Delaware County Daily Times (Chester, Pa.), 30 August 1955.

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In the 1900 census of Wilson, Wilson County: day laborer Hardy Johnson, 33; wife Martha, 31; and children Jessee B., 10, Pauline, 7, Saniga, 5, Roscoe, 3, Herbert, 2, and Johnny G., 5 months.

In the 1910 census of Wilson, Wilson County: railroad laborer Hardy Johnson, 48; wife Martha, 40; and children Pauline, 17, market laborer, Thomas, 15, Rosco, 13, Hermon, 11, Jonnie, 10, Alford, 8, Joseph, 6, Annie L., 4, Hardy, 2, and Maggie L., 5 months.

In 1918, Roscoe May Johnston registered for the World War I draft in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Per his registration card, he was born 23 September 1898; lived at 2800 Webster, Pittsburgh; his nearest relative was Martha Johnson, 623 Green Street Wilson; and he worked as a laborer for Jones Laughlin Company, Pittsburgh.

In the 1920 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 634 Green, Hardy Johnson, 50, foreman at electric light house; wife Martha, 48; and children Sidney, 20, laborer for barber; Roscoe, 23, John, 18, barber, Alfred, 18, Josey, 15, Annie Lee, 13, Hardey, 11, Russell, 8, and Martha, 4; plus lodger James Small, 22, barber.

On 24 October 1921, Roscoe Johnson, 23, barber, born in Wilson, North Carolina, to Hardy and Martha Johnson, married Virginia Marie Price (also known as Marie Virginia Price, 21, born in Baltimore, Maryland, to L.L. and Lucy Amer Price, in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.

In the 1930 census of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania: at 251 Hobart Street, owned and valued at $4500, barber Roscoe Johnson, 30; wife Marie, 28; and children Doris, 8, Roscoe, 7, Lloyd, 5, Marian, 2, and Gloria, 1. Marie was born in Maryland; the children, in Pennsylvania.

In the 1940 census of Williamstown, Gloucester County, New Jersey: now renting, construction laborer Roscoe Johnson, 40; wife Marie, 40; and children Doris, 18, Roscoe Jr., 17, Lloyd, 16, Marion, 12, Gloria, 11, William, 10, Barbara, 7, Smith, 6, Elaine and Eleanor, 5, Donald, 4, John, 2, and Shirley, 1.

In 1942, Roscoe Johnson registered for the World War II draft in Williamstown, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Per his registration card, he was born 23 July 1899 in Wilson, N.C.; lived on Glassboro Road, Williamstown; was a self-employed farmer; and his contact was Marie Johnson.

In the 1950 census of Williamstown, Gloucester County, New Jersey: on Glasstown Road, Roscoe Johnson, 51, oil refinery laborer; wife Marie, 50; and children Marion, 22, hotel domestic, William 19, Smitty, 18, laborer on family’s farm, Elaine and Eleanor, 15, Shirley, 10, Catherine, 7, Barbara, 18, Donald, 14, and John, 13.