Roscoe C. Tribbett Sr.
Roscoe Curtis Tribbett Sr. was born in Delaware on June 28, 1893. By 1910 his father had died. When the census was taken in 1910 he was living with his mother Laura and younger siblings Emma and Elmer at 17 South 9th Street in Camden, New Jersey. Roscoe Tribbett was working at the McAllister coal yard at that time. His mother died in Philadelphia in 1911.
The 1915 City Directory shows that Roscoe Tribbett had married. He was living with his wife Elizabeth at 327 Chester Street. Still working at the coal yard, he was working as a truck driver. The Tribbets moved to 1190 Penn Street by the time the 1916 was compiled. By the January of 1920 the Tribbets had three daughters. Nine more children would follow.
Parlaying his skill as a truck driver, Roscoe Tribbett secured an appointment to the Camden Fire Department in 1920. In September of that year he was assigned to Engine Company 1. He resigned from the Fire Department on July 13, 1924.
The Tribbet family was still at 1190 Penn Street as late as 1930. Politically active as a Democrat in Camden’s Second Ward, Roscoe Tribbett secured an appointment as a laborer in Camden’s city government by 1939. He was still in this post in 1942, which appears to have been attached to the Fire Department’s Electrical bureau.
By 1942 they had moved to 1031 Carpenter Street.
Last a resident of 646 Cedar Street, Roscoe Tribbett died on February 16, 1966, survived by his twelve children. He was buried at Sunset Memorial Park in Pennsauken, New Jersey.
Many Transfers of City Firemen
Camden Daily Courier —
Forces At Various Stations Changed By Most Recent Orders
16 Go To Fairview House
Recent changes in the fire department announced have provided for the transfer of twenty men and the appointment of fourteen during the week to various fire houses in the city.
Sixteen of the men were transferred and given appointments to the two new companies formed to protect Fairview and Yorkship Village. The transfers and appointments went into effect Wednesday.
The following men received transfers and appointments to Engine Company 10, one of the new companies: Horace Cairns, captain; William Miller, lieutenant; Harry Selby, engineer; Charles Gaul, stoker; Spencer Smith, H. Walker, Rocco Fanelli and H. J. Zanders, hosemen.
Truck Company 4, the other new company, at Ninth and Morgan streets, received the following men: Mordecai Clark, captain; James McDermott, lieutenant; James Durkin, driver; Frank Burt, George C. Wade, Samuel Patton, William Reynolds and Harry Hallowell.
H. F. Ferrington and H. Bomgartel, new men, were appointed to Hook and Ladder Company 1, to fill the vacancies left by James McDermott and George C. Wade.
The following men received appointments to Engine Company 1: Walter Carter, George Henry Johnson, Lewis D. Stevens, Roscoe Tribbett and Benjamin Walters. W. Scott Franklin was transferred from Company 9 to Engine Company 1 as lieutenant. George Cattell was transferred from Company 1 to Company 5 as stoker. Joseph Daley, of Company 5, was transferred to Engine Company 2 to fill the vacancy left by Harry Selby, who was transferred to Company 10.
Anthony Valentine and David Smith were transferred to Company 3, in place of William Miller and Charles Gaul, who were transferred to Company 10.
J. Lumbago was transferred to Company 7, in place of David Smith. George Pursglove and John Hunt were transferred to Company 8. Robert Gicks was transferred from Hose and Chemical Company 2 to Company 9, in place of William Reynolds, who was transferred to Company 10.
Nelson Till was appointed to the place left vacant by Robert Gicks, of Hose and Chemical Company 2. Herman Kreher was made lieutenant of Hose and Chemical Company 2.
Fireman Is Suspended for Being Intoxicated
Camden Daily Courier —
Roscoe Tribbett, a hoseman attached to Engine company No. one, Fourth and Pine streets, was suspended this morning following a charge of being drunk and disorderly while on duty, preferred by Captain W. Scott Franklin.
Tribbett, who lives at 1190 Penn street, was summoned to appear at Commissioner Hitchner’s office, City Hall, this morning, for a hearing. A committee composed of John W. Kelly, Chief of Electrical Bureau, acting in Commissioner Hitchner’s absence, Chief Marshall, Captain Franklin, and Assistant City Counselor Frank Neutze.
Tribbett was ordered suspended to await action upon the return of Commissioner Hitchner, who is ill.