When Roscoe Evans Nickerson Sr was born on 29 February 1888, in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States, his father, Orrin L. Nickerson, was 22 and his mother, Mary E Hall, was 30. He married Florence May Springer on 23 October 1909, in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 9 daughters. He died on 28 February 1969, in Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States.