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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E8_ira-wells-wood_Trenton-NJ.html
Born June 19, 1856, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.He graduated third in the class of 1877 at Princeton University.He served on the Trenton Board of Education (1894-1896); Trenton Common Council (1896-1900); Trenton Board of Trade (1896-1900); New Jersey Sta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E7_capt-james-olden-paxson_Trenton-NJ.html
Born 1835 in Trenton.He was the son of Stacy A. Paxson, a former New Jersey state treasurer. At the outbreak of the Civil War he joined Company D, 48th New York Infantry Volunteers (Die-No-Mores), which was made up of men from Trenton, and was com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E4_dr-john-manners_Trenton-NJ.html
Born April 8, 1786, in Hunterdon County, N.J.A graduate of the College of New Jersey (Princeton University), he studied at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Department (1812) under Dr. Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaration of Independence.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E3_charles-hewitt_Trenton-NJ.html
Born Dec. 18, 1824, in New York City.Early in life he was principal and teacher of mathematics at the grammar school of Columbia College. He left Columbia in 1845 to join the Cooper Iron Works in Trenton. Responsible for various inventions that be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E2_john-o-raum_Trenton-NJ.html
Born 1824, in Mill Hill, now a part of Trenton.In 1854, he was the first, with Jesse M. Clark and Randolph H. Moore, to publish a city directory that included all the names, addresses and occupations of the people of Trenton.He was elected to serv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E1_james-taylor_Trenton-NJ.html
Born May 16, 1810 in Staffordshire, England.Taylor came to the United States in 1829 and settled for a time in Jersey City. He worked in the potteries of Troy, Indiana; Orrsville, Kentucky; Cincinnati, Ohio, and East Liverpool, Ohio, to master his…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E0_sgt-john-p-beech_Trenton-NJ.html
Born May 1, 1844, in Staffordshire, England.Beech emigrated to Boston in 1848. In 1856, he moved to Trenton and found a job with City Pottery, at the corner of Perry and Carroll Streets.Beech joined Co. B, 4th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on Aug.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DS_south-riverwalk-park_Trenton-NJ.html
Gifted to the City of Trenton and the Mercer County Parks Commissionby the New Jersey Department of Transportationand the successful efforts of the Route 29 Community Partnering Team. Designer: Vollmer Associates, LLPContractor: PKF-Mark III, I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DB_water-power-and-industry_Trenton-NJ.html
The Trenton Water Power ? ? ? ? The Trenton Water Power was a seven-mile canal built in the early 1830s along the left bank of the Delaware River to spur industrial development along the waterfront in Trenton. The canal drew water from the Delawar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CU_the-world-arrives-trenton-thrives_Trenton-NJ.html
Just as the river has for centuries flowed across the falls of the Delaware, so have waves of people streamed into the Trenton area to settle, raise families and make a living. Still more people have passed through this hub in the landscape - alon…
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