Tag: Hatch Post 37
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Excerpt: Colonel William B. Hatch
The following is derived from George Reeser Prowell’s History of Camden County, N.J. published in 1886. Colonel William B. Hatch was the son of the late William B. Hatch, of Camden. As a youth he developed a fondness for military life. After his father’s death he visited Europe, and spent several months in observation of…
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William B. Hatch
Colonel William B. Hatch, born to William and Catherine Browning Hatch around 1838 in Camden, NJ, was part of Gloucester County during that era. His father, a farmer, lived in Camden’s North Ward. Colonel Hatch’s military journey began as a soldier of fortune, serving in the cavalry of the Russian Imperial Army in 1859 and…
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1890 Review of Camden, New Jersey – Part 9
HOWLAND CROFT, SONS & CO., LINDEN WORSTED MILLS BROADWAY AND JEFFERSON AVENUE. Among the worsted and woolen mills of Camden a conspicuous building is that belonging to Messrs. Howland Croft, Sons & Co., formerly Croft & Priestley, known as the Linden Worsted Mills, now located at Broadway and Jefferson Avenue. The factory was established in…
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1890 Review of Camden, New Jersey – Part 8
WILLIAM BLEAKLY, WOOD-BURNT LIME, HAIR, PLASTER, ETC. N. W. COR. FRONT & FEDERAL STREETS A REPRESENTATIVE business man and public-spirited citizen is the subject of this too brief sketch; succeeding George Garrett, who established the above place about twenty years ago. Two places are occupied, one being on the N. W. corner of Front and…
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1890 Review of Camden, New Jersey – Part 4
S.S.E. Cowperthwaite, Sewing Machines, etc. 221 Federal Street ONE of the oldest business concerns in Camden is that of S.S. E. Cowperthwaite, located at No. 221 Federal St., and well known throughout the city and country. It was established by Mr. Cowperthwaite in 1840. The salesroom is 16 x 28 feet in size, has, of…
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General John A. Logan Post No 102 – G.A.R.
Post 102 – Grand Army of the Republic General John A. Logan Post No. 102 was established on February 7, 1887, in Camden with an initial membership of 11 veterans. The post was named after General John A. Logan, a prominent Republican Senator from Illinois who played a significant role in veterans affairs and advocated…
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The Day Inquest
Philadelphia Inquirer – May 30, 1885 A War Trophy—Senator Sewell’s Departure and Other Camden Items. Coroner Green, of Woodbury, assisted by Prosecutor of the Pleas of Gloucester county, Belmont Perry, yesterday held at Paulsboro the inquest on the death of Henry Day, who was drowned off the sloop Ella on the 19th instant. Several witnesses…