Tag: William J. Gleason

  • Barton Lane

    Barton Lane

    Barton Lane was born in Camden in November 1840 to James S. and Mary Lane. His father was a bookbinder. The Lane family moved to Camden shortly after the birth of Barton’s older brother, James M. Lane, and they were in town for the 1840 Census. By the 1850 Census, the Lane family included older…

  • Frank S. Van Hart

    Frank S. Van Hart

    Frank S. Van Hart was born in 1875 in Pennsylvania but relocated to Camden during his youth. Renowned as an athlete from a young age, he gained widespread recognition as one of the finest second basemen in South Jersey. Playing for local teams like the Howards and the Camden Athletic Association, he shared the field…

  • Harold G. Gleason

    Harold G. Gleason

    Harry Gilbert Gleason was born on March 28, 1875, in Camden, New Jersey, to William Gleason and Ellen Mars Ivins, making him the eighth child among ten siblings in the Gleason family. His father, a Civil War veteran, worked as a foreman for the Pennsylvania Railroad on their Camden docks. Initially residing at 646 John…

  • Charles L. Alcott

    CHARLES L.” SHAD” ALCOTT was born in New Jersey around 1857. The Census indicates July of 1858. Sorting him out can be confusing as there was a Charles M. Alcott, born February of 1857, who lived in Camden at the same time. If they were related, it was not a close relationship. Charles L. Alcott…

  • Garrett Cowls, 81, Succumbs Suddenly

    Garrett Cowls, 81, Succumbs Suddenly

    Camden Courier-Post – October 1, 1930 ‘Grandfather of Baseball in Camden’ Stricken With Indigestion Camden’s “Grand Old Man of Baseball” is dead. Garrett Cowls, who bore the title of “grandfather of baseball in Camden” died at noon yesterday, surrounded by his treasured keepsakes, in the parlor of his home, 416 Taylor Avenue. He was 81…