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Arthur Stanley (1845–1925), Camden police captain and Civil War veteran. Born in England, he came to America in 1853, served with Company G, 12th New Jersey Infantry at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Petersburg, and commanded the Second District of the Camden Police Department from 1898 until his retirement in 1916.
Virgil Willett was born in Pennsylvania around 1838 to Joseph P. and Elizabeth Willett. His father worked as a mason, and Virgil spent his early years in Moorland, Montgomery County.
Captain Benjamin D. Coley , son of John and Ann (Day) Coley, born at Baddell, Bedfordshire, England, February 1, 1826, emigrated with his parents to America in 1829, landed at Philadelphia and soon afterward located in Camden.
Benjamin Coley was born in England on February 1, 1826, and immigrated to America as a child.
Born on April 22, 1862, in Camden, Charles H. Ellis Jr. was deeply rooted in the city's fabric. His grandfather, Samuel Ellis, notably served as Camden's first City Clerk and initiated the city's first newspaper.
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.
WILLIAM BLEAKLY, WOOD-BURNT LIME, HAIR, PLASTER, ETC. N. W. COR.
Chas. H. Ulbrich, Locksmith and Bell Hanger 322 Arch Street Among the best and most favorably known establishments of this character in this vicinity may be mentioned is that of Mr. Chas. H. Ulbrich.
G. W. QUINN, BARBER 1647 BROADWAY AMONG the best known tonsorial artists in this neighborhood may be mentioned Mr. G. W. Quinn. This talented and versatile gentleman has been here many years, coming in 1873.
WILLIAM R. BENNETT, MANUFACTURING JEWELER 544 FEDERAL STREET WILLIAM R. Bennett is the proprietor of the establishment so frequently mentioned by the people of Camden, and vicinity as "Bennett's Jewelry Store," It is situated at 544 Federal street, and was opened, in October, 1887, by Mr. Bennett.
SOCIETY MANUFACTURING COMPANY 28 MARKET STREET In the production of fine grocers' specialties, no trade mark has become more familiar with the higher class of the trade than that which bears the trademark "Society," which is practically synonymous with purity, high quality, and artistic make up, in the preparation of the goods placed upon the market by the house under review.
J. B. VAN SCIVER & CO. This firm occupy a handsome building on the corner of Delaware avenue and Federal street . It is of mammoth proportions and is visible along the whole river front.
1890 Historical and Industrial Review of Camden, New Jersey - Intro The Historical and Industrial Review of Camden, New Jersey was commissioned and published by Camden's Board of Trade, a forerunner of the Chamber of Commerce.
Wildey Hall, at 500-506 Pine Street in Camden, NJ, was built in 1868 by the Odd Fellows' Wildey Lodge No. 91 and was destroyed by fire in 1956.
STEPHEN PARSONS came to Camden in 1844. He operated a hotel at Federal Street and Front Street , near the Federal Street Ferry with partner Richard Cake which was known as Woolston's Hotel.
Morgan's Hall, also known as Morgan Hall, was built by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows .