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Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church

Wiley Methodist Episcopal Church - 1885
Religion

Wiley Methodist Episcopal Church

625 S. 3rd Street, Camden, NJ Some of this page is derived from The Centennial History of Camden Methodism , published in 1909.

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Religion

Religious History of Camden

From George Reeser Prowell's History of Camden County, New Jersey , 1886 Newton Friend's Meeting About the year 1800, when the general opening of roads made it no longer important to be on the water, Newton Friends determined to move from their old meet­ing-house on Newton Creek to a place more central; and in Fourth Month, 1801, Joseph Kaighn gave them the lot of land-at the corner of the Mount Ephraim road and Mount Vernon Street , in the present city of Camden, on which, in the same year, they built the brick meeting­house that now stands there.

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Historical Accounts

Mother's Day Origins

The popular version of the story of how Mother's Day came to be a holiday in the United States of America is generally told like this: In 1907 Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a campaign to establish a national Mother's Day.

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People

William Alcott

William Alcott was born in New Jersey around 1848. He was the son of Logan Alcott and his wife, the former Elizabeth Ann Bodine. The Alcotts were living in Camden as early as 1854.

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People

Charles L. Alcott

CHARLES L." SHAD" ALCOTT was born in New Jersey around 1857. The Census indicates July of 1858. Sorting him out can be confusing as there was a Charles M. Alcott, born February of 1857, who lived in Camden at the same time.

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News Articles

Police in a Church

Philadelphia Inquirer, February 12, 1900 — Police in a Church Philadelphia Inquirer, February 12, 1900 Camden Guardians of the Peace Attend Divine Service Chief of Police John Foster, Captains Stanley, Boyle and Alberts, seventy policemen and Colonel D. B. Murphy, the police drill instructor, marched in a body from the Third Regiment Armory in Camden to Broadway M. E. Church last evening to attend divine service.

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Camdens Tragedy Still a Mystery - Philadelphia Inqurier - 1897-10-14
News Articles

Camden's Tragedy Still A Mystery

Philadelphia Inquirer - October 14, 1897 Two Men Arrested in Stockton, But They Easily Prove an Alibi. Police Are Puzzled Officials Believe the House Was Entered By a Burglar.

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