ANTHONY KOBUS was born in France in 1837. As different census have him as being born in France and Germany, it would be safe to say he was born in the Alsace-Lorraine Region of what is now France. After emigrating to America he founded a shoe business in 1858 at 943 South 4th Street in Camden NJ. He soon moved to 840-842 South 4th Street, the corner of South 4th and Spruce Streets. The 1880 census has him living at 842 South 4th Street with wife Elizabeth, a native of Bavaria, sons Joseph, 18, and Henry, 15, and daughter Elizabeth, 8, at 840 South 4th Street. It is there where he made his home for many years. Elizabeth Kobus, born in Bavaria in 1827, passed away in 1883. The 1910 Census shows that Anthony Kobus had moved to the White Horse Pike in Collingswood NJ. Besides his shoe business, Anthony Kobus was a principal in the Broadway Trust Bank along with John J. Burleigh and William J. Cooper. After his death on November 20, 1920, his sons Henry and Joseph Kobus moved the business to a nearby building at 934 Broadway in 1924. Anthony Kobus was buried at Harleigh Cemetery, next to his wife. Anthony Kobus' daughter-in-law, son Joseph's second wife Mary Walsh Kobus, was one of Camden first female politicians. She was elected to the City Commission, and served as the Director of Public Safety in the late 1930s and early 1940s. |
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Schlesinger - John Heilemann Eli Bacharach - John Pfeiffer Dr. Conrad G. Hoell - Jacob Vissell Anthony J. Oberst - Dr. B.J. Weyle Francis D. Pastorius - John Scharnagl Wilhelm Hage - Christian Killinger David Goldenberg - Christian Eckert John Hausbeck - Charles E. Wentz Ernest C. Wentz - Solomon Seybold Wilhelm Myers - J. Henry Sauers Gus Weber - George Bristle Joseph Meyer Sr. - George Hill Theodore G. Mayer - Emmanuel Schneider Conrad Spalt - Charles Bankert Peter Dankelmann - John F. Riegen George Horneff Sr. - Theodore Krug Anthony Kobus - George Pfeiffer Sr. John Welsh Sr. - Dennis Lutenbacher Frederick Lutz - Fred George Brum A. Tegtmaier - Michael N. Voll George Kleinheinz - Lewis Schiemer Edward N. Cohn - Charles Helm Anthony Voll - Dr. H.W. Miller Edward Schuster Sr. - Dr. John W. Donges John Heim - John Schanz Martin J. Ewe - Frank Berberick David Hess Jacob Meyer - Fred Spuhler Jacob Moeck - Gottlieb C. Moeck Fred Geissel - John Bender Peter Mucker - Christian Ebensperger Louis Clipper - John Schnitzius John W. Wescott Harry B. Paul Albert Hoffman |
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Philadelphia Inquirer August 20, 1896 Esterbrook
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Camden Post-Telegram * February 24, 1903 |
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- Turner Hall - Martin Hartmann - Frederick Banzhoff - John Maier
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August Hiller
Louis Hartmann - Ferdinand Zuber - Claus Ecks - William Uber - Anthony Oberst - Francis T. Steinbach John F. Rieger - John Schmidt - William Bartelt - Bernhard F. Schroeder - Rudolf Korfhage Albert Schradin - Louis Holler - Anthony Kobus - Charles Foulon Sr. - Adam Schlorer - George Kadisch George Brehm - Herman Fuchs - Theodore G. Maier - Fred Lutz - Edward Schlorer - Frank X. Braun George Kruck - Conrad Walz - John G. Colsey - John Graef - August Frietag - Herman Ladewig Benjamin Baier - Fred Schneider - Maynard Dalbey - Ernest Maehler - August Weber - F.W. Kohlenberg Andrew Haehner - Conmrad Ahrens - Jacob Ruff - Harry C. Halbert - George K. Knauf Henry Guenther - George Kroecker - Theodore Leopold - Edward McCabe - Adam T. Davis Gustav Schwoeri - George Lotz |
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William
Leonard Hurley - Charles
H. Ellis - Charles V.D.
Joline - Edmund E. Read Harry C. Kramer - Howard Carrow - Philander Knox - James H. Davidson Johm T. Dorrance - E.G.C. Bleakly - David A. Henderson - Samuel W. Sparks Henry C. Loudenslager - Francis Howell - Walter Wood - Elmer E. Long George W. Jessup - Joseph Gaskill - Volney G. Bennett - Wilbur F. Rose Alexander C. Wood - George A. Frey - Charles A. Reynolds - E.B. Leaming Heulings Lippincott - Charles K. Haddon - Fithian S. Simmons - J.B. Van Sciver David Jester - Frank B. Sitley - Alpheus McCracken - Thomas S. Nekervis DeCourcy May - Isaac Ferris - Lionel C. Simpson - John M. Kelly G. George Browning - Watson Depuy - John C. Danenhower - John B. McFeeley Elias Davis - Anthony Kobus - Captain John B. Adams |
Bank Directory - March 1, 1916 |
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