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Title
A name given to the resource
People
Description
An account of the resource
Residents of Cooper Street
Person
An individual.
Name
Amos Homan
Time period on Cooper Street
c. 1887-c. 1906
Location(s) - Cooper Street
37 Cooper Street
Location(s) - Other
Harrison, Gloucester, N.J., 1860 and 1870 Census
Mickle Street, Camden, c. 1884
122 N. Second Street, Camden, 1906
Occupation
Cigar dealer
Previously a laborer, teamster, and porter
Biographical Text
Amos Homan sold cigars at 37 Cooper Street, a corner row house with a store on the first floor and rented rooms above. He lived at the same address, beginning as a boarder by 1887 but owning the property (mortgaged) by 1900. He also was among the local incorporators of the J.A. Delmar Coal Company in 1903.
Homan was a veteran of the Civil War, having served as a private in Company H, New Jersey 12th Infantry Regiment, from September 4, 1862, until December 15, 1863, when he was transferred to a reserve unit due to unspecified poor health. While living in Camden, he was a member of the United Methodist Church on Third Street. Church records listed him as "widowed," although no records document his marriage and Census records list him as single.
Birth Date
1840
Birthplace
New Jersey
Death Date
Unknown, between 1906 and 1910. Buried with an undated veteran's headstone in Arlingon Memorial Park, Kearney, Hudson County, N.J.
Bibliography
Research by
Charlene Mires
Lucy Davis
Associated Individuals
Matilda Toy (operator of boarding house at 37 Cooper Street, 1887)
Sources
Camden City Directories (Ancestry.com)
Civil War Veterans Records (Ancestry.com)
"Incorporated To-day," Camden Courier Post, June 29, 1903 (Newspapers.com)
New Jersey State Census, 1905 (Ancestry.com)
Sanborn Insurance Maps, 1885, 1891 (Princeton University)
United Methodist Church Records (Ancestry.com)
U.S. Census, 1860, 1870, 1900 (Ancestry.com)
Posted by
Charlene Mires
Dublin Core
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Title
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Homan, Amos C.
Description
An account of the resource
A Civil War veteran, Amos Homan operated a cigar stand at 37 Cooper Street and eventually bought the building.
00 Block
1880s
1890s
1900s
37 Cooper Street
Adult
Boarder/Lodger
Cigars
Civil War
Coal
Male
Retail
United Methodist Church
Widowers