Bill Haley (of Bill Haley and the Comets) married Salem native Dorothy Crowe and lived in Salem in the early 1950's. He occasionally played at the (now gone) Parish Hall on 5th Street. (Source book: Sound and Glory)
Retired Stanford professor John Chowning (born 8/22/1934, Salem, NJ) is the founder of the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at the University. His research led to the development of the Yamaha DX7, the most popular synthesizer series ever.
His 1850 letter to the editor on enfranchisement.
(source: Salem County Historical Society)
Quaker abolitionists Elizabeth and Abigail Goodwin established their Salem City home at 47 Market Street as an Underground Railroad Station in 1838. The history of the house as a place of refuge is documented through a diary maintained by the sisters' nephew. (Interpretive sign outside house.)
Omega Mason helped found the first black Girl Scout troop in Salem City (The Way It Used To Be, Vol.1, No.8). Later, Mary C. Arnold & Rebecca Henry Stewart organized the first integrated Girl Scout Troop in Salem City. (Today's Sunbeam 7/4/2001)
Ellen Harris was born in Lower Alloways Creek Township and received her medical degree in 1892 from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania. She practiced in Brooklyn, where she married Dr. Winfield Scott Smith. They moved to Salem and opened a practice at their home. She became the first woman member of the Salem County Medical Society in 1916. Dr. Smith, who encouraged women to enter the medical profession, died in a tragic automobile accident in 1920.
(Source: [Hutner, GR] "Ellen Smith. Salem County." New Jersey Medicine. 87(3):223, March 1990.)
Professional football running back Lydell Mitchell was born in Salem on 5/30/1949.
Salem High football and basketball star; was All-America and led the nation with 174 points and 29 TDs at Penn State in 1971.
His professional career began in 1972 with six years with the Baltimore Colts, two years with the San Diego Chargers and his final year with the Los Angeles Rams. He was a 3 time Pro Bowler.
His son had a pet goat that followed him to school!
Father and son are buried in St. John's Episcopal Church.
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Leon Allen "Goose" Goslin
(born 10/16/1900, Salem, NJ; died 5/15/1971, Bridgeton, NJ)
National Baseball Hall of Fame. Elected 1968.
Played for: Washington Senators (1921-30, 1933, 1938), St. Louis Browns (1930-32), Detroit Tigers (1934-37).
Five American League pennants in a 12-year span.
.316 lifetime average, recorded 2,735 hits.
(Source: www.baseballhalloffame.org)
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History note: John Tyler Library, established as Salem Library in 1804 said to be the 3rd oldest public library in NJ.
His wife and children are memorialized in two stained glass windows of St. John's Episcopal Church on Market Street.
historic house of worship.
The Salem Oak has been designated a Millennium Landmark Tree by the national non-profit organization America the Beautiful Fund in July 2000.
Salem, New Jersey resident Charles "Charlie" J. Pedersen (1904-1989) is the first career DuPont scientist to win a Nobel Prize in chemistry for his research in "crown ethers."
At the 1987 Nobel Prize ceremony
Fitch was granted his patent after a battle with James Rumsey over claims to the invention (of a steamboat). In a 1787 letter to Thomas Johnson, George Washington discussed Fitch's and Rumsey's claims from his own perspective.
Mr. Rumsey . . . at that time applying to the Assembly for an exclusive Act . . . spoke of the effect of Steam and . . . its application for the purpose of inland Navigation; but I did not conceive . . . that it was suggested as part of his original plan . . . It is proper however for me to add, that some timeafter this Mr. Fitch called upon me on his way to Richmond and explaining his scheme, wanted a letter from me, introductory of it to the Assembly of this State the giving of which I declined; and went so [far] as to inform him that tho' I was bound not to disclose the principles of Mr. Rumsey's discovery I would venture to assure him, that the thought of applying steam for the purpose he mentioned was not original but had been mentioned to me by Mr. Rumsey . . .
George Washington, November 22, 1787.
George Washington Papers, 1741-1799(Source: Library of Congress)
General George McClellan campaigned politically in Salem City.
The original name for Salem City's first telephone exchange "935" was "Yellowstone."
Suffragette Susan B. Anthony gave a lecture in Rumsey Hall in January 1880.
Salem City is the oldest, continuously inhabited English speaking community on the Delaware River. Salem's 325th Birthday
1 Jackson SCHOLZ (USA) 21.6
2 Charles PADDOCK (USA) 21.7
3 Eric LIDDELL (GBR) 21.9
4 George HILL (USA) 22.0
5 Bayes NORTON (USA) 22.0
6 Harold ABRAHAMS (GBR) 22.3
George Hill of Salem City and Mannington Township came in 4th in the 1924 Paris Olympics. Great Britain's 3rd place winner Eric Liddell is known for his refusal to perform sports on Sunday as told in the movie "Chariots of Fire."
Does anyone know Architect Benjamin Latrobe's connection to Salem City?
In 1804 Benjamin Latrobe surveys the route for the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
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Link to 1846 Temperance Movement in Salem City
Local artist Donna Robinson's Old Oak and Bilderback House wall mural at Garwood House restaurant.
(1911-1990)
Architect for 1975 Market Street restoration.
Biography
Union Fire Company
Walnut Street
John Vining Esq. was Delaware's representative to the Second Continental Congress and one of the author's of the Second Amendment. Son of Benjamin Vining, one of the founders of the Episcopal Church on Market Street. Check the markers at the front of the church. John Vining was born in Salem in the late 1700s
| Heavyweight Boxer Jack Gross | |
| Alias | Johnny Gross |
| Hometown | Philadelphia |
| Birthplace | Salem, NJ |
| Division | Heavyweight |
| Date of Birth | 1905-08-01 |
| Height | 6' 1" |
Won 43 (KOs 29), Lost 8, Drawn 1, Total 54
source: www.boxrec.com
Former Professional Boxer & Bridgeton Magistrate Jack Gross
In 1763 Francis Hopkinson worked as a customs collector in Salem. While representing NJ at the Second Continental congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence.
1930 Gunboat Williamsburg PG-56 was converted into a floating restaurant in 1969 and berthed in the Salem River. It was sold and is presently for sale for ~$38 million.