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    1. DeRousse Family?
    2. Vincent E. Summers
    3. Can you help me find the family of Louis Theodore DeRousse, of whom the following information was obtained: Member of the Union Army in the Civil War. Burial Services by a "Rev. Charles Bowden" at Louis' home at 326 North Sixth St., Camden, NJ. Interment in family plot at Harleigh Cemetery. Died at his daughter's, Mrs. (Dr.) James D. Farrar, at 7103 Old York Rd., Oak Lane, PA, [of Nervous Breakdown and abscessed liver, Camden Post Telegram of 9-01-1921] on Saturday, 2:15 in the afternoon [Camden Courier of 8-28-1921]. Worked on the Philadelphia Ledger, till age 20, in 1864. Enlisted in 1864 in the Eighth Pennsylvania Reserves. Came to Camden in 1870 as an accountant [One account, more believable says he worked in Phila after hostilities, for W. H. Horstman and Sons, and in 1874 came to Camden, associating with Wilson Fitzgerald, whose entry, see. Went into flour & grain trade, but forced to discontinue because of health. 1880 Became Camden County Freeholder representing the First Ward of Camden. The next year, he declined renomination. 1888-1891 City Comptroller of Camden. 1895-1898 Assembly, New Jersey Legislature, final part as Speaker. 1899-1903 served as Postmaster of Camden. Mason, Camden Lodge #15, F. and A. M. and the Tall Cedars of Lebanon. Member of the Camden Lodge of Elks. Grand Army of the Republic, Post 37. A co founder of the Camden Microscopica Society. Camden County Historical Society. He founded and was the first President of the Camden Republican Club. Also an "Odd Fellow". 326 North Sixth Street in Camden, NJ, is now the Camden Toll Plaza for the Ben Franklin Bridge, according to Camden County Historical Society's "Communicator" of Spring 1996. I would be especially interested in his daughter and her husband, Dr. James Farrar. Andreas DeRousse, his father who fought for Napoleon, would be of interest also. Vince

    07/26/1998 07:04:58