Legends of Port Norris

Full Legends List

ALWAYS A WORK IN PROGRESS COME BACK OFTEN

Honorees come from 19th Century, 20th Century, and Living Legends. Whether business owners, community leaders, or simply great citizens, they all represent what is great about Port Norris. 

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If you have information on Port Norris to add, please contact the historical society.
Mail to Port Norris Historical Society, PO Box 187, Port Norris, NJ 08349
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Barbara Adams 1935 - 2020
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 13, 2016
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Edward Adams Sr. 1934 - 2006
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 9, 2014
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Daniel Jeffries Adams 1891 - 1969
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on date to be added
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Fenton Anderson 1913 - 1997
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 10, 2013
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Gibson C. Andrews 1848-1906
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on April 13, 2024
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Captian Amos Barnes Early 1900's - 1973
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 10, 2013
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Rev. Ernest Barnes 1926 - 2022
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 16, 2008
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Alvina J. Baum 1934 - 2022
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on April 30, 2022
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Harry C. Barraclough 1889 - 1964
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 16, 2008
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Thomas Beachaump 1930 - 2012
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 21, 2010
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Ethalinda Blackman 1940 - 2021
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on April 22, 2023
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Smith R. Blackman 1854 - d.
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on date to be added

Clarence Berry 1927 - 2017
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on December 2, 2012
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Wayne Birmingham
Recognized as a Living Legend of Port Norris on April 22, 2023
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Dr. Edward Burton Bradford
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 1, 2020
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John Bradway 1906 - 1997
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 12, 2017
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William Bradway 1925 - 2010
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 22, 2009
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O’Connell Brown
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 13, 2016
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Charles Amos (Mule) Camper
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on April 22, 2023
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Dominick Capaldi 1941
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 12, 2017
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Louis Capaldi 1925 - 2017
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 21, 2010
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Philip Capaldi 1910 - 2004
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 21, 2010
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John Carney, Jr. "Jack" 1921 - 2010
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 3, 2018
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Paul W. Chamberlain "Paulie" 1951 - 2013
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 10, 2013
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Edward Baxter Cobb 1872 - 1956
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 10, 2013
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Samuel Cobb 1887 - 1962
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 9, 2014
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Marie Cobb 1911 - 1983
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 9, 2014
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Georgianna (Georgie) Corona
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on April 30, 2022
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John “Froggie” Dagastine 1911 - 2004
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 10, 2013
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Joseph Dagastine
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on April 22, 2023
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Louis P. Dagastine 1904 - 1992
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 12, 2017
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William Dallas, Jr. 1740 - 1788
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 16, 2008
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Doc Day 1891- 1975
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 16, 2008
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Sally Dickenson
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 3, 2018
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Sal DiGrazio & Lillian Rodgers 1916 - 1980
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 8, 2015
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Joseph N. Fowler
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 9, 2016

Philoemina Galiyano 1921 - 2015
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 20, 2011
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James D. Garrison, Sr.
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 3, 2018
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George W. Garrison
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 2, 2019
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Leslie S. Godown, Sr.
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on April 13, 2024
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Isidore Goldblatt 1905 - 1983
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 10, 2013
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Irene Green
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 2, 2019
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Angelina (Dagastine) Hanby 1921 - 2012
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 22, 2009
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Thomas Hand 1818 -1890
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 8, 2015
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Joanne Hickman
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on April 22, 2023
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John Crowell Hickman 1943
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 8, 2015
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Elizabeth (Liz) Hoffman
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on April 30, 2022
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Warrington “Barney” Hollinger 1928
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 10, 2013
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Edward Horseman
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 9, 2014
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Glenn W. "Bill" Horseman
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 22, 2009
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Luther R. Jeffries, Sr.
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 2, 2019
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Joseph "Coffee" Jones
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 16, 2008
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Sandora Wilkerson King
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 9, 2014
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Vertie Kunkle
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on December 2, 2012
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Samuel C. Lake
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 1, 2020
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John Laws 1936-2021
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on December 2, 2012
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Elizabeth (Lizzy) Hoffman Lore
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on April 30, 2022
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Joseph Marshall Lore, Sr. (Bud) 1898- 1976
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 2, 2019
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Levi Lore 1813 - 1903
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 21, 2010
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Rebecca (Robbins) Lore 1909 - 2003
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 21, 2010
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John Maddox
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on April 20, 2023
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Captain James Elwood McBride 1913 – 1963
Mrs. Lucy M. McBride 1916 – 1989
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on December 2, 2012
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Charles "Chillie" McConnell
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 16, 2008
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Larry Milbourne 1951
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 8, 2015
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Paul Milbourne 1925 - 2008
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 20, 2011
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Warren R. Miller (Barney)
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 3, 2018
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Charles Moore, Sr.
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 8, 2015
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Louise E. (Davis) Moore 1929 - 2003
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 20, 2011
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Mary Ella (Nickelson) Morie 1920 - 2023
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 20, 2011
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Rebecca "Vivian" (Dilks) Morris 1922- 2020
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 16, 2008
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Harry Newcomb 1915-1995
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 20, 2011
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Hannah Nichols
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 8, 2015
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Rose Davis O’Brien & Jane O’Brien Robbins
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 12, 2017
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John Ogden 1782
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 22, 2009
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Margaret Louise Mints Ogden 1917 - 2000
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 8, 2015
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Clyde A. Phillps
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 12, 2017
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Sharon Porter
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on April 13, 2024
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Anthony J. Ricci 1911 – 1980
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 3, 2018
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Samuel R. Ricci
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 3, 2018
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Samuel Ricci Sr.
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on April 13, 2024
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Emily Fowler Riggin
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 12, 2017
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William P. Riggin "Sheriff Bill"
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on date to be added
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William H. Riggin 1918-2018
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 16, 2008
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Samuel N. Riley 1917 - 1998
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on December 2, 2012
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Lillian Rodgers & Sal DiGrazio 1928 - 1991
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 8, 2015
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Captain Warren D. Robbins, MD
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 3, 2018
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Dave Robbins 1937 - 2017
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 10, 2013
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Edith Peterson Robbins 1909 - 2014
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 20, 2011
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Ratie Robbins 1902 - 2002
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 22, 2009
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Richard Robbins
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on December 2, 2012

Lt. Wilbert H. Robbins Jr.
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 9, 2014
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Willis Robbins, Jr.
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 9, 2016

Georgia Robinson
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 20, 2011
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Walter Rudolph May 22, 1917 - October 9, 2018
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 21, 2010
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Dr. Charles E. Sharp 1891 - 1964
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 22, 2009
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Samuel Shinn
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 1, 2020
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Fred Smith
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on December 2, 2012
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Edith Selby
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on April 13, 2024
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Vera B. Sockwell
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 9, 2016

Donald “Duck” Taylor
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 10, 2013
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R. Shirley Taylor
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on April 22, 2023
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Edwin L. Warren
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on December 2, 2012
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Roy Yates
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 9, 2014
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Anna Mae Young
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 9, 2014
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