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HENRY CHAPMAN KNOWLES was born on November 6, 1871 in Yorkshire, England to Thomas C. Knowles and the former Ann Hannah Stocks. The family appears in the 1892 Camden City Directory at 1116 Mechanic Street. Thomas Knowles was working as a blacksmith, Henry as a morocco finisher, and half-sister Marcy as a twister at the Howland Croft & Son mill on Broadway. In 1893 Henry C. Knowles married Sarah T. "Sadie" Long, the daughter of John P. Long and his wife Emma. This marriage produced five children, Alice, John Thomas, Annie, Emma, and Charles Knowles. |
John P. Long served as a member of the Camden Fire Department from 1890 to the fall of 1910. Perhaps do to his father-in-law's influence, Henry Knowles was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on June 13, 1910 and began service on July 1, 1910 as the houseman at Engine Company 7, and appears to have kept that position through at least 1922 and possibly into 1923. The fire department housemen were eliminated by the City Commissioners on June 29, 1923, but apparently were soon brought back, and Henry Knowles was brought back with them. He was still in the position in December of 1931 when the housemen were eliminated once and for all Henry C. Knowles passed away on September 21, 1942. |
Camden Post-Telegram * January 2, 1913 |
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Charles
A. Todd -
John W. Kelly
Jr. -
John H.
Lutts -
William
K. Buzine -
James
Navins -
Richard Marter Joseph Sparks - George Boone - roy a. smith - Edward Simpson - Henry C. Knowles Samuel S. Elfreth - George P. Cox - Walter W. Browning - George B. Wade - John A. Stockton Joseph F. Ernst - John A. Dold - Josiah Sage - Daniel Smith - Arthur Wingate - Joseph T. Johnson Harry Hankins - William Laird - William Elberson - John H. Lennox - Martin Carrigan - Charles Cook Harry Selby - Herman O. Kreher - Daniel P. McConnell - William Howell Tatem Harry C. Anderson - Steward Bakley - Joseph Maxwell William Robinson - Richard Sauer - John Watson - Albert Glanders Charles Menke - Edward S. Gahan |
Camden Daily Courier * July 1, 1913 |
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Camden Post-Telegram * July 1, 1913 |
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