About Roscoe Dixon
Lived 1843 – 1916 (aged 72–73). Roscoe Dixon was a businessperson.
Roscoe Dixon (c. 1843 – January 1916) was the first known Black business owner in Astoria, Oregon. He ran "Roscoe's First Class Oyster Saloon", open from 1881 to 1885.
Early life Roscoe Dixon was born in 1843 to Agnes, an enslaved woman, in Richmond, Virginia. By 1850, Agnes escaped with her two children, Roscoe and Robert Dixon, and George Lee, on the Underground Railroad to New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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Who was Roscoe Dixon?
african-American business owner, 1843–1916
When was Roscoe Dixon born?
Roscoe Dixon was born in 1843.
When did Roscoe Dixon die?
Roscoe Dixon died in 1916.
What was Roscoe Dixon's occupation?
Roscoe Dixon was a businessperson.
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