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Walter Edgerton (1854–1930), Camden professional boxer who fought as "Kentucky Rosebud." A featherweight who boxed professionally from 1886 to 1921, fought featherweight champion George Dixon, and won a bout past age 60.
Daniel Smith (b. July 4, 1872) was a Camden Fire Department captain appointed in 1899 who served more than 40 years, rising to captain at Engine Company 9 before retiring in 1943.
Beckett Street, named for Henry and Mary Beckett who owned land in South Camden around 1853, originally ran from Front Street to West Street. After 1947 the eastern portion was demolished for an industrial building; today it runs only from South 3rd Street to West Street.
Clare Street is a one-block thoroughfare in South Camden, running from Pine Street to Division Street. Originally called Pine Avenue, it was renamed Clare Street between 1878 and 1890, then later renamed Jesthroe Hunt Sr. Lane in honor of a Camden firefighter who passed away in 2005.
Locust Street, formerly known as Oak Street, ran from Beckett Street south to Mechanic Street between South 2nd and South 3rd Streets; once lined with homes and businesses, it was cleared for industrial use after World War II and today has no remaining structures.
Wilson L. Bromley came into the world in New Jersey, around the year 1853, as the child of Joseph and Ann Eliza Bromley. His father, Joseph Bromley, earned his living as a boilermaker.
Cox Street ran west from 1119 South 2nd Street for about half a block to a dead end, roughly opposite Sycamore Street; it first appeared in City Directories in 1890 and was renamed Sycamore Street around 1922, then erased after World War II as part of a redevelopment plan.
Caesar Campana Sr. was born in Italy on May 13, 1903, to parents Peter and Theresa Campana.
Herman O'Neal, 41, of 139 Spruce Street was seriously injured on Kaighns Avenue near Locust Street by a hit-and-run driver; Det. Sgt. Joseph Hooven of the accident division described the car sought.
Camden Courier-Post — February 23, 1954 A Barrington man went to county jail for 30 days after Judge Dzick ruled him guilty of passing worthless check for rental of an auto.
Five people were injured when a truck overturned after colliding with a car at 8th and Van Hook Streets; Fioranto Costanzo of 209 Beckett Street was among the injured.
The Camden vice squad raided nine alleged disorderly houses in South Camden in February 1927. The largest raid hit the home of former prize fighter Walter 'Kentucky Rosebud' Edgerton; Unity Hall at 318 Joint Alley was among the places raided.
Company No. 3's auto fire engine skidded at Broadway and Kaighn Avenue and crashed into a store window at Broadway and Locust Street; Engineer Daniel Smith and Stoker Arthur Wingate jumped to safety while Driver Michael Brown stuck to his post.
Captain Stanley and a squad made two more raids near Third and Spruce Streets, descending on the places of Mamie Tinsey at 240 Spruce Street and Josephine Quinn at 807 Locust Street.
Walter Edgerton, the former lightweight pugilist known as the "Kentucky Rosebud," was arrested by Police Captain Stanley at 811 Locust Street and held in $800 bail on a charge of keeping a disorderly house.
Camden police made seven simultaneous raids in the Tenderloin district on a Sunday morning, arresting twenty-three persons accused of selling liquor without a license. The raids were directed by Police Captain Arthur Stanley.
A Camden Post-Telegram account of the April 1912 police raids on two alleged South Camden gambling houses. Eli Johnson and Daniel Bussey were discharged or fined; among those caught at 829 Locust Street was former prize fighter Walter "Kentucky Rosebud" Edgerton.
Camden briefs for February 19, 1906, including Captain Stanley's raid on Fannie Clark's house at 847 Locust Street, where the officers expected a wagon load of prisoners but found only the proprietress.
Striking riveters building a gas tank for the Public Service Corporation at Locust and Walnut Streets clashed with replacement workmen at Fifth and Walnut; a squad under Captain Stanley dispersed the crowd.
Euceria Manor, who ran a house at Locust and Division Streets, was committed in default of $1000 bail on a charge of harbouring minors for immoral purposes after a raid conducted by Captain Stanley.
The investigation into the death of Mrs. Lillian Chambers at the Locust Street house of William H. Wilkins, a Camden fortune teller and "voodoo doctor," led police to a boiler of suspected human bones hidden behind a sealed fireplace.
The first night boat between Camden and Philadelphia was put on July 4, 1842, by the Camden and Philadelphia Ferry Company, the last boat leaving Camden at 9:00 PM and Philadelphia at 9:30 PM.