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Charles W. Compton
| Name | Charles W. Compton |
| Ortssitz | Newark (New Jersey) |
| Straße | Market Street 216 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Beerdigungsinstitut |
| Anmerkungen | Furnishing Undertaker |
| Quellenangaben | [Industries of New Jersey, Essex County V (1882) 708] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1855 |
Gründung |
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ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Bestattungen |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
1882 |
[Industries of N.J. (1882)] |
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| ZEIT | 1882 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Ever since the year 1855 the name of Charles W. Compton has been familiar to the people of Newark, and a more successful undertaker than he has never entered into the somewhat grave though important business of preparing coffins or caskets for the reception of the remains of mortality. His magnificent establishment at No. 216 Market Street was erected by him in the year 1 87 1, and is one of the finest iron front buildings in the city. It is 25x100 feet in dimensions and five stories in height. The main floor is devoted to the undertaking business, while the remainder of the building is let out for other purposes. There is constantly being prepared at this establishment a variety of coffins and caskets, as complete and extensive as any in America, from the plain, unostentatious kind to those of really superlative magnificence. Every requisite for funerals is provided, and the establishment is as complete and extensive as any in the country. Calls by day or by night are attended to, and there is telephonic communication with various public places. The office and salesroom is handsomely fitted up in solid walnut and is elegantly furnished. There is a competent force of careful and experienced assistants, and the business is conducted with order, promptness, and perfect system. Mr. Compton is always very exact in furnishing coffins, hearses, and carriages, and everything else in connection with funerals. The patronage is derived from the city and surrounding neighborhood. Mr. Compton is a native of Newark. He is a practical cabinetmaker and undertaker, having served an apprenticeship at the business, and has gained his present position in the business community by his own personal exertions and well-directed efforts. He has ofificiated at thousands of funerals, from the poor and lowly to the imposing pageantry which drew thousands of people to witness the display attendant upon the burial of some public man. In all his experience he has never failed to render perfect satisfaction, and has won the admiration, gratitude, and esteem of his fellow-citizens for the marked kindness displayed. |
| QUELLE | [Industries of New Jersey, Essex County V (1882) 708] |
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