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Jesse P. Johnson was born around 1873 in Des Moines, Iowa, and moved to Camden, New Jersey, around 1890. The 1890-1891 Camden City Directory lists him living at the corner of 9th and Pearl Streets and working as a salesman in Philadelphia.
28th Street runs from the Delaware River south, across River Road to the Pavonia railroad switching yard, then to Westfield Avenue, Federal Street and Washington Street. It is North 28th Street above Federal and South 28th below.
The Towers Theatre on Broadway and Pine Street predated movies, and featured both film and live entertainment into the 1950s.
Camden Courier-Post - May 12, 1950 Jesse P. Johnson , 77, former vaudeville star, was stricken fatally Thursday while in bed at his home, 19 North Twenty-eighth street .