Introduction
Isaac Ferris Jr.
ISAAC FERRIS JR. was the son of Isaac Ferris, a shoemaker who came to New Jersey, settling in the neighborhood of Broadway and Ferry Avenue in what was then Newton Township, and after 1871, was the Eighth Ward of the City of Camden.
Isaac Ferris Sr. was born in December of 1827 at Easton, Pennsylvania. He wed Dorothea Laird around 1850. A daughter Emma, was born in 1850 in Pennsylvania. When the Census was taken in 1850, Isaac Ferris and family lived in Philadelphia, in the New Market Ward in the area around South 2nd and Lombard Streets. A son, Isaac Ferris Jr. was born October 4, 1854 in Philadelphia and a daughter, Dorothea Ferris was born in Pennsylvania around 1858. Isaac Ferris Sr. and family came to New Jersey soon afterwards. Six more children would be born after the move across the river. A son, Jacob C. Ferris was born in New Jersey on March 10, 1859, and it is probable that he was born in Newton Township. The Ferris family lived there when the Census was taken in 1860. Son John L Ferris was born on January 15, 1861 in Camden County. Daughter Kathryn M. “Kattie” Ferris was born in 1863, most likely in Burlington Township, as it is known from Civil War draft records that on July 1, 1863 Isaac Ferris Sr. was living there, following his trade as a shoemaker. A son, Washington Ferris was born around 1866, and the Ferris family was still in Burlington when daughter Cora arrived on February 3, 1868. Soon after her birth, Isaac Ferris and his clan returned to Newton Township, and Isaac Ferris established a shoemaking enterprise. The Ferris family is listed there in the 1870 Census. In 1871 Newton Township dissolved and the Ferris family became residents of the City of Camden. The 1872 City Directory shows Isaac Ferris Sr. and Isaac Ferris Jr. at Ferry Road and Webster Street; the 1874 Directory indicates that they were still there.
Isaac Ferris Sr. was interested in politics as a Democrat. He was a Democrat leader in the Eighth Ward of Camden altogether for almost forty years. He served as a Camden police officer from 1874 until the spring of 1877, during the mayoralties of John H. Jones and John Morgan. The family was blessed with two more children in the 1870s, daughters Adelaid “Addie” Ferris on June 21, 1871 and son Harry Laird Ferris on December 25, 1875. Sadly, there was loss, as John L. died on November 6, 1876. Shoemaking was a family business and at one time or another most of the Ferris children worked in the trade, and 1876 was also the year that son Isaac Ferris Jr. went into business with a shoemaking factory of his own, the beginning of a business career that would take him into banking.
By 1876 Isaac Ferris Sr. and family had moved to 1702 Fillmore Street. The 1880 Census shows the Ferris family consisting of Isaac and Dorothea Ferris and eight children, Isaac Ferris Jr., Dorothea Ferris, Jacob Ferris, Kathryn Ferris, Washington Ferris, Cora Ferris, Adalaid Ferris, and Harry Ferris. Isaac Ferris Jr. married Sarah J. Yeager shortly after the 1880 Census was enumerated.
Isaac Ferris Jr. operated his shoe factory at 1700 Fillmore Street for about six years. The 1883 City Directory shows Isaac Ferris Jr.’s shoe factory at 1548 Broadway. The 1884 Directory shows Isaac Ferris Jr. living at 1700 Fillmore Street and conducting a retail shoe store there as well, in addition to the shoe factory on Broadway. He moved his residence to 556 Spruce Street prior to the compilation of the 1885 City Directory. By 1887 he had returned to familiar haunts, residing at 1616 Broadway where he stayed into at least 1888. The 1890 City Directory indicates that he had a home in Merchantville, New Jersey. In that year Isaac Ferris Jr. erected a new factory building at 1548 Broadway. He was also by this time a member of the Camden Board of Trade. By 1892 Isaac Ferris Jr. had moved to 519 Broadway, where he stayed into 1899.
In 1900 Isaac Ferris moved his shoe manufacturing operation to 50 North 2nd Street. By the time the 1900 Census was taken, he and wife Sarah had moved to a mansion at 100 West Maple Avenue in Merchantville, New Jersey. Brother Jacob C. Ferris served as vice-president of the company until his death in 1904. Charles W. Helmbold, a long-time associate and secretary of the company, became vice-president. The shoe business incorporated in 1916, and Isaac Ferris turned day-to-day operations of the firm over to new managers. The Isaac Ferris Jr. Company had grown to the point of having another factory in Cleveland, Ohio and one in Philadelphia. In November of 1920 the building at 50 North 2nd Street was sold to the Campbell Soup Company, with shoe manufacturing operations shifted to the Philadelphia plant. Isaac Ferris retired from the shoe business in 1923. He had concentrated on banking for quite some time, serving as director of the Camden National Bank and its successor, the First Camden National Bank and Trust, and the Security Trust Company. He also served on the Delaware River Bridge Joint Commission, the predecessor of the modern-day Delaware River Port Authority, when it shepherded through construction of what today is known as the Ben Franklin Bridge.
After an illness of three weeks, Sarah Yeager Ferris died on October 14, 1933. Isaac Ferris Jr. remarried in 1934. He died at home on December 9, 1940. His second wife, the former Mrs. Mary Haun, joined him on February 8, 1942.
Isaac Ferris
Scannell’s First Citizens of New Jersey — 1917
ISAAC FERRIS—Merchantville.—Manufacturer. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., October 4, 1854; son of Isaac and Dorothea (Lare) Ferris; married at Camden, 1880, to Sarah Yeager, daughter of Henry and Sarah Yeager, of Camden.
Isaac Ferris has been for many years an active factor in the shoe manufacturing industry in the south section of New Jersey. His father was a type of the old time shoe maker, employing a few journeymen to assist him at the bench and making his sales to the shoe dealers. Mr. Ferris, while attending the schools of the town, became acquainted with the business of the shop; and by the time he was sixteen years old was as able to fashion a shoe as his father was. He was employed afterwards for a short time in a shoe factory, and soon learned the art of manufacturing by the methods of the later days. He started a little factory of his own in 1876 when he was twenty-two years of age with limited capital, but succeeded well enough to, in 1884, build a larger factory in South Camden. He continued there until 1900 in the management and control of a constantly growing business.
It’s magnitude eventually compelled him to provide himself with more ample quarters; and the factory at Second and Market Streets in Camden was the result. It is still in operation there. The business grew, and in April, 1916, it passed into the hands of a corporation, known as the Ferris Shoe Company, and employing a capital of $2,000,000, which Mr. Ferris helped to organize. While Mr. Ferris is not now active in carrying on the business he is a Director of the company and largely interested in it financially. The company has, besides its factory in Camden, another in Cleveland, O., and has recently put up a third factory in Philadelphia.
Mr. Ferris is a Director in the Camden National Bank and the Security Trust Co. in Camden and of several companies. His only club membership is with the Manufacturers of Philadelphia.
Isaac Ferris, Jr., Boots and Shoes
Camden City Directory — 1884
ISAAC FERRIS, Jr.,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
Boots and Shoes,
1548 BROADWAY.
RETAIL STORE,
CORNER FILLMORE and VAN HOOK,
CAMDEN.
Building Permits Issued in Camden
Camden Daily Telegram —
The following are the latest building permits issued in this city: Isaac Ferris, frame factory, 54x54 feet, 1548 Broadway; E. Johnson, frame dwelling, 16x16 feet, two story, 1148 Broadway; Gifford Stubbs, 12x12 feet, north of Ferry avenue, west side of Phillip street; S. Der, kitchen, 7x11 feet, rear 439 Jackson street; Leonard Stratton, frame kitchen, 11x12 feet, Mechanic street, west of Mount Ephraim avenue; George Armitage, frame shop, 1613 Fillmore street; C. Johnson, brick building, 13x20 feet, two story, rear 517 Cherry street.
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.
One Week More of Campaigning
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Republican Ticket Will Sweep Camden County With a Big Majority
Democrats, Hopeless of Success, Are Having a Factional Fight on the Side
With the end of this week the campaign in Camden county will practically end. During the week the Republican spellbinders will visit the Ninth and Twelfth wards, Camden, and Waterford and Winslow townships. Everything points to an overwhelming Republican majority.
While the Democrats have been taking but little interest in the campaign, the nomination of an independent Democratic ticket by the county Democracy will result in bringing out many Democrats to vote who otherwise would remain at home. Gottlieb Mick, chairman of the Executive Committee of the County Democracy, yesterday announced the appointment of the following Campaign Committee:
Dr. Donges, Captain Christopher S. Magrath, Isaac Ferris, Jr., Charles Davall, John Hood, George D. Borton, James F. Davis, Joseph Devinney, George Holl, Joseph Nowrey, William E. Anthony, David T Campbell, John Pugh, John K. Esler, Harry Stetser, Cornelius Shepperkotter, Dr. F. J. Bickers, Jonas S. Miller, Allyn Brewer, Joseph Peacock, David A. Shreeve, Charles D. Heath, Frederick Krueger, F. S. Niepling, Aaron Bryant, Jacob C Lippincott, Thomas Wentz, Sr.
The committee will endeavor to get out a larger vote for the County Democracy ticket than the “regular” faction of the party will poll. The regulars have William J. Thompson as their leader, with County Detective John S. Smith as his chief lieutenant, and they expect to down the “silk stockings.”
A change was made in the County Democracy ticket yesterday, caused by the withdrawal of George Williams, of the Twelfth ward, as a candidate for the Assembly. The vacancy was filled by selecting Charles C. Old, of Pensauken township, who filed his acceptance with the County Clerk. Mr. Old is a shoe merchant in business in Philadelphia.
Jacob C Daubman, who recently filed a certificate of nomination as an “Independent Republican” candidate for Sheriff yesterday, announced his withdrawal. He had made a strong play for the County Democracy endorsement, but failed to land it, and this left him no ground to stand on.
Political Straws
Major William H. Tice, of the First ward, who has been in City Council, would like to occupy his old seat again, and will be a candidate for the Republican nomination in the First ward next spring.
The Republican County Executive Committee yesterday arranged for the appointment of two challengers in each election district.
The Democratic County Executive Committee of the “regulars” organized yesterday afternoon by the election of Clarence T. Atkinson as chairman; James Burke, secretary, and Thomas Bodell. Committees were appointed to carry on campaign work.
There is no more popular candidate on the Republican ticket than Editor F. F. Patterson, Jr., who is receiving many voluntary pledges of support from Democrats.
Death Summons Isaac Ferris, Sr
Camden Post-Telegram —
He Was a Former Democratic Leader in the Eighth Ward
An Old Resident Passes Away
Isaac Ferris, Sr., father of Isaac Ferris, the well known shoe manufacturer, of this city, died yesterday of general debility, at his residence, 1702 Fillmore street, after an illness of two weeks, aged 77 years.
Mr. Ferris was born in Easton, Pa., and settled in South Camden sixty-eight years ago. He learned the shoemaking business, and engagd [sic] in the manufacture of shoes before modern appliances were introduced. When the machinery for the manufacture of shoes came into vogue he retired from business.
ISAAC FERRIS, SR., He Was One of the Oldest Residents of the City.
Mr. Ferris at one time took an active part in politics and was the Democratic leader in the Eighth ward.
A widow and nine children survive, they being five daughters and four sons. Mr. and Mrs. Ferris celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on January 12, 1901. His funeral will take place on Friday, with interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
Isaac Ferris Sr. — Isaac Ferris Jr.
Isaac Ferris, Sr., Has Passed Away
Camden Daily Courier —
Had Been a Resident of This City for Sixty Years.
Isaac Ferris, Sr., died at his home, 1702 Fillmore street, at 3.30 o’clock yesterday afternoon of a complication of diseases, at the age of seventy-seven years. Mr. Ferris is father of Isaac Ferris, Jr., the well known shoe manufacturer. He was born in Easton, Pa., but has been a resident of this locality for about sixty-eight years. He enjoyed good health until last summer, when he first began to complain. He was able to be about, however, until two weeks ago when he was obliged to seek his bed.
He leaves a widow and nine children, five girls and four boys, all of whom but three are married. His funeral will take place on Friday. Interment will be made in Evergreen Cemetery.
Camden Business Man Dead in Bath Room
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Jacob C. Ferris Found Lying Across a Gas Stove, Asphyxiated by the Deadly Fumes
Jacob C. Ferris, aged 47 years, a well-known Camden business man, was found dead in the bathroom at his home at 546 Steven [sic] street yesterday morning. When discovered the body was lying across a gas stove, the deadly fumes escaping from the tube, which had been disconnected from the stove. It is presumed Mr. Ferris, who had been ill for a year, was taken with a fainting spell and fell on the stove, resulting in the tube being torn from the stove. Coroner Kirk gave a certificate of death due to gas asphyxiation.
Mr. Ferris was a member of the Commercial Club, the Camden Lodge of Elks and until recently a member of the shoe manufacturing firm of Isaac Ferris, Jr., & Co. He is survived by a widow and three children.
Greater Camden the Slogan at Board of Trade Banquet
Philadelphia Inquirer —
MAYOR CHAS H. ELLIS
JUDGE C V D JOLINE
EX-JUDGE HOWARD CARROW
EDMUND E. READ JR.
Men Prominent in Business Affairs Sound Praises of Growing City at Annual Feast
A greater, more progressive Camden was the watchword at he [sic] annual banquet given by Camden’s Board of Trade last night. And that this means something is evident from the fact that it came from the city’s “Captains of Industry” to the number of two hundred.
It was Camden’s rejuvenated Board of Trade that gave the banquet and the interest taken was manifested by the presence of representatives from every business concern of any prominence in the city.
All Represented
There were bankers besides just ordinary business men, professional men of every character, and all were imbued with the spirit to make of Camden a place that will be known on the map throughout the country. William L. Hurley, president of the board, presided at the banquet.
“Generally speaking, we are satisfied with our city,” said Mayor Charles H. Ellis in responding to the toast, “Camden as it is,” “but, of course, there is room for improvement in many respects, and it rests with you gentlemen, you members of the Board of Trade to largely aid in solving our municipal problems.”
Former Judge Howard Carrow acted as toastmaster and, beside Mayor Ellis, those who responded to toasts were Congressman James H. Davidson, of Wisconsin, who spoke on “Boards of Trades;” Judge of the Court of Common Pleas C. V. D. Joline, “Camden’s Eighty Years;” Lawyer Edmund E. Read, president of the Board of Education, “Camden’s Future.”
One of the features of the occasion was the presentation of a life-size oil painting of President William Leonard Hurley. [sic] to the board, by Lawyer Harry C. Kramer. This came as a complete surprise to President Hurley, but he expressed his thorough appreciation of the honor.
Senator Philander C. Knox, of Pennsylvania, was among the specially invited guests and a warm welcome awaited him, but he was unavoidably detained.. [sic]
Some good points to Camden’s credit were enumerated in the menu cards as follows:
“Camden has within its borders a population of nearly 100,000 and shipbuilding firms that can either supply a launch or the greatest battleship; the largest lace curtain manufacturers in America; a talking machine that speaks every known language; iron works that make enough pipe to girdle the earth; leather manufacturers who tan skins from all parts of the globe; the largest furniture house, whose products reach the Philippines; banks and trust companies whose resources are not affected by panics; artesian water that can be taken without adding anything.”
The committee in charge of the occasion included John T. Dorrance, chairman; Edwin G. C. Bleakly, Harry C. Kramer, David A. Henderson and Samuel W. Sparks.
Among the Guests
Among the participants were Congressman Harry C. Loudenslager, Francis Howell, Walter Wood, Elmer E. Long, George W. Jessup, former Judge Joseph Gaskill, Volney G. Bennett, Wilbur F. Rose, Alexander C. Wood, George A. Frey, Charles A. Reynolds, Vice Chancellor E. B. Leaming, Heulings Lippincott, Charles K. Haddon, Fithian S. Simmons, Joseph B. Van Sciver, David Jester, Frank B. Sitley, Alpheus McCracken, Thomas S. Nekervis, DeCourcy May, Watson Depuy, Lionel C. Simpson, John M. Kelly, G. George Browning, William J. Browning, Isaac Ferris, John C. Danenhower, John R. McFeeley, Elias Davis, Anthony Kobus, Captain John B. Adams.
Death of Dorathia Ferris (widow of Isaac Ferris Sr.)
Camden Post-Telegram —
As a climax of a beautiful Christian life, there passed into a haven or [sic] rest yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Dorathia Ferris, widow of the late Isaac W. Ferris, at her home, 1702 Fillmore street. It had been home to Mr. and Mrs. Ferris for many years.
Surrounded by their family the Grim Reaper first wielded his scythe and the father and a son, Jacob, fell to be mourned by those remaining.
For nearly forty years the house had been the home of the family. The section of the city when it was first established was an outlying district, the family growing as the city progressed. No family in the Eighth ward was better known or more respected. The daughters followed after the patient loving mother in the paths of the life that leads to happiness beyond the grave.
Two of those unmarried, Miss Dorathea and Miss Katherine, “Dolly” and “Kate” among their friends, with their mother constituted all that was left of a once large family circle. Mother and daughters were loving companions, and now the daughters are left to mourn the sweet memory of the silent one resting peacefully by the side of the ones she loved who had previously crossed the river of death with the silent boatman.
Her death was peaceful, just the closing of the eyes, a smile and she was gone, that was all; a Christian’s passing to the world beyond. She was in her 80th year.
Besides Miss Dorothea and Miss Katherine Ferris, the mother is survived by Mrs. Charles Helmbold, Isaac Ferris, Mrs. William Shuster, of Rutherford, N.J.; Mrs. Espen Ashton and Harry Ferris, of Phoenixville, Pa.
The funeral will take place at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon. The religious services will be in charge of Rev. A. W. Anderson, late pastor, and Rev. Dr. W. C. Little, present pastor of the Third Baptist Church, of which Mrs. Ferris has been a consistent member for many years. Interment will be made in Evergreen Cemetery.
Bank Directory — March–December 1916
Camden National Bank
Camden, N. J.
Francis C. Howell, President; Herbert C. Felton, Vice President; Elias Davis, Cashier
Directors: Francis C. Howell — John D. Glover — Herbert C. Felton — James W. Halley — Rudolph W. Birdsell — John C. Danenhower — Howard M. Cooper — Dr. John W. Donges — Isaac Ferris — Elias Davis
Security Trust Company
301 Market Street, Camden, N. J.
Joshua E. Borton, President; Henry D. Moore, Vice President; C. H. Polhemus, Secretary and Treasurer; Walter T. Pratt, Assistant Treasurer; Howard M. Potter, Trust Officer; Thomas E. French, General Counsel
Directors: Joshua E. Borton — Henry D. Moore — David Baird Sr. — Harry Reeves — Howard Carrow — Thomas W. Synnott — John F. Harned — Isaac Ferris Jr. — Cooper B. Hatch — Dr. Paul Mecray — Francis C. Howell — Townsend Stites — S. Stanger Iszard — J. Spicer Leaming — Valentine Kissling — Anthony Kuser
Industries Back on Normal Basis Soon, Say Factory Heads
Camden Daily Courier —
Camden industrial heads today predicted a banner year for 1921 with a return of business to a normal basis and a general improvement in nearly every line of industry.
In a canvas the Daily Courier made among the leaders of the major industries of the city, not one of the men interviewed expressed a doubt but that, with the beginning of the new year, industry will gradually readjust itself and improve generally.
Dr. John T. Dorrance, president of the Campbell Soup company, predicted that within five months conditions will readjust themselves.
Dr. Dorrance said: “Conditions will continue as at present for at least five months. After that conditions will improve. Our business has been better this year than in any of the thirty years I have been with the company. I look forward to 1921 as our banner year and one of the biggest years in the history of the Campbell company. We are working full speed—laying off no men—and concentrating our efforts to increase production to the fullest extent.”
The Campbell company has purchased the Ferris Shoe Company property on North Second street. The property will be used as a storehouse for Campbell products.
The Ferris Shoe Company discontinued operating its plant this week and is transferring its Camden force to Philadelphia, where it will combine with its other factory.
Frank S. Van Hart, of the Esterbrook Pen Company, also expressed himself as optimistic for the coming year in industry. He said: “I can’t see that it is possible for conditions to remain as they are after the first of the year. We need not fear for a panic as this is an inactive time in the year that is bound to come at most any period. People are holding off buying as the market slumps and when they do begin to buy, business will pick up and be materially better in every way. People have got to buy to live, and the quicker they do the better it will be for everybody. The present condition is not serious.”
Esterbrook to Reopen Nov. 29.
Discussing the closing down of the Esterbrook Pen Company, Harry C. Sharp, manager of the sales department, made the following statement in which he also expressed optimism for the coming year: “The report that the Esterbrook Pen Company has closed down is true, but the plant is not shut down indefinitely as a number of people supposed at first. We will reopen the factory November 29, and the men who were temporarily laid off will return to their jobs.
“We believed it good policy to close down the plant at the present time to permit us to dispose of some of our stock which was becoming quite heavy and also to afford us an opportunity to make alterations and clean up the plant in general.
“Things will stabilize and all indications at present point to a general improvement after the first of the year. Our export trade, too, has suffered due to the high rate of exchange, and that, together with various other reasons, has affected industry to a great extent.”
Victor Wants Skilled Workmen.
Belford G. Royal, general superintendent of the Victor Company, said: “Conditions are so good at the Victor Company that I don’t like to brag about them. We are taking on new men every week. In the cabinet factory and record pressing department a large number of men are working overtime. The various departments of the plant will run on full time until next July. We are taking on almost as many skilled workers as apply for jobs. As I said before conditions at the plant are exceedingly good.
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Patrons, Patronesses Announced Today for First Military Ball
Camden Courier-Post —
Patrons and patronesses for the first military ball of the Camden Post No. 980, Veterans of Foreign Wars, to be held on Friday evening February 3 in the Elks auditorium, Seventh and Cooper Streets, are announced today.
The following prominent men and women are listed: Mrs. J.W. Connor, Miss C.M. Day, Mrs. J.H. Forsyth, Mrs. H.J. Goodyear, Miss B. Graham, Mrs. R.E. Green, Mrs. E.F. Haines, Mrs. J. Hood Jr., Mrs. W. Hurley, Mrs. J. Jarrell, Mrs. T. Keefe, Mrs. J.F. Kobus, Mrs. L. Liberman, Mrs. F.T. Lloyd, Mrs. M.A. Logan, Mrs. T.P. McConaghy, Mrs. F.F. Neutze, Mrs. L.K. Marr, Mrs. J.A. Pennington, Mrs. M.E. Ramsey, Mrs. E. Truax, Mrs. S.M. Shay, Mrs. W.J. Staats, Mrs. B.G. Tarburton, Mrs. R.W. Waddell, Mrs. E. Watson, Mrs. E.P. Wescott, Mrs. C.A. Wolverton.
David Baird Jr., William T. Boyle, Isaac Ferris, William Hurley, John Hood Jr., John Jarrell, Victor King, William J. Kraft, Thomas Keefe, Joseph F. Kobus, Hon. Edmund B. Leaming, Dr. A. Haines Lippincott, James H. Long, L.K. Marr, Dr. Thomas P. McConaghy, Hon. Frank F. Neutze, Samuel P. Orlando, Albert E. Simmons, Edwin Watson, Ethan P. Wescott.
First Camden National Bank & Trust Co. (advertisement)
Camden Courier-Post —
The Directors
A. D. Ambruster
S. C. Childs
Edward B. Humphreys
Edward E. Shumaker
F. Morse Archer
Elias Davis
Henry H. Lippincott
Frank C. Somers
David Baird, Jr.
Burleigh B. Draper
Albert C. Middleton
Frank L. Starr
Ralph D. Baker
Isaac Ferris
William T. Read
J. B. Van Sciver, Jr.
Killam E. Bennett
Le Roy A. Goodwin
Wm. W. Robinson
Lawrence M. Verga
Rudolph W. Birdsell
Eugene F. Haines
Charles W. Russ
Oliver C. Willits
William T. Boyle
William D. Sherrerd
Charles A. Wolverton
The Officers
F. MORSE ARCHER
President
BURLEIGH B. DRAPER
Vice-President
ISAAC FERRIS
Vice-President
A. D. AMBRUSTER
Vice-President & Trust Officer
JAY KNOX
Asst. Trust Officer
S. C. KIMBLE
Cashier
THEO. THOMPSON
Assistant Cashier
ORLANDO M. BOWEN
Assistant Cashier
Wm. K. COOK
Assistant Cashier
JULIAN K. POTTER
Assistant Cashier
FIRST
CAMDEN NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO.
Founded 1812. Oldest in South Jersey
Downtown Office
Broadway & Sycamore
Main Office
Broadway & Cooper
Philadelphia Office
223 Market Street
Mrs. Sarah A. Ferris Dies at Merchantville
Camden Courier-Post —
After an illness of three weeks Mrs. Sarah A. Ferris, wife of Isaac Ferris, shoe manufacturer and former member of the Delaware River Joint Bridge Commission, is dead at her home at 110 West Maple avenue, Merchantville.
Mr. and Mrs. Ferris had been married 53 years. She is also survived by a brother, George Yeager, of Westville, and several neices [sic] and nephews.
She died Saturday and the funeral will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at her late home with burial in Harleigh Cemetery.
Isaac Ferris Dies In Home at 86
Camden Courier-Post —
Isaac Ferris, vice president of the First Camden National Bank and Trust Co., with which he was associated for 60 years, died Monday at his home, 100 W. Maple ave., Merchantville, N. J. He was 86.
Mr. Ferris, a native of Philadelphia, left school at 14. Seven years later he started a shoe manufacturing business in Camden and later built up a chain of factories in Camden, Philadelphia and Cleveland. He retired from the business 17 years ago.
Mr. Ferris was a former member of the Delaware River Bridge Joint Commission.
He is survived by his wife, Mary; a brother, Harry, of Philadelphia, and three sisters, Mrs. Charles Humboldt, of Pitman, and Mrs. Addie Ashton and Mrs. Cora Shuster, of Delaware Gardens.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 P. M. from his home.
Mrs. Isaac Ferris
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary S. Ferris, widow of Isaac Ferris, former vice president of the First Camden National Bank and Trust Co., will be held today at 2 P. M. at her home, 100 W. Maple ave., Merchantville. She died Sunday at the age of 81. Burial will be in Harleigh Cemetery.
Isaac Ferris & Family Home — Merchantville, New Jersey
100 W. Maple Avenue, Merchantville, New Jersey — July 2018