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William J. Sewell

Historical Accounts

Regimental History - The Second Brigade

Derived from George Reeser Prowell's History of Camden County NJ Camden County was also strongly represented in the Second New Jersey Brigade of three years' troops, which was composed of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Regiments.

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Historical Accounts

Regimental History - NJ Sixth Infantry

The 6th New Jersey Infantry Regiment was organized under an act of Congress approved July 22, 1861, and mustered into U.S. service at Camp Olden, Trenton, on August 19, 1861, for a three-year term.

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John A Ewing Tombstone
People

John A. Ewing

John Atwood Ewing was born on July 7, 1845, in Delaware to parents John and May Ewing. In his early years, he lived in Penns Grove, Salem County, New Jersey.

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Sewell-School-Camden-NJ
Schools

William J. Sewell School

The William J. Sewell School at 700 North 7th Street in Camden opened in 1907, named for Civil War general and U.S. Senator William Joyce Sewell.

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Bellevue Hospital - Unknown date
Historical Accounts

Bellevue Hospital - Tracking History

By Thomas A. Bergbauer , Retired Courier-Post Editor A few times in the past two months I have received several phone calls from readers asking if a hospital ever existed in North Camden next to the Ben Franklin Bridge and if so, what was its name.

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804 Cooper Street - Baird Family Home - 1893
Historical Accounts

Old Cooper Street

Reprinted from the series of stories of Camden's earlier days, under the title Sixty Years in Camden County - Gosh! by Will Paul, appearing in The Community news, of Merchantville, NJ.

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Marine Sniper Stock Photo
Businesses

Stockton Park

Stockton Park, a 90-acre rifle range and pleasure resort in the Wrightsville section of East Camden, NJ, was organized in 1866 by Civil War veterans.

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The Arctic - Ferry for West Jersey Ferry, Camden, NJ
Historical Accounts

The West Jersey Ferry (Excerpted)

Excerpted from History of Camden County, New Jersey, George Reeser Prowell, 1885 THE WEST JERSEY FERRY , familiarly known as " The Market Street Ferry ," extends from Market Street , Camden, to Market Street, Philadelphia, and is now, and has long been one of the leading lines of· transportation across the Delaware between the two cities.

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David Baird Sr - circa 1886
People

David Baird Sr.

David Baird Sr. was one of Camden's leading citizens for well over 50 years. Born in Ireland in on April 7th of 1839, he came to America in 1858 after the death of his father, and settled in Camden the following year.

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Catholic Stained Glass Stock Photo
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.

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William J Sewell - Profile Drawing
People

William Joyce Sewell

William Joyce Sewell was born on December 6, 1835 in Ireland. Orphaned at a young age, he emigrated to the United States in 1851.

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Philadelphia Inquirer clipping, May 30, 1885, about Matilda Scholl's death
News Articles

The Day Inquest

A Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden items, including the death of Mrs. Matilda Scholl on the West Jersey Railroad, of which Coroner H. H. Davis took charge.

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