Washington Street

WASHINGTON STREET was named after George Washington. When originally laid out, Washington Street east of Broadway was known as Morris Street, in honor of Robert Morris, the New Jersey financier who obtained funding for America’s forces during the Revolutionary war. In 1882, to avoid confusion, the name of Morris street was dropped, and the street became Washington Street for its entire length. Similar adjustments were made for Berkeley Street and Clinton Street.

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200 Block

200 Block of Washington Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1879–1942.

200 Washington Street

200 Washington Street — 200 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1887	George Osler

207 Washington Street

207 Washington Street — 200 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1918	Clara Kleinfelder

209 Washington Street

209 Washington Street — 200 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1880–1895	Samuel W. Githens & Family (Samuel W. & Anna Githens — Camden Post-Telegram, November 24, 1895)
1880–1895	Samuel W. & Anna Githens
1897–1898	William E. Laird

210 Washington Street

210 Washington Street — 200 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1879–1887	William J. Maguire
1922	William Lovern (Camden Courier, January 23, 1922)
1922	William Lovern

214 Washington Street

214 Washington Street — 200 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1931	John Palumbo & Family (John & Catherine Palumbo; Felice, Louis, Mary, James, Grace Palumbo — Camden Courier-Post, June 13, 1931)
1931	John & Catherine Palumbo
1931	Felice Palumbo
1931	Louis Palumbo
1931	Mary Palumbo
1931	James Palumbo
1931	Grace Palumb

215 Washington Street

215 Washington Street — 200 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1898–1934	John K. Vanstavern & Family (John K. & Ellen Vanstavern; Emma Vanstavern; Jacob Laubach; George Callahan — Camden Courier-Post, October 27, 1934)
1898–1934	John K. & Ellen Vanstavern
1898–1934	Emma Vanstavern
1907–1934	Jacob Laubach
1910–1934	George Callahan

220 Washington Street

220 Washington Street — 200 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1890–1891	Wright Ellis Cox
1918	Hazel Shipman

223 Washington Street

223 Washington Street — 200 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1940	Dominick J. Persiani & Family
1940	Dominick J. & Carmela Persiani

224 Washington Street

224 Washington Street — 200 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1898–1899	Emma Devinney

227 Washington Street

227 Washington Street — 200 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1915	Thomas Contravo (Philadelphia Inquirer, October 2, 1915)
1915	Thomas Contravo
1930–1942	Clarence Arthur

228 Washington Street

228 Washington Street — 200 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1885–1896	Alfred E. Woodward & Family (Alfred E. & Mary A. Powell Woodward; Alfred Jr., Frederick, Walter, Samuel, Charles S., Mary Emma, Ida May Woodward; Mary Emaline Woodward — Philadelphia Inquirer, February 26, 1895 & December 29–31, 1899)
1885–1896	Alfred E. & Mary A. Powell Woodward
1885–1896	Alfred E. Woodward Jr. (son)
1885–1896	Frederick Woodward (son)
1885–1896	Walter Woodward (son)
1885–1896	Samuel Wodward (son)
1885–1896	Mary Emma Woodward (daughter)
1885–1896	Charles S. Woodward (son)
1885–1896	Ida May Woodward (daughter)
1885–1896	Mary Emaline Woodward (mother)

231 Washington Street

231 Washington Street — 200 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1930s–1937	Caesar Persiani & Family
1930s–1937	Caesar & Alma Persiani
1930s–1937	Anna Persiani
1930s–1937	Mildred Persiani
1930s–1937	Dominick J. Persiani
1930s–1937	Barbara Persiani
1930s–1937	John Persiani

236 Washington Street

236 Washington Street — 200 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1880	Harry Miller
1888	James Dunn
1914	Andrew & Lillie Chapman & Family
1914	Andrew Chapman & Family

209 Washington Street — Samuel W. Githens, Camden Post-Telegram, November 24, 1895 — 209 Washington Street — George Osler & Samuel W. Githens family. John H. Fettery, aged 77 years, 354 Cherry street. Samuel W. Githens, aged 60 years, 209 Washington street. Mrs. Edith A. Jones, aged 63 years, Moorestown. Mrs. Sarah J. Powell, Burlington. — Camden Post-Telegram, November 24, 1895

214 Washington Street — Camden Man Ends Life in N.Y. Hotel, Camden Courier-Post, June 13, 1931 — **CAMDEN MAN ENDS LIFE IN N. Y. HOTEL**

*Had Left Wife and Six Children Here, Police Say; Hangs Himself*

A Camden man who deserted his wife and six children several weeks ago committed suicide yesterday by hanging himself in a bed room in the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, according to the police.

He was John Polumbo, 43, of 214 Washington street. Relatives said he had been mentally ill. A brother, Louis, located him a week ago in New York and took him to the Bellevue Hospital.

Louis and his wife took the man from the hospital Wednesday night to the Hotel Pennsylvania. They intended returning to Camden with him yesterday. When they went to his room in the morning they found he hanged himself with a bed sheet. — Camden Courier-Post, June 13, 1931

215 Washington Street — John K. Vanstavern family, Camden Courier-Post, October 27, 1934 — George Callahan
Services will be held at 9 a. m. today at the Church of the Immaculate Conception for George Callahan, 215 Washington street, who died Wednesday. Burial will be at Calvary cemetery. He was a member of Camden Lodge of Moose and Fraternal Order of Eagles. — Camden Courier-Post, October 27, 1934
215 Washington Street — John K. Vanstavern & Family, 1898–1934

Dominick J. Persiani, 223 Washington Street — Dominick J. Persiani — 223 Washington Street, 1940

227 Washington Street — Thomas Contravo, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 2, 1915 — Surrendering to Policeman Garrison after a chase in which the officer fired several shots from his revolver, Thomas Contravo, aged 27 will be sent to League Island to answer a charge of deserting from the army while stationed at Fort Hamilton. Located in the house at 227 Washington street, Contravo jumped through a rear window when the policeman called to arrest him. — Philadelphia Inquirer, October 2, 1915

Alfred E. Woodward, Philadelphia Inquirer, December 29, 1899 — 228 Washington Street — Alfred E. Woodward & Family, 1885–1896. Alfred Woodward Sr. served in the 4th New Jersey Infantry, 1861–1865, was shot at Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 12, 1864, and survived his wound before succumbing to illness in 1899. Also at this address: Dr. William S. Jones
WOODWARD.—On December 28, 1899, Alfred Woodward, son of the late Samuel and Mary E. Woodward, aged 58 years, 4 months and 13 days. A patient sufferer at rest. The relatives and friends of the family, also Baker Post, No 22 G. A. R. of Moorestown, N. J., and all members of the G. A. R., are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services, on Sunday, December 31, at 1 o’clock, at his late residence, 116 North Thirtieth street, East Side, Camden, N. J. Remains can be viewed on Saturday evening from 7 to 9 o’clock. Interment private at Evergreen Cemetery. — Philadelphia Inquirer, December 31, 1899

Alfred E. Woodward family genealogy — 228 Washington Street — Alfred E. Woodward & Family, 1885–1896. Alfred Woodward Sr. served in the 4th New Jersey Infantry, 1861–1865, was shot at Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 12, 1864, and survived his wound before succumbing to illness in 1899. Also at this address: Dr. William S. Jones
WOODWARD.—On December 28, 1899, Alfred Woodward, son of the late Samuel and Mary E. Woodward, aged 58 years, 4 months and 13 days. A patient sufferer at rest. The relatives and friends of the family, also Baker Post, No 22 G. A. R. of Moorestown, N. J., and all members of the G. A. R., are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services, on Sunday, December 31, at 1 o’clock, at his late residence, 116 North Thirtieth street, East Side, Camden, N. J. Remains can be viewed on Saturday evening from 7 to 9 o’clock. Interment private at Evergreen Cemetery. — Philadelphia Inquirer, December 31, 1899

Death Certificates Granted by County Physician

Philadelphia Inquirer — February 26, 1895

Cases Treated at Cooper Hospital

Camden Post-Telegram — April 1, 1913

Camden’s Scarred Patriots

Philadelphia Inquirer — July 5, 1904

300 Block

300 Block of Washington Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1878–1966.

307 Washington Street

307 Washington Street — 300 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1918	Hazel Shipman (Camden Daily Courier, May 13, 1918)
1918	Hazel Shipman

310 Washington Street

310 Washington Street — 300 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1910–1911	Barton Lane & Family
1910–1911	Barton & Drucilla Lane
1959	Paul Williams (Camden Courier-Post, June 15, 1959)
1959	Paul Williams

312 Washington Street

312 Washington Street — 300 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1891	Joseph Ray (Philadelphia Inquirer, September 24, 1912)

315 Washington Street

315 Washington Street — 300 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1921–1922	Frank Saia & Family
1921–1922	Frank & Sadie Saia
1921–1922	Benjamin Saia
1921–1922	Pauline Saia
1921–1922	Rose Saia
1921–1922	Anthony Saia
1921–1922	Joseph Saia

317 Washington Street

317 Washington Street — 300 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1927–1931	Frank Saia & Family
1927–1931	Frank & Sadie Saia
1927–1931	Benjamin Saia
1927–1931	Pauline Saia
1927–1931	Rose Saia
1927–1931	Anthony Saia
1927–1931	Joseph Saia

318 Washington Street

318 Washington Street — 300 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1950	Raymond Hickman
1950	Thomas Brown

320 Washington Street

320 Washington Street — 300 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1878–1887	Elijah Morehouse & Family

326 Washington Street

326 Washington Street — 300 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1918	George Smith & Family
—	George & Ethel Smith

328 Washington Street

328 Washington Street — 300 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1896	T.H. Williams & Family; Bert Williams (Philadelphia Inquirer, May 1, 1896)

329 Washington Street

329 Washington Street — 300 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1909	A. Lincoln Severns

335 Washington Street

335 Washington Street — 300 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1895	John C. Byerly (Philadelphia Inquirer, February 26–27, 1895)
1895	John C. Byerly

337 Washington Street

337 Washington Street — 300 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1911–1935	Favorite Home Laundry / Thomas S. Walker (Camden Courier-Post, January 9, 1928)
1941–1956	Uneeda Laundry
1964–1966	Mt. Vernon Tomato Company (James McMaster — Camden Courier-Post, November 26, 1966)

310 Washington Street — Paul Williams, Camden Courier-Post, June 15, 1959 — Camden Boy, 3, Hit By Auto Near Home
Three-year-old Paul Williams, of 310 Washington st., was admitted to Cooper Hospital, suffering possible head injuries, after he was struck by a car about 6:30 p. m. Sunday at 4th and Washington sts.
Ptl. Albert Fisher and George Morris identified the driver as Vivian Flager, 34, of the 100 block N. 61st st., Philadelphia. Witnesses told police the boy darted into the path of the auto. — Camden Courier-Post, June 15, 1959

312 Washington Street — Joseph Ray, Philadelphia Inquirer, September 24, 1912 — Joseph Ray, a real estate agent, who recently sued the Rev. Charles D. Sinkinson for marrying his daughter without the parents’ consent, was held in bail yesterday afternoon for beating his wife. — Philadelphia Inquirer, September 24, 1912

328 Washington Street — T.H. Williams, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 1, 1896 — Seven-year-old Bert Williams, son of T. H. Williams, of 328 Washington street, Camden, while playing in the street, yesterday, was run over by a wagon loaded with railroad ties, and injured internally. He is in a critical condition. The driver, a colored man, was not arrested. — Philadelphia Inquirer, May 1, 1896

335 Washington Street — John C. Byerly, Philadelphia Inquirer, February 26-27, 1895 — BYERLY.—Suddenly, on February 24, 1895, John C. Byerly, at his late residence, 335 Washington street, Camden, N. J. Also at this address: Dr. William S. Jones — Philadelphia Inquirer, February 26–27, 1895

337 Washington Street — Favorite Home Laundry, Camden Courier-Post, January 9, 1928 — A Three Minute Wash Day
Two minutes to gather up the soiled clothing—one minute to phone us—and Washday is Over! No bending over tubs, no odor of steaming acrid suds. The day is yours for more pleasant duties.
The LAUNDRY does it best! We’ll return the clothes clean and fresh. A trial proves it. Phone 1572. FAVORITE HOME LAUNDRY, 4th & Washington St., Camden. — Camden Courier-Post, January 9, 1928

3 Firemen Hurt as Blaze Razes Processing Plant, Camden Courier-Post, November 26, 1966 — **3 FIREMEN HURT AS BLAZE RAZES PROCESSING PLANT**

Three Camden firemen were injured last night while fighting a two-alarm blaze that gutted a three-story tomato-processing plant at 4th and Washington Streets.

Fire Chief Edward B. Michalak said Kilby Dean Bates was treated for burns of the eyes and face at Cooper Hospital after being caught on the roof of the Mt. Vernon Tomato Company. Bates, who was with Engine Co. No. 2, was sent home after treatment, a hospital spokesman said.

The other two men, James McMaster and Joseph Anderson of Ladder Company 1, were admitted suffering from smoke inhalation.

Michalak said the fire began at approximately 9:15 p.m. in the first floor rear and extended quickly through the building, hitting the roof and causing portions of it to collapse.

He said the cause is under investigation by the fire marshal.

Michalak said the first alarm was sounded at 9:21 p.m., and that Chief Alan Hess called the second at 9:29 p.m.

McMaster was carried from the roof of the blazing building by fellow firemen. Anderson is a chief's aid.

Answering the calls were No. 1, 2, 6 and 8 engine companies; No. 1, 7 and 2 ladder companies; the 1st and 3rd battalion chief squads; and the 1st Rescue Squad.

The Volunteers of America were present and served hot coffee to the firemen.

FIREMEN on aerial ladder prepare to enter burning building of Mt. Vernon Tomato Company at 4th and Washington Streets. Man at front is James McMaster, later hospitalized with smoke inhalation. — Courier-Post Photo by Bob Bartosz

326 Washington Street — George Smith & Family — September 1918

Hero Dies

Camden Courier-Post — May 22, 1943

Police Roundup at 817 Clare Street

Camden Daily Courier — May 13, 1918

Col. George Felton Made Suicide Sure

Philadelphia Inquirer — July 8, 1902

400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1874–1990.

410 Washington Street

410 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	Edward J. Frattolio (paperhanger); Mrs. Lois Thomas; Frank Forcelli
1947	Edward J. Frattolio
1947	Mrs. Lois Thomas
1947	Frank Forcelli

412 Washington Street

412 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1890–1900s	John & Ann Carrigan Family
1890–1900s	Martin B. Carrigan
1947	Joseph Marturano

413 Washington Street

413 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1902	Colonel George Felton (Philadelphia Inquirer, July 8, 1902)
1947	Salvatore Cavallaro

414 Washington Street

414 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	Carlo Ferroni

415 Washington Street

415 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	Michael Vitarelli

417 Washington Street

417 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	Joseph Pilla

418 Washington Street

418 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1880	Samuel B. Jobes
1910	Henry Whittington & Family
1910	Henry & Cornelia Whittington
1910	Harrison Whittington
1910	Stanley Whittington
1910	Charles Whittington
1910	Mary Whittington
1910	Laura Whittington
1947	gone

419 Washington Street

419 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	Joseph Verdorosa; Burt Meade
1947	Joseph Verdorosa
1947	Burt Meade

420 Washington Street

420 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	Hobert Shepherd

421 Washington Street

421 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1939–1990	Thomas J. Tanksley & Family
1939–1990	Thomas J. & Evelyn S. Tanksley
1939–1990	Margaret "Peggy" Tanksley
1939–1990	Carl Tanksley
1939–1990	Frances "Jewell" Tanksley
1939–1990	George Tanksley
1939–1990	Janis "Ginny" Tanksley
1953	Camden High School Yearbook

422 Washington Street

422 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	Samuel D. Buell

423 Washington Street

423 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	Mrs. Lucille S. Read

424 Washington Street

424 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	William Meekins

425 Washington Street

425 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	Daniel J. Brown

426 Washington Street

426 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	Charles Pressley

428 Washington Street

428 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	Winfield Johnson

429 Washington Street

429 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1897	Samuel B. Wood & Family (Samuel B. & Annie M. Wood — Philadelphia Inquirer, April 11, 1897)
1897	Sanuel B. & Annie M. Wood

430 Washington Street

430 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1890	John W. Cheeseman
1910	Mary Davis Riddle; Dollie Amanda Shearman Davis
1910	Mary Davis Riddle
1910	Dollie Amanda Shearman Davis
1947	Samuel Boyes; Mrs. Lula Haines; Mrs. Sadie C. Wilson
1947	Samuel Boyes
1947	Mrs. Lula Haines
1947	Mrs. Sadie C. Wilson

432 Washington Street

432 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1912–1947	Henry Whittington & Family
1912–1947	Henry & Cornelia Whittington
1912–1947	Harrison Whittington
1912–1947	Stanley Whittington
1912–1947	Charles Whittington
1912–1947	Mary Whittington Hamilton
1912–1947	Laura Whittington Ingram

434 Washington Street

434 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	Edward Brown (grocery); Benjamin Washington; Archie Weaver
1947	Benjamin Washington
1947	Archie Weaver

435 Washington Street

435 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	Americus Jackson

437 Washington Street

437 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1947	Robert Mahan

438 Washington Street

438 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1906	Louis Certain (Philadelphia Inquirer, August 1, 1906)
1906	Louis Certain

439 Washington Street

439 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1935	William Giles (Camden Courier-Post, August 30, 1935)
1947	J. Roy Molock (plumber)
1947	J. Roy Molock

441 Washington Street

441 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1890–1900s	John & Ann Carrigan Family
1890–1900s	Martin B. Carrigan
1947	J. Roy Molock (plumber)
1947	J. Roy Molock

445 Washington Street

445 Washington Street — 400 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1874	James H. Carey

Colonel George Felton, 413 Washington Street — **COL. GEORGE FELTON MADE SUICIDE SURE**

Former City Treasurer of Camden Killed Himself in an Office Building by Inhaling Gas in the Early Morning

**COLONEL GEORGE FELTON**

—Photo by Garns, Camden.

Colonel George G. Felton, former City Treasurer of Camden and prominently identified in National Guard and building and loan association circles in South Jersey, committed suicide early yesterday morning in the United States Pension Office on the first floor of the Felton Building, Second and Federal streets, Camden. His body was found lying on a couch partly clothed, while gas filled the small room, it escaping from two jets that had been fully turned on, and a pipe that fed a gas radiator.

Thomas Smith, head bookkeeper for Colonel Felton, arrived at the office at 8 o’clock. Detecting gas fumes coming from the pension office immediately adjoining, the police department was notified. Policemen Harry Miller and George Cappel were detailed to investigate. The officers pushed open the unlocked door of the office, discovering the body on the couch, the outer clothing having been removed.

**Rumors of Financial Troubles**

Coroner Litchfield gave a certificate of death from heart failure, superinduced by inhaling gas. The body was later removed to Colonel Felton’s home, at 413 Washington street.

Financial difficulties in connection with building associations are rumored to have caused the suicide, although his business associates said yesterday his accounts, as far as they know, are accurate. It was reported he was hard pushed to settle his accounts with the People’s Loan Association, after which he was succeeded as secretary by Frank C. Sayrs. These facts in connection with some others are said to have made the man despondent, and of late he was noticed acting peculiarly, as though something was weighing on his mind.

Colonel Felton had evidently been planning to end his life for the last few days. He was seen to enter his office at ten minutes after 12 o’clock yesterday morning, and presumably retired at once to the rear room occupied by the United States Board of Pension Examiners, which connects with his offices. The Colonel was in the habit of coming to his office at night, and nothing out of the way was suspected when he was seen to enter the building. In the rear office is a lounge, and on this Colonel Felton was wont to lie down and rest after a busy day.

Once in the back room he locked the door, stuffed all the crevices, opened wide the two gas jets hanging overhead, and removed the tube from the pipe connecting with the gas heater. He then removed his outer garments, and, lighting a cigar, he lay on the lounge and calmly awaited death.

**Sketch of His Life**

Colonel Felton was born at Winchedon [sic], Mass., in 1845. September, 1862, he enlisted in Company F, Fifty-second Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers. He served with distinction until the close of the war, when he went to Burlington, N. J., to reside. Shortly after he went to Camden, when, in 1887, he associated himself with Charles H. Felton & Co. in the real estate business. In 1893 he went in business for himself.

He was one of the most popular officers of the National Guard of New Jersey. He entered the Guard August 29, 1883, by appointment as first lieutenant and quartermaster of the Sixth Regiment. In 1888 he attained the rank of captain. Two years later he was appointed to the staff of the quartermaster general with the rank of lieutenant colonel. April 26, 1894, he advanced to the rank of deputy quartermaster general, which office he held up to his death.

In 1896 he was appointed City Treasurer of Camden to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Frank Michellon. The following spring he was elected to the office on the Republican ticket.

He was secretary of the Mechanics’ and the Homestead Building and Loan Associations and a director of the Central Trust and the Security Trust Companies.

Colonel Felton is survived by a widow and an adopted daughter. Their home in Camden is at No. 413 Washington street, but they had gone to Stone Harbor for the summer. Colonel Felton was for years treasurer of the Camden Republican Club.

Col. George Felton Made Suicide Sure, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 8, 1902 — **COL. GEORGE FELTON MADE SUICIDE SURE**

Former City Treasurer of Camden Killed Himself in an Office Building by Inhaling Gas in the Early Morning

**COLONEL GEORGE FELTON**

—Photo by Garns, Camden.

Colonel George G. Felton, former City Treasurer of Camden and prominently identified in National Guard and building and loan association circles in South Jersey, committed suicide early yesterday morning in the United States Pension Office on the first floor of the Felton Building, Second and Federal streets, Camden. His body was found lying on a couch partly clothed, while gas filled the small room, it escaping from two jets that had been fully turned on, and a pipe that fed a gas radiator.

Thomas Smith, head bookkeeper for Colonel Felton, arrived at the office at 8 o’clock. Detecting gas fumes coming from the pension office immediately adjoining, the police department was notified. Policemen Harry Miller and George Cappel were detailed to investigate. The officers pushed open the unlocked door of the office, discovering the body on the couch, the outer clothing having been removed.

**Rumors of Financial Troubles**

Coroner Litchfield gave a certificate of death from heart failure, superinduced by inhaling gas. The body was later removed to Colonel Felton’s home, at 413 Washington street.

Financial difficulties in connection with building associations are rumored to have caused the suicide, although his business associates said yesterday his accounts, as far as they know, are accurate. It was reported he was hard pushed to settle his accounts with the People’s Loan Association, after which he was succeeded as secretary by Frank C. Sayrs. These facts in connection with some others are said to have made the man despondent, and of late he was noticed acting peculiarly, as though something was weighing on his mind.

Colonel Felton had evidently been planning to end his life for the last few days. He was seen to enter his office at ten minutes after 12 o’clock yesterday morning, and presumably retired at once to the rear room occupied by the United States Board of Pension Examiners, which connects with his offices. The Colonel was in the habit of coming to his office at night, and nothing out of the way was suspected when he was seen to enter the building. In the rear office is a lounge, and on this Colonel Felton was wont to lie down and rest after a busy day.

Once in the back room he locked the door, stuffed all the crevices, opened wide the two gas jets hanging overhead, and removed the tube from the pipe connecting with the gas heater. He then removed his outer garments, and, lighting a cigar, he lay on the lounge and calmly awaited death.

**Sketch of His Life**

Colonel Felton was born at Winchedon [sic], Mass., in 1845. September, 1862, he enlisted in Company F, Fifty-second Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers. He served with distinction until the close of the war, when he went to Burlington, N. J., to reside. Shortly after he went to Camden, when, in 1887, he associated himself with Charles H. Felton & Co. in the real estate business. In 1893 he went in business for himself.

He was one of the most popular officers of the National Guard of New Jersey. He entered the Guard August 29, 1883, by appointment as first lieutenant and quartermaster of the Sixth Regiment. In 1888 he attained the rank of captain. Two years later he was appointed to the staff of the quartermaster general with the rank of lieutenant colonel. April 26, 1894, he advanced to the rank of deputy quartermaster general, which office he held up to his death.

In 1896 he was appointed City Treasurer of Camden to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Frank Michellon. The following spring he was elected to the office on the Republican ticket.

He was secretary of the Mechanics’ and the Homestead Building and Loan Associations and a director of the Central Trust and the Security Trust Companies.

Colonel Felton is survived by a widow and an adopted daughter. Their home in Camden is at No. 413 Washington street, but they had gone to Stone Harbor for the summer. Colonel Felton was for years treasurer of the Camden Republican Club.

Samuel B. Jobes, 418 Washington Street, 1880 — Samuel B. Jobes — 418 Washington Street, 1880

Margaret 'Peggy' Tanksley, 1953 Camden High School Yearbook — Margaret “Peggy” Tanksley — 1953 Camden High School Yearbook — 421 Washington Street, Thomas J. Tanksley & Family, 1939–1990

429 Washington Street — Samuel B. Wood, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 11, 1897 — WOOD.—On the 10th instant, Annie M., wife of Samuel B. Wood. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services on Tuesday, April 13, at 1 o’clock, from her late residence, 429 Washington street, Camden, N. J. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, private. Bridgeton papers please copy. — Philadelphia Inquirer, April 11, 1897

432 Washington Street — Henry Whittington & Family (Henry & Cornelia Whittington; Harrison, Stanley, Charles, Mary Hamilton, Laura Ingram Whittington), 1912–1947

438 Washington Street — Louis Certain, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 1, 1906 — It was not his mother-in-law that caused the trouble for Leonard Fursman, of 114 Mt. Vernon street, Camden, when the latter married the daughter of Lewis Surtain, of 438 Washington street. It was Fursman’s father-in-law, and he raised such a disturbance that Surtain was held in $300 bail to keep the peace before Justice Thompson yesterday. Surtain objected to Fursman paying attention to his, the defendant’s, daughter. Then Fursman and the girl went before a justice and were married. This aroused the ire of the father-in-law and the fracas followed. — Philadelphia Inquirer, August 1, 1906

Martin B. Carrigan, 441 Washington Street, 1922 — Martin B. Carrigan — 441 Washington Street, 1890s–1900s

Defies Efforts Of 2 Chums to Rescue Him

Camden Courier-Post — June 9, 1950

Man Slashed in Row, Suspect, Woman Held

Camden Courier-Post — August 30, 1935

500 Block

500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1868–1957.

512 Washington Street

512 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1924	Zachias Ray

514 Washington Street

514 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1860s–1878	Isaac Middleton & Family (Isaac & Esther Middleton; Evaline, Anna Middleton)

521 Washington Street

521 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1914	Albert W. Chapman (barber); Clarence P. Chapman (barber); Estella A. Chapman — partners at Chapman Brothers barber shop, 749 Kaighn Avenue

524 Washington Street

524 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1890–1891	Benjamin L. Kellum
1952	Mrs. Waid Young

527 Washington Street

527 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1940–2004	Brody Esso Service Garage / Issie Brody (January 2, 1940)
2004	Respondworks! (March 22, 2004)

528 Washington Street

528 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1868	Thomas R. Grapevine

529 Washington Street

529 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1900	John W. Pine Family
1900	John W. and Emma Pine
1900	Walter A. Pine
1933	Harvey Howell (Camden Courier-Post, June 23, 1933)
1933	Harvey Howell
1940	Frank Welsh (contractor)

530 Washington Street

530 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1958	Donald Lem laundry (Camden Courier-Post, October 28, 1958)

534 Washington Street

534 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1888	Benjamin L. Kellum

534–540 Washington Street

534–540 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1890–1892	Palace Boarding Stables / John Y. Radcliffe — Livery and Boarding Stables (Camden Daily Telegram, March 12, 1890)

535 Washington Street

535 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1915	Listed

536–540 Washington Street

536–540 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1912	Connor Auto Shop (Camden Post-Telegram, December 16, 1912)
1915	Broadway Garage

537 Washington Street

537 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1933	Joseph Carpani & Family (Camden Courier-Post, August 14, 1933)

539 Washington Street

539 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1915	Listed

541 Washington Street

541 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1915	Listed
1940	James E. Wright

543 Washington Street

543 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1932	Camden County Women's Democratic Club (Camden Courier-Post, June 15, 1932)
1938–1939	Mrs. Annie P. Wright (Camden Courier-Post, December 28, 1938)

545–554 Washington Street

545–554 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1915	Listed

550 Washington Street

550 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1880	John R. Sheldon (formerly Morris Street)

555–568 Washington Street

555–568 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1915	Listed

556 Washington Street

556 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1917–1943	William P. Shedaker & Family (William P. & Sarah Floyd Shedaker — letter carrier — Camden Courier-Post, August 4, 1925)
1917–1943	William P. & Sarah Floyd Shedaker

559 Washington Street

559 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1909–1914	Leander Wilkinson & Family
1910–1914	Leander & Mary Wilkinson
1910–1914	Mrs. Clara Wilkinson Dibble
1910–1914	John Dibble
1909	Camden High School Record

560 Washington Street

560 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1957	Raymond Dixon

561 Washington Street

561 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1920s–1930s	Edward J. Borden Sr. (real estate)

562 Washington Street

562 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1955	Jay Sparks (pet cemetery)

570 Washington Street

570 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1888–1924	John Nulty & Family (John & Rachel Nulty; Edith, Russell H., Miriam, Alice B. Nulty)

575 Washington Street

575 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1922	Mrs. Edna Rosenfelt (Camden Courier-Post, January 9, 1922)
1922	Mrs. Edna Rosenfelt

578 Washington Street

578 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1933	Elizabeth Parker (Camden Courier-Post, June 25, 1933)
1933	Elizabeth Parker

584–586 Washington Street

584–586 Washington Street — 500 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1933	The Carteret / Mrs. Wilmer S. White (Camden Courier-Post, February 10, 1933)

500 Block of Washington Street, October 30, 1996 — 500 Block of Washington Street — October 30, 1996

Benjamin L. Kellum, 524 & 534 Washington Street — Benjamin L. Kellum — 524 Washington Street (1890–91) & 534 Washington Street (1888)

Brody Esso Service Garage, 527 Washington Street, January 2, 1940 — 527 Washington Street — Brody Esso Service Garage / Issie Brody, January 2, 1940; later Respondworks!, March 22, 2004

Issie Brody, 527 Washington Street, January 2, 1940 — 527 Washington Street — Brody Esso Service Garage / Issie Brody, January 2, 1940; later Respondworks!, March 22, 2004

Armed Thugs Take $37 in 2 Robberies, Camden Courier-Post, October 28, 1958 — **ARMED THUGS TAKE $37 IN 2 ROBBERIES**

Armed holdup men netted $37 Monday night in robberies of a Chinese laundry at 530 Washington st. and a candy store at 637 White Street.

Lum Sum, 61 of 809 Cherry st., Philadelphia, told Dets. John Houston and Joseph Hainsworth that he was alone in the laundry, owned by a cousin, Donald Lem, when a masked Negro entered about 7 p. m.

The intruder pushed Lum into another room and took about $35 in bills and change from the cash drawer. The amount was estimated by Lum, police said.

Shortly before 10.30 p. m., a masked gunman entered the store on White st., near 5th and Line sts., operated by Mrs. Retta Wood. She told Det. Ray Carson she was in her living quarters at the rear of the store when she heard someone in the store.

As she went into the store, she said, a youth, about 19, wearing a black silk scarf over his face and black gloves, asked her for money. She said she told him to leave the store, and as he went toward the cash register she attempted to stop him, only to be struck across the right arm with the gun, falling to the floor. She said he got away with two $1 bills she had left in the cash register.

She described the youth as lean, about 5 feet, 8 inches tall, and wearing a light colored car coat. She told police she could not state whether the man was White or Negro.

534–540 Washington Street — Palace Boarding Stables / John Y. Radcliffe, Livery and Boarding Stables, 1890–1892.

536-540 Washington Street — Connor Auto Shop, Camden Post-Telegram, December 16, 1912 — Cheap Auto Storage—Heated Garage. Cars taken $4 month up at 540 Washington st. Apply F. G. Hitchner, 319 Broadway, or Connor Auto Shop, 536 Washington street. — Camden Post-Telegram, December 16, 1912; later Broadway Garage, 1915

536-540 Washington Street — Broadway Garage, 1915 — Cheap Auto Storage—Heated Garage. Cars taken $4 month up at 540 Washington st. Apply F. G. Hitchner, 319 Broadway, or Connor Auto Shop, 536 Washington street. — Camden Post-Telegram, December 16, 1912; later Broadway Garage, 1915

537 Washington Street — Joseph Carpani & Family, Camden Courier-Post, August 14, 1933 — The Bell Telephone Co. was permitted to transfer the telephone of Detective Joseph Carpani from his old home at 537 Washington street to his new residence at 502 Linden street. — Camden Courier-Post, August 14, 1933

543 Washington Street — Camden County Women's Democratic Club, Camden Courier-Post, June 15, 1932 — Women Democrats End Card Party Series
Members of the Camden County Women’s Democratic Club will hold their final monthly card party tomorrow evening at their headquarters, 543 Washington street. Games will start at 8:30 o’clock with tables placed for bridge, 500 and pinochle. Mrs. Anna Morris is chairman on arrangements for tomorrow’s affair. — Camden Courier-Post, June 15, 1932
Miss Genovese Engaged
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Genovese, of 206 Arch street, this city, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Rita Dolores Genovese, to James E. Wright, who makes his home with his grandmother, Mrs. Annie P. Wright, of 543 Washington street. Mr. Wright is the son of Earl E. Wright, of Stratford. — Camden Courier-Post, December 28, 1938

543 Washington Street — Mrs. Annie P. Wright, Camden Courier-Post, December 28, 1938 — Women Democrats End Card Party Series
Members of the Camden County Women’s Democratic Club will hold their final monthly card party tomorrow evening at their headquarters, 543 Washington street. Games will start at 8:30 o’clock with tables placed for bridge, 500 and pinochle. Mrs. Anna Morris is chairman on arrangements for tomorrow’s affair. — Camden Courier-Post, June 15, 1932
Miss Genovese Engaged
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Genovese, of 206 Arch street, this city, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Rita Dolores Genovese, to James E. Wright, who makes his home with his grandmother, Mrs. Annie P. Wright, of 543 Washington street. Mr. Wright is the son of Earl E. Wright, of Stratford. — Camden Courier-Post, December 28, 1938

556 Washington Street — William P. Shedaker, Charles L. McKeone's Peppery Pot column, Camden Courier-Post, August 4, 1925 — Shedaker—Shields
The Shedakers in Centennial times lived on what was then Hamilton street in the Third Ward. There is now on the Government pension list “Bill” Shedaker, of 556 Washington street, who was a letter carrier for a quarter of a century, maybe longer. Their were Shieldses galore half a century ago. Likely, some of them were the forebears of “Sam” H. R. Shields, former Councilman from one of the downtown wards, diamond salesman, and a good all around fellow who at last accounts was residing in Parkside. — Charles L. McKeone’s Peppery Pot column, Camden Courier-Post, August 4, 1925

John Nulty & Family, 570 Washington Street, 1888-1924 — 570 Washington Street — John Nulty & Family (John & Rachel Nulty; Edith, Russell H., Miriam Nulty, Alice B. Nulty), 1888–1924

575 Washington Street, January 9, 1922 — The police ambulance removed the following residents of South Camden to the hospitals late on Saturday afternoon: West Jersey Homeopathic — William Perry, aged 62 years, 1725 Fillmore Street; Albert Biron, 24 years old, 1108 Baring Street. Cooper Hospital — Mrs. Edna Rosenfelt, aged 23 years, 575 Washington Street; Margaret Radcliffe and John Carella, inmates of Children’s Home.

Elizabeth Parker, 578 Washington Street, Camden Courier-Post, June 25, 1933 — Elizabeth Parker
[Photo: Elizabeth Parker]

584-586 Washington Street — The Carteret, Mrs. Wilmer S. White, Camden Courier-Post, February 10, 1933 — The Carteret, 6th & Washington Sts., Camden, N. J. — 7 A. M. to 9 P. M. Breakfast, Luncheon, Dinners 25c. Choice of Meats, 3 Vegetables, Bread, Butter, Coffee, Dessert. MRS. WILMER S. WHITE. — Camden Courier-Post, February 10, 1933

Livery Stables

Camden Daily Telegram — March 12, 1890

Claphan Pays $6,000 for Mrs. Hartman’s House

Camden Daily Courier — May 23, 1905

(Leander Wilkinson obituary)

Philadelphia Inquirer — November 24, 1914

John Dibble, 1909 Camden High School Record — Following a long illness, Leander Wilkinson, aged 76, a veteran locomotive engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad, is dead at his home, 559 Washington street, Camden. He entered the service of the company on April 1, 1859, and was retired on March 1, 1900. He ran the first train direct from Jersey City to Atlantic City, known as the “Nellie Bly.”

559 Washington Street — Leander Wilkinson & Family, 1909–1914 (Leander & Mary Wilkinson; Mrs. Clara Wilkinson Dibble; John Dibble) — 1909 Camden High School Record

Man Spends His Money, Woman Wins Divorce

Camden Courier-Post — February 25, 1928

Notice of Application

Camden Courier-Post — June 10, 1957

Burglary Victims Recover $4360 In Stolen Goods

Camden Courier-Post — April 5, 1952

Hadley Faction Loses And Miss Kelley is Winner of Vice Chairmanship

Camden Courier-Post — June 1, 1932

600 Block

600 Block of Washington Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1890–1956.

649 Washington Street

649 Washington Street — 600 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1914–1930	William E. Hibbert

650 Washington Street

650 Washington Street — 600 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1938	Raymond J. Steward

652 Washington Street

652 Washington Street — 600 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1932	Wilmer G. Devoe Sr. & Family (Wilmer G. & Emma Devoe Sr.; Wilmer G. Devoe Jr.; Helen Devoe — Camden Courier-Post, June 10, 1932)

654 Washington Street

654 Washington Street — 600 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1890–1956	George M. Wilkinson & Family / Colonel John Dibble (George M. & Ella Wilkinson; John Dibble, nephew; Hugh Boyle, father-in-law — railroad engineer)
1890–1956	George M. & Ella Wilkinson
1890–1956	John Dibble (nephew)
1890–1956	Hugh Boyle (father-in-law)

656 Washington Street

656 Washington Street — 600 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1895	George M. Holl; J.W. Ewan (Camden Daily Telegram, October 14, 1895)
1895	George M. Holl
1895	J.W. Ewan
1949	Robert J. Kelly

650-658 Washington Street, December 2002 — 650–658 Washington Street — December 2002

652 Washington Street — Wilmer G. Devoe Sr. & Family, Camden Courier-Post, June 10, 1932 — Wilmer G. Devoe, Sr.
Funeral services for Wilmer G. Devoe, Sr., 652 Washington street, who died Wednesday in Cooper Hospital following an illness of one year, will be held at 2 p. m. Monday at the Schroeder funeral chapel, Broadway and Royden street. He is survived by a widow, Emma, and a son and daughter, William G., Jr., and Helen Devoe. — Camden Courier-Post, June 10, 1932

Hugh Boyle, father-in-law of George M. Wilkinson, 654 Washington Street — **GEORGE M. WILKINSON FUNERAL RITES FRIDAY**

Services for George M. Wilkinson, 87, retired Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive engineer, will be held Friday at 11 a. m. in the funeral home of William H. DuBois & Son, Chambers avenue and Washington street. The Rev. Warren R. Layton, pastor of the Broadway Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Harleigh cemetery.

Mr. Wilkinson, who lived at 654 Washington street, died Monday. Born in Bordentown, he had lived in Camden since childhood. He had been employed by the railroad 48 years when he retired. Also at this address: Hugh Boyle (father-in-law) and nephew Colonel John Dibble — Camden Courier-Post, November 8, 1951

654 Washington Street — George M. Wilkinson & Family, 1937 — **GEORGE M. WILKINSON FUNERAL RITES FRIDAY**

Services for George M. Wilkinson, 87, retired Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive engineer, will be held Friday at 11 a. m. in the funeral home of William H. DuBois & Son, Chambers avenue and Washington street. The Rev. Warren R. Layton, pastor of the Broadway Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Harleigh cemetery.

Mr. Wilkinson, who lived at 654 Washington street, died Monday. Born in Bordentown, he had lived in Camden since childhood. He had been employed by the railroad 48 years when he retired. Also at this address: Hugh Boyle (father-in-law) and nephew Colonel John Dibble — Camden Courier-Post, November 8, 1951

656 Washington Street — George M. Holl, Camden Daily Telegram, October 14, 1895 — 656 Washington Street — George M. Holl & J.W. Ewan, 1895 — Camden Daily Telegram, October 14, 1895

700 Block

700 Block of Washington Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1896–1991.

708 Washington Street

708 Washington Street — 700 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1931–1933	Mr. & Mrs. James Greer / Lawrence Johnson (Camden Courier-Post, October 15, 1931 & June 10, 1933)

716 Washington Street

716 Washington Street — 700 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1896–1920	P. Frank Bender & Family (P. Frank & Rachel A. Bender — Camden Courier-Post, July 23, 1941)
1896–1920	P. Frank & Rachel A. Bender

722 Washington Street

722 Washington Street — 700 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1963	Willie Wilson; Jesse & Betty Hairston; Earl & William Smith; James Peco; Julius Snyder; Earl Whitaker; Anne Johnson (Camden Courier-Post, August 24, 1963)
1963	Willie Wilson

726 Washington Street

726 Washington Street — 700 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1919–1927	William F. Jaeckel & Family (William E. Jaeckel; Florence Jaeckel Genther; Elinor Genther)

730 Washington Street

730 Washington Street — 700 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1927	A. Gustave Roedel, Funeral Director (Camden Courier-Post, February 22, 1927)

736 Washington Street

736 Washington Street — 700 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1943	Samuel J. Edwards & Family (Samuel J. & Rose G. Donnelly Edwards — Camden Courier-Post, March 9, 1943)
1952	John Steffany (Camden Courier-Post, December 8, 1952)

738 Washington Street

738 Washington Street — 700 Block of Washington Street — Occupants
Year ↕	Name ↕
1930	Elvy M. Stockton (Camden Courier-Post, July 15, 1930)
1991	Vacant (Camden Courier-Post, December 28, 1991)

708 Washington Street — Mr. & Mrs. James Greer, Camden Courier-Post, October 15, 1931 — 708 Washington Street — Mr. & Mrs. James Greer & Lawrence Johnson (father-in-law)

Mr. and Mrs. James Greer and Mrs. Greer’s father, Lawrence Johnson, 708 Washington Street, are leaving this weekend to spend the Summer at their Ocean Pier Apartment, Wildwood. — Camden Courier-Post, June 10, 1933

Mrs. R.A. Bender Dies in Santa Ana, Camden Courier-Post, July 23, 1941 — **MRS. R. A. BENDER DIES IN SANTA ANA**

Mrs. Rachel A. Bender, formerly of 716 Washington street, Camden, N. J., died in the Santa Ana Hospital on July 18.

The widow of P. Franklin Bender, who before his death a year ago was an engineer for the Pennsylvania Railroad, died of bronchial pneumonia. She had been confined to the hospital since April following the fracture of a hip in a fall. She was the daughter of Daniel and Rebecca Johnson, pioneer settlers of Burlington County. — Camden Courier-Post, July 23, 1941

Man Late, Wife Frets, Cops Seize, Camden Courier-Post, August 24, 1963 — **MAN LATE, WIFE FRETS, COPS SEIZE**

A 47-year-old Camden man who refused to come home early today was arrested on the complaint of his wife, according to police.

Jesse Hairston of the 700 block of Line st., was too busy playing cards at 5 a.m. and refused to come home, according to Acting Sgt. Earl Smith. Smith said Hairston’s wife, Betty, called police who raided the card game.

Smith reported he found Hairston and six companions in a third-floor apartment at 722 Washington st. with six decks of cards and $73. Besides Hairston, booked on gambling charges were: William Smith, 43, of the 700 block Clinton st.; James Peco, 32, of the 1100 block Kenwood Avenue; Julius Snyder, 35, of the 800 block Central ave., and Earl Whitaker, 35, of the 500 block Trenton Avenue.

Willie Wilson, 52, of the 700 block Washington st., was booked on charges of maintaining a disorderly house, and Anne Johnson, 27, of the 300 block N. 11th st., was charged with being an inmate of a disorderly house. — Camden Courier-Post, August 24, 1963

730 Washington Street — A. Gustave Roedel, Funeral Director, Camden Courier-Post, February 22, 1927 — A. GUSTAVE ROEDEL, Funeral Director. 804 N. 27th St., and 730 Washington St. Bell Phone, 1995. Keystone, 25875. — Camden Courier-Post, February 22, 1927

736 Washington Street — Samuel J. Edwards & Family, Camden Courier-Post, March 9, 1943 — S. J. Edwards Rites Will Be Thursday
Services for Samuel J. Edwards, former deputy city commissioner, freeholder and onetime Republican leader of the Tenth ward, will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at his late residence, 736 Washington street. Burial will be private. A Mason and former member of the Pyne Poynt Athletic Association, Mr. Edwards is survived by his widow, Rose G. Donnelly Edwards. — Camden Courier-Post, March 9, 1943

736 Washington Street — John Steffany, Camden Courier-Post, December 8, 1952 — Woman Fined $150 In Sale of Beer

Mrs. Dorothy Frye, of 218 Arch st., was fined $150 in Criminal Court today after Judge Naame found her guilty of violating state liquor laws.

A witness, John Steffany, of 736 Washington st., testified Mrs. Frye sold him beer last March 2 in the cellar of her home. Mrs. Frye denied selling the beer, testifying any beer or liquor on the premises was there for the use of boarders and was paid for by them.

Elvy M. Stockton Rites to Be Held Wednesday, Camden Courier-Post, July 15, 1930 — **ELVY M. STOCKTON RITES TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY**

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday for Elvy M. Stockton, retired groceryman who formerly conducted a store at Fourth and Mt. Vernon streets. He died Sunday at his home, Haddon avenue and Washington street.

Services will be conducted at 418 Chambers street and interment will be private at Harleigh Cemetery. Stockton was a member of Camden Lodge No. 293, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. — Camden Courier-Post, July 15, 1930

738 Washington Street — Vacant, December 28, 1991

738 Washington Street — Vacant, Camden Courier-Post, December 28, 1991 — **ELVY M. STOCKTON RITES TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY**

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday for Elvy M. Stockton, retired groceryman who formerly conducted a store at Fourth and Mt. Vernon streets. He died Sunday at his home, Haddon avenue and Washington street.

Services will be conducted at 418 Chambers street and interment will be private at Harleigh Cemetery. Stockton was a member of Camden Lodge No. 293, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. — Camden Courier-Post, July 15, 1930

738 Washington Street — Vacant, December 28, 1991

Murderer’s Wife Supplied Revolver, Smuggling It In Covered by Fruit

Camden Post-Telegram — July 19, 1916

Confessing Supplying Pistol, in Spite of Husband’s Denial That She Was Guiltless, Mrs. Ashbridge Is Held Without Bail on Charge of Conspiracy in Aiding and Abetting Escape From Jail

With Wilson T. Ashbridge under guard in a cell in what was formerly known as Murderer’s Row, the police and county detectives today redoubled their energies towards the capture of George E. Thompson, the forger who escaped with Ashbridge from the County Jail on Monday night after murdering one keeper and wounding another. Stirring the police of all cities in the East to renewed activity, another circular was sent out today by the authorities giving notice of the reward of $500 offered for Thompson’s capture. Attention was strongly directed in the circular due to the fact that one of the fingers of Thompson’s left hand is missing.

The gun with which Ashbridge murdered jailor Isaac Hibbs and wounded Jailor Ellis was smuggled into the jail by Mrs. Ashbridge on Saturday morning. With it went a box of cartridges. The weapon and bullets were passed to Ashbridge in a basket of fruit, being at the bottom of the basket. The jailors were busy at the time she called and as she frequently had brought her husband fruit they did not take precaution to search the basket. Mrs. Ashbridge bought the gun and cartridges on the written request of her husband.

Her confession as to the very grave part she played in the escape and murder was made to the Prosecutor late yesterday afternoon after she had first insisted she had no knowledge of how the gun got into the jail and after her husband had repeatedly declared that the revolver was supplied by Thompson. The revolver, fully loaded, was still carried by Ashbridge when he was captured in the Keystone Hotel…

… by Recorder Stackhouse without bail for conspiracy in aiding and abetting the escape of her husband and George E. Thompson from the County Jail on Monday night.

The court room was packed to suffocation by a morbidly curious crowd, composed primarily of women. A strange silence spread through the court room when the little woman was led into the court room by Captain Schregler. The regular formality of placing prisoners in the dock was dispensed with the woman’s case.

Prosecutor De Unger pointed to the high witness chair and Mrs. Ashbridge sat in it. She evaded the gaze of the crowd, looking intently at the floor and through a window on the Washington Street side. She wore a blue skirt and a white waist. She was without her hat. Her hair was carefully arranged and she wore nose glasses.

Resting her chin on her right hand her arm and hand were seen to tremble slightly. So quiet was the room that a pin dropping could have been heard.

“Mrs. Marian Ashbridge,” called the Recorder.

“Yes, Sir” was the faint reply of the woman, who did not even look up at the call of her name.

“This complaint charges you with delivering to Wilson Ashbridge and George E. Thompson a pistol and aiding and abetting them in escaping from the County Jail, where they had been lawfully committed. Do you plead guilty or not guilty,” said the Recorder as he read the complaint.

The woman said nothing. Detective Schregler was then called as the complainant. He told of the confession made by the woman and produced the revolver which the woman purchased and which Ashbridge used in his daring escape. The gun, Captain Schregler said, was purchased in a pawnshop at Eleventh and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, on Friday of last week and was delivered to Ashbridge on Saturday morning along with a box of cartridges. “Marian, I will hold you without bail,” said the Recorder.

As the woman was being led from the court room by Captain Schregler and Sergeant Reed the crowd made a rush for the door leading from the court room, whereupon orders were given by the police to the crowd and many were prevented from rushing out. Everybody seemed anxious to secure a closer look at the unfortunate woman.

Visitors were denied Mrs. Ashbridge. Not even her children were permitted to be brought before her, although the broken-hearted mother asked for them.

“Oh, God, I don’t know why I did this; why I left the little ones to go with Wilson,” tearfully expostulated Mrs. Ashbridge to the kind-hearted matron, who spent the best part of last night with the distraught woman.

“If I could only see little Marian,” sobbed the woman in the arms of Mrs. Kirkpatrick, who informed her that perhaps she could see them today.

Last evening the only support Mrs. Ashbridge had was a cup of tea. The morning she sipped a portion of a cup of coffee. She told Matron Kirkpatrick that she was not hungry.

“Everybody hounded me, I had no friends, and that’s why I went with my husband, because he was the only friend I had left,” said Mrs. Ashbridge. “He was a good boy, but was easily led.” The wife said even before her marriage that Ashbridge would run around with other girls, but he always returned to her and she forgave him. She said he seemed to have a spell over her and she couldn’t leave him.

“I love my husband, still and will stand by him to the end,” sobbed the little woman to Mrs. Kirkpatrick. She told how her relatives disowned her and how after her father’s death she went to live with strangers. When her husband fostered the plan to escape she willingly consented to aid him. She drew $100 out of the bank and purchased clothes and the gun and bullets. She never faltered in her plan.

“My heart aches for that woman,” said Matron Kirkpatrick this morning to a Post-Telegram reporter. “She’s a good girl, but was easily led into her present predicament. It only goes to show what a woman will do for the man she loves, no matter how base a wretch he may be. Mrs. Ashbridge is more to be pitied than scorned.

Recorder Stackhouse this morning produced a copy of the marriage of the couple, performed by him on July 28, 1914. The marriage was performed at the instance of Assistant Prosecutor Butler after Ashbridge wronged the girl. Constable William E. Headley and William C. Ashbridge, the latter father of the murderer, were witnesses.

As told in yesterday’s Post-Telegram, Ashbridge and his wife and their captors arrived at the City Hall from Chester shortly after 2:00 o’clock. After a brief stay they were taken to the Court House and turned over to Prosecutor Kraft, Ashbridge being taken into the Prosecutor’s private office and Mrs. Ashbridge being placed under guard in the ante room.

Taking full blame for the murder of Hibbs and the wounding of Ellis, Ashbridge declared that none of the shots were fired by Thompson.

“I shot both men,” he declared, “but Thompson gave me the gun. He had it since Saturday.” He repeated this assertion several times in the course of his examination, adding each time that his wife had no part in supplying the firearm. His voluntary insistence in…

… exercise corridor of their cells in response to his request that he wanted to show him a note that had been left for him, he asked the aged keeper to step inside the corridor. Evidently suspecting something was wrong Hibbs refused to enter the corridor. When Ashbridge repeated his request that Hibbs step inside, Thompson, who was immediately behind Ashbridge, said something to the murderer. Ashbridge could not exactly recall what the expression was. At any rate it was then that he fired and Hibbs fell to the floor with his death wound. To take Hibbs’ keys and open the door leading from the exercise room to the corridor was the work of but an instant. It was then that Ellis confronted Ashbridge at the other end of the corridor. He refused to throw up his hands when the murderer so ordered. Instead, the plucky jailor grappled with the slayer, who again brought the gun into play, twice wounding the remaining jailor.

Ashbridge did not say why he wanted Hibbs to step inside the corridor. One surmise is that the pair had planned to get the old man into the corridor, overpower him, take his keys and after gagging him place him in a cell, depending on the gun to awe any prisoners who might make an outcry. But whatever their plan was in this respect it miscarried. Hibbs would not enter the corridor and was shot down where he stood.

Thompson carried both his own and Ashbridge’s coats when they fled. As Ashbridge had decided to do the talking with Hibbs when the jailor came to lock them in their cells it was agreed that it would not be wise for the murderer to be wearing a coat. This might look suspicious to Hibbs and in all likelihood he would refuse to open the door. Hence it was decided that Thompson should take both coats. He also carried Ashbridge’s cap and his own Panama.

The coats and hats were adjusted as they ran down the spiral stairway leading to the street. They walked slowly into Sixth Street; increasing their pace up Sixth Street after crossing Market and after turning into Cooper walked very rapidly. They turned north on Third Street to Main and thence to the Vine Street ferry, where they caught the boat leaving at 7:15 for Philadelphia. Landing on the other side the fugitives exchanged hats. They walked rapidly to Broad Street Station, where Mrs. Ashbridge was in waiting, this arrangement having been made when she smuggled the gun in to her husband on Saturday morning.

Accompanied by Thompson the Ashbridges walked out Market Street to Thirty-second Street. Here Thompson left them and after walking the street for a brief while longer the slayer and his wife boarded a trolley car for Chester, where a few hours later the murderer’s short-lived liberty was so dramatically terminated.

Although jailor Ellis still insists that three shots were fired before he was attacked and in spite of the positive declaration of Alfred Williams, the trusty, that three shots were fired at Hibbs, Ashbridge claims that Hibbs was shot only once and that two bullets were used on Ellis. He said that the three empty shells which the detectives found in his pocket contained the only bullets fired in the jail. The post mortem examination made yesterday by County Physician Stem bears out his contention as to the number of shots fired. Only one bullet was found and that had penetrated the jailor’s heart.

“That’s the truth about the shooting,” declared Ashbridge. “I fired the shots— three of them in all— and the gun was given me by Thompson. My wife had nothing to do with it. Don’t blame her.”

Enroute back to the prison from which he had made his tragic getaway on Monday night, Ashbridge passed through the ante room where his wife was under guard. He stopped, kissed her, gently caressed her cheek, told her not to worry and passed on to the jail, from whence his next exit will be to the electric chair.

Haggard and very weak Mrs. Ashbridge was at once taken before the Prosecutor. With due regard for her condition Mrs. Ashbridge was handled very gently. At first she insisted that she had no part in getting the gun, but under skillful handling she finally broke down and confessed that she had supplied the revolver.

She stated that on Friday night she received a letter from her husband telling her that he planned to escape from the jail on Monday night and that he needed a revolver to make certain that his scheme would not fail. He requested that she procure the pistol and cartridges and personally deliver them on Saturday. Being anxious to aid her husband in every way possible she readily decided to do as he requested.

Accordingly she purchased the needed articles in a Philadelphia pawnshop on Friday afternoon, paying $3.00 for the pistol and 67 cents for the cartridges. She kept them over night and on Saturday safely delivered the weapon and bullets to her husband in the bottom of a basket of fruit. At the same time Ashbridge asked her to go with him and when she agreed to share his fate he told her to meet him in Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, shortly after seven o’clock on Monday night. He further told her that he had carefully studied the situation and did not see how it was possible for his plan to miscarry. On Monday morning she sent her children to the home of Mrs. Anna Dick and later in the day sent the letter to Mrs. Dick telling of her “rash deed” and enclosing $10 for the children.

As Mrs. Ashbridge told her story she spoke in a very low tone. Most of the time her eyes were cast down and as she concluded her brief narrative she sobbed convulsively and was in a state of utter collapse. Reviving somewhat when given cold water Mrs. Ashbridge was turned over to the police and taken back to City Hall to await her hearing this morning.

The prison key stolen by Ashbridge from Hibbs’ murdered body was recovered this morning by Detective Doran in the yard of Dr. Frank, 2025 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. The recovery of the key was due to information given by Ashbridge, after he had been locked up in jail yesterday afternoon. Ashbridge, when questioned as to the whereabouts of the key, said that Thompson had it and that he had seen him toss it over a wall of a residence near Twenty-third and Chestnut Streets on Monday night while he and his wife and Thompson were walking to Thirty-second Street.

Detective Doran and Constable Voight went to Philadelphia late yesterday afternoon and searched in vain for the key in the vicinity of Twenty-third and Chestnut Streets until darkness came on. Detective Doran renewed the search early this morning. There is a high wall fronting the yard at the home of Dr. Frank, and a search of the grounds resulted in the finding of the key, which was returned to Sheriff Haines.

Ashbridge is confined in a large cell in what is known as Section E. As cellmates he has two persons who are being held as witnesses to the crime. Sheriff Haines has assigned three constables, Gardner, Ford, and Addison. They will work on eight-hour shifts and will see that Ashbridge does not attempt any further escape or try to end his life.

Sergeant Detective Kane of the Chicago Police Department today took to Chicago Alfred Williams, who was an eyewitness to the murder of Hibbs. Williams, an Italian, served six months here on a charge of false pretence in obtaining money from a number of Italian grocers under the pretence that he represented the Roma Grocery Company. After his arrest and sentence here the police of Chicago lodged a detainer against Williams who is wanted in the West for a like crime.

The body of Jailor Hibbs will be exposed to view tonight at his home, 913 South 8th Street. Services will be conducted by Reverend Harry Bradway, pastor of Eighth Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Members of the Seventh Ward Republican Club, Mutual Aid and the Liberty Beneficial Society will attend in a body.

Tomorrow morning the body will be taken to Langhorne, where services will be held in the Friends Meeting House, after which interment will be made in the burial ground by the Schroeder-Kephart Company. Friends may call this evening to pay their respects.

Ashbridge will not be tried until December. On the day he was listed for trial of murdering Mrs. Dunbar his lawyer, Assemblyman Wolverton, was ill. In the interim the entire panel of jurors for the April term of court was discharged following a case of alleged tampering. This makes it necessary that he be held until September for trial unless the Court should otherwise decree, which is hardly likely.

Ashbridge is 22 years old and not 27, as previously stated. His real age was disclosed by the certificate of his marriage. He was 20 when he wedded two years ago.

The Howard Marshall who mailed a letter to a woman in Baltimore is not Freeholder Howard Marshall of the Eighth Ward, as was reported to the Prosecutor yesterday. Mr. Kraft’s investigation disclosed that Freeholder Marshall does not know either Ashbridge or Thompson and that as a matter of fact the Marshall in question is an East Sider and no relative to the freeholder, who was naturally much upset at being mistakenly dragged into the case.

E.S. Fry, proprietor of the Keystone Hotel, Chester, where the couple were caught, told the story of the capture both to the city police and Prosecutor Kraft.

“Late on Monday night I received a call from another hotel, requesting that I take care of a man and his wife for the evening,” said Mr. Fry. “I waited until a little before midnight when the couple arrived. He seemed nervous and registered in a shaky hand, and I was suspicious that there was something wrong.”

“I did not pay much attention to the way he registered until the next morning when I examined the register and saw that he had neglected to register his wife. He signed ‘Mr. Smythe, Washington, D.C.’ I communicated my suspicions to my wife and told her to go observe the couple, too. Then I went out on the porch and picked up a morning newspaper. On the front page were the pictures of the two men who escaped.”

“I instantly recognized Ashbridge, but was not just sure of my identity of the man, so I decided to get a better look at him. At the breakfast table I observed him more closely and feeling sure of my ground I called Captain Schregler, afterward securing the service of two negro policemen, whom I placed on guard outside the hotel, giving them orders not to allow the couple to leave. The officers, William Padgett and William Robinson, took their positions outside the hotel, ready for the signal to enter when I gave it.”

“Ashbridge arose.”

“What’s the matter,” he exclaimed. “You know what’s the matter,” replied Mr. Fry, who brought in Captain Schregler and Detective Hunt. Schregler and Hunt instantly recognized the fugitive.

Before Ashbridge had a chance to move his arms were pinioned by his sides and Policeman Hunt had extracted the murder gun from his right hip pocket. It was fully loaded. In the same pocket were seventeen additional cartridges and in a suitcase in his room, Number 9, was a fresh box of cartridges.

“The little wife was crying bitterly,” said Mr. Fry. “She leaned her head upon his shoulder and the husband tried to console her.”

Captain Schregler sent a telegram to Chiefs Gravenor and Hyde with the startling news that Ashbridge had been caught.

On the way back to Camden Mrs. Ashbridge began to cry. She was sitting beside Captain Schregler, and he tried to console her. Her sobs increased, and Ashbridge called to her to “take it easy.”

This seemed to quiet her a bit, and Schregler spoke to her kindly, saying that she would not be blamed very much for her part in the escape. “That’s not worrying me” she answered. “I am worried about ‘Wil’.”

“Well, you women beat me” was Schregler’s comment. “What did you want to help him escape for, anyhow? He had beaten you, deserted you for another woman and when she turned him down, he killed her. Yet you make up with him, leave your kids and risk everything to help him escape. Seems to me the worse men treat you women, the more you will do for them.”

“Lots of truth in what you say,” remarked Mrs. Ashbridge, with a sigh.

Mr. Fry was the center of attention. Everybody seemed anxious to hear his story.

“I’m not going back until I collect that $500 either,” he was heard to say. The capturer was formerly coroner of Delaware County.

Scenes of excitement were prevalent when the automobile of Chief Gravenor with Detective-chauffer David Hunt at the wheel, Captain Schregler and the prisoners in the rear and Chief Dodd, of the Pennsylvania Railroad police force in the front seat came from the Federal Street Ferry. E.S. Fry, the hotel proprietor who caught the Ashbridges, was also in the car.

Ashbridge and his wife were instantly recognized. The news spread like wildfire and was passed along the route of the machine to police headquarters.

Thinking that the prisoners would be brought to the Prosecutors office, a battery of newspapermen and photographers were camped on the Court House plaza. When someone cried in bellowed tones “There they go,” the scribes and photographers started in hot pursuit behind the automobile.

The officers upon reaching the City Hall had to fight their way through the dense crowd which had gathered outside Police Headquarters. Many stood tiptoed to get a good glance at the prisoners who were abashed at their predicament.

Pulling her black straw hat over her face, Mrs. Ashbridge leaned on her husband’s arm. To hide his face the murderer pulled the Panama hat, which he had secured from Thompson, over his countenance.

Preliminary questioning was done by Captain A.L. James, after which the officers and prisoners were escorted upstairs to the office of Chief Gravenor.

Still clenching the stump of a cheap cigarette in the corner of his mouth, Ashbridge had a pitiful look on his face. He was much thinner than he was when he was arrested for the murder of the Dunbar girl. On his upper lip was a small mustache, which he raised during the last week.

His beautiful and baby-like eyes still retained their piercing stare. The murderer looked wild-eyed at persons in the room. He seemed to take delight in singling out persons in the room and “staring them out.” None seemed courageous enough to return Ashbridge’s strange stare. He looked distressed but the only betraying sign of nervousness was his incessant twitching of his fingers. Seated on the couch in the chief’s room, Ashbridge talked freely.

His wife dried away the tears as they trickled down her reddened face but after regaining her composure she seemed quite calm. She intently watched Captain Schregler and Detective Hunt as they searched through her husband’s clothes.

When the trip for the Court House was being arranged the two prisoners, still handcuffed together, walked in the outer room of the chief’s office. It was then that the wife broke down slightly. She choked back a sob and leaned her head on her husband’s shoulder. Ashbridge did likewise and patted her on the back, at the same time, saying something in a suppressed tone of voice. The only persons in the room at the time were Assistant Chief Hyde and a Post-Telegram reporter. Neither was able to catch the words uttered. Captain Schregler, Chief Gravenor, and Detective Hunt later entered the room and the start for the Court House was made.

The crowd below which was camped about the entrance to the building awaited with patient expectancy, when the news was spread that the prisoners were leaving the building.

Camera men took their positions, ready to snap the couple, but the Ashbridges fooled them. Before the door leading to the street was opened Ashbridge drew his wife to him and with their free hands pulled their hats over their faces, thus eluding the photographers, who resorted to every means to secure a photograph.

Once inside the automobile the prisoners seemed content until the Court House was reached when another large crowd was on hand to greet them. Both repeated the trick of hiding their faces.

After Ashbridge was taken to his cell his wife was ordered taken to the detention department in the City Hall. Captain Schregler and Detective Hunt half-carrying the sobbing and broken-hearted woman, who has aroused some sympathy for her courageousness in taking such a desperate chance for the man she loved, the father of her children and a cruel murderer.

“What other woman would do as much as she has for her husband,” was the query advanced by one of the spectators in the Court House corridor as Mrs. Ashbridge passed through on her way to the waiting automobile.