3410 Baring Street
3408-10: “Circa
1875, Second Empire-style, two-and-one-half story double - built by same
developer as 3400-02 and 3404-06; porch, full- height windows, and slate
shingles in excellent condition.”
(Inventory of Buildings in Powelton from the application submitted to the
National Register of Historic Places, 1985)
The History
1866,
June 14: Transfer of lots 3400, 3402, 3404, 3406, 3408 and 3410 Baring from
Richard Smethurst to William Sellers and John Sellers Jr.
The 1858 Directory lists Richard
Smethurst, conveyancer & accountant, 144 S 4th St.
1874,
September: Deed transferred from Thomas D. Crispen to Harriet Maria Claxton.
1879,
May 5: Death of Robert Bethell Claxton, Jr, 34 years old, of 3410 Baring St,
son of the Rev. Bethell Claxton, D.D.
Funeral services at St.
Andrew’s Episcopal Church. He was a
married banker; born in Wilkes Barre, Pa.
Burial at Woodlands Cemetery.
1880:
Bethell
Claxton 65 Clergyman
Harriet Claxton
51 Born in N.Y., father in
Elsie Mc Knight
77 Mother[-in-law]; born in N.Y.
Howard A.
Pardee 21 Nephew; physician; born in N.Y.
Kate Haggerty 40 Servant;
single; parents born in
Sarah Kearny 19 Servant; born in Ireland
Lettitia Mc
Cabe 50 Nurse; born in
(ED 483, 24)
“Pardee, Howard A., 3410 Baring
Street, Univ. of New York, 1880.”
(The Philadelphia Medical
Register and Directory. By William Biddle Atkinson. 1884)
“[elected] 1891 - Pardee, Howard, 3410 baring”
(List of Members. Proceedings
of the Pathological Society of Philadelphia.1891)
1880, Sept
24: Death of Elsie C. McKnight, 78 years old, of 3410 Baring St. Burial at Rochester, N.Y.
1880,
Sept. 27: Death of Louisa Claxton, of 3410 Baring St., 83 years old, daughter
of John Claxton and sister of Robert Bethel Claxton. She was single.
1882,
May 25: Death of Rev. R. Bethell Claxton, D.D., 69 years old, of 3410 Baring
St.
“ROBERT BETHELL
CLAXTON, son of John Claxton, a native of Bermuda who settled in Philadelphia,
was born in that city, Nov 6, 1814; his mother was Mary, daughter of Daniel
Newman, a Revolutionary surgeon. During his youth he was employed as a clerk in
[his father’s] book store in Philadelphia, but gave up business in 1834 to
devote himself to study for the ministry, and was admitted to college at the
beginning of the Sophomore year. He spent two years in the (Protestant
Episcopal) Theological Seminary of Virginia, and was ordained Deacon by Bishop
H. U. Onderdonk, in Philadelphia, July
19, 1840, and advanced to the priesthood on Dec. 6 of the same year. Meantime,
on Sept 4, he entered on the rectorship of St Stephen's Church, Wilkesbarre,
Pa. He was married, Aug 31, 1841, to Caroline P., daughter of B. Howard Rand,
Esq, of Philadelphia, who died in February, 1843. On the 2d of June, 1844, he
was married to Elizabeth, daughter of the Hon David Scott, of Wilkesbarre. In
May, 1846, largely for the sake of his wife's health, he resigned his charge
and removed to West Chester, Pa
“In March, 1848,
he accepted a call to Christ Church, Madison, Ind., where he remained until
May, 1853, when he became rector of St Paul's Church, Cleveland, O. From
Cleveland he went in December, 1859, to St Luke's Church, Rochester, N. Y.,
where he spent nearly six years. In October, 1865, he returned to his native
City, as Professor of Homiletics and the Pastoral Care in the West Philadelphia
Divinity School. He had a strong preference, however, for pastoral work, in
which he was markedly successful, and in December, 1873, accepted the
rectorship of St Andrew's Church in West Philadelphia, laying down his
professorship in the following July. In this pastorate he continued until his
death, which occurred in West Philadelphia, May 24, 1882, in his 68th year, for
upwards of a month previous he had suffered from an affection of the heart, and
while absent on a brief vacation, contracted a severe cold, resulting in
pneumonia, which caused his death.
His second wife died in January,
1867, and in July, 1874, he was married to Harriet M., daughter of William
McKnight, of Rochester, N Y , who survives him, with two daughters by his
second marriage.
“He received the
degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1849 from Kenyon College.”
(Obituary Record, Graduates
of Yale College Deceased during the Academical Year ending in June, 1882. p
89.)
“Rev. Dr. Robert
R. Bethell Claxton died yesterday morning of an affliction of the heart, at his
residence, No. 3410 Baring street, after an illness of three or four weeks, and
in the sixty-ninth year of his age. He was born in this city, and was the son
of John Claxton, a prominent bookseller.
He entered the bookstore of his father as a clerk in early life, and
after a few years he became a student at Yale College…. In 1861, he returned to this city, and became
the Jay Cooke professor of homiletics in the Divinity School retaining that
position until 1873, when he resigned and took charge of St. Andrew’s Church,
West Philadelphia. The church was very
prosperous under his administration and is now taking steps for the erection of
a larger edifice to accommodate the growing congregation. Dr. Claxton was a man of great learning, and
was highly esteemed and loved by his people.
Mr. Edmund Claxton, of the firm of E. Claxton & Co., booksellers, is
a brother of Dr. Claxton, and Rev. J. W. Claxon, D.D., formerly of this city,
is his nephew.” (Phila. Inquirer, May
25, 1882)
c1892:
“DEE,
Howard Ashley, . 4th Medical Division, 1883, H- M. D., University of the City
of New-York, 1880; Attending Physician, University Dispensary, Diseases of
Women, 1883-84; Visiting Physician, Philadelphia (Penn.) Home for Incurables,
1885-87; Registrar, Philadelphia Hospital, Obstetrical Division, 1886-87.
Residence since leaving the hospital,
and
(An Account of Bellevue Hospital; Catalogue
of the Medical and Surgical Staff from 1736 to 1894. Society of the Alumni
of Bellevue Hospital New York. 1893. Robert J. Carlisle. M. D.)
1890
Directory:
Harriet Claxton, widow
Emily Pardee, widow
Howard A. Pardee,
Physician
1900:
Rachel
Claxton 50 Single; born in N.Y.
Maggie
Devine 30 Servant; single; born in Ireland,
immigrated in 1888
Lizzie
Devine 23 Servant; single; born in Ireland,
immigrated in 1894
(ED
539, 10B)
1901: H.A. Pardee
(Transactions of the Philadelphia Obstetrical
Society.)
1906 Blue Book: Rev. R. Bethell Claxton
1909,
September: Deed transferred from Howard A. Pardee (last will and testament of)
Harriet Mclanton to Robert & Fannie Bringhurst.
The 1906 Blue Book lists Arlo,
Calvin, Howard and Miss Olive Pardee living at 239 W. Walnut Lane, Germantown.
1910:
Robert R. Bringhurst
43 Undertaker
Fannie
Bringhurst 38 Married 19 years, 3 children
Geo Kendrick
Bringhurst 17
Dorothy H.
Bringhurst 15
Francis
Bringhurst 12
Robert R.
Bringhurst 61 Cousin; married once for 38 years;
undertaker; born in Indiana
Anna Leonard 26 Servant; born in
(ED 488, 1B)
1920:
Robert R.
Bringhurst 53 Undertaker; owner with a mortgage
Fannie H.
Bringhurst 48 Parents born in England
Dorothy H.
Bringhurst 24
Annie E. Nutter 35 Servant; black; single; born in Md.
(ED 682, 2B-3A)
1930:
Sidney Ballard 31 Physician
(surgeon); married at age 26; born in Montana; renting for $70 per month
Isabelle
Ballard 28 Married at age 23; born in Illinois,
parents born in Iowa
Barbara Ballard 3 months
__2nd
household
Louis M. Rice 55 No
occupation; married at age 21; born in Ohio; renting for $65 per month
Anna H. Rice 55 Married at age 21; parents born in Ireland
(ED 396, 22A)
1950 Directory: Dorothy Jenkins, RN
Roger Moore
Revised 1/15/2012