Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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 The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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