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Charles Taylor Humes Jr. was born in Camden, New Jersey, to parents Charles T. and Mary Humes. At the age of four during the 1880 Census, he was the eldest child in the family, with his younger brother George born in 1879.
Camden Courier-Post - February 25, 1938 By Gordon Mackay Fair, charming and, clever, Mrs. Rocco Palese is one of my "favorite girl friends" — this is rather an exclusive organization — to be found in South Jersey.
City Workers Start Laying Out System of "Safety Islands" on Cooper Street City employees today started installing a new system of traffic lights and laying out six "safety islands" on Cooper Street, under the direction of James A. Howell , acting chief of electrical bureau , and Charles Humes , captain of police.
Wilson Ashbridge, slayer of Mrs. Elizabeth Dunbar, and forger George E. Thompson shoot their way out of the Camden County Jail with a smuggled revolver, killing keeper Isaac Hibbs and wounding Joseph Ellis; a general jail delivery is averted by police summoned by the wounded men.