He grew up in the East Falls section of the city and began his career in golf as a caddie at the Philadelphia Country Club.

[1][2] One of his first jobs was at The Country Club as an assistant under Jack Hagen and he also worked at a course in Lake Placid, New York.

One of his first innovative ideas was a hitch for horses that allowed them to pull three gang mowers as a unit.

[1] Roseman was one of the early pioneers in the use of comprehensive underground watering systems for golf courses.

[1] In the 1919 PGA Championship, held from September 16–20 at the Engineers Country Club in Roslyn Harbor, New York, Roseman qualified in a sectional tournament for the match play portion of the tournament.

[6] In the 1920 PGA Championship, contested from August 17–21 at the Flossmoor Country Club outside Flossmoor, Illinois, a suburb south of Chicago, Roseman met Louis Tellier in a first round match.

[6] Roseman and his wife had three sons – Joe, Jr., Warren, and Lewis – and one daughter, Mrs. James Hoffman.