Tag: William B. Jobes
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Jenning’s Band
AKA: Jennings Sixth Regiment BandAKA: Jennings Third Regiment Band Jennings’ Band, originally known as the National Cornet Band, was a well-known musical group in Camden from the 1880s until America’s entry into World War I in 1917. It was established in 1868 with Joseph Jennings as its leader, becoming the Sixth Regiment Band in 1871…
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Samuel B. Jobes
Samuel B. Jobes was born on June 6, 1831, in Bordentown, New Jersey. By 1850, he had moved to Camden, where he married Rebecca Richmond. Together, they had at least four children: Samuel B. Jobes Jr., born in 1859, and daughters Laura, Lillie, and Alice, all born after the Civil War. When the Civil War…
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William G. Hillman
William Grant Hillman was born on August 10, 1865, in Camden, NJ, the sixth of nine children of Edward Hillman and Margaret Grant. Edward Hillman, born on October 2, 1834, moved to Camden’s Middle Ward in the 1850s. By 1860, he was single, living with Samuel and Abigail Osler, and working as a deck hand…