3312 Spring Garden
Street
This
house is no longer standing. It was a
large house on a lot that encompassed almost a third of the entire block.
History
1856 Directory: Elizabeth Hobson,
gentlewoman, Bridge [Spring Garden] above 4th [33rd] (WP)
In
1850, she lived in the South Ward of Philadelphia with her siblings, Mary A.,
Hartley, and Samuel Hobson.
1858 Directory: Emily Hobson, gentlewoman, Bridge
Hartley Hobson, stationery & artists
findings, 1310 Chestnut
Samuel Hobson, gentleman, Bridge near 33rd
1860:
Samuel J.
Hobson 40 Retired physician; real estate: $8,000, personal property:
$300
Mary Hobson 50
Mary Enert 50 House keeper
(Ward 24,
Precinct 7, 90)
Samuel Hobson received his degree in
medicine from the University of Pennsylvania in 1829.
1861 Directory: Harley Hobson, stationer, Bridge above 33rd
Mantua
Mrs. Mary Ann Hobson, Bridge above 33rd
Mantua
Samuel Hobson, M.D. Bridge above 33rd
Mantua
1870:
Hartley Hobson 58 Retail
merchant; real estate: $50,000, personal property: $20,000
Samuel J. Hobson
60 Physician;
personal property: $30,000
Mary A. Hobson 52 Real
estate: $40,000, personal property: $20,000
(ED 77, 29)
Mary A. Hobson died in 1873.
1880:
Hartley Hobson 68 Gentleman;
born in England
Samuel J.
Hobson 59 No occupation; born in England
Kate Corr 30 Servant; born in Ireland
(ED 484, 2)
1881 Directory: Hartley Hobson, 3312 Spring Garden
Samuel Hobson, Naval Asylum
Samuel
died about 1880 and Hartley died before 1883.
1887 Directory: Hector T. Fenton, lawyer, 903 Walnut, 3312
Spring Garden
In
1880, he lived at 1606 Poplar with his wife, Mary.
“FENTON, Hector Tyndale: Lawyer;
born in Philadelphia, Aug. 6, 1850; son of Thomas H. Fenton and Caroline
(Kummer) Fenton. He was educated in the Boys' High School. Philadelphia, and
afterward in law schools. He was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia, 1870, and
afterward to the Supreme Court of the State and the Federal Courts, including
the Supreme Court of the United States. He practised [sic.] law in partnership
with the late Furman Sheppard until 1880, and since then has practised alone,
chiefly in the Federal Courts and in patent, copyright and trade-mark cases.
Mr. Fenton is author of a work on the Law of Patents and Designs, and joint
author with Thomas V. Cooper of American Politics. He is a Republican in
politics and an Episcopalian in Church relations. He is a member of the
Franklin Institute and of the Art and Southern Clubs of Philadelphia. Residence:
3312 Spring Garden Street. Office address: 502 Commonwealth
Building,
Philadelphia.” (Who’s Who in Pennsylvania. 1908. p. 252)
1895 Directory: Hector T. Fenton, lawyer, 903 Walnut, 3312
Spring Garden
1900:
Hector T. Fenton
50 Lawyer;
widowed
Delia Myers 24
Servant; born in Ireland, immigrated
in 1894
A Mary Riordan 24 Servant;
born in Ireland, immigrated in 1892
(540, 14A)
1910:
Hector Fenton 68 patent
attorney; divorced
Ida Hoffman 40 Cousin; millenary saleslady; single
(ED 489, 4A)
1920:
Hector Fenton 68 Lawyer;
owner, free of a mortgage
Catherine
Fenton 36 Wife
Helen Ruffaner 20 Step-daughter
(ED 684, 8A)
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