George B. Johnson
GEORGE B. JOHNSON was born on August 14, 1862. He served as a Camden policeman for over 20 years. He was appointed to the department in 1899 by Mayor Cooper B. Hatch, and retired on pension in 1920.
George B. Johnson spent his career patrolling the comparatively quiet North and South Rosedale neighborhoods of Camden. In his twenty-plus years of service with the Camden Police Department, he never made a single arrest, but was highly respected and had been promoted to sergeant in 1914.
George B. Johnson was married to Frances Parker Johnson, who died in 1911. The marriage produced two children, daughter Ethel Johnson in 1891 and son Parker N. Johnson in 1892.
George B. Johnson made his home at 220 North 37th Street from 1900 until at least 1940. George B. Johnson passed away after an illness of two years on September 18, 1942.
A Camden Courier-Post column of July 15, 1930 reprinted a photograph of the Camden Police Department as it appeared in 1898, together with a key naming the men in it. Of the policeman standing at the far right of the fifth row, the paper recorded that "John Barnett" was a guess on the part of A. Lincoln James, that another person guessed George Johnson, and that "Both were wrong and it is not known who that policeman is."
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37th Street
Thirty-Seventh Street runs south from Jersey Avenue to Camden Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street. City directory and newspaper records document occupants of its 200, 300, and 400 blocks between 1900 and 1956.
George B. Johnson, Ex-Patrolman, Dies
Obituary of George B. Johnson, 80, who retired as a patrolman in the Camden Police Department in 1920 after 21 years of service. Funeral services were held at the home of his daughter on North Thirty-ninth Street, with burial at Harleigh Cemetery.
Ex-Policeman Has Close Call
George Johnson, the retired Camden policeman, narrowly escaped drowning at Rio Grande Bridge near Wildwood after plunging from a wharf into 20 feet of water; unable to swim, he clung to a boat until help arrived.
Policemen Retire on Pension Fund
Sergeant Thomas S. Reed went on the Camden police pension list after 21 years' service, and Policeman George Johnson of the Third District was to be pensioned on May 15 — with the record of never having made an arrest in 20 years on his Rosedale beat.
Death of Mrs. Frances M. Johnson
A death notice for Mrs. Frances M. Johnson, wife of Camden policeman George Johnson of 220 North Thirty-seventh Street, who died after a long illness. She was a member of the Frances Willard Women's Christian Temperance Union and was interred at Harleigh Cemetery.
East Side Woman Hurt on Trolley
Mrs. Charles Conner of 2407 Howell Street was injured while alighting from a trolley car at Twenty-fourth and Federal Streets, tripping over a suit case left standing in the aisle. Policemen Pedigree and Johnston carried her into a nearby restaurant.
Heroic Chum Near Dies As Boy Drowns
Russell Horner, 14, son of Camden police sergeant William Horner, drowned in the Delaware off the old Red Mill at Pea Shore. His body was recovered the following morning after an all-night search by police and friends of the family.
Police Kill Mad Dogs
The heat caused two dogs to go mad in East Camden — one on Thirtieth Street, another on Twenty-second Street near River Road. Policeman Johnson killed one; Policeman Thomas killed the other.