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This passage is excerpted from South Jersey: A History, 1624-1924 Charles Augustus Reynolds was born at Portsmouth, Virginia May 18, 1870, the son of George C. Washington and Augusta Ann Reynolds.
Charles Augustus Reynolds was a prominent figure in Camden, deeply involved in both business and civic affairs until his untimely death at the age of 54 in 1924.
Joseph Bishop Van Sciver was born on May 14, 1861, in Hainesport, New Jersey. He grew up in Camden and attended the E. A. Stevens School . In 1881, he founded his furniture manufacturing and retail business in a small shop at 210 Federal Street .
by Howard M. Cooper A revision and amplification of a paper read before the Camden County Historical Society, June 13, 1899.
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.
Camden Courier-Post - May 12, 1950 Jesse P. Johnson , 77, former vaudeville star, was stricken fatally Thursday while in bed at his home, 19 North Twenty-eighth street .
Camden firemen and policemen gave Jack, the Airedale mascot of the Headquarters Fire Company at Fifth and Arch Streets, a hero's funeral in November 1934 after he was crushed under the wheels of his own truck. An estimated 3500 people passed his bier, and taps were sounded over his grave at sunset; Arthur Batten was among the honorary bearers.
Camden Courier-Post - June 24, 1933 Diplomas and certificates were awarded 25 graduates of the Y.M.C.A. naturalization class last night. They were presented by Herman Hensgen, chairman of the naturalization committee.
Philadelphia Inquirer - March 31, 1904 After several weeks' illness from progressive paralysis, Charles Watson , one of Camden's best-known citizens, died at his home at 223 Cooper street , shortly after 9 o'clock last night.
Russell Herman Conwell was a Baptist minister, lawyer, writer, and outstanding orator. He is best remembered as the founder and first president of Temple University in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, and for his lecture and book Acres of Diamonds.