Introduction
This page contains links to pages about people who have contributed to the flavor of Camden over the past 389 years… that’s right, 389, because it was in 1624 that the first comments by people who kept written records were made.
Here you find links to the great, the near great, the interesting, and the evil. Doctors, lawyers, craftsmen, artists, entertainers, musicians, and mobsters; teachers, preachers, bankers, bakers, and undertakers. Policemen, firemen, first-, second-, and third-basemen. Infielders and insiders, not to mention journalists and numbers writers.
As with every other aspect of this website, Comments, suggestions, and material to add to the these pages are very much appreciated, which is to say, I’ve started this, but YOU are more than welcome to be a part of it. If you think someone should be mentioned here, then do so, and they will be… it’s as simple as that.
If your Aunt Sadie took care of half the kids on your block, then TELL the story. If Uncle Charlie coached Little League, here is where we tell his story. If YOU played baseball with a kids team at Dudley Grange 50 years ago, here is where it can, and will be told.
This section grew and continues to grow to a size far beyond what I imagined it would. My idea of “People of Note” is better defined as “Interesting People,” and Camden sure has had and continues to have them! As always, suggestions are more than welcome!
Check out the people, click on the hyperlinks to learn more about the world in which these people lived, comment at the bottom of the page, and most importantly, Enjoy Yourself!
—Phil Cohen
People
Notable People of Camden, NJ
A
E. George Aaron
Camden City Commissioner and Director of Public Safety
Joseph Abarno
WWI veteran, Camden laborer and factory worker
Frank Abbott
Camden City Commissioner and Director of Public Works
Robert T. Abbott
Camden police sergeant, Stockton Township police chief
Rocco Frank Abbott
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 10, 1920s–1950s
William Abels
First Chief Marshal of Camden's paid fire department, 1869
Charles M. Abrahamson
Swedish immigrant who founded and operated the Commercial School in Camden for over 20 years, serving as principal and educator to prominent students including Alfred L. Sayres.
Charles A. Aceto
Italian-born Camden bus company operator and car rental pioneer
Robert V. Aceto Jr.
Camden-born musician, played guitar in South Jersey bands
George Ackerle
Camden baker, the Danish Pastry King
Dr. Henry Ackley
Navy surgeon during the Civil War
Biagio 'Benny' Acquaro
Federal Hat Cleaning
Joe Acquaro
Camden baseball player, South Jersey Hall of Fame inductee
Joseph A. Adamonis
Private First Class, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, U.S. Army — World War II
Charles M. Adams
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II. Missing in action September 17, 1944, flying the Hump.
Israel B. Adams Jr.
Camden firefighter who served as lieutenant
John Robert Adams
Private, U.S. Army, World War I
Laurence S. Adams
Corporal, U.S. Army, World War I
Lewis E. Adams
Paul W. Adams
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, died October 18, 1945, Camp Meade, Maryland
Phillip Curtis Adams
Ralph F. Adams
Wilson E. Adams
Coast Guard veteran, prolific letter writer
William Charles Adamson
George O. Addison
Gloucester County native, Camden family patriarch
James R. Addison
Private, U.S. Army, WWII
Clarence Adkins
School law enforcement officer for 25 years
Joseph Adolf
Bernard A. Ahlberg
Swedish immigrant, Camden Copper Works founder
Richard K. Aitken
Private, U.S. Army. Died February 17, 1943, Harding Field, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Camden High School graduate, class of 1923.
William C. Aitken
Camden builder who constructed rows of homes on Cooper and Seventh Streets
Prince Badi Ajamu
Camden professional light heavyweight boxer who competed in the 2000s
Peter Albano
Private First Class, 29th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division, killed April 18, 1945, Okinawa
William E. Albert
Camden Police Captain, East Camden district
Norman E. Albinson
Sergeant, USAAF, WWII
Frank S. Albright
Camden journalist, city clerk, and Republican Party ally
Ralph C. Alburger
Major, United States Marine Corps, career officer, died March 9, 1945, Bethesda, Maryland
Joseph A. Alcorn
Camden business owner, Alcorn Motor Sales, East Camden
Charles L. 'Shad' Alcott
Camden minor league baseball player, 1882–1891
Samuel B.F. Alcott
Camden firefighter, police officer, and watchman
William Alcott
Firefighter with Hook and Ladder Company, Camden
Clifford W. Aldrich
Private First Class, U.S. Army, World War II
George H. Aleck
North Camden dry goods merchant
Max Alexander
Camden super middleweight boxer, appeared on The Contender
Richard K. Alexander
Private, U.S. Marine Corps, killed in action September 11, 1942, on Guadalcanal.
Anthony Alfano
Camden High basketball coach, 428–129 record, state champion
David Allaband
WWII veteran, Camden waterfront tugboat worker
Harry J. Allebach
Camden firefighter, 1930–1958
Arthur Allen
WWI tank corps veteran under General Patton, Camden resident
C. Richard Allen
WWI veteran, attorney, American Legion state commander
Charles H. Allen
Camden firefighter who served with the Hook & Ladder Company in the 1880s and worked as a tinsmith.
Edwin F. Allen
Civil War veteran and Camden Hook and Ladder firefighter
Edwin F. Allen Jr.
World War II
Jacques Hartley Allen
Joey Allen
aka Angelo A. Levecchia
Robert R. Allen Sr.
Camden Firefighter
Roxie Allen
Rocco Auletto, known as Roxie Allen, was a South Camden welterweight boxer who competed from 1925 to 1937, winning 32 bouts with 5 knockouts.
Terrence P. Allen
Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps; died September 15, 2007, Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Thomas J. Allen Jr.
Private, 803rd Stevedore Battalion, World War I
Robert Allenbach
Camden Chief of Police, 1998–2004
Thomas Allibone
Civil War veteran and original Camden paid firefighter, 1869
Amanda Alloway
Housekeeper for politician Charles H. Ellis Jr.
Eugene F. Alston
Eugene F. Alston served with the Camden Fire Department from 1948 to 1978, assigned to Engine Company 1 at South 4th and Pine Streets; was injured in the 1970 Easter building collapse at North 6th and Penn Streets.
Robert H. Ammon
Harold Amos
Camden High valedictorian, Harvard microbiologist and groundbreaking educator
Raymond T. Amos
First Black captain in Camden Fire Department, 1948
Edward C. Anderson
George B. Anderson
Camden firefighter and Civil War veteran
George W. Anderson
Camden police sergeant, 1890s-1920s
Harry C. Anderson
Firefighter killed in line of duty, 1916
Herbert Anderson
Camden Police Lieutenant and Department Chief Clerk
Howard P. Anderson
Isaac Anderson
Camden firefighter who served with Engine Company 2
James Lukens Anderson
First subdivision real estate operator in Camden County
John Anderson
Camden police officer, served sixteen years, died 1919
John H. Anderson
Camden Fire Department driver, Engine Company 2, 1873
John S. Anderson
Camden firefighter, served Engine Companies 4, 3, and 10, 1928–1956
Joseph James Anderson
Camden Fire Captain, Medal of Valor, served 1962–1989
Lester R. Anderson
Camden firefighter, died in line of duty 1939
Oscar Francis Anderson
Camden accountant and income tax counselor
Robert J. Anderson
Russell J. Anderson
Camden firefighter, Ladder Company 1, 1930–1958
Thomas B. Anderson
Camden baseball player killed in 1932 freight car accident
William Anderson
Camden County Freeholder from the Seventh Ward in the 1890s and 1900s
Wallace F. Andrew
David Andrews
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 2, over 20 years of service
Edward S. Andrews
Camden tobacconist and cigar maker who served briefly with the Camden Fire Department in the 1870s, and was a member of several fraternal organizations.
Harry D. Andrews
Camden firefighter and grandson of 1870s fireman
Nelson A. Andrews
Camden Fire Department Captain, Box 315 Association charter member
Dr. Purnell W. Andrews
Homeopathic physician practicing in Camden
Shyheim Andrews
Specialist, U.S. Army; drowned July 25, 2015, Halona Beach Park, Oahu, Hawaii
Ulysses Grant Andrews
Camden patrolman for 23 years
Chester J. Andrus Sr.
CFD firefighter, FMBA Local No. 5 president
Dr. David L. Andrus
Camden physician who practiced internal medicine
John H. Andrus
Yellow fever volunteer, Walter Reed Medal recipient
Frank Angelastro
Private First Class, U.S. Army, World War II. Killed in action December 9, 1944, in France.
Joseph T. Angelo
Pvt. 1st Class, 304th Tank Brigade, WWI; saved Col. Patton's life at Meuse-Argonne; Distinguished Service Cross
Harry B. Anthony
Camden shoe manufacturer and China Hall proprietor
Len Antonelli
Camden actor, appeared in Hollywood film with Rosalind Russell
Oresto Antonini
Italian immigrant shipyard worker who was killed in an industrial accident in 1950.
Chester Anzide
Camillus V. Appley
Camden police officer, 1899-1923
Howard E. Appley Jr.
PFC, U.S. Army, killed at El Guettar, Tunisia 1943
Jacob Apt
Camden fireman and bricklayer
F. Morse Archer Sr.
Banker, president of First Camden National Bank
Biaggio P. Ardire
Camden Fire Department District Chief, 33 years
Alfred 'Jake' Arensberg
Co-founder of the Cramer Hill Boys Club
Douglas Arensberg
Camden Fire Department diesel mechanic, drag racer
Joseph H. Arensberg
Captain, Camden Fire Department
Charles O. Armstrong
Aviation Cadet, U.S. Army Air Forces — World War II
Harry C. Armstrong
Ferry toll collector killed during 1937 robbery attempt
Curt A. Arnold Jr.
World War II
William E. Aron
World War II
Joseph C. Arrison
William H. Arrison
Camden cigar maker and tobacconist
Clarence Arthur
Camden Police detective convicted of atrocious assault
Emma Marguerite Asay
Prominent Camden real estate dealer
Julia Asay
Vice-principal, Cramer School; teacher 44 years
Newton G. Ash
Camden firefighter and one of the first drivers of motorized fire apparatus (Engine Companies 2 and 9), 1870-1958.
Russell S. Ashenfelder
Korean War
Robert Ashenfelter
Camden Police detective, seriously wounded in a 1931 gun battle in Cramer Hill, who served the city through the 1930s and 1940s
James R. Asher Sr.
District Chief of the Camden Division of Fire who served from 1947 to 1973.
John W. Asher
Camden firefighter and Vietnam War Navy veteran
John A. Ashton
Salesman killed in auto-bus collision, East Camden 1933
William Aspell
Private First Class, U.S. Army, Korean War
Albert Jean Pierre Atger
Private, U.S. Army — World War I
Frank Edward Atkins Jr.
Albert W. Atkinson
Victor Talking Machine Company executive
Dr. G. Russell Atkinson
Camden dentist killed in automobile accident, 1936
Thomas B. Atkinson
Mayor of Camden 1860–1861, carpenter and builder
George W. Attison
George W. Attison (1891–1969) served as a Camden fireman from the 1920s until his retirement in 1947, assigned to Hook and Ladder Company No. 3.
Jacob C. Attone
Second Lieutenant, 414th Night Fighter Squadron, U.S. Army Air Force, killed in action September 25, 1944
Isaac L. Auerbach
Computer science pioneer and IFIP founder
Mair Auerbach
Camden lawyer, South Jersey Law School 1930
Leonard Auslander
Technician Fifth Class, 69th Coast Artillery, killed in action April 16, 1944 in Italy
Albert Austermuhl
Secretary of the Camden Board of Education for over 30 years, prominent Elks leader, and civic figure in Camden, NJ
Charles W. Austermuhl
President of Smith-Austermuhl Insurance Company and civic leader in Camden
F. Wayland Ayer
Founder of N.W. Ayer & Son advertising agency
James W. Ayers
Mayor of Camden, 1877–1880; first fire marshal
William D. Ayers
Camden Fire Department battalion chief, honored for bravery
Joseph B. Ayres
Camden firefighter, Captain of Ladder Company 3, 1890-1925
Albert R. Bryan
Allan B. Camp
Albert Garofolo
Albert S. Godalla
Pvt., 88th Infantry Div., killed Italy 1944
Abraham H. Hickerson
Andrew Matyas
Allen C. Middleton
Albert F. Miller
Addison E. Moore
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy — World War II
Andrew W. Olsen
Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Anthony J. Piersanti Jr.
Anthony Michael Schmutz
Alexander Slowey Jr.
Albert V. Spinelli
Aldo Stefannice
Technician Fifth Class, U.S. Army
Reino A. Thompson
Camden youth acquitted of killing father, 1931
Albert G. Weisser
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Lawrence W. Bunkowski (Bunker)
Camden firefighter known as Bunker who served 1942–1968
August H. Baab
Private First Class, U.S. Army, World War II; 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division; Lindenwold, NJ
Richard P. Bach
Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces, killed January 14, 1944, Mostar, Yugoslavia
George Bachmann Sr.
Camden builder and contractor, constructed many landmark buildings
Burton Dallas Bagg
Harry F. Bagge
Insurance executive with John Hancock for 47 years
William T. Bailey
Camden businessman, builder, and warehouse owner
Dr. Wilson Gill Bailey
Physician, aviator, and canine fancier, 1865-1937
David Baird Jr.
Republican leader; U.S. Senator, 1929-1930
David Baird Sr.
Camden lumber merchant and US Senator, 1918
John S. Baj
Camden funeral director on South 10th Street
Dr. Banks S. Baker
Camden physician and medical practitioner
Herman J. Baker
Camden Fire Department, Hook & Ladder Co. 2, 1926–1951
James Fairfowl Baker
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army — World War II
John Benjamin H. Baker
Private, Medical Detachment, 312th Field Signal Battalion; died September 17, 1918 of blood poisoning in France
Dr. Maurice E. Baker
Dr. Maurice Edward Baker was born on March 18, 1893 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1921 and interned at Cooper Hospital in Camden in 1922. He practiced gynecology and obstetrics in Camden and served as Chief School Physician for Camden public schools.
Meyers Baker
Camden real estate developer, civic leader
Ralph A. Baker
Private, 114th Replacement Battalion, died January 12, 1945, Italy
Walter Baker Sr.
North Camden family patriarch
David E. Bakley
David Elmer Bakley served with the Camden Fire Department's Engine Company 6 at Front and Linden Streets, retiring in 1933 after more than two decades of service.
Ralph A. Bakley
Ralph A. Bakley (1881–1945) was a Camden police officer who served for 27½ years, rising from patrolman to Acting Chief of Police in 1939, winning wide praise for directing the response to Camden's devastating Market Street fire.
Steward D. Bakley
Camden firefighter, Hook & Ladder Company 1, 1889-1933
Theodore Balabuch
Camden firefighter and fire prevention specialist
Edward Bald
Charles M. Baldwin
Original Camden Fire Dept member 1869, Justice of Peace
Charles J. Ball
City park guard and Camden Elks member
Frank Ballerino
Private, 31st Signal Construction Battalion, U.S. Army — World War II
Arthur F. Ballinghoff
Firefighter and one of Camden's first WWII draftees
Joseph H. Ballinghoff Jr.
Camden fire district chief, retired 1961
Arlington A. Baltimore
Joseph A. Balzano Jr.
Executive Director of the South Jersey Port Corporation for over 20 years; named 'Best Port Operator in the World' by the New York Times
Livio Joseph Banda
Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class, Patrol Bombing Squadron VPB-119, U.S. Navy; killed May 1, 1945 when his PB4Y-2 Privateer was shot down over Hainan Island
Rev. Roland Banes
Lutheran minister, Gettysburg College graduate, served Pennsylvania churches
Raymond E. Banford
Camden firefighter and internationally recognized paperweight artist
John Henry Bangert Jr.
Fire Controlman First Class, U.S. Navy, killed December 7, 1941, on USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor.
Herbert M. Barag
Aviation Cadet, 55th School Squadron, USAAC; killed June 23, 1942, when he fell from a training plane 30 miles from Albuquerque, NM.
Dr. Kirk B. Barb
General practitioner serving Parkside for 30 years
Alter Barbell
Russian immigrant Hebrew teacher and community leader
Clinton L. Bardo
President, New York Shipbuilding Corporation and NJ Taxpayers' Association
Al Barge
Camden welterweight boxer, 12 professional bouts 1947–1954
Albert Edwin Barker
Camden firefighter, rescued three children
David Barnaby
Charles A. Barnes III
Private, U.S. Marine Corps, World War II
Benjamin G. Barnett
Camden carpenter who became successful real estate investor
John Merritt Barnett Sr.
Tin roofer and brief firefighter/police officer
William F. Barnett
William F. Barnett Jr. was born in Camden in 1901. He served as executive director of the Housing Authority of the City of Camden from February 1945 until his death on February 13, 1957.
William A. Barnhill
William A. 'Bill' Barnhill served as a member of the Camden Fire Department for 25 years before retiring as a Captain. He was a member of Ladder Company 2 and Engine Company 3. He died February 16, 2008 at age 60 in Statesville, North Carolina.
Elmer W. Barr
Camden police sergeant and sheriff deputy
Robert C. Barr
WW2 veteran, 2nd Infantry Division president
William Charles Barr
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, Korean War
Samuel W. Barrett
Trolley car motorman for Public Service Company
Dr. Wesley Barrett
Camden surgeon, Chief of Surgery at West Jersey Hospital
Gustav A. Barricelli
PFC, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, U.S. Army, World War II
Joseph A. Barron
H. L. 'Harry' Barroway
Prominent attorney and founding president of Congregation Beth El
Carl H. Barth
Private, 25th Infantry Division — killed in action August 9, 1943, South Pacific (Guadalcanal)
Glenn G. Bartl
Bob Bartosz
Official fire photographer for Camden County and City
Jaki Baskow
Las Vegas talent agent, daughter of Camden murder victim
Martin W. Baskow
Camden tavern owner murdered in 1967 robbery
Al Bass
Camden High and Woodrow Wilson coach, three-time South Jersey hall of famer
William Bassett
Camden firefighter Engine Co. 2 foreman, 1870s and 1880s
Harry Batchelder
Vaudeville musician who shot constable in 1921
John I. Bate
Adrian Bateman
Camden Police Department
Charles A. Bates
Camden firefighter and Battalion Chief, served from 1951 to 1981
George W. Bates
Original member of Camden Fire Department, 1869
Kirby Bates
Camden firefighter, 82nd Airborne paratrooper
Logan Bates
Early Camden firefighter and ferry boat pilot
Ronald Joseph Bates
Ralph E. Batezel
Arthur C. Batten
Captain and Acting Battalion Chief, Camden Fire Department
Viola Batten
Teacher 40 years in Camden public schools
Henry Baumgartel
Camden firefighter appointed 1920, Victor Talking Machine Company worker
George P. Baxter
Chief Fire Marshal, Camden Fire Department
Herbert W. Baxter Jr.
Camden Fire Department, 1948–1966
Herbert W. Baxter Sr.
Camden Fire Department, circa 1919–1942
James L. Baxter
Private First Class, U.S. Army — World War II
Joseph A. Baxter
Camden firefighter, appointed 1918
Frederick H. Baynes
Theodore E. Bayruns
Harry E. Beach
Private First Class, 115th Infantry, 29th Division; survived D-Day, killed in action July 11, 1944, Normandy; buried at Normandy American Cemetery
Howard Bean
Camden police sergeant; VFW NJ commander 1940-41
Otto H. Bean Sr.
1st Assistant Engineer, SS Tuscarora, Merchant Marine, World War I
Chuck Bearint
Semi-pro baseball player, South Jersey Hall of Fame
Edward Bearint
Spanish-American War veteran and adjutant of General John A. Mather Camp, United Spanish War Veterans; outspoken veterans advocate.
Elwood Bearint
Camden semi-pro baseball pitcher (c.1906–1954); signed by Philadelphia Athletics, played for Defiance Athletic Club and 12th Ward team
Paul Bearint
Camden minor league baseball player, roommate of Rizzuto and Berra
Charles A. Beauston
Andreas Beck
Barber who served President Benjamin Harrison
Dr. C. Fred Becker
Camden neurologist, WWI Medical Corps, Jefferson Hospital instructor
Joseph E. Becker
John Wesley Beckett
First Black police officer in Camden, appointed August 31, 1886; also third Black member of Camden Fire Department
Edward Beckley
Albert Bedell
Also known as 'Dino the Clown'
Stan Bednarczyk
Korean War veteran, US Postal Service carrier in Camden's Fairview section for 32 years, and longtime columnist for the Camden County Record.
Herbert R. Beebe
Grover C.H. Behm
Member of Ottawa Tribe No. 15, Improved Order of Red Men
Charles Behrend
Walter J. Behrer
Private, Battery D, 307th Field Artillery, World War I
Horace B. Beideman
Camden transportation inspector and Eleventh Ward Republican committeeman
John D. Belh
Private First Class, U.S. Army, World War II
David W. Belisle
Journalist, author, and Mayor of Atlantic City
Leslie W. Bell Sr.
Camden storage businessman, built Bell Storage Company on Haddon Avenue
Henry Bellitz
Camden pharmacist, Bell Drug Company proprietor
Jacob F. Bender
RCA engineer and electron microscope pioneer
Robert S. Bender
Camden Fire Chief (1871–1895), bookbinder, Civil War-era community leader
Felix E. Bendzyn
Captain, Camden Fire Department Engine Company 8
Daniel Benevento
Paul D. Beneway
Edward Clyde Benfold
Hospital Corpsman Third Class, U.S. Navy, Medal of Honor; KIA September 5, 1952, Korea
Dr. Dowling Benjamin
Camden surgeon and public health pioneer; promoted Carnegie Library
Ralph Benner
Private, Medical Detachment, 314th Infantry, 79th Division, World War I
Chester L. Bennett
Harold W. Bennett
Camden city commissioner and director of revenue and finance
Howard Bennett
Camden firefighter, killed in line of duty 2026
Hughes Bennett
PFC, 72nd Tank Battalion, KIA Korea 1952
Killam Edgar Bennett
Lumber merchant, Mayor of Riverton NJ
Volney Bennett Sr.
Volney G. Bennett Lumber Company, founded in 1876, was the largest retail lumber operation in New Jersey and a cornerstone of Camden waterfront industry for over 100 years.
Joseph Bennie
Camden County Freeholder and Detective
Frederick E. Benoit Jr.
Carla Benson
Camden vocalist, background singer, Grammy-winning recordings
Edward E. Benson
PFC, 264th Infantry Regiment, 66th Division; lost in SS Leopoldville sinking, December 24, 1944
Russell Benson
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 7, 33 years
Sidney A. Benson
Harry Benzuk
Camden resident convicted of manslaughter and larceny
Nicola Berardo
Sculptor, shoe repair shop owner, Camden arts teacher
Thomas Bergbauer
Worked for 37 years at the Courier-Post and after retiring continued to write the "Tracking History" column covering local Camden area history.
Christopher A. Bergen
Christopher Augustus Bergen was a prominent Camden lawyer who served in the 51st and 52nd U.S. Congresses (1889–1893). The C.A. Bergen School in South Camden was named in his honor.
Martin V. Bergen
Prominent Camden lawyer, Bergen & Bergen partnership
Dr. George M. Beringer
Pharmacist, editor, American Pharmacists Association president
Louis Berkowitz
Camden businessman, Congregation Beth El president 1922–1925
Frederick Bermel
MM1C, USS Tasker H. Bliss; killed in action November 12, 1942, North Africa
Charles G. Berry
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 4 charter member
Edward Irwin Berry
Camden attorney and court reporter
Bernard Bertman
Camden attorney, City Prosecutor, Police Court Judge
Albert Berul
Founder of the Berul School of Music in Camden
Robert C. Besselman
Eugene Bevilacqua
Camden barber at 423 North 8th Street
Stanley J. Bezich
Sergeant, Company I, 315th Infantry, 79th Infantry Division; killed in action November 27, 1944, Belgium
Anthony Joseph Bibinski
Private First Class, U.S. Army — World War II
Carl Frederick Bicker
World War I
Dr. Francis J. Bicker Sr.
Camden physician and Elks member, died 1915
Joseph Lenord Biddle
Ed Biehler
Outstanding Camden area basketball player
Otto A. Bihn Sr.
Election board judge and metal worker in North Camden
John Billington
George J. Bingemann
East Camden baker, operated bakery 25 years
Ralph F. Bingemann Sr.
Camden fire captain, retired 1956 after 25 years
Burton A. Bingham
Sergeant, U.S. Army, World War II. Wounded on D-Day; died of wounds June 10, 1944, Normandy.
George N. Binnix
PVT, 320th Field Artillery Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army, World War II
George Birch
Deaf furniture refinisher and Silent Club bartender
Dr. Sylvester Birdsell
Physician and founder of Camden City Medical Society
Cindy Birdsong
Member of The Supremes, raised in Camden
Lloyd G. Birdsong Jr.
Camden firefighter, 26 years service, brother of Supremes singer Cindy Birdsong
Irvin F. Bishop
Camden firefighter, Ladder Company 2, 34 years
John James Bittman
Private First Class, U.S. Army, World War II
Ralston E. Bixler
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces — World War II
John F. Blackson
First manager of Chelton Terrace housing
John F. Blackston
Private, 811th Pioneer Infantry Regiment; died November 21, 1918 in France
George Blaese Jr.
Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps — World War II
Col. Elmer C. Blaha
Camden native; USAF Colonel; father of NASA astronaut
Herbert J. Blaha
Brigadier General, USMC; Camden native
Frank J. Blair
Staff Sergeant, 374th Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Forces — World War II
Frankie Blair
South Camden welterweight boxer, 1933–1944, 24 wins, 17 losses, 2 draws
Mickey Blair
Professional boxer (1925-1936), Camden NJ super featherweight and lightweight; murdered November 4, 1941
Thomas C. Blair Jr.
Camden firefighter, Battalion Chief 1969
Newton Blanchard
Camden boxing referee and restaurant owner (c.1897–1957)
Frank Harvey Blanck Jr.
Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class, U.S. Navy — World War II
John Richard Blattner
Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class, VPB-108, U.S. Navy — World War II
E.G.C. Bleakly
Camden City Solicitor, 1898-1923 and 1927-1936
F. Stanley Bleakly
Camden assemblyman and Ford dealer; championed home rule in NJ beer legislation (1933).
John W.F. Bleakly
Developed North Camden; Camden Board of Education secretary
Irwin F. Blinn
Private, U.S. Army; Company A, 305th Engineer Combat Battalion; killed March 30, 1943, at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, when an artillery piece exploded prematurely.
Abe Block
Tailor, North Eighth Street
Richard J. Bloemker Jr.
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Air Force, Korean War Era
Gilbert M. Blore
T. Frank Boardman
Firefighter and real estate agent, Justice of the Peace
Lou Bobo Sr.
Semi-pro baseball pitcher; South Jersey Baseball Hall of Fame inductee (2010); longtime Cramer Hill resident.
Felix Bocchicchio
Boxing manager who guided Jersey Joe Walcott to title
William J. Boddingham
Francis B. Bodine
Camden County Freeholder and Pennsylvania Railroad conductor
Frank J. Boerckel
Private First Class, 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division, U.S. Army — World War II
William Boettcher
Camden police detective and Bertillon identification expert
William Bogia
William Bogia (c.1846–1894), Camden firefighter of Engine Company 1, died from illness contracted while fighting a fire; one of three Bromley brothers to serve in the Camden Fire Department.
Donald C. Bohn
World War II
Oliver C. Boileau
Camden-born aerospace executive, Boeing and Northrop Grumman
Joseph J. Bollinger Jr.
World War II
Ronald Leslie Bond
Gloria Bonilla-Santiago
Founder of Camden's LEAP Academy; Rutgers-Camden professor
Benjamin W. Bonk
William 'Shooey' Bonner
Camden racketeer; shot to death November 1931
Louis Bontkowski
Private First Class, Company A, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, U.S. Army; D-Day veteran; died September 13, 1944 in Belgium
Dr. Howard G. Bonwill
Physician at 921 South 5th Street, Camden
John Boodle
Camden Fire Department driver, 1873
William Boody
Camden artist who won $50 scholarship for 1939 World's Fair poster design
George C. Boone
Camden firefighter, Engine Companies 7 and 2
George L. Boone
Camden fire captain and basketball player
Joseph P. Boone
Camden Fire Department maintenance repairman, 1944–1961
Maurice Bric Boone
Camden firefighter, driver for District Fire Chief
Daniel G. Booth Jr.
Edward J. Borden Sr.
President of New Jersey Real Estate Commission in 1933, Camden real estate broker
Angelo P. Borghero
Camden firefighter, Camden High School baseball player
David T. Borland Jr.
Benjamin Borstein
Asa V. Borton
Camden firefighter who later settled in Indiana
Thaddeus A. Borz
Camden Deputy City Clerk and attorney, 1930s–1970s
Thaddeus Martin Borz
Polish immigrant cabinetmaker, founder of Wood Specialty Company
Edward James Bosch
WWI veteran, lithographer, Fairview community leader
Sam Bosco
Broadway barber, witness in 1938 Magalas murder case
Allen H. Bossert
Sergeant, U.S. Army — World War I
Herbert Bott
Camden police officer; president, Police and Firemen's Association
Joseph John Bottalico Jr.
Louis 'Blackie' Bottino
Camden master plumber, plumbers association president
Nunzio A. Bottino
Private, 17th Field Artillery Observation Battalion, killed in action December 31, 1944; buried at Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, NJ
Israel Boudov
Owner, Boudov Coal and Ice
Edgar S. Boulton
Camden firefighter and police officer, retired 1946
Lawrence Boulton
WWI veteran and Camden firefighter 1928–1961
William Boundar
Private First Class, U.S. Army, killed in action April 3, 1945, during Ruhr Pocket fighting.
William H. Bovell Jr.
Jack B. Bowell
World War II veteran and Camden fireman
J. Hartley Bowen
Camden banker and civic leader, Parkside Trust Co.
George A. Bowers
Marlin M. Bowers
Ronald N. Bowers
Camden firefighter; served over 35 years with the Camden Fire Department, 1962–1996
Henry J. Bowes
James Daniel Boyd
Henry Joseph Boye Jr.
Albert Boyer
Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II
Charles S. Boyer
First President of the Camden County Historical Society, 1921-1936
George E. Boyer
Contracting painter, civic leader, Rotary Club founder
James E. Boyer
S/Sgt., 708th Bomb Squadron, 447th Bomb Group — B-17 Ball Turret Gunner
Hugh Boyle
Captain of Police, Camden Police Department, 1898-1918
Robert G. Boyle
Camden firefighter, 1968–1991
William T. Boyle
Attorney and judge; Camden County prosecutor and New Jersey Bar Association president
John Otto Boyson
Private First Class, Medical Department; died October 5, 1918 in France; buried Suresnes American Cemetery
William Braaksma Jr.
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Air Force
James Braddock
Korean War
James J. Braddock
James J. Braddock, born June 7, 1906, was a heavyweight boxer nicknamed 'The Cinderella Man' for his fairytale rise from poverty to win the world heavyweight championship from Max Baer in 1935.
Isaac V. Bradley Sr.
Republican councilman and City Clerk of Camden
William J. Bradley
Speaker of the NJ General Assembly and President of the NJ Senate
Abraham Bradshaw
Original Camden firefighter, policeman
Claudius W. Bradshaw
Mayor of Camden 1880–1886, Fire Department Chief
Harry Holmes Bradway
Maurice Brahen
Benjamin M. Braker
Camden journalist, Republican Party founder, JP
James W. Bramen
Private First Class, 808th Military Police Company, U.S. Army, died December 18, 1942, prisoner of war, Philippines
Dr. Clement T. Branch
Camden's first Black Board of Education member and civil rights leader
Leon Branch
Camden detective 33 years, partnered with George Zeitz
Parris R. Branch
Camden Fire Marshal and arson investigator, Air Force veteran
Nicholas H. Brandt
German-born carpenter, North Camden resident 50+ years
Harry G. Brannon
Otto E. Braun
Camden City Clerk, 1935–1936, and Pyne Poynt Athletic Association president
Dr. Walter S. Bray
Camden physician and Cooper Hospital staff
C. Leonard Brehm
Camden County Freeholder, died saving family on Delaware River
Edward J. Brendlinger
Camden firefighter and rescue squad captain
Erwin Brennan
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 2, died August 1974
Anthony W. Bretschneider
Fire Captain, served Camden FD 1940-1971
Horace L. Brewer
Camden County Surrogate (1924); chairman, Camden County Democratic Party (1925); proprietor, Brewer's Dining Rooms, 531–533 Market Street
Frederick A. Brey
John Breyer
Civil War veteran and Camden volunteer fireman
Robert Brice
Robert B. Brice (1869–1930), Camden constable and city fireman with Engine Companies 4, 6, and 2.
Howard G. Brickner
Camden Fire Department, 1951-1978
William E. Brickner
William E. Brickner was born in Philadelphia on August 10, 1889. He was appointed to the Camden Police Department around 1920 and served until his retirement on a police pension before the spring of 1942. His son Howard G. Brickner served with the Camden Fire Department for 27 years.
Frank Brigandi
Private First Class, U.S. Army, World War II
Harry Kenneth Briggs
Robert E. Briggs
Camden Fire Department Captain, Engine Company 2
Louis Brill
Camden police officer for over 25 years
Dr. Charles E. Brimm
Family physician, Brimm Medical Arts High School namesake
Allen Steven Briscoe
Vietnam veteran, murder victim
Joseph Briskle
Private, U.S. Army, World War I
Reeves Charles Brittain
Private, 179th Infantry, 45th Division, killed in action October 13, 1944, near Gransvillar, France; buried at Berlin Cemetery, Berlin, NJ
Nelson Vogel Brittin
Sergeant First Class, 19th Infantry, Medal of Honor; KIA March 7, 1951, Yonggong-ni, South Korea
Robert W. Britton
Michael J. Broaderick Jr.
Corporal, 32nd Infantry, KIA Korea 1952
Thomas F. Broccoli
Captain, Camden Fire Department
Issie Brody
Owner of Brody's Esso Service on Washington Street
Jack Brody
Daniel Bromley
First of three Bromley brothers to serve in the Camden Fire Department
Joseph Bromley
Camden Republican ward committeeman and extra fireman
Wilson L. Bromley
Camden firefighter killed at Farr & Bailey fire, 1896
Ferdinand J. Bronzell
Private First Class, Litter Platoon, Company B, 110th Medical Battalion
Claude Brooks
Heavyweight boxer known as Black Bill, 1902-1927
Richard C. Brooks Sr.
Camden police officer, WWII Navy veteran, Freemason Grand Master
E. Howard Broome Jr.
Personal secretary to Camden Mayor Winfield Price
John Brothers
Camden police detective active in major criminal cases
George J. Brouillard
William Brower
Superintendent of Camden Bureau of Electricity for over 30 years
Cornelius M. Brown
Original member of Camden paid Fire Department, 1869
Earl Brown Jr.
Frank Brown
Technical Sergeant, VMB-612, U.S. Marine Corps — World War II
George E. Brown Jr.
Camden firefighter and Vietnam War veteran
George E. Brown Sr.
Camden firefighter, 1960-1987
J. Kelley Brown
Union Army major, Camden firefighter, GAR member
James H. Brown
Camden firefighter 1882-1884 with Engine Company 1
John J. Brown
Original member of Camden's paid fire department
Michael Brown
Eighth Ward political boss, saloon keeper, three election trials
Pierce Brown
Civil War veteran and one of the first Black firefighters in Camden
Raymond C. Brown
Private, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division, U.S. Army. Killed in action July 15, 1944 in France.
Rudolph M. Brown
Co-owner of Rudy and Chink's Bar, shot 1967
Thomas Marvine Brown
Willa Mae Brown
First Black WAC from New Jersey
William D. Brown
City Clerk and County Clerk of Camden; chairman of the Camden County Republican Committee.
Abraham Browning
NJ Attorney General, coined 'Garden State'
Maurice Browning
Camden businessman, president of Camden City Dispensary
Dr. W. Kempton Browning
Camden physician, Board of Education member, Cramer Hill physician
Walter W. Browning
Camden Fire Department battalion chief (1866–1938), charter member of Engine Company 4 in 1890, retired 1929
William J. Browning
U.S. Congressman; Camden postmaster; Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives
Roy F. Brucks
Elaine M. Brundage
Camden bar owner, operated Red Carpet Lounge on Broadway
Anthony Brunetti
WWII Army PFC killed in Normandy, August 1944
Charles A. Brunk Jr.
Private, U.S. Army — died July 23, 1943, Camp Sibert, Alabama; 1939 Camden High School graduate
George E. Brunner
Camden educator and historian
Edward Bruno
John F. Bruno
PFC, 65th Infantry, KIA Korea 1953
Rear Admiral Christine M. Bruzek-Kohler
Camden native, 21st Director of Navy Nurse Corps
Dr. James E. Bryan
Dr. James E. Bryan served as Superintendent of Camden's public schools from 1899 to 1931, overseeing major growth including the construction of Camden High School and several junior high schools.
Floyd K. Bryant
Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Army, World War II; Lawnside, NJ
Dr. J. Kemper Bryant
Homeopathic physician, 19th-century Camden practitioner
Jennie Bryson
Principal of Camden's Dudley School
Bruno Brzozowski
Camden resident involved in juvenile delinquency case
John S. Brzozowski
Captain, Camden Fire Department
Ralph C. Bubb
Ship's Cook Third Class, U.S. Navy, World War II; USS Juneau; Lindenwold, NJ
Walt Bubien
Walter John Bubien (1925–2008) grew up in Camden, lettered in three sports at Camden High School, played football and baseball at the University of Pennsylvania, served in the U.S. Navy during WWII, and played minor league baseball in the Philadelphia Athletics farm system in 1946.
Zenon A. Bubnoski
Camden bar owner and WWII Merchant Marine veteran
Ludwig Buch
Camden saloon owner, Broadway and South 5th St.
Henry W. Buchanan
Camden Civil War veteran, 71st Pennsylvania Infantry
Christopher M. Buchler
Richard Vincent Buck
Warren E. Buck
Camden-born wild animal dealer and naturalist who made 28 trips to Africa, supplying animals to major zoos across the United States (1903-1985).
John Bucklew
Camden firefighter and carpenter in the 1870s
Isaac Walter Budd
Lieutenant, Fighter Squadron VF-39, U.S. Navy, killed in action March 7, 1944, Mili Island
Paul C. Budd
Four-term Camden mayor and justice of the peace
Walter Budniak
Camden freeholder and Republican Party official
Burkhardt L. Buenzle
Swiss immigrant and Cramer Hill resident
Leonard Buffetta
Camden WWII veteran, suicide 1951, foul play suspected
Louis Bumbrey
Camden barber and city worker, operated Varsity Barber Shop for 30 years
Robert Bumbrey
Camden Numbers Racket Figure
Ted R. Bunalski
Earl H. Bundy
Camden resident; indicted for breaking and entering December 1930
Clarence Bunker (J. C. Bunkowski)
Camden police detective, witnessed Sixth Ward Republican Club shooting 1928
Bruce R. Bunting
Raymond W. Bunting
Seaman Second Class, U.S. Naval Reserve, killed November 20, 1942
Walter M. Bunting
U.S. Air Mail Pilot, killed in crash 1921
Vincent L. Buondonno
Chief of Detectives and Teamsters president
Alice Burdsall
Camden public school teacher for 28 years
Raymond J. Burgess
Camden firefighter, Engine No. 7, 1930-1960
Augustine Burgo
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces — World War II
Joseph Burgo
Camden resident questioned in 1933 Philadelphia triple murder case
Rocco Burgo
Camden resident and community member
John A. Burke
Baseball devotee; friend of Lena Blackburne; active with Elks
William J. Burke
Private, Company H, 16th Battalion, U.S. Guards, World War I
Elmer Burkett
Camden firefighter, Engine Co. 7, pensioned 1933
John J. Burleigh
Camden telegraph pioneer and Public Service VP
Thomas Burnett
Former vaudevillian and sea captain who collected Abraham Lincoln and American stage memorabilia.
James W. Burnison
RCA executive, Camden Chamber of Commerce president
Samuel J. Burns
Tech. Sgt., USAAF bomber crew, killed Germany 1943
William B.M. Burrell
Camden funeral director and NJ undertakers president
Rev. William H. Burrell
Co-founder Ocean City NJ, Camden's marrying parson
Harry J. Burrichter
Camden butcher and Sixth Ward freeholder 1930-1931
James O. Burris
Camden firefighter and foreman, 1910-1918
Clara S. Burrough
First principal of Camden High School, 1918
Frank H. Burt Jr.
Camden firefighter; served Engine Company 10
Melvin Burt
Turnersville resident
Ida Burton
Convicted of manslaughter, Camden County, 1905
Thomas Leopold Busch III
James Arthur Busey
Charles William Bush
Machinist's Mate First Class, USS Bryant (DD-665); killed April 16, 1945, Pacific; wife in Camden NJ
Frank Harry Bushey
Walter S. Busko
Walter S. Busko (1919–1991), Camden police officer 1952–1981, helped establish the Camden Police K9 unit in 1960.
Edward J. Bustynowicz
Carl Burdette Butcher
William A. Butcher
Camden shoe manufacturer and Civil War veteran (4th New Jersey Infantry); built a shoe factory on Butcher’s Alley; member of Hatch Post No. 37, G.A.R.; died February 8, 1915.
Dempsey Butler
Camden businessman; founded Butler Cemetery 1867; wealthiest Black man in NJ
Jeff Butler
Former Camden city patrolman
Dr. Samuel Butler
Camden physician and pharmacist on Kaighn Avenue
William C. Butler
Firefighter with Engine Company 3 and WWII Army veteran
Walter Ernest Butsch
Bugler, Company K, 311th Infantry Regiment, World War I
Stephen Decatur Button
Architect who designed Camden City Hall and schools
William H. Butts
First Black patrolman in Camden Police Department
Lewis Buzine
Camden Engine Company 3 firefighter, died on duty 1912
Samuel S. Buzine
Founding member of Camden paid fire department
William Buzine
Engineer, Camden Fire Department Engine Company 7 (1904-1933)
Thomas Byrnes Jr.
Benjamin Kaplan
Benjamin B. Lippincott
Joe Moran
Camden-area lightweight boxer (Joseph Borsa), 37 pro bouts 1916–1922, Army champion
Barrie M. Newton
Benjamin R. Whiteker
C
George Cable
Camden firefighter known early career as Cable
James S. Cacile
Staff Sergeant, Air Force, MIA Japan 1950
Albert E. Cahill
Edward R. Cahill
Howard Joseph Cahill
Private First Class, 5th Marine Division, U.S. Marine Corps; killed March 4, 1945, on Iwo Jima; buried at Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly NJ.
Charles W. 'Chuck' Cahilly II
Vietnam veteran, Camden Police detective
Robert A. Cain
World War II
Horace Cairns
Original member of Engine Company 7; fire captain
Anthony P. Calabrese
Orlando J. Calabrese
Corporal, 38th Infantry, KIA Korea 1950
Robert A. Caldwell
World War II
Edwin Callahan
Camden firefighter with Engine Company 6, 1928–1966
Francis J. Callahan
Albert F. Callen Jr.
William Callen
Peter J. Calzonetti
Warren L. Cameron
Caesar Campana Sr.
Camden welterweight boxer known as Young O'Connor
Henry S. Campbell
Butcher who operated Federal Street markets for 40 years
James Campbell
Eastern Basketball League champion with Camden Skeeters
John Campbell
Camden firefighter 1876-1877 and 1882-1884
Kenneth S. Campbell
World War II
Lillian Campbell
H.B. Wilson School PTA treasurer for 19 years
William Elwood Campbell
Camden printer and firefighter, 1880s
Barrie Carl Campen
Firefighter and Coast Guard veteran killed assisting motorist
Anna H. Campos
Camden-born nurse, Co. D., 5th U.S. Infantry Hospital Corps; died September 2, 1899 in Cuba; first Spanish-American War nurse buried at Arlington National Cemetery
Jacob Adams Canning
Civil War drummer boy and Camden shoemaker
Leroy J. Canning
William H. Canning Jr.
Senior bookkeeper at First Camden National Bank
Florence V. Cannon
Camden artist, founder of American Color Print Society
Michael D. Capparelli
Gaetano P. Caprioni
Joseph Caputi
Camden police detective (1876–1932)
William F. Caputo
John Francis Carberry
Platoon Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, World War II
Michael Carbone
Founded printing machinery company in South Camden
James Cardwell
Camden-born actor who appeared in 26 Hollywood films (1944–1954), including The Sullivans, He Walked by Night, and A Walk in the Sun
Edward P. Carey
Howard W. Carey Jr.
Camden Sports Director, youth programs founder
James H. Carey
USS Monitor veteran; Camden firefighter twice
Frank C. Carle
Camden police officer, 19-year veteran who died of paralysis in 1940
Elizabeth S. Carlin
Camden resident descended from Liberty Bell caster Stow, died 1940
William C. Carlisle
Edmund S. Carmany
Camden bar owner and dye works worker
John H. Carmany
Wissahickon Dye Works operator and Camden City Councilman who died in office in 1910.
John H. Carmany Jr.
Camden firefighter 1910-1916; Wissahickon Dye Works family
Joseph Carpani
Camden Police Detective who emigrated from Folignano, Italy in 1913, served in World War I, and joined the Camden Police in 1922, rising to Detective. Known for partnering with Sylvester McGrath and for holding two U.S. patents.
Jerome L. Carpenter
First Sergeant, U.S. Army, drowned during maneuvers at Dock Creek, Tennessee, September 6, 1943
Clifford Carr
Camden Police detective, 1928-1950s
Herbert Manderson Carr
Camden-born Gunner’s Mate Second Class aboard the USS Maine; killed when the ship was destroyed in Havana harbor, February 15, 1898
Joseph H. Carr
Camden lawyer, Ott and Carr firm
Michael Carr
Robert H. Carr
Private First Class, 347th Infantry Regiment, 87th Division, World War I
Thomas J. Carr Sr.
Thomas J. Carr Sr. was appointed to the Camden Police Department on December 1, 1940 and served as a motorcycle traffic patrolman. He was president of the Camden Police and Firemen's Association in 1958.
Martin Carrigan
Captain, Camden Fire Department; died in line of duty, 1922
Edward Carroll
Camden Police inspector, served 1922-1957
John H. Carroll
Hotel owner, horse dealer, and excavating contractor; built Carroll’s Hotel at Third and Cherry streets in 1890; Fifth Ward Republican committeeman for many years
Margaret Carroll
Irish immigrant and long-time North Camden resident
Thomas J. Carroll
Camden Police Officer who rescued a drowning child from the Delaware River in 1928
William F. Carroll
Vaudeville actor died on stage at Camden's Broadway Theatre, 1909
Howard Carrow
Camden lawyer and NJ Democrat party chairman
James R. Carrow
Camden attorney, NJ assemblyman who proposed violet as state flower
Clarence C. Carson Jr.
Daniel A. Carter
Camden Fire Department Chief, 1882-1885
Peter B. Carter
Peter B. Carter (born August 1870), Chief of the Camden Fire Department 1915-1926
Robert Nel Carter
Thomas Carter
Private First Class, U.S. Army, Korean War
Thomas J. Carter
Camden firefighter, Engine Co. 1, 1954-1959; pastor
Walter W. Carter
One of first Black Camden firefighters, 1920
Warren I. Carter
Captain, Camden Fire Department (1941-1969)
William Carter
Firefighter and iron moulder in early Camden
John Stanborough Cartwright
Raymond S. Carty
World War II
Nicholas Caruso
Frank J. Carver
McCullough Coleman Case
Delaware Valley Bridge Commission police officer, World War I veteran
Elwood G. Cashman
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, World War II
William R. Cason
Camden Fire Department Captain 1910–1928; appointed hoseman July 1, 1910, retired February 29, 1928; died July 13, 1940.
Howard W. Cassady
James M. Cassady
Justice of Peace, Camden County first coroner
Dr. Arthur J. Casselman
Camden physician and public health laboratory director
Zula Boyd Casselman
Co-founded NJ American Cancer Society, Camden Woman’s Club president
James Cassidy
Original member, Camden paid fire department 1869
James Castaldi
Grant S. Cate
William Catna
19th century Camden firefighter
George Lewis Cattell Sr.
Camden firefighter, served 1915-1931
William C. Cattell Jr.
John R. Caum
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces, 96th Bomber Group, killed in action May 8, 1944, over Germany.
Benjamin Cavanaugh
Civil War veteran, fire foreman
John Cavanaugh
Camden Civil War veteran, 4th NJ Infantry, firefighter 1890
Joseph Cavanaugh
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 1, 1878–1882
Amos Caverow
Ornamental plasterer who served briefly with Fire Department
Charles T. Caverow Jr.
Carl V. Ceciro
Italian immigrant, US Navy veteran and Camden resident
Luigi Celani
RCA Victor factory worker; Zuni A.A. trustee
Alexander G. Chambers
WWI veteran, Republican figure
Frank Chambers
Camden Fire Department captain, died 1923
Harry M. Chambers
Camden fire captain, Hook and Ladder Company 2
William P. Chambers
Camden Fire Department hoseman with Engine Company 2; injured in the 1925 Cooper Street apartment fire
Horace R. Champion
Rand J. Chandler Jr.
Camden Police officer, killed by sniper 1969
Eddie Chaney
Camden lightweight boxer and Chaney's Bar owner
Howard L. Chatelaine
World War II
Alfred P. Checetto
Camden firefighter, retired 1983
John W. Cheeseman
Camden Fire Department tillerman, 1872
Thomas Cheeseman
Camden police detective, hero of the 1922 Kaighn Avenue fire
Joseph Chelhowski
Camden Fire Department Captain; WWII Army veteran, 274th Infantry; 1942–1980
L. Scott Cherchesky
Prominent Camden lawyer, 1920s-1940s
John Cherry
County Detective and Justice of the Peace, Camden, New Jersey
Earl Chew
PFC, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division; KIA France, September 17, 1944
Jesse Chew
Original Camden Fire Department member, 1869
John Chew
Camden Fire Department firefighter and stone cutter
Sinnickson Chew
West Jersey Press editor and publisher
John Chillemi
World War II Soldier
Dr. Pasquale J. Chinappi
Dentist practicing at 1718 Broadway, Camden
Laurent F. Choimer
Private, U.S. Army, killed in action October 7, 1944, in the Foret de Gremercy, France.
George Robert Cholister
BM1c, U.S. Navy — Medal of Honor, USS Trenton, 1924
Curtis Alan Christensen Jr.
Lance Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, died January 10, 2008, Ramadi, Iraq
Gilbert F. Christy Sr.
1SGT, U.S. Army, World War II
Robert F. Christy
Private, Company F, 116th Engineer Regiment, World War I
John F. Chudzinski
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 3, 1950-1969
Leon F. Chudzinski
Camden firefighter with Ladder Company 3
John Church
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 1
Savannah Churchill
Savannah Churchill was a jazz, blues, and rhythm-and-blues singer whose successful recording and performing career in the 1940s and 1950s included appearances and documented performances in Camden, New Jersey.
Galeazzo J. Cianci
John Rocco Cianfrani
Camden firefighter, Marine veteran, 26 years service
Guido John Cicconi
Stanley Ciechanowski
Camden County Freeholder and funeral director
Dr. Frank J. Ciliberti Jr.
General practitioner in South Camden for over 30 years
Michael R. Cimino
Camden police patrolman, cited for excellent police work 1959
Anthony Cinaglia
Dr. Rosolia Cioffi
Camden teacher, principal Kaighn School, Rutgers professor
Jan Citko
Private, Company F, 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division; killed in action September 30, 1918 in France
Kenneth M. Clark
Camden fire captain and union president, 1955-1981
Mortica Clark
Senior captain, Camden Fire Department, 30+ years
Solomon Clark
First African-American Camden firefighter
Thomas C. Clark
Private First Class, U.S. Army; died 1945; Purple Heart; buried Berlin Cemetery, Berlin, NJ
William H.H. Clark
Original Camden Fire Department member, Civil War veteran
William J. Clark
Sergeant, U.S. Army, Korean War, 187th Airborne
Francis W. Clarke
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II. Died August 7, 1945, in Pandaveswar, India.
Irwin Ritter Clarke
Chief Machinist's Mate, USS Walke DD-416, U.S. Navy; killed November 20, 1942; memorialized at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Robert J. Clarke Jr.
WWII Army Staff Sergeant, KIA Austria May 1945
James R. Clay
Camden police sergeant, pension law test case
George Clayton
Camden police captain and minor league baseball catcher
John C. Cleary
Camden police detective, retired 1989
John T. Cleary
Attorney and police court judge (1890–1950)
William J. Cleary
Camden fireman and captain, 1940 to 1973
Charles S. Clements
Camden firefighter who served over 30 years until death in service
Wayne Douglas Clements
John T. Clemmens
Camden firefighter, Engine No. 11, 1941–1965
William L. Clifton
Corporal, U.S. Army, Korean War, Missing in Action
Albert Cline
Camden Firefighter and Railroad Worker
Elwood Cline
Original Camden Firefighter
Ralph Cline
Ralph H. Cline (1902–1990), Camden police officer from 1928 to at least 1957, formerly of East Camden.
Robert D. Clow Jr.
Real Estate and Insurance Broker, Camden
John Joseph Clynes Jr.
Sergeant, 4th Company, 4th Battalion, 153rd Depot Brigade; died June 24, 1919 of tuberculosis contracted at Camp Dix
John Coates
Camden real estate developer and Union Army captain
Robert E. Coates
Private First Class, U.S. Army, killed September 21, 1944, Italy
Byron P. Cobb Sr.
Byron P. Cobb Sr. was a Camden canvas awning manufacturer known as 'The Sun Doctor,' operating a business at Fifth and Royden Streets for many years.
Alden P. Cochran
James A. Cochran, Jr.
Richard G. Coffman
Camden firefighter, 25 years service
Robert M. Coffman Jr.
Camden Fire Department Driver
James A. Cohen Jr.
Camden career criminal, killed by police 2007
Mitchell H. Cohen
Camden County Prosecutor (late 1940s–early 1950s); Federal District Court Chief Justice; courthouse at 401 Cooper Street bears his name
Dr. Paul Cohen
Camden physician and Army Medical Corps Captain
Sidney Cohen
Edward N. Cohn
Real Estate Developer
Joseph N. Colangelo
Camden labor leader; Campbell Soup union organizer; musician known as Joe Lang
Wayne Albert Colantuono
William F. Colbert
Camden civic leader and firefighter, died 1869
James Coleman
Irish immigrant who lived on Cooper Street in Camden for over 30 years.
John W. Coleman
Camden City Councilman and 19th Pennsylvania Cavalry veteran, 1848–1935
Benjamin D. Coley
Civil War Captain and successful Camden grocer
Robert W. Colkett
Camden firefighter (Ladder Company 1, 1900–1905) and police officer (1905–1910); died while appealing his dismissal to the Supreme Court.
Luther H. Collier
Camden firefighter with Engine Company 1
Arthur L. Collins Jr.
Charles H. Collins
Isaiah Collins
Camden firefighter who received $10,000 damages after industrial accident
John Collins
Camden Fire Department extra man, 1884-1885
Albert E. Collum Jr.
Camden firefighter who rose from Ladderman to Captain, serving the city for over 30 years.
Joseph Colozzi
Camden criminal figure, shot and killed 1940
Arthur Colsey
Chief of Police, Camden, 1934–1939
William B. Colsey Sr.
Camden businessman whose uncle was police chief
Russ Columbo
Camden-born singer, violinist, and actor (1908–1934); crooning rival of Bing Crosby; famous for 'You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love.'
William Comerford
Camden Fire Department chauffeur for battalion chief
William Alvin Comly
Eli Conaghy Sr.
Boxer known as Kid Conaghy; WWII veteran ironworker
Theodosia Hunt Conaghy
Camden County Jail matron, 1923–1950
Paul McGrath Conant
Corporal, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II
Francis J. Conlen III
Ronald Conley
Ronald J. Conley (1966–2006) served the Camden Police Department from 1986, rising to Lieutenant in 2001, before his death from brain cancer at age 40.
Jimmy Conlin
Vaudeville and Hollywood character actor
Benjamin H. Connelly
Founding member of Camden's paid Fire Department
Richard L. Connelly
Terence W. Connelly
Terence William 'Terry' Connelly (1954-2007), Inspector with the Camden Police Department, retired 1998
William J. Connelly Jr.
Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, Korean War Era
Catherine D. Connor
Chief Clerk to Mayor Winfield S. Price
Louis J. Contravo
Fireman 1st Class, Navy, killed on USS Fechteler 1944
Charles E. Conway
Camden firefighter with over 25 years of service
Frank J. Conway
Camden fire captain; 31 years service
Frankie Conway
Camden bantamweight and featherweight boxer, 200+ bouts
Basil Cook
Bar owner and Camden Beer brewery salesman
Charles Cook
Charles Cook was born on December 18, 1877 to Peter and Mary Cook. He was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on December 3, 1904, reporting for duty on January 1, 1905. He served as a Lieutenant by 1914, Captain by 1918, and Senior Captain at Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 by 1924.
Charles W. Cooke
One of six Black firefighters appointed when CFD was reintegrated 1920
William Coonrod
Private, U.S. Army, World War I
Bernard Z. Cooper
Educator and school administrator
Col. William H. Cooper
Civil War vet, NJ National Guard Colonel, PA Railroad
David E. Cooper
Camden dentist, B'nai B'rith Lodge 915, died 1947
Howard M. Cooper
Camden attorney, civic leader, and dean of the bar
John Cooper
Founded first coal yard; co-founded Camden National Bank
John D. Cooper
Civil War veteran, Camden firefighter 1877-1882
Joseph Cooper
Joseph Sol Cooper
TWA MarketAir program manager, federal career manager
Richard Allen Cooper
William Cooper
One of Camden's earliest settlers in 1682
William J. Cooper
Owner, William J. Cooper Company, hardware and millwork, 215–221 Kaighn Avenue, Camden
Daniel Cooperson
East Camden author of five poetry and autobiographical works
Robert H. Cope
Private, U.S. Army, Korean War, Missing in Action
Boston Corbett
Biography of Sergeant Boston Corbett, the Union soldier who shot John Wilkes Booth and later served as pastor of Memorial Methodist Protestant Church in Camden.
Catherine Corbett
Democratic committeewoman and Eighth Ward political leader
Frederick G. Corbett
Corporal, Army Air Forces, POW at Cabanatuan 1942
John A. Corbin
James Corea
Camden City Councilman and Republican Committeeman
Joseph Corea
Vision-impaired Justice of the Peace in Camden's Third Ward
Edward K. Cornelius
Theodore T. Cornelius
Frank S. Cornell
First Camden National Bank vault custodian and Mason
Malachi D. Cornish
Camden educator, principal, Board of Education member
Albert Cornog
Camden police officer who rose from patrolman to Captain, commanding the Third Police District.
Charles Cornog
Camden Police Department officer who died in service in 1910
A. Charles Corotis
Journalist, author, and public relations agent from Camden
Gardiner F. Corson
Camden firefighter, joined department November 1907
Hobart Corson
Camden Fire Department chief's clerk and Republican Club president
William H. Corson
Camden firefighter appointed to Engine Company 4
William Penn Corson
Camden contractor, co-owner of the Eastern Basketball League franchise (Alphas/Crusaders/Skeeters), and Camden County Sheriff 1917-1920
Nuel D. Corwin
Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Force — World War II
Warren B. Corwin
Philip C. Cosenza
Camden firefighter and U.S. Air Force veteran
Robert J. Cosgrove
Corporal, 321st Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Group, U.S. Army Air Forces; killed November 10, 1945, plane crash in France
Thomas C. Costello
William P. Cotter
Camden County Freeholder from the 13th Ward (1930–1931); Spanish-American War veteran; stone cutter and granite monument business owner.
William W. Cotter
World War II
Charles G. Cotton
Benjamin W. Courter
Camden builder, philanthropist, civic leader
Joseph F. Covert
Private, U.S. Army, World War I
Nathan F. Cowan
Camden banker and baseball pioneer, 50 years at National State Bank
Christopher Cowen
Robert J. Cowen
Private, U.S. Army, killed April 21, 1945, Germany
Garrett Cowls
'Grandfather of baseball in Camden,' team manager
John K. Cowperthwaite
Camden's first popularly elected mayor, 1844
Charles Cox
Camden Mayor
Charles W. Cox
Charles W. Cox was born in September 1833 in Pennsylvania. He was a prominent builder in Camden who built hundreds of homes, including 87 new houses in North Camden in 1890 alone.
George P. Cox
Camden Fire Department Battalion Chief, 1894-1919
William Cox
Camden Civil War veteran and firefighter
Wright Ellis Cox
Camden firefighter and police officer who served over 40 years; stable sergeant of the mounted police; badge number 94
Major Coxson
Camden mayoral candidate; gangland murder victim, 1973
Theodore P. Coyle
Albert Crabtree
Graham I. Craig
PhM1C, United States Naval Reserve, World War II
Jennie Craig
East Camden resident attacked on Federal Street in 1904
William Craig
Private, Battery D, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Division, World War I
Franklin Crain
Camden World War II hero
Alfred Cramer
Real Estate Developer and Founder of Cramer Hill
Joseph Cramer
Camden real estate developer (1847–1932) who developed East Camden and Delaware Gardens; brother of Alfred Cramer.
Wayland Post Cramer
Real estate developer and civic leader; director of the Camden County Emergency Relief Administration (1933); first president of the Camden Lions Club.
William Cramer
Camden Constable, 10th Ward, shot and killed by vaudeville actor Harry Batchelder on August 28, 1921, while serving a writ at Tuckahoe, NJ.
Edwin Field Crane
Camden real estate lawyer and Police Recorder
Frank Crawford
Camden police detective; joined force 1912; retired Captain 1950
John Crawford
Camden undertaker and funeral director
John J. Crean
Acting city solicitor and chairman of the Camden County Democratic Committee; Ninth Ward Democratic leader
James J. Creato
Camden firefighter and captain, 1929–1960
Hunter R. Crist
Charles C. Croasdale
Camden printer and press operator at the Courier-Post for over 30 years
Sergio Croce
Camden firefighter and Superior Court clerk
Howland Croft
English-born woolen manufacturer who founded the Linden Worsted Mills in Camden, one of the city’s most prominent 19th-century industrial enterprises.
John Croft
Mormon pioneer and builder, brother of Howland Croft
John and Ann Croft
Yorkshire ancestors of the Croft family of Camden, NJ
Sam Croge
Samuel Croge Jr. (c. 1937–2012) was a star pitcher at Woodrow Wilson High School who signed with the Philadelphia Phillies, and was inducted into both the South Jersey Baseball and Scholastic Basketball Halls of Fame.
James P. Croker
Camden saloonkeeper and Republican ward leader
Thomas Croker
Camden saloonkeeper and baseball manager
Walter Baker Cromwell Jr.
George Leo Cronauer
Korean War
Raymond R. Crooks
World War II
Ralph Bird Cross
Quartermaster Second Class, United States Navy, died December 12, 1945
Edgar S. Crouthamel
Alfred Denny Crox
Private First Class, U.S. Army, World War II, Silver Star
William H. Crox
Giovani Cruz
Lance Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, drowned July 4, 2010, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Earl A. Cryne
Army Colonel; South Jersey aviation pioneer; established Central Airport
Bill Culbertson
Rutgers-Camden Basketball Coach
Paul Edward Culbertson
Aviation Metalsmith 2nd Class, USS Langley CVL-27, died February 19, 1944
John William Cullen
Store manager fatally shot during a 1930 holdup at his American Store on Lansdowne Avenue
Dr. Thomas F. Cullen
Dr. Thomas F. Cullen was born in Philadelphia in 1822 and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1844. He moved to Camden in 1849 and became the first surgeon to perform capital operations in Camden without sending patients to Philadelphia. He founded the Camden City Medical Society in 1853 and served as president of city, county, and state medical societies. He died in 1877.
Benjamin B. Cummings
WWII Army Air Force flight officer KIA over Germany
Edward J. Cummings
PFC, 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division; KIA France, November 11, 1944
William Cummings
Earl Cunningham Sr.
Camden Police officer who served from the 1920s; father of Earl Cunningham Jr., whose family achieved a three-generation record at the Fetters School.
James J. Cunningham
Ensign, United States Naval Armed Guard, SS Robert Gray, killed April 23, 1943, torpedoed in North Atlantic
John Cunningham
Private First Class, 303rd Ammunition Trains, 78th Division; killed in France January 28, 1919
Joseph E. Cunningham
Camden fire captain who served for 34 years with Rescue Company 1 and Squad Company 7.
Thomas Cunningham
Camden Fire Department, Ladder Co. 1 (c. 1884–1929)
Thomas J. Cunningham
Camden police officer, sergeant, and lieutenant, 1898–1930
Daniel W. Curliss
Camden Chief of Police, 1871-1874
William A. Curliss
Firefighter and son of Camden Police Chief Daniel Curliss
Edward Curriden
Camden Fire Department captain who served from 1906 through 1926, retiring as captain of Engine Company 11 in East Camden.
Samuel C. Curriden
Letter carrier, briefly firefighter, WWI decorations chair
Howard H. Currie
Camden CFD extra man 1875-1911
Howard Lewis Currie
Camden firefighter, union organizer, Engine Co. 4
Jacob T. Currie
Nicholas James Currie
Chief Commissary Steward, USN, died April 13, 1944
Cyrus H.K. Curtis
Publisher Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal
Harry Curtis
Camden police officer and Pennsylvania Railroad detective.
James J. Cusick Sr.
Camden firefighter 1947–1966; World War II veteran.
Herman Z. Cutler
Founder, Cutler Metal Products; Camden business leader
Joseph J. Czempkawski
Christopher M. Daniels
Charles Henry Davis
Clarence E. Haines
Carlton P. Hogan
Captain, U.S. Army Air Forces
Clarence T. Jaggers
Private, U.S. Army Air Forces, Rohna victim
Carl E. Johanson
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Charles J. De Luca
Charles R. Morrissey
Claude S. Parker
Charles A. Rutecki
Charles Louis Seerveld
Cyrus B. Stafford
Charles L. Stevenson
Carlton Harris Strang Jr.
Carlton P. Tierney
Charles W. Wilkins Jr.
Charles A. Wilson
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Nicholas Di Angelo
Third Ward Republican Club president, 1933
David E. Burch
Angelo M. Di Camillo
Leo Nunzio De Cicco
PFC, 34th Infantry, died as POW Korea 1950
Armand P. De Clemente
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army — World War II
John J. D'Agostino
Bertram August Dahl Jr.
Camden firefighter, served mid-20th century
Dominick F. Dalanni
Camden firefighter and USMC veteran, Engine Company 3
Gregory T. Dalessio
Captain, U.S. Army, KIA June 23, 2008, Salman Pak, Iraq
Joseph C. Daley
World War II
Joseph T. Daley
Joseph T. Daley (1872–1927), Camden Fire Department 1904–1927, served Engine Companies 1, 4, 5, and 2; died of a heart attack at Mantua Manor.
Thomas J. Daley
City Engineer of Camden (1925–c. 1947)
John A. Dall
Civil War veteran (12th NJ Infantry) and Camden police officer, Sixth Ward (1846–c.1923)
James J. Daly
Camden bar owner, operated Daly's Cafe and Linden Grill
John F. Daly
Known as 'Pop' Daly. Irish immigrant, U.S. Army veteran, operator of Daly's Cafe at 201 Vine Street for four decades, and beloved First Ward freeholder of Camden.
Richard Daly
Saloon owner on North 9th Street
Andrew Dancoe
WWII POW, died at Cabanatuan camp 1943
Charles Danenhower
Wholesale grocer and Civil War veteran
George R. Danenhower
Camden wholesale grocer; Civil War veteran, Battle of the Wilderness
Stanley W. Danenhower
Private, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division; killed in action August 28, 1944
Charles T. Daniels
Edward S. Daniels
John W. Danser
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II
Thomas William Dare
Donovin Darius
NFL safety, Jacksonville Jaguars first-round pick
Charles F. Daubman
Camden Chief of Police and turnkey at Camden County Jail
Charles H. Davenport
Pioneer East Camden grocer and Moose Lodge charter member
Robert E. Davenport
Camden Fire Captain
Robert P. Davey Jr.
Eugene Davidson
Hubert A. Davidson
Tasker H. Davidson
Private First Class, 312th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, World War I
Matthew J. Davies Jr.
Camden fire battalion chief, promoted 1968
Byron M. Davis
Early Black Camden firefighter
Calvin L. Davis
Charles M. Davis
Charles M. 'Spike' Davis served the Camden Fire Department for 28 years starting in 1950, retiring as a firefighter in 1979.
Dallas Lee Davis
Private, U.S. Army, World War II
Edward Kevil Davis Sr.
Everett S. Davis
Frank Walter Davis
Harry C. Davis
Musician and member of Steubing's String Band, 1920s
Harry J. Davis
Dr. Henry H. Davis
Camden's first medical inspector, Health Director, school physician
John James Davis
Josiah M. Davis
Camden fireman, carpenter, and Civil War veteran, died 1884
Theodore Z. Davis
New Jersey Superior Court judge, Camden native
Dr. William A. Davis
Camden physician, Cooper Hospital founding staff
William C. Davis
Owner, William C. Davis Home Baking Company
William S. Davis
Civil War Navy veteran; Camden Fire Department Engineer of Engine Company 2 (1873–1888)
Harry Day
Camden firefighter and railroad worker, 1886-1979
Margaret Day
Murder victim in unsolved 1974 Camden case
William H. Day
Camden building inspector from 1907 to 1923
James B. Dayton
Camden lawyer, City Solicitor, President of West Jersey Ferry Company
Daniel G. Deacon
City Gardener at Camden City Hall and Roosevelt Plaza for 21 years
Dowling B. Deacon
George A. Deacon
Joseph H. Deacon
Founder of Joseph H. Deacon Leather and Shoe Findings
Frank J. Deal
Assistant Chief, Camden Fire Department
John R. Dean
Ship's Cook Third Class, USS Penguin AM-33; POW at Zentsuji, Japan, 1941-1945
Amos R. Dease
Civil War veteran, painter, and businessman
Edwin V. Decker
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 2, Rescue Squad 1
John P. Decker
Civil War veteran, 13th New Jersey Infantry
Rocco DeCord
Camden narcotics case, 1928; associated with Anthony Paradise drug ring
William A. Deery
Camden police identification chief, detective
E. John DeFrancisco Jr.
Camden fire captain with over 30 years of service, 1959-1990
Buddy DeFranco
Jazz clarinet virtuoso and NEA Jazz Master
Harold J. DeGraff
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Edward DeHart
Camden firefighter and World War II POW survivor
John T. Deighan
Private, U.S. Army, World War I
Neil F. Deighan Sr.
Professional basketball player for the Camden Alphas and Crusaders (1913–1923), winning the 1919–1920 EBL championship; later restaurateur and three-term president of the N.J. Licensed Beverage Association.
Richard Deighan
Professional basketball player who played for the Camden Skeeters (Eastern League), Trenton Royal Bengals, and Cleveland Rosenblums (American Basketball League) in the 1920s.
William Deith
Original Camden Fire Department member, Badge #2
William H. Deitz
Camden Fire Department District Chief who joined in 1937, rose to captain (1948) and district chief (1956), and died in the line of duty on November 14, 1962.
Frank DeKonski
Night watchman at Woodrow Wilson High School who died suddenly in 1958.
Thomas P. Delany
Camden business leader and Elks Lodge knight killed in a car accident on the Camden bridge on February 23, 1938
Louis DeLisle
First executive chef, Campbell Soup Company.
F. George Delker
Camden boxer and World War I Home Guard
Enos B. Dellmuth
Camden civic leader and Hunt Pen Company manager, died 1928
John Anthony DeLuca
Camden firefighter 1968-1982, Engine and Ladder companies
George W. Demarest
Seaman First Class, U.S. Navy, World War II; Naval Armed Guard, SS J.H. Senior; Lindenwold, NJ
John C. Demmert
Camden jeweler and diamond expert; robbed six times
Bernard Dennis
Irish firefighter, killed in sawmill accident
William Deno
Camden firefighter and Captain of Engine Company 7 (1884–1912)
Charles F. Denof
Justice of the Peace and Democratic political operative
William Denof Sr.
Camden funeral director at 840 South 5th Street; active in Democratic politics in the 1930s
Richard L. Dentino
Robert E. DePersia
Camden police detective and county detective
Watson Depuy
Cashier and vice president, First National Bank
Angelo F. Derago
Louis T. DeRousse
Camden postmaster and NJ State Assemblyman, Speaker
Donald R. Detwiler
Camden firefighter, 25 years service, 1973-1998
Joseph Deven
South Camden bootlegger and convicted killer
Mark J. Devine Jr.
Camden baseball pitcher for Camden High School and semi-professional teams; arm injury ended his career around 1923
Frank DeViney
Camden Harley-Davidson dealer, motorcycle club founder
Michael E. Devinney
Camden fireman c.1883, Civil War veteran 3rd and 37th NJ Infantry
Charles Devlin
Camden firefighter who served 1944-1972
Edward E. DeVoe
Harry M. Dey
Camden captain, Philippine-American War veteran, Catubig
John Dialogue
Founder of one of the largest shipyards in America at Kaighn's Point, Camden
John H. Dialogue Jr.
Shipbuilder, owner of the John H. Dialogue Ship Building Company of Camden; built the ocean-going tugs Hercules and Goliah
Philip Diaz
Private First Class, Company C, 312th Infantry, 78th Division, World War I
Joseph L. DiBartolomeo
John Dibble
Colonel, U.S. Army Medical Corps, World War II
Thomas J. DiBiaso
Thomas J. DiBiaso served as a Camden firefighter from 1968 until a serious injury in December 1971, when a ladder collapsed at the John R. Evans Leather Company fire, causing him to fall 30 feet. He retired on full pension in 1973 and died June 8, 2014.
Martin DiCarlantonio
John D. DiCicco
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II
Doles Dickens
Jazz bassist, bandleader; performed at Chubby's Café in Camden
Charles V. Dickinson
Camden Public Safety Director, Palmyra mayor
Frank L. Dickinson
Andrew F. Dickson
Jacob F. Dickson
Christopher L. Dietz
Christopher Ludwig Friedrich Heinrich Dietz emigrated from Germany in 1865, settled in Camden's Cramer Hill, operated the Union Hotel, and founded the Crescent Bottling Company.
Robert E. Dietz
Mildred D. DiFante
WWII WAC Staff Sergeant; first female American Legion County Commander
Albert C. Dildine
Civil War veteran, 15th and 38th NJ Infantry; Superintendent of Letter Carriers, Camden
Alfred W. Dilks
Private, U.S. Army — World War I
Francis Thomas Dillon
William M. Dilmore
Camden acting city purchasing agent, 1933
John DiMaggio
Camden Fire Department Captain, 1951–1990
Santo DiMaggio
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 3, 1951–1973
Joseph D. DiMattia
Camden Fire Department captain, appointed 1952
Julian DiNicholas
Camden youth with remarkable mathematical ability
Maurice DiNicola
Camden police detective; shot gangster John 'Two Gun' Kelly in 1928
Louis DiRenzo
Third Ward Democratic Club president, civic leader
Alexander DiSalvio
South Camden featherweight and bantamweight boxer who fought professionally as 'Al Daley' in the 1930s; also served as an officer of the Veteran Boxer Association Ring 6
Anthony J. Dixon
Specialist, U.S. Army, KIA August 1, 2004, Samarra, Iraq
George Dixon Jr.
George Dixon Jr. was born in Camden on September 2, 1932 and served with the Camden Fire Department for over 37 years, retiring as captain on November 1, 1995.
Horace R. Dixon
Chairman of the Housing Authority of the City of Camden; civic leader and advocate for low-cost housing in the 1930s and 1940s.
Robert A. Dixon
Joseph F. Dmochowski
Camden firefighter, Engine No. 11, 1947–1962
William Earle Doan
Auxiliary fireman, Camden Fire Dept.
Isaiah Anthony Dobbins
Murrell Dobbins
Founded Camden Pottery Company, Philadelphia civic leader, 1843-1917
T. Munroe Dobbins
President of Camden Pottery Company, 1917–1924
James Edward Dobbs
Whitman Park community leader; United Neighbors president
S. Raymond Dobbs
Democratic freeholder and Camden city tax assessor
Edward J. Dodamead
Original member of Camden paid fire department in 1869, served as Tillerman of Hook and Ladder Company
Samuel Dodd Jr.
Camden Chief of Police, 1887–1898
W. Arnold Dodge
Industrial tools dealer on South 5th Street
Valentine Doerr Jr.
Saloon keeper in Pavonia, Cramer Hill
Howard E. Doerschner
First chief of Camden Auxiliary Fire Force, 1940
Bernardo 'Ben' Doganiero
Pharmacist and WWII veteran, one of Camden's first draftees
John J. Dogostino
Robert 'Bobby' Dolan
Camden dispatcher who co-founded South Jersey Fire Buffs Association and served the city for over 35 years.
William A. 'Billy' Dolan
Camden patrolman, sergeant, and detective
John Augustus 'Gus' Dold
Camden firefighter and engineer, 25 years service
Eddie Dolin
Professional basketball player; Camden Alphas, Crusaders, and Skeeters (1912–1923) in the Eastern Basketball League
Anthony Dolinski
Polish immigrant, bottler convicted of still operation
Edward Dolinski
Camden-born liquor store owner who operated the Keystone Liquor Store on Mechanic Street; critically wounded in a robbery in 1965 and died in 1967.
Raymond Domz
World War II
Nicholas J. Donahoe
East Camden restaurateur and real estate investor
Robert James Donaldson Jr.
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Force, World War II
William F. Donehower
World War II
Dr. Clarence B. Donges
Camden eye specialist who practiced for 57 years
Dr. John W. Donges
Civil War veteran, physician, and Camden City Council member
Ralph W.E. Donges
Camden attorney and NJ Supreme Court Justice (1930-1948), Supreme Dictator of the Loyal Order of Moose, Lt. Colonel in World War I.
Raymond R. Donges
Camden Attorney
Richard Donnelly
Camden police detective, Third District (Cramer Hill and East Camden), 1920s-1944; partner of Detective Louis Schlam
Hyacinth W. Dooley Jr.
Larry Doran
Camden County Chief of Detectives, 25 years
Frank Doris
Camden criminal executed 1927 for bank robbery
John Doris
Philadelphia gangster active in Camden 1929-1930, shot Joe O'Connor
Arthur C. Dorrance
Campbell Soup president, brother of Dr. John T. Dorrance
Dr. John T. Dorrance
Campbell Soup president and condensed soup inventor
Edward H. Dorsey
Arthur R. Dougherty
Electrician's Mate First Class, U.S. Navy — World War II
James T. Dougherty
World War II
William A. Dougherty
World War II
Josephine Browning Doughten
Widow of deputy state comptroller Isaac Doughten
William H. Doughten
Camden firefighter serving three terms on the department
Albert Doughty
Camden firefighter and steamboat man, Driver with the Hook and Ladder Company.
Harry J. Doughty
Dennis Dowhy
Camden Fire Captain for 28 years, professional magician for children
Edward Dowhy
Camden Police Lieutenant; Auto Theft Task Force
Joseph Dowhy Jr.
Camden firefighter, Ladder Company 1
Joseph Dowhy Sr.
Captain, Camden Fire Department. Served 1958–1984.
Robert Dowhy
Camden Fire Department Captain; son of Captain Joseph Dowhy Sr.; appointed April 5, 1982
Anthony P. Dowidowicz
Fire Captain who served Camden FD for 27 years
Joseph Doyer
Sunshine Dragonette
Camden performer featured in 1930s local productions
Agnes Draper
Camden Educator
Horatio Draper
Camden Superintendent of Schools, Manual Training School founder
Robert Kaighn Draper
Camden Contractor and Architect
Roman Drapinski
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, 12th Armored Division, killed in training accident 1943
Herman A. Dreas
Camden firefighter and WWI Purple Heart recipient
Otto Dreher
Sergeant, Bakery Company No. 327, U.S. Army, World War I
Edward F. Drew Jr.
Wilbur A. Drown
Wilbur A. Drown was born in Massachusetts in October of 1855. He was appointed to the Camden Fire Department in January of 1889 as an extra man with Engine Company 1. He died of a stroke while at work on June 15, 1915.
Leonard J. Drozd
Fire Department signal system inspector
Robert I. Drumm
Private First Class, 311th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, World War I
James Warren Drummond
Camden shoe manufacturer, Drummond & Dietz Shoe Co.
William W. L. Dube
Wilfred L. Dubé
New Jersey State Trooper and Camden County Chief of Detectives
Charles G. DuBell
Co-founder of DuBell Lumber Company in East Camden
Josiah DuBois Jr.
Camden-born attorney; War Refugee Board counsel; Holocaust rescue advocate
Wallace McGeorge DuBois
Wallace McGeorge DuBois was born on November 25, 1881 in Gloucester City, New Jersey, operated a funeral home in Camden for nearly 50 years, and died on December 18, 1951
Arthur 'Gyp' Del Duca
Restaurant owner convicted of running a disorderly house
Garfield Del Duca Sr.
Prohibition-era speakeasy operator in Camden
Edward Dudley
Camden attorney and son of diplomat Thomas H. Dudley, whose legal career was derailed by a sensational divorce scandal; died at Dudley Grange in 1920.
Thomas Haines Dudley
Attorney and U.S. Consul at Liverpool (1861–1872) who helped secure Lincoln’s nomination and disrupted Confederate shipbuilding during the Civil War.
Willard C. Duffin
Fire Captain and U.S. Navy veteran, served aboard USS Mahan
Frank Aloysius Duffy
Platoon Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, World War II. Killed in action July 2, 1944; 4th Marine Division.
John C. Duffy
Mickey Duffy
Beer Baron of South Jersey; born Michael Joseph Cusick around 1889; shot dead August 29, 1931 at the Ambassador Hotel, Atlantic City
John Dugan
Camden livery stable operator and saloonkeeper (1845–c. 1908)
John F. Dugan
Camden firefighter, Engine Co. 10, 29 years
Albert V. Dukes Jr.
Camden firefighter and U.S. Army veteran
Albert V. Dukes Sr.
Camden firefighter, father of two firefighters
Robert E. Dukes
Camden Fire Department Battalion Chief; served 1947–1980; father Albert V. Dukes Sr. and brother Albert V. Dukes Jr. also CFD firefighters
Fred Dunajek Sr.
Night watchman; witnessed Vincent Scola murder
Rev. Walter Scott Dunlop
Pastor of North Baptist Church 1936–1939
James Dunn
Camden Fire Department engineer, 1872–1876
Ralph H. Dunn
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, killed September 1, 1944, Brest, France
George H. Durar III
Camden fire captain, 25 years of service
James Durkin
Camden firefighter and driver for Ladder Company 4
John Durkin
Original member, Camden Fire Department, 1869
Charles W. Dutton
Charles W. Dutton was a guard in Camden's city parks and a special officer guarding pupils at the Harry C. Sharp Public School, at the corner made famous by the 1949 Howard Unruh rampage.
Andrea Dworkin
Feminist author and activist born in Camden
George Edward Dye
Seaman First Class, USS LSM-211; drowned October 21, 1944, while fighting a gasoline fire in Los Angeles Harbor; buried at Sicklerville Cemetery, NJ
James Wesley Dye, Jr.
John Lester Dyer
Camden firefighter, Ladder Company No. 1, 1917-1936
Lawrence Alton Dyer
Lester J. Dyer
Technician Fourth Class, 83rd Chemical Battalion, U.S. Army; killed January 26, 1944 when LST sunk during Anzio landings
Benjamin W. Dyl
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army, World War II. Died February 5, 1945, as a prisoner of war in Germany.
Dorothy E. Dyl
Gold Star Wife of Technical Sergeant Benjamin W. Dyl, World War II. Member of the Gold Star Wives of America.
Lee A. Dyson
Technician Fourth Class, 6th Armored Division; died January 7, 1944, while serving at Camp Cooke, CA; buried at Atco Cemetery, NJ
Benjamin J. Dzick
Camden Municipal Judge and County Court Judge
Gustave Dziengowski
Private, U.S. Army Air Forces
Anthony Dzinski
Fire Captain and Drillmaster who trained many firefighters
Joseph E. Dzurka
Daniel J. Giordano III
Nick and Sophie Del Grande-Domenices
Proprietors of Nick and Sophie’s Tavern, Camden
David Fowler Green
Harry L. De Haven
Carpenter and janitor of Garfield School 1924-1933
Theresa Maloney Di Lello
Camden Republican Committeewoman Candidate, 1934
David A. Lummis
Joseph Di Mona Sr.
DiMona Fine Furniture owner on Broadway, Merchants Assoc. president
Joseph J. Di Mona Jr.
Camden-born author and screenwriter (1923–1999)
Michael G. De Palma
Private First Class, 324th Infantry, 44th Division; KIA December 29, 1944, east of Sarreguemines, France; Epinal American Cemetery
Antonio Di Paolo
Italian-born banker, founder of Victory Trust Company
Louis G. Di Prizito
Victor J. Di Rico
Clifford Del Rossi
Camden police detective, 1922-1963
Joseph Di Santis
John David Smith
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Elmer F. Day
Sergeant, U.S. Army, Rohna victim
Allan B. Eadline
Private, U.S. Army, World War II. Killed in action February 28, 1945, Leyte Island, Philippines.
Lloyd L. Eadline
WWII P-51D fighter pilot, lost over Zuider Zee February 1945
Bad Bill Eagan
Camden second baseman who played for the St. Louis Browns, Chicago Colts, and Pittsburgh Pirates
Patrick Eagan
Habitual criminal, escaped Camden asylum 1902
Isaac W. Eason Sr.
Attorney, Assistant Attorney General of the United States; Assistant Prosecutor of Camden County 1930s; awarded French Croix de Guerre in WWI
Oscar A. Eastlack
Camden grocer, first to drive automobile in city
Thomas T.S. Eastlack
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 2, 1874–1876
Walter D. Eastlack
Camden firefighter, 29 years of service 1925-1954
Alban Eavenson
Founded Eavenson & Levering Co., Camden chemical manufacturer.
Alban T. Eavenson II
Parts Service Company
Jones Eavenson
Founder of J. Eavenson & Sons (1856), Camden soap manufacturer; plant at Delaware Avenue and Penn Street operated for 100 years
Richard L. Eberhard
Technician Fourth Grade, 350th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division, U.S. Army. Killed in action October 18, 1944, Monte Grande, Italy.
Bob Eberly
Big band vocalist, Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, duets with Helen O'Connell
Ernest Eckersley
Harry Edelmayer
Seaman First Class, U.S. Navy
Walter Edgerton
Camden boxer (1854–1930), known as “Kentucky Rosebud”; featherweight who fought professionally 1886–1921, fought and knocked out featherweight champion George Dixon in 1894
Franklin K. Edginton
MMM3C, USS Herring (SS-233); lost at sea June 1, 1944, Kurile Islands
Byron Edwards
Byron H. Edwards was a Camden architect and partner in the firm of Edwards & Green, responsible for the Camden Convention Hall, the John W. Mickle School Annex, and numerous other notable buildings.
Charles B. Edwards
Camden Fire Department firefighter who served from 1930 to 1957, working with multiple engine and ladder companies.
James A. Edwards
John C. Edwards
Civil War Marine veteran and Camden Iron Works laborer
John S. Edwards
Camden boy struck by railroad train, died 1886
Samuel Edwards
Camden Freeholder, 10th Ward; Pyne Poynt Athletic Association
Michael Egan
Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army; Killed in Action September 19, 2005, Ramadi, Iraq
Clarence Eggleston
Private, U.S. Army — World War II
Forrest Eisenhart
Camden club boxer of the 1930s who kept his boxing career secret while working at Campbell Soup; nicknamed 'Dutch'.
Irving Eisenman Jr.
Eugene R. Eisler
Richard L. Ekiss
First Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces — World War II
James Elberson
Camden firefighter; Treasurer, New Jersey Firemen's Mutual Benevolent Association
William P. Elberson
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 2; died in the line of duty, 1918
Ralph B. Elder
Corporal, Company E, 114th Infantry, 29th Division, World War I
Edward Eldred
Career officer in the Camden Police Department who served 28 years, retiring as a sergeant in 1994. Headed the Auto Theft Task Force 'Operation Mattel' in 1985.
Charles Elfreth
Brief Camden Fire Department service (1872, 1877-1878), brother of longtime Fire Chief Samuel S. Elfreth, later worked as carpenter and railroad employee.
Charles H. Elfreth
City of Camden tax cashier for 43 years
Samuel S. Elfreth
Camden Fire Chief, 1879–1913, longest tenure in city history
Edgar R. Ellender Sr.
Edgar Roy Ellender Sr. was a Camden firefighter who rose through the ranks from Fireman to District Chief, serving the Camden Fire Department from 1920 until his retirement in 1958.
Hammitt K. Elliott Jr.
Henry R. Elliott
Camden firefighter, Spanish-American War veteran
James F. Elliott
John Gartland Elliott
John J. Elliott Jr.
John W. Elliott
Camden fireman, machinist, and saloonkeeper, died 1901
Abraham M. Ellis
Abraham M. Ellis was president of the Broadway Amusement Company, which owned the Broadway Theater in Camden, and co-owner of the Liberty Theater
Alexander Ellis
Camden physician, diabetes specialist, Cooper Hospital senior staff
Charles H. Ellis
Camden Mayor
David Russell Ellis
Camden Fire Department Captain, died at Leslie's Cove 1934
George Ellis
Camden Police Department detective
Harry Joseph Ellis III
James Norris Ellis
Camden police detective and firefighter; retired 1932
Lillian Boyer Ellis
Lived 75 years at 708 Market Street
Walter P. Ellis
40-year United States Postal Service career
Wilbur Bodine Ellis
Camden city assessor and real estate agent
Zellie Ellis
Camden real estate businessman; son of Broadway shoe merchant
Kenneth Endt
Student who built Lindbergh plane replica
Frans Ludvik Engdahl
Swedish sculptor; Pennsylvania Academy professor
John P. Enright Jr.
Wilbert Epley
Charles Richard Eppleman
William G. Erdwein
Private, Company H, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, World War I
Aarne O. Erickson
Private First Class, U.S. Army, World War II
Sherwood T. Eriksson
Gustav A. Ernst & G. Hugo Ernst
Camden musical instrument makers, 1880s
Joseph F. Ernst
Camden firefighter, served in the Camden Fire Department from 1904 to 1933
Wilson Ernst
One of Camden's most prolific builders, credited with approximately 400 buildings and the development of Baring Street in 1888
Angelo Errichetti
Camden mayor convicted in ABSCAM scandal
Charles H. Errickson
Camden Fire Department Deputy Chief, 1924-1949
Cullis B. Errickson
Camden police sergeant who served from around 1900 until 1923
James Michael Esposito
Dennis S. Esworthy
Andrew Stanley Eubanks
Clifford Eubanks Sr.
RCA chemist turned construction worker at age 76
Charles Evans
Camden firefighter and ship joiner who served briefly in 1871
Christopher Evans Jr.
Huey Evans
Camden Sheriff's Department sergeant, retired 1994
John R. Evans
Founded John R. Evans & Co., Camden industrial leather manufacturer.
Kenneth Ormand Evans
PFC, 1st Marines, KIA Korea 1950
Roland Evans
Roland Evans (1892–1957), born in Delaware, was involved in a fatal shooting in Camden on December 26, 1911. Convicted of manslaughter in 1912 and pardoned in 1915.
Carl R. Evered
Camden real estate agent and civic leader
John T. Everett
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army — World War II
John B. Evering
Corporal, U.S. Army — Missing in Action, Korean War
Charles Evers
Pastor of Woodland Avenue Presbyterian Church, Camden, 1920–1946
James Case Evert
Anisim Evfimenko
Russian immigrant killed building USS Washington
Thomas Ewanichak
Camden police sergeant, first responder to 1967 Baskow bar murder
Harold Ewing
John A. Ewing
Civil War veteran, Engine Company 3 houseman for 33 years
Francesconi H. Ezzi
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, World War II. Killed in action July 10, 1944, at St. Lo, France.
Edward J. Gabriele
Private First Class, U.S. Army — World War II
Edward G. Miller
Private, U.S. Army — World War II
Earl L. Smith
Edward J. Weeks
Private, U.S. Army — World War II
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Ernest F. Fagan
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 1, died July 1973
Gwendolyn Faison
Camden educator and community leader
Lola Falana
Singer, Actress
Edward Falcey
Camden World War II hero
John Fallan
Camden firefighter 1874-1875; later Pennsylvania Railroad watchman
William J. Fallon
Admiral, U.S. Navy
Frank M. Falls
Rocco Fanelle
Camden scrap metal dealer; founder of R. Fanelle & Sons
Donald G. Fanelli
Aviation Radioman Third Class, VPB-104 patrol bombing squadron; killed May 19, 1945, when his PB4Y-1 Liberator went down over Luzon, Philippines; Tablets of Missing at Manila
Rocco Fanelli
Camden Fire Captain
Nicolo Fanello
Private, 310th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, U.S. Army, World War I
Edwin Farnham
Eccentric gold penmaker, claimed to invent Monitor
Levi E. Farnham
Camden City Engineer 30 years, Farnham Park namesake
Raymond Farr
William F. Farrell
Private, Company H, 147th Infantry Regiment, 41st Division, World War I
Richard A. Farris
Camden firefighter with Engine Company 5, appointed during the department expansion to two platoons in January 1920
Leslie Ray Farrow
Aviation Machinist's Mate First Class, U.S. Navy; survived sinking of USS Lexington at Coral Sea; died July 21, 1945 in auto accident while on leave
Philip Farrow
Camden Fire Department captain, 1940–1968
Richard E. Farrow
Technician Third Class, U.S. Army — World War II
Louis F. Fattore
Camden firefighter, son of Mario Fattore, named for uncle killed in WWII
Louis F. Fattore
Technician Fourth Class, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army; killed July 21, 1943 in Sicily during Operation HUSKY
Mario Fattore
Camden firefighter, Engine Companies 6 and 11
A. Wesley Faust
Camden firefighter and New Hanover Township police sergeant
Henry P. Favreau
Charles J. Fay
World War II
William T. Feitz
Detective with the Camden Police Department, gunned down on September 2, 1934 while investigating suspicious activity — the first Camden officer killed in the line of duty.
Jacob Feldman
Charles H. Felton
Camden real estate businessman, died 1887
George G. Felton
Civil War veteran, NJNG Colonel, City Treasurer of Camden
Leon F. Feltz
Camden police detective and WWI veteran, 1928–1962
Gerald Edwin Fenner
Private First Class, Company B, 110th Medical Battalion — Silver Star
Percival Norman Fenton Jr.
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, killed 1951
Charles M. Ferat Jr.
Court clerk and NJ National Guard captain, son of candy merchant
Charles M. Ferat Sr.
Camden candy manufacturer on Federal Street for over 50 years
Charles Michael Ferat
Charles Michael Ferat was a Camden-based Civil War veteran, confectioner, and herb doctor, patriarch of the Ferat family prominent in Camden commerce and civic life.
Eddie Ferat
Member of the NBL champion Camden Electrics basketball team (1903–04); later employed 25 years in the tax office at Camden City Hall.
Edward G. Ferguson
PFC, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division; KIA Europe, September 15, 1944
Thomas D. Ferguson
Corporal, U.S. Army, Korean War
William Ferguson
Manager of Ferguson Baseball Club
Virgil Ferrari
Camden police officer promoted to sergeant in 1967
Lewis Ferrell
Early Camden firefighter and carpenter, 1882
Anthony C. Ferri
Isaac Ferris Jr.
Camden shoe manufacturer and banking director
Isaac Ferris Sr.
Camden shoemaker, police officer, Democratic ward leader
Jacob C. Ferris
Camden shoemaker and son of Isaac Ferris Sr.
John J. Ferry
Camden Police Sergeant (1937–retired). Present at the Howard Unruh mass shooting in 1949 and rescued residents from a deadly Broadway fire in 1964. His son Charles Ferry also served and retired as a Captain.
Richard Fetters
Camden civic leader and founder of Fettersville (1791–1863)
Florence May Field
Alfred A. Fields
Camden firefighter, Ladder Company 4
Edwin Figueroa
Camden Police Chief 2003-2006, first Hispanic chief
Watson Finch
Camden, New Jersey welterweight boxer, 1920s
John H. Fine
Camden firefighter and Civil War veteran, 1874
Frederick A. Finkeldey
Camden physical education pioneer and City Councilman
Miriam Nulty Finkeldey
Camden educator, chronicler of Washington Street
Edward F. Finley
Camden firefighter with Ladder Company 1, 1905-1914
John Fircha
Howard Firth
Camden County Freeholder, 11th Ward, 1930–1931
Judson K. Fish
Camden brick mason and extra fireman, 1884
Harvey J. Fisher
Camden firefighter, 26 years of service
Joseph H. Fisher
East Camden farmer from the Stockton era
Linwood Fisher
Camden firefighter, 23 years service, known as the singing fireman
Samuel E. Fisher Jr.
Camden firefighter and Camden High School basketball star
Samuel E. Fisher Sr.
Camden Fire Department fireman, all-star basketball player
Winfield S. Fisk
Camden sign painter, returned 1930 after 25 years
Dr. Lorenzo F. Fisler
Physician and multiple-term Mayor of Camden
Wes Fisler
Camden native who scored the first run in National League history on April 22, 1876; played for the Philadelphia Athletics.
Frank S. Fithian
Chief Clerk, Camden Water Department
Frank W. Fitzgerald Jr.
Charles H. Fitzsimmons III
Camden police detective, 1874–1931
Charles H. Fitzsimmons IV
Charles Henry Fitzsimmons IV served with the Camden Fire Department, rising to the rank of Lieutenant before his death on July 26, 1922.
Fr. Peter J. Fitzsimmons
Priest at Immaculate Conception Church
Patrick X. Flaherty
First Lieutenant (Chaplain), U.S. Army, died July 19, 1943, Camp Polk, Louisiana
Paul James Flaherty
Thomas P. Flaherty
Corporal killed in plane crash, Isle of Man 1945
Anthony E. Flamini
Erle P. Flanagan
Jefferson J. Flanagan
Camden boxing enthusiast, Keystone Leather Company manager
Jessie Chew Flanagan
Camden Campbell Soup worker, raised family alone
Joseph 'Mose' Flannery
Eighth Ward political worker and organized crime figure in Camden who was mortally wounded outside a Kaighn Avenue saloon in 1928.
Jesse N. Flax
Camden firefighter Ladder 2, Korean War veteran, 27 years
Anthony J. Flemming
Private, U.S. Army — World War II
Clifford N. Flenard
Camden police officer and PBA Local No. 35 president, served 27 years
Harvey Flitcraft
Pioneer Camden movie theater owner, 1862-1913
Theodore R. Floyd
Private, 448th Quartermaster Truck Company
Dan Flynn
Camden boxer and pigeon fancier
George D. Flynn
James J. Flynn Jr.
Secretary-treasurer of Camden Gas and Electric Fixture Company
William F. Foehl Jr.
William F. Foehl Sr.
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 9
Maurice Patrick Foley
Camden firefighter, teamster and blacksmith
Nicholas Fondacaro
Seaman First Class, USS Underhill DE-682, died July 24, 1945
Charles Ford
Convicted murderer executed at Trenton State Prison, 1913
Henry S. Ford
Camden real estate broker for over fifty years
Joseph T. Ford Jr.
World War II
Andrew H. Foreman Jr.
Firefighter, 30 years with Ladder Company 2
James Fornek
Private, Evacuation Hospital No. 11; died October 6, 1918 of pneumonia in France at age 15
Anthony Michael Forsthoffer
Private, U.S. Army — World War I
Joseph H. Forsyth
New Jersey State Senator from Camden County
Franklin F. Fortiner
Augustine Fortune
Camden police detective and florist
John Foster
Chief of Police of Camden from 1899 until his death in 1906, who rose through the ranks from patrolman to lieutenant to chief.
Lawrence Fotine
Camden-born musician who wrote 300+ songs with Duke Ellington
Charles Foulon
Confectioner and baker at 524 Federal Street
Joseph C. Fournier
Jesse Fowler
Charles J. Fox
Real estate executive killed in 1933 hit-run accident
Raymond Stanley Fox
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, killed February 24, 1945, Iwo Jima
Robert Hinchman Fox
Spencer B. Fox
World War II
John F. Foxhill Jr.
Richard C. Francesconi Sr.
Camden firefighter 1966–1981; UA Local 322 pipefitter.
Ventorino Francesconi
Democratic political figure in South Camden; Fourth Ward county committeeman; Camden County Freeholder; chief clerk of the Camden City Health Department.
Henry L. Francis Jr.
Sergeant, 83rd Chemical Battalion; killed in action December 12, 1944, during the Battle for the Colmar Pocket, France.
Joseph William Francis Jr.
Thomas J. Francis
Past Great Incohonee, Improved Order of Red Men, 1888
Frederick Frank
Ronald Frank
Camden firefighter killed in 1979 accident
Winfield Scott Franklin
Camden Fire Department lieutenant, 1901-1927
Harry H. Franks
Camden Chief of Police, 1886–1887, Civil War veteran.
Joseph A. Franks
MOMM3C, USS Trigger (SS-237); lost at sea March 28, 1945
Captain Andrew Blair Frazee
Superintendent of Camden and Philadelphia Ferry Company
Robert Blair Frazee
WWII Marine, died of illness while on duty June 1942
Raymond C. Frech
Private, Headquarters Company, 18th Field Artillery, 3rd Division, World War I
George F. Frederick
World War II
Robert Freeman
Camden real estate agent, Freeman & Co., established 1882
Charlotte C. French
Business owner providing copying and mailing services
Nelson G. French
Camden High pitcher, Secretary of Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Samuel J.T. French Jr.
Camden attorney and Board of Education president
Samuel J.T. French Sr.
Camden attorney, Delaware River Bridge Commission president
Samuel S. French
Thomas E. French
Prominent Camden attorney, founded French, Richards & Bradley law firm
Harold Freyer
Private First Class, Company A, 110th Medical Battalion — Checkers Champion
Dr. Elmer S. Friedberg
Optometrist who practiced in Camden for decades
John F. 'Scotty' Friedel
Vaudeville comedian on the Keith circuit
Walter W.E. Friedrichs
Camden fire inspector for 15 years, served in Fire Marshal's office
Jay Wendell Frisbey
Sergeant, 9th Infantry, MIA Korea 1950
George J. Fritsche Jr.
Second Lieutenant, glider pilot, U.S. Army — World War II
Adam D. Froehlich
Specialist, U.S. Army, KIA March 25, 2004, Baqubah, Iraq
Frank Frost
Camden motorcycle police officer, 1904-1918
George Frost
Camden firefighter and oilcloth printer
George W. Frost
Chief of Police, Camden Police Department
Henry Frost
Civil War veteran, firefighter, and notable dog fighter, 1839-1883
George E. Fry
Camden teacher 1873–1906; helped start Camden Manual Training and High School
Wilfred W. Fry
President of N.W. Ayer & Son advertising firm (1875–1936), Camden YMCA president, North Baptist Church trustee
Robert Frymoyer
Camden firefighter who served in the 1990s.
Charles J. Fuhrman
Private First Class, 90th Infantry Division; wounded on D-Day; killed January 15, 1945, Battle of the Bulge
Clarence Fuhrman
Pianist, bandleader, Fuhrman School of Music founder
Pedro Fuller
Nicaraguan-born painter and Rutgers-Camden maintenance supervisor
William B. Fulmer Jr.
V. McClellan Fulton
Studebaker automobile dealer, Camden
Silas Furbush
Sergeant, Quartermaster Corps, World War I
Jacob L. Furer
Camden attorney, Jewish community leader, WWI veteran
John Falk Furer
Private, U.S. Army, World War II
John A. Furey
Camden politician, saloonkeeper, and Eighth Ward freeholder
Carmin J. Fuscellaro Jr.
Sergeant Carmin J. Fuscellaro Jr. joined the Camden Police Department on July 17, 1949 and was accidentally shot and killed on February 4, 1961 while searching for an escaped prisoner in Camden City Hall.
George A. Fuscellaro
Camden fire captain, disability retirement 1954
Stephen A. Grabovich
Private killed in action in Belgium, 1945
Frank Guetherman
Camden police sergeant and professional boxer who fought under the ring name Tip Gorman
Battling Mack
Camden featherweight boxer (Mattheo Fanelli) active 1917–1926; founded gym where Jersey Joe Walcott trained
Frank Hardman Mooney
Fire Department Uniformed Personnel
Complete roster of Camden Fire Department uniformed personnel
Francis E. Senseman
Private, U.S. Army — World War II
Fred D. Stimpson
Frank H. Valentine
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Glenn Robert Curtis
George M. Danenhower
Biographical information currently unavailable
Vivian Gaddis
Beautician and best-dressed woman in Camden
John F. Gaffney Jr.
Camden Fire Department Captain, retired 1990
John Francis Gaffney Sr.
Camden firefighter and fire inspector who investigated the 1962 Fuller Brush factory fire and led fire safety campaigns across the city.
Louis William Gahran Jr.
John F. Galanaugh
Camden firefighter who served for 20 years
Yale Galanter
Criminal defense attorney; represented O.J. Simpson
Charles M. Galasso
Charles M. 'Charlie' Galasso Sr. began as a guard at the Camden County Jail in 1944 and rose through the ranks to retire as Warden in 1972.
Bernard H. Galbraith
Joseph Galiazzi
Charles Gall
Camden firefighter and World War I veteran
Bernard Gallagher
Long-serving Camden Fire Marshal from 1928-1949
James F. Gallagher
Camden firefighter 1968-1991, badge 258
Joseph J. Gallagher
Camden Fire Department Battalion Chief, 1974–2000
Daniel M. Gallucci
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 5, 1966-1994
Chester Gambone
Camden World War II hero
Edward L. Games
2nd Lieutenant, co-pilot, 528th Bomber Squadron; killed in B-24 crash near Roswell, NM, February 19, 1943
Edward Gangloff
Michael Gapinski Jr.
Watertender, USS Fanning DD-37, U.S. Navy, World War I
Leonard F. Garbrecht
Camden fire captain, 1941–1960, Local #788 charter member
JoAnn Garcia
Community advocate at Northgate Park, North Camden
John R.S. Gardner
Corporal, U.S. Army — Civil War
George W. Garner
Camden firefighter dismissed for intoxication on duty, 1934
Charles G. Garrison
NJ Supreme Court Justice; presided over Paul Woodward murder trial
Frank W. Garrison
City Clerk; Board of Assessors secretary
Lindley M. Garrison
U.S. Secretary of War under President Wilson
Edward Garrity
Camden City Commissioner and Director of Public Safety
John T. Garrity
Camden police captain who served 31 years on the force, rose to commander of the Third District, and was caught up in the 1934 Feitz murder investigation.
Jerise Garten Sr.
Camden firefighter 1961–1986, Ladder One and Engine Companies 1 and 2
Walter J. Gartland
William Gash
Samuel M. Gaul
Camden Mayor
John Gaylor
Camden firefighter, Truck Company No. 2, appointed 1920
John E. Gaylord
Seaman First Class, U.S. Navy, died 1950
Chester J. Gdowik
Private First Class, U.S. Army, World War II
Stanley S. Geda
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 2
Al Geddes
Early pro basketball player, Camden Electrics
Chester Gedrich
Chester J. Gedrich was appointed to the Camden Fire Department in 1950, rose to Captain in 1962, and retired in 1981 after 30 years of service.
Elsie Gehm
Camden police matron, 1930s
William E. Gehret Jr.
Camden firefighter, died in service 1999
Frederick H. Gehrig
J. Richard Geist
Private, Ambulance Service, World War I
Arthur Gelhaar
Grocer and Republican committeeman in Seventh Ward
Frank Gembalik
Private, Battery F, 243rd Coast Artillery Regiment, U.S. Army — World War II
George Genge
Camden school trustee and benefactor; the George Genge School at 6th and Market was Camden’s first public school building
Charles H. Genter Sr.
Engineer and Camden County Freeholder 1930-1931
Anthony Gentile
Real estate agent killed in 1954 car accident
James R. Gentile
Joseph Gentlesk
Joseph Gentlesk (1893–1964) was a Camden fireman who served for 36 years, appointed to the Camden Fire Department in 1923 and retiring in 1959.
Albert Clayton George
Camden police officer, 1962–1997; spent most of his career in the Patrol Division and as a training officer
Frank J. George
Sergeant, 53rd Quartermaster Truck Battalion, U.S. Army — World War II
Fred W. George
Camden County Clerk and Auditor for 38 years
Nicholas E. George
Camden firefighter, WWII Silver Star recipient
Walter F. George Jr.
Walter W. George
Carpenter (temporary), USS Tallahassee, World War I
Wilson D. George
World War I
Anthony Georgette
Camden boxing manager, trainer, and promoter; nation's youngest boxing manager at 15; managed Frankie Rapp, Mickey and Frankie Blair, and Joey Powell
Henry J. Gerke
Camden firefighter, served from 1918
Wright Ellis Gerke
Robert Gess
Howland Croft Sons mill foreman, died at work 1950
George Getley
Camden motorcycle patrolman, 1928-1960s
William Getner
Camden firefighter, renowned for 1932 rescue
George D. Getty Sr.
Camden fire captain, served Engine Company 2, 1962-1987
Joseph A. Gfrorer
Camden fire battalion chief, 42 years of service
Enrico Giangiulio
Sergeant, U.S. Army, World War II
Beltrando Giannetti
WWII Army Air Forces private, died in England 1943
Arthur J. Gibson
Camden firefighter who served over 26 years
Charles E. Gibson
Camden firefighter 1973-1999, Ladder Company 1
Francis A. Gibson
Gloria Gibson
Bartender at Luby Vann's Jam Lounge, known as 'Little Bits'
John Gibson Jr.
Camden firefighter with Ladder Company 3
Robert E. Gibson
Camden official convicted of contractor bribery
Howard L. Gick
Camden firefighter and District Chief, 1923–1956
Robert Gick
Chief of Stockton Fire Department (1897); Lieutenant, Camden Fire Department; Captain, Engine Company No. 9 for 27 years.
Harry W. Gifford Sr.
Captain (Ret.), U.S. Navy; Camden civilian declared dead January 9, 1944; memorialized at Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii.
William J. Giggenbach
First Lieutenant, Military Intelligence Service — World War II
Lemuel M. Gilbert Jr.
James X. Gilch
John Giletto
Camden Police lieutenant, Juvenile Division commander
Arthur Benjamin Gill
Arthur B. Gill was a widely known architect in Camden, NJ for over 30 years. He graduated from Penn State and the University of Pennsylvania, designed homes and public housing projects, and was president of the Camden Society of Architects.
Everett M. Gill
Malcolm W. Gill
Frederick W. Gilling
Camden newsstand operator
Robert A. Gilmore
Camden firefighter 1877; marine engineer
Rocco Gimello
Rocco 'Rox' Gimello led the Camden Collegians baseball dynasty (1934–1937), winning four consecutive city league championships; also a WWI veteran who served with the 114th Infantry in France. Inducted into the South Jersey Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.
William S. Gimello
Camden High School football standout; educator and labor relations specialist for the New York State United Teachers Union
Matthew J. Gimrone
Alfred Gini
Technician 4th Class, U.S. Army, killed at Elsenborn 1945
David Ginsburg
Jerry J. Giordano
Joseph Giordano
Scrap metal business founder and WWII scrap drive leader
Horace Goodwin Githens
NJ Deputy State Treasurer; Camden County Freeholder
Ralph T. Githens
Camden County Freeholder, 10th Ward
Rose Giuffre
Camden city clerk, 63 years of service
John J. Giuliano
Battalion Chief, Camden Fire Department, 1966–1992
Charles M. Gladney
Camden firefighter; aide to Assistant Fire Chief Patterson
Lester P. Glaser
WWII bombardier, KIA in B-17 collision over Netherlands 1944
Phillip A. Glass
Phillip A. Glass was the nom de plume of a columnist who wrote an advertising column about the Camden and South Jersey bar and nightclub scene during the 1930s. The name is a pun on 'fill up a glass.'
Edward G. Glaze
Camden firefighter, died after Battery Company fire
John Glazer
Camden long-distance runner and South Jersey running pioneer
George J. Gleason Jr.
Harry Gleason
Camden-born major league baseball infielder who played for the Boston Americans and St. Louis Browns (1901-1911). Brother of Kid Gleason.
Lester A. Gleason
Camden police officer and WWI veteran
William Gleason
Camden firefighter, father of Kid Gleason
William J. 'Kid' Gleason
William J. 'Kid' Gleason (1866–1933) was a Camden-born major league baseball star who pitched and played for 22 seasons, then managed the 1919 Chicago White Sox through the Black Sox scandal.
Daniel P. Glenn
Thomas Glennon
Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps — World War II
Thomas J. Glennon
George B. Glover
Camden firefighter who served briefly with Engine Company 2
George Goetz
Camden hotel proprietor and civic leader
Herbert Goldberg
Edward L. Golden
Corporal, 30th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bombardment Group (Heavy) — killed September 7, 1944 when the Shinyo Maru hell ship was torpedoed; survivor of Bataan Death March
John W. Golden
Camden Chief of Police in the early 1930s
Thomas Golding
Thomas 'Bluch' Golding (1889–1958) was a Camden steel worker, tavern operator, and Eighth Ward politician born in Philadelphia to Italian immigrant parents.
Orville Goldsboro Jr.
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 1, 1953–1966
Steven Michael Goldsboro
Dr. Henry Goldstein
Otolaryngologist at Beth Israel Hospital, Newark
Dr. Hyman Goldstein
Dr. Hyman Isaac Goldstein was a Camden physician specializing in gastroenterology, known as the discoverer of Goldstein's Toe Sign. Born in Baltimore in 1887, he practiced medicine in Camden for decades and contributed to multiple medical textbooks and journals.
Israel Goldstein
Corporal, Company D, 759th Tank Battalion, U.S. Army, killed in action April 5, 1945, Nassau, Germany
Dr. Leopold Goldstein
Camden endocrinologist, co-author of clinical text
Dr. Louis Marshall Goldstein
Internist in Miami; son of Dr. Hyman Goldstein
Morris Goldstein
Camden deli operator, arrested 1938 for gambling establishment
Solomon J. & Rose Goldstein
Camden merchants; founders of Goldstein family dynasty of physicians
Paul Joseph Golembski
William John Golle
Fireman Second Class, USACT Ticonderoga, World War I
Edward Ray Gondolf
Private, 399th Infantry Regiment, 100th Division; Silver Star; KIA Lemberg, France, December 7, 1944
Frank Gondolf
Firefighter who rescued children from burning nursery, 1914
Gus Gondolf Sr.
Auto mechanic; superintendent, N.J. Motor Vehicle Inspection Station
Peter Gondolf
Peter Gondolf Jr. served with the Camden Police Department before operating the Fairview Gardens (later known as the Pink Cat) at 3007 Fenwick Road in Fairview for decades.
Richard B. Gondolf Sr.
Camden police officer and bar owner
Edward Gondolff
Proprietor, Temple Bar & Hotel, 407–409 Market Street, Camden; died 1918
Stanislaw Gontarski
Private, 327th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division, World War I
Duane E. Goobic
Camden Fire Department Battalion Chief who served 31 years
Ellis Goodman
Camden realtor, civic leader, B'nai B'rith president
Harry A. Goodman
Camden civic leader, Ninth Ward Republican Association honorary member
Joseph A. Gooley
Staff Sergeant, USAAF, WWII
Howard J. Goonan Jr.
Camden and Bellmawr volunteer firefighter, 1970s
Edmund F. Gorczynski
Camden Fire Department Captain, appointed 1962, retired 1990
Bruce S. Gordon
Camden native, NAACP president and Verizon CEO
Dr. Milton H. Gordon
Physician and musician in Camden
Robert Gordon
Camden City Councilman from the Fifth Ward for ten years (died 1914); operated livery and saloon at 801–807 South 2nd Street
Thomas W. Gordon
Proprietor, Gordon’s Hotel & Livery, 801–807 South 2nd Street, Camden
William B. Gordon Jr.
Camden firefighter and bookbinder, 1871–1878
Andrew Gorman
Technician 5th Class, U.S. Army Air Forces — World War II
John J. Gorman
Vincent C. Gorman
Isaac Z. Gosling
Technician Fourth Class, U.S. Army; 85th Quartermaster Depot Supply Company; died September 3, 1942, in England of pneumonia; buried at Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly NJ.
Daniel A. Gottlieb
Russian immigrant who founded D.A. Gottlieb & Sons, Abbatoirs, a wholesale and retail meat business at 406-416 Mount Vernon Street
Florence Gottwald
RCA Victor worker shot ten times by rejected suitor
Samuel T. Goudelock Jr.
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Korean War, Battle of Pork Chop Hill
Franklin Percival Goulburn Jr.
David Gould
Camden Fire Department mechanic's helper, 1979–1999
Vyron Grace
Naval reserve lieutenant who commanded USS LCI (G) 440 during the Okinawa assault in 1945, awarded the Gold Star in lieu of a second Bronze Star; also earned his first Bronze Star and Purple Heart for saving four lives when his vessel was struck by a destroyer.
William W. J. Gradwell Jr.
Clair H. 'Red' Graham
Clair Houser “Red” Graham served with the Camden Fire Department from 1942 until his retirement in 1969, assigned to Ladder Company No. 2 and later Engine Company No. 10.
John Graham Sr.
Original member of Camden's paid fire department, 1869
John J. Graham
Camden Fire Department District Chief, 1936–1960
Frank V. Gramenzi
William M. Grant
Corporal, 157th Infantry, 45th Division, killed April 16, 1945, first day of the Battle of Nuremberg; buried at Beverly National Cemetery, NJ
John J. Grassi Jr.
Flying Officer, U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II. Died March 26, 1944, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, of injuries sustained in a plane crash.
Elisha A. Gravenor
Camden Chief of Police, 1907-1922
Joseph Robinson Graw
Camden real estate developer (c. 1865–1942) who partnered with James H. Reeve in the firm Graw & Reeve, transforming Broadway into a commercial district.
John Gray
Camden firefighter and ladderman with Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, serving from circa 1873 until his death in April 1902.
John M. Gray
Camden fireman and City Hall janitor, 1872-1880
Peter S. Gray
Camden firefighter for nearly 40 years
Walter B. Gray
Camden firefighter with Engine Company 4, died January 1924
Charles Graziosa
Plumber and gas station owner in South Camden
Alfred Green
Architect, Edwards & Green partnership
Alfred E. Green
Pioneer Black Camden firefighter
Danny Green
Camden-born major league baseball outfielder
Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Green
Camden woman acquitted of 1911 murder on self-defense plea
Henry 'Harry' Green
Camden firefighter, Ladder Company 1, appointed 1905
Joseph Green
Camden firefighter, Engine Company No. 1, 1877-1882
Richard B. Green
Private First Class, U.S. Army, Korean War
William H. Green
Camden trolley motorman for 30 years
Harry A. Greenan
Camden firefighter, Engine Co. 10, 1921-1957
Hugh Greenan
Irish-born innkeeper and Camden plaster manufacturer
Hugh A. Greenan
Camden contractor, 1922 South 7th Street fire
Samuel E. Greene
Cement contractor in Camden for over 50 years
Joe & Mike Greenetz
Brothers who operated Greenetz & Greenetz jewelry store at 839 Broadway in Camden from 1921 through 1956
Lillie Greenwood
Community leader known for charitable work
Major William Greenwood
Camden police officer 1912–1933
Charles H. Greer
Superintendent of the Philadelphia & Camden Ferry for 23 years and First Ward councilman for 16 years.
C. Lawrence Gregorio
Attorney and assistant prosecutor, Camden County, 1920s-30s
Leon Grenkwicz
Notable figure in Camden criminal cases, 1930s-1940s
Anthony Griemel
Henry Grier
Theodore G. Grier Jr.
World War II
J. Maxwell Griffin
Camden Board of Education member and civic leader, 1950s
John J. Griffith, Jr.
David Griffiths
Musician and choir director, Camden churches, 1890–1921
George T. Griffiths
SGT, 538th Bombardment Squadron, 382nd Bombardment Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II
Frederick W. Grigg
Daniel J. Grimes
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 5, served 32 years
John F. Grimes
Richard J. Grimes
Camden firefighter 1920–1932, WWI veteran
Dr. Alex Grobman
Holocaust historian, author, and director of Simon Wiesenthal Center
William Groome
Herman Rowland Gross
Victor Mahlon Gross
Henry C. Grosscup
Camden Fire Department foreman and district engineer
Edward R. Grossman Jr.
Benjamin Grum
Postal carrier for 35 years
William Grum
Methodist Episcopal minister and composer from Camden, NJ; composed 'Victory Ahead' (1905)
Franklin F. Grundy
John P. Gryckiewicz
Camden Fire Captain, WWII Navy veteran who served on the USS South Dakota.
Guy Paul Guadagno
Joseph Guarino
District Chief, Camden Fire Department
Louis Gueness
Painter arrested for running illegal lottery
Alma Guerard
WWII female Marine, died August 11, 1945
Ronald E. Guernon
Camden Fire Department Battalion Chief who served from 1964 to 1990; United States Marine Corps veteran.
William F. Gunn
Robert F. Gunson
Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II
Mary D. Guthridge
First woman on Camden County Board of Freeholders
Thomas Guthridge
Camden police officer and Fish and Game Warden
William Guthridge
Camden County Fish and Game Warden from 1892 to 1908; brought nearly a thousand violators of fish and game laws to justice over 16 years of service.
Oliver S. Guthrie Jr.
Pennsylvania Railroad detective, Spanish-American War veteran
Theodore F. Guthrie
Camden District Detective, 1913–1933; headed the city's vice squad
Theodore N. Guthrie
One of Camden's first 17 WWII draftees in November 1940; Camden firefighter at Engine Company 6; died March 16, 1946 after being struck by an automobile in Gloucester.
George M. Jackson
Camden firefighter severely injured October 21, 1990 at 2429 Arnold Street fire; bedridden remainder of his life.
George Almon Munger
Penn Quakers football coach, 84 wins, 14 All-Americans
George Henry Stineford
Camden firefighter, brother-in-law of Fire Chief Mertz
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Louis J. Herman (Cantor)
Cantor at Congregation Beth El, 1957-1982
Henry C. Allhiser
Harry W. Beach
Camden letter writer and civic commenter, 1930s
Harvey W. Blackwell Jr.
Henry Woodford Davis
Camden County horse trainer, two-term freeholder
Harry S. Ellis
Frank Hosek's Flute
From POW Camp to Community Band
John Haas
Proprietor of the New Junction Hotel in Camden
Rev. John S. Hackett
Superintendent of the Wiley Mission, Depression-era Camden homeless shelter at the former post office at Third and Arch Streets.
Rev. John S. Hackett
Full text of the 1937 book compiled by Helen K. Gledhill, documenting the life and mission work of Rev. John S. Hackett and the Wiley Mission in Depression-era Camden.
Adrian A. Hackney
Stephen Haday
Grocer and St. Michael's Ukrainian Church founder
John J. Hagan Jr.
Paul J. Hagemann
Charles H. Hagerman
Fourth New Jersey Infantry Civil War veteran and Camden iron moulder
Edward C. Hahn
Camden police officer, died on duty 1944
Dr. Carleton D. Haigis
Electrical engineer who invented the walkie-talkie
Michael Hailey
Former H.B. Wilson principal convicted of theft
Fillmore Haines
Harry A. Haines Jr.
Camden firefighter, Ladder Company 1, 1926-1955
Harry Albert Haines Sr.
Captain, Camden Fire Department, retired 1932.
Henry Isaac Haines
Camden grocer and Republican County Committeeman
Howard William Haines
Joshua C. Haines
Camden County Sheriff (1914–1917), State Senator (1918–1920), Register of Deeds, and Republican county chairman
Raymond E. Haines
Seaman First Class, USS Turner (DD-648), U.S. Navy. Killed January 3, 1944 when USS Turner exploded off New York.
Dr. Rowland I. Haines
Camden physician and early automobile pioneer
Walter J. Haines
J. James Hainsworth Jr.
Camden County Sheriff 1950, Eighth Ward Democratic leader
John J. Hainsworth Sr.
Eighth Ward Democratic committeeman, Camden, 1930s
John J. 'Jim' Hainsworth III
Camden County government official, Korean War Marine veteran, and active Democratic Party leader who served as Director of Buildings and Operations.
Joseph C. Hainsworth
Camden police captain, 31 years on force, retired 1985
Collie L. Hairston Sr.
National Hairston Clan president 25 years
Roy Haldeman
Professional wrestler based in Camden, NJ in the 1930s; competed across the eastern United States.
George Denniston Haley
Civil War veteran, lost arm at Port Hudson
John Matthew Haley Jr.
Carl W. Hall
Postal worker, president of NJ State Federation of Post Office Clerks
Frances S. Hall
Teacher at Mickle School for 39 years
Fred Hall
Camden firefighter
Howard A. Hall
Ira Hall
Camden police officer fired in 1922 graft investigation into vice protection
John Thomas Hall
Private First Class, U.S. Army — World War II
Lenny Hall
Camden High basketball star, first Black player at Florida State University (1966), and Camden police officer
Reba Barnes Hall
Camden piano teacher and music instructor
John Anthony Halladay
Michael J. Hallahan
North Camden boxer, baseball manager, First Ward politician
Bruce C. Hallowell Sr.
Pharmacist at 2649 Westfield Avenue from 1903-1933
Harry Lynch Hallowell
Camden firefighter, Hook & Ladder Company 4 founding member
Joseph E. Halpin Jr.
EM3C, U.S. Navy, lost on USS Corvina 1943
William Bernard Hamacher
Edward J. Hamilton Jr.
Jacob Hamilton
Camden resident and property owner
Joe Hamilton
Camden's famous minstrel performer and vaudeville entertainer
Kay Hamilton
Camden vaudeville singer and blues performer
Raymond W. Hamilton
PFC, 8th Cavalry, died as POW Korea 1951
Benjamin A. Hammell
Camden Mayor
George F. Hammond
Plumber, City Councilman, Civil War veteran, Camden
Michael J. Hanaghue Jr.
Private, 315th Trench Mortar Battery, 90th Division, U.S. Army, World War I
Charles S. Hance
Camden police officer, Howard Unruh arrest 1949
William A. Hand Jr.
Ludwig Hanel
Alice B. Hanford
Camden Day Nursery president, Cooper Street resident
Henry B. Hanford
Camden businessman, Potter Express president
Harry Hankins
Camden Fire Department firefighter and Chief's Aide.
Robert Hanley
John B. Hanlon
Private First Class, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, killed in action September 1, 1944
Admiral Donald Hann
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, 30 years of service
Frank B. Hanna
Camden City Commissioner and County Surrogate
Walter D. Hansen
Warren Pershing Harbison
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps
Howard Robert Harbridge
Mahlon Harden
Civil War veteran, prolific Camden builder, 1861-1907
Patrick Harding
Patrick H. Harding was a Camden attorney and Spanish-American War veteran who served as a private in Company L of the Third New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. Admitted to the Camden County bar in 1909, he later served as assistant prosecutor under Samuel P. Orlando.
Harry E. Harker
John Harkins
Private First Class, Company D, 309th Infantry, 78th Division; died November 17, 1918 of pneumonia; buried Arlington National Cemetery
Robert H. Harmer Jr.
John F. Harned
Camden attorney and civic leader, director of Security Trust Company (1856–c. 1924)
Donald J. Harner
Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, World War II
John C. Harper
Editor of the Camden Daily Courier, 1889-1918
Michael L. Harper
24th Chief of Camden Fire Department
Rev. Elwood A. Harrar
Pastor of First Baptist Church, 1922-1959
Samuel E. Harring
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 6; retired 1930s
William R. Harring Jr.
Camden firefighter who served 34 years (1948–1981); son of Deputy Chief William R. Harring Sr.; WWII Navy veteran.
William R. Harring Sr.
Deputy Chief, Camden Fire Department
Edward R. Harrington
Aviation Metalsmith First Class, Flying Squadron VF-60, USS Suwannee CVE-27 — killed October 26, 1944, Battle of Leyte Gulf (kamikaze attack); Tablets of Missing, Manila American Cemetery
Howard F. Harrington
Camden firefighter for 40 years, 1920 to 1961
George M. Harris
Harry A. Harris Sr.
Camden police sergeant who revived the K-9 unit
James T. Harris
Private, 158th Depot Brigade; died May 22, 1918
Patrick Charles Harris
Private, 53rd Quartermaster Regiment, died June 3, 1942
William Harris
Camden businessman in South Jersey history
Joseph Harrison
Charles H. Hart
Camden firefighter, policeman, and ferry boat marine engineer
Frank S. Van Hart
Camden acting mayor and city council president
George B. Hart
Camden firefighter and Delaware native
Robert S. Hart
Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II
T. Casper Hart
Thomas Cassen Hart (1848–1910), known as Casper Hart, served on the Camden Police Department from 1886 to 1893 and again from 1899 until his death in March 1910. He is believed to be the first Camden officer to die in the line of duty.
William D. Hart
Detective on the Camden Police Department in the 1900s; previously served as a constable and Justice of the Peace
Herbert Hartley
Commodore of the Leviathan, Navy Cross recipient
Ernest Hartline
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II. Killed in action August 8, 1944.
Edward Hartman
First driver, Engine Company 4; police sergeant, Camden, 1890–1910
Frank J. Hartmann III
Private First Class, Company B, 320th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, U.S. Army — World War II
Frank J. Hartmann Jr.
Camden City Commissioner and Director of Public Works (1935–1939), electrician and civic leader.
Frank J. Hartmann Sr.
Camden cigar manufacturer and labor pioneer
Robert Hartmann
First president of the Camden County Central Labor Union (1908), son of cigar manufacturer Frank J. Hartmann Sr. (1876-1967).
Albert L. Harvey
Charles Bernard Harvey
Camden firefighter and driver, served 1878-1893
Lee F. Harvey
Actor turned theater manager who managed the Towers Theatre 1940–1950
William Harvey
Camden police officer who served from 1886 to 1912; Navy veteran under Commodore Farragut; known for policing Kaighn's Point
William Hasse
Pioneer settler of Camden's Liberty Park section
Lewis H. Hassell
Charles H. Hatch
Civil War Union Army officer captured at Battle of Gaines' Mill
Cooper B. Hatch
Mayor of Camden, 1898-1902; sheriff of Camden County
Hugh Hatch
Co-founder of Fairview Brick Works; uncle of Mayor Cooper Hatch
Hugh Morgan Hatch
NJ Auto & Supply Buick dealer, Merchantville bank director
Joe Hatch
Camden County Sheriff deputy; Korean War Navy veteran
William B. Hatch
Colonel, 4th NJ Infantry, mortally wounded at Fredericksburg
Leroy Hatchett
Black firefighter, Camden Fire Dept., 1920–1953
August F. Haverkamp
WWI veteran, Camden firefighter for 38 years
Daniel F. Hawk
Private, U.S. Army, World War II
Clarence Hawkins
Clarence Hawkins served with the Camden Fire Department for nearly 26 years, beginning in 1961 and retiring in 1987.
J. Miller Hawkins
Civil War veteran and Camden fire fighter
John Arthur Hawkins
Signalman Third Class, USS LCI-416, U.S. Navy, mortally wounded D-Day, died June 7, 1944, Normandy American Cemetery
William Hawkins
William H. Hawkins
Volunteer fireman and Camden police officer
Alfred Hayden
Police officer and firefighter
Francis J. Hayes Jr.
Billy Hays
Philadelphia bandleader, radio artist, Victor Records Camden 1929
Raymond J. Healey
1930s political extremist, member of Khaki Shirts of America
John F. Healy
Camden County inventory control officer, died 1950
Robert E. Hearn
Seaman First Class, U.S. Navy, World War II
Michael Hearne
18-year Camden police officer convicted 2008
Paul V. Hearne
John H. Heaton
Camden piano dealer and Rotary Club founder
Paul F. Heck
World War II
George Heckenhorn
Operated first electric trolley to Haddonfield
William Heckenhorn
Harley-Davidson dealer and stockbroker in Camden
John J. Hegener Jr.
Donald Ernest Heggan
Charles F. Heil
John G. Heileman
Bar proprietor at 531 Market Street; Camden County Court Interpreter
Fred Heimach
Camden native who pitched for Yankees, 1920s
Norman Heine
Camden County Prosecutor (1961–) and New Jersey Superior Court judge; argued Johnson v. New Jersey before the U.S. Supreme Court (1966)
William H. Heiser Sr.
Freeholder, Camden County Board of Freeholders; chief clerk, Pennsylvania Railroad; past exalted ruler, Camden Lodge of Elks No. 293
Arthur R. Helder
Dr. Charles B. Helm
Veterinarian, basketball team owner, city purchasing agent
Dr. David Helm Jr.
Camden veterinarian and public health official who served as city sanitary inspector and director of the Board of Health, born May 31, 1895.
John W. Helmbold
Brief stoker, Engine Company 3, Camden Fire Department, 1890
Edward A. Helmes
Corporal, 537th Quartermaster Laundry Company; died of non-hostile causes in Korea, June 1, 1952
George Hemphill
Camden police officer; rescued 10-year-old Johnny Bernard from the Cooper River ice, January 27, 1940
Gordon Henderson
PFC, U.S. Army, killed along Seille River, France 1944
George Adolph Henkel Jr.
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps — World War II
John Allen Henkel
Seaman Second Class, U.S. Navy, World War II
Peter Joseph Henkel
Private, 2nd Parachute Training Regiment, died July 11, 1945 in training accident
George Calvin Hennessey Jr.
Camden firefighter, 30+ years service
Father Boniface Joseph Hennig
Pastor, St. Peter & Paul Church
Allen M. Henry
Hosiery finisher, son of Civil War veteran
Edward J. Henry Jr.
Private, 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment; KIA Bergstein, Germany, February 7, 1945
George Henry
Charley Henson
Merchant Marine & Military Police — World War II
John Henson
Camden fire captain, Engine Company 9, died on duty 1959
John W. Heritage
Camden Fire Department Captain, 1974–2000
Ralph D. Heritage
William M. Hernandez
World War II
William Hertline
Camden firefighter serving nineteen years in Engine Company 2
Allen F. Hess Sr.
Camden Fire Department Deputy Chief, WWII veteran
Harry Hess
Camden firefighter, Engine Co. 11, appointed 1928
Joseph Leonard Hesson III
Joseph N. Hettel Sr.
Camden architect; designed South Camden Trust, YWCA, Henry H. Davis School, Westfield Acres (1885–?)
Nicholas Hetz
Harry W. Hewitt
Civil engineer who designed Camden parks and housing projects
James E. Hewitt
Undersheriff of Camden County; President of Camden City Council; Director of Charities
John K. R. Hewitt
Camden attorney admitted to the bar in 1876. Acquitted of pension fraud charges in 1882; declared insane in 1897.
Joseph B. Hewitt Jr.
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Corps, died February 4, 1945, in C-46 Commando transport loss; buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
William E. Hibbert
Camden junior fire captain, retired 1928
Herbert Hibbs
Camden firefighter murdered on Christmas Day 1910
Isaac Hibbs
Camden County jail turnkey killed in line of duty
John J. Hibbs
Camden firefighter 1882, known for jail escapes
Wesley W. Hibbs
Wesley W. Hibbs was born in Pennsylvania on June 27, 1866. He was active in the cigar and stationery business on Kaighn Avenue and Broadway in Camden. His brother Herbert Hibbs was a Camden firefighter who was murdered in December 1910, and his father Isaac Hibbs was killed during a jailbreak in 1916.
William M. Hickman
Private, Company B, 145th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division, World War I
Jon T. Hicks Jr.
Lance Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, KIA September 10, 2007, Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Edward J. Higgins
Gertrude L. Higgins
Camden Catholic philanthropist who left estate to religious organizations
Daria Hill
Camden professional boxer known as D' Hit Woman. Third-generation boxer, ranked in top 10 as a welterweight and junior middleweight as of 2005.
Edward C. Hill Jr.
Eugene J. Hill Jr.
John Hill
Camden firefighter, Engine No. 2, 1882
John Hill
Executed for the murder of Joseph Dodson, 1893
August Hiller
Baker active in Camden's German community
Robert H. Hillman
Ensign, U.S. Navy, WWII
William Dean Hillman
Battalion Chief, Camden Fire Department (1963–1996)
William G. Hillman
Firefighter, Camden Fire Department; killed at 1906 Armory Fire
Joseph Hillop
Anthony Joseph 'Joe' Hillop was convicted of armed robbery at the Abe Fuhrman & Son jewelry store on Broadway in Camden in 1930. Four months after his release from prison in 1932, he was beaten, strangled, and shot in a gangland killing near Ancora, NJ.
George W. Himelspark
Camden firefighter and machinist, Engine Company 2, 1870s
Frederick Himmelein
Camden leather belting manufacturer, 1920s-30s
William E. Hinch
William E. Hinch was born in Pennsylvania on January 17, 1916. He was appointed to the Camden Fire Department in the first quarter of 1948 and assigned to Engine Company 9. He died on September 4, 1996. His nephew William E. Hinch II was also a Camden firefighter.
William E. Hinch II
Camden firefighter, died in service 1976
Jackie Hindle
John A. 'Jackie' Hindle was a Camden lightweight boxer who fought professionally from 1923 to 1929. His opponents included future world champion Johnny Jadick. He later worked as bartender and steward at the 14th Ward Democratic Club.
Charles D. Hineline
Camden mayor and newspaper publisher who championed labor rights
Frank J. Hineline
President of Camden Lime Company
Theodore Hinson
Camden politician, Public Works director, parking authority chief
Ephraim T. Hires
Firefighter, Camden Fire Department Engine Company 4
Walter B. Hires
Dr. E. Reed Hirst
Otolaryngologist, son of Dr. Levi B. Hirst
Janice E. Hirst
Dr. Levi B. Hirst
Otolaryngologist, Camden County Medical Society president
Frank G. Hitchner
Director of Public Safety, 1923-1927
Joseph P. Hittorff Jr.
WWII Navy ensign, killed at Pearl Harbor aboard USS Oklahoma
Albert C. Hobbs Jr.
Dr. Conrad G. Hoell
Camden physician and Board of Education member
Conrad Hoer
Camden barber for 60 years
Harry H. Hoff
Max 'Boo Boo' Hoff
South Philadelphia gambling boss and bootlegger, operated in Camden
Captain Francis W. Hoffman
U.S. Naval Reserve captain, commanded USS Topeka
Gordon S. Holder
Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy
Arthur H. Holl
Funeral director and Camden County Coroner
George Holl
Home Builder
Lewis F. Holl
Builder of the landmark Holl Block on Broadway
John Holland
Camden Fire Department Engine Company 2, 1877
George W. Hollins
Camden firefighter, Ladder Company 1, 24 years service
Percy Lincoln Hollinshed
Private, 5th Marine Regiment, U.S. Marine Corps, World War I
Edward Holloway
Ninth Ward Republican leader and courthouse custodian
Harold E. Holloway
Cpl., 8th Infantry Div., killed France 1944
Howard H. Holloway Jr.
Motor Machinist's Mate First Class, U.S. Navy — World War II
Douglas Holmes
First African American Chief of Police, Camden Police Department; retired 1986
George Holmes
Seaman, U.S. Navy — USS Bridges, Shanghai, 1937–1938
Ivin H. Holmes
Camden Police Detective who served from the mid-1960s
Richard Groove Holmes
Camden-born jazz organist (1931–1991), known for his soulful Hammond organ style and 1965 hit recording of 'Misty'
Samuel T. Holmes
Journalist and Camden community activist
Leslie A. Holtzapfel
Thomas Homan
Camden cobbler, ship model builder, and Shriners tuba player
Lester E. Honey
Camden firefighter and 1943 Camden High basketball standout
Joseph A. Hooven Jr.
Detective Sergeant, Camden Police Department; Camden Catholic High graduate 1933; died 1996
William R. Hoover
Carleton R. Hopkins
Camden High School principal for 23 years, 1933-1956
William A. Hopkins
Camden firefighter who served from the 1920s through at least 1947; injured in the C.B. Coles lumber yard fire in July 1933.
William J. Hopkins
Firefighter, Camden Fire Department Ladder Company 1, 1955–1981.
Harry Horn
Seaman First Class, USS Callaghan DD-792; killed in action July 29, 1945, when the Callaghan was struck by a kamikaze off Okinawa.
George Horneff
Original 1869 Camden firefighter
George Horner
Camden firefighter and long-serving police officer
Joel Horner
Camden County lay judge, farmer, Board of Freeholders
Sally Horner
Camden girl abducted in 1948, inspiration for Nabokov's Lolita
William C. Horner
Camden police sergeant who served 34 years in East Camden, entering the force after serving in the Spanish-American War with Company L, Third New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, and retiring on pension in 1932.
Harry J. Horrocks
Harry W. Horst
Pioneer hardwood floor contractor in Camden
Frank Hosek
Canadian Army Musician, World War II Veteran, and Music Educator
William R. Hosier
Camden carpenter and contractor
Richard Houghtaling
Original member of the Camden Fire Department (1869–1871), extra man (Badge #18) with Engine Company 2.
Alexander J. Houghton
Camden World War II hero
Willis T. Houser
Ronald A. Houston
Camden auto service owner and Vietnam veteran
Albert M. Hovey
Frank Howard
Camden police sergeant; 40-year career
Marion W. Howard Jr.
Richard F. Howard
Captain, U.S. Army, died December 9, 1944
Edward Anthony Howell
James A. Howell
Chief of Camden's Electrical Bureau, fire alarm and radio
Louis W. Howell
Richard W. Howell
Camden lawyer and Mayor-elect in 1845 who declined to serve; frequent Camden City Council member; admitted to the NJ bar in 1827; founder of Evergreen Cemetery
William Wilson Hoyle
Clerk, Section 504, U.S. Army Ambulance Service, World War I
Walter P. Hubbs Sr.
Camden Police Officer (1902–1905)
Paul G. Huber
Commercial photographer and motion picture theater owner in East Camden
Ben Hudson
River pirate, killed in 1895 gunfight
Raymond F. Hudson
PFC, 17th Infantry, KIA Korea 1952
John D. Huelas
Camden fire captain, 35 years service
Leon Huff
Camden-born Philadelphia International Records co-founder, Gamble & Huff
Wesley Huff
E. Allen Hughes
Camden Courier-Post reporter and copy editor
Woodrow C. Hughes
Civil War veteran, 4th NJ Infantry; imprisoned at Libby Prison; Pennsylvania Railroad brakeman and baggage master in Camden
Charles L. Humes
Camden Courier-Post columnist and reporter
Charles T. Humes Jr.
Camden police captain who oversaw the traffic bureau in the 1920s–1930s
Frank W. Humes
Dr. Ernest G. Hummel
Cooper Hospital pediatrics chief in 1910s-1920s
Charles S. Humphreys
Charles S. Humphreys was a Camden-based naive artist celebrated for his equestrian paintings, including works now in the National Gallery of Art.
Louis B. Humphreys Sr.
Camden real estate and insurance broker, grandson of Richard Fetters
David W. Humphries
WWI veteran, Camden firefighter Ladder Co. 3 and Engine Co. 11
David W. Humphries Jr.
Camden firefighter, son of Captain David Humphries
John C. Hunsinger
Private First Class, U.S. Army, World War II; 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division; Lindenwold, NJ
C. Howard Hunt
Founded C. Howard Hunt Pen Co., Camden pen manufacturer.
Chick Hunt
Camden boxer and laborer, 1900-1970
David Hunt
City detective, Mayor Ellis's bodyguard, arrested Ashbridge
Eli Morgan Hunt
Camden firefighter, Engine Companies 3 and 9, 1918-1937
Elmer H. Hunt
George H. Hunt
Camden Fire Department captain, appointed 1910
George S. Hunt
Camden firefighter, father of Hunt officers
Dr. Henry F. Hunt
Camden homeopathic physician; president, West Jersey Homeopathic Medical Society
James H. Hunt
Camden firefighter, constable, and Fish Warden
Jesthroe Hunt
One of first Black firemen in Camden Fire Department
John A.S. Hunt
Camden firefighter; hospitalized in famous Broadway fire, 1922
Ross C. Hunt
Pvt., 15th Coast Artillery, died 1942
Dr. Willis H. Hunt
Dr. Willis H. Hunt was a Camden physician who practiced medicine from 1878 to 1900 at 315 Market Street, and was a Mason, Knight of Pythias, and member of the Improved Order of Red Men.
Beaumont R. Hunter
Private First Class, U.S. Army, World War II. Killed in action April 3, 1945.
Irwin F. Huntzinger
Known as the Appellate Printer of Camden
Warren O. Hurdle
Private First Class, U.S. Army, Korean War
William K. Hurff
Security Trust Company executive and equestrian enthusiast
Albert C. Hurley Sr.
Velie automobile dealer, 2182 Federal Street, Camden
William Leonard Hurley
Camden department store founder and civic leader
William J. Hurlock
Detective, Camden Police Department
Robert R. Huster
Cadwallader Hutchinson
Pennsylvania Railroad employee for 44 years and organizer of Camden Home Guards during World War I.
Howard Hutchinson
Pennsylvania Railroad freight yard conductor for over 30 years
William T. Hutchinson
Private First Class, U.S. Army, World War II; 440th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion; Lawnside, NJ
John G. Hutchison
Superintendent of the West Jersey Ferry for over 30 years
Tennie G. Hutchison
Camden firefighter appointed 1920; dismissed 1938
Edward S. Hyde
Acting Chief of Police, Camden County Freeholder
Joe Hyde
Camden professional basketball player and baseball catcher (1897–1943); member of 1919–20 Camden Crusaders Eastern Basketball League champions
Dr. Reyquew Hyghcock
Voodoo Doctor
Emma E. Hyland
Camden postmaster and Democratic Party leader
John T. Hyland
Civilian, U.S. Army, World War I
Harvey D. Johnson
Harry L. Jordan
Harry G. Maisch
Harry H. Saunders Jr.
Henry R. Stables
Harry L. Straub
Harry V. Taylor Jr.
Private, U.S. Army, Rohna victim
Harry Leonard Thompson
Harold S. Wescott
Henry F. Wister
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Carmen Iannelli
Second-generation Camden firefighter who died in the line of duty on June 5, 1975. His father Frank and brother Captain Leonard Iannelli also died on active duty.
Frank Iannelli
Frank Iannelli (c.1891–1942), Camden firefighter of Engine Company 9, died of a heart attack after fighting a dump fire; father of Leonard and Carmen Iannelli, who also made the supreme sacrifice.
Leonard Iannelli
CFD captain killed at Broadway fire, 1964
Pasquale 'Pat' Iarossi
North Camden barber and Aquinas Club reunion organizer
John Paul Icart
Electrician's Mate Second Class, USS Cooper DD-695, U.S. Navy, World War II. Died of injuries sustained when the USS Cooper was sunk at Ormoc Bay, Philippine Islands, December 3, 1944.
Frank Imbesi
Private First Class, 209th Engineer Combat Battalion, U.S. Army — World War II
William T. Irelan
Camden fireman and oysterman, 1882
Loretta F. Ireland
Principal at Broadway, Cassady, and Cooper schools
Dr. William H. Ireland
Camden physician and civic leader
John Irvin
Corporal, Company M, 311th Infantry, 78th Division; died 1918 in France at Grand Pre; buried Turnersville, New Jersey
Dr. William H. Iszard
Camden physician and longtime city health board member
Frank Italiano
State Senator, 1967; Camden City Commissioner
Alfred Ivins
Firefighter and Civil War veteran
Mahlon F. Ivins Jr.
Camden National Guard captain, civic leader
Mahlon F. Ivins Sr.
Republican businessman, Ivins Street namesake
Richard Sims Ivory
Sergeant, USAAF, WWII
Gildo M. Izzi
PVT, Co. E, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division, U.S. Army, World War II
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James Xavier Gilch
Eric Jackson
Renowned jazz radio host on WGBH Boston since 1975
William E. Jaeckel
Camden firefighter with Engine Company 9
Joseph L. Jagodzinski
Camden Police detective
Sig Jakucki
Philadelphia Athletics pitcher, WWII veteran
Andrew B. Jakway, Jr.
Seaman Second Class, U.S. Navy, World War II. Killed in action November 13, 1942, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
A. Lincoln James
Camden Police captain, 40-year career
Albert E. James
Politician, fireman, Atlantic County coroner
Edward T. James
Camden firefighter and box maker, 1871
Howard L. James
Camden burglary suspect, arrested 1957
Stanley 'Ben' Janasz
Convicted murderer, Camden, sentenced to life 1931
Richard B. Janice
Camden firefighter 1956–1997, Navy veteran
William F. Jann
Commission merchant; Worthy President, Camden Aerie No. 65 F.O.E.; died 1912
Albert Janov
Private, U.S. Army, World War II. Killed in action September 10, 1944, France.
Emma Janvier
Broadway comedienne; appeared in The Spring Chicken, Miss Innocence (Ziegfeld), Poppy (with W.C. Fields)
Samuel M. Jaquillard
Camden County Freeholder, Stockton annexation leader, 1890s
Stanley Jaskolski
Polish American Citizens Club president 1938
George Jefferis
Motorcycle Patrolman, Camden Police Department; co-produced safety film A Plan For Safety
Joshua C. Jefferis
Camden Architect
William Jeffreys
Camden Fire Department extra man, 1876
Jacob Kessler Jenkins
Private, U.S. Army Air Forces, Rohna victim
Robert C. Jenkins
Presbyterian minister in Camden
Joseph Jennings
Bandleader of Jennings' Sixth Regiment Band and Jennings' Third Regiment Band, famous in Camden from the 1880s through 1912.
Neil Jensen
Jay Jerome
Camden bandleader, Jay Jerome Orchestra
Frank B. Jess
NJ Circuit Court judge and legislator
George W. Jessup Jr.
Real estate dealer, Board of Trade Secretary, Camden
Daniel F. Jiannetto
USMC WWII veteran, Camden Fire Department Deputy Chief
Samuel B. Jobes
Civil War captain, led decisive assault at Fort Fisher
William B. Jobes
Camden firefighter killed in 1906 Armory fire
August L. 'Gus' Johnson
WWII veteran, Camden firefighter 1950-1961
Edwin I. Johnson
World War II
Elmer C. Johnson Jr.
Camden firefighter and WWII Marine veteran
George B. Johnson
Camden police sergeant, unique record of no arrests in 20 years
George H. Johnson Jr.
One of six Black firefighters reintegrating Camden Fire Dept., 1920
George W. Johnson
City Building Inspector, Camden, 1920s
Jesse P. Johnson
Vaudeville Actor
John W. Johnson
Camden slate roofer, fatally struck by auto 1929
Joseph H. Johnson
Joseph T. Johnson
Camden firefighter at Engine Company 7, 1900–1932; driver of horse-drawn steam pumper
Leon J. Johnson
Camden firefighter, 28 years service; US Army veteran
Ole Daniel Johnson
Chief Machinist Mate, USS Alchiba AK-23, missing December 31, 1942
Prescott V. Johnson III
Camden firefighter murdered in 1981 at age 45
Robert Burk Johnson
Camden attorney and Board of Education member who demanded integration of Camden’s elementary schools in 1948; Johnson Park in Centerville is named in his memory.
Samuel E. Johnson
Camden police captain and acting chief, 1910–1950
Grover Cleveland Johnson, Jr.
Private, U.S. Army Air Forces — World War II
James P. Johnston
Civil War veteran and painting contractor
Virginia Johnston
Starkweather Department Store saleslady
Anna M. Johntra
Teacher, Linden School principal 1905-1916
Jesse Johntra
Camden postal letter carrier, brother of educator Anna Johntra
Albert Jones
Firefighter and arson investigator
Albert C. Jones
Captain, Camden Fire Department, Engine Companies 2, 11, and 5
Frank S. Jones
Original member of Camden paid Fire Department, 1869
George Wilson Jones
James O. Jones
Camden firefighter who served over 31 years, retiring as Captain in 1975; last resident of Brooksville, Florida.
Jesse M. Jones
Camden fire captain, first Black officer promoted, 1948
John H. Jones
Mayor of Camden 1874–1876. A printer and newspaper publisher who championed Native American principles and revived the Camden Democrat. Died in office October 27, 1876.
May A. Jones
Board of Education member, Excise Board secretary
McCoy Jones
McCoy Jones, Camden-based welterweight boxer active 1944–1952 with 43 recorded bouts (W 13, L 28, D 2).
Nathan Jones
Camden police detective, joined 1944
Robert Edgar Jones
Rollo Jones
Camden Fire Department firefighter and battalion chief, 1904-1940; served Engine Companies 4, 6, and 9; promoted to battalion chief in 1928
Thomas L. Jones
World War II
Vernon Jones
Camden Police Detective who served in the Second District during the 1920s-1940s, noted for raiding stills and disorderly houses.
Wendela E. Jones
Charter member of Women's Moose organization
William S. Jones
Camden County Physician and throat specialist
Earl W. Jordan
PFC, 834th Engineer Aviation Battalion; died of non-combat causes, December 14, 1944
Howard Jordan
James M. Jordan
Private First Class, U.S. Army, died December 20, 1944, of wounds received in action
Joseph H. Jordan
North Camden butcher, operated meat markets 25+ years
Thomas Joseph
Everett Joslin
Camden patrolman who captured Howard Unruh in 1949
Japhet B. Joyce Jr.
Fireman on the Vine Street Ferry for 28 years
Edward Jubb
Former Camden firefighter killed jumping fire truck
William Judge
Camden firefighter and labor union officer
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John Kaczmarek
P.R.T. cabinetmaker and Republican activist
Harry Kahn
London-born pianist with Joe Loss Orchestra 1930s, performed at Camden Victor Athletic Association 1936
Charles Kaighn
Mayor of Camden in 1845
Elias Kaighn
Third Mayor of Camden, 1838–1840, blacksmith and plow maker
John R. Kaighn
Camden detective known for the Klosterman numbers case of 1933; chauffeur for Mayor Winfield S. Price in 1930
Lewis S. Kaighn
Camden musician and ice delivery worker
Wilfred M. Kaighn
Insurance executive and descendant of pioneer Camden family, died February 1933
William G. Kairer Sr.
Camden cracker baker murdered in his home by burglar Theodore Lambert on December 4, 1893
Otto V. Kaiser
Camden firefighter and drillmaster; served 1940–1967; promoted to captain 1954.
Stanley J. Kaminski
Camden Fire Department Engine Company 3 firefighter
William L. Kamman
Camden Fire Department Captain; joined Aug 15, 1961; promoted Captain Feb 1, 1989; retired Jan 1, 1994
Elma Leary 'Sis' Kane
Elma 'Sissy' Kane (née Leary) was a Camden native who appeared as a dancer on the original American Bandstand television program and later founded the Kane Business Institute in Cherry Hill and Camden.
Emerson J. Kane
Jeremy Kane
Lance Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, KIA January 23, 2010, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Manuel Kane
Camden firefighter, Engine Co. 6, injured in 1928 fire
Clarence E. Kantz
Nathaniel Kaplan
Distinguished Service Cross recipient; native of Camden who showed extraordinary heroism in France during WWII.
George Frederick Kappel
Camden police officer and heating company founder
George W. A. Kappel
Camden heating engineer and Rotary Club member
Max Kappenberger
Edward Kasper
World War II
John Kates
Camden lawyer, Common Pleas Court judge, and long-time member of the Delaware River Bridge Joint Commission
Lewis Katz
Camden native, NJ Nets owner, philanthropist
Dr. Benjamin W. Kauffman
Optometrist, organized quoits leagues during the Depression
Thomas Kauffman
Camden police officer; motorcycle patrolman (1924) and detective; died April 1982.
Charles Kaufmann
Camden businessman who developed the Parkside section, built the Forest Hill (later Parkside) Theater, and operated cafes before Prohibition.
Theodore T. Kausel
Theodore T. Kausel (1885–1963), Republican politician, Exalted Ruler of Camden Elks (1918), general manager of Camden County Institutions (1928–1930).
Francis N. Kawa
Camden firefighter with Engine Company 11, Korean War veteran
Charles J. Kay
Camden Police motorcycle sergeant, 1895–1935
Louis A. Keane
Henry J. Keating Sr.
Camden Fire Department, 1953–1979
John J. Keating
Camden firefighter, Engine Companies 9 and 11
Wilbur Charles Keckhut
John J. Keefe
Camden policeman and saloon keeper, died 1936
William F. Keegan
Night watchman in Philadelphia
Frank H. Keeley
Staff Sergeant, 452nd Bomber Squadron, 322nd Bombardment Group, U.S. Army — World War II
Edward P. Keenan
James A. Keenan
Staff Sergeant, 403rd Bombardment Squadron, 43rd Bombardment Group, USAAF, killed March 7, 1945, Luzon
Carole 'Ife' Keene
Camden-born author and community activist
Milton Beaumont Kegel
Larry Keighley
Photographer famous for Japanese surrender and Hollingshead Fire photos
George William Keilman
Arthur R. Keiter
World War II
David M. Kelchner
Private, U.S. Army — World War II
Dr. William I. Kelchner
Camden ear, nose, and throat specialist, married Campbell Soup heiress
Edward J. Kelleher Sr.
Camden County Democratic leader and county treasurer
Richard Oliver Kelleher
John H. Kellem
Grant R. Keller
Camden Fire Department captain, youngest ever promoted in 1963
Howard T. Keller
World War II
Anson Kelley
Biography of Anson Kelley (1875-1952), Camden Police detective who served from 1912 to 1933.
Edward F. Kelley
Camden firefighter, Ladder Co. 3, 1899-1920
George Kelley
Camden firefighter 1877–1879; later police officer
John Martin Kelley
Camden contractor, developer of Parkside, early 1900s
John S. Kelley
Camden fireman and iron moulder, Engine Company 1, 1882
Robert J. Kelley
Private, U.S. Army, WWII
William H. Kelley
Chief of Camden's Electrical Bureau, 1910s-1920s
Carl F. Kellman
Murder victim, shot during robbery at North 27th Street, October 1912
Benjamin L. Kellum
Civil War veteran and Camden firefighter, rose to Assistant Chief
Jacob W. Kellum
Camden firefighter with Engine Company 2 from 1871
John Sylvester Kellum
Camden barber for over four decades
Daniel Kelly
Camden saloon operator and early member of Church of the Sacred Heart
John W. Kelly Jr.
Chief of Camden’s Electrical Bureau (1914–1927)
Leo James Kelly
Seaman Second Class, USS South Dakota (BB-57), killed in action November 15, 1942 at Guadalcanal
Michael F. Kelly
Camden grocer who operated Kelly's Food Store for 45 years.
Milton W. Kelly
14th Armored Division — World War II POW
Thomas C. Kelly Jr.
Camden Police Department Captain, 1949–1978; WWII Army veteran
William E. Kelly Jr.
JFK assassination researcher, Camden native
William E. Kelly
Camden police detective (born 1915); joined department 1940, served in WWII, participated in Howard Unruh arrest September 5, 1949
William J. Kelly
Camden plumbing contractor and city councilman
Martha Kemble
Deputy Commissioner of Public Works for Camden
James Kennedy
Camden firefighter; U.S. Arsenal fireman
James E. Kennedy
John C. Kennedy
Camden Fire Department stoker, 1876–1877
William Kennedy
Camden Chamber of Commerce commercial secretary
Edward A. Kent
George W. Kephart
Funeral director, died at Camp Dix 1918
John F. Kerby
Bicycle dealer; drowned Schuylkill River, 1938
Herman F. Kerk
Private First Class, 194th Field Artillery Battalion; killed in action January 13, 1945, in France. Cramer Hill neighborhood of Camden.
Abraham Kern
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 4
Owen Kernan
Cafe and Saloon Owner
James Phillip Kershaw Jr.
Airman, U.S. Navy, killed 1956
Samuel F. Kesler
Camden Fire Department engineer, 1882
James H. Kessler
Camden resident institutionalized at Skillman Village 1931-1958
Augustus V. Kester
Camden firefighter, grocer, and poultry farmer
Henry S. Keubler
Henry S. Keubler (1926–2002) of Camden served with the Camden Division of Fire from 1951 to 1980, cited for saving lives during a chlorine gas disaster.
Nathaniel Keyes
Dr. David Keyser
General practitioner, Camden city health officer
Dr. Mustapha M. Khan
Beloved family physician who served Camden’s underserved communities for over 50 years.
William Kiggins Sr.
Private First Class who served with the 94th Infantry Division in WWII and was awarded the Bronze Star for rescuing two wounded comrades under heavy fire at the Serrig-Taben bridgehead, Germany, February 24, 1945.
Samuel A. Kilpatrick
Coal merchant; Exalted Ruler, Camden Lodge of Elks No. 293
Enos S. Kimble
Paul Adolf Kind Sr.
Chemist, treasurer of Knox Gelatine Company, WWI veteran, prominent Camden financier
Carl E. King
Edward Stokes King
Edward Stokes King (1876–?) joined the Camden Police Department in 1908, eventually rising to the rank of Captain of Detectives and overseeing the police training academy in the 1920s.
Harry E. King
Herman John King
Victor King
Mayor of Camden, 1922–1927
Donald A. Kinsey
Fire Department mechanic who served for 26 years
Elmer S. Kirby Jr.
Corporal, U.S. Army Air Forces — World War II
Adelbert J. 'Duke' Kirk Sr.
Camden Fire Department, 1956-1981
Dr. Grant E. Kirk
Dr. Grant Elmer Kirk (1865–1926) was a Philadelphia-born physician and pharmacist who practiced medicine in Camden, NJ. He served as Camden County Coroner and as an Eighth Ward City Councilman.
Walter J. Kirk
Private, Company M, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, World War I
J. Howard & Howard N. Kirkbride
Real estate developer and journalist who built Camden Heights
Carl Kisselman
Camden attorney, Camden County Bar
David Kisselman
Investigator for attorney Albert S. Woodruff
Calvin H. Kitzmiller
George W. Kleaver Sr.
Camden police officer, served 26 years
Harry F. Kleinfelder
Camden fireman, Engine Companies 4, 6, and 2
George Kleinheinz
Camden County Park Commissioner, 1930s
Edwin John Klenk
Oscar C. Kline Jr.
Fred Klosterman
South Camden numbers racketeer and bar operator
Joseph Klosterman
Numbers Racketeer, South Camden
Alfred Leon Kluczynski
Seaman First Class, U.S. Naval Reserve, World War II
Charles H. Klump
Camden lithographer turned tavern owner on South 3rd Street
Henry Knauer
Republican county committeeman, Thirteenth Ward
Philip Knauff
Philip Knauff served on the Camden Police Department from around 1905, rising to patrol sergeant before his death in March 1917 at Cooper Hospital from pneumonia.
August Knorr
German-born baker, owned Knorr's Bakery in Cramer Hill
William A. Knortz
Harry Gill Knowles
Master iron worker and Concrete Steel superintendent
Henry C. Knowles
Camden Fire Dept houseman, Engine Company 7
Archie Knox
North Camden lightweight boxer, 1920s and 1930s
Francis J. Knox
Robert L. Knox
Camden Fire Department firefighter; participant in 1917 Kirkwood ice rescue
Joseph C. Kobby
Anthony Kobus
French immigrant, shoe manufacturer, Broadway Trust Bank principal
Joseph Kobus
Broadway shoe merchant and National Puzzlers League president
Mary W. Kobus
Camden City Commissioner and Director of Public Safety
Gustav A. Koerner
Camden Chief of Police, 1949–1960
Frank J. Kohlmyer
Peter J. Kokocha
Camden firefighter who served over 31 years with the Fire Department
Adam Kolb Sr.
Civil War veteran, Battery M, 3rd Pennsylvania Artillery
John H. Kolessar Jr.
Camden firefighter for over 22 years
Chester H. Koneful
Frank Kopesky
Sports journalist; SIDELINE SLANTS columnist, 1930s
Stephen V. Koscianski
Walter J. Koscianski
John 'Happy' Kowal
John Francis Kowalczyk (John 'Happy' Kowal), born November 15, 1892 in Camden, served on Camden's Police Department as a detective from the 1920s into the 1940s.
A. Wayne Kraft
Camden firefighter, graduated 1962
Bayard Randolph Kraft Sr.
Prominent Camden attorney and civic leader
Harry C. Kramer
City Clerk of Camden; WWI Selective Service administrator
Charles Krattenmaker
German immigrant who operated saloons in East Camden, involved in notable court litigation over property sale in early 1900s.
Edward Kreher
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 11
Harry C. Kreher
Camden motorcycle police officer, 1920s–1930s
Herman Otto Kreher
Camden Fire Department captain, Engine Company 11
Kenneth Krueger
Founding member of Camden Police K-9 unit
Vincent Krulikowski
Private killed in jeep accident in France, 1945
Peter Kucharski
Ukrainian immigrant, clothing presser, and tavern proprietor at 699 Central Avenue
Frank Kuda
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 3 and 8
Joseph Kunicki
Camden Police officer, died of heart attack 1979
George Kurtyan
Camden Fire Department Battalion Chief
Anthony A. Kuzdrall
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II
Harry Kyler
Camden City detective for 33 years, 1922–1955; awarded Badge of Service on WCAU-TV in 1954.
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Frankie Carlin
Camden boxer (1915–1988), fought as Frankie “Kid” Carlin; super featherweight with 9 wins in first 10 bouts
Luigi Carpani
Private, U.S. Army, World War I
Louis J. Certain Jr.
Private, U.S. Army, World War I
Leon A. Dickinson
Sergeant, U.S. Army, World War I
Lemuel Kolb
Private, U.S. Army, World War I
Frank F. L'Esperance
Camden firefighter; Engine Companies 5, 3, 10
Alfred A. Ladner
Machinist and inventor
Michael C. LaFrance
Camden Fire Dept captain, Engine Company 8
Charles Laib
Camden Police Lieutenant, head of traffic department
Martin M. Laibow
Author of My Life and Not Very Hard Times; born Camden 1912, died Florida 2010
Peter Laird
Camden firefighter and NY Shipbuilding worker
William E. Laird
Camden firefighter at Engine Company 7; broke his hip at the 1915 Collingswood wall paper plant fire; later Justice of the Peace
William W. Laird
Camden Fire Dept stoker, Engine Company 1
John Lalli
Private First Class, 13th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division, U.S. Army, World War II. Killed in action in Germany, March 29, 1945.
Nicholas F. LaMaina
Camden-area podiatrist, son of Nicholas J. LaMaina, 1931–2008
Jack LaMarra
Camden County freeholder who witnessed and stopped a street robbery in 1936.
Theodore Lambert
Convicted murderer executed at Camden County Jail in 1895 for the shooting death of baker William G. Kairer Sr. during a burglary.
Jules Lande
Violinist, bandleader; played Camden Convention Hall, NBC Radio 1930s
Albion R. Lane
Camden wholesale butter and egg merchant
Ammon Lane
Sergeant, U.S. Army — World War I
Barton Lane
Civil War veteran, served three enlistments
Charles M. Lane
Carpenter and brief Hook and Ladder Company firefighter
Clifford V. Lane
Camden firefighter with Ladder Company 4, served from 1927 to 1952
James M. Lane
Original Camden firefighter 1869, later City Councilman Third Ward
Robert Carlton Lane
Private, 34th Infantry Division, U.S. Army; killed in action April 30, 1943, near Hill 609, Tunisia, North Africa; Purple Heart
Philip J. Lange
Don Langford
Vaudeville entertainer and master of ceremonies
Samuel Laning
First Mayor of Camden, 1828-1829
Robert M. Lapp
Robert M. Lapp (1936–2015) served in the United States Navy and was appointed to the Camden Fire Department in 1968. He rose to Battalion Chief, retiring in 1995 after more than 26 years of service.
James J. Large
Camden Police Detective Captain, served in Prosecutor Office
Philip J. Large
Camden County detective captain and WWII POW
William F. Large Jr.
Camden detective and Chief of Detectives
Anthony M. Lario
City Prosecutor (1950) who became Tax Court Judge
Frank M. Lario Sr.
Camden attorney; South Jersey Law School, 1930
Ferdinand Larkin
Camden County Freeholder, ninth ward representative
John Bell Larzelere
William M. Lashman
Camden physician, first scoutmaster, B'nai Brith founder
Walter E. Laskowski
William Frank Laskowski
Fireman, First Class, USS Jacob Jones DD-61, World War I
William Latham Jr.
Camden police officer and county prosecutor detective
Joseph Edward Lauer
Thomas Lauria
Camden featherweight boxer (1917–1960); fought professionally as Tommy Ricco; 16-13-3 record; Highway Department employee.
Vince Lauria
Camden bantamweight boxer (1921–1974); AAU Diamond Belt champion; undefeated in 22 professional bouts (21-0-1); WWII veteran; worked at RCA-Victor in Camden for 28 years.
Albert W. Laurie
Private First Class, U.S. Army, World War II
William Laute
Camden saloonkeeper at 701 Fairview Street, 1900–1910; later constable in Gloucester Heights; died September 14, 1949.
Bayard G. Lawrence Sr.
Civil engineer, WPA supervisor
Reginald Laws
Camden firefighter Engine Company 1, 1957–1982
John Lawson
Landsman, U.S. Navy — Medal of Honor Recipient, Civil War
Charles H. Lawyer
Camden fire captain who served 1948-1974
Ott Laxton
Samuel Arthur 'Ott' Laxton (1904-1983), Camden basketball and baseball player
Harry G. Layton
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 2
Robert James Lazaro
Daniel W. Leach
Camden Fire Captain, letter carrier, ferry deckhand
William H. Lear
Ellen Leary
Camden homemaker, poet, mother of Fire Chief Herbert Leary
Herb Leary
Camden Fire Chief who rose through the ranks
John D. Leary
Dr. John D. Leckner
Camden physician, coroner, and City Council president
Irvin K. Lederman
WWI veteran and Camden firefighter
Howard Lee
Original Camden firefighter 1869-1871; Federal Street stationer
Lewis A. Lee
Camden Health Dept. chief clerk, issued 10,000 marriage licenses
Richard H. Lee
Camden volunteer fireman, Civil War captain, and Postmaster of Camden for sixteen years (1830-1889).
Robert E. Lee
Private First Class, U.S. Army, 1st Infantry Division, World War II
Thomas M. K. Lee Jr.
Civil War captain, 6th NJ Infantry; Camden County Clerk
William C. Lee
Camden firefighter and Civil War veteran
Harry B. Leeds
Walter Lehman
Marshall C. Leib
George Leibecke
Original 1869 Camden Fire Department driver
Harry M. Leigh
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 9, East Camden
Paul H. Leinbach
First Lieutenant, United States Army, died January 14, 1943
John Lenkowski
Camden criminal, 1930s gang member and bank robber
Ed 'Eggie' Lennox
Camden-born major league third baseman who played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and Pittsburgh Rebels (Federal League). Led all NL third basemen in fielding in 1909.
John H. Lennox
Chief of the Camden Fire Department, 1934–1947
Samuel Lennox
Camden Crusaders 1919-20 EBL champion; Hudson Tavern owner
John Leo
Founder of Leo's Famous Yum-Yum, Camden's beloved frozen dessert
Anthony Leon
Jacob Leon
Russian immigrant ran Cramer Hill shoe repair shop
Harry L. Leonard
Funeral director, WWI POW, 1936 coroner candidate
Joseph H. Leonhardt
Camden police detective who was present when Detective William T. Feitz was shot and killed at 243 Sycamore Street in September 1934.
Dr. Charles B. Lesher & Dr. Mabel G. Lesher
Physicians and educators; served in missionary hospitals in China
John M. Lesher Jr.
Joseph J. Lesniewski
Camden firefighter cited for heroic child rescue in 1968
John F. Letts
Camden Fire Department Battalion Chief (1918–1984)
Oscar R. Letts Jr.
Sailor, United States Navy, World War II
Charles Washington Letzgus
Charles Washington Letzgus was a prominent Camden-area attorney, city solicitor of Gloucester City, and New Jersey Assemblyman in the 1920s.
Ezekiel J. Levin
Director of Bureau of Jewish Education of Camden, 1960–1971
Harold R. Levin
Private, U.S. Army, killed at Bastogne 1944
Leonard 'Yutie' Levin
Owner of Rochester Formal Wear for 52 years
Myron 'Pep' Levin
Criminal figure and Neulander trial witness
Winfield Leviseur
District Fire Chief, Camden Fire Department (1929-1960)
Susan Leviton
Yiddish singer and scribal artist, KlezKamp faculty
Jerome Levy
Second Lieutenant, 862nd Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group, killed June 29, 1944, Little Warrior B-24, Fallersleben, Germany
Simon Levy
Founder of S. Levy Company, Camden building contractors (est. 1911); built homes and stores throughout South Jersey
Dr. Sigmond S. Lewandowski
Physician and radiologist at West Jersey Hospital
Howard A. Lewis
Camden firefighter, cited for heroism 1952
James Lewis
Camden policeman convicted of election fraud, 1911
Lewis T. Lewis Jr.
Founded fraudulent United Mission Rescue Corps
Mark K. Lewis
Major, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II
Samuel J. Leyman
Private, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division; killed in action December 3, 1944, Hürtgen Forest, Germany
Lewis Liberman
Attorney; Police Court judge, Camden, 1934–1936
William E. Lickfeld
Camden bartender who helped operate his father's saloon at 818 Broadway; active member and athlete of the Alpha Club
William H. Lickfeld
German immigrant saloonkeeper in Philadelphia and Camden; operated bar at 818 Broadway with son William Ernest Lickfeld until his death February 7, 1919.
William B. Lickfield
Sergeant, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division; died of wounds July 17, 1944
Richard H. Lightowler
Sergeant, 347th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division, U.S. Army. Killed in action February 3, 1945, Germany.
Frank Lilley
PFC, 324th Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Division; killed in action April 10, 1945, Germany
H. Robert Lind
Michael H. Lindsay
Scottish-born South Camden painter, Fire Department Driver 1883
Thomas J. Linkins
Camden firefighter who served from 1974 to 1981
A. Haines Lippincott
Physician; Camden County Coroner; NJ Medical Society president
Leon A. Lippincott
Private, U.S. Army, World War I
Miriam Lee Lippincott
Civic leader, Women's Club of Camden president, cancer pioneer
Dr. Paul N. Litchfield
Camden physician and county coroner, Paul Woodward case
Benjamin Little
Civil War veteran, 192nd PA Infantry
Peter Liwoch
Polish journalist and community leader, Cross of Valor recipient
Edgar Burton Lloyd
Frank T. Lloyd
Justice of the New Jersey State Supreme Court, Camden County Prosecutor, and Circuit Court Judge. Active opponent of organized crime and public corruption.
William J. Lloyd Jr.
Edward G. Locke
Paper manufacturer and charter member of Camden Rotary Club
Samuel Lodge
Camden firefighter, Engineer of Engine Company 3
John A. Lofland
World War II
John J. Logan
Camden produce merchant and extra fireman, died 1889
Melvin L. Logan
Private, U.S. Army — World War II
David Logue
Warden of Camden County Jail, 1906-1923
Joseph Logue
Irish-born fireman who served with Camden's Engine Company No. 4 from 1898 until his retirement in 1920
Herbert F. Lokan
Charles W. Loller
Carlo Lombardo
Italian immigrant who served Camden Fire Department
Dominick Lombardo
Camden County Deputy Sheriff, Fourth Ward Democrat
Carmen J. Lomurno
Corporal, 21st Marines, 3rd Marine Division — killed in action March 2, 1945, Iwo Jima
Elmer E. Long
Co-founder of Munger & Long Department Store, Camden's first modern department store; president of American National Bank; active in Camden YMCA for 30 years.
James H. Long
Chief of the Water Department, City of Camden; first Exalted Ruler of Camden Lodge 293, B.P.O.E.
John P. Long
Camden Fire Dept driver, Engine Company 2
Emilie Longacre
Miss Pennsylvania 1950; singer at Camden's Chubby's Café
Eugene L. Loper
Master Sergeant, U.S. Army — World War II
George W. Loper
Camden's last stage driver
Gloria C. Loprete
Owner, Earlton Italian Bakery
Harold E. Lorang Sr.
Camden firefighter injured in 1922 Kaighn Avenue fire
William H. Lorigan Sr.
Camden businessman and Republican alderman
William J. Lorigan
Builder of Princeton Avenue Houses, Camden
Charles N. Lovett
Electrical contractor and radio shop owner on Westfield Avenue
Isaac Lovett Jr.
Camden fireman and police officer, 1884-1906
Dr. Joseph C. Lovett
Director of Camden Municipal Hospital, 1920-1948
Abraham Lower
Original Camden firefighter, Hook & Ladder Company
Martin J. Lowther
Fire signal system dispatcher
John Lozowski
Private, VMSB-341, U.S. Marine Corps — World War II
Lawrence Lubonski
Bob Lucas
Owner of Donkey’s Place, the Camden cheesesteak landmark founded by his father Leon “Donkey” Lucas in 1943.
Johnny Lucas
Johnny Lucas, 'the pride of Whitman Park,' was a Camden lightweight and welterweight boxer of the 1920s and 1930s who drew with world junior-welterweight champion Johnny Jadick on February 3, 1933.
Leon Lucas
1928 Olympic boxer and Donkey's Place tavern owner
Guerino Luciani
Italian immigrant who worked at Campbell Soup for nearly 30 years and was active in Italian-American organizations.
Art Lund
Big band baritone, MGM Records hit maker, Broadway star of The Most Happy Fella
Michael P. Lupico
Camden police officer, 29-year veteran and PBA leader
John H. Lutts Sr.
Camden fire captain, Engine Company 6, 1899–1933
Albert R. Luzi
Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, World War II
Rueben F. Lynch
Dry cleaning business owner in East Camden
Gerald Lyons
PFC, 29th Infantry Div., landed Omaha Beach on D-Day
William J. Lyons
Firefighter, Police Officer, Grocery Worker
Nicholas J. La Maina
Camden cafe owner, La Maina's on Newton Avenue
Loften Matthews
Private, U.S. Army, World War I
Leon Paul Parker
Private, U.S. Army, World War I
Luis Santiago Santiago
Leone Sebastiano
Private, U.S. Army, World War I
M
Millard E. Buckingham
Technician 4th Class, U.S. Army, Rohna victim
Daniel L. Mc Carty
James Clyde Mac Intyre
Max Karpatik
Private First Class, U.S. Army, World War I
John S. Mac Laughlin Jr.
WWII Marine pilot, lost in Pacific typhoon January 1944
Paul R. Macalister
Interior designer who decorated the Vanderbilt home and pioneered industrial design
Giuseppe Maccarone
Rocco R. Macchia
Private First Class, U.S. Army, 75th Infantry Division, Battle of the Bulge
Walter H. MacClaskey
City auditor and WWI veteran, Camden
Philip MacDonald
Philip J. MacDonald joined the Camden Fire Department in 1951 after passing the civil service exam among 37 candidates. A WWII U.S. Army veteran, he served as a firefighter for 39 years before retiring in February 1990. He died November 7, 2009.
Edward MacDowell
Camden Fire Department Chief of Department
William G. MacEldowney Jr.
Seaman First Class, U.S. Navy — USS Barry, World War II
William MacFarland
Camden horse and dog breeder whose champion Chow, Far Land Thundergust, won Best of Breed at the 1936 Westminster Dog Show and Best of Non-Sporting Group in 1937.
Charlie Mack
Camden boxer Charles Fanelli, who fought professionally as Charlie Mack in the 1920s, was convicted of highway robbery in 1931 and sentenced to five years in prison.
Gordon MacKay
Sportswriter and 'Is Zat So!' columnist
Howard Charles MacKnight
Soundman Third Class aboard USS Skylark AM-63, died April 5, 1945 from injuries when the Skylark struck a mine off Okinawa; buried at Beverly National Cemetery
Harrison MacNeir
Camden firefighter, Rescue Squad 1, 1953-1962
Clement G. Madara
Long-time grocer with American Stores grocery chain
Clarence Madden
Clarence Thomas Madden was born June 5, 1883 and joined the Camden Fire Department on July 1, 1910. He rose through the ranks from fireman to deputy chief, serving for 40 years before retiring in 1950.
William A. Madison
Camden firefighter appointed November 27, 1899
Henry Magin
Camden City Commissioner 1939–1941; WWI Marine Corps veteran; died at the city incinerator on August 22, 1941.
Oscar W. Magnuson
Camden city official, Courier-Post reporter
Paul Maguigen
World War I veteran, Republican politician, and Camden police officer.
William J. Maguire
Camden Fire Department extra man, 1882
Dr. J. Lynn Mahaffey
Physician, Bellevue Hospital co-founder, NJ State Director of Health
Edward J. Mahan
Marcia Mahan
Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year, 2004
John E. Maher
Camden firefighter, Ladder Company 3
Michael F. Mahoney
Harry Mailahn
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 9
Paul M. Mailley
John Makowski
Camden murder defendant with Stanley Janasz in the John Cullen case, 1911–1991
Edward A. 'Dick' Malan
Local athlete and railroad worker who lived in North Camden and later Pitman.
Angelo D. Malandra
Lawyer, deputy mayor, and judge
Louis Malinowski
Polish-American Camden bar owner, operated Malin's Cafe on Mount Ephraim Avenue
Richard P. Malinowski
Camden firefighter
Frank Manall
Charles Hersey Mander
Joseph Manfredini
Camden tavern owner, 306 Federal Street
Jay Mann
PFC, 5th Marines, MIA Korea 1953
Sebastian Mannella
Private First Class, 69th Infantry Division; killed in action December 6, 1944, Battle of the Bulge, Luxembourg
Frank J. Manning
President of Unemployed Union of New Jersey
Harold C. Many
Camden educator and head librarian of Camden Free Public Library
Nicholas Manzi
Private, Medical Detachment, 309th Infantry, 78th Division, WWI; Distinguished Service Cross near Jaulny, France, 1918
Truman F. Maples
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 11, 1964
Mario A. Marchione
Sergeant, U.S. Army, killed in Normandy 1944
Nicholas Marchisello
Camden scrap metal dealer, La Marr Club president
Ronald A. Marcianna
Camden fire fighter and Vietnam veteran
Guilio Marcozzi
Italian immigrant, Camden laborer and manslaughter case
Dr. Frederick W. Marcy
General practitioner, served as captain in WWI Medical Corps
Joseph Mardino
Camden Police Detective who joined the force in 1928 and frequently partnered with Detective Benjamin Simon on vice and gambling cases through the 1930s and 1940s
Domenick F. Mariani
Private First Class, U.S. Army, World War II
Gene R. Mariano
Attorney, police judge, Camden County prosecutor
Nicholas Marinella
President of Camden Workers Alliance, 1930s
John R. Marini
Camden City Council President
Anthony F. Marino
Lawyer, Camden Municipal Court Judge in the 1950s
Antonio Marino
Railroad watchman killed heroically at grade crossing, 1927
Stanley Markiewicz
Camden resident sent to Rahway for carrying pistol
Austin E. Marks
Administrative Deputy Fire Chief, Camden Fire Department, 1938–1965
John M. Maroldo
Camden firefighter, survived Easter 1970 building collapse
William P. Marsh
Camden firefighter and Civil War naval veteran
Benjamin Marshall
Barber, Hook & Ladder firefighter
Francis J. Marshall
Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, World War II. Killed February 23, 1944, in training accident in North Carolina.
Walter Herbert Marshall
Corporal, 32nd Photographic Squadron, 5th Reconnaissance Group; killed April 20, 1944, SS Paul Hamilton torpedoed in Mediterranean; Purple Heart
George Martella
WWII Navy veteran from Camden's 8th Ward who enlisted with Michael Pipito and Christopher Messaro after Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
Casper J. Martelli
Camden firefighter who served for over 27 years
Louis J. Martelli
Camden Fire captain, Engine 8 to Rescue Company 1
Richard Smith Marter
Camden fireman with Engine Company 1, retired January 1, 1933 after over 26 years of service. Born Beverly, NJ, December 29, 1872; died July 2, 1938.
William Marter
Camden police detective, son of firefighter Richard Marter
Anthony Martin
Corporal, U.S. Army — World War I
Edward H. Martin
District Court Sergeant-at-Arms, 35 years
John T. Martin
Sergeant, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, U.S. Army — World War II
Ronald H. Martin
Army sergeant from Camden who won the Bronze Star for devising a supply requisition system flying over the Hump to his advance China base during WWII.
Thomas J. Martin
Corporal, U.S. Marines, killed on Iwo Jima 1945
Elwood P. Martz Sr.
Camden Deputy Fire Marshal, 33 years of service
Richard C. Mason
Camden piano and organ dealer, Board of Freeholders member
Bernice Massi
Biography of Bernice Massi, Miss New Jersey 1952, Broadway actress known for roles in What Makes Sammy Run? and Man of La Mancha.
Frank Mastantuano
S2C, USS Saucy (PG-65); lost overboard February 26, 1945, North Atlantic
General John A. Mather
Brigadier General, 3rd Regiment NJ National Guard; Spanish-American War captain
Helen Mather
President of Camden Woman's Club, 1915-1919
James R. Mathes Jr.
Camden City Council President, convicted of federal corruption
Charles Albert Mathews
Charles E.A. 'Pop' Mathews
English immigrant who operated hotels and bars in Camden, gold star father whose son died in World War I, namesake of Mathews-Purnell VFW Post.
Lawrence H. Mathews
Camden firefighter who served from 1924 through the 1930s, born in Lebanon PA in 1892.
John H. Mathis
Founded John H. Mathis & Co. shipyard in Camden.
Paul Mathis
Professional dancer and dance instructor with renowned New York academy
Edwin F. Mathys
Andrew P. Matis
WWII Navy seaman, USS Antietam, died 1946
Bowman Matlack
South Camden police officer and fish dealer
Howard K. Matlack
Josiah Matlack
Chief of Police, Camden, NJ, 1880-1886
Edwin M. Matthews
Anthony Mattio
Mosquito control worker, Order of Brotherly Love member
Walter S. Mattison
Captain, Camden Police Department
Joseph Alphons Matyasik
Paul S. Matyjasik
Camden Fire Department Battalion Chief, 1976-2009
Harry B. Maxwell
Camden firefighter, son of Joseph Maxwell
J. Gordon Maxwell
Joseph Maxwell
Joseph Maxwell (1860–1917) was a Camden, New Jersey firefighter who rose to Captain of Hook & Ladder Company No. 1. His son Harry B. Maxwell and son-in-law William Van Pfefferle both served in the Camden Fire Department.
William R. Maxwell
Captain, 4th Regiment New Jersey Infantry Volunteers (three years), Civil War. Born in New York around 1825, he moved to Camden and died there on February 28, 1864.
Edward B. May
William May
William 'Indian Bill' May (1888–1935), Sioux Indian and East Camden notable who came to public attention in 1910 after a dramatic suicide attempt.
Philip A. Maycott
Camden Fire Department Battalion Chief, joined 1962
Charles E. 'Ed' Mayo
Camden Fire Department Captain, 31 years service
Enrico J. Mazzarulli
Private First Class, U.S. Army, World War II. Killed in action December 19, 1944, Belgium.
John F. McAnulty
William J. McAvoy
First Lieutenant, 84th Field Artillery Battalion, 9th Infantry Division; killed in action March 30, 1943, Tunisia
Andrew McBurney
Camden Police Officer, rose to Lieutenant
Thomas J. McCabe
Camden fire department Battalion Chief
Michael McCaffery
Camden fire fighter and cloth weaver, 1862-1942
Bowman Hendry McCalla
Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy
James H. McCann
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 2, 1882
John Joseph McCarthy
Robert W. McCarthy
Camden firefighter appointed in 1968
John McCaughey
William McCauley
Camden firefighter 1913–1916, injured at State Street church fire
William F. McClain
Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II
George A. McClellan
2nd Lt., 527th Bomber Squadron, 379th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II
Raymond F. McClintock
Camden firefighter appointed 1974, former Public Works official
Elbridge B. McClong
Captain, Chief Clerk of Camden Police Department
John McCloskey
Troubled Camden youth, died in jail, 1936
Mary McClyment
Camden woman sentenced for manslaughter, 1931
Joseph McComb Sr.
Chairman, Camden Housing Authority; President, Central Labor Union
Dan McConnell
South Jersey lightweight boxer of the 1890s, with 69+ professional fights.
Dan McConnell
Camden reporter and columnist for the Post-Telegram and Courier-Post; wrote the popular column 'Dan McConnell's Scrapbook'
Harry McConnell
Projectionist and printer; brother of journalist Dan McConnell
Ramsey F. McConnell
Heber E. McCord
Camden police detective, 1924–1959
Sidney P. McCord
Sidney Pierce McCord Sr. (1869-1944), City Comptroller of Camden 1911-1944
Thomas W. McCowan
Original Camden paid fire department member, 1869
James McCracken Jr.
Camden firefighter 1876-1884; Civil War veteran GAR Post 37.
Elizabeth 'Lizzie' McCreight
Music teacher and Camden Woman's Club charter member
Joseph D. McCullough
Private, 15th Infantry, KIA Korea 1953
James McDade
James McDade (c.1860–1922) served with the Camden Fire Department and died in the line of duty on July 4, 1922, suffering a fatal heart attack after responding to a false alarm near his home.
Jack B. McDermott
James H. McDermott
Camden firefighter appointed April 25, 1906; promoted to Captain at Ladder Company 4; retired October 1, 1932
Herbert A. McDonald
RCA Victor bookbinder and WWI veteran
William McDonald
Charles A. McDowell
World War II
James P. McEvoy
Camden firefighter and Korean War veteran
James V. McFadden
Pharmacist who managed Hotel Walt Whitman pharmacy
William H. McFadden III
World War II
Edward J. McGovern Jr.
John P. McGovern
Private, U.S. Army, World War II; 536th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion; Lindenwold, NJ
Charles F. McGowan
Private, Company B, 811th Tank Destroyer Battalion; killed December 18, 1944, Battle of the Bulge, Luxembourg
Edward M. McGowan
Sylvester McGrath
Camden fireman turned city detective, 1913–1933
Francis X. McGraw
PFC Francis X. McGraw of Camden gave his life near Schevenhutte, Germany on November 19, 1944, earning the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously.
James T. McGrory Jr.
Captain, Camden Division of Fire
Francis J. McGuckin
Seaman First Class, U.S. Navy, World War II. Serving aboard USS West Virginia at Pearl Harbor; reported MIA but survived the war.
James Anthony McGuckin
Private, U.S. Marine Corps, 49th Company, 5th Marine Regiment; killed in action October 4, 1918 in France
Helen McHugh
Camden City Councilwoman, 1975–1987
John McKay
Camden fireman, Engine Companies 2 and 11
William Henry 'Harry' McKeen
Camden fire fighter and Civil War veteran
John J. McKelvey
John Charles McKendrick
Seaman Second Class, U.S. Navy — World War II
John F. McKenna
Camden tavern owner and secretary to Will Rogers
Thomas McKenna
Camden firefighter and saloon operator, 1882
Thomas L. McKenna
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, died in service WWII
Charles L. McKeone
Camden reporter and Peppery Pot columnist, 1919-1927
Isaac McKinley
Camden's first paid fire department assistant marshal
William McKinley
Camden stoker, fire department 1876 and 1884
Frank McLaughlin
Camden amateur boxer and Emerson Athletic Club member
John C. McLaughlin
World War II
Thomas McLaughlin
Thomas McLaughlin (c. 1840–after 1906), original member of the Camden paid Fire Department entering service December 7, 1869 as stoker of Engine Company 1; later a Camden police officer.
Harold S. McLean
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Rev. Rufus McLendon
Pastor of Victory Baptist Church in East Camden for many years until 2003.
Andrew J. McMahon
Athlete, boxer, and Camden County Freeholder
Frank J. McManus
Clarence E. McMullen
Camden firefighter, Engine Companies 2, 7, and 9
John S. McMurray Jr.
Martin A. McNulty
Camden County purchasing agent, hardware store owner
Thomas McParland
Captain, Camden Fire Department
Francis Joseph McSwiggan
Francis X. McTaggart
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 2, 1953–1979
James McTaggart
Camden police officer, discovered Hyghcock underground chambers 1925
John S. McTaggart
Camden police patrolman who spent nearly 20 years walking a Broadway beat and became a beloved figure through annual Night in Ireland celebrations.
Joseph McTaggart
Camden firefighter (1951–1978)
Ferdinand McWilliams
Ferdinand McWilliams, an Irish-born Civil War veteran, California Forty-niner, Gloucester City councilman, and longtime employee of the Gloucester Print Works, who survived a robbery and shooting in Panama before settling in New Jersey.
Edward H. Mead
Edward H. Mead was a Camden firefighter and Civil War veteran who served in the 4th NJ Infantry and 3rd NJ Cavalry, participating in engagements at Winchester, Cedar Creek, and Five Forks.
Frederick L. Mead
Certified public accountant and civic leader
Adam W. Meade
Served with the Camden Fire Department before becoming a Merchant Mariner in World War II. Died July 7, 1945 aboard the SS John H. Hammond.
Antonio Mecca
Italian immigrant, funeral director, civic leader
Harold J. Megee
Camden fire captain, served 1937–1963
Leonard J. Megee
Camden Battalion Chief, 28 years in fire department
Robert E. Meggett
Private, Company M, 5th Engineer Training Regiment, World War I
Elmer J. Meiler
Private First Class, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division — killed January 5, 1945, Belgium; buried Evergreen Cemetery, Camden NJ
Joseph Steven Meisburger
John H. Meisle
Corporal, Company E, 114th Infantry Regiment; died September 24, 1918 of wounds received in France
Harold Melleby Sr.
Camden Police Chief from 1967 to 1981
Albert Meloni
Private, U.S. Marine Corps, World War II
Edward T. Melson
Camden pile driver acquitted of murder; later jailed for assault
Dr. Willard C. Mengel
Ophthalmologist and Penn Medical School professor
Robert Mentz Jr.
Camden police lieutenant, Rutgers graduate
Elwood 'Ed' Menzies
Elwood Menzies (1895–1948), Camden firefighter of Engine Company 8, died in the line of duty connecting a hose line at a Blaine Street fire; also known as Edward Menzies.
George W. Meriwether
George W. Meriwether was born in Duquesne, Pennsylvania on July 12, 1925, and was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on June 27, 1960. He served with Engine Company 8 and Ladder Company 3, retiring on pension on August 1, 1985.
Isaac Merrick
Shot adopted daughter Sallie Harrigan, 1888
William J. Merrigan
William J. Merrigan (1891–1940) served with the Camden Fire Department and died of a heart attack induced by heat exhaustion while fighting the Hollingshead factory fire on July 30, 1940.
William Henry Merryfield
Oiler, United States Merchant Marine
Walter Mertz
Deputy Chief & Acting Fire Chief, Camden Fire Department
Christopher Messaro
WWII Navy veteran from Camden's 8th Ward who enlisted with Michael Pipito and George Martella after Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
Frances M. Messick
East Camden florist and reading instructor for 35 years
Eddie Metelski
Notorious Camden criminal, executed for murder in 1936
Everett R. Meves
Frequent letter-to-editor writer in Camden, 1930s
Howard J. Meyer
Capt., U.S. Army Air Service — Pershing's Staff, WWI; Ben Franklin Bridge worker
Nicholas J. Michaels
Edward V. Michalak
Chief of Camden Fire Department, 1965-1978
William Michalak
Camden police officer and city jailer appointed to the force in 1918
Firmin F. Michel
Camden city solicitor and county prosecutor
Joseph R. Mick
Co-founder of New Jersey Auto and Supply Company
Albert C. Middleton
Co-founder of the Victor Talking Machine Company, New Jersey State Treasurer, and chairman of the South Jersey Port Commission.
Allen H. Middleton
Amedee S. Middleton
Fire Department foreman who commanded Engine Co. 4 and Ladder Co. 3
Benjamin Middleton
Biography of Benjamin P. Middleton, who served Camden as both a firefighter (1874-1887) and police officer through the early 20th century.
Frank P. Middleton
Camden undertaker and furniture dealer
George Middleton
Camden firefighter 1876, steam engineer
Harry B. Middleton
Camden firefighter and saloonkeeper who died by suicide in 1905
Isaac Middleton
Original member Camden Fire Dept, Engine 2, 1869
Dr. Melbourne F. Middleton Sr.
Founder, Camden Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary
Melbourne Fletcher Middleton Jr.
Banker, Philadelphia Stock Exchange president, city commissioner
Timothy Middleton
Mayor of Camden, 1863–1864; city marshal
Francis C. Miduski
Michael Mignogna
Michael Mignona
Camden barber; member Sons of Italy and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Michael A. Mignona
Camden fire alarm dispatcher, 1938–1971
George J. Mikels
Camden firefighter, Badge No. 108
Milton Milan
First Latino mayor of Camden NJ, convicted of corruption, 1997-2001
Henry Miles
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 2, 1882–1884
Robert F. Miles
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, World War II, SS Leopoldville
William 'Paddy' Miles
Camden police officer, basketball and baseball figure
Albert W. Miller
Civil War veteran and Camden waterman
Andrew Miller
Andrew Miller operated bars in Camden on at least two occasions, selling liquor at 1423 South 10th Street in 1906 and at 625 Ferry Avenue from 1914 to 1916. His daughter Cecelia married John Glazer, a well-known local businessman.
Andrew 'Fritz' Miller
Firefighter with Engine Company 1 for 27 years
Edward Solomon Miller
Camden real estate developer, secretary to Pancho Villa
Frank H. Miller
Founder of the Frank H. Miller Detective Agency at 443 Broadway, 1912
George W. Miller
Harry Miller
John H. 'Harry' Miller (1858–1919) was a Camden police officer appointed July 1, 1886, who served as a patrolman under multiple administrations and was re-appointed August 31, 1898. He also played professional baseball in Wilkes Barre, Scranton, Harrisburg, and the Philadelphia League in the early 1880s, earning the nickname 'Iron Arm Miller.'
Joseph Miller
Robert F. Miller
Camden patrolman 1886–1902 (with hiatus 1895–1898) and elected constable in 1911; died suddenly of apoplexy December 21, 1911
Robert S. Miller
Camden fire fighter and police officer, 1849
Samuel D. Miller Sr.
Steward's Mate Second Class, USS Essex CV-9, killed in action 1944
Thomas Craig Miller
Warren P. Miller
Camden firefighter who served 29 years and Korean War Navy veteran
Wayne V. Miller
Wayne Vincent Miller was born on November 17, 1963 in Camden to Constance and Warren P. Miller. He was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on December 16, 1987. He was killed in a single-car accident on July 28, 1990.
William H. Miller
William H. Miller (1871–1948) was a Camden firefighter appointed December 4, 1904, promoted through the ranks to Captain, and retired on pension in 1933 after nearly 28 years of service.
Alexander J. Milliette
Printer, publisher, Elks Exalted Ruler
Charles Lesley Mills
Corporal, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division; wounded at Saipan; killed June 19, 1945, Okinawa
Edwin S. Mills Jr.
Edwin T. Mills
Camden city detective, organized crime investigator
James L. Mills
Technician 4th Class, 349th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division; died of wounds April 18, 1945 in Italy; buried at Florence American Cemetery
Christopher J. Mines Jr.
Civil War corporal, Camden County Sheriff 1902
Christopher J. Mines Sr.
Christopher J. Mines Sr. was a Camden civic leader who served as City Councilman, County Freeholder, City Collector, and member of William B. Hatch Post No. 37, G.A.R.
Dr. Marcus K. Mines
Camden physician and Board of Health president
William W. Mines
William W. Mines (1843–1922), one of the original members of the Camden Fire Department in 1869, later served as Chief Engineer of the Water Works for over 20 years.
Levering Minister
Camden firefighter and pipe fitter
Joseph H. Minnett
Camden firefighter and Knights of the Golden Eagle leader
Michael Misinay
John J. Mitchell
Chief of Camden County Park Police, retired 1996
Ronald 'Fang' Mitchell
Camden basketball coach, Coppin State all-time wins leader
John A. Mlynarczyk Jr.
Anthony Douglas Moffa
Fire Department Battalion Chief, 38 years service
Roy Rocco Moffa
Captain, Camden Fire Department, 36 years service
Charles C. 'Chauncey' Moffett
Camden City Councilman and County Freeholder, 1871-1878
Henry C. Moffett
Philadelphia-born lumberman turned Camden city detective and councilman, known for sensational criminal cases in the early 1900s
John J. Mogck Jr.
John J. Mogck Jr. (1921–2008) was Chief of the Camden Fire Department from 1981 to 1990. A World War II veteran who served with the 115th AAA Gun Battalion from Normandy to the Rhine, he joined the Camden Fire Department in 1951 and rose from firefighter to Chief of Department.
Thomas A. Mohan
Staff Sergeant killed in action, Normandy 1944
John H. Mohrfeld Jr.
Camden plasterer and firefighter who served with the Camden Fire Department 1920–1921 and again 1931–1956, spending his last 12 years with Ladder Company 3.
Christopher Moll Jr.
Christopher Moll Jr. was born on October 23, 1890 in Camden, New Jersey. He joined the Camden Fire Department in 1927 and served until his retirement in 1955, working on rescue squads and responding to emergencies throughout the city.
William Moll
Camden Police Officer, 1917-1947
Anthony Mona
Italian immigrant and boxer turned criminal in 1930s-40s
James J. Monahan
Camden firefighter at Engine Company 10, 1923-1936
Carmen Mongiorno
Camden firefighter
Seth D. Monnell
Camden firefighter and city councilman
Vincent Duncan Monroe
William J. Montague Jr.
Joe Montana
Camden Heavyweight Wrestler
Dominic P. Montemurro
Private, U.S. Army, World War II
Gerald Edward Montgomery
Ralph B. Montgomery
Civil War veteran and Camden dentist
Anthony Monzo Jr.
Private, 315th Infantry, 79th Division; killed in action November 1944 during fighting near Fremonville, France; buried at Berlin Cemetery, NJ
Alford T. Moore Jr.
Charles W. Moore
Charles W. Moore was a Camden house wrecking contractor, civic leader, and one of the founders of the South Camden Branch of the YMCA.
Glenn H. Moore
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 11, served 1968–2000
Harry K. Moore
Victor Talking Machine worker and civic-minded letter writer
John Campbell Moore
Private, U.S. Army Air Forces — World War II
John E. Moore
Camden Fire Department captain, appointed 1951, promoted 1967
Joseph V. Moore
Oscar A. Moore
Camden Freeholder Director, first Democrat from 9th Ward
Smith Moore
Camden produce huckster and firefighter, 1882
Thomas Moore
U.S. Army, World War I
Harry A. Moran
General manager of Hurley's Department Store for 46 years
E.R. Morehouse Sr.
Camden general contractor and civil engineer, 1921–1956
Elijah R. Morehouse Sr.
Camden steamboat captain and firefighter, 1877
Kevin J. Moreland Sr.
Camden Police veteran who passed away in 2012
Allen Irvin Morgan
Corporal, U.S. Army — World War I
George H. Morgan
Camden silver plater; served briefly with Hook and Ladder Company 1872
James P. Morgan
Sergeant, 8th Cavalry, KIA Korea 1950
John Morgan
Mayor of Camden 1876–1877, proprietor of Morgan's Hall
Joseph Willard Morgan
Camden lawyer and Republican leader; City Solicitor (1884–1897) and State Comptroller of New Jersey (1903).
Oliver H. Morgan
Camden police detective; participated in 1936 pin-ball machine raids and 1953 tavern holdup investigation
Edward N. Morgenweck
Camden Fire Captain, WWII submarine veteran
Frank Morgenweck
Pioneer pro basketball coach, Basketball Hall of Fame 1962
William Morgenweck
National Basketball League pioneer, owner and player-coach of the Camden Electrics basketball team in the 1890s-1900s.
Max F. Moritz
Sergeant Max F. Moritz of Camden earned the Distinguished Service Cross and Croix de Guerre for heroism in World War I.
Benjamin 'Sonny' Morrell
Football player who died from game injuries
Richard L. Morris
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Force — World War II
Robert John Morris
William Morris
Extra engineer, Camden Fire Department, 1884
William A. Morrison
Retired Pennsylvania Railroad signalman
Harry Clark Morrissey
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps
George H. Morrow
World War II
Frederick W.S. Morse
Lieutenant, Camden Fire Department
Andrew S. Morton
Carpenter, builder, and insurance worker
Robert A. Morton
Camden firefighter and WWII Army veteran
Samuel H. Morton Sr.
Carpenter, Camden County Freeholder 1860–1861
Elizabeth Moses
Physical education teacher at Camden High School, 37 years
John Henry Moses
Second Lieutenant, 428th Bomber Squadron, 310th Bombardment Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II. Killed in action over Italy, September 18, 1944.
Dr. William S. Moslander
Camden physician, Board of Health president, Linden Baptist Church trustee
Alphonso Mosley
WWII Army private KIA 1944, 366th Infantry
Harry Jackson Mote Jr.
Louis R. Mote
Camden city official, Assistant Superintendent of Streets under Mayor Price
Clarence E. Moullette
Labor organizer and Great Depression activist
John B. Moullette
Camden-born U.S. Marine, dog handler in WWII; professor; director of Ohio Fire Training Academy; Korean War letter published nationally
William S. Mountney Sr.
Camden firefighter and World War I veteran; served with the Camden Fire Department from 1924; past commander of Corporal Matthews-Purnell Post 518, VFW
Patsy Mozier
Camden boxer who later became a merchant marine engineer and launched a one-man campaign to bring garden seeds to impoverished people in Asia
Frank Mroczkowski
Operator of the Morton Cafe for many years
Alfred J. Mrowczynski
Private, U.S. Army, World War II
Angelo Michael Mucci
Private, U.S. Army — World War I
August Muench
Hotel and tavern keeper in Camden and Riverside
Herbert Mugrauer
Kazimierz Mulawa
Polish immigrant, shipyard fireman, and labor activist
Harry J. Mulch Jr.
Dr. Isaac S. Mulford
19th-century physician who organized Camden medical societies
Robert August Muller
John A. Mulligan
John A. Mulligan (1888–1947), Camden firefighter appointed by 1924, served with Ladder Company 3 and Engine Company 9, badge number 168.
Patrick Michael Mulvihill
Camden and Oaklyn restaurateur and saloon proprietor
George A. Munger
Founder of Munger and Long department store, Camden
Albert A. Mungioli
Justice of the Peace
Michael Mungioli
Driver-Ladderman, Camden Fire Department 1923–1951; active member of Corporal Matthews-Purnell Post 518, VFW
Robert Patrick Munro
Camden laborer, boxer, and veteran
Isaac Muns Sr.
Camden firefighter injured in 1964 engine crash
John Munter
Pioneer milk dealer in North Camden
Joseph F. Murawski
Howard P. Murphy
Camden firefighter and Vietnam prisoner of war
Thomas J. Murphy
Sergeant, Camden Police Department (1902–1933)
Thomas P. Murphy
Camden police detective and inspector, 1937–1958
Charles T. Murray
Charles T. Murray was a Camden funeral director who carried on his father's undertaking business and served multiple terms as Camden County coroner during the 1920s and 1930s.
Edward C. Murray
James L. Murray
Private, Base Hospital No. 34, Ambulance Corps; died October 20, 1918 of pneumonia in Paris
Joseph A. Murray
Camden Fire Department firefighter, 1963–1984
Joseph H. Murray
Camden undertaker and funeral home founder
Walter Scott Murray
First Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps, World War I
William L. Murray Sr.
Camden police lieutenant, civil rights pioneer
George V. Murry
Camden detective, Third Ward political boss, died 1922
Edward F. Murtaugh
Edward F. Murtaugh (1947–2006), Camden Fire Department Captain of Engine Companies 6 and 10; Vietnam veteran with the 240th Assault Helicopter Company; retired January 2000.
Edward F. Murtaugh
Private, Company C, 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division — killed January 6, 1944, at San Vittore del Lazio, Italy; buried Calvary Cemetery, Pennsauken, NJ
James Murtha
Private, Company K, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division; killed in action October 1, 1918 in the Argonne Forest
Francis D. Myers
Kenneth L. Myers
Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces, killed October 30, 1943, when his bomber crashed near Georgetown, SC.
Winfield Scott Myers Jr.
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 6, WWII Navy veteran
James L. Myles Jr.
William J. Myles
Founded Myles Transportation Inc., 1925
John W. Myrtetus
WWII pilot, KIA over Caen France 1944
Merl H. Reagle
Private, U.S. Army, Rohna victim
Bishop George V. Murry SJ
Camden native, first Black bishop of Diocese of Youngstown
Martin Waldvogel
Private, U.S. Army, World War I
Michael Arthur Walters
Milton Frederick Wescott Jr.
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Jacob Naden
Ran a furniture and home furnishings business in Camden from the 1920s through the 1960s, operating stores on Kaighn Avenue and Federal Street.
John C. Napiorkowski Jr.
Private First Class, U.S. Army, World War II
Joseph M. Nardi Jr.
Camden Mayor
Joseph Angelo Narducci
Seaman First Class, USS Ticonderoga CV-14, U.S. Navy — World War II
Rocco John Nasuti
WWII veteran with the 3rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Purple Heart recipient; carpenter for the Pennsylvania Railroad; youth sports coach at the Cramer Hill Boys Club
Vincenzo 'James' Nasuti
Italian immigrant, Pennsylvania Railroad, East Camden
James E. Navin
Fireman with the Camden Division of Fire from 1899, stationed at Engine Company 7 on Kaighns Avenue. Retired on pension in the early 1930s after more than 30 years of service.
Charles M. Naylor
Camden police officer, known as Camden's Most Popular Policeman
Kennard H. Naylor
Camden firefighter, Engine Co. 9, Chief's Aide, 1921-1954
William H. Neale
Camden Police Department chief (1960–1965) who served in the Army Criminal Investigation Division during World War II, attended Scotland Yard training, and rose from detective to lead the department under Mayor Alfred Pierce
William P. Neale Jr.
Camden fire fighter and fire inspector, 1936-1993
Joseph J. Nece Sr.
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 2, 1870
Howell S. Needham
Camden Fire Dept. Captain; injured in 1946 Kresge building fire
George R. Neide
Martin 'Sid' Nelson
Camden police sergeant, WWII veteran, 1940–1964
Jacob F. Nessen
Civil War veteran, Camden fireman and policeman
Kenneth J. Netherby
Leon N. Neulen
Superintendent of Camden public schools, 1931-1955
Frank F. Neutze
Camden attorney, District Court and Common Pleas judge
Mark Newby
Colonial merchant; New Jersey's first banker
Francis A. Newcome
Harry G. Newton
Camden police sergeant, 1914-1940; mounted officer
Laurence W. Newton
Camden Fire Department Battalion Chief, served WWII era
Lester C. Newton
Private, 228th Field Artillery Battalion, U.S. Army; killed in action July 31, 1944 in France; buried Beverly National Cemetery
Thomas J. Nicholas
Camden Fire Chief 1926–1932, first appointed under Civil Service merit system
Eddie Nichols
Depression-era walkathon entertainer and singer known as 'The Man with a Million'
Nick Nichols
'Sailor' Nick Nichols was a Camden light welterweight boxer of the 1920s and early 1930s, also known as a letter carrier.
Utah Carl Nichols
Norman Nicholson
Private, 153rd Depot Brigade, U.S. Army, World War I
Ronald William Nickerson
George S. Nicktern
Camden police officer, World War I veteran
Victoria Nicktern
President, Ladies Auxiliary of Corporal Mathews-Purnell Post 518, VFW; wife of Camden police officer George S. Nicktern
Herman F. Niessner
Herman F. Niessner (1891–1966) was a Camden printer and Socialist Party activist who ran as the party's candidate for U.S. Representative (1920), Governor of New Jersey, and U.S. Senator (1932).
Alfred D. Nigro
Camden firefighter, WWII veteran
J. Allen Nimmo
Pastor and Camden Director of Human Services
John M. Nolan
Myrtile F. Norris
Eddie Novak
Eddie 'Pepper' Novak was a South Camden catcher who signed with the Jacksonville club of the Florida State League in 1928 and later caught for the Camden All-Stars against Negro National League teams.
George Nowrey
Camden police sergeant, served 39 years on force
John A. Nowrey
Private First Class, 121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division, U.S. Army — World War II
Joseph Nowrey
Mayor of Camden NJ 1902–1905; Sheriff of Camden County 1911–1914; police recorder; known as 'Honest Joe'; member of the Improved Order of Red Men.
John Nulty
Camden produce commission merchant, ward of the Roberts family, 1853–1902
Marion L. Nutter Jr.
Aviation Radioman Third Class, U.S. Navy, VPB-17, killed May 25, 1945, when his PBM was shot down over the China Sea.
Thomas Nuzzi
Camden World War II hero
Norman W. Wohlken
Private, Company C, 309th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, U.S. Army, World War I
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The Otero Family
Family Murdered in 1974
James H. O'Brien
Camden veterans leader and WWII air raid warden
Maurice F. O'Brien
Camden City Fire Marshal, 1949-1962
T. Carroll O'Brien
Camden music teacher, Carroll O'Brien Studios director
Warren Edward O'Brien
Captain, U.S. Air Force, Korean War
William 'Reds' O'Brien
Camden police detective and county investigator, investigated the Howard Unruh mass murder
George J. O'Cavage
Joe O'Connor
South Camden man about town who survived a 1929 shooting by John Doris but died in November 1930 after a second gangland ambush near his Walnut Street home
Jack O'Grady
Camden Justice of the Peace and Constable
George O'Keefe
Camden World War II hero
Patrick M. O'Keefe
Patrick M. O'Keefe served with the Camden Fire Department for nearly 29 years after service in Vietnam, retiring as Captain of Rescue Company 1 in November 1996.
Stephen M. O'Keefe
Courier-Post journalist 57 years, Crossroads in History columnist
Charles T. O'Neil
Private, 350th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division; among first U.S. troops to enter Rome; killed July 19, 1944, Italy
Charley O'Neil
Camden basketball player, Immaculate Conception, 1920s
John H. O'Neil
Camden firefighter and Pennsylvania Railroad tugboat captain
John J. O'Neil
Camden Fire District Chief who served 30 years and USCG veteran
William J. O'Neil
Camden firefighter who served over 25 years with Engine 7
James M. O'Neill
Courier-Post executive editor and 'Jiminy' columnist for four decades
Richard O'Neill
Camden real estate dealer, born 1886
Dr. William H. O'Neill
Camden osteopath, president of South Jersey Osteopathic Society
Edward L. O'Toole
Private First Class, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division — died of wounds June 7, 1944, France; buried Beverly National Cemetery
Enlow D. Oakes
Signalman Third Class, U.S. Navy, World War II. Missing in action September 15, 1943, off Salerno, Italy.
Frank A. Oberman
Camden firefighter, captain, and acting district fire chief
George R. Obermeier
Anthony J. Oberst Sr.
Musician, real estate agent, German-American community leader
George A. Oberst
Camden theater director, founded WCAM Players
Harry Obus
Obus Auto Supply owner and Republican political leader
Morris Odell
City Clerk of Camden; Exalted Ruler of Camden Lodge 293 BPOE, 1912; first President of NJ Elks state organization, 1913; born May 1863, died January 4, 1923
Morris M. Odell
Camden firefighter, Engine Co. 2, 1941-1968
Martin Odlen
General Iron Works owner, Beth El president
John Odorisio
Camden City Clerk; member of Camden Board of Education; Camden High School football co-champion 1945.
Thomas J. Ogden
Camden firefighter, retired 1981
Elsa C. Olah
North Camden social worker killed by stray bullet, 2004
Chauncey Olcott
Renowned Irish tenor who composed My Wild Irish Rose
John J. Olden
Assistant Fire Marshal, Camden Fire Department; Civil War veteran
Robert P. Olesiewicz
Camden firefighter and Captain (1919–1983)
George J. Oliver
Captain, U.S. Army — World War II
Dominick Oliveto
Camden organized crime figure, attended 1957 Apalachin conference
Edward W. Ollek
Camden firefighter 1969-1995, carpet store owner
John E. Opfer Sr.
Camden police officer for over 40 years (1917–2006)
John G. Opfer
Camden police detective who served from the 1910s through the 1940s
Marie L. Opfer
Camden police officer and WWII Navy veteran
James E. Opie Jr.
Private First Class, 2nd Marine Division; killed in automobile accident, February 1, 1951
Frank B. Oppecker Jr.
Camden music teacher and church organist for 31 years
Frank B. Oppecker Sr.
Violinist and music teacher at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music.
Theodore A. Orbaczewski
Camden firefighter who served with Engine Company 11 in Cramer Hill 1953-1967; also known as a skilled cook at the firehouse.
Anthony Ordile
WWII Marine killed on guard duty, Cape May 1942
Samuel P. Orlando
Italian-born Camden attorney who served as Assistant Camden County Prosecutor (1928) and County Prosecutor (1936–1941), prosecuting numerous high-profile criminal cases.
Anthony T. Orme
Fire Captain who served Camden FD 1951-1990
Vincent G. Orme
Camden Fire Department captain and fire marshall
Maria I. Ortiz
Captain, U.S. Army; Killed in Action July 10, 2007, Baghdad, Iraq
Ronald Charles Osborne
Leonard E. Oshushek
Camden firefighter, 32 years service, rose to Acting Battalion Chief
Samuel Oshushek
Firefighter, Camden Fire Department, Engine Company 8
George Osler
Camden firefighter born 1841
William H. Osler
Camden Fire Department engineer, Engine Company 2
August W. Oswald Jr.
Cramer Hill bar owner and trucker
S. Conrad Ott
Camden journalist and lawyer; city editor of the Camden Courier (1891) and referee in bankruptcy court; president of the Camden County Bar Association.
Richard Outwater
Camden jeweler and post office custodian
John Albert Overland
Drummer, U.S. Marine Corps, 15th Company, 6th USMC Machine Gun Battalion; killed in action June 15, 1918 at Belleau Wood
Harry F. Owens
Camden Police Department officer
Frank J. Owsianka
PFC, Quartermaster Corps; drowned March 1, 1944, Townsville, Australia
Joseph J. Owsianka
Camden Navy veteran, bar owner
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John Pabst
Fire department maintenance repairer foreman
Joseph Everett Packer Jr.
Edward E. Paetz
Donald I. Painter
John Painter
Camden police detective who served 48 years on the force (1884–1932), involved in numerous notable cases including the Paul Woodward murder case of 1902.
Anthony 'Tony' Palese
Police officer and park guard from bar-owning family
Dominick Palese
Camden Police Department officer, 1944-1967
Rocco Palese
Rocco Palese (1893–1987) was the first Italian-American in Camden County admitted to the bar, served as assistant prosecutor, New Jersey state assemblyman, and Camden County judge.
William J. Palese
Camden Fire Department firefighter, 1940
Howard Francis Palm
Fifth-generation physician, Cooper's Point North Camden
Allen Palmer
Firefighter at Engine Company 9 for 23 years
Gaston Palmer
Jongleur
Leroy Palmer
Camden police lieutenant paralyzed in 1998 drug sting
Noah J. Palmer
Private, Battery D, 349th Field Artillery, 92nd Division, U.S. Army, World War I
Ralph H. Palmer
Camden firefighter, Civil Service exam 1949, Company 46
Walter Palmer
Dr. Dillwyn P. Pancoast
Physician, one of Cooper Hospital's four original attendees
Garfield Pancoast
Camden Police Court Judge, attorney
Richard M. Pancoast
Camden inventor, yoyo-top patent 1901
Thomas S. Pancoast
Camden confectionery merchant at 228 Market Street
Charles N. Panelli
Camden firefighter and World War II Navy veteran
Michael Panelli
Camden firefighter appointed 1953
Anthony 'Babe' Paradise
Biography of Anthony 'Babe' Paradise (1893-after 1957), brief firefighter, narcotics dealer, and convicted criminal in Camden.
James V. Paradise
Camden police detective, 1930 Reginelli gang raids
Raymond J. Paradise
Camden Police Department Lieutenant; K-9 squad and homicide investigator; U.S. Marine Corps WWII veteran
Nicholas James Parisi
Private, U.S. Army; died April 28, 2004, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Harry J. Park
Private, U.S. Army, World War II; 417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division; Lindenwold, NJ
William Parke
Silent film director and stage manager, 1895–1941
A. Fletcher Parker
Albert L. Parker
Horace B. Parker Jr.
Camden semi-pro basketball and baseball player
James H. Parks Jr.
Technician 5th Class, 83rd Chemical Battalion, U.S. Army, killed January 26, 1944, when LST-422 sunk off Italy
Matthew Parks
Pvt. 1st Class, 82nd Airborne Division, 325th Glider Infantry; D-Day, Market Garden; POW Stalag 12A 1944-1945; later attorney and Judge of Compensation
Stephen Parsons
Proprietor of Parsons Hotel and West Jersey Hotel
William P. Partenheimer Jr.
Camden YMCA General Secretary
Charles F. Patterson
Camden firefighter, captain of Engine Company 11
Edward L. Patterson
Camden Army veteran buried with honors
Francis Ford Patterson Jr.
Camden Post-Telegram publisher, U.S. Congressman
Godfrey Patterson
Godfrey F. Patterson served with the Camden Fire Department from 1941, rising through the ranks to District Chief. He served on the fire rescue squad and responded to numerous emergencies, including drownings in Cooper River, retiring on disability pension in 1966.
Isabelle Patterson
YWCA youth leader in Camden
McGlothan Patterson
Technician 5th Class, U.S. Army Air Forces — World War II
Richard Patterson
Warren H. Patterson
William W. Patterson
Deputy Fire Chief of Camden, appointed 1894, served as captain of Engine Company No. 4 before his election as Deputy Chief in 1915.
Samuel Patton
Original member of Camden Fire Department, 1869
Samuel E. Patton
WWI veteran and Camden firefighter, Ladder Company 4
Walter M. Patton
Camden Police Department patrolman
David S. Paul
Camden bank messenger murdered during 1920 robbery
Harry B. Paul
Postmaster of Camden, appointed by President Cleveland
Joseph R. Paul Jr.
Robert J. Tait Paul
Attorney and WWI veteran who served with 319th Infantry
Daniel Paulk
Camden resident arrested repeatedly for coal theft from railroad freight cars
Peter N. Paull
Camden Police Captain, 1951-1987
Charles F. Paulson
World War II
Nicholas Pavlak
Camden police detective specializing in juvenile crime
Eugene F. Pawlik
Private, U.S. Army Air Forces — World War II
Harold B. Payne
Norman O. Payne Sr.
Camden SPCA animal handler, Korean War sons
Samuel D. Payne
Camden printer, Camden County freeholder
Alexander Peacock
Original Fire Department member, Civil War veteran
Robert Peacock
Camden bartender and quoits player, died 1911
Eugene J. Pearce
Private First Class, U.S. Army, World War II. Killed in action October 10, 1944, in Germany.
Ronald J. Pearce
Staff Sergeant, USAAF, 96th Bomb Group, waist gunner on B-17 "Stormy Weather," killed 1944
Dr. Edward C. Pechin
Tuberculosis specialist, Cooper Hospital staff physician
Josiah S. Pedigree
Josiah S. Pedigree (1868–1936) served as a Camden firefighter from 1899 to 1906 and later as a state motor vehicle inspector.
Harry P. Pelouze
Camden optician, city purchasing agent 1923-1927
James S. Pemberton
72nd pastor of First Methodist Episcopal Church, Camden, 1936
Ambioris Antonio Pena-Duran
Grocery clerk killed stopping a robbery
Dennis Penn
Camden firefighter who served in the 1990s.
Kenneth Penn
Camden fire fighter appointed Fire Chief 1989
Thomas Penn
Thomas C. Penn (d. mid-1960s), Camden Police Department motorcycle patrolman appointed in 1958.
Michael Penna Sr.
Camden police lieutenant who served for 29 years and was a U.S. Army veteran.
Ann Pennington
Ziegfeld Follies dancer, Black Bottom originator
Bertie Pennington
Louis Penven Jr.
Samuel Peoples
Camden Fire Department foreman, died 1905
Michael P. Pepe
WWII veteran and Camden jewelry store manager
Edward E. Peraria Sr.
Camden firefighter, Engine Co. 9, retired 1952
Frederick 'Cy' Perkins
Camden first baseman and team manager who played semi-professional baseball from 1896 to 1913, alongside Kid Gleason, Eggie Lennox, and other Camden baseball legends.
William Pernier
William Rowand Pernier (1899–1940), Camden figure associated with racketeer William 'Shooey' Bonner; convicted of carrying a weapon in 1933.
Eric L. Perry Sr.
Camden City police officer
Dominick J. Persiani
Camden Firefighter
Charles H. Peters
Camden firefighter, police officer, and constable
Frank W. Peters
Camden firefighter
Frank J. Peterson
James C. Peterson
Camden firefighter, served Engine Company 1
John M. Peterson
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 11; World War I Purple Heart recipient
Nathan Petit
Camden police captain (1944); commanded the Traffic Bureau; appointed April 1917, retired September 1954 after 37 years of service
H. Frank Pettit
Camden Police Captain in the 1890s; Ninth Ward City Councilman in 1915; Justice of the Peace in Manasquan.
Thomas Martin Pettit
Warren W. Pfefferle
William Van Pfefferle
Chief Engineer of the Camden Fire Department, 1950–1958
George Pfeiffer Jr.
New Jersey senator, artesian water contractor
George Pfeiffer Sr.
Bavarian-born Camden businessman, Mexican War veteran
Stephen Pfeil
Camden journalist and NJ Conservation Board member
August Pfleiderer
Camden police detective for over three decades
William W. Pheneger Jr.
Clarence Phifer
Camden police officer and minor league baseball player in the 1920s
Wallace Phifer
Wallace Phifer was born in New Jersey on May 24, 1893. He was appointed to the Camden Fire Department shortly after the January 1920 Federal Census. He married Edith Peters in 1922. He passed away on November 24, 1968.
Edward M. Phillips
Leading Black racketeer in 1930s Camden who controlled a million-dollar illegal gambling enterprise before dying in an extermination accident in 1942.
Walter L. Phillips
Camden letter carrier and prominent Mason for 25 years
Walter Pickup
WWII S/Sgt., DFC, waist gunner on first bomber to hit Berlin
Adam E. Piekarski
Private First Class, U.S. Army, World War II
Alfred R. Pierce
Mayor of Camden (1959-1969), WWII Army Air Force pilot, and attorney
John W. Pierce
Leroy Pierce
Staff Sergeant, 10th Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division, U.S. Army; KIA December 24, 1944, Belgium; Bronze Star
Robert J. Pierce
Corporal, U.S. Army; died August 6, 1944, diving accident at Oakwood Beach near Salem, NJ, while home on leave
Edmund G. Pike
Camden Police officer and member of the Crescent Wheelmen cycling club in the late nineteenth century.
Edward A. Pike Jr.
Camden Housing Authority boiler operator and supervisor
Harold H. Pike
Camden Fire Marshal and Bureau of Fire Prevention chief
Harrison Pike
Camden firefighter, 41 years at Engine Company 6
Wilbert V. Pike Sr.
President, Camden County Bar Association and attorney
Dr. Louis J. Pilcher
City Planner for Camden, 1930-1931
Rocco Piligno
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces, 394th Bomb Squadron, killed in action 1945
Robert K. Pimm
Benjamin F. Pine
Firefighter and son of original Camden Fire Department member
Robert Pine
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 2 (1869–1870)
Rev. Walter A. Pine Sr.
Methodist minister, former Victor Talking Machine Company machinist
Joseph Pinto
Bronislaw Piontkowski
Real estate and insurance manager, Jan Sorbieski Building secretary
Joseph J. Piotrowski
Michael Pipito
WWII Navy veteran from Camden's 8th Ward who enlisted with Christopher Messaro and George Martella after Pearl Harbor in December 1941. His brother Stephen A. Pipito was killed in action in Normandy in 1944.
Stephen A. Pipito
Charles H. Pippett
Private First Class, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division; killed December 25, 1944, Luxembourg
Mamie F. Piraine
Republican county committeewoman, 8th Ward, 1930s
James H. Pitman
Major, U.S. Army, World War II
Walter Pittman
I. Daryl Pitts
Camden police officer who followed his father's footsteps
Isaiah Pitts
Camden police detective and sergeant
Theodore J. Pivoras
John R. Pletkin
Pvt., U.S. Army, killed in accident 1945
John W. Plum
Camden Firefighter; treasurer of the Camden firefighters union; member of the Aquinas Social Club
Eli E. Plumley Jr.
Private, U.S. Army — World War II
John Joseph Pluskosky
Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class, USS Liscome Bay CVE-56, U.S. Navy, World War II. Killed November 24, 1943, when USS Liscome Bay was torpedoed off Makin Island.
Arthur J. Podmore
Potter, treasurer of Camden Pottery Company
Leopold S. Poduszczak
Second Lieutenant, 333rd Bomber Squadron, 94th Bomber Group (Heavy), U.S. Army Air Forces; KIA July 26, 1943, North Frisian Islands, during raid on Hanover, Germany
Garrett C. Pogue
Wild West peace officer and Camden chiropractor
Stanley F. Pokorsky
Eugene Pollastrini
Frank J. Pollick
Ludwig Polniak
Camden firefighter and WWII veteran
Louis J. Pomponio
Henry Alfred Popiolek
Staff Sergeant, 446th Bomber Group, USAAF; killed in action May 23, 1944, when his B-24 crashed over Orleans, France, on his 48th mission.
Leslie A. Porter Jr.
World War II
Martin Portnoy
Camden bandleader and musician
Victor Potamkin
Built $1 billion automotive empire from Camden roots
Howard M. Potter
Banker with 50 years at Camden Trust
John T. Potter
Camden police sergeant who ranked first in the 1930 Civil Service lieutenant exam but never received the promotion; served 25 years in the Third District
Charles DeHaven Powell Jr.
Private, 31st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Division, died June 23, 1942, as POW at Cabanatuan camp after Bataan Death March; Tablets of the Missing at Manila
Edward S. Powell Jr.
Camden firefighter 1887-1889 and police officer 1890-1898
Ellsworth D. Powell
Frank H. Powell
Camden firefighter; appointed November 1903
Joey Powell
Joseph Pawelek (1909–1970s), Camden professional featherweight boxer who fought more than 70 fights under the ring name Pat Murphy during the 1920s and 1930s.
Stanley Powell
Stanley Powell (1906-1971), born Stanley A. Pawelek, was a Camden criminal figure associated with the 'band of 40 thieves' who operated in South Jersey in the 1920s-1930s.
Harry F. Powers
West Virginia Bluebeard, convicted serial killer
Jesse Pratt
Mayor of Camden, 1886–1892
Alice K. Predmore
Democratic committeewoman, Board of Education member
Edward A. Preisendanz
Wagon works businessman and radio advertising pioneer
Rudolph Preisendanz Jr.
Camden businessman who ran the Preisendanz Sons truck body works and leased municipal radio station WCAM. Exalted Ruler of Camden Lodge of Elks No. 293 in 1927.
Rudolph Preisendanz Sr.
Camden wagon builder; owner of the West Jersey Wagon Works; member of the Camden Lodge of Elks and Camden Republican Club
John Prentice
Director, Camden County Board of Freeholders
Dr. Sophia Presley
Camden's first female physician, 1890
Wilson E. Preston
Abraham Price
Charles H. Price
Assistant Streets Commissioner and Republican leader
Furman C. Price
Camden firefighter, 1916-1930s
Horace C. Price
Camden Housing Authority employee, Korean War veteran
Max Price
South Camden paperhanger and business owner
Paul F. Price Sr.
Paul F. Price Sr. was born in Austin, Texas in 1952 and grew up in Audubon, NJ. He served the Camden Fire Department for over 32 years, rising to Deputy Chief, before his death on August 11, 2016.
Raymond Price
Private, U.S. Army, killed July 26, 1944, France
Raymond G. Price
Camden County Freeholder from the 11th Ward; Supervisor of Janitors and Buildings for Camden Board of Education; Republican political figure in Cramer Hill
Robert E. Price
WWII Army sergeant, KIA Germany February 1945
Samuel J. Price
Samuel M. Price
Camden Fire Department acting battalion chief
Winfield Scott Price
Mayor of Camden, 1927-1931; Major General, New Jersey National Guard
Joseph C. Prickett
Camden firefighter, Hook & Ladder Company
William W. Priest
Sergeant, 491st Bomber Squadron, 341st Bomber Group; killed May 13, 1944, when his B-25 went down over China; Tablets of the Missing at Manila
Dr. Howard Emmitt Primas Sr.
Camden physician and Housing Authority vice chairman
Theodore Primas
Chief of the Camden Fire Department (1978-1981); served on the force from 1947; nephew of Mayor Melvin 'Randy' Primas
Richard C. Prosser Sr.
Camden fire captain, commanded Engine Co. 10 at 1990 flashover
John B. Prucella
Camden firefighter with Engine Companies 5, 4, and 6, 1911–1950
George H. Pruitt Jr.
Technician 4th Class George H. Pruitt Jr. (1921–1945), a Camden-born soldier of the 43rd Signal Construction Battalion (Colored), served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was awarded the Soldier's Medal for heroism. He is buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten.
Stanley F. Przytula
Private First Class, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division; killed in action January 20, 1945, Luxembourg
Adam M. Pszwaro
World War II
Oliver R. Purnell
Private First Class, Company D, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd Division, U.S. Army, World War I
Morris Puro
Camden auto dealer, Haddon Motors owner
Clarence Pursglove
Camden firefighter who replaced his brother George H. Pursglove in 1918
George H. Pursglove
Camden firefighter, resigned to work at New York Shipyard
Leon C. Puszczykowski
CFD firefighter and union president, 1955-1981
Leon F. Puszczykowski
Officer Leon F. 'Pusey' Puszczykowski was a Camden motorcycle policeman and baseball umpire who died on October 24, 1939 after suffering a heart attack on the operating table.
Joseph Putek
South Camden; arrested in connection with 1933 Radio Condenser holdup and 1949 Maple Shade gambling casino raid
Benjamin F. Pyle
Private First Class, A Troop, 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron — killed in action September 10, 1944, France
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Dwight Qawi
Camden boxer born Dwight Braxton; won WBC Light Heavyweight title (1981) and WBA Cruiserweight title (1985); known as The Camden Buzzsaw.
Steve Quarles
Camden police officer, 25 years service
Wayne Robert Quarles
Howard Quick
Camden Police Sergeant; beloved fire department liaison
Kenneth B. Quigley
Camden man convicted of armed robbery who escaped from state prison in 1930.
Richard J. Quigley
George Tabor Quinn
Camden firefighter, 1906 Armory fire survivor, police officer
Mickey Quinn
Philadelphia armed robber, Casablanca roadhouse gang
Carl Quinton
Carl Quinton served briefly with the Camden Fire Department in 1917 before joining the Camden Police Department as a mounted officer in the 1920s.
Dawn Quinton
Camden native, professional boxer and PATCO transit officer
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Robert G. Bogan
Private, U.S. Army
Rocco Cappineri Jr.
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Robert P. Edwards
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Robert M. Hendry
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Roy Arnold Hopen
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Robert L. Hudson
Technician Fifth Class, U.S. Army
Robert T. Isenberg
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army
Robert T. Lynn
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army
Rocco S. Mancuso
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Robert Richard Meili
Gunner's Mate Third Class, U.S. Navy
Rocco Morelli
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Robert G. Packer
Private, U.S. Army
Robert S. Quirk
Corporal, U.S. Army
Andrew Rabeau
Firefighter, tobacconist, and City Councilman
Vincent Raczykowski
Founded Newport Bottling Works on Morton Street
Albert C. Raeuber
Camden firefighter who survived a fire extinguisher explosion that killed his colleague in 1925.
Lena Rago
Democratic County Committeewoman from 5th Ward
Samuel H. Rainey
Corporal, U.S. Air Force, Korean War, B-29 aerial gunner
Derrick Ramsey
NFL tight end, Oakland Raiders and Patriots
Isaac Randolph
Camden firefighter and Civil War veteran
Nelson Randolph
Camden police sergeant, 1964–1989
Frankie Rapp
South Camden lightweight boxer (1927–1931) and boxing matchmaker at Camden's Convention Hall in the 1930s.
John E. Rausch
Ervin F. 'Bud' Ray Jr.
Camden Police Lieutenant, retired early 1980s
James Read
Camden firefighter 1876 and 1882-1884
John Howard Read
Sergeant Major, 78th Infantry Division; died February 17, 1919 of pneumonia in France
Lucretia Read
Church founder, Camden Woman's Club president
Thomas A. Read
Walter N. Read
Lawyer, Banker, Casino Commissioner
Dr. William T. Read
Camden County Chief Medical Examiner
John Reader
Camden police sergeant, 1898-1917
Lawrence Reader
Camden attorney and 13th Ward councilman who died in 1918 flu epidemic
Donald Page Reamer
William P. Reckeweg
Captain, U.S. Army, WWII
Cornelius Redd
Dana Redd
First woman elected Mayor of Camden, 2009
David Redd
Democratic committeeman, recreation coordinator, and Housing Authority commissioner who cared for Butler Cemetery.
Robert C. Redding
Charles H. Reed
Camden firefighter and carpenter, served 1874-1882
Effie Reed
South Camden woman killed in piano accident, 1938
Franklin Reed
Itinerant candy vendor for 30 years
Herman N. Reed
Camden firefighter, Badge No. 116, retired 1982
Joseph Reed
Camden firefighter, stoker of Engine Company No. 3
Larry A. Reed
Camden firefighter injured in 1977 fire
Ollie W. Reed
Colonel, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, killed in action July 30, 1944, Normandy
Thomas S. Reed
Camden police officer and sergeant, 1899–1920
Wesley Reed
Private, U.S. Army, killed in action June 13, 1944; listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Philippines
William F. Reed
Camden firefighter and printer, born 1854
William H. Reed
William Henry Reed (1895–1977) of Camden; fireman with Engine Company 6 of the Camden Fire Department from 1921 to 1960.
George A. Reese III
Camden firefighter, Vietnam veteran
Augustus Reeve
Brick manufacturer and Cooper Hospital president
James H. Reeve
Carpenter and builder who played a major role in transforming Camden's Broadway corridor from residential to commercial, raising nine sons who continued his building legacy.
Richard H. Reeve
Co-founder of Camden Oil Cloth Works, Cooper Hospital trustee
William E. Reeves
Camden Police Department officer for many years
Irene J. Reger
School nurse and nursing association president
Marco Reginelli
Camden area mob underboss
Oliver Robert Regn
Seaman First Class, USN, died February 23, 1946
Robert F. Regnier
Second Lieutenant, 830th Bomb Squadron, 485th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force; killed January 20, 1945, B-24 ditched in Adriatic Sea; Purple Heart
Samuel J. Reichard
Private First Class, 114th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, World War I
John Michael Reid
Daniel B. Reigel
Locomotive engineer at New York Shipbuilding Corporation for 47 years
Richard L. Reighn
Private, Company F, 114th Infantry, 29th Division, World War I
Max Frederick Reihmann
Camden sheet metal contractor, established 1899, civic leader
Edward J. Reilly
Camden resident and WWI Navy veteran, died 1956
John Francis Reilly
Technician 5th Class, U.S. Army — World War II
John J. Reilly
Probationary Camden firefighter killed in extinguisher explosion
John Joseph Reilly Jr.
Walter Reis
Private First Class, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II; Lindenwold, NJ
John F. Renner Sr.
Stockton constable and Camden Firefighter
Leopold Renzi
Technician Fifth Class, B Troop, 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 102nd Cavalry Group, U.S. Army; KIA September 3, 1944, Montreval, France
Jacob Rettberg
Founded West Jersey Wagon Works on Market Street
Frederick A. Rex
Camden lawyer, Masonic co-founder, Woodward case defense
Charles A. Reynolds
Prominent Camden businessman and Keystone Leather Company founder
Charles E. Reynolds
Staff Sergeant, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division — KIA February 6, 1945, Germany; Omaha Beach veteran; Bronze Star recipient
James E. Reynolds
Sergeant, Company G, 114th Infantry Regiment; died April 10, 1918 of pneumonia at Cooper Hospital, Camden
William P. Reynolds
William P. Reynolds (1883–1941) was a Camden firefighter who served with Ladder Company 2 and was injured heroically attempting to rescue a boy from a burning building in 1922.
David S. Rhone
Republican city commissioner and Director of Public Safety
Warren H. Rich
Camden firefighter and labor union officer
Lester H. Richards
Private, 4th Marine Division, USMCR, killed in action on Iwo Jima on March 4, 1945; awarded the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Emma M. Richardson
Camden physician, founded Mary J. Ball Day Nursery
Frankie Richardson
Philadelphia singer, vaudeville performer, Victor Records, Fox Films 1929-1930
Herbert Richardson Sr.
Herbert Richardson Sr. was a Camden attorney who served as sergeant-at-arms of the Chancery Court for nearly four decades, admitted to the bar in 1922 and appointed special master in chancery in 1936.
James A. Richardson
Camden Fire Department captain, Engine Company 1
Richard J. Richardson
Civil War veteran with the 29th Pennsylvania Volunteers and Camden civic figure who served as sidewalk inspector
Walter 'Rich' Richardson
Director of Public Works, City of Camden, 1980s
William D. Richardson
Camden firefighter with Engine Company 2 in the 1940s and 1950s
Harry C. Richmond
Camden carpenter, baseball player, and Fourth Ward committeeman
Morris W. Rickenbach Jr.
Steve Rico
Hawaiian musician killed in train-auto accident, 1962
Dr. Henry Stanley Riddle
Physician and Sixth Ward Republican city councilman
Robert Riddlebaugh
Private, U.S. Marine Corps
Elwood L. Ridge
Officer Elwood L. Ridge joined the Camden Police Department in August 1968 and was killed in the line of duty on July 2, 1973, when his own weapon was taken from him during a domestic dispute.
William Francis Ridge
Bertine M. Riegel Jr.
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces — World War II
Elmer G. Riegert
Camden undertaker, died 1933
Naftoly Riff
Rabbi Naftoly H.J. Riff, spiritual leader of Congregation Sons of Israel (8th Street Schul) in Camden for nearly 50 years. Born Bobrisk, Russia, 1893; died New York, October 1976.
George M. Riggin
Michael Rinehart
Camden firefighter
Edward H. Ringgold III
Oscar Lee Ringo
Steward's Mate First Class, USN, died February 9, 1944
Lewis A. Riondino
Sergeant, 322nd Fighter Control Squadron, U.S. Army Air Forces; killed November 26, 1943 when HMT Rohna was sunk in Mediterranean
Francis H. Rittenhouse
North Camden resident, Mathis Shipyard, Fralinger Band
John F. Rittenhouse
Business Owner
Gamalier Rivera
Camden firefighter who helped subdue a suspect attempting to disarm a police officer in 2010.
Clarence James Rives Jr.
Ensign, U.S. Navy, World War II
Tony Rizzo
Camden native, WWII veteran, Hughes Aircraft engineer
James Roach
Camden police officer and bridge tender
Edwin Robbins
Captain, Camden Fire Department, Engine Company 11
William S. Robbins
George M. Roberson
U.S. Secretary of the Navy under Grant
Edward Roberts
Camden produce merchant and bank director (1840-1928)
Eric G. Roberts
John Stoddart Roberts
Camden wholesale tobacco dealer and Republican politician
Dr. Joseph E. Roberts Jr.
Chief radiologist, Cooper Hospital 30 years
Joseph E. Roberts Sr.
Real Estate Developer and Lawyer
Stuart L. Roberts
Officer Stuart L. Roberts served in the Camden Police Department.
William L. Roberts
Camden County Freeholder from 4th Ward 1926–1934
Col. William B. Robertson
Colonel, 24th NJ Infantry, Civil War
William P. Robeson Jr.
Camden Civil War brevet Brigadier General
Andrew D. Robinson
Firefighter, 30 years with Engine Company 1
Charles D. Robinson
Captain, U.S. Army Special Forces, KIA June 3, 2005, Orgun-e, Afghanistan
Charles H. Robinson
Camden Fire Department Captain, Engine Co. 2 and 9, retired 1929
Earl G. Robinson
Camden firefighter, Badge No. 190, appointed 1951
Dr. George T. Robinson
Cooper Hospital pathologist, died of overwork at age 34
Joshua H. Robinson
Camden firefighter, Ladder Company 2, disabled in 1968 accident (1924–1988)
Lucius Robinson
Camden resident, arrested for coal theft 1933
Alfred A. Rockafellow
WWII Army Air Corps flight engineer, B-25 crew
Verton R. Rockafellow
Sergeant killed in action in Normandy, 1944
Frank Smith Rodan
President of Domestic Laundry Company of Camden
John T. Rodan
Tuckahoe-born Camden politician who served as Twelfth Ward freeholder for 14 years and president of the East Camden Building & Loan Association from 1925 to 1946.
James 'Jimmy' Rodgers
North Camden boxer and Republican committeeman
John Joseph Rodgers
Carl J. Rogers Sr.
Vietnam War veteran, 25-year Camden Police Department officer
Charley Rogers
Charles Stagg Rogers, known as the “Camden Comet,” was an All-America halfback at the University of Pennsylvania and played for the Frankford Yellow Jackets in the NFL.
Edward T. Rogers
TEC5, 322nd Engineer Bn., killed Germany 1945
Herman Rhode aka Buddy Rogers
Camden wrestler, NWA and first WWWF World Champion
John A. Rogers
Store proprietor and well-known Camden political figure
William G. Rohrer
Served as mayor of Haddon Township for 36 years, founded First Peoples Bank, and built Rohrer Chevrolet into one of the largest dealerships in South Jersey.
Sherron Rolax
Subject of Christie Whitman frisk photo
Nicholas Romaine
Camden barber and firefighter; fatally injured fighting the 1925 Bantivoglio junk yard fire; died 1933
Angelo B. Romano
World War II
Francis M. Romano Jr.
Edward Joseph Romanowicz
Ship's Cook Third Class, U.S. Navy — killed January 9, 1945, Luzon landings; buried Beverly National Cemetery
John Romanowski
Seaman Second Class, U.S. Navy — World War II
William K. Roper
Private, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division; killed in action February 10, 1944, Italy
Leonard Laurence Roray
Civil War veteran and GAR State Commander
Jacob Rosa
Nine-year-old made honorary Camden firefighter
Arthur Carl Roscoe
Chief Water Tender, U.S. Navy — World War II
Bernard B. Rose
Private, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division — killed in action December 15, 1944, Germany (Battle of the Bulge)
Charles A. Rose
Veteran printer and Mercantile Printing House owner
Dr. Horace L. Rose
General practitioner, North Camden city councilman
William J. Rose
William Jeffries Rose (1872–1939) was a Camden firefighter appointed in 1899, promoted to lieutenant in 1912 and captain in 1924, and served as treasurer of the New Jersey State Firemen's Mutual Benefit Association in 1909 and 1911.
Stanley L. Rosen
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces; killed December 15, 1942, B-24 crash at Lambert Field, St. Louis, MO
Norman S. Rosenberg
Technical Sergeant, 334th Bomber Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, killed in action May 24, 1944
Nathan Rosengarten
U.S. Air Force colonel, pioneer jet aircraft test engineer
Robert Rosengarten
Camden typewriter company co-founder; Zionist leader; member Congregation Beth El
Benjamin P. Rosensweig
Camden Bottling Company proprietor and civic leader
Martin W. Roser
John W. Rosevelt
Private, 327th Engineer Combat Battalion, U.S. Army — World War II
John Roskze
aka John Welch
David H. Ross
Emmett W. Ross Jr.
Private, U.S. Army, World War II. Killed in action April 13, 1945, in Germany.
Isreal Ross
Plumber and operator of Ross Plumbing and Heating
Pee Wee Ross
Camden, New Jersey bantamweight boxer, 1920s; later a life member of NJ Veterans Boxing Association Ring No. 6
William J. Ross
Camden Fire Department Engine Company 2 engineer
Christopher M. Rossell
Francis L. Rossell Jr.
Rocco J. Rossi
Private First Class, U.S. Army, 7th Armored Division, World War II
F. Joseph Rouh
Justice of the Peace and Camden saloon keeper
George Roundey
Chief of Camden County Jail identification bureau
Richard Rourke
Watchman killed in 1873 locomotive boiler explosion
Ernest George Rouse Jr.
Norbert C. Rowan
Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, killed at Peleliu 1944
Robert R. Rowan Jr.
Camden fire fighter, US Army veteran
Eugene J. Rowe
World War II
Thomas H. Rowland, Jr.
Harry Rowles
Belford G. Royal
Victor Talking Machine Company executive and innovator
Mike Rozier
Star running back at Woodrow Wilson High School, 1983 Heisman Trophy winner at the University of Nebraska, and NFL running back with the Houston Oilers and Atlanta Falcons.
Sol Rubin
South Camden store owner on Broadway
David M. Rubinstein
Lawyer specializing in maritime and admiralty law
Allen Rudderow
Harry A. Rudolph
South Camden liquor dealer and Eighth Ward resident, d. 1945
Lenard E. Ruggles
Cesar Ruiz
Good Samaritan who died helping motorist
John J. Rumford
Helen M. Rush
Democratic committeewoman from Cramer Hill, Eleventh Ward
William H. Rushworth
Camden Fire Department fireman and former barber
Ellen D. Ryan
North Camden resident, mother of Courier-Post editors
Marc T. Ryan
U.S. Marine, KIA
Tom Ryan
Sports editor of the Camden Courier-Post for 35 years (1926–1961), influential in South Jersey sports journalism.
Robert Ryrie
Camden artesian well driller and inventor; held six US patents; born on the island of Anguilla, British West Indies (1847–1931)
Robert P. Smith
Technician 5th Class, U.S. Army
Raymond S. Starnes
Private First Class, U.S. Army, Korean War
Roy Elmer Starr
Gunner's Mate Third Class, U.S. Navy
Robert Joseph Valentine
Storekeeper First Class, U.S. Navy
Robert J. Wolfe
Aviation Radioman's Mate Third Class, U.S. Navy
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Samuel Garrett
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Samuel E. Goldy
Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Samuel D. Harrell Jr.
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Francis T. St. John
Solomon A. Kantor
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army
Srecko Radich
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Samuel Rodio
Technician Fifth Class, U.S. Army
Nicola Saccomanno
East Camden barber, Federal Street 46 years
William C. Sachleben
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, Korean War Era
Mitchell Sadowski
Camden 'Band of 40 Thieves' member, murdered 1945
Josiah Sage
Camden police officer (1890–1899) and fireman (1899–1931).
John Arthur Sainio Jr.
Steve J. Salata
Staff Sergeant killed in action on Guam, 1944
Jacob H. Saltzman
Jacob H. Saltzman served as a patrolman with the Philadelphia Police Department for 20 years, dying in 1938. His widow later moved to Camden, New Jersey.
Madaline Salvatore
Republican 5th Ward committeewoman, 1930s Camden
Peter J. Samkovitch
Eighth Ward Democratic leader and Camden health inspector
Joseph J. Sampolske
Harry J. Samuels
William F. Sand
Camden saloon keeper for 37 years
David W. Sanders
Camden Fire Department Captain, 1964-1998
Benjamin J. Sandlow
Delbert K. Sandt
Howard D. Sanford
Technician 5th Class, U.S. Army Air Forces; 70th Bomb Squadron, 42nd Bomb Group; killed January 1, 1945, on a raid against Ceram Island in the Pacific Theatre.
Lillian Santiago
North Camden activist who fought drug dealers
Pedro 'Pepito' Santiago Sr.
Housing Authority employee who worked at Westfield Acres until his retirement in 1996.
Carl F. Santo
Ernest M. Santone Jr.
Camden firefighter with Engine Company 9
Joseph N. Santosuosso
Charles Ralph Sapio
Private First Class, U.S. Army — World War II
Salvatore Sapio
Anthony C. Saponare
Fire Dept. Deputy Chief, 35-year career
Rox Saponare
Camden detective sergeant and fingerprint expert
Salvatore Saporito
Private First Class, U.S. Army Air Forces
Frank G. Sapp
Camden firefighter; died at firehouse, 1935
Michael P. Sarubbi
Camden lawyer and court administrator, WWII veteran, died 1976
George C. Saunders
Camden firefighter, captain Engine Company 9, died age 99
Dr. Orris William Saunders
Dr. Orris William Saunders was a Camden physician and civic leader who specialized in tuberculosis and general medicine, served as County Coroner and County Physician, and co-founded the Parkside Trust Company.
George Savitsky
Four-time All-American, 1948 Eagles champion
Charles A. Sawyer
Charles Augustus Sawyer served with the Camden Fire Department from 1873 to 1882, then worked as a wagon driver before relocating to Philadelphia.
William O. Sawyer
Camden firefighter, Lieutenant, Engine Company No. 1 (1852–1945)
Alfred L. Sayers
Police officer, freeholder, bank president
William D. Sayrs Jr.
Camden City Commissioner of Public Works 1927-1931; Sayrs Avenue named in his honor
Francis P. Scandell
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II. Killed in action May 10, 1944, on raid over Austria.
Andrew Scarduzio
Murder victim in 1939 numbers war
James J. Scarduzio
Camden real estate operator, Republican politician, justice of peace
Nicholas Scarduzio
Eighth Ward political worker, former police officer
Lawrence A. Scavett Jr.
Sergeant, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division, killed in action November 5, 1944 at Le Stromberg Hill, France
George Frederick Schaefer
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army — World War II
Emmanuel Schaeffer
Railroad engineer, 42 years service; Christmas light artist
Warren W. Schaeffer
World War II
George F. Schafer Jr.
PFC, 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division; killed at Rapido River, Italy, January 23, 1944
Leonard B. Schafer
James Joseph Schaffer
Camden firefighter; shipyard worker at New York Shipbuilding
Benjamin Schatz
Restaurant and grocery owner in Camden
George Schatz
Founder of George's Auto Service, Camden
George Schaub
Camden firefighter 1876-77, family name disputed
Lou Schaub
Led the group that owned and managed Camden's independent professional baseball team in the 1920s–1930s, scheduling matches against top Negro League clubs.
George J. Scheina
Dr. E.A.Y. Schellenger Sr.
Surgeon and Camden Fire Department physician, died from X-ray injuries
Dr. Edward A.Y. Schellenger Jr.
Gynecologist at Cooper Hospital, WWII Marine lieutenant colonel
Joseph A. Scheurich
Dr. Edward Schiff
Dentist, Camden Simfonietta musician
Jacob Schiller
East Camden Republican boss and excise inspector
John Schimpf
German-born Camden businessman who founded the Crescent Bottling Company in 1893 and co-founded the East End Trust Company in 1905
George W. Schlam
Louis C. Schlam
Camden detective partnered with Donnelly, 1917-1942
Albert T. Schleicher
Private, U.S. Army — World War I
Edward Schlereth
Police officer fatally shot by Martha Hearn in 1912
Adam Schlorer
Butcher and businessman, A. Schlorer & Sons
Edward Schlorer
Camden Businessman
John A. Schlorer
Camden butcher, A. Schlorer & Sons meat business
William F. Schmid
Real estate broker and justice of the peace who served as police judge of Stockton Township and co-founded the Camden County Real Estate Board in 1916.
Joseph Schmidt
Louis Schmidt
Camden police detective, 31 years on force
Edward Schmitt
Korean War
John W. Schnepp
Sig Schoenagle
Camden firefighter and volunteer fire company member
William Schoenagle
Manufacturer and civic leader, president of Allan Products Company
August Scholl
August Scholl was a Camden firefighter, carpenter, and wharf builder who lived in Camden from the late 1910s through the mid-1920s before moving to California, where he died in 1945.
Carl Scholl
German immigrant Camden baker, 694 Tulip Street, 1854–1931
William Scholl
Camden firefighter (1894–1974), Engine Company No. 10
Theodore G. Scholler
Private, 315th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, World War I
Ralph H. Schooley
Korean War
Herbert J. Schott
Captain, Camden Fire Department, 1949–1981
William Schregler
Captain of Detectives, Camden Police Department
John Martin Schreiber
Public Service Corp. South Jersey manager and chief engineer
Leo L. Schroedel
Ford automobile dealer in East Camden, 1920s
Bernhard C. Schroeder
Biography of Bernard C. Schroeder, funeral director who ran the family funeral home business in Camden from 1926 to 1965.
Bernhard F. Schroeder
Camden undertaker and funeral director, city councilman
Frederick Schucker
Firefighter, brother killed in France, WWI
Charles Schultz
Charles Schultz served with the Camden Fire Department from 1908 to 1931, working with Engine Company 5 in South Camden.
George E. Schultz Jr.
Officer George E. Schultz Jr. joined the Camden Police Department in November 1968 and was killed by a gunman on July 5, 1969, at the age of 26.
William E. Schultz
Camden police officer appointed in 1926, NJ State Police Academy graduate, expert marksman and firearms instructor who served until 1965.
William H. Schwaab
Camden firefighter and Civil War veteran
Frank F. Schwartz
S/Sgt., 353rd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Group — B-17 Aerial Photographer
Francis J. Schwarz
Fireman First Class aboard the tanker S.S. St. Mihiel, died April 13, 1945 when the ship was rammed and set ablaze off the Atlantic coast; buried at sea
Gustav Schwoeri
Gustav Schwoeri Sr. operated a saloon and brewery at 705 Chestnut Street in Camden beginning in 1890. He rebuilt 703-705 Chestnut Street in 1898, and the Schwoeri family remained in business at that address through the late 1970s.
Dr. John E.L. Van Sciver
Dr. John E.L. Van Sciver was born in Camden NJ in 1872. He opened a pharmacy and began practicing medicine on Fourth Street in 1896. He served on the staff of Cooper Hospital and practiced medicine in Camden until his retirement in 1946.
Vincent Scola
Camden-born gangster and fake gasoline rationing stamp racketeer, murdered March 29, 1944
Edward Y. Scott
Camden firefighter 1938-1965
Emmett Scott
Camden Fire Department member
James J. Scott
Camden sheet metal businessman, civic leader, and civic booster
John Scott
William Alexander Scott Jr.
Henry S. Scovel
Camden County prosecutor and New Jersey assemblyman
Hugh Scroggy
Union Army veteran, Civil War soldier
Reuben G. Scudder
Prominent Camden businessman featured in South Jersey history publications.
Father Sal Scuderi
Restored the Antonio Mecca White House
Samuel Scull
Camden Mayor
Henry Patrick Scully
Chief Shipfitter, 41st Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees); killed in action May 31, 1945, on Guam, Marianas Islands.
Sholom Secunda
Composer of "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön," the 1932 Yiddish standard that became a worldwide hit for the Andrews Sisters
Joe Seddon Jr.
Cramer Hill musician, artist, and snake handler
Burton W. Seely
World War II
Martin Segal
Camden County Sheriff for fifteen consecutive years
Dr. Stanton Segal
Galactosemia expert at Children's Hospital Philadelphia
James A. Segawa
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Force, killed November 22, 1944, P-47 Thunderbolt crash near Foster Field, Texas
Adolph J. Seibert Jr.
Private, U.S. Army, World War II
William A. Seitzinger Sr.
Camden Catholic High School football star, University of Georgia
Walter Sekula
Camden County freeholder and trucking businessman
Raymond E. Selah
Corporal, 111th Field Artillery Battalion, 29th Infantry Division, U.S. Army. Killed on D-Day, June 6, 1944, Omaha Beach, Normandy.
Colonel George L. Selby
Colonel George Lawrence Selby was born June 14, 1879 in Camden. He served heroically in WWI at the Battle of the Argonne Forest and later became Deputy Warden of Trenton State Prison from 1929 to 1943.
Harry Selby
Camden firefighter (1908–1923); rose to engineer at Engine Company 10
Ferdinand F. Sell
Camden police sergeant and fire company founder
J. Wesley Sell
Camden County Sheriff (1900–1902) and County Treasurer (1920–1940)
John L. Semple
Camden criminal defense lawyer, Theodore Lambert case
Frank Senatore
Captain, Camden Police; Chief of Detectives, Prosecutor's Office
George T. Senior
SGT, 359th Bomber Squadron, 303rd Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II
George R. Serfling Sr.
German-born baker who lived in Camden for 50 years
William Joyce Sewell
U.S. Senator, Civil War general, and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient for bravery at Chancellorsville; dominant political figure in Camden during the Gilded Age.
Charles Sexton
Camden Mayor
Jesse D. Seybold
Camden horse dealer and speakeasy operator, 1936
John D. Seybold
Camden firefighter, milk dealer, Atlantic City fire dept.
Kevin J. Seybold
Camden firefighter, Ladder Company 1, died 2014
John E. Shackleton
William J. Shallcross
Thomas Shanahan
Camden firefighter; served with Engine Company 6 from 1920; World War I veteran; died May 1963
Edward Shapiro
Camden police officer and detective, appointed 1928
Sanford C. Shapiro
Private First Class, 84th Chemical Battalion; first Camden County employee killed in World War II; died of wounds, Italy, October 22, 1943
Joseph R. Shapley
Daniel H. Sharp
Camden builder who constructed Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
Harry C. Sharp
President of Camden Board of Education, 1921.
Howard H. Sharp
Camden firefighter and extra man, Hook & Ladder and Engine 1, 1877–1885
Norris Charles Sharp
Electrician's Mate Third Class, U.S. Navy, killed September 25, 1943, when USS Skill was sunk in the Mediterranean.
Thomas Andino Sharp
Steward's Mate First Class, died in service 1945
Casper T. Sharpless
Prominent Camden businessman who operated Sharpless & Brother grain and feed business, served on Central Trust board of directors.
Edward Savery Sharpless
Camden attorney, real estate and title law specialist
Albert S. Shaw
Camden policeman, 1894–1917
Edmund Shaw
Camden Fire Department driver who served in the 1870s, known for his skillful horsemanship; drowned in the Delaware River in 1893.
Frank Shaw
Camden firefighter (1876); county jailer, 1880s
James Lewis Shaw
Chief Quartermaster, USS Henrico APA-45, U.S. Navy, killed April 2, 1945, Okinawa, kamikaze attack
John P. Shaw
Camden firefighter and Haddon Heights police officer, 23 years
John P. Shaw Jr.
Second Lieutenant, USAAF, WWII
Louis Shaw
Camden police detective who fought narcotics and gambling rings
Samuel M. Shay
Judge of the Camden County Court of Common Pleas from 1922, appointed by Governor Edwards; presided over high-profile criminal cases through the 1920s and 1930s.
Bart F. Shea
World War II
William H. Shearman
Original member of the Camden Fire Department (1869); Civil War veteran of the 19th and 88th Pennsylvania Infantry; marble works proprietor and Health Inspector.
George Gene Shecklen
Louis Shectman
Camden storekeeper, slot machine robbery and beer charges
Joseph N. Shedloski
World War II
Bart A. Sheehan
Camden judge, NJ Assemblyman, Jesuit brother
John J. Sheldon
Private, Battery A, 126th Field Artillery; died October 13, 1918 of pneumonia in Syracuse, New York
John R. Sheldon
Camden machinist, teamster, and wood and coal dealer
Stanley R. Sheldon
Sergeant, 741st Bombardment Squadron, 455th Bombardment Group; B-24 shot down over Yugoslavia, July 22, 1944
James J. Sheppard
Camden firefighter
Frank Sheridan
Camden Courier-Post reporter, city editor, and WWI historian
Irving C. Sheridan
World War II
Thomas M. Sheridan
Dr. A. Lincoln Sherk
Camden physician and co-founder of Third National Bank
Edward Frank Sherman
Photographer with studios in Camden and Wildwood
George C. Sherman
Martin Sherman
Camden-born Broadway playwright, 'Bent' and 'Rose'
Carroll P. Sherwood
City Commissioner and Director of Streets from 1923-1927
Jane Shibe
Camden English teacher for 29 years
Charles J. Shide
George W. Shields
Firefighter killed in 1906 Camden Armory fire
Robert M. Shields
Private, 6th Machine Gun Battalion, United States Marine Corps, World War I
James Shimel
Grover D. Shinn
Private, 528th Engineer Light Ponton Company, World War II POW. Captured at the Battle of the Bulge, held at Stammlager XII-A in Limburg, Germany.
James P. Shinn
Camden firefighter 1882-1883, carpenter and wharf builder
Elwood C. Shone
Dorothy Short
Collingswood actress, starred in Reefer Madness (1936)
John A. Shortell
Prolific Camden Courier-Post letter writer in the 1930s
Orville H. Showers Jr.
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, World War II
Isaac M. Shreeve
Camden police officer who served on the force for nearly forty years, patrolling South and East Camden from the 1880s until his death on duty in 1926.
Joseph Shreeve
Camden police officer (1919–1935), son of veteran patrolman Isaac Shreeve. Served with the Third District for 16 years.
James W. Shroff
Camden Mayor
John E. Shuler
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, World War II
Isaac C. Shute
Camden police sergeant and detective, Eighth Ward Republican
Charles H. Sickler
Jacob Silver
Russian-born immigrant, Camden water department employee
John J. Silver
Joseph Silverman
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps — World War II
Clement Simmons
Camden firefighter
Benjamin Simon
Camden police detective, 1916–1950s
Marie E. Simon
Beloved 'Mayor of Fogarty Avenue' and Camden community figure
Walter Hamilton Simon
Seaman First Class, USS Arizona, killed at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
Attilio J. Simone
Tony P. Simone
Edward Simpson
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 7, 1910 to 1914
George H. Simpson Jr.
SGT, 442nd Troop Carrier Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II
Horace E. Simpson Jr.
Private First Class, U.S. Army; 232nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division; killed January 6, 1945, near Strasbourg, France; buried at Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly NJ.
J. William Simpson
Camden firefighter (1899–1917), present at the 1906 armory fire in which three fellow firefighters perished.
Joseph G. Simpson
Joseph G. Simpson served twenty-five years with the Camden Fire Department, appointed in 1957 after United States Air Force service, and retired in 1982.
Walter H. Simpson
Freeholder and city transportation supervisor
Arthur H. Sinclair
Technician 5th Class, U.S. Army — World War II
Max M. Singer
Camden grocer, operated Kaighn Ave stores
Cornelius M. Sinon
William Siplin
William F. Sippel Jr.
Second Lieutenant, 400th Bomber Squadron, 90th Bomb Group; killed in B-24 crash at Iron Range, Australia, November 16, 1942
Dr. Isadore S. Siris
Camden dentist and Jewish community leader
John J. Sisco
Private, Company D, 109th Ammunition Train, 34th Division; died February 28, 1919; buried Arlington National Cemetery
Leon Skabicki
Private First Class, HQ Company, 60th Coast Artillery Regiment (AA), U.S. Army; KIA December 7, 1944, Camp Hoten POW camp, Mukden, Manchuria
Anthony P. Skolski
Camden police captain, son of Sergeant John Skolski
John Skolski
aka John E. Jaskolski
Josephine Skymer
Camden beauty salon owner, Jo Skymer Lamps founder
Lew Skymer
Camden professional boxer (49–6 record) and Pennsylvania Boxing Hall of Fame inductee (1981); later operated Skymer's Tire Service on Broadway.
Thomas A. Skymer
Italian-born Camden businessman who founded Skymer & Sons Auto Supplies in 1919; father of boxers Lew and Tommy Skymer.
Tommy Skymer
Thomas J. Skymer (1909-1992), Camden welterweight amateur boxer in the 1920s-30s, later owner of Thomas Beauty Salon and founder of the Merchantville Auction and Farmers Market.
Ralph E. Slater
Vietnam veteran, Camden County Sheriff's Sergeant for 26 years
Joseph H. Sloan
Nesbert Y. Sloan
Painter and fire department driver from 1882 to 1884
James J. Slomkowski
Camden police officer and WWI veteran
Stephen Slomkowski
Private, 113th Engineer Regiment, World War I
Stanley E. Sluzalis
Founder of Camden Taxpayers Association, author
George T. Small
Camden Superintendent of Parks
Hyman Small
Abraham Smalls
Camden Fire Department, 1981-2008
William R. Smerhovsky
A.B. Cooley Smith
Civil War veteran, Camden police officer, and cigar store owner on Broadway
Andrew B.F. Smith
Insurance executive, co-founded Smith-Austermuhl Company
Charles A. B. Smith
Private, 2678th Civil Affairs Regiment — died July 29, 1944, Algeria; son of Camden police Sgt. Ray Smith; city's youngest auxiliary fireman
Charles Henry Smith
Brief service with Camden Fire Department from 1914-1918, later worked at New York Shipbuilding and Camden County Courthouse.
Charles M. Smith
Private, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division; killed November 9, 1942, invasion of North Africa at Oran
Charley Smith
Manager, Old Highland semipro baseball club
Clarence S. Smith
Camden son of William Henry Smith Sr., died in 1907 after falling from a gas tank
Crawford M. Smith
Camden ironworker involved in Ku Klux Klan activities and numbers racket, served state prison sentence in 1935
Daniel Smith
Camden Fire Department captain, appointed 1899
David Smith
Camden firefighter, Ladder Company 4, served 1920-1941
David K. Smith
Camden firefighter who served with the fire department.
Earl A. Smith Sr.
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 3, Smith family dynasty
Emlen H. Smith
Emmitt York Smith Jr.
Camden firefighter
Frank H. Smith
Wholesale banana merchant in South Camden
General Wilbur A. Smith
U.S. Air Force general and flight surgeon; born Camden 1903
George Smith
Camden firefighter twice cited for bravery
George L. Smith Jr.
PFC, Special Services Division, magician-entertainer — World War II
George L. Smith Sr.
Camden Post Office Superintendent of Mails
Harriet C. Smith
Matriarch of Camden's notorious 'Policy Bill' Smith family
Howard M. Smith
Camden police detective and county investigator
James W. Smith
Camden fire captain, Rescue Company 1, 1951–1986
John Anthony Smith
Murder Victim
John J. Smith Jr.
Sergeant, 333rd Bomber Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II. Killed in action July 31, 1944, when his B-17 was shot down over Munich, Germany.
John S. Smith
Police lieutenant, county detective, and first chairman of the New Jersey State Boxing Commission (1866–1921).
Little Ray Smith
Camden firefighter, WWI veteran, Coast Guard WWII
Marshall N. Smith
World War II
Orris W. Smith
WWII veteran; son killed by Howard Unruh
Philip E. Smith
Reading Railroad conductor and Knights of Columbus member
Ray Smith
Sgt. Ray Smith (1895-1979), World War I veteran, AEF heavyweight boxing champion, Camden Courier-Post sportswriter, civic leader
Richard F. Smith
Camden City Treasurer (1881–84), Sheriff of Camden County (1884–87), lumber merchant (1843–1907)
Robert M. Smith
First Lieutenant, USAAF, WWII
Ron Itchy Smith
Camden High basketball star, Group 4 titles 1959 and 1960
Roy A. Smith
Camden firefighter who served with Engine Company 7 and Engine Company 10.
Spencer Smith Jr.
Firefighter 29 years, NJ FMBA President, pension commissioner
Spencer H. Smith Sr.
Camden firefighter, served 36 years, Engine Company 10
T. Yorke Smith
Camden banker and real estate developer; partner of David Baird Sr. and founder of Forest Hill Realty Company
Walter F. Smith
Pennsylvania Railroad freight conductor for nearly 50 years
Walter H. Smith
Walter H. Smith (1879–?) served as a Camden police officer from 1914, becoming a detective by 1925 and retiring on pension February 15, 1935.
William H. Smith
Camden Fire Department captain
William H. 'W. Harry' Smith
Camden 9th Ward Republican leader and businessman
William I. Smith Jr.
Private First Class, 467th AA Artillery Bn — World War II
William J. Smith
New York Shipbuilding Corporation mail carrier
Bill Smothers
Legendary Woodrow Wilson High School basketball coach
Chester Smurlo
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, World War II
James F. Snodgrass Jr.
Master Sergeant, 7th Cavalry, KIA Korea 1950
Alfred S. Snow
Camden police officer, Van Hook Street resident
Edward R. Snow
James L. Snyder Jr.
Camden Police Sergeant, retired 1991, Police Academy Director
James R. Snyder
James Rudolph Snyder (1932–2013) was a Camden-born Korean War veteran who spent most of his adult life confined to St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C., after a series of violent crimes culminating in the 1972 murder of his former schoolteacher.
Joe Snyder
Camden semi-pro baseball shortstop, 12th Ward and Schaub club
Leroy Snyder
Camden serial killer who murdered 7 in 1969
Woodley Rex Snyder
Woodley Rex Snyder (1925-1976) was a Camden resident and the eldest brother of serial killer Leroy Snyder and convicted murderer James R. Snyder.
Peter Sochanchak
Private, United States Army, killed in action, World War II
Mary Ellen Soistmann
Democrat county committeewoman, Westfield Acres manager
Edward Solly
Convicted murderer who escaped prison for 27 years
William Solomon
Bruce O. Somers
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army, World War II. Died of wounds April 16, 1945, Cebu, Philippines.
Rebecca Somerville-Wortham
Community leader who helped Black migrants transition to Northern life
Norbert G. Sorensen
Camden firefighter, served 25 years (1968-1983)
Carl F. Sorg
Cramer Hill photo engraver and Eleventh Ward political leader, protege of labor leader Royd Morrison and Mayor Frederick von Nieda.
Douglas M. Soroka
Dr. Jose A. Sosa
First Spanish-speaking physician in Camden history
John Charles Spahr
Major, U.S. Marine Corps, died May 2, 2005, Karbala, Iraq
A. Benjamin Sparks
A. Benjamin Sparks served as Camden's Tax Receiver, was active in Republican politics, and was a member of the Order of United American Mechanics
David B. Sparks
David B. Sparks was born in Camden around 1847 and briefly served with the Hook and Ladder Company of the Camden Fire Department in 1872. A Civil War veteran, he later worked as a railroad engineer.
Joseph Sparks
Camden fireman and police officer, died 1928
Ernest J. Speakman
Joe Spearing
Camden's 'fiddling boxer' — played violin before every fight; professional lightweight (1925–1929) and later president of Veteran Boxers Association Ring 6 in Camden.
Emerson Spears
Technician 4th Class, U.S. Army — World War II
Leo Spector
Owner of Leo's Quality Jewelers at 307 and later 401 Broadway in Camden, a beloved fixture in the city for decades.
William J. Spencer
William P. Spencer
Camden firefighter and captain, World War I veteran; served 1925–1946
George W. Spicks
East Camden saloon keeper
John Randall Spiers
James E. Spillane Jr.
Walter Frank Ernest Spiller
Frank Spinogatti
Brigadier General commanding Camden unit of the Khaki Shirts of America, 1933
Paul L. Springer II
Camden High graduate, Yale scholar, and CIA officer
Walter Springer Jr.
Raymond Calvin Sprogell
World War II
Charles F. Squillace
Camden lawyer who fled for six years after embezzlement charges
Walter J. Staats
Victor Talking Machine vice president and Camden banker
Minerva C. Stackhouse
Camden school principal for over 45 years
Virgil Stackhouse Sr.
Original Victor Talking Machine Company employee
Warren Stafford Jr.
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces — World War II
Stelios C. 'Steve' Staffos
Owner of S&S Cafe and Town House Restaurant
Harry A. Stahl
Harry A. Stahl (1880–1950s) of Camden, NJ, fought professionally as 'Young Starr' from 1896 to 1904, compiling 28 wins, then joined the Camden Police Department in 1917, serving until his mandatory retirement in 1950.
John Joseph Stahl
John J. Stainker
Harry F. Stains
Camden photographer, Spot Light Slides manufacturer
Everett William Staley
Merchant marine captain, S.S. James W. Denver torpedoed 1943
H. Raymond Staley
Camden commissioner, director of parks and property
Thomas Stammerjohann
Camden firefighter appointed January 15, 1963, retired 1998 as Captain at Engine Company 3
Thomas J. Standen
Private killed in action in Italy, 1944
Thomas M. Stanger
Camden Police Department sergeant, fingerprint expert, and pioneer of the city police photographic gallery
Arthur Stanley
Camden Police Captain and Civil War veteran
Milton K. Stanley
Camden detective and circus acrobat turned lawman
Dr. James Grier Stanton
Camden physician and County Coroner 1887–1890
Dr. James H. Stanton
Physician, Camden County coroner 1890
John Stanton
Camden police officer, 1923-1958
Robert A. Stanton
Camden-born author and historian of Camden and Philadelphia transportation history
Walter Stanton
Camden vaudeville performer and RKO artist
Walter Stanton Sr.
Camden police officer and baseball player nicknamed 'Weep,' known for the 1907 Camden Police baseball team
William T. Stanton
Camden Police Officer; Former Firefighter (Engine Co. 2, 1876–1877); sentenced to life in prison for murder in 1921
Christian S. Stark Sr.
Founding member Rosedale Fire Co. No. 4, CFD Captain
Raymond Stark
Raymond H. 'Mike' Stark Sr. served as a member of the Camden Police Department for 27 years, appointed in 1917 and retiring in 1944.
Samuel Stark
Shipfitter Third Class, U.S. Navy
Jesse W. Starr Sr.
Co-founded Camden Iron Works, donated land for City Hall
John F. Starr
Co-founded Camden Iron Works, U.S. Congressman 1863-1867
Oliver F. Starr Jr.
Kenneth L. Steck
Private, U.S. Army, World War I
Alonzo W. Stedman
Businessman, Boy Scouts president
Roy Steele
Henry Roy Steele (1886–1946), professional basketball player in the Central and Eastern Basketball leagues (1906–1924), later owner of Roy Steele's Tavern on Carman Street and Steele's Ship Bar in Somers Point NJ.
Morris Steelman
Morris James 'Farmer' Steelman (1874-1944), Camden professional baseball catcher and police officer
Harry A. Steeple
Robert Steer
Fireman with Camden Fire Department Engine Company 4 for nearly twenty-five years; died January 20, 1915
Willibold A. Stefan
Joseph F. Steffan
Lewis H. Stehr Jr.
Acting Chief of Police of Camden, 1928-1930
Edward J. Steigerwald
Sidney Steinberg
New Jersey Communist Party chairman, 1942-1948
William T. Steinmetz
Building Inspector for the City of Camden (1900–1906), overseeing major residential construction expansion.
Chester A. Stelmach
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces; Camden High School graduate; died August 9, 1944, Abilene, Texas
Lester Steltz
William John Stephan
Convicted of murdering Curtis Wesley Dobbins in Haddonfield; executed at Trenton State Prison, February 8, 1938
George J. Stephens
William B. Stephens
Republican politician and Camden Board of Education member
Charles P. Stephenson
Civil War naval veteran and Camden Free Public Library janitor
Edwin A. Stevens
Donated land for Camden public school at 430 South 4th Street.
Elmer Ellsworth Stevens
Upholsterer and volunteer firefighter who served as foreman of Stockton Hose Company No. 2.
Louis D. Stevens
First Black Camden firefighter after WWI reintegration, Engine Co. 1
Thaddeus F. Stevens Jr.
Private, U.S. Army, Korean War
Edwin R. Stevenson
Frank James Stevenson
Harry C. Stevenson
Camden business leader and Chamber of Commerce member
Charles R. Stewart Jr.
Private, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division; killed May 3, 1944, Dutch New Guinea
Evelyn M. Stewart
Teacher at Broadway School in Camden, 37 years
George W. Stewart
First Sergeant, U.S. Army; Medal of Honor recipient, Civil War, Paines Crossroads, 1865
James H. Stewart
Battalion Chief, Camden Division of Fire
Lawrence E. Stewart
Roy R. Stewart
Mayor of Camden, 1931–1935; men’s clothing merchant, NJ State Senator and Assemblyman
Francis Stibi
Camden firefighter, 34 years service, 1956-1990
William J. Stibi Jr.
Camden firefighter, Badge 120
Art Still
NFL defensive end, four-time Pro Bowl selection
Edward F. Still III
Valerie Still
Camden basketball star, Kentucky all-time scorer
William T. Still
Frank L. Stillwell
Camden shoemaker and briefly a firefighter, 1884-1885
Albert A. Stinger
Deputy Chief, Camden Fire Department, 25-year career
Albert Atger Stinger
Camden Fire Department Battalion Chief, retired 1981
Philip A. Stinger
Camden Fire Captain serving Rescue Company 1
Philip B. Stinger
Philip Boise Stinger served with the Camden Fire Department for 42 years beginning in 1947, rising to captain of Rescue Company 1. He also co-founded the East Camden Marauders youth athletic program.
James Stinsman
Gideon V. Stivers
Second mayor of Camden
Martin S. Stockett
Episcopal priest, Church of Our Saviour
Frank Stockton
Camden firefighter
John A. Stockton
Camden Fire Chief (1914–1915), foreman of Engine Company 1 (1885–1911).
Henry Ford Stockwell
Camden attorney, Bleakly Stockwell & Burling
Harry Stokes
Bell Telephone worker who died heroically rescuing drowning women
Karl L. Stoltz
Dr. Arthur L. Stone
City health director, led Camden's public health programs
Joshua Fish Stone
First Sergeant, 4th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry
Earl Stopfer
Camden police officer and school safety patrol pioneer
Herman Roger Storm
Eben M. Stout
Russell Stover
Sergeant, U.S. Army, POW who died at Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Philippines, May 7, 1942
Abraham J. Stow
Camden firefighter with Engine Company 2, 1876–1877
John L. Straehle
Joey Straiges
South Camden junior lightweight and lightweight boxer of the mid-1930s who faced Pedro Montanez, twice a world lightweight title challenger.
Edward G. Stramm Jr.
John T. Strandwitz
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, World War II
William J. Strandwitz
William J. Strandwitz Sr. (1875–1967) was a Norwegian-born businessman who co-founded the Strandwitz & Scott Co. sheet metal firm in Camden, served as a charter member of the Rotary Club of Camden, and led the Citizens Relief Committee during the Depression.
Rev. Howard D. Stratton
Methodist minister, pastor of Bethel M.E. Church in Camden
Frank Oberfield Strauss
CGM, USS Isherwood (DD-520); killed by kamikaze April 22, 1945, Okinawa
John A. Strauss
Camden firefighter, Ladder Company 1, 1924–1954
John W. Streeper
Camden firefighter, constable, and police officer (1845–1902); veteran of the 4th NJ Infantry in the Civil War.
Dr. Abram E. Street
Prominent Camden dentist, Broadway property owner
Msgr. Arthur B. Strenski
Pastor of St. Joseph Church who founded parish cemetery and high school
Julius C. Striewski
Private, U.S. Army, World War II
Dr. Daniel Strock
Camden consulting surgeon; Cooper Hospital 1889-1912
Harry D. Strunk
Walter E. Stuhl
Tech. Sgt., 384th Bomb Group, shot down Schweinfurt 1944
Charles Sturgis
Camden firefighter who served from 1905 until after 1914
John A. Stutzke
RCA Victor foreman and Masonic leader
Samuel M. Subers
Camden Fire Department Engine Company 1 member
William Suders
Camden firefighter (Engine Company 2, 1882–1883); killed December 24, 1911 in construction accident
James R. Sudler
Camden funeral director, Eichel Funeral Home
William B. Sullender
Board of Education member, Pyne Poynt Athletic Association president
Edward J. Sullivan
PFC, 311th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division; KIA Belgium, December 14, 1944
Frank E. Sullivan
John J. Sullivan Jr.
Private, U.S. Army, World War II. Had ties to Camden County, NJ. Entered service January 28, 1941. Died of non-combat causes.
John L. Sullivan
Private, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, U.S. Army — World War II
Henry F. Surault
Third Chief of the Camden Fire Department, 1872
Edward T. Suski
Camden Police Detective, joined 1928, retired 1963
Charles H. Sutman
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army; 1929 Camden High School graduate; died of wounds July 15, 1944; buried Beverly National Cemetery
Charles W. Sutman
Officer Charles W. Sutman joined the Camden Police Department in November 1968 and was killed by a gunman on July 5, 1969, at the age of 21.
Frank J. Suttill
First Democrat elected Camden County Clerk
James H. Sutton
Original member, Camden paid fire department 1869
John W. Sutton
Camden firefighter (1876-1884) and veteran saloonkeeper; operated Century Bar at 28 Haddon Ave. for 30 years
Frank E. Swail Jr.
John Roger Sweeney
Corporal, 15th Field Artillery, MIA Korea 1951
Frank B. Sweeten
Camden contractor and builder
George A. Sweeten
Camden detective and amateur race car driver
Judy Swerlick
Camden native, artist, educator, and chair of the Department of Fine Arts in South Florida
Joseph F. Swing
Joseph F. Swing (1826–1903) served as Stoker with Engine Company 2 of the Camden Fire Department in 1872. His home on Taylor Avenue was destroyed in the great fire of May 1900.
C. Edward Swope
Camden firefighter and iron moulder from the Schwaab-Schaub-Swope family
Charles Swope
Charles Swope served briefly with the Camden Fire Department in 1876 and later operated a marble works and butchering business at 1027 Market Street.
Maurice H. Swope
Pennsauken accountant, son of Charles Swope Jr.
Benjamin W. Sykes
Railroad telegraph operator and Eighth Ward Freeholder
Carl Szalkowski
Camden firefighter with 21 years of service
Raymond A. Szwak
World War II
Stephen P. Szwak
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 8
George R. Szymanski
Camden High biology teacher 35 years
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Thomas F. Gibbons
Camden firefighter, disability pension 1938
Thomas R. Grapevine
Civil War veteran, 4th NJ Infantry
Thomas Timothy Sullivan
Pennsylvania Railroad detective, murdered 1933
Howard R. Taggart
Camden Fire Department District Chief, 1948–1970
William C. Tait
Frank D. Tamru
Private First Class, 11th Infantry Battalion, 1st Armored Division, U.S. Army — World War II
Fred Tamru
WWII artillery gunner, first Nazi ship sunk at Lorient
Earl R. Tanner
William H. Tansky Jr.
Camden 8th Ward cafe operator, veteran
David M. Tapper
Petty Officer First Class, U.S. Navy SEAL, KIA August 20, 2003, Paktika Province, Afghanistan
Seymour Tarken
Private, U.S. Army; died at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, of non-combat causes during World War II
Ernest A. Tartaglia
Camden fire fighter killed in the line of duty, 1967
Richard Tartar
Private First Class, U.S. Army, Korean War
Herbert Tarter
Private, 11th Airborne Division; killed in action February 8, 1945, on Leyte, Philippine Islands. Camden High School 1942 graduate.
J. Leidy Tatem
Private detective agency owner in Philadelphia and Camden
James E. Tatem
Chief of Police, City of Camden
William Howell Tatem Sr.
Camden firefighter and fire captain, 1909–1937
David Tattersdill
Broadway music store owner and civic leader
Robert Lee Tatum Sr.
Camden police detective, Major Crimes Unit lieutenant
Carolina W. Taylor
Camden teacher at Broadway Elementary School for 35 years
Harold Carleton Taylor
Motor Machinist's Mate First Class, U.S. Navy
Dr. Henry Genet Taylor
Civil War surgeon and Cooper Hospital founding physician
John H. Taylor
Camden police officer; participated in 1930 Dickinson raid on North Camden distillery; honored at Jack Airedale funeral, 1934
Walter Taylor
Deputy Warden of the Camden County Jail
William J. Taylor Sr.
Camden firefighter, 1920–1951, served 30 years from Engine Company 8 to Electrical Bureau
George S. Tempest
Deputy Director of Public Safety, Camden
Nicholas A. Tenaglia
Christian Tenner
Camden firefighter 1877-1884, police officer 1887-1889
G. Rudolf Tenner
Civil War veteran and original Camden fire engineer
George Adam Tenner
Camden firefighter, Civil War veteran, tobacconist
Tri Thach
Convicted of manslaughter, 2004
Richard L. Thayer
William M. Thayer
Math teacher at Camden High School, 28 years
Gerald H. Thinnes
Raymond C. Thoirs
Corporal, Company B, 104th Engineer Regiment, World War I
Benjamin H. Thomas Sr.
Camden police officer, brother-in-law of Mayor Jesse W. Pratt
Robert L. Thomas
One of the first Black firefighters in Camden, served 1946–1971
Stephen L. Thomas
Camden Civil War veteran and Fire Department extra man
William L. Thomas
Seaman Second Class, USS Hancock (CV-19), killed in action April 7, 1945
Aaron A. Thompson
Mayor of Camden, 1990–1993
Albert Thompson
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, World War II. Killed in action January 17, 1945, Belgium.
Albert Charles Thompson
Private, U.S. Army — World War I
Alvin S. Thompson
Fire captain injured in 1942 collision during wartime siren ban
George R. Thompson Sr.
Camden police detective, justice of the peace
Marshall Thompson
Camden Police Detective, 1928-1957
Otis Franklin Thompson
William A. Thompson
Camden fireman, Engine Company 6
Margaret Thomson
Northeast School principal for 16 years, retired 1933
Carl G. Thorman
Clarence Thorn
Clarence H. Thorn was born March 31, 1886 in Burlington, New Jersey. He served with the Camden Police Department from 1917 to 1932, including duty as a motorcycle and mounted policeman before being promoted to Sergeant in 1930.
William Thorn
Patrolman, Camden Police Department; financial secretary of the Camden Police and Firemen’s Association
Thomas W. Thornley
Civil War veteran, last member of G.A.R. William B. Hatch Post No. 37
Charles H. Thornton
Camden firefighter and son of a Civil War veteran
Nathan Thornton
Camden police officer, Virginia-born, served 1910-1930
Richard J. Thorpe
Private First Class, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, U.S. Army. Killed in action December 20, 1944, Luxembourg.
James Thrower
Private, Company 56, 153rd Depot Brigade; died October 7, 1918
Frank Tiberi
Camden jazz musician and leader of the Woody Herman Orchestra
William H. Tice
Camden manufacturer and Republican councilman
Joseph Thomas Tiefenthaler
J. Oscar Till Jr.
Camden bridge tender held up by armed desperadoes in 1903; later served as Camden firefighter (1904) and police officer (1908–1933).
Joseph Till
Camden firefighter and Civil War veteran; constable in Stockton; died 1903 from injuries sustained in a fight
Nelson W. Till
Camden firefighter, son of Joseph and brother of J. Oscar Till
Joseph A. Tinsman Sr.
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, World War I
John Edward Tipton
Bartholomew P. Tirro
Private First Class, U.S. Army — World War II
Antoinette Tisa
Opera singer who starred in Aida, La Traviata, Faust
Dominic Tisa
Camden barber, owner of Tisa's London Barber Shop
John Tisa
Lincoln Brigade veteran and labor organizer; organized Campbell Soup workers; author of Recalling the Good Fight (1985)
Joseph Tisa
Camden shoeshine man and city character; brother of John Tisa; died May 1967
Alfred C. Titus Jr.
Private, U.S. Army, World War II
Stephen Titus
Camden hatter, operated Federal Street shop for 50 years
Enrico Tiziani
Private First Class who was shot by a German sniper and paralyzed at Crucifix Hill during the Battle of Aachen in October 1944, yet refused medical treatment so medics could care for his more critically wounded comrades.
John J. Toal
Camden police officer, participated in 1930 North Camden distillery raid (1902–1971)
Charles A. Todd
Camden Fire Department captain, Engine Co. 7
Dick Todd
Canadian baritone vocalist, Canadian Crosby, RCA Victor Bluebird records 1938-1942
Leon E. Todd
Camden realtor, founded Medford Lakes Colony Club 1927, first mayor of Medford Lakes
Robert Todd
Camden firefighter and railroad worker
Walter G. Todd
Thomas G. Tolbert
Private First Class, U.S. Army
William Tomar
Prominent South Jersey trial lawyer, civic leader
Leo J. Tompkins Jr.
Camden police officer 1953–1981 and Fairview community leader
Leo J. Tompkins Sr.
Camden Fire Department Captain who served in WWI and WWII
Joseph Francis Toner
Corporal, 9th Infantry, MIA Korea 1950
Johnny Toomey
Philip John Carlin Jr. (1914-1953), Camden welterweight boxer who fought 134 bouts over 11 years under the name Johnny Toomey.
Isaac C. Toone
Dry goods merchant, founder of Toone & Hollinshed department store at Broadway and Kaighn Avenue.
Robert G. Toperzer
Corporal, U.S. Army, 30th Infantry Division, World War II
George Torgun
Belarusian-born, 28-year Camden firefighter
Angelo Torre
Jesus 'Jee' Torres
City Councilman and community leader
Luigi Tortu
Questioned in 1938 Penn St. holdup shooting
George M. Townsend
George McClenon Townsend was born in Camden, New Jersey on March 16, 1895, and served with the Camden Fire Department, rising to Captain of Engine Company 3. He died on April 6, 1940, and was buried at Calvary Cemetery in Delaware Township (present-day Cherry Hill).
Isaac Toy
Camden baseball player and police officer, 1871–1906
John W. Toy
Camden firefighter, Foreman of Chemical Engine Co. No. 1
William Earl Toy
Camden firefighter who died in 1948 from injuries sustained in a vehicle crash while responding to a fire
Harry W. Trace Jr.
Fireman First Class, U.S. Navy, killed February 21, 1945, when USS Bismarck Sea was attacked.
Bernard J. 'Barney' Tracy
Biography of Bernard J. 'Barney' Tracy, Democratic ward leader known as 'The Mayor of East Camden' who served on Camden County Board of Elections.
Harry Tracy
Camden police detective and professional athlete
J. Walter Trappe
Camden deputy city comptroller, 1923-1957
Don Travaline
Camden pianist, songwriter, and radio music director
Frank M. Travaline Jr.
New Jersey State Assemblyman in the 1930s
G. Frank Travis
Italian immigrant, Camden tailor, undertaker, community leader
George E. Trebing
Platte M. Trevito
Camden police sergeant and Vietnam Era Air Force veteran
Roscoe C. Tribbett Sr.
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 1, 1920–1924
Herman Clark Tribolet
Ernest J. Triffo
Louis Troiano
Camden real estate broker; Housing Authority appraiser
Fiore Troncone
Italian-born Camden County detective, 1906-1936
Richard A. Troncone
Camden funeral director who succeeded his uncle Antonio Mecca at 819 South 4th Street; died March 1956 at age 49.
Earl A. Troup, Jr.
John Trout
Camden district detective active 1932–1947; frequent partner to Walter Smith.
Edward Troutman
Camden police officer, fire rescue hero, 1953
James H. Troutman
Camden Fire Department Captain, cited for chlorine gas rescue
Robert K. Troutman
Camden firefighter who served 27 years (1960–1987); received the Distinguished Service Award for rescuing a man from a burning State Street home.
Clayton Truax
Camden mayor 1858-1859, American Party
Frank Truax
Camden police detective and sergeant
Robert C. Trublood
Charles H. Truitt
Pennsylvania Railroad fireman and ferry engineer who served for 53 years.
Arthur Truscott
Camden-based architect, designed Camden Fire Insurance Building
J. Lynn Truscott
President of the Camden Fire Insurance Association who emigrated from Cornwall, England in 1872.
Millwood Truscott
Camden Fire Insurance Association officer, civic leader
Alfred Trusty
Camden police officer, suspended 1933
Walter Trynski
Walter Tucker
Private First Class, Company G, 114th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, World War I
Charles Tufnell
aka Uncle Sam
Nicholas Tulini
Gas plant explosion victim, South Camden 1932
Richard M. Tull
Betty Turner
Beloved Kaighnsville resident and nursing home worker
Clarence Turner
Camden High School boys’ basketball coach, 1971–2008; 775–146 career record, seven state titles, named South Jersey’s all-time career wins leader
Francis S. Turner Sr.
Camden Fire Department engineer, 1874 to circa 1910
Louise Catherine Turner
WWI Navy Chief Yeoman (F), died of Spanish flu
Robert A. Turner
Camden restaurateur, owner of Turner's Oyster House at 210-214 Federal Street
William Turner
Camden firefighter at Engine Company 2, appointed April 1882
William H. Turner
Camden Police Department officer
John S. Twitchell
Captain, U.S. Army — World War II
Harold V. Tydeman
WWII Staff Sergeant, Bronze Star and Purple Heart, Pacific
Vincent Ariel Tydeman
Vaudeville acrobat and minor league baseball outfielder
Thomas S. H. Walker Jr.
Master Sergeant, U.S. Army, Rohna victim
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Bruno S. Ulak
First Lieutenant, 698th Ordnance Company, Aviation — died September 7, 1944, when the hell ship Shinyo Maru was torpedoed; survived the Bataan Death March
Edward F. Ulrich Sr.
Camden firefighter and fire marshal inspector
Howard Unruh
America's First Mass Murderer
Spree Shootings Before Howard Unruh
Mass shootings predating the Howard Unruh case, 1949
Frank Upshaw
Camden police officer, NJ Patrolman of the Year 1977
Gilbert R. Upshaw
Camden police detective and county prosecutor polygraphist
Robert A. Upshaw Sr.
Camden police officer, Communications Division
Richard F. Urban
All-South Jersey football center at Camden High (1941 state champions); WWII B-17 pilot, POW in Croatia.
William Urban
Camden resident fatally injured in auto accident, 1933
Francis L. Urbaniak
S1C, USS Terror (CM-5); killed at Okinawa May 1, 1945
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Allen Harry Van Deventer
Peter C. Van Gemert Jr.
John Van Hart
Camden firefighter, appointed November 23, 1899; died April 23, 1903
Ralph G. Van Hart
Camden real estate agent, suburban specialist
Elwood K. Van Horn
World War II
Elmer G. Van Name
President and dean of the South Jersey Law School, predecessor to Rutgers Camden
Frederick von Nieda
Mayor of Camden, 1935–1936
J. B. Van Sciver
Founder of J. B. Van Sciver Co., Camden furniture store established 1881
Anthony Valentine
Firefighter, 3rd Battalion Aide under Chief Newton
Joseph Valeriano
Camden police officer and professional boxer 'Joe Reno' (1916–2002)
Joseph N. Vandergrift
World War II
John J. Vane
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 2, 1942–1971
William Vangeley
Camden firefighter, born Aurelio Evangelisti
John K. Vanstavern
Camden Fire Dept Hook and Ladder Company extra man
Samuel Vanstavern
Wife murderer executed at Camden County jail, 1902
Joseph A. Varbalow
Attorney, assistant prosecutor, and district court judge
Samuel Varbalow
Camden saloon keeper and ward politician
Jonathan Ross Vars
Russell E. Vasey
Torpedoman's Mate Third Class, USS Franklin CV-13, killed March 19, 1945
Laura Veatch
Camden teacher at Sharp School from 1922 to 1950
Harold I. Vecander
Camden police officer, 1940 to 1965
Walter Vecander
Camden motorcycle police sergeant who served for 21 years, more than 15 with the traffic bureau; died of a heat-induced cerebral hemorrhage in 1949
Herbert Vederman
Philadelphia Deputy Mayor for Economic Development
Edmund A. Venella Jr.
Giovanni Veneziale
Private, U.S. Army, World War I
Sabba Verdiglione
Camden civic leader active from the 1920s
Theodore Verlander
Camden firefighter, Civil War veteran, machinist
William Joseph Vespe
John H. Vickers
John H. Vickers (1863–1939) served with the Camden Fire Department from 1904, rising to Captain of Engine Company 9 in 1924, and helped crack the 1912 murder of Karl Kellmann.
Frederick A. Vieser
Print block manufacturer; Rotary Club president
Frank Viggiano
Italian-American saloon keeper and real estate agent on Pine Street
Luciano & Eriberta Villafane
Couple who celebrated 50 years of marriage in Camden
Frederick F. Villani
George J. Villano
PFC, 335th Infantry Regiment, 84th Infantry Division; died of wounds February 24, 1945, Holland
Gaetano Vinciguerra
Lawrence Joseph Virgilio
Nick Virgilio
Camden haiku poet, helped popularize Japanese haiku
Frank Virtue
Philadelphia guitarist, bandleader, The Virtues, Guitar Boogie Shuffle, Virtue Recording Studios
Rocco Louis Vitelli
Seaman First Class, U.S. Navy, USS Shea, World War II
Hugh J. Vogel Sr.
CFD captain and IAFF union contract negotiator
J. Fred Voigt
Camden firefighter, constable, and court sergeant-at-arms
Charles F. Voll Sr.
Camden police officer and World War II veteran
John C. Voll Jr.
Camden firefighter for 40 years, Engine Company 9
John K. Voll
John K. Voll (1898–1963), Camden firefighter appointed November 1920, badge number 194, serving with Engine Companies 2, 9, 5, and 1 before becoming Chief's Aide; pensioned 1963.
Joseph X. Voll
Peter J. Vollanovitch
Herman 'Harry' Vollmer
President of the Camden Building Trades Council
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William Stanley Ablett
World War I
William F. Ash Jr.
Worthington W. Betts
William Frank Buchanan
William J. Carvell
William T. Eastlack
Technician 4th Class, U.S. Army, Rohna victim
William F. Ferguson
William H. Gerth
William N. Haines
William F. Hanson
William H. Henderson
William C. Hetler
William S. Hey
World War I
William L. Kenyon
William C. McHugh
William R. McKee
William R. McKeon
Private, U.S. Army, Rohna victim
William C. Minnick
William A. Naylor Sr.
William Raws
William T. Saunders
William Schucker
World War I
William H. Sharp
William H. Stewart
William Peniston Tatem
World War I
William Troutt
World War I
William E. Truxton
World War I
William J. Uhler
Sarah Wachsman
Pioneer Camden realtor; raised children as realty aides
George B. Wade
Camden fire captain, battalion chief, and fire marshal
George B. Wade III
Camden firefighter, public citation for chlorine gas rescue, 1942–1975
George C. Wade
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 3; son of Fire Marshal George B. Wade
Robert John Wade
Donald Frederick Wagner
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II
George C. Wagner
Camden bartender at Roy's Cafe on Federal Street
Harry C. Wagner
Harry J. Wagner Jr.
Acting Chief of Department, Camden Fire Department.
Harry J. Wagner Sr.
Camden firefighter, water department pump operator
Henry Wagner
Camden Fire Department assistant engineer, 1872–1884
Joseph Wagner
Camden fireman, Engine Company 1, 1878
Robert McGowan Wagner
Private, U.S. Marine Corps — World War II
Roy A. Wagner
Owner of Roy's Cafe, Federal Street Camden
William G. Wagner
Hilding Iver Wahl
Ensign, U.S. Navy; USS Abner Read DD-526; killed August 28, 1943, when his destroyer struck a mine off Kiska in the Aleutian Islands; buried at Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly NJ.
Louis Waisban
Camden real estate developer, bank director
Jersey Joe Walcott
Arnold Raymond Cream (1914–1994); World Heavyweight Boxing Champion (1951–1952) and Camden County Sheriff (1971–1973).
Eugene Wales
Camden attorney, Democratic politician, Board of Education member
Fred Walker
Metalsmith's Mate 1st Class, USN, died Newport 1943
Howard C. Walker
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 10, Badge 91
Walter Walker
Pvt., 611th School Squadron, USAAF, died 1942
Francis B. Wallen Sr.
Camden Chamber of Commerce president and jewelry store owner
Joseph F. Wallworth
State Senator and president of NJ State Senate
Edmund A. Walsh
Republican committeeman, freeholder, and 8th Ward leader
August F. Walter
Benjamin C Walters Jr.
Firefighter who served five decades and became Fire Marshal
Edward B. A. Walton Jr.
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces — World War II
George L. Walton Jr.
Harry F. Walton
Pyne Poynt Social Club president, Camden County Freeholder
James F. Walton
Camden plumber, ran for freeholder 1911
Philip C. Walton
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, World War II
Thomas Walton
Camden police officer, fireman, Pennsylvania Railroad detective, and president of the Camden County Board of Elections
William Walton
Fireman with Camden Fire Department Ladder Company 1 (1913–1917); WWI veteran; City Highway Department worker; died February 19, 1949
William Wannan
Camden fire fighter and teamster, 1880s
Gretchen B. Waples
Gretchen B. Waples, with her husband Arthur A. Waples Sr., owned and operated the Waples Funeral Home in Camden for over 60 years, finally retiring in 2001. She was a leader in Camden's Black community and was active in Republican politics, twice running for State Assembly and in 1968 serving as a delegate to the Republican national convention.
Aaron Ward
Civil War veteran, Camden contractor
Arthur J. Ward Jr.
WWII Navy pilot, MIA over Bonin Islands 1944
E. Allen Ward
Contractor who built Camden City Hall, 1871-1875
George A. Ward
Camden police lieutenant and detective, gang-buster
Joseph G. Ward
Camden motorcycle policeman who drowned in Blackwood Lake, 1930
Dr. Lettie Allen Ward
Camden's second female physician, practiced 42 years
Robert C. Ward
Camden police officer and detective (1918–1933); shot in 1925 and died in 1940 from the effects of that wound.
Urquhart A. Ward
Camden Police Officer
Gilbert L. Ware
Captain, U.S. Army — World War II
James Ware Jr.
Camden Republican politician who served on the Board of Education from 1888 and was appointed to the Camden Police Department in 1898, serving until his retirement in 1914.
John A. Ware
Camden firefighter at Engine Company 3, 1890–1904
Joseph A. Ware
Camden firefighter blinded by crank at Locust Street fire
Broadway Eddie Warhoftig
Camden record store owner and radio personality
Thomas J. Wark
Cramer Hill wallpaper merchant and civic leader
Rudolph S. Warrington
Chief Master at Arms, U.S. Navy, Spanish-American War veteran who served aboard the USS Wilmington including its famous voyage up the Amazon River.
Dr. Ralph A. Warwick
Camden pediatrician and WWII Marine Corps officer
Rollie Waterhouse
Camden resident who figured prominently in 1930 criminal cases including the Hotel Camden holdup and Solury murder case; sentenced to 10–15 years in 1936 for highway robbery.
Michael P. Waters Sr.
Camden fire fighter, Gloucester City fire rescue 2000
Charles E. Watkin
Camden Fire Department Captain, served over 34 years, retired 1949
William C. Watkin
Camden firefighter, three decades of service
Joseph Watkins
Steward's Mate Second Class, U.S. Navy, World War II; Lawnside, NJ
Robert E. Watkins
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, World War II
Donald Watson
Camden Acting Chief of Police, 1940-1969
Glenwood F. Watson Jr.
John R. Watson
John Randolph Watson (1836-c.1920), born in Standish, Maine, was one of the first merchants in Helena, Montana, and later retired to Camden, NJ. A mystery postcard he sent to Miss Barbara Martz inspired research into his remarkable life as the Wonder Lust Traveler.
Joseph Stanley Watson
Ralph B. Watson
Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces, died June 13, 1944
Harvey G. Watts
Camden fire department clerk and captain, 1903-1936
Tim Watts
Camden-born radio GM, WWIN Baltimore
Grover Wearshing
William Grover 'Worm' Wearshing (1906-1991), Camden multi-sport athlete and coach
Francis D. Weaver
Camden attorney and NJ Board of Tax Appeals president
Carl Wismer Weber
Son of Rev. Paul Weber, Epiphany Lutheran Church
Carl Wismer Weber
Lutheran minister born in Camden in 1922; served St. John's Lutheran Church in Philadelphia for over 30 years and retired in 2009.
George Weber Jr.
Camden police officer 1940 to 1968
George Weber Sr.
Camden police officer, served 1922 to 1949
Joseph F. Weber
Staff Sergeant with the 291st Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division, killed in action January 15, 1945 in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge; buried at New St. Mary’s Cemetery, Bellmawr, N.J.
Arnold Webster
Camden mayor and schools superintendent, 1993-1997
Frank T. Webster
Camden barber and briefly a firefighter, 1884-1885
Warren Webster
Founder of Warren Webster & Co., steam heating manufacturer in Camden. Built his company into one of the world's largest manufacturers of steam heating systems.
Warren Webster III
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Korean War, West Point Class of 1950
Linwood Victor Weeks Jr.
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy — World War II
Oscar Weidenhammer
Camden bottler, Weidenhammer Bottling Works on York Street
Elizabeth H. Weimann
Jack Weinberg
Jacob 'Jack' Weinberg (d. 1946) was a World War I veteran who served as Camden city assessor and led Republican politics in the 1920s and 1930s, managing campaigns for Senator Emerson Richards and presiding over the Camden City Basketball League in 1912–1913.
Max Weine
Rabbi who served Congregation Beth El 1943-1946 and led Congregation Beth Israel in East Camden into the 1970s.
Bruce Weiner
Music industry executive who worked with Brass Construction
Christian F. Weinhold
World War II
Frederick A. Weisbrod
East Camden butcher; Building & Loan treasurer
Jack Weisfeld
Camden auto parts dealer and junk merchant
Max Weisfeld
Camden grocer, barkeeper, Sons of Israel Society
Israel Weitzman
Liquor dealer; ran Union Bottling Company in Camden
Samuel M. Welch Sr.
Blacksmith and Chief Engineer, Stockton fire department
Walter T. Welch
Captain, Camden Police Department
James Welden
Camden firefighter; Pennsylvania Railroad conductor
John C. Weldy
Owner of men's shop, 810 Broadway
Albert A. Weller
Captain, Camden Fire Department, Rescue Company 1 and Ladder Company 2
Benjamin H. Wells
Pfc., 101st Airborne Division, World War II POW. Captured at the Battle of the Bulge, held at Stalag IVB in Mulberg, Germany until liberated by Russian forces in 1945.
John Kinney Wells
Second Lieutenant, Air Force, died 1950
Edward A. Welsh
Bar owner and state boxing and wrestling inspector
John J. Welsh
John J. Welsh (c. 1857–1936) was a prominent Camden builder known as 'The Man Who Built Broadway,' erecting stores, churches, and commercial buildings, and serving as police and fire commissioner under Mayor Victor King.
Philip C. Wendell
Private, 3rd Training Battalion, 154th Depot Brigade, World War I
Joseph D. Wenzelle
Camden crane operator, horse race gambling operator
Augustus Werner
Founded moving and storage business in Camden
William Harry Werner
Camden Republican committeeman and businessman
Harry W. Werneth
Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces, ball turret gunner, killed April 30, 1944, on his seventh mission over Europe.
Ethan P. Wescott
Camden judge and Republican political leader
John W. Wescott
President Judge, Camden County Courts; Attorney General of New Jersey; gave Woodrow Wilson's nominating addresses at 1912 and 1916 Democratic conventions
Ralph W. Wescott
Camden County Register of Deeds (1940-1955); lawyer; comptroller of customs for Port of Philadelphia.
Joseph H. Wessel
Meyer Wessel
First manager of Camden's Westfield Acres housing project
Norman I. Wessel
Camden shoe manufacturer and real estate businessman
Edward West
Edward West was a well-known Camden lawyer who served as assistant city counselor, was active in Masonic and veterans affairs, and saw combat in World War I at St. Mihiel and the Argonne Forest.
George S. West
Camden County Surrogate and Republican politician
James B. West Jr.
Camden plumbing contractor, 1910s-1950s
Lewis T. West Sr.
Contractor who built Camden Lace Company interior
Walter West
Walter E. Kennedy (1892-1949), Camden welterweight boxer who fought as Walter West from 1911 to 1915, later a WWI veteran and cafe owner.
John L. Westcott
Mayor of Camden 1892–1898, printer
Edward J. Weston
Camden firefighter and foreman, 1890–1911
Charles W. Whaland
Charles W. Whaland was born on June 6, 1876 to Mary and William H. Whaland. He served approximately 20 years with the Camden Police Department, and had been promoted to the rank of Detective by January of 1920.
William H. Whaland
Civil War veteran and Camden fireman
James A. Wharton
Dr. Marcus F. Wheatland Jr.
Physician and Camden Housing Authority founder
Edward P. Wheeler
Wilmer Mason Wheeler
Camden funeral director, took over Simmons Funeral Home in 1918
Alfred R. White
Camden City Clerk, 1923-1927
Calvin White
Herbert Franklin White
James R. White
Camden Fire Department captain, retired 1933
Joel A. White Jr.
Camden police officer for 30 years, WWII Bronze Star recipient
John R. White
Captain John R. White (born John Wojtkowiak) flew 88 combat missions in P-47 Thunderbolts with the 494th Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Group, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Robert C. White III
Private, U.S. Army; died April 23, 2005, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan
Walter G. White
Camden firefighter with Ladder Company 2, grandson of original CFD member William A.H. White
William A.H. White
Camden Fire Department original member, Engine Company 1, Badge #5
Elwood A. Whiteley
Private First Class, Company B, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division — killed November 8, 1944, Huertgen Forest; buried Evergreen Cemetery, Camden NJ
Robert Whitley
Camden firefighter who served in Engine Companies 6, 3, and 5; born Ireland 1876, died Camden 1920
Walt Whitman
Camden's Good Grey Poet, 1873–1892
Augustus D. Whitney III
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps — World War II
Augustus D. Whitney Jr.
Presbyterian pastor, First Presbyterian Church Camden 1931–1940s
Robert W. Whitney
Camden firefighter, Engine Company 8
Orpha M. Whittaker
Ladies of G.A.R., national senior vice-president 1936
Bruce A. Whittick
Camden firefighter terminated in 1986
George W. Whyte
Republican assemblyman and Camden County surrogate
John L. Wible
East Camden Republican committeeman and civic leader
Edward H. Wicker
Founded North Camden Easter Parade, youth leader
Wallace G. Wickes
Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces; killed May 21, 1943, fighter crash during gunnery training, McBee, SC; buried Harleigh Cemetery
William Wickward
Camden fire fighter, dramatic child rescue 1977
Frank L. Widdis
Private First Class, U.S. Army — World War II, Italy
Eugene Widmann Sr.
Camden saloon keeper, 952 North Front Street
Reverend Monsignor. John F. Wieckowski
WWII Army chaplain, pastor in Bellmawr for 38 years
William C. Wieland
Frederick Wielandt
Stone and steel contractor in Camden
Edward Wierciszewski
World War II
Frank J. Wiesemann
Samuel Wiesner
Camden tailor murdered during 1973 robbery
Kevin Wiggins
Camden man killed in 2008 robbery
Dr. Ulysses S. Wiggins
NAACP leader and Camden civic activist
Samuel W. Wilbraham
Private, 1st Pioneer Infantry Regiment, World War I
Walter K. Wilbraham
Corporal, U.S. Army, posthumously awarded the Soldiers Medal; died January 16, 1942
Lawrence Wild
Technician Fifth Class, 405th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division, killed in action April 22, 1945 in Germany
Harry G. Wilkers Sr.
Camden firefighter and WWI veteran
James W. Wilkie
John V. Wilkie
Camden police sergeant known as the notebook cop
Randolph Recardo Wilkins
Richard Coates Wilkins
Paymaster, 6th Regiment, NJ National Guard; clerk at First National Bank of Camden (1845–1883)
Charles H. Willard
Private First Class, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division; killed March 5, 1944, Italy
Earl C. Willett
Virgil Willett
Civil War Soldier and Goods Dealer
Charles 'Buster' Williams
Camden jazz bassist born in 1942. Played with Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi Sextet, Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis, and dozens of jazz legends.
Charles F. Williams
Private, 168th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division — killed in action April 18, 1945, Italy; buried Florence American Cemetery
George A. Williams
East Camden coal dealer
George H. Williams
Camden pharmacist at 1801 Broadway
Glen R. Williams
Herbert R. Williams
Lewis Williams
Long-time gardener at Forest Hill Park
Richard D. Williams
Private, U.S. Army, Korean War
Robert Alton Williams
William B. Williams
Spanish-American War veteran who organized Camden's first colored National Guard unit in 1934 and served through World War I.
William T. Williams
Walter R. Williamson
George Willingmyre
George William Willingmyre (1881–1938) was a Camden laborer and junk dealer who made news in 1903 with a shooting spree in South Camden. He died in March 1938 and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery.
John L. Willis Jr.
North Camden fraternal and political leader; vice dictator of Camden Lodge No. 111 Loyal Order of Moose; 10th Ward Democrat; died 1930.
Eleanor Jane Wilmot
English immigrant and Camden resident active in the Church of the Sacred Heart.
Frank Wilmot
Camden police officer, 1928–1962
William J. Wilner Jr.
Private First Class, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division; killed in action November 30, 1944, Hürtgen Forest
Alexander Wilson
Pioneer Black firefighter
George B. Wilson
Camden firefighter and karate instructor
George C. Wilson
World War II
George E. Wilson Sr.
George Edward Wilson Sr. (1835–1914) was a Civil War captain who served with the 6th New Jersey Regiment and later built a successful coal and ice business in Camden.
Henry B. Wilson Jr.
Admiral, U.S. Navy
Henry Braid Wilson Sr.
Camden postmaster, banker, and Republican organizer
James Wilson
James Wilson was a Camden motorcycle police officer and sergeant who served on the force from 1924 to 1950, working in the traffic department for many years.
Joseph Willard Wilson
East Camden lawyer and civic leader, born 1888
Loday Wilson
Camden firefighter and Pennsylvania Railroad marine engineer
Lucy Dean Wilson
Camden High School music and drama teacher, 1896–1933
Maurice R. Wilson
Camden Fire Department Deputy Chief, 28-year career
Mortimer Wilson
Camden firefighter and scene painter, Engine Co. 3
Philip Wilson
Philip Wilson was born in Camden on April 19, 1869, son of Henry B. Wilson Sr. He rose through banking to become president of the Central Trust Company and then vice president of Camden Trust, dying on November 15, 1949.
Sylvester F. Wilson
Camden ticket scalper and promoter of all-girl baseball teams in the 1870s–1880s; later served time in the New York penal system for abduction.
Tom Wilson
Youth ministry worker serving at-risk children
Nathan Wine Jr.
Camden police officer for nearly 39 years, known as Neighbor
Arthur A. Wingate
Camden firefighter, served 27 years; retired 1933
William Addison Winner
Corporal, 417th Motorized Supply Trains, World War I
Thomas Winstanley
Camden City Fire Department captain, served with Engine Company 6 and Engine Company 2, cited for heroism in 1952.
William G. Winstanley
Camden fireman appointed 1940
Joseph L. Winter
Robert C. Winters
Minor league baseball player, NJ State Police
Carl M. Wirtz
Camden firefighter who served from 1951 to 1963, later worked as supervisor at National Casing.
Edwin S. Wirtz
Camden fire inspector, 22 years of service, retired 1965
Stanley R. Wirtz
Stanley Reid Wirtz (June 20, 1892 – April 5, 1971) served as a detective with the Camden Police Department from approximately 1924 to 1942, specializing in traffic accident investigation. He was involved in several high-profile cases including the 1934 murder investigation of Detective William T. Feitz.
Frank Wisniewski
Tavern owner and civic leader, president of Kosciuszko Building and Loan
John Wissinger
Camden beauty salon owner, 416 Market Street
Stanley Wojciechowski
Polish Army veteran and Camden bar owner
Andrew Wojtkowiak
Early Polish immigrant, shipyard worker
Casimir Wojtkowiak
Camden County detective appointed in 1934, known as 'Sergeant Watchyourcoatandhat'
John Wojtkowiak
Private, U.S. Army, World War I
Mitchell Wojtkowiak
Camden firefighter 1927–1961, injured in wartime siren-ban collision
William Woldman
Russian immigrant who owned a small laundry business in Camden and died in a tragic fire in 1933.
Fred P. Wolf
Harry F. Wolfe
Guarantee Building & Loan president 50 years
Maurice A. Wolfe Jr.
World War II
Milton O. Wolfe
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, WWII
William N. Wolfert Jr.
Technical Sergeant, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division; killed in action July 19, 1944, near St. Lô
Joseph F. Wolfinger
Camden Fire Department Battalion Chief (1919–2002)
Charles A. Wolverton
U.S. Congressman, 16 terms, 1st NJ District
Charles S. Wolverton
Superintendent, Cooper's Point Ferry; Camden City Council member
Dr. Sarah Donnell Wolverton
Dr. Sarah Donnell Wolverton was a Camden physician who graduated from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1903. After marrying Congressman Charles A. Wolverton, she became prominent in civic affairs, serving on the boards of multiple medical and charitable institutions.
Walter Wolverton
Chief Clerk of the Highway Department, City of Camden; brother of Congressman Charles A. Wolverton
George A. Wonfor
George A. Wonfor (c.1883–c.1952) was a Camden photographer, son of George H. and Selena Wonfor, and official photographer for the Delaware River Bridge Commission during the construction of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge.
John C. Wonsetler
Camden muralist and illustrator; Franklin & Marshall College mural
Robert A. Wonsetler
Camden firefighter and District Chief Engineer
Joseph F. Wood
Camden storekeeper and Republican committeeman
Thomas B. Wood
Camden Mayor 1846-1847 and first County Clerk
William Wood
Camden Fire Department Captain, WWI/WWII veteran
Wilmer E. Wood
Corporal, 157th Infantry, 45th Division — World War II
Paul Leroy Woodard
William C. Woodfall
Civil War veteran and Camden fire fighter
Albert S. Woodruff
Camden lawyer, state senator, and vice-chancellor
Paul A. Woodward
Camden murderer who poisoned two young boys in 1902 and was executed at Camden County Jail on January 7, 1903.
Charles Worthington
Charles Worthington was born in August 1869 in England and came to the United States in 1887-1888. He joined the Camden Fire Department in May 1902 and became Fire Chief in fall 1913. He died heroically on May 8, 1914, when he fell from a roof while fighting a fire at the Camden Electroplating Company.
Juanita Worthy
Camden school principal convicted of payroll fraud
Clay Wreesman
Camden city commissioner and city clerk
Oscar Lee Wrenn
Private First Class, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, killed in action March 5, 1945, Belgium
Earl Wright
Motorcycle cop; arrested mass murderer Howard Unruh
Peter D. Wright
Thomas H. Wright
Private, Company L, Engineer Training Regiment, World War I
Wesley Wright
Dr. Benjamin Wroblewski
Camden physician who delivered over 2,000 babies
Samuel Herbert Wyatt
Accountant and past president, Camden County Historical Society
Rev. Isaac C. Wynn
Pastor of First Baptist Church, 1870–1889
Richard Wynn Jr.
Private First Class, U.S. Army, died March 4, 1945
William Wynn
Camden firefighter and box maker, 1876
J. Stanley Wysocki
Captain, Camden Fire Department; 26 years service
William W. Yusk
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Michael Yachus
Joseph Yaroslavski
Seaman Second Class, U.S. Navy, World War II
David Yates
Camden Fire Department Chief of Department
John W. Yates Jr.
Camden firefighter, served 1930–1965, present at 1964 Walmart Tailors fire
William Yeager
Camden Police Director of Public Safety, 1939-1972
Harry Yellin
Coffee salesman arrested for passing counterfeit bills, 1933
Sam Yellin
Stratford diner owner and police chief
Arthur Yip
Camden World War II hero
Henry A. Yip Sr.
Camden Fire Department, 1970–2000
Dale R. Yoder
Corporal, U.S. Army Air Forces — World War II
Albert York
Camden police sergeant
David A. Young
Ellwood K. Young
Eve Young
Singer; performed as Eve Young with Benny Goodman Orchestra and as Karen Chandler; performed at Chubby's Café, Camden, 1950
James Young
Camden fire captain, elected to Police and Firemen's Association
James Henry Young
Beloved Camden hack driver at Market Street Ferry
James L. Young
World War II
John E. Young
Furniture buyer at Hurley's Store on Broadway
Raymond Young
Camden firefighter who served from 1924 to 1947
Russell O. Young
Camden police detective who served 35 years on the force, beginning as a mounted officer and motorcycle policeman before his promotion to detective in 1952.
Stephen Walter Young
Townsend C. Young
Private, Company G, 114th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, World War I
William B. Young
Captain, Camden Fire Department; appointed 1962, promoted to captain 1968, retired 1992.
William T.G. Young Sr.
Original stoker, Engine Company 2, 1869
Teddy A. Yurkiewicz
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Paul Zachary
Journalist, historian, and author of the Heard on the Avenue column
Harry Jarrett Zander
Camden firefighter who kept detailed career fire diary
Charles S. Zeigler
President of Park Moving & Storage Company, Camden church leader
George Zeitz
Camden police detective, 1930s numbers and crime investigations
Edward A. Zenobi
Private, U.S. Army — Woodlynne, NJ, World War II
George F. Ziesch
Arthur A. Zimmerman
World champion bicycle racer
Bobby 'Buzz-Saw' Zimmerman
Camden flyweight boxer and South Jersey champion
Charles G. Zimmerman
Original member Camden Fire Department, 1869
Theodore A. Zimmerman
Original Camden paid firefighter, Civil War veteran
Philip Zinman
Camden real estate executive and Jewish philanthropist
Warren Arnold Zinn
Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, Korean War
Joseph S. Zippilli
T/Sgt., 461st Bomb Group, WWII POW in Germany (Stalag Luft 3), liberated 1945
Matthew T. Ziska
Vince Zizak
NFL player with Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles
Henry Evans Zook
Camden Fire captain, Engine Company 7
Adolph Zubrzycki
Camden Fire Department
Sports
Sportsmen in Camden
Baseball
The Camden Braves
North Camden Baseball Club
12th Ward Athletic Association
Garrett Cowls
Grandfather of baseball in Camden
Vincent Ariel Tydeman
Camden, NJ, Professional Baseball Player
Neil Deighan
Neil F. Deighan (1892–1967) was born in Florence, NJ and raised in Camden. He played professional basketball for the Camden Alphas and Crusaders of the Eastern Basketball League (1913–1923), winning the 1919–1920 EBL championship. After his athletic career he became a prominent restaurateur and three-term president of the New Jersey Licensed Beverage Association.
Weston D. 'Wes' Fisler
Camden native who scored the first run in National League history on April 22, 1876; played for the Philadelphia Athletics.
Rocco 'Rox' Gimello
Rocco 'Rox' Gimello led the Camden Collegians baseball dynasty (1934–1937), winning four consecutive city league championships; also a WWI veteran who served with the 114th Infantry in France. Inducted into the South Jersey Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.
William 'Kid' Gleason
William J. 'Kid' Gleason (1866–1933) was a Camden-born major league baseball star who pitched and played for 22 seasons, then managed the 1919 Chicago White Sox through the Black Sox scandal.
Ed 'Eggie' Lennox
Camden-born major league third baseman who played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and Pittsburgh Rebels (Federal League). Led all NL third basemen in fielding in 1909.
Charley Smith
Manager, Old Highland semipro baseball club
Cy Perkins
Camden first baseman and team manager who played semi-professional baseball from 1896 to 1913, alongside Kid Gleason, Eggie Lennox, and other Camden baseball legends.
Grover Wearshing
William Grover 'Worm' Wearshing (1906-1991), Camden multi-sport athlete and coach
Elwood Bearint
Camden semi-pro baseball pitcher (c.1906–1954); signed by Philadelphia Athletics, played for Defiance Athletic Club and 12th Ward team
Eddie Novak
Eddie 'Pepper' Novak was a South Camden catcher who signed with the Jacksonville club of the Florida State League in 1928 and later caught for the Camden All-Stars against Negro National League teams.
Joe Hyde
Camden professional basketball player and baseball catcher (1897–1943); member of 1919–20 Camden Crusaders Eastern Basketball League champions
Vincent A. Tydeman
Vaudeville acrobat and minor league baseball outfielder
Paul Bearint
Camden minor league baseball player, roommate of Rizzuto and Berra
The Camden Braves
William Ferguson
Manager of Ferguson Baseball Club
Lou Schaub
Lou Schaub led the group that owned and managed Camden's independent professional baseball team from the 1920s through the 1930s, scheduling matches against top Negro League clubs and employing several former major leaguers.
Rocco Nasuti
WWII veteran with the 3rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Purple Heart recipient; carpenter for the Pennsylvania Railroad; youth sports coach at the Cramer Hill Boys Club
Al Bass
Camden High and Woodrow Wilson coach, three-time South Jersey hall of famer
Joe Snyder
Camden semi-pro baseball shortstop, 12th Ward and Schaub club
Fred Heimach
Camden native who pitched for Yankees, 1920s
Sig Jakucki
Camden-born pitcher who clinched the 1944 St. Louis Browns pennant
'Ott' Laxton
Samuel Arthur 'Ott' Laxton (1904-1983), Camden basketball and baseball player
Nathan F. Cowan
Camden banker and baseball pioneer, 50 years at National State Bank
Morris 'Farmer' Steelman
Morris James 'Farmer' Steelman (1874-1944), Camden professional baseball catcher and police officer
Sam Croge
Samuel Croge Jr. (c. 1937–2012) was a star pitcher at Woodrow Wilson High School who signed with the Philadelphia Phillies, and was inducted into both the South Jersey Baseball and Scholastic Basketball Halls of Fame.
Isaac S. 'Ike' Toy
Camden baseball player and police officer, 1871–1906
Walt Bubien
Walter John Bubien (1925–2008) grew up in Camden, lettered in three sports at Camden High School, played football and baseball at the University of Pennsylvania, served in the U.S. Navy during WWII, and played minor league baseball in the Philadelphia Athletics farm system in 1946.
Chuck Bearint
Semi-pro baseball player, South Jersey Hall of Fame
Danny Green
Camden-born major league baseball outfielder
Lou Bobo
Semi-pro baseball pitcher; South Jersey Baseball Hall of Fame inductee (2010); longtime Cramer Hill resident.
Zuni A.A.
The Zuni Athletic Association sponsored semi-pro sports teams as early as the spring of 1930 and into the early 1960s, winning Eastern Professional Football Conference championships in 1941 and 1942.
Walt Stanton
Camden police officer and baseball player nicknamed 'Weep,' known for the 1907 Camden Police baseball team
Neil Deighan
Neil F. Deighan (1892–1967) was born in Florence, NJ and raised in Camden. He played professional basketball for the Camden Alphas and Crusaders of the Eastern Basketball League (1913–1923), winning the 1919–1920 EBL championship. After his athletic career he became a prominent restaurateur and three-term president of the New Jersey Licensed Beverage Association.
Bad Bill Eagan
Camden second baseman who played for the St. Louis Browns, Chicago Colts, and Pittsburgh Pirates
Bob Winters
Minor league baseball player, NJ State Police
Mark J. 'Marty' Devine Jr.
Camden baseball pitcher for Camden High School and semi-professional teams; arm injury ended his career around 1923
George Clayton
Camden police captain and minor league baseball catcher
Harry Gleason
Camden-born major league baseball infielder who played for the Boston Americans and St. Louis Browns (1901-1911). Brother of Kid Gleason.
Mike Hallahan
North Camden boxer, baseball manager, First Ward politician
Basketball
Professional Basketball in Camden
The Early Years
The Camden Bullets
Professional Basketball Team
Edward A. 'Dick' Malan
Local athlete and railroad worker who lived in North Camden and later Pitman.
Jimmy 'Soup' Campbell
Eastern Basketball League champion with Camden Skeeters
William 'Billy' Morgenweck
National Basketball League pioneer, owner and player-coach of the Camden Electrics basketball team in the 1890s-1900s.
Eddie Ferat
Member of the NBL champion Camden Electrics basketball team (1903–04); later employed 25 years in the tax office at Camden City Hall.
Neil Deighan
Neil F. Deighan (1892–1967) was born in Florence, NJ and raised in Camden. He played professional basketball for the Camden Alphas and Crusaders of the Eastern Basketball League (1913–1923), winning the 1919–1920 EBL championship. After his athletic career he became a prominent restaurateur and three-term president of the New Jersey Licensed Beverage Association.
Frank 'Pop' Morgenweck
Pioneer pro basketball coach, Basketball Hall of Fame 1962
Dr. Charles B. Helm
Veterinarian, basketball team owner, city purchasing agent
Andrew J. McMahon
Athlete, boxer, and Camden County Freeholder
Bill Smothers
Legendary Woodrow Wilson High School basketball coach
Samuel Lennox
Camden Crusaders 1919-20 EBL champion; Hudson Tavern owner
Ron 'Itchy' Smith
Camden High basketball star, Group 4 titles 1959 and 1960
Ronald 'Fang' Mitchell
Camden basketball coach, Coppin State all-time wins leader
Valerie Renee Still
Famous and notable people of Camden, NJ.
Tony Alfano
Camden High basketball coach, 428–129 record, state champion
Clarence Turner
Camden High School boys’ basketball coach, 1971–2008; 775–146 career record, seven state titles, named South Jersey’s all-time career wins leader
Rich Deighan
Professional basketball player who played for the Camden Skeeters (Eastern League), Trenton Royal Bengals, and Cleveland Rosenblums (American Basketball League) in the 1920s.
Charles O'Neil
Camden basketball player, Immaculate Conception, 1920s
Bartholomew A. Sheehan
Camden judge, NJ Assemblyman, Jesuit brother
Grover Wearshing
Camden resident who figured prominently in 1930 criminal cases including the Hotel Camden holdup and Solury murder case; sentenced to 10–15 years in 1936 for highway robbery.
Alfred Geddes
Early pro basketball player, Camden Electrics
Joe Hyde
Camden professional basketball player and baseball catcher (1897–1943); member of 1919–20 Camden Crusaders Eastern Basketball League champions
Valerie Still
Camden basketball star, Kentucky all-time scorer
Roy Steele
Henry Roy Steele (1886–1946), professional basketball player in the Central and Eastern Basketball leagues (1906–1924), later owner of Roy Steele's Tavern on Carman Street and Steele's Ship Bar in Somers Point NJ.
Lenny Hall
Camden High basketball star, first Black player at Florida State University (1966), and Camden police officer
Al Bass
Camden High and Woodrow Wilson coach, three-time South Jersey hall of famer
'Ott' Laxton
Samuel Arthur 'Ott' Laxton (1904-1983), Camden basketball and baseball player
Eddie Dolin
Professional basketball player; Camden Alphas, Crusaders, and Skeeters (1912–1923) in the Eastern Basketball League
Bill Culbertson
Rutgers-Camden Basketball Coach
Ed Biehler
Outstanding Camden area basketball player
Horace B. Parker Jr.
Camden semi-pro basketball and baseball player
Rasheer Fleming
Bicycle Racing
Boxing
Camden, NJ Boxing
Camden and the Fight Game
Max Baer v Max Schemling
June 8, 1933
History of Boxing in Camden, NJ
Through 1955
Philly Boxing History
John DiSanto's site honoring Philadelphia and Camden Boxers
Veteran's Boxing Association
Ring #6 — 13th Annual Banquet
Frankie Conway as 'Man of the Year' — 1961
Sunday Evening Courier — May 7, 1961
Frank A. Abbott
Camden City Commissioner and Director of Public Works
Prince Badi Ajamu
Camden professional light heavyweight boxer who competed in the 2000s
Max Alexander
Camden super middleweight boxer, appeared on The Contender
Joey Allen
aka Angelo A. Levecchia
Roxie Allen
Rocco Auletto, known as Roxie Allen, was a South Camden welterweight boxer who competed from 1925 to 1937, winning 32 bouts with 5 knockouts.
Al Barge
Camden welterweight boxer, 12 professional bouts 1947–1954
Black Bill
Heavyweight boxer known as Black Bill, 1902-1927
Frankie Blair
South Camden welterweight boxer, 1933–1944, 24 wins, 17 losses, 2 draws
Mickey Blair
Professional boxer (1925-1936), Camden NJ super featherweight and lightweight; murdered November 4, 1941
Felix Bocchicchio
Boxing manager who guided Jersey Joe Walcott to title
Joseph Borsa
aka Joe Moran
James J. Braddock
aka The Cinderella Man
Dwight Braxton
aka Dwight Muhammed Qawi
Frankie Carlin
Camden boxer (1915–1988), fought as Frankie “Kid” Carlin; super featherweight with 9 wins in first 10 bouts
Philip J. Carlin
aka Johnny Toomey
Eddie Chaney
Camden lightweight boxer and Chaney's Bar owner
Frankie Conway
Camden bantamweight and featherweight boxer, 200+ bouts
Arnold Cream
aka Jersey Joe Walcott
Al Daley
South Camden featherweight and bantamweight boxer who fought professionally as 'Al Daley' in the 1930s; also served as an officer of the Veteran Boxer Association Ring 6
F. George Delker
Frederick George Delker was born in Philadelphia on December 21, 1879. He came to Camden and was known as a prizefighter. He was associated with the Camden Public Safety Committee during World War I and served with the Home Guards.
Forrest Eisenhart
aka Dutch Eisenhart
Watson Finch
Camden, New Jersey welterweight boxer, 1920s
Dan Flynn
Camden boxer and pigeon fancier
Anthony Georgette
Camden boxing manager, trainer, and promoter; nation's youngest boxing manager at 15; managed Frankie Rapp, Mickey and Frankie Blair, and Joey Powell
Francis W. Guetherman
aka Tip Gorman
Daria Hill
Camden professional boxer known as D' Hit Woman. Third-generation boxer, ranked in top 10 as a welterweight and junior middleweight as of 2005.
Jackie Hindle
Camden boxer Jack Hindle, active 1890s–1900s
Max Hoff
aka Boo Boo Hoff
Chick Hunt
Camden boxer and laborer, 1900-1970
McCoy Jones
McCoy Jones, Camden-based welterweight boxer active 1944–1952 with 43 recorded bouts (W 13, L 28, D 2).
Vince Lauria
aka Duke Lauria
Johnny Lucas
Johnny Lucas, 'the pride of Whitman Park,' was a Camden lightweight and welterweight boxer of the 1920s and 1930s who drew with world junior-welterweight champion Johnny Jadick on February 3, 1933.
Leon Lucas
1928 Olympic boxer and Donkey's Place tavern owner
Battling Mack
Camden featherweight boxer (Mattheo Fanelli) active 1917–1926; founded gym where Jersey Joe Walcott trained
Charlie Mack
Camden boxer Charles Fanelli, professionally known as Charlie Mack
Gordon Mackay
Sportswriter and 'Is Zat So!' columnist
Angelo D. Malandra
Lawyer, deputy mayor, and judge
Daniel P. McConnell
Dan McConnell (born c. 1873, Pennsylvania) was one of the best South Jersey lightweights of the 1890s, with a documented record of 41 wins, 21 losses, and 7 draws across 69+ professional fights from 1896 to 1902.
Frank McLaughlin
Camden amateur boxer and Emerson Athletic Club member
Andrew J. McMahon
Athlete, boxer, and Camden County Freeholder
Robert Patrick Munro
Camden laborer, boxer, and veteran
Patsy Mozier
Camden boxer who later became a merchant marine engineer and launched a one-man campaign to bring garden seeds to impoverished people in Asia
Nick Nichols
'Sailor' Nick Nichols was a Camden light welterweight boxer of the 1920s and early 1930s, also known as a letter carrier.
Joey Powell
Joey Powell (Joseph Pawelek), born December 17, 1909 in Camden, New Jersey, was a professional featherweight boxer who fought more than 70 fights under the ring name Pat Murphy during the 1920s and 1930s.
Dawn Quinton
Camden native, professional boxer and PATCO transit officer
Joe Reno
Camden police officer and professional boxer 'Joe Reno' (1916–2002)
Tommy Ricco
Camden featherweight boxer (1917–1960); fought professionally as Tommy Ricco; 16-13-3 record; Highway Department employee.
Kentucky Rosebud
Camden boxer (1854–1930), known as “Kentucky Rosebud”; featherweight who fought professionally 1886–1921, fought and knocked out featherweight champion George Dixon in 1894
Pee Wee Ross
Camden, New Jersey bantamweight boxer, 1920s; later a life member of NJ Veterans Boxing Association Ring No. 6
Lew Skymer
Lew Skymer (1906–1980) was a Camden professional boxer with a career record of 49 wins against 6 defeats. Forced to retire due to eye injuries, he later operated Skymer's Tire Service on Broadway and was inducted into the Pennsylvania Boxing Hall of Fame in 1981.
Thomas J. Skymer
aka Tommy Skymer
Raymond Smith
aka Sgt. Ray Smith
Raymond F. Smith
aka Little Ray Smith
Joe Spearing
Joe Spearing, born Thomas Joseph Spearing in Philadelphia in 1904, was Camden's 'fiddling boxer' — known for playing violin before every fight to calm his nerves. He compiled a 10–6–4 record as a professional lightweight and later served as president of Veteran Boxers Association Ring 6 in Camden.
Harry A. Stahl
Joey Straiges
Joseph A. 'Joey' Straiges was a South Camden junior lightweight and lightweight boxer who fought in the mid-1930s, most notably facing Pedro Montanez who twice challenged for the world lightweight title.
Walter West
Walter E. Kennedy (1892-1949), Camden welterweight boxer who fought as Walter West from 1911 to 1915, later a WWI veteran and cafe owner.
Bobby 'Buzz-Saw' Zimmerman
Camden flyweight boxer and South Jersey champion
Dog Show
Mrs. William MacFarland
Camden horse and dog breeder whose champion Chow, Far Land Thundergust, won Best of Breed at the 1936 Westminster Dog Show and Best of Non-Sporting Group in 1937.
Far Land Thundergust
Camden horse and dog breeder whose champion Chow, Far Land Thundergust, won Best of Breed at the 1936 Westminster Dog Show and Best of Non-Sporting Group in 1937.
Football
South Camden Lions Midget Football
Zuni Indians
Zuni Athletic Association
Charley Rogers
Charles Stagg Rogers, known as the “Camden Comet,” was an All-America halfback at the University of Pennsylvania and played for the Frankford Yellow Jackets in the NFL.
Mike Rozier
Star running back at Woodrow Wilson High School, 1983 Heisman Trophy winner at the University of Nebraska, and NFL running back with the Houston Oilers and Atlanta Falcons.
Art Still
NFL defensive end, four-time Pro Bowl selection
George Almon Munger
Penn Quakers football coach, 84 wins, 14 All-Americans
Bill Seitzinger
Camden Catholic High School football star, University of Georgia
Walt Bubien
Walter John Bubien (1925–2008) grew up in Camden, lettered in three sports at Camden High School, played football and baseball at the University of Pennsylvania, served in the U.S. Navy during WWII, and played minor league baseball in the Philadelphia Athletics farm system in 1946.
Zuni A.A.
The Zuni Athletic Association sponsored semi-pro sports teams as early as the spring of 1930 and into the early 1960s, winning Eastern Professional Football Conference championships in 1941 and 1942.
Derrick Ramsey
NFL tight end, Oakland Raiders and Patriots
Donovin Darius
NFL safety, Jacksonville Jaguars first-round pick
Vince Zizak
NFL player with Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles
George Savitsky
Four-time All-American, 1948 Eagles champion
Benjamin Morell
aka Sonny Morrell
Running
John Glazer
Camden long-distance runner and South Jersey running pioneer
Camden County Sports Hall of Fame and Sports Legends
Wrestling
Mayors of Camden
Mayors of Camden, NJ