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Harleigh Cemetery

Colorized postcard of the stone gateway at the entrance to Forest Hill Park and Park Boulevard, Camden.

Streets

Park Boulevard

Park Boulevard is one of the three main thoroughfares of Camden's Parkside neighborhood, running from Haddon Avenue north and curving east to Vesper Boulevard at the border of Harleigh Cemetery.

November 6, 2026·10 min read

Policemen Retire on Pension Fund

People

George B. Johnson

George B. Johnson served as a Camden policeman for more than twenty years, patrolling the North and South Rosedale sections without making a single arrest. Appointed in 1899, promoted to sergeant in 1914 and pensioned in 1920, he made his home at 220 North 37th Street from 1900 until at least 1940.

September 14, 2026·1 min read

Portrait of Edward S. Hyde

People

Edward S. Hyde

Edward S. Hyde rose through the Camden Police Department from patrolman to acting chief, served as a Camden County Freeholder, and died in 1930.

July 31, 2026·7 min read

Sepia postcard photo of a damaged brick building and debris on a street, labeled "Camden Cyclone."

Streets

2nd Street

2nd Street extends north-south between Front Street and 3rd Street, running parallel to the Delaware River until Mechanic Street. In the early 1970s, several buildings were cleared on the east side of North 2nd Street below Mickle Street to make way for the Royal Court townhomes and Mickle Tower senior citizens apartment building.

November 2, 2021·38 min read

Camden Division of Fire personnel record card for Leonard E. Oshushek, appointed November 1941

Leonard E. Oshushek (Obituary)

The March 2006 Camden Courier-Post obituary of Leonard Edward Oshushek (1918–2006) of Franklinville, a retired acting Chief of the Camden Fire Department after 32 years of service, who died at age 87 on March 17, 2006, in Vineland.

March 19, 2006·1 min read

Obituary of George W. Meriwether, Camden Courier-Post, June 5, 1992

Obituary of George W. Meriwether

Obituary of George W. Meriwether of Camden, a Camden firefighter, who died June 3, 1992 at age 66; interment at Harleigh Cemetery.

June 5, 1992·1 min read

Mrs. Nellie Stenner obituary, Camden Courier-Post, November 16, 1960

Mrs. Nellie Stenner

Obituary for Mrs. Nellie Stenner, 73, of 2006 Arlington Street, a 55-year Camden resident. Survived by her husband Frank J., a son, three daughters, and ten grandchildren.

November 15, 1960·1 min read

Obituary of Mrs. Louisa H. Webb, 44 S. 27th Street, Camden Courier-Post, March 29, 1957

Mrs. Louisa H. Webb

Obituary of Mrs. Louisa H. Webb, 82, of 44 South 27th Street, a lifelong Camden resident and 48-year employee of the Esterbrook Pen Co., March 1957.

March 29, 1957·1 min read

Mrs. Anna Elbertson

Mrs. Anna Elbertson

A January 1957 death notice for Mrs. Anna E. Elbertson of 917 North 4th Street, a native of Blackwood and a member of the North Baptist Church.

January 26, 1957·1 min read

Newspaper obituary clipping for Edgar S. Boulton, a retired Camden police officer, with funeral arrangements and survivors.

Edgar S. Boulton

Obituary for Edgar S. Boulton of 1133 Bergen Avenue, a retired Camden police officer who joined the department in 1908 after three years with the fire department; services at Gustav Roedel and Son Funeral Home.

May 29, 1956·1 min read

Obituary clipping for Jesse Penn, 69, of 44 S. 27th St., Camden Courier-Post, July 6, 1953

Jesse Penn

Obituary of Jesse Penn, 69, of 44 S. 27th St., a retired Pennsylvania Railroad ferry deckhand. Camden Courier-Post, July 6, 1953.

July 6, 1953·1 min read

Obituary for Mrs. Anna E. Boulton, Camden Courier-Post, February 2, 1953

Mrs. Anna E. Boulton

Mrs. Anna E. Boulton died at her home, 949 North 36th Street. A native of Philadelphia, she had lived in Cramer Hill for a year. She was survived by her husband Edgar S. Boulton, three daughters, a son, a sister, and five grandchildren.

February 1, 1953·1 min read

Man Hangs Self in North Camden, Camden Courier-Post, September 5, 1951

Man Hangs Self in North Camden

Raymond J. Kuntz, 35, a Standard Tank and Seat Co. worker who lived at 78 Vine Street, was found hanging in the cellar of his home by Mrs. Alice Martz of 603 North Front Street and his mother; Coroner Robert Blake listed his death as suicide.

September 5, 1951·1 min read

Courier-Post obituary headed "Fred H. Hough Jr. Dies in Hospital; Employe of C-P", a narrow newspaper column.

Fred H. Hough Jr.

Obituary of Frederick H. Hough Jr., 49, of 312 Grant Street, assistant foreman of the Courier-Post composing room, who died in Cooper Hospital in August 1951.

August 20, 1951·1 min read

Obituary headlined Charles Foulon, Ex-Baker, Dies, Camden Courier-Post, January 11, 1950

Charles Foulon, Ex-Baker, Dies

Charles Foulon, 74, of 1453 Ormond Avenue, who operated the Foulon bakery in the 500 block of Federal Street for many years, died in West Jersey Hospital in January 1950. The business had been established by his father.

January 11, 1950·1 min read

George B. Johnson, Ex-Patrolman, Dies

George B. Johnson, Ex-Patrolman, Dies

Obituary of George B. Johnson, 80, who retired as a patrolman in the Camden Police Department in 1920 after 21 years of service. Funeral services were to be held Wednesday at the home of his daughter on North Thirty-ninth Street, with burial at Harleigh Cemetery.

September 21, 1942·1 min read

Newspaper obituary headed "Mrs. Levi String" for Mary E. String, 76, of 1131 Baring Street, Camden.

Mrs. Levi String

Obituary for Mrs. Mary E. String, 76, of 1131 Baring Street, who died after weeks of illness; her husband summoned a police ambulance but she was dead on arrival at West Jersey Hospital.

July 28, 1941·1 min read

Newspaper clipping: funeral notice for George Thompson

George Thompson

Funeral notice for George Thompson, 40, of 535 Trenton Avenue, who died of injuries from a car accident in Atlantic City. Services were set for the Joseph H. Murray & Son funeral home, 408 Cooper Street, with burial in Harleigh Cemetery.

July 28, 1941·1 min read

Newspaper clipping with the headline Harry F. Walton Dies from Wound

Harry F. Walton Dies from Wound

Former Tenth ward freeholder Harry F. Walton, 52, died at Cooper Hospital from a self-inflicted wound suffered at his 520 Bailey Street home; ill health was blamed.

December 30, 1939·1 min read

Newspaper clipping with the headline Joseph H. Murray, Undertaker, Dies

Joseph H. Murray, Undertaker, Dies

Obituary of Joseph H. Murray, Camden's oldest undertaker, who died at his home at 408 Cooper Street. He founded the undertaking business in 1900 and was the father of Coroner Charles T. Murray.

January 14, 1939·1 min read

Newspaper obituary "Elmer Lingard Dies; Electrical Engineer," for a man who lived at 1436 Kaighn avenue.

Elmer Lingard Dies; Electrical Engineer

Obituary of Elmer Lingard, 52, an electrical engineer who lived for 18 years at 1436 Kaighn Avenue, printed February 28, 1938.

February 28, 1938·1 min read

Newspaper clipping "Roy A. Smith," a death notice in the Camden Courier-Post, January 18, 1936.

Roy A. Smith

Roy A. Smith, 51, a pensioned city fireman living at 607 Carman Street, died after a lengthy illness from heart condition. He was brother to former County Detective Howard M. Smith and former City Detective Walter Smith.

January 18, 1936·1 min read

Mrs. Rebbecca Leach Dies at Home Here

Mrs. Rebecca Leach, widow of former Fire Captain Daniel W. Leach, died at her home, 624 Bailey Street, less than two months after her husband.

November 6, 1933·1 min read

Mrs. Catherine C. Obenhaus

Mrs. Catherine C. Obenhaus

A June 1932 funeral notice and paid death notice for Mrs. Catherine C. Obenhaus, widow of Frank Obenhaus, of 932 North Fourth Street.

June 13, 1932·1 min read

Halftone newspaper portrait of an older woman with glasses and parted hair.

Five Lose Lives in Car Crashes Over Weekend

Camden Courier-Post reports of June 1932: Miss Eleanor M. Hillman, 20, and her mother, Mrs. Mary Hillman, 46, of 810 Howard Street were killed at Lansdale, Pa., when an electric train on the Philadelphia and Western Railroad struck the automobile they were riding in; a double funeral was planned, with burial in Harleigh Cemetery.

June 6, 1932·3 min read

Camden Courier-Post clipping, Dec. 13, 1930: Camden Will Honor Chief Stehr Today

Camden Will Honor Chief Stehr Today

Camden prepared to pay its last respects to Chief of Police Lewis H. Stehr, whose funeral cortege would leave Schroeder's, 538 Broadway, for Harleigh Cemetery. Several thousand persons viewed the body, and the entire police department marched past it.

December 13, 1930·2 min read

Camden Morning Post clipping, Dec. 13, 1930: Camden Will Honor Chief Stehr Today

Camden Will Honor Chief Stehr Today

The Camden Morning Post reported that the funeral cortege of Chief of Police Lewis H. Stehr would leave Schroeder's Chapel, Broadway and Royden street, for Harleigh Cemetery, after thousands filed past his bier and the entire police department marched past the body.

December 13, 1930·2 min read

Newspaper clipping: Pallbearers Named for Stehr Funeral, Camden Morning Post, December 12, 1930

Pallbearers Named for Stehr Funeral

Funeral arrangements for Camden Chief of Police Lewis H. Stehr, who died in Cooper Hospital following a heart attack: his body would lie in state at the Schroeder Chapel, Broadway and Royden streets, with burial in Harleigh cemetery. The article lists the active and honorary pallbearers.

December 12, 1930·2 min read

Courier-Post obituary headline: Enos B. Dellmuth dies from stroke, Camden grand jury foreman, September 10, 1928

Enos B. Dellmuth Dies from Stroke

Enos B. Dellmuth, 43, civic leader, former Ninth ward councilman and foreman of the June term Camden county grand jury, died at his home at 426 Chambers street after a stroke suffered at the jury's last session. Camden Courier-Post, September 10, 1928.

September 10, 1928·3 min read

Courier-Post article on the notebook cop's cemetery cave raid, April 3, 1928

Cemetery Cave Raided by City’s Notebook Cop

Camden patrolman John V. Wilkie, the "notebook cop," found a cave behind Harleigh Cemetery and arrested two men found intoxicated inside; each got 20 days in the county jail.

April 3, 1928·3 min read

Camden Daily Courier column, June 11, 1922: Camden Is Warned Against Fireworks, plus local news items.

Camden Is Warned Against Fireworks

Mayor Van Hart's June 1922 proclamation for a safe and sane Fourth of July, with Camden news of the ferryboat Millville, a Masonic funeral for William P. Weiser, and a divorce advised for Mrs. Margaret Jenkins of 1418 Louis Street.

June 11, 1922·3 min read

Newspaper clipping "Funeral of Old Resident" reporting the funeral of John G. Schramm of 912 North Thirty-first street.

Funeral of Old Resident

The funeral of John G. Schramm, a pioneer resident of Cramer Hill who operated a hotel at 27th Street and Cleveland Avenue, was held December 1, 1920 from his home at 912 North 31st Street.

December 1, 1920·1 min read

Funeral of Sergeant Reader, Philadelphia Inquirer clipping, March 2, 1919

Funeral of Sergeant Reader

Six former members of the Camden police force served as pallbearers at the funeral of former Sergeant of Police John Reader, with services at his son's home at 1135 Haddon Avenue.

March 2, 1919·1 min read

Veterans Carried Pall newspaper clipping

Veterans Carried Pall

Surviving members of Company G, Twelfth Regiment — Arthur C. Stanley among them — served as pall-bearers at the Camden funeral of Dr. Henry F. Chew, the regiment's Civil War lieutenant colonel.

June 2, 1918·1 min read

Newspaper clipping: Funeral of Dr. P. N. Litchfield, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 15, 1918

Funeral of Dr. P. N. Litchfield

The funeral of Dr. Paul N. Litchfield, Assemblyman from Camden County, was held from his late home at 1100 Kaighn Avenue, with Speaker Charles A. Wolverton heading a large delegation of legislators; interment was made at Harleigh.

May 15, 1918·1 min read

Here and There in Camden, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 12, 1917.

Here and There in Camden

Philadelphia Inquirer Camden briefs of October 12, 1917: an address at North Baptist Church, the funeral of Mrs. Anna Greenan, wife of Hugh Greenan, from 412 Viola Street, and a Y.M.C.A. service at Forest Hill Park.

October 12, 1917·1 min read

Dead Fireman Buried, Philadelphia Inquirer clipping, May 10, 1916

Dead Fireman Buried

With the body mounted on the auto supply wagon, the funeral of Fireman Harry C. Anderson, who died in Cooper Hospital from injuries received in being thrown from the auto truck in responding to an alarm of fire, took place from his home at 1147 Federal street, Camden.

May 10, 1916·1 min read

Camden Post-Telegram article 'Appendicitis Fatal to Horace H. Dahl', September 14, 1915

Appendicitis Fatal to Horace H. Dahl

Horace H. Dahl, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dahl of 84 Alberta Street, died of appendicitis in the Homeopathic Hospital. Camden Post-Telegram, September 14, 1915.

September 14, 1915·1 min read

Newspaper paragraph reporting the funeral of Nathaniel Sloan, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 2, 1912

Nathaniel Sloan

Philadelphia Inquirer, August 2, 1912: the funeral of Nathaniel Sloan, a widely known Camderite who died suddenly at Anglesea, was held from his home at 642 Royden Street, with interment in Harleigh Cemetery.

August 2, 1912·1 min read

Death of Mrs. Frances M. Johnson

Death of Mrs. Frances M. Johnson

A death notice for Mrs. Frances M. Johnson, wife of Camden policeman George Johnson of 220 North Thirty-seventh Street, who died after a long illness. She was a member of the Frances Willard Women's Christian Temperance Union and was interred at Harleigh Cemetery.

June 24, 1911·1 min read

Newspaper clipping, Funeral of Ike Toy, Bridgeton Evening News, December 31, 1906

Funeral of “Ike” Toy

The Bridgeton Evening News describes the funeral of Camden Policeman Isaac "Ike" Toy, held from his home at 604 South Third Street and attended by Mayor Charles H. Ellis, Chief of Police Elisha A. Gravenor and fifty officers, with interment in Harleigh Cemetery. During the procession Policeman Alonzo Dyer collapsed at Broadway and Berkley Street.

December 31, 1906·1 min read

Gunning in a Cemetery newspaper clipping

Gunning in a Cemetery

Repeated gunshots broke the quiet of Harleigh Cemetery as hunters dodged among the tombstones. Captain Stanley rounded up two Italians who had shot two robins and a rabbit.

September 21, 1903·1 min read

Newspaper article with photographs, Woman Involved in Camden Mystery

Woman Involved in Camden Mystery

While mystery apparently as absolute as ever still obscures the motive and the criminal in the case of John Houseman Coffin and W. Price Jennings, the unfortunate Camden lads whose trip to the country at Haddon Heights last Wednesday resulted so tragically, it is surmised from hints dropped now and again the matter may soon be cleared.

October 7, 1902·4 min read

Newspaper clipping: Funeral of Mrs. Moffett, Camden Daily Telegram, September 2, 1896

Funeral of Mrs. Moffett

The funeral of Mrs. Susan Moffett, wife of City Hall janitor Charles C. Moffett, was held from her son Henry Moffett's residence at 602 Broadway, with city officials serving as pall bearers and interment in Harleigh Cemetery.

September 2, 1896·1 min read

Newspaper clipping: "Over In Camden", Philadelphia Inquirer, March 19, 1895

Over In Camden

A Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news: barking dogs frightened burglars from James Croker's saloon at Fourth and Jasper Streets, and John L. Lattimore of 1120 Locust Street broke his leg jumping from a car in the Bulson Street yard.

March 19, 1895·1 min read