Camden People - John S. Roberts

JOHN S. ROBERTS was born in Philadelphia PA on July 10, 1858 to George Harrison Roberts and his wife Sarah W. (Stoddart) Roberts. He first came to Camden in 1883, and began a wholesale tobacco business at 4th and Royden Streets which, by 1897, had grown to be one of the largest such businesses in the state of New Jersey. He made his home at 603 South 4th Street. John S. Roberts became prominent in Camden politics, and as a Republican, was elected to City Council from the Third Ward. He also served on the Water Commission, which awarded a contract to George Pfeiffer to build Camden's water works, and later as the Secretary on the City Tax Board.

On April 7, 1880 John S. Roberts married Annie Holden. The Roberts had four children, Howard S., George H., John S. Jr., and Sara W. Roberts. Annie Holden Roberts passed away in 1913. He remarried to a woman named Anne Clark.

By 1922 John S. Roberts was working in the City Clerk's office. He resigned under accusations of graft in May of 1922 and moved to Margate, New Jersey. John S. Roberts passed away on July 21, 1923, and was buried at Harleigh Cemetery.

As of 1897 John S. Roberts was a member of Camden Lodge No. 15, A.F. & A.M.; Siloam Chapter No. 19, Royal Arch Masons; Camden Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; the Lenni Lenape Tribe No. 2 of the Improved Order of Red Men; all in Camden, and of other groups in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Inquirer - September 5, 1903

David Baird Sr. - J. Wesley Sell - Frank F. Patterson Jr. - E.V.D. Joline
E. Ambler Armstrong - Frank T. Lloyd - F. Morse Archer - Robert L. Barber
William J. Bradley - William D. Brown - Thomas P. Curley - Charles F. Currie
Isaac W. Coles - E.W. Delacroix - John J. Burleigh - John Cherry - William Graeff
Theodore Gibbs - John S. Roberts - Henry J. West - George Pfeiffer Jr.
Irving Buckle - Samuel Wood - Jonathan Watson - Maurice Redrow
Richard R. Miller - Lewis H. Mohrman - David M. Anderson - G. WIlliam Harned
Edward H. Chew - William Coffin - Dr. John B. Davis - Dr. Henry H. Davis
Samuel S. Elfreth - Charles H. Ellis - Levi Farnham - John Blowe - J. Palmer Earl
Samuel P. Jones - George W. Turner - Henry M. Snyder - Lewis Stehr Sr.
Charles P. Sayrs - Henry J. Rumrille - William M. Palmer - Frank Peterson
Martin J. O'Brien - J. WIllard Morgan - J. Alpheus McCracken - John R. McCabe
A.G. McCausland - Joseph Kolb - John M. Kelly - E.E. Jefferies - Jacob S. Justice
Robert Jaggard - Harry L. Jones - Upton S. Jefferys - William Kettler
John D. Courter - Dr. William S. Jones - Mahlon F. Ivins Sr.
Samuel G. Hufty - Ephraim T. Gill - Francis Fithian

*Philadelphia Inquirer August 30, 1910**

Charles H. Ellis - Dr. William H. Kensinger - O. Glen Stackhouse - John S. Roberts - George A. Frey William J. Fox - Edmund E. Read Jr. - Harry C. Dole - Charles H. Greer - David Jester - Edmund H. Way Harry R. Read - Robert W. Gordon - Joshua C. Haines - Frank C. Van Hart - J. William Mills Raymond Warren - C.K. Deacon - Daniel Smith - Henry S. Gordon - Frederick A. Finkeldey Frederick Von Neida - Henry D. Longacre - J. Morton Pennock - John B. Irwin - Dr. Silas H. Quint John J. Welsh - Alfred R. White - William H. Deets - Harry R. Barrett - John Miller - D.W. Poland Frank Shaw - Edward J. Kelleher - Harry Richmond - William C. King - William Wynn George Clark - George N. Stokes - John F. Hurley - George W. Evans Frederick A. Finkeldey - Jonas Shaw

*Camden Post-Telegram January 19, 1915**

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Third Ward Republican Club - Turn Verein Hall - J. Edward Way - A. Benjamin Sparks William H. Hall - John T. Rodan - Rushton's Orchestra - Harry Hertline - Walter J. Stanton - Jesse Hillman Lemuel Toy - Jesse Smith - Morris Steelman - William Elberson - Samuel S. Bacon - Albert Keaser Harry Miller - Frank Smith - John S. Roberts - George Murry - Harry Selby - Harry C. Sharp Robert Schroeder - James Vickers - Elwyn D. Steen - William Horay - Clarence H. Thorn - Wright Cox Frank S. Fithian - George F. Hammond - Albert J. Meyer - Harry Stowe - Wesley J. Stanton Thomas Dickinson - Edwin Fields - William H. Dill - Frank S. Ireton - Gustav Jans Charles H. Errickson - Henry Gerke - James MacDemott - George Schu - William M. Fithian Julius R. Schaaf - James Monahan - Thomas Madden - George Cox - Robert J. Garrison

Philadelphia Inquirer - March 18, 1898 Click on Image for PDF File of Complete Article

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Samuel Dodd - John Foster - H. Frank Pettit - John S. Roberts - Charles E. Day George W. Jessup - Cooper B. Hatch - Charles V.D. Joline - Harry C. Kramer - Thaddeus P. Varney

Camden Courier - January 31, 1922

George V. Murry - Joseph Totarella - James Corea John S. Roberts - Charles A. Wolverton - Arthur H. Holl

Biographical Review - 1897

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