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George B. Johnson served as a Camden policeman for more than twenty years, patrolling the North and South Rosedale sections without making a single arrest. Appointed in 1899, promoted to sergeant in 1914 and pensioned in 1920, he made his home at 220 North 37th Street from 1900 until at least 1940.
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.
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.