Homan, Amos C.

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.

Title: Homan, Amos C.
Description: A Civil War veteran, Amos Homan operated a cigar stand at 37 Cooper Street and eventually bought the building.
Birth Date: 1840
Occupation: Cigar dealer
Previously a laborer, teamster, and porter
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
Associated Individuals: Matilda Toy (operator of boarding house at 37 Cooper Street, 1887)
Posted by: Charlene Mires
Research by: Charlene Mires
Lucy Davis
Sources: Camden City Directories (Ancestry.com).
Civil War Veterans Records (Ancestry.com).
"Incorporated To-day," Camden 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).
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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.
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.

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