William Wynn
WILLIAM WYNN was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on April 8, 1876 as an extra man, taking the place of George W. Himelspark with Engine Company 2. William Wynn worked as box maker prior to his appointment to the Fire Department. William Wynn served for one year. He was replaced in April of 1877 by Charles Reed.
William Wynn was born in Pennsylvania in 1851. It appears he was the son of William and Mary Wynn, and that at the time of the 1870 Census he was living at home and working as an apprentice carpenter. He moved to Camden during the 1870s, and, as stated above, was appointed to the Camden Fire Department in April of 1876. By this time he was working as a boxmaker. William Wynn was living at 202 Mickle Street at the time of his appointment to the Fire Department, and stayed at that address through the beginning of 1899.
William Wynn married in the late 1870s. August of 1879 his wife Mary gave birth to a daughter, Alice. Another daughter, Anna May, would follow a few years later. When the Census was taken in June of 1880 the Wynn family was living at 1126 South 3rd Street. The Wynn family does not appear in the City Directories from 1881 through 1883. The 1884–1885 City Directory shows William Wynn at 630 Cherry Street. He remained at that address through 1890. At some point in the 1880s or early 1890s Mary Wynn passed away.
The 1892–1893 Camden City Directory shows William Wynn residing at 202 Mickle Street. He was then working at a box factory in Philadelphia. William Wynn remarried around 1894. The 1894–1895 Camden City Directory shows that he had moved to 560 Pine Street. His next door neighbor was Camden Fire Department member William Jobes.
560 Pine Street was the home of the Wynn family into January of 1920. The 1900 Census shows William Wynn, his wife Sarah, and daughters Alice and Anna May at the Pine Street address. The family remained intact through 1910. At some point after that year’s census Anna May Wynn either married or passed away. William Wynn ran as a Democrat for Camden’s City Council from the 6th Ward in 1910.
She was not at home when the 1914 City Directory was compiled. The Wynn family does not appear in the 1924 Camden City Directory.
Camden's Mayor Has Field to Himself
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Camden’s Mayor Has Field to Himself.
Candidates Named for City Offices by Camden Democrats and Republicans.
Charles H. Ellis will have no opposition for renomination on the Republican ticket for a third term as Mayor of Camden. When the time for filing nomination papers expired last night, the Mayor’s petition was the only one in the hands of the city clerk. To run against the Mayor the Democrats yesterday afternoon placed in nomination Dr. William H. Kensinger; one of the two representatives in City Council from the Eleventh ward. He is the only aspirant to head the city ticket. The city and Councilmanic tickets nominated by the two parties follow:
Republican Ticket.—Mayor, Charles H. Ellis; Recorder, O. Glen Stackhouse; Receiver of Taxes, John S. Roberts; City Treasurer, George A. Frey; Board of Education (full term), William J. Fox, Edmund E. Read, Jr., Harry C. Sharp (to fill the unexpired term of C. K. Deacon), Harry C. Dole.
City Council — First ward, Charles H. Greer; Second ward David Jester; Third ward, Edward H. Way; Fourth ward, Harry R. Read; Fifth ward, Robert W. Gordon; Sixth ward, Joshua C. Haines; Seventh ward, Frank C. Vanhart; Eighth ward, J. William Mills; Ninth ward, Raymond L. Warren; Tenth ward (full term), C. K. Deacon; (unexpired term of Charles S. Wolverton), Daniel Smith, Henry S. Gordon; Eleventh ward, Frederick Finkeldey; Frederick von Neida; Twelfth ward, Henry D. Longacre, J. Morton Pennock.
Democratic Ticket.—Mayor, Dr. William H. Kensinger; Recorder, John H. Irwin; Receiver of Taxes, Dr. Silas H. Quint; City Treasurer, John J. Welsh; Board of Education (full term), Alfred R. White, William H. Deets, Harry R. Barrett (unexpired term of C. K. Deacon), John Miller.
City Council—First ward, B. W. Poland; Second ward, Frank Shaw; Third ward, E. J. Kelleher; Fourth ward, Harry Richmond; Fifth ward, William C. King; Sixth ward, William Wynn; Seventh ward, George Clark; Eighth ward, George N. Stokes; Ninth ward, John F. Hurley; Tenth ward, George W. Evans; Eleventh ward, F. A. Finkeldey; Twelfth ward, Jonas Shaw.
The Republicans have Councilmanic contests in Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth wards. In the Eleventh, Mr. Finkeldey is after the nomination on both tickets. He is the lone candidate of the Democrats, but has opposition on the Republican ticket.