Rachel Clayton dies, 1901
New Jersey Courier 24 Oct 1901
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Atco, 1901
According to the Industrial Directory of New Jersey, 1901: "ATCO, Camden County: On the Atlantic City Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey, and the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad. Station of each road in the town. Population 500. Banking town, Camden. Money order post office and telegraph station. Express service, Adams, United States, and West Jersey Companies. Tax rate, $ 2.38 Land for factory purposes bordering directly upon the line of the railroads ma y be had in any size plots, free of charge or at nominal prices. Water is pure and plentiful, the climate is healthful and free from malaria, and there is a good supply of labor, either male or female. One small factory building, floor area of 600 feet, with steam engine and boiler, will be rented for $ 10 per month or sold outright for $ 1500. These industries are now in operation E.H. Flood, manufacturers of window glass; employs 47 persons. John E. Hand, manufacturers of ship's compasses; employs 8 persons"
Garrison-Kelly wedding,1901
GARRISON-KELLY from the Trenton Times 14 Oct 1901 Former Bordentown Man Married. Bordentown, Oct 14. - Lieutenant D. Mershon Garrison, United States Navy, grandson of the late Captain D.S. Mershon, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Garrison, of this city, and Miss Jessie C. Kelly, daughter of the late Captain W. A. Kelly, were married September 26, in Charleston, S.C. Their future residence will be Annapolis, Md., where Lieutenant Garrison is stationed as a professor in mathematics at the Naval Academy.