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Baxter Street (formerly Newton Street and locally known as "Hog Alley") ran from South 7th Street to Mount Ephraim Avenue in South Camden, notorious for decades as a hub of illegal activity; largely demolished, the 700 block survives as an overgrown alley.
Benjamin M. Braker, a highly esteemed figure in South Jersey for over five decades, carved out a lasting legacy as both a journalist and a politician until his passing in December 1905.
The following is derived from George Reeser Prowell's History of Camden County, N.J. published in 1886. Colonel William B. Hatch was the son of the late William B. Hatch, of Camden. As a youth he developed a fondness for military life.
Colonel William B. Hatch, born to William and Catherine Browning Hatch around 1838 in Camden, NJ, was part of Gloucester County during that era. His father, a farmer, lived in Camden's North Ward.
Sycamore Street is one of Camden's "tree" streets, originally running east from Front Street to Haddon Avenue; its intersections at 7th, 8th and Louis Streets were hubs for different ethnic and cultural communities.
Ben Courter's January 18, 1932 Camden Courier-Post column recalls D. Cooper Carman, Camden city clerk from 1884 until his death in 1889, and the "young syndicate" of Republicans that sent Maurice A. Rogers to the State Senate and beat back "Billy" Thompson's race-track faction.
Recorder Braker issues a warrant for Lulu Robinson, a woman of Baxter Street, charged with assault and battery on Mary Jones.
Lavinia Tunnell, a woman of Baxter Street, accused of stealing a clock and coat from her former partner George Matthews after he married another; dismissed by Recorder Braker.
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Camden County roundup of April 2, 1889: Mrs. Rebecca Wright, mother-in-law of City Recorder Braker, dies at 255 Kaighn avenue aged 85, and Walter Kelly is committed as the burglar who stole $339 and a gold watch from John Dugan of Front and Pearl streets.
Three days after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, Camden citizens issued a resolution pledging loyalty to the Union on April 16, 1861, followed by a patriotic war meeting at the county courthouse on April 18 that organized the county's first Civil War volunteer companies.