People
Abraham Lincoln James
Abraham Lincoln James, commonly known as A. L. James or A. Lincoln James, was a career officer with the Camden Police Department, serving for 40 years.
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Union Methodist Episcopal Church
Historical Accounts
History of the First Methodist Episcopal Church
From The Centennial History of Camden Methodism, 1909 1809 was truly the " annus mirabilis .
Streets
9th Street
Ninth Street is one of Camden's longest north–south thoroughfares, running from the Delaware River waterfront in North Camden, through the city's central corridor, and far south through Cramer Hill and Whitman Park. Block numbering begins at Federal Street.
Religion
Religious History of Camden
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.
Streets
5th Street
Fifth Street was one of Camden's original streets, running south to north, with a few major interruptions, from Newton Avenue to just west of Pyne Point in North Camden.
News Articles
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.
Historical Accounts
The Year 1848 - Camden, NJ
The Second Baptist Church was organized in 1848. The first edifice at Fourth and Division Streets was dedicated in November of 1852. This property was sold in 1867 to the Roman Catholic Church of St. Peter and St. Paul.