Introduction
Harry B. Anthony
Harry B. Anthony was born in Philadelphia in 1849, and came to Camden at the age of 5 with his family. At the age of 23 he opened up a crockery business, Anthony’s China Hall. In 1876 he made his father manager of the business, and went into the shoe manufacturing business. By the mid 1880s he had a factory turning out 4,000 pairs of shoes a week, and shipping to all points in the nation.
Last a resident of Philadelphia, H.B. Anthony passed away on November 25, 1909.
Camden News
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Notes of Interest from the City Across the Delaware.
The stockholders of the new Camden National Bank held another meeting yesterday and elected the following Board of Directors: Henry B. Anthony, Dr. George W. Bailey, Irvin C. Beatty, Howard M. Cooper, John Cooper, James Davis, Herbert C. Felton, Philip H. Fowler, George P. Halnes, Zophar C. Howell, Zophar L. Howell, Rudolph W. Birdsall, William B. Mulford, Charles E. Thomas, Isaac C. Toone, Henry B. Wilson, Charles B. Coles. Zophar C. Howell was chosen president; John Cooper, vice president; Howard M. Cooper, solicitor, and Isaac C. Martindale, cashier. The committee, on procuring a suitable location, reported in favor of securing the store of Thomas Boyle, Kaighn’s avenue, above Locust street. They were instructed to procure the same and to make necessary alterations as speedy as possible. Fifty per cent. of the capital stock was paid in at the meeting.
Anthony's China Hall
Historical and Industrial Review of Camden, N.J. — 1890
Anthony’s China Hall,
Broadway and Kaighn’s Avenue
One of the oldest and most favorably thought of houses in this neighborhood is Anthony’s China Hall, this business having been here many years, the present proprietor’s son, H. B. Anthony, having established the business in 1868, and the present proprietor took hold of it January 14th, 1878.
The store is about 20x80 feet in dimension. Two floors are used as show rooms. Here may be found one of the most complete stocks in the city. All kinds and descriptions of China and Glassware abound as well as a large Lamp Department, in which may be found all the newest and handsomest designs, as well as a full line of Lamp Fittings. A large House Furnishing Goods Department is also run, in which everything of the kind may be found.
Six capable and genial assistants are employed. The Store is fitted with electric lights and is one of the handsomest in this section.
Mr. Anthony is a native of Northumberland, Northumberland County, Pa., but has been a resident of the city thirty-five years.
Masonic Temple Association Directors Elected
Philadelphia Inquirer —
The stockholders of the Masonic Temple Association have elected the following directors: George Pfeiffer, Jr., Cooper B. Hatch, William H. Fredericks, Thomas McDowell, J. R. Eastlack, Alfred Cramer, D. H. Gomersall, E. A. Austermuhl, Isaac Ferris, Jr., Isaac Doughton, H. B. Anthony, W. S. Casselman, Joseph P. Weatherby, W. F. Rose and George W. Jessup.
Biographical Review
Biographical Review — 1897
H. B. Anthony owns one of the largest shoe factories, at 521 South Seventh Street. Paul Anthony came from Germany to this country more than a century ago. He was a hatter and located at Rahway, N. J., for a short time, and then removed to Northumberland, Pa., where he resided until his death. By his marriage with Elizabeth Van Buskirk he had five children,—John, Phillip, Esther, Ann and Elizabeth, who married and settled in Northumberland and assisted him in his manufacturing interests, excepting John, who migrated to Louisville, Ky., and Phillip, who became a river pilot. Phillip was married to Sarah, daughter of Isaiah McCoy, of Cumberland, by whom he had seven children,—Sarah, Paul, William (who died in infancy), Thomas, George, Mary and Henry.
George Anthony was born in Northumberland August 18, 1824, and lived there until 1840, when he went to Milton, Pa., to learn harness-making. After finishing his apprenticeship he removed to Camden, in 1854, and worked at his trade in Philadelphia until 1881. On December 27, 1847, he was married to Sarah, daughter of Diedrick and Catherine Fegenbush, of Philadelphia, by whom he has seven children,—Charles D., Harry B., Kate F., Paul (deceased), William E., Edwin T. and George E.
Harry B. Anthony was born in Philadelphia September 27, 1849, and came to Camden with his father in 1854. He was educated in the public schools. At the age of thirteen he entered the National Iron Armor and Ship-Building Company’s works, of Camden, and continued thus employed for two years, when he again went to school, until he took a position with the firm of Edmund A. Souder & Co., of Philadelphia, who controlled the steamers on the Schuylkill, and which was afterward the Fairmount Steamboat Company. He rose from the position of ticket agent to that of superintendent and treasurer of the company, was the first to introduce propellers from the Falls to the Wissahickon, remained with the company for twenty years and is still a director. This occupied only the summer months, and during the winter he learned the trade of furniture finisher with E. D. Trymby & Co., of Philadelphia, where he was employed for ten years during the winter months. In 1872 he opened at 1146 Broadway a crockery store, and after building up a large business, transferred it to his father, in 1876, who still manages it. Mr. Anthony began the manufacture of shoes in a small way, building a factory on Kaighn Avenue, above Broadway, doing nothing but hand work. His business grew so rapidly as to demand increased facilities, and in 1881 he purchased the building 521 South Seventh Street, and placed in it a full line of the most improved machinery for the manufacture of misses’ and children’s machine-sewed shoes, where he is now making four thousand pairs of shoes a week, and employing one hundred hands, thus giving Camden a profitable and successful business and adding to her improvement and prosperity. The property purchased by Mr. Anthony was sixty by one hundred and ninety-three feet in area, and a brick building forty by fifty feet had already been erected upon it.
Shortly after, through the increase of business, he was compelled to make important additions to the factory,—one addition of brick, thirty-five by forty feet, and a general improvement of the factory and purchase of additional and improved machinery. The factory is heated by steam throughout, with high ceilings and ample arrangements for ventilation. The location is a most desirable one, being on the line of the West Jersey Railroad, affording good facilities for receiving coal, etc. The factory is supplied with two large boilers, one for heating purposes, the other as a motive-power for the different and varied machinery used in the manufacture of their products, with ample power for all purposes.
In addition to Mr. Anthony now employing one hundred hands and making four thousand pairs of machine-sewed shoes per week, he is making active preparations to increase the capacity of this manufactory to seven thousand pairs per week, by an addition of a fine line of hand-sewed turn shoes. The business, as conducted by Mr. Anthony, is of large proportions, extending west to the Pacific States, south to Texas and northwest to Minnesota. Mr. Anthony is a director in the Camden National Bank. In 1869 he was married to Louisa, daughter of Arthur G. and Jane Ashley, of England, who died in 1879, leaving one daughter, Laura S. On January 7, 1881, he was married to Lucretia, daughter of Evan and Ann Thomas, who were natives of Wales, but then residing near Scranton, Pa. They have one child,—Walter Y., born November 23, 1881.
Advertising Trade Card for Anthony's China Hall
Advertising Trade Card for Anthony’s China Hall
Obituary
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Anthony—Suddenly, on November 25, 1909, Harry B., son of the late George and Sarah Anthony, formerly of Camden, N. J. Relatives and friends, also Lodge No. 9, F. and A. M.; St. John’s R. A. Chapter, No. 222; St. John’s Commandery, No. 4, K. T., and Lulu Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., are invited to attend the funeral services, at his late residence, 1722 Green st., Monday, at 2 P. M. precisely. Interment private, at Harleigh Cemetery.