin\\nCreek and removed there in ahouse already erected-\\nHe gave the name of this place New Orchard,\\nwhich was situated near the head of the south\\nbranch of that stream, but has now lost its identity.\\nHe subsequently owned more than one thousand\\nacres of land, then mostly an unbroken forest, but\\nnow many valuable farms, some of which are\\nowned by direct and collateral branches of the\\nfamily which he founded in America. Samuel\\nColes was a member of the Legislature in the years\\n1683 and 1685 and had much to do with the polit-\\nical trouble of the province of New Jersey, among\\nwhich was the settlement in 1685 of the first\\nboundary line between the counties of Burlington\\nand Gloucester. About 1790 he went on a visit to\\nEngland and on his way back to New Jersey the\\nvessel on which he was sailing stopped at the\\nIsland of Barbadoes, where he was taken sick of a\\nfever and died.\\nSamuel Coles and his wife, Elizabeth, had two\\nchildren Samuel {who married Mary, a daughter\\nof Thomas Kendall) and Sarah (who married\\nJames W^ild). Samuel and Mary Coles children\\nwere Samuel (who married Mary Lippiucott),\\nJoseph (married Mary Wood), Thomas (married\\nHannah Stokes), Kendall (married Ann Budd),\\nElizabeth (married Jacob Buckman and Benjamin\\nCooper), Mary (married Edward Tonkins), Susan-\\nnah (married William Budd), and Rachel (married\\nEnoch Roberts).\\nJames and Sarah Wild had two children James\\nand Sarah. Within the bounds of the land that\\nSamuel Coles owned at the time of his death is\\nsituated the historic St. Mary s Episcopal Church,\\nbetter known as the old Colestown Church, in\\nDelaware township. Elizabeth Coles, his widow,\\nafterward married Gritfith Morgan, a mariner, of\\nPhiladelphia, December 10, 1693, whose only son,\\nAlexander, married Hannah, the daughter of\\nJoseph and Lydia Cooper and granddaughter of\\nWilliam Coojier, the first settler.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0771.jp2"}, "649": {"fulltext": "516\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nKendall Coles, who married Ann Budd, was the\\nsecond son of Samuel and Mary Coles and grand-\\nson of the emigrants, Samuel and Elizabeth Coles,\\nand the great-grandfather of Cbas. B. Coles, who is\\nthe great-great-great-grandson of Samuel Coles, the\\nemigrant. Joseph Coles, the grandfather of\\nCharles B. Coles, was married to Sarah lltulings.\\nTheir son Charles was born July 7, 1807, and died\\nFebruary 25, 1837 married Rachel Burrough,\\ndaughter of Joseph and Martha (Davis) Burrough,\\nand had two children, Joseph, who died in child-\\nhood, and Charles B. Coles, who was born on\\nAugust 7, 1836, at the homestead now owned by\\nhimself, and known as the Coles Mill Farm, in\\nChester township, Burlington County, near the\\nCamden line, to which place his father moved\\nupon his marriage with Rachel Burrough, whose\\nancestors for six generations had owned the same\\nproperty. His mother died in the Eleventh Month\\n29, 1869, aged sixty-five years.\\nCharles B. Coles father died when he was less\\nthan a year and a half old. When eight years of\\nage he went to reside with an uncle on a farm, and\\nin early life followed the occupation of farming.\\nIn 186-t he engaged in the active business of life and\\nhas since followed it with unabated prosperity.\\nHe has filled various positions of responsibility\\nand trust and has always shown a great interest\\nin the moral and material welfare of the commun-\\nity with which he has been identified and has been\\nkeenly alive to the greater questions of public\\npolity. Reared an Abolitionist, he became one of\\nthe warmest supporters of the Republican party\\nwhen it came into being and was one of its foremost\\nlocal organizers. As a Republican he was elected\\nto the Camden City Council in 1864, and was by\\nfar the youngest member of that body, being but\\ntwenty-eight years of age. The temperance cause\\nhad ever in him a devoted advocate and of late\\nyears he was frequently sent to the State Capital to\\nuse his influence in securing temperance legisla-\\ntion from his party. Becoming at length con-\\nvinced of the fiftility of this method of procedure,\\nhe, in 1884, openly espoused the cause of prohibi-\\ntion and became a member of that party, the suc-\\ncess of which he has since done all in his power to\\nadvance. In thesummer of 1886 he was appointed\\nby Supreme Court Judge Joel Parker as the rep-\\nresentative of his party in the board of three com-\\nmissioners, constituted under a recent law, to ad-\\njust the back taxes of the city of Camden. Mr.\\nColes was one of the incorporators and is one of\\nthe directors of the Camden National Bank and\\nalso a director in the Colestown Cemetery Com-\\npany.\\nMr. Coles was married, on June 8, 1865, to Mary\\nM. Colson, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah\\n(Lippincott) Colson, of Gloucester City. They\\nhave two chidren William C. and Henry B.\\nCentral Ldmber-Yard, situated at Second\\nStreet and Cherry, was opened by Volney G.\\nBennett, who, in 1876, bought the property and\\nerected the various buildings, sheds, oflice and\\nstables necessary in the business of a general\\nlumber dealer. The yard has a frontage of one\\nhundred and twenty-two feet on Second Street,\\nwith a depth of one hundred and eighty feet to\\nSpring Street and one hundred and eighty by twenty\\nfeet on Front Street. The drying-sheds cover an area\\nof one hundred and six by one hundred and twelve\\nfeet, and cover a stock of seasoned lumber repre-\\nsenting ten to fifteen thousand dollars in value.\\nSix hands are employed. The proprietor has ex-\\ncellent facilities for shipping direct from Western\\nmills and yards.\\nVolney G. Bennett, the owner of this lumber-\\nyard, is a descendant of Stephen Bennett, who\\nimmigrated prior to the Revolution from Connec-\\nticut, and settled near what is now Palmyra, Pike\\nCounty, Pa. His wife, Mary (Gates) Bennett, also\\nof New England parentage, witnessed the stirring\\nscenes incident to the Wyoming massacre, and\\ngave the alarm to the settlers of the approach\\nof the murderous Indians, on that historic occasion.\\nStephen and Mary Bennett had eight children,\\nwhose names were Frederick, Stephen, Francis,\\nJared, Rufus, Lebbeus, Mary and Samantha.\\nJared succeeded to the homestead and engaged\\nin farming and lumbering. He married Esther\\nKillam, by whom he had six children, viz. Gib-\\nson, Jaue, Isaac (who served in a New York regi-\\nment during the late war), Frederick, Harvey and\\nVolney. After the death of his wife he was mar-\\nried a second time, to Louisa Curtis. By this\\nmarriage he had three children, Stephen, Esther\\nand Fanny; all of these children are living except\\nFrederick, and married but Stephen and Fanny,\\nsettling in difierent parts of the country. Gibson\\nsettled in St. Joseph County, Mich.; Isaac, Stephen\\nand Esther reside in Pike County Harvey is in\\nCamden and Fanny in Jainesville, Wis.\\nVolney G. Bennett was born April 9, 1837. He\\nremained with his father until he became of age,\\nwhen he removed to Camden, where he has since\\nresided. He entered the employ of McKeen\\nBingham, lumber merchants of Camden, and re-\\nmained with them until 1876, and upon June 1st\\nof that year began the lumber business on his own\\naccount at the corner of Second Street and Cherry.\\nBy persistent efl^orts he has become successful, and", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0772.jp2"}, "650": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0775.jp2"}, "651": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0776.jp2"}, "652": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0777.jp2"}, "653": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0778.jp2"}, "654": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n517\\nhas increased, by close attention, his business\\ninterests.\\nOn July -7, 18li4, he wa.s luarrieil to Enieline,\\ndaughter of Captain Thomas and Aiigeline Davis,\\nof Port Elizabeth, N. ,1. By this marriage he has\\nfive children, Killam Edgar (who is associated\\nwith his father in the lumber business), Emily,\\nVolney, Alfred and Olive.\\nJ[r. Bennett and his family are members of the\\nFirst Baptist Church of Camden. In politics he is\\na Democrat. He is treasurer of the Franklin\\nBuilding Loan and City Loan Associations, and is\\nesteemed by his fellow-citizens as a man of careful\\nbusiness methods, excellent judgment and e.xem-\\nplary habits.\\nThe PL.\\\\sisfi-MiLL on Liberty Street, under\\nthe management of Thomas R. Arrison, was pur-\\nchased by him in 1882. lu 1880 he bought and\\noperated the Doughteu Mill, at the corner of Front\\nStreet and Chestnut, until 1882, at which time it\\nwas entirely destroyed by file. He then bought\\nthe machinery and buildings of the present loca-\\ntion and made many improvements to suit the\\nproduction of builders material. The mill is one\\nhundred by ninety ieet, and is supplied by a\\nthirty-five horse-power engine and improved\\nmachinery for making doors, sash, blinds, shutters,\\nmouldings, brackets, scroll and other sawing-\\nThirty-six workmen are employed The i)ro(lucts\\nare shipped through New Jersey, Pennsylvania\\nand adjacent States.\\n8t.\\\\ntox t*i: BiiANNiNG, in 1872, began the\\nmanufacture of lumber at the foot of Walnut\\nStreet, on their grounds, which cover an area of\\nten acres. The saw and planing-mill is a large\\nframe structure one hundred and thirty-two by\\nforty feet, with two wings, one hundred by twenty-\\nfour feet each, and is fitted up with the first-class\\nmachinery for sawing and planing lumber, and\\nsince the introdnition of Sterns patent steam-\\ncarriage, has a ca|)acity for cutting fifty thousand\\nfeet of lumber daily. Two engines, aggregating\\none hundred horse-power, run the machinery. The\\nannual sales amount to one hundred and thirty\\nthousand dollars, the trade extending, along the\\nCamden and Atlantic Railroad, to Atlantic City, to\\nai)e May, also in Pennsylvania and Delaware, and\\nover a long line of the river route. Fifty hands\\nare employed. In February, 188(), J. W. Branniug\\nw ithdrew from the firm and the business was con-\\nducted by Mr. Stanton until the time of his death.\\nLkwis N. Stantox was born in Wayne County,\\nPa., and is a son of William G. Stanton, a native\\nof Orange County, N. Y., who, upon his removal\\nto Pennsylvania, early in life, married Martha J.\\n02\\nHolliert, of Pike founty. Pa. By this union five\\nchildren were born, Lewis N., Benjamin D,\\nMary E., Martha and Harriet. At the age of\\nfifteen Lewis N. began his successful business\\ncareer, locating at Narrowslmrg, Sullivan County,\\nN. Y., where he opened a grocery store. This he\\nmanaged successfully until the breaking out of the\\nCivil War, when he sold out in order to enlist in\\nthe army, which he did in I8l)2, becoming a first\\nlieutenant of om|iany K, One Hundred and\\nForty-third New York Yolunteer Infantry, and\\nwas promoted to the captaincy the .same year for\\ngallant and meritorious services. He served with\\nhis regiment in the Peninsular campaign under\\nGeneral Keyes, and the sub.sequent campaigns of\\nthe Potomac army up to Gettysburg, and was then\\ntransferred to the AVest to the army of General\\nHooker, and was present at the battles of Chatta-\\nnooga and Missionary Ridge. During his three\\nyears of military service be never had a leave of\\nabsence from his eomnnind.\\nOn July :i, 18()1, he was married to Sarah A\\ndaughter of C. Iv. aud Pho?be A. Gordon, daughter\\nof John and Sarah Monroe, of Monticello, Sulli-\\nvan County, New York, by whom he had three\\nchildren, May, the eldest, is married to C. J.\\nBaldwin, of Hopewell, Dutehe.ss County, N. Y.;\\nLulu, died when an infant; and William G., living\\nat home.\\nImmediately after the war Mr. Stanton embarked\\nin business, becoming largely interested in tracts\\nof timber-land in New York, Pennsylvania and\\nNorth Carolina, and in 1870 he formed a co-part-\\nnership with .lohn W. Branniug, of Gamden, but\\nretained his place of residence at Monticello uiftil\\nten years later. His fellow-citizens of .Sullivan\\nCounty, N. Y., honored him by electing him super-\\nvisor for five and county clerk for three successive\\nterms. He was a director in the First National\\nBank of Oneonta, and al.so in the Second National\\nBank of Port Jervis, N. Y., and he wa-s a promi-\\nnent mendjer of the Masonic fraternity.\\nHe died on .liine 2, 188(5, and his remains were\\ninterred in a new cemetery on his own land, near\\nthe scenes of his early days at Narrowslmrg. He\\nwas a man of many excellent qualities, was suc-\\ncessful in his business life, a brave and patriotic\\nsoldier and an exemplary citizen.\\nC. W. Pattkrson Co. are the pro|)rietors of a\\nsaw-mill and plauing-niill on West Street, corner\\nof Washington. The large denuind for linished\\nnufterial to meet the wants of the many contractors\\nand buildera in the rapidly-growing city of Cam-\\nden ofi ered inducements to this firm, and thev\\nfounded their industry in 1881!. Themill is amply", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0781.jp2"}, "655": {"fulltext": "518\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nprovided with phuiers, circular uiul band-saws,\\nturning lathes, upright nuiulders, boring and\\ntenoning machinery, for the nianufacture of build-\\ners materials in all its different branches. The\\nmachinery is driven by an engine of fifteen Iiorse-\\npower. Seven workmen are employed. The mill\\nis running to its full capacity, to meet the deman ls\\nof contractors and builders.\\nTUF, TlJIHER, Hi AR AND Pi UNO IjASIN of\\nDavid Baird is located on the Delaware River and\\nextends two hundred feet in front and one thou-\\nsand two hundred feet in depth at the foot of Pearl\\nStreet. The enterprise was established in 1872 by\\ntlie present proi)rietor and designed especially for\\nthe storage of large timber, spars, piling, Oregon\\nheavy timber and lOastern si)ruce lumber, as also\\nhackmetack knees, for general supply to ship and\\nboat-builders. The large Oregon pine timber,\\nsome of which is one hundred and ten feet in\\nlength by three feet in diameter at the butt and\\ntwo feet at top, is shipped direct by the proprietor\\nin large timber vessels from the Pacific Coast,\\nwhile the spruce for small spars, masts and flag-\\nstaffs is shipped from Nova Scotia and from Clear-\\nfield County, Pa. He also ships pine and oak\\ntimlier from Michigan and other States bordering\\non the Great Lakes and also from Canada. He is\\npart owner of the large timber tract formerly owned\\nby (tovernor Bigler, in Clearfield County, Pa., has\\nlarge timber tracts in Western Virginia and in\\nNorthwestern Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgli, and is\\nsole owner of a large tract in Lewis County, New\\nYork State, where he operates a lumber camp and\\nsaw-mill, employing over filly hands. The products\\nof this mill are sold iu New York. He is also en-\\ngaged in shipping hackmetack knees for vessels,\\nreceiving them direct from Bangor, Me.\\nDavid Baird is of Scotch-Irish ancestry. His\\ngrandfather, James Baird, a farmer, whose resi-\\ndence was in County Derry, Leland, married Ann\\nJiac Jenkin, to whom were born children .\\\\n-\\ndrew, William, James, Samuel and a daughter\\nEliza. James Baird was born on the ancestral land\\nin County Derry, and during his active life was\\nengaged in the business of road contracting. He\\nmarried Ann, daughter of David Robinson, of the\\nsame county, and their children were \\\\Villiam,\\nMary, Daviil, James, Andrew, Ann .Lane, Eliza\\nand NLirgaret. The death of Mr. Baird occurred\\nin 1858, and that of his wife the year previous.\\nTheir son David, the subject of this biography,\\nwas born on the 7th of April, 1839, in County\\nDerry, Ireland, and there spent his early years.\\nHis brother William having previously emigrated\\nto America, he was soon afterward induced to join\\nhim in Baltimore, JId. He speedily engaged in\\nlabor on a farm, meanwhile im])ri)ving his educa-\\ntion by study and acquiring habits of observation\\nand reflection which proved of great value in after-\\nlife. In 1859 he entered the employ of Messrs.\\n(xillingham Garrison, lumbermen of Phila-\\ndelphia, with whom he remained until 1872, his\\nduties being connected with the floating and raft-\\ning of lumber on the Susquehanna River to their\\nmills in the city. He then embarked in the same\\nbusiness, and has been since largely interested in\\nfloating, rafting, buying and selling heavy timber\\nand sjjars for vessels, with offices in Camden. The\\ncentral field of operation for this increasing busi-\\nness is with New York, Boston and Philadel|)hia.\\nTo this lumber interest, which, from modest begin-\\nnings, has grown to large proportions, he gives his\\npersonal attention. He has also made extensive\\npurchases of timber land in Pennsylvania, all of\\nwhich ventures have been exceptionally successful.\\nMr. Baird was, on the 23d of January, 1808, nuu-\\nried to Miss Christianna, daughter of William and\\nMary Beatty, of Philadelphia, their children being\\nWilliam James (deceased), David, Jr. (deceased),\\nJIary Beatty, Irvin C. Beatty, Christianna I. and\\nDavid, Jr. Jlr. Baird is a pronounced Uepuldican,\\nand, although influential with his |iarty, has de-\\nclined all offices other than that of member of the\\nBoard of Chosen FreehoUlers for four years from\\nthe First Ward of Camden. He is vice-president\\nof the Economy Building and Loan Association\\nand director of the North Camden Building i nd\\nLoan Association. He is a mendier of the Ionic\\nLodge No 94, of F. and A. M. of Camden, and con-\\nnected with various beneficial a,ssociations and a\\nsupporter of the Centenary Methodist Episcopal\\n(Jhurch, of which his wife and daughter Mary are\\nmembers. He has been a resident of Camden\\nsince 1859.\\nThe ]aimbeii-Yari of t olson Mull onl oc-\\ncupies the ground on the Delaware Itiver front\\nabove Kaiglin Avenue, and was started in 1850 by\\nWilliam S. Doughten, afterwards carried on by\\nDoughten Coles and later by Doughten, Son i^\\nCo. In 1880 the i)resent firm (the individual mem-\\nbers of which are Benjamin F. Colson and All ert\\nL. Mulford) purchased the entire business and have\\nsince conducted it. The ground occujiied is ninety\\nby one thousand feet. Since the [lurchase this\\nfirm has constructed on the i rcinises a saw and\\nplaning-mill, which are operated by an engine of\\ntwenty-five horse-power. The trade extends\\nthroughout the adjoining States.\\nThe Lumber- Yard of Shivers Moflett is lo-\\ncated on the west side of Delaware Avenue, below", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0782.jp2"}, "656": {"fulltext": "W^ f\u00c2\u00a3cuA^", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0785.jp2"}, "657": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0786.jp2"}, "658": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0787.jp2"}, "659": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0788.jp2"}, "660": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n519\\nMarket iStreet. It was (irst slurU d in .laiiiuny,\\nISSf), l y the present firm, tlie individual members\\nbeing William M. Shivers, who had been for a long\\ntime with Mr. Morrison, the Inmber dealer, above\\n.Market Street, and Henry 0. MoMett, late with C.\\nli. t!oles. The yard has a frontage of four hun-\\ndred and fifty feet on Delaware Avenue and is\\none thousand five hundred feet in dci)th to the\\nport warden s line. The stock consists of all kinds\\nof builders lumber. The trade extends to Penn-\\nsylvania, through Southern New Jersey and to\\npoints along the Delaware Biver.\\nS. H. Morrison s Uunber-yard is located upon\\nthe site of the saw and planing-miU which was\\nestablished by John F. Starr, in 1871, for making\\ndoors, blinds, sash, etc., and builders materials.\\nIn 1873 the present proprietor leased the mill and\\noperated it until it was totally destroyed by fire, on\\nSunday night, January 17, 1880, since which time\\nthe site has been used for the storage of lumber,\\nwhile the Imilders materials are shipped direct\\nfrom the mills in Butfalo. The yard has an area\\nof eighty feet front by seven hundred and fifty\\nfeet in depth. The trade is quite large, principally\\nwith Philadelphia. In tlie past year Mr. Morrison\\nhas furnished the lumber and building material\\nfor nine hundred houses in Philadelidiia and two\\nhundred and sixty-two in Camden.\\nOII.-CLOTH MANDFACTURERS.\\nThe manufacture of oil-cloths and carpels was\\nnot engaged in by tlie early settlers in this country.\\nThese articles were then considere as household\\nadornments imported from Europe, which only the\\nwealthy cla.sses could enjoy, and were used in\\nsmall quantities previous to the Kevolution. The\\nearliest mention of the manufacture of carpets\\nin America was by William Calvery, at his fac-\\ntory in Philadelphia, and the date is supposed\\nto be 1774, when it was asserted that the carpets\\nwere superior to those im])orted. By the year ]7 .)1\\ncarpets were made quite extensively in Philadel-\\nphia; about that time people took great interest in\\nliiriiishing their houses with them. In order to\\nsupply the demand, John Dorsey, a merchant of\\nPhiladelphia, in 1807, at a ftictory on Chestnut\\nStreet, between Eleventh and Twelfth, began to\\nmake floor oil-cloth and carpets. In his estab-\\nlishment were two looms for making a strong cloth\\nof a (|uality between sail-duck and Russia sheet-\\ning. )ne of these looms could weave a piece seven\\nyards in width, and one man could turn out from\\nthirty-two to forty-five yards per day. The kind\\nof goods produced at this establishment was sim-\\nilar to Hare s patent imported oil-cloth. It was\\nmade |)lain and in colors, and was sold at from\\none dollar and a ((uarter to two dollars per yard.\\nIn 1808 Isaac JlcCauly established a factory in\\nPhiladelphia, on Market Street, near the Schuyl-\\nkill bridge, for the manufacture of oil-cloths and\\ncarpets in various colors. The next year he pur-\\nchased the Dorsey factory, on ChestTiut Street, and\\nmoveil his establishment to the northeast corner of\\nBroad and Filbert Streets. In 1815 he moved to the\\nHamilton mansion, on ISush Hill, and there, with\\nenlarged facilities, by the year 1820, his success\\nin making oil-cloth was very great, and the same\\nyear he undertook the manufacture of carpets.\\nHe spun his own yarn for carpets and oil-cloth.\\nCanvas then was used as the basis Ibr oil-cloth,\\nsome of which was made twenty-one feet wi le. In\\n1825 the government issued him a i)atent for an\\nimproved method of making oil-cloth, and he\\ncontinued the business with success. Most of the\\nwork in the process of nuiking oil-cloth for many\\nyears after this was done by hand.\\nIn 1820 David Powers, at Landisburg, X. Y.,\\nbegan to make oil-cloth with some change in the\\nprocess used by his predecessors in the business,\\nand nearly like that in use at the present day, only\\nthat steam-power was not then brought into requi-\\nsition. While engaged at his business one day, he\\nwas accidentally burne l by a pot of varnish, which\\ncaused his death, and his widow, Dinah Powers,\\ncontinued the business.\\nThe firm of D. Powers Sons, of that town, is\\nstill known as manufacturers of oil-cloth on an\\nextensive scale. The American oil-cloth of the\\n]iresent day is made in the States of Maine, New\\nYork, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The num-\\nber of factories is not numerous, there being prob-\\nably no more than fifty in the United States. Of\\nthe four factories in the State of New Jersey, three\\nare situated in the city of Camden.\\nProminent in this industry in Camden are the\\nMessrs. R. H. B. C. Reeve, who own and ojierate\\nthe Camden Floor Oil-Cloth Works, situated on\\nI ine Street, east of Haddon Avenue. Theses works\\nwere originated by the present projirielors, at the\\nsame location, in the year 18(iS. The individual\\nmembers of this firm, who have, by their own\\neftbrts, established their industry in amden,\\nand the largest oil-cloth factory in the Slate\\nof New Jersey, are Richard II. Reeve and\\nBenjamin C. Reeve. The former is the son\\nof William F. Reeve and the latter the son of\\nEmmor Reeve, two brothers, who, in connection\\nwith an elder brother, Josiah M. Reeve, under the\\nfirm-name of Reeve Bros., were extensively en-\\ngaged in ship-building and owners of saw-mills and", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0791.jp2"}, "661": {"fulltext": "520\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ngrist-mills at Alloway, Salem County, N. J., and\\nwho built the large steamer Columbus, which\\nplied the Atlantic Ocean between Philadelphia\\nand Charleston, the Stephen Baldwin and many\\nother vessels and large schooners. The Messrs.\\nReeve, inlieriting the enterjjrise and executive\\n.ability of their fathers, were quite young men\\nwhen they moved from Alloway to Camden, in 1S(!8,\\nto establish their manufactory. The evidence of\\ntheir success is shown from the substantial growth\\nand development of the business. They began on\\na limited scale in two small buildings with twenty\\nworkmen, and an annual product of about one\\nhundred thou.sand yards of manufactured oil-cloth,\\nall of one variety. They now possess one of the\\nthree largest oil-cloth manufactories in the United\\nStates, covering an area of four and a half acres,\\nown and occupy nine diti erent liuildings on this\\ntract, employ one hundred workmen and produce\\nannually about one million yards of manufactured\\noil-cloth of five ditt erent kinds and varieties. The\\nseasoned and perfected oil-cloth is sold by travel-\\ning salesmen, an l shijiped to every section of the\\nUnion.\\nAs the demand for the oil-cloth of the Cam-\\nden works increased, owing to the superiority\\nof its quality and the reliability of the firm, new\\nbuildings were added in order to increase the ca-\\npacity of manufacture. Originally most of the\\nwork was done by hand, which was followed by\\nthe introduction of improved machinery, boilers\\nand engines, and the application of steam as a\\nmotor, and steam heat in the process of drying the\\ncloth and for heating the various buildings. In\\norder to get pure water, better adapted to the pur-\\npose of manufacture, a few years ago an artesian\\nwell was sunk a hundred feet in depth, which sup-\\nplies the large boilers where the steam is gener-\\nated and conveyed to the various departments.\\nAfter the condensation of the steam it is returned\\nto the boiler and utilized again.\\nThe process of manufacture as now applied in\\nthe production of oil-cloths of various kinds, and\\nexecuted in hundreds of different designs, is quite\\ncomplicated, and requires about six weeks to com-\\nplete it from the raw material. The textile arti-\\ncle known as burlap, which forms the basis of the\\ncloth, is a foreign production, and is manut.actured\\nin IMindce, Scotland, from the jute plant, which\\nis grown in such abundance in India. The Messrs.\\nReeve import their own burla]) from Dundee in\\nlarge quantities and keep it in stock. The build-\\ning erected in 1870, and designated by the firm .as\\nNumber 1, is a three story frame structure, thirty-\\nthree bv one hundred and fifteen feet, and is used\\nas the sizing department. On the second floor of\\nthis building the crude burlap is passed over and\\nbetween moving cylinders, thus rendering it\\nsmooth and capable of receiving the aiiplications\\nof paint. The grinding and mixing of paints is\\ndone in building Number 5, erected in 1874, ad-\\njoining which is a two-story brick structure with\\nbasement, used for the mixing of paints and the\\nstorage of material. Attached to building Number\\n5 is an ai)artment in which is ])laced an eighty-\\nhorse-power boiler and a thirty horse-power en-\\ngine, for driving the machinery to grind thepaints\\nand for the sizing, coating and rubbing of the ma-\\nterial. The coating department is in building\\nNumber 1, which is thirty-three by one hundred\\nand thirteen feet, and was erected in 1870, and in\\nNumber 2, one of the original buildings. The\\nfirst coats of paint are jilaced on the sized burlap\\nby means of machinery, and the cloth thus pre-\\npared for printing, before which, however, in an\\nadjoining apartment, the coated cloth is again\\nrubl)ed smooth, in the preparation of it for\\nprinting.\\nThe most delicate part of the process in theman-\\nufacture of oil-cloth is the printing of it in va-\\nrious colors, wdiich at these works is artistically\\nperformed by skilled workmen with blocks in the\\nform of .squares. There are two buildings devoted\\nto this department. Number 0, a three-story brick\\nstructure, sixty by one hundred and thirty feet,\\nwas erected in 187(i. The third story of this\\nbuilding is used for printing the cheap grades of\\ngoods, and the first and second stories for printing\\nsheet-goods and other better i|ualities. Building\\nNumber 3 is forty by one hundred and twenty feet,\\nand also three stories high, built and arranged for\\nconvenience in printing the difterent grades. Af-\\nter the various tints are systematically applied and\\nthis part of the work completed, the cloth is con.-\\nveyed to drying-houses and hung in a vertical po-\\nsition. These buildings are then kept closed and\\nsteam-heat is applied, requiring two weeks to com-\\nplete the drying eftectively. In building Number\\n4, thirty-two by one hundred and ten feet, and built\\nin 1870, the lower gradas of cloth are dried. In\\nbuilding Number 7, which is built of brick, sixty\\nby one hundred and twenty feet, and two stories\\nhigh, the better grades of oil-cloth are dried in\\nabout two weeks. The capacity of the drying de-\\npartment is very large.\\nThe last building needed by the Messrs. Reeve\\nfor the accommodation of their increasing business\\nwas erected in 1882-83. It is a substantial and\\ncommodious two-story brick structure, with base-\\nment, sixty by one hundred and thirty feet. It", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0792.jp2"}, "662": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a06\\nX//1\\n3", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0795.jp2"}, "663": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0796.jp2"}, "664": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n521\\ncontains a conveniently arranged business office\\non the first floor. In an adjoining apartment tlie\\nvarnishing and finishing of the cloth is done after\\nbeing thoroughly dried. It is then placed in the\\nstorage room to await the time of shipment to the\\ntrade and to the Philadelphia office and s.alesroom\\nat 917 Filbert Street. The extent of these works\\nis shown by the steadily increasing amount of\\nbusiness done, the growth of which is to be fairly\\nattributed to personal attention to details and the\\nadoption of more perfect processes and the reduc-\\ntion in the cost of production brought about by\\nthe use of labor-saving machinery.\\nThe Reeve family has been one of the influential\\nfamilies of Southern New Jersey for nearly two hun-\\ndred years their ancestor, Mark Reeve, came to\\nAmerica from England with Fenwick s Colony.\\nHe is said to have been possessed of rare mental\\nendowments, and became the owner of large tracts\\nof land in Cumberland County, N. J. He was a\\nmember of the Assembly which met in Burlington\\nin 1683-85, was a prominent member of the Society\\nof Friends, and died in 1G94. His descendants were\\namong the leading citizens of Southern New Jersey.\\nWm. Reeve, the grandftither of Richard H., Benja-\\nmin C. and Augustus Reeve, was born 11th\\nof 12th Month, 1766, and married Letitia, daughter\\nof Josiah and Letitia Miller, of Mannington, N. J.,\\nand had nine children, five of whom were sons,\\nviz., Josiah Miller, William F., Mark M., Richard\\nM. and Emmor Reeve. Jo.siah M. Reeve, with his\\ntwo younger brothers, William F. and Emmor,\\ncarried on ship-buildiag successfully for a number\\nof years at Alloway, N. J. These three brothers,\\neach, at different times, represented their county\\n(Salem) in the upper house of the State legislature.\\nThey also contributed largely to the growth and\\nprosperity of the town of their adoption by erecting\\nlarge and substantial buildings.\\nRichard H. Reeve, the senior partner of the\\nfirm, was born at Alloway, Salem County, N. J.,\\nOctober 5, 1840, and is a son of William F. and\\nMary W. (Cooper) Reeve, his mother being a\\ndaughter of William Cooper, who for more than\\nhalf a century wa.s one of the best known and\\nmost influential citizens of Camden. Mr. Reeve\\nobtained his education in the schools of his native\\nplace and at the well-known Westtown Boarding-\\nSchool, in Chester County, Pa. He afterwards\\ntook a commercial course at Crittenden s Business\\nCollege in Philadelphia, at a time when that insti-\\ntution had attained its greatest popularity and\\nsuccess. In 1862 he engaged in the lumber trade\\nat Alloway and continued in that business there\\nuntil his removal to Camden, in 1868, to become\\nassociated with his jiresent partner in the manu\\nfacturing establishment which has been described.\\nHe and his partner are lineal descendants of a\\nfamily which for many generations past have\\nbeen connected by faith and membership with the\\nSociety of Friends, both being members of New-\\nton Meeting.\\nMr. Reeve was married, June 3, 1863, to Sallie W.\\nCarpenter, daughter of Samuel P. and Hannah A.\\nCarpenter, her father being a lineal descendant of\\nSamuel Carpenter, once the owner of the site upon\\nwhich the central part of Camden is built, a con-\\ntemporary of William Penn and next to him the\\nmost influential of early settlers in Pennsylvania.\\nThe children of this marriage are Augustus H.,\\nHannah C, Mary W. and Alice M. Reeve.\\nThough Mr. Reeve devotes his time almost ex-\\nclusively to his business, his usefulness has been\\nbrought into requisition as a director of the Cum-\\nberland National Bank, treasurer of the Camden\\nCity Dispensary and a member of the board of\\nmanagers of Cooper Hospital.\\nBenjamin C. Reeve, the junior partner of the\\nfirm of R. H- B. C. Reeve, was born on September\\n23, 1844, at Alloway, Salem County. He is a son\\nof Emmor and Prudence B. (Cooper) Reeve, the\\nlatter being also the daughter of the late William\\nCooper, of Coopers Point, Camden. After ob-\\ntaining the rudiments of an education at home,\\nMr. Reeve entered Westtown Boarding-School,\\nin Chester County, Pa., and remained in that\\nexcellent institution for a period of three years.\\nHe then entered the Polytechnic College, in Phila-\\ndelphia, and after completing the entire course\\nwas graduated with the class of 1865. Not desir-\\ning to follow the profession of a civil engineer, for\\nwhich he prepared, in 1868 he associated himself\\nwith his present partner in the establishment of\\nthe manufacturing business to which he has since\\nsteadily devoted his time and energies. In recog-\\nnition of his success as a business man, a few\\nyears ago he was chosen a director in the Camden\\nSafe Deposit Company, and has filled other posi-\\ntions of trust and responsibility. Mr. Reeve was\\nmarried, October 3, 1877, to Mary R. Carpenter,\\ndaughter of Samuel P. and Hannah A. Carpenter,\\nof Salem, N. J. They have two children\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rachel\\nC. and Herbert E. Reeve.\\nAugustus Reeve, a leading manufacturer of\\nCamden for the past twenty years, was born in\\nAlloway, Salem County, N. J., August 3], 1833,\\nand was a son of William F. and Mary W. (Cooper)\\nReeve, the former a native of Burlington County\\n(though his father was from Cumberland County),\\nand the latter a descendant of William and Mar-", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0797.jp2"}, "665": {"fulltext": "522\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ngaret Cooper, the original settlers of Coopers\\nPoint (of whom a sketch appears elsewhere in this\\nwork). Both families were members of the Or-\\nthodox Friends. The boyhood of .Vugustus Eeeve\\nwas spent in his native town, and his school edu-\\ncation was completed at Haverford College. After\\nhe had attained his majority he carried on for\\nsome time the lumber business at Allowaytown,\\nand in 1862 went to the Safe Harbor Iron Works,\\non the Susquehanna River, in Lancaster County,\\nPennsylvania, where he had charge of the com-\\npany s store. In 1866 he came to Camden and\\npurchased the Pea Shore Brick Works, now\\nknown as the Pea Shore Brick and Terra-Cotta\\nWorks. He materially enlarged the manufactur-\\ning plant from time to time, became a thorough\\nmaster of the details of the business, and in 1876\\nadded the line of manufacture which made neces-\\nsai-y the second clause in the title of the manu\\nfactory, and began the production of a line of\\nterra-cotta goods which has been constantly in-\\ncreased in variety. The manufacture now in-\\ncludes all kinds or grades of red brick, vitrified\\ndrain and sewer pipe, terra-cotta pipe in all of its\\nbranches, flue pipes, chimney pots, vase.*, flower\\npots, rustic hanging baskets, window boxes and\\nmany other articles of combined utility and beauty.\\nThe works, employing about one hundred men, are\\nupon the Delaware River, four miles above Cam-\\nden, and at Fish-House Station on the Amboy\\nDivision of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which\\ngives the proprietor excellent advantages for ship-\\nping goods either by rail or water.\\nMr. Reeve is a Republican, but not an active\\npolitician. He has been a member of the Camden\\nCity Council, but was chosen to that position more\\nbecause of his being a representative business man\\nthan upon any other consideration. He also has\\nbeen a trustee of the Cooper Hospital from its\\ncommencement.\\nHe married, June 25, 1862, Rebecca C, daughter\\nof Isaac H. and Elizabeth H. Wood, of Haddon\\nHall, Haddonfield. They have four children,\\nElizabeth Cooper, William F. (in business with\\nhis father), Laura and Charles Gaskell.\\nFakii Bailey, manufacturers of floor oil-\\ncloth, have their works and office at Seventh and\\nKaighn Avenue. This firm is composed of Sam-\\nuel T. Bailey and his nephew, Edward L. Farr.\\nThe family to which they belong has been in the\\noil-cloth business for four generations. Ezekiel\\nBailey, grandfather of S. T. Bailey, and great-\\ngrandfather of E. L. Farr, began the manufacture\\nof table oil-cloths in Winthrop, Me., about 1825.\\nHis seven sons have all been engaged in the busi-\\nness. Moses and Charles M. are the most promi-\\nnent of these sons. Samuel T. Bailey was brought\\nup in the family of Charles M. Bailey, his father\\nhaving died while he was a boy, and for nineteen\\nyears was employed in his uncle s store in New\\nYork City and the greater part of the time he was\\nmanager of it. C. M. Bailey still resides in Win-\\nthrop, Me., where he has several large oil-cloth\\nworks. Moses Bailey was also engaged in manu-\\nfacturing at Winthrop, but about 1872 or 1873\\nsold his factory to his brother, Charles M. In 1875\\nhe purchased the factory and gi-ound in Camden,\\nnow occupied by Farr Bailey, from a Mr. Eng-\\nlish. He associated with him in the management\\nof the business Lincoln D. Farr, the husband of\\nhis niece, adopted daughter and sister of the\\npresent S. T. Bailey. From that time until 1883\\nthe business was conducted in the name of Lin-\\ncoln D. Farr, under whose management the busi-\\nness greatly increased. Originally there were four\\nbuildings and five more were added by him, mak^\\ning nine in all, and thus the facilities for manufac-\\nture were quadrupled. Mr. Bailey retained a silent\\ninterest in the business until his death, in 1882.\\nLincoln D. Farr died in January, 1883, and the\\nbusiness was continued from tliat time until De-\\ncember, 1884, by his estate, under the management\\nof his son, Edward L. Farr, and Samuel T. Bailey,\\nwho had been employed as salesman in New York\\nCity. In December, 1884, the present firm was\\nformed. The lot upon which the works are located\\nis four hundred by seven hundred feet, upon which\\nare eighteen principal buildings, six of which are\\nforty by one hundred feet. Of these buildings,\\nsix are constructed of brick, the balance of wood.\\nThere are three boilers aggregating one hundred\\nand ninety horse-power, with four engines aggre-\\ngating eighty horse-power. The buildings are\\nfitted up with the latest improved machinery.\\nEm|)loyment is given to about one hundred men.\\nThe weekly production is about twenty-five thou-\\nsand yards of floor oil-cloth. This firm manufac-\\ntures floor oil-cloths, rugs, mats and stair-cloth.\\nThe goods are sold in all parts of the United\\nStates east of the Rocky Mountains and also in\\nCanada.\\nThe Floor Oil-Cloth Manufactoky at the\\ncorner of Seventh Street and Jefferson was erected\\nand the business established, in 1882, by J. C.\\nDunn, Jr., Co. The building is sixty-six by one\\nhundred and twenty-five feet in dimensions and is\\nspecially designed for the manufacture of floor\\noil-cloths from one yard to two and one-half yards\\nin width. The various departments are provided\\nwith sizing, rubbing, varnishing, painting and other", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0798.jp2"}, "666": {"fulltext": "^yy^y^X", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0801.jp2"}, "667": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0802.jp2"}, "668": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n523\\nmachines used in the business. The lull capacity\\nof the factory is nine thousand nine hundred yards\\nof finished cloth weekly, and constant employment\\nis given to thirty-tive workmen. The manufactured\\noil-cloths of this establishment are sold throujrh\\ni hiladelpliia and New York business houses. In\\nFebruary, 188(5, J. C. Dunn, Jr., purchased an\\nadditional acre of ground, and, during that year,\\nerected another large two-story building, si.xty-two\\nby one hundred and forty feet, which increa.sed\\nthe capacity of manufacture, and, when put in\\noperation, furnished enqdovment to eighty work-\\nmen.\\nKAiftHx.s Point Oil-Cloth Works, occupy-\\ning an acre of ground at Ferry Road and Atlantic\\nAvenue, have been built and put in operation\\nsince February, ISSti. The main building is of\\nframe, two stories high, and is lifty-four by one\\nbu[i(lred and twenty-six feet in dimensions. It is\\ncompletely fitted up with new machinery, includ-\\ning sizing, rubbing, coating and varnishing ma-\\nchines. The interior department is used as the\\ndrying-room, with ranges, tiers and racks, and in\\nfront there are two paint-mills and two feeders,\\nI rom which the cloth passes to the different dryers\\nas the several coatings are applied. The machin-\\nery is driven by two engines. The main engine is\\na twenty-five horsepower, and runs the general\\nmachinery and shafting; a small engine of five\\nhorse-power runs the sizing machines. Floor oil-\\ncloth from one yard to two and one-half yards in\\nwidth is manufactured and shipped to New York\\nand Phihidel|iliia merchants. The proprietor is\\nP. .1. Murphy, who has his otlice at the works.\\nTwenty hands are employed, under the care of\\nJohn B. Hutchinson as general manager.\\nL. B. Ran pall, who for eighteen years has been\\nsuperintendent of the oil-cloth works of R. H.\\nI?. C. Reeve, of Camden, in 1884 began the manu-\\nI acture of oil-doth and wall-paper blocks, a new\\ninvention used in the printing department of oil-\\ncloth and wall-paper manufactories. His i)lace of\\nbusiness is at the corner of West and Washington\\nStreets. His son, Frank H. Randall, has been\\nengaged for a period of twelve years as an em|)loyee\\nin the manufacture of oil-cloth, and is now fore-\\nman of the works of which his father is superin-\\ntendent.\\nWOOLEN AND WORSTED .MILLS.\\nThe Linden Worsted Mills, one of the largest\\nand most productive manufacturing establishments\\nof its kind in the Middle States, is situated on\\nthe square bounded by Broadway, Fourth, Win-\\nslow and Jefferson Streets, in South Camden. The\\nenterprising proprietors of this industry are How-\\nland Croft and Herbert Priestly, who. in ISS. i. pur-\\nchased the building which they now occupy, en-\\nlarged it and fitted it u|i for the matnifacture of\\nworsted yarns. The machinery used is of the l)est\\nimproved kind, being nearly all entirely new. The\\narrangements and surroundings of their establish-\\nment are admirably suited for the i)urpo.ses de-\\nsigned, and the facilities for the production of\\nworsted yarns of fine(|uality is ecjual to that of an v\\nworsted-mill in ,\\\\merica. The senior proprietor,\\nMr. Croft, under whose intelligent and skillful\\nmanagement it has attained such vast proportions,\\nis a thoroughly practical numufacturer, having\\nbeen continuously engaged in the business since he\\nfirst entered a worstered-mill as an employee in his\\nnative country, England, thirty-years ago. The\\nLinden ^Mill is substantially l)uilt of brick, four\\nstories high, and situated in the centre of a large\\n[)lot of ground which is also the property of the\\nfirm. The numerous windows in the mill admit a\\nplentiful supply of light into all the departments,\\nand the heating accommodations are well arranged-\\nExcellent fire apparatus is connected with the\\nmill, with a line of hose on each floor and a water-\\ntank on the top of the tower, so that in the case\\nof accidental fire, it could be ipiickly extinguished\\nby the ajipliances at ready command. .Adjoining\\nthe large mill is a wool warehouse, in which twenty-\\ntwo wool-sorters are occupied in handling the\\nfinest domestic and Australian wool that can l)e\\nobtained antl preparing and arranging it for the\\nwciol-washing process. The washing and carding\\nof the wool is done on the first floor of the large\\nmill, and adjoining this department is the engine-\\nroom, containing a compound Corli.ss engine of\\nfour hundred horse-power, which is used as the\\nmotor to run the extensive machinery.\\nAfter the wool is washed and carded it is con-\\nveyeil to the combing department on the sec ind\\nstory, where there are eleven combing-machiMes,\\nnine of which are new. Here the wool is care-\\nfidly condjed and jirepared for the drawing depart-\\nment, located on the third floor, where four large\\ndrawing-machines perform the delicate ojieration\\nof drawing out the top from the condjed wool into\\nrooving and preparing it for spinning. In the\\nfourth story the wonderfully interesting operation\\nof si)inning and twisting the yarn is done, with\\nthe vast nuudier of seven thousand spindles upon\\nan intricate combination of machinery, which,\\nwhen moving, is interesting to behold. The las^\\noperation is that of reeling and spooling the yarn,\\nthe production of which, at this mill, ranges from\\n20s to UM)s. The manufactured wool made bv\\nCroft A Priestly is sold throughout the Middle and", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0803.jp2"}, "669": {"fulltext": "524\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nNew England States. The weekly consumption\\nof wool is twenty-five thousand pounds, and four\\nhundred men and women are regularly employed\\nat tlie Linden Mills.\\nHowLAND Ceoft, the active head and senior\\nproprietor of the industry just described, wa.s born\\nJanuary Hi, 1X3S at Wilsden, in Yorkshire, Eng-\\nland, and is a sou of John and Hannah Howlatid\\nCroft. His father was a coachman for Major\\nBenjamin Farrand, a large land-owner of that\\ncountry. His mother is of Scotch descent, as the\\nname indicates. Young Croft became an orphan\\nat the early age of three years, when his father was\\nfatally injured by being thrown from a horse, and\\nthe boy was placed upon his own resources to gain\\na livelihood. As soon as he was large enough to\\nperform manual labor he was employed in a wor-\\nsted-mill in his native place, spending one-half the\\nday in school and the other half in the mill, until\\nhe arrived at the age of twelve years, when he de-\\nvoted full time to his work in the mill, and con-\\ntinued thus employed until he was seventeen.\\nBeing an active boy and quick to leai n the busi-\\nness, he then went to the town of Farsley, in York-\\nshire, and took charge of a small factory, and while\\nthere met Mr. Briggs Priestly, father of his present\\npartner, now a member of the English Parliament,\\nand a large manufacturer and land-owner of Brad-\\nford, England. Mr. Croft remained in that j)osition\\nuntil 1867; in the meantime the mill was enlarged.\\nDuring that year he concluded to come to America.\\nHe located in Philadelphia, and immediately there-\\nafter became su])erintendent of one of the depart-\\nments of the worsted-mill of .John and AVilliam\\nYewdell, then the only manufactory of its kind in\\nthat city. After an engagement of three weeks he\\nwas sent by his employers to England to purchase\\nimproved machinery for their enlarged mill, and\\nupon his return he brought his family with him.\\n.M ter an engagement of two years in the em] loy\\nTuentioned, Mr. Croft was solicited by Jeorge Camp-\\nbell to superintend the establishment and manage-\\nment of a new worsted-null at Twcnty-lirst Street\\nand Washington Avenue, Philadelphia, which soon\\ndeveloped to be the largest worsted manufactory\\nin the city. He continued in that responsible\\nposition and built up the interests of his employer\\nuntil IX7il, when he retired from the jiosition, went\\nto iMigbind to purchase machinery for a new wor-\\nsted-mill to be located at Front Street and\\nLinden, in Camden, and of which, ui)on returning,\\nhe became the senior proprietor, under the firm\\nname of Croft, Midgely liommel, who openitcd\\nthe first worsted-mill in New Jersey. This |)artner-\\nsliip existed for two and a half years. In 1,S84 Jlr.\\nCroft purchased the interest of his partners and\\ncalled in as his new partner Jlr. Herbert Priestly,\\nand formed the present firm of Croft Priestly,\\nand they also operated a mill in Philadelphia, along\\nwith the (Jamden mill. In I880 the firm of Croft\\nPriestly disposed of their other mills and pur-\\nchased the one which they now own and operate.\\nMr. Croft was married, in 1859, in Farsley, Eng-\\nland, to Mary Granger, daughter of William\\nGrauger, of that town. By this marriage were\\nborn eight children, six of whom Annie, John\\nWilliam, Miranda, Clara, George and Samuel\\nare now living. John William, the eldest son, is\\nengaged with his father in business. The two\\nyoungest sons are attending school near Harrow-\\ngate, in England.\\nA. Priestley Co., during the year 1886, es-\\ntablished a mill for the manufacture of worsted\\nsuitings at the corner of Broadway and Jefferson\\nStreet, in South Camden. This enterprising firm,\\ncomposed of Arthur Priestley and Herbert Bot-\\ntomley, for five years previously had operated a\\nmill in the manufacture of the same kind of goods\\nat Second Street and C(dumbia Avenue, in Phila-\\ndelphia. Obtaining the eligible location which\\nthey now occupy, they erected a weaving shed of\\nbrick, two hundred and five by ninety-one feet,\\nwhich has a capacity of one hundred anil sixty-\\neight broad looms. The present plant contains\\nforty broad looms, which will soon be increased to\\nseventy-two. The.se, with the finishing and other\\nmachinery necessary to the production of the\\nmanufactured goods, will occupy the capacity of\\nthe present shed. When all the space is thus\\ntaken up, the firm contemplate erecting an addi-\\ntional mill for the machinery and tilling up the\\nshed now used with the looms. The mill lias been\\nput into operation and will in a very short tinu^,\\nby the completion of the jilans already fornudate l,\\nbe one if the most important industries in Cam-\\nden, and will employ a large number of workmen.\\nThe Cajidkn Wcxji.en-Mii.ls Cdmi-any on\\nState Street near Coojiers reek. This is a corpo-\\nration which was organized in December, 188L\\nwithHenry Bottomley, president; JohnT. Bottom-\\nley, treasurer; William M. Cap|), secretary; an l\\nS. B. Stitt Co., selling agents. They operate\\nthe Camden woolen-mills, which were built in\\n1S(!3, and of which Henry Bottomley was ibcn\\nsupcrinleiulent and S. B. Stitt treasurer. The\\nbuildings, ten in number, are built of fine bricks\\nand iiu lude the mill proper, three hundred by\\nfilty-tw^o feet, half of which is three stories in\\nheight, the other half two stories; an L extension\\nthree stories hlLdi, niiictv by thirtv-thrce feet;", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0804.jp2"}, "670": {"fulltext": ".^^^tzy i", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0807.jp2"}, "671": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0808.jp2"}, "672": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n525\\nengine-house, boiler-house, two dye-house. one\\ndry-house, one picker-house, one raw stock ware-\\nhouse and one warehouse for finished goods. There\\nare also thirty-nine tenement-houses of two and\\nthree stories in height ujxju the projierty. The\\ntotal area occupied is aliout seven acres. Many kinds\\nof cloth, both woolen and worsted, for men s and\\nwomen s wear, are manufactured. These mills are\\nfavorably known to the trade and have a wide-\\nspread reputation for superior equipments in\\nmachinery and for the superiority of the goods\\nproduced. The improved and automatic machin-\\nery supplied to the mills include sixteen sets of\\ncards and one hundred and two broad looms, with\\nother necessary machines for woolens and worsteds.\\nThe motive force is furnished liy a high-pressure\\nCorliss engine of two hundred and tifty horse-\\npower, which is run by six cylinder and two steel\\ntubular boilers. There are three hundred and\\nseventy-seven employees constantly at work. The\\nproducts are sold through S. B. Stitt Co., whose\\noffices are located at No. 221 Chestnut Street,\\nPhiladelphia, and No. 4;t Leoiuird .Street, New\\nYork City.\\nHighland \\\\Vorsted-Mill,s are at Ninth and\\nState Streets and on Coopers Creek. They were\\nbuilt by a company in 1884. This company was\\nincorporated early in the year 1884 with S. B.\\nStitt as president; John T. Bottomley, treasurer;\\nWilliam M. Capp, secretary and Henry Bottom-\\nley, agent. The mills cover an area of four hun-\\ndred and fifty by one hundred and fifty feet, and\\ninclude one large four-story mill, engine and boiler-\\nhouse, store-house and office, all of brick. These\\nbuildings were specially designed and constructed\\nby the company with every improvement suggested\\nby the highest style of architecture and with every\\nprecaution against destruction by fire, being pro-\\ntected by automatic water-pipes as a safeguard.\\nThe company is yet in its infancy and only a\\nportion of the mills is in operation. Two large\\noperating-rooms, two hun lred by sixty feet, have\\nrecently been furnished with new and imj)roved\\nmachines, which will enable the company to man-\\nufacture more than trijile the amount previously\\nproduced. In the original building there were in\\nrunning order nine carding-machines,six combing-\\nmachines, three sets of drawing-machines and\\nforty-four hundred spindles, which produce worsted\\nyarns of all kinds known to the trade. The en-\\ntire machinery is driven byacomjiound condensing\\nCorliss engine of five huudred horse-power, run\\nliy two Galloway boilers of three hundred horse-\\npower each. The draught-stack for these boilers\\nis one hundred and eighty-three feet high and six\\n63\\nand a half feel inside measure at the top. Two\\nhundred and forty hands have constant employ-\\nment in the mills. The [)roducls are sold through-\\nout the United States. The offices of the company\\nare at No. 221 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and\\nNo. 4i) Leonard Street, New York City.\\nThe Pine Point Mills, located at corner of\\nErie Street and Fifth, above (hoopers Point, were\\nestablished in April, ISSfi, by John S. Spruance\\nand James S. Birkhead, in the mills formerly\\noperated by the Wood Manufacturing t ompauy,\\nand which had been idle for one year. The firm\\nof Spruance Birkhead fitted up the mills with\\nnew machinery, including two sets of latest im-\\nproved Bridesburg cards, one wool-picker, one\\nwillow-picker and four mules running three hun-\\ndred and ninety-six spindles each also reels,\\ntwisters and other automatic machines used in the\\nproduction of cotton and woolen yarns. The mills\\noccupy an acre of ground on the Delaware River\\nan l include four brick buildings. The mill proper\\nis one hundred and sixty by sixty feet, with North\\nlight roofing, and has a boiler-house, a picker-\\nroom and an engine-room adjoining. An Erie City\\nengine of sixty horse-power, run by a seventy-five\\nhorse-power Erie boiler, is used. Twenty hands\\nare employed. The products are shijiped to man-\\nufacturers in the States of New York and Penn-\\nsylvania, the mills at Cohoes, New York State,\\nusing the largest portion.\\nNovelty Worsted-Mill was established in\\n1883 by James E. Ackroyd and Joseph W. Scull,\\nfor the manufacture of worsted yarns to supply to\\nthe trade in New Jer.sey, Pennsylvania and the\\nNew England States. The mill is situated at the\\ncorner of Pine Street and Pearl. It is three .stories\\nhigh, has a frontage of one huudred and sixty\\nfeet, and extends from thence to the Delaware\\nRiver. It is fully equipped with machinery and\\nappliances for the production of worsted yarn in\\nlarge quantities, having nine spinning frames of\\none hundred and sixty-eight spindles each, or, in\\nall, one thousand five hundred and twelve spindles,\\nthree carding-machines, two combing-machiries,\\neighteen drawing-machines and four doubling-\\nmachines. A one hundred and fifty horse-power\\nengine, with two tubular boilers, furnish the mo-\\ntive power to run the machinery. Four thousand\\npounds of yarn are maiuifactured weekly, and\\neighty workmen are employed. The business\\noffice for the sale of yarn is at No. 30 Letitia\\nStreet, Philadelphia.\\nThe Aberfoyle Mii,ls were lately erected\\nfor the manufacture of ladies fine dress goods,\\nsuch as seersuckers, ginghams, chambries, etc.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0809.jp2"}, "673": {"fulltext": "526\\nHISTORY OF CAJIDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nThis extensive mill property is leased and ()])erated\\nby W. T. Galey and is well fitted up with the new\\nand most improved machinery for the manufacture\\nof his particular line of goods. He has now one\\nhundred looms and preparing machinery for the\\nsame also calenilers, Miller s Rotary Press,\\npower press, singeing, shearing, tendering, starch-\\ning and folding-machines, also rolling and sewing-\\nmachines. At present one hundred workmen are\\nemployed. The mill is two stories high and fifty-\\nthree by one hundred and fifty feet. There is also\\nan engine-hou.se, sixty-five by twenty-two feet,\\ncontaining one seventy-five horse-power Buckeye\\nautomatic cut-ofi engine and powerful dynamos\\nfor furnishing light for the mill and property\\ngenerally; also one Hoflf F ontainc engine of\\nthirty-live horse-power, one boiler-house, thirty-\\nfour by thirty-two feet, containing two steel tubu-\\nlar boilers of two hundred horse-power. One hun-\\ndred looms are in operation, which number will be\\nlargely increased. When the entire works of the\\ncompany are in complete operation, five hundred\\nhands will be employed. Ten three-story brick\\ndwelling-houses are now on the ground for the use\\nof the operatives and more will be erected.\\nThe Brighton Mills, near the corner of\\nPoint and Erie Streets, were established by Irvine\\nC. Beatty, in May, 18815, for the manufiicture of\\nelastic shoe webs. The brick manufactory is fifty\\nby one hundred feet in dimensions, and is supplied\\nwith fifteen hxnns, twenty-three feet long, with\\nten shuttles each, weaving ten ieces of webbing\\nat the same time, and cai)able of as many changes\\nin colors as may be desired. There are also gass-\\ning-machines, calenders, warping-mills and wind-\\ners, all of the most improved pattern and design.\\nForty workmen are employed, who produce eight\\nthousand yards of web per week, .sufficient to fit\\nout twenty-five thousand pairs of (congress gait-\\ners. This webbing is sold in large quantities to\\nthe trade throughout the entire United States. A\\nthirty horse-power engine furnishes the motive-\\npower to the varied automatic machinery required\\nin the production of the finished material.\\nMr. lieatly is now preparing to construct at\\nPine Point, in North Camden, a large three-story\\nbrick factory, fifty-three by one hundred feet, in\\norder to enable him to meet the now steadily\\nincreasing demand. More looms and machinery\\nwill be added, .so na to give eniploynient to one\\nhundred and fifty hands, and produce twcnlylwo\\nthousand yards of webbing per week.\\nIn the proprietor of these works, Irvine C.\\nBeatty, is (exhibited a fine example of what in-\\ndustry, integrity and pluck, unaided by the prestige\\nof position or wealth, can accomplish under the\\nconditions of the American commercial system.\\nThe road to success is open to all, but only a few\\nreach the goal because of the ruggedness of the\\nl)athway at the oulstart. Some are carried over\\nthe rough places at the beginning of the road of\\nlife, but young Beatty made his own way from the\\noutset, as a few facts concerning his career will\\nshow. Born in Boughenforth, County Fermanagh,\\nIreland, April 23, 1849, he came to America as an\\ninfant in his mother s arms. His father, William\\nBeatty, having lost what little property he pos-\\nsessed in the old country, determined to find a\\nhome in the new, and having come to Philadelphia\\nand found employment, had sent for his wife, Mary\\nC hittick Beatty, and his family, six months later.\\nThey arrived in the tiuaker City in the sunimer of\\n18-50, at the time of the great fire, and thus re-\\nunited, enjoyed a humble but happy home for a\\ndozen years. Then the supporter, the husband\\nand father died, and a hard struggle was forced\\nupon those bereft. Irvine left school at the age of\\nthirteen and a half years to begin the battle of\\nlife. He obtained work with the same house\\nwhere his father had been employed that of\\nAlexander Whillden Sons, dealers in wool,\\nwoolens, cotton and cotton yarns. His wages were\\nnothing a year for the first year, fifty dollars\\nfor the second and one hundred dollars for the\\nthird the usual arrangement at that time. While\\nworking for nothing a year he sewed wool-bags\\nand performed similar work at night, often toiling\\nas late two o clock in the morning, to earn a\\nfew pennies for the support of the family. He\\nprogressed from this humble beginning slowly at\\nfirst, and then rapidly until 187. when after hav-\\ning been a salesman for a number of years and\\nthoroughly mastering the business, he gave u]) a\\n.salary of thirty-five hundred dollars per year to\\nembark in trade for himself In January, 187(i,\\nhe opened a cotton, woolen and worsted yarns\\nhouse at 35 Letitia Street, Philadelphia, afterwards\\nremoving to 123 Chestnut Street, where he was\\nburned out, and after that disaster, to his i)resent\\nlocation, 136 Chestnut Street. Here he, who as\\nthe boy began at nothing a year, now as a young\\nman, carries on a business amounting to from seven\\nto eight htindred Ihousand dollars per year. The\\ngoods handled by the house are cotton, woolen\\nand worsted yarns. In the works in t amden, tiir\\nthe manufacture of clastic shoe-webbing, started, as\\nheretofore noted, in 1883, a business is done which\\namounts to about one hundred thousand dollars\\nper annum. Mr. Beatty s activity, however, is not\\nconfined to these cntcr|)rises, large as they are.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0810.jp2"}, "674": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0813.jp2"}, "675": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0814.jp2"}, "676": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF (lAMDEN.\\n527\\nHe is i)resi(leiit of the Deibel Sewing-M;wliine\\nand Trimnier Manufacturing CVinipaiiy, at Tliinl\\nand Cumberland Streets, IMiiladelphia, and a\\ndirector of the Camden National Bank. He takes\\nalso an active interest in matters pertaining to the\\npublic welfare; is one of the strongest supporters,\\nthough not a member, of the Tabernacle Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church is an intluential member of\\nthe Board of Education and chairman of its board\\nof property. In politics lie is a Republican. He\\nis a mendier of Ionic Lodge No. it4 V. and A. JI.;\\nSiloam Royal Arch Chapter; Cyrene Commandery\\nof Knight Templars of Camden, and is a 82d de-\\ngree Mason. Mr. Beatty was united in marriage,\\nDecember 12, 1877, to Jliss Mary S. Gray, of Ber-\\nnardston, Eranklin County, Mass., arul tliey have\\none child, William Beatty.\\nThe Lace and E.mbroidery Masukactoky\\nat Front Street and Pearl is an establishment of\\nextensive proportions. It was originated, in 1SS2,\\nby the firm of Loeb Schoenfeld, comi)Osed of\\nJacob Loeb. Max Schoenfeld and David Schoen-\\nfeld, who manufacture a great variety of laces\\nand embroidery of fine qualities. This factory is\\na branch of a larger one at Rorschach, Switzer-\\nland, the Camden factory having the main ware-\\nhouse at Nos. 70 and 72 Franklin Street, New Ycjrk\\nCity. The Camden mill is built of brick, four\\nstories high, and is fitted up with im| roved ma-\\nchinery, and one hundred and lilty baiiils are em-\\nployed.\\nThe Gimp and Frinoe Manufactory at\\nNos. 39 and 41 North Second Street was established\\nfirst in Philadelidxia, in 1858, by Richard Perks\\nIn 1872 he sold his interest in the business to\\nGeorge A. I erks Co. In 1878 they remove l\\nthe machinery and appurtenances to Camden, and\\nfitted up the manufactory, which is of brick, thirty\\nby one hundred and fifty-five feet, with twelve\\nweaving looms, four chenille nuichines and six\\nspinning and spooling wheels and other necessary\\nmachinery for the manufacture of gimps, fringes,\\ncords, tassels, etc., for upholstery trimmings. In\\n1884 George A. Perks became sole proprietor, but\\nstill conducts the business under the firm-name.\\nSeventy hands are employed. The manufactured\\nproducts of this establishment are sold principally\\nto upholsterers in New York, l biladel]diia, Balti-\\nmore and other cities.\\nMISCELLANEOUS.\\nThe Wood Manufacturing Company, of\\nwhich J. B. Wood is president, E. H. Kimball\\ntreasurer, and Guy B. Greenwood secretary and\\ngeneral manager was established as a stock company\\nin the year 188(), and within the short S| acc of i-ight\\nmonths made very great improvements at Pine\\nPoint, in the upper part of Camden City. This\\ncom|iany bought ten acres of ground on the Dela-\\nware River front, at the head of Fifth Street,\\nincluding the basin ol the sectional dry-docks,\\nwdiich were in operation for about five years pre-\\nviously, but discontinued in August, 1885. The\\ncom])any has constructed two huge wharves, one\\ntwenty-two by six hundred and forty leet, the\\nother twenty-two by seven hundred and twenty\\nfeet. The basin is one hundred and four by three\\nhundred and forty feet, with an average depth of\\ntwenty-four feet, and is now uscil for wharfiige\\nproperty, repairing and discharging of difierent\\ncargoes. East of, and a(ljac iit to, (his basin is\\nthe long wharf, seven hundrcil and tw -nty feet in\\nlength, forming the w sl side of the new marine\\nrailway, which has been in course of construction\\nsince May 1st ol the present year (188G). The\\ndimensions of this, the largest marine railway ever\\nconstructed on the Delaware River, is eight hun-\\ndred and twenty-five feet in length on the ways,\\nand of sufficient width for four tracks, and is cal-\\nculated to haul out vessels of two thousand eight\\nhundred tons register and three hundred and fifty\\nfeet in length. This railway is now complete with\\nthe exception of the cairiage, which is three hun-\\ndred feet in length, and the jdacing in position of\\nthe machinery and engine, which are already on\\nthe ground.\\nThe Aroma Mills are situated at the east end\\nof Line Street, on Coopers Creek, and were estab-\\nlished in the year 1840 by the Browning Brothers,\\nfor the manufacture of dye-woods and chemicals.\\nThe business at these mills, when they were first\\nstarted, was coiulucted on a limited scale, but\\nduring the forty-six years that they have been in\\ncontinuous operation under the same management\\nthey have grown and levelopcd into an extensive\\nindustry. Large buildings have been added to the\\noriginal one, until there are now nine in all, which\\nare built upon the jiroperty of the linn who con-\\nduct the business.\\nThe main building is a three-story brick, eighty\\nby one hundred feet, and with the adjacent build-\\nings, is supplied and fitted with the necessary ap-\\npliances and machinery for the special preparation\\nof their products. From seventy to eighty work-\\nmen are employed, and five large motor engines\\nand four pumping engines, with thirty boilers, are\\nrequired to extract dyes and drive the machinery.\\nThe business and annual sales of this firm are very\\nlarge. The trade extends throughout the Union,\\nand also to many portions of Europe.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0815.jp2"}, "677": {"fulltext": "HISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nThe main office of tliese mills is at Nos. 42 and\\n44 North Front Street, Philadelpliia. The indi-\\nvidual members of the firm are Maurice, G. Genge\\nand tieorge G. Browning.\\nMaurice Bkowninu, the senior member of the\\nfirm of Browning Brotliers, proprietors of the\\nabove-described industry, was born June 5, 1811,\\non the homestead farm of the Browning family, in\\nStockton township, about three and a half miles\\nfrom Camden. The family to which he belongs is\\none of the oldest in the State of New Jersey, the\\nAmerican founder being George Browning, who\\ncame immediately from Holland to this country\\nabout 17.35, and settled near Pea Shore, in what is\\nnow Stockton township. Abraham Browning, the\\nfather of Maurice Browning, was a prosperous\\nfarmer. He also established what is now known\\nas the Market Street Ferry in Camden, about 1800,\\nand owned it until his deatli, in 1S36, when it\\npassed to his heirs, among whom was the subject\\nof this sketch, and who is now a director in the\\ncompany which operates the ferry.\\nMaurice Browning obtained his earliest educa-\\ntion in the country schools in the neighborhood of\\nhis home, and afterwards attended the popular\\nschool at Burlington of John Gummere, the math-\\nematician, at whose institution his brother, Hon.\\nAbraham Browning, was prepared for Yale Col-\\nlege. After leaving school he entered a drug-\\nstore at Mount Holly, N. J., remaining for a time,\\naud then took a course in laboratory work and\\npharmacy under Doctors Wood and Bache in Phil-\\nadelphia. He next opened a drug-store on Market\\nStreet, in the city named, and since 1840 has\\ndevoted most of his time to the interest of the\\nAroma Mills. Mr. Browning was one of the\\ndirectors of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank,\\nwas a director in 1864, when its charter was\\nchanged to the First National Bank of Camden,\\nand continued a member of the board of that in-\\nstitution until his resignation, in 1885. He was\\none of the original members of the Union League\\nof Philadelphia, and since the organization of the\\nRepublican party he has been an ardent supporter\\nof its principles. He is manager of the Browning\\nestate, comprising several valuable farms lying in\\nStockton township.\\nMr. Browning was married, in 1840, to Anna A.,\\ndaughter of Joshua Few Smith, who was a promi-\\nnent merchant of Philadelphia, and in later years\\nlived in retirement on a farm near Haddonfield.\\nThey had the following children Abraham M.\\n(deceased) Josephine, married to Isaac Doughten\\nof Camden and Alice. Mrs. Bi owning died in\\nthe year 1880.\\nCamden Dyewood, Extract and Chemical\\nWorks are located at the corner of Seventeenth\\nand Stevens Streets, fronting on Cooper Creek, and\\nare owned and operated by W. Wharton Fisher.\\nThey cover an area of two acres and were established\\nin the year 1880. Forty men are regularly em-\\nployed in the manufacturing dyewoods and chemi-\\ncals for dyeing purposes. The apartments occu-\\npied are a large three-story brick building, eighty\\nby one hundred feet, with an engine and boiler-\\nroom annex, thirty-three by thirty feet, a frame one-\\nstory building, one hundred and twenty-five by one\\nhundred and forty feet, and three other frame build-\\nings adjoining the larger ones. The valuable prod-\\nucts of this manufacturing establishment have an\\nextensive sale in all parts of the United States.\\nThe New Jersey Chemical Works, on Coop-\\ners Creek, occupy several large buildings and\\nsheds, covering an area of two and one-half acres.\\nPrevious to 1872 they were operated by Potts\\nKlett, for the manufacture of chemicals and fertil-\\nizers. In that year they came into the possession of\\nthe New Jersey Chemical Company, which was\\nincorporated in 1872, with Henry C. Gibson, pres-\\nident Thomas B. Watson, treasurer and William\\nE. Laflerty, secretary. This company continue\\nthe manufacture of chemicals and fertilizers, and\\nhave fitted up eight large buildings of brick and\\nstone and two large acid chambers, two hundred\\nby forty feet in dimensions, for the preparation of\\ntheir products, which are shiiiped to localities in\\nthe difterent States. Three large engines, equal to\\none hundred and twenty-five horse-power, supply\\nthe motive-power for the machinery. From seventy\\nto eighty hands are employed. The company\\ntransact a business of verj^ large proportions.\\nThe Camden City Dye Works, Nos. 609 and\\nGil Pearl Street, were started in 1877 by Henry\\nHussong and Conrad Moehl at the corner of Point\\nand Pearl Streets. In 1879 the present firm bought\\nout the boilers and machinery and removed the\\nentire business to the present location. The firm\\nis composed of Peter Hussong and his three sons,\\nHenry, Joseph and Frederick Hussong. The fac-\\ntory is a two-story brick, sixty by one hundred and\\nfifty feet in dimensions, and cinnpletely fitted out\\nwith engine, boilers, whizzers, dryers, etc., for dye-\\ning cotton and woolen yarns. The business extends\\nto New York, Pennsylvania and some of the South-\\nern States, and the work is principally done by\\ncontract for the large cotton aud woolen goods\\nmanufacturers.\\nThe American Bleach and Dye Works\\nare located on the corner of Sixth Street and Me-\\nchanic. A two-story building, forty by eighty", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0816.jp2"}, "678": {"fulltext": "^yU^^kU^^-C^^ ^^W\\na^U^i^^C^ 3J^r7r7m/y^", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0819.jp2"}, "679": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0820.jp2"}, "680": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n529\\nfeet, was erected in ISSl, by .1. S. P. Ilogaii iiiid\\nJ. J. Hayes, for a hosiery-uiill. They condiute l\\nthis business as partners until 1885, when .1. ,1.\\nHayes took charge of the hosiery businesss alone,\\nand, with .1. S. 1*. Hogan, built the adjoining one-\\nstory frame building, thirty by eighty feet, and,\\nwhen completed, the hosiery business was discon-\\ntinued, and the buildings were fitted up its dye\\nand bleach works. The bleaching and drying-mill\\nis supplied with a large-size Butterworth drying-\\nmachine, washing-machines and starching and\\nblueing-machines, which are driven by a twenty\\nhorse-power engine, with a thirty-five horse-power\\nhorizontal boiler. The dye-house is furnished\\nwith fifteen dye vats, and has ample machinery and\\nfacilities for drying, both by hot air and steam.\\nThe dye-house requires a fifteen horse-power en-\\ngine to run the required machinery for the dyeing\\nof cotton, wo(den and jute yarns, and the bleach-\\ning of quilts, counterpanes, Turkish towels, etc.\\nFrom six to ten workmen are employed. Mr. J.\\nJ. Hayes, one of the proprietors, is a practical\\ndyer, and has had many years experience in his\\noccupation. The trade of the firm is quite ex-\\ntensive, and is conducte l in the interests of Phil-\\nadelphia and many Western manufacturers.\\nThe pRiNTiN(i Fnk M-vnufactory is situated\\nat Nos. ri47, 549 and 551 South Second Street.\\nSamuel P. Wright Co., who operate these\\nworks, have the business office on Second Street\\nand in the rear are located the several buildings\\nand departments for the manufacture of the various\\ngrades and cok)rs of printers and lithographeis\\ninks and varnishes. The grinding department is\\nfurnished with an engine of one hundred liorse-\\npower, which runs fourteen mills, together with the\\nmachinery for the varnish de|)artnient. The weekly\\nproduction is six thousand pounds, mostly of the\\nfiner grades, which are sold through the Middle,\\nSouthern and Western States. S. P. Wright began\\nthe manufacture of inksin Philadelphiain 186(). In\\n1877 he removed his works to Camden, and for\\nnine mouths of 1871) they were operated by Wright\\nL)unk. In the same year Samuel P. Wright\\nbought the interest of Mr. Dunk and became sole\\nproprietor, under the name of Samuel P. AVright\\nCo., the company being nominal.\\nCamden Bras.s Works originated about 1808,\\nin a brass foundry, at No. 130 -Federal Street, and\\nconducted by A. J. Fullmer Co. The location\\nmentioned was limited in space and unsuitable for\\nthe business; hence in 1874, the same firm built\\nthe large brick foundry now owned and operated\\nby them on the corner of Front Street and Fed-\\neral, where brass and bronze castings of various\\nkinds are made. A large finishing shop is con-\\nnected with the foundry, w ith appropriate machin-\\nery for turning, grinding and polishing brass work.\\nThe machinery is run by an engine of ten horse-\\npower. Kmployinent is given to a large number\\nof hands.\\nWest Jersey Paper Manufacturing Com-\\npany own large mills at the corner of Front and\\nKim Streets, which were Iniilr in 1876 by the firm\\nof Rich, Scott Saflbrd, who the same year began\\nthe manufiicture of pa])er. In 1879 a charter of\\nincor|ioration was obtained, with the above title,\\nwith Lewis Seal, president; T. S. Scott, treasurer;\\nT. S. Saflbrd, secretary. The mill is built of brick,\\none hundred and forty by one hundred and forty\\nfeet in dimensions, and is specially supplied\\nwith machinery for making rope-paper of three\\nbrands, known as flour-sack, building and cotton\\nsampling. In the various departments are large\\nmixing-vats, steamers and dryers, the principal\\ndepartment having in operation one one hundred\\nand twenty inch cylinder-machine, and six six hun-\\ndred pounds beating-engines. Two steam-engines,\\none of two hundred and one of sixty horse-power,\\nare run by a gang of four large tubular boilers\\nand sup]ily the motive-power to run the heavy\\nmachinery. Two and a half tons of paper are\\nmanufactured daily, and forty hands constantly\\nemployed. The manufactured ])aper is sold through\\nBoston, New York and Philadelphia houses.\\nThe Pfeil Golz Company, of which Herman\\nC. Pfeil and Julius Golz are the individual mem-\\nbers, commenced business as lithographers, in\\n1882, at the corner of Front and Pearl Streets. In\\nISSJi the business had greatly increased, more\\nroom was required, and a large manufactory was\\nere -ted at the foot of (iooper Street. In December\\nof that year the company removed to the new\\nfactory, and on February 4, 1884, the building\\nwas entirely destroyed by fire. From this date\\nuntil the fall of that year they used temporary\\nquarters, and, in the meantime, were having built\\na large four-story manufactory, fifty by one hun-\\ndred and fifty feet in dimensions, and arranged\\nespecially for lithographic purposes. In 1885 the\\ncompany was incorporated under the above title.\\nA thirty-five horse-power engine furnishes the\\nmotive-power for running power presses and the\\nmachines for calendering, varnishing and eidoring,\\nused in the production of lithographs, glass, paper\\nand muslin advertising signs, show-cards, etc. The\\nmanufacture of impermiographs is a specialty with\\nthis firm, and large contracts are made with the\\nleading manufacturers, who desire this special\\nproduction to advertise their business. Including", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0821.jp2"}, "681": {"fulltext": "5:to\\nIIISTOUV OF CAMUKN COl NTY, NEW JER.SKV.\\narliHlD ami wnrkiiifii, sixty liainlii arc fiii|il(iyeil.\\nTheir trade in of very large priiimrtimm, and ex-\\ntenilH throughout the I nited Stati-is and Canada.\\nTlIK SrAXI Altli SoAl AMI C HEMKAI. t oM-\\nI ASY wart ineorporated in \\\\xx with a paid-in\\ncapital of onehundreil tiioUHand dollars, with C li.\\nWilkinson as president and A. Segel an general\\nniunager. The works cK-fupy the large three-story\\nbriek building with a front of fifty feet on West\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Street by one hundred and twenty feel on Clint m\\nStreet. The eonipauy nianufaelure wiapM of various\\nkinds, inks f f several colors, washing-blue, Wiishing-\\npowders, etc., etc., with twenty employees. Kiglil\\nthousand cukes of soup arc made daily. The full\\ncapacity of the establi^ lllnent is twenty ihon.sand\\ncakes per day.\\nI llE t KYlSTAI. (1I.AS.S MaSI:KA TI KIN 1 COM-\\nPANY wan incorporated in April, IMWl, with J. K.\\nRunge, president 1 Strang, treasurer andA.C.\\nLauuir, secretary. The ghtss works are located\\non Front Street, below Kuighn Avenue, and in-\\nclude six buildings, two of iron and four of frame,\\nwhich have recently been filteil up with all the\\nlatest iuiprove l machinery rc |uisit\u00c2\u00ab for the busi-\\nness. The uniin factory is frame, seventy-eight by\\neighty-eight feet, and forty feet high, and has in\\n|Hisition one large st4iek ami twelve suniller ones,\\nwith facilitii-s for the employment of one hundrc l\\nWorkmen. In the other buildings are the mixing,\\ngrinding, box-making and parking deparlmenlH;\\nalso the pot making room and engine house. .\\\\l\\nthese works are nuule wine, btvr, Weiss beer,\\nporter and mineral water bottles, pickle jars and\\nvarious kin U of green and amber bottles; als4i\\nHa\u00c2\u00abks and demijohuH. This firm makes Itotlles in\\nprivate moulds for the trade in the .New F.ngland\\nand adjacent States. The businexs in transncleil\\nthrough the main ollice. No. .M .Market Street.\\nanideii.\\nThis is the only glass nianufaet iry in Camden\\nat this date (IXWi). There were two glaiw works\\nconducted formerly in the city, one by John Ca|H--\\nwell.on Katglin .-V venue, corner of l^ieust Street,\\nill which Mini ghuw-ware wiis made. It was in\\no|M rtttion for several years, but abnndoned when\\nthe lute war opeiif* l.\\nJiMH-ph Wharton also operutetl a glium manufac-\\ntory on CiMipers Cri ek for w\u00c2\u00bberal years. Ili.i\\nworks have not Im- |i operated since IHKI. A. C.\\nI.aninr, the secrelary of (he rynttil 1 ilass Mannfuc\\nluring Company, isalsoa maniifneliirer of winilow-\\nglnju, having two faelorirs at WiMMlbury, N. .1.,\\nwith capacity for producing Rixl n hundnsl\\nIsixes of window gliua per Week, and employing\\none hundre l and liftv wurkuirn.\\nriiKCKi.Ais ToiiTii Mam FAiToitY, at No. SU\\nMickle Street, is the only industry of its kiiiil in\\nCamden, and wiu* originated anil hits been in eon-\\nslant operation for fifly-two years. In |s;t-|,Siin-\\nuel W. Neall built a threeslory brick building\\nfor this purpose in the rear of his dwelling. In\\nIKiiti his son, l\u00c2\u00bbaiiiel W. Ncull, was lulmiltisl a\u00c2\u00ab a\\npartner, and, in \\\\XX the latter purchased the\\nentire business inten-sls of his father, and has\\nsince conducted the manufacture of artificial\\nteeth from porcelain for the trade. The priKluels\\nare in demand from the principal cities of llie\\nI nited Sluti S, and are shippeil in large |Uantilies\\nto tliesi- liK-ulities. Filteeii wiirknieii arc employed,\\nand one thousaml live hundred full sets of teeth\\nare made wtvkly. The estublishmeiil is supplied\\nwith machinery, mills, moulds, ovens and retorts\\nrojuisite for the busine^ss.\\nThk Hat Ka tohy of .Stephen Tims was\\neslal.lish.Hl in IStt i at No. .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Il Market Street, the\\nstore having a front of twenty-one fe\u00c2\u00ab l, an l ex-\\ntending to the work-shop in the rear, one hundred\\nand fifty feel, having als i a front on Taylor Ave-\\nnue. Silk and stilf hats, also the new style of\\npull-over hat, with patent seamless bixly, of which\\nMr. Titus is the sole proprietor and maniifae-\\nliirer, are made here.\\nHl.ANK A.NI I RIXrKli ItuiiK lllM KKS. This\\nbusiness wits first establishe l in Cainden by Jacob\\nIti-iidcr, in 1H- )I\u00c2\u00bb. at the southwest i-orner of Third\\nand .\\\\rcli Streets. In \\\\s. {i the location waa\\nchanged to No. TSl F\u00c2\u00abileral Street, when theeiilir\u00c2\u00ab\\nbusiness was wdd out to his son, |{idierl S. Ik-nder,\\nwho conliiiued in this place until April. |KK,%. The\\nbindery was lh -n removetl to .\\\\o. It)| Market\\nStreet. Job binding and printed matter of all ile-\\nscriptions is executed, and the bindery is most\\ncoinpli te ill the necessary macliinery for the pur-\\n|Bisi-. Uttvey safely iiigiiie and Isiijer fur-\\nnishes the motive-power for the folders, slilchers,\\ncutters, slMUipilig pri-sx-a, etc. Five workmen,\\nlive girls and live boys are einployetl.\\nHavmohk s Mast am Si-ak- Yaiiiw. There\\nare two large spar-yanls. in Cannleii, with ample\\nbuildings conveniently arraiigisl and fHle l for the\\nmanufacture of oulftis lor all gradi-s of sailing\\nvessids, and in which spars are made from twenty\\nto one linndre l and ten leet in length iiinl twenty-\\neight inches in diamclrr. The logs from w liicli llitwe\\nNpnrs are maile ari brought from California and\\nOriTniii In nailing vessel spe\u00c2\u00abiully il s ign H| for\\nloading mill shipping the same. From llie vesnrls\\nthe b gs are lransferri- l t the Ihmiiiiii at the f M t of\\nthe spar yardn and ure ilrawn from the naler as\\ndesirnl.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0822.jp2"}, "682": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n531\\nThese yards were opened by Joseph Bayinore, who\\nfirst commenced the business at the toot of Ann\\nStreet, Port Richmond, and in 18t 8 established\\nthe yard at the foot of North Street. The build-\\ning is one hundred and ten feet front on Beach\\nStreet, and extends to the rear to the riparian line,\\noccupying five acres of ground. On April 2H,\\n1871, this yard was burned down, but was at once\\nrebuilt and improved. A complete record is\\nmade of all spars furnished for outfits, so that when\\ndesired, exact duplicates can be made and for-\\nwarded to all ports in the United States. This\\nyard has ten workmen, under the direction of\\nEnos Bowen, as foreman. The spar-yard, on\\nFront Street above Kaighn Avenue, at the lower\\nportion of the city, was built by .Joseph Baymore\\nin 1888, and is forty feet wide on Front Street, and\\none hundred and eighty-five feet in depth. This\\nyard, also, is fully fitted for all branches of the\\nbusiness; ten workmen are employed, witli George\\nJ. Harris as foreman. Vessels in ditl erent ports\\nof the country are supplied with spars of any size\\nand properly fitted for ready adjustment; all busi-\\nness is transacted through the office of ,rosc|ih\\nBaymore, No. 118 North Delaware Avenue, Phila-\\ndelphia.\\nThe Spar-Yard on Penn Street, corner of\\nPoint Street, covers an area of three acres, having\\na front of thirty feet, and extending six hundred\\nfeet to the rear to the port warden line, and was\\nstarted, in 187il, by George Humes. For thirly-\\nfive years previously he had conducted the busi-\\nness of a spar-maker in Philadelphia, and the\\nmany advantages offered in Camden for his busi-\\nness induced him to remove his industry to the\\npresent location.\\nThe yard is arranged lor the construction of\\nspars of various sizes for steam vessels and sailing\\nvessels, and also derricks. Hag-poles and staffs, etc.\\nA large boom is connected with the yard, which has\\na capacity for guarding a supply of spar-logs.\\nThe Large Boat Shops on the river, at the\\nhead of Point Street, were established, in 187!), by\\nthe pre. ent proprietor, James A. Collins. The\\nshops have a frontage of forty-seven feet, and ex-\\ntend to the dock in the river one hundred and\\nsixty feet, and the equipment of the shops has\\nbeen especially ada[)ted for the construction of\\nsailing and steam yachts, of which a large number\\nhave been built in the past four years. Yawl and\\nrow-boats arc also built at these shops, which, by\\nbeing under cover, are in operation the entire year.\\nThe business is large and is increasing, and boats\\nof all kinds are built, not only for home trade, but\\nfor many of the Southern ports. From six\\nto twelve men are employed in the shops. A large\\nbusiness is also done in repairing and refitting, the\\ndifferent branches of the business being all con-\\nducted under one roof.\\nThe Boat-Shop at C io]iers Point was started\\nin 187li by George W. Masters, who had for years\\npreviously conducted the same business in Phila-\\ndelphia, at Delaware Avenue and Shackamaxon\\nStreet. This yard is one-half acre in area, and\\nfitted up for the construction of ships, boats, sail-\\ning and steam yachts, fishing, rowing and pleasure\\nboats of various kinds. Within the past twenty\\nyears the proprietor has built a large number of\\nyachts and boats.\\nThe Boat-Yarii, Front Street above\\nKaighn Avenue. The increasing demand for\\npleasure boats, especially sailing and steam yachts,\\nhas given a remunerative industry to Camden, and\\nthe builders of this class of boats now furnish em-\\nployment to a large number of workmen, and are\\nthus enabled to meet the demands from all ])or-\\ntions of the river line. This boat-yard was started\\nin 1885 by William H, Kaighn, and has been suc-\\ncessfully operated by him. A large number of guu-\\nning-skitt s, and rowing and sailing boats have been\\nconstructed by the proprietor, and find ready sale\\nto the proprietors of pleasure resorts in difierent\\nparts of the adjacent States.\\nThe Penn Mantel-Works, at No. h Market\\nStreet, were started in 1870 by Edmund Cotter,\\nwho had been identified for twenty years ])reviously\\nwith mantel-works in several Northern States.\\nThe buildings, of which there are three, extend two\\nhundred feet in depth, and occupy grounds on\\nboth sides of George Street. The main building is\\nfitted up with marbleizing department, large show-\\nrooms, office, etc., while the back buildings are\\ndevoted to cutting and preparing the slate for the\\nfinishing process. The products comprise marble-\\nized slate mantels, wainscoting, slate hearths,\\nbracket shelves, bureau and table- tops, and various\\nkinds of slate work, fi)r the trade, builder.s, etc.\\nTwenty-five workmen are constantly employed.\\nCaiMhen City Marhle-Works, Junction of\\nFederal and Arch Strkets.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This enterjirise\\nhas been in oi)eratiori since ]S(!7, when Webster\\nKrips and William H. Shearman fitted up w(U k-\\nshops and sheds on both sides of .\\\\rch Street for\\nthe preparation of monument, mantel and house-\\nwork. The yards and work-shops cover over :in\\nacre of ground, and a large stock of marble and\\ngranite monuments, lieadstoncs, cemetery posts,\\netc., are kept on hand. From six to ten workmen\\narc employed. The trade is large, though priiu i-\\njially local. Webster Krips has been the sole", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0823.jp2"}, "683": {"fulltext": "532\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nproprietor since 1S70, at which time he bought\\nthe interest of William H. Shearman.\\nThe Marble, Granite and Sandstone-\\nWorks at the corner of Eighth and Market\\nStreets were established in 1S81 by Michael 0.\\nLyons, who for thirteen years before owned the\\nmarble-works at the corner of Fifth and Pearl\\nStreets. This enterprise includes office, work-\\nshops, and a show yard, one hundred by forty\\nfeet in dimensions, and is adapted to the produc-\\ntion of monuments, mantels, cemetery work and\\nhouse trimmings, in marble, granite, sandstone,\\netc. From nine to fifteen men are employed. A\\nvariety of manufactured marl)le designs is shown\\nat these works.\\nThe first carriage-maker in Camden was Samuel\\nScull, who was engaged in the business in 1800, on\\nFront Street above Market, near where Collings\\ncarriage factory now stands. Twenty years later\\nhe built a large factory on the north side of Arch\\nStreet, extending from Front nearly to Second.\\nHis works included a paint shop, blacksmith sho]),\\nand all the appliances belonging to the business.\\nBeginning with three journeymen, he eventually\\nemployed between twenty and thirty, and his car-\\nriages were shipped to the West Indies and other\\ndistant markets as well as sold to the local trade.\\n(_)n his death, Isaac Cole, who had long worked for\\nhim, conducted the business for the widow, and\\neventually became the proprietor, and carried on\\nthe business for many years. Mr. Scull had two\\nsons, Joseph and Samuel, both of whom engaged\\nin the sausage business in the South Ward. The\\nformer built the brick house on the southeast cor-\\nner of Third and Kaighn Avenue, and the latter,\\nwho was Mayor in 1855, built the large three story\\nbrick house on the southeast corner of Locust and\\nKaighn Avenue.\\nIsaac Vansciver learned his trade, carriage mak-\\ning, in Mount Holly, and when free came to Cam-\\nden. After a campaign with the Camden Blues, in\\nthe War of 1812, he settled at Kaighns Point,\\nwhere .loseph Kaighn gave him encouragement,\\nand he started a carriage factory, subsequently re-\\nmoving his works to Dogwoodtown, on or near the\\nsite of Caflrey s carriage works. He afterwards\\nerected a large factory on the west side of Front\\nStreet, above Arch, where he was burned out. He\\ntransferred his business to Philadelphia lor a time,\\nbut returned to Camden and resumed work at his\\nold place on Front Street, where he continued un-\\ntil a few years before the War of the Rebellion,\\nwhen be retired from busiiiess. In his long and\\nbusy life he gave employment to many persons.\\nand the product of his factories found sales in dis-\\ntant markets.\\nSamuel Glover had a carriage factory on Front\\nStreet above Market, after Samuel Scull left there,\\nand was succeeded by Jacob Collings, whose sons,\\nThomas S. and Joseph Z. Collings, continued the\\nbusiness and enlarged it, the latter being now the\\nproprietor.\\nCaffrey s Carriage MANtiFACTORY is at\\nMarket and Tenth Streets. The buildings were\\nerected and the business originated in 1853, and for\\nmany years was conducted by Charles S. Caffrey\\nindividually. In 1879 the Charles S. Caft rey Com-\\npany was organized, with a paid-in capital of\\nsixty-three thousand dollars. An extensive busi-\\nness is done here and the trade extends throughout\\nthe United States and in Great Britain, France\\nand Russia. The main building occupied is three\\nstories high, and one hundred by one hundred and\\neight feet in dimensions. It was specially con-\\nstructed for this business after the former building\\nwas destroyed by fire, in 1877, and is supplied with\\nall the conveniences for the manufacture of fine\\ncarriages of numerous styles. Facilities are af-\\nforded at this factory for producing finished work\\nto the value of three hundred thousand dollars\\nannually. The company make fine carriages,\\ntop and no-top buggies, end-spring and side-bar\\nbuggies, two and three-spring i)haetons, jump-seat\\nand side-bar rockaways, broughams, laundalettes,\\nand make a specialty of the Cafi rey track wagon\\nand sulky, for which they control two patents. The\\nofficers of the company are: President, Charles S.\\nCatfrey; Treasurer, Harry Stiles; Secretary, Ed-\\nward Nieland. The directors are Charles S. Caf-\\nfrey, Andrew Marshall, George K. CafTrey, John\\nStiles, J. H. atfrey and Harry Stiles.\\nThe Carriage Manufactory, Nos. 108 to\\nlltj North Front Street, was established in 1827\\nby Collings Richardson. In 1829 the partner-\\nship was dissolved, and .Facob S. Collings leased a\\nlot of ground on Federal Street, below Second\\nStreet, and built thereon a large frame carriage\\nfactory, which he conducted until 1845, when he\\n[inrchased the lot at present location (and where\\nhe had first started business), one hundred and\\ntwenty feet front by one hundred and seventy feet\\nin depth, on which he erected five brick buildings.\\nThe main factory is four stories high and fifty-six\\nfeet square, back buildings three stories high and\\nforty by eighty feet, and the smith-shop twenty by\\none hundred feet, in all of which are the wood-\\nwork, smith-work, painting, trimming, finishing,\\netc., of fine family carriages. The salesioom was", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0824.jp2"}, "684": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n533\\nfirst established in Philadelphia, in 1859, and is\\nnow located in their large warehouse, No. (!25\\nArch Street. On April 25, 1862, Mr. CoUings was\\nsucceeded by his two sons, Thomas S. and Joseph\\nZ. Collings, who conducted the business as Col-\\nlings Brothers until 1877, when Thomas S. sold\\nout his interest to Joseph Z. Collings, who is now\\nthe sole proprietor.\\nWilliam Hunt s Carriage Factory, located\\nat Nos. 19 and 21 Market Street, was erected upon\\nthe site of a small one-story structure built as a\\ncarriage factory in 186(5 by the present proprietor\\nWilliam Hunt. The present factory is a three-story\\nbrick building, forty by ninety feet, and especially\\ndesigned for the manufacture of light road car-\\nriages, and as a specialty the construction of light\\nroad sleighs and cutters. The entire work, includ-\\ning the wood-work, painting, trimming, finishing\\nand carriage-smithing, is all done on the premises.\\nTwenty workmen are employed. The salesrooms\\nare at No. 910 Arch Street, Philadelphia. The\\ntrade extends over a large tract of country.\\nElijah E. We.st .s Carriage and Wagon\\nManufactory, No. 29 Haddon Avenue. This\\nestablishment occupies the site of a large manufac-\\ntory formerly operated by the Charles Cafl rey\\nCarriage Manufacturing Company, which was\\ndestroyed by fire. After it was rebuilt Hosea\\nMadden first occupied and operated it. It was\\nalso leased to Young Ireland, and later to Strat-\\nford, Dockerty Sidesinger. In 1881 the present\\nproprietor, with his son Thoma.s, leased the works,\\nand conducted them under the name of E. E.\\nWest Son. In 1884, by the withdrawal of the\\nson from the firm, the busine.ss Was and has since\\nbeen under the direction of Elijah E. West alone.\\nA large carriage smith-shop is connected with the\\nworks, and seven workmen are employed in the\\nconstruction of carriages, business and farm wagons\\nof all descriptions.\\nThe Carriage and Wagon Works, and\\nsmith-shop, of Hamilton S. Davis are located at the\\nnorthwest corner of Kaighn Avenue and Marion\\nStreet. In 1872 Mr. Davis bought this corner lot,\\nsi.xty by seventy-two feet in size, and built the\\nshops the same year, and has since conducted the\\nentire business. Light carriages are manufactured,\\nbut the principal trade is in milk, ice and heavy\\nbusiness wagons, as also farm wagons, carts, etc.\\nThe Carriage and Wagon Manufactory,\\nNos. 15 and 17 Market Street, was first started in\\n1860 by William Butler. In 1865 he sold out the\\nbusiness and location to Braker Rettberg, and\\nin 1868 Braker sold out his interest to the present\\n64\\nproprietor, Jacob Rettberg. The manufactory has\\na frontage of twenty-eight feet by one hundred\\nfeet in depth. Business wagons of all descriptions\\nare made and repaired. Ten to twelve workmen\\nare employed.\\nSilver-Platers. The carriage factories gave\\nemployment to many silver-platers, some working\\nfor the manufacturers and others carrying on busi-\\nness for themselves, and giving employment to\\nothers. Gordon states that there was a gold and\\nsilver-plater here in 183J5, but the first establish-\\nment of which there is authentic record was that\\nof (iibson Morgan Henry fTibson and John\\nMorgan the latter mayor in 1876-77. Their works,\\nstarted in 1841, were over the wagon-sheds built\\nby .lacob Ridgway, in 1832, at Second and Arch.\\nGibson left the firm, and in 1845 Morgan removed\\nthe factory to a stable, fitted up for the purpose,\\non the rear end of a lot on Fourth Street, above\\nMarket, afterwards erecting a large brick building\\non the line of Fourth Street, since converted into\\ndwellings.\\nAmong his workmen were his brother, George\\nMorgan, now in the business at 52 North Second\\nEdward Fitzer, now in the same trade in Phila-\\ndelphia; George Welden, Charles Newmayer and\\nothers. The work was for volantes, used in Cuba,\\nand the trade was exclusively with that island.\\nAs the corres|)ondence was in Spanish, Newmayer,\\nwho from journeyman became manager and then\\npartner, learned the language, to avoid the need\\nof an interpreter. The firm employed as many\\nas thirty at one time, and the employes testify\\nthat there was never a murmur about wages, even\\nthe apprentices receiving full pay for overwork,\\nand the payments were not only prompt, but made\\nin the best currency. The Rebellion put a stop to\\nthe trade, and the firm, dividing a competency,\\ndissolved.\\nEdward Fitzer and George Morgan joined in\\nbusiness in the fifties, with their establishment\\non Market Street, the site of Heibst s Hotel, but\\nin a few years separated.\\nMichael Seibenlistwas a well-known silver-])later\\nas early as 1840, but the most of his work was for\\nCamden harness and carriage-makers.\\nThe Morocco Manufactory on Broadway,\\nbelow Kaighn Avenue, was first put in^o operation\\nin 1884 by the present enterprising i)roprietor,\\nFrederick Kitferly, who for seventeen years previ-\\nously had been engaged in the same business in\\nPhiladelphia. Eightacresof land are owned by Mr.\\nKitferly, on which he has erected a four-story brick\\nbuilding, one hundred and twenty-two by forty-si.x", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0825.jp2"}, "685": {"fulltext": "531\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nfeet, with baseaient, and two ibur-story side-wings,\\neach fifty-two by twenty feet, in which is a twenty\\nhorse-power engine for driving the machinery. In\\nthis establishment he manufactures morocco leath-\\ner from goat-skins, which are imported from South\\nAmerica, Mexico, East Indies, Cape of Good Hope\\nand the countries of Southern Europe. There are\\nfour large drying lofts, and various dyeing, tanning,\\nfinishing and storage-rooms. Four hundred dozen\\nskins are tanned and finished weekly by a force of\\nseventy-five workmen. The business is under the\\nskillful and experienced management of the pro-\\nprietor, Mr. Kiflerly.\\nFrederick Kifferly, the proprietor of this enter-\\nprise, was born in the kingdom of Wiirtemberg,\\nGermany, September 9, 1835. After attending\\nschool for two years in his native country, in 1844\\nhe emigrated with his parents to America, and\\nlocated in Philadelphia, in which city his father\\ndied one year after their arrival, and the son was\\nthrown ui)on his own resources. Being by nature\\nindustrious, he engaged with his uncle at the\\nbutcher s trade one year, for the same length of\\ntime with a baker, and after the second marriage\\nof his mother, to a baker, he became the employee\\nof his stepfather during four successive years. At\\nthe age of sixteen he entered the morocco factory\\nof Baker Nevil, at Front and Poplar Streets,\\nPhiladelphia, remaining two years, and then, in\\n1853, went to Wilmington, Del., and engaged with\\nHackett Griftin, morocco manufacturers, until\\n1851). The seven succeeding years he conducted a\\nbakery on York Street, Philadelphia. In 1867 he\\nembarked in the manufacture of morocco leather,\\nas a partner in the firm of Turner Co., on Second\\nStreet, below Beaver. They soon thereafter\\nremoved their factory to Front and Poplar Streets,\\nand from thence, in 18(59, to 209 Willow Street.\\nThree years later they purchased the morocco fac-\\ntory at Dillwyn and Willow Streets. This part-\\nnership continued until 1883. In the mean time\\nMr. Kiflerly had removed his residence to Camden,\\nin 1881, and seeing the advantage to be gained l)y\\nremoving his business to Camden, he, in 1884, sold\\nout his factory in Philadelphia, having already\\ncommenced the erection of the present establish-\\nment operated by him.\\nMr. Kifferly, in 1854, married Mary, daughter\\nof Jacob and Eliza Martin, of Brandywine Hun-\\ndred, Del., by whom he has four surviving children,\\nvi7,. Christopher E., George, Frederick and\\nHarry.\\nShou Manpfacturers. In the manufacture\\nof shoes for the trade supplying the Middle and\\nSouthern States the city of Camden has acquiied\\na favorable reimtation. A large amount of money\\nis invested, and nearly a thousand of the citizens\\nof Camden have constant employment in this\\nbranch of industry. Some of the large establish-\\nments, with the appliances of steam-power as a\\nmotor, and with improved machinery, have facili-\\nties for producing from six hundred to three thou-\\nsand pairs of shoes weekly. In some of the\\nsmaller establishments, known as buckeye fac-\\ntories, the work is performed by teams or double\\nteams of workmen, the shoes passing from hand to\\nhand as they leave the laster, and, at the end of\\nthe line, pass the inspection of the foreman com-\\nplete in finish. The production is rapid, as only\\ntwo or three kinds of goods are made and find\\nready sale to their customers.\\nH. B. Anthony owns one of the largest shoe\\nfactories, at 521 South Seventh Street. Paul\\nAnthony came from Germany to this country\\nmore than a century ago. He was a hatter\\nand located at Rahway, N. J., for a short\\ntime, and then removed to Northumberland,\\nPa., where he resided until his death. By his\\nmarriage with Elizabeth Van Buskirk he had\\nfive children, Johu, Phillip, Esther, Ann and\\nElizabeth, who married and settled in Northum-\\nberland and assisted him in his manufacturing in-\\nterests, excejiting John, who migrated to Louis-\\nville, Ky., and Phillip, who became a river pilot.\\nPhillip was married to Sarah, daughter of Isaiah\\nMcCoy, of Cumberland, by whom he had seven\\nchildren, Sarah, Paul, William (who died in in-\\nfancy), Thomas, George, Mary and Henry.\\n(ieorge Anthony was born in Northumberland\\nAugust IS, 18;!4, and lived there until 1840, when\\nhe went to Milton, Pa., to learn harness-making.\\nAfter finishing his apprenticeship he removed to\\nCamden, in 1854, and worked at his trade in Phil-\\nadelphia until 1881. On December 27, 1847, he\\nwas married to Sarah, daughter of Diedrick and\\nCatherine Fegenbush, of Philadelphia, by whom\\nhe has seven children, Charles D., Harry B.,\\nKate F., Paul (deceased), William E., Edwin T.\\nand (xeorge E-\\nHarry B. Anthony was born in Philadel|)hia\\nSeptember 27, 1849, and came to Camden with his\\nfather in 1854. He was educated in the public\\nschools. At the age of thirteen he entered the\\nNational Iron Armor and Ship-Building Com-\\npany s works, of Camden, and continued thus em-\\nployed for two years, when he again went to\\nschool, until he took a position with the firm of\\nEdnuind A. Souder Co., of Philadelphia, who\\ncontrolled the steamers on the Schuylkill, and\\nwhich was afterward the Fairniount Steamljoat", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0826.jp2"}, "686": {"fulltext": "^^Aa^c/{", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0829.jp2"}, "687": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0830.jp2"}, "688": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0831.jp2"}, "689": {"fulltext": "-^tS f ..^4^^^", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0832.jp2"}, "690": {"fulltext": "THK CTTY OF CAMDEN.\\n535\\nCoiii|):iiiy. He rose iVdui the sitiiiii of ticket\\nagent to that of .supei-inteiuleiit and treasurer of\\nthe company, was the first to introiluee propellers\\nfrom the Falls to the Wissahiekon, remained with\\nthe company for twenty years and is still a di-\\nrector. This occupied only the summer months,\\nand during the winter he learned the trade of fur-\\nniture finisher with E. D. Trymby it Co., of\\nPhiladelphia, where he was employed for ten\\nyears during the winter montiis. In 1872 he\\nopened at n4( Broadway a crockery store, and\\nafter building up a large business, transferred it to\\nhis father, in 1870, who still manages it. Mr. An-\\nthony began the manufacture of shoes in a small\\nway, building a factory on Kaighn Avenue, above\\nBroadway, doing nothing but hand wcjrk. His\\nbusiness grew so rapidly as to demand increased\\nfacilities, and in 1S81 he purchased the building\\n521 South Seventh Street, and placed in it a full\\nline of the most improved machinery for the man-\\nufacture of misses and children s machine-sewed\\nshoes, where he is now making four thousand pairs\\nof shoes a week, and em ploying one hundred hands,\\nthus giving Camden a profitable and succe.ssful\\nbusiness and adding to her improvement and pros-\\nl)erity. The property purchased by Mr. Anthony\\nwas si.xty by one hundred and ninety-three feet in\\narea, and a brick building forty by fifty feet had\\nalready been erected upon it. Shortly after, through\\nthe increase of business, he was compelled to\\nmake important additions to the factory, one\\naddition of brick, thirty-five by forty feet, and a\\ngeneral improvement of the factory and purchase\\nof additional and improved machinery. The fiu-\\nlory is heated by steam throughout, with higii\\nceilings and ample arrangements for ventilation.\\nThe location is a most desirable one, being on the\\nline of the West Jersey Railroad, afibrding good\\nfacilities for receiving coal, etc. The factory is\\nsupplied with two large boilers, one for lu ating\\npurposes, the other as a motive-power lor llie\\ndillerent and varied machinery used in the inaiiu-\\nfacture of their products, with ample power lor all\\njiurposes.\\nIn addition to Mr. Anthony now employing one\\nliiiMdre(l hands and making four thousand pairs of\\nmachine-sewed shoes per week, he is makingactive\\npreparations to increase the capacity of this manu\\nfactory to seven thousand pairs per week, by an addi-\\ntion of a fine line of hand-sewed turn shoes. The\\nbusiness, as conducted by Mr. ,\\\\nthony, is of large\\nproportions, extending west to the Pacific States,\\nsouth to Texas and northwest to Minnesota. Mr.\\nAnthony is a director in the Camden National\\nBank. In 1869 he was marrieil to Louisa, daugh-\\nter of Arthur G. an l .lane Ashley, of England,\\nwho died in 1879, leaving one daughter, Laura S.\\nOn January 7, 1881, he was married to Lucretia,\\ndaughter of Evan and Ann Thomas, who were na-\\ntives of Wales, but then residing near S ranton,\\nPa. They have one ihild, Waiter V., born No-\\nvember 1; 1881.\\nP^ERRls Shoe M.\\\\NtiFAcrc liV, at Broadway and\\nJackson Streets, is one of the most extensive of\\nthe business industries of South Camden. The\\nmanager of this enterprise, Isaac Ferris, Jr., pur-\\nchased, in 1875, a lot of ground at Fillmore and\\nVan Hook Streets, and erected a small store, in\\nwhich he commenced the shoe business with three\\nmen and two girls employed. His sales to the\\nwholesale trade increasing compelled him to fa-\\ncilitate the manufacture. More ground was\\nbought and a larger store was built. In 1881 he\\npurchased land at Broadway and Jackson Streets,\\nand built a nianufiictory forty by forty feet and\\ntwo stories high, engaged extra hands, and en-\\ngaged in the manufacture of all grades of ladies\\nmisses and children s shoes on a large scale.\\nAgents were placed on the road ami orders re-\\nceived from many of the Southern and Western\\nStates, and, in 1882, an e.\\\\tension of twenty feet\\nwas added to the building, which was fi)und too\\nlimited in space for rapid production. At the\\nju-esent time he has over seventy men, girls and\\nboys on his pay-roll, and a ready market for his\\ngoods in Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio,\\nPennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky\\nand California, his special States being Ohio and\\nPennsylvania. Four salesmen are constantly on\\nthe road to keep the trade supplied. The entire\\nmanagement is under the supervision of Isaac\\nFerris, Jr., the pro|jrietor. In the finishing de-\\npartment forty hands are employ ^d, under the care\\nof Jacob Ferris. Miss Dollie Ferris has charge of\\nthe fitting department, and VV ashington Ferris of\\nthe stock department.\\nF. P. DiETRTCK Co., in 1881 began the manu-\\nfacture of women s, misses, children s and infants\\nshoes, and erected a three-story brick building, fifty\\nby one hundred feet in dimensions for that purpose,\\non Jlarket Street, below Front, and fitted it up\\nwith new and improved machines adapted to the\\nbusiness. This firm has been succeeded by Wheat-\\nley Brothers. From one hundred to one hundred\\nand twenty-five hands are cm|doyed, and the\\nweekly product is twenty-five hundred |)airs of\\nshoes. The trade is large, and extends through\\nseveral of the Northern and Southern States.\\nTheSh(ieMaxi!KA(Ti)UY ai N().535 Che.stnlit\\nStreet. Thomas H. Kelly conducts this manu-", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0835.jp2"}, "691": {"fulltext": "536\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nfactory for the production of misses and children s\\nshoes. For twenty-four years he had heen con-\\nnected with the business in other localities, and in\\n1885 started this enterprise of which he is sole\\nproprietor. Fourteen men and nine girls are\\nconstantly employed, and two hundred and six-\\nteen pairs of shoes are- made daily the weekly\\nproduction will average thirteen hundred pairs of\\nfinished shoes. The products are sold to the trade\\nin the principal cities of the Middle and Southern\\nStates.\\nWilliam A. Butcher s Factory, at No.\\nlS2o Broadway, was commenced in 1880 by the\\npresent proprietor, who, for three years pre-\\nviously, carried on a factory on Kaighn Ave-\\nnue, above Broadway. All the necessary and im-\\nproved kinds of shoe machinery are used in the\\nproduction of misses and children s shoes of the\\ndifferent styles and grades. From twenty-five to\\nthirty workmen are employed, and the product of\\ntheir labor is sold to the wholesale and retail trade\\nthroughout the surrounding States. From six to\\neight hundred pairs of shoes are turned out weekly,\\nand the amount of business done yearly is sixteen\\nto eighteen thousand dollars. Mr. Butcher is\\nnow making preparations to build a large manu-\\nfactory on the site of the present one.\\nJoseph WniTAKERowns a shoe factory at No^\\n529 Arch Street. The manufacture of ladies misses\\nand children s fine shoes was begun in this estab-\\nlishment in 1882 by Joseph Whitaker, Harley\\nShemeley and Henry Hartley. In 1883 Joseph\\nWhitaker bought out the interest of his partnei-s\\nand has become sole proprietor. The factory is\\narranged for the convenience of three single teams\\nof workmen, with departments for cutting, lasting,\\nand finishing, and with machines specially adapted\\nto this line of work. Employment is furnished to\\nsixteen men and eight girls. The manufactured\\ngoods are sold to the trade through Philadelphia\\nhouses. Nine hundred pairs of shoes are made\\nweekly, and the necessary changes are being made\\nto increase the production to one thousand pairs\\nper week.\\nThe Shoe Factory at No. 1222 South Front\\nStreet was first conducted by McAdams I eak,\\nwho, as joint partners, started the manufacture of\\nmisses children s and infants shoes in 1880. In\\n1 881 Frank McAdams succeeded to the ownership\\nof the business, and still continues it at present\\nlocation, his improved machinery enabling liimto\\nmanufacture nine hundred pairs of shoes a week.\\nHe employs fifteen workmen and twelve girls; the\\nfinished products are sold to the wholesale and\\nretail trade in Pennsylvania and adjacent States.\\nThe factory at the corner of West and Clinton\\nStreets was commenced in 1883 by Edward A..\\nRichardson, and furnished with the available im-\\nprovements in machinery requisite for the manu-\\nfacture of misses and children s shoes. Fifteen\\nhundred pairs of shoes are made weekly. The\\nindustry gives employment to forty persons.\\nOrders are received for the products from all parts\\nof the country.\\nCharles S. Gran commenced the business of\\nshoe manufacturing in 1877 at the corner of Sixth\\nand Mount Vernon Streets. In 1878 he admitted\\nOliver S. Guthrie as a partner, and together they\\nconducted the manufacture of misses and children s\\nshoes. In January, 1880, Oliver S. Guthrie with-\\ndrew from the firm, and Charles S. Gran became\\nsole proprietor. Six hundred pairs of shoes are\\nmanufactured weekly, and eleven men employed.\\nThe products are sold to the local trade and to\\ncities of adjacent States.\\nFor a number of years an establishment, south-\\nwest corner of Front Street and Kaighn Avenue,\\nwas conducted by Charles H. Dirmitt, who, in\\nJuly, 1884, disposed of his interest, stock and\\nmachinery to W. S. Boltinghouse Co. This\\nfirm at once began the manufacture of ladies\\nmisses and children s machine-sewed shoes. The\\nproduction amounts to six hundred pairs of finished\\nshoes weekly, and gives constant employment to\\nfourteen workmen and eight girls. Their goods\\nare sold to the retail trade in New Jersey and\\nPennsylvania.\\nOliver Guthrie has a factory at 513 Kaighn\\nAvenue. Commenced in January, 1886, to make\\nmisses and children s shoes. Employs eight\\nworkmen and five girls. Regular production, four\\nhundred and thirty-two pairs of shoes weekly.\\nHorace Hofflinger has a large workshop at No.\\n112 Kaighn Avenue, commenced in 1884. Em-\\nploys ten workmen and six girls. Regular weekly\\nproduction, three hundred and sixty pairs of .shoes,\\nmisses and children s.\\nWilliam Small started a factory, in 1877, at No.\\n424 Chestnut Street, for making misses and chil-\\ndren s shoes; at present seven workmen and five\\ngirls are employed. The weekly production is\\nthree hundred pairs of shoes.\\nSamuel Cook, in 1875, commenced the small\\nfactory at No. 013 Mount Vernon Street, making\\ninfants shoes only at the present time but five\\nworkmen employed, making one hundred and\\ntwenty-five to one hundred and fifty pairs of shoes\\nweekly.\\nAnderson Preservinu Company, northwest\\ncorner Front and Arch Streets. This company", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0836.jp2"}, "692": {"fulltext": ".THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n537\\nowns a large establi.shmeut occupying one Inindrcd\\nand twenty feet on Front Street by two hniulred\\nand sixty feet on Arch Street, and is located on the\\nsite of a carriage factory which w;is built in 1835.\\nIn 1880 Abraham Anderson bought the site, and\\nin 1881 William G. Knowles was admitted as a\\npartner. As the firm of Knowles Anderson\\nthey began the erection of the present factory and\\nplaced in position the necessary machinery,\\nengines, boilers, etc., for the canning of fruits,\\nvegetables, preserves and jellies. In 1885 Wm.\\nG. Knowles withdrew from the firm, and on June\\n1st of that year the Anderson Preserving Company\\nwas incorporated, with Abraham Anderson as\\npresident, John S. Cox as secretary and treasurer\\nand L. W. Goldy general manager. Under this\\nmanagement the same line of goods are produced\\nin large quantities to meet the demand. Three\\nlarge eighty horse-power boilers and two engines,\\none of twenty the other of live horse-power, are\\nused in the different departments for canning,\\npreserving and running the machinery. At present\\nthirty hands are employed. During the canning\\nseason, which lasts from June to November, from\\nthree hundred to six hundred hands are employed.\\nJoseph Campbell Co. own a canning manu-\\nfactory at Nos. 39 and 41 North Second Street.\\nFor several years previous to 1876 the Anderson\\nCanning Company, which was afterwards known\\nas Anderson and Campbell, carried on the business\\nof canning at this location. In 1876 Joseph\\nCampbell bought the factory and continued the\\ncanning of fruits and vegetables and added the\\njelly and preserving business. In 1882 Josfpli\\nCampbell, Arthur Dorrance, W.ilter S. Spackman,\\nand Joseph S. Campbell formed a co-partnership\\nunder the name of Joseph Campbell Company\\nand fitted up the manufactory with new and im-\\nproved appliances for conducting a more extensive\\nbusiness. A large brick building, fifty feet front\\non Second Street and extending in depth the en-\\ntire square to Front Street, is occupied, in\\nwhich are the different apartments for canning,\\npreserving, storing, packing and shipping. The\\nmotive- power to drive the necessary machinery of\\nthese is derived from a fifty horse-power engine.\\nTwenty-five hands are constantly employed and\\nduring the canning season employment is given to\\nthree hundred hands.\\nThe Camden Wall Paper Manitfactory\\nat Coopers Point, with accompanying buildings\\ncover an area of five acres or an entire square.\\nFor a number of years the Pen:: Harrow Manu-\\nfacturing Company had their works here. In\\n1884 Francis T. Howell came into posse.ssion of the\\nproperty and at once placed in position mills,\\npresses, machinery and engines, necessary for the\\nmanufacture of wall paper. There are six build-\\nings used for the different departments. The mill\\nproper is three hundred by one hundred feet, with\\nan L extension one hundred by ninety feet. The\\nmachinery comprises one twelve-color printing\\npress, two grounding-machines, mills, mixers, com-\\nbined lathes, etc., which are run by two engines of\\none hundred and ten horse-power. The depart-\\nments are known as color-rooms, printing-rooms,\\nstock-rooms and the shipping department. Twenty\\nworkmen are constantly employed. The manu-\\nfactured paper has very wide and extensive sale.\\nThe weekly production is twenty thousand pieces\\nof wall paper. The proprietor is now making ar-\\nrangements to increase the facilities of manufacture\\nby the addition of new presses and other improved\\nmachines. The second floor of the main building\\nat present through its entire length is used as a\\nstock-room and contains a large and varied supply\\nof the manufactured paper ready for shipment.\\nThe establishment is under the care of Robert A.\\nEdens as general manager. He is also the artist\\nin the coloring department.\\nThe Franklin Rag Carpet Company, No. 18\\nMarket Street. This business was established\\nby John Hunt in 1873, in St. John Street, for the\\nmanufacture of the finer grades of rag-carpet, in-\\ncluding the Excelsior and Jersey Lily carpets.\\nThe factory was afterward located at Filth and\\nRoydon Streets, then at No. 110 Federal Street,\\nand in the year 1886 the looms and machinery\\nwere removed to the present location. The\\ntrade in these carpets is a large one, but is princi-\\npally local, being custom-work made for Camden\\nand Burlington Counties, in New Jersey. Special\\norders are filled for customers in Pennsylvania,\\nDelaware and Maryland.\\nThe American Dredging Company, incor-\\nporated under the laws of the State of Pennsyl-\\nvania, April 9, 1867, was the outcome from a co-\\npartnership then existing between A. B. Cooley,\\nFranklin B. Colton, John Somers and William\\nSomers, trading as A. B. Cooley Co., and also\\nfrom a consolid.ation with the Delaware and\\nSchuylkill Dredging Company. During the time\\nof the co-partnership, about November, 1865,\\na large area of real estate was purchased, since\\nwhich time a considerable amount more has been\\nadded, until now the company owns forty acres of\\nland and wharf property, fronting on the River\\nDelaware, extending between the Pennsylvania\\nRailroad Company s property and Spruce Street,\\nand which has been greatly improved by filling in", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0837.jp2"}, "693": {"fulltext": "538\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nthat part of it wliich was low land, and converting\\nstagnant pools, where chills and fever prevailed,\\ninto property which is now available for building\\npurposes. Two large wharves have also been\\nbuilt, and a large machine shop and a blacksmith\\nshop and other buildings have been erected on the\\nproperty, fitted out with appliances so complete\\nthat now the comjjany has every facility for build-\\ning dredges, etc., and making such repairs to their\\nown plant as may, from time to time, be needed.\\nThe company employ from seventy to one hun-\\ndred men in and around the works, and from one\\nhundred to one hundred and fifty men on the\\ndredges, tugs and scows, according as their busi-\\nness is brisk or dull.\\nThe company started with a capital of two hun-\\ndred thousand dollars, and, by certain legislation\\npassed since, it has been authorized to increase its\\ncapital to one million dollars. The general office\\nof the company is at 234 Walnut Street, Philadel-\\nphia, and at the present time the officers are as\\nfollows: Isaac Albertson, president; Floyd H.\\nWhite, treasurer and secretary. Directors, Isaac\\nAlbertson, Beauveau Borie, Samuel Castner, Jr.,\\nE. J. Heraty, Washington Jones, Jos. M. Naglee,\\nAlexander Purves and James Simpson, of Phil-\\nadelphia, and Henry E. Townc, of Stamford,\\nConn.\\nOther manufactories which contributed to Cam-\\nden s prosperity, and which in one sense belong to\\nand are a part of the city, are treated of in the\\nchapter upon Stockton township, in which district\\nthey are located. Among these are Schrack Co. s\\nvarnish-works, the Fairview Brick- Works, the Pea\\nShore Brick and Terra Cotta Works (owned by\\nAugustus Reeve), R. H. Comey s dye-works, the\\nOverbrook Mills, J. L. Cragin Co. s soap manu-\\nfactory, the United States Chemical Co. s Works\\nand the Atlantic Dye and Finishing Works.\\nCHAPTER VIII.\\nTlio FoBt-Ollioo\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Market-Houses\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Reiul Fumily\u00e2\u0080\u0094 IiiBurance\\nConiimnios\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Gaslight Company\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The .Street Hallway\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The\\nTelephone\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Building and Building Associations Drug Interests\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Old Military Organizations\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Uenietorios\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Tornado of 1878\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094The Cyclone of 1880\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Hotels.\\nPost-Office.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A post-office was established in\\nCamden in 1803, and was called the Coopers\\nFerry Post-Office, and changed, in 1829, to the\\nCamden Post-Office. It was first located at the\\nfoot of Cooper Street, where the Coopers had es-\\ntablished a ferry hence the name. The first post-\\nmaster was Benjamin B. Cooper, a cousin of Rich-\\nard M. Cooper. He removed to Delaware town-\\nship, where he planted extensive orchards and\\nbuilt a distillery. His successor, as postmaster,\\nwas Charles Cooper, appointed in 1806. Richard\\nM. Cooper, after president of the State\\nBank of Camden, was appointed postmaster at the\\nCoopers Ferry Post-Office in 1810, and held the\\noffice until 1829, when the name of the office was\\nchanged to Camden. Richard M. Cooper owned\\na store at the ferry, which for many years was in\\ncharge of Nathan Davis, who was the acting post-\\nmaster, not a very responsible position, if his\\nstatement be correct, that a segar-box was amjjle\\nto hold the mail of a day.\\nIsaac Toy was appointed in 1829, under Presi-\\ndent Jackson, and held the office for nine years.\\nThe office was in the bar-room of the hotel. Toy\\nthen kept the ferry-house at the foot of Federal\\nStreet.\\nIsaac Bullock became postmaster in 1838, and,\\nas he boarded at the hotel, the office remained\\nthere until 1840, when James Elwell was ap-\\npointed and kept the office in the Railroad Hotel,\\nwhich he conducted, at the foot of Bridge Avenue.\\nHe was succeeded, in 1849, by Charles Bontemps,\\nwho, owning the building southeast corner of Sec-\\nond and Arch Streets, fitted it up in good style for\\nthe purpose, thus giving the people a post-office,\\nfor the first time, separate from other business pur-\\nsuits. Bontemps resigned in 1852, before the ex-\\npiration of his term, and Jonathan Burr, a Demo-\\ncrat, was appointed by a Whig administration, and\\nit came about in this way When the Democrats\\nelected Franklin Pierce, in 1852, Bontemps knew\\nhe had no chance of a reappointment, and pro-\\nposed to Mr. Burr thai, if the latter would pay him\\nfifty dollars for the fixtures, he would resign and\\nuse his influence to secure Burr s appointment to\\nthe place. The proposition was accepted, and\\nMr. Burr was made postmaster, but held the posi-\\ntion four months only, for, soon after Jlr. Pierce\\nwas inaugurated, John Hanna was appointed and\\nMr. Burr had the fixtures on his hands. Mr.\\nHanna ssons Samuel and William Hanna man-\\naged the office, which was removed to the old frame\\nbuilding adjoining Parson s Hotel on the north,\\nand long used by Denny Bender Jis a paint-shop.\\nHanna held the office eight years, and until 18t)l,\\nwhen Samuel Andrews was appointed by Presi-\\ndent Lincoln. He removed the office to No. 214\\nFederal Street, one of the two-story bricks built\\nby Isaac Cole in 1834. Andrews, dying in 181J3,\\nw;is succeeded by Captain Richard II. Lee, who\\nleased the Roberts building at the southeast cor-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0838.jp2"}, "694": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEX.\\n539\\nner of Tliird uiirl Federal Streets, where lie (itteil\\nlip an offiee much in advance of any that had ])re-\\nceded it, afterwards removing to the northwest cor-\\nner of Third and Arch Streets, where it remained\\nuntil July 1, 1875, when he moved into the build-\\ning now in use, built for the inirpoae by the late\\nJohn S. Read. Captain Lee was removed by Presi-\\ndent Johnson in October, 18(iti, and Colonel Tim-\\nothy C. Moore appointed. The Senate, however,\\nrefused to confirm Colonel Moore, and, in March,\\n1867, Captain Lee resumed the duties of the office,\\nholding the position until 1879, when Henry B.\\nWilson was appointed. He served one term of\\nfour years and was succeeded, in 1883, by William\\nT. Hailey, who, in 188o, was followed by Charles\\nJanney, the i)resent incumbent.\\nThe following list of names, with the dates of\\nappointment of postmasters since the time of the\\nestablishment of the office, was furnished by the\\nPost Office Department at Washington\\nI ost- Office at Coopers Ferrij, Gloiwfstir Co., X.\\nBenjamin B. Cooper, appointed January 1, l it:;\\nCharles Cooper, appointed January 1, ISOC;\\nRichard M. Cooper, appointed April IM, ISH\\n(changed to Camden, June 22, 1829).\\nCamden, N.J. (Idle Cnojiir^ Ferri/).\\nIsaiah Toy, apjiointed June 22, 1829; Isaac Bul-\\nlock, ajipninted May 24, 18. 58; James Elwell, ap-\\npointed .hily 2, 1840 Charles Bontemps, appointed\\nApril 21, 1849; Jonathan Burr, appointed Decem-\\nber 17, 18r)2 John Hanna, appointed April (i,\\n1853 Samuel Andrews, appointed April 5, 18til;\\nRichard H. Lee, appointed May 18, 18(57; Timothy\\nMoore, ajipointed October 12, 18H(5; Richard\\nH. Lee, appointed May 18. 18(i7 Henry H. Wilson,\\nappointed February 22, 1879; William T. Bailey,\\nappointed March 2, 1883; Charles Janney, ap-\\npointed April 23, 1885.\\nOf the above, there are now living Jonathan\\nBurr, for thirty years secretary of the (^amden\\nFire Insurance Company, from which he volun-\\ntarily resigned a few years since Ricliard H. Lee,\\nuntil recently in the Philadelphia Custom House;\\nTimothy C. Moore, residing in Milwaukee; Henry\\nB. Wilson, coa! dealer at Kaighns Point WilliMni\\nP. Bailey, in the real estate business in Camden\\nand Charles Janney, present incumbent.\\nWilliam Abies, appointed in 1879, was the first\\nassistant postmaster. He resigned in 1882 to ac-\\ncept the position of post-office inspector, and Jesse\\niTlie date of tlie pstaWishmcnt of tbc offif\\nascertained therefore, the date of the\\nlount nitli the United States Po8t-01\u00c2\u00abc\\nlot bo definitely\\nnt of the ar.\\nK. Mines was iippoinlcil in his place and served\\nuntil 1885, when Frank L. iiil ii, present incum-\\nbent, was appointed.\\nThe first clerk, called for by the business of the\\noffice, Wiis Richardson Smith, in IStil, who, in\\n18(i4, resigned to accept the position of mail agent,\\nand was succeeded by .Ichu Evans, Charles Wat-\\nson and, in 18(17, by Robert P. AfcCowan, who\\nwas retained until 1885, when William llaulile\\nwas appointed.\\nThe first regular letter-carrying was in 1852,\\nwhen Samuel .lenkins delivered letters, receiving\\ntwo cents a-s recompense. To increase his gains, he\\nplaced tin bo.xes at convenient locations for the re-\\nception of letters to be iiassed through the post-\\noffice. He was not the first carrier, however. As\\nearly iis 1840, when James Elwell kt|it llic office\\nat the foot of Bridge Avenue, so far from where\\n[leople lived. Lawyer Jeffers. U save labor tind in-\\nsure rapid receipt of mail matter, engaged .Mfrcd,\\nson of the postmaster, to bring him his letters as\\nsoon as they arrived, and others following his exam-\\nple, the lad made a snug sum for pocket-money.\\nIn 18f)3 the free delivery system was established\\nand abolished the year following, and again estab-\\nlished in 1873. The number of carriers employed\\nin successive years have been as ftdlows 1851,\\none; 18(51, two; 18(53, three; 1873, six; 1880, eight\\n1883, nine; 1884, eleven; 188(5, thirteen. Their\\nsalary in 18(53 was six hundred dollars per year,\\nand in 188(5 eight hundred dollars per year. In\\n1863 there were two deliveries and two collections\\ndaily in 1886, in .some portions of the city, four,\\nand, in all but remote points, three deliveries and\\nthree collections daily.\\nFor the year ending .Inly I, 1880, the carriers\\ndelivered 2,218,243 and collected 907,955 pieces of\\nmail matter. The stile of stam|)S at the office ag-\\ngregates in value $28,430; the r.-gistered letters\\nreceived numbered 6377 sent, 4482.\\nThe following-named persons have been the\\nletter-carriers:\\nIS.VJ. Samuel .lenkins, lK7fi. Charles S. WilkiiiMin.\\nPeter Bleyler. lK7li. (ieorge L. Simpson.\\nLxni. .lehu E. Smith. 1\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb Howard M. Komhlo.\\nRobert Pattou. .loBse K.Mim-s.\\nlSi;:i. Bon,iamiu M. Braker. ISRl. William S. I ottit.\\nISIH. Charles Parker. .1. Ivolly Brown.\\nISli7. Howard Lee. .\\\\lbnrt F. Mattocks.\\nIsTll. .\\\\fthnr SUnley. I\u00c2\u00bbS2. Herman Rosade.\\nWilliam (i. Diirman. lSS;i. Charles Fowler.\\n.loluiC. Clopper. .I.OBi-ar Ni.-lmals.\\nWilliams. Parr. 1.. K. Ih. I.a IToi.v.\\n1S71. ThoMKUi M. K. [,e,.. Willmm C. .lohnson.\\nTho.sc serving the longest terms were Jehu E.\\nSmith, 22 years Charles Parker, 21 years John C.\\nClopper, 13 years and Wm. (i. Dorman, 12 years.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0839.jp2"}, "695": {"fulltext": "540\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nMarket-Houses. There was never a curb-\\nstone market in Camilen, a market where the\\npnKliieer could back his wagon against the curl)-\\nstone and sell direct to the consumer. The first\\nconception of a market-place wa.s, probably, when\\nJacob Cooper laid out the town of Camden, in\\n1773, and dedicated extra space for public use at\\nthe intersection of Third and Market Streets.\\nJames Kaighn dying in 1811, seized of the land\\nlying between Kaighn Avenue and Line Street,\\nhis brother, Joseph Kaighn, owning the land\\nsouth of Kaighn Avenue, having charge of the\\nmatter, in laying out Kaighnton, widened Kaighn\\nAvenue, then called Market Street, to a width of\\none hundred and thirty feet between Second and\\nThird Street that there might be room for market-\\nsheds in the centre. His idea was not realized,\\nand, in 1874, the City Council passed an ordinance\\nmaking the street of a uniform width of sixty -six\\nfeet between the curbs.\\nIn the recorded proceedings of a town-meeting\\nheld in the City Hall, March 13, 1837, appears\\nthis minute On motion of Richard Fetters it\\nwas ordered that Council construct a market at the\\nintersection of Third and Market, containing eight\\nstalls, to be paid for out of the present funds of\\nthe City. From the treasurer s statement, made\\nat that meeting, the fund on hand, after deduct-\\ning $42.48, due the Camden Bank, was $159.20,\\nand this was the amount intended to be expended\\nfor the purpose. The next item found in the\\nrecords, relating to the market, is in the proceed-\\nings of City Council, September 30, 1837, when\\nRichard Fetters, Robert W. Ogden and John W.\\nMickle were appointed a committee to build a\\nmarket-house on Third Street south of Market\\nStreet, to be roofed with shingles.\\nThree months later the enterprise seems to have\\nbeen accomplished, and Camden s first market-\\nhouse was ready for use December 28, 1837. At a\\nmeeting of Council, held at the house of William\\nS. Paul, these bills were ordered paid\\nFor iron pipe for posts 872.00\\nPorterage 1.56\\nCaptain Mickle sbill fov lumber lo5.! 7^\\n,Iame\u00c2\u00bb r.alian 8 bill, work on market Vi.X^ ,4\\nAchilles Betts bill, work on market 2.25\\nThese amount to $245.12, and as nothing further\\nappears concerning the matter, the presumption is\\nthat this was the total cost. This was Camden s\\nfirst and only market-house until 185(5, when,\\nMarch 28th, City Council passed an ordinance\\nproviding for the erection of a market-house on\\nThird Street, between Arch and Federal Streets.\\nThis was done the same year, at a cost of one\\nthousand eight hundred dollars, and the .structure\\nwas used for this purpose until 1876, when it was\\nremoved. In the mean time several schemes for\\nbuilding market-houses were projected. In 1855\\nRichard Fetters, John Troth, Richard W. Howell,\\nSamuel Andrews, Maurice Browning, William J.\\nHatch and Abraham S. Ackley procured a charter\\nfor the Camden Market Company, but failed to com-\\nplete the organization, and in 1856 the Washington\\nMarket Company was incorporated, with John S.\\nRead, Ralph Lee, James M. Cassady, Isaac W.\\nMickle, Lewis Seal, Matthew Miller, John Ross,\\nJohn K. Cowperthwaite, Henry Fredericks, Joseph\\nT. Rowand and William P. Tatem as the company.\\nThe design was to build a market-house on the\\nwest side of Third Street, between Arch and Fed-\\neral, the structure to be about one hundred feet\\nsquare, but the erection of the market-sheds on\\nThird Street, by the city, caused the company to\\nabandon the project. In 1874 John S. Read,\\nJonathan Burr, William P. Tatem, Randal E.\\nMorgan and Edmund E. Read were incorporated\\nas the Farmers Market Company, with a capital\\nof one hundred thousand dollars, but the enter-\\nprise failed to mature.\\nThe next attempt in this line, however, was more\\nsuccessful. Thos. A. Wilson, Rudolphus Bingham,\\nAbraham Rapp, James W. Wroth and Charles\\nStockhara, as the Farmers and Butchers Market\\nCompany, in 1877, constructed a large building of\\nbrick, one hundred and fifty by one hundred and\\nseventy feet on Bridge Avenue and West Street,\\nextending to Mickle Street. It was intended for\\na wholesale and retail market, but did not prosper,\\nfor the reason that, with Philadelphia so near, the\\nwholesale trade could not be gained, and the loca-\\ntion was unsuited for retailing. It was used as a\\nmarket-house for two years, when it was fitted up\\nfor theatrical purpo.ses, with a capacity for seat-\\ning a thousand persons, and was subsequently se-\\ncured by the Sixth Regiment National (luards and\\nfitted up as an armory.\\nIn 1878 .lohn S. Read and Wm. S. Scull built\\nthe Federal Street Market, on Federal Street above\\nFourth, on the site of the old City Hall, construct-\\ned in 1828. This is now the only building in the\\ncity used exclusively as a market-house. It is well\\nadapted to the juirpose and the market is well pat-\\nronized.\\nTHE READ KAMILY.\\nDavid Reaii, the ancestor of the Read family of\\nCamden, was a son of Joseph Read, who died at his\\nhome in Greenwich, Gloucester County, N. J., Nov.\\n12, 1755, and his remains were interred in the\\nPresbyterian !)ury ing-ground in that town. He was", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0840.jp2"}, "696": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0841.jp2"}, "697": {"fulltext": "r^^^", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0842.jp2"}, "698": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMPEN.\\n541\\nborn at Greenwich, and while yet a young man, at\\nthe outbreak of the Revolution enlisted in the\\narmy under General Washington and remained in\\nthe military service during the entire period of\\nthat war, participating in the campaigns of New\\nJersey, the battle of Brandywine, and during the\\nlast year of that struggle for independence was\\ntransferred with his regiment to the Army of the\\nSouth, under General Lincoln, in order to impede\\nthe progress of the invading British, who had\\ntransferred the seat of war to the Southern States.\\nAt the close of the war, when David Kead and his\\ncomrades were discharged and paid oft in Conti-\\nnental money, three of them, of whom he was one,\\nwent to the wharf at Charleston, S. C, in order to\\nsecure passage on a sailing-vessel for Philadelphia.\\nTheir money being comparatively worthless on\\naccount of its depreciation in value, the captain of\\nthe vessel would take them only on consideration\\nthat they would pay the amount of passage money\\nby working, which they accordingly agreed to do.\\nUpon sailing around Cape Hatteras, well-known\\nas a dangerous place to mariners, the vessel was\\nfoundered and every soul on board was drowned\\nexce]it David Read and his two .soldier companions,\\nwho clung to a broken spar and after being forty-\\neight hours in that perilous jiositiou were eventu-\\nally drifted to the shore and landed on the coast\\namid the darkness of night. They were nearly\\nexhausted for the want of food and drink. Seeing\\na light a distance from them along the shore, they\\nbegan to wend their way thither in hopes of meet-\\ning some one who would assist them in their dis-\\ntress. The feet of one of the comrades trod upon\\na bottle which, upon exanunation, was thought to\\nbe .Jamaica rum. The two companions drank of\\nit to excess, against the protest of David Read, who\\nfeared dangerous results, on account of their being\\nso long deprived of food. The draught proved\\nfatal to them, and the war-scarred veterans for\\nfifteen minutes struggled for their lives and then\\ndied near the stormy shores of Cape Hatteras.\\nDavid Read continued onward, and the place\\ntoward which they were going proved to be a\\nlight-house. Upon arriving at it he was tenderly\\ncared for by the occupants, and given food to\\nrevive his enfeebled condition. He then, in com-\\npany with others, returned and buried the remains\\nof his unfortunate comrades at the place where\\nthey had taken the fatal draught. David Read\\nsoon thereafter returned to Charleston, where\\nmoney was given him by some patriotic persons,\\nand he set sail for Philadelphia. Upon arriving\\nhere he returned to Greenwich, where he married\\nRachel Peck, and the records of the Presbyterian\\n65\\nChurch of (.Mcenwicb show that of the children\\nof this union, David, .lames and ,loel were bap-\\ntized there. Toward the latter part of the last\\ncentury he moved with his i amily to Camden\\nwhen it was but a small village, and engaged in the\\npork business and sausage-making for the city\\ntrade. His place ot business was on Plum Street\\n(now Arch), below Third, where he continued his\\noccupation and died in 1^42, at the advanced age\\nof eighty-four years, live months and sixteen days\\nbeing probably the last representative in Camden\\nCounty of the soldiers of the Revolutionary War.\\nHe ever delighted to narrate to his children and\\ngrandchildren the perilous scenes and incidents in\\nwhich he was a participant during that historic\\nperiod. His remains were interred in the Newton\\nburying-ground.\\nJoel Read, his third son, was born in ITXti. He\\nwas baptized at Greenwich, July 8, 1787, and at\\nthe oiiening of the second war with (Jreat Britain,\\nin 1812, imbued with the patriotism of his father,\\nand following his precedent, he joined a military\\ncompany known as the Jersey Blues and during\\nthat war was stationed with his regiment at Bil-\\nlingsport, along the Delaware River in (xloucester,\\nopposite Fort Mifflin. In 1812 he married Mary\\nJones, a member of a prominent fanuly of the\\nSociety of Friends, and a descendant of the\\nThackaras, who were influential people in the\\nearly annals of New Jersey. By this union were\\nborn six children, Charlotte, Joseph J., Rachel,\\nWilliam Thackara, John S. and Edmund E.\\nJoel Read was a brush-maker by trade. He\\nfollowed his occupation for a few years in Camden\\nand then moved to Philadelphia, where he con-\\ntinued in it with success. Later in life he re-\\nturned to Camden and lived on Plum Street, but\\nafter the death of his wife he lived in Penu Street\\nwith his daughter Charlotte.\\nJosurH J. Reap, the eldest son of Joel and Mary\\nRead, was born in Camden, on Arch Street west\\nof Second Street, March 24, 1815, and when eight\\nyears old moved with his parents to the district of\\nSouthwark, and immediately thereafter was em-\\nployed at Jaspsr Harding s printing-office in Phil-\\nadelphia, at one dollar a week, continuing there\\ntwo years. He was next hired at one and a half\\ndollars er week with Thomas Watson to work in\\na biscuit and cracker bakery. The foreman\\ntreated him harshly and, unknown to his mother,\\nhe left his position with one week s wages, and with\\ncharacteristic ingenuity invested it in buttons, tape,\\nneedles and pins, and before noon of that day had\\ndisposed of all his goods at a profit of fifty cents.\\nWith the two dollars of ca[)ital now at command he", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0845.jp2"}, "699": {"fulltext": "542\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ninveisted again in the al ternoon and cleait il in all\\none dollar and twenty-five cents the first day of his\\nmercantile career. At the end of a week he cleared\\nten dollars. By the middle of the succeeding week\\nhis capit.al was increased to twenty dollars and\\nwith it he purchased gilt buttons and in one day\\ndisposed of them at a gain of fifty per cent., his\\namount of cash being then increased to thirty\\ndollars. Two weeks having now exjiired since he\\nleft his employer in the bakery, his mother,\\nwho was a woman of noble bearing and excellent\\nmoral traits, asked for his wages. To her astonish-\\nment, he pulled out his thirty dollars in gold and\\nsilver and handed it to her. She, fearing he would\\nget into bad company, look the money and secured\\nfor him a place on a farm in Burlington County,\\nN. J. He again was under au employer who did\\nnot treat him well, and at the expiration of two\\nyears, of his own accord, he returned to his home in\\nPhiladelphia, and at his own expressed wish was\\nsecured a jiosition to go to sea at a salary of six\\ndollars per month. One mouth s wages was paid\\nin advance, half of which was given to his mother\\nand with the other three dollars ho purchased\\nmanufactured tobacco and took it on board the\\nvessel, which was bound for Cuba. He there\\ntraded his tobacco for a barrel of molasses, which\\nfailed to be placed on the manifest, and when the\\nvessel returned to Philadelphia it of necessity went\\nwith the general cargo, and the ingenious young\\ntrader lost all of his available assets except the\\ntwo months wages which were given to his mother.\\nHis desire then to learn the trade of a coojier was\\ngratified, and he was bound as an apprentice for\\nthe term of six years with a man who proved to\\nbe a hard master. On one occasion, when under\\nthe intiuence of liquor, he beat young Fiead so\\nbadly that he afterwards gave him fifty cents to go\\nup to Independence Hall to see a new bell placed\\non it. This present was granted in order to in-\\nduce the boy not to tell his mother of the ill-treat-\\nmeut. Joseph Read accepted the fifty cents, board-\\ned a sloop, ui)on which he worked his passage to\\nBordentown, walked from thence to New Bruns-\\nwick, where he secured a passage on a sailing-ves-\\nsel and arrived in New York with his fifty cents,\\nbut did not know any one in that city. He soon\\nsecured employment at the cooper s trade with a\\nfirm that discontinued business after he was with\\nthem two years and he finished his trade with\\nanother party in the same city. At the age of\\ntwenty-one yearn he returned to Philadelphia for\\none year and then went back to New York, where\\nhe became foreman of a large cooper-shop, serving\\nfor one year, when he went to Brooklyn and for\\nthree years was manager of a large oil manufac-\\ntory. While there, in 1S.S7, he joined the First\\nBaptist Church of that city, under the pastorateof\\nRev. Ilsley. In 1S40 he returned to Philadelphia,\\nand with a cash account of two hundred dollars\\nand one thousand dollars of borrowed money, em-\\nbarked in the coopering business on Penn Street,\\nand the first year cleared five hundred dollars, but\\nthe next year lost all he had, including the bor-\\nrowed money. He then lived over this cooper-\\nshop for nine years. By business sagacity and\\ncharacteristic energy he secured credit and soon\\nmade up the amount of the losses, returned the\\nborrowed money, erected a fine dwelling-house in\\n1851, costing ten thousand dollars, on Pine Street,\\nlived in it ten years, until 1861, when he moved to\\nCamden. In the mean time, while living in Phil-\\nadel|)hia, he piniha.sed and owned all the prop-\\nerty from Penn Street to Delaware Avenue and\\nother [iroperty adjoining his cooper-shop on the\\nnorth side.\\nIn 18t?I Mr. Read moved his family to Camden,\\nhis luitive place, continuing his business in Phila-\\ndelphia until 18114, when he retired. Meeting\\nwith some losses the next year, in order to retrieve\\nthem, he re-embarked in his former business at the\\nsame place in Philadelphia, and continued thus\\nsuccessfully engaged until 1867. He then perma-\\nnently retired from the coopering business, which\\nhe had successfully carried on for a [leriod of\\nthirty-one years. He has since been engaged as\\na liroker and general real estate agent and now\\nowns a large amount of real estate in Philadel-\\nphia, Camden and Atlantic City. He is an excel-\\nlent judge of values and a careful aud judicious\\nbusiness man.\\nSince 18.37 ]\\\\Ir. Read has been a member of the\\nBaptist Church aud is now connected with the\\nFirst Baptist Church of Camden. He is a mem-\\nber of Integrity Lodge, A. Y. M., No. ]87, of\\nPhiladelphia, since 1846, and a member of Veteran\\nLodge of the same city.\\nMr. Read was married, in 1840, to Cecelia, daugh-\\nter of John R. Rue, a Frenchman, born in the town\\nof Nancy. Mrs. Read, who died in 1 878, was a wo-\\nman of noble Christian virtues, an earnest worker\\nin the church and greatly devoted to the interests\\nof charity, a good wife and a good mother. By this\\nmarriage were born seven children, iMary, mar-\\nried Joseph L. Bush, of Newport, Rhode Island,\\nwhere they now live; John R. Read, Esq., a law-\\nyer of Philadelphia; Cecelia, married to Abraham\\nC. Tallman, now deceased; Annie, married to Wil-\\nliam B. Knowles, of Philadelphia, now deceased;\\nKatie, married to Edwin B. Powell, of Brooklyn,", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0846.jp2"}, "700": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0847.jp2"}, "701": {"fulltext": "wMy/0 /re an", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0848.jp2"}, "702": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OK CAMDEN.\\n543\\nN. v.; Kiiiily, uiic. ilii.l at the :i j:e of two years\\nanil .l(isc|ili r. licad, IHJW a real cslaU liroker\\nof ariiilcii.\\njMr. Ivcad was niariiod a .second time, in ISSl,\\nto Elizabeth M. (Etris) Scliellengor, of Cauideu,\\nwidow of tlie late Captain Henry Schellenger.\\nJohn S. Rkai), the third .son and fifth child of\\n.loel and Mary Read, was born March II, lS:i2, in\\nllie old district of Sonlhwark, l*liiladciiihia. At\\nthe age of fourteen years he became an apprentice\\nof Charles F. Afanslield, in his wall-pa|)cr store, at\\nL T. i Sonth Second Street, riiiladelpliia, and re-\\niuaine l in that jjosition nnlil tlie ai;;e of I wenty-\\none years, dnrinj^ which time he was indnslrions,\\nenergetic and economical, traits wliich charactcr-\\nizeil him throngh life. Soon alter altairuiig Ids\\nmajority he began business I or himself on Second\\nStreet, Philadelphia, between South and liond)ard,\\nwhere he continued in the wall-paper business\\nseveral yeais, and then removed his store to the\\nnoi thcast corner of Second and l.oinl)ard Streets.\\nHe remained there until liS4. About this time\\nCamden received a new impetus to its growth, and\\nMr. Read removed to Camden, having previously\\na.ssociated with him in business his brotlier, Ivl-\\nmund E. Read, as the lirm of Read Brother,\\nwho for a time continiu^d their store in I hiladel-\\nphia, and erected buildings on Arch Street, Cam-\\nden, though they conducted business mainly at :id\\nand Federal. Here they al.so conducted an exten-\\nsive and prosperous business until his death, and\\nwhich is still continued by his brother Edmund.\\n.John S. Read was called U]ion to fill a large\\nnundier of positions of trust and responsibility.\\nFor twenty-five years he serve l as director and\\ntreasurer of the (jamden Fire Insurance .Vssocia-\\nti m was one of the directors of the First National\\nHank of Camden was one of (he projectors of\\nthe Camden Building and Loan AssociatioTi, the\\ntirst in the city, and was subse ]Uently treasurer\\nof several other building associations; at the\\nlime of his death he was one of the commis-\\nsioners of the Morris Plains InsaTie .\\\\sylum of\\nNew Jersey, and a State director of the Camden\\nand Amhoy Railroad (Jomjiany, airpointcd iiy Ihe\\nLegislature. In 1870 he was elected a mcndicr of\\nthe City Council, and took an active pail in the\\nile!iberati(ms of thai body was re-elected in bST. i\\nami made president of City Council. While a\\nmember of Council he was greatly instrumental\\nin securing the purchase of the water-works by the\\ncity authorities, and also obtained the passage of\\nan ordinance for the system of culverts now in use\\nin Camden served for several years as a member\\nof the Board of Education, and was chosen its\\nl rcsidenl. With his brother. Edmund K., he built\\nRcail s Hall, at the corner of Third and Federal\\nStreets; with William S. Scull he built the Mar-\\nket House, on Federal Street; ami with Jonathan\\nBurr, built the rcjw of slcjrcs and dwidliiigs on\\nFederal .street, above Fifth. He also erected and\\nowned tlie Camden post-oliice building.\\nIn |)olitics Mr. Read w.is originally an Old-Line\\nWhig, ill the days of thai, party, and afterwards be-\\ncame an anient sup] )orter of the priiu i pies of the Re-\\n|)ublican party, taking an activ(^ interest in the\\nadministration of public alfairs. He was a mem-\\nber of (Jamden Lodge, N.I. ir,, A. F. and A.M., and\\nR.iyal Arch ChapU r, .\\\\o. Itl, ol Philadelphia.\\nWith Ihc hope of recruiting his failing health,\\nhe went to Stroiulsburg, Monroe (iounly, Pennsyl-\\nvania, and died there August 0, I.S82, at the age at\\nsi.\\\\ty years. His remains were interred in the\\nColestown emetery, in this e iunly. He was\\nhighly honored and respected for his many virtues\\nand recognized as a man of liiu executive and\\nadministrative abilities.\\n.Mr. Read w;us twice married. By his lirst mar-\\nriage, with Margaret Mason, who ilied early in\\nlife, he ha l two children: F.lizabcth .M. Read,\\nmarried to .lohii Camplull, of Camden (they have\\ntwo children,. lohn and Mamie); William t R.-ad,\\nmarried to Liirrclia Mct ormick, and have one\\nchild, William.\\nBy his seitoml marriage, with Harriet Peak, of\\nCamden, he had one chilil, Flclmund E. Read, .Ir.\\na member of the (Jamden County bar, who, on\\nDecember 27, 1S82, was married to Margaret Mul-\\nford. They have one chihl, ,Iohn S. Read.\\nI liMTNl) Iv RnAi) was liorii in Southwark, now\\nthe consolidated part of I hiladeliihia, April li),\\n1824. He lirst attended a, public school, for many\\nyears taught by Mr. Watson, on Catharine Slrcct,\\nPhiladelphia, in a buililing which is still standing.\\nHe was next sent to a school taught by Mr.\\nCrozer, on Third Street, below Cathariiu!. At the\\nage of fourteen years he became a clerk in agro-\\neery store on the corner of Second and Christian\\nStreets; but, after remaining there six months, was\\ngiven a position (m the lfnit(}(l States Coast Sur-\\nvey, und r ICngineer Warner, and was nine\\nmonths located in the Slate of Coniie -ticut. Re-\\nturning Inmu^, he attended a school under Ihe\\ninstruction of .lames Crowell, in Phila lelphia, six\\nmonths, and began to learn the cooper trade\\nin the same city, which he tiiushed under his elder\\nbrother, Joseph .1., with whom he remained five\\nyears. At the expiration of this time he went to\\nthe island of t!uba and was placed in charge of the\\ncooperage establishment on a large sugar planta-", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0851.jp2"}, "703": {"fulltext": "544\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ntioii, and there, during four years assiduous labor\\nand strict economy, laid the foundation for his fu-\\nture prosi^erous business career. Upon returning\\nhome, at the time of the siclcness of his brother, John\\nS. Read, he was induced to take charge of his\\npaper -store, and soon thereafter became associated\\nwith him in business, under the firm-name of Read\\nBrother, on the corner of Second and Lom-\\nbard Streets, Philadelphia.\\nIn 1855 Edmund E. Read removed to Camden,\\nretaining his interest in the Philadelphia store, and,\\ntogetlier with his brotlier, opened a store on Arch\\nStreet, Camden, and later they built the large store\\nbuilding, on the corner of Third and Federal Streets\\nknown us Read s Hall, ami also the large store-\\nbuilding on the corner of Third and Arch Streets,\\noccupied then and to this date by Dr. De LaCour as\\na drug-store. In the Federal Street store Mr. Read\\nhas done a large and prosperous business, and\\nsince his residence in Camden, has been identified\\nwith nearly every interest which has added to the\\nmaterial growth and prosperity of the city. His\\nbrother, with whom he was so long and success-\\nfully associated in business, died in 1882, and the\\nfirm is now Read Smith.\\nThe business success and executive ability of\\nMr. Read is shown from the number of responsible\\npositions to which he has been chosen by various\\ncorporations and associations. He is now a direc-\\ntor of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad, of the\\nMarlton and Medford Railroad, of tlie First Na-\\ntional Bank of Camden, of tlie Camden Fire In-\\nsurance Association and treasurer of the same, of\\nthe Sea View Hotel Company of Atlantic City, and\\nof the Coopers Point and Philadelphia Ferry Co.\\nHe has served as a member of the City Council,\\na member of the County Board of Freeholders and\\nState Prison director. Since the organization of\\nbuilding and loan associations in Camden he has\\nbeen a director in a number of them, and, up to\\nthe present time, he is a member of Camden\\nLodge, No. 15, Free and accepted Masons,\\nSylome Chapter, No. 19, and Cyrene Commandery\\nof Camden. He has been an active worker in the\\nchurch, was a member of the building committee,\\nand, for many years, a trustee, of the First Baptist\\nChurch of Camden, and later a trustee in the\\nTrinity Baptist Church, of which he and his\\nfamily are now members.\\nMr. Read was married, in August, 1844, to Anna\\nPeak, daughter of Thomas and Abigail Peak, of\\nCamden. They have four children, Harriet P.\\nRead, John S. Read, Jr. (who died an infant),\\nSallie L. Read (who is married to Harry L. Jones,\\nof Camden, aud they have one child, Mary Read\\nJones), and Anna P. Read, the youngest daugh-\\nter.\\nThe Ca.mden Insurance Company was char-\\ntered by the Legislature March 10, 18:52. The\\ncapital stock was fixed at fifty thousand dollars,\\nwith the privilege of increasing it to one hundred\\nthousand dollars. The shares were twenty-five dol-\\nlars each. The persons named in the charter who\\nliecame tlie first directors of the company were\\nJoseph W. Cooper, Robert W. Ogden, Richard\\nFetters, Thomas Lee, Jr., Nathan Davis, Morris\\nCroxall, Isaiah Toy, John K. Cowperthwaite, Jo-\\nseph Kaighu, Ebenezer Toole, Jeremiah H. Sloan,\\nJohn W. Mickle and Isaac Smith. This company\\ncontinued to exist for several years with varied\\nsuccess. The management of it eventually passed\\ninto new hands, and on March 2, 1849, Abraham\\nBrowning, Thomas H. Dudley and Isaiah Toy\\nwere, by an act of the Legislature, created trustees\\nto settle the affairs of the company.\\nThe Camden Fire Insurance As.sociation\\nwas incorporated by an act of the State Legisla-\\nture approved March 12, 1841, as the Camden\\nMutual Insurance Association. The incorpora-\\ntors, who also, under the same act, were constituted\\nthe first directors of the company, were Gideon V.\\nStivers, Isaac Cole, Richard Fetters, Ebenezer\\nToole, Nathan Davis, Charles S. Garrett, Joab\\nScull, John Knisell, Edward Daugherty, Thomas\\nPeak, Charles Bontemps, Richard Thomas and\\nJohn K. Cowperthwaite. This company began\\nbusiness under the most favorable auspices, and\\never since its origin, has prospered even beyond\\nthe expectation of its originators. Its plan of\\npromptly paying losses gave it a prestige and pop-\\nularity which it has since continually maintained.\\nThe directors of tliis company in 18 i8 were Wil-\\nliam P. Tateni, Jonathan Burr, Samuel H. Morton,\\nChristoplier J. Mines, Ralph Lee, John S. Read,\\nHenry B. Wilson, Charles Wilson, Josiah D.\\nRogers, James H. Stevens, Clayton Truax, Jesse\\nE. Huston and Thomas A. Wilson.\\nThe association did business on the mutual plan\\nuntil July 1, 187(\u00c2\u00bb, and afterwards on the stock\\nplan. The amount of premiums received since or-\\nganization is $227,470; losses paid, $35,599; the\\namount of insurance in force now is $3,050,588;\\nand the amount of losses paid during the past year,\\n$1910..S4. Business is ilone principally in West\\nand South Jersey.\\nThe officers from the organization to the present\\nhave been as follows\\nPnMeiils.\\nIsaac Cole, 1841 to 1849. Richard Fetters, 1849 to 1853.\\nEdward Daugherty, 1863 to 1809. WilUaui P. Tatom, 1859 to 1871.\\nHenry B. Wilson, 1871 to date.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0852.jp2"}, "704": {"fulltext": "l_.\u00c2\u00a32_- ^2-", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0855.jp2"}, "705": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0856.jp2"}, "706": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n545\\nVir.-I teMLiil.\\n1 linrr, Iss.i (o date ^.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0reuled iu 188r.)-\\nJ. K. Cowpcltlnvuitc, 1841 to lsr.:l. .liJiiatbuTi Burr, lSf.:i tu 1S85.\\nHud. W. Birdsi ll, l\u00c2\u00ab.f.^ t.i d.iti-.\\nTieusurers.\\nNiitbaa DaviB, 1841 to 1853. Joliu S. Tieml, 180,1 to ISOl.\\nC baileB Piue, 18151 to 18G 2. J..lin S. l!.-nd, Isr. J to IKS J.\\nEdmuud E. Head, 1882 to date.\\niyin-vt^yors.\\nGideon V. Stivers, 1841 to 1863. Josiah D. Rogers, WKi to 1861.\\nSarauel H. Mortoo, 1881 to 1870. Charles Wilsou, 1870 to 1872.\\nCUris. J. Mines, 1872 to date.\\nDirectors. Following is an alpliabetiial list\\nof those who have served as directors\\nThomas B. Atkinson.\\nAdam Angel.\\nCharles Bontemptj.\\nWilliam W. Bozortli\\nJoseph C. Burroughs\\nJonathan Burr.\\nRiiey Barrett.\\nBenjamin M. Bralier,\\nJohn Burr.\\nFrank J, Burr.\\nRudolph W. Birdsell\\nIsaac Cole.\\nJohn K. Cowpert\\nRichard C. Cake.\\nDaniel S. Carter.\\nHenry Curts.\\nJacob S. CoUings.\\nBenjamin S. Carter.\\nJohn Carter.\\nSamuel S. 8. Cowperth\\nJohn Campbell, Jr.\\nNathan Davis.\\nEdward Daugherty.\\nRichard Fetters.\\nHenry Frederi ;ks.\\nCharles S. Garrett.\\nPhilip J. Grey.\\nGeorge W. Gilbert.\\nBenjamin A. Hamell.\\nJesse E. Huston.\\nJohn Knisell.\\nRalph Lee.\\nIsiiac S. Mullord.\\nSamuel H. Mortuu.\\nWilliam B. Mulford.\\nCbristoplier J. Mines\\nJehu Osier.\\nThomas Peak.\\nWalter Patton.\\nCharles Pine.\\nCaleb Roberts.\\nJohn Ross,\\nJohn S. Read.\\nJosiah Rogers.\\nEdmund E. Read.\\nEdm\\\\iud E. Read, Jr.\\nGideon V. Stivers.\\nRobert W. Smith\\nJohn Sands.\\nJacob W. Sharj).\\nJesse Smith.\\nDaniel S. Schriuer.\\nJoab Scull.\\nWilliam S. Scull.\\nJames H. Stevens.\\nWilliam P. Tateni.\\nRichard Thomaa.\\nSamuel Thompson.\\nClayton Truax.\\nWilliam Waunan.\\nRichard J. Ward.\\nHenry B. Wilsou.\\nCharles Wilson.\\nTliomas A. Wilson.\\nCamden Gas-Liuht Company. Tlie works\\nowned by this company, as originally laitl out and\\nbuilt, were small, little or no provision being made\\nfor expansion of business. The manufiicturing,\\njmriticatiou and storage tacilities have been en-\\ntirely changed by the erection of a new retort-\\nhouse, new purifying and scrubber-house, station\\nmeter-house, larger holder.s for storage, etc. Thir-\\nty-seveu miles of pipes for distribution have been\\nlaid, and, in a word, renewing and enlarging have\\nbeen carried on until but a vestige of the old works\\nremains.\\nThe present works, when completed, will have a\\ncapacity of two hundred million cubic feet an-\\nnually.\\nThe city is now paying less than one dollar per\\nthousand feet for lighting the streets, the consum-\\ners having a graduated scale of prices from $1..50\\nto $1.70 per thousand cubic feet, with an average\\npower of seventeen candles.\\nFollowing are the names of the officers and\\ndirectors of the company from 1868 to 188():\\nPKESIDENTS.\\n1868-71. *Joseph W. Cooper. 1874-81. *Jes3e W. Starr.\\n1871-74. *Wm. D. Cooper. 1881. Benjamin F. Archer.\\nIIIRECTORS.\\n18C..S-72. Joseph W. Cooper, Jesse W. Starr, *Wm. D. Cooper,\\nWm. Stiles and Wistar Morris.\\n1872-74. *Wm. D. Cooper, *Je88e W. Starr, Wm. Stile.s, Benj. F.\\nArcher and *Char]es Wheeler.\\n1874-76. *Wni. D. Cooper, *Jesse W. Starr, Benj. F. Archer and\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Charles Wheeler.\\n1876-Sl. Jesse W. Starr, *CI]arle8 Wheeler, Henj. V. Archer,\\n*Je3se Smith and Sarauel C. Cooper.\\n1881-83. Benj. F. Archer, \u00c2\u00bbCharles Wheeler, Jesse Smith, Sam-\\nuel C. Cooper and *Simeon T. Ringel.\\n1883-84. Beuj. F. Archer, *Charle8 Wheeler, Samuel C. Cooper,\\n*Simeon T. Ringel and Charles Watson.\\n1884-85. Benj. F. Archer, aamuel C. Cooper, Simeon T. Kiugel,\\nharles Watson and Wm. Helme.\\n1886-86. Benj. F. Archer, Samuel C. Cooper, Charles Watson,\\nWm. Helme and Richard Fetters Smith.\\n*Dei\\nised.\\nThe present officers are as follows\\nlSi;8-74. Wm. Stilei\\n1874. (i harles Walsou.\\nHenry B, Wilson.\\nSen-eturi/.\\nJonathan Burr.\\n1868-70. 0. W. Goodwin, W. H. McFadden and J, H. Beitler\\n1879. Wm. Q. Hufty.\\nRudolph W. Birdsell.\\nI reatnrer.\\nEdmund E. Bead.\\nChristopher J. Mil\\nWilliam P. Tatem.\\nHenry B. Wilsou,\\nChristopher J. Mines.\\nEdmund E. Read.\\nEdmund E. Read, Jr.\\nJohn Burr.\\nWilliam W. Bozortli.\\nFrauk .1. Burr.\\nJosiah I). Rogers.\\nWilliam S. Scull.\\nCharles Wilson.\\nGeorge W. Gilbert,\\nJonathan Burr.\\nThe Street Railway. Until 1850, when the\\npopulation of Camden exceeded nine thousand,\\niniblic conveyances, to carry persons from one\\npoint to another at a fixed rate, were almost un-\\nknown, and there was little occasion for them.\\nThere were three centres of population, each near\\na ferry, to and from which nearly all travel was\\ndirected. The settlement of Coopers Hill, how-\\never, midway between the middle and lower\\nferries, caused a demand for some method of", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0857.jp2"}, "707": {"fulltext": "546\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTi NEW JERSEY.\\nconveying passengers from the ferries, and liacks\\nwere ready, on the arrival of the boats, to\\ntake to their homes such as chose to avail\\nthemselves of the opportunity. The customary\\nfare was twelve and a half cents, but beyond cer-\\ntain arbitrary bounds the charge was twenty-five\\ncents. James Elvvell put on a line of light onini\\nbuses, drawn by two horses. It was not until 1S71\\nwhen the population of the city had reached tliirty\\nthousand, that tlie Camden Horse Railroad Com-\\npany laid tracks and began to run cars. A cliarter\\nwas received in 186G, the incorporators being John\\nHood, A. B. Frazee, John R. Graham, John S.\\nRead, Jesse Smith, Albert W. Markley, Isaac VV.\\nNicholson, James M. Scovel, William S. Scull,\\nWilliam Brice, Abraham W. Nash, Henry Fred-\\nericks and Charles Townsend. The company or-\\nganized by electing John R. Graham president,\\nand John Hood secretary and treasurer. The\\nother directors were A. B. Frazee, John S. Read\\nand Charles Townsend. The capital stock of\\nfifty thousand dolhirs was subscribed, but confi-\\ndence in tlie success of tlie enterprise was want-\\ning, and many of the subscribers withdrew their\\nstock. Jolm Hood persevered. In 1871 Col-\\nonel Thomas McKeen entered the company and\\nwas made treasurer. He at once infused new lifg\\ninto the enterprise and subscribed liberally of hi\\nmeans. The first tracks were laid from the Fed.\\neral Street Ferry to Fourth Street and Kaiglm\\nAvenue, \u00c2\u00ab(a Federal Street and Hfth, and the first\\ncars were run November 23, 1S71.\\nIn 1872 the Market Street and North Second\\nStreet lines were constructed, connecting with llie\\nWest Jersey Ferry. The following year the South\\nSecond Street line, connecting the Federal Street\\nFerry with tlie Eiglith Ward, at Broadway and\\nEmerald was built. In 1877 the company built\\nanother line from the Fedei-al Street Ferry, via\\nFederal, Second and Stevens, Broadway and Clin-*\\nton and Sixth to Walnut, and extended their\\ntrack to the Kaighns Point Ferry, giving a total of\\nnine miles of track.\\nIn 1872 John R.Graham withdrew, and Thomas\\nA. Wilson, entering the board, was made presi-\\ndent. Thomas JVIcKeen acted as treasurer until\\nhis death, in 1883, when John Hood became\\ntreasurer and Wilbur F. Rose secretary. Mr.\\nHood has been superintendent since the time of\\norganization. The company owns twenty-si.x cars,\\neighty-five horses, and gives employment to fifty-\\nsix persons, whose annual pay-roll amounts to\\n$23,000. The cost of the road and its equipments\\nwas $120,273; the receipts for the past year were\\n$52,296; and expenditures, $47,712.\\nThe ofticers for 188G are President, Thomas A.\\nWilson Secretary, Wilbur F. Rose Treasurer\\nand Superintendent, John Hood; Auditors, Cal-\\nvin S. Crowell, W. F. Rose Clerk, Thomas A.\\nWilson, Jr. Foreman, Charles Fisher.\\nCitizens Coach Company. On July 20, 1870,\\nWilliam S. Scull, Henry B. Wilson, George E.\\nWilson, Horace Hammell, Ebenezer Westcott\\nand Robert S. Kaighn filed articles of incorpora-\\ntion with the county clerk as the Citizens Coach\\nConijiany, and established a line of coaches, run-\\nning from the Federal Street Ferry to the Kaighns\\nPoint Ferry, by way of Federal Street, Broadway\\nand Kaighn Avenue. Other lines were established\\nfrom Market Street Ferry to vai ious points in the\\nFirst and Second Wards, and along Stevens and\\nFourth Streets to Kaighn Avenue. These have\\nbeen withdrawn, and the first-mentioned line only\\nis running.\\nThe Telephone was introduced into Cam-\\nden, in August, 1879, by Watson Depuy, president,\\nJ. J. Burleigh, secretary, treasurer and manager,\\nand Heber C. Robinson, superintendent of the\\nSouth Jersey Telegraph Company, the first ex-\\nchange telephone being placed for (ieorge R.\\nOanenhower, Bmadway and Kaighn Avenue,\\nAugust loth of that year, and private lines were\\nplaced between the City Hall and Simeon Ringel s\\npharmacy. Second and Market; Martin Gold-\\nsmith s pharmacy, Second and Pine; and fire-\\nengine house No. 2, at Fifth and Arch Streets.\\nThe First National and National State Banks,\\nCamden Safe Deposit Company, Joseph Camj)-\\nbell s canning-factory on Second Street and others\\nfollowed. The ottice was with the Western Union\\nTelegraph Company, on Third Street north of\\nFederal. Citizens and business men, however,\\nwere slow in appreciating the great advantages of\\nthe telephone, and when the company had been\\nmerged into the Delaware and Atlantic Telegraph\\nand Telephone Company, in 1882, and the man-\\nagement placed in the hands of Charles A. .lanke,\\nin May, 1883, the patrons numbered but filty-four.\\nBy energy the business was extended rapidly and\\nsuccess was assured. The exchange was removed\\nto the building on the northeast corner of Second\\nand Market Streets, where room was found for the\\nincreasing wants of the enterprise. Connection is\\nnow had with all prominent points within a radius\\nol forty miles, and arrangements are being made\\nto make the radius one hundred miles. The ex-\\nchange subscribers number two hundred and fifty,\\nwith eighteen private wires and fifteen public sta-\\ntions. One hundred and fifty miles of wire inter-\\nsect the city in all directions, and are being ex-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0858.jp2"}, "708": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n547\\ntended as demanded, and, by them, instant means\\nof communication are provided for physicians\\npublic officials and business men, while the Fire\\nDepartment has often found the telephone an in-\\nvaluable adjunct to the fire-alarm system. The\\nWestern Electric is the system in use. For the year\\n188ti the officers and the Camden attnchex of the\\ncompany are: Pre.sident, James Merrihew; Treas-\\nurer, (ieorge S. Iredell Superintendent, William\\nT. Westbrook; Secretary and Manager, Charles A.\\nJanke; Ins|)ectors, A. B. Pepuy and Charles E.\\n)pdycke; Lineman, Warren Morgan; and fonr\\nlady operators, whose calls number twelve hundred\\ndaily. The exchange is open day and night.\\nBriLniS(i AND Bt ilding Associations. The\\nremarkable growth of Camden is exhibited in sta-\\ntistics given at the outstart of its history in this\\nvolume and it seems proper, before closing the last\\nof the series of chapters devoted to the city, to\\ngive .some facts concerning the manner in which\\nthe fast-increasing population has been housed,\\nand the men who have been foremost in perlorm-\\ning the work. It is to be regretted that full and\\naccurate statistics of the building operations of the\\nlast twenty or thirty years are not attainable, but\\nin their absence some indication of the constantly\\naccelerating growth of the city and increase in the\\nnumber of homes may be procured from the record\\nof building permits. The tirst appears to have\\nbeen issued on August ti, 185!t, and during the en-\\nsuing year, or up to August 22, ISiid, the number\\ngranted was sixty-nine. From this time (ju, for\\none decade, the number issued in each year (fmni\\nAugust to August) was as follows:\\ni\u00c2\u00ab;im;i :t3\\nisei-oi! T.^\\nI8i;2-(i:i vi:\\\\\\n1863-64 IKl\\n1864-6. M.s\\n186. i-66 .M\\n18G6-67 8.1\\n1867-68 -i-M\\n1868-69 (Ortober) 2,S.i\\nTotal for ton years IKsil\\nThe figures for the next decaile show a consider-\\nable increase\\n1869 to May 24, 1871 (cBlirnalcl) 2X\\n1S71 (Mayiltli toDprpinl.er. ilst) l.\u00c2\u00ab6\\n1.872 32.5\\nl.?7:i Si9\\n1874 :i62\\n187. iDi;\\n1876 3.52\\n1877 :iBR\\n1878 276\\n1879 ;!in\\n18S0 325\\nTotal for leu years 32.58\\nSince 1880 the number of permits issued each\\nyear has been as follows\\nissi tM\\n1882 189\\n1883 263\\n1884 :m\\n1885 .372\\n1886 (to Noveiiilier .5tli) 454\\nTotal for \u00c2\u00abix years 2138\\nTlie t ital numlier of building permits i.ssued\\nduring twenty-seven years has been six thousand\\nfive hundred aiul seveiily-siN, and the niimlicr for\\nthe decade which will cbise with Ihe year l.s .to\\nbids fair to equal or exceed that for the preceiling\\none. These figures, however, give an inadequate\\nidea but little more than a suggestion of the\\nremarkable activity of the city builders. Building\\npermits are issued for the making of additions and\\nalterations in many instances, and then again, one\\npermit may grant authority for the construction of\\na dozen or a score of houses, and, in fact, there is\\none instance in which as many as twenty-seven\\ndwellings were built underoneIicen.se. The num-\\nber of permits issued for the year ending Novem-\\nber 5, 18S(), was about five hundred, but a careful\\nestinnUe made by a well-informed builder places\\nthe number of houses erected during that period\\nat .seven hundred and fifty, and it is probablr that\\nthese figures exhibit about the same ralid which\\nhas prevtiiled between the number of permits and\\nthe number of buildings actually erected during\\nthe past fifteen or sixteen years.\\nNearly all of the building o])erations which have\\ntransformed Camden from a village into a city\\nhave been carried on by what may be called whole-\\nsale systems or legitimately speculative enterprise.\\nBuilders erect whole blocks and in some instances\\nseveral blocks of dwellings, and either sell outright\\nto investors, who rent the houses separately, sell\\ndirectly to those who intend making themselves\\nhomes, or rent to the same class. Not one house\\nin a hundred is built at present by the man who\\ncontemplates becoming its occupant, and, indeed,\\nunless one wishes an elaborate, permanent house,\\nand is comparatively indifferent to exjiense, there\\nis little incentive for individual enterprise, for the\\nbuilders carrying on large operations, with their\\nfacilities for procuring stone, brick and lumber at\\nwholesale prices, can erect houses at far less cost\\nthan the man who builds only one.\\nA large proportion of the houses erected in the\\n];ast few years have been bought or are rented by\\nmen doing business in the down-town and river-\\nfront portions of Philadelphia, who have found\\nthat they can live here more comfortably and eco-\\nnomically than in the other city. Many of them", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0859.jp2"}, "709": {"fulltext": "548\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nbuy on easy terras, and others rent at much lower\\nrates than they could procure similar houses for\\nin Philadelphia. The ordinary two-story Camden\\nhouse is rented for about fifteen dollars per month,\\na good three-story house can be had for from\\ntwenty to thirty dollars and a house of the better\\nclass for from thirty to sixty dollars per month.\\nNotwithstanding the rapidity with which houses\\nhave arisen in the past ten or fifteen years, there\\nhas been no glut in the market, all being taken as\\nfast as they are completed.\\nBuilding in Camden has been greatly stimulated\\nby the policy of the managers of the estate\\nof Richard M., Abigail and Esther Cooper.\\nThey have advanced money to various builders for\\nthe purpose of making improvements on their\\nproperty, and within the [last ten years as many\\nas seven or eight hundred houses have been erect-\\ned by their aid. These are, for the most part,\\ndwellings of the medium size, and they are mostly\\nlocated in the Second and Fourth Wards, between\\nthe Delaware and Sixth Street, and bounded\\nnorth and south by Pearl and Penn Streets.\\nNearly ail have been sold. About eighty are now\\nin process of construction, the money employed\\nbeing loaned by the estate.\\nAmong the builders of Camden are several who\\nhave erected five or six hundred houses each. The\\nheaviest operators are undoubtedly Cohn Rob-\\nerts, Wilson Ernst and George Holl. Fine examples\\nof the work of the firm first named are to be seen on\\nFront and Point Streets, between Cooper and\\nLinden. Mr. E. N. Cohn commenced building in\\n1866, erecting in that year twelve houses on Pearl\\nStreet. He then continued putting up blocks and\\nseparate structures, operating alone and in con-\\nnection with Charles B., Richard and Asa R.\\nCox, and building not less than one hundred and\\nfifty houses. He also erected the Pfiel Cfaltz\\nbuilding, which was burned. In 1882 he formed\\na partnership with Joseph E. Roberts, who, indi-\\nvidually, had built about two hundred houses, and\\nas a firm they have since constructed at least four\\nhundred and fifty dwellings, to which line of\\nbuilding they devote themselves exclusively.\\nGeorge Holl, who has been engaged in building\\nfor eighteen years, has erected from four to five\\nhundred houses, principally in the central part of\\nthe city. They are nearly alt of what may be de-\\nnominated the medium class, in size and preten-\\nsions. His brother, Lewis T. Holl, has built many\\nhouses in the lower part of towu.\\nWilson Ernst has been actively engaged since\\n1876, and about four hundred buildings, chiefly\\ndwellings, attest his enterprise.\\nCox Brothers, individually and together, have\\nbuilt from five to six hundred houses, the greater\\nproportion being small ones.\\nReuben S. Cross has been in Camden forty-\\ntwo years and engaged in building for thirty-eight\\nyears, during which period he has erected many\\ndwellings, one church, a school-house and several\\nfactories and mills.\\nRandal E. Morgan, ex-sheritf, during the past\\nfourteen years, has built over two hundred struc-\\ntures, including dwellings, stores, etc., about one-\\nhalf of them in connection with other parties and\\none-half as his individual enterprise.\\nM. E. Harden has built over six hundred dwell-\\nings of different kinds and sizes, from the largest\\nto the smallest, about fifty stores and offices, three\\nsash and door mills, the Keystone Chemical\\nCompany s building, three churches, the First\\nPresbyterian, Third Baptist and Roman Catholic,\\nat Broadway and Ferry Streets, also the Stevens,\\nWickes, Mulford and Richard Fetters school\\nbuildings and the colored school building in the\\nEighth Ward.\\nJ. F. Dorman has built many houses, operating\\nindividually, and about thirty with J. M.\\nDavis, under the firm-name of Dorman Davis.\\nMr. Davis, individually, during a period of six\\nyears, has put up about one hundred buildings,\\nsix of which were large stores, thirteen factories,\\none ferry-house (at Kaighns Point) and two\\nchurches, while most of the remainder were com-\\nmodious and handsome dwellings.\\nAmong other extensive builders and contrac-\\ntors are Robert Kaighn (who has operated\\nprincipally in the Eighth Ward), William Mead\\n(of whom a sketch is given), John Schause, Scud-\\nder Budd, Joseph Butcher, John C. Rogers,\\nThomas Howell, William Keen, C. C. Williams,\\nW. B. Mulford, William Severns, John Stone,\\nReuben B. Cole, J. M. Bozarth, K. P. Torbert,\\nJames A. Coulter, .Josiah P. Beckett, William T.\\nFortiner, William V. Hoover, Isaac C. Hielman,\\nJames Jlaguire, David Luramis, S. H. Morton,\\nE. Lippincott, Samuel Maiucs, T. M. Moore, A. J.\\nllichards, D. C. Reyburn, W. B. Smith, W. H.\\nTaylor, C. C. Williams, Aarou Ward, Thomas\\nJones and George E. Blensinger.\\nWii/LIAM T. Meai) is a descendant of Jeremiah\\nMead and his wife, Johannes Dungan, who emi-\\ngrated from England early in the seventeenth\\ncentury, and settled at Horseneck, or Greenwich,\\nConnecticut. Their sou Jeremiah, who lived in\\nRidgefield, wius married three times, his first wife\\nbeing Martha, daughter of Samuel and Norah St.\\nJohn, of Pimpewaug, and their marriage took", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0860.jp2"}, "710": {"fulltext": "V\\n^^^c j^", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0863.jp2"}, "711": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0864.jp2"}, "712": {"fulltext": "TIIK CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n54!)\\n|)lace February 17, 1770. His second wife was\\nRachel, daughter of Samuel and Mary Smith, by\\nwhom he had two children, Uacliel and Patty\\nand after the death of this wife, he was married,\\nOctober G, 1784, to Betty W. Whitney, by whom\\nhe had nine children, Lewis, Hepsey, Jeremiah,\\nMatthew, Seth, Samuel, Betty, Harvey and Whit-\\nney. Most of the family remained in Connecticut,\\nbut Harvey, who was born in Ridgetield, Connec-\\nticut, April 11, 1790, moved when a young man to\\nNew York, where, on September 11, 1S21, lie was\\nmarried to Rebecca Spenser, by whom he had six\\nchildren, Samuel Spenser, Seth Whitney, Har-\\nvey, Amanda, Ann Elizabeth and Rebecca. His\\nwife died on February 28, 1834.\\nOn March 2, 1836, Harvey was married, a second\\ntime, to Julia Ann Hofl man, whose maiden-name\\nwa.s Glassby she was born in Camden. By her he\\nhad six children, William T., Harvey, Henry,\\nCatherine M., Charles A. and Julia Ann. Mrs.\\nMead died December 4, 1853, and Mr. Mead, June\\n20, 1864.\\nWilliam T. Mead was born in Bucks County,\\nPa., near Bristol, October 2, 1837, and came to\\nPhiladelphia with his father in 1840, thence to\\nCamden in 1 84r At the early age of ten years he\\nwas placed for one season on a farm afterwards he\\nlearned brick-making with Peter Stetser, and at\\nthe age of fifteen was apprenticed to Thoniiis A.\\nWilson, to learn the trade of a carpenter and\\nbuilder, and completed it under him. On 21st of\\nMarch, 1859, he was married to Maria Norman,\\ndaughter of Joseph and Sarah Haywood Stetser,\\nby whom he had seven children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Stetser,\\n\\\\Villiam C, Alexander H. (deceased), Frank E.,\\nCarrie E., George L. and M. Edna. At the open-\\ning of the Civil War he enlisted in Company F,\\nFourth New Jersey Veteran Volunteer Infantry,\\nAugust 15, 1861. He served in General Kearny s\\nbrigade, and participated in a number of engage-\\nments, but was taken prisoner, June 27, 1862, at\\nthe battle of Gaines Mills, Va. He then endured\\nthe hardships of prison life at Libby and Belle Isle\\nuntil exchanged, in August, 1862, when he was\\nsent to a hospital in Pliiladelphia, and discharged\\ntherefrom, December 19, 1862, as unfit for ser-\\nvice on account of disability.\\nIn April, 1874, Mr. Mead began his successful\\ncareer as builder in the city of Camden, where\\nhe has erected many private dwellings, school-\\nhouses and churches.\\nIn religion, Mr. Mead is a Methodist in politics,\\na Democrat. He has been a member of the City\\nCouncil for six years, and also a member of the\\nBoard of Health, and noone has shown UKU e zeal in\\nthe faithful discharge of liis duties. He is a mem-\\nber of the Order of American Mechanics, Knights\\nof Pythias, of Masonic fraternity, and a comrade\\nof Post No. 5. Grand Army of the Republic.\\nIn the occupation of builder he has constructed\\nmany buildings which have added largely to the\\nimprovement and attractive appearance of the\\ncity of Camden.\\nBuilding, Loan and Savings As.sociation.s.\\nThese associations of Camden have been impor-\\ntant factors in promoting the growth of the city,\\nand have assisted many worthy citizens to the\\nownership of homes or given them financial aid in\\ntransacting their business. The money.-: handled\\nby them count into the millions of dollars. Being\\nthus matters of public interest, a list of the prin-\\ncipal institutions of this kind in Camden is here\\npresented.\\nArtisan, organized December 10,1873, meets the\\nsecond Wednesday evening in every mouth at\\nWildey Hall. It has three hundred and twenty-\\nsix stockholders one thousand shares, par value\\ntwo hundred dollars price per share, one dollar.\\nHenry F. Geiter, president; W. B. Mulford, treas-\\nurer George E. Frye, secretary. This is the second\\nassociation by this name in Camden, one having\\nsuccessfully wound up its affairs about thirty\\nyears ago, having been a single series association,\\nof which .John I. Davis was secretary at the time\\nof its winding up, which was done satisfactorily\\nto all concerned.\\nThe Camdeii Building and Loan Association was\\norganized July 25, 1867. Five hundred and\\nforty stockholders have two thousand seven hun-\\ndred shares price per share, one dollar; par value,\\ntwo hundred dollars. Meets the fourth Monday\\nin each month at Wildey Hall. Mark B. Wills,\\npresident Henry F. Geiter, secretary F. P.\\nMulford, treasurer.\\n77te City, organized May 2, 1874, has two hun-\\ndred and five members. It meets the third Saturday\\nin each month at Read s Hall. Price per share,\\none dollar par value, two hundred dollars. James\\nM. Cassady, president vice-president, Edmund\\nE. Read, Jr. Volney G. Bennett, treasurer; E.\\nK. Fortiner, secretary.\\nDudley Homestead and Buildiny Association was\\nincorporated in March, 1886 Jehu Evans, secre-\\ntary, No. 311 Market Street Charles Bosch, presi-\\ndent; George Leathwhite, vice-president; Harry\\nD. Longacre, treasurer. This association is con-\\nducted upon a new scheme. Shares are sold and\\nthe lots drawn and houses built by the a sociation\\nfor its members. No collateral security is required\\nfor building purposes. The total number of shares", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0865.jp2"}, "713": {"fulltext": "552\\nII [STORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nHenry S. Hiind Son, Oscar B., at Schweinhagen s Hall, Newton\\nAvenne, below Broadway, August 1-^., 1875 discoutiuued February\\n25, I87(i.\\nWiufield S. Plank, eoutheast corner Tbird and Wasliiiigton Streets,\\nNovember 16, 1876, followed by John F. West, March 17, 187G, and\\nWilliam A. Davis, M.D., January 11, 1877, and moved to northwest\\ncorner, opposite, March 18, 1880.\\nJerome A. Kldridge, northwest comer Third and Birch Streets,\\nMarch 17, 1876, followed by Thomas A. Hazzard, June 17th, same\\nyear, and Samuel C. Burland, M.D., October Htb following, and on\\nOctober 5, 1877, it was discontinued.\\nDillwyn P. Pancoast, M.D., branch store southwest corner Sixth\\nand Koydon Streets, June 2, 1870; bought by John S. Whitwell,\\nMay 1, 1878 died May 1, 1882, and business carried on by his\\nwidow.\\nWinfleld S. Plank, No. 421 Kaighn Avenue, July 18, 1876;\\nmoved to southwest corner Fifth and Chen-y Streets, September .30th,\\nsame year, and returned to first location October 9th moved again\\nto northeast corner Broadway and Clinton Streets, February 19,\\n1877 sold to H. Allen Eeed, M.D., 19th of Juno following, who\\nmoved stock and fixtures to the West, March 5, 1878.\\nRichards. Justice, southeast corner Fifth and Elm Streets, August\\n2. 1876.\\nRichard F. Ireland, southeast corner Third and Chestnut Streets,\\nFebruary In, 1877 moved to No. 224 Main Street, on 15th June fol-\\nlowing, thence to southwest corner Tbird and Yine Streets, April\\n5. 1878 sold to James A. A. Armstrong, M.D., June 12, 1879, who,\\nresold to R. F. Ireland, June 19, 1880 bought by John F. Casner\\nApril 18, 1881; succeeded by J, Griffith Howard and Frederick Tifft,\\nFebruary 20, 1882, the latter retiring from the firm April 1, 1885,\\nMr. Howard afterward selling to Renfrew G. Landis, April 4, 1886.\\nWinfleld S. Plank, No. 601 Walnut Street, June 2, 1877 moved\\nOctober 27th following to northwest corner Sixth and Walnut Sts.;\\nsold to Henry B. Crane, April 18, 1878, who moved stock and fixtures\\nto Elizabeth, N. J.\\nMaximillian West, M.D., No. 213 South Fifth Street, October 3,\\n1877 moved to Philadelphia August 12, 1878.\\nRichard G. Stevenson, northwest corner Sixth and MarketStreets,\\nApril 0, 1878.\\nSamuel W. Caldwell, northeast corner Broadway and Clinton\\nStreet, May 1, 1878 moved to Philadelphia, May 19, 1879.\\nHenry 0. Cox, M.D., corner Central Avenue and Kossuth Street,\\nMay 23, 1879 died October 1. 1884 sold by the widow, October 16th\\nfollowing, to Elmer S. Westcott, M.D., followed by Henry B. Cox,\\nMarch 19, 1885, and Charles W. Allbright, April 1,1886.\\nAlonzo D. Nichols, northeast corner Third and Pine Streets, June\\n26, 1879 died August 8, 1882 bought by William J Stoner, August\\n;lcith following succeeded by J. E. Griflenberg, March 1, 1883, Dow-\\nling Benjamin, M.D., August, 1883, who moved to southeast corner\\nThird and Becket Streets, November 17, 1884.\\nWilliam H. Braddock, southeast corner Third and Elm Streets,\\nApril, 1880 moved to southeast corner Third and Birch Streets,\\nJanuary 20, 1886.\\nGeorge Miller, M.D., No. 213 South Fifth Street, from May to July,\\n1880.\\nWilliam Shafer, M.D., northwest corner Fourth and Hamilton\\nStreets, October 2, 1880.\\nGeorge W. Henry, M.D., northwest corner Eighth and Walnut\\nStreets, November 27, 1880.\\nN. Davis, southwest corner Broadway and Spruce Street, Novem-\\nber 16, 1882; moved to northwest corner, opposite, in 1885.\\nHenry C. Archibald, M.D., corner Broadway and Washington\\nStreet, August, 1883 sold to James H. F. Milton, M.D., June 13,\\n1884, who moved from Camden, February 9, 1886.\\nEdwin U. Smiley, M.D., southeast corner Third and Washington\\nStreets, March, 1884.\\nAlex.ander G. Bennett, corner Haddon Avenue and Federal Street,\\nNovember, 1884 bought by Levi B. Hirst, September 29, 1885.\\nPhilip W. Beale, M.D., southeast corner Ninth and Federal\\nStreets, December 3, 1884.\\n.lames IS. Wood, northeast corner Third and Pine Streets, January\\n111. 1884; moved to 1126 Broadway, March 17, I88C.\\nJ. Howard Griffith opened a branch store northwest corner Front\\nand Penn Streets, September 6, 1886, taking chai ge in person after\\nselling the store at Third and Vine Streets, April 5, 1886.\\nConrad S. Hoel, M.D., No. 204 Federal Street, October 22, 1885.\\nWilliam S. Deininger, northwest corner Sixth and Berkley Streets,\\nJuly, 1886.\\nElCHARD W. Te.st, the son of Joseph D. and\\nAnn D. Test, was born in Greenwich, Cumber-\\nhind County, N. J., on the 2d of January, 1812.\\nDuring early life he engaged in labor on the farm,\\nand at a later date, preferring a business career, be-\\ncame familiar, by a thorough preparatory course,\\nwith that of a druggist. He established himself\\nin Philadelphia, and in May, 18-18, removing to\\nCamden, purchased the drug-store of Dr. John E.\\nPresson, in October of the same year. From this\\nstore, which was located on the corner of f^econd\\nStreet and Bridge Avenue, he removed, in Febru-\\nary, 1853, to Federal Street, below Second Street,\\nand in October. 1867, took po.ssession of the north-\\nwest corner of Second and Federal Streets, which\\nstand his son, Alfred W., his successor, now occu-\\npies. Mr. Test was one of the earliest druggists in\\nCamden, and enjoyed an enviable reputation as a\\nbusiness man. Aside from various building asso-\\nciations, in which he was both director and stock-\\nholder, he rarely engaged in enterprises apart from\\nthe management of his store. A Whig, and later\\na Republican, in politics, he was not a politician,\\nand never sought or held office. His religious\\nassociations were with the Society of Friends. Mr.\\nTest was twice married first, to Mary W. Lippin-\\ncott, and second to her sister, Elizabeth, daughters\\nof Isaac and Sarah Lippincott. Of his thirteen\\nchildren, six survive. Mr. Test died June 28,\\n1873.\\nWiNFiELD S. Plank, who was prominentlj iden-\\ntified with the drug business of Camden and other-\\nwise connected with the history of the city, was\\nborn in 1848 in Chester County, Pa.; was educated\\nin the schools of his neighborhood and the Phila-\\ndelphia College of Pharmacy, from which he grad-\\nuated. In the year 1809 he married Ella, daughter\\nof James and Margaret Dulf, of Philadelphia, and\\nremoved to Camden. In February, 1870, he opened\\na drug store at No. 340 Kaighn Avenue and be-\\ntween that time and 1878 he established several\\ndifferent drug stores in the city, selling them when\\nadvantageous offers were made forthe locations and\\nbusiness. He also purchased a piece of land at\\nthe southwest corner of Broadway and Ferry Ave-\\nnue Jupon which he erected the store and dwelling-\\nhouse now occupied by Dr. Donges, dividing the\\nremaining portion into building lots, upon which\\npermanent improvements have since been made.\\nHaving attained considerable local prominonce.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0866.jp2"}, "714": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n553\\nowing to the deoii interest evinced in tlie material\\nimprovement of Soutli Camden, Mr. Planlc, in\\n1875, was elected upon tlie Repul)liean ticlvetto re-\\npresent the Eighth Ward in the City Council. After\\na residence of nearly ten years in the city of Cam-\\nden, during which time he contributed greatly to\\nthe city s growth, he removed to Philadelphia in\\n1879 and opened a drug store at the corner of Jasper\\nand Huntington Streets, where he died August 23,\\n1880, leaving a wife and one child, Chester, sur-\\nviving him.\\nOld Military Organizations. One of the\\nearliest military organizations of tliis vicinity was\\nthe Camden Blues. John Porter was capiain of the\\ncompany; Benjamin Shreve was first lieutenant.\\nCaptain John Porter was a popular man and was\\nconstable for many years. He lived in the old\\nbrick house on the north side of Arch Street above\\nSecond. He died in 1825, and Wm. Newton be-\\ncame captain of the Blues, and was succeeded\\nby Captain Samuel Fisher. Under Porter the\\ncompany mustered a full hundred men, but after\\nhis death its numbers decreased, and about 1838\\nit disbanded. The uniform was blue jacket and\\npants, hats with white plumes tipped with red.\\nThe Woodbury Blues, at one time commanded\\nby the late Judge Philip J. Grey, wore a similar\\nuniform, the plume, however, being red tipped\\nwith white. Kichard W. Howell, Esq., was also\\ncaptain of this company.\\nThe Union Blues, called the Squankum\\nBlues, had their headquarters at Blackwood.\\nFor seventeen years Camden was without any\\nmilitary company, when, November 23, 1855, the\\nCamden Light Artillery was organized with a\\nmuster-roll of forty men. The following was the\\nroster of officers\\nCaptiiin, Isaac W. Mickle First Lieutenaot, James W. H. Stiik-\\nnoy Second Lieutenant, Jesse E. Huston Tbird Lieutenant, Joseph\\nJ. Bender; First Sergeant, Epbrainl C. Ware; Second Sergeant,\\nKichard H. Lee Third Sergeant, John B. Cunniiigluuu Fourth\\nSergeant, Samuel H. Carles Quartermaster, James BI. Cassady\\nFirst Corporal, Philip M. Armington Second Corporal, William W.\\nSliced Third Corporal, Reniingtou Ackle.y Fourth Corporal, James\\nB. Shields.\\nThe secretary was Wm. J. Miller and the treas-\\nurer Martin E. Harmstead. The armory was iu\\nthe Starr building, on Bridge Avenue below Second\\nStreet. The Light Artillery was a crack com-\\npany, their uniform being very showy, with\\nshakos that gave them a formidable appearance.\\nCaptain Mickle had seen service in Mexico.\\nEphraim C. Ware succeeded in command of the\\ncompany when the Civil War broke out thirty\\nout of the thirty -six entered the service under their\\nold commander.\\nThe Washington (irays were organized in 1S57\\nthrough the eilbrts of Kichard H Lee, Samuel H.\\nC;.rles, John K. Cunningham (of the artillery),\\nJohn Y. Hoagland, Andrew Fenton and others.\\nTheir headquarters were in the Starr building.\\nTheodore W. Baker was their first captain, fol-\\nlowed by Wm. B. Hatch and E. Price Hunt, tlie\\nlatter commanding when the news from Fort\\nSumter and the call for troops reached them. Of\\nthe muster-roll of fifty, forty-six responded, and in\\ntwo days Captain Hunt, with Lieutenants R. H.\\nLee, Theodore W. Zimmerman and Charles N.\\nPelouze, with over a hundred men, encamped at\\nTrenton as Company F, Fourth Regiment.\\nThe Stockton Cadets, Captain Edmund G. Jack-\\nson, and the Camden Zouaves, Captain John II.\\nCunningham, were both organized within a few\\nmonths of the beginning of the war, but ihey\\nwere not behind the older c jmpanies in responding\\nto their country s call, and in less than a week\\nthese four companies were mustered in the Fourth\\nRegiment the Cadets as Company A, and the\\nZouaves as Company G.\\nAt the expiration of the three months .service\\nall entered the Sixth Regiment for three years and\\ntheir deeds fill pages of the records of the war.\\nCEMETERIES.\\nThe Cajipen Cemetery was founded in 18: G\\nby the township of Camilen, and governed by\\ntrustees elected annually at its town-meetings.\\nWhen originally laid out it contained only three\\nacres adjoining Newton (Friends,) Cemetery, be-\\ntween and near the junction of Mount Ephraim\\nand Haddon Avenues. It was enlarged in 18(14\\nand again in 1S()8, and a much greater addition\\nmade in 1876. The receiving vault is large ard\\nthe chapel presents a neat and comfortable appear-\\nance. The two fronts have beautiful and sub-\\nstantial fences and gateways and the trees and\\nshrubbery, as well as the avenues, show the greaj\\ncare and attention bestowed upon them. A por-\\ntion of the ground is laid out into family burial-\\nlots, and the remainder is for city purposes that\\nis, the burial of strangers and the poor. The city\\nground for the poor is separate and free of charges.\\nThere have been nine thousand four hundred and\\nseventy -seven interments made in this cemetery.\\nThe board of trustees for the year 1886-87 are as\\nfollows\\nWilliam C. Husted, president; Harris Graffen, treasurer; F. W.\\nArmstrong, secretary Executive Committee, James H. Arming-\\nton, Christian Wentz, James .\\\\yrea Auditors, U. V, Kerswell, .lolm\\nBlovve, J. P. Varney Members, James H. Armington, Christian\\nWcutz, James Ayres, William C. Rusted, F. W. Armstrong, Harris\\nGraBen, R. W. Kcrswoll, J. T. Varney, John Blowe Superintend-\\nent of Ceiuetery, Nathan A. Carter.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0867.jp2"}, "715": {"fulltext": "554\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nThe office of the company is at No. 6 South\\nThird Street.\\nEvergreen Cemetery is situated on a gently-\\nsioping knoll brrdering on Mount Ephraim Ave-\\nnue, and near Ferry Avenue, and on the main road\\nfrom Camden to Haddonfield, and is beautifully\\nlaid out, with broad avenues, ornamental shrub-\\nbery and inclosed on all sides in a substantial\\nmanner. The vaults are ample and a beautiful\\nGothic cliapel is located in the centre of the\\ngrounds and by the main drive. On the northeast,\\nthe grounds adjoin the Camden Cemetery and on\\nthe north extend to Spruce Street.\\nThe company was incorporated on February 20,\\n1848, with Benjamin A. Hammell, William J.\\nHatch, Richard W. Howell, Joseph J. Hatch and\\nBenjamin Browning as corporators. The charter\\nlimited them to the purchase of eighty-five acres\\nof ground on the Jlount Ephraim road, in New-\\nton township, and thirty-two acres were purchased\\nfrom the estate of Isaac Cooper. W. J. Hatch was\\nthe first president and held the position until his\\ndeath, in 1856. He was succeeded by Charles\\nSloan and he by Cooper Browning, who died in\\n1875, when Thomas A. Wilson was elected presi-\\ndent. Benjamin Browning was elected as secretary,\\na position he held until his death, in 1861. He\\nwas succeeded by Mrs. Catherine Hatch, who re-\\nsigned in 1881 since that time William Stiles has\\nbeen the secretary. B. A. Hammell was the first\\ntreasurer and continued as such until his death, in\\n1873. Mrs. Hatch was then ni ade treasurer.\\nThomas W. Shinn was sexton superintendent for\\ntwenty-one years. At his death, in 1876, Joseph\\nJennings, the present superintendent, was ap-\\npointed to the position. The office of the company\\nis at No. 414 Market Street.\\nThe Harleigh Cemetery Association was\\nformed April 28, 1885, and soon afterwards pur-\\nchased of John B. Wood and Lydia C, his wife,\\nthe land on Haddon Avenue near the city line, on\\nwhich its cemetery is laid out.\\nThe name Harleigh was chosen because that was\\nthe name of the country-seat on the Schuylkill\\n(now Laurel Hill Cemetery) of Isaac Cooper, who\\nformerly owned this and most of the land on the\\neast side of Haddon Avenue Irom Pine Street to\\nthe city line, and from whom it descended to Mrs.\\nWood and others. Harleigh is laid out on what is\\ncalled the landscape lawn plan, an entirely\\ndifferent one from that of any cemetery in or\\naround either Camden or Philadelphia, the new-\\nest part of West Laurel Hill more closely resem-\\nbling it than any other. The idea is a series of\\nlawns always kej)! in order by the association.\\nwith interlacing drives and carefully grouped\\ntrees and shrubbery, giving it the appearance of a\\nwell-kept private park, rather than that of an old-\\nfashioned burying-ground. For this purpose no\\nfences or lot inclosures are allowed and no head\\nor foot-stones over eight inches in height, although\\nmonuments are permitted. The present officers of\\nthe association are Howard M. Cooper, president\\nBenjamin C. Reeve, vice-president; Watson De-\\npuy, treasurer Harris Graffen, secretary John B.\\nWood, manager; Ralph Moore, superintendent.\\nA Tornado.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 October 23, 1878, a tornado vis-\\nited Camden and did much damage to property.\\nIt began to blow from the southeast about two\\no clock in the morning and increased in violence\\nuntil three o clock, when it reached the climax,\\nand it was during this hour that the principal\\ndamage was done. It affected all portions of the\\ncity alike, and from Newton Creek to Coopers\\nCreek at daylight the streets were found to be\\nblockaded with displaced roofs, debris from demol-\\nished walls and shattered and uprooted trees.\\nNearly two hundred houses were unroofed and\\nmany unfinished buildings were leveled.\\nThe Second Baptist Church, the Union Method-\\nist Episcopal Church and the Tabernacle Method-\\nist Episcopal Church were unroofed and a large\\nstack at the Nickle works, on Coopers Creek, was\\nblown down, crushing a house in its fall. Although\\nthe height was reached at three o clock, the tor-\\nnado swept with great force for several hours, and\\nabout six o clock blew a train from the track of the\\nCamden, Gloucester and Mount Ephraim Railroad\\nas it was crossing the meadow below Atlantic Ave-\\nnue, and injured Wm. Dorell, the superintendent,\\nConductor Wm. H. Fults and Charles Hallam, a\\npassenger. Thos. A. Wilson, president of the\\nHorse Railroad Company, was injured by a falling\\nchimney, and a number of others received injuries,\\nbut not a life was lost. The peculiar action of the\\nwind is shown by giving one out of many in-\\nstances The Union Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nextending back to Newton Avenue, was unroofed,\\nas were houses on Broadway, while a row of tall,\\nfrail frame houses between them did not lose a\\nshingle.\\nThere was not much rain, but the strong wind\\nblew the water into Delaware Bay and up the\\nriver, causing the tides to rise to an unprecedented\\nheight. The water reached Locust Street on\\nKaighn Avenue and Front Street on Market, sur-\\nrounding the West Jersey H{jtel, so that boats\\nwere used to reach it, and the ferryboats ceased\\nrunning because the people could not get to the\\nslips. The river-bank below Kaighns Point was", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0868.jp2"}, "716": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n555\\noverflowed, flooding the meadow and so washing\\nthe Feiry road, Broadway and the AVest Jersey\\nRailroad as to render them impassable, and pas-\\nsengers by the railroad were transferred at Glouces-\\nter City and brought hither in boats.\\nThe Cyclone of 1885. On the afternoon of\\nAugust 3, 1885, a cyclone struck the city, uprooting\\ntrees, damaging or demolishing over six hundred\\nhouses, involving a loss of nearly a million dollars,\\nwounding a number of persons and causing the\\ndeath of four. It had been raining heavily, the\\nstorm coming from the eastward, and, crossing the\\nriver, met a storm coming from the west, and the\\nstruggle of the two for mastery caused the unusual\\natmospheric disturbance. The opposing forces first\\ncame in contact in the southern section of Phila-\\ndelphia, known as the Neck, and uniting\\ncontinued in a zigzag direction to the New\\nJersey side, and north through the eastern and\\nnorthern portions of Camden, across the river to\\nRichmond, its northern limits. It was not a tor-\\nnado nor a whirlwind. Trees were not twisted ofl\\nnor were they prostrated in one direction. On\\nopposite sides of the street, tree-tops in some\\nplaces were towards each other, in other cases were\\naway from each other, while the wall of one hou-e\\nwas pressed in, and the next one lorced out, as if\\ntwo mighty wrestling Titans were struggling for\\nthe mastery, with their feet scuffling on the ground,\\nsometimes pressing stones into the earth, and then\\nscattering them in all directions so these two\\nstorm-clouds, coming from opposite directions and\\ncontending for the right-of-way, rose and fell and\\nswayed to and fro, crushing or pushingaside what-\\never occupied the location of the conflict. The\\neast-born storm had passed over, but the west-born\\nstorm was the stronger of the two, and forcing its\\nantagonist back, made the fight in this city.\\nThe total length of the battle-field did not exceed\\nsix miles, while its breadth ranged from one hun-\\ndred to eight hundred feet. Beyond this scope all\\nwas peaceful. While the storm was playing havoc\\non Federal, at Second and Third, a car-load of pas-\\nsengers at Fifth and Federal did not know of the\\nstorm until told. Its duration was brief, almost\\nmomentary. The southern ends of the storms came\\nin contact at 3.25 p.m., and thepoiutsof contact ran\\nrapidly all along the line. Careful observers said\\nthe northern point of collision was reached in from\\none to two minutes. Like two heavy planks in\\ncontact at one end allowed to come together by the\\nforce of gravity, forcing out the air and other\\nmaterial between them, so the two storms came to-\\ngether in the Neck, closed up rapidly along their\\nlength, squeezing the air from between their un-\\neven edges, in all directions, and with uneven force\\nand zigzag course.\\nThe cyclone began in ihe Neck, where there\\nwas nothing to harm, and moving east nearly,\\ncrossed the river to Gloucester City, in its way\\nstriking the after-part of the ferry-boat Peerless,\\non her way fromGloucester Point to Philadelphia,\\ncarrying away the pilot-house and a team of horses,\\notherwise doing no damage. The course then led\\nnorthwest to the Pennsylvania Salt- Works, which\\nwere partially demolished. Turning east of north,\\ntowards Camden, it recrossed the river, striking\\nthe Salem steamboat JIajor Reybold, sweeping\\naway her upper works, and with them several per-\\nsons, including the pilot, named Townsend, who\\nwas the only one lost, although the upper part of\\nthe boat was a total wreck.\\nCrossing the river, it reached Kaighns Point,\\nand, passing over the large machine and boiler\\nshops of Dialogue s ship-yard, fell upon the\\nwork-shop, a hundred feet away, and crushed it to\\nthe ground, leaving the debris where it fell.\\nRising, and moving north, the cyclone did no\\nharm to ferry-house, mills and many dwellings,\\nbut passed on to the premises of the American\\nDredging Company, a half-mile away, except to\\ndrop a foot upon a large spar-shed, above Kaighn\\nAvenue, and push it over, burying, without\\nhurting, several men.\\nReaching the dredging works composed of seve-\\nral buildings, it fell upon the machine-shop, which\\nit leveled. Among those in the building, who,\\nseeing the cyclone coming, ran out, were George\\nDaisy, Harry Stevens and Benjamin Smith. The\\ntwo former were found at a distance, the first dead,\\nthe second with a leg cru.-hed off by a piece of\\ntimber. The last-named threw himself upon the\\nground, and rolled and tossed for some distance,\\nbut escaped with bruises.\\nJohn H. Dialogue, of the Delaware River Iron\\nShip-Building Works, at Kaighns Point, thus de-\\nscribed the phenomena\\nI was in my office at 3.25 p.m., when my son\\ncalled my attention to the barometer, which sud-\\ndenly fell from 30/\u00e2\u0080\u009e to 29 This portended mis-\\nchief, and, looking towards the southwest, I saw and\\nheard the storm passing over the Pennsylvania\\nSalt Works, tossing the buildings like chaff. Then\\nit struck the steamer Major Reybold, which was\\nnearly abreast of my place, and portions of her\\nu[)per works were whirled four hundred feet in the\\nair. A loud roaring preceded the storm, which\\nresembled a dense mass of rolling black smoke,\\ntraveling within ten feet of the water. It crossed\\nthe river, cru^hed one of my buildings, and, pass-", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0869.jp2"}, "717": {"fulltext": "556\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSKY.\\ning uortli, struck the machine-shop of the dreriging\\ncompany, crushing it and passing on. A singular\\nphenomenon was noticed, not alone by nie, but by\\nall my men a large ball of fire, fully ten I eet in\\ndiameter, accompanied the storm-cloud. It moved\\nwith great rapidity, and exploded two hundred\\nand fifty yards north of me, with a report so ter-\\nrific as to shake the foundation of the building in\\nwhich I stood. The sky to the east was unusually\\nbright, with a rainbow appearance, and was one of\\nthe most remarkable sights I ever witnessed. The\\nstorm moved north, not straight, but in a zigzag\\ncourse, not horizontal, but undulating, up and\\ndown, now sweeping the ground, and then passing\\nover houses and tree-top-i.\\nHotels. The West Jersey Hotel was built by\\nthe West Jersey Ferry Comjjany in 1849, and\\nwas leased to Israel English until 18 )6. James\\nBodine then became the proprietor and remained\\nsuch for three years, or until 1869, and since that\\ntime it has been conducted by Mr. Kirbride,\\nGeorge Campbell, George Cake, James Titus and\\nCaptain John Mount. In 1883, it was leased to\\nStephen Parsons, the present proprietor. When\\nbuilt it was close by the bank of the river, the\\nferry slips being upon the opposite side of Dela-\\nware Avenue. At the slips nearest Market Street\\nthe steamboats Billy Peun (as then called) and\\nSouthwark made connections with Philadelphia\\nby way of Callowhill Street wharf, and at the ad-\\njoining slips the Mariner and Merchant\\nsteamers made regular trips, from Market Street, to\\nPhiladelphia. The main slip has been extended\\nfrom the hotel into the river five hundred feet, and\\nthe wharves nine hundred feet.\\nStephen Paesons is descended from English\\nancestors, his grandfather, Stephen Parsons, a na-\\ntive of England, being the first member of the fam-\\nily to emigrate to America. Tlie children oftiie\\nlatter are Stephen, William, Joseph, Thomas,\\nKebecca (Mrs. Reeves Metcalf) and Ellen (Mrs.\\nJames Anderson). Thomas, of this number, was\\nIjorn iu 1797, in Reading, Pa., and spent his life\\nprincipally in Burlington, Atlantic and Cumber-\\nland Counties, N. J., where he was for many years\\na manufacturer of iron. In politics he was fii st\\nan Old-Line Whig, later a Republican, and filled\\nthe offices of lay judge of Atlantic County and\\njustice of the peace. Mr. Parsons married a Miss\\nChampion, of Gloucester (now Atlantic) County,\\nN. J., whose children are Harriet (Mrs. Elmer\\nSmith), Joseph and one who died in infancy. All\\nare now deceased. He married, a second time,\\nHannah Taylor, of ]5urlington County, N. J., to\\nwhom were born children, Stephen, Martha (Mrs.\\nJeremiah Zane), Elizabeth Ann (Mrs. Richard\\nVannaman). Ellen (Mrs. Godfrey Hancock), Mary\\n(Mrs. Daniel Erdman), John T. (who was lost on\\nthe steamer New Jersey, plying between Phila-\\ndelphia and Camden), Thomas (deceased), Rebecca\\n(Mrs. Eli Braddock), Arabella, James A., Sarah\\n(Mrs. Benjamin T. Bright) and Henry C. (de-\\nceased). Stephen Parsons, the eldest of the chil-\\ndren, was born on the 24th of June, 1821, in Bur-\\nlington County, N. J., and removed in infancy to\\nCumberland County, where his early youth was\\nchiefly spent. Later, becoming a resident of Glou-\\ncester County, he received his education at private\\nscliools, frequently being obliged to walk a long\\ndistance for that purpose. Mr. Parsons for many\\nyears assisted his father in lumbering and farming,\\nbut, desiring a wider and more independent field\\nthan was thus opened to him, he, in 1844, removed\\nto Camden and embarked in the business of hotel-\\nkeeping with Richard C. Cake. Here he remained\\nten years, ultimately becoming sole proprietor of\\nthe house known as Parsons Hotel. This hotel\\nwas built in 1764, and was devoted to the uses of a\\npublic-house until 1882, when it was demolished.\\nMr. Parsons then sought another field, and became\\nthe popular landlord of the Fulton House, at At-\\nlantic City. In 1884 he leased the West Jersey\\nHotel, Camden, which is at present under his suc-\\ncessful management.\\nMr. Parsons was, in 1848, married to Sarah,\\ndaagliter of Nathaniel Steelman, of Atlantic\\nCounty, who died in August, 1849. He was a\\nsecond time married, October 31, 1863, to Mrs.\\nEmma A. Rice, daughter of Sylvester Senseman,\\nof Philadelphia. The larger part of Mr. Parsons\\nlife has been devoted to the duties of a landlord,\\nthough other interests have also engaged his atten-\\ntion. A Republican in politics, he has never par-\\nticipated iu the strife for office, nor been the recip-\\nient of political honors. He is a member of the\\nIndependent Order of Odd Fellows and connected\\nwith Senatus Lodge, No. 76, of that order.\\nThe South Ferry Hotel, located at the southeast\\ncorner of Kaighn Avenue and Front Street, has\\nbeen known to the citizens of Camden as a hotel,\\nand its gardens as a place of resort, for more than\\na century. Originally it was a farm-house, built by\\none of the Kaighn family the exact date when it\\nwas converted into a hotel is unknown, but the\\nnames of the landlords are familiar to the old resi-\\ndents, and include Adon Wills, Ebenezer Toole\\nCaptain George Bender, Hewlings Haines, Aaron\\nIlillman, William Bryant, John Kiusell, Daniel\\nW. Beckley, Abraham Smith, Sothron Norcross,\\ncx-Sherilf Leeds, Daniel Wells, William Sands,", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0870.jp2"}, "718": {"fulltext": "^:iL^i^o", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0873.jp2"}, "719": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0874.jp2"}, "720": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0875.jp2"}, "721": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0876.jp2"}, "722": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n557\\nTheodore Grug and the present pni| rietor, .lolui\\nKorn.\\nWhen first opened as a hotel it was close by the\\nriver-bank, and the ferry-boats, when started, had\\ntheir slip just across the street. The hotel is now\\nnearly two squares away from the Kaighus Point\\nFerry, the intervening ground having been filled\\nin and built up to within a short distance of the\\nferry slip. It, however, still retains its name of\\nSouth Ferry Hotel. A century ago it was a fa-\\nmous place of resort in the summer days for citi-\\nzens of Philadelphia.\\nThe Avenue Hotel, northeast corner of Fifth\\nStreet and Bridge Avenue, was opened in 18f 3 by\\nthe present proprietor, August C. Miller, who\\nmade additions and alterations to the original pre-\\nmises, making the entire area for hotel purposes\\nthirty-six by eighty-five feet. The hotel has an\\nexcellent location on the line of the West Jersey\\nRailroad and near tlie city buildings.\\nThe Ferry Hotel, at the foot ot Kaighn Avenue\\nand near the Ferry House, was built in 1864 liy\\nDorman Stout, the contractors for the owner\\n.[ohn E. Reese. Hugh Miller was the first pro-\\n]irielor and kept it until 186.S, when it was leased\\nto John Bamford, who has since conducted it.\\nThe City Hotel, No. 112 Market Street, was\\nbuilt in 1S()4 for a large clothing house by a Mr.\\nHolmes. In ISiiB it was leased to the present pro-\\nprietor, Lewis Herbst, who remodeled it and built\\na two-story brick addition at the rear, making the\\nfront twenty-five feet by one hundred feet deep.\\nGeorge Campbell was the son of John CIam)i-\\nbell, a member of the Society of Friends and a na-\\ntive of Camden County, where he was born on the\\n12th of May, 1799, and died July 11, 1882. j\\\\lr.\\nampbell resided during his life-time in the county\\nof his birth, where he was chiefly engaged in labor\\npertaining to the career of an agriculturist. He\\nmarried Mary, daughter of Cxeorge Horn, of the\\nsame county, who was born October 31, 1803, and\\ndied August 24, 1883. Their children are AEary\\nJane, Anna, George, John, Jr., and Charles, who\\ndied in youth. George, of this number, was born\\non his father s farm on the 29th of December,\\n1838, and received his early education at the dis-\\ntrict school near his home, after which he pursued\\nIds studies in Camden. Leaving the farm at the\\nage of eighteen, he removed to Camden and en-\\ngaged in the coal business. A few years after he\\nformed a copartnership with his brother John, and\\nemiiarkcd in the livery business, to which was\\nsnbseciuently added extensive contracts for street-\\npaving. Continuing thus employed until 1876, he\\nin that year sidd his interest to his brother, and\\nlater became landlord of the West Jersey Hotel,\\nin Camden, which he managed successfully for\\nthree years. Mr. Cami bell, in 1883, repurchased\\nthe livery business, and continued its management\\nuntil his death. He was, on the 6th of .July,\\n1865, married to Louisa, daughter of Samuel H.\\nWarwick, of Camden. Their children are two\\nsons,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Harry W., in his twenty-first year, and\\n(ieorge Percy, aged fifteen. Jlr. Campbell was in\\npolitics an active Republican, and, while a zealous\\nworker for the success of his party, invariably de-\\nclined all proffers of olliee. Endowed with keen\\nperceptions and a nuiture judgment, his business\\nventures were usually successful, while his kindly\\nnature and genial bearing won for him many\\nfriends. Mr. Campbell was an earnest supporter\\nof the Union cause tluring the late war, and\\nraised a company which oidy the most importu-\\nnate entreaties on the part of his parents prevented\\nhis leading to the field. His means and influ-\\nence were ever at the service of the government.\\nThe death of George Campbell occurred on tbe ith\\nof September, 18,S6.\\nJohn C,\\\\MrBELL. .In., was born October 26,\\n1840, on his father s farm in Newton township,\\nwhich he now owns. He attended school near by\\nhis home until his parents removed to Camden,\\nwhen he became a pupil in the school kept by a IMr.\\nWells, at Fourth and Market Streets. .Vfterward\\nlie had charge of his father s farms for two years,\\nand later was associated with his brother George\\nin the coal business, and with his brother in the\\nlivery business, Market and Delaware Avenue. His\\nbrother beconnng the proprietor of the West Jer-\\nsey Hotel, Mr. Campbell continued the livery\\nbusiness alone, and also took contracts for paving\\nstreets. He was in the paving business about\\neight years. He sold his livery to his brother\\n(teorge, and since that time has been in the real\\nestate business. He is a Republican politically,\\nand has been a uiend)er of the Council since 1881,\\nserving at this time his second term. He is chair-\\nman of the Committee of Highways and chairnuin\\nof the Building t ommissiou. He was married,\\nOctober 16, 1870, to Elizabeth Mason Reade,\\ndaughter of John S. and Margaret Mason Keade,\\nof Camden. He has two children, John Reade\\nand Marv Anna.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0879.jp2"}, "723": {"fulltext": "558\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nCHAPTIOR IX.\\nSECRET AND liEXEVOLENT SOCIETIES.\\nFree Masonry\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The IiidciK ijdeut Onler uf Orl.l Fellows\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Knightsof\\nPythias\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Iiiipioved Order of Ued Jlen\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Knights of the Golden\\nKagle\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ancient Order of United Workmen\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Brollierliood of the\\nUnion Order of Tnited American Meclianies Inde] endejit OriU-r\\nof MechanicB Miscellaneous Societies.\\nFKEE MASONRY.\\nThe early history of Free Masonry in New\\nJersey is involved in a shade of obscurity, yet\\nthere is evidence tliat it existed in the province\\nnearly a century and a half ago, and was intro-\\nduced but a few yeais after its revival in England.\\nIn 172!), Daniel Coxe, a large jjroprietor in West\\nJersey, and for many years a justice of the\\nSupreme Court, was appointed Provincial Grand\\nMaster for New Jersey, under the seal of the Duke\\nof Norfolk, Grand Master of England.\\nThere is no evidence that the appointment\\nresulted in the establishment of any lodges in the\\nprovince, and it is presumable that in those times\\ntemporary lodges were convened, at irregular inter-\\nvals, to give the craftsmen au ojvjiortunity of en-\\njoying fraternal amenities, and promoting the\\ncultivation of Masonic science among the scattered\\nbrethren. At these esoteric communications it is\\nprobable that candidates were initiated into the\\nancient mysteries of the craft under a dispensa-\\ntion from the Grand Master.\\nThe first deputation for New York was granted\\nin 1737, during the Grand Mastership of the Earl\\nof Darnley, to Richard Riggs as Provincial (rrand\\nMaster, and neither is tliere atiy record of his\\nhaving establislied any lodges or doing anything\\ntowards organizing or extending the order.\\nBy the deputation of Grand Master Coxe, there-\\nfore, whose jurisdiction included New York and\\nseveral other provinces, it is safe to say that the\\nhistory of Free Masonry on American soil had\\nits starting-point in the province of New Jersey.\\nOn December 18, 178(), a convention was held\\nin New Brunswick, and a Grand Lodge was\\norganized, the Hon. David Brearley, chief justice\\nof the State, being elected Grand Master. From\\nthat time Masonry in New Jersey has a distinctive\\nhistory, and the growth and prosperity of the\\ninstitution in the century which nearly elapsed\\nsince the organization of that body, both at home\\nand in other States, is a matter of pride and\\ncongratulation to the twelve thousand craftsmen\\nnow within the borders of the foster-mother of\\nAmerican Free Masonry.\\nThe first regularly organized lodge ot which we\\nhave any record, and which antedates the Grand\\nLodge by nearly a quarter of a century, is St.\\nJohn s Lodge, No. 1, F. and A. M., of Newark,\\nwhich was instituted 13th day of May, 17fil.\\nCamden LorxiE, No. 15, F. and A. M. This\\nlodge was originally organized and set to work No-\\nvember 21, A.jj. 5821, and continued at work until\\nthe year 1842 as Camden Lodge, No. 45, F. A. M.,\\nholding its meetings at Vauxhall Garden, at the\\nsouthwest corner of Fourth and Market Streets,\\nand ceased work from lack of interest on the part\\nof its members. The warrant was surrendered\\nand the effects of the lodge were sold at constable s\\nsale to satisfy the landlord.\\nOn March, 29, a.l. 5849, a petition signed by\\nRichard W. Howell, John W. Mickle, Richard\\nFetters, Thomas W. Mulford, Joseph Taylor,\\nCharles S. Garrett, George House, AV^aters B.\\nMiller, Josiah Shivers, (ieorge W. Carpenter, Jesse\\nHall and Ezekiel Hall (all of whom are deceased\\nexcept Waters B. Miller and Jesse Hall, neither\\nof whom now hold membership with No.l5) was sent\\nto the Grand Lodge, praying for a new charter.\\nThis petition was recommended by Mount Holly\\nLodge, No. 14, April 17, a.l. 5840, and on the\\n18th day of April, a.l. 5849, Worthy Brother John\\nP. Lewis, Grand Master of the M. W. G. Lodge of\\nNew Jersey, set Camden Lodge to work by dis-\\npensation, in the third-story room of the southeast\\ncorner of Second and Plum, where the lodge\\ncontinued to work for a short time, when they\\nremoved to the present hall, southeast corner of\\nFourth and Jlarket Streets, and still continue.\\nAt the session of the M. \\\\Y. G. Lodge of New\\nJersey, held at Trenton, January 9, a.l. 5850,\\nthe old warrant was restored to the i)etitioners,\\nand the number changed to 15 on the recommen-\\ndation of the committee to whom petition was\\nreferred. Camden Lodge, No. 15, is justly styled\\nthe mother lodge of Masonry in Camden and\\nvicinity.\\nThe following lodges were recommended to the\\nGrand Lodge of New Jersey by Camden No. 15\\nGlassboro No. 85; Ionic, No. 94, Florence No.\\n87 and Trimble, No. 117. Other lodges have\\nbeen instituted by recommendation from these\\nlodges.\\nSince Camden Lodge, No. 15, has been work-\\ning it has had a roll of membership of some 550\\n403 persons have been made Master Mascuis, 10\\npersons Fellowcrafts, 30 Entered Apprentices and\\n99 have affiliated from other lodges. The roll of\\nPast Masters shows 30 who have served as Master\\nof this lodge, 9 of whom are deceived, 2 with-\\ndrawn, 1 affiliated, 20 still active members. This\\nlodge has furnished the Most Worthy Grand Lodge", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0880.jp2"}, "724": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OP CAMDEN.\\n559\\nof New Jersey with 2 (Jraiid Masters, 2 Deputy\\n(Trand Masters and 1 Senior Grand Warden.\\nThe finanees of the lodge are carefnlly taken\\ncare of. and all tlie surplus invested for future use.\\nThe present roll shows some two hundred active\\nmembers, and the lodge is in a very healthy\\ncondition. The present corps of officers is as\\nfollows r John IC. Fagen, Worthy Master David\\nM. Spence, Senior Warden John Cherry, Junior\\n^V arden Joseph P. Weatherby, Treasurer James\\nM. Cassady, P. M., Secretary; Edmund B. Leam-\\ni rig, Senior Deacon; Harry P. I aul, Junior Dea-\\ncon: Byron Sliarj), S. M. C. E. Hitner Gei.se,\\n.1. M. AN illiam Cline, Senior Steward Howard\\narrow. .lunior Steward; Charles H. Gordon,\\nTiU-r; .f. S. H. Cassady, P. M., Marshal C. Henry\\nKain, P.M., Organist; Louis T. Derousse, G.\\nGenge Browning, J. S. K. Cassady, Trustees;\\nRepresentatives in the Masonic Board of Relief,\\nDavid M. Spence, John N. West, James W. Ayers,\\nS. Glover Rudderow and Joseph F. P. Reed. The\\npresent Secretary has held this position contin-\\nuously since December, A.\\\\,. 0802.\\nIdXic LoiKiE, No. ii4, F. M., was organized\\nill the house (if .Tames W. ^clth, on Stevens Street,\\n.\\\\pril 20, isiis. The loilnwing-named persons\\nwere the original members: \\\\V. Wallace Goodwin,\\nJ. H. Stone, Alexander Mecray, Thomas .1. Fran-\\ncis, B. A. Pine, James A. Perry, Frederick P.\\nPfeiffer, Thomas iMcDow.-ll, John W. Rogers,\\nJames W. Wroth, Isaac (_ Githens, Ghristopher\\nC. Smith, Samuel J. Fenner, Oliver W. (iundwiu,\\nGeorge E. Wilson, George W. W.-ils iii, I!.ichai l\\nPerks, Charles W. Sarldri, .lohii Guldlhurpe,\\nAlbion Craven, James T. KdlK-rtshaw, D. W..(.\\nMutton, Seth Thomas, Charles H. Snyder, Jcdiii\\nR. Cunningham and IMionias Hinchman.\\nThey decided ujion the formation of a bulge to\\nbe called Curinlhian, and selected as Iciiipdrary\\noliicers: W. M., W. W. Goodwin; S. W., Thomas\\nMcDowell: J. W., John W. Rogers. A petition\\nrecomiiiended by Gaiiiden, No. 15, vvas presented\\nMay 12th and .lune 22d. A dispensation was\\ngranted by K- W. G. S. W. James H. Stevens, who\\nappointed Isaac C. tiithens Secretary, and James\\nW. Wroth Treasurer, to act until relieved. They\\nthus worked until February 2: 18(19, when they\\nreceived the charter as Ionic Lodge, No. 94, and in\\nthe Central Hall were constituted, and these ofK-\\ncers installed: W. M., W. W. (ioodwin; S. W.,\\nThomas McDowell; .1. W., .1. W. R.igcis; Treas-\\nurer, J. W. Wroth; Secretary, Isaac C. Gitbciis;\\nGhaplain, William H. Jetlerys.\\nThe lodge prospered and increased to (jver two\\nhundred members, with a strung tinaiicial basis,\\nunder the tbilowing-named Worthy Masters: W.\\nWallace Goodwin, Thomas McDowell, John W.\\nRogers, Seth Thonuis, Josiah Matlack, Isaac C.\\nGithens, George Shattuck, William T. Brewer,\\nEdward Furlong, James S. Smyth, John R. Grubb,\\nWilliam C. Cxoodrich, Charles H. Austin, William\\nS. Casselman, J. B. Kelsey, George H. Hammond\\n.and George Van Benschoten. Three flourishing\\nlodges are ofishoots of Lmic, Merchantville, No.\\n119; Mozart, No. 121; and Haddonfield Lodge,\\nNo. 1;10. The oliicers for ISXC are: W. M., John\\nD. Leckner, M.D.; S. W., F. V. Hogate; J. W.,\\nThaddeus P. Varney Treasurer, Horace Sharp;\\nSecretary, Frank F. Michellon. The latter has\\nheld the office since 1871. and Christopher C.\\nSmith has been Tiler since the formation of the\\nlodge.\\nTiUMlu.E LoiKiE, No. 117, F. A. M., was insti-\\ntuted under warraTit bearing late Jaiiiiaiy 19.\\n1871, .and .signed by G. M., William E. Pine; D.\\nG. M., William Wall.ace Goodwin; S. G. W.,\\nNathan Haines .1. G. W., James Beiitley and\\ni. S., Joseph H. Hough. D. i. M. W. W. Good-\\nwin instituted the lodge, assisted by members of\\nthe Grand Lodge, in Masonic Hall, and placed\\nthese officers in position W. M., George H. Fair-\\nfield S. W., George F. Fort; J. W.. Marmadnke\\nB. Taylor: S. D., Nathan F. Cowan .1. D., Fred-\\nerick A. Rex; Treasurer, H. Genet Taylor; Sec-\\nretary, .1. Graham Milligan. The others named in\\nthe warrant were William S. Fort and Wilbur\\nF. Rose. The following were the charter mem-\\nbers: George H. Fairfield, tieorge F. Fort, Wil-\\nliam S. Fort, Marmaduke B. Taylor, H. Genet\\nTaylor, Wilbur F. Rose, J. Graham, E. Milligan,\\nNathan F. Cowan, Frederick A. Rex. The mem-\\nbership numbers ninety-four, and is increasing\\nsteadily. The meetings are held monthly, in\\nMasonic Hall, Fourth and Market. The officers\\nfor ISSt; are: W. M., Irving Turner; S. W., Charles\\nH. Stiles; J. W.. Charles O. Brown; Treasurer,\\nNathan F. Cowan. P. M. Secretary, George H.\\nFairfield, P. M.: S. D., .Jacob Thatcher; J. I).,\\nElmer W. Murdock. Tliis lodge has in its mem-\\nbership some of the most prominent citizens of\\nCamden, inclmling many professional gentlemen,\\nwhose names appear in other parts of this work.\\nThe meetings are held at Masonic Hall, on the\\nfirst Frid.ay evening in each month.\\nMoz,\\\\RT LoiKiE, No. 121, F. and A. j\\\\l., is :i\\nGerman lodge, and rec.eive l its disiiensation from\\nthe M. W. Grand Lodge of New .Jersey, jMarch 17,\\n1871. R. W. D. (J. M. William Wallace Good-\\nwin installed the following officers W. M., Fred-\\nerick P. Pfeitfer; S. W., D. (i. Langendorf J. W.,", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0881.jp2"}, "725": {"fulltext": "560\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nGustave Grossman Treasurer, John Welsch Sec-\\nretary, Charles H. liiceman (deceased); S. D.,\\nAugust C. Riceman J. D., George Senst elder\\nM. s of C, George Goetz (deceased) and Holonion\\nSeybold; Tiler, C. C. Smith, of 94.\\nThe present officers of Mozart Lodge are W. M.,\\nJohn Heim 8. W., Frederick Roedel J. VV., Jacob\\nRettberg; Treasurer, William Stein; Secretary,\\nCharles Engel, P. M. S. D., August Weber; J. D.,\\nJacob Vissel M. s of C, Christian Eckert and\\nGeorge Pfeitfer; Stewards, Levi Bachrach and\\nHenry Schultz; Tiler, C. C. Smith, of !\u00c2\u00bb4. Past\\nMasters Daniel G. Langendorf, Gustave Gross-\\nman, August C. Riceman, Cieorge Sensfelder, Wil-\\nliam Kraft, Charles Engel, George P. Stephany,\\nWilliam Moering, Andrew Kaemmerer, John Heile-\\nman, Frank Mester. Trustees for 1880 are George\\nP. Stephany, P. M., William Moering, P. M., Levi\\nBachrach. There are forty members. The lodge\\nmeets every second Tuesday in the month, at\\nWildey Hall, corner of Fifth and Pine Streets, at\\nhalf-past seven o clock p.m.\\nSiLOAM R. A. Chapter, No. 19, Royal Arch\\nMasons, was consecrated and instituted on Oc-\\ntober 8, 1867, with Comp. Wm. Wallace Goodwin,\\nM. E. H. p.; Comp. Seth Thomas, E. K.; Comp.\\nJ. L. De La Cour, E. S.; Comp. Jas. W. Wrotli,\\nTreasurer; Comp. Chas. I. Fuerig, Secretary. The\\npresiding and subordinate officers, excepting the\\ntreasurer and secretary, were changed at the an-\\nnual elections. Comp. Jas. W. Wroth remained\\ntreasurer until December, 1868, when he was suc-\\nceeded by Comp. A. B. Frazee, who, however,\\nserved but one year, when Comp. Wroth was\\nagain elected treasurer in December, 1869, and\\nserved in that position until December, 1878, when\\nhe was succeeded by Comp. Nathan F. Cowan,\\nwho has been annually re-elected ever since, and\\nholds the position at the present time. Comp. Chas.\\nL Frieug remained secretary until December,\\n1871, when he was succeeded by Comp. George\\nShattuck, who was succeeded in December, 1875\\nby Comp. A. Clifford Jackson, who was suc-\\nceeded, in December, 1877, by omp. Charles\\nF. Hollingshead, who has been annually re-\\nelected since and holds the position at the\\npresent time. The chapter started in 1867\\nwith a membership of fifteen, and now numbers\\ntwo hundred and fifty, and comprises many of the\\nprominent citizens in this part of the State.\\nVan Hook Council, No. 8, Royal andSelect\\nMasters, is the only council organized in the city\\nof Camden, and, although starting off with but a\\nsmall membership, has grown to be one of the\\nlargest in the State.\\nThe meetings are held in the hall of Excelsior\\nConsistory, corner of Third and Federal Streets,\\non the second Wednesday evening of each month.\\nThe charter bears date of January 21, 1S7 1 The\\nfollowing were the officers\\nAndrew B. Frazee, First Thrice Illustrious\\nMaster John W. Rogers, First Deputy Illus-\\ntrious Master Frank A. Fenton, Fir.st Principal\\nConductor of the Work Jacob H. Yocuni, Jr.,\\nFirst Master of Exchequer; George Shattuck,\\nFirst Recorder; Richard F. Smith, PMrst Captain\\nof Guard; W. T. Benner, First Conductor of\\nCouncil S. S. Edwards, First Steward C. C.\\nSmith, Fir.st Sentinel.\\nFollowing are the present officers of the council\\nCieo. W. Steed, Thrice Illustrious Master; John\\nS. R. Cassady, Deputy Illustrious Master;\\nJohn W. Johnson, Principal Conductor of Work\\nAndrew B. Frazee, Treasurer; F. F. Hogate, Re-\\ncorder; N. F. Cowan, Captain of Guard; Geo. F.\\nHammond, Conductor of Council Enos Dismant,\\nvSteward C. C. Smith, Sentinel.\\nThis council has thirty-one members. Since\\nthe organization death has removed eight members\\nof the council, among the number Past Thrice\\nIllustrious Grand Master Frank A. Fenton. Two\\nmembers of this council have been elevated to the\\nGrand East of this jurisdiction, Frank A. Fenton,\\nin 1880, and Edward Mills, in 1885.\\nCyrene Commandery, No. 7, Masonic\\nKniciHts Templar, was regularly consecrated\\nand constituted under a warrant from the Grand\\nCommandery of the State of New Jersey, on Oc-\\ntober 16, 1868, at the court-house in the city of\\nCamden, Dr. Thos. J. Corson acting as Grand\\nCommander. The five principal officers of the\\nCommandery installed upon that occasion were,\\nSir Wm. Wallace Goodwin, Eminent Com-\\nmander Sir Jas. H. Stevens, Generalissimo Sir\\nJohn W. Rogers, Captain-General Sir James W.\\nWroth, Treasurer Sir Chas. I. Fuerig, Recorder.\\nThe presiding and subordinate officers, excepting\\nthe treasurer and recorder, were changed, as is the\\nusual custom at the annual elections. Sir James\\nW. Wroth, treasui er, was annually re-elected until\\nApril 18, 1878, when he was succeeded by Sir\\nNathan F. Ctowan, who has been annually re-\\nelected ever since and holds the position at the\\njiresent time. Sir Chas. I. Fuerig, recorder, was\\nannually re-elected until March Iti, 1871, when he\\nwas succeeded by Sir (teorge Shattuck, who was\\nannually re-elected until May 10, 1878, when he\\nwas succeeded by Sir Chas. F. Hollingshead, who\\nhas been annually re-elected ever since and holds\\nthe position at this time.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0882.jp2"}, "726": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n5G1\\nThe coinniainkTy stnrted with a inembei shi|) of\\niiiiieteeu, anrl its present membership is one hun-\\n(Ireil and fifty, and includes many of the prominent\\nbusiness and professional men of the city. The\\nI ast Comnumders of Cyreue, or those who have\\ntilled the position of presiding officer, are as fol-\\nlows: !-!irs Will. Wallace (ioodwin, Andrew l\\nFrazee, J. Laytou Register, Geo. E. Wilson, Rich-\\nard F. Smith, W. B. F. Wood, Jacob H. Yocum,\\n.Jr., Robert F. S. Heath, 8eth Thomas, Isaac C.\\nCfithens, i\\\\I. B. Taylor, Wm. H. Stansbury, Wm.\\nKraft, Jas. P. Weatherby, Wm. M. Davison,\\nFrancis Oookson and Edward Mills. The Past\\nCommanders of Oyrene who have served as Grand\\nCommanders of the Grand Commaiidery of New\\nJersey are Sirs Wm. Wallace Goodwin, Anilrew\\nB. Frazee and I. Laytoii Register. I ast C om-\\nmander, Isaac C. Githens is the present Grand\\nGeneralissimo of the Grand Comniaadery.\\nThe Ancient AND Accepted Scottish Rite.\\nThis rite was fir.st organized in the Valley of\\nCamden, in the early part of the year 1870, but\\nowing to necessary delays in a correspondanee\\nwith the officers and members of the bodies of the\\nrite located at Mount Holly, the organization was\\nnot effected until August 4, 1870, when Excelsior\\nGrand Lodge of Perfection, 14\u00c2\u00b0, was set to work.\\nThe membership rapidly increased, and .soon the\\norganization of Excelsior Council of Princes of\\nJerusalem, 15\u00c2\u00b0 and lt!\u00c2\u00b0, and Excelsior Rose Croix\\nChapter, 17\u00c2\u00b0 and 18\u00c2\u00b0, was completed. Meetings\\nwere regularly held until 187 when, from finan-\\ncial troubles and other causes, the work in these\\nbodies was almost suspended, but through the\\netlbrts of a few members it was not permitted to\\ndie out.\\nIll 1XS2, a number of the brethren having died,\\nit was thought pi-oper to hold a lodge of honor\\n(being the first ever held in this jurisdiction), at\\nwhich a large number of Masonic brethren were\\npresent, and the beautiful ceremonies not only\\nmade a deep impression, but caused new life to\\nbe infused into the order. The oration u]iom this\\noccasion was delivered by Past Thri -e Potent\\nCxrand Master Marmaduke B. Taylor.\\nThe Tiew seed sown took deep root and the mem-\\nbership increased so rapidly that it was found\\nnecessary to make arrangements to organize a\\nconsistory in Camden, as the only one in the State,\\nbeing located at Jersey City, was considered too\\nremote for the brethren in Camden, many of\\nwhom had become members of the Philadel|diia\\nConsistory.\\nOn the KJth day of November, 1883, Excelsior\\nConsistory was set to work, since which time the\\nAncient and Accepted Scottish Rite has liecn the\\nmost flourishing Masonic body in the city of\\nC amden.\\nThe first three bodies of the rite originally were\\ninstalled in Mount Holly, and the same transferred\\nto Camden, the Mount Holly brethren retaining\\ntheir menibershii).\\nThe present officers of the consistory are Edward\\nMills, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Illustrious Commander-in-(!liief Mar-\\nmaduke B. Taylor, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Illu.strious First Lieuten-\\nant C!ommander; C. Henry Austin, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Illnstrioiis\\nSecond Lieutenant Commander; Frank L. Vinton,\\n32\u00c2\u00b0 Grand Master of State; David M. Spence, 32\u00c2\u00b0\\nGrand Chancellor Joseph F. P. Reed, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Grand\\nTreasurer Isaac C. Githens, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Grand Keeper of\\nthe Seals and Archives; Genge F. Hammond, 32\u00c2\u00b0\\nArchitect George Van Benschoten, 32\u00c2\u00b0 IIos-\\n|)italer George Shattuck, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Ma.ster of Cere-\\nmonies; William H. Thompson, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Standard-\\nBearer Cieorge W. Steed, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Ca])tain of the\\nGuard; Charles H. Gordon, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Grand Sentinel.\\nThe present officers of Excelsior Chapter Ro.se\\nCroix are Geo. W- Steed, 32\u00c2\u00b0 M. W. and P. Master\\nDavid M. Spence, 32\u00c2\u00b0 M. E. P. and Kl. S. W. (Jeo.\\nVan Benschoten, 32\u00c2\u00b0 M. E. P. and Kt. J. W.\\nEdward E. Read, Jr., 32\u00c2\u00b0 M. E. and P. Kt. (i.\\nOrator; Joseph F. P. Read, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Res].. and I Kt.\\nTreasurer; Edward Mills, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Resp. and P. Kt.\\nSecretary A. B. Frazee, 33\u00c2\u00b0 Resp. and P. Kt.\\nHospitaler Thomas B. WooLston, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Resp. and\\nP. Kt. M. of C. F. F. Hogate, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Resp. and P.\\nKt C. of (x. Charles H. Gordon, 32 Resp. (irand\\nTiler.\\nThe present officers of Excelsior Council, P. of J.,\\nare Andrew B. Frazee, 33\u00c2\u00b0 M. E. Sov. P. G. Master\\nGeorge W. Steed, 32\u00c2\u00b0 G. H. P. Deputy Ctr. Master;\\nC. Henry Austin, 32\u00c2\u00b0 M. E. Senior Gr. Warden\\nFrank B. Delaplaine, 32\u00c2\u00b0 M. E. Junior Gr. Warden\\nJoseph F. P. Read, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Val. Gr. Treasurer\\nEdward Mills, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Val. Gr. Secretary Daniel H.\\nErthuan, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Val. Gr. Almoner Thomas Mc-\\nDowell. 32\u00c2\u00b0 Val. Gr. M. of C. F. F. Hogate, 32\u00c2\u00b0\\nVal. Gr. M. of E. C. H. Gordon, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Grand\\nTyler.\\nTiie present officers of Excelsior Lodge of Per-\\nfection are George F. Hammond, 32\u00c2\u00b0 T. P. G. M.\\nJohn S. R. Cassady, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Deputy (i. M. George\\nVan Benschoten, 32\u00c2\u00b0 S. G. W. Frank B. Dela-\\nplaine, 32\u00c2\u00b0 J. G. W. J. F. P. Read, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Gr. Treas-\\nurer Edward Mills, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Gr. Secretary; E. E.\\nRead, Jr., 32\u00c2\u00b0 G. M. C. F. F. Hogate, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Gr.\\nof G. George W. Steed, 32\u00c2\u00b0 G. Hospitaler; C.\\nH. Gordon, 32\u00c2\u00b0 G. Tiler.\\nThe Past Most Wise and Perfect Masters of\\nExcelsior Chapel of Rose Croix are W. W. Good-", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0883.jp2"}, "727": {"fulltext": "562\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nwill, n\u00c2\u00b0; F. A. Fenton, 82\u00c2\u00b0; A. B. Frazee, 33\\nEdward Mills, 33\u00c2\u00b0 J. S. Smith, 32\u00c2\u00b0; Thomas Mc-\\nDowell, 32\u00c2\u00b0 C. Henry Austin, 32\u00c2\u00b0 George F.\\nHammond, 32\u00c2\u00b0 George W. Steed, 32\u00c2\u00b0.\\nThe Past Sovereign Prince Grand Masters of Ex-\\ncelsior Council of Princes of Jerusalem are W. W.\\nGoodwin, 33\u00c2\u00b0 W. H. Jeffreys, 33\u00c2\u00b0 J. P. Michellon,\\n32\u00c2\u00b0 Marmaduke B. Taylor, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Edwin Mills, 32\u00c2\u00b0\\nA. B. Frazee, 33\u00c2\u00b0.\\nThe Past Thrice Potent Grand Masters of E.Kcel-\\nsior Grand Lodge of Perfection are G. H. Pancoast,\\n32\u00c2\u00b0 W. W. Goodwin, 33\u00c2\u00b0; James H. Stevens, 32\u00c2\u00b0;\\nMarmaduke B. Taylor, 32\u00c2\u00b0 A. B. Frazee, 33\u00c2\u00b0 I\\nJ. S. Smith, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Thomas McDowell, 32\u00c2\u00b0 Edwin\\nMills, 32\u00c2\u00b0; C Henry Austin, 32\u00c2\u00b0; George F. Ham-\\nmond, 32\u00c2\u00b0.\\nMasonjo Ladies. The (Jrand Lodge of Mason-\\nic Ladies of New Jersey was instituted September\\n12, 1807, in Mechanics Hall, Camden, by P. G. I.\\nH. P. Elizabeth C. Cline and 1. R. Secretary\\nElizabeth Craig, of Pennsylvania. The first\\nofficers were: G. I. H. P., Meny Whippy, No. 1,\\nCamden G. H. P., Elizabeth Rocap, No. 3,\\nBridgeton G. R. Secretary, Harriet Wright, No. 2,\\nBurlington. There are fifteen lodges within its\\njurisdiction, with ten hundred and twenty-five\\nmembers. Its officers are G. I. H. P., Elizabeth\\nShamelia, No. 2, Burlington G. H. P., Annie\\nElliott, No. 9, Bordentown G. R. Secty., Annie\\nM. Quick, No. 1, Camden.\\nMould Z lon Lodge, Ko. 1, Masonic Ladie.s,\\nwas instituted in Mechanics Hall April 4, 18tj(j,\\nwith thirty-five charter members, by (J. I. H. 1\\nElizabeth P. Cline and G. R. S. Elizabeth Craig,\\nof Pennsylvania. These officers were installed\\nP. I. H. P., Margaret Deith I. H. P., Mercy\\nWhippy H. P., Coctle S. C, Mary Burnett R.\\nSecretary, Susanna Quin F.S.,MargarettaHainp-\\nton T., Sarah Gilbert S. I., Ruth A. Ross J. I\\nMary M. Lindale Tiler, Clara Muckleson. The\\nlodge has prospered and a membership of nearly\\none hundred has accumulated a reserve fund of\\nthree thousand dollars.\\nThe officers at present are P. I. H. P., Elizabeth\\nLong; I. H. P., Emily Weldey; H. P., Kale\\nTyler R. S., Annie M. Quick F. S., K. E.\\nSparks; T., Ruth A. Ross; S. of C, Ellen Biddle\\nS. I., Margaret Whittle J. I., Elizabeth Kleavir\\nTiler, Elizal)eth Campbell.\\nThe members of IMount Zion Lodge who are\\nPast Great Illustrious High Priestesses of the\\nGrand Lodge of New Jersey are Mercy Whippy,\\nRuth A. Ross, Mary A. Moore and Eliza J. Leil-\\nback.\\nLily of the Valley Lodge, No. 6, of Masonic\\nLadlex was organized May 8, 1807, by Rebecca\\nThompson, I. G. H. P. Emeline Williams, G. H.\\nP. Elizabeth Craig, G. S. Charter granted to\\nCatherine Caldwell, May A. Merkle, Priscilla B.\\nAyers, Mary West, Isabella Stanbury, Elizabeth\\n(xordon, Mary W. Saunders, Lizzie Anderson,\\nKate Cadwell, Sarah Rickard, Annie Ayers, Ann\\nPorter, Elmira B. Wescott, Sarah P. I ist, Sarah\\nJackson, Rachel Litcherfelt, Mary A. Laning.\\nSusan A. Vaugn. The following were the officers\\nG. I. H. P., Rebecca Thompson G. H. P., Emeliiic\\nWilliams G. Sec, Elizabeth Craig. Officers at\\nthat time I. H. P., Priscilla B. Ayres P. I. H. P.,\\nMary A. Merkle; H. P., Mary West; S. of Cer.,\\nCatharine Cadwell; Rec. Sec, Isabella Stansbury\\nFin. Sec, Elizabeth Gordon Tre.os., Mary W.\\nSaunders S. luspectress, Sarah Rickards J. In-\\nspectress, Rachel Litchenfelt Tiler, Harriet\\nStiles; S. I., Mattie Randolph; J. I., Cecelia\\nHanley; Tiler, Anna Smick; Rec. Sec, Kate F.\\nCadwell Fin. Sec, Mary M. Davis Treas., Re-\\nbecca Eastlack.\\nColored JIasonic Bodiks. Rising Sun Lodge\\nof Free and Accepted Masons, composed of col-\\nored citizens, was formed at the house of Ishniael\\nLocks, southeast corner of Fifth Street and Cherry,\\nunder a charter granted to Thomas Barns, W. M.\\nGeorge Jackson, S. W. and Wesley Armstrong,\\nJ. W., dated May 13, 1847. In 1849 the meet-\\nings were held in Butler s Hall, built for the pur-\\npose, on Sycamore Street, east of Seventh. They\\nafterwards met in a hall on Spruce Street, below\\nThird; in 1874, at Fourth and Walnut, and in\\n1875 in Newton Hall, Broadway aud Newton\\nAvenue, which is now the general headquarters of\\nthe several Colored Masonic fraternities. The\\nwarrant was granted by the Grand Lodge of Penn-\\nsylvania, which received its warrant from Princes\\nHall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, in its turn\\nthe recipient of a warrant from the Grand Lodge\\nof England, dated September 29, 17S4, granting\\nauthority to open and hold African Lodge, No.\\n4. i9, in the city of Boston.\\nWhen the Grand Ijodge of New Jersey was\\nformed, June 12, 1848, Rising Sun became No. 4,\\nand, on the union of Colored Masons of the Stale\\nunder one jurisdiction, became No. 1, which num-\\nber it still holds. Rising Sun has furnished a\\nnumber of Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge of\\nNew Jersey, as follows: George Walton, Anthony\\nColding, George Jackson, Henry Mackey, Deni])-\\nsey D. Butler, R. F. Lovett, Jacob F. Derrickson,\\nWilliam R. Shipley and Philip T. Colding. The\\nofficers elected in 1880 are W. M., James H.\\nLeatherberry S. W., William O. Castor J. W.,", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0884.jp2"}, "728": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDExV.\\n563\\nGilbert Webb; Treasurer, Dempsey D. Fjiitler;\\nSecretary, Jacob T. Derrickson.\\nAurora Lodge, No. 9, F. and A. 51., also iiieet.s\\nin Newton Hall, as do the.se co-i ratcrnitics,\\nSt. Luke s Chapter, No. 1, Hoyal Arch Masons;\\nDetnolley Coniniandcry, Knights Templar, No. 1;\\nEureka Chapter, Lodge ol Perfection, No. 2, Frank\\nT. Webster, M. 1 M. Oriental Council, No. 2,\\nPrinces of Jerusalem, John H. Bean, I. M. E.\\nUnion Chapter, Knight,s of Rose Croix, John W.\\nMays, M. W. Dehoco Consistory, Sublime Princes\\nof the Royal Secret, Charles N. Robinson, L S. C.\\nAurora Lodge, No. Free and Accepted Ma-\\nsons (colored), was instituted, by dispensation,\\nAugust 11, 1853, and was duly organized by war-\\nrant under the jurisdicticni and authority of the\\nM. W. Union Grand Lodge of New Jersey, and\\nwas granted to the following Aaron Fisher, Enoch\\nLittle, Freeman Gould, Samuel Cleaver, Hezekiah\\nKinching, James Venning and Nicholas Boston.\\nThe lodge was organized, and met for many years,\\nin the rear of the Macedonia Church, but now\\nmeets in Newton Hall. From its foundation all\\nobligations have been met, and no one meeting has\\nbeen omitted.\\nThe present othcers are: .lames Robinson, W.\\nM. Moses Stevens, S. W. George Nisoii, J- W.;\\nJames Martin, T. Charles N. Robinson.\\nThe Grand Lodce of New Jehsey, which\\nmeets in Camden, was organized .Tune 12, 1S4X, by\\na convention comprising representatives from\\nthese lodges: St. John s, No. S, Trenton Unity,\\nNo. 11, Burlington Mount Moriah, No. 12, Salem,\\nand Rising Sun, No. U), Camden. The officers\\nelected were Jl. W. G. M., (Jeorge Shrive, No. 8;\\nD. G. M., Benjamin Jackson, No. 1 1 S. (i. W.,\\nLittleton Williams, No. Hi; .1. G. \\\\V., George\\nJackson, No. 19; G. Treasurer, Benjamin Stew-\\nard Grand Secretary, .Toshua Woodlin.\\nThis Grand Lodge was known as the Union\\nGrand Lodge for the State of New Jersey. A\\nquestion of sovereignty, in 1850, caused a split,\\nbut in 1875, at a convention representing all the\\nlodges of both jurisdictions, when a union of the\\ntwo bodies was efl ected, and the M. W. Ignited\\nliOdge for the State of New Jersey was formed,\\nand the officers elected were M. W. G. Jf., Charles\\nN. Robinson D. G. M., Moses Wilcox S. G. W.,\\nJohn H. Bean; J. G. W., Pierce Brown; G. T.,\\n1. Sample G. S., Jacob T. Derrickson Cor. (i. S.,\\nJ. Henry Hall.\\nThe United Graud Lodge meets annually at\\ntheir Grand East, Broadway and Newton Avenue,\\non the 27th of December, and controls all the\\nlodges of Colored F. and A. Masons of the State,\\nnumbering thirty, with an aggregate memberslii|i\\nof six hundred.\\nThe Past M. W. Masters of rujled Grand\\nLodge are: lS7(l-77, Cluirlcs Ivobinson |,S7S,\\n.loshua (inrncy; l.^7!i, I liilip T. (ddiiig; issi),\\nWm. F. Powell; lS,S|,.l(,hn \\\\V. Mays; I.S,S2,\\nPaul Hammond: iss:;, Philip T. olding; and\\nIXSo, George Bailey, .Ir.\\nThe otticersfor 18.Si; i,re .M. W. G. Francis\\nFarmer; D. G. W. M., .John H. Bean M. \\\\V. G.\\nS. W., John H. Teebut; M. W. G. ,1. W., Frank\\nH. Chapman; R. \\\\V. G. S., Charles N. Kobin.son\\nR. W. G. T., Jacob T. Derrickson Deputy of the\\nState of New Jersey for the Thirty-third Degree,\\nP. M. W. G. 51., Philip T. Colding.\\nINDEPENDENT uRDEK dl OHHFELLO WS.\\nNew Jersey LonciE, No. 1. Ten years after\\nThomas Wildey had formed the first lodge of In-\\ndependent Order of Odd-Fellows, he came to Cam-\\nden, 5Iarch 30, 182!i, with a charter from the Mary-\\nland Grand Lodge, the fountain-head of Odd-Fel-\\nlowship, and founded New Jersey Lodge, No. 1.\\nThonuis Wildey organized the lodge in ])erson, in\\nthe room in Vauxhall (fardeu. The records have\\nbeen lost and the names of the first New Jersey\\nGdd-Fellows were lost with them.\\nNew Jersey Lodge has had an honorable and\\n))rosperous career. There have been eight hundred\\ninitiated, seven hundred and sixty released, sixty-\\neight buried and thirty-six thous.-in l dollars paid\\nout tor sickness and death. The members num-\\nber three hundred and twenty, and the meetings\\nare held in Central Hall. These have passed the\\nNoble Grand chair: John R. Thompson, James\\nK. Webb, Samuel Ewan, Webster Gill, Daniel J.\\nShriller, John H. Stiles, Reuben Hollow:iy, John\\nStiles, Jacob P. Stone, Lewis R. Beckett, Wm. K.\\nP urrough, Jonathan J. Shcppard, R. G. Parvin,\\nAlva F. Stetes, Thomas T. Ellis, George W. Ewan,\\nRichard Dillmore, Charles G. Mayhew, Wm. A.\\nDrown, Westcott Campbell, Theodore A. Verlan-\\nder, 5Vm. O. Lusk, Edward S. King, Joseph 51.\\nBacon, Charles F. Adams, John Smedley, H. H.\\nPease, Mahlon P. Ivins, Virgil Willett, Harry\\nPowell, Henry Grosskopf, Wm. Husted, Samuel\\nJliles, Stephen Phillips, Samuel Ewen, Benjamin\\nCarliu, Joseph L. Bright and George Fox.\\nThe otHcers are, N. G., Wm. E. Rudolph V. G.,\\nJohn Corson P. S., Virgil Willett; R.S., Charles\\nStiles T., Mahlon F. Ivins W., David Phillips\\nC, John C. Seal R. S. S., David Mundy L. S. S.,\\nGeorge H. Weibel R. S. to N. G., P. G., Samuel\\n5Iills^; L. S. to N. G., P. G. J. L. Bright I. G.,\\nAlbert Phillips; G. G., A. L. Rudoliili Chaplain,", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0885.jp2"}, "729": {"fulltext": "564\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nWm. P. Partenheimer R. S. to V. G., Samuel\\nMills, Jr. L. S. to V. G., Joseph Ayers.\\nChosen Friends Lodge, No. 29, I. O. of O.\\nF., of New Jersey, was constituted in Bontemps\\nHall, Monday evening. May 12, 1845, at which\\ntime a special session of the Grand Lodge of New\\nJersey was held, and the charter presented to the\\nlodge, these Grand officers officiating Samuel\\nRead, D. D. G. M., presided, assisted by P. G. s\\nWm. C. Mulford and C. W. Roberts, of Washing-\\nton Lodge, No. 21 Joseph Carr, of Mount Holly\\nLodge, No. 19 G. M. John Perry and G. S. Wm.\\nCurtis, of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania\\nCirand Sire Howell Hopkins, of the Grand Lodge\\nof U. S. Horn R. Kneass and Smith Skinner,\\nRep. to G. L. of the U. S. from G. L. of Pennsyl-\\nvania and brothers from Chosen Friends Lodge,\\nNo. 100, of Pennsylvania, including P. G. S.\\nJames B. Nicholson, now G. S. of the G. L. of\\nPennsylvania.\\nTwenty-two were initiated, including Thomas\\nW. Mulford, John F. Starr, Joseph C. DeLaCour,\\nBenjamin Scott, Jr., James W. Shroft James M.\\nCassady, Matthew Miller and Michael Letts, and\\nthese officers were installed N. G., John Morgan\\nSecretary, Manuel C. White V. G., Charles Bon-\\ntemps Treasurer, Isaac Mickle. Chosen Friends\\nhas always had a leading influence in the counsels\\nof the order in this State, owing to the men of\\nmark among its members, and of them James M.\\nCassady and John C. Stratford have been Grand\\nMasters. Its Past Grands number thirty-seven.\\nDuring its forty years of existence not a meeting\\nhas been omitted nor Ijenetits failed of payment\\nwhen due.\\nIn that time these sums have been paid for the\\nobjects named\\nRelief of brothei-K $17,fiC.ii.r,0\\nRelief of widowed families l,rj(lo,2(t\\nEducation of ori)hans :;;lT.no\\nBurying the dead .i,SN.=... .i1\\nTotal $2. i,38:i.32\\nThe lodge, with two hundred and twelve mem-\\nbers, meets in Morgan s Hall, Thursday evenings,\\nand is strong financially. The officers for 1886\\nare: N. G., Benjamin S. Lewis; R. S., Samuel P.\\nJones V. G., Lewis Traunweiser P. S., Robert\\nW. Meves.\\nSenatus LODiiE, No. 7G, was instituted in Bon-\\ntemps Hall, February 9, 1848, with these officers\\nin position P. G., William E. Laflerty; N. G.,\\nC. C. Sadler V. G., John R. Graham S., W. B.\\nMiller; A.S.,J. F.Cake T.,WilliamMorrell. The\\nlodge prospered for a time, but from various causes\\nthe charter was surrendered in 1857. In 1868 .some\\nof the old members, with others, decided to take\\nup the surrendered charter and were duly insti-\\ntuted, with these charter members: E. P. Andrews,\\nJohn R. Graham, Seth Thomas, J. M. Rodgers,\\nJ. M. Sickles, William H. Stansburg, William H.\\nJeffries, James H. Stevens, F. H. Shinn, Stephen\\nParsons, Andrew B. Frazee, Frank Skinner, J.\\nEarl Atkinson, A. C. Jackson, William H. Allen.\\nSince its reorganization Senatus Lodge has pros-\\npered. It numbers one hundred and sixty mem-\\nbers, with three thousand dollars invested, and is\\nwell provided with costly and complete parapher-\\nnalia for the work of the order. The meetings\\nare held Wednesday evenings in Central Hall.\\nThe officers are: N. G., Charles Schnitzler R. S.,\\nJohn Cook; T., W. B. Stewart; V. CI., Thomas\\nFitzgerald P. S., Frank M. Tussey.\\nWiLDEY Lon(;E, No. 91, was instituted February\\n20, 1849. The officers for 1886 are as follows\\nN. G., John Marshall V. G., Joseph B. Arm-\\nstrong R. S., Stephen Robinson P. S., A. G. M.\\nAshley; T., Robert H. Patton. The lodge meets\\nat Wildey Hall every Tuesday evening. The total\\nnumber of members is one hundred and forty.\\nKane Arctk Lodge, No. 115, was organized\\nby warrant dated August 12, 1857, at which time,\\nin Odd-Fellows (Morgan s) Hall, Hampton Wil-\\nliams, of New Jersey Lodge, No. D.D. Grand\\nMaster, installed these officers: I^evi Bachrach,\\nN.G. William Hage,V. G. Emanuel Schneider,\\nT. and with them initiated these charter mem-\\nbers Julius Barth and John M. Hertlein.\\nThe lodge meets in Central Hall and has a mem-\\nbership of one hundred and thirty-seven, including\\nthirty-nine Past Grands. The assets amount to\\n$3257, .f.3000 of which, invested in mortgages, re-\\nalizes $180 jier year. The present officers are\\nNoble Grand, Bernard Kohn Vice-Grand, Frid-\\nolin Hanzy Recording Secretary, Karl E. Treb-\\ning Permanent Secretary, Henry Philipp Treas-\\nurer, Levi Bachrach.\\nCajiden Lodge, No. 155, was organized Feb-\\nruary 17, 1871, with the following charter mem-\\nbers Thomas McDowell, Samuel M. Gaul, Chris-\\ntopher C. Smith, William Randall, Past ttrands\\nFrederick G. Thoman, William W. Thoman,\\n.losiah Jlatlack, Bowman Matlack, Horace Ham-\\nmell, Andrew J. (7nnningham and William T.\\nBrewer. The organization took place in Wil-\\ndey Hall, where the lodge has met since. It\\nhas had a full measure of prosperity, numbers\\none hundred and fifty-five members and has a re-\\nserve fund of five thousand dollars. The Piist\\nGrands number twenty -six, and P. G. William T.\\nBrewer is a Past Grand Master. The present", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0886.jp2"}, "730": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n5G5\\nofficers are N. G., Samuel M. Baker V. G.,\\nThomas R. Murphy R. S. P. G., Frank P. Jack-\\nson P. S. P. G., Edward G. Bugge T. P. G.,\\nJosiah Matlack.\\nCampen Encampment, No. 12, instituted\\nAugust 13, 184(5, meets Fourth and Market, at\\nMorgan s Hall, second and fourth Friday nights.\\nNumber of members, seventy-five. The present\\nofficers are: Chief Patriarch, Lewis Traunweiser\\nSenior Warden, Sewell H. Colley; Scribe, John\\nMatlack Treasurer, Benjamin D. Coley High\\nPriest, Samuel Mills, Sr- Junior Warden, Robert\\nR. Kates O. S. C, Nathan A. Carter I. S. C,\\nTheo. W. Pimm Guide, Henry Grosskopf.\\nFame Encampment, No. 26, was instituted\\nAugust 14, 1851. The officers for 1886 are as fol-\\nlows C. P., Sam. M. Baker; H. P., James Hough-\\nton S. W., Asa Kirby J. W., H. J. House T.,\\nJoseph B. Fox; S., A. George M. Ashley. This\\nencampment meets at Wildey Hall the first and\\nthird Friday evenings of every month. The total\\nnumber of members is forty-eight.\\nCanton Ridgley, No. 5, Patriarch Mili-\\ntant, was instituted March 3, 1886. The present\\nnumber of members is twenty. The present offi-\\ncers are: Captain, Jonathan J. Sheppard Lieu-\\ntenant, James Houghton Recorder, John W.\\nMatlack; Accountant, George Wailes Ensign,\\nBenjamin F. Fortiner. Meetings are held at the\\nnorthwest corner of Second and Federal Streets on\\nthe first and second Wednesday evenings of each\\nmonth.\\nMount Zion Lodge, No. 7, Daughters of\\nRebekah, was instituted November 17, 1868.\\nMeetings are held at Fourth and Market Streets,\\nin Morgan s Hall, on the first and third Friday\\nnights. The present officers are Noble Grand,\\nRobert R. Kates; Vice-Grand, Mrs. H. Strang;\\nSecretary, John W. Matlack Financial Secretary,\\nLucy Hubbs Treasurer, Priscilla Johnson R. S.\\nN. G., Mary Campbell L. S. N. G., Mary Corson\\nWarden, J. W. Johnson Conductor, Mary Paul\\nI. S. S., Lewis Traunweiser; 0. S. S. Nathun\\nCarter; Chaplain, Althea Bond; R. S. V. G.,\\nJane Hearn; L. S. V. G., Arietta Lewis. The\\nlodge has two hundred members.\\nThe Odd-Fellows Funeral Aid Associa-\\ntion, of Camden, was instituted October 16, 1868.\\nThe number of members at present is two hundred\\nand forty-five. The present officers are: President,\\nW. C. Husted Vice-President, A. G. M. Ashley\\nSecretary, John W. Matlack Treasurer, Benjamin\\nD. Coley; Directors, Samuel W. Stivers, Thomas\\nW. Pinmi, Benedict Youiigman, Levi Bachrach,\\n68\\nHarry Bennett, Conrad Austermuh), Joseph Der-\\nhanier, Lewis C. Harris, James Maguire.\\nKNIGUTS of PYTHIAS.\\nThe Knights of Pythias, a secret benevolent or-\\nder, was organized in the city of Washington, D. C,\\nFebruary 19, 1864, by J. H. Rathbone. On No-\\nvember 28, 1867, Honorable Stephen D. Young,\\nWilliam B. French, Robert F. S. Heath, Richard\\nB. Wilmot, John Matlack, George W. Conrow,\\nCharles Mayhew, Joseph Braddock and William\\nPenn Repsher, all residents of Camden, were ini-\\ntiated into Damon Lodge, No. 8, in Philadelphia.\\nOn December 1 2th, of that year, the above-named\\nKnights assembled in Odd-Fellows Hall, in Cam-\\nden, and were instituted as Damon Lodge by several\\nGrand Officers from Washington, D. C. Upon that\\noccasion nearly fifty gentlemen were initiated,\\namong the number Honorable Samuel Read, who\\nsubsequently became the first Supreme Chancellor.\\nP. G. C. Young officiated that evening as Grand\\nJunior Guard. At a later day charters were re-\\nceived lor two lodges, New Jersey Lodge receiving\\nthe first number and Damon No. 2. Undoubtedly\\na mistake had been made, as the members who had\\nbeen initiated in Philadelphia constituted Damon\\nLodge in Camden and were jusily entitled to the\\nfirst number.\\nThe Grand Lodge was organized in Camden\\nMarch 16, 1868. The first annual session was held\\nin Camden April 20, 1868. The Grand Lodge\\nmeets annually at Trenton, in February. The fol-\\nlowing were the first Grand Officers Robert F. S.\\nHeath, No. 2, V. G. P. Samuel Read, No. 1, VV.\\nG. C. Robert Muffett, No. 5, V. G. C. William\\nB. French, No. 2, G. R. S, Charles W. Heisler,\\nNo. 1, G. F. S. Anthony Phillips, No. 1, G. B.\\nJohn T. Tompkins, No. 4, G. G. John L. Sharp,\\nNo. 6, G. I. S. Frederick L. Cobb, No. 3, G. O. S.\\nDamon Lodge, No. 2, meets at the southeast\\ncorner of Fourth and Market Streets, Monday\\nevenings. It was instituted December 12, 1867.\\nThe first officers were as follows: V. P., Richard\\nB. Wilmot; W. C, Robert F. S. Heath V. C,\\nJohn W. Matlack; R. S., William B. French;\\nF. S., Charles G. Mayhew Banker, George W. Con-\\nrow Guide, Samuel E. Radclifl I. S., Stephen\\nD. Young; O. S., Joseph B. Braddock. The\\npresent officers are P. C, Jacob F. Voight C. C,\\nCharles J. Barr V. C, John O. Zuschnitt M. at\\nA., Robert J. Roberts M. of E., H. F. Chew M.\\nof F., Charles E. Fisher K. of R. and S., Herman\\nRosade Prelate, A. H. Clymer L G., N. A.\\nCarter; O. G., John S. Clark. The present number\\nof members is one hundred and twenty.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0887.jp2"}, "731": {"fulltext": "566\\nHISTOllY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nCorinthian Lodge, No. 19, was instituted\\nMarch 16, 1809, by the following; Grand Lodge\\nOfficers J.aines A. Parsons, V. G. P. William H.\\nBarton, G. C. Thomas G. Rowand, V. G. C. Ben-\\njamin C. Tatem, G. B. William R. Robinson,\\nG. G. J. W. Cochran, G. I. S. Samuel I. Wood-\\nruff, 6. 0. S. William B. French, G. R. S. The\\nofficers for the term ending September 1, 1886,\\n-were P. C, Frank B. Sweeten C. C, Charles W.\\nLeas V. C, J. G. Howard P., Benjamin D.\\nGardner K. of R. and S., Harry Fifield M. of F.,\\nThomas A. Wood M. of E., Benjamin P. Sweeten\\nM. at A., William W. Curry I. G., Howard Mc-\\nCormick O. G., C. C. Greeney. The number of\\nmembers is eighty-seven the amount paid for re-\\nlief, eight thousand seven hundred and forty-two\\ndollars. Place of meeting, Morgan s Hall, Fourth\\nand Market Streets, every Tuesday evening.\\nPalestine Lodge, No. 1, I. O. Ladies of\\nPythias, was organized April 1, 1874. The fol-\\nlowing were the first officers P. W. C, Catharine\\nJohnson F. C, Rebecca Adams Second C,\\nEmma Johnson Scribe of R., Annie M. Quick\\nScribe of F., Sally Carty Bankress, Ruth A. Ross\\nFirst Guide, Kate Hagerman Second Guide,\\nKizzie E. Sparks First M., Eliza J. Leibecke\\nSecond M., Emily Kelley Sentry of I. G., Mary\\nL. Fields Sentry of 0. G., Margaret Doyle Ex.,\\nMattie Gibbs Dv., Hannah Connelly. The pres-\\nent officers are P. W. C, Elizabeth Eame* F.C.,\\nMary Winters; S. C, Ellen Biddle; S. R., Annie\\nM. Quick S. F., Kizzie Sparks Bankress, Ruth\\nA.Ross; F. Guide, Margaret Whittle; S. Guide,\\nElizabeth Casto; F. M., Rachel Piper; S. M.,\\nElizabeth Lilly S. of I. G., Lizzie Eames S. of\\nO. G., Lois Wriffiird Ex., Elizabeth Long; Dv.,\\nElizabeth Cleaver; Guardsmen, first, Catharine\\nJohnson second, Isabella Dobleman third, Mary\\nE. Whirlow fourth, Margaret Davis fifth, Han-\\nnah vSnyder; sixth, Emma Kessler. The number\\nof members is sixty-five. Tlie evening of meet-\\ning is Wednesday and the place the Hall of the\\nMechanics, Fourth and Spruce Streets.\\nimproved order of red men.\\nThis order claims its origin as a patriotic asso-\\nciation under the title of Society of Red Men,\\ncomposed of volunteers who were in garrison at\\nFort Mifflin, on the Delaware River, opposite Red\\nBank, in IKlii. It is a fraternal and benevolent\\norganization, with its ritual based ujjon the cus-\\ntoms of the North American Indians. The officers\\nare known as Sachem, Sagamore and Prophet, and\\nthe members as warriors and braves, while the\\nera dates from {\\\\\\\\r biiiding of (jIuiuIius, and tlicir\\ntime is divided into grand suns, moons, suns, runs\\nand breaths. The subordinate body is called\\nTribe, that of the State, Great Council, and of\\nthe country. Great Council of the United States.\\nThe Great Council of New Jersey was instituted\\nin Trenton, by Great Incohonee Robert Sullivan,\\nthere being at the time three tribes in the State\\nArreseoh, No. 1 Lenni Lenape, No. 2; and Red\\nBird, No. 3. These were under its jurisdiction.\\nIroquois Degree Council, No. 3, was insti-\\ntuted December 18, 1884, the Great Chiefs present\\nbeing G. P., Daniel M. Stevens G. S., Reuben L.\\nBowen G. J. S., Samuel L. Durand G. C. of R.,\\nJohn T. Davies G. K. of W., C. G. Zimmerman\\nD. G. S., Leonard L. Roray. The first Chiefs were\\nP., David B. Petersen S., George W. Ewan S. S.,\\nJ. C. Mason J. S., George Walters C. of R., D.\\nC. Vannote; K. of W., Tobias Altman. The\\npresent Chiefs are P., J. C. Mason Sachem,\\nFrank Applegate S. S., Lemuel Pike J. S., Au-\\ngustus Barto C. of R., F. H. Drake K. of W.,\\nTobias Altman. The number of members is thirty-\\nfive. The council meets on the second and fourth\\nTuesdays of each month, at Broadway and Kaighn\\nAvenue.\\nLenni Lenape Tribe, No. 2, is the oldest\\nexisting tribe of the order in the State, and in\\nnumbers and wealth the strongest and richest in\\nthe United States. It was instituted May 10, 1850,\\nby Great Incohonee William B. Davis, assisted\\nby Francis Fullerton, of Lenni Lenape Tribe,\\nNo. 3, of Pennsylvania, and Great Chief of Records\\nof the United States. These were the charter\\nmembers: Nathaniel Chew, William F. Colbert,\\nJohn T. Davis, Timothy C. Moore, Sylvester\\nRainhard, Joseph Shipley, Daniel S. Garwood,\\nWilliam Beckett, George Wood, E. D. Brister,\\nJohn Wood, Joseph Myers, Albert Robertson,\\nJohn W. Hoey, James B. Richardson, Robert\\nMaguire, Joseph B. Hawkins, James O. Stillwell\\nand Anthony Joline. The officers were as follows\\nP., Timothy C. Moore S., Nathaniel Chew S. S.,\\nJohn Wood; J. S., William F. Colbert; C. of R.,\\nJoseph Myers K. of W., Albert Robertson.\\nLenni Lenape has had an eventful career, at\\ntimes flourishing and at other times so short of\\nfunds that a few faithful members paid expenses\\nand benefits out of their private purses, but per-\\nsistence won at last and a flood tide of prosperity\\nset in, which has continued until the Lenni\\nLenapes number seven hundred and thirty-two\\nand the wam|)ura belt contains $21,370.89.\\nAmong its members are these Past Great Sachems\\nGeorge W. Watson, John T. Davis, Charles H.\\nGorilon, Thonuis J. Francis and Daniel M. Stevens", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0888.jp2"}, "732": {"fulltext": "Till-: ITV OK CA.MKKN,\\n587\\niiml of its Pajtt Siichcms tlioso iire liviiifr: Tiiimlliy\\nC Moore, Henry A. IJrever, I i wis Zeipler, Saimiel\\nJ. Feiiiier, lidwiird J. tSteer, William V. Farr,\\nSamuel D. Watson, Deorge Ilornotr, Oeorjije A.\\nCairole, Tbonins J. Kowaiid, Samuel A. Owens,\\nnenjuniin M. Brakcr, Lambert liiines, George\\nPfeitJer, William Slieriilnn, Thomas F. Muckelson,\\nllii| e Sutton, James P. Jloore, D. D. Worts,\\nLeonard Karay, Benjamin J. Priec, John A. Hall,\\nI!. S. M. Branning, Abraham Davis, Harry li.\\n(iarrison, Walter E. Garwood, George A. Kogers,\\nWilliam O. Davis, Frank P. Jackson, IL Frank\\nPettit, John A. Harbeson, John Quiek, Angus B.\\nCameron. Lewis Z. Noble, George Leathwhite,\\nConrad F. Austermuhl, John K. Seagrove, Charles\\nL. Vansciver, Harry HolTuian, Harry B. Tyler,\\nJames H. Reeve and George W. Davis. The\\nolfieers are: P., G. W. Davis 8., Edward Francis;\\nS. S., Samuel Baker; J. S., Joseph Watson; C. of\\nU., L. Z. Noble; K. of W., C. F. Austermuhl;\\nTrustees, T. J. Fnineis, T. F. Muckelson, J. K.\\nKeeve, L. L. Raray and H. F. Pettit.\\nOttawa Till BE, No. 15, was instituted in Wsisli-\\nington Hall, in the Wigwam of Lenni Lenape,\\nJune 2, 18tj8, by Great Sachem James A. Parsons,\\n(i. S. S. Charles H. Gordon; G.K. of W. Charles\\nH. Chew and G. C. of R. John T. Davis, who ini-\\ntiateil and installed the following\\nSamuel S. Radclitr, P. George Drie-sback, S.\\nAndrew Snyder, S. S. Richard Elwell. J. R.\\nE.lward L. Duffell, O. of R. Josej-h L. Bright, K.\\nof W. James Smoker, Wm. Soper, Ristine Lippin-\\ncott, Charles Watson, John Haverstick, Charles\\nH. Jelfries, Charles H. Pugh, Thomius Piatt,\\nLeonard Smith, Lsaac P.Stone, A. W. Hutchinson,\\nChas. A. Layer, E. W. N. Custus, Cliiux. Clenden-\\ning, George W. Myers, Thos. J. Sparks, John\\nCrookshanks, Josinh Matlaek, Edward Reiishaw.\\nOf the thirty-si.\\\\ Pa.st Sachems, these are still\\nmembers Joseph L. Brigiit, John W. Matlaek,\\nJohn Shelhorn, Thos. J. Sparks, Wm. H. Gill,\\nHenry R. Snyder, George Roth, Edward C. Sparks,\\nFrank H. Tiee, Lsmic Lippincott, George Saund-\\ners, Elisha Chew, Ernest D. Chafey, Frederick\\nWahl, Wm. A. Aikens, Clark Osier, John Vox.,. It.,\\nLevi B. Randall, George W. Ewan, Wm. .J. Titus.\\nThere have been adopted into the Tribe nine\\nhundred and ten pale-faces and the nicndiership\\nnumbers four hundred and forty-one. The aggre-\\ngate income since the institution of the tribe has\\nbeen #;}4,12(l.44, and the expenditures, $27,-l!l. .M\\nbalance on hand and invested July 1, IS.stJ,\\nt;24.r,2.\\nThe otiicers are Prophet, Wm. .1. Titus; .Sa-\\nchem, Nelson Lyons; Senior Sagamore, John R.\\niordon; Junicjr Sagamore, Frank II. Randall;\\nChief of Records, Joseph 1 Bright; Keeper of\\nWampum, l,evi B. Randall; Assistant Chief of\\nRecords, Harry Sharp. I hc meetings are now\\nheld in Central Hall on Tliurs lay evenings.\\nWyO-MIXh Tuihe, No. .05, wils instituted July\\nS, 18.S0. The (ireat Chiefs present were Great\\nProphet, Wm. 1 Hall; Great Sachem, James M.\\nSmith; G. C. of R., John T. Davis. The first\\nhiefs of the tribe were Prophet, Josejdi IL Min-\\nnett; Sachem, .Monzo Picking; Senior Sagamore,\\nChas. (i. Zimmerman Junior Sagamore, Wm. F.\\nPropert C. of R., D. C. Vannote; K. of W., .Jos.\\nB. Fox. The |)resent Chiefs P., J. A. Dold;S.,\\nHenry C. B .ddy .S. S., Wm. B. Bignell J. S.,\\nWm. J. Boddy; C. of R., D. C. Vannote; K. of\\nW., J. B. Fox. The number of members is one\\nhundred and fifty-eight. The bulge meets Wednes-\\nday evenings at Third and Market Streets.\\nMiiTA.MoKA Tjuuk, No. 71, was instituted Juno\\n4, 1884, with the following Great Chiefs present:\\nG. P., Daniel M.Stevens; G. S., Reuben L. Bowen\\nG. J. S., Samuel L. Durand; G. C. of R., John T.\\nDavis G. K. of W., Charles G. Zimmernnin. The\\nfirst Chiefs were P., li^lgar Hardciistle; .S., Rich-\\nard T. Bender; S. .S., Joseph Rubicon J. .S., Wm.\\nB. Reeves; C. of R., Rf.bert King, Jr.; K. of W..\\nJohn H. Daniels. The present Chiefs arc P.,\\nJos. C. Jetlries; S., Geo. Walters; S. S., Wm. H.\\nStone J. S., Geo. W. James; C. of R., Robt. King,\\nJr. K. of W., John H. Daniels. The number of\\nmembers is one hundred anil thirty-one. Meetings\\nare held Friday evenings at Broadway and Kaighn\\nAvenue.\\nSloix TllIliE, No. 25, W!i8 instituted in Wildey\\nHall, March 2:J, 1871, by Great Sachem John E.\\nCheeseunin, with members of .Sioux Tribe, Phila-\\nlelpliia, who j)reseDted them with a set of tonui-\\nhawks, still in use. The odicers were: .S., Silas\\nLetchford; S. S., John A. Parker; J. S., John\\nFox C. of N., F. W. Wilson K. of W., David C.\\nVannote; Prophet, Theodore L. Parker. The\\nPast Sachems are Silas Letchford, James Brough-\\nton, Aaron Hand, Willianj T. Mears, William F.\\nMa.son, Samuel H. Deal, .Sr., .lohn H. Mason, W.\\nE. Campbell, Charles H. Hagelman, Jlenry F.\\nSnyder, George A. Fenncr, Isiuie King, Theodore\\nL. I arker, l)avid B. I eterson, J din B. Wright,\\nWilliam Hagelman, Jannv Barton, Etlward B.\\nChew, (ieorge W. K leaver, .f. P. 1{. Carney, .lames\\nC. .MiLsnn, Edward A. Martin and .John Barrett.\\nThe otiicers for l.S.Sti are: S., James G. Smith .S.\\nS., Franklin H. Drake; J.S., Daniel England; P.,\\nJ. P. R. Carney; of K.. John P. Wright;\\n.Assistant C. of R., Davi l It. PitcrxMi. The tribe", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0889.jp2"}, "733": {"fulltext": "568\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JEESEY.\\nhas a membership of two hundred and niuety-three,\\nand a reserve fund of $455.76.\\ndaughters of the forest.\\nGrand Council Improved Daughters of\\nTHE Forest.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The First Council Fire was on the\\nNinth Sun of the Traveling Moon, October, 1874.\\nThe officers for 1886 are: G. V. P., Mrs. Kate\\nTyler; G. N. I., Mrs. Mary A. F. Ward; G. W. I.,\\nMrs. Mary M. Davis G. G. W., Mrs. Mary Cline;\\nG. C. of R., Mrs. Cornelia Cox G. K. of W., Mrs.\\nHannah G. Ivins; G. G. of T., Mr.s. Stratton\\nG. of F., Mrs. Mary E. Corcoran. Number of\\nGrand Council members, one hundred and thirty.\\nThe Grand Council meets four times yearly at\\nWildey Hall. The number of subordinate tents\\nis ten, as fellows Cherokee Tent, No. 1 Lenni\\nLenape, No. 2; Morning Light, No. 3; Sioux, No.\\n4; Ottawa, No. 8; Manumuskin, No. 11; Wyo-\\nming, No. 12 Delaware, No. 13; Tippecanoe, No.\\n14 Osceola, No. 15. The total number of subor-\\ndinate tent members is one thousand four hundred\\nand twenty-four.\\nCherokee Tent, No. 1, was organized Janu-\\nary 18, 1858, at Fourth and Spruce Streets, the\\nofficers being: V. P., Rebecca Seagrave; N. I.,\\nLena Leon; W. I., Alice Piper; G. W., Cecilia\\nHanley First Squaw, Abbie Doughty Second\\nSquaw, Anna Smick; Third Squaw, Caroline Car-\\nregan Fourth Squaw, Ro.sa Schregler; K. of T.,\\nSusan Weaver K. of F., Julia Coleman. Meet-\\nings are held Tuesday evenings, at the northeast\\ncorner of Third and Federal Streets. The mem-\\nbers number eighty-two.\\nLenni Lenape Tent, No. 2, was organized as\\nChippewa Tent, No. 3, February 21, 1868, by\\nGreat Noble Incas Elizabeth Strumpfer and Great\\nChief of Records Mary A. Furter, assisted by the\\nGreat Council of Pennsylvania. Fifty-three, con-\\nstituting the charter members, were initiated, and\\nthese officers installed Noble Incas, Sarah Y.\\nWinner Worthy Incas, Roselina E. Smith\\nProphetess, Rebecca M. Thompson Good Watcher,\\nHannah G. Ivans Chieftess of Records, Susannah\\nPoole; Wampum Scribe, Cordelia Matlack; Worthy\\nKeeper of Wampum, Margaret W. Boyd Squaws,\\nRuth A. Ross, Elizabeth North, Clara Muckelson,\\nMary M. Lindale; Keeper of the Tent, Margaretta\\nHampton Keeper of the Forest, Camilla Sloan.\\nIn September, 1868, the name was changed to\\nLenni Lenape Tent, No. 2, and the meeting-place\\nafterwards changed to Wildey Hall. The tent has\\nsixty-two past officers, three Past Grand Officers,\\nand is working under the Great Council of New\\nJersey. The membership numbers eighty, and\\nsince 1869 one thousand eight hundred and ninety-\\nsix dollars has been paid for sickness, and five\\nhundred and ninety-five dollars for funeral bene-\\nfits since the formation t\u00c2\u00abo hundred and eighty-\\neight have been initiated. The wampum on hand\\namounts to one thousand dollars. The officers\\nare: W. P., Roselina E. Smith; N. I., Emma A.\\nPierson W. I., Ketnrah Tenner G. W., Susan\\nSweeten C. of R., Rebecca M. Thompson W. S.,\\nCordelia Matlack; W. K. of W., Margaret W.\\nBoyd Squaws, Roxanna Severns, Ellen Walton,\\nMaria Kerens and Elizabeth Campbell K. of T.,\\nLeonora Flowers K. of F., Rachel B. Stone.\\nSioux Tent, No. 4, was organized at Wildey\\nHall, the Twelfth Sun of Plant Moon, (April,)\\n1872. The officers for 1886 are as follows: P.,\\nHannah Shettinger; N, I., Rebecca Davis; W. I.,\\nMary J. Vannote G. W., Sallie Thomas; G.ofC,\\nLizzie Olden; G. of W., Sarah Wiatt; C. of R.,\\nMary E. Corcoran W. S., Katie Darnell K. of W.,\\nSarah Letchford; First S., Virginia Ploetz; Second\\nS., Virginia Gonardo Third S., H. Cavanal\\nFourth S., Lizzie Banes. Meetings are held every\\nTuesday evening at Mechanics Hall, southwest\\ncorner of Fourth and Spruce Streets. The number\\nof members is seventy-three.\\nOttawa Tent, No. 8, was organized January 12,\\n1874, in Yeager s Hall. The Past Officers who\\nare members of the Grand Tent of New Jersey\\nnumber twenty-five, and among the members of\\nOttawa are two Past Grand Officers. The tent\\nhas prospered and has a membership of one hun-\\ndred and forty-five, with twelve hundred dollars in\\nthe treai-ury or invested. The officers are G. P.,\\nMary Sutton A. I., Mattie Craig W. I., Sarah\\nOehrle G. W., Rose Prickett C. R., Lizzie Lilly\\nW. S., Margaret Snyder K. W., Anna J. Wright\\nTrustees, Levi B. Randall, William T. Mears, John\\nMatlack.\\nWyoming Tent, No. 12, was instituted the 28th\\nSun of Flower Moon (IMay), 1880. The officers for\\n1886 are P., Cornelia Cox N. I., H. F. Steward\\nW. I., Mary Houseman G.W., Henrietta Silance\\nG. of F., TruUender; G. of T., C. A. Knight\\nC. of R., Mary A. F. Ward; W. S.. Anna Nulli-\\nner K. of W., Annie Williams 1st Sq., Mrs. L.\\nBroadwater; 2d Sq., Annie Steam; 3d Sq., Eliza\\nSnow; 4th Sq., Maggie Stone. The number of\\nmembers at present is fifty-five. Meetings are\\nheld every Wednesday evening at Mechanics\\nHall.\\nTippecanoe Tent, No. 14, was instituted 9th Sun,\\nPlant Moon (April), 1886. The following are the\\nofficers for 1886; P., Fannie Williams; N. L,\\nEmma Morris; W. I., Amanda Hoe; G. W., Min-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0890.jp2"}, "734": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n569\\nnie L. Wyle; C. of R., LydaA. Cathcart; W. S.,\\nSusanna L. Rupert K. of W., Susanna M. Ristine\\nG. of F., Sadie Maieuibeck G. of T., Viola S. E.\\nMarembeck 1st Sq., Annie Wilkinson; 2d Sq.i\\nElla M.Madison; 3d Sq., Minnie Madison; 4th\\nScj., Emma L. Hemmingway. Charter members\\nJane Madison, M. E. D. Morris, Kate Hunt. The\\ntent meets every Friday evening at Wright s\\nHall, in Wrightsville. The number of members\\nis thirty-two.\\nKNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE.\\nThe Knights of the Golden Eagle is a secret\\nbenevolent institution, founded in Baltimore, Md.,\\nFebruary 6, 1873, and is now in successful opera-\\ntion in the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania,\\nMassachusetts, Delaware, New Jersey, California,\\nOhio, New York, Iowa, Georgia, Connecticut,\\nWest Virginia, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Col-\\norado, Virginia, Illinois, Alabama and the District\\nof Columbia. It is based upon the most liberal\\n]irinciples consistent with future prosperity, and\\nhas for its motto, Fidelity, Valor and Honor, a\\ntrinity of graces which are taught in its ritual.\\nThe order has for its main object the promo-\\ntion of the princijjles of true benevolence, asso-\\nciating its members together for purposes of mu-\\ntual relief against the trials and difficulties which\\nattach to sickness, distress and death, so far as they\\nmay be mitigated by sympathy and pecuniary\\nassistance. It studiously avoids all sectarian and\\npolitical controversy, and aims to cultivate the so-\\ncial, moral and intellectual feelings of its mem-\\nbers, and to promote their welware in all the walks\\nof life.\\nThe Order of the Knights of the Golden Eagle\\nwas introduced into the State of New Jersey in\\nthe summer of 1883, Camden Castle, No. 1, being\\ninstituted in August of that year with twenty-four\\nmembers. During the year 1884 four new castles\\nwere instituted, at Millville, Camden, Mount Holly\\nand Salem, respectively the membership, at the\\nclose of the year, being five hundred and eighty-\\nfour. In 1886 the number of castles was increased\\nto ten, with a membership of one thousand and\\none, and from January 1, 1886, to the present time\\nthirteen new castles have been formed, and the\\nmembership increased to over two thousand.\\nThe Grand Castle of New Jersey was in-\\nstituted July 16, 1884, the officers at institution\\nbeing Past Grand Chief, John P. Price Grand\\nChief, Joseph H.Minnett; Grand Vice-Chief, Wil-\\nliam A. Garrison Grand Master of Records, Daniel\\nM. Stevens Grand Keeper of Exchequer, P. P.\\nAchenbach Grand Sir Herald, George J. Robert-\\nson Grand High Priest, Henry F. Bacon Grand\\nFirst Guardsman, S. Luther Richmond Grand\\nSecond Guardsman, George W. Stevens.\\nThe present officers are: Past Grand Chief, Wil-\\nliam A. Garrison, Westville Grand Chief, Henry\\nP. Bacon, Salem (P. O. Bo.x 200) Grand Vice-\\nChief, Irving W. Kelly, Perry and Montgomery\\nStreets, Trenton; Grand Sir Herald, P. P. Achen-\\nbach, 712 Carman Street, Camden Grand High\\nPriest, John S. Broughton, Trenton Grand Mas-\\nter of Records, E. D. Senseman, 580 Clinton Street,\\nCamden Grand Keeper of Exchequer, F. A. Buren,\\nMerchantville; Grand First Guardsman, George\\nWilliams. Wrightsville; Grand Second Guards-\\nman, William F, Perry, Quinton.\\nThe next annual session will be held in Camden-\\non the first Wednesday in March, 1887.\\nCamden Castle, No. 1, was instituted August\\n9, 1883, with the following officers: P. C, Joseph\\nT. Fortiner; N. C, Charles Brown V. C, Joseph\\nRubicam H. P., John C. Newhouse V. H., Wat-\\nson Stevens; K. of E., Charles Aston; C. of E.,\\nHerman Rosade M. of R., E. D. Senseman Sir\\nH., Joseph C. Madara W. B., William B. Vanna-\\nman; W. C, John J. Pierson, Jr. Ens., George\\nA. Bingham Esq., William S. Caume 1st G.,\\nJohn J. Pierson, Sr. 2d G., Thomas T. Madara.\\nThe present officers are P- C, Robert F. Stock-\\nton N. C, Birtus A. Wagner V. C, Edwin F.\\nJones H. P., William S. Carels V. H., George\\nCook M. of R., Howard M. Sexton C. of E.,\\nHerman Rosade K. of E., Charles Brown S. H.,\\nWilliam P. Fowler.\\nThe lodge meets every Friday evening at Lin-\\ncoln Hall, Third and Market Streets. The mem-\\nbership is three hundred and forty.\\nWashington Castle, No. 3, was instituted\\nApril 4, 1884. The officers at institution were\\nP. C, John N. Madara; N. C, Daniel M. Stevens;\\nV. C, H. Frank Pettit; V. H., Andrew G. Van-\\nnaman H. P., James H. Reeves K. of E., Elmer\\nE. Cox; C. of E., Samuel A. Barto; M. of R.,\\nGeorge W. Stevens Sir H., George S. Fox W.\\nB., C. O. Pedrick; W. C, James Hoagland; En-\\nsign, Lemuel Pike; Esq., James Hartley; 1st G.,\\nJohn Allen 2d G., W. B. Waters.\\nThe present officers are P. C, Joseph W. Jack-\\nson N. C, James Spence V. C, William B.\\nGibbs H. P., H. W. Howland V. H., John P.\\nR. Carney M. of R., George W. Stevens C. of\\nE., Charles Sayre K. of E., Elmer E. Cox S. H.,\\nWilliam B. Slocum.\\nThe lodge meets every Friday night, at Wildcy\\nHall, Fifth and Pine Streets. The number of\\nmembers is two hundred and thirty-three.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0891.jp2"}, "735": {"fulltext": "570\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nRed Cross Castle, No. 6, was instituted Jan-\\nuary 2S, 1885, with the following officers: P. C.\\nW. H. Tyler; N. C.,F. T. Steinbach H. P., Adam\\nHoffman V. H., Hiram Walton M. of R., Geo.\\nS. Bundick; C. of E., Lsaac Buzby.\\nThe present officers are P. C, Fred k Fearn\\nN. C, Adam Hoffman V. C, Joseph M. Taylor;\\nH. P., E. O. Smith; M. of R., Walter Hart; C.\\nof E., John Neff; K. of E., Moses Gour; S. H., D.\\nEwau.\\nThe lodge meets every Monday night, at Gour s\\nHall, 249 Kaighii Avenue. The number of mem-\\nbers is seventy-five.\\nWhite Ckcss Castle, No. 19, was instituted\\nAugust 20, 1886, with the following officers: P. C,\\nWilliam H. Snyder; N. C, Richard Twelves;\\nV. C, W. D. Reel; H. P., Morris E. Michel;\\nV. H., Joseph Engard M- of R., W. H. Wagoner\\nC. ofE., R. A. Cutwater; K. of E., Frank Mester;\\nSir H., George W. Reese W. B., E. W. Shallcross\\nW. C, Harry E. Horner Ens., Morris Odell\\nE-q., C. E. Swaney First Guard, W. H. Strang;\\nSecond Guard, C. E. Bowker.\\nThe lodge meets every Monday night at the\\nnorthwest corner of Second and Federal Streets,\\nCamden. The present membership is ninety.\\nMonarch Castle, No. 9, was instituted No\\nvember 11, 1886, the officers at institution being:\\nP. C, George L. Frazee N. C, Charles E. Lane J\\nV. C, Samuel R. Murray H. P., N. N. Wentz\\nV. H., J. K. Hibbs M. of R., Frank S. Fithian\\nC. of E., Abram H. Allen K. of E Thomas B.\\nWoolston S. H., James Rudolph; W. B., Horace\\nJ. Parks; W. C, C. P. Baker; Ens., William H.\\nSmith, Jr. Esq., George Ewan First Guard,\\nCharles H. Savidge Second Guard, George Ewau.\\nThe present officers are P. C, John W. Mickle\\nN. C, George C. Vankirk V. C, Edwin S. Titus;\\nH. P., R. M. Coftman V. H., D. P. Steiner\\nM. of R., E. D. Senseman; C. of E., Abram H.\\nAllen; K. of E., Washington Bucknell;. Sir H.,\\nWilliam M. Callingham; W. B., Charles Kain\\nW. C, Theo. Austermuhl; Ens., William M.\\nStrohl; Esq., John F. Wilkins First Guard,\\nJacob E. Miller; Second Guard, William P.\\nRiker.\\nMeetings are held every Wednesday night at\\nthe northwest corner of Fourth and Federal Streets.\\nThe present membership is one hundred and\\nthirteen.\\nancient order of united workmen.\\nThe object of this order is to embrace and give\\nequal protection to all classes and kinds of labor,\\nmental and physical to strive earnestly to ini-\\nIjrove the moral, intellectual and social condition\\nof its members to create a fund for the benefit of\\nits members during sickness or other disability,\\nand, in case of death, to pay a stipulated sum for\\neach member, thus guaranteeing his family again.st\\nwant. Its jurisdictions are a Supreme Lodge,\\nGr.and and Subordinate Lodges. The Grand\\nLodge of Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware is\\nthus officered: G. M. W., John J. Gallagher, of\\nWilmington, Del.; G. F., William H. Vermilye,\\nJersey City, N. J. G. O., James A. Vansant,\\nCamden, N. J. G. G., John W. Diefendorf, Wil-\\naington, Del.; G. R., A. F. Colbert, Baltimore;\\nG. Receiver, Myer Hirsch, Baltimore G. M. E.,\\nG. S. Wilkins, M.D., Baltimore.\\nCamden Lodge, No. 1. was chartered January\\n27, 1879, with these officers Master Workman,\\nJoseph R. Learning Foreman, Charles Markley\\nOverseer, George W. Coles; Recorder, Harry\\nLadow; Financier, William Thegen Receiver,\\nAlbert P. Brown Guide, William P. Parten-\\nhcimer; Inside Watchman, B. M. Denny Outside\\nWatchman, William Jones Medical Examiner,\\nH. Genet Taylor, M.D. These were also charter\\nmembers, Moore Beideman, Robert L. Barber,\\nJohn F. Benner, De Witt C. France, Joel H.\\nEvaul, Henry S. Fortiner, George R. Fortiner,\\nHoward L. Gandy, Merritt Horner, William\\nStruthers, Benjamin G. Smith, William H. Stans-\\nbury, Marmaduke B. Taylor, Frank S. Wells, John\\nS. Wells. The lodge has one hundred and forty-\\neight members, with these officers: P. M. W., J.\\nC. Prickett; M. W., Virgil Willetts; F., J. H.\\nLe Chard; 0., R. R. Lewellen R., W. R. Lun-\\ndrum Fin. Sec, Charles Markley Rec. Sec, John\\nWoltjen; G., J. S. Pike I. W., John W. Clopper,\\nJr. O. W., J. H. Evaul Medical Examiner, E. R.\\nSmiley, M.D.\\nFidelity Lodoe, No. 3, was instituted Febru-\\nary 12, 1880, with forty-three charter members.\\nAt the end of first year it had sixty-five members,\\nand it now has three hundred and thirty-eight.\\nIt is the liirgest lodge in the jurisdiction, which\\ncomprises the States of Maryland, New Jersey,\\nDelaware and Virginia.\\nThe first officers were Master Workman, Wil-\\nliam T. Brewer; Foreman, Isaac Shivers; Over-\\nseer, David C. Brewer; Recorder, August F. Rich-\\nter; Financier, James F.Davis; Receiver, Thomas\\nI. Gifford Guide, John E. Stratton Inside Watch-\\nman, William H. Cattman; Outside Watchman,\\nJ. Alfred Allen Trustees, Merritt Horner, George\\nH. Amon, Richard D. Sheldon Past Master\\nWorkman, Merritt Horner.\\nThe present officers are Past Master Workman.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0892.jp2"}, "736": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMPEN.\\n571\\nJacob S. Jones; Master Workman, Williiun C.\\nHusted; Foreman, D. C. Vanote; Overseer, Wil-\\nliam H. Collins Recorder, Merritt Horner; Finan-\\ncier, N. C. Stowell Receiver, B. S. M. Branning;\\nGuide, Joseph Ridgway Inside Watchman, L. C.\\nHarris Outside Watchman, Robert D. Swain, Jr.\\nTrustees, John Harris, C. H. Sayre, Jacob S.\\nJones.\\nProvident Lodge, No. 4, was organized March\\n11, 1880, with these charter members: Officers\\nP. W. M., B. F. Browning; W. M., Richard F.\\nSmith F., Frank L. Vinton O., George B.\\nSellers; Fin., Charles J. Rainey; R., Irvine C.\\nBeatty Rec, Goldson Test G., Alvah Bushnell\\nI. W., C. S. Ball; O. W., Elvvood Davis; M. E.,\\nDr. Alexander Marcy Trustees, Rufus Hill, J. C.\\nHires. Those otiiciating at the organization in\\nAssociation Hall were Past Masters Marmaduke\\nB. Taylor, Charles Markley, George W. Coles,\\nWilliam Thegcn, Harry Ladow, and others of\\nCamden Lodge, No. 1.\\nThe Past Officers are: B. F. Browning, R. F.\\nSmith, F. L. Vinton, G. B. Sellers, A. Bushnell,\\nC. J.. Ball, Frank W. Tussey, E. Clark Yardlcy,\\nJ. E. Lippincott, Joseph A. Porter, G. Test, C. J.\\nRainey, I. C. Beatty, E. Davis, Harris Graflen,\\nCharles H. Schitzler.\\nThe Present Officers are P. M. W., George C.\\nSpooner; M. W., William J. Searle; Foreman,\\nA. C. Smith O., John M. Eldridge Rec, G. Test;\\nF., F. W. Tussey; G., C. A. Nicholson; I. W.,\\nK. McClung; O. W., G. W. Jackson; Trustees,\\nII. Graflen, J. E. Lippincott, C. V. D. Joline.\\nThe lodge has three hundred and nine members.\\nEntekprise Lodge, No. 12, was organized in\\nOdd-Fellows lodge-room, Morgan s Hall, January\\n4, 1882, by George W. Coles and William Thegen,\\nwith these charter members A. P. Brown, Wil-\\nliam Thegen, George W. Coles, George W. Doak,\\nJohn T. Harker, Onan B. Gross, George C. Ran-\\ndall, John D. Kinsler, Frank P. Stoy, E. B. Slifer,\\nRichard H. Brown, Jr., Lewis Simons, Thomas S.\\nHess, Jacob Schumacher, William T. Wentz,\\nHenry E. Collins, Joseph Franklin, Alfred W.\\nTest, Charles Hartzell, G. N. Buzby, Theo. B.\\nSage, Charles S. Gilbert, Ambrose R. Fish, James\\nWatts, William A. Hamilton, William H. Swin-\\ndell, Nathan F. Shinn, John Nulty, Samuel Rob-\\nbins, Charles Bosch, C. Stanley French, H. B.\\nF owler, William J. Street, Robert H. Patton.\\nThe first officers were: P. M. W., William The-\\ngen M. W., A. P. Brown Foreman, George W.\\nDoak; Overseer, George C. Raridall Recorder,\\nFranklin P. Stoy p^inancier, G. N. Buzby,\\nReceiver, Samuel Rdhbins Medical E.xaminer,\\nO. B. Gross, M.D.\\nThe Past Master Workmen arc George W. Coles,\\nWilliam Thegen, A. P. Brown, George W. Doak,\\nWilliam J. Bradley, P. A. Fowler, C. H. Fowler,\\nCharles H. Barnard, G. N. Buzby, Dr. Onan B.\\nGross, Samuel Robbins, William T. Wentz.\\nThe officers for 1886 are P. M. W., William T.\\nWentz; R., George W. Doak; M. W., George W.\\nSteed; Fin., William Thegen; F., R. H. Brown,\\nJr. Receiver, Samuel Robbins Overseer, H. B.\\nFowler; Medical Examiner, 0. B. Gross, M.D.\\nThe lodge has ninety members.\\norder of united AMERICAN MEfllAXICS.\\nThe objects of this organization are: To pre-\\nserve our free Constitutional Government upon the\\nbasLs of justice and humanity toward every mem-\\nber of the community to encourage honesty, in-\\ndustry and .sobriety and to establish a jiolicy\\nwhich will insure to the industrious mechanic and\\nbusiness men a fair remuneration for their toil, and\\na respectable position in society. The members of\\nthe Order are pledged to assist each other in ob-\\ntaining employment to encourage each other in\\nbusiness; to establish a sick and funeral fund to\\nestablish a fund for the relief of widows and or-\\n])hans of deceased members; to aid members who\\nmay have become incapacitated from following\\ntheir usual avocation in obtaining situations suit-\\nable to their condition.\\nThe State Council of the Order of United\\nAmerican Mechanics has had its office of secretary\\nlocated in Camden since 1865. Joseph H. Shinn\\nhas been re-elected annually to the office of State\\nCouncil secretary since that year. The State\\nCouncil of New Jersey received its charter from\\nthe National Council, dated January 5, 1847, and\\nwas incorporated by special act of the Legislature\\nof New Jersey, approved by the Governor March\\n7, 1871.\\nThe Slate Council has had a continued existence\\nsince it was chartered, holding semi-annual meet-\\nings for a number of years; by a change made in\\nthe constitution in the year 1877, the semi-annual\\nmeeting was dispensed with, making the annual\\nmeeting held in September the onlysession during\\nthe year. There are quite a number of citizens of\\nCamden who have taken an active part in this\\nState organization the following have filled the\\nState Councilor s jiosition, or executive office of\\nthe order in the State Joseph L. Bright, 1857\\nJos. H. Shinn, 1863 Abner Sparks, 1865 Edward\\nS.Andrews, 1866; Edward T. James, 1867 John\\nS. Read, 1869; Jnlui J. Kaighn, 1871; Wm. D", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0893.jp2"}, "737": {"fulltext": "572\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nMiddleton, 187G Wm. Wiatt, 1882; Chas. S. Cot-\\nting, 1884, and Frank W. Armstrong, 1886. The\\nofficers elected September, 1886, and now in office,\\nare S. C, Frank W. Armstrong, of Camden S.\\nV. C, Isaiah Van Horn, of Trenton S. C. Sec,\\nJoseph H. Shinn, Camden; S. C. Treas., Abner\\nSparks, of Camden S. C. I., F. M. Hedden, East\\nOrange S. C. E., B. F. McPeek, of Newark S.\\nC. P., John Doremus, of Paterson.\\nThe re|)ort of the order in the State made at the\\nannual session in the year 1886 shows the number\\nof councils in the State to be 39 number of mem-\\nbers, 8604; amount of money received during the\\nyear, $1.3,914,53 amount of money paid for relief,\\n$9,683.80 balance in treasury and invested, .142,-\\n669.82; balance in widows and orphans fund, $10,-\\n950.7.\\nThere are five councils of the order located in\\nCamden County, four in the city, to wit: Camden\\nCouncil, No. 7 Morniug Star Council, No. 11;\\nEvening Star Council, No. 19; United Council, No.\\n20 Star of the Union Council, No. 72, at Glou-\\ncester City.\\nCamden Council, No. 7, was instituted July\\n29, 1847, when John R. Thompson, William Rian-\\nhardt, Robert P. Smith, Shelbourne S. Kennedy,\\nDavid Surran, William P. Murphy, William C.\\nMonroe, Charles M. Thompson, Johu S. Long,\\nWilliam A. Davis, Charles S. Sturgis, Wesley P.\\nMurray and Richard Jones met in Starr s Hall,\\nand were constituted as Camden Council, No. 7,\\nby State Councilor James Cappuck and State\\nCouncil Secretary George S. Willits. They soon\\nremoved to Bontemps Hall, and many years after-\\nward to United Order of American Mechanics\\nHall, where they now meet. Camden is the oldest\\ncouncil of the order in the city, and has exercised\\nlarge influence in the State, furnishing, among\\nmany others, these State Councilors, John S.\\nRead, William D. Middleton and Edwin T. James.\\nThese are the officers: Junior Ex-Councilor,\\nEdwin A. Stone Councilor, Thaddeus B. An-\\ndrews; Vice-Councilor, Joseph B. Elfreth; Re-\\ncording Secretary, A. Benjamin Sparks Financial\\nSecretary, Joseph L. Bright Treasurer, Abner\\nSparks Inductor, F. W. Armstrong Examiner,\\nJames H. Armington Inside Protector, MerritH.\\nPike Outside Protector, Ballinger Smick.\\nMorning Star Council, No. 11, meets in\\nAmerican Mechanics Hall, Fourth and Spruce\\nStreets, on Monday evening. It was instituted\\nMarch 19, 18G6. On June 30, 1886, the number of\\nmembers was one hundred and five. The present\\nofficers are Councilor, H. M. Cox Vice-Council-\\nor, Milton Crowell Recording Secretary, William\\nH. Hutton Assistant Recording Secretary, Wm.\\nEarly Financial Secretary, George E. Hunsingcr\\nTreasurer, Elmer Ford Trustees, William H.\\nHutton, Martin D. Fisher, John W. Darnell.\\nEvening Star Council, No. 19, meets on\\nThursday evenings at the northeast corner of\\nBroadway and Kaighn Avenue. It was instituted\\nMarch 23, 1868, and reorganized September 15,\\n1883. The number of members is sixty-three.\\nThe present officers are C, George B. Rugens\\nV. C, Charles J. Brown R. S., J. D. Dudley\\n(residence, 227 Benson Street); F. S., Charles\\nTucker; Treas., Jacob V. Scudder; E., Johu F.\\nReed; I., Lewis H. Powell I. P., Harry F. Bron-\\nnin O. P., George W. Duncan.\\nUnited Council, No. 20, was organized March\\n20, 1868. On the 13th a meeting was held in Test s\\nHall, Second and Federal Streets, William D.\\nMiddleton, chairman; Jacob R. Lipsett, secretary,\\nand Joseph H. Shinn, treasurer, at which it was\\nresolved to form a council of the order, and, at an\\nadjourned meeting, held on the 20th, these officers\\nwere elected, Councilor, Thomas B. Painter;\\nVice-Councilor, Theodore Verlander; Recording\\nSecretary, Jacob R. Lipsett; Assistant Recording\\nSecretary, Joseph L. Mason Inductor, Thomas\\nGladden, Jr. Examiner, Belford Conover; Inside\\nInspector, Edward W. Githens Outside Inspector,\\nJacob P. Stone; Treasurer, Daniel B. Shaw;\\nFinancial Secretary, Job Bishop Trustees, T.\\nVerlander, Richard W. Stiles and Daniel L. Pier-\\nson. Besides the above, these were charter mem-\\nbers, George W. Spence, B. H. Mathis, George\\nL. Aikins, George W. Myers, William H. Bassett,\\nJohn H. Lawrence, Michael Peterson, Jonathan\\nHigh. H. W. Hill, Thomas Gladden, Sr., Matthew\\nMiskelly, John Githens, Redman H. Pierson,\\nHenry B. Cheeseman, J. Fredericks, Jacob M.\\nVannest, Benjamin A. Stone. On the 25th of\\nMarch, John S. Read, assisted by William D.\\nMiddleton, Edward T. James and Joseph H.\\nShinn, secretary of the State Council, with mem-\\nbers of No. 7, the applicants were initiated, the\\nofficers installed and the council organized for\\nwork. These have served as Councilors: Thomas\\nB. Painter, Theodore Verlander, Joseph L. Mason,\\nThomas Gladden, Jr., Joseph H. Shinn, Jacob P.\\nStone, 0. M. Oliver, Inman Laning, John M.\\nGladden, Edward S. Apgar, Charles S. Cotting,\\nRichard W. Stiles, Emmor Applegate, Ellis H.\\nMatlack, Edward Dalley, Nathan C. Stowell,\\nJacob Van Culin, Townsend Phiifer, George W.\\nMyers, Hiram Green, Charles H. Cook, William\\nH. Bassett, Isaac T. Woodrow, Jacob T. Fredericks,\\nStephen Sarish, Michael Peterson, Thomas Haines,", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0894.jp2"}, "738": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDExN.\\n573\\nThomas Gladden, Sr., F. M. Wright, George W.\\nFox, Montroville Shinu, Frank O. Rogers, Horace\\nL. Githens, Richard W. Sharp, John G. Corey.\\nCharles S. Cotting and Joseph H. Shinu are Past\\nState Councilors, and the latter has been State\\nCouncil Secretary for many years. The council\\nhas paid for benefits and relief of widows and\\norphans $8730. The membership numbers sixty-\\nsix, and funds amount to $I9::!(i. The present\\nofficers are C, John W. Truax V. C, A. S. Kille\\nR. Sec, Mont. Shinn A. R. Sec, George Seeds\\nF. Sec, Frederick L.Smith; Treas., Joseph H.\\nShinn Trustees, Richard W. Sharp, John G.\\nCorey, H. McCormick.\\nINDEPENDENT ORDER OF MECHANICS.\\nNew Jersey Lodge, No. 1, was organized May\\n2, 18S2. The following are officers for 188(3 W.\\nM., Harry Fooley, J. M. Richard Heal Conductor,\\nEwing Financial Secretary, Frank Stein-\\nback; Recording Seci etary, Harry Bartling; and\\nTreasurer, William J. Ross. The lodge meets\\nevery Thursday evening, at Wildey Hall. The\\nnumber of members is three hundred and twenty.\\nEnterprise Lodge, No. 3, was instituted Jan-\\nuary 1, 1883, in Lincoln Hall, with these offi-\\ncers P. W. M., Ellis W. Woolverton W. M., John\\nR. Grubb; J. 51., Charles L. Bennett; S., Solon\\nR. Hankinson F. S., Jacob F. Morton T., George\\nE. Boyer. The charter members were Ellis W.\\nWoolverton, Charles L. Bennett, George E. Boyer,\\nEdward S. Andrews, J. Harrison Lupton, Baxter\\nHowe, H. C. Thoman, J. S. Casto, George W.\\nWood, J. P. Becket, Samuel Pine, J. L. Fields, O.\\nK. Lockhart, Thomas Taunier,S. W. Gah.an, C. T.\\nGreen, Jacob Garst, Charles W. Keen, A. D.\\nHigbfield, H. S. Casto, Charles Walton, William\\nC. Reeves, John R. Grubb, Solon R. Hankinson,\\nWilliam A. Holland, Daniel Nelson, Jacob F.\\nMorton, James M. Way, Joseph B. Wakemau,\\nCharles Mason, E. Haydeu, R. J. Long, William\\nThompson, Stacy Nevins, John Sheldon, George\\nRianhard, Charles B. Fithian, John W. Garwood,\\nWilliam H. Sommers, Isaac Budd, Harris A.\\nGlover, C. M. Limroth, Charles Reeves, Benjamin\\nH. Connelly and Fi-ankliu Hewitt. The lodge meets\\nFriday evenings, in Association Hall, Third and\\nMarket has one hundred and ninety-seven mem-\\nbers, with a reserve fund of nine hundred dollars.\\nIts Past Masters are E. W. Woolverton, J. R.\\nGrubb, C. L. Bennett, S R. Hankinson, G. E.\\nBoyer, W. A. Hallam, E. S. Andrews, J. H. Lup-\\nton, J. F.Morton, Baxter Howe, J. E. Way, S. C.\\nHankinson, W. J. Bruehl, E. U. West, H. L.\\nSanders, Frank Hewitt, (t. W. Willitsand William\\nDougherty. The present officers arc S. J\\\\I., Wil-\\nliam Dougherty W. M., Lewis McDowell J. M.,\\nFrederick Bechtell S., James M. Way; F. S.,\\nDaniel Whitteoar T., Thomas Hines.\\nGermania Lodge, No. 7, meets in Iixlepend-\\nence Hall, where it was organized March 21, 18X4,\\nby Grand Architect Ellis W. Woolverton, assisted\\nby Grand Secretary William A. Holland, who\\ninitiated these charter members: Louis Ballinger,\\nHenry Yungling, John Pfeiffer, Frederick lloedel,\\nGottleib Hess, AlexanderSchlesinger, John Pfeilter,\\nJr., Charles Tietz, Christian Rehni, Lewis Yeager\\nand Charles Schnabel, and installed these offi-\\ncers S. M., Charles Ulbrich W. M., Bernhart\\nBoehm J. M., August Tegmier; R. S., Frank\\nRelim F. S., Emil Bruetsch T., .lohn G. vSchram\\nCon., Henry Sand Cap., Charles Peters. The\\nPast Officers are Charles Ulbrich, Henry Sand,\\nAugust Tegmier and Paul Ebner, and the officers\\nfor 1886: S. M., Gottleib Hess; W. M., Lewis\\nYeager; J. M., August Vogel R. S., Henry\\nRothe F. S., Paul Ebner T., Charles Peters\\nCon., Christian Klein; Chap., Christopher Theile-\\nmann Trustees, Lewis Yeager, August Vogel\\naud Christian Klein. The lodge numbers three\\nhundred and twenty members and its reserve funds\\namount to three hundred and twenty dollars.\\nExcelsior Lodge, No. 9, was organized in\\nLincoln Hall, August 22, 1884, by Grand Officers\\nEllis W. Woolverton and Joseph Louder, assisted\\nby members of Enterprise Lodge, No. 3, when\\nthese were initiated Roberts. Bender, George M.\\nWolfe, William Shutt, John N. Noll, Edward\\nShuster, John Folwell, Sr., Amos Carrow, Albert\\nShinn, Jacob Green, Phineas Ash, William Fisher,\\nBowman Marshall, Edward L. Countiss, William\\nS. Wolfe, Abraham Foust, Robert M. Laconey,\\nBenjamin H. Thomas, Thomas Hickman, Edgar\\nB. Slifer, Robert N. Bellevow, John Owens, Rob-\\nert Gibberson, George Smith, Frank Marshall and\\nHarry W. Sutton. The officers chosen were:\\nS. M., Robert S. Bender Treasurer, John N. Noll\\nW. M., William S. Wolfe R. S., Abraham Foust\\nJ. M., Edward Shuster; F. S., Robert M. Laconey.\\nThe lodge has prospered and now numbers three\\nhundred and fifteen members, with assets amount-\\ning to seven hundred and twenty -three dollars.\\nThe meeting-place has been changed to Independ-\\nence Hall, Fourth and Pine Streets. The Past\\nWorthy Ma.sters are Robert S. Bender, William S.\\nWolfe, George M. Wolfe, Leonhard Boehm, Thomas\\nLocke, William Bell and David Ewan. The offi-\\ncers for 188G are W. M., Thomas Ainsley V. S.,\\nGeorge M.Wolfe; S. M., .Tames Carnan J reas-\\nurer, John N. Noll; J. M., David Ewan Cha|..,", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0895.jp2"}, "739": {"fulltext": "574\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nEdgar Slifer; E. S., Abraham Foust Con Frank\\nSeeds.\\nBROTHERHOOD OF THE UNION.\\nThis order was organized in Phihidrlphia, by\\nGeorge Lippard, in 1846. The principles teach\\nthe ])aternity of God, the fraternity of man, that\\nevery man has a right to a home and to the full\\nfruits of his toil that monopoly in land should\\nbe prevented and the public domain given to\\nlandless settlers. It is patriotic in its aims, and\\npledges its members to uphold the American Union\\nand the dignity of labor. The present Supreme\\nWashington is James E. Russell, of New Jersey,\\nand the Grand Chief Washington of New Jersey\\nis John M. Clayton, of Camden.\\nThe divisions are Circles, Grand Circles and a\\nSupreme Circle, with similar divisions of the\\nHome Communion, the women s branch of the\\norder. There are in Camden three Circles and\\ntwo Home Communions.\\nWiTHERspooN Circle, No. 1, which meets in\\nWildey Hall, was instituted April 23, 1849, George\\nLippard officiating, these being the initiates:\\nGeorge L. Toy, Joshua W. Roberts, Philip H. Mul-\\nford, Henry Belsterling, Edward N. Daugherty,\\nHenry Copeland, Joseph L. Wright, William R.\\nMaxwell, David Mills, Michael Seibenlist, Isaac\\nRawn and Ballenger Smith. These members of\\nWitherspoon Circle have been Supreme Washing-\\nton George L. Toy, Henry L. Bonsall, William\\nJ. Maguire and James E. Russell. The G. E. W. s\\nare Edward N. Daugherty, Benjamin M. Braker,\\nHenry Bradshaw, Earned Smith, Francis Warren,\\nIsaac Warr and George W. Fenner. Exalted\\nWashingtons: Andrew R. Ackley, Josiah Bozarth,\\nA. E. Atkinson, Charles Deith. E. W. Jones, Albert\\nV. Mills, Absalom Jordan, Benjamin Smith, E.G.\\nHoefflich, George W. Fenner, Jr., ElisLa C. Smith,\\nWilliam S. McCabe and George L. Swyler. The\\nofficers for 1886 are: E. W., George L. Swyler\\nH. S. K., James E. Russell C. W., William O.\\nEngler; H. R., Frank Warren C. J., William H.\\nHarris H. T., Harry Bradshaw C. F., William\\nMcAllister; H. H,, William B. Bergnell. The\\nmembership is one hundred and nineteen, with\\nseven hundred dollars in funds.\\nWelcome Circle, No. 3, which meets in Cen-\\ntral Hall, was instituted December 31, 1869, by D.\\nS. W. Archibald Cochran, who installed these\\nofficers E. W., Thomas Westphall H. S. K., W.\\nFrank Gaul C. W., Benjamin H. Connolly H.\\nT., John Reynolds C. J., Edward Furlong; \\\\V. D.,\\nJames G. Hyatt C. F., J. E. Atkinson; W. N.,\\nEdward Andrews. G. E. W. s: James G. Hyatt,\\nJ. Harry Stiles, Joseph Dufour, Samuel W. Stivers,\\nJohn McMichael and John H. Clayton. E. W. s\\nCharles WriffiDrd, George S. West, William B.\\nJobes, Samuel McMichael, Benjamin Toy, John F.\\nHarned, J. M. Adams, Samuel Dodd, Jr., Thomas\\nAdams, John Dentist, John Hart, George Bag-\\nhurst, Jr., George L. Knight and George A. Bag-\\nhurst. The officers for 1886 are E. W., George\\nWalli.son; H. S. K., George S. West; C. W.,\\nSamuel J. Cook H. R., John F. Harned C. J.,\\nCharles H. Beck; H. T., Joseph Dufour; H. K.,\\nCharles Christman. The membership is one hun-\\ndred and ninety-seven and the assets thirty-eight\\nhundred dollars.\\nCamden Circle, No. 13, meets in Wildey Hall\\nand was instituted September 5, 1883, when G. C.\\nW. E. F. Gilbert, assisted by G. C. J. Joseph\\nDufour, G. C. F. John H. Clayton and G. E. W.\\nFrank Warren, installed these officers, E. W.,\\nAVm. H. McFerran H. S. K., Wm. T. Mears C. W.,\\nWm. Wiatt H. R., Joseph Marple C. J., Henry\\nF. Armour; H. T., Josiah Jones.\\nThe E. W. s are\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wm. H. McFerran, Isaac L.\\nChew, Wm. Wiatt, Weaver Godfrey, L. E. Shep-\\npard, Wesley J. Hawk, Wm. T. Mears.\\nThe officers for 1886 are\u00e2\u0080\u0094 E. W., Charles H.\\nJenness; C. F., Wm. D. Green; C. W., G. F. L.\\nMears H. S. K., Wm. T. Mears C. J., George M.\\nBacon H. R., Wm. H. McFerran H. T., Alex.\\nWood.\\nLydia Darrah Home Communion, No. 1,\\nmeets in Mechanics Hall, Fourth and Spruce, and\\nwas instituted by S. W. George L. Toy, in Inde-\\npendence Hall, Fourth and Pine, May 12, 1867,\\nwhen these officers were installed G., Benj. M.\\nBraker; H. S. K., Wm. J. Maguire; P., Hannah\\nG. Ivins; H. R., Sarah T. Winner; H. T., Philip\\nBeaber. The Past Grand Guardians are Hannah\\nG. Ivins, Susanna Quinn and Elizabeth Portz, and\\nthe Past Guardians Margaret Boyd, Margaret\\nCaperoon, Mary E. Sloan, Missouri Pierce, Ruth\\nA. Ross, Josiah Bozarth, Emma Knipe, Margaret\\nDeeth, Augusta Oeherle, Sarah Kirby, Rachel B.\\nStone, Elizabeth Eames, Annie Curtis, Lizzie\\nFames, Annie M. Quick, Mary M. Davis, Rachel\\nStephen, Benj. Smith, Isaac Warr, Emily Weldey,\\nElizabeth Cleaver, Elizabeth Strieker, Samuel W.\\nStivers, Keturah Tenner, Sarah Wiatt, Eliza J.\\nLeibach, Elizabeth C. Butler, Margaret A. Davis,\\nMary Ore, Julia Coleman, Sallie Tracy, Emma J.\\nDoyle.\\nThe Home has had a useful life, and after as-\\nsisting many has eight hundred dollars invested,\\nwith a membership of eighty-one. The officers\\nfor 886 are P. G., Mary Ore G., Rachel Stephen\\nPro., Benjamin Smith; Prophet, Maggie Cape-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0896.jp2"}, "740": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDKN.\\nrooii Prophetess, Emily Weldey Priest, Mary J.\\nCooper; Priestess, Eniiua J. Doyle; H. S. K.,\\nAnnie M. Quick H. P., Riuliel P. Stone H. T.,\\nElizabeth Cleaver W. D.. (^hira Davis W. N.,\\nEmma Horneff.\\nGood Samaritan Home Communion, No. 2,\\nwas instituted January 3, 1873, by Acting S. W.\\nJames W. Rusling, when these officers were in-\\nstalled: P.O., James G.Hyatt; G, Wm.C. Figner;\\nP., Catharine Cadwell Priestess, Patience A. Holt\\nPriest, James A. Paul Prophetess, Mary A.\\nMerkle Prophet, James E. Russell S. K.. Edward\\nLewis; E., Hester A. Myers; T., Elizabeth Hyatt.\\nThese are the Past Guardians: James G. Hyatt,\\nAnnie C. Stiles, Margaret C. Hall, Annie E.\\nSmick, Mary West, Lydia Crane, Wm. Cadwell\\nMary Baghurst, Joseph Pufour, Catharine Cad-\\nwell, J. Harry Stiles, Alice Piper, Clara Bowers,\\nMatilda Jacobs, Annie Fries, Cecelia Reeves, Jas.\\nE. Ru^isell, George S. West, Mary A. Merkle, Mary\\nEvans.\\nThe officers for 1886 are: P. G., Annie Hilliker;\\nG., Alice Piper Pro., Annie Dedicate; Prophet,\\nWm. Cadwell; Prophetess, Annie C. Stiles; Priest,\\nMary Mowery Priestess, Virginia Mowery S. K.,\\nJ. Harry Stiles R., George S. West T., Mary E.\\nJlerkle W. D., Kate Green W. N., Kate A. Light-\\ncap.\\nThe Past Grand Guardians are James G. Hyatt,\\nJ. H. Stiles, James E. Russell, Annie C. Stiles,\\nAnnie E. Smick.\\nCamden Circle, No. 13, was instituted Sep-\\ntember 5, 1883, when Grand Chief Washington\\nCharles Gilbert, assisted by G. C. J., Joseph Du-\\nfnur G. C. F., John H. Clayton, James E. Russell,\\nWilliam J. Maguire, Frank Warren and other,\\nmembers of Witherspoon Circle, initiated fifty-one\\ncharter member s and installed these officers E. W.,\\nWilliam H. McFerran C. F., Henry S. Armour\\nC. W., William Wiatt H. S. K., Wm. T. Mears\\nC. J., Jacob B. West; H. R., Joseph Marple H.\\nTreasurer, Josiah Jones. The circle contains some\\nearnest men and has had a vigorous growth. These\\nare its Past Officers, or Exalted Washingtons:\\nWilliam H. McFerran, William Wiatt, Lucius E.\\nSheppard, Isaac L. Chew, Weaver Godfrey, Wes-\\nley L Hawk, Charles H. Jenness.\\nThe officers for 1886 are: E. W., Charles H.\\nJenness; C. F., William D- Green; C. W., George\\nF. L. Mears; H. S. H., William T. Mears C. J.,\\nGeorge M. Bacon H. R., William H. McFerran\\nH. T., Alexander Hill; Trustees, W. L Hawk,\\nJacob Jordan, Joseph Marple, G. H. Spaulding,\\nW. (xodfrey, H. J. Rarer.\\nORDER OF THE I l!OX HALE.\\nThis order was organized in the city of Indian-\\najiolis in April, 1X81. It is a mutual insurance\\norganization, as well as beneficial, and has had a\\nrapid increase. It consists of supreme and subor-\\ndinate branches, the first of the latter organized\\nin Camden County.\\nLocal Branch, No. 21, was instituted August\\n10, 1881, in Mann s Hall, on North Second Street,\\nby Past Justice A. L. Curtis, with twenty charter\\nmembers, and these officers Past Justice, A. L.\\nCurtis; Justice, James E. Leadley; Vice-Justice,\\nJoseph C.Lee; Accountant, Thomas B. Reeves;\\nCashier, A. L. Curtis Medical E.f aniincr. Dr. E.\\nM. Howard; Adjuster, Joseph S. Campbell Prel-\\nate, Lawrence Woodruti Herald, Charles D.\\nBowyer Watchman, Charles Reeves; Vidette,\\nDavid Phillips; Trustees, Dr. E. M. Howard. Jo-\\nseph C. Lee, Dr. S. G. Wallace. The branch has\\npaid to thirty-six sick members and disabled mem-\\nbers an aggregate of $3577. and has a member-\\nship of one hundred and two- The meetings are\\nheld in Association Hall.\\nThe following have been Chief Justicesof Branch\\n21 1882, S. G. Wallace 1883, Charles A. Hotch-\\nkiss; 1884, Lawrence Woodruff; 1885, Robert J.\\nHill.\\nThe officers for 188(5 are as follows C. J., John\\nCook V. J., Robert G. Hann A., William M.\\nSouden C, Isaac R. Dukes A., llidgway Gaunt\\nP., S. B. French; W., G. Burkhardt V., Joseph\\nSpringer M. E., E. M. Howard, M.D. Trustees,\\nLaurence Woodruff, C. K. Jliddleton, Morris W.\\nHall.\\nLocal Branch, No. 145, meets in Wildey\\nHall, where it was organized, January 2(j, 1883, by\\nDeputy Supreme Justice J. S- Dubois, who in-\\nstalled these officers: C. J., William K. Piatt;\\nV. J., Cliarles O. Pedrick Acct., C D. Ross; C,\\nH. B. Phillips; A., George F. Archer; P., J. S.\\nBo wen.\\nThe charter members were Charles H. Ellis,\\nW. H. Branning, George A. Odling, James L.\\nBowen, J. S. Stone, E. A. Garrison, William K.\\nPlait, C. O. Pedrick, C D. Ross.\\nThe Past Chief Justices are William K. Plait and\\nGeorge A. Aldrich. This branch has one hundred\\nand eight members and has paid out one thousand\\neight hundred and fifty-five dollars, in sums rang-\\ning from ten dollars to two hundred dollars. The\\nofficers elected for 1886 were C. J-, J. M. Driver\\nV. J., William Y. Sloan Acct., Frank H. Bond\\nC, W. P. Brown A., G. W. Custard P., Joseph\\nE. Reed; H., Charles S. Hunter Trustees, John\\nH. (Mavton, W. Y. Sloan, J. S. Mathis.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0897.jp2"}, "741": {"fulltext": "57G\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nLocal Branch, No. 253, meets in Post 5 Hall\\nand was instituted May 19, 1885. It has ninety-\\nthree members, and has paid to sick and disabled\\nmembers, since its organization, eight hundred and\\neighty-five dollars, iu sums ranging from fifteen\\ndollars to two hundred dollars. The officers are\\nBranch Deputy, J. Henry Hayes C. J., Job R.\\nCramer V. J., A. J. Milliette Acct., Nathan C.\\nStowell C, Frank W. Tussey.\\nLocal Branch, No. 348, which meets in Gour s\\nHall, was instituted April 20, 1886, with these\\nofficers: C. J., Benjamin H. Dillmore; V. J., How-\\nard J. Norwood Acct., George D. Dobbins C,\\nFrederick B. Smith. It has forty-three members.\\nBROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS.\\nCamden Division, No. 22, was organized Oc-\\ntober 19, 1S65, and has at the present time (1886),\\neighty-four members in good standing. The\\ndivision meets in Engineers Hall, No. 139 Federal\\nStreet, every second and fourth Sundays at 1.30\\nP.M. The following are the present officers:\\nLewis Elberson, C. E. W. Mitchell, F. E. T.W.\\nSmith, F. A. E. A. D. Reynolds, S. A. E. T.\\nBodell, S. E. G. W. Baxter, T. A. E. J. D. Hus-\\nton, Guide J. S. Crispin, Chaplain; R. Gauntt,\\nSec y Ins. T. W. Smith, Cor. Sec y. T. W.\\nSmith, Jour. Agt.\\nbrotherhood of locomotive firemen of\\nnorth america.\\nThe local organization was instituted in 1873.\\nThe officers for 1886 are: Master, W. Higgins;\\nVice-Master, W. Fort; Corresponding Secretary\\nH. Harris Treasurer, J. Gibbs. The number of\\nmembers is one hundred and thirty. Meetings are\\nheld at Sinfelder s Hall the first and third Sundays\\nin each month.\\nLADIES OF FRIENDSHIP.\\nThe Grand Lodge was organized in July,\\n1884. The officers for 1886 are as follows: P. G. C.,\\nHannah G. Ivins; P. G. W. S., Mary A. F. Ward;\\nG. W. S., Mary T. Ore; G. J. S., Emma Ivins;\\nG. R. S., Mattie B. Garrison G. Treas., Elizabeth\\nDay; G. C, Mary Cline G. A.C., Emeline Howe;\\nG. W. R. S., Mollie McMullen G. W. L. S., Ellen\\nWalton G. I. S., Beulah Murphy G. O. S., Sarah\\nRickards. There are three subordinate lodges\\nunder the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge, viz.\\nNew Jersey Lodge, No. 1 Millville Lodge, No. 2\\nand Camden Lodge, No. 3.\\nNew Jersey Lodge, No. 1., was organized May\\n25, 1883. The present officers are W. S., Hannah\\nS. Steward J. S., Georgiana Lane C, Mary Jane\\nBall A. C, Sarah B. McCloskey R. C, Mattie\\nB. Garrison F. S., Mary T. Ore; Treasurer, Eliza-\\nbeth Day R. S. of W. S., Sarah O. Hearle; L. S.\\nof W. S., Roxana Severn E. S. of J. S., Anna R.\\nGoodwin L. S. of J. S., Ellen Gleason I. S.,\\nHannah Streeper O. S., Anna J. Wright Chap-\\nlain, Rebecca Noll; P. W. S., Rebecca Seagraves.\\nThe number of members is one hundred and\\nthirty-one. The lodge meets in Mechanics Hall,\\nsouthwest corner of Fourth and Spruce Streets, on\\nMonday evenings.\\nCamden Lodge, No. 3, was instituted July lOi\\n1884, at Jackson s Hall. The officers for 1886 are\\nW. S., Sarah P. Bady; J. S., Drusilla Vincent;\\nC, Mary Buzby; A. C, Ellen Reed; R. S., Cor-\\nnelia Cox; F. Secretary, Judith Giberson Treas-\\nurer, Sarah Rickards; W. R. A., Rose Shroegler;\\nW. L. A., Sallie Mellville; J. R. A., Mary Thomp-\\nson J. L. A., Leonora Flowers O. G., Elizabeth\\nButler I. G., Mary Shannon. The lodge meets\\nevery Friday evening at Jackson s Hall, corner\\nFourth and Federal Streets. The number of mem-\\nbers is sixty-three.\\nsons of ST. GEORGE.\\nThis order originated in the Pennsylvania coal\\nregions, during the prevalence of the Molly\\nMcGuires, and for the protection of Englishmen\\nwho were obnoxious to that organization. The\\norder has spread, and numbers two hundred and\\nfifty lodges and thirty thousand members, who\\nare obligated to assist each other and become\\ngood citizens of their adopted country to be a\\nmember, it is necessary to be an Englishman, or\\nthe son or grandson of one.\\nAlbion Lodge, No. 22, was organized Novem-\\nber 25, 1880, in Broadway Hall, with these mem-\\nbers: John B. Horsfall, James Wright, N. F.\\nTomlin, S. M. Lavitt, F. Bailey, H. Pearce, Thos.\\nMason, J. Savage, Joseph Crompton, Turner Berry,\\nEdward Hand, Charles Drew, George Goldthorpe,\\nWilliam Saunders, William Easterbrook, Abraham\\nBradshaw, W. Goodhall, W. Metcalf, A. M. Lovitti\\nJohn W. Brooks, H. T. Williams, Charles Palmer,\\nC. F. Simpson, J. Plant, John Taylor, N. Wood-\\nhead, E. J. Bolton, Joseph Pallitt, Thos. Mitchell,\\nJames W. Brooks, T. Adams, George Brain, Thos-\\nSothern and Albion Craven. The first officers\\nwere President, Thomas Adams Vice-President,\\nJ. W. Brooks Secretary, J. Claridge Assistant\\nSecretary, H. T. Williams; Treasurer, J. B. Hors-\\nfall. The ex-Presidents are John B. Horsfall, J.\\nW. Brooks, N. T. Tomlin, Joseph Wright, Thomas\\nWright, Thomas Mason, C. F. Simpson, H. T.\\nWilliams, Edward Hand, J. Bowers, W. Saunders,\\nCharles Reeves, Joseph Plant, Benjamin Allen, E.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0898.jp2"}, "742": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAJIDEN.\\n577\\nJ. Bolton, Joseph Claridge, H. Pearce and Abel\\nBattonis.\\nThe lodge has prospered, has one hundred and\\nseventy-five members and five thousand dollars in-\\nvested. It meets in Independence Hall on Mon-\\nday evenings, with these oftieers P., George Gold-\\nthorpe; V. P., John Taylor; S., E. J. Bolton T.,\\nJ. B. Horsfall; M., John Roberts; Chaplain, W.\\nSaunders; Trustees, John W. Brooks, John Rob-\\nerts and J. Bovvers.\\nSEVEN WISE MEN.\\nKearney Conclave, No. 1, Heptasophs (or\\nSeven Wise Men), was organized in Test s Ilall,\\nOctober 15, 1869, when George P. Oliver, of\\nMaryland, Supreme Chancellor; Dr. G. Jennings,\\nSupreme E])bor, of Pennsylvania, and others, ini-\\ntiated and installed these members and oflicers: A.,\\nHarry H. Franks; C, S. C. Hankinson Pro.,\\nCharles H. Cook; R. S., Theodore F. Higbee;\\nF. S., Charles M. Baldwin T., D. W. Neall\\nI. G., James E. Carter; H., Caleb H. Taylor; W.,\\nDavid B. Sparks; S., Wm. Acton Wm. Higbee,\\nWm. Darby, Henry Hollis, Frank Rawlings,\\nSamuel K. Batchelor, Isaiah Morton, John D.\\nMahoney, Samuel Pine, George Parson, Benjamin\\nF. Richards, George W. Williams, Absalom\\nDougherty, Henry Rhinehart, Wm. H. McKee,\\nS. R. Hankinson, John Laning, Richard Bozarth,\\nAlexander Simpson, Nathan Jacobs and William\\nMiddlelon. The Conclave has paid out for bene-\\nfits about seven thousand dollars. The member-\\nship is ninety-seven, and the meetings are held in\\nIndependence Hall. The officers are: A., .1. A.\\nRoss; Pro., John W. Lamb; Pre., William A.\\nRudderow I. G., J. S. Casto H., Frederick\\nMorschauser; W., Joel H. Stowe; R. S., Samuel\\nC. Hankinson F. S., George E. Boyer; T., Daniel\\nW. Ncall. George E. Boyer, of this Conclave, is\\nnow the Supreme Chancellor of the order.\\ntemperance societies.\\nCamden Division, No. 14, Sons or Temper-\\nance, was organized February 12, 18G9, with these\\ncharter members: Edward Andrews, Henry Mc-\\nFadden, Joseph B. Connelly, Benjamin H. Con-\\nnelly, J. E. Atkinson, Barton Lowe, John S. Mc-\\nClintock, Joseph Sickler, Thomas Hillet, William\\nHeisler, .lohn B. Thompson, Silas H. Quint,\\nHampton Williams, John Reynolds, Louis Hend-\\nrickson, William Quinn. The division meets in\\nSensfelder s Hall, with a membership of ninety-\\nthree, and a reserve fund of six hundred dollars.\\nThe present oflicers are: Worthy Patriarch, George\\nAmer Worthy Associate, Mary Burling; Record-\\ning Scribe, Emily Daugherty Financial Scrilie,\\nEdward Daugherty; Treasurer, Charles Hoddy\\nChaplain, Eugene I lirner; Julia Bartin; A.C.,\\nMary Dodd; Trustees, E. N. Daugherty, David\\nSurran and Charles IJoddy. I he I ast Worthy\\nPatriarchs are David Surran, Emma Schmilz, Wm.\\nCadwell, Etta Boddy, Julia Bartin, Charles Bartin,\\nCharles Boddy, Lane .AFills, E. N. Daugherty and\\nEugene Turner.\\nArk of Safety LoixiE, No. 25, Independent\\nOrder of Good Templars, was organized in the\\nMission School-house, Chestnut and Ann, Febru-\\nary 26, 1868, by G. W. E. T.. Anthony J. Gould,\\nD. D. G. W. E., Barton Low, Charles Reed, A. C.\\nJack.son and other Grand Officers. It was the first\\ncolored lodge of the order, and these were the offi-\\ncers Worthy Chief Templar,, Philip T. Colding;\\nW. V. T., Mary Ann Peterson W. C, William H.\\nBell; W. S., .John O. B. Harris; W. A. S., James\\nE. B. Peter on; W. F. S., Jacob T. Derrickson;\\nW. T., Jeremiah Watkins; W. M., Isaac Rogers;\\nW. D. M., Eliza Fountain W. I. G., Mary Gray;\\nW. O. G., Robert Pennington W. N. H. S., Wm.\\nH. Gumby W. L. H. S., Anna J. Watkins.\\nThe Reformed Men s Home is on Chestnut\\nabove Second Street. In 1879 Isaac S. Peacock,\\nNathaniel P. Marvel, Benjamin M. Braker, Fran-\\ncis Hughes, John McKenna, Count D. G. Hogan\\nand William R. Cory, members of the Men s Chris-\\ntian Temperance Union, meeting in Dispensary\\nHall, conceived the project of establishing Sunday\\nbreakfasts at Kaighns Point, and endeavoring to\\nlead the intemperate to habits of sobriety. B. M.\\nBraker, M. P. Marvel and Francis Hughes were\\nappointed a committee to make the arrangements,\\nand on the first Sunday in .June the first breakfast\\nwas served in a room about twelve feet square.\\nA permanent organization was effected and these\\noflicers elected President, Benjamin M. Braker\\nVice-President, Robert M. Bingham Recording\\nSecretary, Nathaniel P. Marvel Financial Secre-\\ntary and Treasurer, William R. Cory Trustees,\\nSamuel Sheer, John D. Leckner, Robert Magee,\\nFrancis Hughes, George Wilson. B. M. Braker,\\nWilliam R. Cory and F. Hughes were appointed a\\nbuilding committee, and leasing a lot on Kaighn\\nAvenue above Second Street, appealed to the citi-\\nzens of Camden, who responding liberally, a one-\\nstory frame, twenty by sixty feet, was built and\\nfurnished, and when it was dedicated, March 10,\\n1880, it was free from debt.\\nThe lease expiring in 1885, ground was pur-\\nchased on Chestnut Street above Second, and the\\nHome moved upon it and renovated. It will seat\\ntwo hundred and fifty persons. These have been\\nthe presidents of the society Benjamin M. Braker,", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0899.jp2"}, "743": {"fulltext": "578\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nIsaacs. Peacock, Edwin A. Allen, Robert M. Bing-\\nham, William Stout, John McKenna.\\nThe Camden Home fob Friendless Chil-\\ndren is an institution located on Haddon Avenue,\\nabove Mount Vernon, the object and design of\\nwhich is to afford a home, Ibod, clothing and\\nschooling for destitute friendless children, and, at\\na suitable age, to place them with respectable\\nfamilies to learn some useful trade or occupation.\\nThe home was established and is conducted by a\\ncorporation. The charter, granted by the State\\nLegislature, April 6, 1865, sets forth that Whereas,\\na number of citizens of this State have formed an\\nassociation for the laudable and benevolent pur-\\npose of educating and providing for friendless and\\ndestitute children and whereas, the Legislature\\nof this State is willing to encourage such purposes\\ntherefore. Be it enacted by the iSenate and General\\nAssembly of the Slate of New Jersey, That Matthew\\nNewkirk, Elijah G. Cattell, James H. Stevens,\\nGeorge W. N. Custis, J. Earl Atkinson, Joseph C.\\nDe L.i Cour, Joseph D. Reinboth, Robert B. Potts,\\nJesse W. Starr, Edmund E. Read, John R. Gra-\\nham, Benjamin H. Browning, Solomon M. Stim-\\nson. Philander C. Brinck, John Aikman, Thomas\\nP. Carpenter, Elisha V. Glover, Thomas B. Atkin-\\ns )n, Isaac L. Lowe, Peter L. Voorhees, and their\\nassociates, be and they are hereby incorporated\\nand made a body politic in law and fact, by the\\nname, style and title of The Camden Home for\\nFriendless Children.\\nThe present officers and board of managers are\\nCharles Rboads, president; William Groves, treas-\\nurer J. L. De La Cour, corresponding and record-\\ning secretary; H. Jeannette Taylor and Augustus\\nDobson, physicians; Samuel H. Grey, solicitor;\\nMrs. Butcher, matron.\\nBoard of Managers. Miss E. L. Few Smith,\\nMrs. Jefferson Lewis, Mrs. William Groves, Mrs.\\nE. V. Glover, Mrs. William Curtiss, Miss A. M.\\nRobeson, Mrs. J. F. Starr, Sr., Mrs. H. B. Wilson,\\nMrs. Charles J. String, Mrs. J. Hugil, Miss E. F.\\nJennings, Mrs. E. H. Byran, Miss Kate Da Costa,\\nMrs. L. T. Derousse, Mrs. Joseph Elverson, Blrs.\\nJ. H. Townsend, Mrs. Joseph J. Read, Mrs. Joseph\\nWatson, Mrs. William Davison, Mrs. Joseph M.\\nKaighn, Mrs. Charles Rhoads, Mrs. J. L. De La\\nCour, Mrs. E. E. F. Humphreys.\\nMCSICAL ORGANIZATIONS.\\nThe Philharmonic Society. In the early\\npart of May, 1883, the Mendelssohn Singing So-\\nciety was organized in the lecture-room of the\\nNorth Baptist Church, with Joshua Pfeifter, presi-\\ndent; Fred. J. Paxon, secretary and treasurer; and\\nP. G. Fithian, musical director. The chorus num-\\nbered sixteen voices. They sang there until Decem-\\nber 20, 1883, when they were requested to assist in\\nan oratorio to be given by the choir of the First\\nPresbyterian Church, entitled Daniel. At the\\nclose of the oratorio the chorus repaired to the\\nchapel of the First Church. A meeting was or-\\nganized and presided over by Mr. Carlton M. Wil-\\nliams, and it was decided to incorporate the organ-\\nization as a permanent society for the study of\\nchoral music. A committee of three, consisting of\\nProfessors Theo. T. Crane, P. G. Fithian and Dr.\\nJ. M. McGrath, were appointed to consider the\\nadvisability of such a plan, and to draft a consti-\\ntution and by-laws. The committee called a\\nmeeting on January 29, 1884, which was held in\\nNorth Baptist Church lecture-room, and Prof. P.\\nG. Fithian was elected musical director, and Mrs.\\nAbbic L. Price accompanist. At a directors\\nmeeting, held February 8, 1883, Mr. 0. C. Molan\\nwas elected president and Mr. E. S.Titus secretary.\\nOn December 8, 1884, Mr. O. C. Molan resigned\\nas president, and Mr. George W. Wentling, Jr.,\\nwas elected in his place.\\nThe first concert of the society was given Thurs-\\nday, February 19, 1885 the second, Thursday, May\\n28, 1885 the third, Thursday, October 21^ 1885;\\nthe fourth, Thursday, May 4, 1886. The musical\\nselections of the society are entirely classic, princi-\\npally from the oratorios of Messiah, Creation,\\nand Woman of Samaria, Naaman, Elijah\\nand St. Paul. Among the members of the so-\\nciety who have taken prominent part in the concerts\\nhave been R. Zeckwer, piano; R. Herwig, celloist;\\nM. Van Gelder, violin Emma Suelke and M. H.\\nElliott, soprano; Max Friedman, tenor; William\\nStobbe, xylophonist; E. M. Zimmerman, basso;\\nFrank Cauffman, baritone; Thomas A Beckett\\nand Mr. Diederichs, accompanists.\\nThe officers at the meetings are George W.\\nWentling, Jr., president; C. K. Middleton, vice-\\npresident; Fred. J. Paxon, secretary; A. H. Mar-\\nshall, treasurer Alfred Fricke, Calvin Crowell,\\nDr. J. M. McGrath, William J. Boynton, E. D.\\nBarto, board of directors; Prof. P. G. Fithian,\\nmusical director Miss Schooley, accompanist.\\nThe chorus numbers sixty voices and meets every\\nMonday evening at Post 37, G. A. R. Hall, Stevens\\nStreet, below Fifth Street. This is the only sing-\\ning society of mixed voices that has ever existed\\nlonger than one year in Camden, and is now one\\nof the best in New Jersey.\\nThe National Cornet Band was organized\\nin 1868, with Joseph Jennings as leader. In 1871\\nthe name was changed to the Sixth Regiment Band", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0900.jp2"}, "744": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0901.jp2"}, "745": {"fulltext": "f^lftJ^ (Ty^^h^\\ni", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0902.jp2"}, "746": {"fulltext": "THE (!ITY OF CAMDEN.\\n579\\nand it was mustered into tlie service of tlie National\\nGuard, and was the only regimental band in the\\nState for years. Their present band-room is at\\nthe Sixth Kegiment Armory, southwest corner of\\nAVest and Mickle Streets. The present members\\narc, Joseph Jennings, John Roth, Augusta Buese,\\nGordon Phillips, Lewis Seal, Charles Landwehr,\\nCharles Felcon, John Brown, D. C. jSewmau Col-\\nlins, Alfred Colbins, Charles Bowyer, Isaac Heins,\\nJoseph Young, Richard Richardson, Benjamin A.\\nWoolman, Harry Carles, Wm. Stevenson, Fred-\\nerick Klaproth, Henry Myers, G. Philip Stephany\\nAdam Markgraft, Charles Ellis, Emerson Ogborn,\\nCharles Frost, Hiram Hirst.\\nThe Camden City Brass Band of 1886 is the\\nReliance Band of Camden under a new name.\\nThe Reliance was organized in February, 1886,\\nuuderthe leadership of Joseph Conine. In March,\\nby the resignation of Mr. Conine, W. J. Hopper\\nbecame leader, and in October of the same year\\nthe name of the band was changed as above. The\\nband has a membership of twenty, all of whom\\nare Knights of the Golden Eagle, Camden Castle,\\nNo. 1. The band has regular engagements for all\\nthe Knight parades, also for Posts 37 and 5, (i. A.\\nR., of Camden. The band headquarters are at the\\ncorner of Fifth and Roydon Streets.\\nBIOOEAPIIICAL.\\nWilliam and Ed. Pkiest (father and son) first\\nstarted business as general riggers and house-\\nmovers in 1881, with a rigging and block-shop at\\nNo. 415 Taylor Avenue. The firm take contracts\\nfor moving frame and brick buildings and heavy\\nhoisting, and moving of boilers, smoke-stacks,\\nmonuments, etc.\\nJesse Middleton, log pump-maker, started the\\nmanufacture of old-style log pumps in 1SG5, atNo.\\n513 Mount Vernon Street. These pumps are still\\nin demand in the country, while in the towns the\\ncucumber and iron pumps are largely used. At\\ntlie shops of Mr. Middleton, where various kinds\\nof pumps are sold, a large business has been built\\nup. He is also engaged in sinking tubular wells,\\nwell-digging, etc.\\nBenjamin M. Brakes was born October ^4,\\n1820, in Bristol, England. His father, Benjamin\\nBraker, was a minister in the Baptist Church and\\ncame to America in 1830, settling in Lambertville,\\nN. J., and subsequently moved to Pennsylvania,\\nwhere he died in 1848. Benjamin M. Braker ob-\\ntained his education in the district schools, but\\neven in his youth and since he grew to manhood\\nhas been a diligent reader and has thus acquired\\na vast I und of information.\\nIn ISGl he was engaged upon the Philadrlphia\\nInquirer and Simday Transcript and has since made\\njournalism his i)rincipal avocation. He edited the\\n(ilouceskr Citij Reporter from 1882 to 1885\\nIn 1850 he married Miss Mary M. Wright and\\nsettled in Camden, where he has since remained,\\ntaking an active and intiuential jiart in public\\naffai. s. An advanced Liberal in politics, lie was a\\ndelegate to and secretary of the State Free-Soil\\nConvention held at Trenton in 1852. He was one\\nof the i)romoters of and speakers at tht formation\\nof the first Republican Club organized in Camden,\\nApril 12, 1854, and in 1856 was one of the [jrincipal\\norganizers of that party in West Jersey and is still\\none of its |)roniineiit s]K-akers. In 1862 he was\\nelected justice of the peace and has been re-elected\\nfour times since. In 1877 he was elected city recor-\\nder^md re-elected 1880, 83 and 86. In 1884 he was\\nelected to House of Assembly was a leading mem-\\nber, taking part in important debates was on the\\ncommittee on education, municipal corporations\\nand chairman of the committee on printing and\\non labor and industries. In the preparation of the\\nhistory of the cities of Camden and Gloucester, as\\nembraced in this volume, Mr. Braker rendered\\nvaluable assistance.\\nWilson Fitzgerald, one of the notably suc-\\ncessful business men of Camden, began life as a\\npoor boy. He was a son of George K. and Eliza-\\nbeth (Rees) Fitzgerald (married October 3, 1807,\\nby Rev. Mr. Abercroraby, at St. Peter s Church,\\nPhiladelphia), and was born February 26, 1819,\\nin the Northern Liberties, Philadelphia. When\\nnine years of age his father died, and he, being\\nobliged to make his own living, went upon a farm\\nin Montgomery County, where he became inured\\nto hard work and laid the foundation of a rugged\\nconstitution and those habits of industry and thrift\\nwhich he has maintained throughout his life. He\\nremained upon the farm until he was sixteen years\\nold, and then, resolving to learn a trade, and\\nchoosing that which had been his father s, he en-\\ntered as an apprentice the cooper-shop of Titus\\nEdwards, on Commerce Street, above Fifth, Phila-\\ndelphia. Here he worked for five years for his\\nboard and an allowance of twenty-five dollars\\nper year for clothes. The youths of to-day would\\nconsider themselves very hardly used or abused\\nhad they to endure the rigid laws of labor which\\nthen prevailed. During the five years apprentice-\\nship, which it was customary to serve in nearly all\\ntrades, the only holidays allowed were the Fourth\\nof July and Christmas, and the iijiprentice boys\\nwere given on each of these occasions the sum of\\ntwenty-five cents for spending money. This was", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0905.jp2"}, "747": {"fulltext": "580\\nHISTOEY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nall the cash they received, and was prized accord-\\ningly. Their habits were of necessity frugal, and\\nthey were safe from many of the temptations to\\nwhich the young men of to-day fall ready victims.\\nAfter he had served his time, young Fitzgerald\\nwent to work as a journeyman for John Edwards\\nSon, on Bank Street, working one year at six\\ndollars per week, and then being made foreman of\\nthe shop, receiving seven dollars per week for the\\nfour subsequent years. He then determined to\\nstart in trade for himself, and opened a cooper-\\nshop on Greenleaf Court (now Merchant Street),\\nwith a capital of two hundred dollars, which, by\\nrigid economy, be had saved from his scanty earn-\\nings. After carrying on business, with a fair de-\\ngree of success, for eleven years, he sold his shop\\nto the man with whom he had learned his trade,\\nand removed to Camden. This was in March, 1845,\\nimmediately after his marriage, to which we shall\\nagain advert. He bought projierty on Stevens\\nStreet, where he was in reality a pioneer, as that\\nvicinity was then a common, showing no improve-\\nment except the little house which he built there\\nibr twelve hundred dollars. This became the\\nhome of Mr. Fitzgerald and his wife, and very\\nproud indeed was the young man of the modest\\nhouse which his labor and thrift had provided.\\nHe continued building in that neighborhood, as\\nhis means permitted, until no less than twenty-six\\nhouses had arisen in testimony to his enterprise,\\ncompletely changing the aspect of that part of the\\ntown. When he first went to Camden he rented\\na house on Federal Street, above Second, and in it\\nstarted what was probably the first green grocery\\nand provision store in Camden. In 1856 he\\nbought property at Beasley s Point, Cape May\\nCounty, N. J., and for five years followed farming\\nthere, also carrying on, in the summer, a boarding-\\nhouse. In IStil he sold this property and, return-\\ning to Camden, established himself in the grain,\\nflour and feed business on Front Street, below\\nMarket, in the old Hollinshead Hotel building.\\nThis store was subsequently extended through to\\nMarket Street. Here Mr. Fitzgerald probably\\ncarried on the first wholesale flour business which\\nwas transacted in Camden. About 1871 he moved\\nto his present place of business, Nos. 10 and 12\\nMarket Street, which building he erected. His\\nson, John L., is associated with him, under the\\nfirm-name of Wilson Fitzgerald Co., in the\\nmanagement of this house. They have a very ex-\\ntensive trade in flour, feed, seeds and fertilizers.\\nIn connection with this business, Mr. Fitzgerald\\nbrought to the city the first salt that ever came\\nhere in bulk a ship s cargo from Turk s Island.\\nHe was also instrumental in bringing about the\\nsystem of delivering in Camden unbroken car-\\nloads of produce and merchandise from the West,\\nby which immense sums of money have been saved.\\nHe first, as an experiment, brought the cars from\\nTrenton, and this led to, or rather forced, the\\nadoption of the present plan of ferrying the cars\\nacross the river from Philadelphia, thus placing\\nunbroken bulk freight at the doors of Camden s\\nwarehouses, mills and stores and that, too, when\\nit is through billed, as cheaply as it can be deliv-\\nered in Philadelphia. In addition to his mercan-\\ntile business, our subject carries on a large farm on\\nthe Delaware River, about midway between Wood-\\nbury and Mantua Creek, and he has a house there\\nas well as in the city. His has been a very active\\nlife, and his prosperity, well-deserved as it is, has\\nfollowed as a logical result from his industry and\\nintegrity. Mr. Fitzgerald is a Republican, but not\\na politician. He has held a seat in the City Coun-\\ncil for six years three years representing the Mid-\\ndle and three years the North Ward.\\nOn March 11, 1845, Mr. Fitzgerald was united\\nin marriage with Joanna Colhouer. They have\\nhad seven children, five of whom are living. Eliz-\\nabeth, born September 27, 1846, married Walker\\nW. Chew; Anna, born September 0, 1849, is the\\nwife of Louis T. Derousse Mary Emma, born\\nFebruary 18, 1852, died in infancy and Clara, born\\nJanuary 21, 1853, died in more advanced years\\nFannie Buckius, born Nov. 26, 1856, married J. E.\\nStockham John Lawrence, who is associated with\\nhis father in busine.ss, was born October 16, 1858,\\nand married Miss Adele Annie Kite Wilson, the\\nyoungest of the family, born November 14, 1860,\\nmarried Miss Amanda A. Smith, and resides in\\nCamden, as do also the other children of Mr. and\\nMrs. Fitzgerald.\\nFrank P. Middleton is the great-grandson\\nof John and Sarah Middleton, and the grandson\\nof Joseph Middleton, who married Anna, daughter\\nof Levi and Elizabeth Ellis. To Joseph Middle-\\nton and his wife were born twelve children, eight\\nsons and four daughters, of whom but two survive.\\nBowman H., a native of Haddonfield, N. J., and\\nthe fifth son, was born on the 19th of July, 1814,\\nand spent his life in the county of his birth. He\\nearly became proficient in the trade of a cabinet-\\nmaker, subsequently removed to Camden and car-\\nried on the busine-ss of an undertaker until his\\ndeath, in 1866. Though interested in public affairs,\\nhe did not aspire to office, his ambition being\\nsatisfied with the position of coroner, which he\\nfilled for some years. He married Elizabeth\\nenablo, of Camden, N. J., whose children are", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0906.jp2"}, "748": {"fulltext": "6^e^/^ ^/cu/^^^^", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0909.jp2"}, "749": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0910.jp2"}, "750": {"fulltext": "THE CITY OF CAMDEN.\\n581\\nFrank P.,Josiah V., Anna (Mrs. English), Cniarles\\nK. and Emily. Frank P., the subject of this bio-\\ngraphical sketch, was born May 6, 1837, in Marl-\\ntou, Burlington County, N. J., and at an early age\\nremoved with his parents to Camden. His educa-\\ntional advantages were such as the country af-\\nforded, supplemented by more thorough training\\nin Camden, after which he began his active career\\nas assistant to his father in the undertaking busi-\\nness. He continued thus employed until the\\ndeath of the latter, when, in connection with his\\nbrother, he managed the busine.ss in behalf of\\nthe estate. In 1809 Mr. Middleton established\\nhimself in Camden as an undertaker and speedily\\nacquired an extended patronage. He was, on the\\n70\\n14th of February, 18(;4, married to Mary, daughter\\nof Anthony and Martha Williams, of Philadelphia.\\nTheir children are Lizzie (deceaned), I^aura (de-\\nceased), Mattie and Harry (twins) and Mary and\\nFrank (twins, deceased). Mr. Middleton is a\\nRepublican in his political affiliations, but has\\nnever allowed the allurements of the political\\narena to draw him from the routine of his\\nlegitimate business. He is a member of Chosen\\nFriends Lodge, No. 29, of Independent Order of\\nOdd-Fellows of Provident Lodge, No. 4, of An-\\ncient Order of United Workmen and of Ionic\\nLodge, No. 12, of the Order of Sparta. Both Mr.\\nand Mrs. Middleton are members of the North\\nBaptist Church of Camden.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0911.jp2"}, "751": {"fulltext": "GLOUCESTEPv CITY.\\nCHAPTEK X.\\nTopography Early History Fort Kassau\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Gloucester as a County\\nSeat County Courts and Public Buildings\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Original Town\\nand Some of its Inhabitants A Deserted Village An Era of Pros-\\nperity Arrives Incorporation and City Government Manufac-\\nturing Interests Eeligious History Schools Societies Glou.\\ncester as a Pleasure Resort The Fox Hunting Club Fisheries.\\nTopography. The name of Gloucester is bor-\\nrowed from a cathedral town on the bank of the\\nSevern, in the west of England, whence emigrated\\nsome of the earliest settlers of West Jersey. The\\nword itself is from the Celtic, glaw caer, which\\nsignifies handsome city.\\nGloucester City is in the southwestern part of the\\ncounty, on a peninsula formed by the Delaware\\nRiver on the west. Great and Little Timber\\nCreeks on the south and southeast, and Newton\\nCreek on the north and east. It is situated on\\nslightly undulating ground, sufficiently elevated\\nto insure good drainage, which is further assured\\nby the geological formation, a body of sand and\\ngravel, from ten to thirty feet thick, resting on a\\nstratum of clay. This, with the broad and fast-\\nflowing river on the west, whence, in summer,\\ncool breezes are wafted, joined to wide, clean\\nstreets abounding in shade, and the large yards\\nand gardens in fruit-trees giving, at a distance, the\\nappearance of an inhabited forest to which add\\nexcellent water in abundance, good schools, nu-\\nmerous societies, full religious opportunities, with\\nmany industrial establishments, insuring work for\\nthose who will altogether point to Gloucester City\\nas a desirable place to live in. That the people\\nlive and live long is proven by the annual table of\\nvital statistics, which show it to excel most towns\\nof its size in heal thfuln ess, the death-rate in 1885\\nbeing 15.42 in the 1000, while in Camden it was\\n18.30, in the county 17.87 and in the State 18.63.\\nThe area of Gloucester is one and a half square\\n582\\nmiles, within which live five thousand nine hun-\\ndred and sixty-six persons, an average of six to\\nthe acre in eleven hundred and thirty-seven\\nhouses, an average of five and one-fourth to the\\nhouse with an assessed valuation (much below real\\nvalue) of $1,763,510, au average of \u00c2\u00ab295.50 per\\ncapita; and the eleven hundred and thirty-seven\\nhouses are owned by six hundred and seventy-five\\npersons. The city contains seven industrial estab-\\nlishments, with a capacity for employing two\\nthousand five hundred persons and an annual pay-\\nroll of nine hundred thousand dollars well-ap-\\npointed schools, with room for all, and a compe-\\ntent corps of teachers, at an annual cost of eight\\nthousand dollars five churches, representing dif-\\nferent shades of religious belief, having, in all,\\ntwo thousand two hundred members; and two\\nrailroads and a line of ferry-boats, giving\\nfrequent means of ingress and egress. The\\nmunicipality owns a city hall, adequate for all re-\\nquirements has built sewers streets are lighted\\nby gas; has a debt of seventy-six thousand dollars,\\nincurred by the construction of water-works cost-\\ning eighty-five thousand dollars and sufficient for\\na population of forty thousand. The cost of the\\ncity government is twelve thousand dollars a year,\\ncovered by a tax rate of two per cent, for all pur-\\nposes Such is the Gloucester of 1886. Forty\\nyears ago it was a hamlet, a hundred years ago but\\nthe ruins of a former town, and one hundred and\\nninety years ago the only town in South Jersey.\\nEarly History Fokt Nassau.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 1621 the\\nStates-General of the New Netherlands granted to\\nthe Second West India Company, of Holland, a\\nlarge tract of land upon the eastern coast of North\\nAmerica. This company sent out, for the New\\nWorld, in 1623, a vessel in command of Captain\\nSee Early History of Gloucester County, p. 32.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0912.jp2"}, "752": {"fulltext": "GLOUCESTER CITY.\\n583\\nCornelius Jacobs? Mey, who brouglit with him a\\nnumber of persons and materials, with the inten-\\ntion of establishing a colony. All early historians\\nagree that he entered Delaware Bay in l(i28, and\\ngave his name to the cape at the southern extrem-\\nity of New Jersey, and which still retains it, al-\\nthough anglicized as Cape May. C4ordon 8 His-\\ntory of New Jersey, page 7, says he fixed upon\\nHermaomissing, at the mouth of the Sassackon,\\nthe most northerly branch of Timber Creek, as the\\nplace for his settlement, and where he built a log\\nfort, which he named Nassau, in honor of a town\\non the Upper Rhine river, in Germany. How\\nlong Captain Mey remained with his colony at\\nFort Nassau, or what was the cause of his depar-\\nture, is not known but the next ship that was sent\\nup the Delaware, in 1631, eight years after, found\\nthe place entirely deserted by the colony and in\\npossession of the Indians. The exact locality even\\nof the fort is a matter of conjecture; and even\\nEvelin, Campanius, Lindstrom, Van Der Donck,\\nKalm, Acrelius and other early writers, failed to\\nagree upon its exact location. The earliest of the\\nwriters named, Evelin, was, in 1033, one of the set-\\ntlers at Fort Eriwamac, at the mouth of Pensau-\\nkin Creek. So completely was every vestige of\\nFort Nassau destroyed that its site cannot be defi-\\nnitely determined.\\nRecent research has, to some extent, removed\\nthe mystery of the site which Captain Mey chose\\nfor his fortification. Mickle, in his Reminis-\\ncences of Old Gloucester, carefully examined the\\nevidence, and since his time others have success-\\nfully pursued the same line of investigation. The\\nresults are found in the pajier upon The Hol-\\nlanders in New Jersey, submitted by Rev. Abra-\\nham Messier, D.D., to the New Jersey Historical\\nSociety May 16, 1850; Edward Armstrong s pa-\\npers on the history and site of the fort, contained\\nin Volume VI. of the Society s proceedings; and\\nthe report of the Society s committee in 1852, au-\\nthorized to examine the supposed location which\\nis embraced in the same volume.\\nThe mo-t reasonable deduction from this mass\\nof evidence and investigation is that Fort Nassau\\nwas perched upon the high ground of Gloucester\\nPoint, or, more definitely, that it was situated\\nimmediately upon the river at the southern ex-\\ntremity of the high land abutting upon the meadows\\nnorth of mouth of the Timber Creek. That posi-\\ntion, Mickle wrote, would have struck the eye\\nof an engineer, inasmuch as a fortress thus situa-\\nted could have commanded both the river and\\ncreek, while it would have been greatly secured\\nfrom the attacks of the Indians by the low\\nmarshy land which surrounded it on all sides ex-\\ncept the north. Some of the cabins which con-\\nstituted the town of Nassau are supposed, with\\nmuch reason, to have stood, near the mouth of the\\nSassackon, which was one of the many names for\\nTimber Creek. The first fort, erected in 1C23, was\\nprobably a very rude pile of logs, just sufficient to\\nserve as a breastwork. This having been destroyed\\nby the Indians, another fort was built in 1642,\\nwhen the Dutch returned to watch their rivals,\\nthe Swedes. The latter fort, Barker supposes to\\nhave been built with some style, as its architect\\nwas Hendrick Christiansee, the builder of Fort\\nAmsterdam. Mickle dates the rebuilding in\\n1642 on the authority of Holmes Annals and\\nDuponceau s Annotations. Gabriel Thomas or\\nhis engraver was manifestly wrong in [jlacing upon\\nhis map a Dutch fort at some distance above Glou-\\ncester, at the mouth of what seems to be intended\\nfor Coopers Creek. Lindstrom, in his description\\nof New Sweden in the time of Governor Prinz,\\nsaid that at the location of the fort, la riviere est\\nici bien prolbnde. If the fort was situated where\\nthe river was very deep, which is Lindstrom s\\nmeaning, it could not have been any distance up\\nTimber Creek, but at Gloucester Point.\\nThe house of John Hugg, who purchased five\\nhundred acres from Robert Zane in 1683, is sup-\\nposed to have been built upon the site of Fori\\nNassau, and its location coincides with the strong-\\nest theories of the situation of the work. John\\nRedfield, who lived near by, prompted the inves-\\ntigation made by Mr. Armstrong. Redfield s\\ndaughter having brought from the river-shore a\\nflower which he suspected was exogenous, he vis-\\nited the spot where it was plucked and found pieces\\nof Dutch brick and ware in the ground, and por-\\ntions of a wall surmounted by a few logs, indicat-\\ning the remains of a redoubt or a building erected\\nfor defense. From the abandonment of the fort,\\nabout 1651, to 1677, when the Loudon and York-\\nshire commissioners sailed up the Delaware River,\\nthe shore from Timber Creek to Peusaukin was in\\nundisputed possession of a few Indians, although\\nunder the jurisdiction of the English since 1664.\\nIn an article contributed to the Pennsylvania\\nMagazine of Hidory in July, 1885, Judge John\\nClement says,\\nWhen the London and Yorkshire commis-\\nsioners, accompanied by their friends, found their\\nship in the Delaware River in 1677, their attention\\nwas naturally drawn toward the territory on the\\neastern side of that beautiful stream. Their fu-\\nture homes were to be there, for they had come to\\nplant a nati(m, yet their minds did not compre-", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0913.jp2"}, "753": {"fulltext": "584\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nhend the importance of their undertaking, nor\\ndid they see the end from such small beginning.s.\\nIn ascending the river, that prominent point\\nknown among the Indians as Arwaumus, was a\\nnoticeable feature, and it was at once agreed that\\nit was a suitable site for a city and by the new-\\ncomers called Gloucester Point. In fact, the Lon-\\ndon commissioners insisted upon stopping at this\\nplace, and it was only after much persuasion and\\nsubstantial inducements offered, that they con-\\nsented to go to Burlington and settle with the\\nothers.\\nIt is quite possible also that the remains of Fort\\nNassau, built in 1623, were there, around\\nwhich were a few Swedish and Dutch settlers.\\nThe true position of this fort has always been in\\ndoubt, some claiming that it stood in the marsh\\nnear the mouth of Timber Creek, and others that\\nit was built on the high ground, the present site of\\nGloucester City, this being in the eye of a military\\nengineer the most suitable spot for a work of de-\\nfense. Although the London owners, through\\nover-persuasion, settled with their friends at Bur-\\nlington, the original purpose was not abandoned,\\nfor in a short time individuals were prospecting\\nfor land bounding on Cooper, Newton and Timber\\nCreeks, and a few families had already settled at\\nthe Point.\\nEeection of Gloucester County.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In the\\nyear 1678 Robert Turner, of London, came to this\\ncountry, and soon after prospected for land in this\\nvicinity. In 1682 Mark Newbie, Thomas Thack-\\nar.t, Robert Zane, William Bates and their families,\\nand Thomas Sharp and George Goldsmith came to\\nSalem, and, in accordance with the advice of\\nRobert Turner, located a large tract of land on\\nNewton Creek and its middle branch, on which\\nthey settled.\\nIn the year 1686, the territory having become\\npopulous, the inhabitants of the territory embraced\\nin the third and fourth tenths, residing between\\nPensaukin and Oldmans Creeks, met on the 28th\\nof May at Arwaumus, or Gloucester Point, and\\nformed a county constitution, defined the bounda-\\nries of the new county, called Gloucester, arranged\\nfor courts and executed other business necessary\\nto complete an organization without the warrant of\\nlegislative^tction but as the Province was in con-\\nfusion, and Burlington, the place where official\\nbusiness was transacted, was far away, the people\\ntook this opportunity to provide for themselves\\noffices of record and a more convenient place for\\nthe transaction of public business. This action\\nwas confirmed by the Provincial Government in\\n1692 and 1694.\\nGloucester as a County-Seat. It is very\\nevident that at the time of this action there were\\nsome settlers at Gloucester, but who they all were\\nis not definitely known. Mathew Medcalf, Samuel\\nHarrison, John Reading, William Harrison and\\nThomas and Richard Bull were among the first\\nsettlers there. Some of them were friends of the\\nLondon commissioners, and others the settlers on\\nNewton Creek, who became residents of the new\\ncounty-seat.\\nA tract of land was laid out by them. It was\\nproposed and intended from the year 1677 to make\\nthe place a town, and on the 12th of the Sixth\\nMonth, 1686, the proprietors held a public meeting\\nat Gloucester, at which it was mutually agreed\\nby all the proprietors then present to lay out a\\ntown. A memorandum was drawn up, which is\\nnow in the Surveyor-General s Office, at Burling-\\nton, extracts from which are here given\\nArticle 1. That the town shall contain nine\\nstreets, extending from the River Delaware back-\\nwards, the land embraced to be laid out and\\ndivided into ten equal parts, every one fronting\\nthe river and containing in breadth 220 yards.\\nArticle 2. That at present there shall be a\\ncross street, run through the town at the distance\\nof twelve chains and twenty links, from Water\\nStreet to the river-side.\\nArticle 3. That the two middle divisions, or\\ntenth p.art, of the town shall again be divided into\\ntwo equal parts, by the running of a street to cross\\nthe satne in the midst, between Water Street and\\nthe aforesaid street running through the town.\\nArticle 4. That there shall be a square three\\nchains every way, laid out for a Market-Place,\\nwhere the said cross street shall meet and intersect\\nthe higher great street, which is between the two\\nmiddle tenths, or divisions aforesaid.\\nArticle 5. That the four quarters bordering\\nto the market-place be divided and made liy the\\nrunningof theafforesaid short cross street and High\\nstreet shall be again divided into equal shares and\\nlots, of which every quarter shall contain twenty\\nand two, being in the whole eighty-eight lots, the\\nlength of which shall be half the distance between\\nthe said Water Street and short cross street, which\\nis sixty yards, and the breadth of each lot shall be\\nthe eleventh part of the breadth of one of the mid-\\ndle divisions, or tenth part of the Town is twenty\\nyards.\\nArticle 6 provided that every proprietor shall\\nhave privilege of choosing his lot, provided he settle\\non the same and build a house within six months.\\nArticle 7 provided that every proprietor hav-\\ning a right to a twentieth part of a Propriety may", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0914.jp2"}, "754": {"fulltext": "GLOUCESTER CITY.\\n585\\ntake up one of the aforesiiid eighty-eight lots, and\\nso proportionately for any greater share or part.\\nArticle 12 says That the town be from hence-\\nforth called Gloucester, and the third and fourth\\ntenths the County of Gloucester.\\nArticle 13 prayed That the creek heretofore and\\ncommonly called by the name of Timber Creek be\\nand is hereby nominated and is henceforth to be\\ncalled by the name of Gloucester River.\\nArticle 14 provides That for taking up lands\\nwithin the town bounds or liberties of Glouces-\\nter.\\nIt is evident that at this stage of the meeting\\nsome of the members had been thinking of the\\nplan proposed, and had feared that trouble would\\nensue in a division of lots, and Article 15 provided\\nother means of distribution, by which the\\nproprietors, aforesaid, do fully and absolutely con-\\nsent, conclude and agree.\\nAll former locations were declared null and void\\nby Article 16, and Article 17 declared that what\\nland soever shall be taken up within the Town\\nboundary shall be by lot, and instead of a first\\nchoice (as formerly proposed), the first lot shall now\\nclaim and have the first survey, and so on.\\nArticle 18 provided That before any laud be\\nsurveyed in the Town there shall a road be laid\\nand marked out from High Street in Gloucester,\\nthrough the middle of the Town bounds, until it\\nmeets with Salem road.\\nArticle 19 declared That there be two public\\nand commodious landings in the most convenient\\nlaces on the banks of the Gloucester river and the\\nbranch of the Newton Creek, surveyed and laid\\nforth with roads leading from them into the aflbre-\\nsaid high road, through the midst of the Town\\nbounds.\\nArticle 20 declared That there shall be a lane\\nor road of 33 foot broad laid out at the distance and\\nend of every twenty chains through the Town\\nbounds, from the high road of each side thereof,\\ndown to the branch of Gloucester river and the\\nbranch of Newton Creek.\\nThe great road was ordered to be begun the 20th\\nof August following, also the public landings, with\\nthe roads and the rest of the lands or roads lead-\\ning from the branches, and proceeded with until\\ncompleted.\\nIt was also ordered that the surveyor, Thomas\\nSharp, be furnished with four assistants, namely\\nFrancis Collins, Thomas Thackara, John Reading\\nand Mathew Medcalf, each of which was to have\\nfive shillings per day, and the surveyor ten shil-\\nlings.\\nThe following-named persons were subscribers\\nto the articles, who declared that All the\\nseveral Articles and conclusions are never exposed\\nand declared before: William Co.xe, Francis\\nCollins, William Roydon, Thomas Sharp, Robert\\nZane, William Bates, Thomas Carleton, William\\nWhite, Mathew Medcalf, Thomas Thackara, John\\nFfuller, Widow Welch, Richard Heritage, Wil-\\nliam Willis, James Atmore, Stephen Newby, Wil-\\nliam Coxe, Widow Bull, Francis Collins, Thomas\\nCoxeand William Alberson.\\nThe eighty-eight lots in the town plot were num-\\nbered and began at the north end of Water Street\\nthe lots are numbered as follows, and the name of\\nowner and date of survey is here given as far aa\\ncould be ascertained No. 1, corner of Water\\nStreet, Samuel Harrison, November 1, l(i89; Nos. 2,\\n3 and 4, Matthew Medcalf, November 2, 1(189; No.\\n5, Sarah Harrison, for her husband, January 24,\\n1G89 No. 6, John Reading, November 26, 1690;\\nNos. 7 and 8, Andrew Robeson, March 12,1689;\\nNos. 9, 10 and 11, John Reading, December 6,\\n1688 No. 11 was on the corner of Water Street\\nand the great road No. 12, Francis Collins, also\\non corner of Water Street and great road, south\\nside, September 12, 1689; Nos. 13 and 14, Thomas\\nBull, December 17, 1689; lot No. IS, Sarah\\nWheeler, September 13, 1689 (this lot was a triangle\\nat the turn in the river, the lots from this front\\nwere laid out at right angles) No. 16, William\\nRoydon, October 7, 1689 No. 17 to Daniel Read-\\ning, August 9, 1689 Nos. 18 and 19, Anthony\\nSharp (uncle of Thomas Sharp), April 26, 1689;\\nNo. 20, Thomas Sherman, November 26, 1690;\\nNos. 21, 22 and 23, vacant to the town line on\\nthe corner northward from the town line on the\\neast side of the main road Nos. 24, 25, 26 and 27,\\nvacant Nos. 28, 29 and 30, in rear of 18 and 19,\\nwere surveyed to Anthony Sharp, April 26, 1689;\\nNo. 31, John Reading Nos. 32 and 33, on south\\nside of public square were vacant Nos. 34, 35, 36, 37,\\n38 and 39, on north side of public square, John\\nReading, December 17, 1689 lots 40, 41, 42, 43 and\\n44, to town line are vacant. The blocks containing\\ntwenty lots each, on the west side of the north and\\nsouth road, are numbered from 44 to 66, and owned\\nby John Reading; lots 50,51, 52, 53, 64, 55 and 58,\\n59, 60, 61 and 62. On the back line lots number from\\n67 northward to 88. Of them, John Reacfing owned\\nlots 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 and 78, 79, 80, 81, 82 and\\n83. The town bounds, or liberties of Gloucester,\\nwere divided, as before mentioned, into ten parts.\\nThe land north of the bounds and on Newton\\nCreek was swampy and in jwssession of G. and W.\\nHarrison. The first part is marked on the town\\nj)lot a.s in pcjsscssion of John Reading, the clerk of", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0915.jp2"}, "755": {"fulltext": "586\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nthe county, and Samuel Harrison. Part second is\\nmarked as mostly vacant, John Reading being in\\npossession of one-eighth of the part. Part three,\\nthe north part, is mentioned as laid off to John\\nReading and William Roydon. Part four contains\\nthe following: Andrew Robeson one whole pro-\\npriety, ye 12th of 9th month, 1G89. Part five\\ncontains in its limits the north half of the old plot\\nwhich was on the west end the east end of this part\\nis marked as being in possession of Mathew Med-\\ncalf, Richard Bull and John Reading. Part six\\nembraced within its limits the south half of the\\nold plot, and the east end of the part was owned\\nby Anthony Sharp and Richard Bull. Part seven\\nwas surveyed to Robert Turner and Widow Bull.\\nFrancis Collins is marked as in possession of the\\nnorth half of part eight and part nine and part\\nten, and marked as vacant. The land and swamp\\nsouth of the town was owned by John Reading.\\nThe plot of 1689 is known in old papers and\\nrecords as the Liberties of Gloucester. For many\\nyears Gloucester township and Gloucester town\\nwere separate organizations. The latter extended\\neastwardly to a line east of Blount Ephraim, be-\\ntween the present farms of Benjamin and Joseph\\nLippincott, and to the farm of Samuel E. Shivers,\\nand running from the south branch of Newton\\nCreek to Little Timber Creek. On the 16th of\\nNovember, 1831, Gloucester town and a portion of\\nGloucester township were laid out and given the\\nname of Union township, and included the terri-\\ntory now embraced in Gloucester City and Centre\\ntownship. The latter was erected from the greater\\npart of the territory of Union township in 1855,\\nand the remaining portion of Union township,\\nupon the incorporation of the city of Gloucester,\\nFebruary 25, 1868, was annexed to the city and so\\nremains.\\nThe County Courts and Public Buildings.\\nThe first courts of the county of Gloucester were\\nheld at Gloucester on the 1st day of September\\n1686, at whose house or tavern is not stated.\\nCourts were held a few times at Red Bank, but\\nthat place was soon abandoned. At a meeting of\\nthe court held at Gloucester on the 2d of Decem-\\nber, 1689, it was decided to erect a jail, and the\\ncourt record contains the following entry concern-\\ning it:\\nDaniel Reading undertakes to build a goale\\nlogg-house, fifteen or sixteen foot square, provided\\nhe may have one lott of Land conveyed to him\\nand his heirs forever, and y\u00c2\u00b0 said house to Serve\\nfor a prison till y County makes a common goale,\\nor until y s d logge-house shall with age be de-\\nstroyed or made insutficicnt ibr that |)Urpo.sc and\\nWilliam Roydon undertakes to Convey y lotts, he\\nbeing paid three pounds for the same at or before\\ny next Courte.\\nThis primitive prison was the abode of the\\nGloucester malefactors until the end of 1695, when\\nthe court ordered another of the same kind to be\\nbuilt, but in June, 1696, it changed its plan and\\ndecided to combine the jail with the first court-\\nhouse, the court having theretofore been held in\\ntaverns or private houses. The following specifi-\\ncations were made\\nA prison of twenty foot long and sixteen wide,\\nof a .sufficient height and strength, made of loggs,\\nto be erected and builded in Gloucester, with a\\nCourt-House over the same, of a convenient height\\nand largeness, covered of and with cedar shingles,\\nwell and workmanlike to be made, and with all\\nconvenient expedition finished. Matthew Med-\\ncalfe and John Reading to be overseers or agents\\nto lett the same or see the said buildings done and\\nperformed in manner aforesaid, they to have\\nmoney for carrying on of the said work of the\\nlast county tax.\\nOn October 5, 1708, a stone and brick addition\\nwas ordered, and to defray the expenses of this\\nimprovement the grand jury levied a tax of one\\nshilling upon every hundred acres of land, six\\npence per head for every horse and mare more\\nthan three years old, for neat cattle three pence\\neach, three shillings for each freeman in service\\nand three shillings for each negro over twelve\\nyears of age, to be paid in current silver money or\\ncorn, or any other country produce at money\\nprice.\\nDecember 5, 1708, the grand jury considered it\\nnecessary that an addition be made to the prison\\nand court-house and presented the following spec-\\nifications That it joyne to the south end of the\\nould one, to be made of stone and brick, twelve\\nfeet in the cleare and two story high, with a stack\\nof chimneys joyning to the ould house, and that it\\nbe uniform from ye foundation to the court-house.\\nThis addition was made, and seven years later, in\\nApril, 1715, the justices and freeholders decided\\nto build a jail twenty-four feet long, with walls nine\\nfeet high and two feet thick. Another site was\\nselected and the old jail and court-house w^re sold\\nin March, 1719, to William Harrison. The county\\nbuildings were completed in 1719, and in Decem-\\nber of that year the justices and freeholders, not\\nbeing satisfied with the work, ordered the building\\nto be pulled down to ye lower floor and rebuilt\\nupon the same foundation. About this time it\\nwas ordered that a payor of substantial stocks be\\nerected near the prison, with a post at each end,", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0916.jp2"}, "756": {"fulltext": "GLOUCESTER CITY.\\nS87\\nwell fixed and ftistened with a hand cuff inin at\\none of them for a whipping post. That a pillory\\nor stocks was established before this time is evi-\\ndent fiom the fact that March 1, 1691, John Rich-\\nards was found guilty of perjury, and sentenced to\\npay twenty pounds or stand in ye pillory one\\nhour. He chose the latter and served his sen-\\ntence April 12th following.\\nThe court-house as reconstructed was quite an\\nelaborate building. The first story was the prison,\\nand imposed upon it was the court-house, the main\\nroom of which was nine feet high, and was reached\\nby a substantial flight of stone stayers. There\\nwas a Gallery at the Weste end from side to side,\\nand a payer of stayers up into the garrett, be-\\nsides a table and Bar, pailed, that it may Suffi-\\nciently accommodate the Justices, Clerks, Attur-\\nneys and Jurys. The stocks and whipping-post\\nwere set up near by, and in 1736 the board ordered\\nthe addition of a yard, a watch-house, a work-\\nhouse and a pump to the public buildings of this\\nnew county-seat. That the court-house was not\\ncomfortable appears by this minute of December\\n19, 1721 Proclamation being made, the Court of\\nCommon Pleas is adjourned to the house of Mary\\nSpey by reason of the cold. Probably the build-\\ning had never been completed according to the\\nspecifications, as in January, 1722, the board\\npassed a resolution directing Thomas Sharp to\\nprosecute Abraham Porter and William Harrison,\\nthe building commissioners, on their bonds of fifty\\npounds each, for non-performance of their duties\\nor otherwise a Prosecution shall be proceeded in\\nagainst ye s d Thomas Sharp for Paying ye third\\nand last Payment before it came due. The next\\nyear this resolution w:is susj)ended in order to per-\\nmit them to finish their work. In 1750 Samuel\\nCole was made manager of further additions, and\\nin 1782 repairs to the court-house and jail were\\nordered, and such repairs to the county-house as\\nto make it tenable. The jail and court-house\\nwere destroyed by fire March, 1786, and a major-\\nity of the shareholders desired the buildings else-\\nwhere. The subject was brought before the people\\nof the county and an election was held and\\nWoodbury was selected as the county-seat, and old\\nGloucester, after being the seat of justice for the\\ncounty one hundred years, lost its importance and\\nremained the same for many years after.\\nThe Original Town and Some of its Peo-\\nple. Gabriel Thomas, writing in 1698, says of\\nGloucester There is Gloucester Town, which is\\na very fine and pleasant place, being well-stored\\nwith summer fruits, such as cherries, mulberries\\nand strawberries whither young people come from\\nPhiladelijhia, in the wherry-boats, to eat strawber-\\nries and cream, within sight of which city it is\\nsweetly located, being about three miles distant\\nfrom thence.\\nOldmixon, writing in 1708, says: Gloucester\\nis a good town, and gave name to a county. It\\ncontains one hundred housejj, and the country\\nabout it is very pleasant.\\nA few facts only of the early residents of the\\ntown have been obtained from the records and\\nother papers, the following of which are here given\\nMathew Medcalf, who, in 1686, was keeping tavern,\\nin 1695 and in 1733 conducted a ferry across the\\nDelaware. The Harrison family, Samuel and\\nJoseph, were still living in the town in 1750, as in\\nthat year Samuel Harrison married Abagail Kaighn,\\nwidow of John, and daughter of John Hinch-\\nraan. She .survived her husband and died at\\nTaunton Iron Works, Burlington County, where\\nshe resided with her daughter Abagail, wife\\nof Richard Edwards. William Harrison was\\nsherifl of Gloucester County in 1716, and,\\nlater, one of the judges of the county courts.\\nThe Hugiis were large land-owners on Timber\\nCreek, and became the owners of the ferry and\\ntavern, at one of the public landings. William\\nHugg, in 1778, was keeping the ferry and tavern,\\nand it was at his house the Fox-Hunting Club\\nwas in the habit of meeting. The family still own\\nthe fishery there. John Burrough, who was the\\nfirst of the name in the county, was a weaver, and\\nwas engaged in his occupation at Gloucester in\\n1688. In that year he bought a tract of land\\nbetween Great and Little Timber Creeks, and, about\\n1690, moved upon it. Richard and Tiiomas Bull\\nwere lot-owners in the first division, as also was\\nWidow Sarah Bull. Thomas Bull, in 1710, married\\nSarah Nelson, at the Newton Friends Meeting-\\nhouse. He was, doubtless, a member of this fam-\\nily. Richard Bull was still a resident of Glouces-\\nter in 1717. Jacob and Thomas Clement, who\\ncame from Long Island with the Harri.sons, were V^\\namong the early resideuts of the town. Jacob\\nClement married Ann, daughter of Samuel Har-\\nrison, of the same place. He was a shoemaker\\nand followed his trade by going from house to\\nhouse, as was the custom in those early days. In\\n1783 John Brown was taxed 10s. as a merchant.\\nSarah Bull was then conducting a mercantile busi-\\nness, for which she was assessed 2\u00c2\u00ab. Medcalf s\\nferry was assessed 12.?., and Tatem s 7s. 6rf. It is\\nprobable that Tatem was then keeping one of the\\nCooper ferries.\\nA Deserted Village. The removal of the seat\\nof justice livnn Gloucester to Woodbury caused the", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0917.jp2"}, "757": {"fulltext": "688\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nformer to decline in importance and influence, and\\nthenceforward, for nearly three-quarters of a cen-\\ntury, it was known only as a fisliing town and a\\nplace for the meeting of clubs from Philadelphia\\nand elsewhere. Multitudes visited it, but few re-\\nmained. Farming, berrying, fishing and catering to\\nthe desires of pleasure seekers constituted the avo-\\ncations of the few people who lived here during the\\nante-industrial period. The Old Brick ferry-\\nhouse, at the Point; Powell s farm-house, on the\\nshore,atthefootofSomersetStreet, built in 1696 (the\\ndate on the tablet was obscure when it was torn\\ndown by Captain William Albertson, in 1882); the\\nPlumnier House, on the site of the iron works\\nthe Arthur Powell homestead, at Sussex and Mar-\\nket Streets, now the residence of his widow, the\\nvenerable and intelligent octogenarian, Mary Pow-\\nell the Harrison mansion, near Newton Creek,\\nwhere Mis s Mary Harrison, a descendant of Samuel\\nHarrison, who bought the northern section of the\\ntown in 1689, lived with the family of John Ked-\\nfield, and where she died in 1885; a cluster of\\nhouses at Pine Grove, and a few houses along the\\nshore, sheltering the ferrymen and fishermen,\\ncomprised all there was of the town of Gloucester\\nin 1830. Not twenty houses in the whole place,\\ndeclared an old resident.\\nBesides the houses noted above, there were the\\nold court-house on the southwest corner of King\\nand Market Streets, and the jail on Market, above\\nKing. The first was removed about 1865 to make\\nway for a dwelling, and the jail was burned\\nabout 1820. The bricks were bought by Frederick\\nPlummer and used in the construction of the two-\\nstory rough-cast house now standing on Front\\nStreet, above Mechanic, in Camden.\\nAn Era of PRosrERiTY Arrives. With all\\nits desirableness as a place of residence, the pro-\\ngress of Gloucester was slow until the advent of\\nindustrial establishments the first, the Washing-\\nton Mills, which commenced operation in 1845\\noftered regular and remunerative employment.\\nIt is difiicult to ascertain the increase in popula-\\ntion of the territory now comprised within the\\nlimits of the town of Gloucester prior to 1850;\\nfor it was included as a part of Gloucester town-\\nship in 1695, and although it assumed, as Glouces-\\nter Town, to be a separate constabulary, the census-\\ntakers, with rare exceptions, counted its popula-\\ntion with that township, and after 1832 with\\nUnion township, which was set off fr(jm Glouces-\\nter township in that year, and as the town was\\nnot co-extensive with the township until 1855,\\nwhen Centre townshi|3 was set off from Union, the\\nproportion bolonging to the town cannot be ascer-\\ntained. In 1810 the population of Gloucester\\ntownship was 1726. This, then, included Glouce.s-\\nter and Centre townships and Gloucester City,\\nwith an aggregate population, in 1885, of 10,231.\\nIn 18.30 the census gives Gloucester Town 686, and\\nin 1840 Union township 1075. This included\\nCentre township. In 1850 the population of\\nUnion was 1095, and of Gloucester City 2188, show-\\ning a wonderful increase during the ten years mark-\\ning the advent of the industrial era, inaugurated\\nin 1845, chiefly through the enterprise of David S.\\nBrown, to whom, more than to any other person,\\nGloucester owes its advancement. The best data\\nto be had places the number of people inhabiting\\nthe locality, in 1840, at less than two hundred. Its\\ngrowth since is shown by these tables taken from\\nthe census returns:\\nUDited States CenBUB.\\n1850 2188\\n1860 2805\\n1870 3fi82\\n1880 5347\\nState Census.\\n1855 2453\\n18B5 3773\\n1875 5105\\n1885 69C6\\nTHE CITY GOVERNMENT.\\nIn 1868 the town was incorporated as Gloucester\\nCity. The first officers of the city, elected in\\nMarch, 1868, were as follows Mayor, Samuel D.\\nMulford Recorder, Hugh J. Gorman Assessor,\\nFrederick Shindle; Collector, Andrew J. Greene;\\nSurveyor of Highways, Bowman H. Lippincott;\\nConstables, Peter Eencorn and Samuel West;\\nCouncilmen, Samuel Raby, John M. Pettit, Na-\\nthaniel W. Fernald, William C. Mulford, William\\nN. Brown, Henry P. Gaunt.\\nThe first meeting was held March 13th, at the\\nmayor s private office. Peter L. Voorhees, of\\nCamden, was elected city solicitor.\\nIn 1871 the charter was amended, under which\\nthe number of Councilmen was increased to\\nnine. In 1883 the city was divided into two wards,\\nunder a statute of the State each ward now elects\\nfour members of Council, leaving the ninth to be\\nelected by the city at large.\\nCity Hall. In 1869 an act of the Legislature\\nauthorized the City Council to issue bonds to the\\namount of twenty thousand dollars, for the purpose\\nof building a city hall. The bonds were issued and\\na two-story brick building was erected. The build-\\ning is of brick, two stories high, and finished in a\\nplain but most substantial manner. The first floor\\nis divided into convenient rooms for city officers,\\na Council chamber, mayor s oftice and lock-up. In\\nthe upper story is a large audience-room, with a\\nspacious stage, and a seating capacity for five\\nhundred persons. The hall is located on the north\\nside of Monmouth Street, above Burlington.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0918.jp2"}, "758": {"fulltext": "GLOUCESTKll CITY.\\n589\\nMayors.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The followini? i.s a list of the iiuiyor.s\\nof Gloucester from 1868 to 188()\\nI8(i8. Samuel D. Mulford.\\nIBUl). C hiirles C. Colliugs.\\n187t -71. Peter Mc.\\\\daiiis.\\n1872. Samuel T. Murphy.\\n187;i. David Adams.\\n1874. James L. Hines.\\n187.1-76-77. John Gaunt.\\n187S-80-S;). William H. Banks.\\n18 9-81-82. John Willian.\\n1883. Frederick Shindle.i\\n1S83-85. Samuel Moss.\\n18S0. George Wyncoop.\\nMayor John Willian died in the winter of 1883,\\nand Frederick Shindle was appointed to till the\\nvacancy for the unexpired term.\\nRecorders. The names of the city recorders\\nand the dates of their election are as follows\\nl.*^fi8. Hugh J. Gorman.\\nISC J. Charles F. Mayers.\\n18(i9. Edward Mills.2\\n1870-80. Benjamin Sands.\\n1871. Theodore Brick.\\n1872. John A. Baker.\\n1874. Willard Emery.\\n1875. Daniel J. McBridc.\\n1876-77. John H. McMurray.\\n1878-79. G. William Barnard.\\n1881. William H. Bowkor.\\n1882. William H. Taylor.\\n1873. Benjamin F. Measey. 1883-87. James Lyons.\\nCharles F. Mayers resigned in May, 1869,\\nand Edward Mills was appointed in his place.\\nJas. Lyons was re-elected in 1884, and by a change\\nin the law, the term was extended to three years.\\nCollectors or City Teeasueer.s. Albert J.\\nGreen was elected to the office in 1868, and again\\nin 1870, re-elected in 1871-72 again elected in\\n1878, and has been re-elected each succeeding\\nyear since, making twelve years of service. The\\nother treasurers were,\\nAndrew J Greene was elected in 1808-70-71-72; again in 187.8,\\nand re-elected annually until 1886, inclusive, and dying in the latter\\nyear, his place was filled by Charles 11. Fowler, appointed by City\\nCouncil.\\n1809. Thomas Hallani.\\n1873. Alonzo D. Uusted.\\n1874. Alexander A. Powell.\\n187. Peter Kcncorn\\n1875. Thomas llalla\\n1876. Hugh J. Gorni\\nPeter Rencorn died and Thomas Hallam was\\nappointed in his place.\\nPRESIDENTS OF COUNCIL.\\n(By the charter of 1868 the mayor presided by the amendment of\\n1871 Councils elected the president.)\\n1871-74-79. Edmund Hoffman. 1881. Samuel Moss.\\n1872. Henry F. West. 1882. Robert Conway.\\n1873-7. .-78. Philip H. Fowler. 1883. G. William Barnard.\\n1876-77. Aaron Fortiner. 1884. Lewis G. Mayers.\\n1S80. Henry P. Gaunt. 1885-80. William C. Hawkins.\\nFollowing are officers for 1886\\nMayor, George Wyncoop Recorder, .Tames Lyons Collector,\\nCharles H. Fowler Assessor, Joseph Whittington Chief Engineer\\nof Water Department, James Finley Councilmen, William C.\\nHawkins, W. J. Thompson, G. William Barnard, Jacob Carter,\\nFrancis McQuaide, William A. Guy, Charles Rencorn, John Red-\\nfleld, Michael Smith.\\nThe Fire Department. Prior to 1875 Glou-\\ncester City had no Fire Department. In March of\\nElected to fill unexpired term of John Willian, deceased.\\n2 Vice Charles F. Mayers, resigned.\\n.\\\\ppointed by City Council, vice Peter Kencoru, deceased.\\n71\\nthat year a fire broke out in a store on Middlesex\\nStreet and Willow, which did much damage, and\\nwould have been disastrous but for the steam-power\\nand hose of the Witshington and Ancona Works.\\nThis aroused the people to action, and Gloucester\\nCity Fire Department was formed as follows Fore-\\nman, Patrick Mealey; First Assistant Foreman,\\nJohn Graham Second Assistant Foreman, John\\nLafferty Privates, Henry Gilmore, Andrew Mo.sser,\\nJames Poster, Joseph McAdams, Lawrence Con-\\nlohan, James McMahon, Sr., James McMahon,\\nJr., Joseph Berry, Herman iKlosterman and Wil-\\nliam Slump.\\nThe apparatus provided comprised one hook-and-\\nladder truck, fire-ladders, six fire extinguisliers,\\nsix hooks, thirty-six buckets, axles, rope, grap-\\npling irons, etc. There were no water-works out-\\nside the mills, and no means of procuring water\\nsave from wells, passed from hand to hand in\\nbuckets. One thousand feet of hose was procured,\\nand on September 13, 1878, a carriage was pur-\\nchased of the Union Hose Company of Lancas-\\nter, Pa.\\nThe department was then re-organized as follows\\nChief Engineer, Patrick Mealey; First Assistant\\nEngineer, John P. Booth Second A.ssistant En-\\ngineer, Henry J. West Members, John Graham\\nJames Foster, James McMahon, Sr., Andrew Mos-\\nser, Henry Gilmore, Joseph McAdams, John R.\\nFarquliar, Edward Byers, James Truax, William\\nKeowu, Edward Shingle, Jacob Carter, Lawrence\\nConlohan, Michael Noon, Patrick Gilmour, John\\nLaft erty, James McMahon, William Byers, Isaac\\nEdwards, Theodore Hoffman.\\nIn 1879, Assistants John P. Booth and Henry\\nJ. West resigned, and James McMahon and Jas.\\nFoster were appointed to fill their places.\\nThe department was placed under the control of\\nfive commissioners appointed by the Council,\\nthree of them members of that body and two selected\\nfrom the citizens. In 1884 the commissioners in-\\ncreased the force to thirty-four, when these were\\nappointed, Edward Hutchinson, William A.\\nGuy, Isaac Budd, Adin Owens, Ralph McDermott,\\nJohn McElhone, Stansford Foster, Robert Walsh,\\nWilliam Shaw, William Stiles, and these, with\\ntliose before-named, constitute the department.\\nThe commissioners are, Citizens Philip H.\\nFowler (president) and Hugh Mullin Council-\\nmen, William A. Guy, G. M. Barnard and Charles\\nRencorn. President Fowler is superintendent of the\\nGingham Mills, and was one of the first and most\\nactive promoters of the organization of the Fire\\nDepartment, and has been president of the com-\\nmissioners from the start.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0919.jp2"}, "759": {"fulltext": "590\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JEESEY.\\nThe house occupied is the one first built, of\\nwood, on the rear of the city hall lot. The firemen\\nreceive no pay, but are exempt from assessment on\\nprivate property to the amount of five hundred\\ndollarsand are beneficiaries of the Firemen s Relief\\nFund, the growth of a State tax upon insurance\\ncompanies. In constructing the water-works, in\\n1883, tire matters were duly considered, and the\\nnecessity for fire-engines obviated by a direct\\npressure being brought to bear from the pumping\\nengines upon the street hydrants insuificient to\\nforce the water over the higliest buildings in the\\ncity.\\nThe Water Supply.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 1873 the Legisla-\\nture authorized the borrowing of five thousand\\ndollars, and in 1874 a like amount, for the con-\\nstruction of sewers. The money was judiciously\\nexpended and the loan paid when due. In 1873\\nthe Gloucester Land Company having given the\\ncity the Mercer Street water-front, authority was\\nobtained from the Legislature to borrow ten\\nthousand dollars for the purpose of constructing a\\nwharf. This was accomplished within the esti-\\nmated limit, and the bonds issued were paid as they\\nmatured. These were the only debts contracted,\\nand for several years the city had no obligations,\\nwhen, in 1883, it was determined to construct\\nwater-works. They were completed, in 1884, at a\\ncost of eighty-five thousand dollars. To meet this\\nexpenditure, four per cent, bonds, having from ten\\nto thirty years to run, were issued, and the re-\\nmainder of the cost was paid out of a balance in\\nthe hands of the treasurer. A sinking fund was\\nestablished, and four thousand dollars of the bonds\\nhave been paid, leaving seventy-six thousand dol-\\nlars yet due in 1886, represented by a plant which\\ngives promise of soon returning a handsome\\nrevenue.\\nThe question of water supply early engaged the\\nattention of the more thoughtful. The water sup-\\nplied by wells was excellent, both for drinking\\nand domestic purposes, and the supjdy abundant,\\nbut it was obvious that the wells filled by water\\npercolating through soil constantly receiving new\\naccretions of foreign matter must be impure, and\\nin time become positively dangerous to health.\\nThis danger was avoided by boring below the\\nstratum of clay underlying the .surface soil. Here\\nwater for drinking is obtained in abundance and of\\nwholesome quality, but too hard for general pur-\\nposes. Besides, there was no adequate protection\\nin case of fire, and water-works were deemed ab-\\nsolutely necessary. In 1872 David S. Brown, ever\\non the alert for anything that would benefit the\\ncily he had tlone so nuuh for, procured a charter\\nfor a company to build works, but the jealousy of\\ncorporations was interposed. In 1881 John Gour-\\nley and other members of the City Council agi-\\ntated the project aud a vote of the people, to whom\\nthe matter was referred, under the law, resulted in\\na majority in its favor, but the opponents of the\\nmeasure procured a decision from the courts set-\\nting aside the vote on account of some informality.\\nThe matter slept for a time, when the Gloucester\\nCity Reporter, a newspaper, then edited by Benja-\\nmin M. Braker, revived the interest in a number\\nof well-written articles, and on the question being\\nagain submitted to the people, it was approved by\\na decisive vote. Council secured the services of\\nJacob H. Yocum, a civil engineer of Camden, and\\nin 1883 work was begun. The design was to\\nobtain the supply from the head-waters of Newton\\nCreek, near Mount Ephraim, where water of ex-\\ncellent quality could be had. The estimated cost\\nwas one hundred thousand dollars, and bids for\\nthat amount were being considered, when a strong\\npetition to locate the works on Newton Creek,\\nwithin the city limits, because of lessened cost,\\nwas presented, and the demand prevailed, al-\\nthough many questioned the purity of water taken\\nfrom a sluggish tide-water stream. Fortunately,\\nin excavating for a subsiding reservoir, from which\\nthe water was to be pumped, a subterranean stream\\nof pure, soft water was struck, of such volume and\\nforce that it seriously impeded the work and defied\\nall eflbrts to stay the flow, and thus most excellent\\nwater is supplied. A stand-pipe ninety feet high\\nis used, and in case of fire a direct pressure, by the\\nHolly system, from the pumps, avoids the necessity\\nfor steam-engines.\\nDavid Sands Brown was born at his father s\\nfarm, near Dover, N. H., on the 27th of July, 1800.\\nHis parents were of old Puritan stock, his ancestor,\\nHenry Brown, having; landed in Boston in 1639,\\nand soon after settled in Salisbury, Mass., where\\nthe family continued to live for several generations.\\nIn 1778 William Brown, the father of David,\\nmarried Abigail Peaslee, of Haverhill, Mass., and\\nbought the farm near Dover, N. H., where their\\nchildren were born, and where they spent the\\nremainder of their lives. Soon after their marriage\\nthey joined the religious Society of Friends, and\\ntheir children were educated in accordance with\\ntheir peculiar views. David was their youngest\\nson. The educational resources of Dover being at\\nthis time very limited, at ten years of age he went\\nalone to Boston, riding in the stage beside Daniel\\nWebster, thus beginning an acquaintance which\\nlasted a lifetime.\\nFor several years he pursued his studies at Salem,", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0920.jp2"}, "760": {"fulltext": "Cn^.-.-^^ c9^(J?^", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0923.jp2"}, "761": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0924.jp2"}, "762": {"fulltext": "(iLOUCESTKll CITY.\\nf)!)!\\nMass. In 1817 he left tli.it town to go inUi busi-\\nness with his I)rothei s, wlio h;icl preceded him to\\nPliiladelphia. In 1821 he became a member of the\\nfirm of Hacker, Brown Co. The house was en-\\ngaged in the dry-goods commission business, and\\ncontinued in existence until 1830. In this year a\\nchange was made, and the firm-name became for\\nthe future David S. Brown Co. Early in life\\nMr. Brown became much interested in tlie develop-\\nment of American manufactures. He was fully\\nconvinced that the prosperity and progress of the\\ncountry depended upon protection to American\\nindustries. Into the promotion of these industries\\nhe threw himself with all the earnestness and ac-\\ntivity of his nature. Earnestness of purpose and\\nstrength of will being his cliief characteristics, to\\nresolve upon an action was to carry it into effect\\nalmost simultaneously. In 1844 he projected the\\ncotton-mills of the Washington Manufacturing\\nCompany, at Gloucester, N. J., and built them in\\nconjunction with Messrs. Churchman, Ashhurst,\\nFolwell, Mickle, Evans, Gray, Scull and Sitcr.\\nThis was followed by the construction of the\\nGloucester Manufacturing Company, for the pro-\\nduction of printed calicoes. In 1871 he built the\\nworks of the Ancona Printing Company, in order\\nto utilize newly-discovered processes, until then\\nuntried in America. In 1872 the Gloucester\\nGingham Mills, built in 1859, were incorporated.\\nIn 1871 the Gloucester Iron Works, on the Dela-\\nware, near Gloucester, were built and put into\\nactive operation. In 1873 the Gloucester City\\nGas Works were constructed and incorporated,\\nand the Gloucester Land Company, and the\\nGloucester Land and Improvement Company or-\\nganized. In 1SG5 Mr. Brown, in connection with\\na number of incorporators built the Camden, Glou-\\ncester and Mount Ephraim Railroad. Of these\\ncorporations he was president at the time of his\\ndeath, as well asof the School of Design for Women,\\nin Philadeli)hia, which he had founded in connec-\\ntion with Mrs. Peter, the wife of tlie British consul.\\nThe rare business qualifications which Mr. Brown\\npossessed were strikingly exliibited at the time of\\nthe organization of the Pennsylvania Railroad,\\nwhen he was foremost in contributing personally\\nand enlisting the aid of capital in its purchase and\\nextension, and whose earnest appeals and confident\\nexample contributed materially to its present proud\\nposition.\\nIn the panic of 1857 the firm of David S. Brown\\nCo. succumbed to the pressure, and suspended.\\nIn April of the following year they submitted to\\ntheir creditors a proposition to pay seventy-five\\nI)er cent. one-fifth in cash, on the Istof May, one-\\nfifth each three, six, nine and twelve months, with\\ninterest; and, for the remaining twenty-five ]ier\\ncent, they offered the stock of the Greenwich Im-\\nprovement and Railroad Company, and the Glou-\\ncester Manufacturing Company, or the notes of the\\nfirm at two and three years, with interest. So that,\\nat the end of three years, the debts of the firm\\nwere paid^principal and interest. In a short\\nsketch of Mr. Brown s business career, which ap-\\npeared at the time of his death, the writer says\\nThe active life of one man rarely reaches so far\\nin its measure of national progress as has that of\\nthe merchant and citizen whose death every one\\nlaments. It embraced the entire period of transi-\\ntion, from dependence, almost abject, upon foreign\\ncountries, to industrial triumphs of the most\\ncomplete and enduring character, and this was in\\nitself the work of Mr. Brown s life, and its result\\nwas the crown of his labors. No degree of personal\\neffort that such an occasion could call for was ever\\nwanting; no risks that actual execution of great\\nworks could involve were too great for him to take\\nupon himself. It is easy to assume that a success-\\nful issue of the great undertakings of 1844 to 1870\\nwas probable, and that therefore those who took\\nthe responsibility at that time were not to be\\ncredited with unusual honors; but in fact, looking\\nback to that period now, the wonder rather is that\\nany one should have been bold enough to stake\\neverything on breaking up the foreign control of\\nour markets a work not fully accomplished until\\n187G. Honor i.s due to Mr. Brown for this long\\nand faithful championship of domestic industry.\\nTo build up these industries as he did in a country\\nwithout foreign competition would be a great dis-\\ntinction, but in fact, there has never been a greater\\nstruggle or more extreme difficulties than those\\nencountered in the establishment of extensive\\nmanufactures during the twenty-five years of Mr.\\nBrown s greatest activity. Yet the most unflinch-\\ning courage, the most patient and indefatigable\\nlabors marked every year of his life, giving almost\\nmore than mortal strength to the business he had\\nbuilt up, and, at last, laying down his duties with\\nextreme reluctance. It is not often that so much\\nability and courage are united in a man of daily\\nbusiness activity. It is easy to be driven from a\\ngreat purpose by business necessities it is easy to\\nyield upon the ground that at the time it does\\nnot pay, but Mr. Brown never forgot the higher\\npulilic urpose in the most extreme busi-\\nness trials, and althoush the end shows that such\\nfirmness is best, it is rare that persons tried in such\\nemergencies see the higher interests as he did. In\\nbis manner, in his aetivi(y,in his persistence to go", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0925.jp2"}, "763": {"fulltext": "592\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\non and do more, Mr. Brown seemed little changed\\nin 1870 trom his daily life in 1850. Yet these\\ntwenty years had seen the battle of his life com-\\npletely won, and himself not the least of the\\nmasters in the field.\\nIn reviewing Mr. Brown s life, it is easy to realize\\nthat oneofhischiefcharacteristics was the unselfish\\nearnestness with which he devoted himself to every\\nproject which won his approval, when it in no way\\ncontributed to his profit or aggrandizement. He\\nalways felt great sympathy for young men of\\nenergy, and was ever ready to extend to them a\\nhelping hand. His health, which had been failing\\nfor several years, finally gave way early in 1877,\\nand after the 4th of March he did nut leave the\\nhouse. His death took place on the Gth of July.\\nOn the 7th a special meeting of the Gloucester\\nCity Councils was held, and the following resolu-\\ntions were passed\\nWhereni, Almighty God h.is remoTed to a better world our friend\\nand benefactor, the late David S. Brown, therefore be it Reaolned,\\nthat we, in behalf of the citizens of Gloucester City, express our\\nsensibility of the loss we have sustained and Resolved, that BIr.\\nBrown was the leading spirit in establishing all the industrial insti-\\ntutions, and that he was the foremost man in furthering many\\ninterests in our town, the beucflt of which will long be felt by our\\nMANUFACTURES.\\nThe establishment of large manufactories in\\nGloucester gave the town a new impetus, and\\ncaused it to grow and prosper. To the manufactur-\\ning interests are due the present prosperity of the\\ncity. A connected history of each of these estab-\\nlishments is here given\\nWashington Mills. The first of the large\\nmanufacturing establishments in Gloucester were\\nthe Washington Mills, owned by the Washington\\nManufacturing Company, incorporated by the\\nLegislature January 31, 1844, and on Fel)ruary\\n21st of that year the commission named in the\\nact met at Cake s Hotel, Camden, and opened\\nsubscriptions to stock, two hundred and sixty\\nthousand dollars of which was taken. The stock-\\nholders met March 13th, and elected as directors\\nDavid S. Brown, John Siter, John R. Worrell,\\nWilliam Wooduutt, Gideon Scu 1, Thomas Sparks,\\nLewis R. Ashurst, Mordecai D. Lewis, Charles W.\\nChurchman, Samuel R. Simmons and D. H.\\nFlickwir. David S. Brown was elected president,\\nand John Siter treasuer.\\nA committee was appointed to select a site on\\nwhich to erect suitable buildings. Kaighns\\nPoint, Camden, was first thought to be the desired\\nlocation, but difficulties intervening, Gloucester\\nPoint was decided upon. Here, also, obstacles\\ninterposeil, in the way of purchasing ground\\nlimited in extent, as desired, and the Glouces-\\nter Land Company was organized, from which the\\nmanufacturing company purchased ten acres,\\nbounded by Mercer, King and Monmouth Streets,\\nand the Delaware River. Plans were prepared\\nwhich, being approved, ground was broken July 1,\\n1844, and the first bricks of Mill No. 1 were laid on\\nthe 15th of August following. This mill, four stories\\nhigh and three hundred feet long by fifty feet wide,\\nwith boiler-house and other essential out-buildings,\\nwas pushed to completion necessary machinery for\\nthe manufacturing of white cotton goods put in,\\nand July 31, 1845, the first cops of yarn were spun,\\nand August7th the first loom was running. Themill\\ncontained three hundred and twenty-four narrow\\nand seventy-four wide looms, fourteen thousand\\nfive hundred and ninety-two spindles and em-\\nployed three hundred and sixty-three persons.\\nMelcher s plans contemplated expansion, not in\\nsize, but in the number of buildings, and since\\nNo. 1, six other similar mills have been built, with\\nnecessary adjuncts in the form of engine and other\\nhouses. The mills occupy the space between\\nEllis Street and the river. On the northern half\\nof the remainder of the tract the company\\nerected a number of commodious brick buildings\\nfor boarding-houses to accommodate single per-\\nsons employed in the factory, while the southern\\nhalf, planted with shade-trees, was opened to\\nthe public.\\nThe first manager of the business of the company\\noperating the mills was Samuel Raby, who,\\nalthough an excellent man and capable superin-\\ntendent, became obnoxious to the mill-hands dur-\\ning the strike of 1848, and was compelled to leave.\\nStephen Crocker was the next superintendent, and\\nremained in charge until March, 1857, when he\\nwas succeeded by Henry F. West, who for twenty-\\nnine years has maintained the regard of the work-\\ning people and the confidence of the owners. In\\n1879 the machinery was altered for the manufac-\\nture of colored dress goods. The mills now run\\n1030 looms, 46,000 spindles, employ 800 persons,\\nwith a yearly pay-roll of $260,000 and an annual\\nproduction of 2,000,000 pounds of cloth.\\nThe present officers and directors are Samuel\\nWelsh, president; Henry N. Paul, treasurer and\\nagent; Samuel R. Shipley, George H. Boker,\\nSamuel Chew, Charles S. Wurts, H. P. Sloan,\\nRichard Ashhurst, Charles J. Churchman and Sam-\\nuel H. Grey.\\nGlouce.stee Land Company.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Land Com-\\npany was not a voluntary, but a compulsory feature\\nof the enterprises contemplated by David S.\\nBrown and his ciadjiitors. When the Washing-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0926.jp2"}, "764": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0927.jp2"}, "765": {"fulltext": "^/U^i^^P ^rz^rd.^", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0928.jp2"}, "766": {"fulltext": "GLOUCESTER CITY.\\n593\\nton Manufacturing Company wanted but ten acres\\nof land, owners insisted upon selling not less than\\nten times that amount or none at all, and so the\\nmanufacturing company resolved itself into a land\\ncompany and selected John Siter and Samuel R.\\nSimmons as trustees. They purchased sixty-two\\nacres of Frederick Plummer and one hundred and\\none and a half acres of Robert W. Sykes and paid\\nthirteen thousand dollars for the Champion fish-\\ning right. These purchases embraced the north-\\nern section of the city, and upon it have been\\nbuilt nearly all the industrial works, Washington\\nMills, Ancona Print Works, Gloucester Print\\nWorks and the Iron Works. Churches and city\\nhave been liberally treated with, when requiring\\nland, and the accommodating terms offered private\\narties have encouraged improvements, and en-\\nabled many with limited income to own their\\nhouses, Gloucester showing out of about nineteen\\nhundred ratables, six hundred and seventy-five\\nwho are owners. In 1846 the company was incor-\\nporated, and in the charter is a section, making\\nvalid provisions in the deeds conveying the land,\\nforbidding the sale of malt or spirituous liquor\\nupon the premises. Under this charter the com-\\npany still operates, having much land still in\\nposse. si .n, exceeding in value the cost of the\\noriginal purchase. The oflicers of the Land Com-\\npany and the Washington Manufacturing Com-\\npany are the same President, George H. Boker\\nTreasurer, Henry N. Paul.\\nGingham Mills. In 1860 Samuel Raby, the\\nfirst superintendent of the Washington Mills, built\\na factory south of Jersey Avenue, and manufac-\\ntured cottonades and coarse ginghams. In 1870 the\\nGloucester Gingham Mills Company was incor-\\nporated, those named in the act being Samuel\\nKaby, Edward Bettle, William C. Shinn, Samuel\\nC hew, David S. Brown and George Janvier. The\\ndirectors were David S. Brown, president; Sam-\\nuel Chew, secretary and treasurer and Heni-y F.\\nWest. The factory of Mr. Raby was purchased,\\nPhilip H. Fowler appointed superintendent, and\\nthe factory, after being enlarged, was supplied\\nwith improved machinery for the manufacture of\\nginghams of a finer grade. Mr. Fowler assumed\\nthe management in 1871, and since that time the\\nworks have been running almost uninterruptedly,\\nand with a success evincing enlightened tact in\\nthe control. The necessity tor expansion has been\\nfrequent, and met as required, until the establish-\\nment covers seven acres of ground, comprising\\nseven principal buildings, with nineteen annexes,\\nwings and out-buildings. The main factory is of\\nbrick, two stories high, fifty-nine l y two hundred\\nand eighty feet in dimensions, and, with the six\\nprincipal buildings, contain over oli.OOO yards of\\nflooring. The mills contain 502 looms, 12, M2\\nspindles, and employ 500 persons\u00e2\u0080\u0094 one-fourth men,\\nthe remainder women and minor.-. The output is\\n0,000,000 yards annually, and the pay-roll foots up\\n$150,000 yearly.\\nThe officers are Samuel Shipley, president;\\nSamuel Chew, secretary and treasurer; John H.\\nCarr, Harry B. Chew and David Chew superinten-\\ndent, Philip H. Fowler; assistant, Charles H.\\nFowler.\\nPhilip H. Fowler, one of the leading manu-\\nfacturers of Camden County, is the great-grandson\\nof George Fowler, born in Salem, Mass., where he\\nresided and engaged iu the manufacture of shoes.\\nAmong his sons was George, also a resident of\\nSalem, who followed a sea-faring life and was\\nlost while pursuing his vocation. His only son,\\nGeorge, born at Salem in 1803, by trade a mason\\nand builder, married Sarah N., daughter of Daniel\\nMoore, of Newburyport, Mass., and had children,\\nSarah A. (wife of L. P. S. Corea, resident of\\nFayal, Azore Islands), George P. (of Salem), Philip\\nH., Frank E. (of Galesburg, 111.), Samuel (who\\ndied while a prisoner at Anders(uiville) and Helen\\nM. (wife of Henry Chalk, of Salem).\\nPhilip H. Fowler was born on the 11th of May,\\n1832, in Salem, Mass., and received his education\\nat the grammar schools of his native city. Desir-\\ning to become master of a trade he entered a cot-\\nton-mill as an apprentice, meanwhile continuing\\nhis studies at a night-school. At the age of nine-\\nteen he applied himself to the work in the machine-\\nshops of the mill, and at the expiration of the\\nfourth year had become thoroughly familiar with\\nthe mechanical portion of the business. He then ils-\\nsumed charge of certain departments of the mill\\nand continued thus employed until 1857. Mr.\\nFowler then made Gloucester City, N. J., his home,\\nand entering the employ of the Washington Cotton-\\nMills, assumed the direction of one or more de-\\npartments of the mill. For sixteen years he has\\nfilled the position of superintendent of the ging-\\nham mills at Gloucester City and still acts in that\\ncapacity. Here his thorough practical knowledge\\nand financial ability have left their impress on the\\nbusiness and established it on a permanent and\\nsuccessful basis. Many improvements have been\\nadded, the capacity of the mills increased and\\nits products, by their superior excellence, made\\nreadily marketable. Mr. Fowler is in his political\\nafliliations a Republican and a strong advocate of\\nthe doctrine of protection. He has served for\\nthree terms as raemlier of the Gloucester City", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0931.jp2"}, "767": {"fulltext": "594\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nCouncil and for three years been actively asso-\\nciated with the School Board. Mr. Fowler was, on\\nthe 24th of November, 1852, married to Phebe A.,\\ndaughter of James S. Young, of the Briti.sh Prov-\\ninces. Their children are Frank A., Ch:irles H.\\nand Hattie E., wife of Milton T. Shafto, of Glou-\\ncester City. Mr. Fowler is identified with the\\nCamden National Bank as director. An active\\nMason, he was the first Master of Cloud I^odge,\\nNo. 101, of the order in Gloucester City, and is a\\nmember of the Ancient Order of United Work-\\nmen, of Camden.\\nThe Gloucester Print Works, the second in\\nchronological order of the industrial establish-\\nments originated by David S. Brown and his as-\\nsociates in the limits of Gloucester, are situated\\nnear the banks of the Delaware River. The\\nGloucester Manufacturing Company, which operates\\nthem, was chartered in 1845, the following-named\\npersons being the incorporators: William Fol-\\nwell, Philip J. Grey, Gideon Scull, William\\nBaugh, David S. Brown, Robert F. Walsh,\\nCharles W. Churchman, who proposed to erect\\nworks for the manufacturing, bleaching, dyeing\\nand printing and finishing of all goods of which\\ncotton or other fibrous material forms a part. The\\nmanagement was substantially the same as that of\\nthe Washington Manufacturing Company, and the\\nobject was to dye, bleach and print the product of\\nthe parent company. The works were built in\\n1850, and enlarged in 1855, for the introduction of\\nprinting machinery. September 14, 18(58, the\\nworks were burned to the ground, even the walls\\nbeing leveled but by the 1st of April following the\\nworks were rebuilt as they now are, through the\\nenergy of Daniel Schofield, the superintendent.\\nBesides the dyeing and bleaching departments,\\nthere are twelve printing-machines. The capacity\\nof the works is eight hundred and thirty-six\\nthousand pieces of calico annually, giving em-\\nployment to three hundred persons. The superin-\\ntendents have been D. Schofield, Archibald M.\\nGraham and Mr. Bowker.\\nThe Ancona Printing Company was incor-\\nporated in 1871, the incorporators being David S.\\nBrown, George A. Heyl, James S. Moore, Samuel\\nChew and Harry C. Heyl, who erected works in\\nGloucester for the introduction of the new discov-\\neries in the application of colors, then successful\\nin Europe, but untried in this country. The ex-\\nperiment was successful, and the production of\\nDolly Vardeus and other unique designs kept\\nthe works running to their full capacity. When\\nin full operation the works give employment to\\nthree hundred persons and turn out six hundred\\nthousand pieces of printed muslin annually. They\\nare located on the river-shore, between the Wash-\\nington Mills and Gloucester Manufacturing Com-\\npany s Works. Archibald M. Graham was the\\nmanager until his death, in 1884.\\nGloucester Iron- Works are situated on the\\nriver, near Newton Creek, and are the farthest to\\nthe north of the long line of industrial establish-\\nments fostered by the enterprise of David S.\\nBrown. In 1864 William Sexton and James P.\\nMichellon, who bad long been connected with the\\nStar Iron-Works in Camden, built an iron foundry\\non the above-mentioned site. They cast shells for\\nthe United States government, and with other\\nwork did a prosperous business until 1871, when\\nit was transferred to the Gloucester Iron- Works\\nCompany, incorporated that year. The directors\\nwere David S. Brown, president; James P. Mi-\\nchellon, secretary; Benjamin Chew, treasurer;\\nWilliam Sexton, superintendent and Samuel\\nChew.\\nThe works were enlarged, covering, with wliarf-\\ning and storage ground, nearly a million square\\nfeet of surface. The casting of water-pipe, and\\nthe manufacture of material for water and gas-\\nworks, comprise the principal product of the\\nworks, and these are being constructed by the\\ncompany at many distant points, and the output is\\ndisposed of from Maine to Texas. The full capacity\\nof the works is a consumption of twenty-one\\nthousand tons of iron per year, the actual present\\noutput being fifteen thousand tons. Three hun-\\ndred men are employed in Gloucester City, with\\nmany others in the various places where the com-\\npany is constructing gas or water- works. The\\npay-roll exceeds two hundred thousand dollars per\\nyear. The directors are Samuel Shipley, presi-\\ndent James P. Michellon, secretary; Harry B.\\nChew, treasurer; William Sexton, superintendent;\\nSamuel Chew and John H. Carr.\\nWilliam Sexton, the intelligent and able su-\\nperintendent of the above-named works, was born\\nin the city of Camden on the 7th day of October,\\n1828, and is the son of William Sexton and Sarah\\nLawrence Sexton. His mother was the daughter\\nof Thomas Rodgers, who fled from Flanders to\\nAmerica to escape religious persecution.\\nMr. Sexton was educated in the public schools\\nof Camden, which he left at the age of fifteen to en-\\nter the patent-leather manufactory of Charles Free-\\nman, where he remained two years, when he was\\nemployed by John F. Starr, whose iron works were\\nthen situated at the foot of Bridge Avenue. At\\nthe age of nineteen he became foreman of the\\nmachine-shop, which position he filled until he", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0932.jp2"}, "768": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0935.jp2"}, "769": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0936.jp2"}, "770": {"fulltext": "GLOUCESTER CITY.\\n595\\nassociated liinisclf with Paimiel Elfretli, in the ma-\\nchine business, in Canideii. At Mr. Starr s solici-\\ntation, Mr. Sexton returned to tlie machine-shop,\\nand hekl the position of foreman for nineteen\\nyears.\\nIll the year 1864, desiring to endiark in an enter-\\nprise of his own, Mr. Sexton came to Gh)ucester\\nand established a foundry in connection with James\\nP. Michellon, under the name of Sexton Co.\\nFinding it difficult to compete witli the larger\\nconcerns, in comiJiny with others, he formed the\\nGloucester Iron Works, a description of which\\nwill be found above in this sketch. On February 4,\\n1S49, Mr. Sexton married Mary M. Andrews,\\ndaughter of Chester and Sarah Andrews, of Tren-\\nton, N. J., by whom he had the following children\\nWilliam and Sarah, twins, who died young, and a\\ndaughter, Mary Emma, who is married to Robert\\nMarshall, Esi)., of Philadelphia.\\nMr. Sexton is in the prime of a vigorous man-\\nhood, and is strictly a Camden County man,\\nnever having lived out of it, and by all considered\\none of its best and most respected citizens. By\\nhis industry and perseverance he has contributed\\nlargely to the success of the large and important\\nmanufacturing industry of Gloucester City, with\\nwhich he has so long been identified.\\nTeera-Cotta Works. On the river-shore,\\nsouth of Jersey Avenue, are located the Glouces-\\nter Terra-Cotta Works, of Kehrer Sons. These\\nwere operated many years ago by David S. Brown\\nCo., and afterwards by George H. Hammond,\\nand by other parties without much success. About\\n188.3 the present firm assumed possession and\\nmade a success of the enterprise. The product is\\nterra-cotta pipe, of which eight thousand feet is\\nmade weekly, giving employment to twenty men.\\nOn the river-shore, below high water, is a valuable\\nbed of clay, suited to the company s wants, but\\nwhen they attempted to dig for it, an injunction,\\nissued at the instance of the owners of the fishery\\nright, restrained them, and the material now used\\nin manufacturing is brought from a distance of\\nnearly two hundred miles.\\nThe Gloucester Steam Machine- Works are\\nsituated ou Market Street, below King. In 1853\\nHugh W. and Robert Lafferty erected a sugar\\nrefinery at Broadway and Mercer Streets, and\\nfor sixteen years carried on a flourishing busi-\\nness, producing five hundred barrels of refined\\nsugar per week and giving employment to sixty\\nmen. They imported their raw material direct,\\nand for a time Gloucester was a shipping port,\\nseveral vessels at one time lying at the Mercer\\nStreet wharf unloading cargoes froni the West In-\\ndies and other foreign parts. In 1S7 .I this business\\nwas discontinued and Hugh W. Lalferty started\\nthe steam-engine and machine- works, his specialty\\nbeing sugar machines for plantations and sugar-\\nworks. They arc of his own designing, his inven-\\ntions being many and various, and the demand for\\nthem from all parls of the world is increasing .so\\nthat an enlargement of the works will be a neces-\\nsity of the near future.\\nOne Lumber- Yard at a time has sufiiced the\\nlittle city, and there has never been competition\\nin the trade. For several years Frank Mulford\\nsold lumber, his pl.ace being on the north side of\\nMarket Street, east of King, when, in 1849, Henry\\nB. Wilson and William C. Doughten opened a\\nyard on the northwest corner of King and Market\\nStreets, and Mulford abandoned the business.\\nThey built the frame store for the sale of hard-\\nware. In 1854 William S. McCallister became as-\\nsociated with them, and, in 1858, sole proprietor,\\nWilson Doughten removing to Kaighns Point\\nand there engaged in the same business. lu 18G6\\nJohn C. Stiuson became McCallister s partner, and\\non the death of the latter, in 1868, George W.\\nDickensheets succeeded him and the firm has since\\nbeen Stinson Dickensheets.\\nFrom the first the men engaged in the trade\\nhave been useful in public as well as private life.\\nFrank Mulford was a leader in municipal and so-\\nciety afl airs. Henry B. Wilson has been a leader\\nin Camden, member and president of the City\\nCouncil, postmiister and member of the Legislature.\\nWilliam S. McCallister was one of the most useful\\nand trusted men in Gloucester, while John C. Stin-\\nson and George W. Dickensheets have been pillars\\nof the religious bodies to which they belong, and\\nfor many years in various municipal bodies sought\\nthe good of others rather than their own profit.\\nThings That Were. Jacob Sheetz, Abel Lu-\\nkens, John H. Shultz, Peleg B. Savery and Abra-\\nham Browning, in 1858, procured a charter for the\\nGloucester China Company, to manufacture and\\nsell porcelain, china, chemicals, drugs and other\\narticles of which clay, sand and other earthy sub-\\nstances form the bases or principal ingredients.\\nThe company built a factory on part of the ground\\nnow covered by the Ancona Print Works. Peleg\\nB. Savery was the well-known Southwark hollow-\\nware foundryman and the product of the Glouces-\\nter works was largely used in lining his iron\\ncastings. John Siter Brother carried on a factory\\nfor the making of woollen and cotton machinery,\\nand the same site was occui)ied by Richard F. Lo-\\nper. of propeller fame, as an iron ship yard.\\nIn 1864 Josi ph Harrison, of Philadelphia, had", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0937.jp2"}, "771": {"fulltext": "596\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nworks built ou the ground now occupied by the\\nGloucester Iron -Works. They were in charge of\\nJohn H. Mystrora, an ingenious inventor, who\\nturned out some excellent steel by a method of his\\nown, similar to the Bessemer process. For some\\nreason the enterprise failed.\\nIn 1872 David S. Brown, George Jamison, Henry\\nN. Paul, James P. Michellon, Benjamin Chew,\\nHenry F. West, William Sextou, Daniel Schofield\\nand Samuel Chew procured a charter for the\\nGloucester City Savings Institution, which pros-\\npered for a number of years, but in 1884, when\\nmost of the original promoters had ceased connec-\\ntion with it, it suspended, and its effects were\\nplaced in the hands of a receiver.\\nThings That Might Have Been. March 8,\\n1845, Richard W. Howell, Charles Robb, Joseph\\nPorter, Thomas S. Ridgway and Benjamin W.\\nCooper obtained a charter for a projected enter-\\nprise under the name of the New Jersey Manufac-\\nturiug Comj)any of the County of Camden, for the\\nmanufacturing, dyeing, bleaching and printing of\\nwool and cotton and all goods of wool and cotton\\nand other fibrous material. The proposed capital\\nto be invested was six hundred thousand dollars.\\nThere was a proviso in the charter that all children\\nto be employed in the establishment under sixteen\\nyears of age must have at least three months\\nschooling each year. The place selected was\\nGloucester, but the enterprise failed to mature.\\nIn 1855 the Union Manufacturing Company of\\nGloucester was chartered to manufacture flour,\\nmeal, barrels and kegs. The incorporators were\\nWilliam B. Thomas, Thomas A. G. Stein, Samuel\\nZ. Brock, Wm. S. Doughten, James L. Hines and\\nJeremiah H. Banks, but ihe compauy was never\\norganized and nothing came of the undertaking.\\nIn 1865 a charter was granted to James H.\\nStevens, James P. Michellon, Peter L. Voorhees,\\nWilliam Sexton and Lewis H. Bundick, to form the\\nGloucester Iron Foundry and Machine Company,\\nwith a capital of one hundred thousand dollars,\\nbut the project ended with the grant.\\nIn 1871 the Gloucester Co-operative Benefit So-\\nciety, capital ten thousand dollars, was incorpo-\\nrated, with Wm. Mcllhenny, Wra. Wholsteuholm,\\nJohn Schules, Robert Booth, James Bartolle, Wm.\\nLee aud James White as incorporators. The ob-\\nject was to purchase direct from first hands and\\navoid the profits of middle men, but the project\\nwent no farther than the granting of the charter\\nby the General Assembly.\\nThe Gas Lighting Company of Gloucester\\nwas incorporated in 1873, the uames of David\\nS. Urown, James P. Michellon, Henry N. Paul,\\nBenj. Chew and Wm. Sexton being mentioned in\\nthe act, and they comprised the company. The\\nworks were built by the Gloucester Iron Company\\nand were located on Jersey Avenue, above Fifth\\nStreet. They were completed and began opera-\\ntions January 1, 1875. The holder has a capacity\\nof sixty thousand cubic feet of gas, and the an-\\nnual production is sixty-seven million cubic feet,\\nwith three and a half miles of pipe, supplying sev-\\nenty-six street lamps belonging to the city, be-\\nsides private parties. The ofiicers of the company\\nfor 188B are President, George A. Heyl Secre-\\ntary, James P. Michellon Treasurer and Superin-\\ntendent, Harry B. Chew.\\nThe Po.st-Office. The following is a list of\\nthe jiostmasters of Gloucester, together with the\\ndates of their appointment, as furnished by the\\nPost-Office Department at Washington\\nPoBtluaater.\\nWilliam C.Mulford\\nWilliiim H. Emery.\\nWilliam C.Mulfurd.\\nWilliam H.Emory.\\nData of Appt.\\nJuly29,l.S4.5.l\\nFeb. 26, ISCJ,\\n.June 5, 18.-,.).\\nMay 25, 1801,\\nPostmaster.\\nAlbert J. Greene.\\nEdwinTomlinson.\\nChas. H. Barnard.\\nJas. McLaughlin.\\nDate of Appt,\\nSept. 7, ISliti.\\nMar. 19, 1869.\\nNov. 17, 188l!\\nJuly 28, 1885.\\n1 Date of fstablisbment.\\nRELIGIOUS HLSTORY.\\nIt is not generally known to the members of the\\npresent church at Gloucester that over one hun-\\ndred and sixty-four years ago a congregation of\\nthe Church of England worshipped in that town,\\nbut such is the fact. In 1722 Thomas Bull, one of\\nthe proprietors of the town, in his will, makes the\\nfollowing bequest: I give my file or tier of lots\\nat Gloucester, including the burial-ground near\\nmy house, to be set apart for a Church of England\\nwhen the congregation see fit to build. There is\\nno evidence that a church was ever built, and the\\nsite of the burial-ground mentioned is unknown.\\nA congregation was maintained, however, for many\\nyears, aud up to the time of the Revolution, if not\\nlater. The Rev. Nathaniel Evans, who wits ap-\\npointed as missionary by the Society for the Prop-\\nagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, in 1765\\nwas placed in charge of the parish at Gloucester,\\nColestowii and Berkley. He preached at those\\nplaces until his death, October 29, 1767. Five\\nyears later, November 19, 1772, he was succeeded\\nby the Rev. Robert Blackwell, who married Re-\\nbecca, a daughter of Joseph Harrison, a member\\nof the congregation. He continued in the service\\nuntil the Revolutionary War broke out, when he\\njoined tbe army as chaplain and surgeon. The\\nchurches for a time were without regular services,\\nand it is not certain that the church at Gloucester", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0938.jp2"}, "772": {"fulltext": "GLOUCESTER CITY.\\n597\\nwas again reviveil. No further eflbrt is known\\ntending to re-establishing Episcopal services in it.\\nThe present ehui-ch of that denomination was or-\\nganized in 1847. Some of the early emigrants\\nwho settled at Gloucester in 1(589 were members of\\nthe Society of Friends, and they doubtless wor-\\nshipped in tlie house of Mark Newbie, on the\\nWhite Horse road, in Newton township, where an\\nindulged meeting was held under tiie authority\\nof the Society of Burlington\\nDr. Bangs, a Methodist historian, states that\\nMessrs. Boardman and Pilmore landed at Glou-\\ncester Point October 24, 1769, and immediately\\nset about their work of doing good.\\nThey were English missionaries sent out by John\\nWesley, but whether they set about their work at\\nGloucester Point is not stated. There is no evi-\\ndence of permanent results. Meetings under Meth-\\nodist auspices were held in Gloucester as early as\\n1820, in the eight-square school-house, on the\\nWoodbury road, north of Timber Creek, but no or-\\nganization was formed. About the same time\\nmeetings were held and continued for years in the\\nold school-liouse on Market Street, east of the\\nWest Jersey Railroad. They were conducted by\\nFrederick Plummer, of Philadelphia, a man of\\ngreat eloquence and power in the pulpit, wlio drew\\nlarge audiences. His eftbrts resulted in the con-\\nversion of hundreds during the fifteen or twenty\\nyears that he visited Gloucester Point. Many\\nwere bajJtized iu the Delaware, but no church or-\\nganization was effected, and the converts, gathered\\nfrom many miles of surrounding country, were\\nscattered or joined other churches, when Mr.\\nPlummer ceased his ministration.?, about 1840.\\nAmong them were Arthur Powell, a trustee of the\\nMethodist society in 1839, and his widow, Mary\\nPowell, still living with clear mental powers and\\nretentive memory, and an active member of the\\nBaptist Church. Another of Rev. Plummer s con-\\nverts is Alexander A. Powell, son of Arthur, now\\none of the leading members of the Methodist\\nChurch in Gloucester, with two sons, George W.\\nand A. Aden Powell, local preachers.\\nThe Methodist Episcopal Church of Glou-\\ncester originated iu 1839. as the following minutes\\nwill show: At the request of Robert W. Sykes, Esq.\\nof Philadelphia, a meeting was called at the Glou-\\ncester Point Hotel, Gloucester County, N. J., at\\nthree o clock on Wednesday, June 5th, 1839, of\\nthe followinggentlemen, viz.: Joshua P. Browning,\\nJohn Whiteman, Edmund J. Yard, John Moore,\\nArthur Powell, Thomas Githens, Edward Daugh-\\nerty, Reilly Barrett, Richard Benson, James Car-\\nrigan and James Harmstead.\\n72\\nOf the above, Powell and Browning bclongeil to\\nGlouee-stcr, Githens, Barrett and Dougherty were\\nfrom Camden aud the others were Philadelphians.\\nBrowning was elected chairman and Harmstead\\nsecretary. Mr. Sykes then proposed to convey to\\nthe above-named gentlemen the house, twenty-five\\nby fifty feet, erected on a lot of ground sixty-one\\nby two hundred and sixty-six feet, on Market\\nStreet, above Third, for a place of religious wor-\\nship for the use of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch. The projierty was then presented to\\nthem as trustees. About three hundred dollars\\nwas raised and expended in furnishing the house.\\nRobert W. Sykes, a generous donor, was a lawyer,\\nand besides owning the ferry across the Delaware\\nbetween Gloucester Point and Greenwich Point,\\npo.ssessed considerable land in Gloucester. He\\nwas not a member of the Methodist Church, but\\ngave the new congregation encouraging support.\\nThe trustees gave the building the name of\\nSykes Chapel, but subsequently, at his request,\\nit was changed to Gloucester Point Chapel.\\nRev. Levi Scott, who afterwards became a prom-\\ninent bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nand Rev. Joseph Ashbrook, of Camden, were as-\\nsigned by Conference to conduct the religious ser-\\nvices in this building. On October 20, 1839, an\\nincendiary fire destroyed the chapel aud all it con-\\ntained except the Bible. This seemed to be a sad\\nmisfortune to the community and the young con-\\ngregation, but their good friend R. W. Sykes, second-\\ned by his wife, came promptly to their aid. Call-\\ning the trustees together the next day, October\\n21st, he informed them that he had insured the\\nbuilding for twelve hundred dollars, and that the\\nmoney was at their disposal for the purpose of re\\nbuilding. He also ofiercd to exchange a lot one\\nhundred by two hundred and eighty feet, on King\\nStreet, more centrally located, for the one on which\\nthe original building stood. These generous offers\\nwere accepted and a brick building, thirty by fifty\\nfeet, was constructed at a cost of eighteen hundred\\ndollars.\\nThe Gloucester Church was part of a circuit un-\\ntil 1845, when the membership having reached\\nsixty, it was made a separate station under the\\ncharge of the Rev. Elwood H. Stokes, now presi-\\ndent of the Ocean Grove Association. The so-\\nciety worshipped on King Street until 1851, when\\nthe opening of Somerset Street through the ground\\ncompelled the removal of the building. Land\\nwas purchased on Monmouth Street, ciruer of\\nWillow, and a two-story brick church, forty-five\\nby seventy feet, erected thereon, and the year fol-\\nlowing a throe-story parsonage, the whole costing", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0939.jp2"}, "773": {"fulltext": "598\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nabout eight thousand dollars. Here the congrega-\\ntion held re!igiou.s services until the night of De-\\ncember, 1882, when, in the midst of one of the\\ngreatest revivals that ever visited the congregation,\\na fire destroyed the structure, with all its contents,\\nleaving nothing but blackened walls. The parson-\\nage was damaged, but the insuraucemade good the\\nloss. On the church there was a debt of twelve\\nhundred dollars and an insurance of five thou-\\nsand dollars. The Presbyterian and Baptist con-\\ngregations of the town kindly offered to shelter\\nthe homeless society, but the use of the city hall,\\nproffered by the City Council, was accepted, and\\nthere they met until the pastor, Kev. H. M. Brown,\\naided by the trustees, James L. Hiues, president,\\nin a few months placed on the site of the ruins\\na large and beautiful church building, fifty by\\neighty feet, at a cost of fourteen thousand dollars.\\nLike other churches and institutions of Glou-\\ncester City whose population, dependent upon\\nfactory employment, comers and goers as trade\\nebbs and flows, this church has had its seasons\\nof lesser and greater growth, and its membership\\nhas fluctuated. In 1880 it reached three hundred\\nand seventy at the present time, six years later,\\nit is two hundred and forty-two. The Sunday-\\nschool, with forty-two teachers and four hundred\\nand ten scholars, is under the charge of George\\nW. Powell as superintendent, with William J.\\nTurkington as assistant.\\nThe following-named ministers have served the\\nGloucester congregation since its organization, in\\n1839. Those marked with a are dead.\\n1839.-\\n1841.-\\n1843.\\n1845.-\\n1847.-\\n1S48.-\\n1851.-\\n1853.-\\n1855.-\\n1867..\\n1859.-\\n-William Brooks.*\\n-Socrates Townshend.\\n-J. W. McDougal.*\\n-Elwood H. Stokes.\\n-John B. Dobbins.\\n-Robert Givin.\\n-Joseph Ashbrouk.*\\n-Jefferson Lewis.\\n-John Fort,*\\n-Joseph Atwnoti.\\n-Kobert S. Harris.\\n1801.-\\n18C3,\\n1805.\\n1808.\\n1871.\\n1874.\\n187(;.\\nWilliani Walton.\\nThomas C. Carman\\nMilton Relyea.\\nJesse Stites.\\nAbram K. Street.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Philip Cline.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Enoch Green.\\nGeorge H. Neal.\\n-William Walton.\\nHenry M. Brown.\\nDaniel B. Harris.\\nIn 188.3, November 14th, the corner-stone of a\\nMission Chaj^el was laid in the southeastern sec-\\ntion of the city. The burning of the church a few\\ndays after retarded work upon the chapel, but it\\nwas recently finished and services are now held in\\nit regularly, the pul[)it being supplied by local\\npreachers from Camden.\\nChurch of the Ascension. The Protestant\\nEpiscopal Church of the Ascension, of Gloucester,\\nwas organized in 1847, largely through the efforts\\nof jRev. Isaac P. Labaugh, assistant rector of the\\nEpisco|)al Church at IHaddonficld, assisted by\\nTliouias S. Kidgway and Mr. and Mrs. Charles\\nRobb, of Philadelphia. A meeting was held in\\nthe district school-house November 29, 1847, when\\nthe congregation was organized and the following\\nofficers elected Wardens, Jefferson Smith and\\nAlan Sanford vestrymen, Nathaniel Demeritt,\\nWilliam S. McCallister, Thomas Higginbottom,\\nGeorge Nichols, Daniel F. Melcher, Hiram Brow-\\nnell, Benjamin Browning, Albanus L. Clemens,\\nLuther L. Cheeney and Benjamin Taylor. Two\\ndays later, on December 1st, Charles and Rebecca\\nRobb, of Philadelphia, who owned large tracts of\\nland at Gloucester, conveyed to this newly-formed\\nparish a lot of ground one hundred feet square on\\nSussex Street, near Ridgway, for and in consid-\\neration of the love and veneration for the Protes-\\ntant Episcopal Church, and for the establishment\\nof the same in the township of Union, commonly\\ncalled the City of Gloucester. The lot was virtu-\\nally presented to the parish, as but ten dollars was\\ncharged. Another lot on Sussex Street, forty by\\none hundred and twenty feet, was afterwards\\nbought of Daniel Lacey and a third on Ridgway\\nStreet, twenty by one hundred and twenty feet,\\nof Isaac P. Labaugh, upon which a rectory has\\nsince been built. Thus organized, having selected\\nthe Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ascension\\nas the name, Isaac P. Labaugh was chosen rector\\nof the parish and continued to serve as assistant\\nrector of the church in Haddonfield. A substan-\\ntial stone building, with a seating capacity of three\\nhundred and fifty, was erected, at a cost of three\\nthousand dollars, and consecrated, free of debt,\\nearly in 1850, by Bishop Doane, of the diocese of\\nNew Jersey. Besides those already mentioned as\\nactive workers in the parish during its early strug-\\ngles were Mrs. William S. McCallister, Janies Wil-\\nson, Samuel Raby, Stephen Crocker, Henry B.\\nWilson and others.\\nThe following is a list of the rectors and others\\nin charge in the order of their succession Isaac\\nP. Labaugh, rector Josiah Bartlett, rector Mac-\\nGregor J. Mitcherson, missionary in charge The-\\nophilus Reilly; John A. Goodfellow, lay reader;\\nJames A. Lamb, lay rector; John A. Fury, priest\\nin charge Reese C. Evans, prie.st Richard H. de\\nGorma, priest Caleb Pease, deacon Thomas F.\\nMilby, deacon Thomas Dickerson, priest Fran-\\ncis D. Canfield, priest.\\nThe parish has sixty communicants. The\\nproperty is valued at ten thousand dollars.\\nThe Presbyterian Church. In 1847, Rev.\\nJohn M. Rodgers, a Presbyterian clergyman of\\nWoodbury, visited Gloucester and held meetings\\nat Washington Hall, on King Street, and on the\\n2(!th of June called a meeting for the purpose of", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0940.jp2"}, "774": {"fulltext": "GLOUCESTER CITY.\\nr)!t9\\nfirganizing. Mr. Undgprs pre-iidod .anil William\\nC. Mulford, M.I)., was clioseii secrotary. The\\ntrustees elected were William Melcher, William\\nC. Mulford, Peter Du Bois (an elder), Elvin Jew-\\nell and Henry Van Fossen. Rev. Mr. Rodgers ac-\\ncepted a call to become pastor of the young con-\\ngregation and entered upon his duties on the 1st\\nof October with about twenty members. Their\\nmeetings were held in Washington Hall unti\\n1849. In the mean time land had been purchased\\non Monmouth Street, at the corner of Burlington,\\nthe Gloucester Land Company donating part of\\nthe purchase money, and October 11, 1848, the\\ncorner-stone of the present house of worship was\\nlaid with appropriate ceremonies, Revs. Theodore\\nCuyler, D.D., and George W. Janvier delivering\\naddresses on that occasion. The building is of\\nbrick, two stories, and the main audience-room\\nwill seat four hundred persons. The cost was\\neight thousand dollars. Upon it was a spire,\\neighty-two feet high, which a hurricane blew down\\nthree years after its erection and it was not re-\\nbuilt. The congregation at first was weak, but the\\nPresbytery of Philadelphia assisted and Rev. Mr.\\nRodgers himself raised fifteen hundred dollars\\nfor the building fund. Rev. Dr. M. 15. Grier, one\\nof the editors of the Presbi/terian, and who sup-\\nplied the pulpit during 1867 and 1808, did much\\nfor the interests of the congregation. He present-\\ned a lot of ground adjoining the church, upon\\nwhich a fine parsonage was built in 1870, costing\\ntwo thousand eight hundred dollars. Fifteen pas-\\ntors have served the congregation since the organ-\\nization, in 1847. Their names and the dates that\\nthey each assumed charge are as follows\\n1847. John M. Eoilgers. 1859. T. F. Kichinoild.\\n1849. James Kirk. 1859. Joseph McMurray.\\n1850. A, Tudehope. 1866. John S. Ilivnna.\\n1851. Edward D. Yeomans. 18G7. M. B. Grier, D.D.\\n1851. r. Knighton. 1869. Henry F. Keeves.\\n1853. W. E. Jones. 1881. John K. Milligan.\\n1854. David Longmore. 1885. James A. McGowen.\\n1856. W. E. Board man.\\nThe pastorate of Joseph McMurray was a happy\\none, and under his ministr.ations of nearly seven\\nyears prosperity attended, until his failing health\\ncompelled his resignation. His death soon there-\\nafter was deeply deplored. To rich gifts he united\\nrare piety, which won for him universal love and\\nreverence. The long pastorate of Henry F.\\nReeves, extending over twelve years, was blessed\\nspiritually and temporally. Under him the entire\\ndebt of the church was liquidated and prosperity\\nattended his efforts until the time of his resigna-\\ntion to become principal of the Ivy Academy, a\\nPresbyterian iiislutilion at Bridgeton, N. J. The\\nchurch memliership is one hundred and fifty-\\nseven.\\nThp: Fn:ST Battist CiirRrir of Gloucester was\\nconstituted April 4, 18G7, in Washington Hall, on\\nKing Street, where services were held until the\\nframe meeting-house was built, with a seating\\ncapacity of three hundred.\\nThe pastors have been C. D. Parker, William\\nP. Maul, Thomas R. Taylor, E. V. Glover, Peter\\nMcKenzic, John S. Teasdale, William C. Calder.\\nThe otficers for 1880 were, Pastor, William C.\\nCalder Deacons, George M. Cheeseman, John\\nBudd Clerk, Clayton Sagers Treasurer, Anna\\nFarrel Trustees, Clayton Shuster, W. Budd, Geo.\\nM. Cheeseman, John Budd, Frank Sagers, Harry\\nCarter. The members number ninety-flve.\\nThe Sunday-school was formed June 18, 1807,\\nand has one hundred and ninety officers, teachers\\nand pupils, with a library of three hundred vol-\\numes. Superintendent, George M. Cheeseman.\\nSt. Mary s Catholic Church, on the south-\\neast corner of Sussex and Cumberland Streets, was\\nbuilt in 1849 by Rev. Father Waldron, appointed\\nparish priest by Archbishop Kendrick, of Phila-\\ndelphia. Mass had been celebrated for some time\\nin Washington Hall, on King Street, and in the\\nold school-house near Broadway and Hudson.\\nRev. Waldron remained butashorttimeafter build-\\ning the church, a stone structure, and was succeeded\\nby Rev. Finnegan, who at the end of a year was\\nremoved and Rev. Harrigan appointed in his place.\\nHis pastorate of six years was very successful.\\nThe parish was strengthened and the debt of two\\nthousand seven hundred dollars reduced to nine\\nhundred dollars. He was removed to a parish in\\nCincinnati, where he died a few years afterwards.\\nSuch was the affection of his old parishioners for\\ntheir former pastor that, raising the cost by sub-\\nscription and obtaining the proper authority, they\\nbrought his body to Gloucester and buried it\\namong their own dead. Rev. Daly was the next\\nparish priest, and during the few years of his stay\\nthe debt was increased to nine thousand five hun-\\ndred dollars. Rev. Father Wiseman was the next\\npastor and is kindly remembered as a good one,\\nunder whose administration the parish grew. The\\nparish school-house was built, several teachers em-\\nployed and a large number of children instructed.\\nHe was removed to Crawford, N. Y., and Bishop\\nCorrigan appointed Rev. Egbert Kars as pastt)r in\\n1873. Father Kars was the best loved and most\\nsuccessful pastor the Gloucester Church has known,\\nFor thirteen years he administered its affairs with\\nwise firmness, tempered with love, and gained the\\nhearty co-operation of his parishion ers in whatever", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0941.jp2"}, "775": {"fulltext": "600\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nhe undertook for the good of the church. Short-\\nly after his coming he brought the Sisters of St.\\nDominic and placed them in charge of the school.\\nHe liquidated the parish debt during his pastorate,\\nwhich ended with his life, May 3, 1886, when he\\ndied, lamented not alone by his own, but all the\\npeople, and such was the regard in which he was\\nheld, that on the day of the funeral the factories\\nwere closed and the people en mcr.sse attended the\\nobsequies. While he was in charge of the parish\\nRevs. Donavan, Horn, Gary, Lynch and Murphy\\nwere appointed assistants in succession, the last-\\nnamed acting as pastor at the time of Father Kars\\ndeath. The parish numbers seventeen hundred\\nsouls.\\nSchools. The log school-house in the woods\\nwas used until 1830, when a frame house was built\\neast of the Union Cemetery and served the pur-\\npose for a number of years. It was then sold, and\\na brick house, now occupied as a dwelling, was\\nerected near Broadway and Hudson Street. In\\n1859 the two-story brick school-house on Monmouth\\nStreet, near Broadway, was erected at a cost of\\nseven thousand dollars, followed in 1868 by one at\\nCumberland Street and Ridgway, costing five\\nthousand five hundred dollars and in 1869 by the\\nframe school -house on New Jersey Avenue, at Pine\\nGrove. This cost one thousand six hundred dol-\\nlars. In 1871 a second house was built near to\\nand similar to the fir.^t one at Ridgway and Cum-\\nberland, and in 1873 a third, each of them of\\nequal cost and capacity. These five buildings,\\nvalued at two thousand nine hundred dollars,\\nwith seven hundred and fifty seiits, sum up the\\npublic school accommodations for the children of\\nGloucester City, the number of whom, between\\nfive and eighteen years of age, is sixteen hundred\\nand thirty six, the number enndled being ten\\nhundred and forty six, with an average attendance\\nof five hundred and twenty three. The pupils in\\nother schools, including the Roman Catholic\\nParochial School of St. Mary s, number two\\nhundred and fifty.\\nWhen the State established the public-school\\nsystem the people of Union township, especially\\nthose in the western section, entered heartily into\\neducational work and the largest possible facilities\\nwere provided. In 1847 this section comprised\\ntwo school districts Nos. 1 and 2 with sixty-two\\nand one hundred and seventy-seven pupils respec-\\ntively. The schools were kept open tliroughout\\nthe year and the taxes levied to cover the cost were\\npaid cheerfully. The treasurer of the Scho(d\\nBoard acted as superintendent. The first so to act\\nwas William C. Mulfonl, M.I)., in I.SI7 mii.I |.s|x,\\nas well as in subsequent years. He was succeeded\\nby Joshua P. Browning, William H. Emery, Jere-\\nmiah H. Banks and William C. McCallister, the\\nlatter serving for a number of years and until 1868,\\nwhen township gave way to city methods.\\nUnder the city charter the Board of Education\\nis an independent body, not amenable to Common\\nCouncil for its actions, but providing such educa-\\ntional facilities as in its judgment are required,\\nwith power to levy such tax, within the statutory\\nlimit, as will suffice to pay the cost. The board\\nconsists of six members elected for three years,\\ntwo being elected annually. The board elects a\\npresident, secretary and treasurer from its own\\nmembers. The school funds are made up of a\\nState, local and poll-tax. The receipts of the\\ntreasurer for the fiscal year ending February 1,\\n1886, were: From the State, $4908.88; local tax\\n(two mills), $3685.37,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 total, $8594.25. The ex-\\npenditures were $7877.31, of which $6252.50 was\\nfor salaries. The surplus on hand was $4756.97.\\nThe salaries range from $400 to $500 for teachers\\nand $1000 for the principal. There are eleven\\nteachers, as follows Principal, William Dougher-\\nty Priscilla H. Redfield, Annie Emery, Mary\\nWhittington, Matilda O. Redfield, Elizabeth W.\\nHanna, Kate McMurray, Willie Cogill, Emma\\nMayers, Emma S. Gaunt, Ida F. Luther. In addi-\\ntion to these, Judge John Gaunt, G. W. Michaels,\\nP. H. Redfield and R. Heritage have been employed\\nas teachers of night schools, which are open for\\nseveral mouths in the year and are well attended.\\nJudge Gaunt and Miss Redfield are veteran teach-\\ners, the latter having taught in the schools of\\nGloucester for more than thirty consecutive years.\\nThe members of the Board of Education are\\nGeorge M. Dixon, William C. Turkington (secre-\\ntary), Russell Willard (treasurer), Samuel Barwisi\\nCharles C. Collings (president), Duncan W. Blake,\\nM.D.\\nThe following have been officers of the board\\nsince 1868\\n18118. Willmm C Mullurd. 1879-80. Julin 0. Stinson.\\n1869, Samufl Kaby. 1881-8-2. Henry U. Hiirluy.\\n1870-71. ThomaB Hallnm. 1883. Henry F. West.\\n1872-76. Samuel T. Murphy. 1884. Johu H. McMurray.\\n1876. George noughnmn. 1885. George M. Dixon.\\n1877. Samuel T. Murphy. 1886. Charles C. Collings.\\n1878. William H. Banks.\\ntiKCRKTAKlCS.\\n1868-71. John C. Stinson.\\n1872-73 William H. Banks\\n1874-76. Samuel Finney.\\n1877-82. Andrew J. Greene.\\n1883-85. George P. J. Poole.\\n1886 William C. Turkington.\\nTUKASUKERS.\\n1868-73. i;eorgi W. Dickenshcots. 1877-78. Thomas Ilallam.\\n187-1. William II. lianks. 1879-85. Lewis O. Mayers.\\nls7,-.-7|-.. Samuel T. Murpliy. 1\u00c2\u00abK6. Ruiwell Millard.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0942.jp2"}, "776": {"fulltext": "GLOUCESTER CITY.\\n601\\nCemeteries. The Cedai- Grove Cemetery Com-\\npany was incorporated in 185], the names of William\\nC. Miilford, Jacob Morrill and Stephen Crocker\\nappearing in the charter. The company was or-\\nganized and eight acres of land purchased on Mar-\\nket Street, ea.st of the West Jersey Railroad. This\\nwas laid out and improved, and this cemetery has\\nlong been the favorite resting-place of Glouces-\\nter s dead. The present directors are James L.\\nHines, president and treasurer; Wm. Van Meter,\\nsecretary; William C. Birch, James E. Truax and\\nLevi North.\\nThe Union Cemetery is located between Broad-\\nway and the AVest Jersey Railroad, south of Mar-\\nket Street. The association was incorporated in\\n1860, Abraham Powell, Arthur Powell and Joseph\\nB. Ellis being named in the act. The ground\\noriginally measured three acres, but the railroad\\ncut off one-third, leaving but two acres. The di-\\nrectors are Alexander A. Powell, president Lewis\\nG. Mayer.s, treasurer; Daniel Carroll, secretary.\\nBuilding Associations. The first building\\nassociation was incorporated in April, 1849, as the\\nGloucester Saving Fund and Building Association,\\nwith Moses G. Boston, Westcott Lowell, Stephen\\nCrocker, William S. Doughten, George Nichols,\\nCharles S. Barnard, William C. Mulford, Jeremiah\\nH. Banks, William H. Emery and Joseph Cramer\\nas incorporators. The association did well for\\nabout seven years, but difficulties and losses occur-\\nred and its affairs were wound up when the stock\\nwas worth about ninety dollars per share.\\nAugust 17, 1866, a meeting was held in Union\\nHall and the United Mutual Loan and Building\\nAssociation was formed by the election of William\\nW. Fernald as secretary, and the following-named\\nrectors: William S. McCallister, Hugh J. Gor-\\nman, James L. Hines, James Nield, Samuel Raby,\\nPeter McAdams, William Ames, Philip Ritnerand\\nJoseph R. Smith. Samuel Raby was chosen pres-\\nident and Albert J. Greene treasurer. These were\\namong the most careful and trusted men of the\\ncity, and the success of the enterprise was assured.\\nStock was subscribed for, and the association began\\nits long career of usefulness. The first year the\\nreceipts were $8957, and the amount loaned on\\nbond and mortgage was $8600. Eighteen series\\nof stock have been issued, eight of which have\\nmatured, leaving two thousand three hundred and\\nsix shares still running. The total amount loaned\\non bond and mortgage since the start is over\\n\u00c2\u00a7350,000, in sums varying from $200 to $2000, and\\naveraging less than $1000 to each person. These\\nhave been persons of limited means, and it is esti-\\nmated that nearly three hundred persons liave\\nthereby been aided in securing homes; and this\\naccounts, in part, for the unusually large propor-\\ntion of house-owners in Gloucester over one in\\nthree of the ratables. Samuel Raby was president\\ntwo years Henry Black, ten Archibald M. Gra-\\nham, one; James L. Hines, nearly six years, when,\\nresigning, Henry Black was again elected, .serving\\nuntil March, 1886, when he resigned to take the\\nsecretaryship, made vacant by the resignation of\\nHugh J. Gorman, after nearly eighteen years con-\\nsecutive service. Albert J. Greene, who was also\\ncity treasurer, was elected in 1866 and, excepting\\n1884, when Lewis G. Mayers was elected for one\\nyear, he has been the only treasurer. The last\\nannual report gives the receipts at $18,459.52, and\\nthe average premium for loans twenty per cent.\\nThe present officers are: President, Joseph Rut-\\nland; Secretary, Henry Black; Treiisurer,*A. J-\\nGreene; Directors: Peter McAdam.s, Thos. Black,\\nJolin McUmoyl, Joseph O Kane, Alonzo D. Husted,\\nWilliam C. Turkington, Harrison Eger, Frank\\nRatferty.\\nSOCIETIES.\\nCloud Lodge, No. 101, Free and Accepted\\nMasons, was formed in 1869, largely through the\\nendeavors of Benjamin Cloud, of Woodbury, and\\nby his efforts a meeting was held in Washington\\nHall September 27th, when Richard C. Horner,\\nPhilip H. Fowler, William Mulford, William C.\\nBurch, Joseph Tucker, John P. Booth, William\\nWillian, William W. Garrett and William Ames\\napplied to the Grand Lodge of New Jersey for a\\ndispensation to form a lodge of Free and Accepted\\nMasons, with the following officers R. C. Horner,\\nW. M. P. H. Fowler, S. W. William C. -Mulford,\\nJ.W. William C. Burch, Treasurer; Willi.am\\nAmes, Secretary.\\nThe warrant constituting Cloud Lodge was re-\\nceived January 31, 1870, and the officers were P.\\nH. Fowler, W. M.; William C. Mulford, S. W.\\nWilliam C. Burch, J. W.; John C. Stinson, Trea-\\nsurer William Ames, Secretary.\\nThe following have served the lodge as Worthy\\nMasters\\n1870-7V.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 PliilipH. Fowlor.\\n1872.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Edwaid Mills.\\n1K73. John P. Bootb.\\n1874.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Edwin Tomliuson.\\n1875.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Gourley.\\n187ti.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William \\\\V. Garrett.\\n1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thouiaa J. Finney.\\n1878. \u00e2\u0080\u0094George A. Dolibiiw.\\n187g.-_Frank M. Hoffman.\\n1880.- G. William Barnard.\\n1881.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wm. C. Biirch.\\n1882.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tboraaa J. Finnoy.\\n1883.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Henry M. Harley.\\n18S4.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wm. H. Bowker.\\n1885.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John W. Warner.\\nThe lodge now has twenty-five members.\\nMount Ararat Lodge, No. 8, Masonic\\nLadies, which meets in Powell s Hall, is one of\\nthe most prosperous .societies of Gloucester, and was", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0943.jp2"}, "777": {"fulltext": "602\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\norganized October 8, 1867, in Union Hall, with the\\nfollowing charter members\\nSarah A. Conover.\\nEliza Bambo.\\nMary A. Higham.\\nJennie Warburton.\\nSarah Parker.\\nElizabeth Alawaya.\\nMary Richmond.\\nAnnie M. West.\\nPatience O Harali.\\nElizabeth Rodgers.\\nJulia Smallwood.\\nRusanna Horner.\\nAnna F. Conover.\\nHannah Tatem.\\nLizzie Herron.\\nPriscilla Lewis.\\nHannah Doughty.\\nAnna D. Morton.\\nSarah Stillings.\\nMargaret Thomas.\\nSarah Matlack.\\nElizabeth Starr.\\nMartha Tomliuson.\\nEliza J. Herron.\\nLizzie Horner.\\nElizabeth Grove.\\nSue Ilendrickson.\\nSarah Counor.\\nJane Colwell.\\nCaroline Bastian.\\nLouisa J. Daisey.\\nSarah J. KIberson.\\nAbigail Marsh.\\nMary A. Miller.\\nEmma Neill.\\nEllen Turner.\\nMary Wynn.\\nSarah Solomon.\\nEllen F. Carney.\\nEmeline Pew,\\nEmma Daisey.\\nMary Farras.\\nMary E. Irvin.\\nMilicent Laflerty.\\nRebecca Marple.\\nFrances Taylor.\\nDeborah Wilkins.\\nParmelia Yeager.\\nGeorgiana Frazer.\\nThe officerj for 1886 are Past I. H. P., Amanda\\nCheeseman I. H. P., Laura Beckett; H. P., Ella\\nPursglove; S. of C, Lou Richardson S. I., Emma\\nLanagan J. I., Stella Parker Tiler, Emma\\nRoss; Treasurer, Amanda Adams R. S., Hannah\\nTatem F. S., Anna D. Norton.\\nArwames Lodge, No. 37, 0. 0. F., was insti-\\ntuted February 5, 1846, by Samuel T. Reed,\\nGrand Master of New Jersey, assisted by D. D.\\nG. M. Samuel Lilly, G. W. Joseph Notts, G. C.\\nJoseph Narine, G. G. A. P. Darast and Grand\\nMarshal James P. Taylor. The charter members\\nwere Dr. William C. Mulford, Reuben M. Dimock,\\nHenry Wiggins and John Howarth. The lodge\\nprospered for several years, but the Civil War\\ndepleted its membership and it ceased working\\nuntil May 7, 1871, when it was reorganized with\\nthese members\\nThomas M. White.\\nAlexander A. PowelJ.\\nDavid P. Morgan.\\nJames L. Hines.\\nHenry Van Possen.\\nJames Neild.\\nJoseph B. Ellis.\\nSamuel T. Murphy.\\nWesley Anderson.\\nJoseph A. Leeds.\\nEdmund HofTman.\\nGeorge W. Dickensheets.\\nWilliam H. Banks.\\nJohn E. Miller.\\nJoseph R. Smith.\\nThe meetings were held in Greene s Hall and a\\nstrong organization was effected. Its present\\nmembership is thirty-four, with these officers N.\\nG., Albert Munn V. G., Joseph C. Berry R. S.,\\nJoseph C. Penn W., David P. Morgan C,\\nHenry P. Hill; L G., Henry Wiltse. Among the\\nNoble Grands previous to the suspension were\\nWilliam C. Mulford, Wesley Anderson, Samuel\\nT. Murphy, Edmund Hoffman and Frank Mul-\\nford. The following have been the Noble Grands\\nsince the reorganization\\nTbomas K. White.\\nAlexander A. Powell.\\nJohn E. Miller.\\nRobert Verdin.\\nAlbert Munn.\\nJames Neild.\\nCharles Mason.\\nGeorge Oatley.\\nSquire Brooks.\\nJames E. Parker.\\nHenry P. Hill.\\nJoseph Test.\\nGeorge McLaughlin\\nLewis C. Harris.\\nGeorge A. Dobbins.\\nWilliam B. Gardiuo\\nJoseph Cooper.\\nSamuel Pettit.\\nJoseph C. Penn.\\nJohn P. Booth.\\nWesley Anderson.\\nHugh O Neil.\\nWilliam Buckley.\\nAncient Castle, No. 2, A. 0. K. M. C.\\nThe Ancient Order of the Knights of the Mystic\\nChain was founded in Reading, Pa., February 2,\\n1871, by J. O. Mathers and J. M. Brown. It now\\nnumbers one hundred and fifty castles in that\\nState and ten in New Jersey, the latter recently\\nformed through the zeal of members of the Glou-\\ncester Castle.\\nAncient Castle, No. 2, was founded chiefly\\nthrough the eftbrts of William L. and Harry S.\\nSimpkins, George and Samuel B. Lee, who called\\na meeting at the house of James Carr, on Hudson\\nStreet, and securing twenty-four names, resolved\\nto apply for a charter, and March 15, 1878, this\\ncastle was instituted, with the following-named\\ncharter members:\\nWilliam L. Simkiaa.\\nGeorge Lee.\\nJ. H. Brown.\\nJames M. Chapman.\\nSamuel Beaston.\\nBenjamin S. Ch\\nHenry B. Wiltse.\\nW. N. Fenie.\\nWilliam Greene.\\nJoseph L. Hebbard.\\nGeorge Morrison.\\nJesse Perkins.\\nFrederick Fabirnei\\nHarry S. Simkins.\\nSamuel B. Lee.\\nThomas Conover.\\nLewis S. June.\\nGeorge W. Lake.\\nIsaiah Magee.\\nWilliam Daisey.\\nJoseph Greene.\\nWilliam Kent.\\nTlionias Lake.\\nAbraham McLeod.\\nSamuel Burrows.\\nThe castle has prospered and gathered within\\nits fold many of the best and most influential citi-\\nzens, among them- these, who have been active in\\nspreading the order in this part of the State Past\\nSupreme Commanders Lewis G. Mayers, James A.\\nWamsley, M. D., Walter W. Larkins and George\\nW. Cheeseman.\\nStanding Elk Tribe, No. 22, Improved O. of\\nR. M., was instituted February 25, 1871, by Great\\nProphet Charles H. Gordon, of Camden, with\\nthese charter members,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nWillism W. Taylo\\nJohn McEllmoyl.\\nCharles B. Jlusgrove.\\nJames Paul.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0944.jp2"}, "778": {"fulltext": "GLOUCESTER CITY.\\n603\\nJohn A. Baker.\\nWillmm Keys.\\nSamuel T. Murpliy.\\nRobert M. Watson.\\nJoseph WiKgleswortb.\\nJacob Stetser.\\nWright Burgess.\\nJami B Kane.\\nJoseph A. Teat.\\nGeorge W. BIcIiaugbl\\nIsajic Unrrough.\\nDavid Kassner.\\nWesley Auilersou.\\nSaiiiuel B. Lee.\\nKnights of Pythias. Franklin Lodge, No.\\n20, K. of P., was instituted in Washington Hall,\\nAugust 18, 1869, by Acting G. C, Stephen D.\\nYoung; G. V. C, Thomas G. Rowand G. P.,\\nSamuel Williams G. K. of R., William B. French\\nG. M. of F., C. Mahevv G. M. of E., James H.\\nPierson; G. M. A., A. Frank Holt; G. I. G.,\\nWilliam P. Rep.sher G. 0. G., Samuel Braddock,\\nall of Camden, except J. H. Pierson, of Woodbury-\\nThese were the charter members initiated at the\\ninstitution of the lodge Peter V. Brown, Charles\\nF. Mayers, Thomas J. Finney, John O. Hines^\\nSamuel Finney, George Learning, Lewis G. May-\\ners, John C. Jordan, Levi Sharp, John D. Harley,\\nEdgar Roby, Robert Booth, Robert Heaton, Wil-\\nliam R. Britton, Albert Munn, James Paul, George\\nWhipple, William S. Chew, William B. Simon,\\nAmbrose Strong, George W. Powell, Henry Harley,\\nMark L. Lacey, Alvin Berry, Thomas Conover,\\nJoseph Tucker, Leroy Starkweather, Edward\\nNoble.\\nThese were the officers installed August IS, 1860:\\nP. C, James Magee C. C, Peter V. Brown\\nV. C, Samuel Finney; K. of R. and S., Charles\\nF. Mayers; M. of F.,Thomas J. Finney M. of C\\nSamuel Beaston; M. of A., John D. Harley; I. G.,\\nJohn O. Hines O. G., Edgar Roby.\\nThe Past Chancellors of the lodge are Peter\\nV. Brown, Samuel Finney, A. E. Tallman, John\\nD. Harley, William Brown, John Motfatt, How-\\nartli Law, Henry Law, Edgar Roby, Henry Black,\\nRobert Heaton, Griffith J. Cassels, William Cald-\\nwell, Daniel Forrest, Joseph Wigglesworth, James\\nRadcliffe, George Angleman, John B. Morrell,\\nJohn P. Booth, William R. Britton, Robert Booth,\\nJoseph Berry, Elwood Fisher, Douglass J. Rob-\\ninson, Thomas F. Middleton, Asa V. Locke,\\nFrank M. Neild, Jehu A. Locke, John S. White-\\nfield, Samuel T. Murphy, William Feeney.\\nThe officers for 1886 are P. C, William Feeney\\nC. C, Arthur G. Clark; V. C, Hugh Sterling;\\nP., John Moffiitt K. of R. and S., Robert Heaton\\nM. of F., Benjamin F. Upham M. of E., Henry\\nBlack M. A. A., Elijah R. Locke; O. G., Thomas\\nSteen.\\nThe lodge has fifty-nine members, and meets\\nin McBride s Hall every Tuesday evening.\\nThe Y ounu Republican Club was formed in\\nJuly, 1880, as a cami)aign club, with James Finley\\nas captain and William Hewlings, lieutenant,\\nbut in October following it was reorganized as a\\npermanent body, for social ])urposes, with new\\nofficers: President, Henry F. West; Vice-Presi-\\ndent, John H. McMurray Secretary, Robert\\nBrannan Treasurer, Charles F. Reeves. A room\\nwas secured at the northeast corner of King and\\nHudson Street.-i, and furnished with all the neces-\\nsities for social and mental enjoyment. Christmas,\\nNew Year s and the Fourth of July are days of\\nspecial observance, but other seasons furnish\\noccasions for banquets or less gastronomic pleas-\\nures. The membership numbers sixty, and the\\nofficers are President, Henry F. West Vice-\\nPresidents, William H. Banks and John H. Mc-\\nMurray Secretary, Harry Reeves Treasurer,\\nG. William Barnard. No liquors are tolerated\\nabout the club-room.\\nThe Women s Christian Temperance Union\\nmeets in the building long known as the Wash-\\nington Hotel, at the corner of Hudson and Willow\\nStreets. It was formed May 10, 1882, in the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, largely through the\\nefforts of Mrs. Fannie H. Carr, president of the\\nWomen s Christian Temperance Union, No. 1, of\\nCamden. The following were the original officers\\nPresident, Mrs- Rev. H. M. Brown Vice-Presi-\\ndents, Mrs. Edna Taylor and Mrs. Rev. J. R.\\nMilligan Secretary, Mrs. Theresa Anderson\\nTreasurer, Mrs. Mary R. Michaels.\\nFitting up the rooms on Hudson Street, the Union\\nbegan an active career of usefulness and benevo-\\nlence. Soup is distributed to the worthy poor\\nduring the winter season and a library well\\nstocked with carefully selected books -provides\\ngood reading matter, in comfortable quarters, to all\\nwho choose to avail themselves of the privileges.\\nThe officers of the library are President, Richard\\nHoffner, Jr.; Secretary, D. Roscoe Harris; Treas-\\nurer, Emma Collings; Librarians, Emma Collings\\nand Sarah J. Lippincott. The present officer.* of\\nthe Union, which now numbers eighty-four mem-\\nbers, are: President, Mrs. Edna Taylor; Vice-\\nPresideut, Mrs. Rev. D. B. Harris Treasurer,\\nMrs. A. M. Lippincott Secretary, Sarah J. Lippin-\\ncott Superintendent of Literature, Mrs. M. R.\\nMichaels.\\nThe Catholic Social Club for mental improve-\\nment was formed in 1883, and contains some of the\\nbrightest minds among the young men of the\\nCatholic faith in Gloucester. The officers selected\\nwere, ^President, James McLaughlin Secretary,\\nHerman Eger Treasurer, Peter McAdams Li-\\nbrarian, Daniel F. Lane.\\nThe club occupies rooms on King Street, above", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0945.jp2"}, "779": {"fulltext": "604\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nHurlson, which are handsomely furnished, and the\\nlibrary is well filled with carefully selected books,\\nto which the late Father Kars liberally contributed.\\nThe membership numbers twenty-five and the first\\nofficers are still retained.\\nThe Young Men s Catholic Beneficial Soci-\\nety was organized in 1873, with thirty charter mem-\\nbers and the following officers: President, John J.\\nLafFerty Secretary, Michael M. MuUins Treas-\\nurer, Daniel Kenny. It is No. 314, and is char-\\ntered by the Irish Catholic Beneficial Union. It\\nhas prospered and now has a membership of one\\nhundred and thirty.\\nGloucester Point as a Pleasure Resort.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nHermaomissing was the Indian name for Glou-\\ncester Point. The eastern shore of the Dela-\\nware River, from Trenton to the sea, presents no\\nmore attractive resort for the lovers of combined\\nrural and aquatic diversions than Gloucester Point.\\nAt the head of the Horseshoe Bend, where the\\nJersey shore trends to the east and the Pennsyl-\\nvania shore to the west, the river expands to bay-\\nlike iiroportions, and opens to the eye a river-view\\nmany miles in extent, and from the surface, cooled by\\ncontact with the water, southwestwardly breezes,\\nthe prevailing winds of the summer-time, come with\\nrefreshing vigor during the heated term. Joined to\\nthis, the six thousand feet of gravelly river-shore,\\naffording ready facilities for beaching small craft,\\nwith excellent fishing in the river and creeks\\naround, the fact that the Point has been from the\\nearliest times a favorite pleasure resort, needs no\\nexplanation. Three miles from Market Street,\\nPhiladelphia, it is an easy row or sail, and hun-\\ndreds did and thousands do make it their Mecca,\\non pleasure bent.\\nThe Philadelphia Fox-Hunting Club made it a\\nplace of rendezvous during its existence from 1766\\nto 1818, with the headquarters at William Hugg s\\nFerry-house, while the kennel was located on the\\nsite of William J. Thompson s hotel. In excavat-\\ning for the foundations of this building, a few years\\nago, a quantity of bones, the remains of canine\\nfeasts, were unearthed. Following the Fox-Hunt-\\ning Club, in 1828, came the Fish-House Company,\\nnow the Prospect Hill Association. There is a\\ndispute as to the date, some fixing it as late as 1838.\\nGeorge P. Little, of Philadelphia writes That\\noriginally the Fish-House Company was organized\\nby someold Waltonians, who, during the summer\\nmonths, met semi-weekly under the large sycamore\\ntrees that once lined the shore of the Delaware,\\nfrom Newton Creek to Timber Creek. Chief\\namong those veterans in handling the rod and fry-\\ning-pan was Jesse Williamson, and in organizing\\na club in 1838, it wa.s called the Williamson Fish-\\ning Club, and, at his request, on the erection of the\\npresent house, the name was changed to the Pros-\\npect Hill A ^sociation.\\nThe claim is made, however, on good authority,\\nthat when the Fox-Hunting Club disbanded a\\nfishing club was formed, and that a house was built\\nin 1828 on Prospect Hill, a high blun overlooking\\nthe mouth of Timber Creek to the south, and that\\nit was replaced, in 1838, by the present spacious\\ntwo-story club-house, where, twice a month, from\\nMay to October, the members, under penalty for\\nabsence, gather and feast on viands of their own\\npreparing not fish alone, but anything that lures\\nthe appetite not water alone, but aqua pura di-\\nluted to a weakness assuring to weak nerves.\\nAmong well-known names on the list of past and\\npresent members are these, President and Cap-\\ntain, E. J. Hinchen, of the Philadelphia Sunday\\nDUpntch, who, for thirty-two years, did not miss an\\nopening-day; James B. Stevenson, Charles W.\\nBender, William F. Hughes, Benjamin Franklin,\\nPeter Glasgow, George W. Wharton, William\\nRichardson, Peleg B. Savery, Peter Lyle, Chapman\\nFreeman, George J. Weaver, Louis Pelouze, Mah-\\nlon Williamson, Jacob Faunce, B. J. Williams,\\nGeorge Bockius, Thomas F. Bradley, Joseph B.\\nLyndall, S. Gross Fry, Benjamin Allen, John Kri-\\nder, George P. Little, Peter Lane, Samuel Collins,\\nWilliam Patterson, J. W. Swain, Samuel Simes,\\nJesse Williamson (one of the originators), and\\nothers. The membership is limited to thirty, and,\\nas they are long-lived, the entire roll of members\\nduring the fifty-eight years of its existence con-\\ntains but few over one hundred names.\\nBe-idesthe Prospect Hill Association, other clubs\\nand individuals have built houses along the shore,\\nwhere, during the summer months, they bring\\ntheir families and friends for a day s outing, spend-\\ning the hours in fishing, and retiring to the houses\\nwhen hungry. In a cluster, north of Hitchner s\\nSurf House, are nearly a hundred boat-houses,\\nbelonging to Philadelphians, who visit Gloucester\\nPoint for fishing and sailing, engaging frequently\\nin regattas, a favorite course for which is around\\nthe Block House and repeat, making a sail of six-\\nteen miles, during the whole of which the fleet is\\nin full view from the Point. Several large hotels\\nline the shore for the accommodation of visitors\\nnotably the Buena Vista and Thompson s, famous\\nfor planked shad, the Surf House, Fath s, Hagger-\\nty s, McGlade s and Costello s. These form a dis-\\ntinct portion of the city, and, although comprising\\na part of the municipality, with patrons and pur-\\nposes entirely different.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0946.jp2"}, "780": {"fulltext": "GLOUCESTP^R CITY.\\n605\\nMatthew Med fill I i i-obal)ly a son of the one\\nwho settled at the place in KiSS, established a fish-\\nery below the wharf extending to Timber Greek.\\nThe title to the fishery passed to two daughters of\\nWilliam Masters, Mrs. Richard Penn and Mrs.\\nTurner Camac. Samuel Reeves, now of Haddon-\\nfield, was in 1818 conducting the Eagle Point\\nFishery at Red Bank. He says at that time the\\nfishery at the place mentioned was operated by\\nWilliam and Aaron Wood, and belonged to Joseph\\nHugg. who was keejiing the feri-y and ferry-house.\\nHe also says John Mickle, son of Isaac, was then\\nconducting a fishery above Newton Creek.\\nGloucester Fox-Hunting Club. A num-\\nber of gentlemen of Philadelphia interested in\\nhunting convened at the Philadelphia Cotl ee-\\nHouse, southwest corner of Front Street and Mar-\\nket, October 29, 1766, to organize a club. Twenty-\\nseven were present; among them occur the names\\nof Benjamin Chew, Thomas Lawrence, John\\nDickinson, Robert Morris, John Cadwallader,\\nCharles and Thomas Willing, James Wharton,\\nAndrew Hamilton and others, who, in later years,\\nbecame famous in the councils of the State and\\nnation. They agreed to keep a kennel of fox-\\nhounds, and to pay to the treasurer five pounds\\neach for the purpose. In 17G9 old Natty, a negro\\nman belonging to Mr. Morris, was engaged year\\nafter year as knight of the whip placed in charge\\nof the kennel.\\nHe was allowed fifty pounds per annum, a house\\nand a horse. In 1774 a hunting uniform was\\nadopted, a dark brown cloth coat with lapeled\\ndragoon pockets, white buttons and frock sleeves,\\nbuff waistcoat and breeches and a velvet cap. In\\n1777 the kennel consisted of sixteen couple of\\nchoice fleet hounds, and in 1778 twenty-two\\nhounds.\\nThe kennel was established soon after the or-\\nganization on the banks of the Delaware River,\\nnear Gloucester Point, and while the business\\nmeetings were held in Philadelphia, the rendez-\\nvous for hunting was established at the inn of\\nWilliam Hugg, at Gloucester Point Ferry. After\\nthe Revolution the club was revived and the mem-\\nbers increased. Twenty of the members were the\\nfounders of the City Troop of Philadelphia, and the\\ncommander of the Troop, Samuel Morris, Jr., was\\nuntil 1812 the president of the club. The hunts\\ntook place usually in Gloucester County, at Chows\\nLanding, Blackwoodtown, Heston s (ilass Works,\\nand sometimes at Thompsons Point, on the Dela-\\nware. Jonas Catteil, the noted guide and whipper\\nin of the club, was tall, muscular, possessed of un-\\ncommon activity and endurance, ile was re-elected\\n73\\nfor the service in the winter of U .HI, and continued\\nuntil the dissolution of the club, in 1818. His\\nkeen sagacity, knowledge of woodcraft and of the\\nhabits of game rendered his services invaluable.\\nThe death of Captain Charles Ross, in 1818, caused\\nthe final disbanding of the club. The kennel was\\ndistributed among the members, and their progeny\\nare scattered all over West Jersey.\\nFisheries. Various places along the Delaware\\nRiver, at Gloucester, became noted as shad-fish-\\ning stations at the time of the settlement, but the\\nfirst mention of them is contained in a will of\\nSarah Bull, made in 1742. She was a daugiiter of\\nThomas Bull, whose mother, Sarah Bull, is men-\\ntioned as a widow in 1688, and as owning one of\\nthe lots that extended down to the river. The\\nfishery designated was above the wharf, extending\\nto Newton Creek, and was left by her to the Har-\\nI isous, and used until the erection of the factory,\\nwhen its usefulness was destroyed. Gloucester\\nPoint has ever been the resort of experienced\\nfishermen, whose purpose was less for pleasure\\nthan gain, and fisheries vvith immense nets have\\ntrouliled the waters ever since the white mall s\\nboat first pressed the gravelly strand. For many\\nyears it was the occasion of an annual picnic with\\nNew Jersey farmers, far and near, to go with their\\nteams, in large companies, each spring, to Glou-\\ncester Point, load their wagons with shad, haul\\nthem home and cure them for family use during\\nthe year, salted and smoked herring and shad being\\ndeemed as essential to the larder as pickled pork.\\nShad were more plentiful and larger in those days\\nthan now. In the language of Alexander A.\\nPowell, a fisherman, threescore years ago, Shad\\ndon t run as they used to do when I was a boy\\nthey used to bring in six thousand at a haul now\\nsix hundred is a big catch, and such big ones as\\nthey used to catch eight-pounders, many of them,\\nwhile now a four-pounder is called a beauty.\\nThe Hugg fishery, extending from Clark s to the\\nold ferry at Hitchner s, and the Champion fishery,\\nnorth from Hitchner s to Newton Creek. The\\nlatter was purchased by the Gloucester Land\\nCompany in 1848. The Clark fishery was united\\nwith tlie Hugg right about seventy years ago, and\\nAlfred Hugg, a leading lawyer of Camden, whose\\nancestors for generations owned the fishery, with\\nother heirs, is now the owner, and was the opera-\\ntor until 1886, when it was leased to William J.\\nThompson and William Guy. The net used is five\\nhundred and seventy-five fathoms in length,\\ntwenty fathoms in deptli, and the lines over four\\nmiles long, being the largest net used on the Dela-\\nware. Shuri-lisliing lias been less lucrative .since", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0947.jp2"}, "781": {"fulltext": "606\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ngill-fisliing c.uiie into vogue. This method came\\ninto use as early as 1800, and was considered in-\\njurious to the general fisheries to such an extent\\nthat an act was passed, November 26, 1808, pro-\\nhibiting the use of the drift net or gilling seines.\\nThis act was in force many years, and June 10,\\n1820, Aaron Patterson, Charles Anderson, William\\nGriffith and William Campbell were tried for the\\noffense committed May 6th, opposite Howell s\\nfishing-grounds, at Red Bank. The act became\\ninoperative a few years later, and the method was\\nlargely used.\\nAlexander A. Powell was one of the earliest to\\nengage in this mode of fishing. He drifted his first\\nnet, sixty fathoms long, from Gloucester to Red\\nBank, in 1828, and continued in the same occupa-\\ntion, each returning spring, until 1882, when the\\nweight of seventy winters compelled him to desist.\\nSixteen gill-fishers now constitute the Gloucester\\ncontingent, using nets one hundred and thirty\\nfathoms long. Formerly sturgeon fishing was\\nquite a business, but it has fallen off, and the\\nboats go to the bay in the early part of the season,\\nfollowing the fish as they move up the river, and\\nreach Gloucester in July.\\nThere are two fishing districts on the Delaware\\nRiver, in Camden County. The southern district\\nextends from Federal Street, Camden, to Timber\\nCreek. Patrick McGallagher is fish warden of this\\ndistrict. The following is a statement of the catch\\nfor 1886, with the number of men employed and\\nnets used At Gloucester, William J. Thompson\\nand William Guy employ sixty men, and work a\\nnet of five hundred fathoms length. The number\\nof roe shad caught was 9240; bucks, 6153 skips,\\n2431,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 total, 17,824; herring, 179,406; rock fish,\\n691. Gloucester City, 21 gillers, 2500 fathoms,\\n8300 shad. Bridge Avenue, Camden, 10 gillers,\\n750 fathoms 3000 shad. Kaighns Point, 10 gil-\\nlers, 1000 fathoms, 5000 shad.\\nPlanked Shad may not be called an industry,\\nbut planked shad dinners are an institution pecu-\\nliar to Glouce. *t.er Point, one that is rapidly winning\\npopularity for the locality. Who was the inventor,\\nand when and where the invention was first a])-\\nplied, is not surely known. Tradition has it that\\na hundred years ago Jersey dames, living near the\\nbanks of the Delaware, always famous for the\\nabundance and delicate flavor of its shad, pleased\\nand cultivated the epicurean appetites of their\\nlords, the ploughmen and the fishermen of the day,\\nby serving up the dainty fish, toasted on oaken\\nplanks, free from the effluvia of swine fat. This is\\ntradition, however, dark, dim and uncertain, but\\nliving testimony verifies the statement.\\nSamuel Reeves, now in his ninety-sixth year,\\nliving in Haddonfield, began fishing at Eagle Point\\nfi.shery, at Red Bank, in 1818, and says planked\\nshad were then prepared, but not often, and not\\nuntil many years later did it become extensively\\nknown. About fifty years ago Aunt Polly\\nPowell, wife of Abraham Powell, living near the\\nshore at Gloucester Point, so served the fish, on\\noccasions, to the hungry disciples of Izaak Wal-\\nton, who souglit the gravelly shore on piscatorial\\nexpeditions. Aunt Polly the term was one of\\naffection and respect did not make it a business to\\ncater for the hungry, but, at times, fishing-parties,\\nhungering and thirsting, would entreat her kind\\noffices in warming a cup of coffee or frying a bit of\\nbacon, and, in the goodness of her kindly heart,\\nshe .sometimes varied the regimen witli planked\\nshad, to their delight and her gain. Aunt Polly s\\nskill, however, never made planked shad famous.\\nThey were delicious, and the fishermen knew it,\\nand repeated the experiment to prove the fact; but\\nthey were not judges, for fishermen are always\\nhungry, and a hungry man knows not whether it\\nbe the excellence of the viand or the sharpened\\nappetite that makes it taste so good.\\nThe first to provide the dish to parties was Mrs.\\nWills, the widow of Aden G. Wills, who kept the\\nferry-house, The Old Brick, over forty years\\nago. He removed to Red Bank, where Mrs. Wills\\nsupplied planked shad to her guests occasionally.\\nAden^Wills died and Mrs. Wills, who is still living\\nin Philadelphia, leased the Buena Vista, at Glou-\\ncester Point, about thirty years ago, and had a lim-\\nited patronage for j: lank shad. Among her regular\\npatrons was Detective Ben Franklin, who some-\\ntimes alone, at other times with company, doubled\\nhis enjoyment by sampling the luscious dish\\nwhile inhaling draughts of cool air. But while\\nMrs. Wills was an expert in the culinary art, she\\nknew not the mysteries of printer s ink, and the\\nknowledge of the dish was limited.\\nDaniel Wills, a son, served planked shad at the\\nBuena Vista years later, and alter that at the\\nLazaretto, where many a bon vivant sought his\\nhospitality. A Chester host took up the role a\\nnumber of years ago, and many went thither for\\nthe delightful dish, but the later lustre of the\\nGloucester dinners has paled the rival lights in the\\nland of Penn, and if they still burn, it is dimly\\nand subdued. Plank shad continued to be served,\\nbut their renown was confined within narrow\\nbounds, and Philadelphia almost monopolized the\\nprivilege until about ten years ago, when William\\nJ. Thompson, who had been running the Buena\\nVista, was supplanted by John Plum, and, building", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0948.jp2"}, "782": {"fulltext": "l^^M^^\\nM O", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0951.jp2"}, "783": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0952.jp2"}, "784": {"fulltext": "GLOUCESTER CITY.\\na hciiise of his own farther soutli on the shore,\\nset rival tables, wliicb, exeiting cnuilation, leil to a\\nstrife for trade that lined both their cotters with\\nsilver and gold.\\nThe rivalry led to extensive advertising, until\\nGloucester Point s special dainty had been read of\\nall over the land, and parties from distant States,\\nafter experimenting, have gone home, told their\\nstory and started others on the pilgrimage. John J.\\nJackson succeeded Plum, who supplies the com-\\nmodity at the Buck, on Timber Creek, butthe pil-\\ngrimage to Gloucester still continued, requiring\\nconstant expansion and multiplicatio n of appliances\\nto feed the increasing pilgrims, which this year will\\nreach ten thousand. All classes are included,\\nUnited States judges. Senators, Congressmen and\\nheads of departments. Governors, legislators,\\nState, county and municipal officials, military and\\nnaval heroes, the grave, the gay, all, in singles,\\npairs and filties, all partake even the bootblack,\\nif he has the price, may enjoy the luxury, barring\\nthe vi ine.\\nMr. Thomp.son is consUintly adding attractions\\nto his spacious hotel, and his guests warmly praise\\nhis hospitality and successful management. He is\\none of Gloucester s most active citizens, and in\\nbusiness and political matters, a leader. When Mr.\\nThompson came to Gloucester (1869) planked\\nshad dinners were served in a primitive way.\\nHe has brought it to a state of perfection, and his\\nhotel is the resort not only of Philadelphia s most\\nnoted people, but the entire country. It is a great\\nplace for foreign tourists, who desire to receive in-\\nstruction about the mysteries of that great .Ameri-\\ncan dish.\\nPlank shad is thus prepared and served. A hick-\\nory or white-oak plank, two and a half inches thick,\\nis heated almost to ignition upon it is placed a\\nroe shad, fresh from the water, and split down\\nthe back, seasoned and then placed before a fire of\\ncoals. It requires from half to three-quarters of au\\nhour to cook properly. The fire cooks one side,\\nthe hot plank the other, the process conserving the\\naroma and juices and served hot, with new pota-\\ntoes, fresh green peas, asparagus and waffles, with\\nwine to those who will, it is a dish fit for the most\\nepicurean of American sovereigns.\\nAmong the noted sportsmen was John burroughs,\\nwhose reputation for fishing and gunning was\\nsecond to none in the country.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0953.jp2"}, "785": {"fulltext": "THE BOROUGH OF HADDONFIELD.\\nCHAPTER XI.\\nEarly History Francis Collins, John Kay, Timothy Matlack, Jacob\\nClement, Samuel Clement, Thomas Perry Webb, Thomas Redman,\\nHugh Creigbton, William Griscom, Benjamin Hartley Local In-\\ncidents of the Revolution\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Haddonfield in 1825 and 1835\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Friendship\\nFire Company Old Taverns The Post Office\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Library Company\\nThe Friends Baptist Church Slethodist Church Episcopal\\nChurch Presbyterian Church Schools Business Interests So-\\ncieties.\\nEaely History. The land on which this town\\nis situated was embraced in two surveys, one of five\\nhundred acres, made to Francis Collins, Oct. 23,\\n1G82, and another of five hundred acres to Richard\\nMathews, in 1683. The former may be described as\\nlying southwest of Ellis Street, and extending from\\nthe head of the middle branch of Newton Creek to\\nthe south branch of Coopers Creek. The King s\\nHighway, or Salem road, passed through it. The\\n28th of Eleventh Month, 1724, Joseph Collins,\\nheir-at-law of Francis Collins, conveyed the por-\\ntion west of Salem road to John Estaugh. He\\nretained the eastern portion, where his father had\\nerected a mansion house on the hill south of the\\nvillage, which he named Mountwell. The site is\\nnow occupied by Reilly s Seminary. The larger\\nportion of the Collins tract, not occupied by the\\ntown, is now owned by the Hinchmau estate and\\nWilliam H. Nicholson and others.\\nThe Matthews tract adjoined the Collins tract\\non the north, and extended to Coopers Creek.\\nRichard Mathews was a Friend and resided in\\nLondon at the time of the purchase of this land,\\nbut, a few years later, removed to Stoke Newington,\\nEngland, where he died in 1696. He was inter-\\nested in the Province, was probably a creditor of\\nEdward Byllinge, and, through his agents, made\\nseveral surveys in Gloucester County, as it is not\\nknown that he ever came to this country. In 1691\\nhe sold, through his attorney, Ellas Farr, one\\n608\\nhundred acres of the tract above mentioned to\\nWilliam Lovejoy, it being that portion that lay\\nbetween the main street of Haddonfield and Coop-\\ners Creek. William Lovejoy was a blacksmith,\\nand it is supi^osed his shop was the smith-shop\\nmarked on the Thomas Sharp map of 1700. The\\nhind was granted him by Richard Mathews, for\\nservices, and in 1696 Thomas Gardiner, Jr., son-\\nin-law of Richard Mathews, as administrator of\\nthe Mathews estate, granted Lovejoy fifty acres\\nadditional, for services rendered. This tract lay\\nbeyond the present Evans mill, in Delaware town-\\nship, and was called the Uxbridge. Lovejoy aban-\\ndoned his occupation soon after, and sold all his\\nland, in the year 1696, to Thomas Kendall, who\\nerected a mansion-house and corn-mill. The mill\\ncontained but one set of burrs, and was known as\\nthe Free Lodge Mill, and was probably the first\\nof the kind in the county of Gloucester. The land\\nand mill passed, in 1702, to Henry Treadway, who\\nsoon after sold to Mordecai Howell, who, in 1705,\\nconveyed it to John Walker and Thomas Carlisle.\\nThe latter, in 1708, sold his undivided half-interest\\nto Walker, who, in 1710, sold the land, one hun-\\ndred and fifty acres, to John Kay, Joshua Kay,\\nJohn Ktiy, Jr., and Simeon Ellis. In 1713 John\\nKay, Jr. and Simeon Ellis gave to John Kay a\\nquit-claim deed for their right in the property.\\nJohn Kay was among the leading men of the\\nsettlement, and first purchased one hundred acres\\nof Francis Collins in 1684, situated on the north\\nside of the north branch of Coopers Creek, and is\\nnow part of the farm lately owned by Joseph W.\\nCooper, deceased. The land lies about one mile\\neast of Ellisburg, in Delaware township, this\\ncounty. At his house, in 1685, under the author-\\nity of the Quarterly Meeting of Friends at Bur-\\nlington, an Indulged Meeting was organized, and\\ncontinued there several years. In 1685 John Kay", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0954.jp2"}, "786": {"fulltext": "THE BOROUGH OF HADDONFIELD.\\n609\\nwas elected to the General Assembly of the prov-\\nince of West New Jersey, and again in 170;i\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I.\\nHe was also appointed one of the justices of Glou-\\ncester County, by virtue of which he was one of\\nthe judges of the courts of the county. In 1710,\\n(the year he pui-chased the Lovejoy survey), he\\nwas again elected a member of the Assembly, and\\nupon the meeting of that body, at Burlington,\\nelected speaker, and was re-elected for the sessions\\nof 1711-12-13. He was defeated for Assembly in\\n171(3 by Daniel Coxe. When in the Assembly he\\nwas chairman of the committee to make the set-\\ntlement of the boundary line between New York\\nand New Jersey, and also chairman of the com-\\nmittee to prepare a law to fix the partition line\\nbetween East and West Jersey. He died in 1742,\\nleaving a widow, Sarah, and several children,\\nJohn, Sarah (who married James Norris), Mary,\\nIsaac, Josiah, Benjamin and Joseph. At the time\\nof his death he owned all the land east of the\\nmain street in Haddon field, from Coopers Creek\\nto a line near Ellis Street, excepting a few lots\\nsold to Timothy Slatlack and others. He also\\nowned tracts of land in Delaware township and\\nother parts of what is now Gloucester and Camden\\nCounties. In 1727 he conveyed to his son Isaac\\nseveral tracts of land, containing seven hundred\\nand thirty-four acres, situated on both branches of\\nCoopers Creek. In this deed he is mentioned as\\nJohn Kay, of the Grist-Mill, at the head of\\nCoopers Creek, in Newton township, Gloucester\\nCounty, New Jersey. The only part of the estate\\nnow in the family name is owned by Isaac M. Kay\\n(a lineal descendant of John), of Haddonfield, and\\nis in Delaware township. The tract in Haddonfield\\npassed to John Kay, a son, except a portion owned\\nby Sarah Norris. The mill property was in the por-\\ntion conveyed to Isaac and passed to his son Joseph,\\nby whom it was resurveyed in 1791, and, later,\\npassed to Mathias Kay. The old mill was in New-\\nton township, and its site can still be seen in the\\nbed of the pond when the water is low. In 1779 it\\nwas moved about one hundred yards down the\\nstream and to the north, on the site of the pre-\\nsent Evans mill, in Delaware. In 1819 Thomas\\nEvans purchased the mill property of Mathias\\nKay, and, in 1839, rebuilt it, and on the south side,\\nat the end of the dam, about 1820, built a full-\\ning-mill, which was rented by Russell Millard, who\\nbegan business and continued until about 1854,\\nwhen it was destroyed by fire. Thomas Evans\\ndied in 1849, and left the mill to his son, Josiah B.\\nEvans, who, in 1834, associated with him Solomon\\nMatlack, a millwright. He died in 1869 and left\\nthe property to his children. The business is now\\nconducted by Joseph G. Evans Co. In 1883\\nthe machinery was changed and the Roller Process\\nand other improvements adopted.\\nSarah, a daughter of John Kay, nuirried .lames\\nNorris, a shipwright, and built one of the first\\nhouses in Haddonfield, on a lot given her by her\\nfather in which she kept a store. She was taxed\\nin 1723 and for many years after. This was prob-\\nably the first store in Haddonfield. Her husband\\ndied in 1742, and left a daughter, Elizabeth, who\\nmarried Isaac Smith in 1739 and John Hinchman\\nin 1747. Sarah Norris died in 1757. The old\\nhouse in which she kept her store stood on the\\nwest side of the main street, near the corner of\\nPotter Street, and her dwelling, a two-story hipped\\nroof with a high basement, stood on the same\\nproperty.\\nTimothy Matlack, son of William, came to\\nHaddonfield in 1726 and opened a shop. In 1733\\nhe was assessed 10s., and Sarah Norris G. 8d.\\nMatl.ack received from his father, William, in\\n1714, a tract of land in Waterford township, near\\nGlendale, where he built a house and settled. In\\n1720 he sold it and removed to Haddonfield, It\\ndoes not appear that he bought until August 6,\\n1732, in which year he purchased of John Estaugh\\nseveral lots on the west side of Main Street, embrac-\\ning the American House property, and above and be-\\nlow and some distance to the rear. On September 1st,\\nthe same year, he bought four acres of John Kay, on\\nthe east side of the main street, opposite the\\nAmerican House. In 1743 he sold part of the last-\\nnamed purchase to Jacob Clement, a tanner, in\\nwhose descendants it still remains. The lot on\\nwhich the residence of George Horter now stands\\nwas part of the four acres of Matlack. Timothy\\nMatlack purchased land on the north side of the\\nroad of Mary Gill and John Gill, Jr., March 31,\\n1744, which, October 17, 1754, he sold to John and\\nDaniel Hillmau, who. May 15, 1758, sold to John\\nShivers the house now occupied by Mrs. Joseph\\nB. Tatem, on Main Street, standing on the pre-\\nmises, was shortly after built.\\nTimothy Matlack, a son of Timothy Matlack,\\nwas born in Haddonfield, in 1730, and afterwards\\nbecame noted in the councils of the nation.\\nWhen a young man he moved to Philadelphia. He\\nwas educated as a Friend, and consequently as a\\nnon-resistant, but during the Revolutionary War\\nhe served as a colonel, for which he was dealt\\nwith by the Society and lost his membership. He\\nwas secretary of the Continental Congress when\\nthat body was in session in Philadelphia, and was\\nknown as an earnest advocate of the cause of the\\ncolonies. He died in 1829, and was buried in the", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0955.jp2"}, "787": {"fulltext": "610\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ngrave-yard of the Society of Free Quakers (of\\nwhich he was a memher), on South Fifth Street,\\nPhiladelpliia.\\nBenjamin Collins, a son of Joseph Collins,\\nwas a carpenter, and received from his father a\\ntract of land fronting the south side of the main\\nstreet, a part of the Mountwell estate. He died in\\n1756.\\nJacob Clement, who in 1743 bought a lot of\\nTimothy Matlack, built thereon a tannery. The\\nsite of it is to the rear of John Clement s\\nhouse, and it was continued until about 1812. It\\npassed to James Clement, his son, and later to\\nJohn Clement, his nephew, and is now owned by\\nJohn Clement, son of John. The old mansion-\\nhouse stood on the site of John Clement s present\\nresidence.\\nAbout 1750 James Hartley built a tannery on\\nthe lot of Charles H. Hillman, which was operated\\nuntil about 1825.\\nSamuel Clement, son of Jacob, who married\\nRebecca, the daughter of Joseph Collins, in 1735,\\nreceived from him a large tract of land ex-\\ntending from the main street southerly to a line\\nrunning from Coopers Creek westerly. On this\\ntract and on the south side of Main Street, corner\\nof Ellis Street, Dr. Evan Clement, in 1760, erected\\na large brick house, where he lived many years, as\\ndid his son, Samuel K. Clement. The property\\nwas recently purchased by Alfred W. Clement,\\nwho, in July, 1886, tore down the house and in the\\nwall was found a brick bearing the date September,\\n1760. Samuel Clement was an active member of\\nthe Society of Friends and prominent in the pro-\\ngressive movements of his day. He was also a\\nsurveyor and, entrusted with the settlement of\\ntownship and county lines, which he faithfully and\\nsatisfactorily performed.\\nTuomas Perrywebb, in 1727, purchased of\\nJohn Kay a triangular piece of laud where now\\nstands the store of Alfred W. Clement, where he had\\nbuilt a dwelling, and in 1733 was assessed as a\\ntavern-keeper. In 1737 he was taxed 10\u00c2\u00ab. as a\\nblacksmith. He continued in business many years.\\nHis widow, Margery, in 1742, purchased apiece of\\nland adjoining but the only son being a seafaring\\nman, the property eventually passed to others.\\nThomas Redman, who settled at Haddonfleld\\nabout 1730, was the son of Thomas Redman, of\\nPhiladelphia, a leading mechanic in that city. He\\nwas apprenticed to a druggist and when of age\\ncame to Haddonfleld, and in 1737 married Hannah,\\nthe daughter of John Gill, and opened a drug store\\nin the village. He died in 1766 and left several\\nchildren, of whom Thomas Redman followed the\\nbusiness of his father, and also was a conveyancer.\\nHe married Mercy Davis. They had a son Thomas,\\nwho married Elizabeth L. Hopkins. He too became\\na druggist and also a conveyancer and carried on\\nthe business in the same house which stood on the\\nsite of Mrs. Samuel C. Smith s residence. He\\ndied in 1846 and his widow in 1852. Their chil-\\ndren Thomas (deceased), James, Joseph, Eliza-\\nbeth (deceased), John, Charles and Sarah are\\nresidents in the vicinity.\\nThomas Champion, son of Nathaniel and grand-\\nson of John, who established a ferry over Coopers\\nCreek in 1702, came to Haddonfleld as a tailor and\\nresided in the mansion built by Mathias Aspden.\\nHe afterwards became its owner. It is now the\\nproperty of the Misses Blackwood, on Main Street.\\nThis was considered at the time of its erection the\\nmost expensive house in the village. The owner-\\nship of the lot passed from Thomas to his son\\nSamuel, and after his death it passed out of the\\nname and became the property of Benjamin W.\\nBlackwood, M.D.\\nMathias Aspden, in 1749, was one of the tax-\\nables in Haddonfleld. He married the widow of\\nRoger Hartley in 1756, and their son Mathias, as a\\nshipping merchant in Philadelphia, accumulated a\\nlaige estate.. He was a Loyalist during the Revo-\\nlution and in 1779 his property was conflscated.\\nIn 1786 the attaint of treason was removed and\\ndamage awarded to the estate. He died unmarried\\nin London, August 9, 1824. His estate was settled\\nin accordance with a will made in 1791, and was\\nleft to his heirs-at-law. The will was contested by\\nthe English and American claimants, and after\\ntwenty years of litigation it was decided in favor\\nof the American claimants and six hundred thou-\\nsand dollars was distributed among them. Mathias\\nAspden, Sr., purchased a part of the four acres, on\\nwhich he built a fine mansion. He later moved to\\nPhi!adeli)hia, where he died in 1764. He bought\\nof Timothy Matlack the most of his estate west of\\nthe main street, from Doughty s store to the\\nRedman property, and the same year the remainder\\nof it.\\nHugh Creighton owned the tavern house\\nwliich is now the American House, in Haddonfleld.\\nIt was the place of meeting of the Legislature of\\nNew Jersey several times in the year 1777. The\\nCouncil of Safety was created by act of Council\\nand General Assembly of the State and was or-\\nganized in this tavern house on the 18th of\\nMarch, 1777, and transacted business there, and\\nnext convened at Bordentown, March 26th re-\\nturned to Haddonfleld May 10th. Afterwards\\nmeetings were held at Morristown and Princeton,", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0956.jp2"}, "788": {"fulltext": "TriE BOROUGH OF HADDONFIELD.\\n611\\nand on September 5th at Haildonficld, where it was\\ncontinued until tlie 25th of tlie same month.\\nHugh Creighton lived in this tavern until ITilO,\\nand several years after in the town. He was the\\ngrandfather of Governor Stratton. A frequent\\nvisitor at his house was Mrs. Doratha Todd, later\\nknown as Dolly Madison. She was a daughter of\\nJohn Payne and was born in North Carolina in\\n1772, when her parents were on a visit, they being\\nresidents of Hanover County, Va. Her father\\nwas a captain in the army during the Revolution-\\nary War and afterwards became a member of the\\nSociety of Friends and was among the tir.-.t who\\nhad religious scruples about holding slaves. In\\n1786 he sold his estate in Virginia and removed\\nwith his negroes to Philadelphin, where they were\\nall freed from bondage.\\nDoratha wajj educated according to the opinion of Friends, and\\nin 1791 married John Todd, a wealthy young lawyer of that city,\\nbeing of the same faith. He died in 179.S of yellow fever, leaving\\nher with two children. After the death of her husband she aban-\\ndoned the religious faith of her parents, laid aside plainness of dress\\nand entered fashionable society. Her presence in Haddonfield drew\\naround her the country beaux, and more than one, even in tlieir old\\nage, confessed their inability to resist her charms. Their out-door\\nparties in summer and quilting parties in winter always found her a\\nwelcome guest, when she was the centre of attraction and admiration.\\nPhiladelphia was the metropolis and there resided those adminis-\\ntering the government, whose wives and daughters made society gay\\nand fa.shionable. .^mong the delegates to Congress from Virginia\\nwas James Madison, a young lawyer of talent and even then re-\\ngarded as one of the brightest intellects of the State. Uis strict at-\\nteutiou to the duties of his office prevented his making many ac-\\nquaintances, but on the occasion of his introduction to the bright\\nyoung widow, he fell despenitely in love. This, on the part of one\\nwhose attainments were in advance of his years, led to considerable\\ngo.ssip among the ladies and made him the point of many jokes and\\nother pleasantries with the heads of government, even to President\\nWashington, who appreciated his worth and abilities. In 17i)i\\nDoratha Todd, generally known as Dolly Todd, became Dolly Madi-\\nson, and the wife of a future Presideut of the United States. In\\n18U1 her husband was appointed Secretary of State by Mr. Jefferson,\\n.and he removed to Washington, the uew capital of the United States-\\nthen but a small town. They remained there until 1817, at the close\\nof the second term of Mr. Miidisou s Presidency, and then went to\\nMontpelier. Va., upon bis paternal estate. In her exalted\\nposition she never forgot her friends about Haddonfield, nor the\\nmany pleasant days she had spent among the people there.\\nSome of her old admirers sought tu)norable promotion at the hands\\nof her husband during his administration, which claims were\\nstiengthened by her intiuence and led to success. She would\\nalways relate the pleasant reminiscences of her early life to those\\npresented to her as residents of West New Jersey, making inquiry\\nconcerning the old families.\\nThe lots adjoining the hotel projierty of Hugh\\nCreighton on the south were purchased by John\\nClement, in 1836, and the brick houses now stand-\\ning were erected and given to his three daughters.\\nThe houses standing on the lots were small, one\\nstory and a half and hip-roofed. The one next the\\nhotel was owned by Isaac Kay, the ne. it by Thomas\\nDenny and the third was moved to Ellis Street,\\nwhere it now stantls and is the residence of Marv\\nAllen. The lot on which this house stood was\\nowned by Samuel Mickle, who built it. He\\nmarried, in 1742, Letitia, a daughter of Timothy\\nMatlack. He died a few years later and in 1750\\nhis widow married Thomas Hinchuiau. In 1752\\nElizabeth Estaugh bought the Mickle property\\nand Sarah Hopkins, after the death of her hus-\\nband, Ebenezer, in 1757, moved to Haddonfield\\nand occupied the house and lot. On the site of\\nthe old house is now the residence of Mrs. Sarah\\nHopkins, the widow of Griffith M. Hopkins, a\\nlineal descendant of Ebenezer and Sarah Hopkins.\\nWilliam Giuscom, a saddler, came to Haddon-\\nfield about 1750 and lived in the house that now\\nstands on Maiu Street, owned by Isaac A. Brad-\\ndock. During the Revolution it was used as a\\nguard-house a frame shop adjoining was set on\\nfire by the British troops and destroyed, but no\\nfurther damage was done. The building was the\\nresidence for many years of Captain James B.\\nCooper. It is now occupied as a millinery store.\\nBenjamin Hartley, October 25, 1764, pur-\\nchased of John Kay, son of Isaac, a lot of hind,\\nnow owned by Charles H. Hillman, on which his\\nson James erected a tannery about 1770, which\\nwas continued until about 1825. The old house\\nwas removed in 1881.\\nPrior to the Revolution George Hanold erected\\na house on Main Street, above Potter, which now\\nbelongs to the heirs of Hannah Ann Clement.\\nThe house now owned by the Misses Kirby, oppo-\\nsite Tanner Street, was erected before the Revo-\\nlution, and was the residence of Rev. Robert\\nBlackwell from 1772 until 1777, when in charge of\\nthe mission in this section. This property passed\\nto John Branson, whose executors, in 1805, .sold it\\nto Kendall Cole. He disposed of it to Evan\\nClement in 1813, who, January 22, 1816, conveyed\\nit to Stephen Kirby, whose descendants now\\nown it.\\nFor sketches of Richard Snowden, Nathaniel\\nEvans and Rev. Dr. Blackwood, see chapter on\\nAuthors and Scientists.\\nLocal lNf;iDENT.s of the Revolution. The\\nbrick house nearly tit the north end of Main Street,\\nand now owned by Isaac A. Braddock, was built\\nbefore the Revolution by John Matlack, son of\\nWilliam. The house on the site of the present\\none of the late John Gill was also erected previous\\nto the Revohition.\\nThe last encampment of the Hessians, under\\nCount Donop, before the battle of Red Bank, Oc-\\ntober 22, 1777, was in Haddonfield. This body of\\ntroops was about twelve hundred strong, and were\\neneamiied acrtjss the street and in I be field near", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0957.jp2"}, "789": {"fulltext": "AUTOGRAPHS OF FIRST SETTLERS IN THE VICINITY OF HADDONFIELD,\\nAND OF EARLY RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN.\\nf /y Son of James, of Flushiug, Long Island, the\\nDaughter of John H addon and wife of John\\nEstaugh. She died 1761, childless. Had-\\ndonfield was named in honor of her.\\nh. minister among Friends. Married\\nElizabeth, daughter of John\\nHaddon. Died 1742.\\nA first settler. Cousin of the Haddons, and their\\nattorney. Died 1740, leaving one son, John.\\nSon of James, of Flushing, Long Island, the\\nson of Gregory the regicide. Had\\nsons Samuel, Thomas and\\nJacob.\\nSon of Jacob the first settler. He was a prac-\\ntical surveyor of Haddonfield.\\nn^\\nA first settler. Died 1742. Had sons\\nJohn, Isaac, Josiah, Benjamin\\nand Joseph.\\nSon of William the emigrant, and father of\\nCol. Timothy of Revolutionary fame. Early |iioueer of Burlington and Newton. Died 1720, leaving\\nsons Joseph, John, Francis and Samuel.\\nEldest son of Francis the emigrant\\nSon of William the emigrant, and brother of above\\nTimothy-\\nEldest son of Francis the emigrant.\\nDied 1741, leaving one son,\\nBenjamin.\\nMa4^\u00c2\u00a3^2^r^\\nLarge proprietor in Haddon and Deptford townships.\\nDied 1G9G, leaving one son, Thomas.\\nA first settler. Furchase l part of\\nMatthews survey in Had-\\ndonfield.\\nProprietor of the tavern in Haddonfield where the\\nLegislature met in 1777.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0958.jp2"}, "790": {"fulltext": "THE BOROUGH OF HADDONFIELD.\\n613\\nJohn Gill s house. During the night of October\\n21st the headquarters of Count Donop were in his\\nhouse. The next day the battle was fought, and\\nCount Donop was mortally wounded, and died\\nthree days later.\\nDuring the Revolutionary War the Hessians\\nand American troops were often ranging through\\nthe town. After the battle of Red Bank, where\\nthe Hessian troops were defeated, they returned in\\ndetached bodies, and the old Friends Meeting-\\nhouse was used as a hosi)ital, and later by both\\narmies. A Bcotch regiment was encamped during\\none winter just east of John Clement s residence.\\nTheir deportment made them many friends, espe-\\ncially among the boys, who carried on a lively\\ntrade by e.xchanging game for powder. Many amus-\\ning incidents used to be related by the old people.\\nUpon the abandonment of Philadelphia by the\\nUritish army, in June, 1778, it passed through Had-\\ndonfield on the way to New York. The army was\\nfour days and nights passing through the town, by\\nreason of the great amount of material and camp\\nequipage to be transported. Many times during\\nthe war the people of Haddonfield and vicinity\\nwere harassed by troops from both armies, forag-\\ning for supplies. A secluded spot was selected, it\\nbeing a low swampy piece of timber land, about\\ntwo miles east of the village, between the Milford\\nroad and the north branch of Coopers Creek, fami-\\nliarly known as Charleston, now owned by George\\nC. Kay. At this place a tract Of several acres was\\nsurrounded by a strong high fence no roads led\\nto it, and whenever necessary, cattle were driven\\nthere and confined until danger was over. Silver-\\nware and other valuables were buried. One farmer\\nkept his pork and provisions in a hogshead, which\\nwas buried in the cellar. Lydia Bates, who lived\\nin a small house on the site of the late residence\\nof Samuel M. Reeves, kept a cow, which was often\\ncaught by the soldiers and milked. This proceed-\\ning did not meet with Lydia s approval, and on\\nthe approach of the soldiers she would drive the\\ncow into her cellar, where she was safely kept\\nuntil they were gone.\\nUpon the breaking out of the Revolutionary\\nWar the members of the Society of Friends in the\\ncolonies found themselves in a peculiar situation.\\nThe principles of non-resistance and passive obe-\\ndience entered so largely into their faith and\\npractice that it was not long after hostilitie.s began\\nthat they were accused of sympathy with the loyal\\ncause. In some instances this was true, but much\\nthe larger number were on the side of the people,\\nand rendered such aid and comfort as could be\\ndone consistent with their i)rofession.\\n74\\nIt affected large bodies of influential and wealthy\\ncitizens in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and\\ndrew toward them the attention of the authorities.\\nA notable instance of this was that of Thomas\\nRedman, of Haddonfield, who was arrested and\\nconfined in the county jail at Woodbury from\\nJanuary 21 to March 18, 1777. The charge\\nwas that he, as clerk of the Preparative Meeting\\nof Haddonfield, had read an epistle from the\\nMeeting of Suffering of Philadelphia, before the\\nHaddonfield Meeting, relating to the members of\\nthe society bearing arms.\\nBefore the committing magistrates he admitted\\nthe fact, yet insisted that he could not avoid the\\ndischarge of his duty neither had he violated the\\nlaw.\\nCertain paragraphs in the ei)istle, it wiis\\nclaimed, were of dangerous consequences to the\\ncause of the people, and he was required to give\\nsecurity for his good behavior in the future, or\\nstand committed. This he could not conscien-\\ntiously do, and was, therefore, sent to prison.\\nHe remained there until the sitting of the court,\\nwhen the case was heard and he was fined five\\nshillings and the costs of prosecution. He in-\\nformed the court, for the same reasons, that he\\ncould not comply with the sentence, and was about\\nto be remanded when the sheriff announced that\\nthe same had been discharged, and Thomas Red-\\nman was released. As he took his departure he\\ndisclaimed any knowledge of how or by whom the\\nfine was paid and never, perhaps, discovered who\\nwas the friend in disguise.\\nThe journal kept by him while incarcerated\\nstill preserved by the family is an interesting\\nmanuscript. It shows how kind and attentive the\\nofficials were to him, and the frequent visits of\\nfriends, who carefully looked after his creature\\ncomforts. It is evident that the proceeding was\\ncontrary to the better judgment of all concerned,\\nfor the offence, being merely technical, carried\\nwith it no intentional harm.\\nHaddonfield in 1825. On the west side of\\nthe street, from Coopers Creek, the first brick\\nhouse was that of John Middleton, now owned by\\nIsaac A. Braddock. It was built by John Matlack\\nprior to the Revolution. The next below was the\\n.Tohn Gill house, also brick, on the site of the\\npresent house still in possession of the family an\\naccount of Count Donop, in connection, is elsewhere\\ngiven. Next below was the house now owned by\\nMrs. Joseph B. Tatem. From Grove Street, not\\nthen laid out, south, was a house built by Joseph\\nBates, about 1815, and for many years the resi-\\ndence of Dr. Bowman Hendry, now owned by Col.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0959.jp2"}, "791": {"fulltext": "614\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nJesse E. Peyton. Next was the American house\\nproperty, since owned by John Eoberts. Below\\nthe tavern were the three low, hip-roofed houses,\\nthe first owned by Isaac Kay, next by Mrs. Denny\\nand the third was the Estaugh Hopkins house,\\nnow on Ellis Street. Next were the shops kept\\nby Zaccheus Logan, shoemaker; Franklin Eggman,\\ntailor and John Whitehead, watchmaker. Below\\nwas a hip-roof house, formerly owned by Thomas\\nGithens, a blacksmith, whose shop was at that time\\nfronting the street. Next was the Thomas Red-\\nman house, in which the third Thomas Redman\\nwas keeping a drug store it is now the site of\\nMrs. Samuel C. Smith s residence. The Griscomb\\nhouse was next, and the residence of Captain Jas.\\nB. Cooper. Beyond the Ferry road was Samuel\\nKennard s brick house, now the property of W. H.\\nHarrison. Samuel Kennard purchased the lot\\nApril 14, 1782, and built upon it the brick house.\\nHe was a justice of the peace many years. His\\ngrandson was a prominent Baptist minister in\\nPhiladelphia, and his great-grandson in Washing-\\nton.\\nAdjoining the Kennard house was also a brick\\nhouse many years owned and occupied by Joseph\\nBranson. Next below. Turner Risdon, a saddler,\\nresided in a brick house built many years before.\\nNext below was the brick house and store built by\\nRichard Staflbrd, now the site of Willard s drug\\nstore. The site of the post-office was occupied by\\nthe tavern-stand, built in 1775 by Edward Gibbs,\\nand now occupied by Samuel R. Stoy. On the\\ncorner of Tanner Street was the shop of Jeremiah\\nElfreth, a cabinet-maker below on the same street,\\nwere the old Estaugh tavern-house and two or\\nthree small houses. On the north side of Tanner\\nStreet were three lots, with houses, owned by John\\nClement. Daniel Fortiner, about 1800, built a house\\non Main Street, the only one south of Tanner\\nStreet, on the west side of Main Street. He was\\na cabinet-maker, and the house is now the property\\nof William H. Clement. On the east side of the\\nstreet, south of the railroad, there was but one\\nhouse, which was owned by Silas Willis, a mason\\nit stood on the land now belonging to the heirs of\\nJoseph Walton. A frame house, still standing,\\nowned by Nathaniel Clement, is now owned by\\nNathaniel T. Clement, his grandson. The next\\nhouse stood on the site of the Presbyterian Church,\\nand was built by Jeremiah Elfreth, who lived there\\nall his days. Above was the house occupied from\\n1772 to 1777 by Rev. Robert Blackwell, later\\nowned by Dr. Evan Clement, since the property\\nof Stephen Kirby, and later owned and occupied\\nby his daughters. On the site of Perrywebb s\\nblacksmith shop, about the year 1825, John Reeves\\nbuilt a store and kept it several years. It was later\\nkept by Samuel M. Reeves, S. Stokes Hillman\\nand Adrian 0. Paul, and the site is now occupied\\nby the store of Clement Giffin. Next above was\\na house built by the Alexanders, on the site of\\nLydia Bates frame house. It passed to Benjamin\\nCooper, and is now the property of Samuel M.\\nReeves heirs. Next was a small frame house\\non the site of Dr. N. B. Jennings residence. On\\nthe site of the residence of Mr. George Horter was\\na house owned by Abel Nicholson, previously\\nby Munson Day. Above was a small house owned\\nby Samuel Champion, now by the Misses Stout.\\nNext was the Mathias A.spden house, then owned\\nby Samuel Champion, later by Dr. Benjamin\\nBlackwood, whose heirs still reside there. Next\\nwas the Matlack house, which was a guard-house\\nat the time of the Revolution.\\nJacob Clement s house was next it stood until\\nJohn Clement built his present residence, about\\n1857. The. next house, now standing, was owned\\nby J. Stokes Coles, and built by John Clement,\\nson of Jacob. The Sarah Norris house, in which\\nshe kept a store, later used as a tavern, was\\ntorn down in 1842-43, and the present brick resi-\\ndence, now owned by Aaron C. Clenient, was built\\nby his father, John Clement. Above Potter Street,\\non Main Street, stood a house of Gerrge Hanold s.\\nNext above was the house now owned by Charles\\nH. Hillman, then in possession of the Hartley\\nfamily. The Roberts house, still owned by the fam-\\nily, was built by John Roberts in 1816. The old\\nBaptist Church and burying-ground were situated\\nabove. The church was built in 1818, torn down\\nand rebuilt in 1852, which was in turn torn down\\nin 1885. An old house stood between the Baptist\\nChurch and the creek, owned by Samuel Zane,\\nwhere Aunt Jenny kept home-made beer, cakes\\nand candy for the small boys of the vicinity.\\nOff the Main Street were the Grove School-house,\\nbuilt in 1809, and .still standing the Friends\\nMeeting-house, which is now torn down, and the\\nold Friends School-house, built in 1787, and still\\nstanding. On Tanner Street was a tannery, from\\nwhich the street took its name. It was built about\\n1800 by Samuel Brown, who kept it many years.\\nIn 1828 it passed to Samuel Allen, by whom it was\\noperated many years, and abandoned about 1875.\\nThe property is now owned by Mary Anne Cle-\\nment, his daughter, and wife of A. W. Clement.\\nOn Potter Street, John Thomson established a\\npottery in 1805, and about 1808 sold the business\\nto Richard W. Snowdon, son of Richard, and then\\na young man, who continued the business until his", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0960.jp2"}, "792": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0961.jp2"}, "793": {"fulltext": "^^fe ll^\\n0! tMi^^C^\\n^^tj--", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0962.jp2"}, "794": {"fulltext": "THE BOROUGH OF HADDONFIELD.\\n616\\ndeath, October 29, 1868, from which time it was\\ncontinued until 1883, by his son Richard. It is\\nstill in operation.\\nThe Busixess Interests of Haddonfield in\\n1835. The first business places on the east side of\\nMain Street, for the year named, was a store kept\\nby Samuel M. Reeves, now the site of Clement\\nGiffin s store; above were shops of Isaac Albertson,\\nwheelwright; Edward Raynolds,guusmith; Daniel\\nFortiner, blacksmith Turner Risdon, harness-\\nmaker; and Charles Lippincott, tailor; next was\\nthe engine-house; above was Franklin Eggman,\\ntailor and on the corner of Potter Street was a\\nstore kept by James M. Glover. On the west side\\nof the street, from the south end, and on the corner\\nof Tanner Street, Samuel H. Burroughs had a\\ncabinet shop above was the tavern of Enoch\\nClemens, and stores kept by Franklin Eggman and\\nDavid Roe the drug store of Thomas Redman\\ntailor shop of Isaac Middleton tavern and store\\nof Thomas A. Pearce and shoe shop of Spencer\\nKirby. On the site of the Methodist Church,\\nSamuel Thackara had a blacksmith shop, and\\nabove was Daniel Garrett s shoe shop.\\nAs Haddonfield increased in size, and the sur-\\nrounding country became settled, the several\\nmechanical industries were developed, which at-\\ntracted the people of a large section of the sur-\\nrounding country to the place, and made it the\\ncentre of considerable trade. Carriage-builders,\\nwagon-makers, blacksmiths, carpenters, masons,\\ntailors, cabinet-makers, shoemakers, tanners, and\\nother branches were carried on here, and of these\\neach generally had several apprentices and con-\\nsumed a large amount of material in each branch.\\nApprentices were indentured to serve until twenty-\\none years of age, to be taught the art and\\nmystery of the business, to serve their masters\\nfaithfully, to be allowed one week s harvest\\neach year, and at the end of their term to receive a\\nfull suit of freedoms, which was the name ap-\\nplied to a new suit of clothes from hat to shoes\\nreceived on such occasion. By the week s harvest,\\nwhich each apprentice was allowed, he obtained\\nhis pocket-money for the coming year. He was\\ncareful, therefore, to fill each day in some farmer s\\ngrain-field, and for which he would receive the\\ngoing wages. Farmers looked to this source\\nfor their supply of harvest hands, and, when the\\ngrain began to ripen, would arrange among them-\\nselves the days to cut the grain, and come into\\nthe village and notify the apprentices accord-\\ningly. When learning to reap the apprentice\\nwas known as a cub or half-hand, and the butt of\\nthe older bovs in his awkwardness and waste of\\ngrain. Soon, however, he would rank among the\\nbest, and stand ready to rally the next boy for his\\nlike inexperience. The system of apprenticeship,\\nfrom various causes, gradually fell into disuse, and\\nfor many years past not a boy has been indentured\\nin this region. The effect has been to leave the\\ncountry bare of skilled workmen, and to necessitate\\nthe introduction of foreign labor to fill the place.\\nThis is felt in every branch of mechanics, and will\\nnot be remedied except the old path be followed.\\nMachinery has done much to simplify and expedite\\nmany kinds of work, but nothing is lost when a\\nworkman is employed whose early instruction has\\nfitted him for the task set before him.\\nDavid Roe, Sr. The Roe family, one of the\\noldest in Gloucester County, N. J., is of Scotch-\\nIrish ancestry, and settled in the province of New\\nJersey as early as 1700. The first one of the fam-\\nily of whom anything definite is known was Abra-\\nham Roe, the father of Henry Roe, who was born\\nin Blackwoodtown May 20, 1754. He (Henry Rue)\\nmarried Miss Ann Jaggard, born October 4, 17t)0,\\nwhose father, James Jaggard, was a large owner\\nof land in and around Blackwoodtown. In 1762 Mr.\\nJaggard deeded to his daughter Ann the farm now\\nowned by Dr. Joseph B. Rue, which farm has since\\nremained in the family. Henry Roe was a man of\\nfine character, and, like his ancestors, a Presbyte-\\nrian of the old school. He was an elder and lib-\\neral supporter of the Woodl)ury Presbyterian\\nChurch. He served through the war for independ-\\nence and held the rank of major. To Mr. and\\nMrs. Roe were born twelve children, ten of whom\\ngrew to maturity. Of his .sons, William and Rob-\\nert served in the War of 1812. Another son\\nHenry was of a literary turn, and in his boyhood\\ncared more for his Latin grammar than for farm\\nimplements. He became a professor in a college\\nat Annapolis, Md. He died of cholera in 1829.\\nDavid Roe, the youngest son, was born on the\\nhome fiirm February 4, 1800, and grew to manhood\\nthere. His education was acquired at the Wood-\\nbury Academy, and was superior to that obtained\\nby most farm sons of that time.\\nAbout the year 1821 he removed to Haddonfield,\\nN. J., and commenced merchandising by opening\\na country store, where everything was expected\\nto be found for sale. By attention to business,\\nanticipating the wants of the people and a careful\\nsystem of accounts, his success was marked. In a\\nfew years after, he began the purchase of real es-\\ntate and made some ventures in farming. Attracted\\nto this line of employment, and finding it better\\nfor his health, he gradually increased his acres un-\\ntil he had sufficient land to require his whole at-", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0965.jp2"}, "795": {"fulltext": "616\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ntention. He closed out his business as a meichant,\\nand became one of the best and most systematic\\nagriculturists in the neighborhood. His theory\\nwas that soil properly fertilized and culti\\\\lited\\nmade the best return, and the more liberally this\\ntheory was followed the more successful was the\\nfarmer. This idea was applied to his stock, his\\nutensils and his workmen, claiming that the best\\nwas always the most economical.\\nHe was a man of decided convictions, and for\\nseveral years an elder in the Presbyterian Church,\\nthe obligations of which he discharged conscien-\\ntiously and acceptably to the society. He became\\nan active opponent of the sale and use of intoxi-\\ncating liquors, and at a time when such sen-\\ntiments had but few advocates, and were generally\\nunpopular. In no way discouraged, he pressed\\nhis opinions on this question on all proper occa-\\nsions and, as it was shown that his precepts were\\nno more observable than his example, and con-\\ntrolled by a disinterested and moral motive, every\\none admired his consistency, if the} did not accept\\nhis practice. The use of liquors among his work-\\nmen was not allowed, and even during harvest he\\nadhered to the rule, and at last convinced those\\nemployed by him that its use was not beneficial.\\nHis conversion to this belief was due to a careful\\nand thorough study of the subject, and, as an evi-\\ndence of his strong conviction of the harm cau.sed\\nby the use of liquor, it is known that he destroyed\\na large quantity he had in his store, believing that\\nit would be as wrong to return it to those from\\nwhom he obtained it as to sell it himself\\nIn his family he was a model husband and fath-\\ner, and while strict as to moral and religious prin-\\nciples, he was indulgent and lenient in a marked\\ndegree in all other matters. In politics he was a\\nWhig, but never a politician.\\nMr. Roe was married, on the 3d of February,\\n182.5, the ceremony being performed in Philadel-\\nphia by Mayor Robert Wharton, to Miss Rebecca\\nSay Bisphani, of Moorestown, who was the daugh-\\nter of Joseph and Susan Bispham, born in Phila-\\ndelphia, on Market Street, between Front and Sec-\\nond Streets, on November 1797. Mr. Roe died\\nMay 24, 1855.\\nThe children of David and Rebecca Roe were\\nHenry, who married Miss Clark, and is now en-\\ngaged in farming in Missouri Susan B., married\\nto James Murphy, a retired Philadelphia merchant\\nRebecca B., married to Charles O. Morris, of Eliz-\\nabeth, N. J., now engaged in banking in New\\nYork Anna R., married to Clinton Morris, of\\nElizabeth David, who now owns and resides upon\\nthe farm in Haddonfield, owned by Mr. Roe at the\\ntime of his death. On this farm David, Jr., has\\nresided half a century. He married Miss Ella\\nCaldwell, of Philadelphia. Joseph B., who mar-\\nried Miss Mary Caldwell, graduated from the\\nUniversity of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) as a\\nphysician and surgeon, and served during the Re-\\nbellion, as a surgeon, in the Philadelphia Hospital.\\nLike all of his brothers, he is a strong Republican,\\nand is the only politician in the family. He has\\nheld various township oflices, and represented his\\ndistrict in the Legislature.\\nSamuel C. Albertson was born near Mount\\nEphraim, not far distant from where William Al-\\nbertson, the emigrants and his ancestors settled,\\nand within the limits of old Newton township.\\nHe was a son of Samuel and Rachel (Collins) Al-\\nbertson, and born February 6, 802.\\nHe was apprenticed to Stephen Kirby, a tailor\\nin Haddonfield, and when he attained his majority\\nwent to the city of Charleston, South Carolina.\\nFinding the climate unhealthy, he returned to\\nPhiladelphia, and was employed by Enoch Allen\\nuntil he removed to the city of New York. He\\nwas among the first to develop the ready-made\\nclothing business in that city, which business has\\nnow grown to such large proportions. Strict atten-\\ntion and fair dealing in the midst of a rapidly in-\\ncreasing population assured his success.\\nUpon the death of his brother Isaac, in 1835, he\\nrelinquished his business in New Y ork and re-\\nturned to Haddonfield, where he resided during\\nthe remainder of his life. He saw the increase of\\nthe metropolis in population and commerce, and\\nin his later visits there scarcely recognized many\\nof the places formerly so familiar to him the\\nmarch of improvement was so rapid. Although\\nreticent about his private affairs, yet he always re-\\nsponded liberally when charity demanded. He\\nnever married and died May 30, a.d. 1884.\\nFriendship Fire Company.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 On March 8,\\n1VG4, at a meeting of the male inhabitants of the\\ntown, a fire company was organized. At this\\nmeeting articles of association were drawn up,\\nthe preamble of which is as follows\\nThe eighth day of the third month, called March, in the year of\\nour Lord, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, we whose\\nNames are here unto subscribed, reposing Special Confidence in each\\nother s Friendship, Do, for the Better preserving our own and our\\nNeighbors Houses, Goods and effects from fire, Mutually agree In\\nManner following, That is to say.\\nThis is followed by ten articles which recite\\nthat each member shall provide two leather\\n1 The above sketch of the company was compiled from the minute-\\nbook of the company, from 1764 to 184G, now in the possession of\\nWilliam H. Suowden.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0966.jp2"}, "796": {"fulltext": "c/amiie/ S^/wHt^on.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0969.jp2"}, "797": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0970.jp2"}, "798": {"fulltext": "THE BOROUGH OF HADDONFIELD.\\n617\\nbuckets, marked with their name, at his own\\nexpense, ami that the company shall provide six\\nladders and three fire-hooks. The names of mem-\\nbers were Samuel Clement, Thomas Redman, Wil-\\nliam Griscom, John Matlack, Jr., Isaac Kay, John\\nHinchman, Robert Friend Price, John Langdalc,\\nJacob Clement, John Gill, Thomas Champion,\\nJames Davis, John Githens, Samuel Clement, Jr.,\\nThomas Gumming.*, Edward Gibbs, Hugh Creigh-\\nton, Joseph Collins, Caspar Smith, Benjamin\\nHartley, Benjamin Vanleer, Thomas Redman,\\nJr., Thomas Edgerton, Ebenezer Hopkins, Thomas\\nGithens and William Edgerton.\\nAt a meeting September 17U4, it was agreed\\nthat the ladders of the company shall be stationed\\nas follows Two at John Gill s, two at the old stable\\nand two at Samuel Clement, Jr. s. September y,\\n1765, Edward Gibbs reported the fire-hooks fin-\\nished, and pr sented his bill for fifteen shillings\\nfor the same. At a meeting May 7, 1767. John\\nLangdale, clerk, reported that he found four of the\\nladders at the nieetiug-house, and the other two in\\nAspden s old loft, and that the buckets were all in\\ngood order. Joseph Collins requested his name\\nto be razed out, which was granted. At a\\nmeeting May 7, 1778, William Griscom reported\\nhis buckets missing since the late fire, and are\\nsupposed to be lost. The company ordered\\nthem to be replaced if not found.\\nThe members of the company in 1792 were Isaac\\nKay, John Gill, Edward Gibbs, Hugh Creigh-\\nton, Thomas Redman, Samuel Kennard, Esq.,\\nThomas Githens, Nathaniel Clement, William\\nDoughten, James Hartley, Jacob Cox, John Mid-\\ndleton, John Ward, Jeremiah Elfreth, Benjamin\\nH. Tallman, Turner Risdon, John Bran.son, Evan\\nClement, William Foster, James Davis, Samuel\\nClement, John Clement, Isaac Kay, John Githens\\nand John Roberts.\\nNew ladders were made in 1794. During the\\nyears 1795-96 no meetings were held, and a call\\nwas made for the 7th of October, 1797, which was\\nwell attended and new members admitted. On\\nMarch 12, 1S08, there were but ten members at\\nthe meeting eighteen new members were admitted.\\nPrior to this time the company met in the Friends\\nMeeting-house, and from this time in the school-\\nhouse. A constitution was adopted on June 9,\\n1811, and article first provided that each member\\nshould have in his po.ssession two buckets and\\none bag, and string, consisting of three yards of\\nWilliam Griscom lived at that time in the house now Isaac\\nBraddock s. It was used part of the time duriog the Revolutio\\nary War as a guard-house, .and a frame huilding adjoining was si\\nyu fire by the Hessians and destroyed.\\nlinen, at least three-quarters of a yard wide.\\nArticle seventh arranged for jiroviding a fund for\\nsinking wells, and the purchase of a hose and en-\\ngine. To this constitution there were thirty-two\\nsubscribers. At a special meeting held at the\\nFriends Meeting-house, January 29, 1818, it was\\nagreed that all money collected shall be appro-\\npriated for the express purpose of digging public\\nwells and putting pumps in them, in such places\\nin the town as shall be designated by the com-\\npany. A subscription paper was laid before the\\nmeeting for the purpose of procuring an engine by\\nsubscription. A committee was appointed to visit\\nthe citizens for the purpose and to examine and\\ninquire the cost of a suitable engine for the town.\\nThis committee reported, at a meeting February\\n19th, that they had received subscriptions to the\\namount of four hundred and thirteen dollars, and\\nthat they had examined several engines, and rec-\\nommended one of Perkins patent, which could be\\nobtained for three hundred dollars, with a warrant\\nfor ten years, and privilege of returning within\\nthree years if not satisfactory. The committee was\\nauthorized to purchase the engine as soon as pos-\\nsible. A committee was appointed to purchase a\\nlot on Main Street, between the lot of Elizabeth\\nRowand and Jeremiah Elfreth s corner, for the\\npurpose of erecting an engine-house. At the next\\nmeeting, March 5, 1818, reports were made that\\nthe engine was under contract to be completed\\nApril 1st, and that the Friends offered to allow the\\ncompany to occupy the grounds at the end of their\\nhorse-sheds, on the east side of the street, for the\\npurpose of erecting an engine-house. The offer\\nwas accepted, and John Roberts and Joseph Porter\\nwere appointed to build the house thereon. At\\nthis meeting it was agreed to sink three wells in\\nthe main street, fourteen feet from the line of the\\nstreet, one on the line between Rachel Hanold s\\nand Elizabeth Hartley s (now property of Charles\\nH. Hillman), one on the line between Sarah Day s\\nand Samuel Champion s (now in front of the lot of\\nGeorge Horter), the other one to be at the small\\nbridge below Richard Dick.son s tavern, on the west\\nside of the street. These wells are all in use and\\nprovided with suitable pumps. The one in front\\nof Mr. Horter s was near the market-house, when\\nthat was built later, and is now covered by a flag-\\nstone. July 18, 1818, six members were chosen as\\nengineers, whose duty it should be to exercise the\\nengine on the last Saturday of every month, at\\nwhich time the company were to assist with their\\nbuckets. In 1828 twelve buckets were purchased,\\nto be placed in the engine-house. In 1830 a well\\nwas ordered to be sunk on the back street. At a", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0971.jp2"}, "799": {"fulltext": "618\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nspecial meeting held January 16, 1841, the engine,\\nengine-house, wells and pumps were ordered to be\\nput in complete repair. A committee was authoi-\\nized to invite the Rowandtown Fire Company to\\njoin the company. No mention is made concerning\\nthe Rowandtown Company in later minutes, and\\nit is presumed the invitation was not accepted.\\nAbout 1840 a new fire-engine was purchased\\nwhich is the one now in use.\\nThe company kept its organization until 1851,\\nwhen it was absorbed into the Haddonfield Fire\\nDepartment, which was incorporated by act of\\nAssembly dated February 21, 1851, but as the\\ndepartment was not organized in accordance with\\nthe provisions of the act, a supplement was passed\\nFebruary 7, 1854. It is evident that the depart-\\nment was not organized until three years later,\\nFebruary 21, 1857, when a meeting was held at\\nthe house of Samuel Githens, and the department\\nwas organized by the election of Richard W.\\nSnowden, Esq., as president Jacob L. Rowand,\\nsecretary and a treasurer and a board of man-\\nagers. It was agreed that one thousand dollars be\\nraised by tax for the use of the department. Feb-\\nruary 26th a committee was appointed to make\\ninquiries as to the best method to procure an\\nabundant supply of water, to ascertain cost of hose,\\nbranch-pipes and other fixtures, and to have the\\npublic pumps of the town put in good repair, to\\nprocure hooks, chains, ladders, hose-carriage and\\nsuitable building in which to keep the supply of\\nthe department. March 7, 1857, a committee was\\ndirected to purchase a suction-engine and three\\nhundred feet of copper-riveted hose. February 15,\\n1858, the managers recommended to the depart-\\nment to raise by tax three hundred dollars for the\\npurpose of erecting a new engine-house and for\\nother purposes. The board of managers made an\\nannual report March 5, 1858, in which they state\\nthat there were five wells, six feet in diameter and\\ntwenty-seven feet in depth, and the old wells put\\nin repair fire-engine repaired, three hundred\\nand ten feet of hose, and necessary connections\\nand branch-pipes, a set of new ladders, fire-hooks,\\nchains, and a hook-and-ladder cart, and a house on\\nthe town lot voted at last town-meeting for lad-\\nders, etc. The board at this meeting called the\\nattention of the department to the dilapidated\\ncondition of tlie engine-house, and recommended\\nthat application be made at the next town-meeting\\nfor the privilege of erecting an engine-house on\\nthe town lot next to the Friends grave-yard, and\\nthat three hundred dollars be raised by tax for the\\npurpose. Permission was granted, and an engine-\\nhouse was built on the town lot, east of the Town\\nHall, which was used until a few years since,\\nwhen the present rooms were fitted for the purpose\\nin the first floor of the Town Hall. The minutes\\nof the department are missing from 1858 to May 1,\\n1872. At a meeting held on the latter date, Isaac\\nA. Braddock, of a committee, reported the en-\\ngine-house enlarged, and a new force-pump pur-\\nchased for one hundred and sixty-nine dollare,\\nwhich was mounted on wheels. June 9, 1874, it was\\nreported that consent was given to dig a cistern\\nwith capacity of ten thousand gallons, and also\\nthe purchase of three hundred feet of rubber hose.\\nOn the 10th of February, 1875, proposals were\\nmade for four new wells and one cistern in the\\ntown. They were contracted for and completed\\nMay 1st following. Upon the incorporation of the\\nborough of Haddonfield, in March, 1875, the Fire\\nDepartment was placed in charge of the borough\\ncommissioners, who have kept the department in\\ngood order. The engine is available for use and\\nsupplied with hose, wells and other apparatus.\\nThe town is supplied with wells and cisterns, and\\nthe department is now under the charge of Samuel\\nP. Hunt.\\nOld Taverns. The first reliable data of a tav-\\nern-license being granted within the limitsof Had-\\ndonfield is found in the old town-book of Newton\\ntownship, in which mention is made, in 1733, of\\nThomas Perrywebb being assessed as a tavern-\\nkeeper. He lived on the corner of Ellis and Main\\nStreets, on the site of Clement Gifiins store. In\\n1737 he was a blacksmith, and had a shop at that\\nplace. A brick building which stood on the west\\nside of Tanner Street, near Main, owned by Eliza-\\nbeth Estaugh, was used as a tavern many years be-\\nfore the Revolution. The house of Sarah Norris,\\non the site of Aaron W. Clement s house, was also\\nused as a tavern before the Revolution. The pres-\\nent American House was built, iu 1750, bj Tim-\\nothy Matlack, who purchased the property in 1732.\\nIt was sold soon after to Mathias Aspden, by whose\\nson, Mathias, it was sold, in 1757, to Thomas\\nRedman, who. May 1, 1777, conveyed it to Hugh\\nCreigbton, who, in 1754, was running a fulling-\\nmill in the township The Council of Safety and\\nthe Legislature of New Jersey met in this tavern\\nbefore he became the landlord, and several times\\nafter, during that year. Creigbton was mine host\\nuntil 1790, when he sold the property to John Bur-\\nroughs, who kept it until February 24, 1804, when\\nhe sold to Samuel Denny, who, March 28, 1805, con-\\nveyed it to John Roberts. Denny was the landlord\\nand continued many years. Among the landlords\\nwho have since occupied this house are Thomas A.\\nPearce, Samuel Githens, Theodore Humpliries,", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0972.jp2"}, "800": {"fulltext": "THE BOROUrxH OF HADDONFIELP.\\nfil9\\nSamuel C. Smith, Samuel E. Shivers, Edward\\nBrick, Steelniau Brick, John Plum and George\\nW. Stillwell, who is the present landlord, and came\\ninto possession February 24, 1874.\\nThe present post-office building was erected in\\n1777 by Edward Gibbs, for a tavern, and kept by\\nhim during the Revolutionary War and later. In\\n1818 it was kept by Richard Dickson, in 1S21 by\\nJoseph C. Staff ord, later by Euoch Clemens, who\\nwas also postmaster. Samuel Githens was landlord\\nat this house before taking the American. The last\\nto keep the house as a hotel was George Higbee.\\nIn 1873 the town and township voted no license,\\nsince which time Haddonfield has been without\\nliquor sold in public places, and the result proves\\nthat a town can thrive without it, despite the oft-\\nrepeated saying that the sale of whiskey gives life\\nto a place.\\nThe Post-Offices and Postmasters. The\\nfirst definite knowledge of the establishment of a\\npost-oliice in Haddonfield is in the fact that on\\nthe 12th of July, 1803, John Clement was appointed\\ndejjuty postmaster, as then termed, by Gideon\\nGranger, Postmaster-General of the United States.\\nThere were at that time no stage-routes through\\nthe town, and mails arrived irregularly. About\\n1824 a route was established between Haddonfield\\nand Camden, on which coaches carrying mails were\\nrun twice a week. About 1828 Joseph Porter was\\nappointed and the office was kept in his store, then\\non the corner of Main and Potter Streets. A route\\nwas soon after established i rom Philadelphia to\\nLeeds Point. Porter was succeeded by James M.\\nGlover, who kept store at the same place. The\\noffice next passed to Enoch Clemens, who kept\\ntavern in the present post-office building. He was\\nsucceeded by Adrian Paul, who removed the of-\\nfice to his store, now Clement Giffins. Mr. Paul\\nwas succeeded by James Jobson, harness- maker,\\nwho moved the office to his shop, then in the Odd-\\nFellows Hall building. He was succeeded by\\nAlfred W. Clement in 18(il, who kept the office in\\nhis store during his incumbency in office for sev-\\neral terms, which extended to September, 1886,\\nwith the exception of six mouths, when Jacob P.\\nFowler served as postmaster, by appointment\\nunder Andrew Johnson- Thomas Hill, the present\\nincumbent, was appointed by President Cleveland,\\nand removed the office to the old tavern proi erty,\\nwhere it still continues.\\nIncorporation of Haddonfield. The town\\nwas incorporated as a borough by an act of Legis-\\nlature approved March 24, 1875.\\nThe powers granted under this act were very\\nlimited, being confined to the election of five com-\\nmissioners, who were vested with the powers of\\ntownship officers and the right to pass and enforce\\nordinances to regulate and light streets, grade side-\\nwalks, take measures to suppress fires, etc. The\\nfirst election w;is held April 6th of the same year,\\nand the following-named persons were chosen\\n(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0(immissioners: John H. Lippincott, Joseph F.\\nKay, Alfred W. Clement, Nathan Lippincott and\\nSamuel P. Hunt. The i)resent board is composed\\nof Adrian C. Paul, Joseph F. Kay, Alfred W.\\nClement, Samuel P. Hunt and J. Morris Rob-\\nerts.\\nThe Hadiionfif.i.I LiBRAiiV CdMi ANy was\\norganized by members of the Society of Friends on\\nthe Third Month 5, 1803. A meeting was held at\\nthe school-house on the meeting-house lot, on the\\ndate given above, in jmrsuance to a j)ublic notice.\\nJames Hopkins, was chosen chairman and Ste-\\nphen M. Day secretary. A plan was proposed\\nand considered by paragraphs and a vote of the\\nmeeting taken on each section. The i)rearable re-\\ncites that the company is organized under the act\\nof Assembly dated November 22, 1794. Article 4\\ndeclares that the trustees shall not admit into the\\nlibrary any atheistical or deistical books, and as\\nthe Society of Friends, advise against the reading\\nof plays, novels and romances, for the use of this\\nclass of the members, it is further declared that in\\nmaking choice of books of those denominations,\\ncare shall be taken not to admit such as are of vain,\\nimmoral or corrupting tendency.\\nThe names of the nineteen original subscribers\\nare Thomas Redman, Andrew Caldwell, John\\nBlackwood, James Hurley, Joseph C. Swett,\\nWilliam E. Hopkins, Samuel Middleton, John\\n(iill, Samuel AV. Harrison, Jacob Middleton. Jo-\\nseph Griffith, Josiah Matlack, Charles Collins,\\nJohn Clement, Samuel Zaue, Benjamin Hop-\\nkins, Beujanun Morgan, James Hopkins, and\\nJohn Roberts. The iiersons who soon alter\\nbecame subscribers were Thomas Preston, Edward\\nZ. Collings, Jacob Stokes, John Githens, John\\nBarton, John Branson, Matthias Kay, Robert\\nRowand, Dr. Bowman Hendry, Daniel Fortiner,\\nJohn Burrough, Jr., John Stokes, Joseph Bates\\n(inn-keeper), James Graysbury, Joseph Githens,\\nJoseph Hugg, Joseph Champion, Abraham\\nInskeep, John Kay, Edward Collins, Wallace\\nLippincott, Charles French, Aaron Kay, James\\nHartley, Abel Nicholson, Samuel Brown, Jr., Ben-\\njamin Kay, Joseph Z. Collings, Samuel Hopkins,\\nJoseph Burrough, Jr., Dr. Samuel Bloom field,\\nMahlon Matlack, Samuel Ellis, Aquilla Stokes,\\nJoshua Lippincott, Richard Suowden, David\\nDoughten, Levi Ellis, John Est. Hopkins, Isaac", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0973.jp2"}, "801": {"fulltext": "620\\nIIISTiiKV OF CAMKKN OINTY, NKW JKRSKY\\nOlovcr, Israel Morris. Luke W. Morris, Isaac Kay\\nand William Todd.\\nThe shares of stoek of the company were placed\\nat eight dollars each the nineteen orig-inul sub-\\nscribers took thirty-two shares. At a mecfinp\\nMarch 8th in the same year John Clement was\\nchosen librarian and clerk. A certificate of incor-\\nponition was drawn up .March 12th, which was\\ntiled April 4th following; over fifty volumes were\\npresented to the company by Andrew C ahlwell,\\nJohn Evans and Joshua Crts.-ion, the last two\\nbeing merchants of I hiladclphia. A committee\\nwas appointed to purcha.-e books. The library\\nwas kept and meetings held in the Friends .School-\\nhouse from the date of organisation uutil 1S51.\\nFrom that time until it was locatwl in its present\\nrooms, about 1.S77, it w:ls kept at various places.\\nIt was jirovided in the constitution that the library\\nshould be open from 7 to o clock on each week\\nday evening, from 3 to 5 p.m. on seventh day of\\nevery week and from 1 1 .30 to 12.30 a.m. on every fifth\\nday of the week. This provision has been strictly\\ncomplied with. In 1S17 the library had accumu-\\nlated five hundred volumes. On the 23d of No-\\nvember, 1S. 4, the Iladdon Institute was organized\\nat the Grove School-house, for the purpose of es-\\ntablishing a lecture course and literary institute.\\nOn March 17, l i. the library company passed a\\nresolution uniting the library with the institute.\\nThe institute was short-lived, closing in 1851),\\nwhen the books were again placed under the man-\\nagement of the original company, and so continue l\\nuntil the present time. In 1875 the Ilaildonlicld\\nLibrary Company was again incorporated. It at\\npresent conUiins over si.xteeu hundred volumcw\\nand the number is constantly increasing. It is\\nnow under charge of the following oflicers:\\nTrustees, John JI. Lippincott, Charles S. IJrad-\\ndock, Charles Uhoads, John Gill, William H. Shy-\\nrock, Joseph F.vans and Samuel A. Willits\\nLibrarian, Charles F. Redman.\\nTilt; Fkikmis in ILmuminfikmi.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The early\\nsettlement of this region of country was on the\\nmiddle branch of Newton Creek, where, in 1 !84, a\\nFriends Meeting-house was built. Later, the Had-\\ndon estate, on the King s highway near Coo| er\u00c2\u00bb\\nCreek, became a desirable place for location, and\\nmany new-comers settled there. At the Friends\\n.Meeting at Newton the propriety of organizing a\\nnew meeting was considered, and about 1720 a log\\nmeeting-house, larger and more comfortable than\\nthe one at Newton, was built near the King s\\nHighway, and meetings wore held there. In 1721\\nFlir.abeth Fstatigh returned to Kngland, and pro-\\neured a ileed from her father for one acre of land,\\non which the meeting-house was built. It was\\ndeeded in trust to William F^vans, Joseph Cooper.\\nJr., and John Cooper. In 1732 John Flstaugh and\\nElizabeth, his wife (the Haddon property having\\nbeen transferred to them), conveyed to trustees,\\nfor the use of the Society of Friends, one and a\\nquarter acn-s adjoining the meeting-house lot. At\\nthat time the trustees wen John Mickle. Thomas\\nStoke Timothy Matlack, Constanline Wooil,\\nJoshua I.^ird, Joseph Tomlinson, Ephraim Tom-\\nlins in, Josejdi Kaighn, John llollinshead, Josiah\\nFoster and William Foster. In 17t)3 the remain-\\ning trustees conveyed to John (till, Joshua Stokes,\\nNathaniel Lippincott, Samuel Webster, John\\nGlover, James Cooper, John lx fd, John E. Hop-\\nkins, John Hrown. Isaac Ballinger and David\\nCooper, who had been appointeii to receive the\\ntrust. In 1828 all the trustee.-; last-mentioned were\\ndeceased, and Samuel Webster, as oldest son of\\nSamuel Webster, the survivors of the trustees,\\ncontinued the trust to others appointed for the\\nsame purpose. In March, 1754, the township of\\nNewton ])urchased of Elizabeth I-^staugh a half-\\nacre of ground for a burial-place for the jjoor.\\nThis lot was found not convenient, and exchange\\nwas made with .lohii E. Hopkins for a quarter of\\nan acre of land adjoining the Friends Meeting-\\nhouse and burial-lot, the deed for which piL \u00c2\u00absed\\nDecember 24. 1755. The name Poor s Hurying-\\n(iround after a time became objectionable, and\\nby a vote of the town authorities .March 8, 1808,\\nthe name was changed to Strangers Hiirying-\\n(Jrouiid, in obedience to a re iuest in a memorial\\npresented by Thoniits Redman and other Friends\\nat the Town Meeting. The plot was placed under\\ntheir charge, embraced in their grounds and is at\\npresent a part thereof In 17t 0 the old log mect-\\niiig-house was remove I to the opposite side of the\\nFerry road and a brick house, more commodious,\\nwas erected upon itt site. This house was in use\\nuntil 1851, when a tract of lanil containing about\\ntlin-c acres, north of the meeting-housc lot, was\\npurcha.sed and the prc-icnt brick meeting-house\\nwas erecti-d. In 17x7 the brick schiHd-house was\\nbuilt on the west part of the meeting-house lot and\\nfor many years it was the only schiM)l-himse in the\\ntown. In it the town-meetings and elections were\\nbelli for many year\u00c2\u00ab. .V frame addition was made\\nto it later on the west side, on which the library of\\nthe Haildonfield .\\\\ssoeiation was kept many yearn.\\nThe olil building, having been enlarged, is still in\\nuse iLH a dwelling ami school-house.\\nThe ell orts oftityirgc Keith in Hi8 .l, when he\\nwas an earnest supporter of the faith and d H-trinu\\nof the SK-iety of Friends, to enilenvor to place the", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0974.jp2"}, "802": {"fulltext": "THE BOROUGH OF HADDONFIELl).\\n621\\nsociety securely upon the doctrine of the trinity,\\ndid not die out with his separation from the\\nsociety, as the seed he then sowed grew slowly and\\nbrought forth its fruit in the division of the society\\nin 1828. To quote from William Hodgson, a\\nFriend George Keith had been an eminent\\ninstrument in the gathering of people called\\nQuakers from the barren mountains of empty\\nprofession to the green pastures and still waters of\\npure, life-giving Christianity. Keith insisted that\\nthe society should clearly define the doctrine of\\nthe inner light, which they failed to do, and in\\n1691 he left the society and in 1692 the Burlington\\nYearly Meeting published a declaration of disunity\\nagainst him. Keith returned to England- and in\\n1700 was admitted to Holy Orders in the Episcopal\\nChurch, returned to this country, and with many\\nof the Friends of rank, wealth and influence, who\\nwere in sympathy with his views, united in form-\\ning the Episcopal Church in New Jersey. Others\\nin sympathy with him formed a society called\\nKeithian or Christian Quakers. Many were dealt\\nwith by the society and disowned. It was not until\\n1827-28 that the great separation occurred in\\nthe society, when those who believed with Elias\\nHicks became generally known as the Hicksite\\nFriends and their opponents as the Orthodox\\nFriends. After this the two branches continued\\nusing the meeting-house, divided by a partition,\\nuntil its destruction by the Orthodox Friends, in\\n1851, when the Orthodox built their present house\\nnear the main Street and the Hicksites theirs on\\nEllis Street.\\nThe Public Friends who have ministered to the\\nmeeting at Haddonfield have been quite numerous.\\nThere were many visiting friends who were prom-\\ninent speakers. It is not known who were the\\nregular speakers or miiusters before 1700, but\\nprobably Friends from the meetings in Philadel-\\nphia or Burlington. In that year John Estaugh\\ncame to this country and in 1702 became connected\\nwith this meeting, then at Newton. He remained\\nin connection until his death, in 1742. His wife,\\nElizabeth, survived him and died in 1762. Han-\\nnah, the wife of Joseph Cooper, also a public\\nFriend, was a speaker in England and in 1732\\nmarried Joseph Cooper, of Newton townshij). In\\n1739 she went on a religious visit to Barbadoes.\\nShe died in 1754. John Griffith, a leading public\\nFriend of London, made a religious visit to this\\ncountry, which extended from 1736 to 1766. He\\nministered several times during that period at\\nHaddonfield. His journal was published in\\nLondon in 1779. Thomas Redman, the first of the\\nname who resided in Haddonfield, w.as also a\\npublic Friend and traveled much. He died in\\n1766. His son, Thomas Kedman, followed him\\nand was a staunch supporter of the faith and\\nprinciples of the Society, and for his adherence to\\nthe principles was imprisoned in Gloucester jail\\neight weeks, from January 20, 1777, to March 18th\\nfollowing. Joseph Tomlinson came to the country\\nabout 1686 and was in the household of Thomas\\nSharp. He became a preacher and was highly\\nrespected. He died in 1719. His son Ephraim\\nwas born in 1095 and died in 1780. He was held\\nin high estimation as a preacher and for his\\nconsistent life. Joshua Lord was one of the\\ntrustees of Woodbury Friends Meeting in 1096,\\nand also a trustee of Haddonfield Meeting in\\n1732. Joshua Lord was trustee of Haddonfield\\nMeeting in 1771. The last-named was a prominent\\nminister. Joshua Evans, from about the time of\\nthe Revolution, was also a minister. He resided\\non the Cuthbert farm. Benjamin Swett and his\\nwife were preachers of the meeting many years.\\nElizabeth L. Redman, wife of Thomas Redman\\nand mother of John, Charles and Sarah, was an\\nacceptable preacher. The present public Friends\\nof this Orthodox Meeting are Charles Rhoades\\nand his sister Deborah.\\nMarriages. The following is a list of the mar-\\nriages of the Haddonfield Meeting as obtained\\nfrom the early records from 1720 to 1800\\n1720. Timothy Matlack to Mary Haines.\\nJedediah Adaiua to Margaret Ciiristian.\\nJoshua Raper to Sarah Cooper.\\nThomas Adams to Hannah Sharp.\\n1722. Samuel Nicholson to Sarah Bnrrough.\\nThoniM Ellis to Catharine Collins.\\n1723. Samuel Bnrrough to Ann Gray.\\nJoseph Mickle to Elizabeth Efistlack.\\n1724. James Wills to .Sarah Clement.\\nThomas Shari to Elizabeth Smith.\\n1725. John Hudson to Hannah Wright.\\nRobert Jones to Sarah Siddon.\\nIsaac Albertson to Rachel Haines.\\n1720. John Bnrrough to Phebe Haines.\\nJohn Wills to Elizabeth Kaighn.\\n1727. Joseph Kaighu to Mary Estaugh.\\nEphraim Tomlinson to Sarah Corbit.\\nJames Cattle to Mary Engle, widow.\\n1728. John Haines to Jane Smith.\\nIsaac Kuight to Elizabeth Wright.\\n1729. Thomas Wright to Mary Thackara.\\nJohn Turner to Jane Engle.\\n1730. Timothy Matlack to Martha Haines.\\nSamuel Sharp to Mary Tomlinson.\\nJc;hn Kiiy to Sarah Ellis.\\nBartholomew Wyat to Elizabeth Tomlinson.\\nDavid Price to Grace Zane.\\n1731. Daniel Morgan to Mary Haines, widow.\\n1732. William Mickle to Sarah Wright.\\n1733. Samuel Abbott to Hannah Foster.\\nThomas Egerton to Sarah Stephens.\\nRichard Bidgood to Hannah Burrough, widow.\\n1734. Peter White to Rebecca Burr.\\nn3-=i. Nathan Beaks lo Elizabeth llooten.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0975.jp2"}, "803": {"fulltext": "622\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JEllSEY.\\n1736,\\n1737.\\n1738.\\n1739,\\n1740.\\n1741.\\n1742.\\n1743.\\n1747.\\n1748.\\n17M.\\n1766.\\nEdward Burton to Margaret Tonilinson.\\nThomas Bishop to Rachel Matlack.\\nNathan Lippincott to Mary Eugle.\\nWalter Fawcett to Margarett Killings.\\nDavid Straiten to Mary Elkinton.\\nJacob Taylor to Ann Andrews.\\nThomas Redman to Mercy Gill.\\nJacob Howell to Mary Cooper.\\nThomas Thorne to Mary Harnson.\\nThomas Egerton to Esther Bates.\\nJamee W hitall to Ann Cooper.\\nCharles French to Ann Clement.\\nRobert Stevens to Ann Dent.\\nIsaac Lippincott to Hannah Engle.\\nThomas Rakestraw to Mary Mason.\\nJacob Hiuchman to Abigail Harrison.\\nSamuel Stokes to Hannah Hinchman.\\nThomas Stokes to Abigail Matlack.\\nWilliam Albertson to Jane Turner.\\nJoshua Stokes to Amy Hinchman.\\nIsaac Burrough to Deborah Jennings.\\nJohn Ashard to Mary MidUleton.\\nThomas Hooten to Mercy Bates.\\nSamuel Mickle to Latitia Matlack.\\nHenry Wood to Ruth Dennis.\\nDaniel Fortinerto Rebecca Smith.\\nJoseph Wilkine to Sarah Hartshorn.\\nDaniel Hillman to Abigail Nicholson.\\nAbraham Haines to Sarah Ellis.\\nSamuel Nicholson to Rebecca Saint.\\nJohn Warrington to Hannah Ellis.\\nJob Siddon to Achsa Matlack.\\nJantes Cooper to Deborah Matlack.\\nJohn HiUniiin to Hannah Nicholson.\\nSamuel Noble to Lydia Cooper.\\nWilliam Miller to Elizabeth Woodward.\\nJacob Clement to Hannah Albertson.\\nJoseph Snowdcn to Rebecca Howell.\\nMichael Lents to Rachel Richardson.\\nSamuel Clement to Ruth Evans.\\nBenjamin Champion to Ann Hewitt.\\nWilliam Matlack to Mary Turner.\\nSamuel Collins to Kosanna Stokes.\\nSamuel Niclioldsou to Jane Albertson (widow),\\nJames West to Mary Cooper.\\nJacob Stokes to Priucilla Ellis.\\nJohn Jaffereys to Mary Butcher.\\nArchibald Mickle to Mary Burrough.\\nThomas Hinchman to Letitia Mickle (widow).\\nJacob Ellis to Cassandra Alljertson.\\nJohn Branson to Sarah Sloan.\\nJohn Thorne to Mary Gill (widow).\\nJohn Barton to Elizabeth Champion.\\nJonathan Fisher to Hannah Hutchison.\\nSimeon Breach to Mary Shores.\\nJacob Burrough to Sarah Throne.\\nEnoch Burrough to Deborah Middleton.\\nJohn Glover to Mary Thorne.\\nJoseph Bispham to Elizabeth Hinchman.\\nSamuel Hugg to Elizabeth Collins.\\nThomas Bates to Sarah Pancoast.\\nRestore Lippincott to Ann Lord.\\nCliarles West to Hannah Cooper.\\nJames Hinchman to Sarah Bickam.\\nJoshua Evans to Priscilla Collins.\\nNathan Beaks to Lydia Morgan.\\nRobert Stevens to Mary Kaighn.\\nJacob Burrough to Cassaiidni Ellis.\\nSamuel Burrough to Hannali Spence,\\nJohn Hillmau to Mary Horner.\\nIsaac Ballinger to Patience Albertson.\\nWilliam B;it*\u00c2\u00ab to KlizaU th IKu.tfu.\\n1757,\\n1758,\\n1758.\\n1759.\\n17C3.\\n17G4.\\n1760.\\n1770.\\nIsaac Horner to Elizabeth Kay.\\nJosiah Burrough to Sarah Morgan.\\nCaleb Hughes to Abigail Ellis.\\nSamuel Clement to Beulnh Evans.\\nDaniel Tomlinson to Mary Biites.\\nJohn Buzby to Sarah Ellis.\\nSamuel Tomlinson to Ann Burrough.\\nJoseph Morgan to Mary Stokes.\\nThomas Thorne to Abig-ail Burrough.\\nSamuel Webster to Sarah Albertson.\\nJohn Branson to Sarah Sloan.\\nJohn Starr to Eunice Lord.\\nJohn Brick to Abigail French.\\nThomas Champion to Deborah Clark.\\nChattield Brown to Hannah Andrews.\\nConetantine Lord to Sarah Albertson.\\nJohn Sharp to Sarah Andrews.\\nSimeon Zane to Sarah Hooten.\\nElnathan Zane to Batbsiiba Hurtly.\\nJacob Jenning to Mary Smith.\\nRichard Gibbs to Mary Burrough.\\nJacob Cozens to Esther Zane.\\nJohn Mickle to Elizabeth E. Hopkins.\\nJames Brown to Catharine Andrews.\\nJohn E. Hopkins to Sarah Mickle.\\nStephen Thackara to Elizabeth Sloan.\\nDavid Davis to Martha Cole.\\nJames Gardiner to Mary Tomlinson.\\nJob Kimsey to Elizabeth Eastlack.\\nJames Whitall to Rebecca Matlack.\\nCaleb Lippincott to Ann Vinacomb.\\nJames Starr to Elizabeth Lord.\\nJames Cooper to Mary Mifilin (widow).\\nEbenezer Hopkins to Ann Albertson.\\nJonathan Knight to Elizabeth Delap.\\nWilliam Cooper to Abigail Matlack.\\nJoseph Burrough to Mary Pine.\\nGriffith Morgan to Rebecca Clement.\\nConstantine Jeffreys to Patience Butcher.\\nIsaac Townsend to Katharine Albertson.\\nJohn Wilkins to Rachel Wood.\\nJosiah Albertson to Elinor Tomlinson.\\nCaleb Cresson to Sarah Hopkins.\\nJohn Redman to Sarah Branson.\\nAquilla Jones to Elizabeth Cooper.\\nJoshua Lippencott to Elizabeth Wood.\\nRobert Cooper to Mary Hooper.\\nMark Miller to Mary Redman.\\nJohn Gill to Abigail Hillman.\\nJacob Haines to Bathsaba Burrough.\\nSamuel Brown to Rebecca Branson.\\nJob Whitall to Sarah Gill.\\nJoshua Cresson to Mary Hopkins.\\nJames Sloan to Rachel Clement.\\nJonathan Iredell to Elizabeth Hillman\\nJoseph Gibson to Sarah Haines.\\nIsaac Buzby to Martha Lippincott.\\nJoseph Mickle to Hannah Burrough.\\nThomas Wright to Mary Branson.\\nBenjamin C. Cooper to Ann Black.\\nAmos Cooper to Sarah Mickle.\\nSamuel Allison to Martha Cooper.\\nGeo. Ward to Ann Branson.\\nJohn Barton to Amy Shivers.\\nJoseph Reeve to Elizabeth Morgan.\\nBenjamin Catheral to Esther Brown.\\nJoshua Stretch to Lydia Tomlinson.\\nWm. Zane to Elizabeth Hillman.\\nWm. Kneas to Sarah Pederick.\\nJames Stuart to Mary Ballanger.\\nEnoch Allen to Hannah Collins.\\nJuab Wills to Amy Gill.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0976.jp2"}, "804": {"fulltext": "THE BOROUGH OF HADDONFIELD.\\nC23\\nWm. EiJgarton to Tnbitba Hanisnn.\\nJclin Haines to HipiMicliia Ilincliiimn.\\nCiUcli Lippincotl to Ziliiali Sliinn.\\n1776. Nathuniel Barton to Kachel Stokes.\\nJohn Clement to Hannah Grisconi.\\nJonathan Brnwn to Sarah Ballinger.\\n1777. Samuel Tonilinsouto Ulartha Mason.\\nJoshua Evans to Ann Kay.\\nJob Cowpeithwaite to Ann Viekers.\\nDaviit Branson to Elizabeth Evans.\\n1778. Joseph Burrough to Lydia Stretch.\\nBlarmaduke Cooper to Mary Jones.\\nWni. White to Ann Paul.\\n1779. Samuel Stokes to Hope Hunt.\\nJoshua Paul to Mary Lippiucott.\\nJames Hinchman to Sarah Morj^an.\\nJededia Allen to Ann Wilkins.\\nBenj. Test to Elizabeth Thaokara.\\nRichard Snowden to Sarah Brown.\\n1780. Bery. Horten to Sarah Snowden.\\nWm. Lipptncott to Elizabeth Folwell.\\nSamuel Tonilinson to Mary Bates.\\n1781. Peter Thompson to Mary Glover.\\nJohn Gill to Sarah Pritchett.\\nRobert Zane to Elizabeth Butler.\\nDaniel Hillman to Martha Ellis.\\nIsaac Ballinger to Mary Baa ett.\\nJohn Webb to Amy Wills.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0VEdward Gibbs to Hepsibah Evans.\\n1782. Joshua Cooper to Abigail Stokes.\\nJohu Barton to Rebecca Engevine.\\nJohn Reeves to Beulab Brown.\\nDavid Ware to Sarah .Shinn.\\nRestore Lii)pincott to Deborah Ervin.\\nJoshua Harlan to Sarah Hinchman.\\n1783. Zaccheus Test to Rebecca Davis.\\nIsaac Stiles to Rachel Glover.\\nJacob Jennings to Ann Hopkins.\\nAsher Brown to Mary Ward.\\n1784. James Thackara to Jane Gaunt.\\nCharles Fogg to Ann Bates.\\nWm. Knight to Elizabeth Webster.\\nJames Hopkins to Rebecca Clement.\\nDarling Haines to Mary Lippincott.\\nJames Mickle to Hannah Lord.\\nJonathan Morgan to Elizabeth Fisher.\\n1785. Daniel Roberts to H.anuah Stokes.\\nAbraham Warrington to Rachel Evan\\nPeter Thompson to Sarah Stephenson.\\nJohn Stuart to Deborah Griscom.\\nJohn Evans to Elizabeth Browning.\\n1788. Isaac Jones to Sarah Atkinson.\\nCaleb Atkinson to Sarah Cliampion.\\nFrancis Boggs to Ann Haines.\\n1789. Wm. Rogers to Mary Davis.\\nJoseph Davis to Mary Haines.\\nWm. Saterthwaite to Mary Prior.\\nSamuel Glover to Hannah Albertson.\\nJohn Thome to Mary Duberee.\\n1790. Thomas Knight to Hannah Branson.\\nThomas M. Potter to Mary Glover.\\nJosiah Kay to Elizabeth Horner.\\n1791. Geo. Abbott to Mary Redman.\\nSamuel Abbott to Martia Gill.\\nJeremiah Wood to Mary Horner.\\n1782. Joseph Burrough to Martha Davis.\\nJohn Gill to Susanna Branson.\\n1793. Jesse Lippincott to Mary Ann Kay.\\nJoseph Cooper to Sarah P. Buckley.\\n1793. Marmaduke Burr to .\\\\nn Hopkins.\\nAbraham Silver to Sarah Knight.\\nJoshua Roberts to Sarah Cole.\\n1794. Obediah Engle to Patience Colo.\\nJohn Albertson to Ann Pine.\\n17116. Isaac Ballinger to Esther Stokes.\\nJob Bishop to Lardlo Jones.\\nJoseph Kaighn to Sarah Mickle.\\nJesse Smith ti Mary Paul.\\nWm. E. Hopkins to Ann Morgan.\\n1796. Joseph Glover to Sanih Mickle.\\nAaron Pancoast to .\\\\nu Cooper.\\nJoseph Bennett to Mary Morgan.\\nReuben Braddock to Elizabeth Stokes.\\n1797. Jonathan Knight to Elizabeth Kaighn.\\nPeter Hammit to Mary Duel.\\nJoseph C. Swett to Ann Clement.\\n1798. Richard M. Coojjer to Mary Coojicr.\\nJoseph Burr to Mary Sloan.\\nAbel Ashard to Ann Jennings.\\n1799. Robert Rowand to Elizabeth Barton.\\nWm. Roljerts to Ann Brick.\\nIsaac Thorne to Kachel Horner.\\nSamuel Hooten to Sarah Ballanger.\\n77ie JTic/csite Friends.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In the years 1827-28,\\nwhen Elias Hicks, the exponent of the early\\nteachings of Robert Barclay and others, was trav-\\neling through the country, he visited the Friends\\nMeeting in Haddonfield, and won to his cause a\\nnumber of the Friends, who at once organized a\\nmeeting ofHicksites, as his followers were termed.\\nThe feeling between the two parties was such\\nthat the partition in the meeting-house wa.s kept\\ndown, and separate meetings held from that time\\nuntil the destruction of the house, in 1851, by the\\nOrthodox Friends. A lot was then purchased at\\nEllis and Walnut Streets, and the present brick\\nmeeting-house erected. The public Friends who\\nhave ministered to the people of this branch of\\nthe society were Samuel Allen and Mary, his wife,\\nboth deceased.\\nHaddonfiei-d Baptist Chdrch.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The history\\nof the Baptist Church at Haddonfield is closely\\nidentified with the Baptist Churches of Mount\\nHolly and Evesham. As early as 1784 the B.ev.\\nPeter Wilson, pastor of the Baptist Church at\\nHightstown, Monmouth County, occasionally\\npreached at Mount Holly, in Burlington County,\\nN. J. At intervals others of like persuasion offi-\\nciated there, and in 1801 a church was organized\\nwith thirty-six members. About the year 1788\\nreligious services were held at the house of Matthew\\nWilson, in Evesham township, Burlington County,\\nand afterward continued, with more regularity, at\\nthe school-house in that neighborhood. In 1803\\nJoseph Evans and Letitia, his wife, and Rebecca\\nTroth were baptized, they being the first in that\\nren-ion, and two years after, the covenants were\\nadopted and a church organized with forty-five\\nmembers, many of whom had been dismissed from\\nthe church at Mount Holly.\\nAmong those who connected themselves with the\\nchurch at Mount Holly was John Sisty, then a", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0977.jp2"}, "805": {"fulltext": "624\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nyoung man, and a resident of that town. Yielding\\nto the persuasions of his associates, he occasionally\\naddressed religious meetings, which developed a gift\\nfor the ministry. In 1814 he was made a licentiate,\\nthe next year ordained, and preached regularly\\nonce in each month at the Evesham Meeting-house\\nfor nearly four years and without compensation.\\nDuring this time he removed to Philadelphia, and\\nhad his residence and place of business on the west\\nside of Front Street, a few doors below Market\\nStreet, and there continued for many years. While\\nfriends of his own religious belief at Haddon-\\nfield, in the year 1817, requested him to\\npreach, with a view of founding a Baptist Church.\\nThis invitation was accepted, and in the afternoon\\nof August 17, 1817, he preached his first sermon in\\nthe Grove School-house. These meetings were\\ncontinued the second and fourth Sabbaths of each\\nmonth until June 11, 1818, when a Baptist Church\\nwas regularly organized.\\nAt that time the Society of Friends was ihe only\\nreligious denomination which had stated meetings\\nin the village, and, it might be said, in the neigh-\\nborhood, save, perhaps, the Protestant Episcopal\\nChurch iit Colcstown. The Grove School-house,\\nin which he conducted the first services, was a\\nplain building, furnished with unpainted desks\\nand with benches without cushions of backs. To\\nthis uninviting and uncomfortable place was Mr.\\nSisty taken when he first sought to promulgate the\\nopinions and practices of his adopted church. In\\nthis unpretending structure, many miles from any\\nother in doctrinal sympathy, did that good man\\npersevere in his efforts to draw around him those\\nwho were willing to accept his views of religion\\nand follow the requirements of his creed as by him\\nexplained. The services were of the simplest\\ncharacter, often without the singing of hymns, for\\nthere were but few who understood or had any\\nknowledge of music. He soon found, however,\\nthat these meetings attracted attention and was\\nmuch encouraged to continue his efforts, with the\\nultimate object of founding a branch of the society.\\nIn after-years Mr. Sisty often spoke of the kind\\nand sympathetic manner in which he was received\\nby members of the Society of Friends, and who\\nalways expressed themselves as pleased with his\\nefforts and hoped that success might attend him.\\nAn organization was effected June 11, 1818, with\\nthe following-named persons as\\nmembers: Chas. Kain, Isaac Cole,\\nSamuel Vanhorn, John Fairlam,\\nHannah Clement, Maria Hillman,\\nSarah Kain, Ann Kain, Elizabeth\\nVanderveer, Keturah Eowand.\\nCharles Kain and his wife, Sarah)\\nresided at Fellowship, in Burling-\\nton County Isaac Cole, in Cam-\\nden Hannah Clement, in Haddon-\\nfield and Ann Kain, at Marlton,\\nBurlington Co. Elizabeth Vander-\\nveer resided at Moorestown, in the\\nlast-named county John Fairlam\\nand Samuel Vanhorn, near Coles-\\ntown and Maria Hillman and Ket-\\nturah Rowaud lived near Fellow-\\nship.\\nZaccheus Logan, Joseph Evans\\nIsaac Smith, David Vanderveer and\\nCharles Kain were selected as trns-\\ntees to take the title of the lot which\\nwas purchased of the heirs of Eliza-\\nbeth West, deceased, by deed dat ed Feb. 19, 1819, and\\nduly recorded. On this lot was erected a neat and\\ncomfortable brick meeting-house. The building,\\nwhen finished, presented a creditable appearance,\\nand was much admired by strangers. The entrance\\nwas by a front-door and two side-doors, the latter\\nbeing used by those coming in carriages. The\\ninside arrangement was admirable, with a double\\nrange of pews in the middle and a range on either\\nside, next the walls, with two aide-aisles to a cross-\\naisle, between the side-doors. The pulpit was\\npaneled, but plain, and reached by several steps\\non either side, only large enough, however, for\\ntwo persons to sit in galleries extended around\\nthree sides of the building and furnished with", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0978.jp2"}, "806": {"fulltext": "THE BOROUGH OF H ADDON FIELD.\\n625\\nbenches throughout. Two large ten-plate wood-\\nstoves stood in the main aisles for heating pur-\\nposes. The pews were neatly finished with solid\\nbacks and doors, but without paint and not num-\\nbered.\\nThe-coUections were taken in velvet sacks at-\\ntached to long black handles, and were by the\\ndeacons passed solemnly round near the close of\\nthe service. The money in circulation in those\\ndays were the old Spanish coins, and twelve and\\nsix-penny bits generally made up the sums con-\\ntributed. Open baskets were at last substituted\\non account of the many pieces of spurious coin\\nfound in the velvet sacks and placed there by\\nthose who had little regard for the necessities of\\nthe church. September 5, 1S18, John Sisty pre-\\nsented his letter of dismissal from the Baptist\\nChurch at Mount Holly, and, on August 14, 1819,\\nby a formal vote of the church and the pew-hold-\\ners, was invited to become their pastor. At the\\nsame meeting Charles Kain and Isaac Coles were\\nselected as deacons. November 13th following,\\nMr. Sisty, by a letter, accepted the charge, his\\nservices being rendered without compensation,\\nthe church paying his necessary expenses, which\\nseldom exceeded one hundred dollars per year.\\nThe building was dedicated on the last Sabbath\\nin November, 1818, when Dr. Holcom, Kevereud\\nMr. Gregg, Mr. Mahlon and Mr. Cooper were\\npresent with Mr. Sisty to conduct the services.\\nThese were novel and interesting in a Quaker\\nneighborhood, where formality of any kind on\\nsuch occasions was studiously avoided. Visitors\\ncame from all the country-side, and under the per-\\nsuasive eloquence of the eminent speakers, con-\\ntributed liberally towards the payment of the out-\\nstanding debt. It is not too much to say that\\nbroad-brimmed hats and plain bonnets were\\nscattered through the congregation, and although\\nnot of those who then gave, were known to be in\\nsympathy with the enterprise and hoped for its\\nsuccess.\\nIt is proper to record something of the constitu-\\nent members of the church. Charles Kain was\\nbaptized at Salem, New Jersey, in the twentieth\\nyear of his age, by the Rev. Job Sheppard, and\\nbecame a member of the church at that place.\\nThe next year, 1813, he removed to Philadelphia,\\nand by letter joined the Rev. Dr. Holcom s church\\nin that city. In 1816 he came to New Jersey\\nagain and worshipped with those of the Old Cause-\\nway Meeting-House, near Marlton, Burlington\\nCounty, and there remained until he became one\\nof the constituent members of the church at Had-\\ndonfield. He is remembered as leading the sing-\\ning, to which place he was chosen as clerk and\\nacceptably filled it for several years.\\nIsaac Cole, who lived in Camden, was an active\\nmember, was liberal to the church and acted as\\ntreasurer for several years. He gradually became\\ninterested in the church in Camden, and believing\\nthat his usefulness lay in that direction, requested\\nhis letter, which was granted February 28, 1830,\\nthat he could properly connect himself therewith.\\nHannah Clement, educated and baptized as a\\nmember of the Protestant Episcopal Church at\\nChews Landing, a few miles from Haddonfield,\\nwas convinced of the faith and practices of the\\nBaptists under the preaching of Dr. William\\nStaughton while residing in Philadelphia. She\\nbecame a member of the First Baptist Church of\\nthat city and was dismissed therefrom June 11,\\n1818, to connect herself with the Haddonfield\\nChurch. She was the first resident Baptist in the\\ntown, and used her best efforts towards planting\\nthe church there.\\nShe was the wife of John Clement, who took\\nmuch interest in the enterprise and acted as cash-\\nier during the erection of the house. At morning\\nand evening service he could always be seen in his\\nseat at the head of his pew, and through all the\\nmutations of the church he regularly occupied the\\nsame place, and only abandoned it when he found\\nhis remonstrances would not avail to prevent the\\ntaking down of the building he had assisted to\\nerect and maintain. He could not be convinced\\nof the need of such a change, which would entail\\na heavy debt and not add very much to the seat-\\ning capacity. His wife was alike jealous of any\\ninnovation that endangered the ancient landmarks\\nand was likely to weaken or destroy them. She\\nlooked suspiciously upon any change in the old\\nforms of worship, and held fast to the ways of the\\nfathers. She lived to see the small beginnings at\\nthe Grove School-house come to be a large and\\ninfluential society. She died an exemplary Chris-\\ntian.\\nElizabeth Vanderveer was the wife of David\\nVanderveer, a residt nt of Moorestown, some six\\nmiles from Haddonfield. Through her influence\\nseveral other families came from the same town and\\nneighborhood, and were pew-holders in the church.\\nAfter the death of her husband she was dismissed,\\nNovember 29, 1838, and took her letter to the\\nTenth Baptist Church of Philadelphia, to which\\ncity, with her children, she went to reside.\\nJohn Fairlam was a fanner residing near Coles-\\ntown, and rendered what assistiance his limited\\nmeans would allow towards the new enterprise.\\nHe was baptized by John Sisty in 1817, and he-", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0979.jp2"}, "807": {"fulltext": "626\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ncame a member of the Old Causeway Meeting,\\nand was dismissed therefrom to join the organiza-\\ntion at Haddonfield. He was separated from tlie\\nchurch and became chorister at Colestown.\\nSamuel Vanhorn, also a farmer and residing\\nDear Colestown, was baptized by John Sisty iu\\n1818, and always remained a consistent member of\\nthe denomination.\\nSarah Kain, wife of Charles, was also baptized\\nby John Sisty, and was ever after an upright and\\nfaithful member among her associates. She was\\nanxious that her children should follow iu her\\nfootsteps, and had the pleasure in her declining years\\nto Ifuow that her precept and example had done\\nmuch for them.\\nAnn Kain, sister of Charles, was baptized by\\nJohn Sisty. She afterwards married Samuel Wil-\\nkins, and for several years lived in Haddonfield,\\nand then removed to Woodbury, Gloucester Coun-\\nty. With her husband and family she returned to\\nthe village, where she died in full membership\\nwith the church, having never removed her letter\\ntherefrom.\\nKeturah Rowand, wife of Joseph Rowand, and\\nsister of Isaac Coles, was, with her husband, a\\nmember of the Old Causeway Meeti:ig. She was\\nzealous in the cause of religion, and through her\\ninfluence many were induced to join the church.\\nMaria Hillman resided near Haddonfield, and\\nalthough not a conspicuous member, was generally\\nfound in her place and ready to assist in every\\ngood work.\\nThe grave-yard in the rear of the church brings\\nback many sad recollections. About one-half of\\nthe first purchase of land was laid out with two\\navenues and a range of lots on the right and left\\nof each. The pew-holders had the choice of lots,\\nand such as paid four years in advance for their\\nseats in the church, were given the lot selected\\nwithout other consideration.\\nIn later years this home of the dead has been\\nmuch enlarged, and the outlines of the original\\nyard are almost obliterated. The first funeral here,\\ntradition says, was that of Lieutenant Nicholson,\\nof the United States navy, who died in the neigh-\\nborhood, where he was boarding. He is remem-\\nbered as a martinet in dress, and a genial com-\\npanion, but a victim to intemperance which unfitted\\nhim for duty. His habits were a great mortifica-\\ntion to his family, and after his burial no friend or\\nrelative was ever known to visit his grave. His\\nremains were laid in the northeast corner of the\\nyard, but through long neglect the particular spot\\nhas been lost sight of.\\nThe custom of Friends had its influence, and\\nmany of the first graves are without monuments,\\nand hence lost sight of. In the old part may be\\nseen the graves of several of the founders of the\\nchurch, and among them that of John Sisty, who\\nprovided that his remains should be laid within\\nthe bounds of the place he loved so much. Here\\nare the plain, unpretending stones, showing where\\nlay those who were active and useful in their gen-\\neration, and whom their descendants have reason\\nto love.\\nSomething about the baptisms, or, more properly\\nspeaking, the immersions, should be written. The\\nfirst baptism in connection with this church took\\nplace on September 13, 1818, and the persons im-\\nmersed were Samuel Lippincott, John S. Wilmot,\\nClarissa Laconey and Sarah Sleeper. Baptisms\\noccurred on Sabbath mornincf, and generally at\\nEvans Mill pond, above the dam, but sometimes\\nbelow the flood-gates, when the ice was too thick\\non the pond.\\nIn 1837, after much opposition, the old house\\nwas remodeled at a considerable expense the\\npulpit was removed, the floor lowered, the railing\\naround the galleries was replaced by panel-work\\nand the old chandelier and side-lights taken away.\\nThe wood-stoves were banished and better heating\\napparatus substituted, and the whole inside of the\\nchurch handsomely and tastefully painted. The\\nnext year a frame addition was built in the rear,\\nin which the business meetings and Sunday-school\\nwere held, and, although not very sightly, fur-\\nnished the much-needed space necessary to the\\nincreased membership.\\nAnno Domini 1838 was an eventful year. Feb-\\nruary 17th the Reverend Timothy Jackson was in-\\nvited to conduct a series of rneetings, which ex-\\ntended over twenty-three days and evenings, and\\nended in some eighty persons being baptized. He\\nwas a remarkable man as a sermonizer and ex-\\nhorter, and crowds followed him wherever he\\npreached. He was popular among the people and\\nhis services were always in demand. This\\nstrengthened the church in numbers and increased\\nits zeal, through which its influence was enlarged\\nand much good done.\\nAugust 18, 1837, a desirable lot of land on the\\neast was purchased, which gave much more space\\non that side of the house and nearly doubled the\\nnumber of lots in the grave-yard.\\nThe most important event of this year was the\\nresignation of John Sisty as pastor. Nothing can\\nbetter express his feelings relating to this subject\\nthan the words written with his own hand. They\\nare as follows.\\nEcsignfd my |\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abtoriil charge of the Baptist f Liiirh in Hml-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0980.jp2"}, "808": {"fulltext": "THE BOROU(iH OF IIADDONFIELD.\\n62\\ndcinfleld, SeptBmbcr 30th, 1838. But few churches ami minislere\\ncontinue so long in harmony and unbrolien friendship. Mucli im-\\nperfection and uuworthinesa have niarlied the tenure uf ni.v way,\\nhut hy the grace of God we are what we are. .T. 8isty.\\nAs the church property increased in extent and\\nvalue, it was deemed prudent that the membership\\nshould become an incorporated body, according to\\nthe laws of the State of New Jersey in such cases\\nmade and provided, and December 15th, of this\\nyear, a resolution to this eflect was passed. March\\n16, 1839, Charles Kain, Daniel Fortiner, James G.\\nWebster, John Osier, John G. Sliivers, Thomas\\nMarshall and Thomas Ellis were chosen as\\ntrustees, and July 20th following took the obliga-\\ntion of office.\\nThe numbers went on increasing, and as evi-\\ndence of the earnestness and vitality of this body\\nof professing Christians, it is only necessary to\\nnotice the several churches that can trace their\\nbeginning to those who were attached to the Bap-\\ntist Church in Haddonfield. To name them\\nchronologically, the church at Moorestown was\\nfounded in 1837 by members from this. In a short\\ntime a house was built and now it has a large num-\\nber of adherents. In 1839 a few others were dis-\\nmissed to establish one at Marlton, which, after\\nsome opposition from the Old Causeway Meeting,\\nwas organized and has always been prosperous.\\nIn 1841 others of the church, in connection\\nwith a few from Marlton, sought to draw around\\nthem a congregation at Medford, and, although\\nmuch eft ort was made, it was not as successful as\\nthose before named. In 1843 preaching by regular\\nappointment was had at Newton, and a house\\nerected, but dissessions crept in and disappoint-\\nments followed. In 1848, with better success, a\\nfew of the members residing near Blackwoodtown\\nestablished themselves, obtained a house and se-\\ncured stated preaching in that village. A few years\\nafter a like effort was made at Tausboro since re-\\nmoved to Berlin, where a respectable congregation\\nalways attends.\\nThe Sunday-school was organized at the same\\ntime as the church, and John Gill, an elder in the\\nSociety of Friends, was chosen .the first president,\\nagain showing the sympathy and kind feeling that\\nexisted between these religious denominations. It\\nwas always well sustained and brought witliin its\\ninfluence and control many who in after-years be-\\ncame valuable members of the church.\\nThe Rev. C. C. Park followed Mr. Sisty as pas-\\ntor, with a salary fixed at four hundred dollars.\\nIn 1840 the Rev. Charles Wilson took the place of\\nMr. Park. He was succeeded by the Rev. Marvin\\nEastwood in 1844, who remained until 1847, when\\nthe Rev. Orion H. Caperon was called. On account\\nof bad health he remained but a short time, when\\nthe Rev. William H. Brisbane supplied the church.\\nThis last person was an attractive speaker and in-\\ncreased the attendance during his short stay. As\\nhis pastorate was understood to be limited, he was,\\nin 1848, followed by the Rev. William Hires.\\nIn 1850 the Rev. Samuel B. Willis was settled\\nand remained for about one year, when the Rev.\\nAlfred S. Patton succeeded him. During his ad-\\nministration the subject of erecting a larger and\\nmore commodious building was seriou.sly consid-\\nered, which movement was bitterly opposed by the\\nolder members and many of the congregation.\\nThose in favor of this step argued that thirty years\\nhad increased the attendance so much that the old\\nbuilding had not sufficient capacity, and that its\\narchitecture and appearance were entirely behind\\nthe age.\\nOn the other hand, it was regarded as the bold-\\nest vandalism to tear down the building so\\nmuch venerated by those who assisted in its erec-\\ntion, and who had for so many years contrib-\\nuted to its supi ort, with which the better days of\\nthe church were identified. The progressive ones\\nrefused to be convinced, and in the order of time\\nthe old house was razed to its foundations and an-\\nother one soon arose in its place.\\nThe old meeting-hou.se was torn down in July,\\n1852, and the corner-stone of a new church was\\nlaid August 12th following, with appropriate ser-\\nvices. Addresses were made by the Rev. John\\nSisty, Rev. Joseph H. Kennard, Rev. Stephen\\nRemington and the Rev. J. Dowling, D.D. The\\nchurch was built of brown stone, and was forty-\\ntwo by sixty-five feet, surmounted by a steeple\\none hundred and twelve feet high, containing a\\nbell. The lower room was dedicated January 1,\\n1853, and the auditorium in June following.\\nAs pastors the Rev. Mr. Latham followed Alfred\\nS. Patton in 1855 Mr. Meeson in 1856, and the\\nRev. James E. Wilson in 1857. When he resigned,\\nin 1861, the Rev. Robert F. Young was called to\\nfill his place.\\nBy death and removals the board of trustees h.as\\nbeen changed at different times, but now consists\\nof Isaac M. Kay, Joseph F. Kay, Benjamin F.\\nFowler, George D. Stuart, Joseph S. Garrett,\\nAaron C. Clement and Isaac P. Lippincott.\\nWith the removal of theold building it is proper\\nthat this sketch should end but it may be inquired\\nwhat time and circumstances have done with the\\nconstituent members, since they assembled to plant\\nthe seed that has yielded such a harvest. John\\nM. Fairlam was excluded in 1821 Maiia Hill-", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0981.jp2"}, "809": {"fulltext": "628\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nman was dismissed to another church in 1825\\nHannah Clement died in 1834; Isaac Coles took\\nhis letter to Camden in 1836 Elizabeth Vander-\\nveer to Philadelphia, in 1838 Charles Kain and\\nSarah, his wife, were dismissed to Marlton in 1839\\nKeturah Rowand died in 1842; Ann Kain (after-\\nwards Ann Wilkins) died in Haddonfield in 1864\\nand Samuel Vanhorn, by reason of old age, was\\nprevented from active service, but died in unity\\nwith the church.\\nJohn Sisty had dissolved his official connection\\nwith the church at the time before named, but re-\\ntained his interest in its welfare, and did much in\\nafter-years to heal dissensions and preserve\\nbrotherly love. He was always a welcome visitor,\\nand received with the greatest respect by the mem-\\nbers. He died in 1863, surviving all save one of\\nhis contemporaries in this undertaking. He was\\ngenerally present at the installations of the new\\npastors, and charged them as to their solemn and im-\\nportant duties, never forgetting to remark that\\nshort, pithy sermons were more popular than long,\\nprosy discourses.\\nThe church that in 1818 began with ten mem-\\nbers, has increased in the sixty-eight years of its\\nexistence to three hundred and ninety-one.\\nThe Rev. Robert F. Young served this church\\nuntil his death, January 5, 1884, after a pastorate\\nof twenty-two years. In May, 1884, Rev. Henry\\nA. Griesemer became pastor of this church, and\\nstill remains.\\nA lot on the Main Street was procured in the\\nspring of 1885, and on the 17th of July, in that\\nyear, the corner-stone of a new house of worship\\nwas laid with appropriate ceremonies.\\nThe plan of the church was designed by Isaac\\nPercell, of Philadelphia, and is in the Gothic\\norder of architecture. It is built of stone. The\\naudience-room is large and commodious, with a\\nlecture-room to the rear. The lecture-room was\\nopened for use on the first Sunday in January,\\n1886, and it is intended to dedicate the audience-\\nroom when the outstanding debt is provided for.\\nThe entire cost of edifice and grounds is about\\nthirty-two thousand dollars.\\nThe Methodist Episcopal Church. Relig-\\nious meetings were held in the open air at Rowand-\\ntown about 1797, at which Ezekiel Cooper, a Metho-\\ndist of Philadelphia, preached occasionally. Be-\\ntween the years 1800 and 1810 a Methodist meet-\\ning-house, about twenty-five by thirty-six feet, was\\nbuilt at Snow Hill by both white and colored\\npeople. It was used by them until 1816, when a\\nseparation took place, and the white people built\\na church at Greenland. The first sermon ])reached\\nunder the auspices of the Methodist Society in\\nHaddonfield was by John P. Curtis in 1850. He is\\nnow living in Greenland at an advanced age. The\\nservices were held in the Baptist Church at the re-\\nquest of Rev. John Sisty, who was then the pastor\\nof that church. Mr. Curtis was .soon after fol-\\nlowed by others who preached in the old Grove\\nSchool-house. The first Methodist people to reside\\nin the town were Richard Stafford and his wife, who\\nlived on the site of Willard s Drug Store. The\\nministers on the Burlington Circuit in 1825 were\\nJacob Gouber and Wesley Wallace. The circuit\\nthen extended from Burlington to Cape May.\\nThe Grove School-house was, by resolution at the\\ntime it was built, declared to be open for the use of\\nall sects, and even if school was in session and appli-\\ncation was made for preaching, the school should\\nat once be dismissed. About 1825, when the min-\\nister of the Methodist Society visited Haddonfield,\\napplication was made for the school-house in which\\nto hold services. Some parties refused to admit the\\nminister and locked the doors. John Clement\\nordered the door unlocked, which was finally done.\\nIn 1827 George Wooly, then on the Burlington\\nCircuit, requested John P. Curtis to transact some\\nchurch business at Snow Hill, he not having au-\\nthority, but as far as permitted, conferred upon\\nJohn P. Curtis the title of bishop, a name which some\\nof his old associates still cling to. John P. Curtis\\nwas a member of a class under John Hood, the\\nfirst class-leader of Philadelphia. A class was or-\\nganized in Haddonfield in the year 1830, with the\\nfollowing members: Charles Lippincott and wife,\\nRussell Millard and wife, Sarah A. Lippincott,\\nRichard Stafford, Rachel Stafford, Mary Walker,\\nElizabeth Matlack, Esther Ann Reeves, Sarah\\nBoker, James Rhoads, Hope Rhoads, Thomas Pit-\\nman, Hampton Williams, Mary Willis, Rebecca\\nVan Dodd, Mary Ann Connell, Sarah Hillnian,\\nKeziah Stafford, Anne M. Pitman, John Clark,\\nWilliam England, Priscilla Obes, James Hopkins,\\nAtlantic Kelly, Mary Ann Elbertson, Phccbe Ann\\nGuthrie, Hannah Kendall, Wesley Armstrong, Ann\\nChew, Sarah Matlack and Atlantic West.\\nMeetings were held generally in the school-house\\nuntil the erection of a church at the east end of\\nthe village, in 1885. It was dedicated in August of\\nthat year by Rev. R. E. Morrison, then in charge.\\nThis house was used until 1857, when it was de-\\nmolished, and the present church built on the cor-\\nner of Grove and Main Streets. The first effort\\ntowards the erection of a new church was made at\\nthe meeting of the Quarterly Conference, October\\n30, 1852. A committee was appointed to purchase\\na lot. They reported on Sejitember 8, 1853, that a", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0982.jp2"}, "810": {"fulltext": "THE BOROUCH OF IIADDOiNFIKLD.\\nC2n\\nbrick house, forty-three by sixty-five feet, could be\\nbuilt for four thousand dollars. A committee was\\nappointed to ascertain the best plans and to dispose\\nof the old church property. In 1856 a building com-\\nmittee was appointed a lot was purchased on the\\ncorner of Grove and Main Streets.\\nThe following is a list of ministers who served\\non the Burlington Circuit after Haddonfield be-\\ncame a station. Haddonfield became a regular\\npreaching-place in 1825, under Jacob Gruber and\\nWilliam Wallace, presiding elders. In that year\\nRiley Barrett, David Duflell, Andrew Jenkins and\\nIsaiah Toy preached in the Grove School-house.\\nRobert Gary, a junior preacher, assisted in the\\nservices\\n1826. George Wooly.\\nRobert Gary.\\n182Y. George Wooly.\\nI84.-|-4fi. Z. Gaskill.\\n1847. B. Weed.\\n1848. Robert Given.\\nG. A. Uaybolil.\\n184n. James B. Dobbius.\\n1850-51. Levi Hevr.\\n1852-5. i. A. S. Brice.\\n1854. Samuel M. Hudson.\\n1855-56. J. R. Bryan.\\n1857-58. Samuel E. Post,\\n1859-60. Jacob B. Graw, D.D.\\n1861-62. Aaron E. Ballard.\\n1863. Albert Atwood.\\n1864-65. Benjamin F. VVoolsto\\n1806. Charles R. Hartranft.\\n1807-68. Robert S. Harris.\\n1869-70-71. William S. Zane.\\n1872-73-74. J. Stiles.\\nLevi Herr.\\n1875-70. James G. Crate.\\n1877-78. Cbarles H. Whltecar.\\n1879-80-81. James H. Mickel.\\n1882-83-84. Daniel B. Harris.\\n1885-80. William Pittinger.\\n1828. Henry Boehm.\\nL. M. Prettyraan.\\n1829. Henry Boehm.\\nW. W. Folta.\\n1830. Daniel Parish.\\nWra. J. Wilmer.\\n1831. John Walker.\\nJefferson Lewis.\\n1832. John Walker.\\n1833. E. Page.\\nDavid Bartine.\\n1834. William Gammel.\\n1835. John P. Curtis.\\nM. German.\\n1836. E. Stout.\\nC. Jacquett.\\n1838. James Long.\\nJ. B. McKeever.\\n1839. James Long.\\nW. A. Brooks.\\n1843-44. George A. Eaybold.\\nIn 1839 the Haddonfield Circuit was formed and\\nincluded several churches, the aggregate member-\\nship of which then was five hundred and fifty-two\\nwhites and seventy-two colored persons.\\nGrace Episcopal Church. According to the\\njournal of the convention of the Protestant Epis-\\ncopal Church in New Jersey for 1842, the Rev. An-\\ndrew Bell Patterson, rector of Trinity Church,\\nMoorestown, N. J., began holding services and\\npreaching in Haddonfield September 5, 1841.\\nThese services were held in a building locally\\nknown as the Grove School-house, which is now\\nused for school purposes for colored children.\\nOn Monday, April 4th, Bishop Doane visited\\nHaddonfield and preached in the evening in the\\nBaptist meeting-house. It was his intention to lay\\nthe corner-stone of the church building, but he was\\nprevented by a severe rain-storm. A lot had been\\npurchased, and on March 28, 1842, was conveyed\\nby John Clement to Joseph Fewsmith and Chas.\\nD. Hendry, M.D., trustees for the congregation. On\\nApril 11th the corner-stone was laid with appro-\\npriate services by Rev. Andrew Bell Patterson, the\\nrector in charge. The building was consecrated\\nby Bishop Doane, September 29, 1842, being the\\nFestival of St. Michael and all the Angels. The\\nfollowing is the charter\\nHadiionfielii, April 20th, 1843.\\nTo all toh iii tlieie PreseiitJi may Concern.\\nWe whose names and seals are hereto affixed do certify. That\\nthe congregation of Grace Church, in Haddonfield, in the County\\nof Gloucester, and State of New Jersey, which is a Society worship-\\ning according to the customs and usages of the Protestant Episcopal\\nChurch, desiring to form themselves into a Body Corporate, accord-\\ning to the act of the Legislature of the State of New Jeraey iu such\\ncase made and provided, met in Grace Church aforesaid on the sev-\\nenteenth day ot April, in the year of Our Lord, one thousand eight\\nhundred and forty-three, pursuant to ten days previous notice given\\nas the intention of said Congregation to form themselves into a body\\ncorporate by an advertisement set up in open view on the outer door\\nof said Grace Church, it being the place where said congregation\\nusually assemble for Divine service, which notice designated the day\\nwhen, and the place where, they designed to meet for that purpose.\\nThere being no Rector or Minister present, Doctor Charles D. Hen-\\ndry, Esq., one of the Church Vestry, presided, and Benjamin M.\\nRoberts, the Secretary, recorded the proceedings.\\nThe Congregation then proceeded, by a vote of the majority of\\ntliose present, to designate the corporate name or title by which\\nthe said Church shall be known, and which is. The Rector, Ward-\\nens and Vestrymen of Grace Church iu Haddonfield.\\nThe Congregation then chose two Wardens and seven Vestry-\\nmen, and also by a majority of voices, fixed and determined on the\\nSecond Tuesd.iy of March annually as the day on which new elec-\\ntions of officers of said Church shall take place.\\nIn the testimony whereof, and in order that these proceedings\\nmay be recorded, we, the Church Wardens and Secretary aforesaid,\\nliave hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twentieth day of -\\\\pril,\\nin the year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-\\nthree.\\nCh.\\\\rles D. Hendey, [l.8.]\\nThomas Ashburner, [us.]\\nJosiAH E. Coles. [l.s.]\\nJohn White, [l.s.]\\nJ.B.Fennimore, [i.s.)\\nBenjamin M. Roberts, [l.s.]\\nSecret^trif,\\nGeorge Lee, [l.s.\\nWilliam Stah.v, [l.s\\nJ. Few Smith. [l.s.]\\nThe church was admitted to the convention in\\n1843.\\nThe Rev. Andrew Bell Patterson continued to\\nhold services in Haddonfield until he resigned his\\nparish in Moorestown. He was succeeded at the\\nlatter place in 1846 by the Rev. Thomas L. Frank-\\nlin, who also officiated at Haddonfield. In 1848\\nRev. Franklin was succeeded by Rev. X. P. La\\nBaugh, who remained in charge until 1850. In the\\nautumn of this year the Rev. I. M. Bartlett, rector\\nof the Church of the Ascension, at Gloucester, be-\\ncame responsible for the services. In 1854 he was\\nsucceeded by the Rev. Samuel Hallowell, and for\\nthe first time in its history the church became inde-\\npendent of other parishes for ministerial services.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0983.jp2"}, "811": {"fulltext": "630\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nDuring Rev. Hallowell s rectorship an addition\\nwas made to the church building, rendered neces-\\nsary by the increase of membership. Mr. Hallo-\\nwell resigned the parish in December, 1865, and\\nwas succeeded in March, 1866, by the present rec-\\ntor, the Rev. Gustavus M. Murray.\\nIn September, 1871, ground was broken for the\\nerection of a rectory on the lot immediately ad-\\njoining the church. The building was finished and\\noccupied by the rector and his family on March 3,\\n1872, and again, in 18S5, the interior of the church\\nwas thoroughly repaired and needed alterations\\nmade in harmony with distinctive features of\\nchurch worship. For a number of years it has\\nbeen evident that the work of the parish required\\nbetter accommodations to this end efforts are being\\nmade looking to the accumulation of i unds for the\\nerection of a new and substantial stone church,\\nwith the necessary accommodations for Sunday-\\nschool and parish work.\\nThe Presbyterian Church of Haddonfield\\nwas organized on the 21st day of November, 1871,\\nwith twenty-one members, of whom six have died,\\nten removed to other places and five are still\\nactive members of the church. The first gathering\\nfor religious worship among the Presbyterians of\\nthe village was held in midsummer of 1871, in the\\nTown Hall, when the Rev. F. D. Harris (now of\\nCamden, who has been from the first a nurse to\\nthe infant church) preached for the few who as-\\nsembled.\\nLoyalty to Presbytedanism and perhaps a wise\\nforesight, which caught a glimpse of the growth of\\nthe town, held the little handful of faithful men\\nand women together under the leadership of Mr.\\nHarris, and in October of the same year a petition\\nwas sent to the Presbytery of West Jersey praying\\nfor the organization of a church. Rev. V. D.\\nReed, D.D., Rev. L. C. Baker and F. M. Harris\\nand Elders Reinboth and Fewsmith were the com-\\nmittee appointed by the Presbytery, in compliance\\nwith the petition, to constitute the church. The\\nyoung church continued to hold services for a time\\nin the Town Hall, and then in a room which is\\nnow a part of the store of B. F. Fowler.\\nIn April, 1873, the lot of ground on which the\\nchurch now stands was purchased, and in June\\nthe work of digging for the foundation was begun.\\nIn the spring of 1874 the congregation gathered in\\nthe chapel lor the first time and rejoiced in the\\npossession of a home. Under the care of the Rev.\\nEdwin D. Newberry, the first pastor, the congreea-\\ntion grew rapidly stronger and gained many\\nfriends and wider influence. But dissensions\\narose between pastor and people, which continued\\nfor three years, until at last, in 1879, it was\\nchecked, the cause removed and the young church\\nwalked Ibrth to regain her strength.\\nThe first elders elected and ordained over the\\nchurch were Joseph B. Tatem, who died March 1,\\n1881, and David Roe, still acting in that ofiice.\\nThe Rev. Julius E. Werner was called to the\\nchurch in December, 1880, and was installed in\\nthe month of May following. The main audience-\\nroom of the church was completed and dedicated\\nin August, 1882, and the church has been steadily\\ngaining in numbers and influence under the pres-\\nent administration. It has at the present time a\\nmembership of eighty-five, and in point of contri-\\nbutions to benevolent societies and objects bears a\\ngood reputation. The Sabbath-school connected\\nwith the church at present has about one hundred\\nand forty members enrolled as regular attendants,\\nwhile liberal contributions and frequent public\\nexercises show the sincerity and diligence of\\nscholars and teachers.\\nSt. John s Military Academy and St.\\nAgnes Hall. St. John s Academy was estab-\\nlished in Camden, in 1866, by the Revs. Theophi-\\nlus M. and William M. Reilly, clergymen of the\\nEpiscopal Church. In 1870 a tract of land con-\\ntaining one hundred and ten acres, lying nenr and\\nadjoining the town of Haddonfield, was purchased.\\nThis place was part of the Francis Collins tract,\\nsurveyed to him in 1682, on which he erected a\\nmansion-house, and named the place Mountwell.\\nThe greater part of the tract, including the man-\\nsion-house, in 1716 came to Joseph Collins, his\\nson, by whom the old house was built. This\\nbuilding upon the purchase by the Messrs. Reilly\\nwas fitted for school purposes, and used until it\\nwas destroyed by fire, in 1872. The present build-\\ning, containing one hundred and seventy-five\\nrooms, was soon after erected, at a cost of twenty\\nthousand dollars. The character of the academy\\nwas changed, and it became a military school.\\nThe military department is under the charge of\\nCaptain Wilder, formerly of West Point, and con-\\ntains about sixty cadets. The buildings were de-\\nstroyed by fire October 30, 1886.\\nSt. Agnes Hall was established in 1878, and at\\npresent has fifteen pupils. The students of both\\nschools are under the direction of Mrs. William\\nM. Reilly, with a corps of competent assistants.\\nBurlington College, Burlington, N. J., is also\\nunder the same management, the Rev. Theophi-\\nlus M. Reilly, giving his personal attention at\\nBurlington, and the Rev. William M. Reilly\\nhaving charge of St. John s and St. Agnes at\\nHaddonfield.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0984.jp2"}, "812": {"fulltext": "THE BOROUGH OF HADDONFIEL]).\\nG31\\nSchool-Houses.- The first school-house in Had-\\ndonfield was built by the Friends, in 1786, on the\\nsouthwest corner of the present burial-ground. It\\nis still standing, and has been used almost con-\\ntinually, in later years, as a boarding-school. In\\n1809 a lot of land on Grove Street was donated\\nby William E. Hopkins, on which a school-house\\nwas built and named The Grove School-House.\\nIt was the public school-house from that time\\nuntil 1854, when the Town Hall was built and\\nrooms fitted up for school purposes since then it\\nhas been used for primary schools, and is now\\nused for colored children. The public schools\\nwere taught in the Town Hall from 1854 until the\\ncompletion of the present commodious stone edifice,\\nin 1869, and were for a few years under the charge\\nof Miss Sarah C. Hillman.\\nThe Hicksite Friends, in 1851, erected a school-\\nhouse upon their lot, in which school was kept a\\nnumber of years.\\nMrs. Charlotte and Emily Hendry taught a\\nprivate school in the town from 1838 to 1848.\\nMiss C. Sarah Hillman for several years after her\\nretirement from the public schools, in 1869, taught\\nschool in a building she erected for the purpose,\\non Chestnut Street, and which now belongs to the\\nG. A. R. Post.\\nThere being a demand for increased school ac-\\ncommodation, the town purchased of William\\nCoffin, in 1868, a lot of land on Haddon Avenue\\nfrom Chestnut Street to Railroad Avenue, and in\\n1869 erected a two-story stone edifice, sixty by\\nseventy-five feet, under charge of Elwood Braddock\\nand William M. Hoopes. The entire cost, includ-\\ning lot and furniture, was about twenty-two thou-\\nsand dollars. Later, on the south part of the lot, a\\nbrick building, thirty by fifty feet, two stories in\\nheight, was built for primary classes, at a cost of\\nthree thousand five hundred dollars.\\nThe public schools of the town were, in 1885,\\nunder charge of Arthur Pressey as principal. The\\nfollowing are the teachers engaged for the school\\nyear commencing on Monday, September 6, 1886:\\nPrincipal, Mr. S. E. Manness; Vice-Principal, Miss\\nEmma W. Middleton Miss Sarah A. Wells, Miss\\nElla H. Schwab. Primary Department-\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Miss\\nElla McElroy and Miss Mary B. Redman, and at\\nthe Grove (colored) School, Mr. John Jackson has\\nbeen re-engaged.\\nMancfacturing axd Business Interests.\\nA lumber business was established on Potter Street,\\nJune 3, 1841, by Benjamin M. Roberts, who, in\\nSeptember, 1843, sold to Charles H. Shinn, who also\\nbought the coal business of John Busby at Coles\\nLauding. Samuel S. Willits, about 1854, pur-\\nchased the lumber interests of Charles H. Shinn,\\nand moved the business from Potter Street, to the\\ncorner formed by Euclid Avenue and the turnpike,\\nand shortly after associated himself with S. P.\\nBrowning, under the name of Willits Browning.\\nMr. Browning retired in 1S62, and Mr. Willits con-\\ntinued until 1866, when he died and the business\\nwas sold to his son, S. A. Willits, and Joseph G.\\nEvans. From this time till 1876 several changes\\nwere made in the firm, Mr. Willits being contin-\\nuously a member, and in 1876 the co-partnership\\nof S. A. Willits Co. was formed. This enter-\\nprising firm now does a large business in the sale\\nof lumber, coal and hardware.\\nThe Haddonfield Paint Works were establi-shed\\non the present site, in 1877, by John G. Willits\\nCo., and continued lor a time and pa.ssed to others.\\nIn September, 1881, it came to A. W. Wright\\nCo., who purchased the interests and are now en-\\ngaged in the manufacture of lead, zinc, colors and\\nvarnishes, and a successful business is done.\\nThe carriage shops of Geo. H. Tule, situated on\\nTurnpike and Mechanic Streets, were established\\nin 1880, when a two and a half story building was\\nerected, thirty by sixty feet, and sheds, thirty by\\nforty feet, and the manufacture of heavy and light\\nwagons and buggies was begun. About fourteen\\nmen are steadily employed in all the departments.\\nThe first to establish business at the place was\\nJoseph Bates. In 1846 he began business in the\\nold Thackara blacksmith shop, which stood on the\\nsite of the Methodist Church, and continued there\\nuntil the sale of the lot to the Methodist Society, in\\n1856, when the shop was moved across the street\\non property now owned by Mr. Mitchell, where he\\ncontinued until the building was destroyed by fire,\\nJanuary 17, 1850. In the spring of that year\\nMickle Clement erected the one-story brick shop\\nnow part of Tule s establishment, and Joseph Bates\\nmoved to the place and carried on a blacksmithshop\\nuntil his retirement. George H. Tule, the pres-\\nent proprietor, entered the shop of Mr. Bates as an\\napprentice in 1861, and in 1880 purchased the busi-\\nness and increased it to the present state.\\nCharles M. Haines began the carriage-making\\nbusiness in Haddonfield in the spring of 1884.\\nThe blacksmith shop now conducted by Samuel\\nK. Matlack at the point at Ellis and Potter Streets\\nwas in 1846 owned by Wm. Tomlinson, formerly\\nby John S. Peak.\\nThe business interests of Haddonfield at present\\nare as follows\\nGeneral Dealers. Clement Gifiin, B. F.\\nFowler.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0985.jp2"}, "813": {"fulltext": "632\\nHISTORY OF CAMUKN COUiNTV, NEW JERSP]Y.\\nGrocers. Truitt Clement, Tliomas Young, W.\\nH. Harrison, W. S. Doughty.\\nConfectioners. Mrs. J. J. Sehlecht, Geo. Still-\\nwell, Wm. Plum.\\nHotel. George Stillwell.\\nLumber and Coal Dealers. S. A. Willits Co.\\nBakery and Confectionery. Martin Schlecht.\\nFlour and frf.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Truitt Kay.\\nPhysicians.\u00e2\u0080\u0094G. H. Shivers, B. H. Shivers, W. S.\\nLong, L. L. Glover, F. Williams.\\nPrinting Office.^. South Jersey News, H. D.\\nSpeakman.\\nFlorists. C. W. Turnley, Brown.\\nNewsdealer. Mrs. E. D. Lettellier.\\nCarriage- Builders. Geo. H. Tule, C. W. Haines,\\nJames G. Webster.\\nHardware. Charles S. Braddock, J. J. Petti-\\nbone Son, H. Bennett.\\nVndertal-ers. R. Cooper Watson, Chas. Githens,\\nSamuel Burroughs.\\nAgricultural Implements and Coal. Bell Brothers.\\nAuction Ooods. Wm. H. Clement.\\nDentist\u00e2\u0080\u0094 X. H. Miner.\\nLivery. Benjamin P. Shreve.\\nDealers in Horses. C. H. Smith, Geo. D. Stewart.\\nHarness Shop. Isaac Vandegraff.\\nPaints and Colors. W. W. Wright.\\nPaper Hangings. Samuel R. Stoy, Walter W.\\nWayne.\\nDrug Stores.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Rohmd Willard, Charles S. Brad-\\ndoek, Jr.\\nMeat Markets. Samuel Albertson, Alfred Lud-\\nlow.\\nBarbers. Coward Bros., Westcott.\\nPainter. Lancelot Hill.\\nMasons.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 EiwooA Braddock, Frederick Thomas,\\nR. W. Budd.\\nContractors and Builders. W. S. Caperon, W.\\nH. Hoopes, Henry Albright, Caldwell Baker,\\nThomas Hill, William Bowker.\\nSurveyors and Conveyancers. John Clement, J.\\nLewis Rowand.\\nJewelry Box Manufacturers. Julius Smith.\\nMilk Dealers. Mrs. Mary Craig, Patrick Haug-\\nhey.\\nMillinery. Misses Stout.\\nBoots and Shoes. W. H. Fowler.\\nBoot and hhoe Makers. R. Elmer Clement, John\\nS. Garrett, Ralph H. Barton, Peter Hudon.\\nCigar Store. Chas. Reinear.\\nPost- Office. \u00e2\u0080\u0094T\\\\iomiiS Hill.\\nExpress. Atkinson.\\nTelephone Office. Willard s drug store.\\nElwood Braddock is a descendant of a long-\\nsettled New Jersey family a branch of that to\\nwhich belonged the distinguished General Brad-\\ndock. Edward Braddock was a major-general in\\nthe British army in 1709, and retired in 1715,\\nhaving been altogether forty years in the service.\\nHe died at Bath, England, June 15, 1725. His\\nson, Edward Braddock, was also a major-general\\nin the British army, was in command of the Eng-\\nlish forces in the French and Indian War at\\nBraddock s Field (now the village of Braddocks, a\\nsuburb of Pittsburgh,) where he was so severely\\nwounded that he died a few days later, July 12,\\n1755, and was buried by the side of the road on\\nthe retreat to Philadelphia. About this time a\\nbranch of the family, of which Rehoboam and\\nJemima Braddock were the great-grandparents of\\nour subject, came to America and settled in Bur-\\nlington County, N. J. Their children were Job,\\nElizabeth, Bathsheba, Hannah, Darnell, Phebe,\\nWilliam, Jemima, Mary and Rachel. Many of\\ntheir descendants now live in Burlington County.\\nDarnell Braddock, born 1764, and his wife, Sarah,\\nwere Elwood Braddock s grandparents. They\\nhad ten children, William Rodgers, Martha, Je-\\nmima, Eliza, Benjamin, Reuben, Asa, Hester Ann,\\nSarah and Darnell, the eldest of whom, born in\\n1799, with Sarah, his wife, were the parents of Car-\\noline, Charles S., Elwood, William Shreve, Abbie,\\nElizabeth and Lsaac A. Braddock.\\nBriefly reverting to this line of ancestry, it may\\nbe mentioned that Rehoboam Braddock, the great-\\ngrandfather of Elwood, was noted for his wonder-\\nful strength. His son Darnell died quite young,\\nbut, as we have seen, left a large family. William\\nR., the eldest son, was a powerful man physically,\\nand story after story is related of his prowess in\\nkeeping the peace in the olden time. He was a\\njustice for about thirty years in Medford, Burling-\\nton County, and ordered the last man (a negro),\\nconvicted under the old law, to be given thirty-\\nnine lashes. He was a staunch Old-Line Whig,\\nand was elected to the Legislature in 1848 for a\\nterm of three years. He was for half a century a\\nprominent surveyor in Burlington County and also\\nin the counties of Camden, Ocean and Atlantic.\\nIn 1850 he called attention to what might be done\\nin growing cranberries in New Jersey, by planting\\nthe Sorden meadow, in the old Indian reservation at\\nShamong, which his neighbors called Braddock s\\nFolly, and which still bears fruit. Upon this\\nland, prior to 1850 utterly unremunerative, the\\ncrop of cranberries was an exceedingly large one\\nin 1885.\\nElwood Braddock, the second son of William R.,\\nwas born December 23, 1829, at Medford, N. J.,\\nand at the age of sixteen years was apprenticed to", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0986.jp2"}, "814": {"fulltext": "{r^^^^,^^^v~o ^S^cxoCc^^cA^", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0989.jp2"}, "815": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0990.jp2"}, "816": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0991.jp2"}, "817": {"fulltext": "tt^F\\nWyuWM^^^^^", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0992.jp2"}, "818": {"fulltext": "THE BOROUGH OF HADDONFIEI.I).\\n633\\nthe trade of a mason and builder with Isaac A.\\nShreve, at Burlington, and helped to build St.\\nMary s Hall and Burlington College, under Bishop\\nDoane, of the Episcopal Church, and while still\\nan apprentice assisted in building the very first\\nhouses in Beverly. After he became of age he\\nstarted for New York City with some funds in his\\npossession, but on arriving there found that he had\\nbeen robbed and that he had only a shilling in his\\npocket, which had escaped the nimble fingers of\\nthe thief. He soon found work, prospered at his\\ntrade, had a hand in building up Brooklyn and\\nWilliamsburg and remained in the vicinity two\\nyears. He then, in 1852, decided to go to Atlan-\\ntic City, which had just then started, and he there\\nhelped to build several fine hotels and other edi-\\nfices, among them the Ashland House. In 1855\\nhe removed to Davenport, la., but after about a\\nyear spent in the West concluded to return to his\\nnative State. Soon afterwards he married Rachel\\nW. (Ceilings) Shreve, widow of Benjamin P.\\nShreve, of Medford, and settled in Haddonfield,\\nwhere they continue to reside. Both he and Mrs.\\nBraddocb are members of the Baptist Church.\\nMr. Braddock is still engaged in building opera-\\ntions, having built both of the school-houses in\\nHaddonfield built by contract the stone and ma-\\nson-work for the Baptist Church and erected many\\nother buildings has been a director of the Had-\\ndonfield Building Association for thirteen years\\nis still engaged in cranberry growing in Burlington\\nand Atlantic Counties, where he owns large mead-\\nows. He is a good mathematician and thorough\\nLatin scholar; has attained these and other ac-\\nquirements unaided and under many disadvantages,\\nand is known as an active, enterprising and wholly\\ntrustworthy man.\\nOf Mr. Braddock s brothers and sisters it is [pro-\\nper to add a few words. Charles S. settled in Had-\\ndonfield in 1853, establishing the drug business\\nand continuing in the same for twenty-five years\\nnow a hardware merchant of Haddonfield mar-\\nried Ann (Zane) Collings, sister of Eachel W.\\nthey were of a very old New Jersey family. Car-\\noline married a Mr. Bridge and lives in the State\\nof Delaware. William Shreve, who resides in\\nWaterford and owns and operates the Bates saw-\\nmill, married Rachel Borton. Abbie Braddock\\nmarried Mr. George Rhoads and lives near West-\\ntown, her sister Elizabeth residing with her.\\nIsaac A., a druggist of Haddonfield (successor to\\nCharles S., his brother), the youngest of the fam-\\nily, married Anna Collings, of Camden, and is a\\nman of great enterprise.\\nSamuel S. Hillman is a descendant of John\\nHillnian, who came to America in ll)97, and set-\\ntled in Gloucester (now Centre) township. Daniel\\nHillman, the grandfather of Samuel, was married\\nto Martha, daughter of Isaac Ellis, of Ellisburg,\\nby whom he had ten children, Daniel, Jacob,\\nJonathan, John, Simeon, Abel, Isaac, Hannah\\n(married to John Ware), Martha (married to Sam-\\nuel Brown) and Mary (married to Jacob Wolla-\\nhom).\\nDaniel resided at Ellisburg, and was a wheel-\\nwright by trade. He married Hester, daughter of\\nSamuel and Hope Stokes, who resided near Had-\\ndonfield, by whom he had eight children, Samuel\\nS., Daniel E., Aquilla, Alfred, Albert, Daniel,\\nCharles and Mary Ann.\\nSamuel S. Hillman was born at Ellisburg, Aug-\\nust 18, 1816. He remained upon the farm with\\nhis father till he was fifteen years old, when he\\nwent to Philadelphia and entered the dry-goods\\nhouse of Jacob Jones, where he remained till of\\nage. He then came to Haddonfield, opened a store,\\nconducted it successfully for fifteen years and then\\nsold out to A. T. Paul Brother. He has since\\nbeen retired from active business.\\nOn March 12, 1840, he was married to Rebecca,\\ndaughter of John and Rebecca Ford, of Pauls-\\nborough, Gloucester County, N. J. Their chil-\\ndren are John F., who is married to Kate, daughter\\nof Joseph R. and Emma Sorver, by whom he\\nhad three children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 J. Herbert, Robert (de-\\nceased) and Heslen. John F. is a member of the\\nfirm of Wanamaker Brown, of Philadelphia,\\nBenjamin R. is married to Lizzie C. Andrews,\\ndaughterof George and Julia Andrews, of Newark,\\nN. J., by whom he has two children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Agnes and\\nReamer. Benjamin R. is employed with John\\nWanamaker during the past fifteen years. Charles\\nH. married Jennie, daughter of Col. Jesse E. and\\nMrs. Jane Peyton, of Haddonfield. Charles H. is\\na member of the firm of King, Hillman Gill,\\nmanufacturers of cottons, etc., Philadelphia; and\\nClara R., who is at home. Samuel S. Hillman is a\\nmember of the Society of Friends. In politics he\\nis a Republican. He has been elected surveyor of\\nhighways, and is a director in Haddonfield Build-\\ning and Loan Association, and takes great interest\\nin the improvement and progress of the town in\\nwhich he resides.\\nMrs. Hillman died March 12, 1886, upon the\\nforty-sixth anniversary of her marriage. She was\\na woman of noble virtues, universally loved and\\nrespected.\\nSociETIKS. Haddonfield Lodge, No. 130, F. and\\nA. M., was chartered January 18, 1872, and was con-\\nstituted Februarv 10, 1872, in Wilkins Hall, at Had-", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0995.jp2"}, "819": {"fulltext": "634\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ndonfield, with fourteen charter members, inchiding\\nthe officers. The meetings were held in the hall\\nuntil November 23, 1877, when the lodge was\\nmoved to the hall in the New Jersey Building.\\nOn the 24th of October, 1882, a change was again\\nmade and meetings were held until February 13,\\n1883, in Granger s Hall, from where they moved\\nto Clement s Hall. The new Masonic Hall was\\nbuilt in 1883, and on the 11th of March, 1884, the\\nlodge held their first meeting in the new quarters.\\nOn the evening of the opening ceremonies the\\nWorthy Master, Charles H. Mann, presented the\\nlodge with the furniture, except the carpet and\\nseats. The lodge is at present in a flourishing\\ncondition, with ninety-six members.\\nThe present officers are Frederick Sutton, W.\\nM. Carrington W. Taylor, S. W. Benjamin F.\\nFowler, J. W. Edward S. Huston, treasurer;\\nHenry D. Moore, P. M., secretary Eev. Gustavus\\nM. Murray, P. M., chaplain Samuel Browne,\\nS. D. Abram P. Vandegrift, J. D. Julius P.\\nGraf, S. M. C. Rowland Willard, J. M. C. Wil-\\nliam S. Hart and R. Wilkins Budd, Stewards;\\nLouis H.Hall, Organist Richard E. Elwell, Tiler.\\nPast Masters, N. B. Jennings, M.D. (deceased),\\nEdward W. Reeve (deceased), John S. Stratford,\\nJohn W. Svvinker (deceased), J. Morris Roberts,\\nHenry D. Moore, William D. Cobb, Rev. G. M.\\nMurray, James S. Da Costa, C. H. Shivers, M.D.,\\nCharles H. Mann, James A. Webb.\\nDuring the early part of 1883 the matter of\\nerecting a Masonic building was discussed and\\nculminated in the formation of a Masonic Hall\\nAssociation, and on May 13, 1884, the building\\nbeing finished, was dedicated with impressive\\nMasonic ceremonies by M. W. Henry Verbiage,\\nGrand Master of the jurisdiction of New Jersey,\\nassisted by nearly all the Grand Officers of the\\nGrand Lodge. The ceremonies took place in the\\nnew hall at three o clock, p. m., after which the\\nGrand Officers, invited guests, including the Hon.\\nLeon Abbett, Governor of New Jersey, and mem-\\nbers of Haddonfield Lodge, in number about two\\nhundred, repaired to the New Jersey Building and\\npartook of a banquet.\\nMorning Star Lodge, No. 70, I. 0. 0. F., was\\ninstituted February 3, 1848, with the following\\nofficers: John K. Roberts, N. G. Jacob P. Thorn-\\nton, V. G. Nathan Conrad, S. Joseph L. Shivers,\\nA. S. Silas McVaugh, treasurer. Meetings have\\nbeen held from the date of the organization to the\\npresent time in Odd-Fellows Hall, on Main Street.\\nThe lodge hiis a membership of sixty-three. The\\npresent Noble Grand is Edwin R. Claggett. The\\nfollowing is a list of the Past Grands from the\\norganization to the present time John K. Roberts,\\nUrias Shinn, Clayton Hollinshead, Charles F.\\nRedman, Elijah E. West, William McKnight,\\nJohn Stoy, Joseph H. Fowler, William Conard,\\nSamuel D. Proud, Aaron Clark, John A. Swinker.\\nThe Evening Star Encampment, No. 39, 0.\\n0. F., obtained its charter November 16, 1869.\\nThe place of meeting since the time of organiza-\\ntion has been in Odd-Fellows Hall. The present\\nChief Patriarch is Edwin R. Claggett.\\nHaddon Lodge, No. 12, K. of P., was instituted\\nApril 20, 1868, with the following charter mem-\\nbers Charles E. Redman, William Plum, Charles\\nLovett, Samuel S. Tomlinson, W. S. Wilmot, Ren-\\nnels Fowler, David M. Southard, Thomas Eldridge\\nand Joseph C. Stackhouse. Meetings were held\\nfor one year in Odd-Fellows Hall, about one year\\nin a room over Fowler s store, at the end of which\\nterm the lodge was removed to the present rooms,\\nfitted up in the upper story of Clement Giffin s\\nstore. The society has sixty members and George\\nB. Stewart is Chancellor Commander.\\nLocal Branch, No. 67, Order of Iron Hall, was\\norganized May 6, 1882, with twenty one charter\\nmembers. Meetings are held in the room of the\\nThomas H. Davis Post, G. A. R.\\nThe Order of Chosen Friends, Perseverance Coun-\\ncil, No. 8, was chartered October 4, 1882, and held\\nits meetings in the hall. It has a membership of\\nfifty-four.\\nCordon Lodge, No. 2, of the Ancient Order of\\nUnited Tro/-fo\u00c2\u00abe\u00c2\u00ab, was chartered September 1,1881,\\nand holds its meetings in the hall of the Grand\\nArmy of the Republic.\\nMohican Tribe, No. 64, 0. of li. M., was insti-\\ntuted in Haddonfield under a charter which bears\\ndate, in their phraseology, the 2oth Sun of the\\nHot Moon, G. S. D. 392. Meetings are held in\\nWilkins Hall.\\nEureka Lodge, No. 2, 0. M., was chartered\\nNovember 21, 1882, and holds meetings in Wil-\\nkins Hall.\\nAmerican Castle, No. 12, K. of G. E., was insti-\\ntuted May 17, 1886, with fifty members. Meetings\\nwill be held in the Wilkins Hall.\\nJohn A. J. Sheets is a native of Pennsylvania\\nand the descendant of a family long settled in\\nLancaster County. His father, John Sheets, was\\nborn there and in his youth moved to Williams-\\nport, Lycoming County, where he married, at a\\nlater period, Catharine Emmons, of the same\\ncounty. About the year 1818, he removed, with his\\nfamily, to Fairfield township (Lycoming County),\\nand there his son, John A. J. Sheets, the subject\\nof this biography, was born on the 6th of March,", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0996.jp2"}, "820": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_0999.jp2"}, "821": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1000.jp2"}, "822": {"fulltext": "THE BOROUGH OF HADDONFIELD.\\n635\\n1828. The iiitluT during his lifetime was variously\\nemployed as blacksmith, farmer and landlord, in\\nall of which vocations he achieved success, and\\nhis son receiving a common school education, being\\nvery apt and advancing rapidly, was able at the\\nage of thirteen to assume charge of his books and\\nattend to many details of business.\\nAt the age of eighteen he was made agent for\\nMessrs. Baltzell Co., a Baltimore firm, who opera-\\nted a saw-mill on the West Branch of the Susque-\\nhanna, and devoted his attention to receiving and\\nforwarding the lumber by boats to Baltimore. He\\nwas thus engaged for several years, and in 1850\\nformed the acquaintance of John F. Norcross, then\\nresiding in Montoursville, who was interested in a\\nsaw-mill located on the West Branch. Two years\\nlater he entered into partnership with Mr. Norcross\\nin the wholesale and retail lumber business and\\nestablislied a lumber-yard and wharf at Kaiglins\\nPoint, Camden, N. J., with a branch oflice at Green\\nStreet wharf, Philadelphia. The Camden yard\\nwas continued for two years, when, at the solicita-\\ntion of several large manufacturers of lumber on\\nthe West Branch of the Susquehanna River, they\\nwere induced to concentrate their business at\\nGreen Street wharf, Philadelphia, making it ex-\\nclusively wholesale. Here they continued for sev-\\neral years, receiving meanwhile large consignments\\nof timber and manufactured lumber from Penn-\\nsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia and\\nFlorida. In 1865 they moved from Green Street\\nto Fairmount Avenue wliarf, where they continued\\nsuccessfully until 1875, when Mr. Norcross retired\\nfrom the lirm, as a result of declining health. At\\nthe period of dissolution the firm of Norcross it\\nSheets was the oldest firm in the wholesale lumber\\nand commission business without change of firm-\\nname, in the city of Philadelphia. Mr. Sheets has\\nsince that time continued the business alone.\\nJohn A. J. Sheets was married, in 1854, to Rachel\\nT., daughter of Samuel A. Cook, of Camden\\nCounty, and niece of his former partner s wife.\\nTheir children are Catharine E. (wife of George\\nA. Howes, who entered the employ of the house\\nwhen quite a youth, and for the past few years has\\nhad charge of Mr. Sheets business at Fairmount\\nAvenue wharf), Caroline E., John (married to Em-\\nma, daughter of the late B. B. Thomas), graduated\\nfrom the Medical Department of the University of\\nPennsylvania in the spring of 1880, spent a year\\nin one of the largest hospitals in Germany, also\\nvisiting those in London and Paris, and is\\nnow a practicing physician and a specialist in\\ndiseases of the throat, nose and ear, at 1324 Spring\\nGarden Street, Philadelphia Samuel A., Mary C,\\nRobert A., Susan McVey and Harriet L. Mr. Sheets\\nresided in Philadelphia and Camden until 18(52,\\nwhen he removed to a farm on the White Horse\\nroad, four miles from Camden and remained twelve\\nyears. He then built and removed to his present\\nhome at the west end of Haddontield. A Repub-\\nlican in politics, Mr. Sheets has served as borough\\ncommissioner of Haddonfield, but has never been\\nan active politician. He is a director of the First\\nNational Bank of Camden and of the Haddonfield\\nMutual Loan and Building A.ssociation.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1001.jp2"}, "823": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF HADDON.\\nCHAPTER XII.\\nEarly History of Old Newton Townslup Notes from Township\\nRecords Thomas Sharp s Account of the Newton Settlement\\nOld Newton Friends Meeting Sohools Cauiden and Philadelphia\\nKace Course Colli ngswood Westmount.\\nThe old township of Newton, the centre of\\nwhich is the present township of Haddon, was\\nerected in the same year the counties of Burling-\\nton and Salem were formed, at which time (May,\\n1682) Burlington and Salem were the only towns\\nin West Jersey. There was surveyed to Francis\\nCollins, October 23d following, a tract of land ly-\\ning partly in and south of what is now Haddon-\\nfield, which was described as being situate in\\nNewton Township. The settlers who resided on\\nthe creek now known as Newton, named the creek,\\nthe town they built, the Friends Meetiug-house\\nand ground and the township Newton, which\\nname continued as long as they were in existence,\\nand of which only the creek remains. The bound-\\naries of this township were not closely defined\\nuntil several years later, and, on the 1st of June,\\n1695, the grand jury returned the boundaries of\\nthe townships of Gloucester County, under an act\\nof Assembly of 1694, for dividing counties into\\ntownships. This return declares that from ye\\nlowermost branch of Coopers Creek to ye south-\\nerly branch of Newton Creek, bordering Glouces-\\nter, shall be another constablewick or township.\\nThis was called Newton township, and Jeremiah\\nBates was appointed constable and William Bates\\nand Thomas Sharp for regulating highways. Offi-\\ncers were appointed, but no effort was made to\\nkeep township records until 1723, when Thomas\\nSharp was instructed to buy a book for that pur-\\npose.\\nNo change was made in the limits of Newton\\ntownship from the time of its erection until No-\\n636\\nvember 28, 1831, one hundred and forty-nine years\\nafter, when, by an act of the Legislature, the city\\nof Camden (having been erected as a city Febru-\\nary 23, 1828, within the township of Newton) was\\nestablished as a separate township. The territory\\ntaken from Newton by this act lay between Coop-\\ners Creek and Kaighns Run. The township of\\nNewton, for over one hundred and fifty years, had\\ntwo voting places, one at Newton and one at Had-\\ndonfield, when, on February 23, 1865, by an act of\\nthe Legislature, the eastern part of Newton was\\norganized into a separate township and named\\nthe township of Haddon. The western part of\\nNewton township retained its name and corporate\\npowers until five years later, when, by legislative\\nenactment, February 14, 1871, the old township of\\nNewton was annexed to the city of Camden, and\\nas a civil organization ceased to exist and has\\nsince been known only to history.\\nCamden soon after was again sub-divided into\\nwards, and the remnants of old Newton became\\nthe Eighth Ward of that city. Six years later,\\nApril 5, 1878, the northern portion of the Eighth\\nWard was annexed to Haddon township and so\\nremains. In 1870 the township, as it then existed,\\ncontained a population of eight thousand four hun-\\ndred and thirty-seven and had within its limits\\nthirty-five industrial establishments.\\nThe first settlers within the territory of Newton,\\nsoon after their arrival took an important part in\\nthe provincial government of West Jersey, and on\\nthe 2d of May, 1682, only three months after their\\nsettlement, William Cooper, Mark Newbie, Henry\\nStacy, Francis Collins, Samuel Coles, Thomas\\nHowell and William Bates were chosen to re-\\npresent the Third or Irish Tenth (of which New-\\nton formed a part) in the Legislature of New\\nJersey, which body then met at Burlington. The\\npersons chosen, with the exception of Samuel", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1002.jp2"}, "824": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF HaDDON.\\n037\\nColes and Thomas Howell, were residents New-\\nton township. Samuel (Joles resided at the mouth\\nof Coopers Creek, in what is now Stockton town-\\nship, and Thomas Howell in what is now Dela-\\nware township. The Third or Irish Tenth in-\\ncluded all the territory now embraced in Camden\\nCounty, extending from Pensaukin Creek to Tim-\\nber Creek. The Fourth Tenth extended from\\nTimber Creek to Oldman theek, and what is\\nnow Gloucester County, although more thickly\\nsettled, had no representation then in the Legis-\\nlature, as most of its inhabitants were Swedes.\\nNotes from Newton TowNstrip Kecords.\\nFrom l(i82 to the year 1728 no record of tiie\\nproceedings of the people in their corporate capa-\\ncity was kept. Thouuis Sharp, in 1723, was ap-\\npointed township clerk and ordered to purchase a\\nrecord-book for the use of the township.\\nThe records as contained in this book were\\nbegun on the 12th day of First Month (January)\\n1723, and were closed March 14, 1821. The lirst\\ntown-meeting of which record was made was\\nheld at Newton March 12, 1723, when Joseph\\nCooper and John Gill were chosen overseers of the\\npoor and Thomas Sharp, clerk. At the next meet-\\ning, March 172-1, Joseph Cooper and Thomas\\nSharp were chosen freeholders John Eastlack and\\n.Tohn Gill, overseers of the poor Joseph Cooper,\\nJr., assessor; William Cooper, collector; Jai ob\\nMedcalf, Samuel Shivers, Joseph Kaighn and\\nThomas Dennis, commissioners of highways.\\nAt thi.s meeting it was agreed y Jonatlian\\nBolton Give some Hay and Corn to Ann Morrises\\nhorse, in order to make him capable to carry her\\nto y place from whence she came, and y she stay\\nhere but untill the seventeenth lay of this instant,\\nand after that the Overseers of the Poor ftbrce her\\naway. If she refuse to go and y wha t charge is\\nexpended in y perfecting of it shall be allowed by\\nthis Meeting. What remains in the hands of John\\nGill off the poor tax, as y case is stated, amounts\\nlo the sum off fiive pound, ffive shillings and ffive\\npence.\\nFor many years a list of the officers appointed\\nhad to be laid before the Courtof (Quarter Sessions,\\nthen held at Gloucester for approval. An in-\\nteresting feature of the old records is the many\\nnames of the original families of the township, the\\ndescendants of some of whom now reside in it.\\nMany of the early settlers whose names ajipear on\\nrecord have now no descendants living within\\ntlie limits of Camden Counly. The small amount\\nof la.\\\\ ccdlected contrasts strongly with the amount\\nncnv collected from the inhabitants of the same\\nterritory. In 1733 the assessor was directed to cx-\\nteml his asscssmcnl to the mills, taverns and\\nferries in the towiislii|i. Sarali Norris shop was\\ntaxed twenty shillings, and (he mill of .(olm Kay,\\nten shillings.\\nIn 1737 the town-meeting was more specific, and\\nnamed the mills, shoiis, taverns and ferries. On\\nMarch Sth, in that year, Timothy Matlack was\\nassessed ten shillings Sarah Norris, lis. 8rf. they\\neach kept at that time a shop in Haddonfield.\\nOctober 24th Isaac Kay s mill was assessed ten\\nshillings, (it stood on the south branch of\\nCoopers Creek, in what is now lladdon township,\\nopposite the Joseph (f. Evans mill, near Haddon-\\nfield) John Breach, eight shillings, fulling-mill\\nlocated on the middle branch of Newton Creek;\\nSarah Norris shop, 6 Si/., on site of Aaron C.\\nClement s residence, in Haddonfield; Thomas\\nPerrywebb s blacksniith-shop, ten shillings, on the\\nsite of Alfred W. Clement s .store, on Main Street,\\nin Haddonfield; Humphrey Day s ferry and tav-\\nern, twenty shillings.\\nIn 1749 there was assessed Isaac Kay s mill,\\nThomas Redman s drug-store, Mathias Aspden s\\nstore, all at Haddonfield; John Breach s fulling-\\nmill, Jacob Albertson s grist-mill and Daniel and\\nBenjamin Cooper, as o|)ernting ferries at the site\\nof Camdeu, and in this year boats and Hals were\\ntaxed.\\nIn nM .losiah Harvey was assessed with a\\nfulling-mill, probably .lolm Breach s, as his name\\ndoes not appear for the same year; Thomas Red-\\nman, Mathias Aspden and Thomas Chaini)ion were\\nstore-keepers Kay s and Albertson s mills were\\nstill in operation and Hugh Creighton was oper-\\nating a fulling-mill.\\nIn 1770 the Legislature pa.ssed an act to prevent\\nswine froi\\\\i running at large in the streets of Had-\\ndimfield. This act docs not appear to have been\\nvery popular, as at the town-meeting of 1775, by\\na majority of two, a resolution was passed not to\\nenforce the law in the future.\\nThe town-meetings were held generally in the\\nold Newton Friends Meeting-honse until the ercc-\\ntion of the meeting-house at Haddonfield, in\\n1721, at which place it was held until I7S7. At\\nthe meeting in March, 1787, a resolution was\\npassed that the next annual town-meeting be held\\nat the school-house (which was built on the\\nFriends Jleeting-house lot) in Haddonfield.\\nElections were held at the Newton Friends\\nMeeting-house and at other places in the town-\\nship. In the earlier years elections were con-\\nducted by the sheriff of the county, who carried\\nthe box from place to place, where designated, and\\nreceived the votes. An incident in this coniiec-", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1003.jp2"}, "825": {"fulltext": "638\\nHISTORY OF CA:\\\\IDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ntion is given, which shows the law and custom\\ngoverning the election,\\nUpon the meeting of the Legislature in 1716,\\nDaniel oxe was returned as member of the State\\nAssembly in place of Johp Kay, and was chosen\\nSpeaker. The proceedings of that body, however,\\nshow in what way this occurred, for William Har-\\nrison, sherift of Gloucester County, was arrested\\nand brought to the bar of the House, by the Ser-\\ngeant-at-arms, and reprimanded for adjourning the\\nelection poll from the great field near.Iohn Kay s\\nhouse to William Cooper s, several miles distant,\\nwithout the consent of the candidates, w-hich was\\ncontrary to the law. By this transaction, the de-\\nfeat of John Kay was brought about, which led to\\nthe censure of the chief executive of the county.\\nJohn Kay, at that time, resided at the corn-\\nmill, and the great field was part of John Had-\\ndon s estate, bounded by the King s Road and part\\nof the village of Haddonfield.\\nThe town liouse of Newton was built at Had-\\ndonfield in the summer of 1854, since which elec-\\ntions have been held in that building.\\nThe Newton Colony s Settlement. The\\ncauses of the settlement of West Jersey and the\\naction of the proprietaries in reference to the di-\\nvision of the territory, are given in the first part of\\nthis book. By this division, the j)roprietors, on\\nthe 14th of January, 1681, set off a tract of land\\nalong the Delaware River, which extended from\\nthe river eastward, between the Pensaukiu Creek\\nand the Timber Creek, so far into the woods as\\nto embrace sixty-four thousand acres.\\nThis tract was designated by the proprietors as\\na place of settlement for a company of immigrants\\nfrom Dublin, Ireland, and was luimed the Third\\nor Irish Tenth.\\nIt will be noticed in tlie early liistory of Glou-\\ncester City (found elsewhere iu this book) that as\\nearly as 1677 attention wiis drawn to this section\\nof country by the London commissioners, who\\nwere strongly inclined to settle at what is now\\nGloucester City. They were persuaded to locate\\nat Burlington, but still determined to advocate\\nthe selection of this locality as a good place for\\nsettlement. Robert Zane, of Dublin, who proba-\\nbly came over in the ship with John P euwick, was\\nin Salem as early as 1675, as he was one of the\\nfounders of the Friends Meeting established at\\n1 The ilate liere given is in the old style, and in accordance with\\nthe piDsent calendar the date is January 14, 1082, as the year ICSl\\ndid not end until March S. ith.\\nThe eaat line of this tract was not definitely settled until 170.\\nwhen Samuel Clement ran the head-lines of the old luwiishipB of\\nGloucester County, wliicli eventually became the boundary line of\\nAtlantic, Camden and Gloucester Counties.\\nthat place in the year named. He does not ap-\\npear, in the first few years after his arrival, to have\\nattempted to make a permanent location, but was\\nevidently examining the country with a view to\\nfinding a site for himself and others who were still\\nin Dublin. Soon after the arrival of the London\\nand Yorkshire commissioners they described to\\nhim the locality and their favorable impressions of\\nthe region of country along the river. It is evi-\\ndent that a company was formed for the purpose\\nof emigration before he left his native land, as on\\nthe 12th of April, 1677, a deed for one whole share\\nof jiropriety was made out by Edward Byllynge\\nand his trustees to Robert Turner, linen draper,\\nof Dublin Robert Zane, serge-maker, of Dublin\\nThomas Thackara, stuff weaver, of Dublin Wm.\\nBates, carpenter, of the county Wicklow, and Jo-\\nseph Slight, tanner, of Dublin. In the course of\\na few years .loseph Slight disposed of his interest\\nto Anthony Sharp, Mark Newbie and others.\\nThomas Sharp, a nephew of Anthony Sharp,\\ncame to this country to settle and to act as agent\\nfor his uncle in locating lands. He was asurveyor,\\nand was the first clerk of the county of (tloucester.\\nHe wrote several accounts of the first settlers, one\\nof which is as follows\\nLet it be remembered, it having wrought njion\\nye minds of some friends that dwelt in Ireland,\\nbut such as formerly came thither from England\\nand a pressure having laid upon them for some\\nyears, which they could not gett from the weight\\nof until they gave upp to leave their friends and\\nrelations there, together with a comfortable sub-\\nsistence, to transport themselves and family into\\nthis wilderness part of America, and thereby ex-\\nl)ose themselves to difficulties, which, if they could\\nhave been easy where they were, iu all probability\\nmight never have been met with and in order\\nthereunto sent from Dublin in Ireland to one\\nThomas Lurten, a friend in London, commander of\\na pink, who accordingly came, and made an agree-\\nment with him to transport them and their fam-\\nelysinto New Jersey, viz.: Mark Newbie andfam-\\nely, Thomas Thackara and famely, William Bates\\nand famely, George Goldsmith, an old man, and\\nThomas Sharp, a young man, but no famelys, and\\nwhilst the ship abode in the Dtiblin Harbor, pro-\\nviding for the voyage, said Thomas Lurten was\\ntaken so ill that he could not perform ye same, so\\nthat his mate, John Dagger, undertook it. And\\nupon the Nineteenth day of September, in the\\nyear of our Lord 1681, we settsaile from the place\\naforesaid, and through thegood providence of God\\ntowards us, we arrived at Elsinburg in the county\\nof Salem upon the lllth day of November follow-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1004.jp2"}, "826": {"fulltext": "Jli^^\\nS123\\n^^ei^ m\\nCopy of Thomas Sharp s Map, made A. L 1700, and\\nshowicg the owners namfee at that time, now iiuvhided\\nin Camden City, Haddon and Delaware Townships.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1005.jp2"}, "827": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1006.jp2"}, "828": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OP HADDON.\\nC39\\ning, where we were well entertained at tin. houses\\n(if the Thompsons, who came from Irelan l al)out\\nfour years before, who, by their industry, were ar-\\nrived at a very good degree of living, and from\\nthence we went to Salem, where were several\\nhouses yt were vacant of persons, who had left\\nthe town to settle in ye country, which served to\\naccommodate them for ye winter, and having thus\\nsettled down their famelys, and the winter proving\\nMioderate, we at Wickacoa among us purchased a\\nlioate of the Swansons and so we went to Burling-\\nton to the (\u00e2\u0096\u00a0(juiniissioners, of wlioni we obtjiined a\\nwanant ol ye surveyor-general, wliicli then was\\n1 laniel Leeds and after some considerable search\\nto and fro in wliat then was called the Third or\\nIrish Tenth, we at last ]iilched upon the plai-e\\nnow called Newton, which was before the settle-\\nment of Philadclidiia. and then applied to s sur-\\nveyor who came and laid it out for us and the next\\nspring, being the beginning of the year l(i82, we\\nall removed from Salem together with Robert Zane,\\nthat had l)een settled there, who came along from\\nIreland with the Thompsons before hinted, and\\nhaving expectation of our coming, only bought a\\nlott in Salem Town, u]ion the which he seated\\nliiiiisclf untell our i-uiiiiiii;;, whose |iropriefary\\nright and ours lieing of the same nature, could\\nnot then take it in Fciiwick s Tenth, and so be-\\ngan our settlement, and a!thou)j;li wi were at\\ntimes pretty hard bestead, having all our provis-\\nions as far as Salem to fetch by water, yett,\\nthr(jugh the mercy and kindness of iod, we were\\nineservcd in lu-altb, ami from the extreme ditll-\\nciilties.\\nAnd immediately there was a meeting sett up\\nand kept at the house of Mark Newbie and in a\\nshort time itgrew and increased unto which Wil-\\nliam Cooper ami fiiraely that lived at Poynte re-\\nsorted, and sometimes the meeting was kept at his\\nliouse, who had been settled some time before. Zeal\\nand fervency of spirit was what, in some degree,\\nat that time abounded among Friends in com-\\nmemoration of our prosperous success and emi-\\nnent preservittion, boatli in our coming over the\\ngreat deep, as allso that wli.-r.-as were but\\nfew at that time and the Indians many, whereby\\nitt putt a dread upon our spirits considering they\\nwere a savage [leople, but ye Lord who hath the\\nhearts of all in his hands, turned them so as to be\\nserviceable to ns and very loving and kindi-, which\\ncannot be otherwise accounted for. And that the\\nrising generation nuiy considerthal the seltlemcnl\\nof this country was directed upon an impulse by\\nthe spirits of God s people not so much for their\\ncare and tranquillity, but rather for the poster-\\nity yt should be after and that the wilderness\\nbeing planted with a i;ood seed might grow and\\nincrease to the satisfaction of the good husband-\\nman. But instead thereof, if for wheat it should\\nbring forth trees, the cud of the good husbandman\\nwill be frustrate and they themselves will sutler\\nloss. This narrative I have thought good ami\\nrequisite to leave behind, as having had knowl-\\nedge of things from the beginning.\\nAnother account Thomas Sharp wrote in Hook\\nA, page 9S, of Gloucester County deeds in the\\noffice of the Secretary of State at I renton. Af-\\nter reciting the facts nearly as given abovi he\\ncontinues,\\nThe Surveyor-General was inst ructed to survey\\nunto every one of us so much land as by ye consti-\\ntution at yt time was allotted for a settlement\\nbeing live hundred .acres, or ytwe bad a right to for\\na taking it up nndi r. which wc nc -ordingly ob-\\ntained. At which time also llobcrl i-mie, who\\ncame from ye city of Dublin and had been settled\\nin Salem four years before, Joiiu d in with ns who\\nhad aright to a tenth, Mark Newbie to a twentieth,\\nThomas Thackara to a twentieth, Thomas Sharp\\n(out of his uncle Anthony Sharp s right) a twen-\\ntieth and George Goldsmith (under ye notion of\\nThomas Starkey s right) a tenth, all which of ns\\nexcepting William Bates, who took his on ye\\nsoutherlyside of Newton CIreek we took our land\\nin (me tract together for one thousand seven hun-\\ndred and fifty acres, bounding in ye forks of\\nNewton Creek and so over to Coopers Creek and\\nliy a line of marked trees to a small braiudi of ye\\ntbrk creek and so down ye same as by ye certiticate\\nof it standing upon record in ye Secretary otIJce it\\ndoth appear. And after sonic time, tinding some\\ninconvenieucy in having our land in (-onimon\\ntogether, being at ye time settled at ye place now\\ncalled Newton in ye nnmner of a town, for fear as\\naforesaid, at which being removed we came to an\\nagreement to divide, (teorge G(ddsmith be chosen\\nfbr the head of the creek, Thomas Sharp the forks\\nor lower end of the land next toward the river, by\\nwhich means the rest kept to their settlements\\nwithout any disadvantage to themselves. And so\\nye land was divided according to every nnin s\\nright. But it is to be understood, as 1 have so\\nmuch hint(Hl before, that by ye constitution of ye\\ncountry at yt time, no jhtsou, let his right be\\nnever so great, should survey and take up above\\nfive hundred acres in one tract to nnike one settle-\\nment of, and yt within six nnniths or- otherwise it\\nwas free for any other person that had rights to\\nland to survey it to him.self, as if it had never been\\ntaken up for any other person. Whereupon many", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1007.jp2"}, "829": {"fulltext": "640\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NP]W JERSEY.\\nwere obliged, in order to secure good places to\\nthemselves, to give oue hundred acres to secure the\\nrest, and many were deterred from taking up their\\nland yt could not find means to secure it, least\\nthey should spend money to no profit. Now ye\\nstate of ye case touching George Goldsmith (hav-\\ning a full and certain knowledge thereof) is this\\nwise: Thomas Starkey did desire and order\\nGeorge Goldsmith to take up some land for him in\\nWest Jersey, where it is reasonable to suppose he\\nhad a right, but brought nothing with him to make\\nit appear, and ye commissioners at yt time gave\\nway by ye credit of the report of ye rest concerned\\nthat he miglit take up five hundred acres, but it\\nnever was returned in Starkey s name. George\\nGoldsmith being uneasy underye circumstances, he\\nwrit several times to Thomas Starkey giving him\\nto understand he had taken up five hundred acres\\nof land for him, provided he would allow him one\\nhundred acres of it for settling the same, as a\\ngeneral custom then was; the letters either mis-\\ncarried, or otherwise the demand being ungrateful\\nto him he answered them in silence. Supposing\\nas it may be supposed yt ye land being taken up\\nfor him could not be taken from him it could not be\\nallowed whereupon George made application\\nto Robert Turner and layeth his case before him\\nsignifying if he would allow him one hundred\\nacres of yt land whereon he had made his improve-\\nments he would sufler him to take up yt five hun-\\ndred acres in his own right. Robert taking the\\nmatter in due consideration and searching the\\nrecords at Burlington about it and finding it so to\\nbe recorded in George Goldsmith s name, who had\\nno right at any time to take up any land in yt\\nprovince, agrees to survey it for himself, and ac-\\ncordingly did, and records it as such in the Secre-\\ntary s Oflice, conveys one hundred acres of ye .same\\naccording to agreement to George Goldsmith and\\nunto his heirs and assigns forever. The other four\\nhundred acres he sold unto Isaac Hollingsham.\\nThe foregoing is a true relation of yt settlement of\\nNewton, as also a true and impartial account of\\nye foregoing tract of land settled by George Gold-\\nsmith. Given under mv hand the 3 month 3\\n1718.\\nThomas Sharp,\\nAllowed by John Kay, the 3 month 4 1718.\\nIn addition to the tract of seventeen hundred\\nand fifty acres, these persons located a tract of one\\nhundred acres of meadow land at the mouth of\\nKaighns Run, on both sides of it and fronting the\\nDelaware River, now in the city of Camden. This\\nwas done for the purpose of procuring hay for their\\ncattle, and was divided into smaller tracts in 1684.\\nRobert Zane, in the allotment, took a tract on the\\nDelaware south to the stream and Robert Turner\\ntook the part south of it also on the Delaware. The\\nother tracts were up the Run and were long and\\nnarrow, with the Run passing through each, Thomas\\nSharp adjoining Zane and Turner, and in order\\nabove were the lots of William Bates, Thomas\\nThackara and Hannah Newbie, the widow of\\nMark.\\nIt has been mentioned that William Bates lo-\\ncated on the south side of the middle branch of New-\\nton Ureek. In the division of the large tract lying\\nsouth of the middle branch, Thomas Sharp s por-\\ntion lay on the main stream and up the south\\nbranch. Next above was Mark Newbie, Thomas\\nThackara, Robert Zane and the Robert Turm-r\\n(Starkey) tract.\\nWilliam Roydon, a grocer of London, located\\nthe first tract of land, four hundred and fifty acres,\\nat the site of Camden, September 20, IfiSl, and a\\nlittle later William Cooper located a survey of\\nthree hundred acres (which bears date June 12\\n1682), at Pyne I oint (now known as Coopers\\nPoint), where there was a large Indian settlement\\nunder the chieftain Ara.sapha. Cooper came from\\nGoles Hill, England, in 1678, and settled at Bur-\\nlington, from which place he removed to Pyne\\nPoint upon tlie location of the land alxive alluded\\nto.\\nFrancis Collins, in October, 1682, located a tract\\nof five hundred acres of land, a part of which is\\nnow the site of Haddonfield.\\nSamuel Coles and Thomas Howell settled in the\\nlimits of the present townships of Delaware and\\nStockton. A few other settlers followed in the\\nsame year. The land on which Zane, Thackara,\\nNewbie, Sharp, Bates and Goldsmith settled was\\nsurveyed to them March 10, 1681, and soon after\\nthat time it was divided.\\nEari.v Settlers and their Descendants.\\nRobert Zane, who was the pioneer in the move-\\nment, had in the division selected five hundred\\nacres on the upper course of the creek, which ex-\\ntended from Newton Creek to Coopeis Creek, and\\nwhich now includes the property of Edward C.\\nKnight and others. He was elected to the first\\nLegislature of the province in 1682, re-elected in\\n1685, and was constable of the township in 1684-8. j.\\nIn Sharp s map of 1700 his house is marked as\\nbeing along the middle branch of Newton Creek, a\\nshort di.stance above where the Camden and White\\nHorse turnpike crosses that stream. He was mar-\\nried, in 1679, to Alice Alday, of Burlington, sup-\\nposed to be an Indian maiden, and had several\\nchildren, of whom nothing is known. His second", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1008.jp2"}, "830": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1009.jp2"}, "831": {"fulltext": "=^ss^;^s^\\n#x^/^^.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1010.jp2"}, "832": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF HADDON.\\n641\\nwife was Elizabeth Willis, of Heinpstoad, L. I.\\n81ie died in 1700, leaving live ehildren. The liini-\\nily emigrated to the West, where the name became\\nnoted in the early settlements abont A\\\\ heeling,Va.,\\nand Zanesville, O.\\nEdward C. KxKiHT, long and jirominently\\nidentified with the internal improvements of New\\nJersey and Pennsylvania, was born within the\\n[M-esent territory of Oamilen (Jonnty on the 8th\\nday of December, 1813. Giles Knight, his pater-\\nnal ancestor, was a native of Gloucestershire,\\nEngland, came to America in 1083 with William\\nPenn in the Welcome, and settled in Byberry,\\nwhere he died in 172( Jonathan and Rebecca\\nCoUings Kuight, the parents of E. C. Knight, were\\nmembers of the Society of Friends. His father died\\nin 1823, before E. C. Knight was ten years old, and\\nhis mother followed in 1807, at theage of seventy-\\neight.\\nJonathan and Rebecca Knight had seven chil-\\ndren four sons died young; those living are E.\\nC, Martha W. (wife of Jas. H. Stephenson) and\\nSarah C. (widow of Aaron A. Hurley). E. C.\\nKnight was married to Anna M. Magill, July 20,\\n1841, by whom he had five children, three of whom\\nare dead, Jonathan at the age of twenty-five,\\nAnna, six years, and Ed. C, Jr., twenty months.\\nThose left are Annie U. and Ed. 0. Knight, Jr.-\\nwho was married, June 31, 1880, to Miss Clara Wa-\\nterman Dwight, daughter of Edmund P. and\\nClara W. Dwight of Philadelphia.\\nIn 1830, Edw. C. Knight entered mercantile life\\nas a clerk in a store at Kaighns Point, now the\\nsouthern part of the city of Camden, and contin-\\nued in that position two years. In 1832 he went\\nto Philadelphia and was engaged as clerk in the\\ngrocery store of Atkinson Cuthbert, at the\\nSouth Street wharf on the Delaware River. In\\nMay, 1830, he established a grocery store on Sec-\\nond Street, giving his mother an interest in the\\nbusiness. A few years later he obtained a share\\nin the schooner Baltimore, and was engaged in\\nthe importation of coffee and other products of\\nthe West Indies to Philadelphia. In September,\\n1840, he removed to the southeast corner of Chest-\\nnut and Water Streets and there carried on the\\nwholesale grocery, commission, impoi tiug and re-\\nfining business, first alone, and subsecjuently the\\nfirm of E. C. Knight Co. was formed. In 1849\\nthis firm became interested in the California trade,\\nand owned and sent out the first steamer that ever\\nplied the waters above Sacramento City. This\\nfirm also originated the business of importing mo-\\nlasses and sugar from Cuba to the United States\\nand has since been extensively engaged in the re-\\nfining of sugar. Two large molasses-houses and\\none extensive refinery at Hainbridge Street and\\none at Queen Street wharf, Philadelphia, have been\\noperated by E. C. Knight Co., and liave been for\\nthe past twenty-five years. The size and capacity\\nof the refinery can be com|)reheiided when it is\\nstated that it is usual to turn out from one thou-\\nsand to filteen hundred barrels of sugar per day.\\nRut while for many years Mr. Knight has been\\nlooked upon as one of Philadelphia s most promi-\\nnent and mo.st honored merchants, he has of late\\nbeen mainly recognized as one of the leading rail-\\nroad managers of the Quaker City. Year.s ago he\\nwas a director in the Lackawanna and Bloomsburg,\\nthe West Jersey and other railroad companies.\\nFinally he became a director in the Pennsylvania\\nRailroad C ompany. It was largely through his\\ninstrumentality, as chairman of a committee of the\\nlatter corporation, that the American Steamship\\nLine, between Philadelphia and Europe, was\\nestablished, and Mr. Knight was president of the\\nsteamship line in question. He finally withdrew\\nfrom the board of directors of the Pennsylvania\\nRailroad Company and thereafter his interests\\nwere centred elsewhere. He was a director in the\\nt^entral Railroa l Company of New Jer.sey and\\nwas from 1870 to ISSO its president. In 1874\\nMr. Knight was chosen president of the Bound\\nBrook Railroad Company, a position which he\\nnow holds. He was a director in the Philadelphia\\nand Reading and in the North Pennsylvania Rail-\\nroad Companies.\\nMr. Knight has at various times been connected\\nwith a number of institutions of high standing in\\nthis city. He has, however, withdrawn from all\\nbanking and trust companies except the (Guarantee\\nTrust and Safe Deposit Company, of which he is\\nat present the vice-president.\\nWhile not an office-seeker, Mr. Knight is in\\nevery sense of the word a |)ublic man. In ISoti\\nhe was nominated by the American, Whig and\\nReform parties for Congress, in the idd First Dis-\\ntrict of Pennsylvania. In 1800 lie was an elector\\non the Republican Presidential ticket from the\\nsame district. He was a member of the State\\nConstitutional Convention in 1873, his sound opin-\\nions and advice as a business man having material\\nweight in the formulation of much of the best\\nmaterial in the present organic law of the Com-\\nmonwealth. In December, 18S3, liewasapi)ointed\\na member of the Park Commission by the Judges\\nof the Court of Common Pleas.\\nIn semi-public att airs Mr. Knight has likewise\\nbeen a prominent factor. He is, and has for\\nyears been, one of the directors of the Union", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1013.jp2"}, "833": {"fulltext": "642\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nLeague and is now one of its vice-presidents. He\\nwas also tlie president and one of tlie most active\\npromoters of tlie Bi-Centennial Association of\\n]8S2.\\nMr. Kniglit is in every sense of the word one\\nof Philadelphia s most public-spirited citizens,\\nand a man whose name is a synonym for integrity\\nand honor.\\nOn the evening of May 7, 188(5, a banquet was\\ngiven to E. C. Knight, and the Evening Bulletin of\\nthat date has an article in reference to it, a part of\\nwhich we quote,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Fll\\nMr.\\nK.S IN Bl HLNKSS. A TKSTIftUiN lA 1, B.\\\\Nyl!ET\\nE. C KNuacr this EvENiNi; at the Union League. Fifty years\\nago to-day Kdward G. Knight, wlio, in the last half centuiy, has de-\\nveloped into one of the most prominent of Philadelphia s citizens, en-\\ntered the grocery buBiness on Second Street, opposite Almond. He\\nwas then but twenty. three yeara of age, but he soon evinced a rt--\\nmarkable tact and coinmercial energy, and in a short time became\\nthe head of the firm of E. Knight Co., which conducted the\\nwholesale grocery, comuiinsion, importing, shipping and sugar re-\\nfinery business on a large scale. Some weeks ago a number of citi-\\nzens conceived the idea of celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the\\nbirth of Mr. Knight s business career, and as a result of the move-\\nment then started, a banquet will be given this evening in his honor\\nat the Union League. The Conmiittee of Arrangements was or-\\nganized a month ago, with Mr. John Wanamaker, chaii-man Mr.\\nWm. H. Rhawu, secretary and Mr. Geo. S. Fox, treasurer the\\nchair named the following sub-committees\\nCommitteeon invitations Messrs. Thus, flochran, Henry Lewis\\nand Benj. BeifT. Committee on Distinguished Guests Messrs.\\nClayton McMichael, E. H, Fitter and J. Wesley Supplee. Com-\\nmittee on Banquet Messrs. Joseph F. Tobias, Wm. H. Hurley and\\nGeo. S. Fox. Committee on Speakers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Messrs. Alex. P. Colesberry,\\nChas. H. Cramp and Hamilton Disston. The price of subscriptions\\nto the banquet was fixed at ten dollars per head and the number\\nlimited to two hundred, the capacity of the banqueting hall of the\\nLeague.\\nAmong the more prominent gentlmiL-n who iijne I cen tendi-retl\\ninvitations and who are expected to be present are President Gar\\nrett and Vice-President King, of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad\\nCompany; e.\\\\-Senator Cattell, of New Jersey; Governor Pattison,\\nAttorney-General Cassidy, Chief Justice Mercur, ex-Governor\\nBedle, Chancellor Runyonand Chief Justice Beasley, of New .Jersey\\nMayor Smith and Geo. B. Roberts.\\nThe toasts and addresses will be as follows: Our Guest, le\\nsponded to by Mr. Knight The State of Pennsylvania, Attorney-\\nGeneral Cassidy; State of New Jensey, A. G. Cattell Judiciary\\nof Pennsylvania, Chief Justice Jlercur; City of Philadelphia,\\nMayor Smith Grocers of Philadelphia, John Hough Onr 1*1 aim.\\nfacturers, Jas. Dobson The Press, Colonel Clayton McMichatl\\nCommercial Associutien of Philadelphia, John Price Wetherill.\\nThe banquet was a great .success and a well mer-\\nited compliment to an honorable business career\\nof fifty years.\\nThomah Sharp, one of the party who came over\\nin September, 1H81, was the nephew of Anthony\\nSharp, of Dublin, a wealthy merchant, who became\\npossessed of several shares of the propriety and\\nconveyed to J homas a part, who, upon his arrival,\\nacted as the agent of his unc^le in the sale and loca-\\ntion of the remainder. He was then a young man\\nand soon gained the confidence of his companions\\nand became the leader in many directions. His\\nrecords of the events of the time are unquestioned\\nauthority. He became constable of the Irish Tenth\\nin 1(182, and acted with the same authority as sher-\\nitl He was active in the organization of the\\ncounty of Gloucester and has left the account of\\nthat .action in the court records. He was made\\nclerk of the new county and was also a surveyor.\\nThe maps, surveys, memoranda and other jiapers\\nare of much value, both for historical purposes and\\nfor determining land titles. In 1685 he was chosen\\nmember of Assembly. In 1()89 he laid out the town\\nof Gloucester and in the same year was apiiointeil\\none of a commission to run the boundary line\\nbetween Gloucester and Burlington Counties. In\\n1700 he was appointed one of the judges of the\\ncounty of ({loucester, and was also one of the\\ntrustees of Newton Friends Meeting, and no doubt\\nassisted in the erection of the first house of wor-\\nship. He surveyed the lot and wrote the deed for\\nthe lladdonfield Meeting in 1721. His name ap-\\njiears upon the records of Burlington, Salem and\\nWooilbury ofteiier than that of any other man of\\nthe time in which he lived.\\nIn the division of the large tract of land he says,\\nI took the forks, or lower end of the land next\\ntowards the river. Upon this he built, cleared\\npart of it for farming purposes and improved some\\nmeadow land. On the map executed by him.self,\\nhis house is marked as being on the bank of New-\\nton Creek. In 1708 he was made ranger of the\\ncounty, and in 1723 began to keep the recordsin the\\ntown-book of Newton, which he continued till\\n1728, when his son Samuel succeeded him. He\\ndied the next year, 1729, and was probably buried\\nin the old Newton buryiiig-ground. He married\\nElizabeth Winn in 1701, by whom he had eight\\nchildren. In 1723 he gave to his son Sanuiel part\\nof the homestead property and part to his son\\n.lohn, who, ill 1731, sold to his brother Samuel and\\nmoved to London, where he carried on the business\\nof a weaver. Samuel sold the land to Tobias Hol-\\nloway. The property was known as the Bur-\\nroughs Farm and later was owned by the Cham-\\npions. A daughter, Elizabeth, married John Hol-\\nlowell, of Darby, Pa., where her descendants are\\nnumerous.\\nMark Newbie s tract in the division is marked by\\nThomas Sharp as lying opposite to William Bates\\nand his house as being nearly opposite that of\\nof Bates. He was an Englishman, a resident of\\nLondon and a tallow chandler and a member of\\nthe Society of Friends. The persecutions against\\nthe Society had led him, with many others, to re-\\nmove to Dublin, with a view of emigrating to", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1014.jp2"}, "834": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF HADItON.\\n643\\nAmerica. He joined Shai ii, Bales, Thackara and\\nothers, and came witli Uiem. It was at liis lionsc\\nthe first religious meeting of Friends was set up\\nand continued until the meeting-house was luiill,\\nin 1684. He also was the founder of the lirsl hank\\nin the State of New Jersey.\\nA charter was granted to hira at the session of\\nthe Legislature in May, ItiSi which provided that\\nMark Newby s half-pence called Patrick s half-\\npence, shall from and after the eighteenth instant\\npass for half-pence current pay of the Province,\\nprovided he give sufficient security to the Speaker\\nof the House, and provided no person or jiersons\\nshall be obliged to take more than five shillings iij\\none payment.\\nHe died in 1688, and his bank was discontinued.\\nThe half-penny was struck in Ireland after the\\nmassacre of B,oraan Catholics in 1641, simply to\\nCf mmemorate the event, and did not circulate as\\ncoin in the old country. It, however, was brought\\nhere in quantities, and being recognized by the\\nLegislature in the charter to Mark Newby, it an-\\nswered their purpose for several years. Mark\\nNewby was a member of the Assembly in l\\\\lay,\\n1682, and was selected a nieraherof the ioveruor s\\nCouncil. He was also one of the commissioners\\nfor the division of land in the )irovince and one of\\nthe committee of ways and means to rai.se moni V\\nfor the use of the government. He left a widow,\\nHannah (who, in 1685, married .lames Atkinson),\\ntwo .sons, Stephen and f^dward, and two daughters,\\nKachel and Elizabeth, all of whom came to this\\ncountry with their father.\\nStephen Newby, in 1703, nuirried Klizabeth Wood,\\ndaughter of Henry, and settled on the hojiiestcad\\nand died in 17(16, leaving two children, Mark and\\nHannah; the former died in 17o. i, and Hannah\\nmarried Joseph Thackara. Edward Newby, in\\n1706, married Hannah Chew, and settled on the\\nnorth of the f()rk branch on three hundred ami\\nfifty acres of land his father owned. He died in\\n1715 and lelt .several children, of whom (xabricl\\nmarried and lefta son .fohn, who, March 14, 1764^\\nconveyed all the unso Id land to Isaac Cooper, in\\nwhose name and family it still remains.\\nElizabeth, a daughter of Mark Newby, in 1714,\\nmari ied John Hugg, whose first wife was Priscilla\\nollins. They resided near (iloucester, whereLit-\\nile Timber Creek falls into Great Timber Creek.\\nIt is through the families of Hugg and Thackara\\nthat the family is now represented in the county.\\nKachel Newby, a daughter of Mark, probably the\\neldest child, married Isaac Decou, in 1695, and\\nsettled in Burlington County, where part of the\\nfamily still resides.\\nThomas Thackara, who settled above Mark\\nNewby, went from near Leeds, England, to Dub-\\nlin, to escape persecution, as did many of the\\nFriends. He was a stulf weaver. atnl, in 1677,\\nwas one of the gran tecs of the deed made to Robert\\nTurner, William Bates, Mark Newby and others,\\nfor real estate in New .Icrsey. and in 16S1 became\\nto this country with tlic parly of miigrants who\\nhad decided to settle upon the Third or Irish\\nTenth. He was the first to separate his interest\\nfrom the others, and took two huiulred and fifty\\nacres as his share and in I( !t5 he purchased two\\nhundred acres of land of Isaac Holliugsham. part\\nof the Robert Turner tra 1, which exlrndrd l[is es-\\ntale ti-oni Newton Creek to Coopers Creek. The\\ntrad of two hundred and fifty acres lirsl taken up\\nembraced the old Newton graveyard, near which\\nthe old meeting-house stoo l. His house was situ-\\nated on the site of the present farm buildings on\\nthe .lohn (Campbell farm, where he continued until\\nhis death, about 1702. The land, exi e])t sixty\\nacres, descended to liis son Benjamin, who con-\\nveyed fifty acres to his brother-in-law, .John F]ast-\\nlack, and devi.sed the remainder to liis son .lo.seph,\\nwdio resurveyed it in 1760. It passed to his son\\nStephen, and from him to his sons, Jo.seph, James\\nand Thomas, and from them to strangers.\\nThomas Thackara became a member of the first\\nLegislature in 1(582, and in the same year was aji-\\npoiiited, with Mark Newby and William Cooper,\\none of the judges of the courl for the Irish Tenth,\\nand there contiiuied until J685. He was a]ipoint-\\ned one of the land commissioners of the province\\nand was, with William Cooper, selected by the So-\\nciety of Friends to sign the address of the Newton\\nMeeting to the Yearly Meetingof London, protest-\\ning against the conduct of Ceorge Keith. His first\\nwife died in a few years, and in 168!t he was married\\nt(i Hepzibah Fastlack, a daughter of Francis\\nKastlack, at the house of .lames .Mkins.m. His\\nchildren were P eniamin (wdu), in 1707, married\\nMary, a daughter of William Cooper, who settled\\nat Coopers Point), Thomas, H.annah, Sarah and\\nHepzibah. Benjamin died in 1727 and left three\\nchildren, Joseph, Hannah and Mary. Hannah\\nThackara, daughter of Thomas, married John\\nWhitall, at her father s house, in ]6i)6, al which\\ntime her father presented her a deed for sixty\\nacres of land, part of the homestead estate. It is\\nnow included in the Decosta property.\\nWilliam Bates, a carpenter, in 1670, lived in the\\ncounty of Wicklow, Ireland, and was a regular at-\\ntendant at meetings of Friends, at one of which he\\nwas, with others, seized, taken to jail and confined\\nseveral weeks. The persecution of Friemls con-", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1015.jp2"}, "835": {"fulltext": "6-14\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ntinued, and many were discnssing the question of\\nemigration. In the grant from Edward Byllinge\\nand trustees and others to Robert Turner, linen\\ndraper, of Dublin Robert Zane, serge-maker, of\\nDublin Thomas Thackara, stufl-weaver, of Dub-\\nlin. William Bates is also mentioned as carpenter\\nand of the county of Wicklow. It will be remem-\\nbered that Robert Zane i)receded the others to this\\ncountry and selected a site on which they were to\\nsettle. William Bates, for some reason unknown,\\nlocated two hundred and fifty acres on the south\\nside of the middle branch of the stream, while the\\nothers were on the north side. Two years later he\\nmade another survey adjoining, and of the same\\nnumber of acres, and also purchased a tract of\\nRobert Turner adjoining, which is now known\\nas the Ridgeway and Eldridge lands. His house\\nwas located on the Ridgeway farm, near the mouth\\nof Bates Run. He, as a carpenter, doubtless\\nplanned and constructed the old log meeting-\\nhouse at Newton, in 1684. In 1683 and 1684\\nhe was a member of the Legislature from the\\nIrish Tenth. He died in 1700, and left children\\nwho had reached maturity, .Jeremiah, Joseph\\n(who, in 1701, married Mercy Clement), Abi-\\ngail (married Joshua Frame, in 1687), Wil-\\nliam and Sarah. The latter became the wife\\nof Simeon Ellis. Jeremiah married Mary,\\na daughter of Samuel Spicer, settled on part\\nof the original tract, and left it to his .son William.\\nThe greater part of the estate is now owned by\\nJoseph C. Hollinshead, Edward and William Bet-\\ntie. It was on the Bates tract the Camden atid\\nPhiladelphia race-course was built, in later years,\\nan account of which is here given.\\nGeorge Goldsmith, who Thomas Sharp describes\\nas an old man, came over in the pink called\\nYe Owners Adventure, with the other settlers,\\nand was the last of the six who formed the early\\nsettlement of Newton. He was a poor man,\\nand had no rights to property. It is evident,\\nhowever, that he was authorized to locate five hun-\\ndred acres for one Thomas Starkey, as he was al-\\nlowed to do so, and his right was included\\nin the tract of seventeen hundred and fifty\\nacres. In the division of this tract his survey ex-\\ntended from Newton Creek to Coopers Creek.\\nUpon close investigation it was found Starkey fail-\\ned to complete the title, and Goldsmith induced\\nRobert Turner to take out a title to the survey\\nand to give him one hundred acres for his trouble,\\nas was the custom. This was done, and Turner\\ngranted to Goldsmith one hundred acres, in two\\ntracts eighty acres on the north branch of Newton\\nCreek, and twenty acres evidently at the mouth of\\nthe same, as is shown by Thomas Sharp s map.\\nThis last tract was of the land located by Sharp,\\nbut, in 1700, appears to be Turner s. The deed passed\\nfrom Turner to Goldsmith 30th of Ninth Month,\\n1687, and was sold by him the next day to Stephen\\nNewby. He purchased eighty acres of land, adjoin-\\ning his upper lot, of Francis Collins. This increased\\nhis tract to one hundred acres, and it is marked on the\\ncreek about as high as the tide flows. The place\\nis still known as Goldsmith s Field. He built\\na grist-mill at the place where the present mill of\\nJ. J. Schnitzius is located. The land is known as\\nthe .lames Dobbs farm. The remainder of the\\nGoldsmith-Starkey tract of five hundred acres\\nRobert Turner sold, in 1693, to Isaac Hollingsham,\\nwhose son Isaac later sold it to Sarah Ellis, widow\\nof Simeon. Her son Joseph settled upon it and in\\ntime it passed out of the name, but still remained\\nin the family, and was bought by Jacob Stokes,\\nwho, in 1749, married Priscilla Ellis.\\nGoldsmith appears to have owned other lands,\\nas, in 1693, he sold rights to William Albertson,\\nand, in 1694, land to Nicholas Smith, in 1695 one\\nhundred acres to John Iverson, and in 1697 one\\nhundred acres to Margaret Ivins. This land was\\nall in Newton towship, and near the place of his\\nfirst settlement. He evidently moved from this\\nregion, as his name disappears soon after.\\nRobert Turner, although never a resident of\\nNew Jersey, was interested with the first settlers\\nof Newton, and was one of the grantees of the\\ndeed made, in April, 1677, for real estate in New\\n.Jersey. He was an Irish Quaker, and engaged\\nin merchandising in the city of Dublin. After\\nthe grant of the territory of Pennsylvania to Wil-\\nliam Penn, with whom he was intimately associa-\\nted, he closed his business in Ireland and removed\\nto Philadelphia in 1683. Mention has been made\\nof his dealings with George Goldsmith he also\\npurchased other and large tracts of laud in the\\ntownship, parts of w hich are now in the city of\\nCamden. The land of the Graysburys, on the\\nsouth side of the main branch of Newton Creek,\\nwas located by him, and during the first five years\\nof the settlement he was probably the largest land-\\nowner. In 1685, although not resident of the\\ncolony, he was chosen a representative of the\\nThird Tenth in the Legislature of West New Jer-\\nsey. His lands in the township were gradually\\nsold to others, who settled upon them.\\nIn the year 1692 James, Joseph and Benjamin\\nGraysbury, brothers and ship carpenters, came\\nfrom the Island of Bermuda to Philadelphia, and\\nthe next year purchased five hundred acres of\\nland nientiouctl above of Robert Turner. James", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1016.jp2"}, "836": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF HADDON.\\n645\\ndied in 1700, and left his share of the estate to his\\nson James and two sisters, who, in 1722, sold their\\ninterest to James, who had settled upon it. J iseph,\\none of the brothers, died without issue, and his\\ninterest passed to James, his nephew. In 1720 the\\nchildren of Benjamin sold their interest in the\\ntract to James. Before the death of the brothers,\\nand in 1696, John Willis, a ship carpenter of\\nPhiladelphia, bought fifty acres of the tract. It\\nwas at the head of navigati(3n of the branch, and\\nthe locality was later known as Atmore s Dam.\\nJohn Willis built at the place a small brick house,\\none and a half stories high, with a hipped roof,\\nsmall windows and low, narrow doors. The main\\nroad leading from Philadelphia to Egg Harbor,\\ncrossed the stream at the place, and the house was\\nused as a tavern by Joseph Kirlee, whose sou\\nJohn, in 1718, sold the p\u00c2\u00bb-operty to Thomas At-\\nmore, by whom it was owned until his death, in\\n1773, when it passed to Caleb Atmore, who, in 178;:!,\\nsold it to Benjamin Graysbury. The original\\nUraysbury tract includes the late Joseph Few\\nSmith (now William Bettle) estate on the east and\\nother lands westward. The old tiraysbury grave-\\nyard is on this tract. The Atmore Dam is men-\\ntioned in old records and papers, and was built to\\n))rotect the meadows in the vicinity from overflow\\nby the tides.\\nFrancis Collins, who came to this country about\\n1678, was a bricklayer of London and a Friend.\\nHe was married in 1663, .and conducted his busi-\\nness in that city. For his adherence to the prin-\\nciples of the Friends he was imprisoned with\\nmany others. The Friends Meeting-house in the\\nparish of Stepney, in the city of I^ondon, was de-\\nstroyed by a mob, and in 1675 Francis Collins\\nrebuilt it. In 1677 he, with Richard Mew, of\\nRatlifi and John Bull, of London, both merchants,\\npurchased of Edward Byllynge, certain shares of\\npropriety in New Jersey, He came to this country\\nsoon after with his wife and family, composed of a\\nson Joseph and several daughters. He appears to\\nhave resided near Burlington, and in 1682 erected\\nthe Friends Meeting-house in that place, and in\\nthe next year built the court-house and market-\\nhouse, for which he received one thousand acres of\\nland and two hundred pounds in money. The\\nfirst land taken up by him was in Newton town-\\nship, and embraced five hundred acres. The sur-\\nvey bears date October 23, 1682. Two days later\\nfour hundred and fifty acres adjoining was sur-\\nveyed in his right. The first tract was located\\non the west side of the King s road, and the new-\\npart of Haddonfield is built upon it. The next\\nsurvey was adjoining to the southwest and extended\\nto the south branch of Newton reek. To secure\\na landing on oopers Creek, he located one hun-\\ndred and seventeen acres, which later he sold to\\nRichard Gray, whose son John, in 1746, conveyed\\nit to Ebenezer Hopkins. It is now mostly owned\\nby the heirs of .Tohii E. Hopkins and Joseph C.\\nStoy. He settled upon the tract, and first located\\nand built a house on the hill south of the village\\nof Haddonfield, and named the homestead Mount-\\nwell. It afterward passed to his son Joseph, by the\\nfirst wife, and later to Samuel Clement, who erected\\nthe house that was destroyed by fire in 1874. The\\nsite is now occupied by Reilly s Seminary. The\\nhouse when first built was isolated and about five\\nmiles from the Newton settlement, and even in\\nthe year 1700 Thomas Sharp marked on his map\\nbut five houses between Mountwell and Newton.\\nF rancis Collins was active in the political affairs\\nof the colony, and in 1683 was chosen a member\\nof the Assembly to represent the Irish Tenth, and\\nreturned in 1684. Upon the election of Sam-\\nuel .lennings as Governor of the State, in May,\\n1683, Francis Collins was selected by him as one\\nof his Council. He was in this session also ap-\\n()ointed a commissioner to divide lands and to regu-\\nlate lines.\\nUpon his return to the Assembly, in 1684, he was\\nselected as one of the judges of the courts of West\\nJersey, which position he held for several years.\\n)n the 21st December, 1686, Francis Collins\\nmarried, as his second wife, Mary Goslin, a\\ndaughter of Thomas Budd, and at that time the\\nwidow of Dr. John Goslin, of Burlington later he\\nremoved to Northampton, Burlington County,\\nwhere he died about 1720. His first wife died\\nsoon after his settlement in this country, leaving\\nhim six children Joseph, Sarah, Rebecca, Priscil-\\nla, Margaret and Elizabeth. He owned large\\ntracts of land and, from time to time, conveyed\\nportions to his children. Sarah married Dr. Rob-\\nert Dimsdale and settled on Dimsdale Run, a\\nbranch of Rancocas Creek, in Burlington County,\\nwhere her husband erected a large brick house.\\nIn 1688 he returned to England and died in 1718,\\nafter which his widow returned to Haddonfield\\nand lived until her death, in 1739. In 1714 her\\nfather deeded her a tract of four hundred and\\nsixty acres, extending from near Haddonfield\\nsouthwesterly to the south branch of Newton\\nCreek. April 1, 1725, Sarah Dimsdale sold the\\ntract to Simeon Breach and Caleb Sprague, who,\\nthe next year, divided it. It is now the estate of\\nthe Hinchmans, Nicholsons, Willits and others.\\nOf the other daughters of Francis Collins by\\nthe first wife, Rebecca married Thomas Briant,", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1017.jp2"}, "837": {"fulltext": "616\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nPriscilla became the wife of John Hugg iiud set-\\ntled on Timber Creek, near Gloucester, Margaret\\nmarried Elias Hugg and Elizabelh married Josiah\\nSouthwick. Joseph, the only son by the first wife,\\nbecame the owner of the homestead by convey-\\nance, and died in 1741, leaving a son Benjamin\\nand daughters Sarah (married to Simon Ellis),\\nCatherine (married Thomas Ellis) and Rebecca\\n(married to Samuel Clement). Benjamin was a\\ncarpenter and resided in Haddonfield and died in\\n1756. A part of the Mountwell tract was conveyed\\nto him by his father, who, in 1735, conveyed the\\nremainder of the estate, now in the village of\\nHaddonfield, to Samuel and Rebecca Clement.\\nJohn Haddon was a Friend and a resident of\\nthe parish of St. George, in the county of Surrey,\\nEngland, a suburb of London, on the east side\\nof the Thames. He was a blacksmith and made\\nanchors. By his industry and economy he ac-\\ncumulated a large estate and became interested\\nin the little colony forming in New Jersey. He\\npurchased, in 1695 or 1696, a right of propriety of\\nRichard Mathews, and in 1698 bought of Thomas\\nWillis, son of John, a tract of five hundred acras\\nlying on the north side of Coopers Creek, embracing\\nColes Landing, two miles below Haddonfield, which\\nwas located 26th of Sixth Month, 1686, by John\\nWillis, which was resurveyed for John Estaugh,\\nattorney for John Haddon, 6th of Twelfth Month,\\n1707. He also purchased a large tract now lying\\nin the townships of Delaware and Waterford, which\\nis marked on Sharp s map as containing eight hun-\\ndred and thiry-eight acres and known as King s\\nland. Two hundred acres of this tract was sold,\\nin 1717, to William Matlock, and subsequently\\npassed to Richard M. Cooper, and is now owned\\nby his son, Alexander Cooper.\\nJohn Haddon had two daughters Sarah and\\nElizabelh. The former married Benjamin Hop-\\nkins and settled at home. Elizabeth Haddon,\\nhowever, when nineteen years of age, and in 1701,\\nleft her home and friends and came to New Jer-\\nsey with power of attorney from her father to be-\\ncome his agent in the location, purchase and sale\\nof lands. Francis Collins, a friend of her father,\\nwho lived at Mountwell, extended to her the hos-\\npitalities of his home. To reach his residence she\\nwent to Philadelphia, crossed the river at Daniel\\nCooper s Ferry (now Camden) and passed the Wil-\\nlis place, which was to be her future home. It is\\nevident from Thomas Sharp s map that John Wil-\\nlis had erected a house on the tract, as one is there\\nmarked. This house stood at Coles Landing, on\\nthe brow of a hill near Coopers Creek, to which\\nshe moved in 1701, and gave the place the name\\nof Haddonfield. Before her departure for this\\ncountry, and at her father s home, she formed the\\nacquaintance of a young man, John Estaugh, who\\nwas then attracting considerable notice as a public\\nspeaker among the Friends, He was born atKelve-\\ndon, about fifty miles northeast from London, Sec-\\nond Month 23, 1676, and when young embraced the\\nprinciples of the Friends and was admitted to the\\nministry when eighteen years of age.\\nIn September, 1700, he was permitted to come to\\nAmerica on a religious visit, and was accompan-\\nied by John Richard.son. They traveled together\\nthrough Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania and\\nmet at Philadeli)hia Elizabeth Haddon at the\\nhome of her friends, before she removed to her\\nplace at Coles Landing, when the acquaintance\\nformed at home was renewed. She made preparations\\nto occupy her new home, and doubtless enlarged\\nand improved the house in accordance with her\\nmeans, while John Estaugh, feeling itto be his duty,\\nrequested of the Meeting permissiim to go back to\\nVirsrinia, which was granted, and he spent some\\ntime in that province.\\nIt is probable that John Estaugh ministered to\\nthe Friends at Newton Meeting, and his previous\\nacquaintance with Elizabeth Haddon, led him to\\naccept the hospitality of her home, when the as-\\nsociation of home and friends in England brought\\nto them many subjects of conversation. It is evident,\\nfrom subsequent events, that threads of a more\\nsubtle power were slowly and gradually winding\\nround him, which impelled hiin to return to this\\nregion, a captive; and, although romance says he\\nwas slow in accepting his bonds, he was aided by\\nthe fair damsel, Elizabeth Haddon, as beautifully\\ntold by the poet, Longfellow, in the story of John\\nAlden and Priscilla, the story told by Longfellow\\nin Aftermath, and by Mrs. Lydia Maria Child.\\nWhatever the manner of the courtship, the mar-\\nriage was celebrated on the 1st of the Eighth\\nMonth, 1702, at her residence, in the presence of\\nfriends and other invited guests. Soon after this\\nevent John Estaugh became the attorney of John\\nHaddon, and took charge of his landed interest in\\nNew Jersey, which at this time required much\\ntime. He also became agent for the Pennsylvania\\nLand Company of London. In 1713 a brick house\\nwas built on the Richard Mathews survey, a short\\ndistance from the site of the village of Haddon-\\nfield, where Samuel Wood now resides, and the\\nnew place called New Haddonfield. The house\\nwas larger and much more conveniently arranged,\\nthan the first, and better suited to the wealth of\\nthe occupants, whose house was open to all. The\\nbrick wall now standing is part of that which", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1018.jp2"}, "838": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OP HADDON.\\n647\\nsurrounded the garden, and the huge yew-tree in\\nfront of the present mansion is said to have been\\ntransplanted by Elizabeth Estangh. The house\\nwas destroyed by fire the morning of April 1\\n1842.\\nThe father of Elizabeth Haddon Estaugh made\\na deed of gift to John and Elizabeth, in 1722, of\\nall the Mathews survey. John Haddon died the\\nnext year, 1723, and left his estate to his L hildren,\\nBenjamin and Sarah Hopkins, and John and\\nElizabeth Estaugh, his wife having died the year\\nand Sarah Hopkins were John E. Haddon, Eben-\\nezer, Elizabeth E., Sarah, Mary and Ann. Ebenezer\\nsettled near Haddonfleld, on Coopers Creek. His\\nbrother, John E., succeeded him, and left the es-\\ntate to his son, William E. Hopkins, who, in 17t)5,\\nmarried Ann, daughter of Griftith Morgan.. A\\ndam was built on the run that traversed the tract,\\nand a grist-mill was built in 1789, which has long\\nsince been out of use. The property is now in\\npossession of the widow of John E. Hopkins, who\\nwas the son of William E. Hopkins.\\nI in: r^i u (,h hot. ^e.\\nbefore. John Estaugh was a writer of considerable\\nability, as in 1744 his writings wore printed by\\nBenjamin Franklin. He was al.so skilled in\\nchemistry and medicine. While on a religious\\nvisit to Tortula, in the West Indies, in 1742, he\\ndied, and his remains were placed in a brick tomb,\\nwhich has long since gone to decay. His wife\\nsurvived him twenty years, and died March 30,\\n1762, in the eightieth year of her age. She left no\\nchildren, but adopted Ebenezer Hoi)kius, a son of\\nher sister Sarah, who came to this country, was\\neducated by, and resided with, Elizabeth Estaugh.\\nHe married and settled on a tract of land fronting\\non Coopers Creek, which his aunt conveyed to\\nhim in 1752, known as the Ann Burr farm. He\\ndied in 1757, and left a wife and seven children,\\nall of whom married in this region, and Elizabeth\\nEstaugh left the bulk of her estate to the children\\nof her nephew, Ebenezer.\\nAbout 1799 the tract on which Elizabeth Es-\\ntaugh first settled passed to Job Coles, in whose\\nfamily it still in part remains, and is now owned\\nbv Jacoli Stokes Coles. The children of Ebenezer\\nJohn Gill was the cousin of Elizabeth Estaugh,\\nand came to this country under her patronage,\\nsoon after her arrival, as in 1709 he was appointed\\nadministrator of an estate in Newton township.\\nAfter the death of John E.staugh he became ad-\\nviser and manager of her estate. In 1714 John\\nHaddon conveyed to him a tract of land contain-\\ning two hundred and thirty acres in Waterford\\nand Delaware townships, where he is said to have\\nlived. He ne.xt resided in Waterford township,\\nat the place where the King s road crossed Coopers\\nCreek, and near the place which, after 1715, and to\\nthe present time, is known as Axford s Landing. In\\n1728 John Estaugh deeded to him two tracts of land,\\none of which, containing eighty -seven acres, was in\\nHaddonfleld. It was on the west side of the King s\\nroad, and extended from Coopers Creek to the\\nMethodist Church. In 1732 three other lots were\\ndeeded in Haddonfleld, the largest of which joined\\nthe other land on the southwest, and is about equally\\ndivided by Grove Street. The next is now owned\\nby the estates of Rennels Fowler and the devisees\\nof John Clement. The third lot passed to his", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1019.jp2"}, "839": {"fulltext": "648\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\n(laughter Hannah, who mai ried Thomas Redman,\\non which the old Redman mansion formerly stood.\\nPart of this estate remains ia the family, and is\\nnow owned by the devisees of John Gill, a descend-\\nant of the emigrant by that name, who is lately\\ndeceased. John Gill came into Newton township\\nto reside about 1722, and lived on the site of the\\npresent Gill mansion, and it was on this land that\\nelections were sometimes held. In 1740 he was\\nselected as attorney for the heirs-at-law of Joseph\\nElkinton, and went to England to prosecute their\\nclaim. This occupied his time for several years,\\nand he died in London about 1748. In 1746\\nhe bought of John Cox, also of Loudon, a tract of\\nland on the south side of the south branch of\\nCoopers Creek, about two miles from Haddon-\\nfield, and the next year deeded it to his son John,\\njmrt of which is still in the family and the name.\\nThe Hinchmans were very early settlers in the\\ntownship, as May 18, 1699, John Hugg and Pris-\\ncilla Collins, his wife, sold to John Hinehmau, of\\nLong Island, one thousand acres of land in New-\\nton township, which extended from near the head\\nof Newton Creek northeasterly toward Haddon-\\nfield. His house stood on the north side of the\\nstream, near where the Hurley house now stands.\\nHe died in 1721, and John, his son, settled on part\\nof the homestead, now mostly owned by the Wil-\\nlits family. Joseph Hinchman, also a son, settled\\non part of the estate, and died in 1731. James,\\nalso a son, lived on part formerly owned by James\\nS. Hurley. He died in 1750. In 1733 he was\\nappointed one of the judges of the courts of Glou-\\ncester County. His sous intermarried with the\\nThornes, the Harrisons, the Kaighns, the Smiths\\nand the Bisphams, and their descendants are scat-\\ntered and numerous. Joseph Hinchman, a brother\\nof John, the first of the name to settle in this\\ncounty, came from Flushing, L. I., in 1708, and\\npurchased a part of his brother s estate. His house\\nstood on the west side of the King s road. He\\ndied about 1737, and left several children, of whom\\nThomas, the son, married Sarah Clement, and in-\\nherited the estate. He died in 1758, and his prop-\\nerty passed to his son Joseph, who was born Feb-\\nruary 18, 1751, in the old log cabin. The new\\nhouse was in process of erection when his father\\ndied, and is now, after the lapse of more than a\\nhundred years, still used, and is the residence of\\nWilliam C. Hinchman.\\nThe Albertsons were represented in Newton\\ntownship first by William Albertsou, who, May 2,\\n1682, located a tract of land in Newton township,\\nbetween the south and middle branch of Newton\\nCreek, and to the junction of the said branches, be-\\nlow the land of William Bates. In 1685 he was a\\nmember of the Legislature. In 1692 he purchased a\\nlarge tract in Gloucester township, where a branch\\nof the family still reside. He resided there but a\\nshort time, and moved to Bybeny, Pa., and finally to\\nBucks County, where he died about 1709. In 1698\\nhe deeded the homestead farm in Newton to his\\nson William, who lived upon it until his death,\\nin 1720. He erected a brick house, which is still\\nstanding a deer park, which covered many acres,\\nwas laid out and surrounded by a ditch and bank,\\nwhich may yet be seen. A race-course also was\\nupon the place. The land passed through four\\ngenerations of the name to a daughter, Sarah, who\\nmarried David Henry, in whose descendants a part\\nof the estates is still vested.\\nHenry Stacy, who lived in Newton township\\nonly a few years, came to or near Burlington, soon\\nafter 1678, with his father and his wife. In 1683\\nhe located four hundred and ninety acres of land\\nnear the head of the middle branch of Newton\\nCreek, east of the Grayburys land, and the same\\nyear returned to England, where he died in 1689.\\nHe left the real estate to his children. It was\\ndivided in 1711, and the Newton tract was allotted\\nto a daughter Sarah, the wife of Robert Mont-\\ngomery.\\nIn 1715 he built a house upon it, and removed\\nfrom Monmouth County, where he had previously\\nresided. The house stood at a short distance east\\nof the old Philadelphia and Egg Harbor road, which\\nthen crossed Newton Creek at Atmores Dam.\\nThis survey is now owned by Rhoda Hampton,\\nthe Websters, the Nicholsons and others.\\nJoshua Evans, a public Friend, resided for\\nmany years on the farm now owned by Joseph O.\\nCuthbert. About 1818 this ftirm was leased to\\nAmos Coxe, who resided there two years, in which\\ntime several deaf mutes, with a teacher, were\\nsent from Philadelphia and boarded with him\\nduring the summer. For several years after, the\\nplace was a resort for them, and many amusing\\nincidents of the unfortunate are related by the\\nold people. In 1824 the Deaf and Dumb Institu-\\ntion of Philadelphia was chartered, and a build-\\ning was erected on the corner of Eleventh and\\nMarket Streets, where the Bingham House now\\nstands, and sufficient room was obtained for com-\\nfort.\\nThere are many other families, who, by inter-\\nmarriage and by purchase, were residents a century\\nago in what is now Haddon township, but space\\nwill not permit us to record them all here. The\\nsketches given above embrace all of the families\\nwho settled here before 1700, and from whom the", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1020.jp2"}, "840": {"fulltext": "AUTOGRAPHS OV EARLY SETTLERS OE NEW TOWNSHIP.\\nA first settler. Died 1G94. He was one of\\nthe most prominent Newton settlers.\\nThe surveyor and chronicler of the first set-\\ntlers. Died 1729. Had sons Thoni.is,\\nIsaac and John.\\n^crn^-?\\nOnly son of John the emigrant.\\nDied 1794, leaving one son,\\nJohn.\\nTyi\\nVje z^o^^\\nA first settler. Died 1709. Had sous Wil-\\nliam, Abraham, Benjamin and Josiah.\\nA first settler. Died 170i and left suns, Benja-\\nmin and Thomas.\\nLarge landed proprietor in old ^Newton Townslup.\\nHe died in 1696.\\nA first settler. Died 1706. Had sons .lohn,\\nSamuel, Daniel, Archibald, Isaac,\\nJoseph and James.\\nA first settler. Died 1724. Had sons John and\\nJoseph.\\nDaugliter of John Haddon and wife of Johi\\nEstaugh.\\na\\n7^\\nA minister among the Friends. He\\nmarried l ]lizabeth Haddon.\\nDied 1742.\\ncnJT^/\u00c2\u00a7^A\\nJohn Eastl.\\\\ck, son of Franc i\\nthe emigrant. Died 1736.\\nHad sons John and\\nSamuel.\\n)iicL/n\\nA first settler in Newton. Died\\n1721. Had sons John, Joseph,\\nJacob, James and\\nWilliam.\\nO\\nSon of Joseph the emigrant, who was brother\\nof the above John. Died 1758,\\nleaving one son, Joseph.\\nA first settler. Son of Robert, one of\\nthe Yorkshire Commissioners.\\nHe returned to London,\\nand died 10X9.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1021.jp2"}, "841": {"fulltext": "650\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nland descended in large part by inheritance.\\nThere are very few land-marks left in existence to\\nremind us of those early settlers.\\nThe Lost Village of Newton. The first\\nsettlers came up Newton Creek and built cabins\\nnear together, forming a small village, to which\\nthey gave the name Newton. From this the\\ncreek and the township took their names. After\\na little time, finding the Indians in the region\\npeaceable, they each built houses upon their\\nown land, and in consequence the village was\\nsoon abandoned, but is mentioned as a town\\nby Gabriel Thomas in 1098, and by the clerk of\\ncounty much later. The latter recorded a license\\nto keep a tavern near Newtown. In 1684 the\\nFriends Meeting-house was built. The village after\\nthis time become practically unknown, and its very\\nsite is lost, though it is supposed to be on the\\nnorth side of the middle branch of Newton Creek,\\na short distance from its mouth and near the old\\ngrave-yard.\\nThe Old Newton Friends Meeting.\\nAmong the first Friends to settle within the pre-\\ncincts of old Newton were William Cooper and\\nRichard Arnold. At once Friends Meetings\\nwere held in the house of one or the other of\\nthem. At Burlington Monthly Meeting, held\\nSeventh Month (September) 0, 1081, it was\\nordered that Friends of Pyne Poynte (Cooper s\\nPoint) have a meeting on every Fourtli Day, to\\nbegin at the 2 hour, at Richard Arnold s house.\\nAt a General Meeting held at Salem, Second\\nMonth (April) 11, 1682, it was ordered That a\\nsix weeks men s and women s meeting for the\\nordering of the affairs of the Church be kejit the\\n24 of the 3 Month (May), at Wm. Coopers, at\\nPyne Point, and the next six weeks meeting at\\nShackamaxon and So in Course. It was also or-\\ndered at the same time that a Monthly Meeting tor\\nworship be held alternately in the same way the\\nfirst one to be at William Cooper s. Thus was\\nestablished the Newton Meeting. In the spring\\nof 1682 a few Irish Friends, who had spent the\\nwinter in Salem, moved up to and settled about\\nNewton Creek. Thomas Sharp, one of their num-\\nber, in his account of their early settlement,\\nsays: In 1684 the Friends in the vicinity of\\nNewton, desirous of erecting a house of worship,\\nselected a lot of land on the bank of the middle\\nbranch of Newton Creek, containing about two\\nacres, it being on the bounds of land of Mark\\nNewby and Thomas Thackara, which was laid out\\nfor a burial-ground, and at the west end a log\\nmeeting-house was erected. William Bates, who,\\nit will be remembered as mentioned heretofore.\\nwas a carpenter, also planned and executed the\\nwork.\\nThe burying-ground was used many years, and\\nmany of the first families are at rest within its\\nlimits. It is inclosed by a brick wall, and is over-\\ngrown by low trees and vines. The first trustees\\nof the meeting and property were Benjamin\\nThackara, William Cooper and William Albert-\\nson, who continued until 1708, when they were\\n.succeeded by Thomas Sharp, John Kaighn, Joseph\\nCooper and John Kay. In this old meeting-\\nhouse the town-meetings and elections were held\\nfor several years. A part of the Thackara estate\\npassed to James and Joseph Sloan prior to 1790,\\nand much trouble arose between them and the\\nFriends in relation to boundaries of the meeting-\\nhouse property. In 1811 Joseph Sloan abandoned\\nhis claim, and in 1819 James Sloan released his\\ninterest to the trustees of the meeting. The erec-\\ntion of other meeting-houses and the removal of\\nFriends from the vicinity gradually withdrew in-\\nterest in the society, and little attention was paid\\nto the old house and grounds where the first meet-\\ning of Friends in Gloucester County was held, and\\naccording to Joseph Hiuchman s journal, on the\\n22d of December, 1817, the meeting-house, around\\nwhich clustered many interesting associations, was\\ndestroyed by fire, and no effort was made to i-e-\\nbuild it.\\nIn 1791 James Sloan, a Friend, laid out one acre\\nof ground north of the old burying-ground, and\\ninclosed it with a low wall. A stone with the fol-\\nlowing inscription is placed in the wall\\nHere is no distinction,\\nRich and Poor meet together,\\nTtie Lord is malcer of them all.\\nliy James Sloan, 1791.\\nFor many years roads were few and almost im-\\npassable, except on horseback, and carriages and\\nwheeled vehicles were not in use. The streams\\nwere used for travel, and all the early burials were\\nmade in Newton burying-ground. The funeral\\nparty moved from the house to the nearest stream,\\nwhere they took barges and boats and floated to\\nNewton Creek and up to the burying-ground.\\nIn the Early Settlers of Newton, an account\\nis given of a funeral in 1703, which is of inter-\\nest in this connection. Esther Spicer, the wi-\\ndow of Samuel Spicer, resided on the homestead\\nproperty, in what is now Stockton township. She\\nwas killed by lightning on the 24th of Seventh\\nMonth, 1703. The funeral occurred the night\\nafter her decease, the family and friends going in\\nboats down Coopers Creek to the river, and by the\\nriver to Newton Creek, and thence to the Newton", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1022.jp2"}, "842": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF HADDON.\\n651\\ngrave-yard, the place of interment. Each boat\\nbeing provided with torches, the scene must\\nhave been picturesque indeed. To the colonist it\\nwas a sad spectacle when they saw one so much\\nesteemed among them borne to her last resting-\\nplace. To the Indians it was a grand and impres-\\nsive sight. Arasapha, the chief, and others of his\\npeople attended the solemn procession in their\\ncanoes, thus showing their respect for one the\\ncause of whose death struck them with awe and\\nreverence. The deep dark forests that stood close\\ndown to the shores of the streams almost rejected\\nthe light as it came from the burning torches of\\npine carried in the boats; and, as they passed\\nunder the thick foliage, a shadow was scarcely cast\\nupon the water. The colonists in their plain and\\nunassuming apparel, the aborigines clad in gaudy\\nand significant robes, and the negro slaves, as\\noarsmen, must have presented from the shore a\\nrare and striking picture. Here, all undesigned,\\nwas the funeral of a Friend, in which ostentation\\nand display are always avoided, made one of the\\ngrandest pageants that the fancy could imagine, a\\nfertile subject for the artist and well deserving an\\neffbrt to portray its beauty.\\nInterments were made in this yard for many\\nyears, but when the Friends Meeting was estab-\\nlished at Haddonfield and a burial ground there\\nlaid out, many families changed to that ))lace.\\nThe following isalistof the marriages of Friends\\nwho were members or who married members of the\\nold Newton Meeting extending from lii84 to\\n1719:\\nIGSi.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 James Atlduson, of I liiluilelplii;!, In ll;uiii^li N.^uliie\\nwidow uf Blark, of Newtou.\\n1085.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Johu Ladd to Sarah Wuoil.\\n1686.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Walter Forrest to Ann Alhertson Tliomas Slial.le to Alire\\nStalleB Samnel Toms to Kaclitl Wood.\\n1687.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Josliua Frame, of Pennsylvania, to Aliife ail Hates William\\nClark to Mary Heritage.\\n1688.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Hugg, son of John, to Priscilla Collins, daughter of\\nFrancis Joseph Cooper to Lydia Kiggs.\\n1689.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Thackara to Hepsihah Eastlaek Thomas Willard\\nto Judith AVood, daughter of Henry.\\n1691.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Butcher to Mary Heritage.\\n1692. Simeon Ellis to Sarah Bates, daughter of William.\\n1693.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel Cooper to .\\\\bigail Wood, daughter of Henry.\\n169.5.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Daniel Cooper to Sarah Spicer, daughter of Samuel Wil-\\nliam Sharp to Jemima Eastlack, daughter of Francis Joseph Nich-\\nolson, son of Samuel, to Hannah Wood, daughter of Henry Isaac\\nDecou to Rachel Newbie, daughter of Mark.\\n1699.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas Thackara to Ann Parker, of Philadelphia.\\n1701.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Bates to Mercy Clement, daughter of .Tames.\\n1702.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Eataugh to BUzabeth Haddon.\\n1703.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stephen Newbie to Elizabeth Wood, daughter of Henry.\\n1704.- John Mickle, son of Archibald, to Hannah Cooper, daugh-\\nter of WllUam, Jr.\\n1705. JosiahSouthwick to Elizabeth ollius, daughter of Fran-\\ncis.\\n1706.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph Brown to Mary Spi\\nward Newbie to Hannah Cliew.\\ndaugliter of Sa\\nel: Ed-\\n1707.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Benjamin Wood to Maiy Kaj, dauKhter of John Benja-\\nmin Thackara to :\\\\Iary Cooper, daughter of William, Jr.\\n1707.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Hallowell, of Darby, to Elizabeth Sharp, daughter of\\nThomas John Kay, son of John, to Sarah Langstone.\\nnilS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel Miekle to Elizabetli Cooper, daughter of .loseph\\nEzekiel Siddous, son of John, to Sarah .Mickle.\\n170SI. Simeon Breach to Mary Dennis; John Harvey to Sarah\\nHasker Robert BracUloik to Elizabeth Ilanoek, daughter of Tim-\\nlilliy.\\n171 Thomas Hull lo Sarah Nelson William Harrison to Ann\\nHugg, daughter of John Thomas Middleton to Mercy Alien; Jo-\\nseph Stokes, son of Thomas, to Judith Lippincott. daughter of Free-\\ndom Thomas Sharp to Catherine Hollingsham.\\n1711.- ThomasSnulh to Sarah Hancock, daughter of Timothy;\\nJonathan Haines, son of Johu, to Mary Matlack, daughter of Wil-\\nliam; Daniel Mickle to Hanuah Dennis Samuel Dennis to Ruth\\nI.iuilall Thomas Lippincott, son of Freeibun, to Mary Haines,\\ndaughter of .lohn.\\n1712.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Abraham Brown I.. Hannah Adams, Jr.\\n1714.- .loseph Dole to Hanuah Somers John Hugg to Elizabeth\\nNewbie; John Cox to Lydia Cooper, daughter of Joseph.\\n1716. John .\\\\damson to Ann Skew; Francis Richardson to Sarah\\nCooper; Thomas Kobiuson to Sarah Lowe W illiani Sharp to Mary\\nAustin, daughter of J raneis.\\n1717. -Alexander Morgan, son of (Jtithlh, to Hannah Cooper,\\ndaughter of Joseph.\\n1718. Benjamin Cooper, son of Joseph, to Rachel Mickle ThoH.\\nKakestraw to] Mary Wilkiusim, daughter of Thomas; Samuel\\nSharp to Martha Hall John fiill to Mary Heritage.\\n1719.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John Sharp to .fane Fitchardall Thomas Eyere to Pris-\\ncilla Hugg Joseph Gibson to Elizabeth Tindall.\\nSchools. The first school in the limits of Had-\\ndon township was, without doubt, held in the old\\nN ewton Meeting-house, built in 1084, and the\\nne.xt was in the Haddonfield Meeting-house, built\\nin 1722. The first authentic record of a school-\\nhouse is found in a road record bearing date\\nMarch, 1783, wherein mention is made of a school-\\nhouse as being situated on land of William Bates.\\nThe old William Bates tract was on the south\\nside of Newton Creek, opposite lands of Mark\\nNewby and Thomas Thackara and the Newton\\nMeeting-house.\\nThe school-house on the Meeting-house ]x)l,\\nin Haddonfield, was built in 1787. In 171 1 a\\nschool-house was situated near Camden, on the\\nHaddonfield road, near Marmaduke Cooper s house.\\nA school-house was built near the Newton Meet-\\ning-house before 1807, as mention is made of it in\\nthat year.\\nOn Hill s map of 1809. surveys for which were\\nmade from 1801 to 1807, three school-houses are\\nindicated. One stood on the Ferry road, near\\nwhat is now CoUingswood, and was known as the\\nBarton School another was on the Salem road, a\\nshort distance east of the spot where that road\\ncrosses the south branch of Newton Creek\\nanother was represented as being on the road from\\nCamden to Chews Landing, a short distance be-\\nlow the middle branch of Newton Creek, on tlie\\nold Thomas Sharp survey. In 1809 the Grove\\nScliool-house was built at Hiiddonfield.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1023.jp2"}, "843": {"fulltext": "652\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nThere are at present in Haddou township four\\nschool districts, Champion, No. 10 Westmout,\\nNo. 11; Haddou, No. 12; and Mt. Ephraim, No.\\nin. The last-mentioned is largely in Centre town-\\nship, and the school-house is within its limits.\\nThe population of Haddon township, exclusive\\nof the borough of Haddonfield, for 1885 was one\\nthousand three hundred and twenty-one. The ac-\\ncount of the railroads that intersect the township\\nwill be found in the article on Public Internal\\nImprovements of the General History, in this\\nwork.\\nThe Camden and Philadelphia Race-\\ncourse. In the year 1S35 William R. Johnson,\\nAndrew Beime, John D. Kirby, Otway P. Hare\\nand William N. Friend, sporting gentlemen, re-\\nsiding in the State of Virginia, purchased of Sam-\\nuel C. Champion a farm in Newton township,\\nabout three miles from Camden, preparatory to es-\\ntablishing a race-track on the same. Measures\\nwere at once taken to this end, and during the\\nne.xt year the whole work was finished. A large\\nliotel, a grand stand, stables and other necessary\\nbuildings were built. The track of one mile was\\ncarefully laid out, graded and graveled, and a\\nhigh board fence put around the whole. It was\\nknown as the Philadelphia and Camden Race-\\nCourse, and, being between Baltimore and Long\\nIsland, drew together the best horses in the\\ncountry. The spring and fall meetings were great\\nevents among gentlemen of the turf, and stables\\nmet there from Tennessee, Virginia, Maryland, as\\nwell as from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New\\nYork.\\nThousands of people crossed the ferries from\\nPhiladelphia, and many were attracted there from\\nall the country round. Colonels William R. John-\\nson and Bailey Peyton, Doctor McClellan, General\\nIrvine, William Gibbons and the Van Marters,\\nwith many others of like reputation, were always\\npresent at the races, and their opinions of the\\nmerits of a horse were eagerly sought after by bet-\\nting men. A hint from one of these, especially\\nColonel Johnson, as to the condition or merit of a\\nhorse, generally showed itself on the field or in the\\nbetting-rooms, and those interested were seldom\\ndeceived. Fashion, Peytona, Lady Clifton, At-\\nlanta, Boston, Mingo, Blue Dick, Decatur, Bon-\\nnetts o Blue and some others were among the\\nfirst class, with any number of fillies and colts to\\nfill the second and third classes.\\nThe four-mile day always filled the grand-\\nstand, and covered the field with carriages and\\nvehicles of every kind. Ladies were never scarce,\\nand entered into the sport and betting with\\nas much zeal and spirit as their escorts. Occa-\\nsionally some steady-going farmer of the neigh-\\nborhood would lose his head, bet his money on\\nthe race, and leave the ground a wiser man, think-\\ning that among the uncertain things of this world\\nhorse-flesh might be included.\\nThe cups and ball man, or the boy with the\\nlittle joker generally drew about him a wonder-\\ning (Trowd, and industriously plied his calling\\nbetween the heats, fleecing the verdant ones\\nwho stood around and thought it wa.s the easiest\\nthing in the world to win. The player would oc-\\ncasionally lose a small amount to a confederate,\\nonly to entrap some unsuspecting one and defraud\\nhim of his money.\\nEvery appliance for gambling could be seen,\\nattended by drunkenness and debauchery to the\\nlast degree. The argument that the improvement\\nof the breed of horses was the object had no\\nweight when morality and good government were\\nconsidered.\\nVery soon the better class of citizens took the\\nnecessary steps to abate it, and meetings were held\\nto express public opinion on this subject. Peti-\\ntions were largely signed and efforts made to pro-\\ncure a general law against horse-racing in the\\nState. This met with a determined opposition,\\nbut was at hist brought about, much to the relief\\nof the people in this vicinity.\\nBeing found unprofitable to the owners, evidence\\nof decay was already seen in the buildings and\\ngrounds, and it gradually lost its popularity as a\\nplace of resort. The rowdy clement at last pre-\\ndominated, and lowered the standard of respecta-\\nbility which at first surrounded the place. The\\noriginal proprietors withdrew and rented the\\npremises to others less careful of its reputation,\\nwhich made it still more unpopular.\\nThe sporting community of 1845 was greatly ex-\\ncited at the meeting of two celebrated horses\\nPeytona and Fashion at the Long Island race-\\ncourse, and where Fashion, the queen of the\\nturf, was beaten. Within the next month the\\nsame animals were again brought together on the\\nCamden and Philadelphia track, when and where\\nFashion won back her laurels, so unexpectedly\\ntaken from her.\\nThe great contest of years ago between Eclipse\\nand Sir Henry (the North against the South), at\\nLong Island, created no more interest than this\\nmatch, and the admirers of the little mare were\\nglad of a chance for a second race. The event\\nfilled every available space with anxious specta-\\ntors, and during the first heat the grand stand gave\\nway, and many persons were injured.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1024.jp2"}, "844": {"fulltext": "THK TOWNSHIP OF HADDOX.\\n65:5\\nBut little nicing took place there after that time,\\nand in January, 1847, William R. Johnson con-\\nveyed the property to Samuel Bettle, who, during\\nthe nest year, removed every building devoted to\\nthe previous uses, and restored the land again to\\nagricultural purposes. The hotel stood fronting\\nthe Camden and White Horse turnpike, and near\\nthe site of the present residence of the Hon. Ed-\\nward Bettle, and was a large and imposing edifice.\\nThe track lay to the east of the hotel, with two\\ncircular and two straight quarters, and ex-\\ntended to the residence of William Bettle, Esq.\\nThe estate is now divided between and occupied\\nby the two last-named gentlemen.\\nCOLLINGSWOOD.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Collingswood is on the Rob-\\nert Turner tract, which some time later came to\\nJacob Stokes. The old Ferry road, or Camden and\\nHaddonfield turnpike, passes through it. The\\nhouses standing on or near the site prior to its be-\\nginning were the old Bartcm house and the Barton\\nschool-house, and about one mile from it, on the\\nCoUings or Gloucester road, formerly stood a Bap-\\ntist Church, which was built in 1843 and dedicated\\nNovember 30th, Rev. J. E. Welch preaching the\\ndedicatory sermon, and the congregation was\\nserved first by Rev. John Sisty, of Haddonfield.\\nRev. Charles Sexton was pastor for several years\\nand was succeeded by Rev. Walter Potter, who\\nwas the last regular pastor. Services were aban-\\ndoned several years ago and the building is now\\nused as a dwelling-house. About three-quarters\\nof a mile away stand the Newton Mills, now-\\nowned by J. J. Schnitzius. The old Barton school-\\nhouse was built before 1800 and was abandoned\\nmany years ago. The present school-house was\\nbuilt about five years ago.\\nStonetown, a hamlet on the turnpike near by, is\\na collection of twenty dwellings, built by Isaiah\\nStone, who about 1850 purchased a small tract of\\nland of the Cooper estate and built a few dwell-\\nings. A meeting-house was built at this place\\nunder the auspices of the Methodists, about 1858,\\nby the Rev. Mr. Felty. It was used several years\\nand then abandoned for regular service and is now\\nthe property of Edward C. Knight. A Sunday-\\nschool has been kept for several years by Richard\\nT. Collings. The old Barton house, about 1860,\\nwas changed into a tavern and kept by Theodore\\nZimmerman, who, in 1861, enlisted in the army.\\nThe tavern was then kejit for a time by a Mr.\\nWoods and later by Malilon V. Van Voskirk for\\nmany years, and who is yet in possession of it.\\nCollingswond was made a station in 1871 and a\\nfine depot was built in the spring of 1885. A store\\nbuilding was erected in 18R2 by J. Stokes Collings\\nand a store opened, which is still kept by him. In\\nthe fall of 1885 another was erected by Elmer E.\\nMcGill, in which he established business and soon\\nafter sold to H. R. Tatem and T. II. Ashtou. A\\ndrug store has been recently opened. A tract of\\nforty acres of land was recently purchased by Rich-\\nard T. Collings, Elmer E. McOill and others of\\n^Villiam T. Tatem, lying south of the railroad and\\nfronting on the Collings or Gloucester road, which\\nhas been laid out into streets and lots. Fifteen or\\ntwenty lots are now sold and a number of cottages\\nwill be erected the present season (1886). A post-\\noffice was established a few jears ago, with J.\\nStokes Collings as postmaster.\\nWestmont.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The village of Westmont lies be-\\ntween Collingswood and Haddonfield, and was\\nformerly called Rowandtown, from the family of\\nRowands, that over a hundred years ago owned the\\nlarm on which it is situated. John Rowand was\\na blacksmith and had a shop at the place, and\\nJacob Rowand later opened a store, which after a\\nfew years was closed, and later opened by Dayton\\nDeval. It was made a flag station on the Camden\\nand Atlantic Railroad and named Glenwood, and\\nlater the name was changed to Westmont. Thomas\\nAnderson kept a wheelwright shop at the place\\nmany years. A school-house is situated in the\\ntown. A religious society was organized in 1883\\nunder the name of the Shiloh Baptist Church.\\nRev. T. W. Wilkinson was the first pastor. He was\\nsucceeded by the Rev. T. W. Bromley, the present\\npastor. Dr. J. N. Hobensack, son of Dr. J. B.\\nHobeusack, is laying out lots in the town, which\\nis growing quite rapidly and bids fair to be a\\nthriving village.\\nA short distance from the town of Westmont\\nJames Flinn Co., in 1872, established the Crys-\\ntal Lake Paint and Color Works, for the manufac-\\nture of white lead, zinc, ready-mixed paints and\\nall colored paints. The works are in operation,\\nunder the name of the Westmont Paint Works.\\nAbout twenty years since, David U. Morgau\\nventured in a new enterprise of manufacture, and\\nestablished himself in Haddon township about one\\nmile from Cuthbert s Station on the line of the\\nCamden and Atlantic Railroad in the prepa-\\nration of the finer qualities of paper for use\\nby photogr.iphers, which has developed into a\\nsuccess. He imports from France the quality of\\npaper needed, and by a chemical preparation of\\nalbumen known to himself produces a material\\npopular among that class of artists. His reputa-\\ntion for this kind of goods is extensive, and he\\ncompetes with the German producers. Previous\\nto this he had, while residing in Philadelphia,", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1025.jp2"}, "845": {"fulltext": "654\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nmade a series of experiments which culminated in\\nthe business now pursued by him.\\nHe has reclaimed the marsh land bounding on\\nCoopers Creek, by banking, and secured many\\nacres of valuable meadow, a thing seldom done in\\nthese days. He is a son of David B. and Hannah\\n(French) Morgan, and was born at Chews Landing.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL.\\nJ. Ogden Cuthbert.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The family of Cuthbert\\ntrace their origin from the county of Northumbria,\\nin the north of England. The name is variously\\nknown as Cubbert, Colbert and Quivert in the\\nErse language. The bishop of Lindisfern, in the\\ntime of King Alfred, was of the family, and by\\nreason of revolution about the time of the death\\nof thebishop, the family and kindred were obliged\\nto seek refuge in Inverness, Scotland, where they\\nwere under the patronage of King Alfred. For\\ntheir services they were granted the freedom of\\nbeing burgesses and the rights of the lands of\\nDrakies in vassalage, which they still possess.\\nThis influence induced the Baron of Dacies to give\\nthe vassalage of the lands of Mackery, which also\\nthey hold. It was long after and about 950\\nthat they obtained from the King, in recom-\\npense for their constant and distinguished ser-\\nvices, the lands that comprise the barony of\\nCastlehill, which they obtained as a royal holding,\\nin fee with a fortified castle under the burden of\\na subject to military service.\\nPrior to the eleventh century the family was\\nknown simply by the name of George, such sur-\\nnames only beiug used in the Highlands. In the\\ntime of the invasion of Edward I. the family\\nchose for an armorial bearing a Quiver in pale\\nazure, armed Gules in a field Or, as being the\\nmost expressive symbol of their wisdom.\\nAfter peace was declared, the family took for a\\ncrest a naked hand, holding an olive branch, and\\nfor a motto Perit and Recte, and in the twelfth\\ncentury the family were known as Quivert or Qui-\\nbert, with, for the chief, the patronymic MacGeorge_\\nUpon the union ot the Highland clans under the\\nname of Scots, the Pict language became the lan-\\nguage of the court, state and Parliament. The\\nfamily then obtained the name of Cuthbert or\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Cudbert, from aith, which signifies skill, and\\nbert, illustrious, which name the bishop of Lin-\\ndisfern received in the Erse language as Quivert.\\nPart of the family went to England and France,\\nand passed under the name of Colbert. One of\\nthe family came to Cork, from whom the family\\nin this country descended. In the early part of\\nthe eighteenth century Thomas Cuthbert emi-\\ngrated from Ireland and settled in Philadelphia;\\nother members of the family, who emigrated about\\nthe same time, settled in the South and Canada,\\nwhere their descendants are numerous. Thomas\\nhad a large family of children, one of whom,\\nAnthony, was born in Philadelphia in 1750. He\\nwas educated in that city and married there. He\\njoined the army in the Revolution and was lieu-\\ntenant in Captain Moulder s Company of Artillery\\nand received a captain s commission April 15,\\n1780, and was placed in command of the Smith\\nCompany of Artillery. While absent in the army\\nhis property in the city was destroyed by the\\nBritish. He was one of the committee appointed\\nto build the Market Street bridge. He received\\nas his reward for ftiithful performance of this\\nduty a silver pitcher and resolution of thanks.\\nHe was for many years a member of Select Coun-\\ncil and chosen by the united action of both parties,\\nso faithful was he to the interests in his charge.\\nHe was one of the committee chosen to erect\\nFairmount water-works. He was twice married,\\nand his last wife was Mary Ogden, daughter of\\nJoseph Ogden. He died in 1832. Their children\\nwere J. Ogden. Allen, Samuel, George, Elizabeth\\nMary and Lydia. J. Ogden, now of Haddon\\ntownship, is the only surviving brother. Elizabeth,\\nmarried Algernon S. Roberts Lydia became the\\nwife of Joseph M. Thomas, both of whom resided\\nin Philadelphia, and are deceased.\\nJ. Ogden Cuthbert was born in Philadelphia,\\nSeptember 23, 1800. At the age of seventeen he\\nwas apprenticed to Joseph and Samuel Keen to\\nlearn the trade of currier. After serving his time\\nhis father purchased for him a farm in West\\nPhiladelphia, which he still owns. In 1850 he\\nbought the farm on the Old Ferry road, Haddon\\ntownship, Camden County, on which he now\\nlives. He was married to Elizabeth S. Coles,\\ndaughter of Kendall Coles, April 3, 1823. Their\\nchildren were Mary C, Anthony (deceased),\\nJoseph Ogden, Jr., Allen and Henry C. The\\nchildren are settled in the county and are all well-\\nknown and respected. J. Ogden Cuthbert has\\nalways been of a retiring disposition, preferring the\\nquiet of home to the more stirring events of\\npolitical life. He has followed farming since the\\nclose of his apprenticeship, and is now, at the age\\nof eighty-six, hale and vigorous. A golden wed-\\nding was celebrated in 1873, and a few months after\\nMrs. Cuthbert died. He is in religion an Episco-\\npalian, and has held the position of warden of\\nGrace Church, Haddonfield, for over thirty years.\\nHis son, Henry C, was a member of 32d Regt., Pa.\\nVols, Starr s Battery, Co. L, during the late war.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1026.jp2"}, "846": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1029.jp2"}, "847": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1030.jp2"}, "848": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF WATERFORD.\\nCHAPTEK XIII.\\nTopography\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Mntlack Family\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Collins Organization-\\nGlendale M. E. Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Gibbsboro Lucas Paint Works Church\\nof St. John in the Wilderness\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Berlin Long a.Coiuing\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Busi-\\nness Beginnings\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Societies Library Churches Berlin Cemetery\\nVillage cf .\\\\tco Societies and Churches\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Chesilhuret- Water-\\nford Village\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Churches\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Shanes Castle, The Woos Brothers\\nand the Beginning of Catholicism.\\nWaterford is one of the original townsliip.s of\\nthe old county of Gloucester, dating its existence\\nfrom 1695. Its bounds have been changed on a\\nnumber of occasions, its present limits being as\\nfollows: On the north and east is Burlington\\nCounty, the Atsion River being the boundary line\\nin part; on the southeast, boundary of Atlantic\\nCounty on the south the townships of Winslow\\nand Gloucester, the boundary line being irregu-\\nlat- to include Berlin and also Coopers Creek,\\nwhich is the southwestern line on the west\\nand north is the township of Delaware, which was\\nincluded in its territory until 1844. Near the\\nmiddle of the township is the divide, a pine-\\ncovered ridge about two hundred feet above tide-\\nwater, which is the source of the principal streams.\\nCoopers Creek and its affluents flow into the Del-\\naware, while beyond the water-shed are the Great\\nand Little Egg Harbor Rivers and the tributary\\nstreams connected therewith. Formerly they\\nyielded water-power, which was used to operate\\nsaw-mills, nearly every stream being utilized.\\nMuch of the land adjoining these streams has\\nbeen utilized to produce cranberry marshes. The\\nsurface is mainly level and was originally covered\\nwith a heavy growth of timber, the pine and\\ncedar predominating. The process of removing\\nthese forests was slow and laborious, and settle-\\nment, consequently, was much retarded, especially\\nin the central and southern parts. In these local-\\nities the soil is sandy or sandy loam, and better\\nadapted for fruit culture than the cereals. The\\nnorthwestern section is underlaid by a very rich\\ndeposit of green sand marl, whose use has made\\nthis one of the best agricultural sections in the\\nState. Before the use of this valuable fertilizer\\nmany of the farms were poorly tilled and held to\\nbe of little value. The construction of a railroad\\nthrough the township and the use of the fertiliz-\\ning agent nature has so freely provided have\\nwrought wonderful changes in the appearance of\\nthe country, which has now well-tilled fields and\\nvery attractive farm improvements. The Camden\\nand Atlantic Railroad traverses nearly the entire\\nlength of the township, and east of the central\\npart the New Jersey Southern Railroad crosses the\\nterritory diagonally in its course to New York\\nCity. Easy communication is thus afforded with\\nthe great cities of the countiy, which has enhanced\\nthe value of real estate.\\nThe first settlements were made in what is now\\nthe township of Delaware, the preference being\\ngiven to localities near tide-water, which afforded\\nthe only means of communication at that early\\nperiod. Later, after roads were cut out, locations\\nwere made in the interior.\\nIn the lower part of the township, on Coopers\\nCreek and near the Delaware township line, the\\nMatlacks made early and important improvements.\\nWilliam Matlack, the head of the family in New\\nJersey, lived in Burlington County, but purchased\\nlarge tracts of land in what is now Waterford\\ntownship in the early part of the last century, upon\\nwhich he settled his children. In 1701 he bought\\nof Richard Heritage one thousand acres of land\\non both sides of the south branch of Coopers\\nCreek, around and near Kirkwood, lying in\\nwhat is now the townships of Gloucester and\\nWaterford. In 1714 he gave his son George five\\nhundred acres of the land in Waterford, upon\\n655", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1031.jp2"}, "849": {"fulltext": "656\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nwhich George had settled some years previously.\\nHis house stood on the south side of the present\\nHaddonfield and Berlin road, near Glendale. He\\nbuilt a saw-mill on Coopers Creek, which, in later\\nyears, was called Hilliard s mill, but which\\nwent to ruin many years ago. After the decease\\nof George Matlack the land was divided and now\\nconstitutes several good farms. In 1717 William\\nMatlack purchased two hundred acres of land of\\nJohn Estaugh, attorney of John Haddon, lying in\\nwhat is now Waterford and Delaware townships,\\nnear Glendale. Here his son Richard settled in\\n1721 the same year that he had married Rebecca\\nHaijies, of Burlington County. Upon this tract of\\nland is the Matlack burial-ground, containing the\\ngraves of the older branches of the family, where\\nBenjamin, a son of Richard, was the first person\\ninterred. Richard Matlack himself died in 1778,\\nand was the second person there interred. The\\nfollowing year his farm was sold to William Todd,\\nand later Richard M. Cooper became the owner of\\nthe land, which is now the farm of Alexander\\nCooper, who is in the maternal line a descendant\\nof Richard Matlack. In 1714 William Matlack\\ngave his son Timothy the remaining part of the\\nHeritage lands, in Waterford township, upon\\nwhich he built a house and settled. This house\\nstood near Glendale, on the present Ephraim\\nTomlinson farm. In 1720 Timothy Matlack mar-\\nried Mary Haines and probably settled on his\\nfarm about that time. He lived there but a few\\nyears, as in 1726 he moved to Haddonfield, where\\nhe erected a house and kept a store. He was the\\nfather of Timothy Matlack, of Philadelphia, who\\nwas secretary of the Continental Congress for some\\ntime.\\nIn 1732 the elder Timothy Matlack again lived\\nin the township, but that year sold out his farm of\\nthree hundred and nineteen acres to his brother\\nRichard, and took up his residence permanently\\nat Haddonfield. John Matlack, another i?on of\\nWilliam and brother of the foregoing, purchased\\ntwo hundred acres of land of Francis Collins, in\\n1705, upon which he settled three years later, when\\nhe was married to Hannah Horner. The house\\nhe built on this farm stood more than one hundred\\nand fifty years, when it was taken down to make\\nroom for the fine mansion owned by the heirs of\\nJohn Wilkins, the present proprietors of part of\\nthe tract. John Matlack removed to Haddon-\\nfield before the Revolution, where he built the\\nhouse now owned by Isaac A. Braddock.\\nThe Matlack lands in Waterford and Delaware\\nat one time aggregated more than fifteen hundred\\nacres, all of which has passed out of the name.\\nJohn Collins (the son of John), who was the\\ngrandson of Francis Collins, settled in Waterford\\ntownship, near Glendale, building a large brick\\nhouse. This no longer remains. He became the\\nowner of considerable real estate in that region be-\\nfore his decease, in 1768. His wife survived him,\\nand his child, Mary, became the wife of Samuel\\nHugg, of Gloucester. She dying without issue, the\\nproperty, by the terms of her father s will, passed\\nabsolutely to John and Job Collins, sons of Francis\\nCollins, Jr., who lived on the Waterford property\\nsome time. But the entire property has long since\\npassed out of the name and family.\\nThe names of other settlers appear in connection\\nwith the villages where they resided.\\nCivil Organization. On the 1st of June,\\n1695, the grand jury of Gloucester County made\\nreturn to the court, in which it was declared that,\\nWhereas there was a law made by ye last assem-\\nbly for dividing ye county into particular town-\\nships, therefore they (the jury) agree and order\\nthat from Pensaukin or Cropwell River to\\nthe lowermost branch of Coopers Creek shall\\nbe one constabulary or township, which received\\nthe name of Waterford, it is supposed, from a\\nresemblance of the lower part of the territory to a\\nfishing town on the Barrow, in Ireland. Edward\\nBurrough was appointed constable for the year\\nin ye upper township.\\nWaterford, as erected at this time, extended\\nfrom the Delaware River, southeastward, between\\nthe two creeks Pensaukin and Coopers, to an indefi-\\nnite head-line of the county, which was not accu-\\nrately determined until 1765, when Samuel\\nClement made a survey and established the same.\\nThe township was thus about thirty miles long,\\nextending from the Delaware to the head-line just\\nnamed, and following the windings of the Pensau-\\nkin and Coopers Creeks, in some places scarcely\\ntwo miles wide. It retained this form until 1844,\\nwhen all that part below the Evesham road was\\nset off to form Delaware township, which was sub-\\ndivided to form the township of Stockton. The\\narea of Waterford is about seventy square miles.\\nThe records prior to 1850 have not been pre-\\nserved, making the compilation of a complete list\\nof the principal officers, from the organization of\\nthe township to the present time, an impo.ssibility.\\nSince the period named the following have been the\\nTOWNSHir CLERKS.\\nlS.in-61.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wm. J. Rogers. 1864-05.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 George Watson.\\n1S52.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John W. Thackara. 1866.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas T. Smith.\\n1853-54.- Corneliua T. Peacock. l,S67-73.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Eayre Sharp.\\n1855-56.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Isaac S. Peacock. 18 -t-76.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wm. H. Norcrosfi.\\n1857-60.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Gamaliel P. Marple. 1877.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Robert Wills.\\n1861-63.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wm. J. Rogers. 187S-86.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eayro Sharp.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1032.jp2"}, "850": {"fulltext": "THK TOWNSIIIF op WATKUFOHD.\\n657\\nASSESSORS.\\n185 1-51.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph G. Shinli. lSf.7-08.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Josei.h ,S. Kead.\\n1^62.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Isaac L. Lowe. 1860-72.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Thorn.\\n1863. -Marmaduke Beckley. 1873 \u00e2\u0080\u0094William Davis.\\n18.54-56.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William Penn. 1874-76.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Robert F. Wood.\\n1857.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Isaac S. Peacock. 1877-80.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wm. Thorn.\\n1858-CO.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Win. Penn. 1881-86.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas S. Thorn\\n1861-66.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Gamaliel B. Mai-pW.\\nCOLLKCT iRS.\\nlS.W-51.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Job. L. Tharknra. 1864-70\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Samuel S. Picklei\\n1852-56.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph S. Read. 1871-76.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thomas S. Thorn\\n1856-61.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Brazillia W. Bennett. 1877-84 -J. Curtis Davis.\\n1862-63.- Joshua P. Shai-p. 1886-86.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Wm. H. Norcross\\n1850.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph L. Tharkara. ISfiS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Manlej I. Peacock.\\nWashington Schlosser. ISd J.- Josiah C. Engle.\\n1855.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Joseph J. Rogers. 1874-79.- B. W. Bennett.\\n1856.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Eichard StafToid. 1880.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Salmon Giddings.\\n18.57.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Brazillia W. Bennett. 1884 \u00e2\u0080\u0094B. W. Bennett.\\n1858.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jesse Peterson. ]8S5.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Saliiion Giddings.\\n1862-67.- Brazillia W. Bennett. 1886 \u00e2\u0080\u0094Samuel Layer.\\nFor many years the annual elections were held\\nat the public-houses at Berlin, but in 1873 the\\ntownship purchased the old school building at this\\nplace and converted the same into a town hall,\\nwhere these meetings have since been held. Being\\nlarge and centrally located, it is well adapted for\\nits use.\\nGLEN DALE.\\nGlendale is a small hamlet two miles from Kirt-\\nwood, consisting of a store, church and half a\\ndozen dwellings. The business stand was erected\\nin 1851, by Ephraira Tomlinson, who ojiened a store\\nthere, placing it in charge of Thomas Ro gers, who\\nhad previously carried on his store at Laurel Mills.\\nTomlinson was also appointed postmaster, holding\\nthat position until the office was discontinued.\\nDavid Middleton and Robert Wood were also store-\\nkeepers, the latter a long term of years. For a\\nlong time Glendale was an excellent trading-point,\\nand a second store w as opened by Josiah C. Engle,\\noccupying the building on the corner opposite,\\nwhich is now his residence. This store was dis-\\ncontinued after a few years, but the old stand is still\\noccupied by George Stafford, though the place has\\nlost its former activity.\\nThe only public-house in this locality was the\\nCross Keys Tavern, on the public road to Gibbs-\\nboro which was kept many years by Asa Van-\\nsciver, Elwood Wolohon Joseph Bates, Britton\\nAyers, John Elwell and others. As long as the\\nroad was much traveled, before the railroad was\\nbuilt, the patronage of the house was good, but its\\nusefulness departed many years ago. The building\\nhas been removed, .and there is scarcely a reminder\\nof the old hostelry.\\nThe soil at Glendale appears to be specially\\nadapted for the cultivation of small fruits, and\\nGlendale berries have become widely known. In\\n1882 Josiah C. Engle had in cultivation one-third\\nof an acre of strawberries, which yielded him six\\nhundred and twenty-five dollars, an amount so\\nlarge that it attracted general attention. Among\\nthe principal growers of this fruit at Glendale are\\nJosiah 0. Engle, John Bobbins, E. W. Coffin,\\nMontgomery Stafford and a few others.\\nGlendale Methodlst Episcopal Church is\\na small frame building, on a .stone basement,\\nwhich is used for school purposes. It stands on a\\nlot of ground donated by Alexander Cooper, who\\nalso gratuitously furnished the stone in the build-\\ning. The house was erected about 1855, by the\\nneighbors, for the purpose of securing a building\\nconvenient for both church and school use. Among\\nthose interested in promoting these objects were\\nRichard Stafford, Catherine Engle, Nixon Davis,\\nJo.seph C. Stafford, Jesse Peterson, Israel Riggins,\\nTheodore Bishop and Montgomery Stafford. Most\\nof these adhered to the Methodist Church, and\\nalso constituted the first members of the class or-\\nganized before the house was built. The appoint-\\nment was for many years supplied in connection\\nwith Greenland and other churches. While con-\\nnected with Berlin, twenty-six years ago, the Rev.\\nThomas Hanlon, at that time a young man, was\\nthe preacher in charge, and, under his ministry,\\nthe church had the greatest accession of members.\\nRemovals have diminished the number, so that\\nin 1886 but thirty belonged. At the same time the\\ntrustees were Slontgoniery Stafford, John Bates,\\nJehu Engle, Jacob Acey and Charles Brown.\\nAshland is a station on the Camden and At-\\nlantic Railroad, on the Delaware township line.\\nA post-office of the same nanie has been re-\\ncently established, and Amos Ebert appointed\\npostmaster. Aside from these, no other interests\\nhave been created.\\nGIBBSBORO\\nGibbsboro is a village of two hundred and fifty-\\nfive inhabitants, two miles from Kirkwood and\\nnearly the same distance from Glendale, and near\\nthe site of a saw-mill built by Enoch Core as early\\nas 1731. It is important on account of the loca-\\ntion of the paint and color works of John Lucas\\nCo., the proprietors of the village site. Its pop-\\nulation is composed almost wholly of the em-\\nployees of the works, many of them, through the\\nliberality of John Lucas, owning their own homes.\\nAdditions have been recently completed, and with\\nthe prospect of having a branch rtiilway from the\\nCamden and Atlantic Railroad, the future of the\\nplace has become correspondingly bright. Besides\\nthe works of John Lucas Co. there is a fine", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1033.jp2"}, "851": {"fulltext": "65S\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nEpiscopal cliapel,a number of beautiful residences,\\nwith attractive grounds, and several stores. At\\nthe older stand, Thomas Henderson was first in\\ntrade. In June, 1881, J. S. Clark began merchan-\\ndising at the second .stand, and since February\\n5, 1883, has served as postmaster of the Gibbs-\\nboro office, established at that time.\\nThe Gibbsboeo White Lead, Zinc and\\nCoLOE Works. These extensive works, employ-\\ning a large number of men and creating prosperity\\nin all the region round about them, were estab-\\nlished by Mr. John Lucas, who commenced the\\npaint business in Philadelphia in 1849. He was\\nled to choose this locality on the head of Coopers\\nCreek by the consideration that the water in the\\nponds or lakes here was of just the proper and\\nnecessary quality for the manufacture of certain\\nspecialties in paint, which, by experiment, he had\\ndiscovered, or, it may not improperly be said, in-\\nvented. He found the water free from lime and\\niron -salts an absolute requisite for the production\\nof unchangeable colors and purchased a large\\nestate, upon which was an old grist and saw-mill.\\nHere he began manufacturing in a small way,\\nmaking use of the old water-power, which, how-\\never, was soon superseded by steam. The works\\nwere enlarged from time to time as the demands\\nfor the products of the factory rapidly increased,\\nand to the list of the colors manufactured were\\nadded all those which he had formerly im-\\nported. Mr. Lucas has also gradually extended\\nhis land possessions, with a view to securing con-\\ntrol of the water supply and its surroundings, and\\nthus maintaining its purity. While this has been\\nthe motive of successive land purchases, another ef-\\nfect has resulted, which redounds to the advantage\\nof the emjiloyees, for the proprietor has been ena-\\nbled to sell such of them as wish to locate in the\\nneighborhood, building lots, or larger tracts of land\\non a most liberal system of advances and easy pay-\\nments. Any employee can, in a few years, provide\\nhimself with a home, with many comforts and\\npleasant surroundings.\\nThe products of the works, as the name implies,\\nare white lead, zinc and all kinds of paints. A\\nfull line of varnitihes is also manufactured. Some\\nidea of the magnitude of the works is conveyed\\nby the statement that the grinding and crushing\\nmachinery have a capacity of sixty thousand\\npounds per day. The best machinery known to\\nthe trade is in use in the several departments, and\\nwhatever is new, or whatever ingenuity can sug-\\ngest in the way of improved processes, is readily\\nadopted. There is an extensive laboratory in con-\\nnection with the works, in which experiments are\\nconstantly being made, and in which practical\\nexperience and theoretical knowledge are united\\nto produce the best results attainable. This de-\\npartment is under the supervision of Mr. Lucas\\nsons, Alliert and Harry S. Lucas. Three other\\nsons, John T., William E. and James F., also fill\\npositions of responsibility in these extensive works.\\nMr. John Lucas has given his business close atten-\\ntion and made many practical improvements in the\\nmanufacture of lead and paint, as the result of his\\nstudy. In October, 1870, he took out letters-patent\\nfor a combination apparatus for the manufacture\\nof painters and paper- stainers colors, which effects\\na saving of fully fifty per cent, in labor alone in\\n1872 he procured a patent for preparing pure lin-\\nseed-oil liquid paints, and in 1878 he patented an\\nimproved process for corroding and manufacturing\\nwhite lead.\\nThe house has offices and stores at 141-143\\nNorth Fourth Street and 322-330 Race Street,\\nPhiladelphia, and at 84 Maiden Lane, New York,\\nin which city the first office was opened at 122\\nWest Broadway, in 1869.\\nJohn Lucas, manufacturing chemist, was born\\nat Stone, Staffordshire, England, November 25,\\n1823. He is the eldest son of Thomas Lucas, of\\nthe same place, and a descendant of John Lucas,\\nof Ashbourn, Derbyshire, the warm friend and\\ncompanion of the celebrated Izaak Walton. He\\nreceived a liberal education at Fieldplace Com-\\nmercial Academy, near his native town, which\\nhaving terminated, he entered the store and\\ncounting-room of his father, who was a grocer and\\ntea dealer, where he remained for a short time.\\nFinding, however, that mercantile pursuits were\\nnot to his taste, he commenced the study of agri-\\ncultural chemistry. His progress in this and its\\nkindred branches was so marked that to it he\\nowes his present attainments as a manufacturer.\\nAs he desired to see something of the world\\nbefore selecting his future home, he left England,\\nin 1844, for a visit to the United States and the\\nCanadas. He was so well pleased with tlie former\\nthat on his return to England he made the neces-\\nsary arrangements for immigrating and becoming\\nan American citizen. It was in 1849 that he\\nfinally quitted the old country, and it was to\\nPhiladelphia that he directed his steps. On his ar-\\nrival, with the usual energy and activity which\\nhave ever marked his life, he entered at once into\\nbusiness, and for a while pursued the calling of a\\nforeign commission and shipping merchant. He\\nrepresented several large European manufacturing\\nhouses, selling good F. O. B. in Europe, or\\n1 From the Biographical Encyclopwdia of Pennsylvania.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1034.jp2"}, "852": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1036.jp2"}, "853": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1037.jp2"}, "854": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1038.jp2"}, "855": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF WATKRFOKl).\\n65!)\\nimporting to order. His first store was at No. 1^3\\nNorth Front Street, wliere he confined himself al-\\nmost exclusively to paints and colors, or materials\\nused in the manufacture of the same; but finding\\nit a difficult matter to ascertain through the\\nmedium of the wholesale trade the most desirable\\narticles needed in the American market and by\\npainters, he took a large store on Fourth Street,\\nnorth of Arch, the locale then, as now, of the\\npaint and color trade, and himself served behind\\nthe counter, thus coming into direct contact with\\nthe practical painter, for the purpose of discover-\\ning what were his actual requirements. By this\\nmeans he learned that a good green paint[was needed\\nto take the place of the Paris or arsenical green,\\nso deficient in body and so injurious to those using\\nthe same. Now, his proficiency in chemistry was\\nof immense service to him, and, after repeated\\nexperiments, he discovered a method of producing\\nthe required article, and has received letters-\\npatent for valuable improvements in the ma-\\nchinery requisite in manufacturing the same.\\nIn 1852, for the purpose of extending his busi-\\nness, he associated himself with Joseph Foster, a\\nrelation of his, who was an old and experienced\\ncolor manufacturer. They removed their estab-\\nlishment to No. 130 Arch Street, and he purchased\\na tract of land in Camden County, N. J., on which\\nthere was a large sheet of remarkably pure water,\\nentirely devoid of iron or lime (the head-waters of\\nCoopers Creek). Thereon he erected the Gibbs-\\nboro White-lead, Zinc and Color Works. The\\npurity of the water enabled him to produce\\nthe beautiful permanent Swiss and Imperial\\nFrench Greens, now so favorably known and so\\nextensively used throughout the United States\\nand the Dominion. The perfection to which he\\nhas brought the white oxide of zinc, eflected by\\ncontinued and careful chemical experiments, may\\nbe understood when it is stated that the best\\njudges of the article have pronounced it to be\\nnot only superior to any manufactured in this\\ncountry, but fully equal to the world-renowned\\nVieulle Montaigne Company s production. The\\npulp steel and Chinese blue and primrose chrome\\nyellows have superseded the French and English,\\nand are now used by all the leading paper-hanging\\nmanufacturers in the United States. In 1857\\nJoseph Foster withdrew from the firm, when the\\nsenior partner was joined by his brother, William\\nH. Lucas, who took charge of the salesroom and\\nfinancial department, leaving the former at liberty\\nto devote his sole attention to the manufacturing\\nand chemical departments, a plan which has\\nenabled the firm to attain that pre-eminence they\\nnow hold in the trade. Having become an Ameri-\\ncan citizen by naturalization, he h:is ever since\\nidcnlifled himself with every national movement.\\nAt the outbreak of the Rebellion, in 1861, he\\nthrew all his heart and energy into the Union\\ncause, and took active part in organizing, drilling\\nand equipping volunteers for the army. The\\nlocation of his large interests in New Jersey has\\nnaturally caused him to feel a deep interest in the\\nprosperity of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad,\\nof which he has been for some years a director,\\nand of which he also served as president from\\n1876-77, and through it in the welfare of the town\\nat its terminus on the sea-coast. His works, near\\nWhite-Horse Station, contribute revenue in no\\nsmall degree to the road from the amount of\\nfreight shipped and received at that i)oint. Per-\\nsonally, he is genial and affable, combining the\\nshrewd man of business with the polished gentle-\\nman; while among the mercantile community his\\nname for honesty and integrity has no superior.\\nJohn Lucas was, upon September 6, 1854, united\\nin marriage with Harriet Annie Bown (born May\\n27, 1836), only daughter of Abraham and Ellen\\nBown, of Philadelphia, both born in England.\\nThey have been the parents of fifteen children,\\ntwelve of whom are living eight sons and four\\ndaughters, viz. John Thomas, William Edward,\\n.lames Foster, Albert, Harry Spencer, Joseph\\nWilson, Robert Suddard, S. Barton, Harriet Annie\\n(now Mrs. Charles A. Potter), Ellen Bown, Eliza-\\nbeth Sanders and Frances Ethel. Mrs. Lucas was\\ninstrumental in building the Episcopal Church at\\nGibbsboro St. John s in the Wilderness and\\na rectory is nearing completion as a result of her\\nwell-directed energy. In Philadelphia she is\\nidentified with the Chinese and Italian Missions\\nand the Indian Rights Society and is a manager\\nin several institutions, the last being the Hayes\\nMechanics Home, on Belmont Avenue. She is\\nalso president of the Women s Silk Culture Asso-\\nciation of the United States.\\nProtkstant Episcopal Church of St. John\\nIN THE Wilderness. ^After a residence of several\\nyears in the village of Gibbsboro during which\\ntime the increa.se of population had l)een consider-\\nable, it became a matter of duty, as well as a work\\nof love, to Mr. John Lucas and others of the color\\nworks, to provide a church for the regular oppor-\\ntunities of service to God. It seemed proper, after\\nyears of prosperity, to thus acknowledge his bless-\\nings, and in this spirit work was begun and the cor-\\nner-stone of the church edifice laid October 1,\\n1882. Bishop John Scarborough officiated, and in\\n1 By Mrp. .Fohn Liiras.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1039.jp2"}, "856": {"fulltext": "660\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY,\\nhis address emphasized the duty manufacturera\\nand other employers owe to their employees, and\\nurged them to have a care for their spiritual as well\\nas their bodily needs. On June 24, 1883, the church\\nwas consecrated and deeded to the diocese, as a\\nfree-will gift, in a state of full completion. It is a\\nhandsome frame structure in the Gothic style of\\narchitecture, with a slated roof, relieved by a neat\\nbelfry. The interior has a modern finish, the\\nwindows being stained glass and the furniture of\\nunique design and rich constructiou. The out-\\nside surroundings are also very pleasing, the\\ngrounds being well set with trees and shrubbery,\\ncausing the place to be one of the most attractive\\nin the village. The entire cost of the property\\nwas more than eight thousand dollars, much the\\ngreater part of which was borne by John Lucas.\\nIn the spring of 1886 Luciau Woo.ster donated a\\nlot of ground to the trustees of the church upon\\nwhich they will erect a rectory the coming sum-\\nmer, and it is also proposed to erect a St. John s\\nguild-hou.se, the ensuing year, for literary meetings\\nand entertainments, and to establish a reading-\\nroom in connection. It is believed that such a\\nmeasure will contribute to a fund to extend the\\nusefulness of the church and to awaken an interest\\nin its work. A plat of ground will also be pre-\\npared as a God s acre, where may be placed the\\nmortal remains of those who had their habitation\\nhere and who, in death, can repose in the shadow\\nof the church where they worshipped.\\nOn St. John s day of each year a confirmation\\nclass of from six to ten have been presented to the\\nbishop, and the doctrines and teachings of the\\nProtestant Episcopal Church have been eagerly\\naccepted, especially by the young of the village.\\nThe church has a flourishing Sabbath-school of\\nseventy scholars and there are also connected with\\nIt a sewing guild, an entertainment guild, and a\\nbeneficial association at. the works for the benefit\\nof the men of Gibbsboro and vicinity, all proving\\nvaluable adjuncts.\\nThe first rector of the church was the Rev.\\nJames W. Ashton, formerly of the Grace Protes-\\ntant Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, but now\\nrector of St. Stephen s, Olean, N. Y. He began\\nhis ministry here in the school-house December 1,\\n1882, and continued until March 3, 1883, when he\\nleft for his present parish. The Rev. Ezra Isaac\\nbecame the next, rector conducting an earnest min-\\nistry for a period of one year and nine months,\\nuntil continued sickness caused him to resign and\\nreturn to his home at Bordentown. The present\\nrector, the Rev. John R. Moses, took charge of the\\nchurch March 9, 1885, and here received his\\ndegree as a minister. His labors have been earn-\\nest and, having the co-operation of his members,\\nSt. John s in the Wilderness will become a potent\\nfactor among the religious influences of the town-\\nship.\\nBERLIN.\\nBerlin is the oldest village in the township and\\nranks as one of the oldest settlements in the upper\\npart of the county. Its present name is of recent\\nadoption, the place being known for more than a\\nhundred years as Long-a-Coming. There is a tra-\\ndition that this term originated as follows In\\nthe latter part of the seventeenth century, while\\nsome sailors were toiling along the Indian trail\\nfrom the coast, to Philadelphia, wearied by the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2hot summer s sun, fatigued and thirsty, they\\nmomentarily expected to find a stream where\\nthey had been told they might obtain pure water.\\nBut hour after hour they were doomed to disap-\\npointment, nothing but sand and pine forests ap-\\npearing on either hand. At last, when wearied to\\nfaintness and about yielding to despair, a beautiful\\nstream came to view, shaded by pendant boughs\\nand decked around with woodland flowers.\\nHastily throwing aside their packs they bounded\\nto the brook, exclaiming, Here you are at last,\\nthough long-a-coming. They told their com-\\npanions about this stream and the circumstances\\nconnected with finding it, when the name Long-a-\\nComing was applied to the locality, by which it\\nbecame known near and far.\\nThe stream in question is the main branch of\\nthe Great Egg Harbor River, and, being near the\\nsource of the same and flowing through a cedar\\nswamp, the waters were pure and fresh. It was\\nbut natural, then, that this place should be se-\\nlected for settlement many 3 ears before the lands in\\nthe surrounding country were located, and that\\nmany miles intervened between this and other set-\\ntlements for a long term of years. The lands here\\nwere located in 1714 by Peter Rich and Richard\\nMoss, the place being at that time already called\\nLonga-Coming. A few rude cabins were built on\\nthe highest ground, where Samuel Scull afterwards\\nlived and had a tavern, as early as 1760. This\\ntavern was later continued by John Scull, and was,\\nno doubt, a place of great accommodation to the\\ntravelers of that day. In 1770 John Rogers bought\\na piece of land of Scull, near the grave-yard, where\\nhe built a house and lived until his death. The\\nfarm was long known by the family name. George\\nMarple lived in the same locality, having bought\\nsome land of Soull, which he improved. Other\\nearly settlers were Joseph Murrell, George Budd,\\nJohn Thome, Joel Bodine, Jacob Phifer, Andrew", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1040.jp2"}, "857": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF WATERFORD.\\n661\\nNewman and Richard Bettle. Some of these lived\\na short distance from Long-a-Coming proper, but\\nwere a part of that settlement. Their improve-\\nments were meagre and for many years the farms\\nwere small, the principal ocouiiation of the in-\\nhabitants being lumbering. The products were\\nhauled to Chews Landing, whence they were\\ntaken by boats to Philadelphia. Joel Bodine be-\\ncame a tavern-keeper at a later day, having his\\nplace in part of the present lower stand. The\\nhouse has been enlarged and ha.s had many keepers,\\n.Jose|)h S, Read and Josepii Shivers being among\\nthose who continued longest. Where is now the\\nresidence of B. W. Bennett, Thos. Wright had a\\nl)ublic-house some years, but more than fifty years\\nago built part of what is now called the upper\\ntavern. I^ater landlords at that place were Jacob\\nLeach and Samuel S. Cake, whose fame was not\\nconfined to their own neighborhood; but since the\\nbuilding of railroads the glory of both of these\\nold taverns has departed.\\nSamuel Shreve was the first merchant of any\\nprominence. About 181 1 he engaged in trade at\\nthe present Smith stand, continuing until 1835,\\nwhen he removed to Burlington t^ounty. In the\\ncourse of twenty years he returned to Berlin, set-\\ntling on the present Ezra Stokes farm, where he\\ndied in 18t;8. He not only carried on a .store, but\\nhad a tannery and manufactured most of his\\nleather into harness and shoes, having shops near\\nby, where these trades were carried on by him.\\nHe also had an interest in the Waterford Glass\\nWorks. About the same time Thos. Wright started\\nhis charcoal works, thus making the upper end of\\nthe village a busy place. The tannery was dis-\\ncontinued before 183. but the store was carried\\non by Joseph Shreve. Others in trade at this\\nplace were John Burrough, John P. Harker and\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2loseph vS. Read. The latter removed the stock to\\nthe old Peter Ross store, which was built in 1849, but\\nwhich has been long used as a residence. At the\\nShreve stand Thos. T. Smith has been in trade and\\npostmaster since ISOo, following Samuel S. Cake.\\nThe office has four mails daily. At the lower end\\nof the village Wm. Dill opened a. store sixty years\\nago, and later merchants at that stand were Josiah\\nAlbertson, Marmaduke Beckley and the present\\nSam l Sickler. Near the same time John Albertson\\nbegan trading in the present Wm. Albertson store\\ncontinuing until 1847. A little earlier John\\nThac-kara ojioned a small store, and in the .same\\nneighborhood Joseph L. Thackara traded a short\\ntime, in recent years, where is now the store of\\nWilliam Samuel Haines.\\nThese business-places being widely separated,\\n80\\nthe village was bnilt in a straggling manner, a\\nfew houses being clustered around each store, all\\nbeing on the old liliie .\\\\nclior road, for a mile or\\nmore. Noneofthes(^ lots were regularly plotted,\\nbut when the Camden and Atlantic Railroad lo-\\ncated a station here, in ISOi;, the Land Improve-\\nment Company coiinceled with that corporation\\nlaid out a number \u00c2\u00bbi ac re^ into lots and sold the\\nsame at public auction, i his induced settlement,\\nand a number of fine houses were bnilt in the new\\npart, which has a luaUhy location, being one\\nhundred and eighty-four feet above tide-water.\\nIn subse(|uent years the growth was slow, the en-\\ntire pojuilation in I88(! not e.Nceeding five hundred.\\nThe first station agent was Joseph L. Thackara\\nthe present is H. C. Sharp. ,Vt Berlin the shij)-\\nment of fruit forms a large share of the bu.sines3\\ndone by the railroad. Among the principal\\ngrowers and shippers are Ezra Stokes, John C.\\nClay, John P. Harker, John Bates, Job Albertson,\\nWard Robinson, (Jeorge Robinson, Augustus Olt\\nand L. Heath. Shipments of fruit have more\\nthan douliled in recent years, and the acreage\\naround Berlin is constantly increasing. From\\n1S. J4 to 18(i2 Ezra Stokes hail a nursery near the\\nvillage, whose business had grown to fine propor-\\ntions, when the war c.-iused him to discontinue it.\\nWRKiHT s Chai!(()AI, Wouk.s is the only man-\\nufacturing interest in the village aside from the\\nordinary mechanic pursuits. This business was\\nbegun about seventy years ago by Thomas Wright,\\nthe grandfather of the present proprietor, in the\\nupper end of the village, near the public- house\\nwhich he was at that time keeping. His mill was\\nsmall, the grinding being done by a single horse.\\nAbout 1830, Thomas B. Wright, his son, e.stab-\\nlished the present works on a, scale much greater\\nthan the old mill, which has been abandoned.\\nAfter his death, in 1847, his son Charles took\\ncharge of the bu.siuess and has since successfully\\ncarried on the same. iVbout twenty y( ars ago he\\nbegan using steam-power, whereby he was enabled\\nto greatly increase the capacity of the works. In\\n1886 there were seventeen retorts, capable of\\nrefining si.x hundred bu.shels of charcoal daily.\\nThe denuinds of trade require the preparation of\\nthe coal in various forms, the principal ones being\\npulverized and graindated. These works have\\nbeen useful in converting the surplus tind)er sup-\\nply of this section into a commodity whose ship-\\nment is easily made and has furnished steady em-\\nployment to a number of men. In late years near-\\nly all the crude coal has been brought to the\\nworks from outside the county by the railroad,\\nwhich has here a convenient si lc-track.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1041.jp2"}, "858": {"fulltext": "662\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nThe first pnictitioiiers of nietlii^ine in this \\\\r,ifi\\nof the townshii after the pioneers whose circuit\\nextended over the entire county, lived at Tans-\\nboro some being in jiractice here a short time\\nonly. Among those best remembered, after 1840,\\nwere Dr.s. Stout, Parham, Barrows, Risley, Grigg,\\nEicord and Leo. The latter left the place to go to\\nthe Mexican War.\\nThe veteran practitioner at Berlin is Dr. Daniel\\nM. 8tout, who has here been active in his profes-\\nsion for nearly forty years, serving, also, about all\\nthe time as townshiji physician. He has as con-\\ntemporaries in the same school of medicine, Dr.\\nWilliam Westcott since I880, and Dr. William O.\\nRaughley since 1884. As a homccopathist. Dr.\\nRobert H. Peacock has been in i)ractice a few\\nyears, following Dr. Bamuel H. Johnson. The\\nlatter had practiced about a dozen years, when he\\ndied at this ])lace. Other homceopathist physi-\\ncians at Berlin were Dr. Joseph Shreve and Dr.\\nSamuel O. Shivers, each for a few years.\\nLiPi ARD CiR(l,K, No. 14, B. U. H. F., was in-\\nstituted in March, 1884, and has had a flourishing\\nexistence. In 1S8( there were more than sixty\\nmembers. The first principal officers were John\\nH. Dill, Thomas R. Bradbury, Job Albertson,\\nHenry Westcott, ,lohn Hampton and Howard C.\\nSharp.\\nBerlin BuiLniNc; and Loan Assgiiation,\\nNo. 3, was chartered March 8, 188(5, and is, as its\\nname indicates, the third institution of the kind\\nat this place. The first was organized in 1868 and\\nclosed up its business inside of the seventh year.\\nThe second series, placed on the market in 1874,\\nmatured in about the same period ol time. Asso-\\nciation No. 2 was incorporated July 8, 1872. In\\nNo. 3 the par viilue of a share is fixed at t\\\\vo hun-\\ndred dollars and the number of shares restricted\\nto six hundred. The following composed the\\nboard of directors Thomas E. Bradbury, i)resi-\\ndent; Samuel E. Layer, vice-president; John P.\\nMarker, secretary Joshua Barton, treasurer; W.\\nH. Bishop, H. Snyder, S. S. Stokes, H. McCnllcy\\nand G. Crum.\\nThese associations have been beneficial to the\\nvillage, materially assisting in building up the\\nplace as well as proving profitable investments.\\nBerlin Liukary Association was organized\\nFebruary 1, 1882, to establish and maintain a\\nlibrary and reading-room in the village. It owes\\nits existence to the efforts of Mrs. R. H. Strong\\nand Miss Lizzie Chew, two of the public school\\nteachers, who were most active in this work. The\\nassociation selected as its first officers: President,\\nJoshua Barton Vice-President, Mrs. R. H Strong\\nSecretary, H. (t. Smith; Treasurer, Miss S. E.\\nCollins; Librarian, Benjamin F. Read; Executive\\nCommittee, J. L. Thackara, S. S. Stokes, H. C.\\nSharp. Soon after the library, with sixty volumes,\\nwas opened to the i)ublic, and has since been well\\nl)atronized. In June, 188(5, the members num-\\nbered thirty-five, and there were two hundred and\\neighty books in the library, besides pamphlets and\\npublic documents. The funds for the support of\\nthe library are obtained by a yearly membership\\nfee of one dollar, and the proceeds arising from\\nlectures and entertainments given by the associa-\\ntion. This body derives much of its active support\\nfrom the public schools, which were graded in\\n1875. The aggregate attendance of the schools is\\none hundred and forty-two. The school building\\nis spacious and has a beautiful location. It is the\\nbest public improvement in the village. About a\\nmile from this Riley s Select School was located a\\nfew years before it was permanently established at\\nHaddon field. In a sketch of that village may be\\ntbund a full account of the school.\\nBerlin Presbyterian Church. Soon after\\nthe church at Blackwood had been built, the mis-\\nsionaries who preached there visited Long-a-Com-\\ning statedly, and held meetings at this place. The\\nservices were held first at private houses, hut about\\n1766 in the log building which had been erected\\nin the grave-yard, and which was conveyed that\\nyear to a number of persons, in trust, most of them\\nbeing also trustees of the Blackwood and Wood-\\nbury Churches. John Brainerd, the Indian mis-\\nsionary, preached here, and later Benjamin Chest-\\nnut became the regular minister, so far as he could\\nsujiply the wants of the congregation. Bnt who\\ncomposed this congregation, and just when it was\\norganized, cannot now be determined. John Rog-\\ners was one of the members, and Northrop Mar-\\nplc another but it is probable that they were\\nalways few in number. Though deeded to Pres-\\nbyterian trustees, the log meeting-house was free\\nto all denominations, and was occupied by travel-\\ning ministers belonging to the Friends, Episcopa-\\nlians and, later. Baptists and Methodists. The\\nPresbyterian congregation does not appear to have\\nsustained an existence after the war, and soon after\\nbecame wholly extinct. Mr. Satibrd said, in J 821:\\n1 visited Long-a-Coraing at the request of Dr.\\nJaneway. It is fourteen miles from Philadelphia,\\niind contains twelve or thirteen houses. Here was\\nformerly a church under the care of Mr. John\\nBrainerd. It is now extinct. There are, however,\\nfour persons residing in the place who belong to\\nthe Second Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia.\\nThey greatly desire missionary labor. Their cry", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1042.jp2"}, "859": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF WATER FORD.\\nC63\\nis, LidiiiP over uiiil lipl|i us. I .ut it \\\\v:w Hot\\nuntil July 10, ISCy, that uuoIIkt (the luvsent)\\nPresbyteriiin congregation wius organized. Its con-\\nstituent members were Ellen M. Hunt, Kllen M.\\nA.lams, Sarah W. Brace, Mrs. S. Read, Richard\\nBrace, Mary S. Brace and George A. Krace.\\nRichard Brace was elected the first ruling el-\\nder, and was ordained July 2S, l.Stw, and the\\nRev. John B. Ednnindson became the first |ias-\\ntor. The first meetings were held in the old\\nMethodist Church, but on the Sth of Septendier.\\nIStiS, the corner-stone of -a eliureh edifice was laid,\\nwhich was com| lete l the following year at a cost\\nof four thousand dollars. In 1S7() the Rev. E. 1\\nNewberry assumed pastoral relation to the church,\\nwhich continued one year. In 1X71 and 1872 the\\npulpit was supplied by students from Princeton. In\\nJuly of the latter year Elder Brace and his fam-\\nily reino\\\\-ed, since which time the eongrei;ation\\nhas had no ruling elder, ajid the interest in the\\natiairs of the church have steadily declined. In\\nISSt) the members numbered ten, and services were\\nonly occasionally held. The church building, a\\nlarge frame, had become clihqiidated, but was\\nabout being rejiaired by tlu few devoted members\\nremaining, assisted by the citizens of the village.\\nCentenary Methodist Eimscui .m. Ohukch\\nwas organized at Berlin sodu after l ;:;i), having\\namong its early members .lohn (_ Thaekani and\\nhis wife, Elizabeth, and a few others. The first\\nmeetings were held in the upper room of the Thack-\\nara s store building and, alter a time, in theschool-\\nhouse on the cemetery lot. Soon after a plain frame\\nmeeting-house was built on the Main street of the\\nvillage, which was used until the present e lifice was\\noccupied. This was built in ISCC the first cen-\\ntenary of American ]Meth(idism--and im the 7tli\\nof December, that year, the church became an in-\\ncorporated body, with the above name. The trus-\\ntees at that time were John P. Darker, James M.\\nPeacock, .lames Duble, Joseph L. Thackara, Dan-\\niel M. Stout, (iauialiel B. Marple and .lidin A\\nCobb.\\nIn February, 1 !(;7, the new ehureli was conse-\\ncrated and the old building was soon thereafter\\nconveyed to the Baptist Society of Berlin, by\\nwhom it has since been used as a place of worship.\\nThe Centenary Church is a very large frame build-\\ning, erected at a cost of eight thousand lollars.\\nThis amount was a heavy burden to the congrega-\\ntion, from which it was not relieved until May,\\n1885, when about $2000 was raised and the\\nchurch declared free from debt. Since that time a\\nparsonage, standing on a lot adjoining the church\\nproperty, has been purchased for eighteen bun-\\ndled dollars, anil improvements made on the\\nchurch itself. A small building, near the church,\\nthe gift ol one of the members, T. T. Smith, is used\\nas a cha| td, in which business meetings are also\\nheld. In 1S8(; the trustees of the property were\\nDr. I). M. Stout, T.T. Smith, J. P. P. Brown, J. P.\\nDarker, Dr. R. H. Peacock and Swain Thackara.\\nSince 1S7( Berlin has sustained the relation of a\\nstation to the Conference with which it is connected,\\nand the preachers in charge have been the Revs.\\nVV. C. Stockton, James K. Murrell, William i\\\\I.ar-\\ngernm, W. E. Creenbank, .bdin .loralemon, .1. S.\\nParker, H. C. Rucknian and the present, T. S.\\nWillson.\\nThe church has niiii ly members and a Sunday-\\nsehocil having about the same mendiership, super-\\nintended by Harry G. Smith. This school was\\norganized in 18:^0 by Jose|)h L. Thackara, an l has\\nbeen kept up since that ])eriod.\\nBEKi,i f Baptist CiitiRCH. This church was\\norganized June 7, 1874, with the following niem-\\nbi rs: N. A. Haines and wife, Peter Brodie and\\nwife, Levi Lippincott and wife, Chalkly Haines\\nan l wife, O. Talcott and wife, Mr. Treat and\\nwife, Mr. Murray and wife, Joseph N. Gorton,\\nRuth A. Gorton, Thomas Y. England, A. H.\\nCombs, George Haines and J. (i. Rowand. The\\nRev- A. ,1. Hires i resided as moderator. An elec-\\ntion fill- ofiicers resulted in the choice of Thomas\\nY. England, as clerk; Chalkley Haines, as deacon\\nand W. O. Talcott, L. I^ippincott, J. G. Rowand\\nand the two foregoing, as trustees.\\nThe old Methodist meeting-house was secured\\nas a church and services were now regularly held,\\nand on the I .Kh of July, 1875, the Rev. Tlnmias W.\\nWilkinson was ordained the first pastor, the meet-\\ning fiirthis purpose being largely attended by vis-\\niting clergymen. He remained pastor of the church\\nuntil ISSO, and has occasionally preached since\\nthat time. Soon after his accession there was an\\nencouraging increase of niend)ersliip, the number\\nin 1878 being in the neighborhood of a hundred.\\nAt this time I. N. Gorton, Peter I5rodie and Wil-\\nliam Haines were deacons, an l Hillmau F. Sharp,\\nclerk. The removal of some members and other\\ncauses led to a decline of interest in church work,\\nuntil at present (188G) the membershiji is very\\nsmall. The pulpit is supplied irregularly and it\\nis with difficulty that the church is kept up.\\nJoseph N. Ross, of Berlin, Inis in his |)osscssion\\na copy of a Bible which was published in loOil, and\\nis supposed to be the oldest book of the kind in\\nNew Jersey. It is a small octavo volume, printed\\nat London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker,\\nPrinter, to the tiueeus most excellent Majestie", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1043.jp2"}, "860": {"fulltext": "664\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\n1599\\nCinn jyrivilegio.^*\\nBound up Avith the Bible proper are hymns with\\ntunes, the ritual of the Cliurch ol England, and\\nthe\\nBookeof PSalmes, collected into English Meter\\nby Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and others,\\n1638.\\nThe book was bought in 1700 by William\\nGough, and brought to America by that family.\\nExcepting the cover, the book is still in a good\\nstate of preservation.\\nThe Berlin Cemetery. A little more than\\nhalf a mile from the main part of the village is a\\ncemetery whose history antedates the Revolution.\\nBelieving that his new home would become the\\ncentre of a large settlement, notwithstanding that it\\nwas so much isolated at that time, Samuel Scull\\nset aside three acres of land, which should be\\nsacred to the dead; and to put this purpose iu\\nproper form, he conveyed the same, September 18,\\n1766, to Michael Fisher, David Roe, Peter Cheese-\\nman, Northrop Marple and Henry Thome, as\\ntrustees of a Presbyterian C hurch which had\\njust been organized, and whose meetings were held\\nin a log building which stood on this lot of\\nground. In making the transfer, he speaks of a\\ngrave-yard thereon, near a place called Long-a-\\nComing, being near the head of the Great Egg\\nHarbor River, so that, most likely, burials had\\nhere been made for some years. The old building\\ncontinued to be used for school and church pur-\\nposes, and after its decay was replaced by a better\\nbuilding, in which public schools were held.\\nThus the cemetery, being a public place, was kept\\nup with reasonable good care until it passed under\\nthe management of the Berlin Cemetery Associa-\\ntion, which has assured its future preservation.\\nThis association was formally incorporated Janu-\\nary 26, 1884, with a board of oiTicers whicli has\\nbeen continued to the present.\\nThe cemetery contains a larger number of graves\\nthan any other rural burial-ground in the county.\\nThe resting-places of those tirst interred are indi-\\ncated by [ilain, low sandstones, without inscrip-\\ntions. Two rows of graves thus appear whose\\noccupants are to the present generation unknown.\\nMany other graves have neat marble head-stones,\\nfrom which the following facts have been gleaned\\nJacob Caiu, died 1847, aged fifty-two years.\\nSarah Cain, died 1848, aged seventy yeare.\\nJaiuea Cain, Srr, died 1854, aged eighty-seven yeara.\\nSoth Cain, died 1850, aged forty-five years.\\n1 See PreBbyterian Church.\\nThe number of years are here expressed in round uuinbers only.\\nJames Bodiiie, Sr., died 1841, aged sixty-two years.\\nSarah Bodine, died 1843, aged fifty-three yeai-s.\\nSarah Evans, died 3867, aged seventy-three years.\\nIsaac Jones, died 1871, aged seventy-seven yeara.\\nHeater Jones, died 1882, aged eighty-two years.\\nJohn Jones, died 1H54, aged fifty-nine years.\\nWilliam Powell, died 1881, uged seventy-seven years.\\nRichard Bettle, died 1840, aged thirty -six years.\\nJohn McLain, died 1S78, aged seventy-seven years.\\nAnna McLain, died 1872, aged sixty-four yeai-a.\\nJohn Rogers, died 1849, aged sixty yeai-fi.\\nMary Rogers, died 1878, aged eighty-three years.\\nJohn Johnston, died 1849, aged seventy-nine yeara.\\nSarah Johnston, died 1849, aged aixty-seven years.\\nJames McLain, Sr., died 184;i, aged seventy-seven years.\\nEve McLain, died 1809, aged fifty-two years.\\nJames McLain, Jr., died 18 J3, aged sixty-two yeara.\\nJohn Rogers, Sr., di*^d 1797, aged fifty-two years.\\nEve Rogers, died 18*27, aged eighty-two yeara.\\nJohn Pheifer, died 18T2, aged forty-fonr years.\\nMary McLain, died 1849, aged seventy-six years.\\nEhzabeth Brown, died 1879, aged seventy-five years.\\nJames Dill, died 18G5, aged seventy-three years.\\nAnna Dill, died 1871, aged seventy-five years,\\nWilliam Dill, died 1831, aged thirty-four yeara.\\nSamuel Alhertson, died 18li9, aged seventy-five yeara.\\nSarah Alhertson, died 182G.\\nJosiah S. Alhertson, died 1854, aged thirty-nine yeara.\\nJuhu Alhertson, died 1845, aged forty-three years.\\nSarah Alhertson, died 1875, aged seventy-two years.\\nWilliam Shough, died 1847, aged seventy-six years.\\nThomas Wright, died 1839, aged sixty-nine yeara.\\nRebecca Wright, died 1858, aged seventy-eight years.\\nThomas B. Wright, died 1847, aged forty-five yeara.\\nNaomi Wright, died 1854, aged fifty yeara.\\nMalilon Marjde, died 1843, aged eighty-five yeara.\\nMary Marple, died 1846, aged eighty-five yeara.\\nCatherine Watson, died 1871, aged eighty-four yeara.\\nPeter Watson, died 1850, aged si.xty-nine years.\\nIdilia Wat\u00c2\u00abon, died 18(58, aged sixty-four yeara.\\nSamuel Watson, dieil 1851, aged seventy-five years.\\nSarah Cain, diedjlH79, aged eighty yeara.\\niJavid Cobb, ilied 1834, aged thirty-five years.\\nJacob Leach, died 1853, aged tifty-eight yeara.\\nLavittia Lcacli, died 1875, aged seventy-five years.\\nFriend R. J. Mapes, died 1871, aged seventy-six years.\\nGeorge Githeus, died 1849, aged sixty years.\\nWilliam Peacock, died l8fi9, aged eighty years.\\nWilliam Cook, died 1864, aged sixty-four years.\\nMarraaduke Garwood, died 1872, aged sixty-two years.\\nSebastian Burkhart, died 1862, aged sixty-two yeara,\\nElizabeth Thackara, died ISiifi, aged seventy-six yeara.\\nJohn C. Thackara, died 1S40, aged fifty-two years.\\nJoseph McCully, died 1807, aged sixty-three yeara.\\nWilliam Layer, died 1877, aged seventy-seven yeara.\\nTheodore Bishop, died 1883, aged sixty-four yeara.\\nJoseph Rogers, died 1875, aged fifty-four yeara.\\nWilliam S. Dill, died 1879, aged sixty-two yeara.\\nJohn I. Githens, died 1885, aged seventy-three years.\\nLevi C. Lippincott, died 1885, aged sixty-niue yeara.\\nDaniel D. Barkley, died 1885, aged seventy-seven yeara.\\nCharles C. Wiltse, died 1870, aged eighty-three yeara.\\nJohn Hugg, died 1880, aged seventy-five yeara.\\nElizabeth Hugg, died 1874, aged sixty-eight yeara.\\nSamuel M. Tlioru, died 1803, aged sixty-five yeara.\\nTamar Thorn, died 1807, aged sixty-nine yeara.\\nHenry Bate, died 1870, aged eighty-three yeara.\\nHenry Hoffman, died 1850, aged sixty-four yeara.\\nMary Swain, died April 10, 1857, aged one hundred and three\\nyeara, four months and twenty-four days.\\nThe cemetery association has converted the oKl", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1044.jp2"}, "861": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIl OF WATKUFOHD,\\nBd\\nschool building, standing on tlie grounds, into a\\ncliapel, and made other necessary improvements,\\nincluding neat iron fences along the road-sides.\\nIn all particulars the arrangements bear com-\\nparison with town cemeteries. In June, 18S(;, the\\nofficers of the association were Thomas A. Tliorne,\\npresident; .Tames C. Bishop, treasurer; diaries I.\\nWooster, secretary; John 15ate, James H. Howard,\\nHenry M. Cully and IMarmaduke Beikley, direc-\\ntors.\\nThe Jackson Olass Wouks were named in\\nhonor of the hero of New Orleans. They were es-\\ntablished in the wilds of Waterford, by Thomas\\nH. Richards, in 1827, but soon became the scene\\nof a business activity, which continued for nearly\\nhalf a century. After the death of Thomas H.\\nRichards his sons, Samuel H. and Thomas, carried\\non the works until the exhausted timber supply\\nmade further operation unprofitable. They were\\ndestroyed by fire in May, 1877, one factory only of\\nthe three formerly at this phue being in use by\\nThomas Richards, the last operator. The build-\\nings being abandoned so(ni went to decay, and but\\nfew evidences of this once busy place now re-\\nmain. The post-office was discontinued about 187;1.\\nand after the removal of the workmen all Ibrnu r\\ninterests were abandoned.\\nThe Richards estate owned about three thou-\\nsand acres of land in this section, extending froni\\nthe Burlington County line beyond the Camden\\nand Atlantic Railroad. Where the railroad from\\nWilliamstown forms a junction with that road and\\nthe New Jersey Southern Railroad, on part of this\\nestate, nineteen miles from Philadelphia, Oeorgc\\nW. Hancock laid out the town of\\nin 18(5(!. The original plat endiraccd sixty acres,\\nwhich was surveyed into large lots and twenty\\nstreets. The principal one of these vv.as called\\nAtco Avenue, which crosses the Camden Railroad\\nat right angles. The avenues along the railroads\\nwere named Atlantic and Raritan, respectively.\\nThe town site being on high, dry Lauds, on the\\nsouthern slope of the divide, near by, and having\\nexceptionally good railroad facilities, its import-\\nance was soon recognized. A number of lots were\\nat once sold, and for a time it was nourishing be-\\nyond any of the villages in the county. Its subse-\\nquent improvement was less rapid, and in 188(3\\nthe population did not exceed four hundred.\\nThe first building in the place was put up in\\n1866 by James E. Alton, on the south side of the\\nCalled after the Atco Swamp,\\nmany deer.\\nIndian term for a pla\\nrailroad, and the second was by Ira Wakelcy, in\\nthe same neighborhood. The saniit year the Rich-\\nards estate put up the hotel building o| posite the\\nrailroad depot, wdiich was opened as the Atcui\\nHouse. Its n.ame has since been changed, but it\\nis still used for the entertainment of the public. In\\n18(il! Wellington Baker opened the first store, oc-\\ncupying a frame building on the site of the Wood-\\nland Block. The latter is a thrcc-story brick\\nand frame building, erected to its i rescnt condi-\\ntion, in 188; bv Charles H. Woodland. Since\\nOctober, iif tlic same year, Woodland has been the\\n]iostmaster of the Atco office. Baker being the\\nfirst postmaster and Salmon (ii ldings being the\\nintermediate appointee. Under the hitter s ad-\\nmini.stralion the office was kept at the store of A.\\nJ. Day, who has here been in tr.ade since 1877.\\nOther stores were kept by W. O. Talcott, E. Parker\\nand W. C. Sloan, the latter being at present in\\ntrade in the old comb factory building.\\nIn 1877 John T. Wilcox established the first\\nmanufacturing enterprise in the village a horn-\\ncomb factory. Steam-power was employed, aiid a\\nsuccessful business was done tor several years In\\n188. operations were suspendeil, the machinery\\nsold and the engine removed to the plant of\\nThe Ati:o Glas.s Works. These works\\nhave an eligible location, near the JuMition\\noi the railroads, which have provided good\\ntrack facilitiei. They were gotten in opera-\\ntion in April, 1884, by the Atco Class Manufactur-\\ning Company, under the management of ,T. T.\\nWilcox. There is an eight-pot furnace, with the\\nlatest improvements, arranged for the manufacture\\nof window-glass of superior quality. Employment\\nis given to fifty men, who were working in 1880\\nunder the management of W. M. Flood.\\nThe Atco railway station had, as its fir.st agent,\\nWellington Baker; the ])resent agent is F. F. ly.\\nHint/.. The principal shipment is fruit, and\\namong the chief shippers are Henry Treat, Salmon\\nGiddings, W. S. Walker, George Reeves, Monroe\\nGithens, W. O. Talcott, Sarah Varnum, .Mhert\\nHall, F. E. Fry, .lacob Gehring, .Joseph N arnum\\nand James Grieb.\\nThe Atco NATtJRAL Science Society. On\\nthe 21st of January, 1868, a number of gentlemen\\nat Atco founded the Atco Library and Museum\\nAssociation, selecting as their olHccrs George W.\\nHancock, president Nelson N arnum, vice-presi-\\ndent Wellington Baker, secretary; K. t!. Scott,\\ntreasurer; George H. Perkins, L. PlanI, A. B.\\nThatcher, A. Wakcly, I!. F.Marshall and 11. G.\\nTyrrell, directors. One of the principal ohjecls\\nof the association was to awaken an interest in", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1045.jp2"}, "862": {"fulltext": "6.66\\nHISTORY OP CAMDP]N COUNTY, NEW JP^RSEY.\\nlidi LiiuilUire and kindred matters. Alter working\\nunder tlie above name about ten years the present\\ntitle was adopted January 13, 1S79, which became\\nfixed by articles of incorporation April 5, 1879.\\nThe scope of the new society was to foster the\\nstudy, and diffuse a knowledge of natural science, to\\nmake and preserve collections, illustrations of\\nits various branches, and to form a library. To\\nsecure funds in promotion of these purposes, the\\nsociety held a fair at Atco, September 5-9, 1879,\\nwhich, under the management of M. J. Skinner,\\nwas very successful, netting a sum which became\\nthe nucleus of a fund for the building of a Science\\nHall. The society had received a lot in fee-\\nsimple, and in October, 1879, took action looking\\ntowards the erection of such a building on it at an\\nearly day. The hall was built the following year\\nby a committee composed of Thomas Richards,\\nH. A. Green and W. F. F. Murray. It is a very\\nsubstantial stone building, valueil at eight hundred\\ndollars, and afforded excellent accommodations for\\nthe society, which was at this time at the zenith\\nof its existence. In 1880 its directors of sections\\nwere as follows Library, AV. D. Siegfried Miner-\\nalogy, Geology, Conchology and Kalonology, H.\\nA. Green Zoology, N. Varnum Botany, M. J.\\nSkinner. Rare and valuable cabinets in the differ-\\nent departments of study were gathered, and un ler\\nthe general direction of Professor Green, Science\\nHall became one of the most attractive places in\\nthe village. The death of some of the members\\nand the removal of others, who were most active\\nin the work of promoting the interests of the so-\\nciety, so seriously atl ected its welfare that its meet-\\nings have been discontinued, and many of the\\ncabinets have been removed. The organization of\\nthe society is nominally preserved and Science\\nHall is still owned by it. In 1880 the officers\\nwere A. J. Day, president; M. J. Skinner, vice-\\npresident Adam R. Sloan, secretary and W. F. F.\\nMurray treasurer.\\nOn the 1st of January, 1880, the society began the\\npublicaticni of the Science Advocate, a small cjuar-\\nterly, edited by Henry A. Green. The paper was\\nwell received, but declined with the other interests\\nof the society and was discontinued at the end of\\nthe second year.\\nComanche Tribe of Red Men, No. 75, was\\ninstituted at Atco September 28, 1884, with thirty\\nmembers. The order has been very successful at\\nthis place, reporting seventj -eight members in May,\\n]S8(), and the following principal officers: Monroe\\nGithens, Morris Robin.son, George W. Young,\\nCharles McHard, James Hand and J. W. Varnum.\\nIts meetings are held in Comanche Hall, which\\nwas completed in September, 1885, by the Coman-\\nche Hall Association, incorporated March 3, 1885)\\ncomposed of a number of stockholders at this\\nplace, who organized by electing A. J. Day, presi-\\ndent Monroe Githens, treasurer O. B. Tiffany,\\nsecretary; Joseph Varnum, Monroe Githens and\\nGeorge Bates, trustees.\\nThe hall is located on the principal street of the\\nvillage, and is a two-story frame building, thirty\\nby seventy feet. The upper story is fitted up for\\nlodge purposes, and the lower forms a spacious\\npublic hall. It was erected at a cost of thirty-five\\nhundred dollars.\\nIn the same buihling the Associated Glass\\nBlowers hold their meetings, as well as the As-\\nsembly of Knights of Labor, which was organized\\nJune 5, 1880, with thirty-five members.\\nGolden Eaule Council, No. 22, Jr. O. U. A.\\nM., was instituted February 28, 1885, and had, in\\n1880, forty-five members. It is a growing organ-\\nization.\\nReliance Lodue, No. 20, A. O. U. W., insti-\\ntuted June 0, 1882, reports thirty-eight members,\\nand is in a prosperous condition. Its meetings\\nare held in the hall of the public-school building.\\nThe First Presbyterian Church of Atco.\\nThe meetitigs which resulted in the organization\\nof this congregation were held November 17 and\\n24, 1807, by the Rev. Samuel Loomis, of the Vine-\\nland Church. At the date last named fourteen\\npersons subscribe l to the articles of membership,\\nas follows: Henry A. Green, C. De Witt Carpenter,\\nJ. E. Alton, Mrs. M. R. Loomis, Mrs. A. Carpen-\\nter, Mrs. L. Alton, Mrs. F. Childs, Mrs. Thankful\\nGould, Mrs. P. L. Wakeley, Mrs. L. M. Green,\\nMrs. A. McHary, Miss Margaret McHary, Miss\\nClara Va. Gould and Miss Mary E. Gould.\\nC. De Witt Carpenter and J. E. Alton were\\nelected the first ruling elders and the Rev. Samuel\\nLoomis became the first p.astor. The church be-\\ning properly organized, was received into the Fourth\\nPresbytery of Philadelphia. Soon after the society\\nbecame a body corporate, with the following trus-\\ntees Thomas Richards, Peter McHary, A. Wake-\\nley, W. O. Talcott and H. A. Green.\\nIn order to promote the building of a cliurch,\\nthe Richards estate donated an acre of ground,\\nwhere the foundation of an edifice was laid early\\nin 1808. The building was to be thirty-two by\\nfifty feet, and it was designed to complete it that\\nseason, but owing to the inability of the pastor to\\ncontinue serving the congregation, work was sus-\\npended. September 21, 1808, the Rev. E. B. New-\\nberry took charge of the congregation, and under his\\ndirection the church was completed for dedication", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1046.jp2"}, "863": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF WATERFOKD.\\n667\\nthe first Sunday in March, 1869. For a period the\\ncongregation flourished, but, not having a reguhir\\npastor, soon experienced a decline of interest. In\\n1872 the Rev. George Warrington sui)plied the\\npulpit, and (rom 187;? to 187() the Rev. James (1.\\nShinn was the acting pastor. Since that time\\nthere have been numerous supplies, among them\\nbeing the Revs. Frank E. Kavanaugh, R. A. Bry-\\nant, H. W. Brown, J. R. Gibson, R. Bant and\\nAlexander Hill.\\nIn the summer of 1883, during the ministry of\\nthe Rev. J. R. Gibson, the church was repaired\\nand now has a more inviting appearance. But\\nthe congregation is snudl, there being but fifteen\\nmembers, and there are no ruling elders. A large\\nand prosperous Sabbath-school is maintained in\\nthe church.\\nThe Atco Metikhust Eimscopal t HrRcn.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe present society was organized in Decemlier,\\n1885, with fifteen members, the following being\\ntrustees: (^aleb Githeus, George Brown, James\\nParks, John Ash and A. J. Day. The first meet-\\nings were held in Comanche Hall, but, in the\\ncourse of a few weeks, the Universalist Chapel\\nwas purchased and converted into a church home.\\nThe membership has been increased to twenty-five\\nand the future prospects of the church appear en-\\ncouraging. A flourishing Sunday-school has James\\nParks as its superintendent.\\nSoon after the establishment of the glass-works\\nat Jackson, Methodist preaching was established\\nat that place, and the meetings were continued\\nuntil after the workmen, who comjjrised the prin-\\ncipal membership, renioveil. For a time no ser-\\nvices were held by the Methodists in this locality,\\nwhen ])reaching was again commenced at Atco,\\nwhich resulted in the formation of the present so-\\nciety. The old Jackson si)ciety was connected\\nusually with Tansboro and Waterford in fornnng\\na charge.\\nThe Universalist Society was formed a few years\\nafter the founding of the village by the Rev.\\nMoses Ballon, who was the first and only pastor.\\nHe was a man of nuirked ability, whose failing health\\nobliged him to leave his home in Massachusetts\\nto settle in this locality for the benefit of a milder\\nclimate. He died at Atct) May l!t, 187!), and\\nthereafter Universalist meetings were so seldom\\nheld that they were altogether discontinued a few\\nyears ago, and in 1885 the chapel, which the .so-\\nciety had erected, was sold to the Methodists.\\nThe membership of the society was never large,\\nbut during the lifetime of Dr. Rallou large con-\\ngregations assembled to listen to his ministra-\\ntions.\\nLate in the fall of 1,S85 St. John s Prolcstant\\nEpiscopal Mission was established al Atco, which\\nhas since Ihtii umln- ilie .an- of the Rev. De Witt\\nC. Loop, of IhiiiiMMiMloii, S iui-iri inthly services\\nare held in the I resbyteriiin hurcb.\\nThe Richards estate s l aside a lot ol ground\\nat Atco in 1X68 for cemeteiy purposes, where some\\ninterments bavc been made, but the general |.lace\\nof burial is in the cemetery at Berlin, which is old\\nand well kept.\\nncsii.in };sr.\\nThis village was plotted in 1SS(, but tlie work\\nof improving it was not begun iiiiiil tlic summer\\nof 1X85. It is located on the high lands between\\nAtco and Waterford, and the site endn-aces one\\nthousand two liinidred and s,-veiily acres of land,\\nextending along the ;uudcn and Allantie Rail-\\nroad about a mile. A railwa\\\\ station has been\\nprovided and iiDUsu.-il iMdiiennenls (iirnr.l to make\\nthis a populous place of suburban lionies. .Many\\nof the avenues li:i\\\\e Ih cu cleared iij,. and Inur-\\nfilths of Ihe live Ihousaud I. ,1s have been sold.\\nThere are a store, hotel and several dozen clwell-\\nings, some belonging to the proprietors of the\\ntown Simpson Wade, of Philadelphia. The\\nlirst house was the dwelling of N. K. Gatchell,\\nbuilt in the fall of 1885. Near the same lime the\\nhouse of Charles Heacock w^as completed, and a\\nlittle later the store building of J. H. Richter,\\nwhere William Nifer was in trade in 188li. In\\nthe s[Ming of the latter year .1. K. Cope oi)ened the\\nfirst hotel, and brick dwellings were erected by\\n.Mrs. I .lake ami Thomas llaimld. Clay for brick-\\nmaking was discovered on Ihe village site, and\\nseveral yards were opened in the summer of ISSil.\\nThe village has a healthy location, abnul two hun-\\ndred feet above tide-water, on high, dry land, and\\ngives pronuse of ra[iid anfl permanent growth.\\nThe CiiEsiunijisT lit ii,iiiN(i and Loan .Asso-\\nciation was incorporated in Novendicr, IS.St, to\\nhave places of business at Waterford and Chesil-\\nhursl. Its object is to provide loans and to en-\\ncourage building. The ini orporators were W. O.\\nBisbee, Joseph K Thomps,m, N. R. (fatchell,\\nCharies SapiHuireaud William II. Wade.\\nwATi-.KFonn.\\nThe village of Waterford is loeate.l in both\\nWaterlbi-d and Winshjw biwnships. It is a station\\non the Camden ami .\\\\Maiitie Railroad, a little\\nmore than twenty-two miles I rom I hiladi-lphia,\\nand is on high and dry ground. In the surround-\\ning forests numy native pines arc still growing,\\nwdiose odors contribute to the salubrity of the vil-\\nlage. Its healthfulucss is one of the marked", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1047.jp2"}, "864": {"fulltext": "668\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nfeatures of the |)Iace. The village has Methodist,\\nPresbyterian, Episcopal and Catholic Churches,\\ntwo stores, a post-office (called Waterford Works)\\nand the usual interests of a country trading point.\\nThe village had its origin in the establishment of\\nthe Waterford Glass-Works at this point, in 1824,\\nby Jonathan Haines. At that time the country\\nwas an unbroken forest, and the works were begun\\non a small scale, being enlarged from time to time\\nas business expanded. In 1828 Jonathan Haines\\ndied, and the works were sold to Thomas Evans,\\nSamuel Slireve and Jacob Roberts, the latter\\ndying and Joseph Porter securing an interest in\\nthe business, the firm becoming Porter, Shreve\\nCo., John Evans having at this time also secured\\na sixth interest. Joseph Porter resided at this\\nplace, and devoted all his energies to make the\\nbusiness a success. He was an active, energetic\\nmanager, and, under his direction, the works\\nprospered. Samuel Shreve sold out his interest to\\nJoseph Porter in the course of years, who then\\nassociated his sons with him, the firm becoming\\nJoseph Porter Sons. Joseph Porter having\\ndied, and the firm being dissolved, about 1863\\nWilliam C. Porter took charge of the works and\\ncarried them on several years, when the property\\nwas sold to Maurice Raleigh, who connected it\\nwith his vast Atsion estate. At the time the\\ntransfer was made there were three glass-factories,\\ntwo fitted up for the manufacture of window\\npanes and the third for iiollow-ware. For a short\\ntime Raleigh carried on the former, and subse-\\nquently John Gayner used the latter in making\\nwindow-glass and lamp-chimneys, when each was\\nallowed to remain out of blast, and the buildings\\nwent to decay.\\nAfter the discontinuance of the glass-works,\\nRaleigh busied himself to jjrovide new employ-\\nment for the workmen residing in the village, and\\nestablished industries which seemed to cause a new\\nera to dawn upon the place. He converted one of\\nthe glass-factories into a hosiery-mill, where a\\nlarge number of young jieople found occupation\\nfor several years. He also united with James\\nColter in erecting a three-story frame shoe-factory,\\nwhere a hundred o|)eratives were at work for about\\na year, when it was closed up as an unprofitable\\nenterprise and the machinery removed. A part of\\nthis building was now used as a shop for the repair\\nof textile machinery, and as such was carried on a\\nshort time. In May, 1882, a conflagration, result-\\ning from a fire in this building, destroyed all the\\nworks, which ended manufacturing operations in\\nthe village. The destruction of the buildings and\\nthe death of Maurice Raleigh had a very depress-\\ning eft ect upon Waterford, which caused the re-\\nmoval of more than half the inhabitants and the\\nsuspension of several business interests. After\\nseveral years of inactivity the prospects of the vil-\\nlage were again brightened by the policy of the\\nRaleigh Land and Improvement Company (which\\nhad become the owner of the immense Raleigh es-\\ntate, consisting of thirty thousand acres of land in\\nthis and the adjoining counties), whose ettbrts\\nbrought it before the public as a desirable place\\nfor suburban residence, and the adjoining country\\nas being specially adapted for fruit-growing. A\\nnumber of locations have been made, and, in the\\ncourse of a few years, Waterford will regain some\\nof its former prominence. As a point for the ship-\\nment of fruit, it has become widely known. With-\\nin a radius of a few miles the following are the\\nprincipal fruit-growers: John W. Hoag, Alexan-\\nder Heggan, William O. Bisbee, Edward Battelle,\\nJames McDougall, Josiah Albertson, Godfrey\\nWalker, Edward Reed, John Nichols, K. Z. Col-\\nlings, Christopher Crowley, Pitman Bates and\\nWilliam S. Braddock. Several of these are exten-\\nsive cranberry-growers, the annual product of\\nCeilings bog being as high as twenty thousand\\nbushels, necessitating the use of a large storage-\\nhouse at Waterford.\\nThe first store in the village, not kept by the\\nowners of the glass-works, was on the site of the\\nStewart mansion, and was carried on by Josiah S.\\nRice. He sold out to Lewis W. Nepling, who\\nbuilt the store on the opposite side of. the railroad,\\nwhere he is still in trade. John Fornham opened\\nanother store in the present Joseph Thompson\\nstand, and a third place was occupied by Abner\\nGurncy, which is no longer continued. The only\\nhotel of note was kept in the Porter mansion, near\\nthe Episcopal Church, soon after its erection, in\\n1858, by a man named Pickett. Here is now kept\\nthe Waterford post-office, of which William\\n(t. Wilson is the postmaster. The first postmaster\\nwas Joseph C. Porter. Four mails per day are\\nsupplied. Dr. Joseph A. Stout was one of the first\\nI)racticing physicians, living near Tansboro and\\nwas followed by Dr. Risley, of the same place.\\nDr. John W. Snowden lived in the neighborhood\\nof the Spring Garden tavern (which was the pub-\\nlic-house of this section and was kept many years\\nby the Albertson family) and had a good practice.\\nHe removed to Hamnionton, and Dr. Joseph\\nNorth was his successor, living for a time in the\\nvillage.\\nThe population of Waterford the past few years\\nhas not been permanent, many of the Raleigh Imiid-\\nings being occupied for a few montlis only, but", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1048.jp2"}, "865": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF WATERFORD.\\n669\\napproximates two hundred and fifty inhabitants.\\nThere are about one hundred buiklings, seventy-\\nfive belonging to the Land and Improvement Com-\\npany, whose interests here are in charge of George\\nW. Wurts.\\nVVaterfoiui Methojhst Episcopai, Church.\\nSoon after tlie establishment of the glass-works\\nat Waterforil the Methodists began holding meet-\\nings in the school-house, and were encouraged to\\nform a society by Joseph Porter and others, on\\naccount of the influence the meetings had over the\\nworkmen. A cordial welcome was extended the\\nitinerant preachers by the Porters, and in due sea-\\nson the nucleus of a congregation was gathered.\\nA divi.sion of the 8ons of Temperance was also organ-\\nized, and to accommodate both bodies, it was ])ro-\\nposcd to erect a two-story building in which their\\nmeetings could be held, each in a separate room.\\nAccordingly, Samuel Shreve, Joseph Porter, Joseph\\nC. Porter and Thomas Porter set aside a lot of\\nground for the purpose of erecting thereon such a\\nbuilding, conveying the same, in trust, to John\\nMcCann, Richard A. Winner, Daniel W. Weatcott,\\nJlicajah Cline, Brazier Wescoat, Arthur Wescoat\\nand Jacob Read, in May, 1848.\\nSoon after, a tworstory frame building was put\\nup, the upper story being fitted up for the use of\\nthe temperance society, the lower being the church\\nproper. Both bodies had a flourishing member-\\nship as long as the glass-works were carried on,\\nbut after they were discontinued most of those be-\\nlonging removed, leaving so few interested in their\\nfuture e.xistence tliat the division suspended its\\nmeetings, and in the church occasional services\\nonly were held. On 23d of March, 1864, Brazier\\nWescoat and Arthur Wescoat, the two remaining\\ntrustees, conveyed the property to the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church and Division No. 49, Sons of\\nTemperance, where the title still rests. Lewis W.\\nNeipling is one of the few surviving members, and\\nnow has the property in charge. Owing to disuse,\\nthe house is not in good condition, but the grave-\\nyard connected bears evidence of recent attention^\\nThough showing signs of decay, and being no\\nlonger the useful factor it was in by-gone days, the\\nold church should not be abandoned, but should\\nbe reconsecrated to an era of new usefulness\\nin connection with the rapid development of\\nthis part of the township.\\nThe Water?ord Presisyterian Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe congregation occupying this church was or-\\nganized April ir-i, 18()(1, with the following mem-\\nbers William Robinson, Calcina C. Robinson,\\nCaroline R. Barnard, James McDougal, Eliza Mc-\\nDougal, Alexander Heggan, Mary H. Porter and\\n81\\nEdward Battellc. Preparations were at once made\\nto build a house of worship, and, on the 14th of\\nJune, 1866, the corner-stone was laid. The edifice\\nis a frame, thirty-two by fifty feet, and has a spire\\nninety feet high. Its cost, entire, was more than\\nthree thousand dollars, and was dedicated .lanu-\\nary S, 18()7. William Robinson was chosen the\\nfirst ruling elder, and upon his resignation, James\\nMcDougal and Edward Ha.ttelle were elected to\\nthe same office, serving to the present time.\\nThe Rev John W. Ediiiundson became the first\\npastor in 1867, but continued that relation only\\none year. In lS(i.S the Rev. S. C. McElroy be-\\ncame the staled sujiply and ministered to the con-\\ngregation more than a year. In 1871 the Rev. E.\\nI). Newberry was the sujjply, and in 1873 the Rev.\\nJames (1. Shinn began to serve in the same rela-\\ntion, being the last to ])reach statedly. Since\\nhis connection the pulpit has been filled by num-\\nerous ministers, for short periods, but as there\\nare only twenty-four members, it has been imprac-\\nticable to have a regular pastor. The Sabbath-\\nschool, organized about the same time as the con-\\ngregation, is maintained with unabated interest.\\nIt numbers forty-five members.\\nChrist Protestant Episcopal Church. In\\n1868 a congregation of this faith was organized\\nat Waterford, George Moody becoming senior war-\\nden, and Dr. John W. Snowden, Major R. G.\\nPorter and Jabez Fisher, vestrymen. A lot of\\nland for a church building was donated by Wil-\\nliam C. Porter about the same time, and with the\\nmeans secured by Mrs. Elizabeth D., the wife of\\nMajor R. G. Porter, the erection of a house of\\nworship was made possible the same year. The\\nservices of the church were conducted about a\\nyear by a lay reader, but in March, 187(\u00c2\u00bb, the Rev.\\nWilliam Stewart removed to this place and became\\nthe first rector, the Waterford Church and the\\nchurch at Hammonton Ibrming a parish. His\\nzealous labors were beginning to be apparent, when\\nhe was stricken down by death, in April, 1871, and\\nnow lies interred in the cemetery of the church. The\\ndevoted Mrs. Porter had iireceded him to the spirit\\nworld, departing this life February 9, 1871. Two\\nof the most active members being thus taken away\\nand other patrons removing, in consequence of the\\nsuspension of business at this jilace, the church\\nwas weakened to such an extent that it has never\\nrecovered its former vitality. Having no rector\\nor active organization, it has for some years had\\na merely n(miinal existence. In 1886 it was with-\\nout a vestry and the twelve communicant members\\nremaining had an occasional service by the Rev.\\nWilliam C. Starr. Since 1871, Mrs. C. S. Stewart", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1049.jp2"}, "866": {"fulltext": "670\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nhas faithfully superintended a Sunday-school,\\nwhich had forty members in 188ti. The church\\nbuilding, a fair-sized frame, is Icept in good repair,\\nand has a well-kept burial-ground connected.\\nThe Waterforr Roman Catholic Church\\nwas built, in 18S0, by Maurice Raleigh, for the\\naccommodation ol his workmen professing the\\nCatholic faith. It is a large frame building, but\\nplain in every respect. The church never had a\\nresident priest, and since the removal of many of\\nthe members, services are held at long intervals\\nonly, by priests coming from Egg Harbor. The\\ncommunicants are few in number.\\nShane s Castle, THE First Catholic (iHtTRCH.\\nAbout a hundred years ago there stood on the\\nnorth side of Clark s Branch of the Egg Harbor\\nRiver a cabin of cedar logs, squared and framed\\ntogether so as to make a substantial dwelling. It\\nwas covered with cedar bark, so laid as to ex-\\nclude snow and rain, and the spaces between the\\nlogs were so carefully filled with moss and clay\\nthat the storms were effectually kept out. It was\\nlarge enough to form living and sleeping apart-\\nments, besides having an attic. The floor was of\\nclay only, and for windows there were mere open-\\nings in the logs without glass but it was made\\ncomfortable by huge fire-places in each room, the\\nchimneys being built of sticks on the outside of\\nthe cabin. Its site was one mile south of the vil-\\nlage of \\\\Vaterford, and for many years it stood sol-\\nitary and alone in the grand old forests. No other\\nhabitation was within many miles of it. This house,\\nunpretentious as it was, the builders called Shane s\\nCastle, a name which it bore as long as (me log\\nrested upon auotlicr. It was erected by three\\nGerman brothers, Sebastian, Ignatius and Xaver-\\nius Woos, who had fled from their native country\\nto avoid military conscription, and who thus im-\\nmured themselves in the wilds to make a home\\nwhere they might enjoy their freedom unhindered.\\nWhen they came is not known, but in 1700 they\\napplied to the Council of Proprietors to grant them\\ntitle to the land upon which their house stood.\\nAfter being in this country some years the\\naffianced of Sebastian followed him, having eluded\\nthe vigilance of her parents, who had opposed\\nthe suit, by taking passage on a ship. She was\\nmet at Philadelphia by her lover, who had managed\\nto maintain correspondence with her. After weeks\\nof patient waiting, on account of the uncertain ar-\\nrival of the vessel, he was made happy by the sight\\nof his loved one, and after paying her passage to\\nprevent her from being sold, as was the custom at\\nthat time, they were married by a Catholic priest\\nand began their journey to their new home. What\\nan impression the strange sights through the for-\\nests they traveled must have made on the mind of\\nthe young wife Their journey was long and toil-\\nsome, the streams being unbridged and the roads\\ntortuous. But, happy in her marriage, the sur-\\nroundings soon became familiar, and even attract-\\nive. She was content with her lot, as cast in the\\nwilds of America, though far from the friends of\\nher old home and isolated from all society except\\nthat furnished by her husband and his brothers,\\nand an occasional caller at the cabin. They cleared\\nup a few acres around their home, where they\\nplanted vegetables, and worked in the cedar\\nswamps preparing staves for the West India mar-\\nkets. Fish and game were abundant and they did\\nnot lack the necessaries of life, though entirely\\nunacquainted with its luxuries.\\nIgnatius and Xaverius never married, but Sebas-\\ntian had two daughters, who became young women\\nand married Herman Myrose and Eli Neild. The\\nlatter occupied the old castle as long as it was hab-\\nitable, while the former lived on another part of\\nthe property. The older members of these families\\ndied in the township, and were buried in a small\\ngraveyard on the opjiosite side of the stream from\\nthe castle. This contained .some rude stones,\\nwhich have fallen into decay, and there is but\\nlittle left to mark the places where these pioneers\\nare buried, and, like the castle itself they will soon\\npass into oblivion.\\nBut it is in connection with the holding of\\nCatholic services at Shane s Castle that the great-\\nest historic interest attaches. About the middle of\\nthe last century efforts were made to utilize the\\nbog iron-ore so abundant on the eastern slope of\\nNew Jersey, and furnaces were erected at various\\npoints. The operatives at these iron-works were\\ngenerally foreigners, and adherents of the Catholic\\nChurch. In visiting them, the priests would pass\\nShane s Castle, whose inmates were Catholics,\\nand who extended a hearty welcome to the min-\\nisters, urging them to hold services in their house.\\nIn this way worship was held many years in\\nShane s Castle according to the forms of the Cath-\\nolic Church, and these meetings were probably\\nthe first of that denomination in West Jersey. On\\nsuch occasions the few people residing in that re-\\ngion were invited to attend the services and hear\\nthe gospel preached.\\nSparse as were these, their number was occa-\\nsionally increased by a few natives, who, without\\nunderstanding a word that was uttered, could see\\nin the deportment of the worshippers the sincerity\\nand reverence that moved them. They only knew\\nthat the worship of the white man s God was", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1050.jp2"}, "867": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1051.jp2"}, "868": {"fulltext": "t\\n^3^^?-ilc\u00c2\u00a3-^^", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1052.jp2"}, "869": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP (3F WATERFORD.\\n671\\nunlike the silent awe witii wliieli they regiinh d\\nthe (ireat Spirit, whieli \\\\v:is always aliont them\\nin the mystery anil grantleiir of an unknown e.\\\\-\\nistene.e.\\nBeing alcove all beings niiglity one\\nWIioTh none can compreliend ami iHine explore;\\nWlio Hll st exislenre with I liyself ali\\nEniltracing nil\u00e2\u0080\u0094 supportinj^ ruling o er\\nBeing wliuni we call (iotl ainl liiiow uu more?\\nHIO(iRAI HIfAI\\n.TOKI, P. KliiKf.RIDE. Joseph Kirkbride eanie\\nto Pennsylvania from England in KiSl. He was in\\nhis minority when he arrived, hut soon grew to\\nman s estate and became a useful eitizen. He set-\\ntled in Bucks County, was a meniher of the Legis-\\nlature for several years, and discharged the import-\\nant duties of magistrate as well. He was a jireacher\\namong Friends, and returned to England in 1G!) .I\\non a religious visit.\\nHe married Sarah, a daughter of Mahlon Stacy,\\nwho came to America in the ship Shield in\\n1U7S, Mahlon settled in Nottingham township,\\nBurlington County, N. ,1., now part of the county\\nof Mercer. Joseph Kirkbriile died in 1737 and\\nleft five children Mahlon, John, Sarah (who mar-\\nried Israel Pemberton), Mary and Jane (who mar-\\nried Samuel Smith, author of the History of New\\nJersey\\nIsrael Pemberton, who married Sarah, was\\na son of Phineas, who came to Pennsylvania\\nfrom England in 1(582, and became largely inter-\\nested in the real estate of West New Jersey, and\\nlocated several surveys in Atlantic Couuty. Mary\\nKirkbride, who.se grandfather and father were also\\nowner.s of proprietary rights, located a survey of\\nabout twelve hundred acres in 174.3, and upon\\nwhich the larger part of the town of Hammonton\\nnow stands.\\nThese were of the most iiiHuential families in\\nPennsylvania and New Jersey, and in ))rivate and\\npublic life were so recognized, and from this line\\ncame the subject of this sketch. He was born\\nDecember 24, 1824, and is the son of John and\\nElizabeth Kirkbride. of Burlington County, N. J.\\nHe has combined the avocation of farmer and\\nmiller, and, by strict attention to business and\\nfair dealing, has made both successful. In public\\nlife he has represented the people of his district in\\nthe Legislature, and held the office of revenue\\nassessor for the United States government for sev-\\neral years, and clerk of Camden Countv for one term.\\nThe ages of Joseph Kirkbride and Sarah, hi.s\\nwife, and their children are .loseph, born lOid\\nSarah, born 1702 (daughter of Mahlon Stacy\\nand Mary Rogers); Phebc, borTi 1724, married\\nJoseph Milnor; Hannah, born 172G, married\\nIjanghorne Biles; Mary, born 1728, married Sam-\\ntiel Rogers; Joseph, born 1731 (colonel in Revolu-\\ntion), married Mary Rogers; Elizabeth, born\\n1734, married Daniel Bunting: Sarah, born ]73()\\n(single).\\nFrom the Bordcii-Hopliiii Oii fuiiiilii gran-i/dril,\\nliunlriitown, N. J.\\nThis stone, inscribed by thi hand of friend-\\nship, shall commemorate the virtues of .loseph\\nKirkbride, a native of Pennsylvania, for he was a\\npatriot who zealously served his country in her\\narmies and councils during the Revolution of 177(1.\\nHe was a citizen who faithfully performed the\\nduties of social life, and he was an honest man,\\nwho, in his thoughts, words and actions, illustrated\\nthe noblest work of (ioil. He dieil October 20,\\n1803, aged seventy-two years.\\nPhineas Kirkbride came to New Jersey a young\\nman, and was married to a Rogers, and his chil-\\ndren were Samuel (who died young), William,\\nMary, Phineas, John, Margery, Mahlon and Stacy\\n(who were twins), Joseph, Jonathan, .lob and\\nMartha. .Tohn was married to Elizabeth, daughter\\nof Jacob and Mary Prickett, who was of the Sharp\\nfamily. Their children were Stacy P., Jacob P.,\\nJohn R., Mary S., Elizabeth P., .loel P., Martha\\nR. and Charl}!s.\\nJoel P. Kirkbride was married to Aliagail W.\\nStrieker, daughter of Phili)) and Sarah Strieker,\\nwho was the daughter of Amos and Lydia Wilkins,\\n.lanuary 31, lS4il. Their family ;ire Annie B.,\\nmarried to .lacob son of Kreeiloin and Letitia\\nLi] |)incolt ,loel S., married to Enjiiia, daughter\\nof George M. and Sarah Rogers; Lidie .1., who is\\nsiugle; Joel S., deceased .lanuary, 1885. Joel P.\\nKirkbride is a Friend, as were his ancestors on\\nboth sides. In politics he was a Whig and after-\\nward a Republican. He has been a director in the\\nNational State Bank of Cam len for nearly twenty\\nyears, and closely ideutified with the Marl and\\nTurnpike Companies. He has always been active\\nin all the industrial enterprises of the county. He\\ngave the laud for the station at the railroad, and is\\nto-day one of the most influential and useful citi-\\nzens of the county.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1055.jp2"}, "870": {"fulltext": "THE TOAVNSHIP OF GLOUCESTEK.\\nCHAPTER XIV.\\nDescription\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Early Settlers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Tomlinsons, Albertaona, Bates,\\nCathcarts, Heilmans, Howells, Tlionies and othei-s\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Civil Organ-\\nizations-Villages of Kirkwood, Lindenwold, Clementon, Wat-\\nsontown, Brownstown, Davistown, Spring Jlills, the lost town\\nof Upton and Chews Lauding\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Chew Family\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Blackwood\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nTheWardaand Blackwuods\u00e2\u0080\u0094 did Hotels\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Stage Lines\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Chunhes\\nSocieties \u00e2\u0080\u0094Education.\\nTopography.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Gloiicester is in the southern\\ntier of townships of Camden County, and is bound-\\ned on the north by Waterford, from which it is\\nseparated, in part, by tiie south branch of Coopers\\nCreek, on the southea-st by Winslow, on the south\\nand west by Gloucester (bounty, the Great Timber\\nCreek forming the boundary line, and on the\\nnorthwest by Centre township. Nearly all its ter-\\nritory lies in the valley of the Delaware and par-\\ntakes of the characteristics of that belt of land.\\nAlong the division line the soil is sandy and less\\nfertile than in the central and northern parts,\\nwhere it partakes more of the nature of a friable\\nloam. Its natural richness has been greatly in-\\ncreased by the use of green sand-marl which un-\\nderlies it in most localities, and which appears at\\nthe surface along the water-courses. The princi-\\npal streams which furnish a plentiful irrigation\\nare the north branch of Timber Creek and its af-\\nfluents, the largest one being Otter Branch. The\\nmain stream is subject to tidal influences, the head\\nof the flow being above Chews Landing. The\\nlimit was marked in the early history of the town-\\nship by tide-water gates, erected at that point.\\nOn this stream, consequently, the mill-sites are\\nfound on the head-waters only. Here the country\\npre-sents a broken surface, several hills of striking\\nattitude appearing. The highest of these is Sig-\\nnal Hill, near Clementon, which was used by the\\nUnited States government authorities in making\\na coast survey of New Jersey. It is covered with\\n672\\na pine forest and the soil is not adapted to farm-\\ning. Hickory Hill, in the northwestern part, has\\na lower altitude and its surface is susceptible of\\ncultivation. Along the streams were large forest-\\ntrees, from which circumstance the creeks took\\ntheir names. The removal of this timber was a\\nlaborious process and an impediment to the rapid\\nsettlement of the country, but to those living\\nnear the streams it was a source of income, when\\nother products were not in demand.\\nOwing to the distance from market, the upper\\npart of the township was not developed until\\nwithin the past fifty years, and much of the coun-\\ntry is still in a primeval condition. Its soil is\\nadapted to fruit-culture and a number of small\\nfarms have recently been there opened, which are\\ndevoted to that industry. The township was early\\ntraversed by roads from the Delaware River to the\\nsea-coast, which have been improved as turnpikes,\\ntheir courses being modified for this purpose.\\nThe turnpikes are the Camden and White Horse,\\nin the northwestern part Camden and Black-\\nwood, in the southwestern part, the latter connect-\\ning at Blackwood with the Williamstown turnpike,\\nto extend this roadway up the creek, leading out\\nof the township at Tiirnersville.\\nEarly Settlers and their Descendants.\\nThe earliest prominent settler in the middle part\\nof the township was Joseph Tomlinson, sheritt of\\nGloucester County, in 1095, and King s attorney\\nthe following year. He arrived in America [nior to\\n](J86, and became an apprentice to Thomas Sharp,\\nof Newton, to learn the business of wool comber\\nand dyer. He was also something of a car-\\npenter, as, in the year last named, he made an\\nagreement with his master to build him a house\\nfor a specified sum, and to furnish all the material\\nfor the same, except the nails. His relations with\\nhis master do not appear to have been of the most", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1056.jp2"}, "871": {"fulltext": "fytJ7 Z^9^C^", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1059.jp2"}, "872": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1060.jp2"}, "873": {"fulltext": "TUK TOWNSHIP OP GLOUCESTER.\\n673\\npleasant nature; nevertheless, his associations with\\nhim contributed to his education and, no doubt,\\naided him to secure the public positions which he\\nafterwards filled, as Thomas Sharp was unques-\\ntionably an able preceptor.\\nIn IGiK), Joseph Tomlinson located one hundred\\nand seventeen acres of land on the east side of\\nGravelly Run, in Gloucester, adjoining a tract\\nwhich he had previously purchased of Joseph\\nWood, and on whicli he first lived, after leaving\\nthe employ of Thomas Sharp. His wife, Eliza-\\nbeth, was a worthy consort, and nobly shared with\\nhim the privations incident to a home so remote\\nfrom other settlers, as was theirs at that early\\nperiod. Thus isolated, he turned his attention to\\nreading and studying the laws of the community\\nof which he deemed himself a part, and in which\\nhe was soon to fill conspicuous and responsible\\npositions.\\nHe served as prosecutor of the pleas, or attorney\\nfor the King, in Gloucester County until 1710,\\nwhen he was appointed one of the judges of the\\nseveral courts of Gloucester County, a position for\\nwhich he was well fitted by his previous experi-\\nence. He died in 1710, leaving his wife and a\\nlarge family to survive him.\\nOne of the daughters, Elizabeth, married Bar-\\ntholomew Wyatt, of Salem County, an active mem-\\nber of the Society of Friends, and, in 1732, his\\nwife appeared as a Public Friend, whose preach-\\ning was acceptable. Ephraim, the eldest son of\\nJoseph Tondinson, settled on a tract of land\\nwhich his father deeded him, .adjoining the home-\\nstead on the east, and extending towards the north\\nbranch of Timber Creek. In 1732 he enlarged his\\npossessions by purchasing, of the executors of\\nAbraham Porter six hundred and nineteen acres\\nlying on both sides of the last-named stream, reach-\\ning almost to the south branch of Coopers Creek.\\nHe was also an esteemed preacher among the\\nFriends. He was born in 1095, and died in 1780,\\nleaving his second wife, Catharine Ridgway, a son,\\nEphraim, and daughters, Elizabeth, married to\\nAaron Lippincott, and Marj whf) married .lames\\nGardiner.\\nJoseph Tondinson, a brother of Ephraim, first\\nhad the homestead proj erty devised to him, but\\nincreased the original two hundred acres by pur-\\nchase, so that he owned considerable real estate.\\nHe died in 1758, leaving two sons, named Joseph\\nand Samuel. He also had three daughters. Higher\\nup Gravelly Run, John Tomlinson, another brother\\nof Ephraim, had three hundred acres of land willed\\nto him by his father, upon which he settled and\\ncontinued to live until his death, in 175.5. His\\nson Isaac and daughters, Hannali and Eleanor,\\nsurvived him, the latter marrying Josiah Albert-\\nson. Of the other sons of Joseph Tomlinson,\\nWilliam died in Waterford in 1737, and Othniel\\nin Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 175(). De-\\nscendants of the Tomlinsons remain in the town-\\nshij), being now, as well as a hundred ycais ago,\\namong its leading citizens.\\nBy the will of his father, dated December 17,\\n1709, recorded in Pennsylvania, Josiah Albertson\\ncame in possession of a tract of land in\\nGloucester township, bounded on the south side\\nby t )tter Branch, and thereon he settled and cleared\\na farm. In 1727 he married Ann, a daughter of\\nFrancis Austin, of Evesham, Burlington County,\\nN. J., who was one of the first settlers at that\\nplace. The first habitation of Josiah and Ann\\nAlbertson was built on the land given him by his\\nfather, a short distance south of the old Salem\\nroad, where he plied his calling as a shoemaker,\\nand at the same time removed the timber from the\\nsoil. He increased his po.ssessions until his farm\\nwas double the number of acres left him by his\\nfather. In 1743 he built a large and substantial\\nbrick house, part of which was occupied in 187(5\\nby his lineal descendant, Chalkley Albertson, who\\nowned much of the original estate.\\nOf the nine children of Josiah and Ann Albert-\\nson, eight were daughters of attractive appearance\\nand superior qualities. None of those that arrived\\nat suitable age were left as single sisters. They\\nwere Hannah, married to Jacob Clement; Cassan-\\ndra, married to Jacob Ellis and Jacob Burrough\\nPatience, married to Isaac Ballinger; Sarah, mar-\\nried to Samuel Webster ICeturah, married to\\nIsaac Towusend and Ann, who married Ebenezer\\nHopkins and Jacob Jennings. Mary and Eliza-\\nbeth died unmarried. Josiah, the son, was mar-\\nried to Eleanor Tomlinson, for his first wife, and\\nJudith Boggs, for his second.\\nCh.4I.kley Ai.bert.son, son of John and Ann\\nAlbertson, was born First Month 9, .4.D.181(i,on the\\npaternal estate, where his ancestors had lived for\\nmore than a century. His father was in direct\\nline of descent from the emigrant who came to\\nNew Amsterdam with the Hollanders and settled\\nthereabouts before the English visited New Jersey.\\nThey adopted the religious views of (ieorge Fox\\nand were leading members ol the Society of\\nFriends in Gloucester County. Chalkley Albert-\\nson s mother was a daughter of John and Rachel\\nBorrough Pine, of Gloucester County. The Al-\\nbertson homestead, where Chalkley Albertson lived,\\nwas located by Wm. Albertson in 1(598, and came\\ninto possession of his sou Josiah by will in 1709.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1061.jp2"}, "874": {"fulltext": "674\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nIn 1742 Josiali built tlie liouse which representa-\\ntives of this branch of the Albertson family have\\noccupied to the present time.\\nAfter the death of his father Chalkley Albert-\\nson, by purchase, became the owner of a large part\\nof his father s real estate, and soon showed him-\\nself to be a progressive and successful farmer. He\\nregarded the use of machinery as labor-saving and\\nbeneficial and was never behind his neighbors in\\nits appliance. He thoroughly understood the ad-\\nvantage of fertilizers and was liberal in their use\\nupon his land.\\nHe married .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Vniiie, daughter of Charles and\\nTacy Jarrett Stokes, of Rancocas, Burlington\\nCounty, N. J., Twelfth Month 111, 1850.\\nIn early manhood he expressed his sympathy\\nwith Democratic principles and allied himself with\\nthat party. He took much interest in township\\naffairs and became conspicuous in the county in its\\nseparation from Old Gloucester and the location\\nof the public buildings. In 18(i3, (U, 67 and 73\\nhe was elected to the State Assembly when public\\nopinion was set against his party and with popular\\ncandidates opposed to him. As a representative\\nhe was always open to conviction, but was decided\\nin his opinions. The public good was his purpose\\nand he commanded the respect of his political op-\\nponents for his sincerity, intelligence and integrity.\\nHe was interested in public improvements and was\\none of the incorporators of the White Horse Turn-\\npike Company. He introduced in the State As-\\nsembly the bill, which became a law, incorporating\\nthe Camden and Philadelphia Bridge Comi)any.\\nWhile a meiuber of the State Assembly he advo-\\ncated the cause of the glass blowers and voted for\\nthe law aboli.shing the money-order system. He\\nalways favored the extension of the railroad system\\nof the State, but opposed monopolies. He did\\nmuch to forward the construction of the Phila-\\ndelphia and Atlantic City Railroad and saw the ad-\\nvantage a competing road would be to Atlantic\\nCity and to the unimproved country between that\\nplace and Philadelphia. He was one of the State\\nCommissioners to make arrangements for the Cen-\\ntennial Exhibition. In 1873 he was appointed\\na member of the board of directors of the New\\nJersey Agricultural College, which position he\\nheld to the time of his death, and always took a\\nhearty interest in the Scientific School and its ob-\\nject. He advocated the establishment of the Agri-\\ncultural Experimental Station. As executor, trus-\\ntee or commissioner, he had the confidence of those\\ninterested and discharged his duties acceptably.\\nHe was a neighbor in the true meaning of the\\nword, and by his kind and genial manners won the\\nesteem of all who knew him. His devotion to his\\nfellow-men impelled him to take an active interest\\nin temperance reform when a young man he was\\nan energetic member of the Washington Total Ab-\\nstinence Society, which was among the first of such\\norganizations established, and throughout his life\\nhe was true to his temperance convictions.\\nIn his religious views he followed the footstei)s\\nof his ancestors and was an active and useful mem-\\nber of the Society of Friends. He died Fourth\\nMonth 21, 1880. He left a widow and six children.\\nThe Rulons. Tradition asserts that during\\nthe persecution of the Huguenots, one of that sect\\nby the name of Rulon emigrated to this country.\\nTo further his escape, he was secretly inclosed in a\\nhogshead and put on a vessel bound for the United\\nStates, and after getting well at sea was set at lib-\\nerty. It is not positively known at what place he\\nlanded, but the name is found as early as 1704 in\\nMonmouth County, N. J., where the refugee evi-\\ndently settled and owned land and raised a family.\\nHe had the re] utation of being a firm and fearless\\nman, as well as energetic, and preferred exile to\\nthe relinquishment of his faith.\\nThe eldest son of the refugee was David, who\\nwas born about 1704. He married Exercise Allen,\\nby whom he had thirteen children. He died the\\n15th of March, 1778, aged seventy-four years.\\nHenry Rulon, the oldest son and fourth child of\\nDavid, was born June 5, 1732, and married Theo-\\ndosia Bobbins, by whom he had ten children, of\\nwhom Moses was the fifth son, and was born Octo-\\nber 14, 1707. He married Susan Hartley, and had\\nthirteen children, of whom Moses, the father of\\nElwood Rulon, now of (iloucester township, was\\nthe sixth child. He married Eleanor Albertson,\\nby whom he had ten children, of whom Elwood\\nwas the seventh child. His mother is still living,\\nat the advanced age of eighty-four. She retains\\nall of her mental faculties, and is very active, and\\npossesses those Albertson traits for wliich the\\nwomen of that family were noted. The brothers\\nand sisters of Elwood were as follows Hannah\\nAnn, Clayton, Keturah, Chalkley, John, Hartley,\\nAbel, Ellen and Eliza. Of this family, with El-\\nwood, but two survive, Hannah Ann Haines, of\\nHaddonfield, and Chalkley Albertson Rulon, of\\nSwedesboro\\nElwood lives upon the homestead, and on the\\n23d of February, 1805, married Mary R. Palmer, of\\nChester County, Pa. The Palmers are among the\\noldest settlers of Pennsylvania, and are related to\\nthe Sharplesses, Trimbles, Pennells and Gibbons.\\nThe genealogy of Lewis and Mary Palmer, issued\\nin 1875, shows Mary R., daughter of Abraham M.,", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1062.jp2"}, "875": {"fulltext": "r C\\n~A", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1065.jp2"}, "876": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1066.jp2"}, "877": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF GLOItOESTER.\\n675\\nborn 1808, son of Benjamin, Vioni 1770, son of\\nJohn, born 1745, son of INIoses, born 1721, son of\\nJohn, born 1U90, sonof .lohn, who received a patent,\\n1688, in Concord, Chester County, Pa. (now Dela-\\nware County), where the Ainiily are numerous, and\\nsome of whom still reside on the patent. On the\\nmaternal side of Mary R., they were Peters, who\\nbuilt the old mill and brick dwelling on Cruni\\nCreek about lti90, the materials of which were\\nbrought from England. Both families claim i\\\\n\\nold ancestry and were members of the Friends\\nSociety.\\nThe children of Elwood Kulon and wife were\\nthe following: Norris Peters, William Merrihew,\\nCharles Jenks, Stephen Edwin and Frank Albert-\\nson. Norris Peters ami T^raiik .\\\\lbertson are de-\\nceased.\\nElwood Rulon has always resided on the home-\\nstead. He and his wife are members of the Soci-\\nety of Friends. In politics he is a Republican\\nwas once a member of the Board of Freeholders\\nof the county. He has been a practical and suc-\\ncessful farmer, and in integrity has shown the\\nsterling worth that alwiiys characterized his an-\\ncestors.\\nNeir the head-waters if the south liranch of\\nCoopers Creek, and on the south side of that\\nstream, Mordecai Howell was the owner of a tract\\nof land, which he sold to Joseph Thome in 1706.\\nThe same year the latter sold to .Joseph Bates,\\nwho sofin after settled U] on the land. Being so\\nremote from other settlements, it is quite probable\\nthat his first home was in a cave in the hillside\\nand that his children were born there. This rude\\nhabitation was on the Indian trail leading to\\nI.iong-a-Coming, and the property adjoined that\\nof John Hillman, including the lands where are\\nnow the farms in the White Horse Tavern\\nneighborhood. In 1786 Joseph Bates (2d) m.ade\\na resurvey of the lands. A part of the property\\nin this locality passed to .fohn Cathcart, in 17 .M,\\nwho built a brick mansion thereon.\\nJoseph Bates was married to Mary, a daughter\\nof James and Jane Clement, natives of England,\\nwho had first settled (m Long Island. No direct\\ndescendants of this branch of the Bates family\\nremain.\\nJohn Cathcart, above mentioned, was possessed\\nof a considerable fortune. He not only built the\\nfine mansion, but tor a number of years uiaintaiTied\\na Deer Park. His home was frequently visited\\nby his friends, whom he entertained with unstinted\\nhospitality. The park was simply a large tract of\\nnative woods, inclosed with a high rail fence, so\\nfirmly made, that the timid animal once within its\\nbounds was securely held. The jnoperty on wlii h\\nwas the brick house lierame known, in l. iter years,\\nas the Warner plac r.\\nIn the vicinity of Chews l,:iMilirii; I- ranris Col-\\nlins bad a Inict of lour liiimbvd aci\u00c2\u00ab of land,\\nwhich be corivcye l to Thomas Ihiaril. his soii-in-\\nI.MW, in 170-1, bill it (loi s not a|qie;n lliiil liriaiit\\nmade any inqirovemcnls al Ihat |i.riod.\\nIn the same locality .lohn lOasllack had one\\nhundred and seventy-five acres of land, which he\\ntransferred to Thomas Smallwood in 171 .t. De-\\nscendanls of the latter family may vet be found in\\nthe township.\\nAbove hews l.anding, on Ihi l,ong-a-( omiiig\\nroad, liv il .lohn llidcr. He was an intimate\\nfriend of .Varon Chew, and served in the Revolu-\\ntion with him. The lliders, of ibnu estcr, de-\\nscended from this family. Samuel W etherell also\\nlocated a large tract of lainl, on which a part of\\nChews Landing now stands.\\nIn 17iri John Hillman, s.)n of .lohn Hillman, of\\nCentre township, who was nianieil to Abigail\\nBates, a laughter of Joseph Kates, of (iloucester,\\npurchased about five hundred acres of land from\\nThomas Atkinson. This tract lay near the White\\nHorse Tavern, and e.Ktended from thesouth branch\\nof Coopers reek to the north bratudi of Timber\\nCreek. Tothistrarl he removed and erected the\\nhouse which became known hiler as the Hinch-\\nnuiu-Lippineott property. I I7. 1 he bought at\\nsheriff s sale one hundred acres a lioiiiing, known\\nas the Mien-Southwick property, (in the original\\n])urchase was a saw-mill, on Timber Creek, which\\nwas operated as tlu^ property of Southwick l.iy\\nThomas Webster and Thomas Atkinson. It is\\nsupposed that it stood on the site of Ephraim\\nTomlinson s grist-mill.\\nJohn Hillman lived (jii his tract of land many\\nyears, converting the timber that stood thereon in-\\nto lumber and cordwood, hauling the same to\\nhews I^anding. whence it was taken to Phila-\\ndelphia. His sons likewise devoted themselves to\\nclearing up farms out of the primitive forest.\\nThese were Joab, Josiah, Daniel, James and .lohn.\\nHe died in 1764, his wife surviving him.\\nThe .lohn Hillman lands were originally owned\\nby Abraham Porter from 1714 to 1716, who had\\nhis house near the south side of t ooj ers Creek,\\non Josiah Jenkins farm. He ai)pears to have been\\nan unmarried nuin, and most likely not a Friend,\\nas he served as a captain in the military depart-\\nment of the province in 1722. Afterwards he was\\npromoted to the rank of major. It is quite jiroba-\\nble that in this capacity he, and the company he\\ncommanded, acted as the escort of the C.overnor", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1067.jp2"}, "878": {"fulltext": "676\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nwhen he visited the county to hold the assizes of\\nthe crown. These visits were eventful to those\\nholding their commissions by appointment from\\nthe crown, and often occasions of considerable\\ndisplay in the eyes of the plain people of that pe-\\nriod. From the fact that Captain Porter was pro-\\nmoted it is evident that he discharged his duties\\nto the satisfaction of those in authority. He\\nowned large tracts of land, in all about twelve\\nhundred acres, and when he died, in 1729, his\\nbenefactions were extended to all the neighboring\\nchurches, showing that he had a proper regard for\\nthe advancement of religion and morality in his\\nadopted country. Though long since dead, and\\nleaving no posterity to perpetuate his memory, he\\nshould not be forgotten, and his generous trait.s\\nmay well be imitated.\\nIn 1706 William Thorne, who had but lately\\ncome from Long Island, purchased several tracts\\nof land from Mordecai Howell, on the head-waters\\nof the south branch of Coopers Creek and the\\nnorth branch of Timber Creek. On a tributary of\\nthe latter stream he built a saw-mill, which has\\nbeen removed, but the site may still be seen.\\nFrom this circumstance the stream is called\\nThome s Mill Branch. It is believed that Thorne\\nlived in this locality and reared his family here,\\nbut since none of that name have been here for\\nmany years, no authenticated statement to that\\neffect can be made.\\nDr. John II. Stevenson, of Haddonfield, is of the\\nopinion that William was the father of Joseph\\nThorne, who commanded a company in the Second\\nBattalion of Gloucester County Volunteers in the\\narmy of the Revolution. The family Bible in the\\ndoctor s possession shows that Captain Thorne\\nwas born about 1783, and that he was married to\\nIsabella Cheeseman, whose family lived on a tract\\nof land adjacent to Thome s, on the north branch\\nof Timber Creek. In 178 J, Richard Cheeseman\\nhad a landing at that place. After the Revolution,\\nand as recently as 1800, Captain Thorne lived at\\nHaddonfield, but spent his last days at the home\\nof his son-in-law, Thomas Stevenson, at Steven-\\nson s mill. There he died at the age of ninety\\nyears, and was bliried in the Newton Cemetery.\\nHis children were Mary, born 1757; John, bom\\n1758; Keziah, born 17(!0 Joseph, bom 1762;\\nSamuel, born 1764 and Rebecca, born 1768. As\\nstated above, the members bearing the name of\\nThorne in this vicinity died many years ago, the\\nonly posterity remaining being descendants of the\\ndaughter. These were married Keziah to John\\nKay Rebecca to Thomas Stevenson, grandfather\\nof Dr. John R. Stevenson and Mary to James\\nClement. The latter family had one son and two\\ndaughters, Elizabeth and Ann. The former mar-\\nried Nathan Bunker, a native of New England,\\nwho was a merchant in Philadelphia. Their\\ndaughter became the wife of James W. Paul, one\\nof whose sons married the daughter of A. J. Dre.\\\\el,\\nand a daughter became the wife of the Hon. Wm.\\nB. ,\\\\stor, of New York. The names of other early\\nsettlers appear in connection with the church\\nhistories of the township.\\nCivil Or ;anization. The original township\\nofGloucester was erected, June 1, 1695, by the\\ngrand jury of Gloucester County, with bounds as\\nfollows From y* said Newton Creek branch to\\ny lowermost branch of ye Gloucester River shall\\nbe another constablewick or township. In the\\nsame report the title of this new township is given\\nas Gloucester, and Elias Hugg named as the con-\\nstable. Extending thus southeastward indefinitely,\\nits limits, not named above, were undefined until\\n1765, when Samuel Clement surveyed all the head-\\nlines of the township in the county. For more\\nthan half a century the township extended from\\nthe Delaware River to the Atlantic Ocean, and for\\na like period from the river to the extreme end of\\nwhat is now Winslow township. The latter town-\\nship was formed out of the territory of Gloucester,\\nby legislative enactment, March 8, 1845. But the\\nwestern boundary of the township had already\\nbeen moved eastward; in November, 1831, by the\\nerection of Union township, which subsequently,\\nin 1855, became the present Centre township. Thus\\nreduced, the area of Gloucester was thirty-five and\\nsixty-six one-hundredths square miles but in\\n1850 a few square miles were taken off, in the\\nneighborhood of Berlin; and annexed to Water-\\nford townshii), leaving (Gloucester in its present\\ncondition. These frequent changes have caused\\nthe records to be mislaid, which prevents the com-\\npilation of a complete civil list. Since 1862 the\\nfollowing have been the jirincipal officers\\nVlerkK\\nlsn:i. Iliirff Wnoilrow. 1871. Joshua B. Sickler.\\nIsr,4. AiiiobC. Stevenson. 1S73-74. Samuel W. Lamb.\\n18(1, Amos C. Stevenson. 1875-76. Joshua G. Edwards.\\n18(in. C. W. Taylor. 1877-78. Joseph T. Wood.\\n18(17. Ht-njaniin K. Sliarj). I87 .l. Samuel Shaffer.\\n18118-611. Tlieo. v. W alk -r. 1880. Joseph T. Wood.\\n187(1. Theo. K. Walker. 1881-86. Edward M. JIurpliy.\\n186:!-l,4. Kobort lleni\\nlSr,,V74. John North,\\n1S7. )-7!1. Josliua B. Sickler.\\n1880-86. Edward J. Coles.\\nCollectors. In this period the townshi| collect-\\nors have been Samuel P. Chew, Van Bnren Giffin\\nand Joseph T. Wood.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1068.jp2"}, "879": {"fulltext": "AUTOGRAPHS OF SETTLERS IN THE TERRITORY OF OLD GLOUCESTER\\nTOWNSHIP.\\nA^\\nfirst settler. Sheriff of old Gloucester Couuty. Died 171S,\\nleaving one son, Jacob. ^^^^1^^^ ^1^^ ,^,g^, t,.^,.^ of\\nlaud. Died 170(!. Had sons John,\\nElias, Joseph and Charles.\\nG\\n(J7m^\\nA first settler. Lawyer and King s attorney. Died 1719.\\nHad sons Ephraim, Joseph, Ebenezer, Richard,\\nJohn, Othniel and William.\\nllfll\\n^/L\\nEldest son of John, the emigrant.\\nDied 1730. Had sons Joseph,\\nGabriel, John, Elias\\nand Jacob.\\nSou of Joseph, the emigrant. Died 1758,\\nleaving sons Joseph and Samuel.\\nYoungest son of John, Jr., the son of\\nJohn, the emigrant.\\nA first settler. Died 1710. Had sons\\nSamuel, John and Josiah.\\nOne of the first Newton settlers. Died in\\n1702, and left sons Benjamin and Thomas.\\nCame from Long Island. Married Mary\\nThorne, and had sons Thomas,\\nJohn T., Samuel, Isaac,\\nJoseph and Jacob.\\nSon of Jacob the first settler. He was a\\npractical surveyor of Haddonfield.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1069.jp2"}, "880": {"fulltext": "678\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nJiialices of the Peace. The justices of the peace\\nin the same length of time were,\\n\\\\Vin. B. Bettle.\\nKobert Henderson.\\nJiwob I. Sayei-s.\\nRobert Henderson.\\nJacob C. Lippincott.\\nCharlee Alexander.\\n.Joshua B. SickU-r.\\nJohn North, Sr.\\nTheodore F. Walker.\\nBeujamin Williams.\\nJonathan W. Checseman.\\nEdward M. Murphy.\\nJohn n. Magee,\\nThe only accounts obtainable, from any of the\\nrecords which have been preserved, pertain to the\\ndivision of the township into road districts, in\\n182!). .Tames D. Dotterer, Samuel M. Thorn and\\nWilliam Monroe were the township committee\\nthat year, and the following were the overseers:\\nWilliam Peacock, Josiah Ware, Josiah Albertson,\\nJesse King, Isaac Hugg, Jonathan Powell, Rich-\\nard Bettle, David Albertson and Jacob Ware.\\nVILLAGES.\\nIn the northwestern part of the township, on the\\nturnpike of the same name, is the old hamlet of\\nWhite Horse, so called from the old tavern whose\\nsign was adorned with the figure of a white horse.\\nPrevious to the building of the railroad it was a\\npopular stopping-place for travelers from Phil-\\nadelphia to Egg Harbor, but for many years has\\nhad a limited local patronage only. Among those\\nbest remembered as keepers liave been Ephraim\\nHillraan, Joseph Wolohon, Minor Rogers, John\\nSharp, William Carson and the present Erastus\\nDavis. Half a dozen houses and shops were built\\nin this locality, the latter being yet carried on.\\nSoon after the building of the Camden and At-\\nlantic Railroad a station was located near this\\nplace, which also bore the name of White Horse\\nand for a time there was a post-office, with the\\nsame name. After its discontinuance, another\\noffice was established, with the name of Marl\\nCity, whose use was prostituted by unscrupulous\\nPhiladelphia parties, when the department discon-\\ntinued it. About fifteen years ago a new post-\\noffice was established with the name of\\nKiRKWOOD, in compliment to Joel P. Kirkbride,\\nan influential farmer living in Waterford, near the\\nstation, which also received this name. Theodore\\nB. Bibbs was appointed postmaster and was\\nsucceeded by the jjresent incumbent, Ephraim\\nTomlinson. The latter opened the first regular\\nstore in the place in 1870, building a new store in\\n1886. Here are, also, the extensive ice-houses of\\nthe Wilson Coal and Ice Company and the fine\\nflouring-mill of J. P. Kirkbride, the latter being\\nin Waterford township. Coopers Creek was here\\nfirst improved to operate a saw-mill, but in 1838 a\\nsmall grist-mill was built, which passed into the\\nhands of the present owner in 1850, and was by\\nhim improved to its present condition. The mill-\\npond is a large and attractive sheet of water, bor-\\ndered on the Gloucester side by a beautiful grove.\\nThis became the property of the railroad company\\na few years ago, and was converted into\\nLakeside Park. These popular pleasure-grounds\\nembrace about seventy acres of land, well in-\\nclosed and provided with the means to secure\\nrest and enjoyment. In the grove are many native\\npines, whose odors add to the sense of enjoyment.\\nThe lake has been well supplied with small boats,\\nand in the park are many devices to amuse and\\nrecreate the wearied mind and body. The company\\nhas provided abundant transportation facilities,\\nwhich has secured a liberal patronage for the park\\nfrom Philadelphia.\\nKirkwood Marl and Fertilizing Company was or-\\nganized in January, 1879, with John Lucas, presi-\\ndent Joel P. Kirkbride, secretary and treasurer\\nGeorge M. Rogers, superintendent; John F.\\nBodine, Peter L. Voorhees and Harvey Quicksall.\\ndirectors. The company work the marl-beds near\\nKirkwood, first developed, to a considerable ex-\\ntent, by Minor Rogers, and later worked by George\\nM. Rogers, until the present management took\\ncharge of them. The marl here found is of superior\\nquality, lying about three feet below the surface of\\nthe ground, and the bed has a depth of fifteen feet.\\nEasy means of shipment are provided by track\\nfrom the railroad, which runs through the beds.\\nFor the manufacture of fertilizers suitable build-\\nings and machinery have been provided. About\\ntwelve men are employed.\\nThe discovery and use of these fertilizing agents,\\nadded to the natural richness of the soil in\\nthis locality, has made splendid farm improve-\\nments possible. Among the finest may be named\\nthe farm-buildings of Alexander Cooper, E. W.\\nCoffin, Ephraim Tomlinson, J. P. Kirkbride and\\nEsaias E. Hunt.\\nLiNDENWOLD is a projected suburban town on the\\nCamden and Atlantic Railroad, one-half a mile\\nsouth of Kirkwood. It was founded in the fall of\\n1885, and consists of two tracts of land, No. 1 bor-\\ndering on Lakeside Park, and lying on both sides\\nof the railroad. It contains ninety acres of land,\\nand was the property of John A. Ellsler. Tract No_\\n2 adjoins the above-described, and extends south-\\nward to the White Horse turnpike, having an area\\nof one hundred and forty acres, which has been\\nsurveyed into lots and placed upon the market by\\nthe Penn Guarantee Trust Association, of which\\nWiner Bedford is the secretary. The latter erected\\nthe first building in the new town, which had, in\\nMay, 1886, a number of residences in process of", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1070.jp2"}, "881": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1071.jp2"}, "882": {"fulltext": "wiA\\nii^L-tyyy^i-\\nlA^i^v tyiyiri^ yA^", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1072.jp2"}, "883": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF GLOU(M ].STEll.\\n679\\nconslruction, iiidieatiug a propemus future fur the\\nvillage.\\nThe first busiuess place was the otiice of the\\nSouth Jersey Advertiser, published here since Feb-\\nruary, 18SG. The paper was established at Cam-\\nden, January 1, 1880, by C. E. Linch, as a seveu-\\ncoluiun folio, devoted to general news. Its publi-\\ncation in that city was continued until November\\n15, 1885, when the paper became the property of\\nFrank T. Coe, who removed it to Clemeuton, where\\nit was published until its transfer by Coe to Lin-\\ndenwold. It is uow issued as a six-column quarto,\\nindependent in polities and devoted to local and\\ncounty news.\\nClementox. Clemeuton is a small village on\\nthe Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railroad, five\\nmiles east of Chews Landing. The first improve-\\nments were on the north branch of Timber Creek,\\nwhich here aSbrds a good water-power, and con-\\nsisted of small saw-mills and grist-mills. They were\\ngotten in operation about one hundred and fifty\\nyears ago by Andrew Newman, and one of the early\\nowners was William Lawrence, who built part of\\nthe house which now forms the Gibbs mansion.\\nLawrence had in his service a German redemp-\\ntionist, named Christopher Kneiser, who succeeded\\nto the ownership of the property, removing after\\na few years to Philadelphia. After his death\\nSamuel Clement and some business associates be-\\ncame the owners of the property, operating the\\nmills and also built a glass-factory some time be-\\nfore 1825, which they successfully carried on sev-\\neral years. It stood on a hill in what is now a\\npear-orchard, opposite the residence of Cyrus\\nWatson, and had an eight-pot furnace. Both hol-\\nlow and flat-ware were manufactured, and as this\\nwas one of the first factories in this jiart of the\\ncountry, it was visited by a large number of sight-\\nseers, many sleighing-parties of young people go-\\ning there from long distances. These found en-\\ntertainment in the large gambrel-roofed house on\\nan adjoining lot, which was, at that time, kept as\\nan inn.\\nA number of dwellings for the use of the\\noperatives had been built on the hill about the\\ntime the glass-works were located, some of which\\nwere removed many years ago. The ghiss-works\\nwere discontinued before 18:W, and, as the em-\\nployees moved to Gloucester County, the village\\n(which had been called Clemeuton, in compliment\\nto Samuel Clement) was left with nothing but its\\nmilling interests. After being owned by Thomas\\nEisdon, Jonathan Riley became the owner of this\\nproperty, and in the course of years sold it to\\nIsaac Tomlinson, from whose heirs T. B. Gibbs\\nand L. W. Snyder bought the mills in 1872 and\\ncontinued to operate them.\\nGu the same stream, some distance above, is the\\nlumber-mill of Seth C. Bishop, and the Laurel\\nMills, owned by Ephraim Tomlinson, both doing\\ngood service\\nEphkaim To.mlinsox is a lineul descendant of\\nJoseph Tomlinson, who came to New Jersey from\\nLondon, England, in I(J8(), and iu his native laud wjis\\na member of Horseleydown Friends Meeting.\\nWhen Joseph Tomlinson arrived iu this country he\\nwas apprenticed to Thomas Sharp to learn the trade\\nof dyeing. When he attained his majority he en-\\ntered eagerly into the political affairs of his adopted\\ncountry. He is said to have built tlie first Friends\\nMeeting-house at Newton. He was married in\\n1600. and located one hundred and seventeen acres\\nin Gloucester township, adjoining lands of Joseph\\nWood. In 1695 he was chosen sheriff of Glouces-\\nter County, and in 1(596 was appointed King s at-\\ntorney, which position he held for many years, and\\nby his ability and integrity retained the confidence\\nof his associates to his death, in 1719. His chil-\\ndren were Ephraim, Joseph, Ebenezer, Richard,\\nJohn, Othniel, William, Elizabeth, Mary and\\nAnn. Elizabeth married Bartholomew Wyatt;\\nEphraim settled near the old homestead; Joseph\\noccupied the home property John located three\\nhundred acres near Gravelly Run William moved\\nto Waterford township Othniel removed to Salem\\nCounty, and in 1753 took up his residence iu Ches-\\nter County, Pennsylvania, near Concord Meiiting-\\nhouse Ephraim, son of Ephraim, succeeded to\\nthe homestead. It next became the property of\\nBenjamin, from whom it p.assed to James, brother\\nof Ephraim Tomlinson, the subject of this sketch.\\nThe old Harding mill, owned by the present Eph-\\nraim, is now called Laurel Mills, and adjoins the\\nold homestead, situated on the north branch of\\nGreat Timber Creek. Ephraim Tomlinson, and\\nSarah, his wife, had three children, Ephraim,\\nMary and Elizabeth. He was a minister in meet-\\ning, and walked from Timber Creek farm to New-\\nton Meeting, the country being mostly timber\\nland, through which he assed to meeting.\\nEphraim, who was born August 28, 1742, settled\\non Timber Creek, and was married to Ann Olden,\\nNovember 11, 17G7. Their children were Sarah,\\nmarried to David assett; Lydia, who died youug;\\nElizabeth, who married John Inskeep Catherine,\\nwho was the wife of Robert Stiles; James, who\\ndied in infancy Joseph, who married Mary Cooper j\\nBenjamin, who married Frances Haines; Sarah\\nand Ephraim, who died young. Benjamin Tom-\\nlinson, by his marriage with Frances Haines,", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1075.jp2"}, "884": {"fulltext": "680\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nhad but one child, Ephraim Tomlinson, who has\\nbeen long identified with the business interests of\\nGloucester township. He was but a few days old\\nwhen his mother died, January 1807.\\nHe married Sarah T. Inskeep, daughter of John\\nand Elizabeth Inskeep, of Evesham, and had the\\nfollowing children: Elizabeth I., Frances H., Ann,\\ndied young; William I., Edwin, Martha H.,\\nEphraim and B. Albert.\\nEphraim Tomlinson cultivated three large farms,\\ngrazed from forty to one hundred head of cattle\\nyearly, erected and conducted three stores, a saw-\\nmill and flour-mill, the mills being remodeled by\\nhim later. One of the tracts he cleared of tim-\\nber and made of it a good farm. He erected\\ncomfortable and substantial mansions and out-\\nbuildings on all of them. He has been always\\nanxious to improve his neighborhood, and to lend\\na helping-hand to his fellow-man, and is conscien-\\ntious to be just and upright in all his dealings.\\nIn 1886, while in his eightieth year, he had\\ncleared a large tract of land which was entirely\\ncovered with timber and brush it is fast develop-\\ning into another good farm.\\nEphraim Tomlinson, in 1873, retired from his\\nmill property in Gloucester township, and has\\nsince resided in Waterford township. In ISGl he\\nwas elected a director in the State Bank of Cam-\\nden, and was one of the directors when the charter,\\nin 1865, was changed, and the institution became\\na national bank. He held the position as director\\nin 1886, when he resigned, and his son-in-law,\\nJohn Gill, was elected to fill the vacancy.\\nLike his ancestor.s, he attends the Society of\\nFriends, and, at the age of eighty years, wonder-\\nfully preserves his mental and physical vigor.\\nIn the old tavern building, long since used as a\\nprivate dwelling, Matthew Mountainy opened the\\nfirst store in the place, being succeeded by Jere-\\nmiah Seeds. The latter afterwards established a\\nstore on the ridge east from this place, where he\\ncontinues in trade.\\nAdditions to Clementon have been platted by\\nGeorge A. Baghurst and others, and a number of\\nhouses have recently been built for suburban\\nhomes by business men of Philadelphia. In the\\nnew additions are fine building sites which will be\\nimproved so as to make this a very attractive\\nplace. The first public building was the Town Hall,\\nerected in the summer of 1886 by the Clementon\\nHall Association, which was incorporated with a\\ncapital stock of two thousand dollars, June 3,\\n1886. The members of the association were Theo-\\ndore B. Gibbs, George A. Baghurst, George H.\\nHiggins, Charles Bendler, Thomas Grist, John R.\\nRowand, Joseph Lippincott, R. W. Jaggard,\\nGeorge Summerfield, Abel Battoms, Nicholas\\nBryan, George Cullum and James S. Gibbs. It is\\na two-story I rame structure, with sittings for three\\nhundred persons. In June, 1886, ClementoQ had\\ntwenty-five residences, two small stores and a post-\\noffice.\\nWatsontown is the name applied to a scattered\\nhamlet on the Berlin and White Horse turnpike,\\na mile from Clementon. The only business inter-\\nest is a small store kept by Aaron C. Watson. Near\\nthis place, on a branch of Timber Creek, is a mill\\nfor refining and pulverizing charcoal, operated by\\nwater-power, owned by John Rowand and a mile\\ndistant is a similar mill, operated by steam-power,\\nwhich is the property of Hillman Rowand.\\nBrownstown, a hamlet on a branch of the North\\nbranch of Timber Creek, is a little more than a\\nmile from Clementon. It took its name from Wil-\\nliam Brown, who had a saw-mill and carried on a\\nlumber business at that place on an extensive scale.\\nAfter the discontinuance of the mill Brownstown\\nbecame ordinary farm property.\\nDavistown is a hamlet of colored peojile, hav-\\ning no business interests, and is located a little\\neast of the centre of the township. It derived its\\nname from Solomon Davis, a venerable negro,\\nwho lived at this point many years. Through his\\nefforts, assisted by the whites in that locality, a\\nMethodist meeting-house for the use of the colored\\npeople was there built about 1850, and has since\\nbeen kept up. It is a very plain building and the\\ncongregation has no regular preacher.\\nSpring Mills is the name of a manufacturing\\nhamlet on Great Timber Creek, one and a half\\nmiles above Blackwood. The location is highly\\npicturesque and the water-power at this point is\\nnot excelled in this county. It is utilized to the\\nextent of one hundred horse-power, while the\\nvolume unemployed is fully as great. As early as\\n1810 this was the site of the Bates Wilkins saw-\\nmills, which later became the property of Jacob\\nGlover. The improvements were very meagre and\\nas late as 1836 a dense growth of tanglewood\\ncovered all but a small clearing around the mill.\\nAt that time the Indian name, Tetamekon, was\\nfrequently applied to the locality. About this\\nperiod the advantages of this site for manufactur-\\ning purposes were recognized, and, in 1836, Carr\\nLunt, of Philadelphia, purchased the property and\\nestablished what have since become widely known\\nas the Spring Mills Agricultural Works. In a few\\nyears William H. Carr became the sole owner,\\ncarrying on the works, with Stephen Bateman as\\nhis manager. He was a practical machinist, from", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1076.jp2"}, "885": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF GLOUCESTER.\\n681\\nNaugatuck, Conn., and his labors here were char-\\nacterized by the energy pecnliar to the natives of\\nthat State. His first operations were confined to\\nthe manufacture of forks and shovels, those articles\\nbeing here made complete. The lumber u.scd was\\nbrought in scows to Good Intent, which at that\\ntime had tide-water communication, and was there\\nworked into handles. The finished goods were\\ncarted to Philadelphia, where their superior\\nquality secured them a ready sale, and notwith-\\nstanding the disadvantages of location, the busi-\\nness prospered so that twenty men were employed.\\nThe first building was at the lower power, but\\nsoon after another set of buildings were put up, on\\nthe opposite side of the stream, for foundry pur-\\nposes, which were carried on under the superin-\\ntendence of Thomas Loring, of Troy, N. Y. Here\\nbutt-hinges were also made. In 1852 this build-\\ning was destroyed by fire and a part of the building\\nnow on that site was erected it its stead. In\\nOctober, 1860, Stephen Bateman became the\\nowner of the property, and on the breaking out of\\nthe war engaged in the manufacture of agricultural\\nimplements and wagons.\\nSoon after Loring established his foundry below\\nthese works, improving a small power for that\\n])urpose, where he continued some years, when\\nthe place was abandoned. In October, 1863,\\nE. S. F. Bateman assumed the business of\\ntheir father, and continued to produce the same\\nline of goods. Six years later the manufacture\\nof wagons was discontinued, and from that time\\ncultivators were made a specialty.\\nIn 1866 the Patent Metallic Company, of Phila-\\ndelphia, bought a part of the power and put up\\nbuildings for the manufacture of metallic roofing\\ncontinuing operations until 1876, when the fiictory\\nwas transferred to Philadelphia. These buildings,\\nand others more recently erected, are all occu-\\npied by the present firm of Fj. S. F. Bateman.\\nE. L. Wilson became a partner in the firm in 1883,\\nand since 1884 they have been the sole owners of\\nthe entire property. The plant embraces twenty-\\nseven acres of land, several mansions and half a\\ndozen tenements, in addition to the factory build-\\nings proper.\\nThese are arranged in three gr( uj)s, each\\nhaving its separate power, No. 1 being devoted\\nto steel-forging and wood-working machinery. No.\\n2 to polishing work and No. to iron-forging and\\ngeneral work. There are also spacious storage\\nrooms and oflices. With tlie aid of improved\\nmachinery the capacity of the works has been\\ngreatly augmented, without increasing the number\\nof workmen. In May, 1886, the employees num-\\nbered fifty, who manufactured eighteen thousand\\nIron Age Cultivators per year.\\nOn the turnpike, near the works, is the spacious\\nmercantile house of J. C. Bradshaw, erected in\\n188.5, which is, in its appointments, complete be-\\nyond the ordinary stores in small villages. Here\\nis kept the Spring Mills post-ofiice, of which J. C.\\nBradshaw has been the postmaster since its estab-\\nlishment, in 1876.\\nThe Lost Town of Upton. Upton was the\\nname given to an embryo town, founded in the latter\\npart of the seventeenth century by some of the first\\nsettlers of old (jrloucester County. It is supposed\\nthat most of them had located there temporarily only\\nafter their arrival in this country, in order to se-\\ncure the protection against Indian attacks which\\nsuch a settlement would afford, or until they could\\nlook about and select permanent homes. The\\nIndians proving peaceable and the town-site pos-\\nsessing no advantages to make it a commercial\\npoint, it was abandoned more than a hundred and\\nfifty years ago, and for a longtime its very location\\nwas involved in doubt; hence LTpton is a lost\\ntown.\\nIt was situated on the north side of the south\\nbranch of Timber Creek, near the head of tide\\nnavigation, about one and a half miles below\\nBlackwood, and derived its name from Upton,\\nin Berkshire, England, where resided Thomas\\nStaunton, the proprietor of the land. In 1687 he\\nsold it to Richard Ever, and in 1688 the latter\\ndisposed of his interests to John Ladd. The\\nsame year James Whitall bought a part of this\\ntract of land and built the first house at Up-\\nton. He made a number of improvements and\\nvery likely opened the first public-house. In\\nleO. John Hedger, Thomas Stephens and John\\nToo purchased lots, and real estate was also bought\\nin 1697 by William and Israel Ward, in 1698 by\\nThomas Bull and Edward Williams, in 1699 by\\nRichard Chew, in 1700 by John Brown, aud by\\nArthur Powell in 1701.\\nIn 1697 occurred the first wedding of the town,\\nof which any record has been preserved, and the\\ndocument is so unique that it is here produced in\\nits quaint form,\\nThe sixteenth uf Xoveiuh./r, Anno HWT. This may certify whi)m\\nit may concern that I, George Ward, of ye Towno of Upton and\\nCounty of Gloucester, and Hannah Waynwright, of Woodberry\\nCreek, have been Published according to Law, and nothing appear-\\ning contrary in any wise to hinder them, they have proceeded at a\\npublic place appointed for that purpose as followcth Y\u00c2\u00bb said George\\nsUiuding upand taking y\u00c2\u00ab said Hannah by y\u00c2\u00ab hand, saith as foUow-\\neth I, George Ward, in y\u00c2\u00b0 presence of God and this Assembly, Take\\nHannah Wayiiivright to my Wife, promising to be a loving Husband\\nuntill Death sepperato and she, y e d Hannah in like manner saith\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094I, Uauuah Waynwright, in y presence of God aud this A. ^uuibly,", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1077.jp2"}, "886": {"fulltext": "682\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\ntake George Ward to be my husband, promising to bo a loueing\\nFfaithfull Wife till Death Sepperate.\\nhor\\nHannah X Waynwright.\\nmark\\nhie\\nGeorge X Ward.\\nmark\\nThe persons present were,\\nJohn Brown. John Ashbrook.\\nIsrael Ward. Thomas Bull.\\nWilliam Ward. .Tames Whitall.\\nJohn Tatum. Samuel Taylor.\\nThomas Gibson. John Kuno.\\nIsaac Wood. Elizabeth Tatum.\\nCharles Crossthwait. Susannah Waynwright.\\nDecember y first Anno 1697, The within certificate was ordered\\nto be recoi ded by\\nTiio. GARnNF.R, Justice.\\nDecembers, 1697, Entr. E.\\\\am. and Recorded pr me,\\nJohn Readino, 7?\u00c2\u00abc.\\nTestes. John Reading.\\nIt IS likely that this George Ward was either a\\nbrother or son of one of the Wards named above,\\nand subsequently he became a land-owner himself,\\nat what is now Blackwood.\\nRichard Chew bought the Whitall property,\\nwhich was better improved than the rest, as his\\nbuildings appear to have withstood the ravages of\\ntime longer than the others erected at this place,\\nwhich, being disused, soon went to decay. In 1723\\nhe conveyed the Whitall property to his son\\nThomas, who, in 1740, had a re-survey of the land\\nmade, by means of which the location of the ob-\\nliterated town was made possible. The most of the\\nbuildings ceased to serve their purposes soon after\\n1700, the tavern building, which was also a farm-\\nhouse, being one of the last left standing. But\\neven this was abandoned after more direct lines of\\ntravel were established, becoming a deserted inn,\\nin a deserted village, not unlike the one so faithful-\\nly portrayed by Goldsmith,\\nNear yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high.\\nWhere once the sign- post caught the passing eye,\\nLow lies that house where nut-brown draughts iusinred,\\nWhere gray-beard niirth and smiling toil retired\\nWhere village statesmen talked with looks profound.\\nAnd news much older than their ale went round.\\nThe houses these villagers occupied when living\\nhave all passed away, but the resting-place of their\\ndead remains. They established a grave-yard on\\nthe hill, near by, which has been kept up to the\\npresent time and is reasonably well preserved. It\\nwas formerly called Wallan s grave-yard, but is\\nnow better known as Powell s. The descendants\\nof the Arthur Powell mentioned heretofore en-\\nlarged the ground and put the yard in good con-\\ndition. Interments are yet occasionally made by\\nfamilies whose ancestors had once resided at Up-\\nton.\\nChews Landing is on the north branch of Tim-\\nber Creek, now the head of tide-water navigation\\non that stream. By direct turnpike from Camden it\\nis distant nine miles. Though antedating the\\nRevolution, and being at one time a place of con-\\nsiderable importance as a shipping point, the place\\nhas never grownbeyond the proportions of a strag-\\ngling village. There are two churches, several\\nstores and about thirty dwellings. The name of\\nthe place was derived from Jeremiah Chew, who\\nwas a descendant of the Thomas Chew living at\\nUpton. He made some of the first improvenaents,\\nincluding a wharf, or landing, for the flat-boats\\nplying between this point and Philadelphia, and\\nopened the first tavern. A part of this house is\\nstill standing on the hill, which is also one of the\\noriginal buildings Before the Revolution, Aaron\\nChew, the only son of.Jeremiah, became the owner of\\nthe former building. It was kept as a tavern, in\\n1780, by John Hedger, and John Lewis had charge\\nof the landing.\\nAn Incident of the Revolution. A few years be-\\nfore this it was the scene of a stirring incident.\\nAaron Chew and a number of his neighbors had\\nespoused the patriot cause, and, being in the\\nneighborhood of their homes, made a visit to their\\nfriends. Their presence Avas reported to the British\\nwho dispatched a party of dragoons to capture\\nthem. They surrounded the tavern, where Aaron\\nChew and some of his companions were, firing a\\nnumber of bullets into the building, some of which\\nare yet imbedded in the cedar logs, of which its\\nwalls are constructed. The inmates took refuge\\nin the cellar of the house, and, thinking they had\\na favorable opportunity to escape, Aaron Chew and\\nJosiah Albertson attempted to run across a small\\nfield into the woods, but were seized as they were\\npassing over the fence. The latter eluded his cap-\\ntors, but Chew was taken to New York and was\\nconfined as a prisoner on Long Island. In 1780\\nhe was at New Lott, on parole, but being a high-\\nspirited man and chafing under the restraint those\\nin charge placed upon him, resented some of the\\nindignities to which he was subjected. This caused\\nhim to be reported to the commandant, who wrote\\nhim the following letter:\\nHir\\nNew York, August \\\\b, 1780.\\nComplaint is brought against you from your Landlord, that you\\nhave abused him and his wife. I hope you will be careful to con-\\nduct yourself in such a manner as becomes a prisoner, and that you\\nwill not give your Landlord any further cause of calling at this\\noffice to remonstrate against you, -which will prevent any further\\ntrouble.\\nI am, sir, your humble servant,\\nJohn Winslow, IX Com. Prisoners.\\nLieut, .\\\\aron Chew. Prisoner on parcle at New Lott, L-:ng\\nIsland.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1078.jp2"}, "887": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF GLOUCESTER.\\n683\\nNot long after, Chew was allowed to return\\nhome, in good health, and survived the war a num-\\nber of j ears. But he was always outspoken iu his\\nhostility towards the British and rejoiced that he\\ncould live to see his country independent and\\nprosperous. He died in 1805 at the age of fifty-\\nfour years and is interred in St. John s burial-\\nground.\\nHis son Aaron was the father of Samuel P.\\nChew, who was born in this village August 19,\\n1816. He was carefully educated, studied law, but\\nadopted surveying as his profession. On account\\nof his poor health his work was confined princi-\\npally to his own neighborliood, where it gave good\\nsatisfaction, as he was careful and methodical.\\nHis delicate constitution predisposed him to con-\\nsumption, which ended his life October 13, 1875.\\nAs he had no sous, he was the hist male member\\nof the Chew family in this part of the county.\\nHannah, a daughter of Lieutenant Aaron Chew,\\nthe Revolutionary soldier, was married to George\\nHand, of Wilmington, Del., but becoming a wid-\\now, had for her second husband John Clement, of\\nHaddonfield.\\nThe elder Chews were in business at Chews\\nLanding, and had, as early neighbors and business\\ncontemporaries, Christopher Sickler and family.\\nHe lived at the upper bridge, where his son Chris-\\ntopher was born iu 1774. After attaining man-\\nhood the latter built the house now at that place\\nand also conducted a store there for some time.\\nOf his sons, John R., born September 20, 1800,\\nbecame a physician and later the editor of a Cam-\\nden paper. Jazer and Joshua, his brothers, engaged\\nin business at Chews Landing. The latter began\\nmerchandising near the centre of the village in\\n1839, selling out to Jazer Sickler and began hotel-\\nkeeping near by. This public-house is still con-\\ntinued, but the old Chew tavern was converted into\\na residence about forty years ago.\\nIn 1855, Joshua Sickler opened another store\\nand was appointed postmaster, continuing in busi-\\nness until 1882, when his son, Edward P., succeed-\\ned him, being the present postmaster.\\nNear the old Chew tavern the North family has\\nbeen engaged in merchandising the past fifty years,\\nJohn North, Sr., being the postmaster from 1872\\nuntil his death in 1885.\\nChews Landing lost its importance as a shipping\\npoint after the country was cleared up and there\\nwas no longer any wood or lumber for market, but\\nan occasional barge still lands here, loaded with coal\\nor manure from Philadelphia. The fdling up of\\nthe stream has lessened the flow of the tide, which\\nis now no more than four feet at the highest. Be-\\nfore the building of the Camden and Atlantic\\nRailroad all the eastern sei tion of the township\\nand much of Waterfbrd shipped their heavy pro-\\nduce from the Landing. Several wharves were\\nmaintained, and in addition to this shipping inter-\\nest, boat-building was carried on, principally by\\nJohn North, Joseph Wolohon and Edmund\\nBrewer. The latter built a boat of about three\\nhundi ed tons capacity for Samuel Merrill, all the\\nwork being done here except the rigging, which\\nwas fitted up at Philadelphia. Usually the capac-\\nity was from fifty to sixty tons and there was but\\none small mast. No boats have lately been built,\\nand when this interest was discontinued many in-\\nhabitants removed and Chews Landing thenceforth\\nbecame an ordinary country trading point.\\nThe Village of Blackwood, the oldest and\\nlargest village in the township, is delightfully sit-\\nuated on the main branch of Timber reek, eleven\\nmiles southeast from Camden and six miles north-\\neast from Woodbury, being connected with both\\nplaces by good turnpikes. It contains half a doz-\\nen business places, Presbyterian, Baptist and\\nMethodist Churches, a good graded school and a\\nnumber of neat residences. The village proper\\nhas about three hundred inhabitants. Including\\nthe hamlets of Mechanicsville and Good Intent,\\nwhich are iu the immediate locality, the popula-\\ntion is considerably increased.\\nEarly Settlers. At ihe latter place, which is\\npartly in Gloucester County, the first improve-\\nments of a business nature were made. In 1701\\n(icorge Ward, of the town of Upton, bought a\\ntract of two hundred and fifty acres of land of\\nThomas Bull, of the same place, and soon after\\nimproved the water-power, which was on this\\nland, by erecting small mills at what is now Good\\nIntent, the buildings being just below the present\\nbridge. On the 10th of July, 1705, George Ward\\nconveyed to John Royton two acres of the above\\ntract, together with one-half of the grist-mill and\\nthe fulling-mill also one-half of the stream and\\nbank-race belonging to said mills, and the houses,\\nbuildings, press, coppers and the other utensils\\nproper and necessary to be used for carrying on\\nthe said works of grinding, fulling, dyeing and\\npressing. On the 18th of April, 1741, George\\nWard sold ninety-five acres of the aforesaid tract\\nof land to John Blackwood, and on the 24th of\\nthe same month, in 1752, Blackwood bought one\\nhundred acres more, which included what is now\\nthe site of the village, which was known many\\nyears as Blackwoodtown. It is probable that\\nBlackwood settled here about the date of the first\\npurchase, for in 1750 he was the chief supporter", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1079.jp2"}, "888": {"fulltext": "684\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nof and contributor to the building of the Presby-\\nterian Church ou part of his lands.\\nMeantime, Charles Read had become the owner\\nof the old Ward mills, having purchased the same\\nat sheriff s sale. In 1759 he conveyed them to\\nJohn Blackwood, and some years afterward his son\\nJames became the owner of at least part of the\\nproperty. Thomas Wharton subsequently owned\\nthe mills and other changes of ownership took\\nplace. In 1800 they were called Kay s Mills, and\\nbefore 1820 the fulling-mill had been abandoned,\\nthe only improvements being a small saw and\\ngrist-mill.\\nIndustrial Establishments. About this\\ntime Garrett Newkirk, of Philadelphia, became\\nthe owner of the property, and in 1829 erected the\\nfirst Good Intent cloth-mill, which was gotten in\\noperation the following year. Jonas Livermore\\nwas placed in charge of the weaving department\\nand also started the first circular-saw mill a year\\nor so later. The factory building was three stories\\nhigh, forty by sixty feet, and the mill was operated\\nupon satinets. Some time before 1840 it was de-\\nstroyed by fire, but was at once rebuilt in much\\nthe same form as at first. About eight years later it\\nwas again burned down, when, after a brief per-\\niod, it was erected in the form that it now appears.\\nThe main building is sixty by one hundred and\\ntwenty feet, one story high, and is a stone struc-\\nture. The finishing-house is thirty by one hun-\\ndred feet and two stories high.\\nThe plant also embraces a flouring mill and\\ntwenty-two tenements. The property is owned by\\na company in which Jonas Livermore has a one-\\nfourth interest, his associates living outside of the\\ncounty.\\nSince the war of 1861-65 the works have been\\noperated, under leases, by a number of parties, in\\nthe manufacture of woolen goods, oil-cloths and\\nlast upon horse-blankets. All but the grist-mill\\nhave been inoperative the past few years, and, in\\nconsequence, many of the former employees have\\nremoved, and the place has lost its busy aspect.\\nOld Hotels At the centre of the village of\\nBlackwood, opposite the grave-yard, is the oldest\\nbuilding in the place, which has, since its erection\\nbefore the Revolution, been used as a public-house.\\nIn 1790, Samuel Blackwood .sold it to Samuel\\nCheeseman and nine years after, the latter con-\\nveyed it to Robert Chew. At this time John\\nSharp, Richard Cheeseman, Samuel Strong and\\nJohn Morgan appear to have been the owners of\\nthe contiguous property, embracing, in the main,\\nthe village as it then was. Richard Tice, David\\nEldridge, John Jones, John Wilkins and David\\nMorgan were successive landlords before 1831,\\nwhen Edward Middleton took charge of the place.\\nHis son-in-law, Uriah Norcross, then established a\\nline of daily stages to Camden, since which period\\nthe village has had a slow and uneventful growth,\\nbut each year making a little advancement.\\nNorcross Stage Lines. The stage lines estab-\\nlished by Norcross were not confined to the county.\\nHe had a line from Philadelphia to Cape May, and\\ninterests in lines to the south, the east and the\\nwest. Having his headcjuarters at Blackwood, it\\nwas, in consequence a busy place, as he had large\\nstables of horses, numbering at times more than\\nthirty. In the course of years an opposition line\\nwas established, from the village to Camden,\\nwhich the old driver regarded as an encroachment\\nupon his rights, and determined to reseat at any\\ncost. The fai e was i-educed to a merely nominal\\nsum, runners were employed to solicit patronage\\nand the stages once started, reckless driving was\\nindulged in. It was no unusual thing for Nor-\\ncross to fasten a large brush, formed out of the\\nbranches of cedar trees, to the rear of one of his\\nvehicles, and then dash ahead of his rival, giving\\nhim the full benefit of all the dust, and often en-\\nabling the indomitable Jehu to come in first at\\nthe finish. Collisions were frequent, and, in con-\\nsequence, many cases of litigation ensued, which\\ncaused some diversion in the courts of that day.\\nA well-equipped line of stages to Camden is still\\nmaintained, and a daily line is also run to Wood-\\nbury. Some of the Middletons returned to Phila-\\ndelphia, where Edward P. Middleton amassed great\\nwealth. He died, April 1, 1869, and was buried\\nat Blackwood, where a very elegant and costly\\nmonument was erected to his memory, and a mar-\\nble tomb placed over his grave.\\nIn 1845 George Cheeseman built a brick house,\\nin the southern part of the village, which was kept\\nsome years by him and Charles Sharp as a temper-\\nance hotel. In 1852 it was converted into a board-\\ning school, which was successfully carried on by\\nProfessors Hinds, Stratton, Bugbee and Hamilton,\\neach having the principalship several years. The\\nattendance was usually good and embraced among\\nthe students several young men from Cuba. In\\n1872 a public school was kept there a short time,\\nwhen the house was remodeled, and is now the\\nresidence of Richard Stevenson.\\nStores. Opposite the old tavern is an old store\\nstanding, where a number of persons have been\\nengaged in trade, including Arthur Brown, Edward\\nTurner, Richard and Joseph Williams and Joseph\\nand Josiah Wood. David Lamb opened another\\nstore which was destroyed by fire. A third store", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1080.jp2"}, "889": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF GLOUCESTER.\\n685\\nwas opened by Arthui- Brown, near the present\\nSamuel Hagerman stand. Tlie latter is a larire,\\nnew store, well appointed and fully stocked. A\\nfourth store was opened by Thomas Ashburner,\\nin the building which had been erected as ahall by\\nthe Sons of Temperance, where Edgar J. Coles is at\\npresent in trade.\\nA complete list of the physicians who practiced\\nat Chews Landing and Blackwood may be found\\nin the general medical chapter. At Blackwood,\\nDoctor Henry E. Branin has been a physician of\\nsuccessful and extensive practice since 1858, hav-\\ning as his contemporary, at this time. Doctor\\nJoseph E. Huoff.\\nMechanicsville is on the Camden turnpike,\\na mile from Blackwood, and contains fifteen houses.\\nThere were formerly several small stores, and a few\\nmechanic shops are yet maintained, from which\\ncircumstance the hamlet took its name. Its situa-\\ntion between Blackwood and Chews Landing is\\nunfavorable to its becoming a business point.\\nchurches.\\nThe Presbyterian Church at Blackwood.\\nThe early history of the Presbyterian congrega-\\ntion of this village is somewhat obscure, but\\njudging I rom a minute in the records of the\\nPresbytery of New Brunswick, at its session held\\nin Philadelphia, November 7, 1750, it must have\\nbeen in existence at that date, as a call was then\\nextended to Benjamin Chestnut to become the\\npastor, in connection with the congregations at\\nPenn s Neck and Woodbury. He had been received\\nby the Presbytery the preceding year and was the\\nfirst minister whose pastoral connection with these\\nchurches is recorded. But there are no means to\\ndetermine who composed the Congregation at the\\nhead of Timber Creek, nor is it known where the\\nfirst meetings were held. On the 22d of May,\\n1751, Mr. Chestnut formally accepted the call which\\nbad been extended to him, and, on the 3d of July,\\nthe same year, was ordained to the ministry.\\nIn the mean time the people of this place felt the\\nnecessity of having a house of worship and pro-\\nposed to use their joint endeavors to erect a house\\nor Presbyterian Church for public worship in some\\nconvenient place, and accordingly obtained from\\nJohn Blackwood, October 18, 1751, one month\\nafter Mr. Chestnut s ordination, one acre of land,\\nupon which to build the house, this acre being a\\npart of the present burial-ground. Mr. Blackwood\\nbeing a Scotchman and a stanch Presbyterian,\\nwas foremost in this good work, lie gave the\\npeople the lot for a merely nominal consideration,\\nCompiled from sketcbes by Eev. F. K. Brace and Dr. Everitt.\\ntwo shillings and sixpence, anil undertook the work\\nof building the church. The trustees were Michael\\nFisher, Esq., Joseph lledger, Peter Cheesman,\\nJohn McColloch, Lazarus Pine and Henry Thorne.\\nThe people subscribed toward the enterprise, but\\nsome were slow to pay their subscriptions (a fault\\nnot confined to tliose early days), as we learn from\\nthe records of Presbytery that Mr. John Black-\\nwood, of the congregation of Timber Creek, rejire-\\nscnted to the Presbytery, May 12, 1756, nearly\\nfive years afterward, that being employed by the\\nsaid congregation to carry on the work of building\\ntheir meeting-house, he has suffered mucli in his\\nworldly interest by the refusal of many persons to\\npay their subscriptions for that purpose, and having\\nno way to be relieved in that case, requested the\\nassistance of the Presbytery. Presbytery therefore\\nrecommended to the congregation of Timber Creek\\nto consider Mr. Blackwood s case, and by their\\nsubscriptions, or otherwise, to help make up his\\nloss according to their ability, and especially as\\nsaid meeting-house is for the public use of the\\nsociety, and erected at their desire; and the Pres-\\nbytery does appoint Mr. Lawrence to preach there\\non Thursday next and endeavor to inculcate the\\nsame.\\nThis action of the Presbytery, in appointing Mr.\\nLawrence to preach, was made necessary on ac-\\ncount of Mr. Chestnut s leaving the congregation,\\nin 1753. Soon after he began his ministry here\\ntrouble arose between him and .some of the mem-\\nbers, which caused the Presbytery to dismiss him,\\nat his request. May 17, 1753. He continued to\\nsupply the congregation a few months after this,\\nbut, in November 1753, removed to New Prov-\\nidence, where he remained a period of fourteen\\nyears.\\nDuring this time the congregations were supplied\\nwith preaching a few Sabbaths each year by Mes-\\nsrs. Greenman, Lawrence, Hunter, Marten, Ram-\\nsey, Beatty, Williams and John Brainerd. In Oc-\\ntober, 1766, an unsuccessful effort was made to se-\\ncure the latter as pastor, and the following year\\nBenjamin Chestnut moved to Blackwood and be-\\ngan supplying the pulpits of that church and those\\nof Long-a-Coming and Woodbury. A few years\\nlater a difllculty arose with the congregation at\\nWoodbury on account of the congregations not\\nhaving separate church organizations, which be-\\ncame a matter of consideration for the Presbytery,\\nNovember 7, 1769, on the petitiouof the following\\nthirty-three members of the congregation at Tim-\\nber Creek Lazarus Pine, Peter Cheesman, Samuel\\nPerce, Kandal Morgan, Isaac Flaningam, David\\nMorgan, Richard Cheesman, Richard Cheesman,", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1081.jp2"}, "890": {"fulltext": "686\\nHISTORY OF CAMDP:N COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nJr., John Walling, Uriah Cheesman, Christopher\\nSickler, John Hedger, Jonathan Wilkins, Peter\\nString, Richard Chessman, younger, Richard\\nSmallwood, Israel Williams, John Williams, Rob-\\nert Maft at, William Jolly, Randal Marshall, Thom-\\nas Nightingale, Patrick Flaningara, Isaac Dilkes,\\nGeorge Morgan, Abraham Morgan, Benjamin\\nBrown, John Rodgers, James Perce, William\\nPerce, Jacob Burch, Samuel Wild and William\\nKidd.\\nIn answer to which, Presbytery could only say\\nthat as there were no commissioners from Wood-\\nbury, and the minutes of the committee appointed\\nto settle the matter were not present, they would\\ndefer it to their next meeting. The whole diff er-\\n-encewas afterwards amicably adjusted by the two\\ncongregations on the following basis\\n1st. That the congregations at the head of\\nTimber Creek and Woodbury be considered as\\nseparate congregations under the pastoral care of\\none minister.\\n2d. That Timber Creek and Woodbury, though\\nseparate congregations, have but one session.\\n3d. That each congregation choose their own\\nofficers and keep separate subscriptions, and have\\nequal service of the ministerial labors of their\\nminister.\\n4th. That the parsonage entirely belong to\\nthe congregation at the head of Timber Creek, and\\nwhat money Woodbury people have given or may\\ngive towards the parsonage land or building a\\nhouse thereon, shall be repaid by the Timber\\nCreek people again when Woodbury people shall\\npurchase a parsonage or build a house.\\nThis was in November, 1770.\\nThe parsonage property was sold by David\\nMorgan to Michael Fisher, Esq., David Roe, Laz-\\narus Pine, Peter Cheesman, Randal W. Morgan,\\nSamuel Blackwood and Abraham Roe, October 18,\\n17G5, for the sum of one hundred and sixty-five\\npounds proclamation money, under this trust and\\nconfidence, that these men shall and will from\\ntime to time, and at all times hereafter, permit and\\nsutler the Ministers aud Elders of the Presbyterian\\nChurch of Timber Creek, to receive and take the\\nrents, issues and profits of the said estate, to and\\nfor the use, support and maintenance of such min-\\nister, who shall be duly approved of and appointed\\nby the First Presbytery of Philadelphia aud also\\nto sell and convey the same.\\nMr. Chestnut lived in the parsonage until his\\ndeath, July 21, 1775, when he was interred in the\\ngrave-yard connected with the church. In 1851\\nthe congregation at Blackwood erected a plain\\ntomb-stone over his grave, which has since mark-\\ned his resting-place. His later labors were more\\nsuccessful than the first, and it is said that the whole\\nregion was under Presbyterian influence.\\nAfter Mr. Chestnut s death, dark days of adver-\\nsity overtook the church. Most of the male mem-\\nbers left their homes to engage in the patriotic\\nstruggle of the Revolution, aud no doubt many of\\nthem laid dowu their lives in defense of the glor-\\nious principles of liberty for which the people\\nfought.\\nDr. Everitt writes In 1776 John Brainerd\\npreached on the text Blessed be the Lord, my\\nstrength, which teacheth my hands to war and my\\nfingers to fight! He appealed to the people to\\nenlist and fight for their country. His congrega-\\ntion was deeply impressed. Tears flowed freely.\\nStout hearts and strong wills that day resolved to\\njoin the American army. Randal Morgan and\\nhis two sons, Lazarus Pine and his sons, John\\nHedger, David Morgan, Richard Cheeseman and\\nhis son all served in the war, and others no doubt\\nenlisted.\\nThe ministers who occasionally supplied the\\nchurch from 1775 to 1786 were Messrs. Grier, Ea-\\nkin, Hunter, Greenman, Duffield and Dr. Sproat,\\ngiving the jieople two or three services on Sab-\\nbaths between the semi-annual sessions of Pres-\\nbytery and this was all that could be furnished\\nto keep alive the congregation in this place.\\nBy the end of the war there was a sad decline in\\nthe church. Lazarus Pine, of all the leading men,\\nwas alone left to look after its interests. No new\\nmembers had been received and the church build-\\ning had become dilapidated. The old church was\\nwithout windows and doors and served as a plaj\\nbouse for boys by day and a stable for sheep at\\nnight. The tavern on the opposite corner fur-\\nnished, at times, a drunken rabble that held fiend-\\nish orgies about the holy ground, and the burial-\\nplace of our fathers was rooted over by swine and\\npastured over by di-overs herds. The communi-\\nty had sunken to a very low depth of degradation,\\nand drunkenness, rioting, profanity and debasing\\nsports abounded. As an instance of the state of\\nthe morals at that time, it is said that a sleighing\\nparty was holding a midnight dance at a tavern in\\nthe neighborhood, when one of their number fell\\ndown dead. His comrades stopped their revels\\nonly long enough to remove the corpse to the side\\nof the room and cover it up with a blanket, and\\nthen went on with their carousals.\\nMr. Hunter, who also served as a chaplain in\\nthe Continental arrhy, preached at Blackwood\\nmore frequently than any other supply, continuing\\nuntil 1797, when he removed from this part of the", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1082.jp2"}, "891": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF GLOUCKSTER\\n687\\nState. In the spring of 1799, Thomas Pieton\\nwas called by the foregoing congregations, and\\nwas ordained to the ministry June 13th of that\\nyear. On the 4th of June, 1801, a meeting of the\\nsession of elders was held at Blackwoodtown (the\\nrecords for the first time calling the church by that\\nname), and church work was .again practically\\nbegun. Charles Ogden w.as present as the ruling\\nElder, having been ordained to that office Novem-\\nber 20, 1799, He served in that capacity until his\\ndeath, in 1824. On the 12th of September, that\\nyear, Henry Roe and William Tatum were or-\\ndained elders, the former only serving any length\\nof time.\\nMr. Pieton labored in this field until 1804, when,\\non account of inadequate support, he requested the\\nPresbytery to release him from his charge. The\\ncongregation was cited to show cause why this\\nshould not be done, and on November 12th, at an\\nadjourned meeting, the commissioners of the united\\ncongregations declared that they were not able to\\ngive Mr. Piclon the support he deserved, and so\\nwere obliged to acquiesce, though with regret, to\\nthe dissolution whereupon the relation was dis-\\nsolved.\\nWhen Mr. Pieton came among this people the\\nold church was in a dilapidated condition. The\\nfloor was nearly all gone, the door ofl ils hinges\\nand most of the windows out. The seats were\\nslabs placed upon blocks of wood. At recess the\\nchildren of the school collected in the rickety\\nbuilding to play. In 1801 a new church was built\\na little in the rear of the present one, which stood\\nuntil 1848 a very commodious little church,\\nwhere much good service was done for thecauseof\\nreligion.\\nFor four years the church was dependent on\\nsupplies. Rev. Nathaniel Todd becoming the next\\npastor, in 1808, continuing until 1815. For several\\nyears there was no preaching, and in 1821 the only\\ncommunicants appear to have been Samuel Pierce,\\nJohn Goddard and Margaret Goddard, besides\\nElder Ogden. In this period the pulpit was sup-\\nplied by William Rafferty, Ira Ingruham and\\nJoseph H. Jones. The latter had a sucoesslul\\nministry, increasing the members to nine by the\\nend of 1824. The following year Rev. Sylvester\\nScovel took charge of the church and remained a\\nlittle more than three years. He was not installed\\npastor, but acted as stated supply. During his\\nministry twelve were added to the church. In\\n1828, May 3d, Major Peter Cheesman was ordained\\nelder over this church, thus giving it a separate or-\\nganization from Woodbury, and better preparing\\nit for its great work. Two mcmliers died during\\n83\\nMr. Scovel s ministry, one was dismissed to a sister\\nchurch and one wassuspeudeil from the communion.\\nIt may be interesting to know the names of the\\nmembers of the church received before and during\\nMr. Scovel s ministry. They were Samuel Pierce,\\nJohn Goddard, Margaret Goddard, Martha Pierce,\\nElizabeth Dotterer, Rebecca Chew, Sarah Pierce,\\nEleanor Morgan, Rebecca Pierce, Peter Cheesman,\\nSarah Cheesman, Sarah Ann Cheesman, Margaret\\nPierce, Amy Jaggard, Beulah Elkintoh Wilkins,\\nSophia Charles, Elizabeth Morgan, Matilda Ash-\\nton Jaggard, Hannah Zane, Cynthia Ann Jaggard,\\nSarah Ann Marshall.\\nMr. Scovel left September 1, 1828, and for a lit-\\ntle more than a year the pulpit was supplied, when\\nCharles Williamson began a pastorate w hicli con-\\ntinued seven years, when it was terminated on ac-\\ncount of inadequate support.\\nMr. Randal W. Morgan was elected and ordained\\nelder August 10, 1834, and served the church\\nfourteen years, when he passed to his reward.\\nJune 18, 1837, Rev. S. D. Blythe received a call\\nfrom the united churches at a salary of eight hun-\\ndred dollars, five hundred dollars from Woodbury\\nand three hundred from Blackwoodtown. He com-\\nmenced his labors July 4th of that year. Besides\\npreaching regularly on the Sabbath, he taught\\nschool during the week, until he failed in health,\\nand was obliged to give up teaching. In 1842,\\nJuly 6th, he requested his congregation to unite with\\nhim in seeking a dissolution ot the pastoral rela-\\ntion, but they were unwilling to part with him, and\\nhe remained until his death, June 23, 1843. His\\nlabors were greatly blessed, and were the means of\\nestablishing firmly the church in this community.\\nThirty-four members were received by him, fifteen\\nof whom are still with the church. The first year\\nof his ministry Sanuiel Coles and Jonas Liver-\\nmore were elected and ordained elders, October,\\n1837. Mr. Coles served the church nearly si.\\\\-\\nteen years, up to the time of his death.\\nIn September, 1839, the total membership of the\\nchurch was fifty-three. As the membership in-\\ncreased in numbers, they began to think of the\\npropriety of having a minister who should give all\\nhis time to this field. The interests of the con-\\ngregation seemed to them to require it and\\nalthough not strong in numbers, or in pecuni-\\nary ability, they finally determined to undertake\\nthe work of supporting a minister who should de-\\nvole himself to this particular field. In the spring\\nof 1843 they secured the services of Rev. John\\nBurtt, who continued as their minister until the\\nspring of 1859,^ sixteen years, when, on account\\nof failing health, he requested the consent of session", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1083.jp2"}, "892": {"fulltext": "688\\nHISTOllY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nto his resignation of his relation as stated supply.\\nHis resignation was accepted. During his ministry\\nthere were received into the membership of the\\nchurch seventy per.-^ons, of whom twenty-eight are\\nstill members. The others, with the exception of\\none, have died or been dismissed to other churches.\\nMr. Burtt did good work for the cause here, by his\\nclear, forcible and solid preaching. He gave\\nstrength and permanency to the work that had\\nalready been begun, and when he left it, it was in\\na fit condition for the rapid growth and prosperity\\nthat took place under his youthful and zealous\\nsuccessor, Eev. B. S. Everitt. In 1848 Mr. Burtt\\nsignified to the session his desire to leave, but after\\ndue consideration it was thought best that, pro-\\nvided the church should proceed to the erection of\\na new edifice for public worship, he should continue\\nhis labors, and so he agreed to postpone the sub-\\nject. The work was soon commenced, and the\\nchurch now in use was erected.\\nThe people built for his u-e the present com-\\nmodious parsonage.\\nWilliam Stevenson was elected and ordained\\nelder June 18, 1848 Samuel Eckel and Charles\\nStevenson, March 27, 1852. Mr. Eckel died after\\na short service of two years. Randal E. Mor-\\ngan was ordained March 26, 1854.\\nRev. B. S. Everitt became pastor of this church\\nin June, 1859, and remained until May, 1864, five\\nvears. His ministry was very successful indeed,\\none hundred and four members having been added\\nto the church, of whom fifty four are still members.\\nThe church building became too small for the\\nworshippers, and it was determined either to en-\\nlarge or build a new house of worship. It was\\nfinally resolved to enlarge, and about fourteen feet\\nwere added to the building, making it its present\\nsize. This was done in 1861.\\nIn 1861 D. E. Marshall and C. E. Piersoii were\\nelected ruling elders.\\nAfter Mr. Everitt s departure. Rev. Charles Wood\\nwas called, August 16, 1864. During his minis-\\ntry twenty-two were received, of whom sixteen still\\nremain. Mr. Wood labored very earnestly and zeal-\\nously. During his and Mr. Everitt s and Mr.\\nBurtt s pastorates the Sunday-school was in a very\\nflourishing condition.\\nIn February, 1867, Mr. Wood s pastorate was\\nclosed, and in March, the same year, the present\\npastor, the Rev. F. B. Brace, began a successful\\nministry, which has been continuous to this period.\\nIn 1876 Richard B. Stevenson and Samuel N.\\nChase were added to the session of ruling elders.\\nIn 1880 a lecture-room, twenty-four by forty-eight\\nfeet, was built in the roar of the i-hapcl, :ui(l, in\\n1885, the church was renovated at an expense of\\none thousand dollars. In 1886 there were one hun-\\ndred and sixty-five members, and the moneys raised\\nfor all purposes amounted to about one thousand\\nsix hundred dollars peryear. The church proper-\\nty was in good condition and was in charge of\\nTrustees Jonas Livermore, Richard B. Stephen-\\nson, Samuel N. Chase, Joseph M. Coles, Ellison\\nTurner, Wni. P. Wilcox and Frank Bateman.\\nIn the grave-yard the interment of the following\\naged persons was noted\\nLazarus Pine, died 17i)6, aged eighty years.\\nJonatlian Pine, died 1876, aged eighty-six years.\\nJames Pine, died 18C3. aged eighty-two years.\\nAnn Pine, died 1872, aged eighty-six years.\\nJonathan Williams, died 1848, aged seventy-two years.\\nGerhard Wood, died 1879, aged eighty-three years.\\nMary Leek, died 18GC, aged eighty years.\\nJoseph Smallwood, di-d 1870, aged seventy-four years.\\nDiademia Smallwood, aged 1872, aged seventy-three years.\\nIsaac S. Collins, died 1840, aged sixty-six years.\\nRohert Jaggard, died 1844, aged forty-six years.\\nCharles Wilkins died 1836, aged thirty-eight years.\\nSt. John s Protestant Eplscopal Church,\\nat Chews Landing, was founded in 1789. Prior to\\nthe organization of the parish, that year, the bap-\\ntism of several children, by Episcopal clergymen,\\nis recorded, indicating that meetings may have\\nbeen held in this locality some time previous to\\nthe formation of the church. On the 6th of Sep-\\ntember, 1789, Rev. Levi Heath commenced to\\nhold services regularly, and gathered together the\\nadherents of the Episcopal faith, who organized\\nthemselves as a parish of the, Protestant Episcopal\\nChurch on the 14lh day of November, 1789. There\\nbeing no church building in which to worship,\\nmeasures were taken at this meeting to secure\\nfunds to build a church, and a subscription list\\nwas circulated, which was headed by Aaron Chew\\nand Joseph Hall Fleming. After these names\\nmany others followed, some of the surnames being\\nstill borne in the southern part of the county.\\nAfter matters had somewhat progressed, and a\\ndeficiency of means to complete the church had\\nbeen discovered, another list was prepared, which\\nAaron Chew took to Philadelphia, October 1, 1791,\\nwhere he received material encouragement from\\nmany of the citizens, which enabled the parish to\\ncomplete its church.\\nThe determination to build this church was\\nmade at a meeting held December 12, 1789, when\\nit was resolved to build on the one acre of land\\nthat was given by Isaac Jones, of the city of Phil-\\nadelphia, executor to the estate of Samuel Weth-\\nerill, late of the city of Burlington, deceased,\\nbounded by the lands of Aaron Chew, the said\\n1 Kroni data (-olU iled hy the lii V, Willilini Matthias.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1084.jp2"}, "893": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF GLOUCESTER.\\nIsaac Jones and the Landinj: rciad f nun Long-a-\\nComiiig to Cliews Landing. Anotlior minute in\\nthe records follows,\\nGloucester townsliip, .\\\\ugu3t li, 1700. The Protestant Episco-\\npal Church, foriuerly known by the name of tile Church of Eng-\\nland, was raised this day, near tht? head of Timber Creek, in said\\ntownship, and was named by some of the contributors present\\nSaint John s Church, after our Lord s beloved disciple, Saint John.\\nThe church was a frame building, having the\\ngeneral appearance of a two-story dwelling-house,\\nand stood in the burial-ground which was opened\\non the aforesaid acre of land. It was small and\\nplain, but compared favorably with the other\\nbuildings in the neighborhood.\\nOn the same day the church was raised the first\\ntrustees were elected, whose names were John\\nHider, Richard Cheeseman, John Thorn, Joseph\\nHall Fleming, John Marshall, Sr., Ephraim\\nCheeseman and Jacob Phifler. But it was deter-\\nmined, May 1, 1791, to discontinue this board of\\ntrustees, and elect in their stead two wardens and\\ntwelve vestrymen. Accordingly were chosen Jo-\\nseph Hall Fleming and Ephraim Cheeseman as\\nwardens John Hider, Joseph Hugg, Kichard\\nCheeseman, John Marshall, Jacob I hifier, Adam\\nBatt, John Sanders, John Thorn, Samuel Harri-\\nson, Jr., Jacob Siokler, George Ott and Jacob\\nGriffith as vestrymen.\\nThe number of the vestrymen, exclusive of the\\nwardens, was reduced to seven the following year,\\nand, in 1795, no election seems to have taken\\nplace at all, Aaron Chew being appointed to\\nkeep the records. In the fall of 1799 two war-\\ndens and seven vestrymen were again chosen,\\nwhose election appears to have been the last\\nuntil March 31, 1826, when a vestry of five mem-\\nbers was chosen. Now occurred elections at ir-\\nregular intervals, and, on the 28th of June, 1847,\\nEev. Hiram R. Harrold, at that time the minister\\nof the parish, writes, The minutes of several an-\\nnual meetings not having been recorded at the\\ntime, they were mislaid and cannot be found this\\naccounts for the interruption of the records.\\nThe latest of these elections, held April 27,\\n1856, was, it seems, the last one the parish had.\\nThose chosen on this occasion were Josiah B.\\nSicklerand Jacob S. Bendler as wardens; and Jo-\\nseph J. Smallwood, Joshua Sickler, Edmond\\nBrewer, Samuel I Chew and Joseph Powell as\\nvestrymen. For a long period, dating back from\\nthe pre.sent time (1886), the parish has practically\\nhad no vestry.\\nThe first minister of the church was Rev. Levi\\nHeath, who served from September 6, 1789, to\\nJune 29, 1 791. The ])arish appears to have been\\nwithout a rector until April, 182 when Uev.\\nRobert Hall ministered here for one year.\\nAfter an interval of six years Rev. Simon Wil-\\nmer began his labors in this parish, working in a\\nzealous manner for the promotion of the cause of\\nChrist, continuing until September 22, 1834.\\nFrom January, 1835, to February 22, 183(!, Rev.\\nJohn Jones served the parish.\\nOn the 28th of February, 1836, Rev. Hiram R.\\nHarrold became the rector, and continued that\\nrelation until 1850. After this no stated services\\nwere held for a period of ten years, the church be-\\ning seldom occupied, except for funerals, and the\\nparish was almost wholly neglected.\\nIn 18G1 a Sabbath-school was organized in the\\nchurch, which soon numbered a hundred mem-\\nbers, and was attended by a deep interest in\\nreligious matters. Soon after. Rev. Joseph F, Gar-\\nrison, rector of St. Paul s Church, Camden, began\\nto hold services, every four weeks, after the close\\nof theSat\u00c2\u00bbbath-school, and continued these meetings\\nten years, when his poor health admonished him\\nto relinquish this extra work. His labors are still\\nremembered with gratitude, as they were the means\\nof reviving the parish.\\nAfter this ministry Rev. Gustavus M. Murray,\\nrector of the church at Haddonfield, took up the\\nwork, also in connection with his other parish\\nlabor. His ministry commenced September 1,\\n1872, and continued ten years. It was character-\\nized by an increased interest in church matters,\\nwhich led to the erection of the present fine build-\\ning, in 1881. It was built on a lot situated be-\\ntween the old church and the Blackwood turnpike,\\nwhich was conveyed for this purpose by the heirs\\nof Samuel P. Chew. The corner-stone was laid\\nby Bishop John Scarborough, D.D., assisted by\\nRector Murray and others, on Sunday, Nov. 14, 1880.\\nIn a little less than a year the church was ready\\nfor consecration, that service being performed\\nWednesday, November 9, 1881, also by Bishop\\nScarborough, assisted by Rev. Joseph F. Garrison\\nand other ministers. The church is built of hand-\\nsome stone, in the Gothic style of architecture,\\nhaving dimensions of about thirty by sixty feet.\\nThe roof is of slate, and is relieved by a l)ell gable.\\nThe interior is finely finished, the windows being\\nof stained glass. The entire cost was about five\\nthousand dollars, which includes the value of the\\nstone, donated by Edmond Brewer, whose liberality\\nmade the erection of such a fine building at this\\nplace possible. The stones were procured at Ridley\\nCreek, Pa., and were delivered by Mr. Brewer on the\\nground, having been brought up the creek, to a\\npoint near the old landing, on his scows.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1085.jp2"}, "894": {"fulltext": "690\\nHISTORY OF Cx\\\\MDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nAfter the ministry of Mr. IMurray closed, in\\n1882, the church had no regular service for a period,\\nbut, in 1883, Rev. R. G. Moses became the minister,\\nserving only a few months. Then his son, John\\nMoses (now an ordained minister), held lay services\\nseveral months longer.\\nOn the 1st of November, 1883, Rev. William\\nMatthias became the rector and the first resident\\nclergyman of the parish. He has since regularly\\nheld two services each Sabbath, and also held\\nweek-day meetings on special occasions. Soon\\nafter, he took charge of the parish he urged the\\nbuildingof a rectory, and began soliciting subscrip-\\ntions to accomplish such a purpose. Richard N.\\nHerring, of Chews Landing, deeded a lot, opposite\\nthe church, as a site on which to build the rectory,\\nand work on it was begun in the spring of 1885.\\nIt was completed in October, the same year, and is\\ntruly a tine residence. Its cost, with the perpetual.\\ninsurance on it, was twenty-two hundred dollars.\\nThis amount having been fully met, an effort is\\nnow being made by the parish to secure means to\\npurchase a pipe-organ for the church.\\nIn the cemetery connected with St. John s\\nChurch the following interments have been noted\\nJoshua Sickler, died 1S83, aged seventy-seven years.\\nJohn Hider, died 1847, aged .sixty-four years.\\nSarah Tomlinson, died 1849, aged seventy-three years.\\nSamuel B. Hunter, died 1845, aged forty -nine years.\\nAbbie Marshall, died 1838, aged sixty-foiu- years.\\nfHiristopher Sickler, died 1843, aged sixty-nine years.\\nSarah R, Sickler, died 1857, aged eighty-two years.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Aaron Chew, died 1805, aged fifty-four years.\\nAaron Chew, Jr., died 1822, aged thirty-six years.\\nRebecca Chew, died 1849, aged fifty-four years.\\nRobert Brewer, died 1878, aged sixty-five years.\\nJohn Parlier, died 1796, aged thirty-live years.\\nJames Tillier Smith, died 1798.\\nAdam Bendler, died 1857, aged seventy-one years.\\nJohn C. Lippincott, died 1882, aged sixty years.\\nGeorge Miller, died 18i)3, aged sixty-fonr yeai-s.\\nSarah Miller, died 1879, aged seventy-eight years.\\nKuth Happer, died 1829, aged seventy yeaiB,\\nSarah Howey, died 1847, aged fifty -seven years.\\nJacob Sickler, died 1823, aged fifty -six years.\\nEsther Sickler, died 1825, aged fifty-two years.\\nJosiah R. Sickler, died 1876, aged seventy-eight years.\\nJoseph Hall Fleming, died 1831, aged seventy years.\\nSusannah Fleming, died 1828, aged eighty-three years.\\nIsaac Hider, died 1S24, aged fifty years.\\nAmy Hider, died 1839, aged sixty-one years.\\nHannah Ellis, died 1829, aged sixty-three years.\\nA large number of graves are unmarked by\\nheadstones, while many others have simple stone\\nslabs to indicate the spot where repose some of the\\nfirst pioneers of this section.\\nThe Blackwood Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 As early as 18()0 the voice of the Meth-\\nodist missionary was heard in this locality. Follow-\\ning the customs of those times, meetings were held\\nin the open air or at the houses of those friendly\\nto the new faith, and no ordinary obstacle pre-\\nvented them from disseminating the truthsof their\\nreligion. In some places the people heard them\\ngladly, but at others a vigorous opposition was\\nencountered, which had the effect of intensifying\\ntheir zeal. Among those who thus labored were\\nthe following:\\n1801. Thomas Jones.\\nJesse Justice.\\n18U2. David Barton.\\nDaniel fligbee.\\n1803. Joseph Totten.\\nJoseph Osbom.\\n18M. Peter Vannest.\\nJohn Brown.\\n1805. William McLenaha\\nBenjamin Iliff.\\n1806. William Colbert.\\nThomas Smith.\\n1807. James Smith.\\nThomas Stratton.\\n1808. William Mills.\\nThomas Budd.\\n1S09. William Mills.\\nDaniel Ireland,\\n1810. Michael Coate.\\nThomas Dunn.\\nAmong the early Methodist members were\\npersons belonging to the Brown, Kaighn,Hagerman,\\nWoodrow, Turner, Pill ing, Pratt and North families,\\nall of whom have left the church militant to join\\nthe church triumphant. A small plain meeting-\\nhouse of wood was built at Blackwood, which was\\nin us^e until the present spacious edifice was\\nerected, in 1856, when the old building was re-\\nmoved to become a residence, which is at present\\nthe home of Mrs. Pratt. The new structure is a\\ntwo-story frame building, having three rooms in\\nthe basement and a large, fine auditorium, costing,\\nto complete, seven thousand dollars. At the time\\nit was built the board of stewards was composed of\\nWilliam Kaighn, Thomas Pilling, Cornelius\\nHagerman, David Wood, John Pratt, James D.\\nTurner and Joseph Van Dexter. The minister at\\nthat time was the Rev. Joseph Atwood, who super-\\nintended the building. The charge had about one\\nhundred members, and had just taken rank in the\\nConference as a station, sustaining that relation\\never since. The pastors of the church, since ita erec-\\ntion as a separate charge, have been the following\\n1856. Joseph Atwood. 1870-71. J. H. Stockton.\\n1857-68. James White. 1872-73. Joseph Ashbrook.\\n1869. Beryamin F. Woolston. 1874. John Fort.i\\n1860-61. Samuel Parker. 1876-77. G. H. Tullis.\\n1862-63. J. H. Stockton. 187S-80. J. B. Westcott.\\n1864. A. Owen. 1881-82. M. C. Stokes.\\n1865. a. B. Snyder. 1883-85. J. W. Morris.\\n1866-67. Albert Matthews. 1886, D. W, C. Mclntirc.\\n1868-69. John S. Phelps.\\nDuring the pastorate of Rev. Phelps the church\\nwas cleared of the debt which had been weighing\\nit down ever since it was built, and from that time\\nthe congregation has flourished. In 188G there\\nare one hundred and eighty-sixmembers, of whom\\nthe following were trustees James Gardner,\\nSamuel Graybury, Richard Morgan, J. W. Rapp,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Died while on thidcharge.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1086.jp2"}, "895": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF GLOUCESTEK.\\n691\\nJ. T.Wood, Jamps Powell, Aaron Van Dexter, E.T.\\nBr.ivvn and James Jones. A Sunday-school, of one\\nliundred and fifty niembei-s, has Theodore Elder\\nas its sujierintendent.\\nThe Chews Landing Methojhst Episcopal\\nChurch. This church was founded in 1812, when\\na small meeting-house was built at this place for\\nthe accommodation of different denominations who\\nmight choose to occupy it. After the lapse of a\\nfew years the Methodists were the only ones to\\ncontinue their meetings, and they only at long\\nintervals, being finally altogether discontinued on\\naccount of the removal of members and the death\\nof some who formed the original class. The build-\\ning became dilapidated and fell into such a state\\nof decay that it became a common sheep-jien and\\nthe habitation of birds and bats. In this neglected\\ncondition it remained until about sixty years ago,\\nwhen it was repaired and was again devoted to\\nits original use and purpose. The membership,\\nthough small, increased, and a permanent con-\\ngregation was organized, which erected a better\\nhouse of worship a few years later, and which wa.s\\nused until the present church took its place. It\\nis a plain but not unattractive frame building,\\nupon which work was commenced August 24, 1878,\\nand which was consecrated November 28th, the\\nsame year. The church cost, to complete, about\\nfifteen hundred dollars, and is now in good repair.\\nThe lot upon which it stands is favorably located,\\nand also comprises a burial-ground.\\nThe church has been connected with a number\\nof charges, belonging at present to Hedding Cir-\\ncuit, which was formed in March, 1878, and is one\\nof three appointments on that charge. The pas-\\ntors have been,\\n1878-79. J. R. Thompson.\\n1880-81. John P. Connolej\\n1882. H. J. Zelley.\\n1883. D. D. FiBler.\\n1885. T. D. Sleeper.\\n1886. J. B. Dare.\\nThe church at Chews Landing has a membership\\nof sixty-five, and has, in 1886, the following trus-\\ntees William Toommy, James Stetser, Moses\\nBattOQ, William D. Redrow, Franklin Price, Geo.\\nW. Barrett and James McCulley.\\nA Sunday-school of one hundred and ten mem-\\nbers has Mrs. Emily Warthman as its superin-\\ntendent.\\nMethodist Protestant Church. On the\\nBerlin turnpike, one and a half miles from Kirk-\\nwood, is a house of worship belonging to the above\\ndenomination. It is an unpretentious, small frame\\nbuilding, erected in 1859, on a lot donated for this\\npurpose by Hillman Rowand. The society occu-\\npying it has a small membership, confined prin-\\ncipally to the Watson and Rowand families. The\\nRev. Timothy Heiss was the first preacher, ,niid\\nthe Rev. William Bunch is the present. well-\\nattended Sunday-school is maintained in the\\nchurch, which is connected with the church in\\nWinslow in forming a pastoral charge.\\nBlackwood Baptist Church. The Bajjtist\\nChurch at Blackwood was constituted February\\n23, 1848. No written records have been kept of\\nthe influences at work prior to the organization of\\nthe church and leading to it, of the securing of a\\nplace for meetings or for permanent location.\\nFrom men still living were gleaned the following\\nfacts During the year 1847 Rev. Henry Westcott,\\na Baptist minister, visited Blackwood, inquiring\\nfor members of Baptist Churches, and seeking for\\nan opportunity to preach to them. With the\\nassistance of Joseph V. Edwards, a member of the\\nHaddonfield Baptist Church, he obtained permis-\\nsion to preach in the Methodist Church, and sev-\\neral services were held there during the year.\\nThese meetings tended to stimulate the Baptists\\nscattered about the community, and led them to\\nrally around Mr. Westcott as a leader. Later\\nhe obtained permission to preach in what was\\nthen known as the Good Intent Church. These\\nmeetings were held more or less regularly until\\nthe close of the year 1847. By this time a suffi-\\ncient number of Baptists had been gathered\\ntogether to justify them in uniting to form a\\nchurch. To further this conviction of duty, articles\\nof failh and a church covenant were adopted, and\\nit was deemed advisable to call a council of neigh-\\nboring Baptist Churches to consider the propriety\\nof organizing a regular Baptist Church at Black-\\nwood.\\nIn I esponse to the above call, the council met,\\nand, growing out of that meeting, we have the\\nfollowing minute\\nBl.vckwoodtown, Fobruary 23, 1848.\\nThe friends of Zion mot in the meeting-houBo at Good Intent\\nfor the purftose of constituting a regular Baptist Church, the follow-\\ning-named persons, who have obtained letters of dismission from\\ntheir respective churches\\nJoseph Y. Edwards.\\nThomas T. Firth.\\nAaronson Ellis.\\nJoseph Charles.\\nJohn W. Peterson.\\nJohn Carwin.\\nWilliam Taylor.\\nEdward Jones.\\nHenry Strenimo.\\nThomas H\\\\itchinson.\\nYeoman Paul.\\nAmy Edwards.\\nEmaline Firth.\\nHannah Ellis.\\nAbigail Charles.\\nSarah A. Morgan.\\nMary Carvin.\\nCatharine A. Taylo\\nJulia P. Parham.\\nEliza Strenimo.\\nCatharine Pine.\\nElizabeth Paul.\\n1 By Rev. James Fielding.\\n2 The Good Intent meeting-house had been erected about 183G on\\nthe hill, near the factory, in Gloucester County, by Garrett New-\\nkirk, for the", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1087.jp2"}, "896": {"fulltext": "692\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nJonas Cattell.\\nElizabeth Allen.\\nSiiralj Paulin.\\nMary Cattcll.\\nEmily H. Wilkin\\nThe following-named brethren, bearing creden-\\ntials from their respective churches, composed the\\ncouncil of recognition From Haddonfield, Rev.\\nWm. H. Brisbane, Deacons Thomas Ellis, Thomas\\nMarshal, D. H. Gault, Isaac Armstrong and A.\\nMcKinzie; from Marlton, Rev. J. M, Challiss,\\nDeacons Charles Kain, Benjamin Kaiu and Wil-\\nliam Edwards Woodstown, Rev. John Perry-\\nHall Mullica Hill, Rev. Charles Kain; Newton,\\nRev. Charles Sexton.\\nThe council recommended the above-named\\nbrethren and sisters to proceed in the usual way to\\norganize themselves into a church, whereupon it\\nwas moved by Thomas T. Firth, and seconded by\\nWilliam Taylor, that we constitute ourselves a\\nregular Baptist Church, to be known and recog-\\nnized in law as the regular Baptist Church of\\nBlack woodtown.\\nTen days notice having been given, the church\\nmet, March 4th, for the transaction of business,\\nwhen the following officers were elected Deacons,\\nJoseph V. Edwards, William Taylor; Trustees,\\nHiram Morgan, Joseph V. Edwards, Jonas Cat-\\ntell, Henry Stremme, Thomas Hutchinson.\\nThe congregation thus formed did not possess\\na church-home, and, from lack of means, was un-\\nable to build one. The difficulty was met, how-\\never, by friends in the community, who gave\\nthem the chapel in which they were worshipping,\\nand a building lot in Blackwoodtown, to which it\\ncould be moved. From a deed bearing date of\\nMarch 10, 1848, were obtained the names of those\\nwho gave the building lot and house, viz., Jonas\\nLivermore and wife, Lewis Livermore and wife,\\nJohn Coojier and wife, John Stokes and wife.\\nEarly in the year 1848 the building was moved to\\nits present site.\\nAt the meeting held on the 4th of March Rev.\\nHenry Westcott was called to the pastorate of the\\nchurch, which position he filled until March 26,\\n1857. During his labor of nine years the church\\nincreased by letter and exjjerience twenty, and by\\nbaptism one hundred and one. During this pe.\\nriod, in 1854, the building was enlarged twelve\\nfeet and other necessary repairs made. In the\\nsame year the church entertained the West New\\nJersey Baptist Association in its annual meeting.\\nWhile the increase in numbers during this period\\nwas encouraging, the decrease was none the le.ss\\ndiscouraging, for by letters of dismission and by\\nexclusion the number was reduced to eighty-three.\\nThere have been other seasons of rapid growth\\nand as rapid decline, of light and shadow, of hope\\nand fear, tlie membership never long remaining\\nabove its present number, seventy-nine. Although\\nthe church has never been numerically or finan-\\ncally strong, yet its influence for good has been\\nfelt throughout a large region of country, leading\\nto a more faithful observance of the New Testa-\\nment ordinances, aud to a recognition of the\\nauthority of the Scriptures as once delivered to the\\nsaints.\\nThe following ministers have served as pastors\\nof the church\\nllonry Westcott, from March 12, 1848, to March 20, 1857.\\nHornor Sears, from July 5, 1857, to September 30, 1859.\\nCharles Cox, January 6, 1800, to September 2Y, 1860.\\nH. J. Thompson, from May, 1801, to August 30, 1S62.\\nAsher Cook, from January 1, 1864, to October 1, 1860.\\nSamuel Godshall, from January 12, 18G8, to July 25, 1869.\\nE. M. Barker, from January 1, 1871, to April 25, 1872.\\nJohn D Flansburgh, from March, 1873, to September 26, 1879.\\nThe present paator, Jamee Fielding, began his labors with the\\nchurch January 25, 1880.\\nThe membership has been as follows Constitu-\\nent, 28 by baptism, 199 by letter and experience,\\n73 total, 300 present membership, 79.\\nThe officers at present are\\nPastor, James Fielding Deacons, Joseph V. Edwards {who served\\nfrom the beginning), Isaac Brown, Isaac Cramer, Eeuben L.\\nEdwards Trustees, Ilalph Hider, Edward Scott, Isaac Brown,\\nIsaac Cramer, Reuben L. Edwards, Selah 0. Prickitt Joshua Scott;\\nClerk, Charles R. Bee Treasurer, Joshua Scott.\\nSOCIETIES.\\nIndependent Lodge, No. 64, I. O. O. F., is the\\noldest of the secret orders now maintained at\\nBlackwood. It was instituted August 5, 1847, and\\nhad as its first princijjal officers Samuel G. Rich-\\nards, N. G. Justice Hedger, V. G. Martin S.\\nSynnott, Sec. James R. Driver, Treas.\\nThe first meetings were held in the Temperance\\nHall, but in 1852 Odd-Fellows Hall was erected,\\nat a cost of nearly three thousand dollars. It is a\\nthree-story frame building, the lower stories form-\\ning living rooms. The hall is neatly furnished,\\nand is also used for lodge purposes by the other\\norders of the village. This lodge had, in 1886.\\neighty members, and the following officers: Frank\\nP. Williams, N. G. George W. Barrett, V. G.\\nWilliam B. Bettle, Rec. Sec; Joseph E. Hurff,\\nFin. Sec. Thomas J. Wentz, Treas. Edward P.\\nBrown, Thomas G. Zane, John H. Magee, Edgar\\nJ. Coles, Thomas J. Wentz, Trustees.\\nMinerva Lodge, No. 25, K. of P. This body\\nwas instituted July 19, 1869, with the following-\\nnamed charter members Charles H. Le Fevre,\\nThomas Andrews, John Hou.seman, Thomas\\nKnight, Samuel W. Lamb, Henry Beckley, Wil-\\nliam Mills, Charles Barrett and Samuel Jaygard.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1088.jp2"}, "897": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF GLOUCESTKK.\\n693\\nThe lodge has sixty members, and its officers are\\nJ. S. North, C. C. F. P. Williams, V. C. Charles\\nAlexander, K. of R. and S. Benjamin Hudderow,\\nM. of F.\\nBlackwood Grange, No. 9, P. of H., held ita\\nfirst meeting under a dispensation of the Grand\\nGrange, March 25, 1875. It was soon after fully\\nchartered, and has continued its meetings with\\nvarying interest ever since, being at pre.sent in a\\nflourishing condition. There are fifty members\\nand the following principal officers: John M-\\nSteser, Master Theodore Hider, Sec. Samuel\\nBatten, Treas. John H. Magee, E. J. Coles, I.\\nW. Rapp, Trustees.\\nMoxiN Castle, No. 6, K. of M. C, was the most\\nrecently organized of the lodges at Blackwood,\\nbeing instituted September 26, 1883. Its member-\\nship from the beginning was large, fifty-five per-\\nsons sustaining the relation of charter members.\\nThe roll has been swelled until nearly oue hundred\\nbelong at present. The principal officers were\\nTrustees, E. T. Brown, J. E. Hurft Samuel C.\\nBettie S. K. P. C, Henry Curamings S. K. O.,\\nJoseph S. Stewart; S. K. V. C, Samuel C. Bettie;\\nRecording Secretary, Samuel Pine Financial Sec-\\nretary, William Williams Treasurer, Benjamin\\nWilliams.\\nSome time about 1845 a vigorous division of the\\nSons of Temperance had an existence in the vil-\\nlage, holding its meetings in the second story of\\nthe Temperance Hotel. In 1852 the order built a\\nhall of its own and occupird it about two years,\\nwhen a waning interest caused the organization to\\ndisband. This hall is now part of the E. J. Cole s\\nstore-stand. Since that time other temperance or-\\nganizations have been established, and a well-sup-\\nported lodge of Good Templars is at present main-\\ntained. These organiziitions have been promotive\\nof much good in creating a healthy sentiment in\\nfavor of the principles of temperance.\\nEDUCATION.\\nOne of the most liberal patrons of popular edu-\\ncation was Joseph Sloan. In the last ceutury he\\nbequeathed one hundred pounds to the township of\\nGloucester, to be put in the care of such trustees\\nas may from time to time, by plurality of voices, be\\nchosen at the annual town-meeting, to have the care\\nof the same the interest of which the said trustees\\nshall yearly lay out on books treating on religious\\nmorality, arithmetic or the mathematics, to be be-\\nstowed at their discretion on youths likely to im-\\nprove thereby and if any overplus be, to lay the\\nsame out in schooling poor children without dis-\\ntinction. And at the expiration of five hundred\\nyears, said township may, by plurality of voices,\\nappropriate said one hundred pounds any way for\\nthe use of the poor.\\nThis fund had in some way become impaired,\\nbut was lately restored to its original amount by\\nthe township authorities, and the yearly income of\\nthe four hundred dollars invested is devoted to the\\npurchase of school-books for needy children.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1089.jp2"}, "898": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF WINSLOW.\\nCHAPTER XV.\\nCharacter of the Township Set off from Gloucester List of Offi-\\ncers Villages of Sicklerville, Williamstown Junction, Wilton,\\nTanaboro Cedar Brook, Braddock, Blue Anchor, Aneora, Elm,\\nWinelow Junction and Winslow Glaas Works Societies\\nFriends Meetings and Churches.\\nThis township is situated in the extreme south-\\neastern part of the county. It was formed in 1845,\\nand obtained its name from Winslow village, at\\nthat time its most important settlement. On its\\nnorth is Waterford township; on the east and\\nsoutheast, Atlantic County south and southwest,\\nMonroe township, in Gloucester County, from\\nwhich it is separated by Four-Mile Run and Great\\nEgg Harbor River and on the west and north is\\nthe present township of Gloucester. The general\\nsurface is level, the soil being chiefly sandy or\\nsandy loam. Along the water-courses the surface\\nis depressed, partaking of the nature of swamps\\nhaving as its timber growth cedar-trees. In other\\nparts are large pine forests or growths of deciduous\\ntrees, which afford a valuable timber supply.\\nAbout one-fourth of the area only has been cleared\\nfor cultivation, though much of the larger tim-\\nber has been removed. The soil on the low lands\\nis fairly fertile, and appears to be well adapted for\\nfruit-culture, which has become the principal oc-\\ncupation of the inhabitants. In the northwestern\\npart, near Williamstown Junction, are valuable\\ndeposits of clay for potters use, and in many parts\\nmay be found sand superior for glass-making.\\nThe drainage is afforded by the Egg Harbor Riv-\\ners and their affluent streams, whose flow through\\nthe township is generally sluggish. The township\\noffered few attractions to the pioneer settler, and\\nthe improvements made by those who ventured into\\nthese remote regions were in no wise noteworthy.\\nA colony of Friends settled in the western part\\nbefore the Revolution, prominent among them be-\\n694\\ning William Norcross. His son Job was born in\\nthe township and raised a large family, from which\\nhave descended the Norcrosses of this part of the\\ncounty. Joshua Duble and John Kellum lived in\\nthe same neighborhood, the former leaving de-\\nscendants who are prominent in the affairs of the\\ntownship. Benjamin Thackara lived in the New\\nFreedom neighborhood, and Joshua Peacock nearer\\nTansboro He was the father of William and\\nJoseph Peacock, both of whom reared large fam-\\nilies. George Sloan lived near New Hopewell,\\nand the Cains and McLains in the neighborhood\\nof Long-a-Coming. Among other early settlers\\nwere Brittain Bishop, Benjamin Watson, Robert\\nMatto.x, Oliver Beebe, Charles Camel, Joel Bodine,\\nJohn Rogers, Samuel Scull, Philip White, Eli\\nNield, Jonathan Fowler, Moses Githens, Enos\\nSharp and Isaiah Whitcraft. After the building\\nof the Camden and Atlantic Railroad, in 1850, the\\ncountry was developed more rapidly, and, with the\\nbuilding of new lines, other settlements were\\nopened in localities which had before been too re-\\nmote from places of business to make the cultiva-\\ntion of the soil profitable. Some lands were loca-\\nted early, but being held in large tracts, were not\\nimproved until recent years.\\nThe first tract of cedar swamp lands located in\\nthe township became the property of Daniel Hill-\\nman and Joseph Lowe in 1726. It lay on the\\nGreat Egg Harbor River, south of the Blue\\nAnchor tract, where, tradition says, the Indian\\ntrail crossed the swamp. For a long time it was\\nthe only trail in that part of the township, and\\nwas consequently frequently used. On the east\\nside stood an Indian wigwam, where travelers were\\nentertained before the settlements of the whites,\\nand where such as passed from one part of the\\nState to the other might lodge in the home of the\\ndusky landlord. The pathway, though narrow,", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1090.jp2"}, "899": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIl OF WINSLOW.\\n695\\ncrossed a small island iu its course and was almost\\nin a straight line. For many years the remains of\\nan old foot-bridge could be seen at the island.\\nAfter the timber began to be used, i)art of this old\\ntrail became a wagon-road, and, iu general, the\\nearly roads had the same course or followed the\\nIndian trails. In the course of time the above\\nIndian trail was abandoned and a new one made\\nabout two miles down the river, where formerly\\nstood John luskeep s old saw-mill. In 1762 this\\ncrossing is spoken of as a public ford and was\\nmuch used by both the whites and the Indians iis\\nlong as they remained in this country. The Indians\\nhad large villages at Shamong, in Burlington\\nCounty, and Tuckahoe, in Cape May County, and\\nthis was a central point, where they would camp\\novernight as they passed from village to village.\\nThey always camped in the open air, without\\nregard to season, and resumed their travels before\\nthe rising of the sun.\\nCivil Organization. Winslow was erected\\nby an act of the Legislature, March 8, 1845, out of\\nGloucester township, with the following bounds:\\nBeginning at the middle of Egg Harbor Eiver\\nwhere the Camden and Atlantic County line crosses\\nthe river; along the line of Atlantic County to the\\ncorner of Waterford township, along the Water-\\nford line, passing through Long-a-Coming to the\\npublic road leading therefrom to the Cross Keys\\ntavern in Washington township thence along the\\nWashington line to the head of Four-Mile Branch\\nto Washington township corner thence down\\nFour-Mile Branch to the main branch of Great\\nEgg Harbor River thence down the same to\\nthe place of beginning. By these bounds\\na part of the village of Long-a-Coming (now Ber-\\nlin) was in Winslow, the other parts being in the\\nadjoining townships, but by legislative enactment,\\nMarch 23, 1859, the bounds were modified so as to\\nplace all of that village in the township of Water-\\nford. The act provided that all that jiart of the\\ntownship of Winslow and Gloucester lying north-\\nerly and northwesterly of a line commencing on\\nthe present Waterford township line so as to inter-\\nsect the most eastwardly line of Samuel Shreve s\\nland thence along said line between Samuel\\nShreve s and James McLain s hom^^stead until it\\nintersects Tinkers Branch; thence to where it inter-\\nsects the New Freedom and Clementon roads;\\nthence along the southwesterly side of and includ-\\ning said road thence in a direct course by the way\\nof and including Joseph S. Read s brick-yard to\\nthe line between Waterford and Gloucester town-\\nships and including parts of Winslow and Glou-\\ncester townships, be and the same is hereby set ofl\\n8-t\\nfrom the said townships of Winslow and Gloucester\\nand attached to and made a part of said township\\nof Waterford.\\nThe act forming Winslow township [u-ovided\\nthat the first election should be held at the inn\\nof Josiah Albertson (Blue Anchor), and the ne.xt\\ntownship meeting of Gloucester was to be held at\\nthe Red Lion Inn of William Middleton, at\\nClementon. The committee to divide the township\\nfunds and to pro-rate the taxes for the ensuing\\nyear held its meeting at the house of Jacob Leach,\\nat Berlin.\\nThe records of the township indicate the elec-\\ntion of the following othcers in the years prefixed\\nto their names\\n1S4.-I. Will. K. Johnson.\\n184C. Elij.ili BurJsiiU.\\n1847-48. Joshua DuIjIb.\\n1849-51. TUonias Melouy.\\n1852-53. George M. Maperf.\\n1854. M. K. Simmermau.\\n18 i5-SG. Richard J. Mapos.\\n1885-80. M. R.\\n1843-4S. Chaa. II. I- r.^nc\\nl,S4;l-,^.;j. KJvvin Wu.iU\\n18.51. Will. k. Johnson.\\n1852. Thomas Melony.\\n1853-.54. John Carroll.\\n1857. M. S. Peacock.\\nlS58-(iO. John R. Duhlc.\\n18G1-70. l\\\\Iotltgoniery Reading.\\n1871-72. John Little.\\nlS7.i-82. Edward Baker.\\n1883. Levi C. Pliilor.\\n1881. Rohert F. McDougall.\\n185. Thomas Molony.\\nlS5r.-5s. John Wright.\\n1859-64. Vfm. T. Siclder.\\n18(;5-.8I. John R Duhle.\\n1882. Edward Burdsall.\\n1883-8G. Mieliael G. Burdsall.\\nCoUi^ciors.\\n1845^8. James Dill. 1SC5-73. Montgomery Reading.\\n1849-50. Peter C. Ross. 1874. Jolin B. Wublo.\\n18.51. Montgomery Reading. 1875-79. Montgomery Reading.\\n1852-55. .Samuel Norcross. 1S8I)-S2. Conliling Mayliow.\\n1S5C.-64. Jacob Sailer. 1883-80. Jacob SicUler.\\nThe justices of the peace since the organization\\nof the township have been,\\nWill. Peacock. has. H. French.\\nWm. T. Sicklcr. Joel Murphy.\\nJo.seph N. Garten. Samuel Burdsall.\\nWm. Shreve. W. G. Wilson.\\nJohn Cain. Joshua Duhle.\\nWm. R. Myers. Isaac S. Peacork.\\nHenry M. Jewett. Thomas Austin.\\nChristian Heventhal. G\\nElijah Ilunlsall.\\nWm. Bishop.\\nPaul H. Sickler.\\nJohn Marshall.\\nSidney Woods.\\nAbner Gurney.\\nIs tac S. Peacock,\\nu ge Blatlierwick.\\nSiCKLERVlLLE is a station and hamlet on the\\nWilliamstown Branch of the Philadelphia and\\nAtlantic City Railroad. It derived its name tiom\\nJohn Sickler, who settled in this locality at an early\\nperiod, rearing three sons, who also improved\\nfarms at this point. Other early settlers were John\\nJacob and George Ware, from which circumstance\\nthe place was sometimes called Waretown. The\\npresent name became permanent when the post-\\notfice was established twelve years ago. Paul H.\\nSickler was appointed postmaster, keeping the\\noffice since, at his store, which was opened in 1865,\\nthe first in the place. .\\\\t the railroad station", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1091.jp2"}, "900": {"fulltext": "690\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nJacob Sickler has been in trade since 1880, and\\nnear the hamlet James K. P. Lessly has merchan-\\ndised the past eight years. Sicklerville contains a\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, and, in addition to\\nthe above interests, has about ten residences.\\nAViLLiAMSTOWN Junction is at the intersection\\nof the Branch road with the main line of the Phila-\\ndelphia and Atlantic City Railroad, and is note-\\nworthy solely on that account. A neat station build-\\ninghas been erected. Near this place are the small\\nhamlets of New Freedom and Conradsville. The\\nformer has no interest aside from its church and\\nthe old grave-yard, but at the latter terra-cotta\\nworks were formerly carried on quite extensively\\nby James M. Conrad. The clay of this locality is\\nsuperior for ware of this nature, and some fine\\nwork was produced, including earthen lawn figures.\\nThe works have been out of fire nine years.\\nWilton is the third station on the Branch road\\nin the township, and is almost midway between\\nAtco and Williamstown Junction. The railroad\\ncompany has provided neat station buildings, and\\noffers shipping facilities, which should commend\\nthis point to the fruit-growers and manufacturers.\\nThe principal features of the place are- the glass-\\nworks, which were established about 1848 by an\\nassociation composed of Samuel Norcross, Joseph\\nHeritage, William Peacock, Benjamin Y. Thack-\\nara, Lester Gager, Matthias Simmerman andothers_\\nNorcross Heritage had the general manage-\\nment of the business, which was susi^ended after a\\nfew years, but was again resumed by Samuel and\\nUriah Norcross. About 1856 the works were\\nleased by J. L. Mason, of New York, and operated\\nin the manufacture of his patent fruit-jars. Then\\ncame a season of inactivity, but, about 1802, Joel\\nBodine and Charles Adams took charge of the\\nworks and carried on business some ten years.\\nThey were last operated by Frank Bodine, but have\\nbeen out of blast since July, 1885. Hollow-ware\\nonly was manufactured, and when in full operation\\nabout one hundred persons were employed. Most\\nof these lived in the immediate neighborhood,\\nwhich caused this place to assume the appearance\\nof a village. In ISSti there were three dozen houses,\\ntwo-thirds belonging to the glass-works property.\\nMany are at present unoccupied. One-half a mile\\nfrom this place, on the Berlin and Blue Anchor\\nroad, is the old hamlet of\\nTansboeo The relation of the two hamlets is\\nso close that they are practically one, and before\\nWilton became a station on the railroad the\\nglass-works were regarded as being a part of Tans-\\nboro The latter is an old point, a settlement\\nhaving been ibrnied here soon after 1800, and one\\nof the first industries was a tannery, from which\\ncircumstance the name was derived. Among those\\nfirst in this locality were Elijah Burdsall, James\\nMcLain, John Hughes, Gilbert Kellum, John\\nCain, Cyrus and Cornelius Tice. The latter started\\nthe tannery, nearly opposite the tavern, and for a\\nnumberof yearsit wascarriedon by Josiah Venable.\\nJohn Cain and Montgomery Reading were later\\ntanners. There were but half a dozen vats and it\\nwiis discontinued about thirty years ago. Cornelius\\nTice was one of the first keepers of the public-\\nhouse, which has been enlarged by subsequent\\nlandlords. Among these were James Campbell,\\nWilliam Norcross, William Marshall and the pres-\\nent John Sharp. In former times it was much\\npatronized. James Cain had one of the first stores,\\noccupy ing the building where William T. Sickler has\\nbeen in trade the past twenty-one years. Here is\\nkept the Wilton post-office, in charge of Christian\\nHeventhal since October, 1885, when it was re-\\nmoved to Tansboro The original Tau.sboro post-\\noffice, of which Isaac S. Peacock was the first post-\\nmaster, was discontinued about the beginning of\\nthe Civil War, and when it was re-established\\ntook the name of Wilton, Frank Bodine being the\\npostmaster. Another business stand was estab-\\nlished at Tansboro by John Carroll, which was\\nenlarged by his successors. Here Joseph N. Gar-\\nton has been in trade a number of years. The\\nupper story of this building forms a hall in which\\nthe glass-blowers held their society meetings.\\nHere, also, is the home of Wilton Lodge, No. 6,\\nIndependent Order of American Mechanics,\\nwhich was instituted February 27, 1864, with\\ntwenty-five members. The lodge has been very\\nprosperous, having at present one hundred and\\nforty members. November 19, 1884, the lodge was\\nincorporated with the following trustees Albert\\nE. Rowand, Charles M. Brown, Warren E. Garton\\nand Christian Heventhal. The same room is oc-\\ncupied by the Ladies Masonic Link, a beneficial\\nsociety, having forty members. A Baptist Church\\nat this i^lace has been abandoned, but a Methodist\\nChurch is still maintained. There are also a few\\nmechanic-shops and about twenty residences.\\nCedar Brook, on the main line of the Phila-\\nadelphia and Atlantic City Railroad, is the name of\\na new hamlet containing a store kept by John R.\\nDuble, several shops, a Methodist Protestant\\nChurch and half a dozen dwellings. It is an im-\\nportant water-station on the railroad, the supply\\nbeing obtained from the stream which was long\\nknown as Pump Branch of Little Egg Harbor\\nRiver.\\nBraddock is the name of the next station south-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1092.jp2"}, "901": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF WINSLOW.\\n697\\nward, and is in the locality of Rates mill, which\\nwas for many years one of the old laiidniarks in\\nthis section. After the original owner, Thomas\\nCole, the mill was successively held in pai lnership\\nby Aaron Chew, Josiali Albcrtsnn, Benjamin Bates,\\nJohn Albertson, Benoni Bates and others, but now\\nbelongs to William S. BradJock, who has con-\\nverted a large portion of the pond into a cran-\\nberry marsh. On the high lands, near the station,\\nmany small fruit farms are being opened.\\nBlue Anchor, the station beyond Braddock,\\ntakes its name from the old Blue Anchor tavern,\\nhalf a mile from the railroad. The land upon\\nwhich this old landmark stands was located in\\n1737 by Abraham Bickley, a distiller of Philadel-\\nlihia. The old house stood upon the Indian trail,\\nleading from the sea coast to the Delaware, which\\nwas nuich traveled a hundred years ago, after the\\nold trail farther south was abandoned. As early as\\n1740 John Hider was the landlord, dispensing good\\ncheer in a cabin built of cedar logs. Eight years\\nlater John Briant occupied the house. In 17G2\\nRobert Mattox became the owner of this property\\nand alargetractoflandadjoiuing, living here many\\nyears. His daughter Elizabeth married Josiah\\nAlbertson, who took possession about 1812, and\\nbuilt the present house, which was kept by him\\nuntil after the railroad was finished, when\\ntravel was diverted and the [dace lost its import-\\nance. He also built a store-house, where his son-\\nin-law, John C. Shreve, engaged in merchandiz-\\ning and made other improvements wdiich caused\\nthis to become a centi al point. Here people from\\nevery part of the county could be seen, almost any\\nday, intent either upon hunting or on business con-\\nnected with the immense lumber regions of that\\nsection. It was a celebrated resort for trav-\\nelers, who delighted to stop at this old liostlery,\\nwhere bountiful meals and clean beds were atlbrded,\\nand where a quiet night might be spent without\\nfear of the clamor arising IVom much drinking.\\nIt was, also, a central point ibr stages run-\\nning between Philadelphia and Atlantic County.\\nAfter Albertson s retirement, Uziel Bareford was\\nthe landlord, and was followed by John R. Dublc.\\nSince 1878 John Inskeep Brick has caraied on the\\ninterests at this place, having both the store and\\nthe tavern. Being centrally located, the town-\\nmeetings, and elections of Winslow township are\\nhere held.\\nBlue Anchor was selected a number of years\\nago by Dr. John Haskell and others as the seat of\\na Spiritualistic community, and with the purpose\\nof building up a village after the pattern of Vine-\\nland. About tvveutv-five families located lands.\\nin small tracts, upon which a iinmlier of houses\\nwere built, but the death of Dr. John Haskell and\\ntlu disagreement among the members as to the\\ntrue policy of the community, had a depressing\\neffect upon its prospects. JIany removed, and\\nthose remaining failed ti carry out the original\\n])urpose. Lately a number of improvenumts have\\nbeen made, and, as the land is rich and favorably\\nlocated, a thriving settlement mav soon be estab-\\nlished.\\nWinslow Junction and liosedale are on the same\\nline of railway, southeast from Blue Anchor, but\\nhave no interests of importance. A few miles from\\nthe former place, on the Camden and Atlantic\\nEailroad, is the station of\\nAxcORA. The settlement is new, and hardly\\nassumes the appearance of a village. Fruit-cul-\\nture is the principal occupation.\\nIn the southwestern partof the townsliip, on the\\nGreat Egg Harbor River, is an old landmark,\\nwidely known as Inskceii s Mill. It was erected\\nprior to 17(52, when John Inskeej) nuide a survey\\nat this point, wherein which the location of the\\nmill is noted. Inskeep lived at Marlton, Bur-\\nlington County, but owned a largo tract of land on\\nGreat Egg Harbor River, and on acccmnt of the\\nfine timber growing in that locality, made the cut-\\nting of the same at his saw-mill profitable. On the\\nadjoining hill he had a deer park, fenced with rails,\\nand so high that the animals inclosed seldom es-\\ncaped. The park contained about fifty acres, and it\\nwas not intended to confine the animals for a hunt,\\nbut simplj- to have in readiness a fat buck should\\nthe owner want one when the teams were returning\\nhome with lumber. They were generally secured\\nby stealth at night, a torch-light being used to\\nlure them. As Inskeep s mill was the only place\\nwliere the river could be forded, hence a trail\\nfrom the Atlantic to Burlington County passed that\\nway and was much used by both whites and Indians.\\nThe mill has been abandoned and the property\\nowneil by the Hay estate. Northwest from this\\nplace E. A. Russell erected a steam grist-mill\\nin 1SS2, which was destroyed by fire the same\\nyear. It was immediately rebuilt by him and has\\nsince been in operation.\\nIn the northern part of tlie township is the idd\\nS|)riug Garden tavern-stand, so long kept by David\\nAlbertson family, and after his death by his wife,\\nRebecca. In the days of travel by wagon the place\\nhad considerable prominence, but has long since\\nbeen abandoned as a hotel.\\nOn the Atlantic County line, about two miles\\nfrom Winslow Junction, is the hamlet of\\nEl.1I. It is a station on the jNew Jersey South-", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1093.jp2"}, "902": {"fulltext": "698\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nem Railroad, and contains a post-office, a store,\\nschool-house, Methodist Church and the homes of\\nabout forty families. Most of these fiud occupa-\\ntion in fruit culture. The hamlet is new, but has\\nbad an active growth since its existence.\\nWiNSLOW Junction is eligibly located, at the\\ncrossing of the New Jersey Southeru Railroad and\\nthe Cauiden and Atlantic and the Philadelphia and\\nAtlantic City Railways, whose tracks, at this jioint,\\nrun parallel to each other. No improvements be-\\nyond the erection of the station building have\\nbeen made, as the real estate has not been avail-\\nable for settlement until within the past year.\\nThe Hay estate has recently surveyed some of the\\nadjoining lands into lots, which makes it possi-\\nble to utilize the advantages which this location\\noffers for residence and manufacturing purposes.\\nWiNSLOW.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This is the largest village in the\\ntownship, having a population of about five hun-\\ndred. It has a station on the Camden and Atlantic\\nRailroal and on the New Jersey Southern Rail-\\nroad, a mile from the junction of the two. The\\nlocation is pleasant, but as the place was founded\\nfor a manufacturing village, and is wholly devoted\\nto the glass-works there carried on, it has never\\nbecome important as a trading point. The entire\\nvillage, and hundreds of acres surrounding it, con-\\nsisting of a highly cultivated farm and forests in\\ntheir primeval condition, are the property of the\\nchildren of Andrew K. Hay deceased, successor to\\nWilliam Coffin, Sr., who originated these enter-\\nprises. He was the proprietor of the Hammonton\\nGlass-Works, but, in 1831, began the improvements\\nfrom which have sprung the extensive Winslow\\nGlass-Works. At that time the site was a dense\\nforest, and his son William Coffin, Jr., afterward\\nproprietor of the works and the first man to fell a\\ntree to make a clearing on which to build the\\nworks and the village connected with it. He\\nnamed the place Winslow, in compliment to his\\nyoungest son, Edward Winslow Coffin, and when\\nthe township was formed, fourteen years later, this\\nname was also adopted. The elder Coffin associ-\\nated his eldest son, William, with him, and busi-\\nness was transacted as William Colli n, Jr., Co.\\nIn 1833 the senior William Coffin retired, and a\\nbrother-in-law of William Coffin, Jr., Thomas J.\\nPerce became a member of the firm, which now\\nwas Coffin Perce. This relation continued until\\nthe death of the latter, in 1835, when William\\nCoffin, Jr., became the sole owner of the Winslow\\nworks. He operated them himself until 1838,\\nwhen he sold a half interest to another brother-in-\\nlaw, Andrew K. Hay, the firm becoming Coffin,\\nHay. Mr. Hay was a practical glass-maker.\\nand also interested in the Hammonton works,\\nwhere he was the partner of another brother-\\nin-law, Bodine Coffin. At Winslow the works\\nwere carried on by the two partners some time,\\nwhen a third partner was admitted to the firm\\nin the person of Tristram Bowdle. The old co-\\npartnership of Coffin, Hay Bowdle continued\\nuntil 1847, when William Coffin, Jr., sold his\\ninterest to Edward Winslow Coffin and John B.\\nHay, and the firm became Hay, Bowdle Co. In\\n1850 Tristram Bowdle retired from the business,\\nand, a year later, E. W. Coffin sold his interest to\\nAndrew K. Hay, who, with his nephew, John B.\\nHay, now became the sole owners of the property.\\nThey at once began extending their business, mak-\\ning extensive improvements in the works and build-\\ning up the village. In 1852 an artesian well was\\ndriven to the depth of three hundred and fifteen\\nfeet to obtain a supply of water for the steam grist-\\nmill, which established the geological fact that\\nthe green sand marl formation which crops out at\\nKirkwood is here found one hundred and fifty feet\\nbelow the surface. Andrew K. Hay continued at\\nthe head of the business until his death, February\\n17, 1881, at the age of seventy-two years. He was\\na native of Massachusetts, of Scotch parentage,\\nand was distinguished for his enterprise and correct\\nbusiness habits. John B. Hay and the heirs of\\nAndrew K. Hay carried on the works until 1884,\\nwhen John B. Hay withdrew, since which time\\nthey have been operated under a lease by Tillyer\\nBros., Philadelphia. The manufacturing interests\\nconsist of a large steam grist and saw-mill, two\\nlarge window-glass factories, a hollow-ware fac-\\ntory, a large store and about one hundred tene-\\nments. Several hundred men and boys are em-\\nployed, many of the operatives having been con-\\nnected with the works for a long term of years.\\nThe works have good shit)ping facilities, and the\\nquality of glass here produced is superior. A post-\\noffice is maintained in the store of the company,\\nand the village has a public hall, a Roman Catho-\\nlic Chapel and a Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nWilliam Coffin, Jr., was born in Philadelphia,\\nPa., February 29, 1801. His ancestry is notable\\nin both the paternal and maternal lines. His\\nfather, William Coffin, was a direct descendant\\nfrom Tristram Coffin, who settled in Massachusetts\\nas early as 1642, and the family has been conspic-\\nuous in the New England States to the present\\ntime. The oldest traceable ancestor came from\\nNormandy with William the Conqueror into Eng-\\nland, and was the recipient of a landed estate from\\nhis commander for valuable services rendered.\\nHis mother, Ann Bodine (a daughter of Joel", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1094.jp2"}, "903": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1097.jp2"}, "904": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1098.jp2"}, "905": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF WINSLOW.\\n699\\nBodine), was a desceiidaiit. of one of the French\\nHuguenot families\u00e2\u0080\u0094 banished for their religious\\nviews, and who came to America and infused the\\nbest blood of their native land into the veins of\\nmany prominent citizens.\\nWilliam Coffin, the grandfather, came into New\\nJersey in 1768, settling in Burlington County, and\\ndied about the beginning of the Revolutionary\\nWar. When William, Jr. (and the fifth of the\\nname in direct succession), was about one year\\nold his i)arents removed from Philadelphia into\\nGloucester County, New Jersey, and settled at\\nNew Freedom, about three miles south of Lnng-\\na-Coming (Berlin). This was a settlement of\\nFriends, where a meeting-house then stood, and\\nwhere a burial-place is still maintained. Remain-\\ning here but a short time, they removed to the\\nSailor Boy tavern, which was at that time, and\\nremained for many years after, one of the principal\\nstopping-places for travelers in going from the\\nShore to Philadelphia.\\nThis hostelry stood by the main stage road,\\nnearly midway between the Delaware River and\\nthe ocean, in the midst of the pine forests, and\\nwhere the several highways going up shore and\\ndown shore left the main road to Absecom\\nhence travelers were frequent and business plenty.\\nIn 1803 John R. Coates became the owner of\\nseveral tracts of land in the middle part of what\\nwas then Gloucester County, and erected a saw-\\nmill on one of the branches of Mullicas River that\\npassed through it. William Coffin attended to the\\nbuilding of the dam and mill and a few dwellings,\\none of which he occupied. He named the place\\nHammonton in remembrance of his son, John\\nHammond. In 1814 he purchased the land, and in\\n1819 conveyed one-half to Jonathan Haines, and\\nthey at once began the erection of a glass factory.\\nHere began the business education of William\\nCoffin, Jr. By means of the country schoolmaster,\\nand through the aid of his father, he had acquired\\nsome knowledge of figures and writing, which were\\nrapidly improved by his varied employments about\\nthe fiictory. As clerk in the store, the buyer of\\ngoods in Philadelphia and general accountant\\namong the workmen, he improved his business\\nmethods and became the more useful to his father.\\nIn 1823 he was made partner and so continued\\nfor five years, when he, with three other persons,\\nunder the name of Coffin, Pearsall Co., estab-\\nlished a glass-works at Millville, in Cumberland\\nCounty, N. J. There he remained for two years,\\nwhen he returned to Hammonton and again became\\na partner there.\\nIn 1829 William Coffin, Sr., purchased several\\nadjoining tracts of tindier land lying about si.x\\nmiles northwest from Hammonton, in Camden\\nCounty, and, with William, Jr., and his son-in-hnv,\\nT. Jelferson Perce, erected a glass factory within\\nthe land of the same. This was called Winslow,\\nfor his youngest son, who boars the honored name\\nof one of the Ibremost men of New England in\\ncolonial times. In 1834 the title to the land was\\nconveyed to the two last-named persons, who con-\\ntinued the business until 1837, when T. J. Perce\\ndied, and William Coffin, Jr became sole owner.\\nThe next year Andrew K. Hay, another son-in-\\nlaw, became part owner of Winslow, and in 1847\\nWilliam Coffin, Jr., retired from the business by\\nconveying his remaining interest to Tristram\\nBowdell, Edward W. Coffin and John B. Hay.\\nFor twenty-eight years, it will be seen, he was ac-\\ntively engaged in the manufacture of glass, in the\\nbeginning but little understood, and dependent on\\nforeign operatives. With characteristic energy he\\nkept pace with every improvement, and was a firm\\nadherent to the favorite policy of Henry Clay in\\nthe protection of home manufactures. He cer-\\ntainly exemplified it in the development of that\\nparticular industry, the Ijenefits of wdiich, in that\\nsection of country, can be traced to his foresight\\nand liberality.\\nAlthough William Coffin, Jr., retired with an\\nample fortune, yet he soon entered into a new\\nenterprise. He associated himself with Professor\\nJ. C. Booth, of Philadelphia, in the experiment of\\nrefining nickel and cobalt, it being the fir.st attempt\\nin that direction made in this country. It proved\\nsuccessful, and in 1852 the business was removed\\nto Camden, N. J., on Coopers Creek, and much\\nenlarged. These works are now owned by Joseph\\nWharton, Esq., who continued the business. In\\n1850, with a few others, he founded the gas works\\nin Brooklyn, N. Y., and soon after established the\\ngas works in the city of Buffalo, N. Y.\\nAbout this time he removed to Haddonfield and\\nerected a handsome private residence, where he\\nresided for several years, dispensing a liberal hos-\\npitality to the many friends who surrounded him.\\nIn the inception and completion of th(^ Camden\\nand Atlantic Railroad he took an active part and\\nlived to see it in successful operation. Pstssing as\\nit did through lands formerly owned by himself\\nand a section of the country with which he was\\nfamiliar, he could ajjpreciatc its advantages and\\nunderstand its benefits.\\nDisposing of his residence in Haddonfield, he\\nremoved to Philadelphia, where he died February\\n29, 1872, leaving a widow, Ruth Ann (a daughter\\nof John Dean, and whom he married in 1829), and", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1099.jp2"}, "906": {"fulltext": "700\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\none daughter. His life was an active one, and\\nproves what industry, euterpri.se and business in-\\ntegrity will do.\\nWiJJSLOW Lodge, No. 40, I. O. O. F., was in-\\nstituted May 18, 184(), with the following as the\\nfirst officers: E. W. Coffin, Noble Grand; Uziel\\nBareford, Vice-Grand Wm. S. Fort, Sec. John\\nH. Coffin, Treas. The first meetings were held in\\none of the factory buildings, but in 18-18 a regular\\nlodge-room was secured in the public building\\nerected by the Winslow Hall Association. This\\nbody was composed of members of the lodge, citi-\\nzens and A. K. Hay, the latter holding three-fifths\\nof the stock. As originally built, the hall was a\\ntwo-story frame edifice, costing two thousand dol-\\nlars, but it was enlarged and improved in 1880, at\\na cost of six hundred dollars more. The lower\\nstory forms a roomy hall, which is supplied with a\\ngood stage. The lodge-room is neatly furnished,\\nand has been continuously occupied since 18-18.\\nIn 1886 the number of members belonging was\\neighty-five, and the lodge had a working capital\\nof three thousand dollars. Its principal officers\\nare, Noble Grand, William Baird Vice-Grand,\\nThomas Moore Treasurer, William F. Swisslcr;\\nSecretary, C. B. Westcott.\\nWinslow Encampment, No. 10, I. O. O. F.,\\nwas instituted March 25, 1847, with the following\\nofficers A. K. Hay, C. P.; E. W. Coffin, H. P.\\nJas. A. Hay, S. W.; Sylvester Chase, J. W.; Jas.\\nEisley, Scribe. By the organization of other en-\\ncampments the membership of No. 16 has been\\nmuch diminished, reducing the number belonging\\nin 1886 to thirteen. At the same time the officers\\nwere,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 C. P., H. M. Jewett H. P., Wm. F. Sem-\\nple Treasurer, Wm. Brayman Scribe, C. P.\\nWestcott.\\nThe hall has also been occupied by a division of\\nSons of Temperance and a lodge of Good Tem-\\nplars, both of which have discontinued their meet-\\nings. An assembly of the Knights of Labor, or-\\nganized a few years ago, now meets statedly, and\\nis reported in a flourishing condition.\\nNew Hopewell (Friends Meeting-House.\\nAbout the middle of the last century a number\\nof Friends settled in what is now the upper part of\\nWinslow township, where they soon after estab-\\nlished a meeting. For this purpose several acres\\nof land were secured from William Norcross, on\\nthe old Egg Harbor road, about two miles from\\nWilton Station, and below the main line of the\\nPhiladelphia and Atlantic City Railroad. Upon\\nthis was built a small, plain, one-story frame meet-\\ning-house, and a graveyard was opened on the same\\nground, which was occupied about fifty years. The\\nprincipal founders and members of the meeting\\nwere William Norcross and his sons, Uriah and\\nJob, Thomas Penn, George Sloan, Jonathan Jones,\\nJohn Brown, Abraham Watson, Abraham Brown,\\nJohn Shinn, James Thornton, William Peacock,\\nDavid Tice, William Boulton, Isaiah Clutch,\\nJohn Duble and Joseph Peacock. Of these, John\\nShinn was a speaker of power and acceptance,\\nwho took up his residence in this isolated locality\\nto escape the praise of those who admired his\\npreaching in the older meetings. In his own\\nwords this purpose was expressed: I came to\\nthese wilds to avoid the praise of man, lest I be-\\ncome vain and forget the fear of the Lord. The\\nnatural sterility of the soil and the location of the\\nmeeting-house on a road which was seldom trav-\\neled, after more direct thoroughfares were opened,\\nwas unfavorable to the prosperity of the meeting,\\nwhich was now only irregularly held, under the\\ndirection of the Evesham Monthly Meeting. This\\nrelation is shown from a minute of the latter meet-\\ning. Second Month 8, 1794\\nFriends appointed in the 11 Mo. last, to have\\nthe oversight of the meeting held at a place called\\nNew Hopewell, reported their attention thereto,\\nand that Friends there were careful in the attend-\\nance thereof. And the Friends who constitute\\nthat meeting request liberty to hold meetings as\\nheretofore lor three months, which the meeting\\ntaking into consideration uuitea in the continu-\\nance thereof, for two months, and Enoch Evaus,\\nIsaac Boulton, Joshua Stokes and Ephraim Stratton\\nare appointed to have the oversight thereof and\\nto report to this meeting in 4 Mo. next. This\\narrangement was continued some years, when the\\ndeath of some of the older Friends, and the re-\\nmoval of others had so much diminished the\\nmembership that the meeting was finally laid\\ndown in 1819, and the later business records re-\\nmoved to Evesham, Burlington County, where\\nthey now remain, in charge of the clerk of that\\nmeeting. From them may be obtained informa-\\ntion in regard to families, now wholly extinct,\\nwhich would assist in unraveling many genealog-\\nical difficulties connected with the first settlers of\\nthis part of the county.\\nAfter 1820 the old meeting-house was removed\\nby Job Norcross, and rebuilt as a two-story dwell-\\ning, on the Blue Anchor road, not quite a mile\\nfrom its old site, where it is now occupied as the\\nhome of William Norcross. The grave-yard was\\npreserved by the Friends, and burials of their de-\\nscendants have since been made there. It is the\\nonly reminder of the once familiar landmark,\\nwhich was the centre of a populous settlemeut of", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1100.jp2"}, "907": {"fulltext": "THK TOWNSHIP OF WINSLOW.\\nrdl\\nprofessing Christians, who luive long since iiassccl\\naway. Although the names of many are no longer\\nremembered, the imjiress of their consistent lives\\nmay yet be seen in the best traditions of the neigh-\\nborhood Their influence for truth and justice\\ncontinues to this day.\\nIn 1883 the Friends relinquished their intere,st\\nin the grave-yard in favor of the people of Wins-\\nlow, who selected a board of trustees to control the\\nsame. The members were Samuel T. Peacock,\\n.Job Eldridge, Matthias Simmerman, George\\nNorcross and George Peacock. Under their di-\\nrection the cemetery was substantially inclosed,\\nand though in a spot isolated from any other kind\\nof improvement, it shows the care which is be-\\nstowed on it. In the ground are the following\\nmarked graves\\n.Tub Norcross, died iu 1854, aged seventy-five years.\\nRev. Beuj. Y. Thackara, died 1SC4, aged seventy-four yeai-s.\\nAnn Tliackara, died 1857, aged sevcnty-tbree years.\\nElizabeth Thacliara, died 1847, aged forty-four years.\\nTlionias Ponn, died 1831, aged eiglity years.\\nKuth Teun, died 1837, aged eiglity-oue years.\\nGeorge Penn, died 1863, aged seventy-tlireo years.\\nSarali Penn, died 1795, aged three years.\\nJoseph Peacock, died 1855, aged seventy-one years.\\nTamar Peacock, died 1869, aged eighty-one years.\\n.Tames Ware, died 1865, aged 8i.\\\\ty-five years.\\nRuth Ware, lied 1855, aged lifty.seven years.\\nJoshua Eldridge, died 1851, aged eighty-seven years.\\n.\\\\niy Eldridge, died 1846, aged seventy-two years.\\nJanies Githeus, died 1SC4, aged fifty-two years.\\nBaptist Church at Tan.sboro Some of the\\nearly settlers of this locality entertained the Baptist\\nfaith and had occasional meetings in the New Free-\\ndom Church, the minister coming from Evesham,\\nin Burlington County. An increase of interest\\ncau.sed an organization to be formed and measures\\nwere taken to erect a church. January 10, 1841,\\nJames Cain donated an acre of land at Tansboro\\non which such a building might be erected, con-\\nveying the same to Elijah Briant, Charles Kain,\\nJoseph Porter, James Cain and John Cain, Trus-\\ntees appointed by and witli the consent of the\\nBaptist Church, at Evesham, in trust for the Bap-\\ntist denomination of Tansboro and its vicinity, of\\nthe same faith and order as th^ Baptist Church at\\nEvesham, for the purpose of erecting a Baptist\\nChurch in said place. The meeting-house a\\nframe structure was soon after built, and, on the\\n3d of May, 1845, the church became a corporate\\nbody, with John Johnson, Joseph Heritage and\\nCharles H. French as trustees. In the course of\\nyears, after meetings had been regularly held for\\nsome time, the membership was so much dimin-\\nished that services were discontinued. Since 1865\\nno meetings were held and the house was allowed\\nto go to ruin. On the 15th of September, 1874,\\nWilliam 1!. French and l^halkley Haines, the sur-\\nviving trustees, conveyed the property to the West\\nNew Jersey Baptist Association, in which body the\\ntitle now rests, but no effort has been made to im-\\nprove it. The walls of the old church remain\\ngrim reminders of the devastating influence of\\ntime, and those who once worshipped there are\\nscarcely remembered by the present generation.\\nThe Nkw Freedo.m Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Some time after\\n1810 the citizens of this locality united in biiildinga\\nhouse for public meetings, iu which variousdenom-\\ninatious held services, those of the Methodists pre-\\ndominating. ,\\\\fter the organization of societies at\\nSicklerville and Tansboro by the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal branch, the Methodist Protestants estab-\\nlished regular services at this place. Their first\\nmeetings were held in the old church, but in 18G7\\na new church was built in the same locality, wliich\\nhas since been occupied. The lot on which the\\nhouse stands was donated by Daniel Thackara,\\nand the building committee was composed of Isaac\\nS. Peacock, Joseph Buzby, Samuel Bittle, Rev. J.\\nK. Freed and Ezra Lake. It is a plain frame\\nstructure, thirty by forty-eight feet, and cost\\ntwenty-three hundred dollars. On the 14th of\\nMay, 1868, the church became an incorporated\\nbody, with the following trustees Jacob K. Freed,\\nSamuel B. Bittle, Isaiah E. Gibson, Joseph Wat-\\nson and James H. Howard. The membership of\\nthe church is small, not exceeding twenty in May,\\n1886. The congregation had occasional services\\nin connection with the church at edar Brook.\\nThe latter building was ]nit up in 1885, chiefly by\\nJohn R. Duble, Samuel Peacock, Ed. McCullough\\nand Wesley Bates, for the use of religious so-\\ncieties in that locality. The Methodists worshipping\\nhere are few in numbers, almost all the members\\nbeing females. The many changes of residence of\\nthe members of the foregoing churches have in.ade it\\nimpossible or difficult to maintain the organiza-\\ntion, and, in consequence, the records kept by\\nthem are very fragmentary and their history not\\nconnected. It is a matter worthy of note, though,\\nthat after the decease or removal of the elder\\nFriends most of the younger element connected\\nitself with other Protestant Churches instead of\\nadhering to the faith of their fathers, and as they\\nexercised the greatest freedom of choice, this may\\naccount for the number of denominational efforts\\nin this part of the county, more societies being or-\\nganized than it was possible to maintain in a\\ncountry just passing through its transition stages.\\nIn the grave-yard connected with the New\\nFreedom Church are interred, among others, the\\nfollowing", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1101.jp2"}, "908": {"fulltext": "702\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nWilliam Curtis, ilied 1803, aged sixty-three years.\\nHannah Curtis, died 1SG2, aged fifty-nine years.\\nCornelius Curtis, died 1880, aged forty-eight years.\\nGilbert Kellum, died 1844. aged sixty-four years.\\nWilliam Kellura, died 1820, aged\\nMartha Crowley, died 1881, aged ninety -oue years.\\nJosiah Tice, died 1847, aged thirty-four years.\\nEmanuel Bodine, died ISSO, aged tifty-three yeare.\\nEdward G. Brown, died 1862, aged forty-six yeare.\\nSamuel G. Bettle, died 1874, aged thirty six years.\\nThe yard shows signs of neglect and is not so\\nmuch used as iu former periods.\\nTAN.SBORO Methodist Episcopal Ciidrch.\\nAfter holding their meetings in the old New\\nFreedom Cliurch a number of years, the Method-\\nist congregatiun erected a new church at Tans-\\nboro in 1857. The house is a plain frame, having\\na seating capacity for a few hundred worshippers,\\nand was built on a lot donated by John Carroll.\\nThose active in it were Samuel Butler, Henry\\nBrown, Matthias Simmerman, James Dill and\\nMichael Earliug, serving as a committee for the\\ncongregation. The church has sustained various\\ncircuit relations, being associated with Sicklerville\\nand at present with Atco, having no regular min-\\nister. When connected with the former, among the\\npreachers were the Revs. Johnson, Moore, Stock-\\nton, Morgan, Shimp, Tunneycliff, Reeves, Engard\\nand Murrell. The membership has been fluctuat-\\ning, owing to the changes at the glass-works, but,\\nin May, 1886, the number belonging was sixty,\\nand the trustees were W. T. Sickler, Henry\\nBesser, Jacob Besser, Michael Burdsall, Abraham\\nBurdsall and George Robinson. The latter is also\\nsuperintendent of a flourishing Sunday-school.\\nThe Sickleeville Methodist Episcopal\\nChuech. The first Methodist meetings in this lo-\\ncality were held at private houses and in the school-\\nhouse, most of the preaching being done by John\\nSickler, a local preacher and the members were his\\nsons, Christopher, John and William, with their\\nfamilies, and Joseph Jones. About 1837 William\\nSickler set aside an acre of land for church purposes,\\nand soon after the neighbors united in building a\\nsmall frame house thereon. Here schools were\\nkept during the week and religious meeting.? on\\nthe Sabbath, the attendants coming many miles.\\nSome time after, Sickler donated an additional\\nacre of land on which to establish a cemetery,\\ndeeding the whole, in trust, to John Sickler, John\\nBarton, Christopher Sickler and Thomas Lashley.\\nThe old building was used until 1859. when the\\npresent church was erected in its stead. It is a neat\\nframe structure, thirty-five by forty -five feet, which\\nhas been made attractive by recent improvements.\\nIn 1886 the property was in charge of trustees\\nWilliam Andrew, William Shreve, S. W. Sickler,\\nand Paul H. Sickler. The latter has been a local\\npreacher the past twenty years. The membership\\nof the church is small, the entire number not\\nexceeding twenty-five, and the pastoral service is\\nin connection with churches in Gloucester County,\\nbut for many years it was joined to Tansboro in\\nforming a charge. A Sunday-school of sixty mem-\\nbers has Sears W. Sickler as its superintendent. It\\nwas organized soon after the class was formed by\\nPaul H. and John J. Sickler.\\nThe Methodist Episcopal Church at\\nWiNSLOW.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In 1840 Wni. Coffin and A. K. Hay\\ndeeded a lot of land in the village of Winslow to\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Society, who erected a\\nsmall frame meeting-house thereon the same year,\\nbut before this time an organization had been\\neffected, the first religious services being held in\\nthe school-hou.se, on an adjoining lot. The original\\nchurch building has been repaired and was en-\\nlarged by the addition of a pulpit recess. In\\n1886 its trustees are C. P. Westcott, H. M.\\nJewett, William D. Haines, William Brayman\\nand George H. Long. Being, for a number of\\nyears, the only church in the village, the member-\\nship was correspondingly large, and for the past\\ntwenty years Winslow has sustained the relation\\nof being a separate charge, the appointment at Elm\\nbeing added the present year. Under this arrange-\\nment the Rev. Thomas Wilson was the first pastor,\\nthe Rev. Samuel S. Belleville being the present.\\nThe church has a membership of sixty-five, in-\\ncluding probationary members, and maintains a\\nSunday-school which has eighty members. The\\nproprietors of Winslow not only encouraged the\\nbuilding of the church, but they also set aside a\\nfine building, which is nominally the parsonage,\\nand contribute freely to the su|)port of the religious\\nwork. This liberal policy has had a wholesome\\neffect upon the morals of the community.\\nThe Methodist Episcopal Church at Elm\\nis a new edifice, having been erected in 1884,\\nmainly by the efforts of the Rev. Alexander Gil-\\nmore, of the United States army, a resident of\\nthis place, assisted by J. Christie, H. L. Ferris,\\nCharles E. Albright and others. It is a small but\\nneat frame building, and well accommodates the\\ncongregation which occupies it. There are about\\nthirty members, having the same ministerial ser-\\nvice as the church at Winslow.\\nIn the latter village a small Catholic chapel was\\nfitted up, in 1884, by Mrs. A. D. Squires, for the\\naccommodation of those entertaining that faith,\\nnumbering about twenty communicants. Monthly\\nservices are held by a visiting priest, the Rev.\\nFather Von Riel, of Egg Harbor City. The", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1102.jp2"}, "909": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF WINSLOW.\\n703\\nchapel has neat surroiiiKlings. In connectidn\\nwith the Methodist Churcli atWinslow is a public\\ncemetery, in which are interred nicist of the\\ndeceased who ibrnicrly lived in this part of the\\ntownship.\\nThe CtREENWOon Cemetery Association, of\\nBlue Anchor, was incorporated January 12, ISSf),\\nwith Trustees Henry Poland, William Maxwell.\\nWilliam Hagan, Joseph Wilson, Timothy Thomp-\\nson and John I. Brick, to control a small cemetery\\nwhich was opened near the Blue Anchor tavern.\\nThe association is non-sectarian.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL.\\nAndrew K. Hay was of (German extraction, his\\nancestors in the maternal line being among the\\nHollanders who settled on the shores of the Dela-\\nware River before the English emigrants arrived.\\nHe was born in Massachusetts, and after receiving\\nwhat education could be obtained at that time, was\\nemployed in the manufacture of window-glass,\\nthen but a limited industry in the United Stales.\\nIn 1829, and when quite a young man, he came to\\nNew Jersey and was engaged at the Waterford\\nWorks, then owned by Porter, Shreve Co. He\\nsoon removed to Hammontou, then owned by Wil-\\nliam Coffin, and, in 1832, married Ann, a daughter\\nof the proprietor. William Coffin withdrew, and\\nthe works were managed by his son, Bodine Coffin,\\nand his son-in-law, A. K. Hay.\\nThree years after the death of T. Jefferson Perce\\n(1S3S), wlio, with William Coffin, Jr., were operat-\\ning the windo^v-glass works until 1835, Andrew K.\\nHay purchased an interest, and, with William Cof-\\nfin, Jr., continued the business until 1847, with the\\naddition of Tristram Bowdle as another partner.\\nIn the last-named year Edward W. Coffin became\\nthe owner of William Coffin, Jr. s share, and con-\\n85\\ntinned until 18. )1. In Ihalyear Andrew K. Hay,\\nwith his nephew, .Fohn B. Hay, acquired the entire\\ninterest, and the firm of Hay Co. was in existence\\nuntil the death of A. K. Hay, in 1881.\\nThe firm kept pace with every improvement in\\nthe manufacture of glass, and enlarged the busi-\\nness by the addition of steam mills for grain and\\ntimber. The idea that the land in the pine bar-\\nrens could not be made available for farming pur-\\nposes was exploded at Winslow, where some five\\nhundred acres were under cultivation, supplying\\nall the hay, grain, corn, potatoes and other needs\\nof the peo|)le about the factory in that direct ion.\\nBottle furnaces were introduced, which increased\\nin number with the demand for that kind of ware,\\nand employing many other men and boys about the\\nestablishment. In 1849 he was elected a member of\\nCongress, serving one term, but refused a second\\nelection, as his extensive business at home required\\nliis personal attention. He was offered other po-\\nlitical promotions, but always declined for the\\nreasfms before stated.\\nThe first suggestions as to the building of the\\nCamden and Atlantic Railroad met his approval,\\nand the project had no more faithful supporter\\nfrom the beginning to the completion. The ad-\\nvantage it would be to his own landed estate was\\nworth some risk, which he met as the work pro-\\ngressed.\\nAndrew K. Hay was truly a self-made man.\\nBeing familiar with every detail of his business,\\nhe was never dependent on others in matters of\\njudgment or experience. His success in life may\\nbe traced to these material points, and illustrate\\nthe benefits thus to be derived. He was popular\\namong those he employed, and had the confidence\\nof all who knew him. He died February 7, 1881.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1103.jp2"}, "910": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF CENTRE.\\nCHAPTER XVI.\\nSurface and Soil\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Early Settlern anil Dehcendants\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Huggs,\\nBrownings, Hillraane, Hinchmans, Thornes, Glovers and later\\nComers\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Civil History\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Village of Snow Hill\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Societies\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Churcliei!\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Magnolia\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Guinea Town\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mount Epliraini.\\nTopography.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 This township is bounded as\\nfollows On the north, by Haddon township, from\\nwhich it is separated by the south branch of New-\\nton Creek on the northeast by Delaware town-\\nship, separated in part by a branch of Coopers\\nCreek on the east and south by Gloucester town-\\nship on the south and west by Deptford town-\\nship, in Gloucester County, being separated there-\\nfrom by Great Timber Creek and on the west by\\nGloucester City.\\nThe general surface of the township is level,\\nthough elevated in some localities to have the ap-\\npearance of hills, chief among which are Mount\\nEphraim and Irish Hill. The latter was used be-\\nfore the era of telegraphs for signal purposes, be-\\ning one of a number of places in a chain of com-\\nmunication from Wilmington to New York. On\\nIrish Hill a tall oak-tree was used as the base of a\\nstation, which was supplied with colored lights at\\nnight and shutters in daytime to communicate the\\nnews of the owners of the line. It is said to have\\nbeen used chiefly by sporting men, who took this\\nmeans to apprise their friends of the result of a\\nlottery or a horse-race, often reaping large sums\\nby reason of having the earliest news. At this\\nplace is a valuable deposit of clay, which has been\\nonly partially developed.\\nThe soil of Centre township, generally, is a\\nsandy loam, and, with careful cultivation, is very\\nproductive. The drainage is afforded by the\\nboundary streams and Beaver Branch and Little\\nTimber Creeks, both flowing into Great Timber\\nCreek, which is a tidal stream. Valuable meadows\\n704\\nhave been made along these streams (where the\\nfirst settlements were made) by means of dykes\\nand dams, and here are found some of the most de-\\nsirable farms in Camden County. In some local-\\nities are areas of porous sand, making the soil non-\\nproductive for some crops, but the same section\\nhas been made to yield rich returns in the hands\\nof the fruit-grower and market-gardener. Much at-\\ntention has been directed, within late years, to those\\ninterests, and the value of the lands has been pro-\\nportionately increased. The township has good\\nroads, being traversed by the Blackwoodtown and\\nWhite Horse turnpikes from north to south, and\\nold highways from east to west.\\nEarly Settlement, Early Settlers and\\nTHEIR Descend.ants. None of the early settlers\\nwithin the area now embraced in the township of\\nCentre had more landed possessions or enjoyed\\ngreater prominence than the Huggs. At one time\\nall the land lying between the Little Timber\\nCreek and the main creek of that name, for a dis-\\ntance of three miles, was owned by members of the\\nHugg family. The name Hugg is of Irish origin.\\nJohn Hugg, one of the early settlers, came from\\nthe parish of Castle Ellis, in Ireland. He was a\\nFriend, and, though not a partner in the enter-\\nprises which brought many Friends to this\\ncountry at that period, was yet a person of consid-\\nerable mean.s. His first settlement was on five hun-\\ndred acres of land (lying at the junction of the two\\nstreams) which he purchased of Robert Z ine in\\n1683, and a part of which he then devised to his\\ngrandson, William Hugg, who did not come\\ninto possession of it until some fifty years later.\\nHis first residence stood where the Little Timber\\nCreek flows into Great Timber Creek. From it a\\nview of the Delaware River was afforded, as well\\nas much of the stream before his house. He es-\\ntablished a landing, which had the character of a", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1104.jp2"}, "911": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF CENTRE.\\n705\\npublic place for many years, and where consider-\\nable shipping is yet done. The place where the\\nhouse of Jolin Hugg stood is regarded by some\\nantiquaries as the site of old Fort Nassau, which\\nwas built by the Dutch in 1623, when they first at-\\ntempted a settlement on the Delaware. It is .said\\nthat some pieces of Dutch brick and pottery were\\nhere fouud after the lapse of mf)re than two hun-\\ndred and forty years, which indicated this spot as\\nthe possible site of that historical fortification.\\nWhatever doubts may attach to such a belief, it is\\nwell known that John Hugg lived there until hi.s\\ndeath, in 1706. He had four sons, namely, John\\nand Elias, who both married daughters of Francis\\nCollins, Joseph and Charles being younger. They\\nwere also of adult age when John Hugg took up\\nhis home here in Centre township, as they soon\\nafter settled around him and became prominent\\ncitizens.\\nJohn Hugg, Jr., was very active in public\\naffairs. For six years, from 1695, he was one of\\nthe judges of the courts of Gloucester County, and,\\nfoi- ten years, was a member of the Governor s\\nCouncil, which is evidence of his worth as a just\\nand upright man.\\nFrom 1726 to 1730 he was sheriff of the county.\\nwhich was probably his last service in a public\\ncapacity. Between 16% and 1710 he located sev-\\neral tracts of land between the Great and Little\\nTimber Creeks, extending nearly to the head of\\nthe latter and across to the former, including\\nwhat was lately known as the Crispin Farm. It is\\nbelieved that he resided in that locality, where he\\nhad the advantages of navigation, and a great\\nbreadth of meadow lands could be secured by\\nbuilding a bank along the stream to prevent their\\noverflow by the tide. This place was called\\nPlain Hope, but, in 1811, when Samuel L.\\nHowell was the owner, the name was Marlboro\\nFarm, which title it retained for years.\\nWilliam Crispin, an Englishman, became the\\nowner of this place in 1846, and added to its im-\\nprovements. He was also the owner of the ad-\\njoining farm, known as the Parker Place, each\\nhaving about two hundred acres. The meadows\\non these lands cause them to be among the most\\nvaluable farms in the township.\\nJohn Hugg was noted for the number of slaves he\\nowned, many of the colored people in this town-\\nship having descended from those who were for-\\nmerly in his service. From all accounts he must\\nhave been a kind master, as his slaves considered\\nit a great honor to be servants in the Hugg family.\\nIn 1709 he sold one of his negro boys (Sambo), to\\nJohn Hinchmau, as is elsewhere noted.\\nThe death of John Hugg occurre l in 1730 and\\nis thus described by Sinitli, in his History of\\nNew Jersey,\\nIn this year died John Hugg, Esq., of Glou-\\ncester City. He was about ten years one of the\\nCouncil. Riding from home one morning, he was\\nsupposed to be taken ill about a mile from his\\nhouse, when, getting off his horse, he spread his\\ncloak on the ground to lie down on, and having\\nput his gloves under the saddle and hung his whip\\nthrough one of the rings, he turned his horse\\nloose, which, going home, put the people upon\\nsearching, who found hiin in this circumstance\\nspeechless; they carried him to his house and he\\ndied that evening.\\nHe died respected by all who knew him, leaving\\nto survive him a second wife and the following-\\nnamed children Mary (married to Thomas Lip-\\npincott), Sarah, Priscilla, Hannah, Joseph, Gabriel,\\nJohn, Elias and Jacob. John died when yet\\nyoung and Elias without children.\\nElias Hugg, the brother of John and son of the\\nemigrant, lived in the house occupied before him\\nby his father and probably kept a store to supply\\nthe wants of the people of those days, whiskey\\nand tobacco being staple commodities. As many\\nof his customers were watermen, his premises,\\nno doubt, furnished the scene of many carousals\\namong them when detained by wind and tide.\\nThe large landed estates of the Huggs in this\\ntownship, after passing to the second and third\\ngenerations, eventually ceased to be owned by any\\nof the lineal descendants of the family and for\\nmany years no male members by the name have\\nremained in the vicinity.\\nIn the course of years part of the original Hugg\\ntract became the property of Isaac Browning, the\\nyoungest son of George Browning, who emigrated\\nto this country from Holland before 1752, and who\\nsettled in what is now Stockton township. There\\nIsaac was born, December 1, 1775, and at the time\\nof his death lived at the mouth of Timber Creek.\\nHe had three sons and two daughters, namely\\nJoshua P., George Benjamin, Cooper P., Mary and\\nCatherine. The first-named son lived on the\\nhomestead of his father several years, when he\\nmoved to Haddonfield. He was married to Amelia,\\na daughter of John Clement, and was an influen-\\ntial man in the interest of public improvements.\\nIn Centre township the Brownings were progres-\\nsive citizens and the landing on the creek is still\\nknown by their name.\\nIn 1697 John Hillman purchased one hundred\\nand seventy acres of land of Francis Collins,\\nadjoining the estate of John Gill, where he set-", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1105.jp2"}, "912": {"fulltext": "706\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY. NEW JERSEY.\\ntied. His land lay on both sides of the Haddonfield\\nroad to Snow Hill, and his house stood near the\\npresent Chapman residence. As theoldEf^g Har-\\nbor road passed by his house, he kept a tavern, but\\nhis place did not become noted as a resort, in the\\nsense that attached to some of the taverns of that\\nperiod, since the travel was comparatively light.\\nA short distance below this house two roads di-\\nverged, one going to Salem by way of Clements\\nBridge, and the other towards the shore.\\nThe soil here is light and the place was no\\ndoubt selected on account of the ease with which\\na clearing might be made, as the growth of timber\\nin these sandy places was never very heavy.\\nIn 1720 John Hillman devised this tract of land\\nto his son John, who, however, settled in Glouces-\\nter township, near the White Horse Tavern. His\\nson Joseph lived on the homestead some time, but\\nin 1760, sold to Daniel Scull, of Egg Harbor.\\nThus, for more than a hundred years, this proper-\\nty has been out of the name of Hillman, and,\\nbeing now the site of the hamlet of Snow Hill,\\nhas been disposed of to many owners.\\nDaniel Hillman, a brother of John, who settled\\nin Gloucester, located on a tract of one hundred\\nacres of land which had been surveyed for William\\nSharp in 1701. He gradually extended his estate\\ntowards the south, while it joined the lands of the\\nClarlfs on the west, and those of the Albertsons on\\nthe east. His house stood on what became the\\nHowell estate and was a plain log building. In\\n1754 Daniel Hillman died and gave this tract to his\\nfour sons, James, John, Daniel and Joseph, who\\nimproved the same, erecting dwellings thereon.\\nIn 1734 Joseph sold his interest to Jacob Jennings,\\nwho had the same resurveyed the following year.\\nIn this purchase the greater part of the hundred\\nacres, located in 1701, was included, and as the\\nolder members of the family had died or moved,\\nthe lands thus became the property of stran-\\ngers. Many descendants of the Hillmans still\\nreside in the township, but on lands not of the\\noriginal estate.\\nIt may have been noted that before the discov-\\nery of fertilizers, the farmers in this section soon\\nexhausted the natural richness of their lands,\\nwhich thereafter afforded them but scanty subsist-\\nence, making it impossible to put up good im-\\nprovements out of their earnings of the soil. The\\nuse of marl and other fertilizers has changed all\\nthese conditions.\\nJohn Hinchman, the oldest son of John Hinch-\\nman, of Newton township, located on part of the\\npaternal estates, now mostly owned by the Willitses\\nand Coopers, extending from the old Salem road to\\nthe head of Little Timber Creek, and adjoining\\nthe Jennings property. This land was part of the\\ntract which had been conveyed to John Hinchman\\nin 1699, by John Hugg and his wife, Priscilia, who\\nhad inherited some of the same from her father,\\nFrancis Collins.\\nThe dwelling-house of John Hinchman was a\\nsmall, hipped-roof brick building, which, in its day,\\nhad some pretension to style and comfort. Its\\nshape has been entirely changed and it now forms\\na part of the modern residence of the late Charles\\nL. Willits.\\nJohn Hinchman had a sort of a military career,\\nhaving been appointed an ensign in one of the de-\\npartments of the county in 1705. He was sheriff\\nof the county after 1722, and in his day was quite\\nprominent. As his second wife he married a grand-\\ndaughter of John Kay. His son, John, settled in\\nGloucester.\\nJohn Thorne, was a brother-in-law of John\\nHinchman, having married his sister Ann. He\\ncame from Flushing, N. Y., following the Hinch-\\nraans in their migration from that State. In\\n1702 he purchased a tract of laud of John Read-\\ning, lying between the south branch of Newton\\nand Little Timber Creeks, his tract including\\nthe farms known as the Stokes Brick Farm and\\nthe John D. Glover Farm. By his will, made\\nin 1768, he gave his property to his son-in-law,\\nJohn Glover, in fee. The latter married his\\ndaughter, Mary. In his day he was a man of\\nmarked influence. A few years before his death,\\nin 1769, he removed to Haddonfield, where his\\nwidow continued to reside. His son Thomas died\\nin 1759, leaving a daughter who was married to\\nWilliam Harrison. The latter owned and lived on\\na farm south of Mount Ephraim, known in later\\nyears as the property of Jesse W. Starr. He was\\na man of considerable prominence, serving as sher-\\nifl in 1716. In this capacity he was instrumental\\nin causing the defeat of John Kay, by ordering\\nthe election to be held at a point int)re fiivorable\\nto Kay s opponent. Dr. Daniel Coxe.\\nHe was buried in a small family grave-yard, near\\nthe old brick house, which was demolished some\\nyears ago.\\nJohn Glover, who lived du the John Thorne\\nplace, also came from Long Island and was a\\nbrother of William and Richard Glover. The for-\\nmer settled in Newton township, the creek divid-\\ning his lands from John s. He was a bachelor\\nand died in 1798, but much of the estate which he\\nowned is still in the Glover name. John Glover,\\nthe husband of Mary Thorne, reared a numerous\\nfamily, some having descendants who still remain", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1106.jp2"}, "913": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF CENTRE.\\nro7\\nin the township. Near the residence of John T.\\nGlover, on Newton Creek, his grandiather, John\\nT., had a fulling-mill which descended thence to\\nJames Glover. It was abandoned many years ago.\\nOn Little Timber Creek, in the neighborhood of\\nMount Ephraim, was another power, in the early\\nhistory of this section, where William Eldridge\\nput up grist and fulling-mills. In 1805 he sold\\nthis property to Hezekiah Shivers, who disposed of\\nit to John T. Glover, whence it passed to John O.\\nGlover. The mills were near his residence.\\nThey have been unused for a long time.\\nA hundred years after the general settlement of\\nthe territory now embraced in this township the\\nprincipal owners were persons bearing the follow-\\ning names Gill, Wilson, Brown, Chapman, Brown-\\ning, Atkinson, Glover, Budd, Zane, Willits, Cris-\\npin, Starr, Bell, Eastlack, Budd, Mather, Thackara,\\nClark, Kinsey, Haines, Lippincott, Kay, Davis,\\nStrang, Rudlow, Rowand, Mickle, Webb, Brick,\\nHarrison and Brazington. Many of these have de-\\nscendants remaining in the township.\\nCivil Oeganizatiox. By legislative enact-\\nment, November 15, 1831, all that part of the\\ntownship of Gloucester contained within the fol-\\nlowing described bounds became a new township\\nBeginning at the mouth of Beaver branch where\\nit empties into Great Timljer Creek thence up\\nthe said creek to Clements Bridge; thence along\\nthe middle of the Evesham Road to the bridge\\nover Coopers Creek thence down said creek to\\nthe corner of the township of Newton thence by\\nthe said township of Newton and Gloucester\\nTown to the beginning, together with all that\\nterritory known by the corporate name of the\\nInhabitants of Gloueestertown in the county of\\nGloucester, hereafter known as the township of\\nUnion.\\nThe people in the territory described, sustained\\nthat township relation twenty-four years, when\\nanother division took place whereby the town-\\nship of Centre was created March 6, 1 855, as follows\\nBeginning in the middle of GreatTimber Creek\\nat the mouth of the southerly branch of Little\\nTimber Creek; thence along the middle of Little\\nTimber Creek to a point where the old King s\\nHighway crossed the same thence northerly along\\nthe highway to the southwest corner of Cedar\\nGrove Cemetery and corner of James H. Brick s\\nland; thence along said line and by the lands of\\nAaron H. Hurley, crossing the Mt. Ephraim\\nRoad to the corner of the lands of John Brick,\\ndeceased thence along the lands of Brick and\\nJohn C. Champion and John R. Brick to New-\\nton Creek, on the line of Newton Township;\\nthence eastwardly by Newton Creek, on the line\\nof Union and Newton, until it strikes the line of\\nthe townships of Union and Delaware; thence up\\nthe same to Burrough s Bridge thence on the\\nmiddle of the highway and on boundary line be-\\ntween the townships of Union and Gloucester to\\nClements Bri(lge,on the Great Timber Creek thence\\ndown the middle of the said creek to the place of\\nbeginning.\\nThe name of Centre was suggested by the\\nintermediate position which the new township\\nwould occupy, with reference to Gloucester and\\nthe township of Newton, north and south of it.\\nUnder the act authorizing the erection of the\\ntownship, the first annual town-meeting was held\\nat the public-house at Mount Ephraim, March 14,\\n1855. Chalkley Glover was chosen moderator and\\nJehu Budd clerk.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2It was voted that the township borrow $100\\nto pay the current expenses; that a tax of $2.U0\\nbe levied for school purposes, for every child re-\\nturned between the ages of five and eighteen\\nyears; that the township be divided inio two dis-\\ntricts for the overseers of the highways.\\nSince 18(53 the township meetings have been\\nheld at the public hall at Mount Ephraim, and\\nthe following have been the principal officers\\nselected each year: Zebedee W. Nichols m, Chas.\\nL. VVillitts and David A. Shreve, school superin-\\ntendents until the county superinlendency was es-\\ntablished.\\nTowiishijt Clerks.\\n1855. Jehu Budd. 1N07-68. Isaac G. Eastlack.\\n1S56. Isaac Kay. IUG J. George F. Howell.\\n1857-00. Jeliu Budd. 1870-75. George T. Haines.\\n18B1-(B. Beuj. A. Starr. 187 i-7S. Jolin D. Glover, Jr.\\n1864-C5. David A. Shreve. 187 1-81, John Hutchinson.\\n1806. Jehu Budd. 1882-84. Wni. 11. Turley.\\n1885-80. Jared B. Chapman.\\nAsseHort.\\n1855-58. Joseph Budd. 1809. George Broadwater.\\n18.59. John N. rlh, Jr. 1870. Joseph 0, Davis.\\n18r,0. Henjaniiu Shivers. 1871-75. Jolin Ilutcliinson.\\n1861-62. Jshu Budd. 1876-80. George T. Haines.\\n1863. Isaac Brasington. 1881-82. Hiram E. Budd.\\n1864-65. Jehu Budd. lt8:!-84. Natlcauiel Harton.\\n1866-68. Joseph Uudd Wehb. 1885-86. W. II. Turley.\\nC llhctors.\\n1855. Champion Goldy. 1866-68. George F. Howell.\\n1856-57. J. seph M. Atkinson. 1870. Joseph B. Webb.\\n1850-60. Simon W, Mitten. 1871-73. Henry Charman.\\n1861 02. John P. Curtis. 1874-81. Nathaniel Barton.\\n1863. Joseph M. Atkinson. 1882-84. David A. Shreve.\\n1864-65. Champion Goldy. 1885. Samuel Bacon.\\n1886. Henry Charman.\\nJmhces of the Peace.\\n1855. John W. Chester. 1850. John 1 Curtis.\\nJoseph Fish. John W. Hay.\\n1856. Joseph Budd. T. Oliver Goldsmith.\\nJoseph C. Zane. Henry Cbarmau.\\nFrederick Lister. Hiram K. Budd.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1107.jp2"}, "914": {"fulltext": "708\\nHISTORY OF CAMDKN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nThe Village of Snow Hill is two miles\\nfrom Haddonfield, on the elevated lands along the\\nroad to that town. Its population is composed\\nalmost exclusively of colored people. It contains\\nseveral small stores, two good society buildings,\\nthree churches and within a radius of a mile are\\nsix hundred colored inhabitants. Although a\\nnumber of colored people had settled in this\\nlocality at a much earlier i)eriod, the village was\\nnot regularly laid out until about 1840. At that\\nperiod Ralph Smith, an Abolitionist, living in\\nHaddonlield, who had advanced ideas of the future\\ncondition of the negro, purchased a tract of land\\nand had William Watson survey the same into\\nlots for him. In accordance with his purpose, to\\ngive the negro a village of his own, the place was\\nappropriately called Free Haven. The lots being\\noffered cheap, and as much effort was made in Phila-\\ndelphia and other cities to induce settlement, a\\nlarge number were soon sold, only a few of which\\nwere improved. Among those who first settled\\nhere were Stephen Thomas, James Arthur, Isaac\\nArthur, Samuel Sharp, Perry Gibson, Thomas\\nBrown and Thomas Banks. The last-named was\\na man of superior attainments, which caused him\\nto be looked upon with deference, but at the same\\ntime made him an object of suspicion among his\\nfellows, who accused him of self-aggrandizement.\\nIn the main, the settlers were haruu)nious and the\\ncommunity law-abiding and orderly. Many of the\\nsettlers came from the vicinity of Snow Hill. Md.,\\nfrom which circumstance came the name. Free\\nHaven, as applied by Ralph Smith, never ob-\\ntained any hold upon the people, and the original\\nname still remains good. The village plot w.as\\nenlarged by Jacob C. White, a colored dentist, of\\nPhiladelphia, who was warmly interested in the\\ndevelo{)ment of the place.\\nWithin the last few years small stores have been\\nkept at Snow Hill by Joseph E. Gray, John\\nWilliams and P. S. Smiley. A few shops are also\\nmaintained, but most of the inhabitants find occu-\\npation in agricultural pursuits.\\nSocieties. In few places of its size are more\\nsecret societies successfully maintained than by\\nthe colored people of Snow Hill. A sketch of the\\nvarious lodges of the village that existed in Janu-\\nary, 1886, is here given. The Daughters of Ebene-\\nzer, organized 1842, a local beneficial society for\\nwomen, having twenty-two members; Mt. Zion\\nBeneficial Society, also local, instituted in 1850\\nand having thirty members St. Matthew Union\\nLodge, No. lOj Independent Order of Good Samari-\\ntans, instituted October 7, 1852, and incorporated\\nMarch 18, 1872, had one hundred and twenty-five\\nmembers. In 1870 a spacious two-story hall was\\nerected by this order, the upper room being used\\nfor lodge purposes, the lower room for general\\nmeetings. In this building also meet the Daugh-\\nters of Samaria, whose membership is composed of\\nwomen only. Hiram Lodge, No. 5, A. F. A. M.,\\nwas instituted in September, 1874, and has thirty\\nmembers. The meetings of this Masonic lodge are\\nheld in the Samaria Hall. Star of Liberty Lodge,\\nNo. 1062, G. O. of O. F., was instituted March 9,\\n1863, with nine members, which number has been\\nincreased to eighty-six. In 1882 a very fine hall\\nwas built by the lodge, in the upper story of which\\nmeetings are regularly held. In this hall, also,\\nmeets the Household of Ruth, a Ladies Odd-Fellow\\nAuxiliary Society, which was organized in 1878,\\nand which had thirty-six members in June, 1886.\\nThe Union Republican Association of Snow Hill,\\nincorporated February 19, 1886, is one of the\\nyoungest benevolent organizations at this place.\\nSchools. Separate schools for the education of\\ncolored children were established about 1848,\\nSamuel Sharp being the teacher. The present\\nschool-house was built in 1872, and is a large two-\\nstory frame structure. There are one hundred\\nand twenty-seven children of school age, many of\\nwhom have a keen interest in educational matters.\\nAmong the later teachers have been Edward Mil-\\nler, John Jackson and John Goodwin.\\nThe Mr. Piscjah African Methodist Church\\nwas originated soon after 1800, and became a per-\\nmanent organization in 1813. Until that time\\nMethodists of both the white and colored race of\\nthe vicinity held religious services together in a\\nsmall frame building which stood upon the present\\nchurch lot; but, following the advice of a colored\\nminister, Richard Allen, who subsequently became\\na bishop, the colored element declared themselves\\nindependent of the Methodist Episcopate, where-\\nupon some of the colored members and the whites\\nwithdrew to form the Methodist Church at Green-\\nland. Bishop Allen then became the pastor of\\nthe independent church, and for many years\\nserved it, in connection with the Bethel Church\\n(colored), in Philadelphia. From this fact the\\nmembers of Mt. Pisgah Church are sometimes\\ncalled the Allenites. The present bishop is R.\\nH. Kane, and the preacher in charge is T. A. V.\\nHenry, who also supplies the mission at Haddon-\\nfield. The members number sixty-three.\\nIn 1867 the old meeting-house was replaced by\\nthe present large frame building which was neatly\\nrepaired in 1884. Its seating capacity is increased\\nby the use of galleries on two sides and (^ne end.\\nThe property appears neally kept and is in", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1108.jp2"}, "915": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNRFIIP OF ENTRE.\\n709\\ncharge of Trustees Isaac Jackson, harles Artliiir,\\nRichard Tilman, Alfred Arthur, Joshua Arthur,\\nPeter S. Smiley and Warner Gihbs. Ebenezer\\nMann and Peter Mott were former local preachers,\\nand the latter organized the first Sunday-school\\nabout 1854. The present superintendent is John\\nH. Jackson, and the membership of the Sunday-\\nschool is about seventy. In connection with the\\nchurch is a grave-yard, where are buried some of\\nthe first colored settlers of this part of the town-\\nship.\\nThe Mt. Zion African Methodist Eprsco-\\nPAL Church. Not long after Allen s congrega-\\ntion declared itself an independent church, the\\ncolored members adhering to the Methodist Ei)is-\\ncopacy organized themselves into a church body\\nand, in 1828, secured their own house of worship.\\nIn this meetings were regularly held until it was\\nburned down in 18.35. A new church was then\\nbuilt, which became too small to accommodate the\\ngrowing membership, and, in 1868, it was taken\\ndown and the present church built in its place. It\\nis a frame of neat proportions and has a large seat-\\ning capacity. A part of the old church building\\nwas converted into a jjarsonage, this appointment\\nforming a charge in connection with Jordantown.\\nThe membership of the cliurch is large, number-\\ning nearly one hundred and seventy five, and the\\nSunday-school has one hundred and sixty scholars,\\nhaving as its superintendent Henry D. Wilson.\\nUpon the church lot is a grave-yard, and the i)rop-\\nerty has, in 1886, the following trustees: Robert\\nCooper, Franklin Fossett, William Henry, An-\\nthony Baynard, Albert A. Calles, Cupid Moore\\nand Joseph E. Tray.\\nSnow Hill Roman Catholic Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The\\nbuilding in which the members of the Catholic\\nChurch of this vicinity worshipped was built in\\n1859, on a lot of ground donated for this purpose\\nby James Diamond. It was here located on ac-\\ncount of its central position, in a large scope of\\ncountry, which was taken up as a mission, many\\nof the members living beyond Kirkwood, Black-\\nwood, Chews Landing and Haddonfield, and all\\nbeing whites. The communicants number nearly\\na hundred, and semi-monthly services are held by\\nclergymen from Camden and Gloucester. At the\\nlatter place interments are made. The church is a\\nsmall frame building of very humble appearance.\\nMagnolia is southeast from Snow Hill and ex-\\ntending beyond the Evesham road, on and in the\\nneighborhood of the White Horse turnpike. It is\\nthe old hamlet of Greenland, properly called\\nMagnolia, since the Philadelphia and Atlantic\\nCity Railroad located a station with that name\\nnear the |)lace where a |iost-oflice is now estab-\\nlished. The term Greenland was applied on ac-\\ncount of the prevalence of a greenish soil in this\\nlocality very closely resembling marl. For many\\nyears the upper part of the settlement was called\\nFrederickville, after Frederick Hines, one of the\\nfirst settlors there, and by occupation a weaver,\\n.loseph Webb, another early settler, followed the\\nsame trade, iviiile John Albertson and Samuel\\nBarrett were fiirmers.\\nFor the greater part of half a century John P.\\nCurtis, a local Methodist preacher, has lived in\\nthis place. Barrett varied his occujiation of a\\nfarmer by keeping a small store at the corner of\\nthe turnpike and the public road, where James\\nLee was afterwards engaged in trade. W^ithin the\\npast few years James Barrett, Jr., has opened a\\nstore in a new building, not far from the old stand,\\nand in the same neighborhood a good smithy has\\nbeen established.\\nAt the crossing of the Haddonfield road, oppo-\\nsite the toll-house on the pike, Frederick Besser\\nhad a store and wiis succeeded by Joel G. Clark.\\nThe latter sold out to A. H. Wolohon, who built\\nthe present store about 1851, and converted the old\\nstand into a residence. Nearer Snow Hill, Joseph\\nFish o]iened another store about 1855, where, for\\na number of years, Henry Charman has been in\\ntrade. The village has several hundred inhabit-\\nants, most of whom are whites.\\nThe Greenland Methodist Eplscopal\\nChurch. Methodism was preached in this locality\\nas early as the beginning of this century by the\\npreachers named in the account of the Blackwood\\nCliurch, iuid later by others, whose names have\\nnot been preserved. The appointments were\\nnumerous and separated many miles, two preachers\\nserving the circuit in 182(). It is said that David\\nDaly, one of the preachers, was of the opinion that\\nthe members were heavily burdened to raise the\\npay of the preachers, about six hundred dollars\\nper year, and that the pioneer, Jacob Gruber,\\nthought that one man should be able to serve the\\ncircuit, which embraced the most of old Glouces-\\nter and Burlington Counties. It is an interesting\\nhistorical fact that the same territory now supports\\nabout forty preachers, and that nearly one hundred\\nthousand dollars is raised annually for the promo-\\ntion of the church work, where a little more than\\nsixty years ago a hundredth part was raised with\\ndifficulty. It is evidence not only of the increase\\nof population, but also of the hold that Methodism\\nhas upon the people.\\nThe first meetings were held at Snow Hill in a\\nbuilding which was the joint property of the", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1109.jp2"}, "916": {"fulltext": "710\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nwhites and the blacks, but which was relinquished\\nin favor of the colored people about 1813. Soon\\nafter Samuel Barrett set aside an acre of laud, on\\nthe Evesham road, for church and cemetery pur-\\nposes, where a small frame meeting-house was\\nbuilt in 1815, which was thenceforth the spiritual\\nhome of the white Methodists in this section of the\\ncountry. Among the early members, and those\\nwho participated in building this house, were\\nSamuel Barrett, Christopher Sickler, Joseph Webb,\\nWilliam Heppin and Frederick Hines. The\\nchurch was used until 1867, when the present\\nbuilding was erected in its place by a building\\ncommittee composed of J, P. Curtis, John W.\\nChester and Samuel Barrett. It is a frame house,\\nthirty-five by forty-five feet, of very modest appear-\\nance. The membership of the church is small,\\nnumbering but forty in 1886. The church has no\\nregular pastor, but was last connected with Glen-\\ndale to form a circuit. A tlourishing Sunday-school\\nhas John Harley as its superintendent.\\nIn the fall of 1885 a Ladies Aid Society of the\\nneighborhood built a hall near the church, in\\nwhich social gatherings may be held for the pur-\\npose of securing funds to encourage church work.\\nThe efforts of the ladies in this direction have\\nalready been attended wiih gratifying success.\\nGuinea Town is another hamlet wholly inhab-\\nited by colored people. It is located on the Black-\\nwood turnpike, on the sand-hills near Beaver\\nBranch, and was formerly more populous than at\\npresent. The village site was a part of the Hugg\\nestate, and the first houses built belonged to the\\nformer slaves of that family, who were settlers here\\nunder tlie provisions of an act, which required\\nowners of negroes to provide homes for them and\\nto prevent them from becoming a public charge.\\nSome of the inhabitants of Guinea Town were\\nCubit Waterford, Archibald Farmer, Daniel Wil-\\nliamson, Daniel Stevens, Edward Jackson, Thomas\\nQuann and the Still family, who had been slaves\\nof persons living near. The last-named claimed\\nroyal descent, their ancestor being a prince in the\\ndirect line, when he was captured in Guinea and\\nbrought to America as a slave. The Stills were\\nsuperior, both in stature and mental endowments,\\nand after their removal some of them became\\nprominent in the learned professions.\\nThe soil at Guinea Town being unproductive,\\nmany of the inhabitants removed, after living\\nthere a few years, and the hamlet decreased in size\\nuntil but a few houses remained of what was quite\\na large settlement about 1805.\\nIncidents of the Revolution.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Along Great\\nTimber Creek, landings were established at con-\\nvenient points, where considerable business was\\ntransacted before railways afforded more expedi-\\ntious transportation. The landing at Clements\\nBridge has a Revolutionary interest attaching to\\nit. On the 24th of October, 1777, the Hessian\\ntroops, twelve hundred strong, crossed here on\\ntheir retreat from the battle-field of Red Bank.\\nThey had marched through the township, by\\nthe King s Highway, two days previously, cross-\\ning Little Timber Creek; but the Americans\\ndestroyed the bridge at that point, which\\nprevented them from going back to Haddonfleld\\nby that thoroughfare. Worn out and disheart-\\nened, it is said that they threw two brass field-\\npieces into the creek near where now is Clements\\nBridge, where they have since remained. The\\nKing s Highway had a course to the north, near\\nthe lower part of the township, crossing Little\\nTimber Creek half a mile below its present\\nbridge. In that locality was a tavern, called the\\nTwo Tuus, which was kept during the Revolu-\\ntion by an old lady known as Aunty High-cap,\\nfrom the head-gear she wore. Here the British\\nofficers were wont to assemble and regale them-\\nselves with the rum the old lady dispensed, having\\nlittle fear of attack or disturbance by the Ameri-\\ncans. This over-confidence led to the death of\\none of their number, who was shot by a patriot\\nmore than a third of a mile from the house, and\\nwhose presence was never discovered by the Brit-\\nish.\\nThe tavern was abandoned after the course of\\nthe road was changed, and the tavern nearer what\\nis now Brownings Landing was also discontinued.\\nAt this landing and at Crispins Landing large\\nquantities of moulders sand were formerly ship-\\nped, and manure and coal received in return.\\nSmall scows yet occasionally land at these places,\\nbut they are not important in a business point of\\nview.\\nMount Ephraim has a beautiful location, mid-\\nway between Gloucester and Haddonfield, five\\nmiles from Camden, on the Blackwood turnpike.\\nIt is also the terminus of a branch of the Reading\\nRailroad, which was completed to this place as a\\nnarrow-gauge road June 10, 1876, and changed to\\na standard gauge, in 1885, by the present company.\\nSix trains per day afford communication with\\nCamden, at Kaighn s Point, five miles distant,\\nwhile half that distance only separates it from\\nGloucester. Its situation and healthful surround-\\nings are favorable to its becoming a thriving subur-\\nban town.\\nThough an old business point, its growth has\\nbeen slow and was uneventful until the completion", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1110.jp2"}, "917": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF CENTRE.\\n711\\nof the railroad. That year the tirst regular plat\\nof lots was made by James Davis, the original\\nvillage not being laid out, except a few lots by\\nHezekiah Shivers, about 1820. In 1876 Joseph\\nWarrington also laid out an addition, and Mary\\nK. Howell one the following year. John D. Glover\\nmade an addition in 1886, as also did the Slount\\nEphraim Land and Improvement Company, which\\nwas incorporated March 8, 1886. These additions\\naggregate more than two thousand lots. In the\\nfall of 1876 the Iowa State Exposition Building\\nwas removed to this place from Philadelphia, and\\nwas converted into a residence for Joseph H.\\nBower, and since that time a number of fine resi-\\ndences have been erected. In June, 1886, the vil-\\nlage had a public hall, store, tavern and twenty-\\nfive dwellings.\\nThe town hall was built in 1862 for both school\\nand public purposes, and is a neat, two story frame\\nbuilding. In it the Baptists have maintained a\\nSabbath-school for several years, but in the sum-\\nmer of 1886 that denomination built the first house\\nof worship in the village. The chapel was erected\\nfor mission purposes, under the direction of the\\nBaptist Church of Haddonfield.\\nA public-house has been kept in this locality from\\na period so remote that the memory of the oldest\\ncitizen does not reach it. The first keeper is not re-\\nmembered, but it is believed to have been Ephraim\\nAlbertson, from whom the village obtained its\\nname and who owned the land. He was a farmer,\\nand it is quite probable that he added to his other\\nduties those of a tavern-keeper. William Batt\\nwas the proprietor of the old hostelry in 1825, and\\nJames Jennett came after him, achieving con-\\nsiderable reputation as a landlord and horse-trainer.\\nHe often had a large number of thoroughbreds\\nin his stables, some coming from States as far dis-\\ntant as Kentucky. Among other horses he prepared\\nfor the race-course were those of General Irwin, of\\nPennsylvania, and Dr. McClellan, of Philadel-\\nphia, father of the late General McClellan, of New\\nJersey. Jennett had a track near his tavern and\\nalso used the course near Camden, where famous\\ntrials of speed took place. The old tavern has\\nhad many owners, among them being Charles\\nBuckingham, who is still the proprietor, though\\nnot the keeper of the place.\\nOpposite the tavern was the first store, a small\\nfarm building, which was removed in 1877, after\\nCharles C. Clark had put up the present stand on\\nan adjoining lot. Clark has since been in trade,\\nand is also postmaster of the Mt. Ephraim office,\\nwhich is the only one in the township. In the old\\nbuilding a number of persons traded, among those\\nbest remembered being Jonathan Johnson, James\\nM. Glover, Joseph Tomlinson, Samuel Eastlack,\\nPeleg Brown, William Garrett, John I. Brick and\\nCharles Brown.\\nOn the corner beyond the turnpike Wni. Ilugg\\nformerly had an undertaker s shop which was\\nch.anged to a store by Daniel Lamb, where Simon\\nW. Mitton and James Cordery afterwards traded.\\nWilliam K. Cook was the last there engaged in\\nmerchandising, and converted it into a residence\\nwhich is now occupied by him. On this corner\\nseveral mechanics shops are carried on, but the\\nproximity of Mt. Ephraim to older and larger\\ntowns has limited its interests and occupations to\\nwhat has been above noted.\\nThe Hedden Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nThis house of worship is in the old Budd neigh-\\nborhood, on the Blackwood turnpike, a little less\\nthan a mile from Mount Ephraim. It is a large,\\nplain frame building, standing on a spacious lot,\\nconnected with which is a cemetery of about an\\nacre of ground. As it now stands it was erected\\nin 1868, at a cost of $2500, but prior to that time a\\nsmaller house, built about 1840, had been occupied.\\nThe church has been connected with other appoint-\\nments in this and Gloucester County to form a\\ncircuit, belonging at present to Chews Landing\\nCircuit. Its membership in 1886 was sixty, and\\nthe board of trustees was composed of Hiram J.\\nBudd, J. C. Curtis, John Webb, John Williams,\\nJohn Peters and James McManus. A Sunday-\\nschool of eighty-five members has George W.\\nBarnes as its superintendent.\\nIn the cemetery the following interments have\\nbeen noted, most of these persons named having\\nbeen connected with the church\\nJehu Biuld, died 1882, aged fifty-two years.\\nJacob Wagner, died 1881, aged eiglity-flve yeara.\\nAmy Wagner, died 1850, aged fifty-seven years.\\nWilliam W. Webb, died 1879, aged seventy years.\\nElizabetlj Curtis, died 1853, aged sixty-four years.\\nJoseph Webb, died 18.i4, aged eighty years.\\nRebecca Webb, died 1S55, aged seventy-one years.\\nHugh H. Garrettson, died 18 )3, aged fifty-eight years.\\nElizabeth Johnson, died 18-19, aged sixty-six years.\\nMartha Cook, died 1885, aged sixty -seven years.\\nPatience Gladden, died 1885, seventy-four years.\\nJoseph 1). Fox, died 1870, aged seventy-one years.\\nSarah Curtis, died 1879, aged seventy-seven years.\\nEli Brasington, died 18-13, aged forty-two years.\\nJohn Peters, died 18.02, aged sixty-four years.\\nMary Peters, died 1880, aged seventy-eiglit years.\\nMary Ogg, died ISUO, aged seventy-six years.\\nElizabeth Sayors, died 1809, aged forty five years.\\nElizabeth Budd, died 1879, aged seventy one years.\\nSarah Hendry, died 1842, aged eighty-three yeanl.\\nDavid Galaway, died 184 2, aged thirty-two yeare.\\nPhilip Peters, died 1851, aged fifty-eight years.\\nMary A. Peters, died 18711, aged eighty-five years.\\nMicajah Beakley, died 1875, aged sixty-three years.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1111.jp2"}, "918": {"fulltext": "712\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nJoseph Budd, died 1662, aged sixty-three years.\\nJohn Stewart, died 1807, aged seventy-eight years.\\nMartha Stewart, died 1804, aged seventy-five years.\\nFredericlt Lister, died 1871, aged forty-nine years.\\nJane K. Zane, died 1874, aged sixty-six years.\\nBIOGRAPHICAL.\\nJoseph M. Haine,s. The family from which\\nJoseph M. Haines is descended came from Eng-\\nland shortly after the arrival of the Commission-\\ners in Burlington, in 1678. They settled in Eves-\\nham township, Burlington County, and among\\nthe names are William, Thomas, Daniel, Nathan,\\nSamuel, Sarah, Deborah and Amos.\\nIn the reign of one of the English Kings, one of\\ntheir ancestors offered the King a bowl of punch as\\nhe rode along the highway, and he was knighted\\non the spot for his hospitality. This characteristic\\nhas been transmitted with their good name to the\\npresent generation. As early as 1711 Jonathan\\nHaines married Mary Matlack. He died in 1729,\\nleaving in his will the old homestead farm. In 1738\\nNehemiah and John Hainesconveyed land to John\\nPeacock, and the old Haines Saw-Mills, on Ran-\\ncocas Creek, was their property. In the earlier\\nperiods of our country s history they were stirring\\nand energetic men. Jacob Haines was born in\\nBurlington County he was married twice, and his\\nchildren were as follows Samuel, Abel (fother of\\nJoseph M.), Jacob, Beulah, Stokes and Hannah.\\nAbel Haines married Nancy Moore, daughter of\\nJoseph and Nancy Moore, whose maiden-name was\\nHeulings, by whom he had the following-named\\nchildren Jacob, Mary Ann, Rachel M., Eliza,\\nSamuel, Ann Eliza, Abel and Joseph M. and\\nWilliam, all deceased but Samuel and Joseph M.\\nAbel, after his marriage, settled upon the farm sit-\\nuated on Beaver Branch and now owned by Joseph\\nM., and he was considered the pioneer farmer of\\nthe neighb rhood. He was the first to bring fertili-\\nzers of any kind up Great Timber Creek in vessels,\\nand of his skill and knowledge in husbandry\\nJohn Gill used to say, I borrowed from his\\nbook.\\nJoseph M. Haines has always been a farmer and\\nlived on the old homestead until quite recently,\\nwhen he retired to Mount Ephraim, near which\\nplace he was born on August 15, 1826.\\nOn the 22d day of April, 1869, he was married to\\nMartha D. Calm, daughter of Davis W. and Han-\\nnah (Lacy) Calm, daughter of Thomas and Phoebe\\nLacy. Their childran are Joseph E Ann Eliza,\\nEmily M., Abel, Martha R. and Henry C. Ann\\nEliza is deceased.\\nJoseph M. Haines is a Friend, as were his\\nancestors. In politics, a Republican. He has been\\ntownship collector, member of township com-\\nmittees, commissioner of appeal, member of Board\\nof Chosen Freeholders, and for eight years on\\nthe standing committees continuously. While\\nfreeholder he has always been noted for strict justice\\nand integrity, and at the age of sixty enjoys good\\nhealth. The Haineses are well-known in Burlington\\nand Camden Counties, and are connected by mar-\\nriage with the oldest families.\\nJoseph M. holds the deed given in 1689 by\\nJohn Hugg to his son John, the Huggs at that\\ntime owning vast properties, while now none is\\nheld in their name, while in the name of Haines\\nit descends from father to son through the different\\ngenerations.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1112.jp2"}, "919": {"fulltext": "/t^^iii^^/C ^/(^.(yC^OA^i^", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1115.jp2"}, "920": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1116.jp2"}, "921": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF DELAWARE.\\nCHAPTER XVII.\\nCivil History\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Affaire of the Township dming the Civil War\u00e2\u0080\u0094 List\\nof Officials\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mills\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Early Settlei-*\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Howells, Coopers, Chaml\\npions, Collins. Burroughs, Ellis, Heritages, Kays, JIatlacks,\\nShivers, Stokeses, Bavises, Frenches and others- Old Houses-\\nEllishurg\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Batesville.\\nCivil History.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The township of Delaware\\nwas originally a part of Waterford township. An\\netTort was made in 1838 to erect a township from\\nthe west end of that township. At a meeting\\nof citizens December 12th in that year notice was\\ngiven that application would be made to the Leg-\\nislature at the then present session for a township\\nto be made from the territory so described. It\\ndoes not appear that the application was made\\nuntil five years later, when, on the 28th of Febru-\\nary, 1844, an act was passed by the Legislature,\\nand was approved, by which all that portion of\\nWaterford township lying north of the road run-\\nning from Cleraenton to the Burlington County\\nline, near the grist-mill known as Hopkins mill\\n(now owned by Charles E. Matlack), and extend-\\ning to the Delaware River, embracing all the ter-\\nritory between Coopers Creek and the Pensaukin\\n(which constitutes the dividing line between the\\ncounties of Burlington and Camden, then Glouces-\\nter), was set off and designated as the township\\nof Delaware. The first town-meeting of the in-\\nhabitants of the township of Delaware was held\\nin the town-house, at Ellisburg, on the 13th day\\nof March, 1844. John Coles was elected moderator\\nand Mahlon M. Coles (his son) clerk. The report\\nof the committee of the township of Waterford\\nwas read and approved, after which a series of\\nresolutions were passed, embracing the following\\npoints of business\\nResolved, That the sum of seven liumhed dollars be raised for\\ntownship purposes. That the fees of the township comujittee be\\n1 By Hon. Edward BurrouKli\\nBeventyfive cents per day. That the overseer of the highways be\\npaid two dollars and twenty-five cents for plowing and machinery\\none dollar and seventy-five cents per day for two horses, wagon and\\ndriver one dollar and twenty five cents per day for one horse,\\ncart and driver and laborers seventy-five cents per day; and all\\nwork on the roads must he done between the first day of April and\\nthe first day of October. That all moneys derived from surplus\\nrevenue be appropriated for the purpose of education in the town-\\nship. That all moneys received from dog-tax be appropriated to\\npay for sheep killed by dogs. That the constable be laid twenty-five\\ncents for his services and the township physicians ten dollars each.\\nThat the inhabitants of the township shall vote by ballot, unless\\notherwise ordered by said inhabitants. That the town-meetings be\\nheld at the town-house in Ellishurg, and the election on the first\\nday at the Union School-bouse, and on the second day at the town-\\nhouse.\\nThe following officers were then duly elected for\\nthe ensuing year, viz.\\nJudge of Election, Josiah Ellis Assessor, Evan C. Smith Chosen\\nFreeholders, .lacob Troth, Joseph Kay, Jr. Surveyorsof Highways,\\nJoseph H. Ellis, Aaron Moore Township Committee, Joseph K.\\nLippincott, Samuel T. Coles, Joseph A. Burrough, Isaac Adams,\\nAlexander Cooper Commissioners of Appeals, Joseph H. Coles,\\nCharles Beck, Adam B. Evaul Overseers of Highways, Job Coles,\\nWilliam E. Matlack, Richard Shivers, Joshua Stone, Eeuben\\nRoberts Constable, John Lawrence Overseers of the Poor, George\\nHaines, Jacob H. Fowler, Joshua Stone School Committee, Benja-\\nmin W. Cooper, Joseph A. BurrouRh, Joseph 0. Stafford Pound-\\nKeepers, Joseph Ellis, Jonathan Fettere Township Physicians,\\nCharles D. Hendry, M.D., Richard M. Cooper, 51. D.\\nThe practice of holding elections in two places\\nand on different days seems to have been aban-\\ndoned by a resolution passed at the next town-\\nmeeting, in March, 1845, which has never been re-\\nscinded, and which directs that all elections be held\\nin the town-house at Ellisburg. It is evident that\\nat this meeting the township committee was in-\\nstructed to meet with the township committee of\\nWaterford and effect a division of the debts and\\nassets of the townships, as the following Article\\nof Agreement between the committees of the town-\\nships of Delaware and Waterford is recorded in the\\nrecords of the township:\\nAGEEEMENT BETWEEN THE COMMITTEES OF THE TOWNSHIPS OF DEL.i-\\nW.\\\\RE ANn WATERFORD.\\nIn pursuance of an Act of the Legislature, Entitled An Actio\\n713", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1117.jp2"}, "922": {"fulltext": "714\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nestablish a New Townsliip, in the County of Gloucester, to be called\\nthe township of Delaware. We, the undersigned, being the town-\\nship committees of the said townships of Delaware and Waterford,\\nhaving met the eighteenth day of March, 1844, at the house of\\nJoseph Elhs, and having proceeded to ascertain the proportion of\\ntax assessed in each part of the township of Waterford, that now\\nconstitutes the townships of Delaware and Waterford do find that\\none-fourth part of the tax, assessed as aforesaid, was assessed in that\\npart that now is the township of W^aterford, and three fourths in\\nthat part that now is the township of Delaware, and we do find and\\nascertain that there is on hand, in cash, the sum of two hundred and\\neighty-six and twenty-eight one-hundredths dollars, and there is a\\npound tjuilt for impounding cattle of the value of twenty dollars, and\\nthere is two township grave-yards, both in the township of Delaware,\\nand with their fences valued at thirty-six dollars, and a plough of\\nthe value often dollars also a Town-House, built by the inhabit-\\nants of EUisburg and vicinity, towards which the township of Water-\\nford contributed two hundred dollars, amounting together to the sum\\nof five hundred and fifty-two dollars and twenty-eight cents, three-\\nfourths of which, being four hundred and fourteen dollars and thirty\\none cents, belongs to the township of Delaware, and one hundred and\\nthirty-eight dollars and seven cents, being one-fourth part, belongs to\\nthe townshiji of Waterford. And we do find a Bond accompanied by a\\nMortgage against John Rogers for the sum of one hundred and sixty\\ndollars, with interest there is also unpaid on the Tax warranto of the\\npast and preceding years the sum of ten hundred and forty-nine\\ndollars and twenty-four cents, which, when collected, or such part\\nthereof as can be collected, is to be divided as before mentioned, viz.\\nthree-fourths to the township of Delaware, and one-fourth to the\\ntownship of Waterford. There are also tax warrants in the hands\\nof Caleb Nixon, former Constable, on which a part may probably he\\ncollected. Such sums as may be collected hereafter to be divided in\\nthe same proportion as before stated. The cash ou hand was this\\nday divided in the above proportions, and the moneys that may be\\nhereafter collected are to be divided as above, after the township of\\nWaterford deducts the sum of sixty -six dollars and fifty cents its\\nshare of the property all of which now being in the township of\\nDelaware.\\nComviiUee of the towuship of Dela- ComviUtee of the township of\\nAlexander Cooper.\\nJoseph A. Burrough.\\nJoseph K. Lippincott.\\nSamuel T. Coles.\\nMarch 18, 1844.\\nWaterford.\\n.Joseph Porter.\\nRichard Stafford.\\nJob Kirkbride.\\nSeth Cain.\\nJohn S. Peacock.\\niiLuN M. Coles, Town Clerk.\\nAs will be noticed by reference to the settlement\\nbetween this township and the mother township\\nof Waterford, mention is made of the township s\\ninterest in the school-house at EUisburg. Over\\nthe door of the school-house is a semicircular mar-\\nble slab bearing the inscription: EUisburg\\nSchool and Waterford Town-House- This, it\\nseems, the people wished changed so as to bear the\\nname of the new towusliip, and at the town-meet-\\ning in 1848, which passed the resolutions relating\\nto Petty s Island, the following resolution was\\nalso adopted\\nResolved, That whereas the name of Waterford\\nis placed on the marble slab in front of the Town\\nHouse, that the same be erased and Delaware in-\\nserted in place thereof, and that a suitable person\\nbe appointed to employ a marble mason to do the\\nsame, provided the cost does not exceed the sum\\nof fifteen dollars, to be paid out of the funds of the\\ntownship of Delaware.\\nJoseph Ellis was appointed to have the work\\ndone. But whether the sum appropriated was too\\nsmall or whether a suitable man could not be\\nfound to do the work does not appear, but from\\nsome cause there was nothing further done in the\\nmatter, and the same stone, bearing the original\\ninscription, is still in its place, and is respected as\\na souvenir of past relations with Waterford town-\\nship.\\nPrior to the divi-iion of Delaware township there\\nappears to have been a great reluctance on the part\\nof the officers elected to accept their offices, as\\nspecial town-meetings were held in ISi?, 1853 and\\n1854 to elect officers to fill vacancies occasioned by\\nrefusals to serve and neglect to qualify.\\nAffairs of the War Period. When the\\nWar of the Rebellion broke out the people of Del-\\naware township were not slow to respond to their\\ncountry s call, and goodly numbers of her sons vol-\\nunteered their services in response to the several\\ncalls for troops, and it can be said to her credit\\nthat her quotas were always promptly filled and\\nnone of her citizens were compelled to enter\\nthe service as drafted ones, although a number of\\nthem can show notifications of being drafted. The\\nfirst action taken by the township was at a special\\ntown-meeting called expressly for that purpose on\\nAugust 27, 18(52, at which Joseph A. Burrough\\nwas elected chairman and Joseph H. Fowler clerk.\\nThe following resolutions were adopted: Where-\\nas, The inhabitants of Delaware Township having\\nmet at a special town-meeting to manifest their\\npatriotism to their country and to fecilitate volun-\\nteering. Resolved, That the Town Committee of\\nDelaware township be and are hereby authorized\\nto borrow Three Thousand Dollars to be appropri-\\nated as a Bounty in sums of seventy-five dollars to\\neach person that has or may volunteer in the nine\\nmonths service, and is accredited to Delaware\\ntownship. Resolved, That the township committee\\npay the Bounty as soon as the volunteers are mus-\\ntered into the United States Service.\\nAt the next annual town-meeting an assessment\\nof fifteen hundred doUais was ordered to be levied\\ntowards paying ofi this debt.\\nOn the 13th of August, 1863, another special\\ntown-meeting was held, at which it was Resolved,\\nTo raise Twenty-Seven hundred dollars by taxa-\\ntion to pay a bounty of One hundred and fifty\\ndollars each to eighteen men, who shall be enlisted\\nto fill the quota of the township, as soon as they\\nare mustered into the United States Service.\\nAnother special town-meeting was held ou No-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1118.jp2"}, "923": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF DELAWARE.\\n715\\nvember 28, 1863, and the township committee was\\nordered to borrow four thousand dollars and to pay\\nvolunteers to fill the township quota under the\\npresent call for troops, and Joseph C. Staftbrd was\\nappointed to go to Trenton to secure the necessary\\nlegislation to make the township raise the money.\\nAnother special town-meeting was held April\\n30, 18fi4. It was Resolved, That the township\\ncommittee are authorized to borrow such sum or\\nsums ot money as shall be necessary to pay the\\nBounty required to fill the quota, said loan or\\nsums to be paid when there shall be sufficient\\nfunds in the Collector s hands to pay the same.\\nAt the same town-meeting a tax of five dollars per\\nhead was levied upon every male tax-payer in the\\ntownship.\\nOn July 13, 18()4, another special town-meeting\\nwas held, at which it was Resolved, That the\\ntownship Committee have the Authority to get\\nvolunteers and to borrow money to pay the\\nsame.\\nAnother special town-meeting was held Octol)er\\n4, 18()4, at which the action of the meeting in\\nJuly was confirmed, and the sum of ten thou.sand\\ndollars was ordered to be raised and a special tax\\nof ten dollars per head was levied upon all male\\ncitizens above the age of twenty years, and that\\nthe tax be collected within thirty days.\\nAnother special town-meeting was held January\\n2, 18G5, at which Asa R. Lippincott was appointed\\nchairman and Elwood H. Fowler secretary, and\\nthe following preamble and resolutions were\\nadopted Whereas, The inhabitants of the town-\\nship of Delaware having met in special town-\\nmeeting, in order to fill the quota of the township\\nand relieve the inhabitants from a draft, and the\\nquota not having been assigned; Therefore Re-\\nsolved, That such persons as this meeting shall\\ndesignate are here by authorized to loan such sums\\nof money as shall be necessary to pay volunteers\\nto fill quota, and that the loans so ordered shall\\nnot be redeemable until alter the first of Novem-\\nber, 1865, when such loansof money shall be paid;\\nthat the amount necessary to pay said loans\\nbe assessed and collected at the same time and in\\nthe same manner as the county and township taxes\\nare raised.\\nAt the annual town-meeting held March 8,1865,\\nthe action of the special town-meetings was ap-\\nproved, and the sum of twenty-five thousand dol-\\nlars was ordered to be raised to aid in paying off\\nthe debt. In 1866 the sum of twenty thousand\\ndollars was appropriated to pay off the debt, and in\\n1867 five thousand dollars was ordered to be raised\\nfor a like purpose, which so reduced the debt that\\nonly small amounts were raised in addition to the\\nusual appropriations. These practically extin-\\nguished the entire debt in throe years after the close\\nof the war. During this exciting period, and the\\nhurry incident to enlisting and paying volunteers,\\nthe handling of such unusual amounts of money\\nand the limited time often experienced in getting\\nthe money and paying it away, a discrepancy of\\nabout sixteen hundred dollars was found to exist\\nin the accounts, and, after a year spent in trying\\nto solve the mystery, the inhabitants, in annual\\ntown-meeting, resolved to assume the lebt as it\\nwas, and exonerated the township committee from\\nall blame. Throughout the whole proceedings in-\\ncident to aiding the government in subduing the\\nRebellion, the people of this township evinced a\\ndetermined and patriotic zeal to stand by the\\nUnion liberal bounties were always paid volun-\\nteers, and money freely voted, and at all times in\\nunlimited amounts. Taxes were promptly levied\\nand collected, which enabled the township not only\\nto fill its quotas of volunteers for every call, and,\\nin some instances, in advance of the calls, but also\\nto extinguish its war debt within the same decade\\nin which it was contracted. Since the extinguish-\\ning of the war debt the affairs of the township\\nhave been judiciously and economically adminis-\\ntered, and no bonded debt contracted until the\\nbuilding of a new town-house, in 1885, when the\\nsum of two thousand dollars was ordered bor-\\nrowed to complete the structure.\\nAt the forty-second annual town-meeting, held\\nMarch 10, 1885, the following preamble and reso-\\nlutions were adopted\\nWhertit! Tlie prwent accomaioiliitionsof the township of Dela-\\nware, now enjoyed in the town aud scUoul-house, greatly interfere\\nwith tlie public school aud Wlmens, The trustees of Ellishnrg\\nSchool District have offered to pay to the township of Delaware a\\nsum of money equivalent to the value of the township interest in the\\npresent building and \\\\Vhi;rea8, William Graff, a land-ow-ner, ad-\\njoining the school property, has offered to donate a sufticient amount\\nof land to build a hall for township purposes; therefore be it Re-\\nsolved, That the proposition of William Graff (o donate a lot of land\\nsufficient to build a town hall, not less than sixty feet in front, aud\\nthe same depth as the present school-lot, be accepted.\\nResolved, That a committee of three be appointed, who are hereby\\ndirected to proceed and secure a good and sufficient title to the land\\nthus donated, and that as soon as the same shall be secured and the\\nmoney raised, that they shall proceed to build a hall for the town-\\nship on said lot, in such manner and of such material as in their\\njudgment shall be to the best interest of the township, and that the\\nsum of one thousand dollars be i-aised especially for that purpose.\\nThe committee appointed to do the work were\\nWilliam Graff Isaac W. Coles and Edward S_\\nHuston, with Alfred Hillman, Samuel L. Bur-\\nrough and John A. Meredith, of the township\\ncommittee, who completed the present building in\\ntime for the general fall election to be held therein.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1119.jp2"}, "924": {"fulltext": "716\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nOFFICERS.\\nJudges of Election.\\nJosiah Ellis From 1844 to 1848\\nCharles Knight From 1848 to IS. il\\nEvan C. Smith From 18.51 to 1852\\nThomas P. Clement From 18. j2 to 1863\\nCharles Knight From 186.3 to 18.54\\nThomas P. Clements From 1854 to 18.59\\nEvan C. Smith From 1859 to 1863\\nJohnC. Shreeve From 1863 to 1864\\nBenjamin M Champion From 1864 to 1865\\nJohn G. Peak From 1865 to 1866\\nDavid D. Burrough From 1866 10 1868\\nTh miasR. Blackwood From 1868 to 1870\\nIsaac W. Coles From 1870 to 1886\\nTown Clerics.\\nMahlon M. Coles From 1844 to 1847\\n.John Riidderow From 1847 tol849\\nJosiah H.Ellis From 1849 to 1853\\nEvan C. Smith From 1863 to 1854\\nGeorge \\\\V, Armstrong From 18.54 to 18.55\\nAsa P. Horner From 18.56 to 1S56\\nElwood H. Fowler From 1856 to 1857\\nSamuel B. Githens From 1857 to 1860\\nJoseph H. Fowler From 1860 to 1804\\nBlanchardB. H. Archer From 1804 to 1865\\nWilliam C. Wood From 1865 to 1867\\nEdward Burrough From 1867 to 1879\\nEnoch C. Roberts From 1879 to 1881\\nJoseph K. Hillman From 1881 to 1882\\nClayton Stafford From 1882 to 1886\\nAssessors.\\nEvan 0. Smith From 1844 to 1849\\nJohn Rudderow From 1849 to ;8.54\\nEvanC. Smith From 1854 to 18.55\\nTheodore W. Rogers From 1855 to 1860\\nSamuel B. Githens From I860 to 1864\\nEvan C. Smith From 1864 to 1867\\nIsaac P. Lippincott From 1867 to 1868\\nJoseph H. Fowler From 1868 to 1878\\nWilliam D. Coles From 1878 to 1836\\nCollectors.\\nGeorge T. Risdon From 1844 to 1851\\nAsa P.Horner From 18.51 to 1855\\nJoel Horner From 1855 to 1859\\nElwood U. Fowler From 1859 to 1870\\nJohn T. Coles From 1870 to 1S77\\nEdward S. Huston From 1877 to 1886\\nTownship Committee.\\nAlexander Cooper From 1844 to 1849\\nJoseph A. Burrough From 1844 to 1845\\nJoseph K. Lippincott From 1844 to 1849\\nSamuel T. Coles From 1844 to 1849\\nIs.^ac Adams From 1844 to 1846\\nCharles Knight From 1846 to 1849\\nAdam B. Evaul From 1816 to 1849\\nJohn H. Lippincott From 1849 to 1852\\nThomas P. Clement From 1849 to 1854\\nWilliam Horner From 1849 to 1850\\nWilliam E. Matlack From 1849 to 1854\\nJoseph H. Coles From 1849 to 1851\\nJoseph A. Burrough From 1850 to 1864\\nIsaac M. Kay From 1851 to 1863\\nJoseph C. Stafford From 1852 to 1864\\nJoseph F. Kay From 18.53 to 1856\\nSamuel E. Clement From 1854 to 1855\\nWilliam Horner From 1864 to 1865\\nIsaac Browning From 1854 to 1858\\nJohn H. Lippincott From 1854 to 1856\\nAsa P. Horner From 1865 to 1866\\nAsa R. Lippincott From 1855 to 1862\\nThomas Evans, Jr From 1855 to 1858\\nEvan C. Smith From 1855 to 1866\\nBenjamin Horner From 1866 to 1859\\nJoseph C. Stafford From 1856 to 1867\\nWilliam Carter From 1858 to 1859\\nJob B. Kay From 1858 to 1861\\nJoseph A. Burrough From 1869 to 1863\\nIsaac W. Nicholson From 1859 to 1869\\nMordecai W. Haines From 1861 to 1862\\nJoseph H. Fowler From 1862 to 1864\\nSamuel S. Haines From 1862 to 1869\\nEnoch Roberts From 1863 to 1867\\nWilliam D. Coles From 1864 t^ 1876\\nJoseph H. Coles From 1867 to 1869\\nJoseph F. Kay From 1867 to 872\\nSamuel L. Burrough From 1869 to 1874\\nAsa R. Lippincott From 1869 to 1875\\nJohn H.Wilkins Frim 1869 to 1872\\nAlfred Hillman From 1872 to 1886\\nLeonard Snowden From 1872 to 1874\\nJoseph Hinchman, Jr From 1874 to 1879\\nAbel Hillman From 1874 to 1877\\nJoseph G. Evans From 1875 to 1877\\nSamuel L. Burrough From 1876 to 1881\\nWilliam D. Cles From 1877 to 1878\\nCharles E. Matlack From 1877 to 1879\\nJohn T. Cnles From 1878 to 1879\\nAbel Hillman From 1879 to 1882\\nWilliam Graff From 1881 to 1883\\nJohn A. Meredith From 1882 to 1886\\nSamuel L. Burrough From 1883 to 1886\\nGeneral Characteristics. The irregulari-\\nties of the boundaries of this townsliip bring it\\nnear the boroughs of Merchantville and Haddon-\\nfield, in this county, and the villages of Marlton,\\nFellowship and Jloore.stown, in Burlington County.\\nWhile it contains only two small villages and but\\none church that of St. Mary s, at Colestown, be-\\ning the oldest Episcopal Church in West Jersey\\nand a Baptist Chapel, recently erected in Ellis-\\nburg, which constitute the religious institutions of\\nthe township, and there are but three school build-\\nings in the township yet, notwithstanding this\\nseeming scarcity of churches and schools, there is\\nno community in the county that enjoys better fa-\\ncilities in these respects, owing to those in adjoining\\ntownships and whose school districts and parishes\\nembrace large tracts in this township. The gen-\\neral character of the township is that of a prosperous\\nagricultural cominunity, composed of an intelli-\\ngent, honest, economical and industrious class of\\ncitizens. The soil is that of a sandy loam, al-\\nthough nearly every variety of the soils of West\\nJersey are to be found within its limits. To a\\ngreater or less extent, nearly every branch of ag-\\nriculture is pursued grain and grass, stock, truck,\\nfruit and dairy-farming are largely carried on and\\nits products and value of its lands compare favora-\\nbly with any in the State, being well watered and\\ndrained by numerous live streams, tributaries of\\nthe two creeks forming its boundaries. The in-\\nhabitants of this township have always regarded", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1120.jp2"}, "925": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF DELAWARE.\\nri7\\na good system of highways essential to the welfare\\nof the people, and since the formation of the\\ntownship, espend annually the greater portion of\\nthe township taxes upon the highways\\nMills. The manufactures are chiefly composed\\nof grist-mills and carriage-making shops. Of the\\nformer there are at present three in operation,\\nwith two or three vacant sites awaiting develop-\\nment. The mill now known as Leconey s Mill\\nsituated in the northwestern past of the township,\\non the Church road, about half a mile west of\\nColestown Cemetery, was built by Reuben Rob-\\nerts in the year 1838, who several years after sold\\nit to Richard Leconey, the present prosperous and\\nrespected owner. It has long been noted for the\\nsuperior quality of the flour manufactured in it.\\nCharles Matlack s mill, in the eastern part, was\\nformerly known as Hopkins Mill, and is still in\\ngood repair and doing considerable business. It\\nwas built by John Sparks near the close of the\\nlast century. A few years ago one of the largest\\nand best grist-mills, situated in the southern part of\\nthe township, and known as Peterson s Mill, was\\nburned down, and although the foundations of a\\nnew buihiing have been erected, the site still re-\\nmains vacant. Stevenson s Mill, near Ellisburg,\\nwas at an early day in a flourishing condition, but\\nhas been abandoned for the past decade and is fast\\ngoing to decay. The most flourishing of all the\\nestablishments of the kind in the township is the\\nmill of J. G. Evans Co., on Coopers Creek, near\\nthe borough of Haddonfield, familiarly known as\\nEvans Mill. This mill was erected by Isaac Kay,\\nin 1779, who, by will, left it to his son Joseph. It\\nlater passed to Mathias Kay, and in 1819 the prop-\\nerty was purchased by Thomas Evans, by whom\\nit was rebuilt and enlarged in 1839, and greatly\\nimproved by the introduction of modern machin-\\nery. Thomas Eviins dying in 1849, left the mill\\nby will to his son, Josiah B. Evans. He, with\\nprogressive ideas, had it thoroughly altered and\\nchanged and was assisted by Solomon Matlack, a\\nfirst-class millwright, whom Mr. Evans took in with\\nhim as one-third partner.\\nJosiah Evans died in 1869, leaving the propeity\\nto his children, who now own it, and the business\\nis carried on by the son, Joseph G. Evans, who is\\nably assisted by Reuben Stiles. In all these years\\nthe flour was made by the old-fashioned mill-\\nstones, but in 1883 it was changed into a roller-\\nmill and supplied with the Stevens rolls and many\\nother improvements. Recently they added the\\nFour-Reel Bolting Chest, manufactured by J. M.\\nLatimer Co. The mill has a capacity of .seventy\\nbarrels per each twenty-four hours.\\nFor an account of the Kay Mill prior to 1779,\\nsee the history of the borough of Haddonfield.\\nIn 1870 the population of the township was six-\\nteen hundred and twenty-five, and in the cen-\\nsus of 1880 it is put down at fourteen hundred\\nand eighty-one, showing a decrease in ten years\\nof one hundred and forty-four.\\nEarly Settlers. The country comprising the\\ntownship of Delaware was settled about the latter\\npart of the seventeenth century, and many of the\\npeople who made this their home were followers\\nof William Penn, and the Society of Friends\\nclaimed, perhaps, the greater portion of the in-\\nhabitants. Among those who appear to have\\nmade an early settlement, and whose names appear\\non the township records, are the Bateses, Burroughs,\\nColeses,Coopers,Collins, Davises, Ellises, Gills, Her-\\nitages, Haineses, Kays, Matlacks, Champions and\\nShivers, and their descendants, still bearing these\\nnames, are numbered among the present inhab-\\nitants. Samuel Coles came from Coles Hill,\\nHertfordshire, England, and located a tract of\\nfive hundred acres of land on the north side of\\nCoopers Creek, fronting on the river. This survey,\\naccording to Early Settlers of Newton, bears date\\nThird Month 13, 1682. Being a neighbor of William\\nCooper at Coles Hill was, no doubt, the cause of\\nhis locating near him in America, as William\\nCooper at that time lived on the opposite side of\\nthe creek, in the midst of an Indian village.\\nThese Indian neighbors informed Coles that there\\nwas better land farther back from the river; he\\ndetermined to verify these statements, and find-\\ning them correct, he, in 1685, purchased of Jere-\\nmiah Richards a tract of over one thousand acres,\\nwhich, although unbroken forest, he called New\\nOrchard. This tract is now known as Colestown,\\nand embraces many valuable farms, and much of\\nthe land still remains in the direct and collateral\\nbranches of the family. Samuel Coles was a\\nmember of the Legislature in 1683 and 1685, and\\nwas one of the commissioners appointed to locate\\nthe boundary line between Burlington and Glou-\\ncester Counties. He returned to England a few-\\nyears later, and died at Barbadoes, on his return\\nvoyage to America. He had but two children,\\nSamuel and Sarah; the former inherited the whole\\nof the real estate, and occupied the same until his\\ndeath, in 1728. The old house, built by the first\\nSamuel, was standing a few years since; it was\\nbuilt of logs, one story high, and had but two\\nwindows; it has been used for various purposes,\\nand is located in the farm-yard of Joseph H. Coles,\\nat Colestown, a lineal descendant from the first\\nSamuel Coles, and in whom the title of the prop-", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1121.jp2"}, "926": {"fulltext": "V18\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nerty still remains. The Coles are a numerous\\nfamily, and although many have emigrated, there\\nstill remains many of the name within the town-\\nship. It is upon a portion of the Coles tract that\\nSt. Mary s Church, the first Episcopal Church in\\nWest Jersey, was erected about the year 1703, and\\nit still remains in a good state of preservation.\\nThe history of this ancient edifice is deserving of\\na more extended notice, and will be found in\\nanother chapter.\\nOne of the earliest settlers in what is now Dela-\\nware township was Thomas Howell, who, although\\nnot of the Dublin colony, yet, in 1675, purchased\\npart of a share of the jjropriety in West Jersey of\\nBenjamin Bartlett, whose wife, Gracia, was a\\ndaughter of Edward Byllinge. Howell resided in\\nStaffordshire, England. He came to this country\\nand located a tract of six hundred and fifty acres\\nof land, in 1682, on the north side of Coopers\\nCreek, in Waterford (now Delaware) township,\\nwhich included what is generally known as the\\nJacob Troth farm on the east, and extended down\\nthat stream nearly one mile, and back into the\\nwoods about the same distance. Upon this tract,\\nwhich he called Christianity, he built a house,\\nin which he lived the short time he was in the\\nsettlement. The next year, 1683, he, with Samuel\\nColes, represented the territory which a few years\\nlater became Waterford township, and, with Mark\\nNewbie and others from Newton township, repre-\\nsented the Third (or Irish) Tenth in the Legisla-\\nture of the State. The house in which he lived is\\nsupposed to have been near the creek, on the Bar-\\nton farm. He located other lands in Gloucester\\nCounty, which soon after passed to others, as he\\ndied in 1687. Before his death he conveyed one\\nhundred acres of the land on Coopers Creek to\\nRichard Wright (whose son John married Eliza-\\nbeth Champion). He settled upon it and left it to\\nhis son John, who, in 1691 and 1693, purchased\\nother lands of the Howell survey and adjoining\\nland, later owned by John Champion, his father-\\nin-law. His family consisted of his wife, three\\nsons Samuel, Daniel (married Hannah Lakin,\\nin 1686) and Mordecai and three daughters.\\nPriscilla (married Robert Stiles), Marion (married\\nHenry Johnson) and Catharine. His children\\nwere born in England, and his wife, Catharine, did\\nnot come to this country during his life-time, but,\\nin 1693, was a resident of Philadelphia. Samuel,\\nthe eldest son, remained in England. Daniel came\\ninto possession of the honjestead, and in 1687, the\\nyear of his father s death, he sold to Mordecai\\ntwo hundred and fifty acres of land, with the build-\\nings, on Coopers Creek. In 1688 he conveyed one\\nhundred acres of the homestead to Moses Lakin,\\nprobably a brother of his wife, and, in 1690, sixty\\nacres of the same tract to Josiah Appleton adjoining\\nother lands of John and Richard Appleton, at a\\nplace then called A ppletown, a little village entire-\\nly lost. In 1691 Daniel moved from Coopers Creek\\nto a place near Philadelphia, which he called\\nHartsfield, and after a short residence removed to\\nStacy s Mills, at the falls of the Delaware, around\\nwhich the city of Trenton was afterwards built.\\nHe became, with Mahlon Stacy, one of the first\\nand most active residents of that now thriving\\ncity.\\nMordecai Howell, son of Thomas, was one of the\\nwitnesses in the controversy between the Penns\\nand Lord Baltimore. He says he came to America\\nin 1682, and ascended the Delaware River in com-\\npany with the ship that brought William Penn, in\\nNovember, 1682. After his father s death, in 1687,\\nhe returned to England and resided there three\\nyears. The ancestral home at Tamworth, in Staf-\\nfordshire, in the division of the estate, was left to\\nDaniel, who subsequently passed it to his brother,\\nMordecai, who retained it. He returned to this\\ncountry in 1690, and lived on the homestead prop-\\nerty on Coopers Creek. In 1697 he sold it to Henry\\nFranklin, a bricklayer, of New York, who did not\\nmove to the place, but. May 13, 1700, sold it to\\nJohn Champion, of Long Island, who settled upon\\nit. The farm contained three hundred and thirty\\nacres and was named Livewell, probably changed\\nfrom Christianity by Mordecai Howell, who\\nresided there several years. In 1687 Thomas\\nHowell, the father, erected a dam on Coopers\\nCreek, probably with a view of building a mill.\\nHe was indicted by the grand jury for obstructing\\nthe stream, and abandoned the work. His son\\nMordecai, a few years later, built a saw-mill at the\\nmouth of a small branch that emptied into Coop-\\ners Creek. This mill in time came to John Cham-\\npion, and was in use many years. He became\\nlargely interested in real estate in Gloucester Coun-\\nty, and, in 1702, bought of Henry Treadway the\\nLovejoy survey, an account of which will be found\\nin the history of Haddonfield borough. Lovejoy\\nwas a blacksmith, and a tract of land now in Del-\\naware township, on the north side of Coopers Creek,\\nwhere the Salem road crossed that creek, which he\\nobtained for his services from the Richard Mathews\\nestate, was named by him Uxbridge, probably\\nfrom a town of that name in Middlesex, England.\\nMordecai Howell located a tract of fifty acres of\\nland adjoining and below the present Evans mill.\\nIt does not appear that he was ever married, and\\nthat about 1706 he removed to Chester County, Pa.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1122.jp2"}, "927": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF DKLAWAllE\\n719\\nThe widow of Thomas Howell, in lO Jo, thcu a\\nresident of Philadelphia, conveyed to Henry\\nJohnson (who about that time married her daugh-\\nter Marian) eighty eight acres of land, on which\\nhe settled, and where for a generation his family\\nalso resided.\\nGabriel Thomas, writing in 1698, says of llobert\\nStiles, who married Priscilla Howell The trade\\nof Gloucester County consists chiefly in pitch, tar\\nand rosin, the latter of which is made by Robert\\nStiles, an excellent artist in that sort of work, for\\nhe delivers it as clear as any gum arabick.\\nHe settled on the north side of the south branch\\nof Pensaukin Creek on land now owned by\\nSamuel Roberts, where he died in 1728, leaving two\\nsons, Robert and Ephraim, from whom the family\\nof that name descend. Thomas Howell by will\\nbequeathed to Priscilla one hundred acres of the\\nhomestead property, which herself and husband,\\nin 1690, conveyed to Mordecai.\\nWilliam Cooper was the first settler of the name\\nat Coopers Point (now Camden), of whom a full ac-\\ncount will be found in the early settlement of that\\ncity. In the latter part of his life he conveyed all\\nhis land at Pyne or Coopers Point to his sons and\\nretired to a tract of laud containing four hundred\\nand twenty-nine acres, which he located in 1685,\\nit being in the township of Waterford) now Dela-\\nware), where he built a house and about 1708 moved\\nto the place.\\nA part of the house is still standing, being a\\nportion of the homestead of Benjamin B. Cooper,\\nand afterwards the property of Ralph V. M.\\nCooper (deceased). To this house he removed, but\\nnot long to remain, as he died in 1710. The funeral\\nparty went on boats down Coopers Creek to the\\nriver, thence to Newton Creek and up the latter to\\nthe old grave-yard. William Cooper left a large\\nfamily and his descendants still hold some of the\\noriginal estate in the city of Camden, which has\\nfollowed the blood of the first owners from genera-\\ntion to generation for nearly two hundred years.\\nAlexander Cooper and his son, Richard M., lineal\\ndescendants, are the only ones of the name now\\nresiding in the township, although not upon these\\nlands.\\nWilliam Cooper, in 1()S7, located five hundred\\nand seventy-two acres of land, now in Delaware\\ntownship. This came to his son Joseph and later\\nto his grandson Joseph. He had a daughter Mary,\\nwho married Jacob Howell. She died young, but\\nleft two daughters, Hannah and Mary the former\\nmarried John Wharton, and the latter, in 1762,\\nmarried Benjamin Swett. They lived upon these\\nlands, which in old records are designated as the\\nWliarton and Swett tracts. The Wharton farm\\nincludes the farm now owned by Mrs. Abby C.\\nShinn, widow of Charles H. Shinn. On this farm\\nstands an old house, built prior to 1728, at which\\ntime it was occupied by George Ervin, a tenant of\\nJoseph Cooper.\\nOther farms on the original survey arc owned\\nby Charles H. and Robert T. Hurff, Edward W.\\nCoffin, Montgoniery Stafford and others. Benja-\\nmin Swett, to whose wife part of this survey de-\\nscended, built a saw-mill on a stream running\\nthrough it, and his son, Joseph C. Swett, snl)sc-\\nquently built a grist-mill on the same site. Tiiis\\nwas carried away by a freshec, and another erected,\\nwhich was burned a few years since.\\nDaniel Cooper, the youngest son of Daniel (the\\nson of William), settled on a tract of land, in 1728,\\non the south side of the north bri nch of Coopers\\nCreek. This was a survey of five hundred acres\\nmade by William Cooper in 1687, and is now di-\\nvided into several valuable farms. The dwelling\\nof Daniel Cooper was on the plantation formerly\\nowned and occupied by William Horten, deceased.\\nIn the old titles Daniel is called a drover,\\nwhich calling he perhaps connected with his farm-\\ning operations and derived some profit therefrom.\\nIn connection with the Cooper family, it might\\nnot be out of place to call attention to the har-\\nmony which seems to have always prevailed be-\\ntween the early settlers of Gloucester County and\\ntheir Indian neighbors. There arc no traditionary\\ntales of night attacks, wars, massacres and pillage,\\nas are found in the histories of almost all the other\\ncolonies; this is attributable, no doubt, in a great\\nmeasure, to the settlers being largely composed of\\nthe Society of Friends, whose peaceful propensi-\\nties soon won the confidence of these children of\\nthe forest, and their treaties, like that of Penn,\\nwere never broken. It is a singular coincidence\\nthat, as the Coopers settled among the Indians of\\nthe county, so the last of the aborigines died upon\\nthe land of the Coopers, on the farm lately owned\\nby Benjamin D. Cooper, in Delaware township.\\nThis Indian was well-known to many of the i)res-\\nent generation, and was found dead in an old hay\\nbarrack, one morning in December, where he had\\nno doubt sought to spend the night after one of his\\ndrunken revelries. He was buried in a corner of\\nan apple orchard, on the farm which ever after-\\nward and still is known as the Indian Orchard.\\nThis grave is in a good state of preservation. It\\nis located near a corner to the lands now owned by\\nTho wriiLT of this nUetcli, in cnmpiiny with a colored hoy by the\\niianiB of .loscph M. Johnson, romouuded tlio grave on Thanksgiving\\nllav, 1SS4.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1123.jp2"}, "928": {"fulltext": "720\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nSamuel CoU s, Geo. W. Moore and the heirs of\\nSarah A. C. Lee (formerly Cooper).\\nThe family of Chaiupious were at Hempstead,\\nL. I., in 1673, where John and Thomas and their\\nfamilies resided. On the 13th of May, 1700,\\nHenry Franklin conveyed to John Champion, of\\nHempstead, L. I., a tract of three hundred acres\\nof land on the north side of Coopers Creek, in\\nWaterford township (now Delaware), to which\\nplace he removed. Part of this estate is what is\\nnow known as the Barton farm, and upon which\\nstood the residence of John Champion this was\\nnear where one of the roads crossed Coopers Creek\\nin going from Burlington to Philadelphia. The\\ndifhculty of getting travelers across the creek led\\nto the establishment of a ferry, a license for which\\nwas granted by the grand jury of Gloucester\\nCounty, and the charges fixed.\\nThe coming of John Champion to West Jersey\\nwas, 00 doubt, caused by his daughter Elizabeth\\nmarrying John Wright, a sou of Richard Wright,\\nwho had purchased land there of Thomas Howell.\\nIn 1691 and 1693 the son John increased his\\npossessions by purchasing adjoining tracts from\\nThomas Howell s heirs. In 1718 John Champion\\ndivided his landed estate between his sons Rob-\\nert and Nathaniel, by a line running from the\\ncreek into the woods, and made each a deed dated\\nApril 24th. His other children were Thomas and\\nPhcebe. He died in 1727. Robert Champion\\nhad one son, Peter, wh in 1740, married Hannah\\nThackara she deceased and he married Ann Ellis,\\na daughter of William, a sou of Simeon Ellis, in\\n1746, by whom he had one son, Joseph. Peter\\nChampion died in 1748, and his widow, Ann,\\nmarried John Stokes, and after his demise she\\nmarried Samuel Miirrell, 1761. By each marriage\\nshe had children. Joseph Champion, the issue of\\nthe second marriage of Peter, married Rachel\\nCollins, a daughter of Samuel Collins and Rosanua\\n(Stokes), in 1771. By this marriage he had three\\nsons Samuel C, William C. and Joseph and a\\ndaughter, Mary. Rachel Champion died January\\n7, 1783, when her youngest child, Joseph C, was\\nbut two weeks old. Joseph married Rachel Brown,\\nof Springfield, Burlington County, in the spring\\nof 1784. By this marriage he had three sons and\\none daughter. Ann Ellis, the wife of Peter Cham-\\npion, inherited a tract of land on both sides of the\\nMoorestown and Haddonfield road, now owned\\nby the heirs of William Morris Cooper and\\nSamuel M. Heuling.s, a lineal descendant of\\nSimeon Ellis, through the Murrellson his mother s\\nside. Joseph C. Champion, the son of Joseph\\nChampion, married Sarah Burrougli, daughter of\\nJohn Burrongh, in 1809. His children were Ann\\nW., who married Joseph Ellis; Chalkley Collins,\\nwho married Christiana Geading, of Philadelphia,\\nand died in 1866 William Cooper, married\\nRebecca F., (laughter of Benjamin Howey (he died\\nin 1879) Elizabeth R., married George G. Hatch\\nin 1836 (he died in 1842, leaving her with three\\nchildren the oldest one, Charles, was a soldier in\\nthe Union army during the entire War of the\\nRebellion) John B., married Keturah Heulings in\\n1850 (he died in 1884, without issue): Mary M.,\\nmarried William Yard, of Philadelphia, in 18.52\\n(he died in 1862, no issue) Benjamin M., married\\nMary Ann, the daughter of General William Irick,\\nof Burlington County Joseph, died single in\\n1829; Emily, died young; Samuel C. Champion,\\na twin brother of Richard B. Champion, never\\nmarried Richard B. married Mary G. Kay, in\\n1855. He has three children Marietta K., Sarah\\nJ. and Isaac K. who reside in Camden. The\\nname is now extinct in the township. Joseph\\nC. Champion died January 28, 1847 his widow,\\nSarah Champion, died July 12, 1860. Samuel C.\\nwas a blacksmith, and plied his calling at Coles-\\ntown, on the property lately the residence of\\nGeorge T. Risdon, but now owned by Watson\\nIvins, adjoining the farm of Thomas Roberts-\\nFrancis Collins, of whom a full account will be\\nfound in Haddon township, where he resided, soon\\nafter his settlement, in 1682, located five hundred\\nacres of land fronting on the north side of Coopers\\nCreek, in what is now Delaware township, a part\\nof which he afterwards conveyed to his son\\nFrancis, who, in 1718, sold it to Jacob Horner. It\\nis now the estate of William C. Wood. Francis\\nCollins, the father, in 1720, conveyed two hundred\\nacres of the tract to Samuel Shivers, a part of\\nwhich is yet in the family name.\\nFrancis Collins also located land north of\\nCoopers Creek, as the first purchase of John Kay\\nwas land from Francis Collins, which he afterward\\nsold to Simeon Ellis, and embraced the farm of\\nSamuel C. Cooper, now occupied by Jesse L.\\nAnderson, in Delaware township, and in 1689\\nThomas Shackle bought land of Francis Collins a\\nlittle north of Ellisburg, which became the\\nproperty of John Burrough in J735, and is now\\nowned by Amos E. Kaighn. In 1691 Simeon Ellis\\npurchased two hundred acres of land from Francis\\nCollins, which lay upon both sides of the King s\\nHighway, and was a part of a tract of eight\\nhundred acres conveyed in 1687 to Samuel Jen-\\nnings and Robert Dimsdale (the latter his son-in-\\nlaw), as trustees for his daughter Margaret, and a\\npart of which became the property of Margaret", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1124.jp2"}, "929": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OP DELAWARE.\\n721\\nHugg (a claiighter of FranciaCdlliiis), whosold the\\nsame to Simeon Ellis in 1(395. It inclucled the town\\nof Ellisburg and several surrounding farms. In 1705\\nWilliam Matlack purchased two hundred acres of\\nland of Francis Collins, in Waterford township,\\nnear the White Hor. Se Tavern, lying on both sides\\nof the south branch of Coopers Creek. In 1691\\nThomas Atkinson purchased a large tract of land\\nof Francis Collins, in Waterford (now Delaware)\\ntownship, on Coopers Creek, of which he sold Ed-\\nward Burrough one hundred and seven acres in\\n1693.\\nThe Burroughs were ammg the fir-st numbers\\nof the Society of Friends, and came from War-\\nwickshire, England, where they suffered in com-\\nmon with others of their religious belief, prominent\\namong whom was Edward Burrough, of Underbar-\\nrow, the defender and e.tpounder of the doctrines\\nof the Society of Friends, and who preached these\\ndoctrines to the people, he and a companion\\n(Francis Howgill) being the first Friends to visit\\nLondon. In 1654 he was mobbed in the city of\\nBristol for preaching to the people, and cast into\\nprison in Ireland for a like offence, and finally\\nbanished from the island. After Charles the Sec-\\nond came to the throne he obtained a personal in-\\nterview with the King, and procured an order from\\nhim to prevent the persecution of Friends in New\\nEngland, which order the Friends in London for-\\nwarded by a ship that they had chartered siieciaily\\nfor that purpose at the expense of three hundred\\npounds. Edward Burrough again visited Bristol\\nin 1662 and held several meetings there, and when\\nbidding adieu to the Friends he said I am going\\nup to London again to lay down my life fur the\\nGospel, and suffer amongst Friends in that place.\\nHe accordingly visited London, aud while preach-\\ning to the people at a meeting at the Bull and\\nMouth, he was arrested and cast into Newgate\\nPrison, where many Friends were then confined.\\nThis was about the last of the Third Month his\\ncase was several times before the courts, and he was\\nfinally fined and ordered to lay in prison until the\\nfine was paid. The payment of a fine for such a\\ncause being contrary to his religious belief, he\\npreferred to suffer, rather than yield his principles.\\nThe pestilential air of the prison soon preyed\\nThe name Burrough, in books on heralilry, is recorded as Burg,\\nand De Bourg was the family name of William the Conqueror s father,\\nand it is from a brother of William the Conqueror that a branch of\\nthe family claim direct descent. Whether these claims are strictly true\\nwill probably never be ascertained, but it is evident that the family\\nwas a numerous one in England at a very early day. The present\\nrecord of the family extends back to the beginning of the seven-\\nteenth century, when they came prominently before the people as\\nthe followers of George Fox and expounders of the doctrines of the\\nSociety of Friends.\\nUjion his health, and, allliongh yonng and of robust\\nphysique, he sickened and died in Newcastle Prison\\nTwelfth Month 14, 1662, in the twenty-ninth year\\nof his age. There is no record of liis licing mar-\\nried or of his ever coming to America.\\nJohn Burrough was born in the year 1626, and\\nwas imprisoned in Buckinghamshire in 1660, and\\nJoseph Burrough suffered the same injustice in\\nEssex during the same year. The son and daugh-\\nter of William Burrough were maltreated in War-\\nwickshire while on their way to Banbury Meeting.\\nThese facts are mentioned to show that the family\\nwas numerous in England and mostly Friends.\\nThey soon after came to America and settled on\\nLong Isl.md, where John Burrough is first men-\\ntioned as being assessed there in September, 1675.\\nBetween that date and 1689 John, Jeremiah, Jo-\\nseph and Edward Burrough were all located on\\nLong Island. In 16SS .lohn Burrough came to\\nGloucester County, N. J., and located near Timber\\nCreek. In 1693 Edward Burrough located a tract\\nin Delaware township (then Waterford) which em-\\nbraced the farm now owned by Joseph K. Hjllman.\\nHe remained only a few years, when it is thought\\nhe removed to Salem. This tract of land was held\\nby those of the family name for many years, and\\nuntil Elizabeth Burrough, a daughter of John,\\nmarried Samuel Matlack, whose descendants still\\nhold portions of the land. Samuel Burrough, a\\nson of John, was born in 1(550, aud was the third\\nperson of that name that came into Old Glouces-\\nter County. He is first noticed at the little town\\nof Pensaukin. On November 16, 169.8, he pur-\\nchased three hundred acres of land from Joseph\\nHeritage, in Waterford township. He first mar-\\nried Hannah Taylor, a daughter of John Taylor,\\nand afterwards married Hannah Roberts, daugh-\\nter of John and Sarah Roberts, on the 27th day of\\nthe Tenth Month, 1699. They had nine children.\\nSamuel, the oldest, was born Ninth Month 28, 1701,\\nand in 1723 married Ann Gray, a daughter of Rich-\\nard and Joanna Gray. In 1703 his father pur-\\nchased the farm of Richard Bromly, containing two\\nhundred acres of land, and it was upon this farm\\nand in the dwelling erected by Richard Bromly,\\nthat Samuel Burrough and Ann Gray removed\\nsoon after their marriage. This farm is now owned\\nby Charles Collins and the house above-mentioned\\nwas torn down in 1845. Samuel and Ann had\\nnine children. Joseph, the fifth child, erected tlie\\nhouse, in 1761, now owned by Edward Burrough,\\non a part of the Richard Bromly tract adjoining\\nthe homestead. Joseph married, first, Mary Pine;\\nsecond, Kesiah Parr (widow of Samuel Parr) and\\nwhose maiden-name was Aaronson third, Lyilia", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1125.jp2"}, "930": {"fulltext": "722\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nStrech, another widow, whose maiden-name was\\nTomlinson. He had one son, William, by the first\\nwife and two sons, Joseph and Reuben, by the\\nsecond wife. Joseph married Martha Davis, a\\ndaughter of David and Martha Davis, in 1792,\\nand succeeded his father in the occupancy of the\\nhouse he built in 17til. They had seven children.\\nJoseph Aaronson Burrough, the fourth child, was\\nborn Ninth Month 9, 1802. In 1824 he married\\nAnna Lippincott, daughter of Samuel and Anna\\nLippincott, of Evesham, by whom he had seven\\nchildren. Samuel L. Burrough, being the oldest,\\nstill owns, and his only son, Joseph A. Burrough,\\nnow occupies a portion of the old homestead tract.\\nThe house in which he dvvells, by a singular coin-\\ncidence, was built by his grandfather, after whom\\nhe was named, in 1861, just one hundred years af-\\nter that built by the first Joseph, from whom it has\\nregularly descended. The present dwelling of\\nSamuel L. Burrough, erected in 1885, stands on a\\npart of the old Spicer tract, acquired from the\\nRudderows by his father. Joseph A. Burrough,\\nafter the death of his first wife, married Mary H.,\\nanother daughter of Samuel and Anna Lippin-\\ncott, being a sister of his first wife, for which of-\\nfence they were both disowned from membership\\nwith the Society of Friends. By this wife were\\nborn to him six children, only two of whom lived\\nto attain their majority, Edward, who married\\nEmily Collins, a lineal descendant of Francis\\nCollins, und Mary L., who married Henry Troth,\\nneither of whom have any descendants. Edward\\nBurrough still owns and occupies the farm and\\ndwelling erected by his ancestors in 1761, being\\nthe fifth generation to whom it has descended.\\nThis farm was surrounded by heavy timber, with\\nthe exception of one field, which bordered on the\\nKing s Highway, leading from Camden to Mount\\nHolly, and during the Revolutionary period was\\nresorted to by the American army as a pasturage\\nfor their cattle during the occupancy of Philadel-\\nphia by the British. This farm was selected for\\nthat purpose on account of its being so surrounded\\nby timber as to afford a hiding-place from the pa-\\ntrols that were sent out by Lord Howe to destroy\\nthe American supplies, and has ever since borne the\\nname of Woodland Farm. The British were evi-\\ndently informed that cattle were in this vicinity,\\nand a detachment was sent (mt to capture them,\\nwho fortunately took the road to Medford and thus\\nmissed their prize, for they were immediately\\ndriven to Cumberland County, and were, no\\ndoubt, a part of the stores over which the action at\\nGreenwich Point was fought. During the period\\nof the battle at Red Bank the kitchen of this old\\nhomestead was made the rendezvous of the Amer-\\nican scouts, and, notwithstanding the religious\\nprinciples of the occupants, these scouts seemed to\\nfind no fault or objection to the reception that\\nalways awaited them, and many interesting anec-\\ndotes have been handed down to succeeding gen-\\nerations. These members of the Burrough family\\nand David A. Burrough, another lineal descend-\\nant, being a son of David Davis Burrough, a\\nyounger brother of Joseph Aaronson Burrough,\\nand who resides on the farm acquired by Joseph\\nBurrough from his wife, Martha Davis, are all of\\nthe name now residing in Delaware township.\\nThe family is by no means extinct, members of it\\nbeing located in nearly every county in West Jer-\\nsey, and are found in Pennsylvania, Maryland and\\nother States.\\nMuch of the land owned by the Burroughs in\\nDelaware township was covered by dense forests\\nof large oak timber and large quantities of ship\\nand building lumber were cut and sawed on the es-\\ntate at a saw-mill built by Joseph Burrough, on the\\nfarm now owned by Edward Burrough. The loca-\\ntion of this mill was near the Pensaukin Creek, at\\nthe junction of two small streams that flow through\\nthe farm, which at that time were a never-failing\\nsource of power. This mill was burnt down during\\nthe early part of the present century, and was re-\\nbuilt by his son Joseph, who had inherited that\\npart of the estate, and cut much fine lumber. In\\n1816 a cyclone passed through a portion of his tim-\\nber, on the land now owned by the heirs of Joseph\\nC. Stoy (deceased). The track of the cyclone was\\nnot over one hundred yards in width. The timber\\nuprooted by the storm consisted of large white oaks,\\nwhich were sold to the ship-yards in Philadelphia.\\nAmong the trees uprooted was a white oak just\\nthe shape of a ship s keel and seventy-four feet\\nlong it was hewed in the woods and drawn to\\nCoopers Creek by seventeen horses, under the\\nmanagement of Jacob Troth, where it was floated\\ndown the creek to Philadelphia and used as the\\nkeel of the United States sloop-of-war Seventy-\\nFour, from which circumstance the vessel was\\nnamed. The value of the wood and lumber at that\\nday was greater than at present, a proof of which\\nis evident from the fact that the cord-wood cut\\nfrom the tops of these blown-down white oaks was\\nsold at the landing on Coopers Creek for twelve\\nhundred dollars. In 18;!6 a severe rain-storm oc-\\ncurred, which so flooded the streams that nearly\\nevery mill-dam in the township was destroyed,\\namong them the dam of the pond above referred\\nto,which has never been rebuilt, although much of\\nthe dam is still standing, and in a good state of", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1126.jp2"}, "931": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF DELAWARE.\\n723\\npreservation. A short time previous to ttic lircak-\\ning of the dam the mill wa.s destroyed by fire. The\\ncalamities occurriiin; so near together, and the in-\\nroads made in these primeval forests, no doubt\\ncaused the site to be abandoned for mill purposes.\\nThe Ellises came from Yorkshire, England, in\\n1G80 or 1683, and settled in Springfield, in Burling-\\nton County. Simeon Ellis purchased land in\\nWaterford township, on the north side of the north\\nbranch of Coopers Creek, of Francis Collins, in\\n1G91, but the place of his nativity is unknown.\\nHe built his log cabin on a portion near the stream,\\non the farm now owned by Samuel Lippincott,\\nand occupied by Samuel H. Griscom, and named\\nthe place Springwell. In 1(595 Simeon Ellis bought\\nfour hundred acres of land of Margaret Hugg,\\nadjoining his first purchase. This Margaret was\\na daughter of Francis Collins. These first pur-\\nchases of Simeon Ellis included the laud now\\noccupied by the village of Ellisburg, in Delaware\\ntownship. He purchased other tracts of land in\\nthe vicinity, some of which include the farms of\\nJohn Ballenger and others on the south side of\\nthe stream, and other portions are now owned by\\nWilliam Graff, Logan Paul and Joseph K. Lippin-\\ncott, Jr. He was a member of the Society of\\nFriends, and was one of those who made up the\\nassemblages at John Kay s or Thomas Shackle s\\nhouses. He died in 1715, dividing his property\\namong his children, seven in number. Simeon,\\nthe fourth son, acquired that portion now embrac-\\ning the village of Ellisburg. He died in 1773,\\nleaving six children, Isaac, who married Mary\\nShivers, a daughter of Samuel Shivers Benjamin,\\nwho married Sarah Ba tes; William, who married\\nAmy Matlack John, who married Priscilla Peter-\\nson (widow); Sarah, who married William Duyre;\\nand Simeon, who married a Bates, sister to Benja-\\nmin s wife. Isaac settled that portion of the home-\\nstead including the village of Ellisburg and died\\nthere, leaving several children, Isaac, Rebecca\\nand Simeon. Isaac married Sarah Hillman in\\n1785, and always lived near Ellisburg, on his\\nfather s homestead. About the year 1795 the Eves-\\nham road, now Marlton turnpike, was laid, cross-\\ning the Haddonfield and Moorestown road nearly\\nat right angles, and it was at this crossing that\\nIsaac Ellis erected a hotel, a part of which is still\\nstanding. He had three sous by his first wife,\\nSimeon, Isaac and Josiah, and also two daughters,\\nMartha and Hannah. His second wife was Ann\\nZane, by whom he had one son, Joseph Ellis, the\\npresent owner of the hotel, and the oldest resident\\nin the place, being eighty years of age, to whom\\nmo-st of this iiropcrty descended. He died in 1S28.\\nJoseph Ellis married Ann W. hami)ion, thecldest\\nchild of Joseph C. Champion, who still remains the\\ncompanion ofhis declining years. Notwithstanding\\nhis advanced age, he is still active and participates\\nin nearly all the public meetitigs held in the town-\\nship, and possesses a mind well-stored with the\\ntraditions of the neighborhood and his ancestors.\\nJoseph and Ann W. Ellis have four daughters\\nremaining, out of a family of eight children.\\nMartha Ann, who married James Wills; Sarah,\\nwho married Samuel M. Hulings; Elizabeth, who\\nmarried George C. Kay and Hannah, who re-\\nmains single all of whom reside in the township.\\nThe pioneers of this family .shared, with their\\nneighbors, the privations of the Revolutionary\\nperiod, and many interesting anecdotes are told\\nconcerning their adventures. At one time the\\nIndians encamped at Oxfords Landing, at the\\njunction of the north and south branches of Coop-\\ners Creek, came to the house of Isaac Ellis to\\nborrow fire; the farmer was engaged threshing\\nbuckwheat in the barn at the time, and directed\\nthem to the big fire-place in his kitchen for the\\ncoals desired having secured a large brand, they\\nstarted for home, but evidently desiring to return\\nthanks for the favor, proceeded into the barn with\\nthe lighted torch, where Friend Ellis was thresh-\\ning his surprise and anxiety can well be imagined,\\nand it took considerable jabbering to convince his\\ndusky neighbors of the danger they were subject-\\ning him to; but happily no damage resulted. He\\ncontinued to live on friendly terms with these\\npeople as long as they remained in the neighbor-\\nhood.\\nDuring the movements of the British througli\\nNew Jersey, about the time of the battle of Red\\nBank, they were informed by a Tory named Wines\\nthat there was a considerable number of cattle on\\nthe Ellis and Kay farms, which they were not long\\nin securing. They drove them towards Moores-\\ntown, and when passing the residence now occu-\\npied by David A. Burrough, a weaver who was\\nthere at the time came out from behind the house\\nand shook his frock, which frightened the cattle\\nand they stampeded down a lane known as Fore\\nLane and then into the deer-park woods, from\\nwhich the British failed to extricate them, and\\nconsequently the cattle, in a day or two, returned\\nhome. At the close of the war the Tory Wines\\nfled to Nova Scotia, but returned, after an absence\\nof many years, to be indignantly received by all\\nwho knew him. It is from these families that the\\ntown of Ellisburg was founded, and the present\\nJoseph Ellis is a descendant, and at one time\\nowned a large Iract of land in and adjoining the", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1127.jp2"}, "932": {"fulltext": "724\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSKY.\\ntown. Mr. Ellis is now one of the oldest and\\nmost respected of the inhabitants, and will ever\\nbe remembered with kindness by all who knew him.\\nAfter the death of Peter Champion, Ann Ellis\\n(his widow) married John Stokes, by whom she had\\ntwo sons, who settled in Virginia. By Samuel\\nMurrell she had two children, Samuel, who mar-\\nried a Chambers, and had daughters Ann E.\\nMurrell, who married Batheuel M. Heulings, who\\ninherited the farm whereon her son, Samuel M.\\nHeulings, now resides, from lier half-brother, being\\na part of the tract Simeon Ellis gave to his son\\nWilliam, and has since remained in the blood,\\nalthough passing out of the name. Ann E. Heu-\\nlings (late Murrell) was left a widow in 1845, with\\nten children, five of whom at this writing are de-\\nceased. Her two sons, Batheuel and Abram, were\\nsoldiers during the entire War of the Rebellion.\\nThey were both in the Union army, and Batheuel\\nwas severely wounded at the battle of Gettysburg\\nby a musket-ball which passed clear through him,\\nfrom the eflects of which he finally died several\\nyears after the close of the war.\\nThe Gills were relations of Elizabeth Estaugh,\\nand no doubt came to America under her patron-\\nage, and at onetime owned and resided on a valu-\\nable tract of land in this township (see Haddon-\\nfield borough). The fir.-t grant of land made by\\nJohn Haddon to John Gill was in 1714, for two\\nhundred and sixty acres, situated on both sides of\\nthe Haddonfield and Berlin road, and near the\\nhead of the stream known as Swett s Mill stream,\\nthe land now owned by Joseph C. Stafford and\\nothers. At the time of this conveyance John Gill\\nresided on this tract. Prior to 1739 this tract came\\ninto the possession of Bartholomew Horner and\\nremained in that name until thecloseof the century,\\nbut has long since passed entirely out of the name\\nand blood. It is from these early owners that\\nHorner s Hill School no doubt received its name.\\nJohn Gill afterward resided nearer Haddonfield,\\non the premises now owned by Griffith. On this\\nproperty near the junction of the two branches of\\nCoopers Creek, was a landing known as Axfords\\nLanding, a place where considerable business was\\ntransacted, it being the highest landing on the\\nstream, but its exact location at this time is un-\\nknown. John Gill married Mary Heritage in 1718,\\nand died in 1749, leaving two children, John and\\nHannah,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 who, after their marriage, resided outside\\nthe limits of this township, and from whom the\\nGills now residents of Haddon and Centre town-\\nships are lineal descendants. Much of the lands\\nformerly owned by the Gills still remain in the\\nfamily name.\\nThe Haineses settled in the eastern portion of\\nthe township, contemporary with the families pre-\\nviously mentioned, on the farm now owned by Mrs.\\nDr. E. B. Woolston, near Cropwell, and John H.\\nLippincott, both lineal descendants. They soon\\nbecame connected with the Lippincotts, who set-\\ntled adjoining plantations in Burlington County,\\nand founded the Friends Meeting-house at Crop-\\nwell, of which religious society both families were\\nmembers. The Haineses soon began to migrate\\nand seek other employment, and at present the\\nname is almost extinct in the township, although\\nmany of the females married and settled in the ad-\\njoining counties, and to whose descendants the\\nproperties above mentioned have descended.\\nRichard Heritage was one of the propri-\\netors of the town of Gloucester when it was\\nlaid out, in 1686. He owned lots in the original\\ntown, and was one of the signers of the memoran-\\ndum made by the proprietors as to the division of\\nlots. He was the first who bore the name in West\\nJersey, and came from Warwickshire, England.\\nHe purchased rights of Edward Byllinge and his\\ntrustees in 1684, and made a location of land on\\nthe north side of Pensaukin Creek, in Burlington\\nCounty, and called the place Hatten New\\nGarden. He purchased other rights and\\nlocated other lands in this township. He died\\nin 1702, without a will, and most of his land\\npassed to his heir-at-law, his eldest son, John.\\nIn 1705 he sold to William Matlack one thousand\\nacres of land in Waterford township. John mar-\\nried Sarah Slocum in 1706. To his son Joseph he\\nconveyed considerable land. Much of this land\\nhe sold. It lay on both sides of the creek and\\nnow embraces several valuable farms. Samuel\\nBurrough purchased a part of this tract in 1698.\\nJoseph Heritage died in 1756, leaving six chil-\\ndren, Richard, who married Sarah Whitall and\\nSarah Tindall Joseph, who married Ruth Haines\\nBenjamin, who married Keziah Matlack John,\\nwho married Sarah Hugg Mary, who married\\nJohn Gill and John Thome and Hannah, who\\nmarried Mr. Rogers.\\nIt was from Joseph Heritage and his children\\nthat many of the early settlers purchased land,\\nand, although the family appears to have been a\\nlarge one, yet the name is now unknown among\\nthe residents of the township, although some re-\\nmain within the present limits of Waterford town-\\nship and still hold a small portion of the land.\\nThe Kays came from Yorkshire, England, about\\n1683. Many of them were Friends, and, conse-\\nquently, suffered persecution at the hands of those\\nin authority, in the shape of fines and imprison-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1128.jp2"}, "933": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF DELAWARE.\\nincuts. At tlie Conn of (Jiiartcr Sessions licld at\\nWaketieli!, in Yorkshire, in KJfil, John Kay,\\nBaronet, n-as the presiding judge, and committed\\nsixty l^uakers to prison. Ten years after, John\\nKay was fined for attending Friends Meeting, at\\nYork, in the same shire. It is possible that the\\nlatter was the same person as the former, and that\\nwhile the committing magistrate he became con-\\nvinced of the truth of the doctrines jireachcd by\\nGeorge Fox, laid aside his title and sutiered with\\nthe Friends in jierson and estate. Whether this\\nwas the same John Kay (hat ])ur(hflscd land in\\nthis neighborhood in 1684 is not definitely known,\\nbut such is supposed to be the case. This first\\npurchase is now a part of the farm of Samuel C.\\nCooper, now occupied by Jesse L. Anderson, about\\na mile east of Ellisburg. The tract embraced the\\nfarm of Isaac M. Kay, on the opposite side of the\\ncreek, and which has regularly descended to tlie\\njiresent owner, who is a lineal descendant of John\\nKay. There is a tradition that John Kay first\\nlived in a cave on the hiil-side near the creek, but\\nthe location of the place is unknown, although the\\nstory is not improbable. In IRSr) a religious meet-\\ning was established at the house of John Kay, by\\nconsent of Burlington Friends, in connection with\\none of a similar character held at the house of\\nTimothy Hancock, at Pensaukin, on alternate\\nFirst Days. These meetings were continued until\\n1707. During this period several marriages took\\nplace, the last one recorded being that of Benja-\\nmin Thackara and Mary Cooper, in 1707. These\\nmeetings were attended by Friends from Evesham\\n(Mount Laurel) and Marlton, and serve to show\\nhow strongly these people were attached to their\\nprinciples, and what difficulties they were willing\\nto overcome in order to observe the requirements\\nof the society. In this connection it may be proper\\nto mention that another meeting was held at the\\nhouse of Thomas Shackle, f^rom 1695 to 1721,\\nwhen John Estaugh gave the ground for a meet-\\ning-house at Haddonfield. The house of Thomas\\nShackle stood upon the farm now owned by Amos\\nE. Kaighn, a lineal descendant of John Kaighn,\\nvho located near Kaighns Point in 1696. In 1735\\nthe farm became the property of John Burrough,\\nwho most probably built the brick part of the\\nhouse, still standing, in the year 1736. John Kay\\nlocated several tracts of land near his first pur-\\nchase, fronting generally on the north branch of\\nCoopers Creek. In 1710 he purchased the man-\\nsion-house and corn-mill, on the north side of\\nCoopers Creek, now belonging to the estate of Jo-\\nsiah I!. Evans (deceased). This corn-mill was\\n1 .Si-i- lliid.li.lilk lil IViioiigli.\\nbuilt by Thomas Kindall, in 1697, and stood some\\ndistance below the dam. The remains of the race\\nmay yet be seen, but the site of the mill is oblit-\\nerated. He died in 1742, a wealthy man, leaving\\na large landed estate, most of which has pa.ssed\\nout of the name, until the only jiart of the orig-\\ninal tract that has remained continuously in pos-\\nsession of the family is the farm of Joseph F.\\nKay, which has descended through the blood for\\nnearly two hundred years, no deed ever having\\nbeen made for the same.\\nThe Matlacks came from a small village in Xot-\\ntinghamshire, England. William Matlack came\\nin the first boat that came up the Delaware, and\\nwas the first person to put his foot upon the shore\\nwhere Burlington now stands this was about the\\nyear 1677. In 1682 he married Mary Hancock,\\nand removed to a tract of land between the north\\nand south branches of Pensaukin Creek, in Chester\\ntownship, In 1701 William Matlack purchased of\\nRichard Heritage a tract of one thousand acres\\nof land, now part in Waterford and part in Dela-\\nware townships, Camden County. In 1705 John\\nMatlack purchased two hundred acres of land of\\nFrancis Collins, in Waterford township, and in\\n1708 he married Hannah Horner, and settled upon\\nhis purchase. A part of this estate is now owned\\nby the heirs of John Wilkins, and the old hou.se\\nstood a short distance from the handsome resi-\\ndence of the present owners. In 1714 William\\nMatlack gave his son George five hundred acres\\nof land, a part of that purchased from the Heri-\\ntages. In 1717 he purchased two hundred acres\\nof land, upon which his son Richard settled in\\n1721. This tract lies in Delaware township and\\nupon it is located the old Matlack burying-ground.\\nRichard died in 1748 and was the second person\\nburied there. In 1779 the estate pas-ed out of\\nthe name to William Todd, and was subsequently\\nbought by Richard M. Cooper, father of Alexan-\\nder Cooper, the present owner, who, as before\\nstated, is a lineal descendant of William Cooper,\\nthe first settler of Camden. The Matlacks are a\\nnumerous family and are mostly Friends. Some of\\nthe name still reside within the township and\\nothers in Chester township, in Burlington County.\\nWilliam Ellis (a son of Simeon) married Amy\\nMatlack, one of the descendants in a direct line,\\nand who, thereby, became owners of part of the\\nestate. Levi (a son of William and Amy) became\\nthe owner, and his grandson, Charles E. Ellis,\\nis the possessor of and resides on the estate. Wil-\\nliam and Amy settled on the land, and the liouse\\nthey occupied is still standing.\\nJoliu Shivers appears as the first settler of the", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1129.jp2"}, "934": {"fulltext": "726\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JEKSEY.\\nuame in these parts, and purchased a tract of land\\nin Delaware township, of Mordecai Howell, iu\\n1692, upon which he erected a dwelling. He died\\nin 1716, and his widow, Sarah Shivers, was ap-\\npointed administratrix. In 1720 she purchased an\\nadjoining tract of laud, which exteuded the estate\\neast of the mill-poud. The dwelling on the farm\\nnow belonging to the estate of Richard Shivers,\\ndeceased, is thouglit to be the spot where John\\nShivers erected his first house, and doubtless some\\nof the material in the present edifice was taken\\nfrom the old. John Shivers dying intestate, there\\nis some doubt as to the exact number of his chil-\\ndren, although they are supposed to be as follows\\nSamuel, who married Mary Deacon John,\\nwho married Mary Clement; Mary, who married\\nThomas Bates; Hannah, who married John Mat-\\nlack and Josiah, who married Ann Bates. In\\n1720 Samuel purchased two hundred acres of land\\nfrom Francis Collins, and the following year he\\nconveyed his interest in his fathers estate to his\\nbrother John, who remained on the old farm and\\nwhose descendants still occupy portions of the\\noriginal tract represented in the farms now occu-\\npied by Richard Levis Shivers and William A.\\nShivers, the descendants mentioned.\\nAt one period the house in which John Shivers,\\nthe second, lived was kept as an inn, and was no\\ndoubt a favorite resort. John Shivers acquired\\nseveral other tracts of land in this and the adjoin-\\ning townshii)S. He had three sons, Isaac, Samuel\\nand John. The latter resided in Salem County,\\nand Charles P. Shivers, his son, lives at Swedes-\\nboro Samuel had three sons, John G. Shivers,\\nwho resided in Haddonfield, and whose sons,\\nCharles Hendry Shivers, an allopathic physician,\\nand Samuel Shivers, a bricklayer, still reside in the\\nborough; Joseph C. Shivers resided at Marlton,\\nBurlington County, and his descendants still reside\\nin that vicinity, excepting Bowman H. Shivers,\\nwho is a homoeopathic physician and resides in\\nHaddonfield Bowman was the third son.\\nIsaac Shivers, the son of John Shivers, the sec-\\nond, was born September 16, 1773, and acquired\\nthe homestead estate, which, in turn, descended to\\nhis children and grandchildren, Richard Levis\\nShivers and William A. Shivers, who reside\\nthereon. In 1837 Isaac Shivers removed to Had-\\ndonfield, but returned again to his farm in 1842,\\nbut in 1847 he again removed to Haddonfield,\\nwhere he died October 19, 1872, having attained\\nthe advanced age of ninety-nine years and one\\nmonth. He was buried in Colestown Cemetery.\\nHis children were as follows: Sarah, born May 1,\\n1805, and remained single; Joseph Levis, born\\nJanuary 7, 1807, married Henrietta Hendry, a\\ndaughter of Dr. Bowman Hendry, of Haddon-\\nfield, and had four children, Bowman H., Isaac,\\nElizabeth and William M. Anna, born October\\n4, 1808, and remained single; Richard, born No-\\nvember 21, 1810, married Mary Troth, a daughter\\nof Jacob Troth, and had five children, Susan,\\nRichard L.. Isaac, Anna E. and Sallie N.; Charles,\\nborn July 7, 1814, married Martha Harker, and\\nhad three children, William A., Charles and\\nElla; Jehu, born March 17, 1821, married Mary\\nAnn Hilhnan, and had four children, Alfred\\nH., Edward H., Frank W. and Jehu H.; Benja-\\nmin, born January 27, 1823, married Harriet D.\\nHartley, and had five children, Mary, Eliza,\\nThomas H., D. Lewis and Maria David, born\\nAugust 13, 1826, married Julia Cloud, and had\\nsix children, Cora, Nellie, Walter, Larenia C,\\nClifford and Clara. Many of these descendants\\nof Isaac Shivers now reside in Camden City and\\nothers in Virginia. Those remaining in the town-\\nship are Richard Levis Shivers, on the old home-\\nstead, and William A. Shivers, on another portion\\nof the original tract.\\nThe Stokeses came from London about the year\\n1698 and settled in Burlington County. In 1709\\nThomas Stokes (whose father settled in Burlington\\nCounty) purchased three hundred acres of land of\\nJohn Kay, now in Delaware township, the larger\\npart of which tract is now owned by Mark Balliu-\\nger and the heirs of Jacob Anderson, Nathan M.\\nLippincott and Daniel Hillman (decea.sed). This\\nland extends on both sides of the north branch of\\nCoopers Creek, and is some of the best and most\\nproductive land in the township. He settled on\\nthis tract, and his house was located near the\\npresent residence of Mark Ballinger. In 1696\\nSamuel Harrison located about eight hundred\\nacres of land on the south side of the north branch\\nof Coopers Creek. This consisted of four several\\nand adjoining surveys, now included in the farms\\nof Eliza A. Hillman, Joseph K. Lippincott, the\\nheirs of Jacob Anderson, Aquilla and Alfred\\nHillman (formerly Stokes), John Craig and-others.\\nHe resided on this tract for several years, but the\\nplace where his house stood is not known. Samuel\\nHarrison was a mariner, a brother of William and\\nSarah Bull, who settled at Gloucester soon after it\\nwas made a town. This land descended to his son\\nWilliam, who sold it in tracts to various persons.\\nIt was in the midst of an Indian neighborhood,\\nwhich extended from the north branch southerly\\nnearly to the south branch. Thomas Sharp, a sur-\\nveyor, in 1686, in describing a tract of land, spoke\\nof a water-course known as the Peterson s mill-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1130.jp2"}, "935": {"fulltext": "THE T0WN8HII OK DKLAWAKK.\\nstream iis the sameas the Indian King livetli on,\\nJudging from the settlements of the first emigrants,\\nthe residence of the king spoken of is liclieved to\\nhave been on the I urm now owned l)y tlie heirs of\\nJosepli H. Ellis.\\nThat this iraet was occupied by a numerous tribe\\nof aborigines is beyond a doubt, as their imple-\\nments of stone have been found on nearly all\\nthese farms. Nathan M. Lipijineott, during his\\nlife, took a pride in preserving those found upon\\nhis farm. A large sycamore-tree, standing in his\\ndoor-yard, was adorned with these rude implements\\nof the children of the forest, among which could\\nbe found tomahawks of dilfereut sizes, pestles with\\nwhich they ground their corn, arrow-heads and\\nother articles, all fashioned out of stone, of a kind\\nwhich is not found in this section, and corres-\\nponding with similar implements found in other\\nsections of West Jersey. There is evidence that\\nthis Indian settlement was an extensive one.\\nWithin the memory of some of the present inhabit-\\nants a few of these eked out a miserable exist-\\nence on the part of the land formerly owned by\\nThomas Stokes, near the residence of Aquilla\\nHillman and brother (who are lineal descendants\\nof the Stokeses), on the lands of Mrs. Dr. E. B.\\nWoolston, in Delaware tow nship. Near the Crop-\\nwell Meeting-house there lived, during the first\\nquarter of the present century, an Indian woman\\nby the name of Nancy, and a man by the name of\\nJosh Te Kaylere, orTekaler, who were well known\\nthroughout the neighborhood.\\nProbably the last of thistribe was an Indian liy the\\nname of Joel, who followed basket- making, and, al-\\nthough he preferred to live in his cabin iu the woods,\\ndressed and conducted himself in imitation of his\\nwhite neighbors yet in many ways he followed\\nthe customs of his ancestors. This man was well\\nknown to the present residents of Marlton, Bur-\\nlington County, and is distinctly remembered by\\nthe writer. He died about thirty years ago near\\nTaunton.\\nThomas Shroud, in his History of Fenwick Col-\\nony, Salem County, says that John Davis emi-\\ngrated from Wales and settled on Long Island.\\nHe married Dorothea Hogbin, an English woman\\nof large wealth. He belonged to the sect called\\nSinging Quakers, worshipped daily on a stump and\\nwas very pious and consistent. He lived to the\\nextreme old age of one hundred years. A number\\nof years before his death, about 1705, he moved\\nwith his family to Pilesgrove, Salem County, N. J.,\\nnear where Woodstown is now located. His eldest\\nson, Isaac, came to New Jersey first. John also\\ncame soon after with his family. The latter and\\n88\\nall his family subsecpiently became members of\\nFriends Meeting.\\nJosejih A. Burrough. in a genealogical record of\\nthe Burrough family, made in 1850, and who was\\na lineal descendant on his mother s side, says\\nthe Daviscs came from Montgomeryshire, Eng-\\nland, where Richard Davis, a felt-maker, lived,\\nwho died First Month 22, 170o, aged seventy-three\\nyears. Tacy Davis, his wife, a native of Welch-\\npool, from London, died Third Month 1 1705. They\\nwere both ministers in the Society of Friends.\\nRichard was a recommended minister for forty-five\\nyears. Their son, John Davis, and his wife, Jo-\\nanna, came to America and settled at Woodstown,\\nSalem County, N. J. They had a son David, who\\nmarried Dorothea Causins, who was born in Eng-\\nland Eleventh Month 19, 1()93, and had two sons,\\nJacob, who remained at Woodstown, and whose\\ndescendants are now to be found in that vicinity,\\nand David, who married Martha Cole. They had\\nseven children, Mary, Joseph, .laoob, Samuel C,\\nDavid, Martha and Benjamin. Martha married\\nJoseph Burrough in 1792; Mary married William\\nRogers Joseph married Mary Haines, daughter of\\nNathan Haines David married Mary Haines,\\ndaughter of John Haines; Jacob married Eliza-\\nbeth Coulson Samuel C. Benjamin remained\\nsingle.\\nSamuel C Davis acquired through his mother\\nabout eight hundred acres iu the eastern part of the\\ntownshi]!, which was a part of the original Samuel\\nColes estate, and owned and resided in the house\\nnow owned by Joseph O. Cuthbert. He seems to\\nhave maintained a lordly estate, a large part of\\nwhich he inclosed with a high picket fence and\\nestablished a deer-park, which is remembered by\\njiersons now living, and which included most of the\\nland now owned by Joseph O. and Allen Cuthbert.\\nThis park fence was so constructed as to admit the\\ndeer from the outside, but to prevent their egress,\\nand at certain seasons tame does with bells on\\nwere liberated and sent into the forest, and upon\\ntheir return many a stately buck accompanied\\nthem within the inclosure only to find himself a\\nprisoner. The Davises also acquired other ]n-op-\\nerty, as the farm now occupied by David A. Bur-\\nrough was acquired by his grandfather, Joseph\\nBurrough, as his wife s legacy from her father, and\\nit was upon this farm that the last elk in West\\nJersey was slaughtered, the horns of which are\\nnow in the possession of Edward Burrough, an-\\nother of the descendants. The Davises were a\\nnumerous family, some going into Burlington and\\nother counties, until the name is now unrepre-\\nsented in the township.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1131.jp2"}, "936": {"fulltext": "728\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nCharles French, a sou of Charles French, owned\\nand occupied a large tract of land in the easterly\\npart of this township, whereon stood a grist-\\nmill. A large portion of this tract is now occupied\\nby Albertson Lippincott, but the mill has been\\ntaken down. It is bounded by the county line,\\nthe south branch of Pensaukin Creek, from\\nwhich stream the pond was raised. Charles\\nFrench was a progressive man, and his specialty\\nwas straight roads, and he was the terror of all\\nthe old fogies in this region, who were willing to\\nlet well enough alone. Many amusing anecdotes\\nare told of him in this connection. One of his\\nneighbors was so aggrieved by having new roads\\ncut through his lands and timber that he sold out\\nto get clear, as be said, of French s straight\\nroads. He purchased another tract of land near\\nBlackwoodtown, and, as he thought, entirely beyond\\nthe reach of his old enemy. Things went smoothly\\nfor several years, but one day the old man found\\nCharles French, Anthony Warrick, John Hyder,\\nJohn Clement (as surveyor) and others standing in\\nhis door-yard prospecting for a line whereon to\\nplace a straight road going toward Blackwoodtown.\\nAfter some talk he concluded to accept the situa-\\ntion, and admitted the impossibility of getting\\naway from the progress of things in general and\\nCharles French in particular. On another occa-\\nsion, when the opponents of a road were hotly\\npressing the advocates, and were likely to defeat\\nthe improvement, he, to keep with the surveyors,\\nleft his horse and carriage in the woods. The\\nproposed road was several miles long, and in the\\nexcitement Charles French forgot his horse and\\ncarriage and rode home with one of his neighbors.\\nAfter supper the woolly head of Bob, his old ser-\\nvant, was seen in the door-way. He said, Boss,\\nwhar s de hoss and wagon? After some reflec-\\ntion the old gentleman told old Bob where he left\\nthem hitched in the woods, to which place the\\ncolored man resorted and found everything safe,\\nbut the horse restive and cold. He was an exten-\\nsive dealer in ship stuff and heavy lumber, sup-\\nplying Philadelphia builders with their keels and\\nlargest pieces. His teams were of the best, and his\\ndrivers and axemen would relate many incidents\\nof his energy and resources when fast in the\\nswamps, with wagons broken, horses mired and\\nmen discouraged. In his later years he removed\\nto Moorestown, where he died at a ripe old age,\\nrespected by all who knew him.\\nWilliam Bates, who was one of the colony that\\nsettled Newton in 1G82, before his death, which\\noccurred in 1700, purchased land in Delaware\\ntownship, which was left to his son William, who\\nmarried an Indian girl and settled upon the land\\nnow owned l)y Joseph C. Browning. His descend-\\nants were numerous, and some of them still reside\\nin the township, in the village of Batesville.\\nThe foregoing sketch of the early settlersof Del-\\naware township may not include all of the original\\nfamilies, but enough has been shown to locate the\\nfirst settlers on most of the lands embraced within\\nthe present limits.\\nOld Houses. The most conclusive evidence of\\nthe early settlement of the township by well-to-do\\npeople is the character and the substantiality of\\nthe early residences, many of which are still in a\\ngood state of preservation. Among them are those\\nof Amos E. Kaighn, built in 1736; Hannah Lip-\\npincott s, 1742, built by Thomas and Letitia Thorn\\nJ.Ogden Cuthbert s, 1742, built by Samuel and Mar-\\ntha Coles; Edward Burrough s, 1761, built by Jos.\\nBurrough.\\nThis township being peculiarly an agricultural\\none, many of the farms are known by names which\\nin many instances have been handed down I rom\\ngeneration to generation Among those familiar-\\nly known are the following\\nBroakfield Farm, owned and occupied by Isaac W. Nicholson.\\nCherry Hill Farm, owned and occupied by heirs of Abram\\nBrowning.\\nCooperfield Farm, owned and occupied by ,\\\\nios E. Kaighn.\\nCedar Grove Farm, owned and occupied by Samuel L. Burrough.\\nMurrell Farm, owned and occupied by Samuel M. Heulings.\\nWoodland Farm, owned and occupied by Edward Burrough.\\nIMe.isant Valley Farm, owned and occupied by Joseph Hinch-\\nman.\\nWoodbine Farm, owned and occupied by William C. Wood.\\nLocust Grove Farm, owned and occupied by Elwood Evana.\\nDeer Park Farm, owned and occupied by Joseph 0. Cuthbert.\\nGreen Lawn Farm, owned and occupied by Elwood Rockhill.\\nTborndale Farm, owned by Hannah D. Lippincott and occupied\\nby her son, William T. Lippincott.\\nNew Orchard Farm, owned and occupied by Joseph H. Coles.\\nHickory Hill Farm, owned and occupied by George W. Moore,\\nAlexander Cooper and Edward W. CofBn.\\nLocust Hill Farm, owned and occupied by Aquilla Hillman and\\nbrother.\\nEllisburg. The originators of the hamlet of\\nEllisburg may be traced to the days when a\\nmania for straight roads pervaded the land, when\\nthe old crooked and indirect highways were being\\nabandoned and the people were seeking a better\\nand quicker means of traveling. The new road\\nfrom Evesham to Camden crossed the land of Isaac\\nEllis, and soon after the road h-om Moorestown to\\nHaddonfield was laid and found to intersect the\\nbefore-named highway on the land of the said\\nowner. This at once became a public place, and a\\ntavern, blacksmith-shop and some dwellings were\\nsoon erected there and the surrounding property\\nadvanced in value. It is in the midst of a good\\nagricultural neighborhood, and the descendants of", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1132.jp2"}, "937": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF DilLAWARE.\\n729\\nmany of the old families occupy the ancestral acres\\nstill. The old Burlington and Salem road passed\\na short distance to the east of the town and crossed\\nthe north branch of Coopers Creek about half a\\nmile above the present bridge. This old bridge\\nhad its tradition, for Dr. Tommy, the only physi-\\ncian of that day in the neighborhood, in returning\\nhome one night after visiting a patient at the tav-\\nern at Haddonfield, missed his footing as he was\\ncrossing the bridge, and was drowned. His body\\nwas found the next morning, but the place was\\nhaunted ever after that time, and Dr. Tommy s\\nghost was often seen by those passing, especially\\nif they had indulged in the hot toddy as fur-\\nnished by the landlord of the hostelry before named.\\nSome of the oldest and most influential people of\\nthe county lived in this neighborhood. Benjamin\\nBurrough owned and lived where William Gratf\\nnow resides; Edward Collins owned the Logan\\nPaul plantation and lived there Charles Ellis\\nowned the land late Job B. Kay s, and lived near\\nthe creek Samuel Ellis and Isaac Ellis occupied\\nland near by; and Samuel Kay, Mathias Kay and\\nJohn Kay lived higherupthe creek; andBenjamin\\nB. Cooper, always an active and progressive man,\\noccupied the old Cooper homestead, west of the\\nEllis land. John Coles, Samuel Coles and others\\nhad farms father north, but were considered neigh-\\nborhood folks, and were always at funerals, har-\\nvest and hog-killings.\\nThe village is located at the intersection of the\\nMoorestown and Haddonfield road and the Cam-\\nden and Marlton turn))ike, near the centre of the\\ntownship, on a part of the land embraced in the\\nfirst purchase of Simeon Ellis from Margaret Hugg,\\na daughter of Francis Collins. Simeon died in\\n1773, and left this tract to his son Isaac, who first\\nsettled here and built part of the present tavern-\\nhouse. Before the days of railroading this hos-\\ntelry did a thriving business, being a place of\\nresort for drovei s and stock-dealers, which at\\ntimes made it a sort of bazar for the farmers of the\\nsurrounding country, and thousands of cattle,\\nsheep and horses have been sold from the stable\\nand yards attached to the hotel. In 1831 the\\ntownship of Waterford and the school district\\nunited in erecting a building for school purposes,\\nin which the town-meetings and elections were\\nalso held until 1885. In the spring of that year\\nAVilliam Graff, a near-by resident farmer, who has\\nacquired most of the Ellis farm, which was formerly\\nattached to the hotel, donated a lot of land ad-\\njoining the school property to the township of\\nDelaware, upon which to erect a Town Hall. This\\notier was accepted, and the present building\\nerected during the year, and finished in time to\\nhold the annual fall election in it. Mr. Graff also\\ndonated another lot adjoining the Town-House\\nlot to the Baptist Sunday-school of Haddonfield,\\nprovided they established a Sunday-school and\\nbuilt a chapel thereon, which olfer wjis also ac-\\ncepted, and the [iresent neat edifice erected. The\\nold school-house still stands on the land donated\\nby the present Joseph Ellis in 1831, and although\\nraised to the dignity of a two-story building and a\\ngraded school, and equipped with modern school\\nfurniture, the old foundations still remain, and\\nthe marble slabs over the doorway and in the end\\nof the building bear evidence of its former use.\\nThe hotel building is still kept as an inn and\\ntavern, yet much of its former glory has departed.\\nThe post-office is located in the store of Thomas\\nKexon, which is the only mercantile establishment\\nin the phice. The carriage and blacksmith-works of\\nWilliam Heaney are new buildings and arc doing\\na thriving trade. Joseph Ellis is the only person\\nof the name still residing in the village. He is\\nthe son of Isaac Ellis, and a great-grandson of\\nSimeon, who died in 1773. He is now nearly\\nfour-score years of age, yet possesses a memory\\nstill fresh and vigorous and replete with many\\ninteresting episodes of his early manhood. He kept\\nthe hotel for a number of years, and afterwards\\ndirected the operations of his farm. He married\\nNancy, a daughter of Joseph Champion, who is\\nstill the companion of his advanced years. His\\nremaining children are all daughters, Martha,\\nwho married James Wills Sarah, who married\\nSamuel M. Heuliugs Elizabeth, who married\\nGeorge C. Kay and Hannah, who remains sin-\\ngle. His son, Joseph C. Ellis, died in 1885, leav-\\ning one child to bear the name.\\nA school-house was located upon the farm now-\\nowned by Samuel M. Heuling.s, as early as Ai)ril\\n18, 1775, known as Murrell s School, but has\\nlong since been lost sight of by the present in-\\nhabitants. It was no doubt the forerunner of\\nthe EUisburg School, which was built by sub-\\nscription. The land upon which this building\\nstood is not mentioned in the annals, although\\nthe date of the subscription is Fourth Month IG,\\n1806. The following were the subscribers: Samuel\\nEllis, Charles Collins, Isaac Cooper, Elizabeth\\nKay, Samuel Kay, Benjamin Burrough, Malilon\\nMatlack, Joseph Griflith, Sanniel C. Davis, Kuben\\nBurrough, John Cole, Isaac Luallen, Isaac Ellis,\\nAbel Nicholson, Edward Collins, Mathias Kay,\\nSamuel Murrell, (Jeorge Marambach, Charles Ellis,\\nJoseph Champion, Benjamin Cooper, James Zane\\nand Samuel Thene.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1133.jp2"}, "938": {"fulltext": "730\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nThe post-office was established November 5,\\n1852, since which time the succession of postmas-\\nters, with the dates of their appointment, has been\\nas follows\\nElwood H. Fowler, appointed November 5, 1862.\\nSimeon B. Ellis, appoiutwl May 4, 1864.\\n{Diacontiinied February 25, 1865 re-established April 14, 1856.)\\nElwood H. Fowler, appointed April 11, 1856.\\nJoseph Ellis, appointed August 19, 1867.\\n(Discontinued February 10, 1808 re-eslablished August 25, 1871.)\\nJoseph C. Ellis, appointed August 26, 18 1.\\nWilliam Graff, appointed October 29, 1S72.\\nThomas ilexon, the present incumbent, appointed September 2]t\\n1874.\\nBatesville. The village of Batesville, situated\\non the western central border of the township, is\\nthe natural overflow of the borough of Haddon-\\nfield and is named after William Bates, who owned\\nconsiderable property in that vicinity, laid out the\\nlaud in lots and built the house at the junction of\\nthe Millord and Berlin roads, now kept aa a hotel\\nby his grandson, Eobert Bates. The population\\nof this village in 1870 numbered eighty-six, and\\nsince that time no distinct census of ila inhabitants\\nhas been taken, although there is an evident in-\\ncrease in its population. Stores, blacksmith and\\nwheelwright-shops have all been located in the\\nplace, but as the abilities of the proprietors in-\\ncreased they soon removed to Haddonfield or\\nother localities. The growth of this place is\\ncaused by home-seeking citizens who enjoy the\\nownership of a quiet rural home where they can\\nrear their families and enjoy the rewards of their\\ntoil in a peaceful and moral community.\\nCOLESTOWN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In the eastern part of the town-\\nship, and about a mile east of St. Mary s Church, is\\nOld Golestown proper. But little remains to show\\nwhat constituted the business of the place. The\\nlocation is on the farms of Thomas Roberts, Jo-\\nseph C. Haines and the property of Watson Ivins.\\nThe attraction of the locality was a mineral spring\\nwith an unfailing supply of water. The owner of\\nthis stream had the water analyzed and the record\\nof the analysis was cut in letters on a marble slab\\nand set up beside the spring for all to read. The\\nowner is supposed to have been Alleuson Giffins,\\nwho built a hotel or sanitarium, which was known\\nas the Fountain Hotel, and was the resort of num-\\nbers of invalids and became quite famous in its\\nday. This spring is located on the farm of Joseph\\nC. Haines, but has become so filled up as to be\\ndifficult to find.\\nThe Fountain Hotel property finally passed in-\\nto the possession of Joseph Roberts, and was ac-\\nquired by his son Isaac, who u.sed it as a residence\\nfor several years, and his daughter Susanna, the wife\\nof the present William D. Coles, was born in the old\\nhotel. About thirty-eight years ago Isaac Roberts\\nmoved the frame part of the building to the farm\\nnow owned by Joseph C. Haines, and with the\\nbrick and stone constructed the front of the pres-\\nent farm-house, while the original frame consti-\\ntutes the remainder of this building and is now a\\nsubstantial, modern edifice.\\nThe marble slab that stood by the spring was\\nremoved by Joseph C. Haines, the present owner,\\nand does service as a door-step at his residence,\\nnear Lumberton, Burlington County.\\nAlleuson Giffins or bis ancestors at one time\\nkept a tan-yard near the hotel, but it has long since\\ndisappeared, although portions of its remains are\\nat times discovered by the plowman. In late\\nyears Joseph Roberts owned a saw-mill near the\\nhotel and its location is still discernible. Although\\nthe former prosperity of the place has long since\\ndeparted, the location is beautiful in its quiet se-\\nclusion, and if the mineral spring ever again comes\\ninto prominence its old-time popularity can easily\\nbe revived.\\nSt. Mary s Church.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In the eastern central\\npart of the township, on a portion of the Samuel\\nColes estate, near the intersection of the Church\\nand Moorestown and Haddonfield public roads,\\nstands St. Mary s Protestant Episcopal Church,\\nknown as the Colestown Church. The history of\\nthis ancient edifice dates back into the beginning\\nof the eighteenth century, and by some writers it\\nis claimed that it grew out of the controversy of\\nGeorge Keith, which separated many Friends from\\nthe religious doctrines as laid down by George\\nFox. George Keith, in his journal, says that on\\nSeptember 15, 1703, I preached at the house of\\nWilliam Heulings in West Jersey. As this house\\nwas but a short distance from where the church\\nwas built, it is accepted as the beginning of St.\\nMary s Church at Colestown. John Rudderow,\\nwho came from England about 1680, and settled\\nin Burlington County, near the Fensaukin Creek,\\ndied in 1729, and lelt ten pounds by his will\\ntowards the building of a church in that place\\n(to be convenient hereaway) in that neighborhood.\\nA few years later another incident is related by\\nAbigail Rudderow, widow of William Rudderow,\\na grandson of the first John (above mentioned).\\nShe was the daughter of Thomas and Rebecca\\nSpicer, and always resided in the neighborhood.\\nShe says, At nine years of age I was baptized at\\nthe church (which at that time was being built,\\nthe roof being on and weather-boarding up as high\\nas the window-sills), by Dr. Jenny. The ground\\nhad been previously consecrated by Dr. Jenny,\\nfrom Philadelphia. This lady was of remarkable", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1134.jp2"}, "939": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF DELAWARE.\\n731\\niDtelligence and memory, and was couversaut with\\nthe doings of that region of country. She was\\nborn in 1742, lived to be eighty-three years of age\\nand left a large number of descendants; her bap-\\ntism occurred in 1751, and the circumstances\\nattending it fixed themselves so indelibly upon\\nher memory that it is safe to assert, upon her\\nauthority, that the edifice was erected during that\\nand the following year. The building erected in\\n1751 or 1752 was repaired in 1825, without any\\nchange as to the interior arrangement, and again\\nin 186t) the building was repaired by the liberality\\nof a few of the descendants of the original families\\nand the residents of the surrounding country, and\\nits original features carefully preserved. The\\nhigh pulpit, the small, narrow chancel, the\\ngalleries, with their high-backed wooden benches,\\nand the boxed-in seats of the choir all remain in\\ntheir original simplicity, a monument of the\\neconomy of past generations.\\nThe Eev. Robert Jenny, A.M., came to New\\nYork as chaplain in the royal army stationed in\\nthat city. In 1722 he was chosen rector of the\\nchurch at Rye, New York, and subsequently came\\nto Philadelphia, and was made rector of Christ\\nChurch, a position he held until he died, in 1762,\\naged seventy-five years.\\nThere is no continuous record of the ministers\\nwho, at various times, supplied the church, and\\nsuch as are here mentioned seemed to act in the\\ncapacity of missionaries, the church standing in a\\nthinly-settled neighborhood (at that time) and\\nbeing several miles from any town. William\\nSturgeon, the assistant of Dr. Jenny, visited the\\npeople once each month while the house was in\\nprogress of erection. Nathaniel Evans, a young\\nman of good education and good talent, had\\ncharge of St. Mary s and the church at Gloucester.\\nHe resided with his parents at Haddonfleld, and\\njireached for six years. He died October 29, 1707,\\naged twenty-five years. An interval of five years\\nnow occurred, when Robert Blackwell was selected,\\nNovember 19, 1772. He also resided in Haddon-\\nfield, and during the Revolutionary War was\\nchaplain in the army, which again left the church\\nwithout regular service. Heniy Miller, of Phila-\\ndelphia, was his successor be was soon followed\\nby Rev. John Wade, who died in 1799. His\\nremains were interred in front of the main entrance\\nto the church, the stone that marks his grave at\\nthis day being buried beneath the soil. Samuel\\nSprague, who lived in Mount Holly, occasionally\\npreached here. Andrew Fowler next followed.\\nAfter him came Levi Heath, of Burlington, and\\nSamuel Pussey, who caused much trouble in the\\nchurch and jiroved to be an impostor; and then in\\nsuccession came Daniel Hogbee, in 1807, and\\nRichard Hall, who preached there in 1811.\\nThe grounds belonging to the church embrace\\nabout three acres. At the time of the selection of\\nthe site there w as no public road from what is\\nnow Merchantville to Evesham (formerly called\\nGreen Tree), and when the present road was laid it\\ncut off a corner of the church property, from which\\nfact the road was ever after called the Church road\\nand is so recorded. The church stands on the south\\nside of the road and nearly all the lands belonging\\nto it have been occupied as a grave-yard since the\\nerection of the church. The yard is almost full,\\nand but few interments are now made within ils\\nlimits, which fact, in some degree, led to the or-\\nganization of the Colestown Cemetery, whose\\ngrounds surround it on three sides and under whose\\nmanagement and care the property remains. The\\noldest legible stone now standing in the yard is\\nthat of Philip Wallace, aged eighty-two, who was\\nburied there in 1746. The tomb of his wife, Mary\\nWallace, aged eighty years, is dated the same year.\\nThis aged couple were among the earliest settlers\\nand were Friends until the Keithian con .roversy.\\nIn 1760, Humphrey Day and Jane, his wife, were\\nburied here, aged respectively seventy-five and\\nsixty-five years. Elias Toy was interred here in\\n1762, aged forty-seven.\\nMany of the rude, rough monuments erected\\nhere to nuirk the resting place of friends and\\nfamilies have yielded to time and exposure, show-\\ning at this date only parts of letters and figures\\nfrom which nothing can be deciphered; although\\nthose a few generations later are fairly well pre-\\nserved and include on them some striking epitaphs,\\nof which the following are notable specimens.\\nJacob BnowNiNt;.\\nDied Oct. 22(1, 1794 Aged 41 Years\\nFarewell my tlear and loving wife\\nMy cliildreu and my friends\\nHere I take up my new abode\\nWlierelife it hntli no end.\\nCatharine Buownjno\\nWidow of fieorge Browning for 17 Years 1 Month and 1 week, wlio\\ndeparted this life, March 2Cth, A.D. 17113, aged 02 Veare\\nStoji dear frieud.n as you pass by\\nAs you are now so once was I\\nAs I am now so must you be\\nPrepare for death to follow me.\\nSacred to the Memory of\\nGionoF. Beownino who departed tliis life April 11, 18:!5.\\nAs a husband\u00e2\u0080\u0094 affectionate and Kind\\nAs a father\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Indulgent and Careful\\nAs a ueigllbor\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Obliging and Peaceable\\nAs a Cilizeu\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Useful, honest and upright.\\nHannah, wife of Benjamin Van Leer Died June 13, 1706.\\nTransitory world farewell\\nJosus Calls with him to dwell.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1135.jp2"}, "940": {"fulltext": "732\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nOther ancient graves are numerous, among them\\nSamuel Browning, died November 25, 1806; Sarah\\nOgden Browning (his daughter), died 1794 John,\\nson of Isaac Jones, died November 13, 1774, aged\\neighteen years J. Githeus, 1772 Robert Fr. Price,\\ndied September 18, 1776; .Mary Fr. Price, died\\nJuly 14, 1787 George Hannold, died January 25,\\n1782 another rude stone near these two last bears\\nthe simple inscription, cut in an unskilled hand,\\nW. B.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1777 D. B.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1776.\\nOn the opposite side of the road, and on the\\nsmall portion of the church property cut off when\\nthe Church road was laid out, stands an aged white\\noak, the only monumental witness of the transac-\\ntions of the past ages, and under whose shade the\\nworshippers in this edifice have lingered to exchange\\na kindly greeting ere they separated to their dis-\\ntant homes. Along the King s Highway the con-\\ntending forces in the Revolutionary struggle passed\\nto and fro, and many stirring incidents took\\nplace in its vicinity, and in this ancient edifice the\\nBritish officers under the standard of St. George\\nlistened to their chaplains, while resting on their\\nmarch to meet their foe. And, in turn, also did the\\nAmerican commanders receive the benediction of\\ntheir chaplains or the minister in charge as they\\npaused in their pursuit of the enemy of their lib-\\nerties and independence. It is a current tradition\\nthat the great Washington also attended service in\\nthis building several times during the war, and\\nlaying aside his sword, knelt at the little chancel\\nand partook of the Holy Communion, after the\\nrector had proclaimed peace on earth and good\\nwill to men.\\nIt is not known who constituted the choir dur-\\ning the periods of regular service in the church\\nthe last person remembered to have filled that\\nposition was John Fairlamb, an old resident of the\\nneighborhood.\\nThe size of this ancient edifice is thirty-four by\\nthirty feet. The height to the eves is fourteen\\nfeet. The roof is of shingles. The main entrance\\nis at the side and has double doors. Single doors\\nare at each end of the building, and one window\\non first floor, with two in each end on the second\\nstory or galleries. A narrow window on each side\\nof the chancel and two windows front and two\\nback furnish abundant light. Probably the most\\nnoteworthy object of the interior is the stove. It\\nwas made in England the exact date cannot be\\nmade out, but the figures seventeen and something\\nresembling a six is clearly visible it is of cast-\\niron, in three cylinders of unequal size set one\\nupon another, with a door in the centre one, and\\nthree short legs under the lower one. To the\\ncasual observer it appears like a coal-stove, but the\\ncontrary is the case it is a wood-stove. The fuel is\\nset perpendicularly in it, the draft is perfect and\\nits heating powers, notwithstanding its advanced\\nage, are sufficient for the building in the coldest\\nweather. The features of the interior are in good\\npreservation, and in style and durability are\\ncharacteristic of the age when the church was con-\\nstructed.\\nThe communion service is now in possession of\\nTrinity Church, Moorestown, and consists of two\\npieces, a paten and a chalice, both of solid silver,\\nand the paten, or plate, in particular is very\\nheavy the chalice has engraved on its foot St.\\nMary s Church, Colestown, and the same inscrip-\\ntion is inscribed on the bottom of the paten but\\ninstead of having been engraved it appears to have\\nbeen scratched very carefully by some prudent\\nchurch officer. When Trinity Parish, the child of\\nSt. Mary s, was established at Moorestown, these\\nconsecrated vessels came by right of inheritance\\ninto possession of the new church, and apart from\\ntheir sacred character, they are treasured for their\\nassociations with the past. The Bible was pre-\\nsented to this church by Mrs. Dr. Jenny, the wife\\nof its first rector (so far as known), in 1752, and\\nwas published in London in 1682. The book,\\nalthough somewhat abused of late years, is now in\\nthe possession of Jacob Stokes Cole, of Haddon\\ntownship, by whom it is carefully preserved and\\ncherished for its asssociations. The church ser-\\nvice, above alluded to, is reported to have been\\npresented by Queen Anne to her loyal subjects at\\nColestown, in America, but the difference between\\nthe death of the Queen, in 1714, and our earliest\\ndata concerning the building of the church, in\\n1752 a period of thirty-eight years renders it im-\\npossible to assert this report with any degree ot\\ncorrectness, although it is highly probable that the\\nservice came from England, and was perhaps the\\ngift of some official, either of church or state.\\nThe residents of this section of West Jersey who\\nmade up the congregation of St. Mary s Church\\nwere not free from the personal prejudices and\\npreferences that in nearly every denomination have\\ncropped out to creats dissensions and divisions.\\nPrior to the year 1796 there had been much\\ncontention among the church members concerning\\nthe direction and management of the grave-yard,\\nand so far did some of the congregation carry their\\nviews that they refused to allow any of their fam-\\nilies to be interred within the church-yard, and\\nseveral family grave-yards were located on farms\\nin different sections. John Rudderow interred his\\nfamily in a private yard which was located between", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1136.jp2"}, "941": {"fulltext": "TIIP] TOWNSHIP OF DELAWARE.\\nthe late residence of Benjamin Riulderow and\\nCharles H. Dill, near Merchantville, but after his\\ndeath the bodies wei e removed to Colcstowii.\\nAnother of these grave-yards was located in Bur-\\nlington County, near the north branch of Peusau-\\nkin Creek, nearly on aline between the farms now\\nowned by Dr. N. Newlin Stokes and Samuel Slim,\\nand belonged to another branch of the Rudderow\\nfamily. Joseph Coles became so dissatisfied that\\nhe interred the dead of his family just over the\\nchurch-yard fence, in his field, nearly in front of\\nthe church, where they still i-emain and where his\\nown remains rest. Before his death he set apart a\\npiece of ground especially for his family s use, and\\nit is now inclosed by the Colestown Cemetery, and\\ndesignated as the Coles Family Burying-Ground,\\nand does not belong to either the church property\\nor the cemetery grounds, but, like the church-yard,\\nit is now under the care and supervision of the lat-\\nter company. The dissensions which led to the\\nestablishment of these private grave-yards was, no\\ndoubt, largely owing to the troubles about their\\npastor, the Rev. Samuel Passey, as the follow-\\ning extracts from the church minutes will enable\\nthe reader to adduce. One thing, however, is cer-\\ntain if there had been no agitation, the names of\\nthe congregation which comprise the subscribers\\nwould never have been retained to inform after\\ngenerations who worshipped here a century ago.\\nA Regvlation.\\n31ade and Concluded upon by theWardens and Vestry of St. Mai-y s\\nChnrch, Colestown, in tile Township of Waterford. and County of\\nGloucester, On the first Day of September, 1700, for the Use of the\\nChurch and Burying-Ground.\\nWhereas, a Regulation in the Grave- Yard is most Ardently to be\\nWished, and has long been Desired, for the Burden has Lain Heavy\\nOn some this Long time, Who have always been Willing to Cast iu\\ntheir Mite for the Support of The above-said place, to Keep it in\\nOrder, And Again there are others that will not help to Support S\\nplace, for. Say they, We shall be as Well off as they who Do Support\\nit, nor shall we pay more for a Grave than they Do therefore Con-\\ncerning So bad a plan, the Wardens and Vestry of said Church have\\ntaken it into Consideration, and have put Forth tliis plan to their\\nfellow Brethren, far and Near\\nTo all Whome it muy Concern, Be it known that any one Mean-\\ning to Hold a Rite to the Church and Grave-Yard, known by the\\nname of Colestown Church, in The township of Waterford, and\\nCounty of Gloucester, Shall pay a Certain Sum of Money, Yearly,\\nWhich Shall be on the First Monday in September in Each year, for\\nthe Support of S* Church and Yard, and in Case they Do not pay\\nthe first Nor Second years Subscriptions to the Wardens or Vestry\\n(who shall meet on the aforesaid Day for that purpose), Their names\\nshall be Erras* out of the Book, and become Non-subscriber, Not-\\nwithstanding what they Have done, And it is Likewise agree-i on\\nBy the Wardens and Vestry of S-i Church that all those Who will\\nnot Become Subscribers, Yearly, for the Support of the Church And\\nBurying-Ground (which becomes Every good Christian to Help Sup-\\nport a place for the Dead). Be it Known unto them That they Shall\\npay for Breaking the Ground for Every Time they Cause it to bo\\nBroke, Which Sum Shall be from One Dollar to four Dollars, Accord-\\ning to their abilities. Which Is to be Judged By Joseph Coles, War-\\nden of S^ Church, Or any other that may be appointed for that pur-\\npose Uel eaftcr Shall think fit, Which Money Shall bo put Into the\\nTreasurer s Hands for the Use of Repairs, c,, being Free from the\\nSexton s fees\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Sextoii a fees to bo Paid Besides, for his Labor.\\nAnd thirdly, the Wardens and Vestery have a SerioiLS Consideration\\nfor the poor, Who Can Scarcely Provide for the Cares of thi.s Life,\\nc., thereupon when they Come to lay their Heads in the Lap of\\nEarth, Such Shall have Free Liberty to Inter their Dead in the\\n.\\\\bove-S r Church-yard free from all other Expenco hut the Sexton s\\nfees Therefore, we, who have hereunto Set our names, Do proiiiiso\\nTo pay, or Cause to be paid, the Sum Assingii-i, Against our names,\\nP.y tlie first Monday in September, 1797, And Continue it Yearly, as\\nWitness our Ila lids, this fifth Day of September, 17 .IG.\\nEntered According to Order By\\nEmmanokl Beoary.\\nSun\\nWilliam Rudderow, Sr\\nd. I\\n7 G\\n7 li I\\n7\\n5 (J\\nt oA- c7iioc;i\\nts NAME.S.\\n797|l798|n99 18110 ISOI 1802\\n1803\\nriid\\nr .V.i\\n1\\nWilliam Hunter\\ndec\\nEmmanuel Beagary\\nAbram Harris\\n3 11 r.n.l ,i,,hl r.M-l\\n.aid\\n...id\\nJohu Osier\\n.Samuel Slim\\nJoseph Plum\\nJoseph Githons\\nKendal Coles.Jr\\n3 ,1\\n3 11\\n3\\n3 i)\\n30 1\\n3 it 1\\n3 1\\nllli i.,\\n3 .I\\n3 9\\n3 9\\n3 9\\n3 9\\n2\\n3\\n3 9\\n3 9\\n3 9\\n3 9\\n3 9\\n2 r.\\n3 9\\n3 9\\n3...\\nlin!,..\\n3 9\\n3 9\\n3 9\\n2 9\\n110^\\nllOVi\\nU(lV6\\nllOl^\\nuoH\\niioH\\n\\\\WA\\niiok\\n110!,\\n2\\n3 9\\n3 9\\n3 9\\n7\\n2 6\\n2\\n3 9\\n\\\\\\\\oy\u00e2\u0080\u009e\\n3 9\\n3 9\\n3 9\\n2 G\\ni 2 G\\n3\\n3 9\\n3 9\\n3 9\\n1 II\\ni k\\n21(1^\\nm;.|\\n...1.1\\n:u.\\\\\\niec.\\nJohn Middleton\\n1\\n)aid\\n.aid\\n...1.1\\ne.i.l\\n.....I\\npaid\\nmid\\nlai.l\\n...1.1\\n.....1\\n.....I\\n......1\\nlaid!\\na nl\\nMl.i\\npaid\\nlaid\\n..hi\\n...1.1\\npaid\\nPeter .Slim\\nClement Kimsey\\nJohn Plum, Sr\\nJoseph Newtou\\nGideon Bates\\naid\\nKiid\\nThomas McMasters\\ni:iHi\\n...i.l\\npaid\\nFrancis French\\nBi-azilla Allen\\nJohn Stiles\\nMichael Stow\\nJoseph Ueppard\\nAndrew Maines\\npaid\\npaid\\npaid\\npaid\\npaid\\npaid\\npaid\\ndec.\\nDeborah Kimsey (Deed.)\\nElizabeth Wilson (Deed.)\\npaid\\npaid\\npaid\\npaid\\npaid\\npaid\\npaid\\npaid\\npaid\\npaid\\npaid\\npaid\\npaid\\npa\u00e2\u0080\u009ei\\nThomas Davis\\npaid\\npaid\\nEdward Morgan..\\ndec.\\npaid\\nBenjamin Fish\\npaid\\npaid\\npaid\\nI::::::\\npaid\\npaid\\nAndrew Toy\\nMary Whetstone\\npaid\\npaid\\npaic\\n1\\n.Tohnl allins\\nA l^-n-\\nB.-ll|:ii^ :ii:-ii\\nI,;nMv,. \\\\,,-,.i. ,i:lt\\n1\\ni;;;;:\\np;iif\\n,.aic\\npaic\\npai(\\npaid\\npaid\\npaid\\npaid\\nIsaac Stiles\\npaic\\nipaid\\n7 paid", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1137.jp2"}, "942": {"fulltext": "734\\nHISTOKY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nJoseph Arnistrung\\nMicliael Korn\\nJohn Uudtlerow\\nHenry (Jrowel\\nWilliam Clemeuts\\nJohn Pike\\nWilliam Le Ceney\\nLissee Thomas\\nJohn Stone, Sr\\nWm. Holmes, Jr. (Nailer),\\nDavid Clemeuts\\nAbram Stone\\nSarah Starn\\nAbnerStarn\\nMary Clementa\\nAndrew Starn\\nHenry Deeta\\nRichard Leceney\\nW. Middk ton (deceaijed).,\\nThomas Stone\\nJohn Stono\\nElizabeth Anders -n\\nHumphrey Day\\nWilliam Hohnes (poor)...\\nJoseph Dawriou\\nJamt^s Vaughan\\nIsaac Vnnablti\\nWilliam Veuable\\nJoseph Pike\\nDavid Gomere\\nJohn Leceney\\nh. d. 1 1797 1 1798 1 1799\\nlluj^ paidlpaid paid\\nTho\\niKog\\nJohn Williamson\\nAnn Lonten\\nElizabeth Holmes\\nSimeon Cliffen\\nSamuel Ot ler, Jr\\nSarah Osier\\nOwen Osier\\nSamuel Baxter\\nDavid Wallace\\nSamuel Osier\\nJoshua Odler\\nMary Thorn\\nSamuel Taylor\\nHenry Porch\\nAbraham Browning\\nPatience Morgan (dec.)...\\nJohn Bell\\nJacob Stremback\\nJames Hunter\\nGeorge Miutle\\nJoseph Githens\\nCharles Daniel\\nJohn Berry\\nRachel Hannold\\n.lost ph Whitelock\\nSamuel Hunt\\nNicholas Stiles\\nThomas Peacock\\nJames Burden\\nJane Bunleu\\nEliusFish\\nRobert Beck (or Peck)....\\nAbraham Johnson\\nJoseph Johnson\\nJohn Harden\\nIsaac Harden\\nHezekiah Toy\\nPhilip Terrapin\\nDorcas Haines\\nDavid Claypole\\nJohn Fish\\nAnn Budd\\nWilliam Heulings\\nJacob Wishenn\\nWilliam Peacock\\nThomas Quick\\nJohn Quick\\nJacob Toy\\nLew Stiles\\nAnther Quick\\nThomas Hunter\\nGeorge Browning!\\nJames Stiles- ,\u00c2\u00a3l\\n5 73^\\nU()i^\\n3 9 paid\\n9 paidlpaid\\n3 y |paid;paid|paid\\nlloV^ paid paid]\\nnu paitl pairrdec.\\nHn-^lp:,!,! pr,i,l\\n|.,,hi |o\u00e2\u0080\u009el paid\\nl-.n.l paid\\nuid paid paid\\n[...id\\nno!4\\nuo]4\\np;\u00e2\u0080\u009e.| p, d|\\npaid paid\\npaidjpaid\\npaid paid\\npaid paid\\npaidi\\npaid paid\\npaidi\\npaidjiiaid\\nIt will be observed that no payments were\\nmade by the subscribers alter the year 1799; the\\n1 Absent iii-st two years.\\n2 James Stiles paid four doUa\\nFebruary 6, 1826.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ight to tlie grave-yard\\npayments became irregular and partially stopped,\\nowing to the ditficulties with their pastor,\\nRev. Samuel Passey, who it is believed was an im-\\nposter. These difficulties came well-nigh dividing\\nthe churcli, and the previous difficulties about\\nmaintaining the yard caused considerable specula-\\ntion and talk in the neighborhood, by referring to\\nthe minutes in the church-book. The difficulty\\ntook definite shape in 1803, when Samuel Rud-\\nderow and Joseph Coles were elected wardens, and\\nWm. Rudderow, Wm. Chambers, Edward Harris\\n(declined), Benj. Hollinshead, Jos. Plum, Isaac\\nFish, Jacob Toy, John Osier, John Clements,\\nClement Kimsey were elected vestrymen Joseph\\nColes, treasui-er Emmanuel Beagary, clerk.\\nThe Rev. Samuel Passey, rector, was present at\\nthis meeting. On tlie 17th of January, 1803, a\\nbusiness meeting of the wardens and vestry of the\\nchurch was held and the following members were\\npresent Samuel Rudderow, Jos. Coles, wardens\\nAbraham Harris, Isaac Fish, Wm. Chambers,\\nBenjamin Hollinshead, Jacob Toy, John Osier\\nand Clement Kimsey. At this meeting a motion\\nwas made and carried relative to the standing of\\nRev. Samuel Passey as rector the motion reads as\\nfollows On motion whether it would not be\\nproper to apply to the standing committee for the\\nordination of Mr. Passey, according to the consti-\\ntution of our church, which does not allow any\\nperson to preach in the pulpit without being an\\nordained minister, etc. Resolved, Therefore that a\\nletter of recommendation be drawn up, signed by\\nthe wardens and vestry and sent to the standing\\ncommittee for the above said purpose. This was\\nprobably the first action taken in reference to\\nPassey s rectorship.\\nAt this meeting another motion was entered rel-\\native to the placing of a tombstone at the Rev.\\nJohn Wade s grave, in memory of their late pastor.\\nBut it was thought best to defer it for the present\\nperhaps the heirs might arrive from England. Jos.\\nColes was directed to set out as many Lombardy\\npoplars for shade as, according to his judgment, he\\nmight think proper. By a vote of five yeas and\\nfour nays it was ordered that the vestry carry the\\ncollection box by turns, but this was finally\\nabandoned by the vestry promising to raise the\\nmoney necessary by other means. Thi^ was done\\nby six of the vestry taking a list of the subscribers\\nand making collections, and various sums from\\ntime to time were raised and paid into the treasury,\\nbut no list of those making the payments has been\\nkept. On the 16th of January, 1804, another\\nmeeting of the wardens and vestry was held, and\\nAbraham Harris and Emmanuel Beagary and John", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1138.jp2"}, "943": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF DELAWAEE.\\n735\\nSavage, of Philadelphia, were appoiuted a Cdiii-\\nmittee to wait on the coniniittee of ministers for\\nthe purpose of forwarding the petition for the or-\\ndination of Mr. Passey. Emmanuel Beagary \\\\\\\\as\\nalso instructed to have some benches made with\\nbacks, for the better accommodation of the people.\\nOn the 2d of June, 1805, a meeting of the vestry\\nwas held, and Abraham Harris and Emmanuel\\nBeagary, the committee to forward Mr. Passey s\\nordination, reported that they had done so, but\\niailed in the attempt. They then moved for Mr.\\nPassey as a lay-reader, which was referred to the\\nstanding commitlee, who reported as follows:\\nUcsoked, Tliat wlienever the Vestry of the Said Clmrch riiatl\\nproduce to the Chairman of the Coniinittee a Certificate of the fit-\\nness and moral character of Mr. Samuel Passey, signed hy the\\nBishop of Pennsylvania, and two of the Clergy of the City of Phila-\\ndelphia, the Said Chairman shall be authorized to give a Liceiise to\\nthe said Mr. Passey to oiliciate as a Lay-reader in the Said Church of\\nColestown and shall prescribe the mode of his conduct agreeable to\\nthe directions of the loth Canon of the General Convention of the\\nChurch, heldiin the year 1804. On the 15th of June, the Committee\\nwaited upon the Bishop of Pennsylvania for the purpose of obtain\\niiig the above mentioned Certificate, who informed them that he\\nhad no right to recommend any person for the above purpose, but\\nwould use his endeavors to supply us with a minister as soon as\\nopportunity otfered.\\nOn the 23d of June the committee reported the\\nstatement of the bishoptothe vestry of the church,\\nwhen Mr. Passey moved for the vestry and congre-\\ngation to declare St. Mary s Church an indepen-\\ndent church. After deliberating until July 7th,\\nof the same year, the vestry passed the following\\nresolution\\nliesohed. That it is the opinion of the vestry that the congrega\\ntion iu general do not possess a thorough knowledge of or understand\\nthe proper nature of an independent church, and\\nWhereas, They taking tip the motion themselves by vote, it is\\nunanimously agreed that it should not be an independent church.\\nThe motion was, therefore, lost. Mr. Passey was\\nduly informed of the action of the church, and\\nrequested permission to stay his year out. There\\nbeing but two turns more, his request was granted,\\nand he preached his farewell sermon on the 18th\\nof August, 1805. This action of the church pre-\\nserved its connection with the Church of England,\\nand enabled it to become the mother church of\\nthe Episcopalian Diocese of West Jersey.\\nEmmanuel Beagary was church clerk in 1796.\\nAfter him came John Baxter, Thomas P. Clements,\\nRichard M. Hugg, George M. Risden. In 1851\\nMahlon M. Coles was elected clerk, and has con-\\ntinued to hold the position up to the present time.\\nJoseph Cole was sexton prior to 1805, at which\\ntime John Cole was elected vestryman and sexton\\nin 1811 John Mitchel was elected sexton in 1817\\nAaron King was made sexton, and in 1824 David\\nB. Coles; 1881 John Mitchel was again sexton;\\n89\\nafter him came John Coles, Mahlon M. Coles and\\nJiinies Roberts, wlio continued to hold the [wsition\\nuntil the church-yard was given in cliarge of the\\nColestown Cemetery Company, whose grounds sur-\\nround it on three sides, and under whose charge\\nit still remains. The records have been neatly\\nand regularly kept since 1797, and the church or-\\nganization faithfully maintained. On February\\n1, 1886, the following officers were elected: J.\\nStokes Coles, Benjamin F. Hollinshead, wardens;\\nJoseph C. Hollinshead, Joshua B. Hollinshead,\\nMahlon M. Coles, Charles C. Coles, J. Foster Coles,\\nWilliam D. Coles, Istiac W. Coles, Samuel T. Coles,\\ndelegates to the convention.\\nAt present the church is under the charge of the\\nRev. Richard G. Moses, rector of Grace Church,\\nMerchantville. Mr. Moses was born in England,\\nOctober 21, 1833, and graduated at the University\\nof London. He came to America in 1873. He\\nwas a minister in the Baptist Church from 1858 to\\n1881, and held several charges, his first in America\\nbeing the North Baptist Church of Camden. In\\n1883 he became rector of Grace Church, at Mer-\\nchantville, and soon after St. Mary s Church, at\\nColestown, was placed under his care. Services\\narc held at Colestown on the second Sunday in\\neach month. The rectorship of Mr. Moses seems\\nto be entirely satisfactory and the attendance at\\nservice is slowly increasing.\\nColestown Cemetery.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The dilapidated con-\\ndition of many of tlie burying-grounds in the vicin-\\nity and the natural desire of those interested in the\\nold grave-yard attached to St. Mary s Church, cre-\\nated a feeling in the community to provide a suit-\\nable resting-place for their loved ones that would\\nbe perpetually kept and taken care of for that pur-\\npose, and led to the establishment of the Colestown\\nCemetery. The Cemetery Company was organ-\\nized in 1858 and has located a tract of twelve\\nacres of land lying adjacent to and surrounding St.\\nMary s Church, at Colestown, the oldest Episcopal\\nChurch in West Jersey, now in a good state of\\npreservation. The site is high and slightly rolling\\nthe soil being entirely free from stones or rocks,\\nand with a sub-soil of a beautiful red gravel,\\nmakes tlie drainage a perfect one, no water being\\naccessible, even in the lowest parts, nearer than\\ntwenty feet of the surface. The location is such\\nthiit it cannot fail to be appreciated, being but six\\nmiles east of the city limits of Camden, and equi-\\ndistant from Ihe thriving boroughs of Iltiddonfield\\nand Moorestown. Lying at the intersection ot\\nthe pulilic roads leading from Merchantville to\\nMedford and from Moorestown to Haddonfield, it\\nis of easy access, which, together with its natural", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1139.jp2"}, "944": {"fulltext": "736\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nadvantages, all tend to make it one of the most\\ndesirable places of interment in West Jersey.\\nThis cemetery was created by a special act of the\\nLegislature, entitled An Act to Incorporate the\\nColestown Cemetery Company. Section 1 names\\nthe following incorporators Joseph H. Coles,\\nAbraham Browning, David B. Coles, Josiah E.\\nColes, Genge Browning, Edward Browning, John\\nS. Wilson, Isaac Browning, Benjamin Osier, J.\\nOgden Cuthbert, Isaac Roberts, Joseph E. Roberts,\\nNathan S. Roberts, Lawrence Browning, Joseph\\nC. HoUinshead, Joseph Ellis, Richard B. Cham-\\npion, J. Stokes Coles, John Buzby, Samuel Jones,\\nCharles Wilson, Franklin Stiles, John T. Coles,\\nCharles B. Coles, Joseph C. Haines, Malilon M.\\nColes, Benjamin F. HoUinshead, Isaac B. Law-\\nrence, Eli Browning, Charles E. French, Richard\\nFetters, Benjamin H. Browning, Jo.seph A. Bur-\\nrough, Hannah H. Browning, Charles W. Starn,\\nWilliam H. Browning, Joseph Few Smith and Wil-\\nliam Stiles, and provides that their associates\\nshall be and they are hereby created a body politic\\nand corporate, by the name of The Colestown Cem-\\netery Company, and by that name shall have per-\\npetual succession for the purpose of continuing,\\nestablishing and improving a cemetery or place for\\nthe burial of the dead, at or near St. Mary s\\nChurch, Colestown, in the township of Delaware,\\nin the county of Camden, in this State; and for\\nthat purpose the said company may purchase and\\nhold lands not exceeding twenty acres, and en-\\nclose, survey, lay out, and divide the same into\\nlots, roads, paths and avenues, and erect and con-\\nstruct a chapel, vault, sexton s house, and other\\nimprovements thereon, and otherwise ornament\\nthe same, and sell and dispose of lots therein for\\nthe burial of the dead. By the same\\nact the following-named persons constituted the\\nfirst board of directors Joseph H. Coles, Abra-\\nham Browning, Joseph Ellis, Josiah E. Coles,\\nSamuel Jones, Edward Browning, David B. Coles,\\nCharles Wilson, Joseph C. HoUinshead, Isaac\\nRoberts, John Buzby and Joseph A. Burrough,\\nwho were to serve until the first Monday in May\\nnext, and until others shall be elected in their\\nstead and the said Joseph H. Coles shall be the\\npresident, and the said Joseph Ellis shall be the\\ntreasurer, and the said Edward Browning shall be\\nthe secretary of said company, until the said first\\nMonday in May next, and until others shall be\\nelected or appointed in their stead.\\nBut four of. the first board of directors are now\\nliving, most of the others being silent occupants of\\nthe grounds they selected and dedicated as the last\\nresting-place of theirs and succeeding generations.\\nUnder this act a company was organized, and\\nsubscription-books opened for subscriptions to the\\ncapital stock of the company, which was soon\\ntajcen and work commenced. The land was pur-\\nchased of Joseph H. Coles, who was elected presi-\\ndent of the company, which office he held until\\nhis death. Edward Browning was the secretary\\nand Joseph Ellis treasurer. Contracts were\\nawarded for building the chapel and sexton s resi-\\ndence, and also the receiving-vault. Charles\\nWilson, of Camden, constructed the buildings.\\nThe chapel and sexton s residence cost $4263.45,\\nand the receiving- vault $122.12. The shade\\nand ornamental trees were purchased in Pennsyl-\\nvania, and were all hauled there at one load, by\\nIsaac Roberts and Joseph C. HoUinshead. The lots\\nmet a ready sale and the income derived there-\\nfrom has been sufficient to pay off the original\\ncosts and charges and keep the grounds in order\\nand as no profits can be paid the stockholders\\nafter repaying the original outlay (which is nearly\\nall paid off), the income which must necessarily\\narise from the sale of lots is compelled by law to be\\nexclusively to maintain and improve the grounds,\\nwill be sufiicient to provide for its care and im-\\nprovement for a long period of years. The follow-\\ning are the names of the original stockholders and\\nthe amount subscribed and paid in by each A.\\nBrowning, $850 Jos. H. Coles, $1300 Genge\\nBrowning, $900 Edward Browning, $900 David\\nB. Coles, $800 Josiah E. Coles, $150 John Wil-\\nson, $100; Isaac Browning, $100; Benjamin Os-\\nier, $50 J. Ogden Cuthbert, $150 Isaac Roberts,\\n$100 Joseph E. Roberts, $100 Nathan S. Rob-\\nerts; $100 Lawrence Browning, $100 Joseph C.\\nHoUinshead, $175; Joseph Ellis, $300; Richard\\nB. Champion, $70; J. Stokes Coles, $50; John\\nBuzby, $100; Samuel Jones, $50 Charles Wilson,\\n$175 John T. Coles, $100 Charles B. Coles, $50\\nJoseph C. Haines, $150 Mahlon M. Coles, $50\\nBenjamin F. HoUinshead, $50 Charles E. French,\\n$100; Benjamin H. Browning, $100; Joseph A.\\nBurrough, $2.50; Hannah H. Browning, $100;\\nCharles W. Starn, $100 William H. Browning,\\n$100; Joseph Few Smith, $100,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 total, $7870.\\nP^oUowing are the officers of the association for\\n188G President, Joseph C. HoUinshead Secretary\\nand Treasurer, J. Stokes Coles. Directors,\\nJoseph C. HoUinshead, John Buzby, Joseph H.\\nColes, Alfred W. Clement, Edward Burrough,\\nIsaac Browning, William D. Coles, John Camp-\\nbell, Benjamin F. HoUinshead, Mahlon M. Coles,\\nJoseph C. Haines, Isaac W. Coles, Maurice Brown-\\ning, D. Budd Coles, Charles B. Coles, J. Stokes\\nColes. Managers, Joseph H. Coles, Edward", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1140.jp2"}, "945": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1141.jp2"}, "946": {"fulltext": "(L^ a L- i/ -z^i--T-\u00c2\u00bb-A^", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1142.jp2"}, "947": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF DELAWARE.\\n737\\nBurrough, Charles B. Coles, John Campbell, Al-\\nfred W. Clement, Isaac W. Coles, William D.\\nColes. Sexlon, Elihu Shepperd Low.\\nniOCKAPHlCAL.\\nEi.Lwoon Evans, the well-known ami prof -rca-\\nsive farmer of this township, is of Welsli descent,\\nand of a family first represented in America by\\nWilliam and Elizabeth Evans, who arrived this\\nside of the Atlantic about 1600, and were the first\\nsettlers of Burlington County, N. J. The region\\nbeing at that time an unbroken wilderness, inhab-\\nited only by Indians, they were obliged to live for\\na time in a cave, and eventually built for them-\\nselves a house near Mount Laurel, in Evesham\\ntownship, where they settled. Elizabeth was a min-\\nister in the Society of Friends. Their children\\nwere Thomas, John and Jane. Thomas, born De-\\ncember 12, 16iW, married Esther Haines on Octo-\\nber 1, 1715, and they bad six children, William,\\nElizabeth, Isaac, Esther, Jacob and Nathan.\\nNathan, born in February, 1727, married Syl-\\nvania Gaskill, and had children, Isaac, Susanna,\\nJoseph, Jacob and Nathan. Jacob married\\nDeborah Troth, by whom he had four children,\\nof whom one, Esther, grew to maturity. As his\\nsecond wife he married Rachel Borton, by whom\\nhe had nine children, viz. Abraham, Amos,\\nSylvania, Uriah, Rachel B., Jacob, Carlton, Joseph\\nB. and Susanna. Uriah, born October 10, 1801,\\nmarried, Febmary 17, 1831, Rachel Saundeis,\\ndaughter of Solomon and Lydia (Burrough) Saund-\\ners, of a very old family of Burlington County,\\nand was the father of six children, of whom our\\nsubject was the youngest. They were Lydia B.,\\nJoseph B., Deborah S., .Tacob, Elizabeth L., and\\nElhvood Evans, born September 2, 1840.\\nEllwood Evans was educated in the schools of\\nthe neighborhood and at the Westtown (Chester\\nCounty, Pa.) Academy, which he attended for four\\nyears. The next four years were spent on the farm\\nhe being very fond of machinery, was about to\\nsecure a place in Baldwin s Locomotive Works,\\nwhen his only brother dying suddenly and his\\nfather being in poor health, and unwilling to leave\\nhis farms, necessitated his remaining at home. He\\nwas chosen one of the committeemen of his township\\nwhen only about twenty-five years of age. When\\ntwenty-nine years of age he removed to Marlton,\\nwhere he was soon afterwards elected collector,\\nwhich office he held until his return to Delaware,\\nin 1876. About that time, his father and wife s\\nfother dying within a period of a few months,\\nlarge responsibilities were thrown upon Mr. Evans\\nand he was obliged to decline political and\\nollicial honors, though frequently urjjcd to accept\\noflices of honor and profit. From this time to the\\npresent his mill, farm and several kindred interests\\nhave received his entire energies and he has de-\\nveloped the fine tract of land on which his home\\nis located, near Cropwell so called because of the\\ngreat productiveness of the region into one of\\nthe most valuable farms in this rich region. The\\nfarm consists of about three hundred acres, of\\nwhich two hundred and fifty are under cultivat on.\\nHe has erected all of the buildings upon this\\nproperty except one barn four houses, three\\nbarns and a steam saw and feed-mill. One of the\\nbarns has a storage capacity of three hundred\\ntons of hay and grain. In the mill Mr. Evans\\ndoes a large amount of custom work and he also\\ncarries on a lumber business of considerable pro-\\nportions.\\nHe is a farmer of the advanced and progressive\\ntype. His purchase of imported Jersey and Guern-\\nsey cattle and the introduction of steam as a motor\\nfor machinery in his farm buildings, was regarded\\nby his neighbors as a venture not warranted in his\\ncalliug, and which would end in loss. This wij.s\\nnot the case, however, for soon others indulged in\\nJersey and Guernsey herds and also concluded that\\nthe application of steam saved much labor and\\ntime about their plantations. What was several\\nyears since regarded as of doubtful economy in his\\ncase, may now be found of practical utility among\\nagriculturists throughout the county. He is a\\nmember of the American .Jersey and of the Amer-\\nican Guernsey Cattle Clubs, and of other organiza-\\ntions of like aims.\\nHe was one of the projectors of the Philadelphia,\\nMarlton and Medford Railroad, and did much to\\nbring about its completion, advancing considerable\\nsums of money at a period when few persons had\\nfaith in the success of the enterprise, and when the\\nother directors and the president refused financial\\naid, thus relieving the company from serious em-\\nbarrassment and insuring the speedy completion\\nof the road. This project at first was considered of\\ndoubtful success, bnt it has opened one of the best\\nsections of West Jersey to markets and travel, and\\nbeen of much benefit to the farmers and dairy-\\nmen. Mr. Evans adheres to the religious belief\\nof his ancestors.\\nOn March 27, 1873, Mr. Evans married Sarah\\nL. Evens, only child of Thomas Evens, a descend-\\nant of one of the earliest representatives of the\\nEvans family in America, though the name was,\\nthrough some person in the line, changed from the\\ncommonly accepted spelling. She is a descendant\\n(if the eighth generation from William and", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1145.jp2"}, "948": {"fulltext": "738\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nElizabeth Evans, through the Thomas Evans\\nbranch. He married Esther Haines. Their son\\nWilliam, who married Sarah Roberts, had a son\\nJacob, who married Mary Cherrington. Their\\nson Thomas married Mary Eves, and among their\\nchildren was Joseph, who married Rebecca Rob-\\nerts. Thomas, their son, married Sarah Lippin-\\ncott, and she was their only child.\\nBenjamin B. Cooper, in 1803 the first post-\\nmaster at Camden and who later resided near El-\\nlisburg, in Delaware township, and died in 1835,\\nwas an enterprising and representative man. He\\nwas a son of William and Ann (Folwell) Cooper,\\nand was born March 22, 1779. He owned and occu-\\npied the farm first settled by Wm. Cooper, who emi-\\ngrated from England, from whom he traced his\\nlineage in a direct line. As a farmer he was al-\\nways in advance with any improvement that ap-\\npeared. He gave much attention to fruit and had\\nthe largest orchards of choice varieties in the\\ncounty. He was always an authority on cattle\\nand horses and dealt largely in both. In the poli-\\ntics of the county and State he took much inter-\\nest, representing the county several times in the\\nLegislature and was a leading man in the Board of\\nFreeholders for several years. General Jackson, as\\nPresident of the United States, was the one person\\nwho met his notions of a statesman.\\nHe had scarcely attained man s estate before a\\nleading characteristic of his life developed itself\\nspeculation in land. The first piece of property\\nhe [jurchased was in 1803, and his dealings were\\ncontinuous until his death, the records of Glou-\\ncester County alone showing the entry of one\\nhundred and fifty-eight deeds of purchase and one\\nhundred and thirty-seven deeds of sale, many of\\nwhich conveyances contained several tracts of land.\\nHis transactions extended to Cumberland, Salem\\nand Cape May Counties, in West Jersey, and Sussex,\\nWarren and Monmouth Counties, in East Jersey.\\nHe was agent for the Holland Land Company,\\nwhose possessions were in Pennsylvania, and had\\nlarge individual interests in that State, at onetime\\nowning nearly the whole of Clearfield County. He\\nwas also attorney for the Pemberton and Kirk-\\nbride possessions in New Jersey. la 1814 he pur-\\nchased of Thomas Cadwalader, agent of the West\\nNew Jersey Society, all the shares of propriety\\nowned by that corporation. At the time of his\\ndeath his landed estate was large and valuable.\\nHe disposed of it by will. His wife was Sarah\\nVan Meter, of Monmouth County, N. J. Three\\nchildren survived him.^Ralph V. M., Sarah Ann\\nand W. Morris. His remains and those of his\\nwife lie buried in the Sloan part of the old\\nNewton grave-yard.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1146.jp2"}, "949": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF STOCKTON.\\nCHATTER XVIII.\\nIts Separation from Delaware Jurisdiction over River Tslaniis\\nEarly Settlement\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Coles, Spicers, Wooiia, Willarils, Nichol-\\nsons, Morgans, Rudderows, Fishs, Horners, Brownings, Stivrns,\\nOsiers and others\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Old Tav-\\nerns\u00e2\u0080\u0094Schools\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Fisheries\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Pavonia\u00e2\u0080\u0094Wrigh tsville Cramer Hill\\nDudley MorchantviUe Stockton\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Delair\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Manufacturing In-\\nterests.\\nThis township lies on the Delaware and extends\\neastward between Coopers Creek and Pensaukin\\nCreek. It was taken from Delaware township\\nby act of Legislature approved February 23, 1859\\nthe dividing line was declared as beginning at a\\npoint in Coopers Creek at a corner to the forms of\\nJoshuaBarton Bro. and Hewlings Haines and fol-\\nlowing the line of Barton s farm to a corner in the\\nWhiskey road, near the village of Homesteadville;\\nthence diverging in a straight line to a corner in\\nthe Moorestown turnpike in the centre of the\\ncrossing of the Sorrel Horse and Haddonfield\\nroads thence along the turnpike to the county\\nline. In the spring of 1859 the committees of the\\ntwo townships met at the hotel of Benjamin Mar-\\ntin and organized by electing Joseph A. Burroughs\\nchairman and Benjamin W. Cooper secretary, and\\nagreed upon the following article of settlement\\nArticles of agreement made and entered into between the town\\ncommittees of the townships of Stockton and Delaware, in pursu-\\nance of an act of the Legislature, entitled an act to establish a\\nnew township in the county of Camden, to be called the township\\nof Stockton. We, the undersigned town committees of the said\\ntownships of Stockton and Delaware, this fourteenth day of March,\\neighteen hundred and fifty-nine, at the house of Benjamin Martin,\\nin the said township of Stockton, having proceeded to ascertain the\\nproportions of taxes assessed in each part of the township of Del-\\naware, that now constitutes the townships of Stockton and Dela-\\nware, find that two-fifths of the tiixes assessed as aforesaid was\\nassessed in that part which constitutes the township of Stockton\\nand that three-fifths were assessed in that part which now c(m-\\nstitutes the township of Delaware, and we ftiid and ascvrlaiii lliat\\nthere is an indebtedness for which the two townships aforc^iid are\\nliable amounting to the sum of seven hundred and fifty-nine dol-\\nlars and fifty-six cents, of which the township of Stockton shall\\npay the sum of two hundred and ninety-nine dollars and ninety-\\none cents and the township of Delaware the sum of four hundred\\nand forty-nine dollars and seventy-three cents; and we find that\\nthere are two grave-yards, and that the one located in the town-\\nship of .Stockton shall belong to the township of Stockton, and\\nthe one located in the township of Delaware shall belong to the\\ntownship of Delaware. We also find the following township prop-\\nerty to be divided jis the taxes, viz. The town-house valued at\\nS2on.on. The po\\\\md, 810.00. Road-scraperss, $20.00. Dirt machines,\\n$11.00. Books, $11.00. Total, $252.00. The two-fifths of the above\\nproi)erty belonging to the township of Stockton is $100.80. and the\\nthree-fifths belonging to the township of Delaware is $151.20.\\nThere are tax warrants in the hands of E. H. Fowler, con-\\nstable, on which a part may probably be collected, and such sums\\nas may be collected are to be divided in the same proportion as\\nthe other property. The indebtedness of the township of Stockton\\nto the township of Delaware is $209.91. The share of the above\\nsaid township of Stockton in the above-mentioned property, $1{M).80\\nbeing deducted, leaves $199.11, to which is added the value of\\none road-scraper, $5.00, making the balance of the indebtedness\\n$201.11.\\nCommittee of StoMoii township. Committee of Delumire tuii iixhi}!\\nWilliam Folwell. Asa R. Lippincott.\\nBenjamin W. Cooper. Joseiih C. Stafford.\\nJosiah Staru. Job B. Kay.\\nBenjamin Horner. Joseph A. Burrough.\\nThomas P. Clement. Isaac W. Nicholson.\\nA tr\\nI .V,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2SamielB. Githens, Clerk.\\nPettys Island. In 1848 the question of\\n1 This island was in the possession of William Penu fur some\\nyears prior to 1700. On the 25th of October, 1701, he conveyed it\\nto Thomas Fairman, of Shackamaxon, reserving the right of way\\nfor four coach horses. Upon his death it passed to his wife,\\nElizabeth, and later, to a son, Benjamin, who. May 24, 17:12, S(dd\\nit to John Pettys, from whom it took its name. On the 11th of\\nMay, 1745, it was sold to John Dobbins. In 1816 the island was\\nowned by Humphrey Day, Charles H. Fish, Beiyamiu Loxley,\\nIsaac Iloxey, William Cooper, Jacob Evaul, Joseph Cooper, Abra-\\nham Browning, Jonathan Biles and othere. In 1824 the land of\\nCharles H. Fish passed to Isaac Fish, and that of Humphrey Day\\nto Jeremiah Fish, and later to Messrs. Sanderson Sons.\\nBetween the years 18C0 and 1870 the west shore of the island\\nwas used as a dock for repairing and for a ship-yard. Doughty\\nKeppela, shipwrights and caulkera, built at the place tug-\\nboals and srhouMcrs and had Ihirty-si. i thousand dollars invested", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1147.jp2"}, "950": {"fulltext": "740\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\njurisdiction over the islands on the Delaware\\nRiver was agitated, and the following preamble\\nand resolutions were adopted at the annual town-\\nship meeting\\nWherfias, by an act of Legislature of this State, passed Novem-\\nber 2fi, 1783, entitled on act to annex the several islands situated\\nin the river Delaware belonging to this State, to the respective\\ncounties and townships to which they lie nearest it is provided\\nsaid islands shall hereafter be deemed and considered as part and\\nparcels of such counties and townships to which islands or insu-\\nlated dry lands do or doth lie nearest, except Petty s, which shall\\nbe annexed to the township of Newton, in the county of Glouces-\\nter and whereas, the said township of Newton as at present con-\\nstituted, has no part on the river Delaware within two miles of\\nPettys Island, but said island lies opposite the township of Dela-\\nware. Therefore be it resolved, by the inhabitants of the township\\nof Delaware, in the county of Camden, in town-meeting assem-\\nbled, that application be made to the next Legislature of this\\nState for a law to annex Pettys Island to this township, where\\nit legitimately and of right belongs.\\n^Resolved, That the township conmiittee be and they are hereby\\ninstructed to lay the foregoine preamble and resolutions before the\\nnext Legislature and use all honorable means to procure the pas-\\nsage of a law such as mentioned above.\\nJtesolved, That the foregoing resolution and preamble be signed\\nby the moderator and attested by the clerk.\\nAttest, JoHK RunnEROW, Clerk.\\nCharles Knight, Moderaior.\\nNothing further appears to have been done in\\nthe matter until the next year, when Jo8e])h Kay,\\nBenjamin W. Cooper and Charles Knight were\\nappointed a committee to go to Trenton and\\nsecure the necessary legislation in this they must\\nhave been very successful, as the jurisdiction of\\nthe township was extended over the island, and\\nin 1859, when the township of Stockton was\\ncreated, the island was conceded to it and still\\nremains a part of that township.\\nEarly Settlement. The first settlement by\\nthe whites within the limits of Stockton township\\nwas made at the mouth of Pensaukin Creek, where\\nEriwomac, an Indian, was then chief over a small\\nbody of Indians. Charles I., of England, in 1634,\\ngranted to Sir Edmund Ployden the territory lying\\nbetween New England and Maryland. A vessel\\ncommanded by Captain Young, a nephew of Rob-\\nert Evelin (afterwards famous as the author of the\\naccount of New Albion, published in 1642 and\\n1648), and thirteen traders, about the same time,\\nwent to Virginia, and in the same year, 1634, came\\nup the Delaware and settled at the mouth of Pen-\\nsaukin Creek and built there a fort, which they\\nnamed Fort Eriwomac, after the Indian Chief.\\nThey remained at the place four years. In 1G36\\nSir Edmund Ployden sent out to the Province\\nJoseph Rilot, also a shipwright, had here in 1870 a maiine railway.\\nJacob H. Ambruster, about 18fi5, erected a building and manu-\\nfactured chains. .\\\\t present the island is owned by James Man-\\nderson. Dr. Samuel Pancoast and others. The upper part of the\\nisland is fitted up as a summer resort and is known a.s Wilh.w\\nCrove. The island contains over one hunilred acre. i.\\nof New Albion Beauchamp Plantagenet, who\\nsailed up the Delaware River sixty miles and did\\nnot reach Fort Eriwomac, where Captain Young\\nand Robert Evelin had set up a fort and govern-\\nment and were patiently waiting for Sir Edmund\\nto come over from England to take formal posses-\\nsion of the province.\\nIn 1637, tired of waiting, Evelin and his men\\nabandoned the settlement and went down the river\\nand near what is now Salem, they found Plantage-\\nnet, who had settled there and had sent a glowing\\naccount of the province to Earl Ployden. The\\nEarl came over in 1641, but the settlement of Fort\\nEriwomac was notagain made by the English under\\nthe Earl. Soon after 1637 Bogot, a pioneer of\\nMinuet s colony of Swedes, settled, with a few\\nSwedish founders, upon the site of the fort, where\\na few of them remained until the title passed to\\nthe proprietors, in 1664. Bogot held out induce-\\nments to settlers by insisting ,that a gold minejwas\\nin the vicinity, which was laid down in early maps\\nas being near Rancocas Creek. This project failed\\nand the settlement was again abandoned.\\nThe first location in the limits of this township\\nmade under the proprietors was one of five hundred\\nacres of land embracing the site of Fort Eriwomac,\\nat the mouth of Pensaukin Creek. This was\\ngranted to Samuel Jennings (afterwards the first\\nGovernor of New Jersey). Some of the Swedish\\nfounders living ferther up the stream, in what is\\nnow Burlington County, remained under the pro-\\nprietors, purchased lands and some of their de-\\nscendants, in after-years, drifted into what is now\\nStockton township. The Toys, Fishs, Stones, Wal-\\nlaces and others are descendants of the early Swe-\\ndish families. William Cooper, who, in 1682,\\nsettled at Pyne Point (Coopers), was from Coles\\nHill, England. At the same place lived Samuel\\nColes, a haberdasher and hatter and an old friend\\nand neighbor of William Cooper.\\nIn 1677 he purchased part of a share of propriety\\nin West Jersey of the trustees of Edward Byllynge,\\nand in March, 1682, with his wife, Elizabeth, and\\ntwo children, he emigrated to America, and doubt-\\nless came at once to the home of his old friend\\nand neighbor, William Cooper. He located five\\nhundred acres of land on the north side of Coop-\\ners Creek, opposite the tract of his friend and\\nextending up the Delaware River. The land was\\nsurveyed to him on the 13th day of the Third\\nMonth (May), 1682, and in that year he cleared a\\nsmall tract and erected a house, where he settled,\\nbut lived in it a short time, for in the latter part of\\nthe same year he sold one hundred acres and the\\nhouse to Henry Wood, who at once came there to", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1148.jp2"}, "951": {"fulltext": "THE TOWxNSHIP (JF STOCKTON.\\nr41\\nreside. He probably built upon the remaining\\nportion, as he remained there a few years. In KJSo\\nhe was chosen to represent the Third Tenth in the\\nLegislature of New Jersey, and in 1685 was ap-\\npointed one of the commissioners to fix the line\\nbetween Burlington and Gloucester Counties.\\nIn the year 1087 he conveyed the remainder of\\nthe tract to Samuel Spicer, and having purchased,\\nin 1685, four hundred acres of land of Jeremiah\\nRichards, on Pensaukin Creek, ncarthe propertyof\\nWilliam Matlack and Timothy Hancock, now in\\nDelaware township, which he named New Or-\\nchard (now Colestown) and to which place he\\nmoved and purchased other tracts adjoining. A\\nfew years later business required his attention in\\nEngland and he visited his native country. On his\\nreturn the vessel stoi)ped at the Island of Barbadoes,\\nwhere was a settlement of Friends. At this place\\nhe was taken sick and died.\\nA learned writersays The extended distance of\\nthe voyage and consequent delay therefrom not\\nbeing known to the wife, she made frequent visits\\nto Philadelphia to meet her husband and welcome\\nhim to his family again. Tradition says that she\\nwould stand for Lours by the water s edge looking\\nanxiously down the river for the sail that would\\nbring the father of her children. These visits and\\nwatchings at last attracted the attention of a young\\nmariner who frequented the port, and who was not\\nlong in discovering the cause of her anxiety.\\nSympathizing with her, he extended his inquiries\\non her behalf and at last discovered that her hus-\\nband had died on his return. Her grief for this\\nsad bereavement entered his feelings, and finding\\nthat she was about to return home alone in her\\nboat, he offered to accompany her and manage the\\nsame. This offer she accepted and he sailed the\\ncraft up the river to Pensaukin Creek and thence\\nnearly to her residence, thus bearing the sad news\\nto her children and neighbors. This man was\\nGriffith Morgan, who, after a proper interval of\\ntime, sailed his own skiff up the creek to offer his\\nconsolations to the widow and to interest himself\\nabout her children and estate. This solicitude\\nsoon assumed another shape and culminated in the\\nmarriage of Griffith Morgan and Elizabeth Cole.\\nSamuel Coles left two chikh-en, Samuel and Sarah\\nfrom whom the family of the name in this region\\nhave descended.\\nAmong the many of the name of Wood who\\nemigrated to New Jersey about the time of the\\nsettlement under the proprietor was Henry Wood,\\nwho came to this place from Newport, R. I., and on\\nthe 4th of September, 1682, purchased of Samuel\\nColes a tract of one hundred acres of land on the\\nnorth side of Coopers Creek, adjoining the land\\nsubsequently sold to Samuel Spicer. The deed\\ndescribes the place as situate at Arwawmasse, in\\nWest Jersey also the dwelling-house or tenement\\nwhich he, the said Samuel, inhabiteth, with the\\nfolds, yards, etc., excepting one cow-house. The\\nfarm fronted on Coopers Creek and the Delaware\\nRiver, and was named by him Hopewell. He\\nwas a member of the Assembly in 1683-84, and\\nin the latter year was appointed commissioner for\\nlaying out land, and in 1685 for opening highways.\\nIn 1683 he purchased three hundred and fifty\\nacres of land on the north side of and fronting\\noopers Creek, and in 1686 sold it to Mathew\\nBurden, who was a resident of Portsmouth, R. I.,\\nand a connection of Henry Wood. In 1711\\nRichard Burden, a son of Mathew, conveyed the\\nland to John Coxe, and later part of it was in-\\ncluded in the farm of Abraham Browning. Henry\\nWood died in April, 1681, leaving as children\\nHenry, James, Richard, Judith (who married\\nThomas Willard in 1689), Abigail (who married\\nDaniel Cooper, ason of William, in 1693), Hannah\\n(who married Joseph Nicholson in 1695), Eliza-\\nbeth (who married Stephen Newbie, son of Mark,\\nin 1703) and Benjamin (who married Marj Kay,\\ndaughter of John, in 1707). The homestead, in\\n1699, came to Joseph Nicholson, who lived adjoin-\\ning from James Wood, a grandson of Henry. At\\nthe time of Henry Wood s death he was in posses-\\nsion of considerable land near the homestead\\ntract, which was divided among his children.\\nHis sou Henry died in 1754, single, and left his\\nportion to his brothers and sisters. Benjamin\\npurchased the home farm on which Joseph Nichol-\\nson had lived, and upon his death, in 1738, left it\\nto his son Henry, who devised it to his son Henry,\\nwho sold part of it, February 1, 1788, to Samuel\\nHaines, who died in 1789, and John Haines and\\nDr. John H. Stokes, his executors, sold one hun-\\ndred and eighty-four acres of it to Daniel Cooper.\\nHenry, at his death in 1814, left three hundred and\\nsixty-eight acres to his two sons, Henry and\\nZachariah. He died June 18, 1814, aged fifty-six\\nyears. His wife, Hannah, survived him and died\\nAugust 23, 1856, aged eighty-seven years. Zach-\\nariah died May 5, 1847, aged fifty-four years-\\nOther children of Benjamin Wood, who died in\\n1738, were Mary (who married Joseph Coles and\\nRichard Matlack), Hannah, Abigail, Benjamin,\\nJohn, Judith and Jane.\\nThe land purchased by Henry Wood in 1683,\\ncontaining one hundred acres on the Delaware\\nRiver, before 1790 came to Samuel Coo|)er, who\\nalso owned Coopers Point Ferry and other land", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1149.jp2"}, "952": {"fulltext": "AUTOGRAPHS OF SETTLERS IN STOCKTON (OLD WATERFORD) TOWNSHIP.\\ng^^^^^C^\\nA first settler. Died at Barbadoes,\\n1692-93, and left one son,\\nSamuel.\\nA first settler. Died 1691. Had sons\\nHenry, James, Eichard and\\nBenjamin.\\nQm9^\\n(^?^n(2/\\nA first settler. Died 1710. Had sons\\nWilliam, Joseph and Daniel. Married Judith, daughter of Henry Wood. Died 1734. Had sons\\nJames, Henry and Thomas.\\n^/l\\nA first settler. Died 1692. Had\\nsons Abraham, Jacob, Thomas\\nand Samuel.\\nH\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a05J\\nat\\nDaughter of John and Mary Tilton,\\nof Grave.send, and wife of Samuel\\nSpicer. She was killed by\\nlightning in 1703.\\nA first settler of Salem. Died 168.5. Had sons\\nSamuel, Abel and Joseph, who settled in\\nStockton.\\nOjlaocurt^c^ffli\\n^5\\n(ua\\nOnly son of Griftith the emigrant. Died 1751.\\nHad sons Joseph, Benjamin and Isaac.\\n.-^^Oy?\\nThird son of Samuel and Esther\\nthe emigrants. Died 1759.\\nHad sons Jacob, Thomas\\nand Samuel.\\nA first settler of Ellisburg. Died 1715.\\nHad sons Thomas, Joseph, William,\\nSimeon and Jonathan.\\nflfn^\\n(T^mt\\nA first settler. Died 1742. Had sons\\nJohn, Isaac, Josiah, Benjamin A first settler and wealthy operator in lands sold to Kaighn,\\nand Joseph. Mickle and others.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1150.jp2"}, "953": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1151.jp2"}, "954": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1152.jp2"}, "955": {"fulltext": "/fj^oU.,^ .:,yt^", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1155.jp2"}, "956": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1156.jp2"}, "957": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF STOCKTON.\\n743\\nndjoiniiig. The house now owned by William B.\\nCooper, marked S. P. C. 1790, was built by Samuel\\nand Prudence Cooper. It came to their son Ben-\\njamin, who, January 22, 1834, had the tract sur-\\nveyed by Samuel Nicholson iu two parts, called\\nthe northern and southern divisions. The northern\\npart extended along the shore of the Delaware,\\nfrom Coopers Creek to the Samuel Horner farm,\\nincluding the fisheries on the river-front, and also\\nthe fisheries up to the Cove road. Benj. Cooper\\ndied 2{ith of 4th mo., 1842, aged sixty-seven years,\\nand his wife, Elizabeth, died 21st of 3d mo. pre-\\nceding, aged sixty-six years. He, by will, devised\\nthe northern part, containing one hundred and\\nseventy-five acres, including the flat marshes and\\nfisheries, to Benjamin W. Cooper, his son, reserv-\\ning the half-interest of all privileges and profits of\\nthe fisheries for William B. Cooper.\\nThe southern tract, containing one hundred and\\nsixty-seven acres, fronting on Coopers Creek, was\\ndevised to William B. Cooper, with rights in the\\nfisheries and meadows. The rejjairs on the banks\\nof the latter were chargeable to both divisions.\\nThe northern division became the property of the\\nPavonia Land Association, an account of which\\nwill be found under the head of Pavonia.\\nBenjamin W. Cooper was the son of Benja-\\nmin Cooper, a lineal descendant of William and\\nMargaret Cooper, who in 1G78 emigrated from\\nEngland with the first settlers who located in Bur-\\nlington. A few years later he took up lands and\\nsettled at the mouth of Coopers Creek, which\\nstream was named after him. The father of the\\nsubject of this biography was a progressive farmer\\nof Waterford township (now Stockton), and aftera\\nlife of activity and usefulness both in religious and\\ncivil society he died, in 1842. By his marriage\\nwdth Elizabeth Wills, he had children, viz. Ee-\\nbecca. Prudence, Benjamin W., Elizabeth W. and\\nWilliam B. Cooper.\\nBenjamin W. Cooper was born at the homestead,\\nnow owned by his brother, William B. Cooper, in\\nStockton township, on the 13th day of the First\\nMonth, 1805, and spent the whole of his life as an\\nenterprising farmer in the township where he w;is\\nborn. After obtaining a preparatory education in\\nthe schools in the vicinity, he entered the West-\\ntown Boarding-School, and there spent several\\nyears in diligent study, and thus laid the founda-\\ntion of a liberal education, being afterward one of\\nthe best informed men in the community in which\\nhe resided. He was a constant reader of books of\\ngeneral literature, but devoted much of his read-\\ning to agricultural subjects, and was hinuself a\\nliberal contributor to agricultural journals of his\\nday. Having a retentive memory, he absorbed\\na vast imouiit of information, which lie freely\\ndispensed to his friends without reward. He\\nstudied agriculture as a science and practiced it\\nas an art. He introduced all new modes of cul-\\ntivating the soil, and was first in his neighborhood\\nto use the best improved implements needed by\\nall progressive farmers.\\nIn management of State, county and municipal\\nallairs he held various places of trust and respon-\\nsibility, and was possessed with a sound discrimi-\\nnating judgment.\\nHe was one of the originators of the plan for\\nthe erection of Camden County by the division of\\nGloucester County, exerted all of his influence in\\nthat direction, and was greatly instrumental in\\nhaving it eventually accomplished. After the ac-\\ntion was taken, forming the new county of Cam-\\nden, and the controversy arose about the location\\nof the county buildings, Mr. Cooper favored the\\nerection of them at Camden, and left no opportu-\\nnity pass until the final decision, making Camden\\nthe county-se.at, was rendered. He was an ardent\\nand consistent Republican, and took great interest\\nin the administration of State and national oflices.\\nRecognizing his efficiency as a man of good judg-\\nment, he was appointed one of the lay judges ot\\nCamden County, and served in that position from\\n1850 to 1855. No subject of great political mo-\\nment absorbed his attention more than the freedom\\nof the colored slaves in the Southern States.\\nMany a refugee negro found in him a friend on\\nhis way northward, beyond the jurisdiction of\\nslavery, and his home in Stockton township for\\nmany years was a station on the line of the\\nUnderground Railroad, where many a poor es-\\ncaped slave was befriended both with food and\\nmoney.\\nBenjamin W. Cooper, like his ancestors, was a\\nmember of the Society of Friends, connected with\\nthe Haddonfield Monthly Meeting. He wa-s mar-\\nried, on the 18th day of the Second Month, 1830, to\\nLydia, daughter of Samuel Lippincott, whose an-\\ncestors were among the first settlers in New Jer-\\nsey. He died on the 23d day of Uth Month, 1803.\\nWilliam B. Cooper, the youngest son of Benja-\\nmin and Elizabeth (Wills) Cooper and a brother\\nof Benjamin W. Cooper, was born in Delaware\\ntownship (now Stockton), on the Uth day of the\\nSixth Month, 1814. The historic old mansion\\nwhere he was born and which he now owns, in-\\ncluding the farm adjoining, where he has spent\\nmost of his life, was erected by Samuel and Pru-\\ndence (Brown) Coo) er, his grandparents, in the\\nyear 1790.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1157.jp2"}, "958": {"fulltext": "744\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nWilliam H. Cooper obtained his education at the\\nNewton Friends School, Rancocas Boarding-School\\nand at the well-known Westtown Boarding-School,\\nin Chester County, Pa. He then attended to the\\nduties of the farm with his father, and upon the\\ndeath of the latter, in 1842, he succeeded to the\\nownership of a part of the paternal homestead.\\nHe continued his chosen occupation until a few\\nyears ago, when he retired from his farm and\\nmoved to the city of Camden, where he now re-\\nsides. As a farmer he has met with great success,\\nand, following the example of his brother Benja-\\nmin W., regularly introduced new modes of agri-\\nculture and improved machinery necessary for the\\nprogressive farmer. He has always taken a deep\\ninterest in owning the finest breeds of horses and\\ncattle, and takes the greatest delight in having\\nthem well cared for. As a farmer he has been\\nlooked upon as a model, as a neighbor universally\\nrespected, and as a kind-hearted, noble gentleman\\nhis name is a synonym of goodness. In his plain,\\nunassuming and unpretentious way he has con-\\ntinued to live a life of great usefulness. As a\\nfriend of the poor and the needy, his charities are\\nwell known, yet never made public by himself\\nLike his father and brother, in the days of slavery\\nhe was a devoted friend of the refugee slaves, and\\nwould do anything to comfort and protect them.\\nIn religion he has been a consistent member of\\nthe Society of Friends and served many years as\\nclerk of Newton Meeting, of which he and his\\nestimable wife are members. On the 9th day of\\nthe Third Month, 1879, William B. Cooper was\\nmarried to Phebe Emlen, a lineal descendant of\\nGeorge Emlen, who emigrated from England to\\nPhiladelphia about the time that William Penn\\narrived.\\nJames Emlen, the grandfather of Phebe Cooper,\\nwas well educated, and it was designed that he\\nshould travel in Europe for his further accom-\\nplishment, but he removed to Chester County\\nand followed the occupation of a miller. He was\\nmarried to Phebe Pierce, and both he and his\\nwife died of yellow fever. Anne, their eldest\\ndaughter, married Judge Walter Franklin of Lan-\\ncaster, Pa. James Emlen, the youngest child and\\nfather of Phebe Cooper, was married in 181G to\\nSarah F. Foulke, a teacher in the Westtown Board-\\ning-School. In 1835 he became a teacher in the\\nsame institution, and resided with his family on\\nthe property for thirteen years. His wife became\\na minister and paid religious visits to various\\nplaces in the Eastern, Western and Southern\\nStates. Her last religious visit was made to Eng-\\nland. She was universally esteemed by all who\\nknew her. She died in 1849. James Emlen was\\na highly loved elder in Friends Meetings. He\\ndied in 1866. Dr. Samuel Emlen, brother of James,\\nwas one of the most eminent |)hyaicians of Phila-\\ndelphia, and was known throughout the United\\nStates.\\nBenjamin Cooper, son of Benjamin W. and\\nLydia (Lippincott) Cooper, and nephew of Wil-\\nliam B.Cooper, was born at the Cooper homestead,\\nin Stockton township, on the 21st of Sixth Month,\\n1834. He was educated in the schools of his\\nnative township and the well-known Westtown\\nFriends School, in Chester County, Pa. He then\\nreturned to his home, and engaged in work on the\\nfarm. Upon the death of his father, in 1863, Ben-\\njamin Cooper inherited the houie.stead which he\\nowns at the present time. He continued actively\\nengaged in agricultural pursuits until 1872, when\\nhe removed to Marlton, N. J. He still owns the\\nfarm and superintends its cultivation. Following\\nthe precedents established by his enterprising fa-\\nther, he is progressive and brings into use all the\\nnew and improved machinery necessary for suc-\\ncessful farming. Within the past few years he\\nhas been extensively engaged in breeding thor-\\noughbred Jersey cattle.\\nMr. Cooper was one of the originators of the\\nplan to construct and one of the incorporators of\\nthe Philadelphia, Marlton and Medford Railroad,\\nand devoted much time and energy to the con-\\nstruction of the same. He was originally and\\nstill is one of its largest stockholders, and since\\nthe organization of the company has been a direc-\\ntor. In politics Mr. Cooper is a Republican, and\\nin religion, like his ancestors for many generations\\nbefore him, is a member of the Society of Friends.\\nBenjamin Cooper was married, in 1859, to Lydia\\nEvans, the only surviving child, daughter of Da-\\nvid and Sarah E. Evans, a prominent farmer of\\nBurlington County, and a descendant of William\\nEvans, one of the first Welsh emigrants to New\\nJersey, who settled at Mount Laurel, Burlington\\nCounty. They have three children, viz. David\\nE., William B. and Samuel R., all of whom are\\nengaged with their father in his farming interests.\\nThomas Willard, who, in 1689, married Judith,\\na daughter of Henry Wood, settled on a tract near\\nthe Wood homestead, where he died in 1734, and\\nleft three sons James, Henry and Thomas and\\ndaughters. A granddaughter, Abigail, in 1743,\\nmarried Samuel Spicer, son of Thomas, and died\\nApril 24, 1762, aged twenty-six years. A grand-\\nson, Benjamin, owned part of his grandfather s\\nestate, and left it to his son James, who, February\\n28, 1781, sold part of it to Thomas Stone, who", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1158.jp2"}, "959": {"fulltext": "1\\n/^cn^^^n^yt/", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1161.jp2"}, "960": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1162.jp2"}, "961": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF STOCKTON.\\n745\\nsold twenty-tvvd acres in 17SH. Old citizens\\nremember Parr Willani, in the vicinity, as\\nbeing much interested in fruit and its culture.\\nAn old pear-tree now stands on the place of\\nAbraham Browning, which bears the Willard\\nPear, and is from stock originated by him.\\nJoseph Nicholson, the first of the name to settle\\nin what is now Camden County, was the fourth\\nchild of Samuel Nicholson, and was born in Eng-\\nland, Second Month 30, IfidS). His father was in-\\nterested in the purchase made from Lord .John\\nBerkeley, in l(!7o, and came to this country with\\nhis wife, Ann, and five children, from Wiston, in\\nNottinghamshire, England, in the ship Griffith,\\nwith John Fenwick, and arrived in the river Dela-\\nware on the 28d of Ninth Month, 1675, and soon\\nafter settled in Salem, where he selected a tract of\\nsixteen acres with a marsh fronting on the creek and\\nerected a house. He purchased large tracts of\\nland later and became one of the wealthiest men\\nin the colony. In ItiSO the Society of Friends, of\\nwhich he was an active and prominent member,\\npurchased his house and lot and refitted it as a\\nmeeting-house, which the next year was enlarged.\\nThis house was the first meeting-house in West\\nNew- .Jersey. A few years after the sale Samuel\\nNicholson removed to a iilantation on Alloways\\nCreek, where he died in 1()8.5. Ann, his wife, re-\\nmoved here and died in 1(194. The sons, except\\nJoseph, settled on the homestead and in the\\nvicinity. Joseph, in lO .M, purchased a tract of\\nland on the north side of Coopers Creek, and the\\nnext year (1695) he married Flannah, a daughter\\nof Henry Wood, who settled at the mouth of\\nCoopers Creek in 1( !2. On this place Joseph\\nNicholson built a house and settled. In 1699 he\\npurchased a tract of land adjoining James Wood,\\na grand.son of Henry. He died in 1702 and left a\\nsiui, Samuel, who inherited the estate of his father\\nand resided on the tract purchased of James Wood.\\nThis was re-surveyed in 1733. He was married\\nthree times, first in 1722, to Sarah, a daughter of\\nSamuel Burrotighs second to Kebecca Saint and\\nthird to Jane Albertson, widow of William and\\ndaughter of John Engle. The la.st was successively\\nIhc widow of John Turner, William Albertson,\\nSamuel Nicholson and Thomas Middleton.\\nSamuel Nicholson died in 1760, and left children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nJoseph, Abel, Abigail, Hannah and Sarah. Joseph,\\nin 1749, ptirchased the lot in Haddonfield, north\\ncif (he Methodist Church, now owned and occupied\\nliy Mrs. Joseph B. Tatem, and probably built the\\nhouse. Abel married Rebecca, a daughter of\\nAaron .\\\\aroiison, and died in 1761, before his\\nchild was born. Tliis child was named Abel, and\\n90\\nmarried Rebecca, Kllis, a daughter of Isaac. It is\\nfrom this branch the family in this region descend.\\nAiiigail, in 1743, became the wife of Daniel Hill-\\nman, and in 17li7 of John (Sill. Hannah married\\n.lohn ilillman, and Sarah, the youngest child, died\\nsingle in 1756, The Nicholson homestead was\\nowneii tor many years by Abraham Browning, and\\nis now occupied by several factories.\\nSamuel Spicer was a native of New England,\\nand one of the few American born citizens that can\\nbe claimed among the early settlers of old Glou-\\ncester ounly. He was a son of Thomas and\\nMichael Spicer, and was born prior to 1640. His\\nfather was one of the colony of Friends who emi-\\ngrated from England to avoid persecution (or their\\nreligious belief, only It) meet as trying an ordeal in\\ntheir new homes. Samuel Spicer, the .son, on the\\n21st of Third Month (IMay), 1665, married Jlsther\\nTilton, at Oyster Bay, L. I., and settled at Grave-\\nsend. In 16K4 he visited this region of country\\nand purchased of Samuel Coles four hundred acres\\nof land on Coopers Creek and the Delaware River,\\nadjoining Henry Wood, who purchased one hun-\\ndred acres of Samuel Coles in 1682, above and on\\nthe Delaware. In the m x( year he, with his wife,\\nEsther, and eight children, nio\\\\cd to the new pur-\\nchase and built a house near where the bridge\\ncrosses (!oo[ ers reek at Federal Street. On the\\n24th of May, 1687, he purchased three hundred\\nand fifty acres of land, and subsequently other\\nlands adjoining. These lands extended from\\nCoopers Creek to Pensaukin, embracing (he lands\\non which Merchantville now stands.\\nThis ferry was maintained until 1762, when a\\nbridge was built at the place and the locality was\\nknown as Spicer s Bridge many years. In the year\\n1687 Samuel Spicer was appointed one of the\\njudges of Gloucester County and continued in the\\noffice several years. He was active in the Society\\nof Friends, of which he was a prominent member,\\nand died soon after 1792. His widow, Esther, sur-\\nvived him until 24th day of Seventh Month, 1703,\\nwhen she, with a servant and Richard Thackara,\\na lad of about eleven years of age, were struck by\\nlightning and killed. An acccuuit of her burial at\\nnight is given in connection with the old Newton\\nburying-ground in the history of the township of\\nHaddon. They had eight children, all of whom\\nwere born at (xravesend, Abraham, Jacob, Mary,\\nMartha, Sarah (who, in 1695, became the second\\nwife of Daniel Cooper), Abigail, Thomas and\\nSamuel. Samuel Spicer left in his will to his son\\nJacob one hundred and fifty acres attached to the\\nhomestead, and on th Delaware River and\\nCoopers Creek, and t i his other sons, Samuel and", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1163.jp2"}, "962": {"fulltext": "746\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nThomas, one huiidied and sevenly-five acres each.\\nSamuel died young, and his land passed to Jacob.\\nThomas inherited from his father the one hundred\\nand fifty acres, and also purchased four hundred\\nand ten acres in and around Merchantville of his\\nbrother .Jacob. He died in November, 1759, and\\nleft the landed estate to his son, Thomas Spicer,\\nwho, in 1741, married Rebecca, a daughter of\\nHumphrey and .lane Day, who lived on Coopers\\nCreek, in the lower part of what is now Delaware\\ntownship. He died in the May following, 1760,\\nand by will entailed the property to his wife, Re-\\nbecca; his daughter, Abigail, who was the wife of\\nWm. Rudderow and their son, John Rudderow,\\nthen a child of fifteen months old. Thos. Spicer,\\nJr., pa.ssed much of his time in travel and visited\\non business the West Indies and other places. Re-\\nbecca Spicer survived her husband until 1777, liv-\\ning most of the time on her own plantation.\\nAbigail (Spicer) Rudderow was the only child\\nliving of three born to them.\\nSamuel Spicer, son of Thomas, Sr., who married\\nAbigail Willard in 1743, settled on the land he\\nrecei\\\\?ed from his father. His wife, Abigail, died\\nApril 24, 1762, aged twenty-si.x years, and left one\\nson, Jacob, who died September 4, 1769, aged\\ntwenty-four years a daughter Abigail, who mar-\\nried John Keble, a merchant of Philadelphia. She\\ndied August 27, 1807, aged sixty years; Rebecca,\\nwho married William Folwell, also a merchant of\\nPhiladelphia and Sarah, who married Joseph\\nCovvperthwait. Judge John K. Cowperthwait was\\na son of the latter, and Spicer Cowperthwait, now\\na merchant in Camden, is a grandson.\\nWrightsville is on that part of the Spicer pro|)-\\nerty that came to Rebecca and William Folwell\\nand to Sarah and Joseph Cowperthwait.\\nJacob Spicer, son of Samuel, Sr., owned a large\\ntract of land lying north of his fatlier s, and ex-\\ntending to Pensaukin Creek. He sold to his\\nbrother Thomas four hundred and ten acres, lying\\nnext his father s land, and that part lying on Pen-\\nsaukin Creek to Samuel Burroughs, who later\\nbuilt a mill upon it. A part of the Burroughs land\\nis still in possession of the family. Jacob Spicer,\\nin 1691, removed to Cape May County, and was a\\nmember of the Legislature from 170.3 to 1723, and\\nsurrogate from the last-named year to 1741, and\\ndied in the latter year. He left a son Jacob, who\\nwas a member of the Legislature in 1744, and was\\nappointed with Aaron Learning to revise the laws\\nof the State, and Leaming and Spicer, as the\\ncollection is termed, bears witness to the faithful\\nperformance of their duties. The Spicer estate\\nwill later be mentioned in the account of the Rud-\\nderow family, to whom it in large part descended.\\nMention has been made of the marriage of Eliza-\\nbeth Cole, the widow of Samuel, to Oriffith Mor-\\ngan. He was a native of Wales, and a mariner,\\nand in 1677 purchased of David Lloyd and Isaac\\nNorris, executor of Thomas Lloyd, of Philadelphia,\\na tract of fivehundred acres of land, embracing the\\nsite of Fort Eriwomac, which had been located by\\nSamuel Jennings, the first Governor of New Jersey.\\nIt was bounded on the west by Delaware River,\\nand on the north by Pensaukin Creek, and ex-\\ntended about a mile up the creek and about a\\nquarter of a mile along the river-front. He did\\nnot settle upon the place for many years, but con-\\ntinued his business as a mariner, and was some\\ntime in England. An account of his romantic\\nmeeting with Elizabeth Coles will be found in the\\nsketch of Samuel Coles. The license for his mar-\\nriage was granted by the chancellor of Pennsyl-\\nvania on the 1 0th of December, 1693, and the mar-\\nriage ceremony .soon after was performed in Phila-\\ndelphia. He then erected a stone house, two stories\\nand a half high, with dormer windows, near the\\nmouth of Pensaukin (Veek, commanding a fine\\nview of the Delaware River, where he settled and\\ndied a few years after, leaving a widow and\\none son, Alexander. His widow, Elizabeth, died\\nin 1719. Alexander Morgan inherited the proper-\\nty of his father, and, in 1717, married Hannali\\nCooper, a daughter of Joseph Cooper, and settled\\nupon the Morgan homestead, where he died in\\n1751, leaving his wife and ten children, Joseph,\\nBenjamin, Isaac, Mary, Elizabeth, Lydia, Sarah,\\nHannah, Rachel and Alexander. By this marriage\\nthe family ultimately became conne\u00c2\u00abted with the\\nMickles, Hojikinses, Ladds, Coxes, Cootes and\\nClements of West Jersey, and the Rawles, Riggs\\nand other families of Pennsylvania.\\n.foseph Morgan, eldest son of Alexander, married\\nAgnes Jones, and settled on the homestead. They\\nhad one child, Griffith, who, in 1766, married\\nRebecca, a daughter of Samuel Clement; three\\ndaughters were the result of this marriage, as fol-\\nlows Agnes, wlio married Enos Eldridge Re-\\nbecca, who became the wife of James B. Cooper\\nand resided at Haddonfield Ann, who in 1795\\nmarried William E. Hopkins and lived on the\\nHopkins farm, on Coopei-s Creek, near Haddon-\\nfield. The first wife of Joseph Morgan died young.\\nHe married a second time and had several children,\\nJoseph, who married Mary Evans and Mary\\nButchel Hannah, who married Mr. Saterthwait\\nElizabeth, who became the wife of Joseph Reeve;\\nand Sarah, who married James Hinchman. Upon\\nthe death of this wife he, in 1758, married Mary,", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1164.jp2"}, "963": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1165.jp2"}, "964": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1166.jp2"}, "965": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OK STOCKTON.\\ntlie (liiiighter of .loseph Stokes, hy whom he hud\\nfour children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Isaac, Alexander, Mary and Ben-\\njamin the last married Mary Champion. His third\\nwife died and Joseph Morgan married Elizabeth\\nAtkin,son, by whom were no eliiUlren.\\nThe old homestead, near the mouth of the creek,\\nremained in the family and came to .Joseph H. Mor-\\ngan. William liurroiighs, as administrator, con-\\nveyed the one hundred ac res of that i art of tlie\\nestate, and the mansion-house, to .lohn Morris,\\nMarch 1, l.S;i4, who resided thereon until Septem-\\nber 2t ISo. when he sob! it to William B. Mann\\nOo., of Philadelphia. In that year a fishini\\nclub of eight persons was formed, of whom Mr.\\nMann was one, and bought five acres adjoining the\\nliouse, and erected the present Fish House. On\\nthe 2.Sth of .lanuary, l,S(;s, .Jacob B.ackenbaeh\\nbought tlie farm and AJorgan homestead of one\\nhundred acres, and is still in possession.\\nlienjamin Morgan, the seeonil son of Alexander,\\nin 17(11, mairied .Jane Roljerts and settled on Pen-\\n.saukin Creek, part of the homestead, where heat\\nonce built a one-story frame liouse, and, in 177.\\nbuilt the present stone dwelling-house, of which\\nthe old partis the east wing of the house now owned\\nand occupied by Dr. .1. Dunbar Hylton. Their\\nchildren were Hannah Benjamin, who died in\\nyouth; and Benjamin R., wdio never married. At\\nthe death of Benjamin his estate passed to Alex-\\nander Morgan, of Philadelidiia. In 1.SH8, .John S.\\nHylton, a native of Kngland, came to this -ountry\\nand purcliaseil of the administrator of the Morgan\\nestate two hundred and twenty acres, known as the\\nMount Pleasant farm, and one hundred and seventy\\nacres adjoining, and above, on Pensaukin Creek,\\ntheComns Hill farm. (!)n this large tract he settled,\\nand, in ISGd, finding the soil in its loams and clays\\nwits well adapteil for use, he began the shipment of\\nloam and clay to rolling-mills, foundries and pot-\\nteries. It was of easy access to Pensaukin Creet,\\nwdiere the material was lo.aded on vessels and con-\\nveyed to its destination. The trade has been con-\\ntinued to the present time without interruption.\\nIn 1872 the business passed to his son. Dr. .1.\\nDunbar Hylton. immense quantities have been\\nshipped from the farm, and the supply seems un-\\nlimited. Ill 18S0, when the iron trade was prosper-\\ning, forty-two thousand tons were excavated and\\nshipped, and in 188. twenty-five thousand tons\\nwere taken out. In addition to the shipment of\\nloam and clay, Dr. Hylton is cultivating fruit ex-\\ntensively, having a peach orchard containing filleeii\\nthousand trees, fifteen acres containing four thou-\\nsand Niagara grape-vines, one thousand Keefer\\npear-trees and ten acres of the Wilson blackberry.\\n.J. DiiNBAR lIvi.TON, M.D., is a member of the\\nancient and honorable family of that name that\\nfor so many generations bore a prominent part in\\nthe military and civic history of Kngland. The\\nfamily seat is at Hylton, near Sunderland, on the\\nriver Ware, where Henry Hylton, who had re-\\nceived a large grant from William the on(|Ueror,\\nbecause of his own and his father s valor, and who\\nwjis afterwards slain in Normandy, built the an-\\ncient Hyltou castle in 1072. The family traces it-s\\ngenealogy back three hundred years before the\\nconquest, and is mentioned by the venerable Bede\\nin his work pid)lisheil in the sixth century. Since\\nthe time of the Conquest it is remarked of the llyl-\\ntons that one was slain at Fevcrsham, in Kent,\\none in Norman ly, one at Mentz, in France, three\\nin the Holy Wars, under Ilichard I., three at the\\nbattle of Bourdeaux, under the Black Prince, one\\nat Agincourt, two at Berwick-upon-Tweed, against\\nthe Scots, two at the battle of St. Albans, live at\\nMarket Bosworth and four at Floddeii Field.\\nFrom such illustrious and valiant ancestors is\\ndescended the subject of this sketch. His great-\\ngrandfather, William Hylton, descended from one\\nof the junior branches of the family. About 17ti4\\nhe left England and came to America, locating\\nnear Bath, Va., where he ac(|uired some ten thou-\\nsand acres of land, as well as owning land on Long\\nIsland, where the city of I?rooklyn now stands.\\nAfter the breaking out of the Revolutionary War\\nhe espoused the royal cause and returned to Eng-\\nland, his property in America being confiscated by\\nthe colonies. He finally established himself in the\\nIsland of Jamaica, where he became a large\\nplanter.\\nHis son, John Hylton, was a captain in\\nthe British army, and resided near Kingston\\nJamaica, near which point lie was stationed. He\\nwas the father of John S. Hylton, a native of\\ncounty Durham, England, on the river Ware, near\\nHylton ca.stle. He married Mary Susanna Fry,\\nand was an extensive planter in Jamaica, where\\nhe owned some five thousand acres of land and\\nsixteen hundred negroes. He removed to the\\nUnited States about 18. and purchased large\\ntracts of land at {tonius Hill, on Pensaukin Creek,\\nCamden County, N. J. There he passed the re-\\nmainder of his life, engaged in bucolic and agricul-\\ntural pursuits, and in the cultivation of a fine liter-\\nary taste. He was a frequent contributor to various\\nleading magazines and periodicals in botli England\\nand America- His children arc Dr. J. Dunbar\\nHylton; William R. Hylton, residing near Camden\\nDr. Reginalil T. Hylton, Nanticoke Pa.; Lionel,\\nresiding in Philadelphia; Dr. Stanley C. Hylton.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1169.jp2"}, "966": {"fulltext": "748\\nHISTOKY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nof Philadelphia; and Edith A., wife of Nicholaa\\nBilger, of the same city.\\nDr. J. Dunbar Hylton was born on tlie Island of\\nJamaica March 25, 1837, and, on his mother s side,\\nis descended from the Frys, of IMaddon s Court,\\nEngland, and the Dunbar family, of Scotland, to\\nwhich the great Scottish poet, William Dunbar,\\nbelonged. His early educati(m was conducted\\nunder a private tutor. He was brought to this\\ncountry when he was two years of age. Subse-\\nquently he assisted his father in his farming pur-\\nsuits, and then, having been seized with the gold\\nfever, he engaged in gold-digging at Pike s Peak.\\nHe next entered the employ of the Phtenix Iron\\nCompany for the purpose of learning the iron\\nbusiness, and after a time entered upon the study\\nof medicine, under Dr. Henry H. Smith, professor\\nof surgery in the University of Pennsylvania, from\\nwhich institution he was graduated with the degree\\nof Doctor of Medicine in 186(3. He engaged in the\\npractice of his profession, for ten years, in Phila-\\ndelphia, and at River Side and Palmyra, N. J.,\\nand Hually purcliased a farm, belonging to his\\nfather, in Camden County, and turned his attention\\nto agriculture, fruit-growing and mining clays. At\\nthe present time he owns about two hundred and\\nseven acres of land in Stockton township and\\nBurlington County, containing clay and kaolin\\ndeposits, varying in depth from eight to thirty-two\\nfeet, which he readily disposes of to the rolling-\\nmills, fire-brick works and foundries of this\\ncountry and Cuba, and is also engaged in every\\nbranch of agriculture, trucking, farming, fruit-\\ngrowing, and in the development and propagating\\nof new varieties of liuits and berries. The ancient\\nand picturesque house which he occupies was\\ncompleted in 1775 by Benjamin Morgan. This\\nhouse stands on a high bluft overlooking the waters\\nof the Pensaukin Creek and the Delaware River,\\nand commands a fine view of Philadelphia and the\\nsurrounding country for miles, and has been occu-\\npied b) the Hylton family tor over forty years.\\nIt is one of the attractions of the neighborhood,\\nand the doctor, with his genial hospitality, occu-\\npying this antique abode, .and surrounded by his\\nwell-tilled fields and his small army of laborers,\\nreminds one strikingly of the planters of the South\\nin the days befoie the war. Inheriting strong\\nliterary taste and ability, like Horace, he finds time,\\napart from his bucolic pursuits, to dally with the\\nmuses, and each winter sees from his pen some\\nnew gem added to the list of the successful and\\npopular works of the day. His talent runs chiefly\\nin the direction of the ideal and imaginative, and\\nmanifests itself in verse. Amone the volumes that\\nhe has published are, Lays of Ancient Times\\n(1857), Voices from the Rocky Mountains\\n(18(32), Pr.Tsidicide (1865), The Bride of\\nGettysburg (1878), Betrayed (1880), The\\nHeir of Lyolynn (188. 3), Above the Grave\\n(1884), Artiloise, or the Weeping Castle (1885),\\nand others are soon to follow.\\nDr. Hylton s versification is strong and rythmi-\\ncal, and the flow of thought regular and entertain-\\ning. His works find a ready sale, and have won\\nfor him a place among the successful liU-rateurs of\\nthe country. He married, May 31, IStlS, Miss Emma\\nDenckla Silvis, daughter of Benjamin and Emily\\nT. (Renfrew) Silvis, of Philadelphia, and has had a\\nfamily of seven boys, of whom only J. Dunbar\\nHylton, Jr., survives.\\nBenjamin Morgan, a great-grandson of Ale.x-\\nander, a descendant of Grittith Morgan, before\\n1800, became the posses.sor of a large tract of land\\non Coopers Creek, below the old Champion tract,\\nand above what is now the Browning farm. He\\nmarried Mary Champion, and settled upon the\\nplace. His son Joseph married Margaret, a daugh-\\nter of John Browning. Of his daughters, Mary\\nbecame the wife of Isaac Mickle Rachel, of Rich-\\nard M. Hugg another became the wife of Jacob\\nRoberts.\\nThe families of Rudderow in this region of\\ncounti y sprang from John Rudderow, a native of\\nEngland, who emigrated about 1680 and settled at\\nChester, in Burlington County, N. J., between the\\nnorth and .south branches of the Pensaukin Creek.\\nHe died in 1729 and left the land to his son, John\\nRudderow, who died in 1769 and devised it by will\\nto his .son William, who, in 1758, married Abigail,\\nthe daughtenof Thomas Spicer, Jr., son of Thomas,\\ngrandson of Samuel. At this time William Rud-\\nderow was living on his paternal estate with his\\nfather, where he continued tor eight years after his\\nmarriage, and where eight of their children were\\nborn. In 1782 they moved from the forks of Pen-\\nsaukin to the property of Rebecca Spicer, her\\nmother then living on her estate, which em-\\nbraced a tract of over four hundred acres, in the\\ncentre of which Merchantville stands, and in which\\nAbigail, the wife of William, had an interest.\\nThis property was in possession of Thomas Spicer,\\nSr., before 1717, as in that year it was surveyed by\\nThomas Sharp a piece of land later known as\\nCoopers Woods was included in the tract. Upon\\nthis tract Thomas Spicer, Sr., erected a house soon\\nafter 1717, which evidently was occupied as a tene-\\nment, and in a re-survey made in 1785 it is\\nmentioned as the residence of Alexander McCloud.\\nIt stood on the site of the present residence of ex-", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1170.jp2"}, "967": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1173.jp2"}, "968": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1174.jp2"}, "969": {"fulltext": "TMK TOWNSHIP OF STOCKTON.\\nU9\\nSenator Alexander G. attell. .lolui Kudilerow,\\nson of William and Abigail, married in 17.S2, and\\nin 1792 moved in the old liouse to which, in 1804,\\nhe built a large addition, two stories high, twenty\\nby sixty feet, of sawed white oak timber laid like\\na log house and dove-tailed at the corners. This\\nhouse stood until 1852, when it was torn down\\nand replaced by the present residence. The old\\npart, in 1806, was moved and made into a l)arn.\\nAbout 17S3 Thomas Spicer,_Sr., erected a one-\\nstory and a half house, with dormer windows, also\\nof white oak timber, on that portion of the estate\\nnow owned by Joseph Hollinshead. A part of the\\nold house is still standing, and is in the township\\nof Delaware, while the part later erected, adjoining,\\nis in Stockton, the township line passing through\\nthe house. This house was, prior to 1782, known\\nas Cherry Tree Tavern, and from that time to 1808\\nas the home of William Rudderow. It was then\\noccupied for a number of years by William, son of\\nJohn Rudderow.\\nRebecca Rudderow survived her husband many\\nyears, and died at the age of eighty-three years.\\nTheir children were John, William and Thomas.\\nJohn settled upon the farm, and in 1792 moved\\ninto the house above mentioned. He married, in\\n1782, Jerusha Inskip, by whom he had children,\\nWilliam, Benjamin. Samuel, Thomas, Sarah, Abi-\\ngail, Hope and Jerusha. The daughters lived in\\nCamden. AVilliam and Benjamin lived on the old\\nhomestead property. Samuel settled on the origi-\\nnal Rudderow estate, on the north side of Pensau-\\nkin Creek, opposite his uncle s, who had settled\\npreviously on the south side.\\nJerusha, the wife of John Rnddcrow, died, and\\nhe married as a second wife, Anna Lacony, by\\nwhom he had children, John, Kzra, Amos, Joel,\\nAnna, Susan, Emily and Jane. John died about\\n18G4. Ezra was a captain on the river steamer\\nFarmer, and was killed by an accident. Amos\\nbought part of the home estate and resided there,\\nand sold the farm in parcels from 185(1 to 1858.\\nFrom 1861 to 1878 he was treasurer of the West\\nJersey Ferry Company he now resides iu Mer-\\nchantville. Joel studied tor the ministry and en-\\ntered the Episcopal Church, aud is now rector of\\na parish, The Oaks, in Jlontgomery County.\\nWilliam Rudderow, son of William, settled on\\na tract of land on the south side of Pensaukin\\nCreek, and on the main road, where he died, and\\nleft two sons,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Richard and Josiah\u00e2\u0080\u0094 who also lived\\nand died upon the tract. After the death of the\\nlatter the farm was sold.\\nThomas, a brother of John aud William, also\\nsettled on Pensaukin Creek, adjoining his brother\\nWilliam, where he died and left two sons, Jacob\\nand Benjamin. Miss .lerusha Rudderow, a daughter\\nof John Rudderow by the tirst wife, died in 1884,\\nand in 1885 a hundred acres of land were sold, and\\nwhich had not been transferred by deed since its\\nsale to Samuel Spicer a ])eriod of two hundred\\nyears. Dr. John R- Stevenson, Dr. Charles H.\\nShivers and Mrs. (iustavus M. Murray, all of llad-\\ndoutield, are diildren of Mrs. Anne Shivers,\\ndaughter of .lohn Rudderow.\\nHumphrey Day came to the settlement along\\nthe river and creek when a young man, and in\\n1737 he was keeping a ferry and a tavern, ])robably\\nwhere John Champion had a ferry in 1702, as in\\nthat year he was assessed upon the business twenty\\nshillings. He was a neighbor of the Woods, Spicers\\nand Nicholsons. He and his wife, Jane, who died\\nin 1760, were buried in the St. Mary s church-yard\\nat Colestown. He lived on the north side of\\nCoopers Creek, on land lately owned by the\\nShivers family. Their daughter Rebecca married\\nThomas Spicer, .Ir., who owned four hundred and\\nten acres, the site of MiMihantvillc- and surround-\\ning it.\\nThe Fish family in the township are descemled\\nfrom the Swedish settlers. Justa Fish is the first\\nof whom anything is known. He was a constable\\nin Chester township, Burlington County, in 1698.\\nIsaac Fish, probably a son, in 1762, was in posses-\\nsion of a large tract of land and the fishery above\\nPea Shore and on the river-front. He had children,\\nCharles, who married Rachel Browning Benja-\\nmin; Jeremiah Ann, who married Samuel Rud-\\nderow Keturah, who became the wife of Jacob\\nStone; Eunice, who married William Horner;\\nSusannah, Daniel Stoy Rachel, Josiah Rudderow\\nand Elizabeth, Adam Baker Evaul. Charles Fish\\nlived at the place many years, but in time it came\\ninto the possession of Benjamin, who, about 1843,\\nsold it to Samuel Browning, whose son Eli now is\\niu possession, while the property is still owned b_\\\\\\nSarah Browning s heirs, of whom he is one. The\\nchildren mentioned above are by two wives.\\nJeremiah Fish, one of the sons of Isaac, came into\\npossession of the farm on the river-front\u00e2\u0080\u0094 part of\\nthe original one hundred acres. Sanuiel Coles sold\\nto Henry Wood, and which later came to Joseph\\nNicholson. Jeremiah Fish, in ls:{0, s(dd to,\\nWilliam Horner, his brother-in-law, who lived and\\ndied there. It passed to Lemuel Horner, a son of\\nWilliam, who now owns the proi)erty. The old\\nWood-Spicer burying-ground is on this farm, and\\nPavouia and the Camden Water-Works are ad-\\njoining.\\nThe Horners are descended from the Swedish", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1175.jp2"}, "970": {"fulltext": "750\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NKW JERSEY.\\nsettlers, and prior to 173!! Bartholomew Horner\\npurchased a large tract of land of John Gill, now\\nin Delaware township, near the head of the old\\nSwett Pond. It passed to his son Jacob, and was\\nretained in the family until after 1800. The family\\nwere connected by marriage with the Stokes,\\nThackaras, Matlacks and Kays. Early in the pres-\\nent century Merritt, David and Josei^h Horner were\\nliving in the township, well advanced in years.\\nMerritt resided a short distance north of Merchant-\\nville, on the farm still owned by his descendants.\\nHis children were Jieulah (married Thomas P.\\nClements, Ann (married John Stow), Miriam\\n(married Benjamin Fish), Mary Ann (married John\\nHorn), William, Marion and Joel. William mar-\\nried Eunice Fish, and in 1830 bought the farm\\nnow known as the Lemuel Horner farm, where he\\nlived and died. His son Lemuel also resided there.\\nIt has recently been sold to Alfred Cramer, and\\nwill be laid out into lots. The old house upon the\\nproperty was built in 1705 by some of the Woods\\nor Spicers, and is yet in good condition. Marion\\nHorner, son of Merritt, settled on the homestead\\nof his father and died there. The property is\\nowned by his family.\\nJoseph Horner, brother of Merritt and David,\\nsettled on the old Burlington road, southwest of\\nthe Sorrel Horse tavern. He had three sons,\\nJoel, Asa and Thomas C. The latter .settled in\\nCamden A.sa P. remained on the homestead and\\ndied there Joel lived on the farm adjoining.\\nThey were both judges of the courts of Camden\\nC!ounty and freeholders of the township for several\\nyears.\\nDavid Horner settled on a farm east of his\\nbrother Merritt, and now owned by John S. Collins,\\nwhere he died. His children were Mary (married\\nJames Adams), Elizabeth (married William Hinoh-\\nman), Isaac, Benjamin, John and Merritt. Ben-\\njamin settled on the homestead the others in\\nCamden.\\nThe family of Brownings, which has for many\\nyears been prominent in the county in agriculture,\\nlaw, ferries and other occupations, all sprang from\\none John G. Browning, who came from Holland to\\nthis country before 1752. The name is of English\\norigin, and the emigrant was doubtless a descend-\\nant of one of the family connected by its branches\\nwith the great mercantile interests for which Hol-\\nland was noted. He was married in this region\\nof West Jersey, at some place not known, Decem-\\nber 12, 1752, to Catherine Baker, and settled on\\nthe Delaware, within the limits of Camden County.\\nThey had eleven children, of whom Philip Jacob,\\nGeorge Adam and Margaret, all born before 1757,\\ndied comparatively young. John was born No-\\nvember 0, 17G0, and in early life became interested\\nin marine service and ship-building, and failing in\\naccomplishing his object in that direction, he pur-\\nchased a tract of land on AUoways Creek, where\\nhe lived a few years, and about 1795 purchased a\\ntract of land west of Merchantville and moved\\nupon it. He married a daughter of one of the\\nLawrence family of East Jersey, by whom he had\\nfourteen children, ^of whom were Daniel (who\\nmarried Hannah Cole), Benjamin, William, James,\\nSamuel, Rachel (who married Charles H. Fisk),\\nMargaret (who married Joseph Morgan), Rebecca\\n(who married Ezra Kudilerow)and Elizabeth (who\\nmarried Heulings). One of the sons married\\nGrace Fisk, a daughter of Isaac. John Browning\\nmarried, as a second wife, Ann Hinchman, by\\nwhom he had four children, William (who mar-\\nried Burrough), Benjamin (who married Re-\\nbecca Troth, a daughter of Jacob), Isaac (who\\nmarried Sarah Starn) and Jane (who became the\\nwife of Charles Starn) the latter is a large fruit-\\ngrower in the vicinity.\\nJohn Browning, May 30, 1801, bought one hun-\\ndred acres of land, part of the Spicer land, in the\\nnorthern part of the township, near the Moorestown\\nroad of Joel Gibbs. The property was sold by the\\nSpicers in 17G5, and came to Thomas Holmes,\\nwho by will left it. May 27, 1783, to his .son\\nWilliam, who, in 1800, sold it to Joel Gibbs. In\\nOctober, 1805, John Browning purchased twenty-\\none acres of laud, on the west side of the main\\nbranch of Pensaukin Creek, of Joshua Ostler.\\nIsaac Browning lives upon the home tract west ot\\nMerchantville. Others of the family settled in\\ntownship.\\nGeorge Browning, next ycmnger than John,\\nwas born in 1763, and moved to Burlington County^,\\nwhere he settled. Abraham, a younger son, was\\nborn February 25, 3700, and about 1708 married\\nBeulah ({enge, a native of Gloucester County.\\nHe purchased one hundred acres of laud on the\\nbank of Coopers Creek, above the Spicer lands and\\nbelow the Champion tract. It formerly was in\\npossession of the Shivers family, but was not\\nthe original Shivers tract, as that wsia in Delaware\\ntownship. Abraham Browning settled at the place\\nmentioned, and later |iurcluised two hundred acres,\\nadjoining ami below on the creek, of Mr. Bonnell.\\nThe Marlton pike passes through the property,\\nwhich is yet in the family. About 1800 Abraham\\nBrowning established the ferry at the foot of Mar-\\nket Street, Camden, which was known as the Brown-\\ning Ferry until it was chartered in 1849 as the West\\nJersey Ferry. It was retained in the family until", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1176.jp2"}, "971": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF STOCKTON.\\n751\\na few years since. Abraham Browning ilied Sep-\\ntember 11, 1S,%, aiul his wife in 1S63. They are\\nboth buried in the Colestown chun-h-yard. Their\\nchildren were George, Eleanor, .lohn, Catharine,\\nKebecca, Abraham, (Jenge, Maurice, Charles, Ed-\\nward, Benjamin B. (who died in infancy), (ieorgc\\nB. and Benjamin F., of whom Eleanor, Rebecca,\\nAbraham and Manrice only are living. Abraham\\nand Maurice were largely interested in Camden,\\nwhere some account of them will be found in con-\\nnection with the professions and enterprises in\\nwhich they were engaged. Maurice Browning is\\nnow the manager of the Browning estate in this\\ntownshiji.\\nIsaac Browning, the youngest scni of .hihn\\nGeorge, was born December I, 177. i, ami settled in\\nGloucester township, at the month ol I imber\\nCreek, where he lived arid died.\\nThe ancestors of the family of Starii, in this\\ncountry, was Conrad Starn, who had two sons,\\nAbner and Andrew. The latter resided in Phila-\\ndelphia. Abner settled near Haddonfield, and had\\nfive sons, Joseph, Benjamin, Charles, Samuel and\\nJohn, of whom Benjamin remained on the home-\\nstead, and Joseph and Samuel moved to what is\\nnow Stockton township where they rented farms.\\nLate in life Joseph Starn purchased one of the\\nRudderow farms, now part of the borough of Mer-\\nchantville, but died before moving thereon. His\\nsons were Elwood, Josiah, Charles W. and\\nJoseph A. Charles W. Starn, in 18t 4, purchased\\na farm of John Lawrence, part ol the old )stler\\ntract. He had for several years previously carried\\non market gardening, but at once began to set out\\nthe farm to fruit-trees, and at jiresent has two\\nthousand five hundred apple-trees, one thousand\\npear-trees, six thousand cherry-trees, six thousand\\npeach-trees and twenty-five acres of blackberries,\\nand has settled conclusively that this part of New\\nJersey is well adapted to the culture of fruits.\\nOn the property now owned by Joseph Evaul,\\nNathan and Hannah Evans erected a stone house\\nin 1707. It later came into possession of William\\nBrowning, who, about 1815, sold it, with the prop-\\nerty of Jacob Evaul s heirs, to .lacob Evaul, Sr.,\\nby whom it came to his sons, Joseph and Jacob.\\nThe Evauls are descended from the early Swedish\\nsettlers, who remained along the river after the\\ntitle passed to the Proprietors. Adam Baker\\nEvaul married Elizaljeth Fish and settled in the\\nvicinity.\\nJohn Walker came from Old Market, Eng-\\nland, the first of the name in this region in\\n1677, and soon after bought land in what is now\\nStockton township. He had two children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 John\\nand Catharine. I he latter married Gecjrge Hors-\\nfielder, to whom Jcjhn, her fatlier, in 1710, con-\\nveyed one hunilri l and five acres on Pensaukin\\nCreek. llorsfieUler sold it in 17lL to .lohn Walker,\\nJr., brother of his wife, who, in 1718, sold it to\\nPhilip Wallace, who had nuirried his daughter\\nSarah. Their children married into the families\\nof (tibbs, Atkinson, Lacony, Morgan, Toy, Lippin-\\ncott and olhers. Sarah nuirried Jo.seph Morgan,\\nwho lived oi] the old Morgan estate; Patience\\nmarried James Toy Thomas married Hope f;ip-\\npincott. Olhers intermarried with fiimilies of\\nAtkinson and Lacony. Eli/.beth Fish married\\nSamuel Wallace, son of Thomas Ann Wallace,\\ndaughter of Thomas, nuirried li(Mijauii]i Rudderow.\\n.lose|ih and Saiinul Osier, in llie time of the\\nKcvolulion, owned laud north of the lan l Samuel\\nBurroughs boughl ol .lacob Siiicer and east of\\n.lordautowu and on Ihc south branch of Pensaukin\\nreek. .losei)h died before 17S7, as in that year\\nhis land, consisting of four hundred acres, was\\ndivided between his children Davis, Jo.seph, Eliza-\\nbeth (Mrs. Rudderow), Samuel, .leremiah, Sarah,\\n.loshua, Owen, John and William.\\nMajor John Osier, a surveyor and a leading\\nman in .St. Mary s Church, at Cole.stown, in IS1.\\nsheriff of (iloucester oiinty, owned a farm we-it\\nof the Osier lands, now owned by Joseph Horn.\\nThe fruit farm of (!harles W. Starn is a par( of the\\nold (Jsler tract.\\nBenjamin Osier, s(H1 of .lohn, purchased a tract\\nof land of jMrs. Jhiry Morgan, part of the Morgan\\nlands, and died there. His sons, Edward J. and\\nDavis S., now reside upon it.\\nThe family of Stones was atone time numerous\\nin the township, on the old Spicer land, near the\\nriver, near the Lenuiel Horner farm. They were\\nof Swedish origin and probalily came from the ad-\\njoining Swedish selllcnicnts, as they were not orig-\\ninal settlers. John Stone, the first of whom any-\\nthing is learned, married, firsl, Mary Walker,\\ndaughter of David Walker, son of John Walker,\\n.Ir. Their children were Rebecca, who married\\nArchibald ampbell ICIi/.abeth, who married\\n.loseph Hudson; Phebe, who became the wile of\\nJohn Stow; Abigail, of Isaac Middleton Jerusha\\nof Edward Toole; Margaret, of UFathew Sfiller;\\nand sons, Joshua and William. Thonuis Stone\\nalso was an owner of land in the vicinity.\\nBETitEL Methodist Curiicii. In the year\\n1813, Georsre Horn, formerly of Hanover Furnace,\\nN. J., built the dwelling-house on the Moorestown\\nturnpike, known as the Homestead, where William\\nHorn now lives, near the present Diulley station.\\n1 liy tl..- Kov. S. TowiiotkI.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1177.jp2"}, "972": {"fulltext": "752\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nSoon alter this, perhaps the same year, the Method-\\nists from Camden, by invitation of Mr. Horn,\\ncommenced holding meetings there. He was not\\nthen a member of church, but became such soon\\nafter. In the year 1815 a class was formed there\\nand he wa.s appointed leader. There had been a\\nclass formed in the neighborhood some years be-\\nfore, either in a private house or in the old school-\\nhouse near by, led by one John Peak, of Stone\\nMeeting-House but this had gone down before\\nthe class was formed at Father Horn s.\\nAmong the first local preachers and exhorters\\nwho preached at his house were Riley Barrett,\\nAndrew Jenkins, David Duffel and others from\\nCamden; and later, .John P. Curtis, from near\\nHaddonfield. Among the itinerant preachers\\nwho preached there were Sylvester Hill, Rob-\\nert Sutton he came to fill Mr. Hill s place\\nand died while on the circuit. Also, Joseph\\nRusling, Joseph Lybrand, Daniel Fidler, David\\nBest, David Dailey, Jacob ({ruber and Wes-\\nley Wallace; these last were on the circuit to-\\ngether. Father Bnehni, of precious memory, was\\non the circuit in 1827 and 1828. Also, Ezekiel\\nCooper often came out from Philadelphia and\\npreached and sometimes stayed three or four days.\\nAt one time he brought Bishop ieorge out with\\nhim, who stayed all night there.\\nThe first class was formed by Rev. Mr. Van\\nSchoik, who then had charge of the circuit, which\\nwas called Burlington Circuit. In somewhat later\\nyears the appointment was connected with Cam-\\nden Circuit, and the preachers were Rev. D. W.\\nBartine, W. W. Foulks, William Williams, Joseph\\nAshbrook and others. Meetings were held here\\nall along the years, even u)) to 1844, though not\\nso frequently as at first.\\nAbout the year 1830 meetings were commenced\\nin the Stone School-hou,se, often called Union\\nSchool-house, on the Burlington turnpike, five\\nmiles from Camden, and only a few feet from where\\nthe Brick School house now stands. A class was\\nformed here and the local i)reachers from Camden\\nand elsewhere preached first on Sabbath days and\\nthe itinerant preachers week evenings till, about\\n1838, they commenced preaching there on Sabbath\\nmorning and at INIoorcstown in the afternoon.\\nThe circuit was at one time, say from 1888 to 1842,\\ncalled Haddonfield Circuit, then Moorestown Cir-\\ncuit, and afterward Bethel was connected only\\nwith Palmyra and finally stood as an appointment\\nalone. We have no means of knowing the bound-\\naries of the old Burlington and Camden Circuits,\\nthough we have reason to believe they were very\\nlarge but the Haddonfield Circuit included the\\nfollowing appointments Coopertown (near where\\nBeverly now stands), Bridgeboro Asbury (now\\nCinnamlnsou), Union School-house (now Bethel),\\nMoorestown, Haddonfield, Greenland, Blackwood-\\ntown, Long-a-Coming (now Berlin), Waterford,\\nJackson, New Freedom and (ribbsboro There\\nwere only two preachers on those thirteen appoint-\\nments, giving preaching by the itinerant preachers\\nonce in two weeks at each place, and the alternate\\nSabbaths were supplied by the local preachers.\\nAs to salary, the preachers in charge received\\nfrom three to four hundred dollars per year, and\\nthe junior preacher, who was generally a single\\nman, received one hundred dollars and boarded\\namong the kind and hospitable friends on the cir-\\ncuit. The preachers on the Haddonfield Circuit,\\ncommencing with 1838, were as follows 1838,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lames Long and J. B. McKeever 1839, J. .Long\\nand W. A. Brooks 1840, Nathaniel Chew and S.\\nTownsend; 1841, N. Chew and a supply; 1842,\\nEdward Stout and C. A. Kingsbury 1843, E\\nStout and a supply 1844-45 (then called Moores-\\ntown Circuit), J. J. Sleeper 184(1-47, Thomas G.\\nSteward. Some of the presiding elders were as\\nlullows From 1833 to 1837, R. W. Petherbridge\\nfrom 1838 to 1841, Thomas Neall; from 1842 to\\n1844, Charles T. Ford. When Bethel appoint-\\nment was attached to the large circuits the otticial\\nmen and others came from the extreme points to\\nthe quarterly meetings, in some cases a distance of\\ntwenty-five to thirty miles, and these quarterly\\nmeetings were seasons of happy reunion the\\nlove-feasts were spiritual feasts indeed, and the\\npresiding elders preached with much earnestness.\\nThe first Bethel Church was built in 1844, under\\nthe pastorate of Rev. J. J. Sleeper. It was a frame\\nchurch, thirty-two feet wide by forty-six feet long,\\nand one story high, of respectable appearance and\\ngood material, situated on the Burlington turn-\\npike, four miles from Camden. It is still remain-\\ning on the same site as chapel to the new church\\nbuilt in 1884.\\nThere was an excellent revival of religion In the\\nschool-house about the winter of 1843, under the\\nlabors of Rev. E. Stout. There was a great revi-\\nval in the winter of 1846, under the labors of Rev.\\nT. G. Stewart, in their new church. Quite a large\\nnumber were converted, several of whom are prom-\\ninent members of the church to this da} There\\nwas also a good revival under the labors of Rev.\\nC. K. Fleming, and another under the pastorate of\\nRev. R. S. Harris in the time of the Civil War,\\nand also a good one in 1833 in the pastorate of\\nRev. W. E. Greenbank, besides many others of\\nmore or less power and extent.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1178.jp2"}, "973": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF STOCKTON.\\n753\\nThe church has now about one hundred and ten\\nmembers and one hunch-od scliolars in the Sabbath-\\nschool. It is, taken as a whole, a church of more\\nthan ordinary spirituality and earnestness in\\nChristian work.\\nFollowing is a list of the pastors not heretofore\\ngiven, from 1848 to 1886, inclusive:\\nFor 1848-49. J. Loudenslager (connected with Moorestown Circuit).\\nFor 1850. Not ascert:iined (connected with Moorestown Circuit).\\nFor 1S51-S2. Edward Page (connected with Moorestown Circuit).\\nFor 185:!. L. Ilerr and B. F. Woolaton (connected witli Moorestown\\nCircuit).\\nFor 1854. C. K. Fleming and D. L. Adams Iconnected witli .Moores-\\ntown Circuit).\\nFor 1855. C. K. Fleming (connected with Jloorestown Circuit).\\nFor 1856-.57. L. J. Rhouds (connected with Moorestown Circuit).\\nFor 1868-69. G. C. Haddock (connected with Moorestown Circuit)\\nFor 18(J0. J. H. James (connected with Moorestown Circuit).\\nFor 1861. C. R. Hartranft (connected with Moorestown Circuit).\\nFor 1802. J. G. Cr.ate (Bethel and Moorestown),\\nFor 186:i. J. I. Corson (Palmyra and Bethel).\\nFor 1804-65. R. S. Harris (first year Palmyra and Bethel, second\\nyear Bethel only).\\nFor 1866-67. L. Larew (Bethel only).\\nFor 1868-69. T. D. Sleeper (Bethel only).\\nFor 1870-71. W. Reeves (Bethel only).\\nFor 1872-73-74. Enoch Green (Betliel only).\\nFor 1875. J. B. Turpin.\\nFor 1876-77-78. M. C. Stokes.\\nFor 1879-80. C. F. Garrison.\\nForl881. A. K. Street.\\nFor 1882-83-84, \\\\V. E. Greenbank.\\nForl88i-86. S. Towusend.\\nSchools. Stockton township contained three\\nschool- houses as early as 1800. One of stone,\\nbuilt in 1795, and known as the Union School-\\nHouse, was situated on the old Burlington road\\nabout one and a half miles east from the Sorrel\\nHorse tavern. A log house also stood on the\\nsame road, near the head of Woods Creek, or\\nBaldwins Run, and its site is now in the town of\\nDudley. Another stood on the land of Ben-\\njamin Morgan, on the line of the Camden and\\nMarJton pike. It was known over fifty years ago\\nas the Greenville School-house, and the name still\\nclings to it. Near this house is a small Episco-\\npal chapel.\\nIn May, 1838, Richard Staflbrd, Joseph Porter\\nand Benjamin W. Cooper were school commission-\\ners of Waterford township, embracing what is now\\nWaterford, Delaware and Stockton townships, and\\nin accordance with a school law recently passed,\\ndivided the township into ten districts, giving the\\nboundaries of each. The taxable inhabitants of\\neach district were requested to meet at the school-\\nhouses and choose directors. The following are the\\nschool-houses designated as meeting-places and the\\ndistricts to which they belonged\\nDistrict No. 1, Union School- House.\\nDistrict No. 2, Abel Curtis School-House (afterwards Uosendale\\nDistrict).\\ni)l\\nDistrict No. Morgan s School-House.\\nDistrict No. 4, Ellisburg School. House.\\nDistrict No. 5, Horner s School-House.\\nDistrict No. 6, Stokes School-Hous\u00c2\u00bb.\\nDistrict No. 7, at meeting-house at Borton s Mill.\\nDistrict No. 8, school-house at Long-a-Coming.\\nDistrict No. 9, school-house at Jackson s Works.\\nDistrict No. 10, school-house at Waterford Works.\\nDistricts Nos. 1, 2 and 3, were within the limits of\\nwhat is now Stockton township. The township at\\npresent is divided into four districts, three of which\\nare nearly the same as those of 1838. Following\\nare the names of districts, value of school prop-\\nerty and number of pupils in attendance\\nDistrict. Name. Value of prop. No. of children.\\nI nion loo\\n4 Rosendale 3700 257\\n6 Greenville 2000 58\\n43 Wrightsville 2500 161\\nEarly Taverns.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The first tavern within the\\nlimits of Stockton township was kept by Humph-\\nrey Day, in 1733. He owned the property which\\nin later years was owned by the Shivers, on Coop-\\ners Creek. There is a doulit of the e.xact locality\\nof the ferry. It may have been the John Cham-\\npion ferry, on the Barton farm, on the line of\\nDelaware township, or he may have kept for a short\\ntime the Spicer ferry.\\nThere is a dim tradition of the Cherry Tree\\nTavern, but few facts can be obtained as to who\\nkept it. It was located on what is now known iis\\nthe Colestown or Church road, and on the Thomas\\nSpicer property, built by Thomas Spicer about\\n1733, and is said to have been used as a tavern\\nuntil 1782, when William Rudderow, son-in-law of\\nThomas Spicer, moved to the place and resided\\nuntil his death, in 1808. The property now belongs\\nto Joseph Hollinshead and the line of Stockton and\\nDelaware townships parses through his house. That\\npart of the house which is in Delaware township is\\nthe old Cherry Tree Tavern.\\nAmong the old papers of Thomas Spicer was\\nfound, a few years ago, an account for a trifling\\nsum, which was receipted, and on the back of it\\nwas an order, in Spicer s hand-writing, to the land-\\nlord, evidently to give the bearer a mug of beer.\\nAbout 1800, and perhaps earlier, a house was\\nerected on the Moorestown road and on the Ostler\\nproperty, which was used as a tavern and had for\\nits sign a half-moon. It was kept by Cattell\\nand Warrick, and about 1825 came into pos-\\nsession of Charles Buzby, who changed its name to\\nthe Spread Eagle and kept it several years. He\\nsold to William Hinchman, who, about 184(5, sold\\nthe property to John Vernier, who kept it until his\\ndeath, about 1876. The Sorrel Horse Tavern was\\nopened early in the century and in 1807 was kept", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1179.jp2"}, "974": {"fulltext": "754\\nHISTORY OF CAMDP]N COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nby William Vansciver, and later by his son Jon-\\nathan and grandson Augustus and John Lawrence,\\nwho was succeeded by his son Jacob, and at pres-\\nent by the widow of the hitter.\\nOld BiiEWERlES. On the old Burlington road,\\nnow the Camden and Westfield turnpike, where it\\ncrosses Pensaukin Creek, about 1851, Budd\\nComly erected a frame building, about forty by\\neighty feet, for the purpose of a brewery. They\\nconducted a large business, and in connection had\\nat one time five thousand hogs, which were fed\\nfrom the grain after it was malted. The business\\nwas abandoned about 1863. In 18G6 the building\\nwas fitted by Reed Sheldon as a grist-mill, and\\nlater operated by Sheldon Brother, who sold to\\nMiddleton Brother, and it finally came to the\\npossession of Dory Middleton, who now owns it.\\nFisheries. The fisheries along the river-\\nfront in the township extended from Cooper Creek\\nto the Second Cove road. The first was operated\\nby the Woods and before 1790 was owned by Sam.\\nCooper, who also came into possession of the\\nfishery as far up the river as the Pea Shore Com-\\npany s land, which was left to his son Benjamin,\\nand by him, in 1842, to his son, Benjamin W., who,\\nin 1852, sold the part in front of the tract of the\\nPavonia Land Association with the land, and\\nwithin the next year or two the fishery from Pa-\\nvonia to the Cove to David R. Maddock, whose\\nheirs still own it. Later an exchange of land was\\nmade with William B. Cooper, by which he came\\ninto possession of the lower fishery, which he later\\nsold to Moro Philips, whose heirs are still in pos-\\nse.ssion.\\nThe Fish Point Fishery was in possession of\\nIsaac Fish in 1762, and later came to his son,\\nCharles Fish, and George L. Browning, and about\\n1843 to Samuel Browning and is now owned by his\\nheirs.\\nSmall fisheries along the river were owned by\\nthe Evauls and Morgans.\\nThe fishing-grounds along the Delaware River\\nin Camden County are divided into two districts,\\nof which the northern extends from Pensaukin\\nCreek to Federal Street. John McCormick is fish\\nwarden. The catch for 1886, with the number of\\nmen employed and nets used, are here given,\\nPavonia: David Bennet employs 80 men with a\\nnet of 300 fathoms catch, 8500 shad. From Pen-\\nsaukin to Coopers Point, 60 gill nets of 10,800\\nfathoms are used 20,000 shad were caught. From\\nCoopers Point to Federal Street, Camden, 8 gill\\nnets were used and the catch was 2000 shad.\\nClubs. Tammany Pea Shore Fishing Com-\\npany, composed of Philadelphians, about 1809,\\nformed a company under the above name and pur-\\nchased a few acres of land on the shores of the\\nDelaware, at the place now known as Pea Shore,\\non which thej erected a brick club-house, which\\nbecame a summer resort for the members and their\\nfriends. In 1834 the old house was remodeled and\\nagain in 1886. The original members are mostly\\nnumbered among the departed and the few that\\nremain are well advanced in years.\\nThe Mozart Club, of Philadelphia, composed of\\ntwelve members, about 1869, purchased a plot of\\nsix acres, containing a dwelling-house lying on the\\nriver and near Beideman Station, which they fitted\\nup as a club-house and grounds. A landing and\\na fine dancing floor were provided.\\nThe Beideman Club-House, a short distance be-\\nlow the Mozart Club-House, is leased by the Beide-\\nman Club of Philadelphia. The club is composed\\nof eight members, and was organized October 10,\\n1878. The grounds were leased in 1879 of the\\nBeidemans and the club took its name from the\\nstation near which it is situated. The house is the\\nold Ross mansion.\\nThe Sparks Club-House, adjoining the above, is\\nleased by the Sparks Club, of Philadelphia, com-\\nposed of twelve members, who leased the grounds\\nin 1884 and fitted up the house.\\nMabbett Wiles Hot-Houses. An interest-\\ning and extensive industry is carried on by\\nMessrs. Mabbett Wiles at their vegetable or\\ntruck farm, where are located what are said to\\nbe the largest hot-houses in the United States.\\nThey have twenty-eight houses in all, each twenty-\\none feet in width and varying in length from forty-\\neight to three hundred feet. In fourteen of these\\nhouses Hamburg grapes are grown and the others\\nare devoted to a general line of hot-house vegeta-\\nbles for which a market is found in New York and\\nPhiladelphia and other cities of the Eastern and\\nMiddle States. The number of men employed is\\nfrom ten to twenty-five, according to the season.\\nThe enterprise was established by Truman Mabbett\\nJr., in 1875, and Theodore Wiles became a part-\\nner in 1877. The firm has a place of business at\\n130 Dock Street, Philadelphia.\\nThis is the title of a land association which\\nwas incorporated February 11, 1852, with eighty-\\nfive stockholders, principally wealthy citizens\\nof Philadelphia. The company bought eighty\\nacres of lawn ground, near the Delaware\\nRiver, from Benjamin W. Cooper, and divided the\\nsame into nine hundred and sixty building lots.\\nThey also built a large wharf, at a cost of three", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1180.jp2"}, "975": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF STOCKTON.\\n755\\nthousand dollars, as the landing to lie used for\\na lerry connecting with Philadelphia by boat.\\nThe stockholders gradually lost interest in the\\nventure and the place was neglected for many\\nyears. No buildings were erected by the associ-\\nation. The first house built was by Camden City,\\nin 1854, for the engineer of the City Water-\\nWorks. Recently the place has received a new\\nimpetus, through the efforts of Alfred Cramer,\\nEsq., founder of Cramer Hill, who, since 1880,\\nbought the interests of the principal stockholders,\\nand has, in turn, sold the lots to persons who are\\nbuilding upon them and improving them. The\\ntown takes its name from the land association.\\nOver one hundred lots have been sold, and the\\ntown is handsomely laid out with wide streets and\\nis well provided with shade-trees. The main\\nstreet is seventy feet wide and other streets sixty\\nfeet in width. The town contains the Camden\\nWater-Works, reservoir and pumping station, a\\nlarge mansion-house and grounds formerly occu-\\npied by Benjamin W. Cooper also one hotel and\\na few shops. There are about fifty neat and substan-\\ntial dwellings, which are occupied by the owners,\\nprincijially mechanics who are employed in Cam-\\nden and Philadelphia. Quite a number of dwell-\\nings are now in course of construction, and the\\nrapid sale of lots gives great promise of improve-\\nment, both in number of buildings and population.\\nThere are three old brick mansions on the Dela-\\nware River front, opposite Petty s Island, two of\\nwhich belonged to the Cooper estate and were\\nbuilt many years ago by the father and grandfather\\nof William B. Cooper, now a resident of Camden.\\nBoth of these buildings are situated in the\\ntown of Pavonia. The one nearest to Camden is a\\nlarge, three-story brick mansion, with dormer win-\\ndows, and built in the olden style. Upon the\\nwall nearest the river, formed in black bricks, are\\nthe initials of the builder and date of erection, as\\nfollows\\nC\\nS P\\n17 9\\nThe house was built in 1790 by Samuel Cooper,\\nthe grandfather of William B. Cooper. At the\\npresent time (1886) it is occupied by Benjamin\\nEngard. A short distance east of this mansion,\\nand below the location of the celebrated Cooper\\nshad fishery, is another old brick mansion. This\\nmansion, built of old-fashioned bricks, is three\\nstories high, or, as called in olden style, two stories\\nand attic with dormer windows, and is nearly as\\nlarge as the mansion occupied by Benjamin En-\\ngard. When it was erected is unknown, but the\\nold residents along the shore afiirni that it was\\nbuilt about 1771 or 1772. It is still occupied and\\nis in excellent condition, and the extensive lawn\\nsurrounding it and extending to the river-banks\\nis most carefully and neatly arranged, surrounded\\nby large shade-trees, which conceal the building\\nfrom view. A few rods distant, on the high bank,\\non the farm of Lemuel Horner (and now within\\nthe boundary of Cramer Hill), is probably the\\noldest mansion erected on the river-iVont, in Stock-\\nton township. This is a three-story building,\\nforty by twenty feet, built of old English brick,\\nwith hip-roof and dormer windows. A frame ex-\\ntension, two stories high and twenty feet square,\\nwas built on the west end in 1820, making the en-\\ntire front sixty feet. The brick portion of the man-\\nsion was built at different periods. Upon the west-\\nern wall, in large figures in black brick, is the date\\nwhen built, 1765. During the Revolution this\\nhouse was the headquarters of the Tories, and while\\nthe British occupied Philadelphia many meetings\\nand secret conventions between the British and\\nTories were held in it.\\nThe entire mansion is still in excellent preserva-\\ntion. The present proprietor, Lemuel Horner, was\\nborn here in 18.32 and has since resided in the man-\\n,sion, conducting the large farm belonging to the\\nestate. Previous to 1832 it was occupied, for\\nmany years, by the Wood family. Jeremiah Fish\\nand the Stone family also occupied it, but for how\\nlong a time is unknown.\\nTwo rods distant from the mansion, and on the\\nestate, is a very old burial-place of halt an acre in\\nextent, surrounded by a board fence, though\\nsomewhat neglected. It is known as the Woods\\nBurying-Ground. The remains of very many of\\nthe early settlers are entombed there. Very many\\nof the early graves are unmarked, or have only\\nlarge field-stones at the head and foot, and on\\nmany of the marble slabs still standing the surface\\nof the stone is chipped and falling in scales, so\\nthat the record cannot be traced. A few, however,\\nare still in a good state of preservation, and one\\nin black marble, one hundred and twenty- four\\nyears old, as perfect, apparently, as when jdaced\\nin position.\\nThe oldest legible inscription is In worthy\\nmemory of Abigail, wife of Samuel Spicer, who\\ndeparted this life ye 24th April, 1762, aged 26\\nyears and 7 months. Adjoining is a slab erected\\nby John Keble, evidently many years later, To\\nJacob, son of Samuel and Abigail Spicer, who\\ndied September 4, 1769, aged 24 years. A large\\ntablet, lying flat, raised by brick-work about a", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1181.jp2"}, "976": {"fulltext": "756\\nHISTORY OP CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nfoot from the ground, was erected In memory of\\nAbigail, wife of John Keble, who departed Aug-\\nust 27, lcS07, aged 60 years and 9 months. Others\\nare as follows: Eleanor, wife of John Wessels, died\\n1798, aged 28 years John Wessels, died 1827, aged\\n55 years Henry Wood, died June 18, 1814, aged\\n56 years and 9 months; Hannah, widow of Henry\\nWood, died August 23, 1856, aged 87 years, 9\\nmonths Zaehariah Wood, died May 5, 1847, in\\nhis 54th year Eldridge, son of Henry and Han-\\nnah Wood, October 1, 1814, in his eleventh year;\\nAVilliam E., son of Henry and Hannah Woodi\\nNovember 2, 1817, in his 21st year. The\\nother graves are, many of them, designated by small\\nlow head-stones, without inscription or initial.\\nPavonia Station is on the line of the Amboy\\nDivision of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at the junc-\\ntion of the Mount Holly Railroad. The Burling-\\nton County Railroad trains also stop at the station.\\nTlie citizens of Pavonia, Cramer Hill and Wright-\\nville have easy access to this station.\\nWrightsville. Thesite of this town is on the\\nfour hundred acre tract of land bought by Samuel\\nSpicer of Samuel Coles, iu 1687, and passed to\\nhis son Thomas, and from him to his daughters,\\nRebecca and Sarah, who married, respectively,\\nWilliam Folwell and Joseph Cowperthwait, who\\nsettled at the place before the beginning of the\\npresent century. The residence of William Fol-\\nwell is now owned and occupied by Captain\\nEmor D.French. The residence of Joseph Cowper-\\nthwait stands on the east bank of Coopers Creek,\\na short distance north of the Federal Street bridge.\\nIt is still occupied as a dwelling, but is quite\\ndilapidated. It was probably the residence of\\nThomas Spicer, the grandfather of Rebecca and\\nSarah. At this place a ferry across Coopers Creek\\nwas established by Samuel Spicer, about 1736,\\nand in 1748 an effort was made to build a bridge,\\nwhich was not successful until 1764. The main\\nroute of travel then passed over this ferry and\\nbridge from Burlington to Philadelphia. The\\nlocality was known as Spicers Ferry, and later as\\nSpicers Bridge.\\nBetween 1855 and 1873 a number of dwellings\\nwere built on Federal Street, near Coopers Creek,\\nand occupied by John C. Gray, John Wright,\\nWilliam Starn, Joseph Folwell and Daniel Bishop,\\nand until 1874 the village was called Spicerville.\\nIn 1874 John Wright, a prominent citizen of the\\nvillage, laid out a large number of building lots,\\nbuilt many dwelling-houses and a town hall, with\\nmany other improvements, and the town has since\\nbeen called Wrightsville. Since October, 1885,\\nforty new brick dwellings have been built.\\nIt contains two large chemical works, the Over-\\nbrook Mills, one varnish manufactory, one bleach-\\nery and dye works, two general stores, two grocery\\nstores, two saddler shops, two carriage and smith\\nshops, one drug store, one bakery, one china store,\\none flour, grain and feed store, one large hotel and\\na post-oflice and ninety to one hundred private\\ndwellings. There is also a large, substantial three-\\nstory brick hall, forty by sixty feet in dimensions,\\nbuilt by John Wright, for the convenience of the\\ncitizens as a hall for meetings of various kinds,\\nalso lodge-rooms and two public schools. The\\nCamden transfer offices and the Stockton Rifle\\nRange with the park and pavilion, are also located\\nin Wrightsville. The largest portion of the town\\nis built on both sides of Federal Street. The in-\\nhabitants number about six hundred.\\nThe large brick hotel in Wrightsville was built\\nin 1877 for George Fifer, but was leased to John\\nL. Smith, who conducted it until 1885, when it\\nwas sold to the present proprietor, John Berge.\\nThe post-office is located in the general store of\\nCharles W. Scott, at Twenty-first and Federal\\nStreets, who is also the present postmaster. He\\nestablished this store in 1876 E. W. Bray opened\\nhis store nearer the creek in 1881 Jonas B.\\nClark started a grocery store some years ago\\nSharpless Bro., have been established twelve\\nyears and are dealers in flour, grain, feed, seeds,\\netc. The Wrightsville District, formed from a part\\nof the Rosendale District, has two schools. There\\nare two teachers and one hundred and twenty\\nscholars.\\nLodges. Cyrene Castle, No. 8, Knights of the\\nGolden Eagle, was instituted on November 26, 1885,\\nwith forty-four members. At the present time\\n(1886) there are one hundred members, among\\nwhom are many of the leading men of Stockton\\ntownship.\\nThe officers at institution were P. C, George\\nWilliams; N. C, Andrew J.Morris; V. C, F. A.\\nBuren H. P., Frederick Jones; V. H., David\\nRistine; M. of R., R. W. Dawson; C. of E.,\\nHoward E. Miller K. of E., George H. Gilbert\\nSir H., Alexander H. Dick. Present officers: P.\\nC, Emmor D. French N. C, John D. Jeffries\\nV. C, Simmons Watkins H. P., Thomas F. Tay-\\nlor V. H., Jonathan McCardle; M. of R., Charles\\nW. Scott; C. of E., William G. Crumley; K. of\\nE., Allen Hubbs; S. H., David Austermuhl.\\nMeets every Thursday night, at Wright s Hall,\\nWrightsville.\\nIonic Lodge, No. 2, Shield of Honor, was insti-\\ntuted in April, 1886, with about forty members, and\\nis increasing, having now over fifty members.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1182.jp2"}, "977": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF STOCKTON.\\n757\\nThe first physicinn in Wrightsville was Dr. Philip\\nBeale, who located in ISTll and removed to\\nCamden in 1884. Dr. H. H. Sherk is the only resi-\\ndent physician.\\nThe Camden Transfer Line has its office at\\nthe corner of Eighteenth and Federal Streets.\\nSamuel H. French is the proprietor, and it was es-\\ntablished in September, 1876. There are two lines\\nrunning from Market Street Ferry, Camden, to\\ncorner of Twenty-fourth and Federal Streets, and\\nknown as the Market Street line. Fifty-five horses\\nand from twenty-five to thirty men are constantly\\nemployed in the running of a continual line of\\nthese coiaches, making the trip every I orty\\nminutes. The line has continued withimt inter-\\nruption since first started. The transfer lines carry\\nfrom eighty to one hundred thousand excursionists\\nyearly to Stockton Park and various places in the\\ntownship. Captain Emmor D. Frenc his the general\\nsuperintendent.\\nCRAMER HILL.\\nFor many years previous to 1874 that portion\\nof Cramer Hill first laid out into lots on the\\nsouth was unoccupied. A small colony of colored\\npeople had located to the northeast, and nearer\\nthe river, and called their settlement East\\nCamden. The only resident on South Cramer\\nHill was an old colored woman, known to the\\nresidents of Sjiicersville as Aunt Rosy. She had a\\nsmall hut on the hill, and was in reality a squatter,\\nhaving taken possession of the land which be-\\nlonged to Thomas F. McKeen. In 1874 Alfred\\nCramer and Joseph F. McMasters bought sixteen\\nacres of McKean and laid out a town-plat with two\\nhundred and forty building lots, and that year\\nerected the first house and store at what is now\\nthe corner of Cooper Street and Westfield Avenue.\\nAlfred Cramer occupied the dwelling, and early in\\n1875 the first Baptist Sunday-school in Stockton\\ntownship was organized in this building. The\\nteachers were Mr. and Mrs. Price, Miss Lydia\\nWright, Miss Sallie Wright and Mrs. Alfred\\nCramer. In 1883 the First Baptist Church of\\nCramer Hill was organized. William F. Miller\\nbuilt the second dwelling house in 1875.\\nIn 1876 Joseph Cramer, brother of Alfred\\nCramer, bought the store and dwelling and opened\\na general store. The Sunday-school teachers, with\\nthe assistance of the Trinity Baptist Chnrch of\\nCamden, built a frame Mission Cha])el and fitted\\nit for school purposes. A large double frame house\\nwas built by the Kev. Sumner Hale, and two\\ndouble houses were soon after erected for Isaac\\nStone, David B. Ristine, Charles E. Allen and Al-\\nfred Cramer. Other earlv settlers were William\\nMorse, John D. .leliVies, Henry Stoeckle and Alex-\\nander Dick.\\nIn 1884 Josei)h M. McMasters was appointed an\\nIndian agent and removed to Nevada, and Alfred\\nCramer bought of Joshua R. .lones a tract of land\\nand divided it into one hundred and twenty-five\\nbuilding lots, and of the Pitman heirs land for\\nfifty lots, and in 1885 he bought land of Samuel\\nH.French and laid off one hundred and thirty-five\\nlots, and in the same year extended his lines over\\nthe line of the Camden and Amboy Railroad by\\nthe purchase of one hundred and sixteen acres of\\nfarm land from Lemuel Horner, which he divided\\ninto sixteen hundred building lots. The deed for\\nthis tract contains a clause preventing the sale of\\nintoxicating drinks. In 1886 he bought of William\\nB. Cooper land for one liuiidred and twenty lots\\nand other mif-cellaneous lots, making altogether\\nthree thousand building lots. Of these, twelve\\nhundred are sold to individuals who liave built\\nand are building and improving the land.\\nThe town-plat is well laid out; the aveniu s and\\nstreets are graded and sixty feet wide, with shade-\\ntrees on each side; the dwellings are set back some\\ndistance from the street, and all buildings erected\\nmust be of the required standard hence all the\\nresidences are well designed and many fine build-\\nings are now to be seen in the town. Cramer\\nHill .at this time (1886) contains one drug store,\\nfive general stores, one shoe store, one printing\\nhouse and a number ot small shops, and over two\\nthousand inhabitants. Joseph Cramer conducted\\nthe first store in connection with the post office.\\nHenry Stoeckle started the second store in 1883.\\nThere arc four schools, with alxjut three hundred\\nscholars.\\nThe First Baptist Church of Cramer\\nHill is located on the corner of Cooper and\\nMaster Streets. This church is the outgrowth of a\\nmission school, which was organized in the first\\nstore built in Cramer Hill, in 1875. For several\\nyears Clarence Woolston, a student of Bridgeton\\nSeminary, and afterward a graduate of Crozer\\nTheological Seminary, conducted services in the\\nchapel, which was built in 1876. Wilson English,\\nof Camden, and other students of Crozer occasion-\\nally assisted. In 1881 the Rev. Alfred Caldwell\\nbecame the first regular pastor of the chapel. In\\nSeptember, 1883, the mifsion was organized by a\\nconference of the delegates of the West Jersey\\nBaptist Association, and among the constituent\\nmembers were John I). Jeffreys and wife, Andrew\\nMorris and wife, Thonuis Hollows and wife, Joseph\\nCramer and wife, William Frazicr and wife, Mr.\\nand Mrs. Grilfen and Miss Lydia Stone. The Rev.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1183.jp2"}, "978": {"fulltext": "758\\nHISTORY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nA. J. Hay was called as pastor to the church, and\\nat this time (1886) still ofiiciates. There are ninety\\nregular members of the church, and two hundred\\nand seventy scholars in the Sunday-school, under\\nthe care of Andrew Jenkins as superintendent.\\nMiss Mary Hill is the organist of the Sunday-\\nschool. This congregation is now organizing a\\nmission in North Cramer Hill, at the corner of\\nGrant and Horner Avenues, where three building-\\nlots have been donated for that purpose by Alfred\\nCramer, Esq. Lemuel Horner and Joseph Cramer,\\neach contributing one hundred dollars, and a large\\nnumber of the citizens have contributed smaller\\nsums for the same purpose. The congregation is now\\npreparing for the erection of the mission chapel.\\nSt. Wilfred Protestant Episcopal Chapel.\\nA number of the citizens of Cramer Hill, who\\nwere desirous of establishing a church of this de-\\nnomination in the town, met at the house of Ar-\\nthur Matthews, in 1884, and determined to con-\\ntribute weekly sums as subscriptions toward the\\nerection of a suitable place of worship. Among\\nthe contributors were Frederick Jones and wife,\\nArthur Mathews and wife, George Gilbert and\\nwife, Edward Hankin and others. In 1885 suffi-\\ncient funds were raised, and by September of that\\nyear Jeffreys Jenkins, contractors, had completed\\na neat, one-story frame chapel, twenty by thirty-\\nthree feet and twenty-four feet high, with cupola\\nand bell. It was dedicated September 27, 1885, by\\nBishop Scarborough. Ministers were supplied\\nuntil October, 1885, when the Rev. H. B. Bryan\\nbecame the rector. A Sunday-school was also early\\nin progress. At the present time (1886) there are\\nforty-three members of the church, and fifty-one\\nteachers and scholars in the Sunday-school, with\\nFrederick Jones as superintendent.\\nThe Hosanna Methodist Episcopal Church\\n(colored), at Cramer Hill, originated from a series\\nof religious meetings held in the house of Miss\\nHetty VVaples, on Saunders Street, in 18G2. Nine\\npersons became members of this meeting under\\nthe ministration of Elder Peter Gardiner. In 1863\\nthese meetings were held at the houses of John Col-\\nlins and Peter Walters. Caleb Walters, the father\\nof Peter, was an earnest worker, and was known as\\nthe founder of the Little Hosanna Church, as\\nit was called, a small, one-story frame building,\\nsixteen by twenty feet in size, built on Saunders\\nStreet. In this church the congregation worship-\\nped until 1871, when Elder William Grimes re-\\nbuilt the church and enlarged it to twenty by forty\\nfeet in dimensions. The pastors who have been\\nassigned to this congregation are the Revs. Peter\\nGardiner, Henry Davis, Joseph Stewart, George\\nE. Boyer, Francis Hamilton, Theodore Gould,\\nJames Watson, Jeremiah Turpin, William Grimes,\\nJohn Cornish, I. J. Hill, Isaac I. Murray, Jeremiah\\nPierce, Robert Dunn, George A. Othello, Benja-\\nmin Timothy, Isaac J. Hill, Littleton Sturgis,\\nGeorge A. Mills, John Whitecar and Francis F.\\nSmith, the present pastor. There are twenty-seven\\nmembers. The Sunday-school has been in progress\\nsince the formation of the church. William L.\\nWhite was superintendent for several years. At\\nthis time (1886) there are thirty-nine teachers and\\nscholars in the Sunday-school, with Wilson W^at-\\nson as superintendent and George Price assistant\\nUnion Mlssion, at Cramer Hill, also called the\\nAurora Church, was built through the influence of\\nMrs. Francis Maxtield in 1885. Meetings had been\\nheld in her house four years previously, and\\nthrough her efforts and by small contributions of\\nthe colored citizens, a small, one-story frame mis-\\nsion chapel, twelve by eighteen feet in dimensions,\\nwas built. The Rev. James Chamberlain was the\\nfirst minister; he was succeeded by the Rev. James\\nBowser. In 1884 the Rev. William Camomile was\\nsent as pastor, and in 1886, the present minister, the\\nRev. James K. Johnson, officiates. There are but\\nfew members of this church. The Sunday-school\\nis under the care of Mrs. Cassie Stewart as super-\\nintendent.\\nAlfred Cramer is a descendant of David Cra-\\nmer, a native of England who emigrated from Eng-\\nland to this country with his wife about the middle\\nof the eighteenth century, settled on Long Island\\nand there followed his trade of a moulder. He\\nhad eight children, Jeremiah, David, Isaac,\\nJoseph, John, Mary, Abigail and Elizabeth.\\nWhen Joseph, the fourth son, who was born in\\n1780, was eight years old, his father removed to\\nCumberland County, N. J., when he continued his\\noccupation. Joseph became noted for his skill in\\nmathematics, was self-educated, taught the English\\nbranches in the schools of Philadelphia, and other\\nplaces, and later in life published an astronomical\\nmap. Joseph married Deborah, daughter of David\\nVan Hook, of Port Elizabeth, N. J., who owned the\\nmill at Schooner Landing, where he and his\\nwife died, each at the advanced age of nearly one\\nhundred years. Their children were David, John,\\nJoseph, Isaac, Selinda, Rachel and Mary.\\nIsaac Cramer, the fourth son, and father of\\nAlfred Cramer, was born near Blackwood, N. J.,\\nApril 22, 1820. When sixteen years old he was\\napprenticed to the wheelwright trade in Philadel-\\nphia with William Haskins, on Maiden Street,\\nbetween P ront and Frankford. After completing\\nhis apprenticeship he returned to New Jersey,", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1184.jp2"}, "979": {"fulltext": "rr^i\\nX VY DcAA^JMr", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1187.jp2"}, "980": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1188.jp2"}, "981": {"fulltext": "THK TOWNSHIP OK STOCKTON.\\n759\\nlocating at Kinzeytown (alterwards Creesville),\\nwhere he worked for Joseph Monroe. In 1841,\\nhe married Mary, daughter of Ephraiin and\\nAnna Bee, of Bee Corner, now called Salina.\\nThey had four children, Hiram, a member of Ihe\\nTwelfth New Jersey Veteran Volunteer Infantry,\\nwho was killed at the battle of Chancellors-\\nville, Va. Joseph, married Elizabeth, daughter of\\nJohn and Mary A. Merrill, of Woodbury, N. J.,\\nand is in business at Cramer s Hill Mary died at\\nthe age of thirteen; and Alfred, who married Pris-\\ncilla A., daughter of John and Elizabeth Wright,\\nof Camden, by whom he had five children,\\nAlfred, Ida M., Eydia P. (ileceased), Estella I. and\\nLois V.\\nAlfred Cramer was the second child, and was\\nborn near Blackwood, December 12, 1844. He\\nremained with his father upon the farm until he\\nwas of age. Farm-work did not suit his taste, and\\nhe became a canvasser for books. This proved a\\nvaluable experience to him and helped to fit him\\nfor a business career. His father opened for him a\\nstore in Creesville, which he conducted for five\\nyears. After that he came to Camden, where he\\nengaged in the coal business with his father-in-\\nlaw, John Wright, for four years. About this\\ntime he turned his attention to real estate, and\\nbegan to purchase land with a view to laying out a\\ntown, and Cramer s Hill is the result.\\nMr. Cramer carried through his plans against\\nthe advice of friends, and his success is due to\\npatient industry and faith in his undertaking.\\nHe has sold five hundred lots to families, many of\\nwhich were paid for in monthly installments, and\\nmany are now owned by skilled mechanics and\\ntradesmen doing business in Philadelphia. Mr.\\nCramer is still adding largely to his original pur-\\nchase.\\nDUDLEY\\nis a small village southeast from Cramer\\nHill, and on the line of the Burlington County\\nRailroad. It takes its name from the Hon.\\nThomas H. Dudley. There are from twelve to\\nfifteen fine residences in the village, includ-\\ning the large mansion and buildings of the\\nHon. Thomas H. Dudley, and known as The\\nGrange, also one church, one store and one physi-\\ncian s office. The general store was started by the\\npresent owner, J. S. Corkhill, in 1885. Dr. Jerome\\nL. Artz, who located in Dudley in 1885, was born\\nin Ganges, Richland County, Ohio, in 1859; was\\neducated in the schools of his native place; com-\\nmenced the study of medicine with Dr. G. W.\\nKester in 1875, and entered the Homieopathic\\nHospital College at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1877 in\\n1878 removed to Philadelphia and entered the\\nHahnemann Medical College, and graduated there-\\nfrom in the class of 1881. He was assistant at\\nthis college and the Children s Hospital until 1885,\\nwhen he removed to Dudley.\\nThe cemetery belonging to the Churcli of the\\nImmaculate Conception of Camden is located in\\nthe western portion of Dudley, between the Moores-\\ntown pike and Westfield Avenue. The area is\\nabout si.\\\\ acres, neatly inclosed and hand.somely\\nlaid out in square lots, and wide avenues leading\\nto the main drive.\\nMerchantvili.e.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The town is situated on the\\nAmboy Division of the Camden and Mount Holly\\nRailroad, about four miles east of Camden the\\nturnpike leading from Camden to Moorestown\\npasses through the town. It contains a population\\nof about six hundred, and is largely the residence\\nof people iu business in Camden and Philadelphia.\\nIt has a post-office, town hall, depot, telegraph\\nand express offices, school-house, four churches\\n(Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal and African\\nMethodist) and a large boarding-house situated iu\\nOak Grove.\\nThe village prior to 1850 contained only the\\nbuildings of the farm and tenant-houses of the\\nRudderow family. Soon after that time Alexander\\nG. Cattell purchased theplot of ground containing\\nthe old house built by John Rudderow in 1804, which\\nhe tore down and erected on its site his residence.\\nIn 1856 Amos Rudderow, whoowned the farm, sold\\nto Jacob Bunting, ten acres of land on tlie south\\nside of the pike, for the i)urpose of laying it out\\ninto lots. He erected a house, now the property of\\nMr. Whickall, a spice merchant of Philadelphia.\\nSoon after the Hon. A. G. and E. G. Cattell, John\\nLoutz and David E. Stetson purchase*! twenty\\nacres of land on the uorth side of the pike, where\\neach erected a mansion. Iu 1858 the same persons\\nbought seventy-five acres, the balance of the Amos\\nRudderow farm. About the same time A. G. and\\nE. G. Cattell purchased the old Coopers woods, on\\nthe north side of the railroad, cleared it of stumps\\nand laid it out into lots and began selling. In\\n1853 the Stockton Hotel was erected on the turn-\\npike, which was kept by Benjamin Martin until\\n1885. About 18C0 a school-house was erected and\\nused until the erection of the present commodious\\nhouse. The old house is now used as a drug-store.\\nThe first store iu town was kept by Charles W.\\nStarn, and is now owned by Benj. II. Browning,\\nand is the residence of Dr. D. W. Bartine, who\\nwas the first resident physician and is still in prac-\\ntice there.\\nA town hall, forty by sixty feet, two stories in", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1189.jp2"}, "982": {"fulltext": "760\\nniSTOHY OF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nheight, was erected in 1870 at a cost of eight thou-\\nsand dollars.\\nMethodist Episcopal Chuech. In 1863 an\\neffort was made to build a church at the place,\\nwhich failed. In the fall of 1885 David S. Stetson,\\nChas. W. and Jos. A. Starn, members of Bethel\\nChurch, residing at Merchantville, called a meet-\\ning of the citizens, which met at the old school-\\nhouse and organized by electing as trustees 1). S-\\nStetson, Mathias Homer, E. G. Cattell, Thomas\\nSinex, Isaac Hinchman, Charles W, and Jose|ih\\nA. Starn. A subscription was at once opened and\\ntwo thousand dollars was subscribed, which was\\nincreased to six thousand dollars. A building\\ncommittee was appointed. Lots for a church and\\nparsonage were donated by James C. Finn, and a\\nchurch building begun, which was completed in\\nthe spring of 1866, and dedicated in March by\\nBishop Matthew Simpson. The pastor at the time\\nwas the Rev. R. S. Harris. He was succeeded by\\nthe Revs. David H. Shoch, Wm. W. Moffatt, Ed-\\nward Hewitt, Wm. Boyd, R. J. Andrews, George\\nB. White, J. E. Price, Nelson McNicholl, William\\nMcCowen, W. S. Bernard and J. B. Rogers, who is\\nthe present pastor.\\nThe Sunday-school was begun by David S. Stet-\\nson, in his own house, and later held in the school\\nhouse, and upon the completion of the church the\\nmeeting-place was changed to that building.\\nThe First Presbyterian Church was erected\\nat a cost of about eight thousand dollars in 1874.\\nThe congregation was under the pastoral care of\\nthe Rev. Nathaniel L. Upham from its organiza-\\ntion to September, 1884, when the Rev. M. C.\\nWood, the present pastor, assumed the charge.\\nThe church has a member-hip of sixty-seven.\\nGrace Episcopal Church. A small band of\\nthis denomination was gathered in the Town\\nHall in 1873, and organized into a church. Services\\nwere supplied by appointment by the bishop from\\nPhiladelphia. The congregation was weak for\\nseveral years, but in 1880 a better spirit prevailed,\\nGrace Parish was erected and the present chapel\\nbuilt. In February, 1883, the Rev. R. G. Moses\\nwas selected as rector of the parish, and is now in\\ncharge. There are about one hundred and twenty\\nin the parish and fifty-six communicants.\\nThe Post-Office was established in 1866, with\\nChas. W. Starn as postmaster. The following\\npersons have officiated as postmasters John W.\\nKaighn, Richard Shreiner, Mrs. R.Shrciner, Wm.\\nKirby, E. L. Shiun and the present incumbent,\\nGottlieb Mich.\\niNCORPOEATloN.^The village was incorporated\\nMarch 3, 1874, with Mathias Homer as burgess,\\nand Jas. Millinger, Elijah G. Cattell, D. T. Gage,\\nJos. Baylis, E. S. Hall, T. C. Knight and C. E.\\nSpangler as the first Council, Mr. Homer con-\\ntinued as burgess until 1886, when he was suc-\\nceeded by John H. AVilkinson. The justices of\\nthe peace since the incorporation of the borough\\nhave been Richard Shreiner, Wm. Sheldrake,\\nJohn Potts, E. J. Spangler, E. L. Shinn and Jos.\\nBaylis.\\nThe Stockton Sanitarium, for the treatment\\nand care of persons suffering from nervous affec-\\ntions, and for mild cases of mental disease, is\\nlocated at Merchantville, New Jersey, and was\\nopened for patients October 29, 1884. The build-\\nings stand one hundred feet above the elevation\\nof the Delaware River, in grounds containing\\neleven acres, divided into shade, lawn and garden.\\nThey are handsomely, as well as comfortably fur-\\nnished. All unnecessary restraint is removed, the\\nappearance of an asylum avoided, and a degree of\\nfreedom is allowed which would be impossible\\nwhere large numbers are congregated. It is wholly\\na private establishment and has no board of direc-\\ntors or trustees. There are separate buildings for\\nthe sexes, which gives the patients very consider-\\nable more freedom than could be extended if all\\nwere in one building. Dr. S. Preston Jones was\\nthe founder of the institution, and is still its pro-\\nprietor.\\nStockton Rifle Range, when first established\\nby Samuel H. French, in 1866, contained forty-\\nthree and one- half acres of ground in Wrightsville.\\nThe range proper is provided with the best im-\\nproved batteries and firing grounds in the United\\nStates. As originally built, it contained ranges up\\nto one thousand yards distance but as this was\\nseldom used, it was deemed advisable to reduce it\\nto six hundred yards. The New Jersey and Penn-\\nsylvania Rifle Clubs and teams, the Pennsylvania\\nNational Guards and other national military com-\\npanies meet at this place, and the range is provided\\nwith magazines and closets for the exclusive use\\nof the different State organizations.\\nStockton Park. Soon after the rifle range\\nwas started an additional forty-six and one-half\\nacres of ground was laid out in connection with\\nthe grounds of the range, as a park and pleasure\\nresort, making the park ninety acres in extent.\\nThe original buildings were altered and a large\\npavilion, fifty by one hundred feet in dimensions,\\nerected, a hall for roller-skating, etc. In 1885\\nEmmor D. French, the superintendent, had con-\\nstructed an artificial lake, covering twenty-one\\nacres of ground. This lake is only three feet in\\ndepth, and is provided with pleasure boats, one", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1190.jp2"}, "983": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF STOCKTON.\\n761\\nbeing a large boat (lesigned to carry fifty children\\nat one time. The park is the favorite resort of the\\nmany cricket clubs, lawn-tennis parties and excur-\\nsionists of Camden and vicinity.\\nPensaukin is a small settlement on the Jor-\\ndantown road, adjoining the borough limits. It\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was farm lands of the Cattells and William Pigeon,\\nand about eight years ago lots were oti ered for sale,\\nwhich were bought slowly by artisans, who have\\nbuilt small but comfortable and convenient resi-\\ndences. It is being substantially built up by actual\\nresidents, and is a station on the railroad.\\nHoMESTEADViLLE.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 In July, 1852, two hundred\\nlots were laid out south of Merchantville (which at\\nthat time was just begun) and on the Whiskey\\nroad. It was a tract of laud about six hundred\\nby fifteen hundred feet, having three streets run-\\nning lengthwise and three crosswise. The lots\\nwere not sold readily, but eventually some of them\\nwere purchased by colored people. The growth\\nof the place did not reach the expectations of its\\nfounders.\\nSoRDENTOWN. Not far from where Pensaukin\\nis situated, and on the road from the old Spread\\nEagle Tavern to the Union School-house,\\nThomas Clement, in 1850, laid out thirty-seven\\nlots, which were sold mostly to colored people,\\nand which are still held by them.\\nJOEDANTOWN. On the road from Merchant-\\nville to Fork Landing, and on the old Rudderow\\nlands, several lots were laid out about 1840, and\\nin 1846, when that road was opened, it passed\\nthrough the place, where, there were four or five\\nhouses and a Methodist Episcopal Church, occu-\\npied by colored people. From that time the place\\ngrew slowly, and is now quite a settlement, with a\\nschool-house and neat Methodist Church. In\\nformer times yearly Bush Meetings, as they were\\ncalled, were held in some of the groves, which were\\ncleared of underbrush for the purpose. These occa-\\nsions called the old and young from far and near.\\nThe Rev. Benjamin Stokeley and the Rev. Isaac\\nllinson were among the early and prominent\\nministers who had charge of the meetings and\\ncongregation.\\nDelair. The new village of Delair is situated\\nabout four miles from Camden, on the Delaware\\nRiver and Pennsylvania Railroad, in this town-\\nship.\\nJacob L. Gross, a Lancaster lawyer, moved here\\nwith his family in 1868, and soon thereafter pur-\\nchased ten acres from the Browning estate and\\nten acres from Isaac Adams, upon which he built\\nthree cottages, and his son, Dr. Onan B. Gross,\\nThe new town made no furtlier progress, how-\\never, for the next few years, when IJartram L.\\nRonsall, then publisher of The Camden Post, and\\nJohn Zimmerman, of Pensaukin, in December,\\n1885, purchased one hundred and eleven acres,\\nbeing the farm of Israel B. Adams, son of Isaac\\nAdams, of whom the ten acres had been purchased\\nby Jacob L. (jross seventeen years before.\\nMessrs. Zimmerman and Bonsall immediately\\nlaid the land off into building hits, and during\\nthe summer of 1886 sold a large number of them,\\naggregating in value nearly twenty thousand\\ndollars. Several new houses were constructed\\nand the village bids fair to become a popular\\nsuburban place of residence. The situation is\\ndelightful, and the ground very high, overlooking\\nthe river. The name Delair was given by the\\nlate Colonel Isaac S. Buckelew, the two syllables\\nsignifying Delaware air. During the fall of 1886\\nworkmen cleared away brush, cut down trees,\\ngraded avenues and terraced a high bluff along\\nthe railroad. Three hundred Carolina poplar-\\ntrees were planted, one every twenty-five feet,\\nover the entire tract, thus marking the avenues\\nand insuring a grateful shade in the future.\\nMANUFACTURING.\\nThe manufactories of this township, with two\\nor three possible exceptions as the brick and terra-\\ncotta works at Pea Shore may be regarded as a\\nportion of the industrial overflow of Camden,\\nbeing mostly near the city and all having offices\\nthere. This is also true of those located farthest\\naway, as, for instance, Augustus Reeves establish-\\nment.\\nThe Pea Shore Brick and Terra-Cotta\\nWorks are located at Fish House Station, on the\\nAmboy Div. of the Pennsylvania R. R. The works,\\nwith tho clay-pits near by, occupy forty-five acres\\nfronting on the Delaware River, and prior to 1866\\nwere used for the burning of red bricks only. Soon\\nthereafter the present proprietor, Augustus Reeve,\\nobtained entire control of the works, and in 1877\\nerected the fire-brick and terra-cotta department,\\nthere being on the grounds a large deposit of fire-\\nbrick and pipe-clay, and,so far as known, the only\\ndeposit south of Woodbridge, Middlesex County,\\nN. J. There are two distinct departments at these\\nworks the red brick manufactoi-y and that for the\\nmaking of fire-brick and terra-cotta ware. The\\nfirst, with the kilns, sheds and machinery, cover\\none and a half acres of ground and contains a\\nChambers patent brick-machine, capable of pro-\\nducing thirty thousand to thirty-five thousand\\nbricks daily, and is driven by an engine of sixty", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1191.jp2"}, "984": {"fulltext": "762\\nHISTORl UF CAMDEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.\\nhorse-power. There are three large kilns capa-\\nble of burning two hundred thousand bricks each.\\nThe terra-cotta works are one hundred and thirty-\\nfour by sixty feet, with an L extension forty by\\nforty-five feet, and the machinery of this de-\\npai tnient requires an engine of thirty horse-power.\\nIt is fitted up with tempering-mill, stampers and\\npresses for the manufacture of fire-brick, pipe, tile\\nand terra-cotta ware of various kinds the products\\nare sold to the home market and shipped to many\\nStates, and large quantities of the fire-brick clay\\nare sent to various fire-brick works in Philadelphia.\\nSixty hands are employed. Branch siding of the\\nAmboy Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad,\\nwhich runs tlirough tlieir grounds, together with\\nfour hundred feet of wharfage on the river-front,\\naflbrds them ample facilities for shipping by rail or\\nwater in all directions. The ofHce and warehouse\\nis at No. 31 Market Street, Camden, where a large\\nsupply of manufactured stock is stored.\\nThe Fairview Brick- Works are located at\\nPea Shore, on the river-front, three miles above\\nCamden, and cover an area of ten acres. They\\nwere originated in 1869, by Stone, Hatch Co. In\\n1871 Hugh Hatch and Joseph Hatch, brothers,\\nbought the entire grounds and buildings, and they\\nhave since conducted the business under the firm-\\nname of Hatch Brother. There are four large\\nbuildings upon the grounds, in which are the differ-\\nent departments for the manufacture of hard,\\nstrecher, paving and salmon brick. The mill proper\\nis fitted up with a Chambers Brothers brick-\\nmachine, which has a capacity for making thirty-\\nfive thousand to fifty thousand bricks a day. The\\naverage speed and production is seventy bricks a\\nminute. The clay is dumped by the car-load into\\nthe reservoir of the machine, which mixes and\\ntempers it before it enters the dies. From the dies\\nthe bricks pass on an endless belt to the drying-\\nrooms in the main building,which is built of brick,\\nsixty by three hundred feet in size and twenty-\\nseven feet high, with an annex one hundred and ten\\nby one hundred and fifteen feet, and of the same\\nheight. There are four arched kilns inclosed in the\\nstructure, having a capacity of three hundred and\\nfifty thousand bricks each. The drying-rooms are on\\nthe second floor, above the kilns, and are capable\\nof drying five hundred thousand bricks at one time.\\nBetween April 10, 1885, and April 10, 1886, there\\nwere made at the works seven million bricks\\nwith one machine. In 1882 patents were grant-\\ned the proprietors for the improved kilns of\\ntheir own design and invention. On November\\n23, 1883, the works were destroyed by fire, but were\\nrebuilt in 1884, and greatly increased in size. The\\nmachinery requires a sixty horse-power engine,\\nsupplied by four large boilers. The works be-\\ning inclosed, the business is conducted through-\\nout the entire year. Sixty hands are constantly\\nemployed. The firm has a large trade and excel-\\nlent facilities for shipping by vessels from their\\nown wharf on the river-front, and on the Pennsyl-\\nvania Railroad. The main office of these works\\nis at No. 17 Kaighn Avenue.\\nThe Overbrook Mills, corner of Seventeenth\\nand Stevens Streets, Camden, covering an area of\\nthree acres, were commenced in 1879 by Richard\\nWilliamson Co., for the manufacture of worsted\\ncoatings, linings and dress goods. Four large\\nbrick buildings are used by this company for dif-\\nferent branches of the goods made. In the mill\\nproper, new and improved machinery is used for\\ncombing, drawing and spinning the raw material,\\nand the weaving-sheds are specially constructed\\nwith top and north light. There is also a large\\nwash and dry-house, a warehouse for storage of\\nwool and a brick engine-house. On August 20,\\n1885, the mills were totally destroyed by fire at a\\nloss of sixty-two thousand dollars, partly covered\\nby insurance, but within six months they were\\nrebuilt and in complete running order. New and\\nautomatic machinery was introduced for the\\nmanipulation of the finest grades of mohair and\\nalpaca yarns, which are used for making braids,\\nseal-skins and all kinds of fancy goods which\\nrequire lustrous yarns. The machinery of the dif-\\nferent departments is operated by two sixty horse-\\npower engines, with three large tubular boilers.\\nTwo hundred and twenty hands are employed.\\nThe products of the mills are sold throughout the\\nentire United States, and the company are im-\\nporters as well as merchants and manufacturers.\\nThe store and main oflice is at No. 20 Strawberry\\nStreet, Philadelphia.\\nJ. L. Cragin Co., soap manufacturers, began\\nbusiness at the corner of Seventeenth and Federal\\nStreets in 1879. The firm had for many years\\nconducted the same business in Philadelphia.\\nThey make exclusively Dobbins Electric Soap\\nand Bradford s Fig Soap for woolen and worsted\\nmanufacturers. The grounds occupied are two\\nhundred by three hundred feet. The main build-\\ning is L-shaped, three stories in height, with\\nbasement. It extends one hundred and twenty\\nfeet on Federal Street, and one hundred and\\nseventy feet on Seventeenth Street. There are\\nalso stables and sheds connected with the estab-\\nlishment. The motor is an engine of thirty horse-\\npower, with two flue boilers rated at thirty horse-\\npower each. The company has a paid-in capital", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1192.jp2"}, "985": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1193.jp2"}, "986": {"fulltext": "a. C^o^- G", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1194.jp2"}, "987": {"fulltext": "THE TOWNSHIP OF STOCKTON.\\nr63\\nof five hundred thousand dollars. One hundred\\nhands are employed. The trade is large and ex-\\ntends throughout the United States, Canada, Ger-\\nmany aud Cuba, with branch offices in Philadel-\\nphia, Boston, New York, Chicago, Cleveland and\\nCincinnati.\\nThe United States Chemical Company,\\nmanufacturers of chemicals and fertilizers, was in-\\ncorporated in 1875, with William J. Jordan, presi-\\ndent; George T. Lewis, vice-president; and E. R.\\nJenks, secretary and treasurer. The company owns\\nan area of thirteen acres, on which are located\\ntwelve buildings, which are supplied with the\\nnecessary machinery and appliances for the manu-\\nfacture of their special products. Three large\\nengines, equivalent to two thousand seven hundred\\nhorse-power, are required to run the large machin-\\nery for crushing and preparing the phosphates\\nand fertilizers. From seventy to eighty men are\\nconstantly employed. An extensive business is\\ndone, and ample facilities are afforded for shipping\\nby vessels on Coopers Creek, or over the Camden\\naud Amboy Railroad, which is extended along the\\ngrounds of the works.\\nThe Atlantic Dye and Finishing Works\\nwere erected in 1882, and the same year began\\noperation at the corner of Sixteenth and Stevens\\nStreets. Captain Somers founded this industry, but\\nconducted it only for a short time. In 1883 Comly\\nJ. Mather leased the works, and has since done a\\nprosperous business. The dye-house and tinishing-\\nraill occupy an area of one hundred and thirty\\nby eighty feet, with front on Stevens Street, and\\nare furnished with the necesnary apparatus for\\ndyeing and finishing cotton and woolen goods\\neight small engiues are used for running the\\nspecial machines, and the general machinery is\\ndriven by an engine of twenty-five horse-power.\\nThe nine engines combined have sixty horse-\\npower. Thirty workmen are coristantly employed.\\nThe works prepare a large amount of finished\\nmaterial for New Jersey, Pennsylvania and adja-\\ncent States.\\nThe Philadelphia Dye- Works and Bleach-\\nERY, on JeSerson Street, above Broadway, covering\\nan entire square, were established in 1883 by\\nRobert H. Comey, who had started a similar in-\\ndustry in Philadelphia in 1882. There are seven\\nbleaching-houses, one dry-house, one dye-house,\\nand one stable located upon the grounds. A\\nsuccessful trade has been established, which\\nextends through the Middle and the Western\\nStates.\\nA Varnish Manufactory, for the production\\nof the tine grades of carriage and car varnishes,\\ndrying japans, etc., was erected by C. Schrack\\nCo., on the Moorestown pike, near Coopers Creek,\\nduring the year 1869.\\nbiographical.\\nEx-United States Senator Alexander G. Cattell,\\nwho has his home in this township, is a son of\\nThomas W. Cattell, and was born at Salem, N. J.\\nFebruary 12, 1816, where he obtained his educa-\\ntion. On arriving at manhood he engaged in\\nmercantile pursuits, which he followed in his\\nnative town until 1S4G. He was elected to the\\nNew Jersey Legislature in 1840, when but twenty-\\nfour years of age, and was clerk of the House in\\n1842-43. In 1844 he was a member of the conven-\\ntion to revise the State Constitution, aud the\\nyoungest member of that body.\\nIn 1846 he went to Philadelphia and has been\\nengaged in mercantile pursuits and banking in\\nthat city ever since, although he removed his resi-\\ndence to MerchantviUe, N. J., in 18G3. He waa\\na member of both branches of councils, one of the\\nearly presidents of the Corn Exchang e Association\\nand in 1857 organized the Corn Exchange Bank,\\nof which he was for thirteen years president. He\\nwas elected United States Seuator firom New Jer-\\nsey, in 1866, to succeed Hon. J. P. Stockton, and\\non account of ill health declined a second term.\\nHe served in the Senate on the Finance Com-\\nmittee aud was chairman of the Library Commit-\\ntee. He was appointed by President Grant as a\\nCommissioner of the District of Columbia, but de-\\nclined the ofliie. Later his services were brought\\ninto requisition on the first board of Civil Service\\nCommissioners, of which George William Curtis\\nwas chairman, and at the end of two years resign-\\ned to accept the position of Financial agent of the\\nUnited States in London, to conduct the refunding\\nof the six per cent bonds at a lower rate of inter-\\nest. He spent one year in London in this work\\nand succeeded in refunding $100,000,000 at five per\\ncent. General Grant regarded him as one of his\\nwisest advisers and best friends. At this time Mr.\\nCattell is a hale and active man of afliiirs, engaged\\nin a number of business enterprises confined chiefly\\nto New Jersey. He has just been chosen president\\nof the New Jersey TrustandSafeDepositCompany,\\nof Camden, the first institution of the kind formed\\nin his native State. One of Mr. Cattell s marked\\npeculiarities is his power of attracting and holding\\nthe friendship and confidence of men in all stations\\nof life in which he has been placed\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a quality\\nwhich is due in part to the unswerving honesty\\nand fidelity of his nature and conduct in all the\\nrelations of life, and in part to that rare possession\\ncalled personal magnetism.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1195.jp2"}, "988": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nAchllft, J. N.,282.\\nAckley, Henry, 279.\\nAdoption of the first State ConBtitutiou, 44.\\nAgriculture in Cainden Connty, 385.\\nAlberlson, Chnlkley, 673.\\nAlbort\u00c2\u00bbon Family, the, 48.\\nAlbertBon, S. C, 016.\\nAlmBhoiiee, 184.\\nAncora, 696.\\nAndrews, J. R., 301.\\nAndrewB, P. W., 302,\\nAnthony, II. B., 534.\\nArgns, the AIco, 330.\\nArmetrong, E. A., 2.33.\\nArmstrong, James A., 282.\\nAssessors, 438.\\nAssociate Judges of Supreme Court, 201.\\nAssociations: Building and Loan of Cam-\\ndan, 549; Old Military of Camden,\\n553 of Gloucester City, 601.\\nAspdian, Mathias, 610.\\nAtco, 665.\\nAtkinson, Thomas B,, 432.\\nAtlantic Dye and Finishing Works, 763.\\nAttorneys, dates of admission to bar, 205\\nbiographies of, 216.\\nAuthors and scientists, 330.\\nAutographs of early settlers, 424.\\nAyers, James W., 433.\\nB.\\nBaird, David, 518.\\nBanes, S. T., 297.\\nBanks and Banking, 454 First bank, the,\\n4.54 Stale and National, laws govern-\\ning, 454 National State. 4 5; Farmers\\nand Mechanics 461 First National,\\n462; Camden Safe Dep. Co., 465; Cam-\\nden National, 466.\\nBar Association, Camden Co., 236,\\nBarrows, George, 270.\\nBartino, D. Bedding, 290.\\nBates, William, 643, 728.\\nBatesville, 730.\\nBeale, P. W., 295.\\nBeatty, Inrine C, 626.\\nBoldon, S. W., 235.\\nBench and Bar, 196.\\nBenjamin, Bowling, 292,\\nBell, Ezra C, 393.\\n764\\nBennett, ToIneyG., 516.\\nliergen, Christopher A., 228.\\nBergen, Martin V., 227.\\nBergen, Samuel D., 232.\\nBerkeley, Lord, 21-23.\\nBerlin, 660.\\nBirdsell, Sylrester, 278.\\nBishop, W. S., 2.S0.\\nBlack, Alfred L., Jr., 2.34.\\nBlackwood, 682.\\nBlackwood, B. W., 267.\\nBlackwood, John, 240.\\nBlackwood, Thomas R., 303,\\nBlackwood, W. P., 236.\\nBlackwell, Robert, 331.\\nBlake, D. W., 292.\\nBloomfleld, Samuel, 241.\\nBlue Auchor, 696.\\nBonsall, Henry L., 326-338.\\nBonwill, H. G., 297.\\nBorton, Joshna E.. 236.\\nBotany, 2.\\nBotanists, .138.\\nBrace, F. R., 308, 318.\\nBladdock, 696.\\nBraddock, Elwood, 632.\\nBradsbaw, Claudius W,, 434,\\nBraker, Benj., M. 579.\\nBranin, Henry E., 285.\\nBrown, David B., 192.\\nBrown, David S., 590.\\nBrowning, Abraham, 217.\\nBrownlug, A M,, 158.\\nBrowning, Maurice, 528.\\nBrowning, R. M., 229.\\nBrownings, the, 750.\\nBrowustown, 680.\\nBryant, J. K., 302.\\nBndd, Paul C, 432.\\nBuchanan, John, 241.\\nBuckwalter, Geoffrey, 338.\\nBuilders, i47.\\nBuilding inspector*, 439.\\nBuilding and Loan Associations, 548, 540.\\nBurrough, Edward, 194.\\nBurrough, John, 721.\\nCade, Captain John, 79.\\nCamden City\\nEarly history of, 403 early and\\npresent census, 404; early settle-\\nment and transfers of land, 404,\\n415; Cooper, Kaighn and Mickle fam-\\nlies, 408-18; village of CJimden, 419\\nCoopers Hill, 419 Kaighn estate, 420\\nFettersville, 421; Stockton, 423;\\nKaighnsville, 423 autographs of early\\nsettlers, 424 hicorpor^tipn, 425 the\\ncharter, 425 supplements to, 426 new\\ncharter, 426; boundaries of, 427;\\nwards, 428 early oficors, 428 first\\ncity hall, 428 new city hall, 429\\nmayors, 430; City Councils, 434; tax\\nreceivers, 436 recorders and presi-\\ndents of City Council, 436 assessors,\\n438 solicitors, 438 other officers,\\n439 water works, 439 fire compa-\\nnies and firemen, 440 hook-and-lad-\\nder, 441 fire-engine companies, 441,\\n442, 444; Camden in 1815, 444 early\\nbusiness interests, 444 Camden in\\n1824, 446 assessments, 447 interest-\\ning facts and incidents, 448 banks\\nand banking, 454 churches, 467\\nschools. 497 Newton Juvnnilo Debat-\\ning Society, 505 Worthington Library\\nCo., 505 private schools, 506 Orphan-\\nage, the West Jersey, 506 manufac-\\nturing interests, 507; lumber, 510;\\noil-cloth manufacturers, 519 woolen\\nand worsted mills, 523 post-offlce,\\n.5.38 market-bouses 638 insurance\\ncompanies, 544 gas-light company,\\n645 street railway, 545 telephone,\\n546 building and building associa-\\ntions, 547 cemeteries, 553 tornado,\\n554 cyclone, 555 hotels, 556 socie-\\nties, fi58.\\nCamden County\\nCourt.houses, 183; almshouse, 184;\\ncivil list, 186 boundaries of, 1 sur-\\nface of, 1 county buildings, 181\\nstreams of, 1 erection of, 179 bench\\nand bar, 196 courts of, 202 medical\\nhistory, 237 Camden City. 403 Had-\\ndonfleld, 608 Gloucester City, 682\\nlladdon township, 636 Waterford\\ntownship, G65 Winslow township,\\n694 Gloucester township, 672 Dela-\\nware township, 713 Stockton town-\\nship, 739 Centre township, 704.", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1196.jp2"}, "989": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nr65\\nCamden insurance compnnjpg, 544.\\nCamden and Philadelphia Rare Course, 652.\\nCamden County Medical Society, 244.\\nCamden City Medical Society, 259.\\nCamden City Dispensarj 261.\\nCamden Homoeopatliic Hospital and Dispensary\\n307.\\nCamden Democrat, .12:1.\\nCamden County Courier, 327.\\nCamden County Journal, 328.\\nCamden and Amboy Riiilroad, 349.\\nCamden and Atlantic Railroad, 353.\\nCamden and AVoodbury Railroad, .357.\\nCamden and Burlington County Railroad, 357\\nCamden and Haddonfield Railroad, 3.58.\\nCamden, Gloucester and Mount Kphraim Rail\\nroad, 358.\\nCamden County Pomona Grange, 393.\\nCampbell, George, 556.\\nCampbell, John, Jr., 557.\\nCarles, Samuel, 301.\\nCarman, William, 511.\\nCarpenter, Thomas P., 206.\\nCarpenter, James H., 230.\\nCarriage manufacturers Caffrey s works,\\n532 Ceilings worlis, 532 Uunt s\\nworks, 533 Davis wagon works, .533\\nWest s works, 533 Butler s works,\\n533.\\nCarrow, Howanl, 235.\\nCarteret, George, Sr., 21, 22.\\nCarteret, Philip, 23.\\nCasperson, Robert, 299.\\nCasselman, W. S., 233.\\nCathcart, John, 675.\\nCattell, A. G., 763.\\nCedar Brook, 696.\\nCemeteries of Camden, 553 of Gloucester\\nCity, 601 of Waterford township, 664;\\nof Winslow township, 703.\\nCenieteries of Delaware township, 735.\\nCensus of Camden County,191.\\nCentre ToM nship Topography, 704 early\\nsettlers, 704 civil organization and\\nofficers of, 707 village of Snow Hill,\\n708 societies, 708 schools, 708\\nchurches, 708-710 Ladies Aid So-\\nciety, 710 Guinea Town, 710 inci-\\ndents of the Revolution, 710 Mount\\nEphraim, 710; church, 711; Cem-\\netery, 711 biographical, 712.\\nChampion, T., 610.\\nChapman, Thomas, 216.\\nChampion, John, 720.\\nChew, Ezekiel C, 272.\\nChews Landing, 682.\\nChew, Lieut. -Col. Henry P., 144.\\nChew, Sinnickson, 322.\\nCheeilhurst, 667.\\nChief justices of Colonial Supreme Court of\\nNew Jersey, 200.\\nChief justices of New Jersey during and\\nafter Revolution, 201.\\nCholera, first appearance in Camden, 256.\\nChurches of Gloucester City, 696-07 of\\nHaddonfield, 619, 630 of Haddon\\ntownship, 650 of Waterford township,\\n659, 662, 666 669, of Gloucester town-\\nship, 6S5 of Wiijslow township, 700\\nof Centre township, 709, 711.\\nFriends Newton Meeting, 467.\\nMethodist of Camden Third Street,\\n467; Union, 469; Broadway, 470;\\nTabernacle, .171 Fillmore Street, 472\\nCentenary, 472 Eighth Street, 472\\nKaighn Avenue, 473 Bethany, 474\\nScott, 474 Macedonia, 474 Zion Wes-\\nley, 475 Union American, 475 Beth-\\nel, 475 Memorial, 476.\\nBaptist of Camden First, 476 Second,\\n478 Third, 478 North, 479 Broad-\\nway, 481 Tabernacle, 481 Trinity,\\n482 Seventh, 482 Linden, 483.\\nEpiscopalian of Camden St. Paul s, 4H3\\nSt. John s, 485 Church of our Sa-\\nviour, 486.\\nPresbyterian, of Camden the fiist, 487\\nthe second, 488, 490 Presbyterian\\nmission, 492.\\nEvangelical Lutheran, of Camden Trin-\\nity German, 402 Epiphany, 402.\\nUnited Brethren, of Camden Emanuel,\\n493; Bethel, 493.\\nEvangelical Association, North A. M., of\\nCamden: Zion, 494.\\nRoman Catholic, of Camden Church\\nImmaculate Conception, 495 St. Pe-\\nter s and St. Paul s German, 497.\\nChurches of Delaware township, 730\\nStockton township, 751, 767, 760.\\nCity Hall, 428-429.\\nCity Council of Camden, 434.\\nClarke, Charles F., 281.\\nClement, Evan. 240.\\nClement, John, 212, 332, 610.\\nClement, John, Sr., 213.\\nClement, Samuel, 610.\\nClementon, 679.\\nCoates, Reynell, 274, 333.\\nCoffin, Maj. Edward W., 168.\\nCofHn, William, Jr., 69s.\\nCoffin. William, Sr., 699.\\nColes, Charles B. 516.\\nColes, Captain Frank H.,88.\\nColey, Benjamin D., 121.\\nColey, Samuel, 640.\\nColestown, 730-\\nCollings, Edward Z., 394,\\nCollins, Benjamin, 610.\\nCollins, Francis, 640, 645, 720.\\nCollingswood, 653.\\nColonial history, 17.\\nComley, Ezra, 207.\\nCongress, First provincial, of N. J., 42.\\nCongress, Second Provincial, of N. J., 3.\\nCongress, Third, of delegates, 44.\\nCongress, attempt to steal records of, 61.\\nCourow, George N., 229.\\nCooper, John, 466.\\nCooper, C. J., 303.\\nCooper, James B., 60.\\nCooper genealogical table, 406.\\nCooper, William D., 218.\\nCoopers Hill, 419.\\nCooper, S. C, 227.\\nCooper, H. M., 229.\\nCooper, Richard Matlack, 457.\\nCooper Hospital, 264.\\nCooper, William, 4(H.\\nCooper, Dr. Richard M., 271.\\nCooper family, 404, 414, 719.\\nCooper, Joseph W., 459.\\nCooper, Benjamin B., 738.\\nCooper, B. W.,743.\\nCooper, William B., 743.\\nCooper, Benjamin, 744.\\nCope, Edward D.,333.\\nCornwallia, Lord, 46, 55.\\nCourthouses, 183.\\nCourts of Camden County, 202.\\nCouncilmen, list of, 434.\\nCowperthwaite, John K., 215, 431.\\nCox, .Charles, 433.\\nCragin Co., 701.\\nCramer, Alfred. 758.\\nCramer Hill, 756.\\nCrandall, John J., 2.34.\\nCreighton, H.. 610.\\nCroft, Howland, 524.\\nCroxal, Morris, 216.\\nCullen, Thomas F., 277.\\nCnrley, Thomas P.. 235.\\nCuthbert, J. Ogden, 54.\\nCyclone, the, 555.\\nDavis, Thos. H., 136.\\nDavis, W. A., 292.\\nDavis, Henry H., 203.\\nDavis, N., 298.\\nDavis, Samuel C, 727.\\nDavis, Thos. W., 460.\\nDavistown, 680.\\nDay, Humphrey, 749.\\nDayton, James B., 2 20.\\nDayton, Wm. C.,231.\\nDelaware Township Civil histoi-y of, 713\\nfirst oflicers of, 713 affairs in, during\\nWar of Rebellion, 714, 715 officers of,\\n1844 to 1886, 716; characteristics\\nof, 710 mechanical industries\\nin, 717; early settlement, 717, 728;\\nIndians, 719, 727 incidents of the\\nRevolution, 723 straightening the\\nroads, 728 old houses, 728 names of\\nprominent farms, 728 Ellisbnrg, 728\\nBatesville, 730 St. Mary s Church,\\n730-735 Colestown Cemetry, 736\\nbiogi aphical sketches, 737, 738.\\nDean, Richard C, 284.\\nDelair, 701.\\nDentistry, 307.\\nDepuy, Watson, 464.\\nDe Vriea, David P., 18.\\nDialogue s Ship-Tards, 83.\\nDialogue, John H., 384.\\nDiseases and their remetlies, 252.\\nDobson, A. T., Jr., 295.\\nDonop, Col., 49, 60, 51.\\nDonges, John W., 203.\\nDrake, Herbert A., 230.\\nDudley, 759.\\nDudley, Thos. H., 220.\\nDudley, Edw., 231.\\nDu Boie, W. G., 304.\\nEarly Settlements, Dutch, Swcdesaud Eng-\\nlish, 18.\\nEarly business interesla of Camden, 44-1.\\nEducation, 308.\\nElkinton, John A., 244.\\nEllis, Charles, 511.\\nEllis family, 723.\\nEllisburg, 728.\\nElm, 697.", "height": "2963", "width": "1895", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1197.jp2"}, "990": {"fulltext": "766\\nINDEX.\\nEstaugh Family, 646.\\nEvanE, Ellwood, 736.\\nEvans, Joshua, 648.\\nEvans, Nathaniel, 330.\\nEvelyn, Master, S. SO.\\nEvening Telegram, 327.\\nr.\\nFairview Bnck-Works, 762.\\nFerries on the Delaware, 362 Coopere\\nPoint Ferry, 366; Federal Street Ferry,\\n367 Camden and Philadelphia Steam-\\nboat Ferry Co., 368; Cooper Street\\nFerry, 372 Kaighns Point Ferry, 372\\nthe West Jersey Ferry, 374 Market\\nStreet Ferry, 374 Gloucester Ferries,\\n376 creek ferries and bridges, 378\\nnavigation of Coopers Creek, 380.\\nFettersville, 421.\\nTetters, Richard, 422.\\nFewsmith, \\\\Vm., 325.\\nFisler, Lurenzo F., 270, 332, 430.\\nFire companies and firemen, 440.\\nFirst steamboat, 360.\\nFisheries, 605.\\nFitch, John, 360.\\nFitzsimmons, P. J., 497.\\nFitzgerald, Wilson, 579.\\nFish family, 749.\\nFlanders, Alfred, 230.\\nFort Mercer, 50.\\nFort MilBin, 48.\\nFort, Geo. F., 229, 338.\\nFort, John H., 230.\\nFowler, W. P., 236.\\nFortiner, Geo. R., ,305.\\nFowler, Philip H., 593.\\nFrancine, L. R., 155.\\nFrazee, Andrew B., 371.\\nFredericks, Henry, 513.\\nFrench, Thos. E., 232.\\nFrench, Chua., 728.\\nFriends, the Their emigration to Amer-\\nica, 26 in West Jersey, 24 Barclay s\\nApology, 29 ot Haddonfield, 619.\\nGardiner, T. W., .305.\\nGarrison, Charles G., 233.\\nGarrison, Joseph F., 336.\\nGas-Ligbt Co., 545.\\nCatling Gun, Co. B., 179.\\nGatzmer, W. H., 370.\\nGaul, Samuel M., 4.33.\\nGibbsboro 657.\\nGibheboro White Lead and Color Works,\\n668.\\nGilbert, Geo. W., 227.\\nGill, Jobn, 458, 646.\\nGills, the, 724.\\nGilmore, Alexander, 316.\\nGilmour, L. D. H., 236.\\nGlass works of Jackson, 665.\\nGlendale, 657.\\nGloucester County Erection of county,\\n584 early history of, 30 early records,\\n32 punishment of criminals, 33\\ncounty seat of, 33 early buildings, 33.\\nGloucester City, 582 topography, 582\\nearly history. Fort Nassau, 582 erec-\\ntion of Gloucester County, 584 county-\\nseat, 584 county courts and public\\nbuildings, 587 city government, 588\\ncity hall, 588 mayors and olficers,\\n589 Fire Department, 589 watersnp-\\nply, manufactures of, 592 Land Com-\\npany, 592 gingham-mills, 593 print\\nworks of, 594 Ancona Printing Com-\\npany, 594; Gloucester Iron Works,\\n504 terra-cotta works, 595 machine\\nworks, 595 lumber-yard, 595 Gas\\nCompany, 596 religious history, 596\\nchurches, 596 schools, 600 societies,\\nGOl building associations, 601 as a\\npleasure resort, 604; hunting club,\\n605 fisheries of, 603.\\nGloucester township, 672 topography,\\n672 early settlers, 672 organization\\nand officers, 676 autographs of early\\nsettlers, 677 villages of, 678 Kirk-\\nwood, 678 Lindenwold, 678 Clemen-\\nton, 679; manufacturing interests of,\\n678 Watsontown, 680 Brownstown,\\n680 Davistown, 680 Spring Mills,\\n680 lost town of Dpton, 681 an inci-\\ndent of the Revolution, 682 early\\nsettlers of, 683 industrial, 684 hotels,\\nstage lines apd stores, 684 Mercbanics-\\nville, 685 churches, 685 societies,\\n692 education, 693.\\nGlover, John, 706.\\nGlover, L. L.,298.\\nGodfrey, Edmund L. B., 290.\\nGoldsmith, Geo., 644.\\nGough, E. E., 244.\\nGovernors of New Jersey, 24.\\nGraham, F. R,, 279.\\nGrand Army of Republic, 170 Lee Post,\\nNo. 5, 170 Hatch Post, No. 37, 172\\nLoyal Ladies League, 175 Robinson\\nPost, No. 51, 175 John William Post,\\nNo. 71, 176 Van Leer Post, No. 36,\\n176 Davis Poet, No. 53, 177 Sons of\\nVeterans, 177.\\nGray, Alexander, 231.\\nGraveyards, old, 395.\\nGraysbury Bros., 644.\\nGraw, J. B., 328.\\nGrey, Philip James, 320.\\nGrey, Samuel H., 226, 320.\\nGriffith, Anna E., 304.\\nGrigg, Jacob; 277.\\nGriscom,William, 611.\\nGross, 0. B.,290.\\nGross, Jacob L., 761.\\nGunter, Guilford, 299.\\nGuinea Town, 710.\\nH.\\nHaddon Family, 646.\\nHaddon, John, 646.\\nHaddonfield Borough Early history, 608\\nearly settlers, 610 incidents of Revo-\\nlution, 611 autographs of early settlers,\\n612 old taverns, 618 post-offices, 619\\nincorporation, 619 Library Company,\\n619 churches, 619-630 schools, 630\\nbusiness interests, 631 societies, 633.\\nHaddon township, 636 Old Newton town-\\nship, 636 its records, 637 colony set-\\ntlement, 638 early settlers, 640 auto-\\ngraphs of early settlers, 649 Newton\\nFriends Meeting, 650 schools, 1651\\nthe Camden and Philadelphia Race-\\nCourse, 652 Collingswood, 653 West-\\nmont, 653 biographical, 654.\\nHaines, Joseph M., 712.\\nHainses, the, 724.\\nHamilton, Morris R., 219.\\nHammell, B. A., 431.\\nHaney, Jno. R., 288.\\nHannah. Gilbert, 225.\\nHansen, Wni. C, 159.\\nHarris, Jno., 234.\\nHarned, Jno. F., 235.\\nHarned, Tboe. B.,231.\\nHarris, Samtiel, 243.\\nHartley, Beiy., 611.\\nHatch, Wm. B., 93, 174.\\nHatton, Louis, 296.\\nHay, Andrew K., 703.\\nHayes, James E., 230.\\nHeath, Andrew, 3.=i2.\\nHeath, R. F. S., 193.\\nHendry, Bowman, 241.\\nHendry, Bowman, Jr., 275.\\nHendry, Chas. D., 267.\\nHendry, Thos., 239.\\nHeni-j-, Geo. W., 299.\\nHeritage family, 724.\\nHeulings, Israel W., 459.\\nHewitt, Jno. K. R., 232.\\nHighways, surveyors of, 439.\\nHildreth, Pennington P., 236.\\nHillman Family, 706, 675.\\nHilluian, Sanmel S., 633.\\nHinch jian Family, 706.\\nHinchmans, the, 648.\\nHineline, Chas. D., 431.\\nHooll, Conrad 6., 294.\\nHoffman, W. S., 233.\\nHogate, F. F., 2,34.\\nHolmes, Dr. Wm., 279.\\nHome for Friendless Children, 578.\\nHomesteadville, 761.\\nHomoeopathy, 300.\\nHook.and-Ladder Companies(8ee Fire Com-\\npanies).\\nHomer, Asa P., 215.\\nHomers, the, 749.\\nHorsfall, Chas. K., 140.\\nHotels, 556.\\nHough, Daniel, 222.\\nHover, Francis, 244.\\nHoward, E. M., 304.\\nHowe, General, 48, 49, 65.\\nHowell, Joshua B., 154.\\nHowell, Mordecai, 718.\\nHowell, Richard W., 217, 431\\nHowell, Thomas, 640, 718.\\nHufty, Sam., 126.\\nHugg, Alfred, 222.\\nHugg Family, 705.\\nHugg, I. N., 297.\\nHunt, H. F., 302.\\nHunt, Willis H., 304.\\nHurff, ,Tos. E.,296.\\nHutchinson, K. C, 236.\\nHylton, J. Dunbar, 338, 747.\\nIndian trails and early roads, 340.\\nIndians, the, 2 population, 5 tradition\\nas to origin, 6 Leunt Lenape, or", "height": "2937", "width": "1910", "jp2-path": "historyofcamdenc00prow_1198.jp2"}, "991": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nDeiawares, 7 religious belief, 8 char-\\nacteristics, 8, 9, 10 later history of\\nDelaware^, 14 last in New Jersey, 14\\ncompulsory migration, 14; NVainpiiin,\\n15; autographs, 16.\\nInterDal iiuproTeinentB,rilO.\\nIreland, AVilson H., 289.\\nIrwin, Samuel B., 292.\\nlezard, Wm. H., 292.\\nJackson Glass-Works, 665.\\nJoffers, WitliamN., 216.\\nJenkins, Richard S., 224.\\nJenkins, Wilson H., -230.\\nJennings, N. B., 279.\\nJessup, John I., 278.\\nJoline, Charles Van D. 23\\nJoliue, John F., 231.\\nJones, Frank S., 437.\\nJones, Geo. H., 297.\\nJoaea, Jno. H., 433.\\nJon\\nS. P., 234.\\nJones, W. S.,298.\\nJordan, Richard, 3:11.\\nJordantown, Tiil.\\nKaighn, Cbag. 431.\\nKaighn. Eliaa, 430.\\nKaighn Estate, 420.\\nKaighn Family, 410.\\nKaighnsville, 423.\\nKay, John, 6i)8.\\nKays, the, 724.\\nKiflerly, Frederick, 634.\\nKinsey, Charles W., 222.\\nKirkhride, Joel P., (!71.\\nKirkwood, G78.\\nKnight, Edward C, 641.\\nLafayette, General, 55.\\nLaning, Samuel, 430.\\nLaw, the new, 314.\\nLawrence, Captain James, 78,\\nLawyers, 196, 216.\\nLay* judges, 204.\\nLearning, E. B., 234.\\nLeckner, J. D., 304.\\nLee, Thomas M, K., Jr., 1\\nLindenwold, 678.\\nLippincott, Jamea S.. 335.\\nLippincott, Joshua, 460.\\nLivermore, Jonas, 464.\\nLong, W. S., 299.\\nLucas, John, 658.\\nLumber interest, 510 Stockham Co.,\\n512 Scudder s steam planiug-mill,\\n513 Barrett Cp., 513 Mun- er\\nBro., 514 The Builders Mill, 514\\nCole s planing-mill, 5i.5 Central\\nlumber-yard, 516 Liberty Street\\nplaning-mill, 517 Stanton Bran-\\nning, 517 C. W. Patterson Co.,\\n517 timber, spar and piling basin,\\n518; Colsou Mulford yard. 518;\\nShivers Moffett, 518 Moriison s\\nyard, 519.\\nM.\\nManufacturing and industries, 507 Cam-\\nden Iron-Works, 507 Furbush Son,\\n508 tool and tube-works, 5m\\nCoopers Point Iron-Works, 508 Pearl\\nStreet Iron Foundry, 508 Camden\\nMachine-Works, 508 Machine Tool\\nCompany, 509 Standard Machine-\\nWorks, 509 Camden Architectural\\nIron- Works, 509 American Nickel-\\nWorks, 509 Esterbrook Steel Pen Com-\\npany, 509 lumber intereete, 510 oil-\\ncloth manufacturers, 519 woolen and\\nworsted -mi lis, 623 miscellaneous, 527;\\nWood Manufacturing Company, 527;\\nAroma Dye- Works, 527 Camden Dye-\\nwood, Extract and Chemical- Works,\\n528; New Jersey Chemical- Works,\\n528 Camden City Dye-Works, 528\\nAmerican Bleach and Dy6-Works,528\\nprinting ink manufacturing, 529\\nCamden Brass-Works, 629 West Jer-\\nsey Paper Manufacturing Company,\\n529 Pfeil and Golz Company, 529\\nStandard Soap and Chemical Company,\\n530 Crystal Glass Manufacturing\\nCompany, 530 Porcelain Tooth Man-\\nufacturing Company, 530 hat-factory,\\n530 book bindery, 530 Baymore e\\nMast and Spar-Yards, 530 Penn Street\\nSpar-Yard, 531 boat-shops, 631 Penn\\nMantel-Works, 631 marble-works,\\n531 granite and sandstone -works,\\n532 carriage manufacturers, 532 (see\\nCarriages) Kifferly s Morocco- Works,\\n533 shoe manufacturers, 634 (see\\nShoes) Anderson Preserving Com-\\npany, 536 Campbell Preserving Con*-\\npauy, 636 Camden Wall-Paper Con\\npany, 637 Franklin Rag Carpet Com-\\npany, 537 American Dredging Com-\\npany, 537 Gas-Light Company, 645;\\nPriest Son, riggers and house movers,\\n579 Middleton Pump Manufactory,\\n579.\\nMarcy, Alexander, 286.\\nMarkets, 540.\\nMarshals of Camden, 439.\\nMartindale, Isaac C, 337.\\nMatlack, Robert K., 217.\\nMatlack, Timothy, 609.\\nMatlacks, the, 725.\\nMayors of Camden, 4.30.\\nMcAlliston, N. Alex., 300.\\nMcComb, Capt. James, 136.\\nMcCuUough, Joseph W., 281.\\nMcKelway, A. J., 279.\\nMead, William T., 548.\\nMechanicsviUe, 685.\\nMecray, A. M., 287.\\nMedical profession, the, 237.\\nMedical Society of Camden County, 244.\\nMenibers of Camden County Medical Socie-\\nty, 260.\\nMerchantville, 759.\\nMethodist Herald, 329.\\nMichellou, Frank F., 436.\\nMickle, Captain Isaac W., 222.\\nMitkle Family, 418.\\nMickle, Isaac, 221, 332.\\nMicroscopical Society, 339.\\nMiddleton. F. P.. 680.\\nMiddleton, M. K., 302.\\nMiddleton, Timothy, 4.32.\\nMiddleton. T. J., 232.\\nMiller, J. S., 233.\\nMiller, Lindley H., 224.\\nMiller, Richard T., 229.\\nMorgan family, 46.\\nMorgan, John, 433.\\nMurgan, Joseph W., 232.\\nMorgan, Randal E., 185.\\nMorgan, Rundal W.,281.\\nMount Ephraim, 7H\\nMud Island, 52.\\nMulford, Isaac S., 266, 332.\\nMuUord, I. B., 282.\\nMulford, Thomarf W., 219.\\nMuifurd, W. 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H. B. C. Reeve, 519;\\nFarrA Bailey, 522; Dunn, J. Co.,\\n522 Kaighns Point Oil Cloth Co., 523\\nL. B. Randall, 523.\\nOlden, Gov. 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