1890
Post Office opened.
1906
The Roscoe Times weekly newspaper begins.
1907
The town of Roscoe, Texas is officially incorporated.
1910
Census
The Altom family arrives in a covered wagon (see William J’s obituary). Cecil is born in 1911 in Snyder. His dad was a railroad laborer for RSP (Roscoe, Snyder, Pacific Railway) and then farmed in the area until 1944.
1914
The West Texas Electric Co. brings electricity from Sweetwater to Roscoe!
Late 1918
some say 1919
The Faust family arrives from Alabama. Essie is age 14.
1919
The Blankenship family arrives in Roscoe. William Edward is age 19.
1921
John A. and Lizzie Butler move near Trent (Goodman Community) for farming. (In 1967, their home was seven miles north of Trent.)
1922
William E. and Essie Blankenship marry in Roscoe.
1924
The Butler family (John H.H. and Mollie) comes from Rankin, Texas. Elva is age 12.
1927
The Baptist church holds summer baptisms at the creek.
1929
Leslie Velpo Blankenship is born in Roscoe.
1930
Cecil Altom marries Elva Butler in Roscoe.
Nancy Blankenship dies in Roscoe. Her husband William Matthew returns home to Alabama, where he dies in 1938.
1933
Dorothy Faye Altom is born in Nolan County, Texas.
The 1940’s
Historic photos from Roscoe.
1940
Census
The Butler family has moved to Ellis County (near Dallas).
1944
The Altom family moves to Seagoville, Texas (near Dallas).
John A. Butler dies in Roscoe (father of John H.H. Butler).
Alfred G. Faust dies in Roscoe.
1950
Velpo and Dorothy get married in Roscoe.
1951-1952
Velpo serves in the Korean War.
1957
Vicki’s family is living in Louisiana.
Emma Faust dies in Sweetwater (but lived in Roscoe).
1967
Lizzie Butler (mother to John H.H.) dies in Sweetwater. She is buried in Trent, Texas.
1973
John H.H. Butler and wife Mollie die one week apart in Roscoe. (They must have moved back from Ellis County.)
1975
William Edward Blankenship dies from a heart attack at home in Roscoe.
1982
Velpo dies in Kerrville.
1991
Cecil Altom dies in Kerrville.
1996
Jesse Faust (Vel’s uncle) dies in a local nursing home at age 90.
1999
Essie Estelle Blankenship dies in an Abilene hospital, resident of Roscoe most of her life.