3404 Hamilton Street

3404-06: “two-and-one-half story, Second Empire style double, -stone facade, first-floor projecting bays and wood Victorian porch. Paired dormer windows in. slate-shingled mansard.”

(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the national register of Historic Places, 1985)

History

1866, Oct. 9: Transfer of 3405-3411 Baring St. and 3404-3410 Hamilton St. from Gerardus A. Haines to Alexander J. Andrews

1869, Apr. 9: Transfer 3405-3407 Baring St. and 3404-3406 Hamilton St. from Alexander J. Andrews and wife to Robert Glendenning, Jr. trustee.

1870, July: Deed transferred from John Doyle to William H. List.

1870, 2^nd Enumeration (Nov. 18)

Henry Hensworth 35-39

Mary Hensworth 35-39

Ellis Hensworth 17

Lula Hensworth 15

Edward Hensworth 10

Cosber Hensworth 2

Elisa Ried 25-29

1870, November: Deed transferred from William H. List to George W. Kendrick.

William List lived next door at 3406 Hamilton St.

1873 Directory: Edward Murdoch, bookbinder The 1874 directory lists him next door at 3406.

Samuel K. Murdoch, elocutionist

1874 Directory: Samuel A. Murdoch, teacher

1880:

Samuel Murdoch 63 Elocutionist

Mary Murdoch 61 Parents born in Ireland

George W. Kendrick [Jr.] 38 [Son-in-law] Broker; mother born in Ireland

Minnie Kendrick 30 [Daughter]

George W. Kendrick [III] 8 [Grandson]

Samuel M. Kendrick 6 [Grandson]

Mary Bannan 46 Servant; born in Ireland

For biographical information about the Murdoch and Kendrick families, see the Powelton History Blog. In 1890 and 1900, the Kendrick family lived at 3507 Baring St.

Minnie Murdoch Kendrick (1849-1903)

1881 Directory Samuel Murdoch, elocutionist

George W. Kendrick, Jr. of Carver W. Reed & Co., & pawnbroker, S 3rd corner of South

Carver W. Reed & Co. was a pawnbroker at 1514 Market St. and the corner of Market and S. 17^th St.

1882, July: Deed transferred from George W. & Minnie M. Kendrick to Asa S. Wing.

1887 Directory: Asa S. Wing, vice-president of Provident Life & Trust Co.

Asa S. Wing was born in Massachusetts about 1849. In the 1881 Directory, he was listed at 18 S. 38^th St. He was Assistant Actuary for Provident. He was apparently promoted that year to Actuary and Vice President. In 1900, he and his wife, Caroline Swift Rhoades (Sophia) had been married 27 years and had no children. They were living at “Bartram House” near 3320 Woodland.

Provident Life & Trust Co. was incorporated in 1865. In 1887, it advertised $1,000,000 in capital and $19,500,000 in assets.

Sophia Wing was the former Caroline S. Rhoades, daughter of Emily and Samuel H. Rhoades. He was an insurance agent for the Central Mutual Fire Insurance Co. In 1870, they lived in Chelsea, Suffolk Co., Mass.

1888 Directory: Anna Rhoads, widow of Samuel

This is Emily Rhoades, Sophia Wing’s mother.

1895 Directory: Asa S. Wing, vice-president of Provident Life & Trust Co.

1900:

William M. Sample 44 Plumber & gas fitter; widowed

Elisabeth K. Sample 10

Ruth Sample 3

Molton R. Sample 74 Father

Martha Sample 69 Mother; married 45 years, 4 (?) children

Elisabeth Tibbs 27 Servant; black; married, no children; born in Va.

Elisabeth Schindley 29 Boarder; nurse; single

Elisabeth Sample 30 Niece; nurse; single

Molton R. Sample was born in 1825 in Lancaster, Pa. Martha’s maiden name was Martha Letitia Knox. In 1880, Molton and Martha lived in Coastville, Chest Co. Molton R. Sample was a “segar” manufacturer.

1902, Oct. 9: Death of Morton R. Sample; burial at Old Leacock Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Intercourse, Lancaster Co., Pa,

1906 Blue Book: William M. Sample and daughter

Miss Elizabeth Schively

1910:

William Sample 53 Contractor; widowed

Letitia Sample 79 Mother; widowed, four children

Elizabeth Sample 19 Daughter

Berth Sample 13 Daughter

Cora Graffin 46 Servant; single

Mary Thornton 50 Servant; black; married once for 6 years, one child; born in Va.

In 1920, they lived at 3502 Hamilton St.

Their son, Molton R. Sample lived at 3409 Hamilton St.

1912, May 22: Marriage license issued to Elizabeth Sample of 3404 Hamilton St. and Charles W. Swing of 703 N. 4^th St.

1914 Catalogue, Univ. of Pennsylvania: Esther Meredith Reinhardt; partial student

1915, Dec. 11: Death of Rebecca Hawley Reinhardt, wife of the late William D. Reinhardt of 3404 Hamilton St.

1920:

Mary B. Reinhardt 49 Clerk for Penna. R.R.; single; renting

Esther M. Reinhardt 47 High school teacher; single

Lydia L. Reinhardt 43 Elementary school teacher; single

Elizabeth C. Reinhardt 42 High school teacher; single

George A. Rankin 35 Lodger; research scientist; born in N.Y.

Dorothy P. Rankin 32 Lodger; artist; mother born in Louisiana

1920 Catalogue, Univ. of Pennsylvania: Esther Meredith Reinhardt listed as an auditor in English. Elizabeth Christine Reinhardt. (A.B. Bryn Mawr, 1902), Teacher of German, Philadelphia High School for girls, 1903 to date. History, 3^rd year graduate student.

1930:

P. Nicholson Wood 31 Lawyer at a law firm; married at age 24; father born in Mass.; owner [sic.], house valued at $10,000

Hannah T. Wood 31 Married at age 24

Percy Nicholson Wood was a member of the Class of 1921, University of Pennsylvania.

(The Record, University of Pennsylvania, 1921)

In 1930, they lived at 422 Anthony St., Lower Merion. Wood was a son of Elizabeth and Joseph R. Wood, a cousin of Asa Wing, the home’s owner. Wing married Elizabeth Robeson Wood in 1912. The New York Times printed the following announcement:

“Members of several prominent Jamaica families are preparing to go to Philadelphia to-morrow to attend the wedding of Asa S. Wing, President and one of the largest stockholders of the Provident Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia to Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, widow of Joseph R. Wood, formerly a well-known druggist. The wedding is to be performed in one of the Quaker meeting houses.

“Mr. Wing is 60 years old, while the bride-to-be is 37 years. He was a cousin of the bride's first husband. Mr. Wood died in 1911 in a Massachusetts town, where he had gone in search of health, and his death left his wife in straitened circumstances with four children to look after, a boy, 14 years old, and three girls, 10, 8, and 6 years old. Shortly after his death, to add to Mrs. Wood’s troubles, one of the girls developed eye trouble, and it was feared she would become blind.

“Finding herself without means and a family to care for, Mrs. Wood started out to make a living for them, but she was having a hard time when she was visited by Mr. Wing. He suggested to her that as he was a widower and had a big home it would be perfectly agreeable to him to have her come and look after his home and also said that the children would find accommodations in his home. She accepted, and some months later a proposal of marriage followed.” (Nov. 25, 1912)

1931, June: Deed transferred from Asa S. Wing to Elisabeth R. Wing.

“Jun. 15, 1931 -- Died. Asa Shove Wing, 81, president since 1906 of Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co.; after a long illness; in his summer home at Sandwich, Mass.” (Time magazine)

1938, Sep. 19: Title transferred to Mary B. Green by Elizabeth R. Wing

1939, Jan. 14: Title transferred to May C. & Florence M. Becker by Mary B. Green

1939, Feb. 17: Title transferred to Myrtle C. Smith by May C. & Florence M. Becker

1939, Jul. 24: Title transferred to Thomas Beckett by Myrtle C. Smith

1939, Aug. 2: Title transferred to Charles L. Rodgers & Catherine C., his wife by Thomas Beckett

1940, Jan. 3: Title transferred to William L. Kelly by Charles L. Rodgers & Catherine C., his wife

1940, Apr. 15: Title transferred to Ernest Cooper by William L. Kelly

Ernest Cooper lived at 3614 Baring St.

1940: not found in census

1944, May 29: Title transferred to Hyman Hockstein & Katie, his wife by Ernest Cooper

1950 Directory: Hyman Hockstein

Joseph S. Martin

1953, May 14: Title transferred to Leroy Keene by Hyman Hockstein

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