Camden People - John Anderson

JOHN ANDERSON was born in Camden around 1861 to William and Eliza Anderson. The family was living near the iron works along the Cooper River near Pine Street as early as the 1860s, and when new homes were built in the 1000 block of Line Street in the 1880s, William Anderson acquired 1032 Line Street. This would be the family home as late as 1947.

William Anderson generally worked as a factory laborer, but was active in politics, and served as County freeholder from Camden's Seventh Ward in the 1890s and 1900s. During that time John Anderson served on Camden's police force. He later returned to work at the nearby iron foundry where his father had previously worked, decades before.

John Anderson married Delia Fowler around 1888. Their first son, Thomas B. Anderson, was born on June 5, 1889, followed by Charles F., Henry, Elizabeth, and Lydia. He lived with his father, who by 1900 was a widower, as late as 1910. John Anderson passed away on October 11, 1919, not long after his father William had died, both having lived their days out at 1032 Line Street.

Thomas B. Anderson was killed in a freight car accident in Philadelphia in March of 1932. Daughter Elizabeth later married Harry Strauss. The couple was living at 1032 Line Street as late as 1947.

Camden Daily Courier
May 8, 1888

Joseph Logue
John H. Stratton
Henry Mellon
Charles H. Peters
John Anderson

Camden Daily Telegram
May 8, 1888

Joseph Logue
John H. Stratton
Ross Court
Henry Mellon
Point Street
Samuel Dodd
Jesse Pratt
Charles H. Peters
John Anderson

	Philadelphia Inquirer July 28, 1890 Samuel Dodd - Charles O. Pedrick Samuel E. Lee - George Horner John Anderson - Samuel S. Bakley (Baker) William Parker Royden Street Maurice Hinchman Charles H. Mead North 2nd Street Mabel Gray

Camden Post
May 26, 1891

Samuel Dodd
Benjamin Middleton
Samuel Bakley
Samuel Lee
John Painter
Josiah Sage
J. Oscar Weaver
John Anderson

*Here's Camden's Finest, With Whiskers, in 1898*
Camden Courier-Post - July 15, 1930	William A. Schregler William "Rex" Comley Jules Bosch John Foster Samuel Dodd H. Franklin Pettit Harry Mines Edward Hartman Charles Wilbur Thomas Brothers Ralph Bond John Dall George Kappell Josiah Sage Edward S. Hyde William Selby Elbridge B. McClong Edward Powell John Sinclair William Laird Benjamin Middleton Alfred L. Sayers John Anderson William Butts John Painter Frank Matlack Thomas Hicks Alfred Hayden Abe Jackson Albert Shaw Edward Steen Samuel Bakley Caleb Williams Elisha A. Gravenor Thomas Buchanan Samuel Cox George Horner Godfrey Eisenhardt Harry Curtis George B. Johnson John Barnett Casper Hart Charles Fitzsimmons A. Lincoln James J. Oscar Weaver Sr. Charles Ridgely William Fish George Cooper


Harry Mines, not named above, is in the first row between H. Frank Petttit and Edward Hartman. In the fifth row, at the far right, "John Barnett" was a guess on the part of A. Lincoln James. Another person guessed George Johnson. Both were wrong and it is not known who that policeman is.

Philadelphia Inquirer - July 22, 1898

Benjamin Middleton - John Anderson - Thomas Brothers - William Butts
Alfred Hayden - Edward Cooper - Richard Golden

Camden Daily Courier
August 2, 1898

Cooper B. Hatch
George Nowrey
James Roach
Thomas Brothers
Alfred Hayden
John Reader
John Anderson
Harry Hope
Alfred Meyers
Hugh Boyle
Edward Cooper

*Camden Daily Courier September 25, 1899**

Cooper B. Hatch - William Lyons - William Thompson - A. Lincoln James - Isaac Toy - James Tatem Casper Hart - Thomas Brothers - John Anderson - George Purnell - Alfred S. Snow David Clark - Thomas Reed - Howard McPherson - Edward R. Thomas- John Zane - William C. Horner

Philadelphia Inquirer
September 26, 1899

Cooper B. Hatch
William Lyons
William Thompson
A. Lincoln James
Isaac Toy
James Tatem
Casper Hart
Thomas Brothers
George Purnell
John Anderson
Alfred S. Snow
David Clark
Thomas Reed
Howard McPherson
Edward R. Thomas
John Zane
William Horner

Philadelphia Inquirer
October 12, 1919

Line Street
William Anderson