New Camden Cemetery
Photographic Record

In September of 2013 I received an e-mail with some photos of markers at New Camden Cemetery. The person who sent them to me mentioned that she had taken about 200 pictures and wanted to turn them into a web-page, but did not know how. Needless to say, I volunteered!

If you have any pictures you would like to add to this page, please let me know by e-mail.

I've taken many photos there myself over the years and I'm sure other people have as well. This page is for any and all photos of markers and tombstones from this cemetery. 

New Camden Cemetery is owned and operated by the City of Camden. The land for the cemetery was purchased in 1887 and the cemetery opened up shortly thereafter. Click here for a history of New Camden Cemetery.

Although the City's Department of Public Works is responsible for maintaining the cemetery, visible evidence suggests that the department has been less than intensely focused on this particular task.

In a June, 2000, message posted to the public RootsWeb.com, former Camden County Historical Society executive director Paul Schopp said, "Old Camden Cemetery has been a political football for many years... The grass is cut on occasion and, occasionally, inmates from the County jail also appear at the cemetery to perform cleanup duties.

In years past, when a marker was knocked from its base, the errant marker was thrown into the back of a dump truck and dumped into the Delaware River up near the Farragut Yacht Club in East Camden. It is a shame and a crime, but the state cemetery laws are not strong enough to prevent this type of disaster." 

Conditions have not been much better at New Camden Cemetery, either. As neglect by the city and vandalism is pretty much a constant there and at Evergreen and Old Camden Cemetery as well, I think it might be a good idea to get photos at each site and archive them, and www.dvrbs.com is as good a place as any for that! I will set up pages for the other two cemeteries in the very near future.

Time and too many things to do at present does not allow me to go back through existing pages on the site at this time. If you find an image of a marker at any of the three cemeteries, let me know by e-mail so I can add it to the appropriate page. 

Phil Cohen
September 9, 2013

Philadelphia Inquirer - July 8, 1887

Felix Bochanski

Joseph G. Brown

John W. Cline

Harry K. Dougherty

Findagrave.com Entry

William E. Eastlack

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Sergeant F. Franz

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Captain Alexander Fraser

Frederick Hagel

Findagrave.com Entry

Charles W. Hallowell Sr.

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Charles Sr. was a train/trolley conductor, married to Laurel Bozorth.

Charles W. Hallowell Sr.

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Charles Jr. was killed when gasoline ignited, causing an explosion, on January 10, 1930 in  Philadelphia while working for a building demolition firm.

Robert Johnson

Edward W. Keller

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James D. Levengood

James C. Lewis

Helen C. Mayer

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Frank P. Robinson

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Franklin G. Sapp
Anna Mary Sapp
Robert V. Pacevich Jr.

Vincent Scola
Dorothy L. Scola

George W. Stewart

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Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served during the Civil War as a First Sergeant in Company E, 1st New Jersey Volunteer Cavalry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery on April 5, 1865 at Paines Crossroads, Virginia. His citation reads simply "Capture of flag". His Medal was awarded to him on May 3, 1865. 

George Urban

&
Margaret Urban

I. Robert Wilson

Isaac Roberts Wilson went by Robert. He was a City worker, fell off of the back of the truck and later died. He was married to Mary E. Bozorth and lived in Haddonfield.