Tag: Charles W. Cox

  • Ray Street

    Ray Street is a one-block street running north from Pearl Street to Elm Street, situated between Borton Street and North 9th Street. It first appeared in city directories in 1890. By 2006, no houses remained standing on Ray Street. The street was named after Mrs. “Ray” Cox, the wife of Charles W. Cox, a developer…

  • Borton Street

    Borton Street spans just one block, running north from Pearl Street to Elm Street, positioned between Ray Street and North 10th Street. It is first documented in city directories in 1890. According to the 1969 New Jersey Bell Telephone Directory, nine families resided on Borton Street. However, a reverse directory published in 1980 indicates only…

  • History of the First Methodist Episcopal Church

    History of the First Methodist Episcopal Church

    From The Centennial History of Camden Methodism, 1909 1809 was truly the “annus mirabilis.” That year chronicles the advent of the immortal Alfred Tennyson, the never-to-be-forgotten Oliver Wendell Holmes, the Grand Old Man, William Ewart Gladstone, and the best type of American manhood that ever lived — Abraham Lincoln. These facts alone would have made…

  • Camden’s Mayors

    Camden’s Mayors

    1828 – 2024 Mayor Term Political Party Samuel Lanning 1828-1830 Gideon V. Stivers 1830-1838 Elias Kaighn 1838-1840 Lorenzo F. Fisler 1840-1844 John K. Cowperthwaite 1844-1845 Richard W. Howell (Declined) Charles Kaighn 1845-1846 Thomas B. Wood 1846-1848 Benjamin A. Hammell 1848-1849 Charles Sexton 1849-1851 Lorenzo F. Fisler 1851-1852 Charles D. Hineline 1852-1853 Lorenzo F. Fisler 1853-1855…

  • New Buildings Going Up

    New Buildings Going Up

    Camden Daily Courier – November 15, 1890 Many Houses Now Being Erected Camden builders do not seem to be deterred by the fear of financial panic or an idea that the McKinley bill presages disaster in business. New operations are in progress, and several extensive ones are contemplated early in the coming year. Charles W.…