People
Abraham Lincoln James
Abraham Lincoln James, commonly known as A. L. James or A. Lincoln James, was a career officer with the Camden Police Department, serving for 40 years.
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David Baird Sr
People
Frank S. Van Hart
Frank S. Van Hart was born in 1875 in Pennsylvania but relocated to Camden during his youth. Renowned as an athlete from a young age, he gained widespread recognition as one of the finest second basemen in South Jersey.
People
Thomas Yorke Smith
Thomas. Yorke Smith, more commonly known as T. Yorke Smith, born around 1873 in New Jersey, entered matrimony with Harriet A. Smith at the age of 21.
Historical Accounts
1890 Review of Camden, New Jersey - Part 10
FRANK MESTER, IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALER 4th AND ARCH STREETS . This is one of the most widely known houses in the town, it having had an established reputation for the sale of unadulterated wines and liquors.
People
John L. Westcott
John Leighton Westcott, notable for his tenure as Mayor of Camden from 1892 to 1898, should not be mistaken for John W. Wescott , who served as a judge in Camden for many years starting in 1885.
Historical Accounts
Old Cooper Street
Reprinted from the series of stories of Camden's earlier days, under the title Sixty Years in Camden County - Gosh! by Will Paul, appearing in The Community news, of Merchantville, NJ.
Streets
Baird Boulevard
Baird Boulevard (originally Baird Avenue) runs diagonally through the Parkside and East Camden neighborhoods, named for Camden businessman and U.S. Senator David Baird Sr. It begins at Kaighn Avenue, crosses the Cooper River and Admiral Wilson Boulevard, and terminates at the intersection of Federal Street and 27th Street in East Camden.
People
David Baird Sr.
David Baird Sr. was one of Camden's leading citizens for well over 50 years. Born in Ireland in on April 7th of 1839, he came to America in 1858 after the death of his father, and settled in Camden the following year.
Manufacturing and Hardware
David Baird Company
The David Baird Company was founded by Irish immigrant David Baird Sr. in 1878.
People
William Joyce Sewell
William Joyce Sewell was born on December 6, 1835 in Ireland. Orphaned at a young age, he emigrated to the United States in 1851.
People
David Baird, Jr.
David Baird Jr. was born in Camden NJ on October 18, 1881. His father, David Baird Sr. , was one of Camden's leading citizens for well over 50 years, an important man both in the business and political life of Camden, Camden County, and South Jersey.
News Articles
David Baird Co. Closes Business After 72 Years
Camden Courier-Post - June 7, 1950 Lumber Firm Was Important Factor In U.S. Industry By Oscar W. Magnuson The David Baird Co., lumber dealers, a business which was started in Camden 72 years ago, has been discontinued.
News Articles
Camden Trust Co. 75 Years Old; Leads South Jersey in Deposits
Camden Courier-Post - July 1, 1948 The Camden Trust Co. marks its seventy-fifth anniversary today.
News Articles
Magin's Body to Lie in State In Commission Room Monday
The body of City Commissioner Henry Magin, who died suddenly of a heart attack, was to lie in state in the city commission chambers, and Mayor George E. Brunner named Frank A. Abbott acting director of public works.
News Articles
Dan McConnell's Scrapbook
Camden Courier-Post columnist Dan McConnell recalls the old Court House, the lunch wagon on the triangle at Federal, Arch and Hudson streets, Camden's first traffic cops, and other memories of old Camden.
News Articles
Jobless Son Kills Jake Schiller Wo Saves Boys Wife From Gun
SLAYER CRAZED BY SEPARATION, RELATIVES SAY Dazedly Insists He Had No Intention of Shooting Sire ESTRANGED WIFE SEEN IN SUICIDE TRY Slain Man Long Was Prominent Figure in Camden Politics Jacob Schiller , 72, for 45 years a political figure here, is dead, shot by his own son.
News Articles
Hurley Based Success in Life and in Business on Square Deal to All
Camden Courier-Post, April 23, 1928: Ben Courter's profile of William L. Hurley, who built a small store at Fifth and Pine streets into the Gately & Hurley store at Broadway and Pine streets on a policy of square dealing, and who championed the Camden bridge and the extension of Broadway.
News Articles
New Chairmanship of the Camden Chamber of Commerce Committee
Circuit Court Judge Frank T. Lloyd yesterday accepted chairmanship of the Camden Chamber of Commerce Committee which is to study the unemployment question and make suggestions for remedial measures.
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Camden Hails Her Sons, Conquerors, at Victory Jubilee
Camden held a Victory Jubilee parade and banquet on September 6, 1919, reviewed by Admiral Henry B. Wilson, honoring returning soldiers and sailors and the 135 Camden County men who died in the war.
News Articles
Thousands View Chief's Remains
Camden Post-Telegram - May 10, 1914 Throngs Jam Court House While Body Lies in State for Two Hours.
News Articles
Baird Holds a Christmas Party
David Baird, State Assessor and Republican leader of South Jersey, following his annual custom, held a Christmas reception Christmas morning at his handsome home in Cooper Street, Camden. Prominent politicians, citizens and persons in all walks of life to the number of 500 greeted Mr. Baird.
News Articles
Royal Welcome for Ex-Sheriff Baird
The Philadelphia Inquirer's account of the enthusiastic welcome given State Assessor and former Sheriff David Baird on his return from Europe; Dr. H. H. Davis was among the Camden men in the greeting party.
News Articles
Camden
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Camden personal notes of March 12, 1899: County Detective John Cherry recovering from a frozen face, the Fireside New Year's Association's new officers, and the organization of the Camden Camera Club at 926 Broadway.
News Articles
Politicians' Day at Mt. Holly
The Mount Holly Fair, like all the other Jersey fairs, has its "Big Thursday." That is the day the politicians get together to shake hands, swop stories and look after the political machine generally.
News Articles
Odds and Ends
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 19, 1891: local Camden items, including a burglary at J. Hermann's tailoring establishment at 1120 Broadway, the start of cars on the new Fourth street line, and Mayor Pratt holding William Kemble in $500 bail on a policy-writing charge.
News Articles
Sensational Assault and Battery Case
Camden Post, June 3, 1891: the trial of Joseph Logue of 129 Birch Street for assault and battery on Sarah Louwin ended in a not guilty verdict after the jury was out ten minutes.
News Articles
By His Victim's Bedside.
A dying Thomas McDonough, of Eighth and Mountain streets, Camden, identifies Andrew Eckert as the man who stabbed him at Beideman's station, in a bedside declaration at the Pennsylvania Hospital.
News Articles
Camden County Republican Executive Committee
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 6, 1884 The Camden County Republican Executive Committee held a meeting at No. 210 Market street on Saturday.
