As a young man, Peo worked as a hostler at the railroad shop while living with his parents in Princeton, WV. By 1930, he was an electrical lineman. He worked for Philadelphia Electric in Morton, PA, and resided in Chester. Peo was the son of William Milton Johnson and Matilda Elizabeth Calfee. He married Esther Estelle Replogle. Peo and Esther had four children - Donald, Gypsy Lee Hubicky, Ora Elizabeth Dutton and Sarah Catherine Leake Lincoln.

Lineman Burned in Mishap
GREEN RIDGE - A 56-year-old electric lineman was knocked unconscious yesterday when he slipped while climbing a utility pole here and fell against a 4,000-volt wire. The victim, Sallom Johnson of 2745 Chichester Rd., Chester Township, suffered bad burns of the right arm, left shoulder and hip in the accident. A fellow workman of Day & Zimmermann, Inc., Philadelphia firm handling a rebuilding job for the Philadelphia Electric Co., went up the pole after Johnson and lowered the prostrate victim to the ground by a rope.
FATHER OF 4 CHILDREN Johnson, father of four children, was taken to Chester Hospital, where he was admitted after treatment. He was said to have spent a "comfortable night" and was pronounced in fair condition today by hospital aides. His rescuer, Donald Chesney, 45, of 5932 Old York Rd., Philadelphia, said Johnson was about 25 feet up when one of his climbing cleats slipped, throwing him off balance. Clutching desperately for a handhold, the victim fell to the wire.
HEARS SHOUTS His safety belt held him aloft until Chesney reached him. Aston Police Chief Richard Tipton, who was directing traffic about a block away, heard Chesney's shouts for help. Tipton ran to the scene, and then telephoned Franklin Rescue Squad, which supplied the ambulance which took Johnson to the hospital. When the accident occurred, Johnson had just about completed his climb and was about to don his rubber sleeves and begin work on the line.