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William
H. Carson was born in Pennsylvania in December of 1844 to Jacob
Corson, a shoemaker, and his wife, the former Mary
Strickland. Besides William the family included brothers Charles
and Benjamin Corson, and a sister, Anna P. Corson. William H.
Corson married Ella Ellen Johnson in Camden, New Jersey on October
15, 1866. When the Census was taken in 1870, William H. Corson,
his wife and three year-old daughter Anna lived with his father in
what was then Newton Township, most likely in the neighborhood of
what is known in modern times as South
9th Street and Van
Hook Street. Other children would follow, Ella, Eliza, Lydia,
May (1877-1882), William (1880-1884), May 1882, William H. Jr.
(1884-1916), Nell, Eloise in
1886, and Dorothea in 1887. As
stated above, William H. Corson was appointed to the Camden Fire
Department as an extra man in April of 1876, and served for three
months. William Corson remained in the same neighborhood as late
as 1887. City Directories for the years leading up to 1894 do not
give a precise address, merely "9th
near Van
Hook", for example. The 1888-1889 City Directory shows
that William H. Corson had moved to 1722 South
6th Street. The 1890-1891 edition shows an address of 1724
South 6th Street and a new job, that of bookkeeper with the P&R.R.R.,
that is, the Pennsylvania & Reading Railroad. As the 1891-1892
gives his address as 1722 South
6th Street, it is likely that the 1724 South
6th Street entry from the previous year was an error. William
H. Corson and family moved around in the same general neighborhood
for the next several years. He worked alternately as a clerk and
in the insurance business. The 1894-1895 and 1895-1896 Directories
list him at 569 Van
Hook Street. In 1896 he lived at 1709 Ferry
Avenue, in 1897 and 1898 William Corson is listed at 1714
Master Street. From 1899 through at least 1906 the Corsons
resided at 1640 South
6th Street. By 1906 William H. Corson had
moved to 1714 Ferry
Avenue. He would remain at this address through January of
1920. The Census if 1920 shows that he was working as a watchman
at a woolen mill, logic dictates that it would have been the
nearby Howland Croft &
Sons mill on Broadway
at Viola Street. William H. Corson and his wife were living with
their daughter Dorothea and her husband, Charles Suders. The
Corsons and the Suders moved to 569 Clinton
Street shortly after the 1920 Census, and were still there
when the 1929 Camden City Directory was compiled. William H.
Corson passed away in 1929.
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